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ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY
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NOTE
Till English Dialect Dictionary is prinUd at the exptnst of Joseph Wricht, MA.
of LaugJaU Houst, Puik Town, Oxford.
THE
ENGLISH DIALECT
DICTIONARY
BEING THE
COMPLETE VOCABULARY OF ALL DIALECT WORDS STILL IN USE, OR KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN IN USE DURING THE LAST TWO HUNDRED YEARS
FOUNDED ON THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENGLISH DIALECT SOCIETY AND ON A LARGE
AMOUNT OF MATERIAL NEVER BEFORE PRINTED
EDITED BY
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DErUTY PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Volume II. D— G
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LIST OF WORDS FOR THE PRESENT KEPT BACK
FROM THE WANT OF FURTHER INFORMATION
DAFER, sb. Delicate trilles of lace, &c.
(Cor.)
DALLARING, Iprp. Overdressed in gaudy
colours (Lin.).
DALLY, V. To tally, pair off ( Lan.).
DANBERRY, sb. Cant; delusion, fraud,
imposition (Yks.).
DANCE, (?). In phr. /o be dance to any one,
to be a rarity (Ken.).
DANDRIDGE, sb. A hand (Ken.).
DANED, /./>/. adj."- Cold, benumbed (n Cy.).
DANEV, ppl.adj.'^ Of bread: dough-baked
(Lin.).
DANNIOK, sb. ? Gaiter, in phr. /o take one's
danniok, to be off (Hrf.).
DAPPERPY, adj. ? Cnp-.i-pie (Sc).
DARGLE, sb. A dell, dingle (Sc).
DARGLES, sb. pi. Bashfulness (Brks.).
DARR, V. Of a blow, stroke, &c. : to fall,
alight (Sc).
DAUGEON, sb. ?A fellow, person, indi-
vidual (Rnf I.
DAWDS, sb. pi. Rags (e.An.).
DAWK,5A. In phr. to empty a daivk, meaning
unknown (Lan.).
DEADER, adj. In phr. to tnake a person
twice deader, meaning unknown (Irel).
DEAVENORT, sb. A term of abu.se ( Dev.).
DEFICIENCY, sb. Sufficiency (Suf ).
DEFILE, 'J. To revile (Suf).
DELF, sb. In phr. by the powdhcrs o' del/, a
meaningless exclanjation or mild oath
(Irel.).
DEMISE, V. To refuse (Yks.).
DENESQUIT, I/. To potter (Nrf).
DENT, sb. In phr. a Dent for a Galloway,
meaning unknown (Yks.).
DERB, sb. Ordinary marble (Sc).
DERN, a(^'. or adv. .?Daring,fierce,wild (Sc).
DESCIND, V. To ascend iNrf ).
DESIRING, ppl. adj. Desirous, eager,
anxious i Dev.).
DEUSHT, adj. Dainty, particular as to food
(Yks.).
DEUTSA, sb. The seal-flower, Dielytra
spectabilis { Dev. ).
DEVENSHUN, .-^b. An invention (Cor.).
DEVER, sb. A tumble, fall ; a severe blow
(Sc).
DEWON, sb. White turbary (Lan.).
DICKEN, 5*. A decade (Irel).
DICKY, sb. F.lth, ordure (Abd.).
DID, V. To hide (Yks.).
DIE OASKEAN, plir. Ash Wednesday
iWxf'.
DIKARS, sb. pi. In phr. the dikars, a mean-
ingless exclamation or mild oath (Cum.).
DILT, V. To stop up (Yks.).
DINE, V. To put tow on a distaff (n.Cy.).
DINK^'D, ppl. adj Dressed (n.Cy.).
DINK, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc).
DIPLING, ppl. adj. Meaning unknown
(Dev.).
DIRDYLOCHRAG, sb. A lizard (s.Cai.).
DIRDY WACHLE, sb. A lizard (Cai.).
DIRK, sb. Meaning unknown (I. Ma.).
DIRTER, sb. Of a mill : a vibrating stick
that strikes the large bolter (Abd.).
DISFUGLEMENT,^*. Disfigurement (Hrf.).
DISSACT, (.'). Meaning unknown (Lan.).
DISTOR,56. Distress (n.Cy.).
DIVICUS, sb. In plir. what the Divicus of
land ! an exclamation (Yks.).
DOCK, sb. In phr. a dock of coke, meaning
unknown (Ess.).
DOE, sb. A tug at the hair; part of the
schoolboys' punishment of ' cobbing '
(Dun).
DOEY, sb. A pet, darling (Yks.).
DOGLOGARUM, .<;6. Nonsense (Hrf).
DOLENT, adj. Sharp, clever (Hrf).
DOLFISH, sb. A dogfish or small shark
(w.Sc).
DOM, sb. A door-case (Wil.).
DOMMIN, sb. A woman (Dev.).
DONATE, V. To give as a legacy (Hrf).
DONDER, adv. Yonder (Irel.).
DONNY, adj. ? Poor, unproductive (Hrt.).
DONSE, 56. The devil (Irel.).
DORRAN. r7(^. Empty (Der.).
DOSSYDOSS, sb. A dog-cart (Cor.).
DOUBLE-LIFTS, sb.pl. Meaning unknown
(Lin.).
DOUCH, adj. Dainty of appetite, particular
(Yks.).
DOUSE-A-BIT, phr. How so be it (Nrf).
DOWER, adj. Dismal, depressed, drooping
(Cor.).
DOWZY, 5*. A half-witted person (Suf).
DOYST, V. To fall with a heavy sound ; to
throw down (Sc).
DRACKLED,/>;i/. n^'. Draggled; tired out
by pursuit (Nhb.).
DRAIL, sb. Land held in defined but un-
fenced parcels in an open field (Cum.).
DRAINTED, ppl. adj. Of dirt : ingrained
(Wil.).
DRAITINGFRAME, 51^. Meaning un-
known (Lan.).
DR ATCH. sb. A thatch i Dev.).
DRAW, V. In phr. to draiv a boat, to take
it upon land out ofreach of the waves (Cai.).
DRESCHEL, sb. A thistle (Dev.).
DREW AT, phr. Drawn by (I. Ma.).
DRINEN DO, phr. Meaningunknown(Dor.).
DRINE-VOLD, pp. In phr. to be drine-vold,
to have fallen into a dry furrow (Wxf.).
DRIPPLE, m^'. Weak; rare (Won).
DRISTER, sb. A daughter (Yks.).
DROB, V. To rob (Som.).
DROUL, sb. Meaning unknown (Slk.).
DROY, 7'. To wipe, clean (Lan.).
DRUCKY, rt(/y. Muddy (Nhb.).
DRUG, adj. Of ice: rough, moist, not suit-
able for ' curling' (Gall.).
DRUNKILY, CTrt'z'. Meaning unknown (Sc).
DRUTHER, sb. ? A doubt, misgiving (s.Sc).
DRYTLEY, adj. Dry, somewhatdry (Wm.).
DUCKET, sb. A cock which, when lighting,
runs about the cock-pit (Yks.).
DUD, 56. Meaning unknown (Sc).
DUDDED, ppl. adj. Draggle-tailed (Dev.).
DUDERON, adj. ? Lazy, slovenly (Sc).
DUIB, sb. A b low (Cum.).
DUMBLEDY, adv. ? Tumbled, blown about
(Wor.l.
DUMB NUT, phr. A ' deaf nut (Sc).
DUMMACKER, sb. A sharp, clever fellow
(Lan.).
DUMMELLY. sb. A term of endearment
to a child (Yks.l.
DUMPIK, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
DUMPIT, sb. A dung-pit, cesspool, ash-
pit (Dev.).
DUNLING, sb. The red-backed sandpiper,
Trins^a alpina (Lin.).
DUOSTER, sb. Meaning unknown (Cum.).
DUSHT, ppl. adj. Meaning unknown (Sc).
DUT-STONE, sb. The game of 'duck 'or
'duck-stone' (q. v.) (Yks.).
DUTTED, ppl. adj. Closed (Yks.).
DWARVES, sb. pi. In phn an attack of
diK.'ayves, convulsions (dial, unknown).
EARNOUGH, adj. Comical, droll (Wxf.).
EARTEEN, adv. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
EBB, sb. The corn-bunting, Embenza
uiiliaria (dial, unknown).
EBBER-BRACK, sb. Meaning unknown
(Rxb.).
EDDY WINDS, phr. Meaning unknown
(Hrt.).
EDIFY, V. To signify, matter, be of import-
ance (Glo.).
EDIWUT, sb. An idiot, fool (Sc).
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ELBOW, adj. Solitary, isolated (Sun).
ELEPHANT BED, phr. A pleistocene
formation found just over the chalk, round
about Brighton (Sus.).
ELL, sb. A shed placed against a building
(dial, unknown).
ELLER, adj. Keen, eager (w.Yks.).
ELTA, sb. ? Heat, passion (Sh.I.).
ENDDISH, sb. A second crop of grass
(e.An.l.
ENDWARE, sb. A small hamlet (Lin.).
ENGRAFTED,//'. Depraved (Suf.).
EN JAPE, sb. In phr. an eiijape d a shikoi,
meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
ENKO, adv. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
ENTETIG, I'. To introduce (Ken.).
ERRIWIGGLE, sb. A tadpole (Nrf.).
ERTBILES, sb. pi. ? Quagmires, bogs
(Sh.I. I.
ERTION, sb. Exertion (Wil.).
ESFOSTERINEST, adj. Meaning un-
known (Shr.l.
EUSTING, 5*. Curdled milk (n.Cy.).
EXPIGENT.nrf;'. Good of its kind, superior
in quality (Yks.).
EYE-PIECE, sb. A lover (man) (Suf).
EYNIE, V. Meaning unknown (Slk.).
FACING, sb. Baptism, christening (Stf ).
FADING.STROKE, sb. Paralysis (Glo.).
FAINTIFIED, ///. adj. Faint (Hmp.).
FAIRFIELD, sb. A flat, level sheep-pas-
ture upon the top of a mountain (Lakel.).
FALLATIC, «(^'. Paralytic (Chs.).
FALSHION, sb. Fashion, manner (Dev.).
FAME, sb. A surgeon's lancet, a fleam
(Lin.).
FAMH, sb. A small, noxious animal. Fig.
a monster ; a cruel, mischievous person
(Sc).
FAMPT DOO, phr. Meaning unknown
(Lan,).
FARRANTLIES, sb.pl. Meaning unknov,-n
(Lan. I.
FARVENT, (?((/'. Meaning unknown (Nhb.).
FAT-A-FECK,nfl'/ Meaningunknown (Sc).
FAUGHISH, adv. In phr. faiighish derk,
meaning unknown (Nhb.).
FAUGHLING, ppl. adj. Meaningunknown
(Cum., Wm.).
FAUGHT, V. To want or fail (n.Cy.).
FAUNT. pret. ? Fondled, caressed (Edb.).
FAWKY, adj Tricky, full of tricks (Lin.i.
FAXING, ppl. adj. ? Restless ; surging
(Sh.I.).
FEARENTLY, adv. In fear of, afraid of
(Nhb.t.
FEATHER, sb. In phr. a feather of land,
meaning unknown (Wor.).
FEE, sb. In phr. in fee with, in league with
(l)cv.).
FEEZY, adj Stuffy (Not.).
FEGGES, sb.pl. In xthr.fegges after peace,
prov., meaning unknown (Sc).
FEGGY, adj. Meaning unknown (Wil.).
FERLESSEN, coitj. For fear that ( I Imp.).
FET, adj. Vigorous, eager, full of life and
spirit, used esp. of horses (Brks., Hmp.).
FEUDJOR, sb. A bonfire (Yks.).
FEY, V. To flag or tire (n.Cy.t.
FEY, ad/} Fair (n.Cy.).
FEY, a^.' Drowned (n.Cy.).
F'lARM, sh. The first furrow struck in
ploughing (Hmp. I.
FIB, V. To tell tales (not lies), to repeat
(Lan.).
FIBS, num. adj. Five (Yks.).
FICKALY, adv. Having things in order
(Sh.I.).
FICKANOO, phr. I can't do better (Sh.I.).
FIELDING, sb. A district (dial, unknown).
FIRE, int. A call used in games, indicating
that one is getting near a person or ' get-
ting warm' (Dur.).
FIRE-GRASS, sb. The plant Alchemilla
aniensis (dial, unknown).
FISHER'S DOZEN, phr. Meaning un-
known (Bnff.).
FISH-SIDE, sb. In phr. the fish-side of a
ling. Sec, meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
FITCH, sb. A very small quantity ; a
spoonful (Lin.).
FITLY, sb. Land from which the sea has
receded (Lin.).
FITS, sb. pi. In phr. the fits and fors, the
ins and outs, the why and the wherefore
(Frf).
FITTEN ABOUT, //;;'. Meaning unknown
(Dev.).
FITTER, sb. The first, soonest arrived
(Yks.).
FLAGHOOLA, adj. In phr. a comfortable
flaghoola look, meaning unknown (Irel.).
FLAKES, sb. pi. Used of hay, meaning
unknown (Sc).
FLAMSHAW,(?). Meaningunknown (Yks.).
FLANNY, adj. Used of the wind, meaning
unknown (Ess.).
FLAP-WING, sb. The swift, Cypselns aptis
(dial, unknown).
FLAT, sb. A low shoe or sandal (Irel.).
FLAUCHT, V. Meaning unknown (Sc).
FLAZE, V. Of cloth : to unravel. Of a
razor, &c. : to have the edge turned up(Sc.).
FLEAD, pnt. Stood (Cum.).
FLECKTT, sb. A squall of wind or rain
(Cor.).
FLEENURT, sb. A field flower of a yellow
colour (Lan.).
FLEIGHT, sb. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
FLEW, si.' A smart stroke with the hand;
a box on the ear (dial, unknown).
FLEW, sb.'^ ? A horn (Slk.).
FLICHTENED, //. Meaning unknown
(Per.).
FLIG, sb. A contemptuous term for a
child (Cor.).
FLOATING, sb. Hemorrhage (Som).
FLOOIT. sb. Meaning unknown (Yks.).
FLOUNDER-LANTERN, sb. The flounder,
Plenronectes flestis (dial, unknown).
FLUDDA, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
FLUMMIGATORY.fTfl'y. Meaningunknown
(Lan.).
FLUNGS, sb. pi. The lungs (Der.).
FLUR, sb. Flue, dust, fluff iSc).
FLUSKERS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown
(Yks.).
FLYING, pyp. In phr. flying clap-bread,
meaning unknown iCum.).
FO, ,s-A. Eight square yards (Lan.).
FOBBLE, n^//. (Quadruple (Yks.).
FONCE, adj. Cunning, craft}', knowing
(Lin.).
FOREGATHER, v. To foretell ; to gather
or conjecture beforehand (Wor.).
FOR IDLE, ///;•. Out of idleness (Lan.).
FORMICATE,?;. Meaningunknown (Sus.).
FORN, pp. Fared, gone (Abd.).
FORUM-SNORUM, adj Boisterous, rude
(Wil.).
FORWANDERED, **/. adj. Lost, strayed
(Sc).
FOUNDER, sb. Meaning unknown (I.W.).
FOWAT, adj. Meaning unknown (Yks.).
FOYSTER, V. ? To feast (Yks.).
FRAESTA, adv. ? For all that, nevertheless
(Rxb.).
FRAIK, sb. .> A sea-bird (Sc).
FRANK, V. To entwine, entangle (Slk.).
FRANNEL, adj Succulent, plentiful (Ken.).
FRAUZY, adj Frisky ; pettish (Lin.).
FRET, V. Of animals: to render subject to
the colic (dial, unknown).
FREWER, sb. A sir-reverence (e.An.).
FRILLED-COWBELLS, sb. pi. The winter
aconite, Eranthis hyemalis (War.).
FRITH, sb. Green branches of trees laid
between posts, driven into a beach , to pre-
vent the shifting of the shingle (? Aldwick).
FRIZZACK,5Z). ? A rasher (of bacon) (Lan.).
FROLL, sb. An untidy woman (Cum.).
FROMMERING, sb. Obs. Meaning un-
known (Chs.).
FROWING, prp. Meaning unknown (Sc).
FRUGAL,rt(j'/. ? Relaxed, not costive (e.An.).
FRYETN, pp. ? Forgotten (Lan.).
FUD COURT,//;)-. Meaning unknown (Sc).
FULL, conj. For, because, on account of
(n.Cy.).
FUMMY, sb. A person whose deformed
hand is undigitated, except at the thumb
(War.).
FUN, sb. A small pitcher (Dev.).
FUNEUCH, adj. In phr. funeuch and fain,
meaning unknown (Sc).
FUNGALEERING, ///. adj Meaning un-
known (Irel).
FUNGER. V. Meaning unknown (Nrf.).
FUNNY-JOWL, sb. Meaning unknown
(dial, unknown).
FUREL, sb. A furnace (Som.).
FUSKET, sb. ? A musket, gun (Sh.I.).
FWOARCAWD, ///. adj Meaning un-
known (Cum.).
FY-GAE.TO, 51^. A fuss, disturbance, ' to-
do ' (Slk.).
G.\ACH, sb. A figure, curve (Irel.).
GABBRIGATE SWINGERS, //»-. Mean-
ing unknown (Nhb.).
GABERLILTIE,s6. A ballad-singer (n.Cy.).
GADWADDICK, v. To go on a pleasure
trip, to jaunt, 'gad about' (Nrf).
GAET, sb. In phr. worn to gael, worn into
rags, worn threadbare (Sc).
GAG, sb. A dry measure of capacity (Ess.).
GAGS, sb. pi. Children's pictures (Suf).
GAHM, V. To prate ; to speak in an im-
pudent, harsh, grating voice (Lan.).
GALLON-TREE, sb. In phr. a two-pint
s^allon-treeofbeer, meaningunknown (Rnf.).
GALYGAYET,(?). Meaningunknown (Sc).
GAM A WOW, sb. A fool (Per.).
GANDHERDAGGER, sb. Meaning un-
known (Irel.).
GARARA, s';. A gelding (Irel.).
GASKIN, sb. The gurnard, Trigla cuculus
(Lin.).
GASTE, sb. In phr. a prideful gaste of a
body, meaning unknown (Ayr.).
GAUF, V. To go oft' (Som.).
GAULDRING, vbl. sb. Drawling (Som.).
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Vll
GAUNTIE, sl>. A pig (Abd.).
GAW, ^b} A boat-pole (s.Cy.).
GAW, iA» A stripe (s.Cy.).
GAW-HAW, I'. ? To talk or shout loudly
(Sc).
GAWKS, sb. pi. Sloes, the fruit of Prttiiiis
spinosa (Dev.).
GEE, V. To run off with the marbles in a
ring (Ircl.).
GEOCHACHS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown
(Irel.V
GERRICK, V. To physic (War.).
GETTERS, sb. pi. A term used by boys in
playing marbles (Wal.).
GEYSOME, adj. Lonely (Lan.).
GIB, sb. A kind of sweetmeat (Edb.).
GIB GASH, 5*. Meaning unknown (Sc).
GILL-CLOATH, sb. ? Obs. Meaning un-
known (Yks.).
GILMERTON BLUE, phr. A species of
cloth (Edb.).
GILTER, ? adj. Meaning unknown (Sc).
GIMBLING, sb. ? Obs. Links, as of a
bridle-bit (Yks.).
GIMLAGUE, adv. In phr. io rideginilagiie,
of a man : to ride with a woman behind
on a pillion (Yks.).
GINNY, sb. In phr. a giniiy to a spark,
meaning unknown (Lan.).
GINSHADE, sb. In phr. Ormskirk ginshade,
meaning unknown (Lan.).
GITTSEY, sb. A term of endearment to a
baby (Nhb.).
GITTY, sb. A term of endearment to a
child or baby (Sc).
GJAEVLE, V. To wriggle or work any-
thing off (Sh.L).
GLABER, adj. Smooth, slippery (Dev.).
GLAN, sb. A phosphorescent light, a glow
(Cor.).
GLASSES, sb. pi. In phr, dropping glasses,
a mode of divination or telling fortunes by
dropping the whites of eggs into glasses
of water (Sh.I.).
GLASTIN, sb. and adj. 1. sb. A polish.
2. adj. Made of glass (Yks.).
GL AWMEY, sb. Ocular delusion by witch-
craft (Ayr.).
GLESSY, sb. Meaning unknown (Lnk.).
GLOICE, sb. A sharp pang of pain (Gmg.).
GLOMMER, V. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
GLUE, adv. In phr. lo kl glue, to throw or
strike in a passion ; to ' let fly ' (Yks.).
GLUST, V. To look sour or disagreeable
(Suf).
GLYF, sb. A recess in a room (Yks.).
GOBBLIN-GUT, sb. A game played by
boys, with nuts strung on a string (Cth.)-
GOBBOCK, sb. A fish of some kind (?)
(I.Ma.l.
GOHAMS, sb. pi. Bent pieces of wood,
slung on each side of a horse, for sup-
porting panniers (Sc).
GOLDEN-PRIDE, sb. A flower of some
kind (?) (Per.).
GOODS, sb. pi. Lead ore (dial, unknown).
GOOM, 5*. Meaning unknown (Sh.L).
GORDLIN, sb. An unfledged bird, a
nestling (Sc).
GORE, sb. A haycock (Lin.).
GORKEREL, sb. The cormorant, P/iala-
crocoia.x carbo (Wal.).
GORLE, V. To devour eagerly (s.Cy.).
GO-ROUNDINGS, sb.pl. Meaning unknown
(Oxf).
GORSE WAGGING, vbl. sb. Meaning un-
known (Lan.).
GOSSHOMM, ml. An expression of con-
tempt (Cor.).
GOSTLING, vbl. sb. Bullying (Lan.).
GOTHARDLY, flrf!/. Regularly; frequently
(Dur.j.
GOUFE, V. To stare (n.Cy.).
GRAEFSTER, sb. In phr. a graefster o' a
ebb aboot da shore, meaning unknown
(Yks.).
GRAIV, sb. ? ' Taste ' for it (Ant.).
GRANDEREL, adj. Meaning unknown
(Sh.L).
GREESH, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc).
GREW, sb. Favourable opinion (Sc).
GRIND, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.L).
GRIPPER, sb. A process-server or sherifl 's
officer; a bailift' (Irel.).
GRISKIN, sb. Meaning unknown (I.W.).
GRIZZLE, sb. The gooseberry, Ribes
Grossttlaria (Dmf).
GROLE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc).
GROOP, sb. A pen for cattle, a sheep-pen
(n.Cy.).
GROZER-SQUEALS, sb. pi. Meaning un-
known (Nhb.).
GRUPPER, V. To give up (Wil.).
GUAD, V. Meaning unknown (Kcd.).
GUERDON, sb. Protection, safeguard (Sc).
GUILP, sb. The scum from porridge
(Yks.).
GULLET, sb. A jack (n.Cy.).
GULSHOCK, adj. In phr. a gulshock scoot,
meaning unknown (Ayr.).
GUM, sb. ? Coarseness (Nhp.).
GUNNER-ROOM, sb. Meaning unknown
(Sc).
GUN-SLEEVED, adj. In phr. a gun-sleev'd
linen sark, meaning unknown (Sc).
GURDASTORIE, sb. Meaning unknown
(Sh.L).
GURNING-BONES, 5*. pi. Meaning un-
known (Sth.).
GUTLER, sb. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
GWAM, V. To faint, swoon (Rnf.).
GYTLIN, adj. Belonging to the fields,
rural (Sc).
D
DA, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Lin. Cor. Written daa
S. & Ork.' ; and in form dey Abd. Fif. (Jam.) [da.] A
child's name for father.
Sh.I. iK.l.), S. & Ork.i Abd. Da promis't to tak' me in o' 's
bosie, Alexander Am Flk. (1875) 184, cd. 18S2 ; De3' (G.W.).
Fif. (Jam.) Lnk. Da' and me wad greet them, Roy Generalship (ed.
1895) 84. N.I.' Hi da ! come home to the wain ! Nhb. The httle
fellow nodded tee an' shooted — Da ta ! ta, Wilson Tyneside Sng.
( i8go ' 353. e.Dur.^ n.Lin.' My da says I moant plaay wi' matchis.
sw.Lin.* His Da saj's he's over-young. His Da heights him so.
Cor.3
DA, I'. Sh.I. [da.] To live ; to experience. S. & Ork.'
DA(A, see Daw, sl).\ Do. v., The.
DAACH, V. Sh.I. To lull. S. & Ork.' Cf. dachin.
DAAD. DAAFE. see Dad, sb.^, Dough.
DAAHTAL, see Daytal.
DAAK, ac/J. Brks. [dak.] Dirty, covered with filth,
slimy. G/. (1852); Brks.'
DAAK. DAAL, see Dawk, v.\ Duck, Dale, sb.
DAAM, DAAR, see Dame, Dare, i'.'
DAARENTWATER-LIGHTS, see Derwentwater-
lights.
DAARK, DAART(H, see Darg, sb., Deart(h.
DAATER, DAAZE, see Daughter, Daze.
DAB, v.\ sb} and ndv. Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Written dabb Shr.^ ; also in form daub
Sc. [dab, dcEb, dab.] 1. v. To give a slight blow ; to
strike, pat softly.
Ayr. The dab clabbin' o' a tree-branch on the windock. Service
Dr. Diiguid {ed. 1887)260. Wxf.', Nhb.», e.Yks.' j1/S. nrfrf. (T.H.i
w.Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Nov. 28, 1896) ; w.Yks.5 Dabb'd him o'
t'cheek. Chs.'^^ s.Clis.^ Diist waan't daab'in i )th maayth ? [Dost
want dabbin i' th' maith ?] Not. (W.H.S.) Nhp.i In applying
cooling lotion to an inflamed eye we should say, * Dab it well and
often.'
2. To Strike with a pointed or sharp weapon ; to prick,
stab ; to peck, as birds. Alsoyfg-. to eat.
Sc. The thorn that dabs I'll cut it down. Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 87. Elg. Dread Death . . . Lat dab at Donald, Tester
Poems (1865'' 94. Rnf. Though , . . The fare at times is ge3'an
scant. E'en dab awa'. Young P/rf;r^M (1865^ 173. Ayr. The rising
generation began to pick and dab at him, GaltPj-oz'o^/ (1822) xxiii.
Lnk. In the scholar's pictur'd beuks We dabbit wi' a preen. Lemon
St. Aliingo (1844) 48. Feb. Well daubit, Robin! there's some
mair, NicoL Poems (1805) I. 43( Jam.). Slk. He's \a snipe] dabbin,
Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 153. Dmf. No ane o' them
[crows] could pick or daub Wi' him at a', Hawkins Poems (1841)
V. 42. Gall. Ye never quat dabbin' at his kame, Crockett Raiders
(18941 xxxix. Nhb.' Small boys may be seen . . . with harpoons,
. . . dabbing at the floating treasures, Charlton Newcastle (1885)
313-
Hence (i) Dabban, vbl. sb. the act of pecking or prick-
ing ; (2) Peck nor dab, phr.,fig. to have no fellowship.
(I) Bnff.' (2") Rnf. The members ... of the ' Pen' . . . would
neither 'peck nor dab ' with others, Gilmour Pen Flk. (1873J 41.
3. To push or press smartly ; to thrust ; to throw. Cf.
dob, V.
Bnff.' He dabbit the loon's nose amo' the dubs. Wm. Diib it in
reet sharp (B.K.. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Dab a whitening brush ageean
his mahth. Banks IVkJId. IVds. (1865) ; All dab ther hand i't basin
an' collar a potatoe apiece, Yks. IVkly. Post Nov. 28, i8g6). Not.
(L.C.M.) Nhp.' He dabbed the mortar in his face; Nhp. 2 Shr.^
I'll dabb your mouth up. Oxf.' Dab at, to snatch at anything, 71/S.
VOL. II.
add. Cor. Dabben clay at jungsters making bricks. Hunt Po/. Rom,
w Eiig. (i£65~i46o, ei. 1896; And dab'd a great doat fig in Fan
Trcmbaa's lap, Dixo^J Sngs. Eng. Peas. (1846) 193; Pd. to Jervas
to cry about the town to forbid the boys to dab stones, St. Ives
Borough Aces. UT5) ! Cor.^ He dabbed it right in my eye.
Hence Dabban, vhl. sb. the act of pushing or pressing.
Bnff.i He keepit a dabban o't doon intil a hole.
4. To dibble.
Nrf.' Dab, in its sense of to peck or pierce, is applied to dibbling
holes in furrows for seed (s.v. Dabby).
Hence Dabbing, I'b/. sb. the act of dibbling.
Nrf. Marshall Rtir. Erott. (1787) ; Grose ( 1790^
5. With down : to put a thing down quickly ; also Jig. to
pay down ready money.
Bnff.' Dab yir hehd doon. Lakel. Penrith Obs. 1 Dec. 28, 1897).
w.Yks. Dab itdaan, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Nov. 8, 1884). Nhp.' How
you dab it down. Glo. (H.T.E.)
Hence phr. Dabs doon, immediate payment, ready
money.
e.Yks.i Price on't's five shillin, dabs doon, an Ah weeant tak less.
6. To throw down carelessly ; to spread things about in
a slovenly way.
Lakel. Penrith Ohs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Clis.' s.Chs.' Oa-. daab- it
daaj'n aan'iwee'ur [Oh, dab it dain annywheer]. Nhp.' How you
dab the things about. Slir.' Now dunna dab that down 'afe way;,
put it in its place at wunst.
7. To dip in water and quickly withdraw; to do any-
thing in a slight or superficial manner.
Rnf. It's Jamock that's begun to dab In poetry, Webster Rhymes
(1835) 105. Wm- The hoosekeeper doon on her knees dabcn
reshes, Whitehead ic^. (18591 7, ed. 1896. Chs.' s.Chs.' Jiist
daab' yur aan'dz i dhu wee'tur [Just dab yur hands i' the weeter].
Ahy)v u fyuw engk-ichiz tu daab- throo [I've a fyow henkiches
(handkerchiefs) to dab through]. Nhp.' Just dab a few things out.
Slir.i Mary, jest dab me tuthree cloths through as'll las' till Monday;
it dunna matter bilin' 'em fur wunst.
8. sb. A blow or slap, geit. with the hand.
Sc. Many a time have 1 gotten a wipe with a towel, but never a
daub with a dishclout before (spoken by saucy girls, v;hen one
jeers them with an unworthy sweetheart), Kelly Prov. (1721) 256.
Wxf.' An smack lick a dab cf a brough [And smacked like a slap
ofashoe], 96. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.' La'k.e]. Peimth Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. He catch't him a dab at t'mooth (B.K.).
e.Yks. Jack gav him a dab iv his ee, Nicholson /7/t'-S/>. (1889; 25.
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Snppl. (Mar. 15, 1884 1 8. Lan. Davies Trans.
Phil. Soc. (1855) 274 ; Lan.' If he comes courtin' here again aw'll
give him a dab wi' th' dish-clout. n.Lan.', Chs.'^^ s.Chs.'Ahy)!
gy'i dhi iidaab- i)th teeth [I'll gie thee a dab i' th' teeth], n.Lin.',
Nhp.', War.3 Shr.' Ifl'd a bin as nigh 'imasyo' wun, I'd agid 'ima
dab i' the mouth ; Shr.^ Patch him a dab i'th'feace. Glo. Baylis
Ilhis. Dial. (1870!. Oxf.' MS. add. Brks.' I catched 'un a dab in
the vaayce. Nrf. I cast him such a dab, Rye Hist. Nrf. (1885) xv ;
Nrf.' (s.v. Dabby). Hmp.' A geart dab in the chaps. I.W.' w.Som.'
I'll gie thee a dab under the ear, s'hear me. Dev. w. Times (Apr. g,
1886) 6 ; Dev.' Cor.= Gibb'n a dab.
9. A thrust, poke, prod, esp. the peck of a bird's beak.
Also used fig.
Fif. Wi' dads and dabs, Rome's skelpie-limmerthumpet,TENNANT
Pajrislry (1827) 12. Ayr. A lawyer ... In ilk ane'scorn aye took
a dab. Boswell Poet. Wks. (1843) 12. ed. 1871. Lnk. Out ower
the winnock sill, I tak' a wee bit dab, Murdoch Doric Lvre (1873)
36. Lth. He gae it sic a dab, I wat, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 165.
Bwk. I took a dab in railway shares, Calder Sngs. and Poems
(1897) 203. Wgt. I wad like to hae a dab at the Treasurer, Fraser
B
DAB
[2]
DAB
Wigtown (1877'i 186. N.I.l Nhb.' Aa myeks a dab at the bit imp,
His other Eve (1880) 5 ; Starlings stun worms by a dab on tlie
narrow end'. Hardy Bzi'k. Nalur. Club, VII. 295.
10. A children's game ; see below.
w.Lon. A ^01. school game in 1860-66, Gomme Games 1894) 95.
[A game in which a pin is put at random in a school-book, between
the leaves of which little pictures are placed. The successful ad-
venturer is the person who puts the pin between two leaves
including a picture which is the prize, and the pin itself is the
forfeit, Blackw. Mag. (Aug. 1821) 36 [tb.).]
11. A dibbling implement. .
e.An.i, Nrf.i (s.v. Dabby). Suf.' Implements of wood shod with
iron, for making conical holes to receive the seed-corn dropped in
by hand. e.Suf. (F.H.)
12. A wipe with a wet sponge or cloth ; a dip in water ;
a small wash; the washing of a few clothes at a tmie
distinct from the regular washing-day. Gen. in comp.
Dab-wash.
Yks. What is called in the district a dab-wash, Gaskell Sylvia
{1874) 57. w.Yks. An shooze a dab wesh ivvry Setterday, Rogers
Nan Bunt ( iSsg 13. Chs.' s.Chs.' Wi wesh-n reg-ilur wiins
u wik, un siimtahymz \vi in u daab--wesh i)th mid-1 u)dh wik
[We weshen regilar once a wik, an' sometimes we'n a dab-wesh
i'th' middle o'th' wik]. Lin. We mun have a little dab-wash o'
Thursday (W.M.E.F.V n.Lin.l s.Lin. We on'y hed a dab-wesh
last wik (T.H.R.V Nhp.' 2 Shr.i Our reg'Iar wesh is every three
wik ; but we bin often 'bliged to 'iive a bit of a dab between.
War. B'AniH IVMv. Post (June 10, 1893); War.>2, Oxf.», Brks.i,
Hnt. (T.P.F.), Ken. (G.B.)
Hence (i) Dab-wash, v. to wash a few things; (2)
Dab-washing, pp/. adj. appl. to women who ' dab-wash.'
(i) w.Yks. 2 When a woman washes clothes, and omits any
article from a bundle sent to her, she washes it separately, and is
then said to dab-wash it. (2) w.Yks. Mind at t'wesh-day's at
forend a' t'week alias, an not Friday or Setterday, like wot a menny
thowtless dab-weshin wimmin hez it, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla
Ann. (1861) 5.
13. Comp. Dab-dumps, sb. pi. the small pools left on the
beach when the tide has fallen. n.Yks.^
14. A small quantity, either of solids or liquids ; a slight
meal, a 'snack.'
Frf. At the toosie end there were daubs o' clattit hair, Willock
Roselly Ends (1886) 44, ed. 1889. Ir. She distributed little dabs
of the thick yellow porridge ... for the two youngest children.
Barlow Idylls (1892) 87. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.i ' A dab of
clarts ' is a piece of mud thrown and stuck on where it has fallen.
Lakel. Pennth Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. There's a lal dab o'
butter on t'plate (B K.). w.Yks. A greeat dab o' muck up o' t'new
paant, Banks H'k/ld. IVds. (1865). Chs.i, s.Chs.i s.Not. This
bit o' meat uU mek a dab for me an' the missis (J.P.K.). Lei.'
Nhp. Hot dabs, warm savoury meat-suppers, eaten in a snug way,
Grose ii-;go) MS. add. (C.) ; Nhp.' What a dab of milk. There was
a poor little dab of apples on the tree this turn. War.^ Shr.'
Wc'n a poor dab o' butter this wik. GIo. Corn before it is bound,
but after it is cut — the quantity laid, ready for binding, by the reap-
ing machine. ' Muvthaay dabs out o' our road' (S.S.B.) ; Baylis
Jlliis. Dial. 1 1870 ; Glo.i My hands is just like dabs of ice. Oxf.'
MS. add. Brks.i An' in she put gurt dabs o' vat As big as my two
thumbs. w.Som.' Jim, let's have a dab o' putty, wit ' Cor.^
Hence phr. (i) All of one hen's dab, one and the same
kind, all of 'one kidney'; (2) Potatoes and dab, potatoes
eaten with some greasy relish into which they are dipped
or ' dabbed.'
'ijDmb. I jalouse they're a' o' ae hen's dab. Cross Disruption
(1844) xxxvii. (2) Ayr. Naething cam wrang to his disgeester, frae
tatties an' dab to a cogue fu' o' brose, Service Dr. Dusiuid (ed.
1887; 281.
15. A small legacy ; a sum of money.
Lei.' Shay'd a little dab o' money from th' o'd man. War.^
Shr.2 Laft him a lickle dab o' money.
Hence phr. a dab in the fist or hand, (i) a small legacy ;
(2) a bribe, gratuity; (3) earnest-money; a sum on
account to clinch a bargain.
(i)Glo. (SS.B.) (2) Glo.' w.Som.' They zess how Turney
Smith had a middlin dab in th'and 'bout makin o' thick there will.
(S'l w.Som.' A very common saying over a bargain when ' earnest
money' is paid, is — Wiiiil, u dab--m dli-air-z badr-n n buuinp-m
dliu baak- [Well, a dab in the hand is better than a bump in the
back].
16. Black peppermint ' humbugs ' ; sweetmeats.
Glo. You've bin and bought some dabs then (_S.S.B.).
17. A child's pinafore.
Lin. Brooke Tracts Gl. n.Lin.', Shr.^
18. An insignificant person, a chit ; also used plaj'fully
of a child.
e.Yks. Ay, bayn ! what a lahtle fat dabs thoo is, Nicholson
Ftk-S/>. (1889) 93. Dev. w.Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6; Dev.'
19. An untidy, thriftless woman.
Chs.' Shr.' Aye, aye ! a mon mun ax 'is wife 'ow they bin to
live, an' 'e's got a poor dab to 'elp 'im alung. Dev. Their scruti-
nizing pow'r severe. Discerns a vestal from a dirty dab, Peter
Pindar PFks. (1816) IV. 223.
20. adv. With force ; sharply. Of time: immediately,
at once.
Bnff.' He gart the loon's hehd cry dab amo' the yird. s.Pem.
Come on an' do this now dab (W.M.M. ).
DAB, V.2 and 56.2 So. Cum. Der. Brks. "Wil. Som.
[dab, dseb, dab.] 1. v. To daub, smear ; to blot ; also
usedyTg-. See Daub.
Sc. Deserve to be dabbed wi' contempt's greenish pallor, Allan
Lilts (1874) 343. Lnk. His cheeks, mooth, an' chin as if dabbit
wi' pent, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 56. Cum. They fain wad ha
dabb'd him wi clabber, Gilpin i3«//rt</5 (1874) 231. Brks.' n.Wil.
A boy putting his hand into a thrush's nest and finding it just
damp— i.e. nearly finislied — will sa}', ' I'll warn as thur'l be eggs
in he afore many days, fur he's wet a dabbing ' (E.H.G. ).
2. sb. Daub ; a coating of mud, or very rough mortar,
put on the walls of cottages.
Der. 2 w.Som.' An old-fashioned way of building was to build
the four outside walls of a house as high as the eaves of cob (q.v.).
The gables and partitions were then made of rough round poles
or sticks nailed upright, and across these some split sticks for laths ;
over all was put a coat of dab or very rough mortar. This method
is called split and dab [splee't-n dab*].
DAB, sb.^ and adj. In gen. dial, and colloq. use. Also
in forms daub Ayr. n.Cy.; dap- n.Yks.'° e.Yks. Ess.'
Wil.' Som. Dev. [dab, daeb, dab.] 1. sb. An adept,
a proficient person.
Bnflf. At your trade ye're surely dabs, Taylor Poems (1787') 98.
Rnf. He's a dab tae win, Neilson Po«)/s (1876) 92. Ayr. That auld
gipsy wife is a daub baith at cawk and keel, Galt Sir A. IVylie
(1822) 1. Edb. I'se gie ye mine, altho' nae dab At telling things,
VIackeili, Bygane Times (iRi 1)0,9. n.Cy. Grose (1790); Border Gl.
{Coll. L.L. B.) Nhb. Nay sic a dab was aw when young at readin',
Wilson Pitman's Pay 118431 57 ; Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. Bet's sec a
dab, she'd find thy letter out, Graham Givordy (1778) 1. 122;
Cum.i, n.Yks.2 w.Yks. Hutton Toitr to Caves (1781); w.Yks.';
w.Yks.5 He'll beat thee, fur he's a bit of a dab. Lan. He was quite
a dab at a bit o' tailorin' or shoemakin', Waugii Jannock (,1874)
viii ; Lan.', Chs.' Not. I can ride a bit. tliough I'm not such a dab
as you are (L.C.M.). n.Lin.', Nhp.', Hrf.' Bdf. Batchelor vi«<i/.
Eug. Lang. (1809). Hmp.', Wil.' w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme
Pigis {1834). Dev. w.Times {Apr. g, 1886)6; Dev.' Dev., Cor.
Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 433. Cor.^^ Colloq. I am not much of a
dab at my exercise, Dickens B. Riidge ( 1841) xli.
Hence (i) Dabach, (2) Dab-hand, (3) Dabster, sb.
a clever workman, an expert in any business.
(i) Abd. He's nae great dabach at coontin' (G.W.). (2") Nhb.'
n.'ifks.^ ' A dabhand at a table,' a good trencherman. e.Yks. He's
a rare dab hand at his wahk, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (18891 90;
e.Yks.' w.Yks. A dab hand at figures, Cudworth Dial. Sketches
(1884) 33 ; w.Yks.'s Lan. Aw reckont myself a dab bond at
cookin, Staton Loominaiy (c. 1861) 64; Davies Races {18^6) 274.
n.Lan.', Chs.', s.Chs.' s.Stf. He was allays a dab-hond at carvin',
Pinnock Bli. Cy. Ann. (1895). Not. Frequent amongst workmen
... of one who is not only rapid, but superior, N. & O. (1890)
7th S. X. 133; Not.' Lin. Brooke Tracts Gl. Nhp. ( F.K.C.),
Nhp.', War.23 shr.' Yo'd'n better ax Tum to do it — 'e's a dab-
hand .at them sort o' things. Hnt. (T.P.F.), Nrf.' (s.v. Dabby).
w.Som.' Muy bwuuy-z u riglur dab an" tu fig'uree [My boy is a
regular expert at cypliering]. (3) Lnk. The dominie, a Latin
dabster, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873') 8. n.Cy. (Hall.) Lakel.
Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). n.Wra. He's a dabster wi a gun
(B.K.). n.Yks.2, e.Yks.', w.Yks.2, Lei.', Nhp. '2, War. (J.B ),
War.3, se.Wor.' Glo. Baylis Jlliis. Dial. (1870). Oxf.' Yon
should set ee an a thetcliin', ec's a dabster at that. Brks,'. n.Bck.
(A.C.) Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809). e.An.' Daptcr
(misprint for dapster?). Nrf. Cozens-Haruy Broad Nrf. (,1893)
DAB
[3]
DACHAN
99; Nrf.' is.v. Dabby). Ess. He sich a dapster was at plough,
Clakk J. NoaHes ^iSaglst. 24: Gl. (1851); Ess.', Hnip.' Wil.
BmnoN Biaulics (1825) ; Wil.', Dor.' Som. Jknnings Obs.
Dial. w.Eiig. (,1825). w.Som.' Dabstur not so common as dab-
hand. Dev. to. Times '.Apr. 9. 1886)6. Cor.3
2. adj. Clever, smart, expert.
Cum. (C.W.I). , n.Vks.', w.Yks. (J.T.), Lan.', Chs.> n.Lin.'
He's a^ dab a hand at tliacking as ivcr I seed.
DAB,sh.* Irel. Yks. Lon. Any kind of small flat-fish.
Also in conip. Dab-fish.
N.I.', n.Yks.2 w.Yks.5 Knocked t'poor barn darn as flat as
a dab, 24. Lon. The fish fried by street dealers is known as
' plaice dabs ' and ' sole dabs,' which arc merely plaice and soles,
'dab 'being a common word forany flat fish, Mavhew LoHrf. Labour
(185O I. 165.
DABACH, sl>., V. and adv. Sc. [dabax-] 1. sb. A
blow, stroke, thrust. Cf. dab, sb.^
Bch. (Jam.) Abd. He let a dabach at him wi" his staff (G.W.).
2. V. To poke, thrust, prod.
Abd. ' Fat are ye dabachin' at there ? ' ' I'm houking a hole to
bury the co-i in ' (G.W.).
3. adv. With force ; sharply, suddenly.
Abd. He let dabach at his spoon and pitched into his porridge
(G.W.).
DAB-/.N'-NORR, sb. Yks. The game of 'knur and
spell' ; see below.
n.Yks. Usually applied to the ordinary game of ' knur and spell '
when played with a ' dab ' or piece of wood shaped in such a way
that by hitting one end the ball (placed on the other end) is made
to spring up. The bat used is known by the names of dab-stick,'
' tribbit,' &c. (R.B.). m.Vks. Always so called (R.S.). w.Yks.
Very common. The 'dab' or ' spell ' is a boot-shaped lever for
throwing up the 'norr' or 'knur,' which is a small ball about
i| ins. in diameter (ib^.
DAB AN -THRICKER, sb. Yks. [dab-sn-frikafr).]
The game of ' knur and spell ' ; see below.
e.Yks.' A game, in which the dab (a wooden ball) is caused to
spring upwards by a blow on the thricker (trigger), and is struck
by a flat bottle-shaped mallet fixed to the end of a flexible wand;
the distance it goes counting so many for the striker
DAB AT THE HOLE, p/ir. N.I.' A game of marbles.
See Chuck, sb." 3 (5).
DABBER, sb.^ Nhb. [da'bar.] A pointed retort.
Nhb.' That's a dabber for him.
DABBER, sb." Brks. Bck. [dsB-b3(r).] The little
grebe, Trachybaptes flitniatilis.
Brks.. Bck.SwAiNsoN Birds (1885) 216.
DABBER, V. and sb.^ Sc. [dabar.] 1. v. To jar,
wrangle ; to confound or stupely by talking so rapidly
that one cannot understand what is said. Abd., Dmf.
(Jam.) Cf daver, t'.'
Hence (i ) Dabberan, vbl. sb. a continuance of wrangling ;
(2) Dabberin', //>/. adj. quarrelsome. Bnft".'
2. sb. A wrangle. Bntf.'
DABBER, DABBERRIES, see Daver, v.", Day-berry.
DABBERS, 56. />/. Nhb. OxfVVar. [dabarz, dsebaz.]
1. A game played by children with small, round flint
stones. 2. Stones with which the game of ' dabbers '
is played. Oxf.' 3. Common marbles made of clay.
War. (W.S.B.) 4. Pieces of broken earthenware used
by children in the game of ' hitchey-beds' (q.v.). Nhb.*
DABBETY FAY, phr. Obs. Cor. An exclamation,
meaning ' Give us faith.'
Cor.' Formerly used by old people in W. Penwith as a pious
interjection ; Cor.^
DABBIES, see Holy Dabbies.
DABBIN, sb. Cum.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [da'bin.] A dam to keep back or enclose
water.
DABBING, ppl. adj. Nhp. [dabin.] Used as adv. :
limply, sticking to the skin through wet.
Nhp.' How dabbing your things hang about you.
.[Encombryd in my clothes that dabbing down from
me did droppe, Phaer Eiieidos (1558) 128.]
DABBISH, V. Cum. Yks. Written dabish Cum.
|dabij.] Only in iuip. in phr. Dabbi.'ih it! — thee! used
as an exclamation of surprise or disappointment.
Cum. Dabish thee ! Thou's lost me a guid friend, Dalby
Mayroyd (1888) I. 39. e.Yks.' 'MS. add. w.Yks. ' Dabbish it ! '
he said, Snowden Web of Weaver 1,18961 v ; w.Yks.'
DABBIT, sb. Glo. Dor. [fl^ebit.] 1. A small
quantity. Cf dab, si.' 14.
Glo. Less than a dab, GiiOsE (1790) ; G/. (1851) ; Glo.' Dor.
A little d.ib, Barnes Gl. (1863).
2. pi. Cakes baked on the hearth covered with hot ashes
or embers. Also called Doughbits.
Glo. GuosE(i79o) MS. add. (M.)
DABBLE, v.^ and sb. Sc. Yks. Wor. Hrf Glo. Oxf.
Suf Also in form daible Sc. (Jam.) [dabl, dae-bl, Sc.
also de'bl.] L v. To paddle in water or mud ; to wash
in a slight way.
Sc. A deuk winna dabble aye in ae hole, Ramsay Prov. (1737).
Old. The bairns are daiblin in the burn (Jam.). Rxb. iib.) se.Wor.'
Glo. Baylis llhis. Dial. (1870). Oxf.' MS. add.
Hence (i) Dabbled, pp. made wet and muddy; (2)
Dabbledy, adj. wet, rainy.
(i") w.Yks.= (2) Hr.''.^ Dabbledy day, when heavy rain falls.
2. To trifle ; to go about in an inactive and feeble way ;
gcii. applied to children.
Slk. (Jam.) Glo. Baylis IUus. Dial. (1870).
3. Fig. To meddle, interfere.
e.Suf. Don't dabble into my business (F.H.).
4. sb. A slight washing.
Rxb. The claise has gotten a bit daible (Jam.).
DABBLE, V." Sc. To wrangle ; to confound or
stupefy with talk. Cf dabber, v.
Frf. When man and wife begins to dabble, Short burns the
candle, Johnston Poems (1869 131.
DABBLY, adj Chs. War. Wor. Hrf Glo. [da'bli,
dsebli.] Showery, wet, dirty.
Chs. Dabbly weather. Sheaf (1879) I. 228 ; Chs.', War.2
s.Wor. (H.K.) ; s.Wor.' If so be it should come a dabbly time,
se Wor.', Hrf.2, Glo. (A.B.\ Glo.'
DABBY, adj. Lei. Nhp. War. Brks. e.An. [da'bi,
dse-bi.] Limp, flabby ; moist, sticking to the skin like
wet linen.
Leu' Nhp.' How dabby your gown is. War.^ Brks.' Any-
thing containing small portions of a foreign substance is said to
be dabby with the strange matter. ' This yer pudden be dabby
wi' zuet.' e.An.', Nrf.'
DABBY-NOINTER, sb. Wil. [Not known to our
correspondents.] A dirty person. See Anointer.
Wil. TV. & O. (1881) 6th S. iv. 106.
DABCHICK, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. Shr. Brks.
[dab-, dse-b-tjik.J The moorhen or water-hen, Gallimda
cidoropus.
ii.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) e.Yks.', Chs.'a.Not.'.Lin.',
n.Lin.i Shr. Swainson Birds (1885) 178 ; Shr.', Brks.'
DABERLICK, sb. Sc. Written daberlack Nai.
(Jam.) 1. a kind of long seaweed.
Mry. There's dulse an' dabeilicks for bairns, Hay Lintie (1851)
53. Nai. Gl. Stirv. (Ja.m.)
2. Fig. The hair of the head, when hanging in lank,
tangled, and separate locks. Nai. (ib.)
3. Any wet, dirty strap of cloth or leather.
Nai. Gl. Siitv. In this sense it is often used to signify the rags
of a tattered garment. Evidently denominated from its resem-
blance to long sea-weed (Jam.).
4. A tall, uncomely person ; commonlyusedasa term of
disrespect.
Bnfr.' Here's that ill-fawrt daberlick o' a chiel. A'm sure
there's naebodie seekin' 'im.
DABISH, see Dabbish.
DABRIFIED, ppl. adj. Dev. Faded. See Daver, v?
Dev. Flowers that were partly faded, I have often heard called
' dabrified,' Reports Provinc. (1895).
DACCLE, see Dackle.
DACE, V. Dev. Also written dase. [des, dess.] To
splash.
Dev. Reports Provine. (1877) 129. nw.Dev.' Stand back, my dear,
or you'll git daced all auver. I'll dace tha, min, eef thee komst
aneast ma.
DACENT, DACER, see Decent, Daker, 56.'
DACHAN, sb. Bch. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A puny, dwarfish creature.
B 2
DACHIN
L4]
DACKY
DACHIN, V. S. & Ork.i Of the wind: to abate.
Hence Dachinin, prp. abating. See Daach.
DACIAN, see Dashin.
DACIOUS, adj. Lin. Som. [de/as, deajas] Im-
pudent, rude. Aphetic form of ^(^(/(.-/^/(s.
n.Liii.i Of all the daacious lads I iver seed oor .Sarah's Bill's th'
daaciousest swXiD.i He's a 'dacious lad, that Bill T. w.Som.'
A favourite word with women. Yiie dae-urshus yuung raaskl !
[You audacious j'oung rascal !]
DACITY, s6. n.Cy. Yks.Chs. [da'sati.] Intelligence,
capacity, energy, self-assurance. Aphetic form ot
audacity. Cf docity.
ii.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.2 ' Nowther fend nor
dacity,' neither energy nor understanding; n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' He'll
niwer get his taties up afoor frost cums ; he hezn't dacity aneeaf
to do nowt. m.Yks.' w.Yks. Hutton Totir to Caves (1781) ;
w.Yks.i That lad's naa dacity about him ; w.Yks.s No dacity fur
nowt ; he's good to nowt. Chs.^^^
DACK, sb. and v. I.W. [dask.] 1. sb. A blow, asp.
a gentle or slight blow, such as washerwomen give fine
things in washing.
I.W.i I'll ghee thee a dack wi' the zull paddul, 49 ; I.W.'' I'll gie
ee a dack wi' the prong-steel if thee doesn't mind.
2. V. To touch gently ; to dab with a cloth ; to anoint.
I.W. (J.D.R.) ; I.W.^ My vinger is miserable bad : just dack en
vor me.
DACK, int. Lin. Won Shr. Written dak n.Lin.
Shr.2 ; and in form dacky n.Lin.' w.Wor.' s.Wor.' [dak,
dask; da-ki, dski.] A coaxing call to pigs to come and
feed out of the trough. Cf dacky.
n-Lin. SuTTON Wds. (i88i) ; n.Lin.^, w.Wor.i, s.Wor.i (s.v. Calls),
Shr.i2
DACK, see Dawk, v.^
DACKER, v., sb. and adj. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Stf Lin. Also Glo. Also written daiker Sc. N.Cy.'
n.Yks.2; daker nX;y. Cum^ Wm. w.Yks." Glo.; dakker
Lin. [da-kafr), deka(r), dekar.] 1. v. To waver to
and fro, to shake fitfully ; to stagger, totter.
n.Cy. Grose (17901. Lin. Vox in agro Lincoln, usitata ; significat
autem vaciljare, nutare, Skinner (1671); Coles (1677); Ray
(1691); Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790). n.Lin.' Applied to the
effects of high wind on the sails of ships, on trees, or on buildings.
* I could see th' chimla' dacker ivry gust that caame e'th' big wind
o* Wissun Monda*.'
Hence Daikering, ppl. adj. quavering with the limbs.
n.Yks.* ' A daikering sort of a body,' a paralysed person ; a
mimic.
2. To go about in a sauntering, idle way ; to wander,
'dander'; to loiter, slacken speed. Cf 5.
Sc. Just e'en daikering out to look after my auld master, Scott
Pirate (iS2i)v\\. Frf. He had daikered awasaxteen miles to anither
toon, WiLLOCK Roselty Ends (1886) 104, ed. 1889. N.Cy.' I was
just daikering up street. Cum. GA (1851). n.Yks.^ Lin.We dacker'd
in our pace awhile, Brown Lit. Lam: (1890) 72 ; Th' owd oss
begins ta dakker. It's up hill, let's dakker a bit. A'. & Q. (1891 )
7th S. xi, 278. n.Lin.' She dackers aboot no end, if I'm not runnin'
efter her noht niver gets dun. sw.Liu.' They dackered a good bit
on the way.
Hence Daiker, sb. a stroll, saunter, short walk.
w.Sc. We used to take a bit daiker to the country, Carrick Laird
of Logan (1835) 272.
3. To go about in a feeble or infirm state ; to deteriorate,
to flag; of sickness: to relapse.
Slk. ( Ja.m.) n.Lin. The fire dackers, Sutton Wds. (1881); n.Lin.'
4. To vacillate, equivocate, waver ; to continue in any
business in a state of irresolution.
Sc. I hae been flitting every term these four and twenty years ;
but ... I e'en daiker on wi' the family frae year's end to year's end,
Scott Rob Roy (iQi-j) vi. n.Lin. He'd dacker and slew about.
Peacock M. Heron (1872) II. 80 ; n.Lin.' I knew he was leein',
he dacker'd an slew'd i' his talk.
5. To work overtime ; to spin out work for the purpose
of making overtime.
■w.Yks. To work for hire after the common day's work is over,
at 2(/. an hour, Tiiokeshy Lett. (1703) ; Dakeringintends working
more than the common hours, overwork, Hamilton Niigae Lit.
('841, 357 ; A workman may ' daker' his time awuy, or may be
accused of 'dakcring' (F.K.); w.Yks.*
6. To deal or traffic in a ' piddling ' sort of way. Lth.
(Jam.i
7. To sprinkle.
e.Lin. Dakker the croak [sprinkle the Water on the heart of the
stack] (G.G.'W.).
8. With out : to dispose in an orderly way ; to ' lay out '
(a dead body).
w.Sc. Madge Mackittrick's skill has failed her in daikering out
a dead dame's flesh, Blaclnv. Mag. (Sept. 1820) 652 (Jam.).
9. Phr. (i) To daiker (on) thegilher, to jog along together,
see below ; (2) — in a Iiouse, to manage the concerns of
a family in a slow but steady way.
(i) Sc. One ' daikers with' another when there is mutual co-
operation between those who live together. They are said to
* daiker fine ' when they agree so well as to co-operate eff'ectively
(Jam.). e.Lth. You an' me '11 daikef on thegither fine, Hunter
J. Iinvick (1895"! 61. (2 Sc. (Jam.)
10. To search, examine ; to search for stolen goods.
Bnfif. He went and dackered your house and could not find it,
Gordon C/iroii. Keit/i (1880) 40. Abd.The Sevilians will but doubt
be here. To. dacker for her, as for robbed gear, Ross Helenore (1768)
99, ed. i8ia ; Let these ev'n dacker her who doubt her, Meston
Poet. Wks. (ed. 1723) 55.
Hence Dackering, vbl. sb. the act of searching.
Bnff. Peter Browne . . . made a sham kind of dackering after the
money was gone, Gordon Chvon. Keith (1880) 40.
11. To wrangle ; to dare, challenge, provoke.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Abd. I dacker'd wi' him by
mysel', Forbes vJy'a.v (1742) 9. Wm. What dakering . . . alang
the 'Border Service,' Hutton iJran A'tai Work (1785) 1. 521. Glo.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
12. sb. A noisy, wrangling dispute.
Sc. For they great dacker made an' tulzi'd Strang, Ere they wad
yield an' let the cattle gang, Ross Flaviaiia (i 768) 23. n.Cy. Grose
(1790). w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves {i^Qi). nt.Lan. N. & Q.
(1891) 7th S. xi. 194 ; ne.Lan.'
13. adj. Of the weather: uncertain, unsettled.
Rnf., Lnk. (Jam. Siip/fl.) n.Cy. Dacker weather,GROSE (1790);
N.Cy.', Lan.', e.Lan.' Lin. Grose (1790).
14. Dim of sight.
Stf. Ray (169 1) MS. add. (J.C.) 19.
[1. Du. dacckeren, to waver to and fro (Kilian) ; MDu.
dakeren (Oudemans).]
DACKLE, V. and sb. Sc. Written daccle Abd. ; also
in form daickle Ayr. [dakl, de-kl.] 1. v. To slacken
pace ; to hesitate. Cf dacker, v.
Abd. Wi' that he daccles a bit, Alexander Jolinny Gibb (1871)
xviii. Ayr. (Jam.)
Hence Dacklin, (i) ppl. adj. slow, dilatory; (2) sb. in
phr. a dacklin of vain, a slight shower.
(i) n.Sc. (Jam.) (2) A dacklin of rain. Thus denominated be-
cause such a shower often falls when it seems uncertain whether
the weather will clear up or not (i'i.).
2. sb. A state of suspense or hesitation ; the fading of
the fire when the heat abates.
n.Sc. When the weather is not settled, so that it is neither frost
nor thaw, or when it seems uncertain whether it will be fair or
rainy, it is said to be ' in a dackle.' The market is said to be ' in a
dackle ' when purchasers are keeping off, under the idea of the
prices not being come to their proper level (Ja.m.V Nai. Gl. Surv.
(Jam.) e.Fif. There occurred an illfaured dackle in the weekly
bulleteens. . . . First ae week passed an syne anither withoot
bringin' an explanation o' Tibbie's silence, Latto Taut Bodkin
(1864) xxi.
DACKLES, 5/;. />/. Obs. Sus. Globules of water on
walls, &c., caused by damp. Cf dag, sb.^
Sus. In use many years ago, but now quite ol}S. (G.A.W.); (Hall.)
DACKLIE, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) 1. Of a swarthy com-
plexion. 2. Pale, liaving a sickly appearance.
[Norw. dial. rt'/H', dark (of complexion) (Aasen) ; ON.
dfkkr, dark (used of hair).]
DACKY, si. Lin. Shr. Hrf Also written dakky
n.Lin. [da'ki, dse'ki.] A sucking-pig ; a child's name
for a pig. Also in coinp. Dacky-pig. Cf dack, iid.
n.Lin. .Sutton IfWs. (1881) ; n.Lin.' Shr.'; Shr.^Jack! goayo
an fat up the dacliies. Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876).
DACKY, see Dack, int.
DACRE
[5J
DAD
DACRE, v. Sc. To give any one a ' hiding.'
Dnif. ' I'll dacre ye,' spoken jocosely (Jam.V
DAD. s/'.' In jf(«. dial, and colloq. use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Written dadd Sc. ; dade Cum.' Slang ; ded Cum.
Also in forms daddy, daddie ; dadi Slang ; dady Sc.
Cum." ; daiddie Sc. ; deddy Sc. Cum.' [dad, deed, ded,
ded ; dadi, dtcdi, dedi, dedi.] 1. Father.
Mry. How pious were their dads, Hay Liiitie (1851'! 29. Elg.
They liae gi'nt for their dad, Testeu PofV/zs ( 1 865 ^ 6. Bnfif. At last
brave Jess, the fodgel junt. Did had dad's hands till the auld runt,
Wi' boiiin broc, John Ploughman brunt, Tayi. or Poaiis (1787) 26.
Bch. Her miuny crooks her mou' and dad. Kordes Z)o»/i';(if (1785)
31. Abd. Daiddie Brown's burnie, Smiles Natitr. (1876) 15, ed.
1893. Frf. Tir approach of their dear dadd, MorisonPo«;w (1790)
46. Per. Ye'se hae yer share o* yer daddie's supper, Cleland
Jnchbiaiken 1S831 268, cd. 1S87. Fif. Dad sent me to bed, Meldrum
Mii/gmM I 1894 ■ 58. Slg. Oor bairn is like his daddie, Towers
Pofiiis {1S85) 161. Rnf. Suppose your young Icdd^'madeyouan auld
deddy. Bark Poetiis (1861) 251. Ayr. I gat him frae my daddy,
Stiltacis a>ui Sngs. (1846) I. 33. Lnk. Noo I'm a dad wi' a hoose
o' my ain. Nicholson Idylls (1870") 51. Lth. 'What tho' thy dad
goes on the gell, Lumsden Slieephcad ^i&gz) 61. Edb. What their
auld dads began, M^^Dowall Poatis (1839) 41. Feb. Bairnies for
their daddie speir, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836I 123. Dmf. 'We (ley
Daddy Care wi' a royal glee, Reiu Poettis ^1894) 97. Gall. The
Pre-Disruption sermons o' his daddy, Crockett Siickit Min. (1893)
105. Kcb. You're dear to mammie an' to dad, Armstrong Iiigic-
i/rf* (1890! 143. Aat. BallymeiiaObs.(i8g2). Nhb. CW.G.), Dur.i
Cum. O' fortunes great my ded oft tells, Relph Misc. Pocmk (1743)
118; Dick has broken deddy's dish, Gilpin S«^s. ( 1866) 55; Cum.'
n.'Yks. He can say Mam an' Dad, Tweddell Clevcl. Rhyiitcs (1875")
34. w.Yks.''* Lan. Mother an' the dad will soon be home now,
Hocking Our Joe, ii ; Lan.', n.Lau.', m.Lan.' Der.^ He vastly
favours his dad, 158, nw Der.', Not. iL.C.M.i, Nhp.'^ Hrt. Now
if I don't tell your dad (HG."). Hnt. (,T.P.F.), Nrf.' E<>s. Long
afore His dad lay by the wall, Clark /. Noakes (1839) st. 21.
n.Dev. Are you my daddy? Chanter IVitch (1896) 34. Slang.
Life B. M. Carew (1791) Gl.
2. Phr. (i) Dacfs own boy, a son having his father's
peculiarities ; (2) daddies and mannnies, the dust-charged
collections of moisture that gather between the toes
after a ■walk, (S:c. ; (3) the daddy of it, the worst of it, the
trouble; (4) to be a daddy for, to excel in; (51 to be the
dad of, or to be daddy of, to be superior to, to be master of,
to excel in ; (6) to be the dad of all ring-tails, to excel in
mischief, to be the ringleader.
(i) Brks.' (2) Glo. NoRTHALL Flk-Plirases (1894). (3) Glo.
It's the pain, that's the daddy of it (S.S.B.). (4) He's a regular
daddy for mischief ^;'6.). (5) w.Yks. I reckon sho's the dad ov all,
is that, Dewshre Oliii. (1866) 9 ; Prov, in Byigliottse Neivs (July 23,
1887) ; w.'Yks.' He'st dad of au for mischief, (6) m.Yks.'
3. Comb, (i) Daddy-da, a child's call to its father; (2)
— cloots. Father Devil, the devil ; (3) -Isaac, the hedge-
sparrow, ^c««for worfir/nm ; (4) -long-legs, a nickname
for a long-legged boy ; (5) -rough, the stickleback,
GasterostcHs trachiinis; (6) -'s whiskers, Traveller's Joy,
Clematis I 'italba.
(i) Abd. Daddy-da ; that doo's greetin', Alexander Ain Flk.
(1875) 72, ed. 1882. (2) Rnf. Schules may gang to Daddy Cloots,
Barr Poems (1861) 200. (31 Glo. Baylis llliis. Dial. (187GJ,
(41 Brks.' (5) -War.^a (6) WU.'
4. The person who gives away the bride at a wedding ;
the best man.
e.An. (E.G. P.) Nrf. The man who attended to give the bride
away, hurriedly show[ed] his right to kiss the bride first, in
consequence of his position as ' daddy,' Clyde Garl. (1872) i ;
(.M.C.H.B.) e.Suf. (F.H.)
DAD, sb.^ Irel. Nhp. Amer. Also in form dads Nhp.'
[dad, daed.] A disguised form oi God, used in van phr.
of asseveration and imprecation. See Bedad,
w.Ir. And, by dad, the poor king was obleeged at last for to get
a goose. Lover Leg. (1848) I, 4. Nhp.' Dads-bobs I [Amer. Dial.
Notes (1896) I. 64,]
DAD, sb.^ Irel. Nhb, Dun Cum. Yks. Chs, Also
in forms daad Cum. ; daud Sc. Cum. ; dawd Sc. Yks.
[dad, dad, dod.] A large piece, a lump, portion ; a flake,
a slight covering (of snow),
Sc. Raw dauds mak lat lads, Henderson Prov. (1832) 31, ed.
1881. Elg. Dauds o' beef an' legs o' mutton, Tester Pof«;s 1865')
166, Bnff. He found it to be ' a big dad o' bread and butter,'
Smiles Nalnr. { 1876) ii. Frf. A daud o' tanned claith frae the
sail o' a boat, Watt Poet. Sketcties (1880) 17. Per. Wi' dauds o'
counsel ye would gic, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 89. Fif. Gie hiin
a dad o' curran' loaf, Roisertson Provost (18941 99. e.Fif. Dauds
o' fat beef an' pork, Latto Tarn Butlhii 1,1864') xiv. Slg. Dinna
gape for dauds o' praise Frae gurly Andrew Fairway, Towers
Poems (1885) 65. s.Sc. Only look what a dado' a stoekin',
Wilson Tales (1839) V. 96. Rnf. Buttered scones And dauds o'
bread and cheese, Barr Poems 1^1861) 162. Ayr. An' cheese an'
bread . . . Was dealt about in lunches, An' dawds that day,
Buhns Holy Pair (1785) st. 23. Lnk. He had great dauds o'
common sense, Thomson Aliisiiigs {i88i) 30. Lth. Gie's dauds
O' buns, an' short bread plentj', Bruce Poems (1813) II. 20.
e.Lth. A dawd o' bannock if we likit. Hunter J. /;;»/fi ( 1895)
1 46. Edb. O' gude short-bread a dad, JVciv Year's Morning
(1792) 9. Kcb, Girls wi' gingerbread in dauds, Davidson Seasons
(1789) 73. N.I.' Ant. Bnliymcna Obs. (1892). n.Cy. GuosE
(,1790). Nhb. An' lumps o' beef, an' dads o' dufl', RonsoN Sngs. of
Tyne (1849') 77 ; Nhb.' Scarce. e.Dur.' Cut him a daw-d o' breed.
Cum. It was aw splattert ower wi girt dauds o' clay (E.W.P.) ;
Cum.' A laal daad o' snow on t'grund. It fo's i' girt dauds.
Hence (i) Dadkin, sb. a tittle, gen. in phr. to a dadkin;
(2) Dawds and blaivds, phr. {a) the blades of colewort
boiled whole ; broth made in this manner ; (A) a great
abundance; (3) to rive aw-a-dawds, phr. to tear all to
pieces ; see Adawds.
(i) s.Chs.' Dhaat^s Paali tu u daad-kin [That's Pally to a
dadkin]. (2, n) Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl. Fif. There's
dawds and blawds to yer dinner, 71/5. Poem (Jam.). (i) Fif.
(.Jam.) (31 Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. [Holloway ; (K.)]
DAD, v.^ and si." Sc. Nlib. Cum. 'Written dadd, dadde
Sc. Also in forms daud Sc. Nhb.' Cum.'; dawd Sc,
Bnff.' ; dawrd Abd, [dad, dad, dod.] 1. v. To strike,
beat, dash ; to slam ; also \iseA fig. to disturb, ruflle.
Sc. The norlan' blaste frae yonte the binne May skeipe an'
dadde fu' snelle an' dour, Vedder Poems (1842) 311 ; ' Come here,
miss, and I'll daud yer frock.' With that she began to (lick off
the powdery snow, Tweeddale Moff (1896) 189. Abd. Ye've
deav't me an' daudet. An' ca'd me a fule, Macdonald Sir Gibbte
Ixii. Frf. Though sairly dung doitet an' daudit about, Watt Poet.
Skelches (i8t'o) 55. Per. We'st love gared ye dad ma ears wi' yir
bukes? Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Syne { 1895' 51. Fif. Barrow
and banes wi' kicks and knocks Were daddit round about, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 86 ; On his door he dadit, Douglas Poems (i8o6)
139. Ayr. Everybody dauds and dings the daft laird o' Grippy,
Galt Entail \ 1823) Ixii. Lnk. He's up wi' the dishclout to daud
it awa', Rodger Poems (1838J 38, ed. 1897. Lth. Thick swirling
drift dauds the dead sapless yirth, Ballantine Poems (18561 41.
e.Lth. An' made for the door, an' dadded it ahint him. Hunter
J. Inwicli ( 18951 237. Edb. Dadding the end of his staff" on the
ground, Moir Mansie Waucli (1828) xvii. Peb, An daudit down
their standard. NicoL Poems (1805", II. 8 (Jam.). Slk. He had a'
the house daddit down, Hogg Tales (1838) 175, ed. 1866. Dmf,
Dinna gang to dad tysel a' abroad, Carlyle Lett. (Mar. 30, 1838)
in Froude's Carl. (1885) I. 132 ; With a nervous system all dadded
about by coach travel, rail travel (Sept. 2, 1849^, ib. II. 10.
Gall. Dauded oor heids thegither, Crockett Bog- Myrtle (1895)
411. Kcb. Slap an' dad her as I like. It only mak's her waur,
'Armstrong Inglcside : 1890) 142. N.Cy.' Nhb. Be who it will,
Tze daud his jaws, Midford Coll. Sngs. (i8i8) 52 ; Nhb.' Aa'll
dad yor jaa. Divvent dad it doon that way. Cum. I'll daud thy
lugs wud t'dish clout (E.W.P.),
Hence (i) Dadding, vbl. sb. (a) ill-treatment, rough
usage ; (6) a knocking, striking ; (c) fig. wandering,
' knocking ' about the world ; (d) ppl. adj. of the wind or
rain : beating, driving, knocking ; (2) Dawdit,//i/. adj., fig.
ill-used, ill-treated.
(i, a) Bnff.' Ill-treatment by casting down and pulling along the
ground, or by tossing hither and thither. Fif. I'se gi'e 3'ou your
daddins (Jam.), (b) Rnf, That daudin', kickin' at the door, ..
Thae schule-weans mak' from morn to nicht, Young Pictures
(1865) 136. (c) Frf. There are some wha, wi' lang daudin aboot
the country, hae lost a' sense o' dignity, Willock Rosctly Ends
(1886) 33, ed. 1889. (rf) Per. Hand atf the daddin' wind and weet,
Haliburton Ocliil Idylls (i8gi) 28. Ayr, But bitter daudin
showers hae watit, Burks yd Ep. J. Lapraik (Sept. 13, 17851 st. 3.
e.Lth. First there was a mukle daddin wind. Hunter J. Inwicli
(1895) 9. (2; Bnff,' She's a peer dawdit lassie.
DAD
[6]
DADDOCK
2. To pelt, bespatter. . .
Frf. Ilk fool that claims your honours bright W. missiles dad
him, Sands Ponus (1833) 43- Ayr. An' set the bairns to daud her
\Vi' dirt this day, Burns O.d.nalion (1786) st. 3. Gall. A-dawding
wi- the storm. Harper Bartis (ed. 1889) 206. Feb. An a his
cleathin daudit Wi' glaur that day, Nicol Poems (1805) I. 35-
3. Fis;. To abuse.
Nhb. rd daud or gie him weel his souses, Donaldson Poems
(iSoql 13; Nhb.i „ . . ,,
4. To dash out a small fire of gas in a pit, or a small
accumulation of gas, with a jacket.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
Hence Daddin, vbl. sb. mixing fire-damp in a pit with
fresh air by duffing it with a jacket, so as to dilute it and
render it harmless. Nhb.'
5. With off: to shake oft".
Sc. Daud aff the stoure IVae your feet, Henderson St. Matt
(1862) X 14 Lnk. Then took his bonnet to the bent And daditaflf
the glar, Ramsay Poems (1800I I. 260 ( Jam.^. Edb. Giving his
breeches-knees a skuff with his loof to dad oft" the stoure, Mom
Mansie IVatich (1828) .xxiii.
6. With damn : to throw oneself down with violence.
Lnk. Swith to Castalius' fountain brink Dad down agrouf ^flat],
and tak a drink, Ramsay Poofvs (1800) II. 339 (Jam.).
7. sh. A blow, a sudden and violent thrust ; a clapping
of the hands.
Sc. The shirra's gi'en her a daud on the side o her held, Keith
Indian Uncle 1 1896 i 306. Bnff.' He ga' the bairn a dawd into the
middle o' the fleer. Abd. Gley'd Gibby Gun wi' a derf dawrd
Beft o'er the grave divine. Skinner Poems 1,1809) S°- ^■'f' L^e]
nearly dirled the Frenchy's teeth oot o' his head by the daud with
which the back end o' the barrow cam' doon on the road,
WiLLOCK Rosctiv Ends (1886) 173, ed. 1889. Per. And syne set
them down wi' a daud, Sandy Scott (1897) 78. Fif. Breakin' the
hearers' pows wi' dads, Tennant Papistry (1827) 7. Rnf. He
could shake a' Dumbuck wi' a daud o' his hammer, Webster
Uliymes (1835) 42. Ayr. There were dauds and clinks and a fouth
of flyting, Service Dr. Diignid (ed. 1887) 68. Lnk. The very
best folk whiles deserve a "bit daudie, Nicholson Idylls (1870}
47. Lth. The honours blithely gie Wi' rare dauds, Smith Meny
Bridal ( 1866) 208. Slk. I'll mak it plain to ye. . . . That's a dadd,
Hogg 7'rt/fs(i838) 22, ed. 1866. Dmf. Toasts . . . were drank . . .
Wi' ruffs and dads, Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 57. Gall. I'll gie ye
anither daud on the kerb, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxx.
Kcb. Whoe'er did slight him gat a daud, Davidson Seasons (1789)
15. N.Cy.' Nhb.' He gat sic a dad as he'll not forget.
[7. This deceiuer fel doun with sik a dade, Dalrymple
Lts/ie'.s Hist. Scotl. (1596) II. 125.]
DAD, v.'^ Lan. [dad.] To move a heavy article
forward by turning it on its end.
s.Lan. (W.H.T.) w.Lan. Davies Races (1856) 230.
DAD A BIT, phr. Obs. ? Sc. Not a bit.
Bnff. He was wi' gab sae gifted That dad a bit cou'd I get shifted,
Frac yieldin' to his sighs an' gianes, Taylor Poems (1787) 181.
DADACK, DADDACK, DADDAK, see Daddock.
DADD, DADE, see Dad, sb.\ Dade, v.
DADDER, see Dather.
DADDES, ^b.pl. Glo.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A child's word for the hands. Cf. daddle, sb.^
DADDIES, sb. pi. llrf. [dadiz.] Fireworks.
Hrf. They had had some daddies up their yard that evening
and had frightened the old man to death, Bromyard News (Nov.
8, i8q.)) 5; Known only l)y old people (H.C.M.J.
DADDLE, sb.' Nhb. Cum. Wm. Nhp. Shr. Glo. Cant,
[dadl, daedl.] The hand. Cf daddes.
Nhb. When Ilamlick stuck his daddle oot, To grip his feyther's
paw, Rciiib(jN Evangilinc ( 1870) 354 ; Nhb.' Cum. Gi'e us a shek
o' thy daddle, Andeksos Ballads (cd. 1808) 6. Nhp.', Shr.' 2, GI0.2
Cant. Tip us your daddle. Sir Luke, Ainsworth RootwuoU (1834)
bk. 111. ii ; l.i/e B. M. Carcw (1791) Gl.
DADDLE, sb.' Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.! A pea-shooter. (Hall.)
DADDLE, V.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in
forms dadleSc.Wm. 11. Yks.' w.Yks.2; daidle Sen. Yks.';
daudie n.Yks,' ; dawdle N.Cy.' Nhb.' Lan.' [da'dl, dedl,
des dl, d9dl.] 1. To walk or work slowly ; to dawdle,
saunter, trifle. Cf doddle.
be. riicic's no manner of service in your daidliiig here, Sievi.n-
SON Catriona (1892) vii. Frf. A chap hingin' his head an' daidlin'
aboot as if he was deein', Willock Roselly Ends (18B6) 57, ed.
1889. Per. Daidlin' aboot a' day doin' naething but drinkin' (G.W.).
Fif. The lairds, wi' flunkie and wi' hound. Come daidlin', drappin'
in, Tennant Papistry (1827) 59. e. Fif. I'm nae to be standin' here
a' day, daidlin' awa my time for naething, Latto Tam Bodkin
(1864) V. Rnf. Their wives wad hae daidl'd for blythe thro' the
weet, PiCKEN Poems (1813) II. 45. Lnk. I boost gae daidlin'
barefittet aboot, Watson Poems (18531 47. Lth. He suddenly
exercised discipline on Jamie's ears, with a ' take that . . . for daidlin
when ye're sent on an eerant,' Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885)
88. Edb. 1 might come dadling up behint, Forbes Poems (1812)
4. Slk. Daidlin' in the mock-turtle I I hate a' things mock, Chr.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) (Mackay). N.Cy.' Cum. Then I daddle
to the duir,And then I daddle in, Anderson Ballads (ed. i8o8j 156.
Wm. Thae dud daddle alang, wi' hundreds a fooark in cm, Spyec. Dial.
(1885) pt. iii. 28; Billy wad a dadled away fer hoors tagidder,
Taylor SWcAfs (1882; 14. n.Yks.' 2 w. Yks.' ; w.Yks.^ What are
ta dadling about for? Shr.' 'Er'd larn summat better than daddie
about 06th a child. Glo.' Lon. They're people I think that like to
daddle over their teas, Mayhew Land. Labour (1851) I. 76. Hmp.
Holloway.
Hence (i) Daddlement, sb. trifling proceedings; (2)
Daddler, sb. atrifler; (3) Daddling,/)//. nu). idle, dawdling,
without energy, listless.
(ijCum.' (21 Dmf. (Jam.) (3) Sc. The dcil's in the daidling
body, Scott Midlothian (1818) ix ; That's dainty wark for sic a
daidlen body, Blackw. Mag. (Jan. 1821) 407 (Jam.). Per. A' wud
tell the daidlin wratch o' a cratur, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895)
190 ; He's a fooshinless, daidlin, drunken warrock (G.W.). Rnf.
The police . . . Who spend their time in apprehending Poor
daidling Buddies not ofl'cnding, M'Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 211.
Ayr. What has become of that daidling bodie? Galt Sir A. Wylie
(1822) c. Lth. Daidlin' bodies sat an' souket Hale puncheons up,
Ballantine Poems (1856) 10. e.Lth. Archie Howden's but a
thieveless, daidlin cratur. Hunter /. Inwick (1895) 45. n.Yks.l
A daidling, sauntering body.
2. To walk unsteadily, to stagger ; to waddle ; to walk
with short steps.
Sc. He daidles like a duik (Jam.). Lth. Ducks daidlin' in the
dubs are seen, Ballantine Poems (1856) 30. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ;
N.Cy.', Nhb.', n.Yks. (R.B.) Lan. T this fettle aw munt daddle
whom, Tim Bobbin View Dial. 1,1740) 34; Lan.', Clis."^^, Nhp.',
e.An.'
Hence Daddled, adj. applied to ducklings allowed to go
too young into the water.
Nrf. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 30.
3. To draggle, bemire one's clothes.
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. While he was daidelt like a wonder Drenched
wi* rain, Beattie Aniha (c. 1820) 41, ed. 1882.
4. Phr. to daddle and drittk, to wander from place to place
in a drunken way; to tipple. Sc. (Jam.), Per. (G.W.)
5. To support, to assist in walking; see Dade.
w.Yks.2 A lame horse is brought from the field and ' two men
dadled him,' one on each side. ' He wer drunk, and they dadled
him home.' Lan.' Stf., Der. (J.K.)
Hence (1) Daidlin', {a) sb. a leading-string for children ;
ib) adj. swaddling; (2) Daidling-strings, sb. pi., see
Daidlin' (a).
(I, a) Lan.' (i) w.Yks. A rowl o' daidlin tloaz, Yksman. (1875)
12. (2) Lan. My love bought . . . Katherine gartering for daddling
strings, Walkden Diary \eA. 1866) 77.
6. To fondle a child, to toss on the knee.
Frf. He could daidle her as if she were an infant, Barrie
Tommy (1896) xxvii. Der.'^, nw.Der.'
DADDLE,!;.^ Dor. [dsedl.] To trouble, bother, annoy,
worry.
Dcr. Daddled wi' him (C.V.G.) ; Not heard recently (O.P.C).
DADDLE, DADDLIE, see Daidle.
DADDOCK, sb. War. Wor. Hrf Glo. Brks. Hmp. Wil.
Som. Amer. Also written dadack War.° Brks. w.Cy. ;
daddack Brks.'; daddak w.Wor.' ; daddick Hmp.' Wil.'
Som.; daddik Hrf.'' Wil.; daddok s.Wor. ; dadduck
se.Wor.' 1 Irf ; dadick Wil. ; dadock Glo. ; deddock Wor. ;
dedock Hmp.' [dsedak, dedak.] 1. Rotten wood,
touchwood; also in coinp. Daddock-wood.
War.3 The window ledge is all of a daddock. m.Wor. (J.C.)
s.Wor. PoRSON £>i(«i«/ Wds. (1875) 13; s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Hrf.
DuNCUMB Hist. Hrf. (1804) ; Hrf.' Glo. Bavlis IIIiis. Dial.
DADDY
[7]
DAFF
(1870); G/. 11851); Glo.l, Hmp.i Wil. (K.); Britton Beauties
(18251 ; Wil.' Som. W. & J. G/. (1873) ; Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Etii;. I 1825I. [Amer. Colloquial in the States, esp. New England
(^Faumer). 1
Hence Daddocky, adj. decayed, rotten; fig. inferior,
weak ; tasteless.
War.^ A (Jadacky log of wood ; War.^ Tliis tree lias Iain here
till the wood is quite daddocky. w.Wor.', s.Wor.', Hrf.^ Glo.
That wood is dadocky (A.B.) ; Glo.' As daddocky as a kex ; Glo.^
Brks. A wunt under a daddacky slam-bush (M.B.) ; 67. (1852);
Brks.' The bern doors be ' daddacky ' an' wunt Stan' mendin'.
Hmp.' That tree has been dedocky some time. Wil. Slow
Rhymes (,18891 Gl. ; Wil.' n.Wil. 'Tis all got so daddicky as 3'ou
can't do notliin' wi't (E H.G."!. Som. Swketman IVincaiUoii Gl.
(,1885^; W. & J. Gl. (1873 ; (.W.F.R.)
2. Phr. lo go to (icxiiUod-s, to be utterly rotten, to go to
pieces.
Som. The beam was gone, all gone to daddicks, Hervey Chroii.
(1887) I. 337.
[1. When the heart or body of a tree is througlily
rotten, it is called daddock, Blount (1681). J
DADDY, DADDIE, see Dad, sb.^
DADE, V. and sh. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Lei.
Nhp. War. Won Shr. Also written dad Lan.' m.Lan.'
e.Lan.'; dadd e.Lan.'; and in forms dady s.Not. ; daw.l
Lan.' [ded, dead, dad, da'di.] 1. v. To lead ; to hold
up a child beginning to walk; to support ; to walk arm
in arm.
w.Vks.' I daded him o'er t'brook. Lan. They had to dad me
whoam.WAUGH Cliint. Corner yi 8"] .\) 170, ed. 1879: Lan.', e.Lan.',
m.Lan.' Chs.' In common use about Macclesfield; Chs.^ Not
common; Chs.^ s.Chs.' Ahy )v dai'did yu men'i u tahym, mon,
wen yii wun u litd uii [I've daded y6 many a time, mon. when
yd wun a little 'un]. Der.', nw.Der.' Not. I had to dade him
most of the way home L.C.M.); Not.^ s.Not. My mester and
Bill dadied 'im 'um (J.P.K.'l. sw.Lin.' We daded her between us.
Lei.' I shoiildn' iia' got home, if they hadn' daded me along.
Nhp.' War.^ Take hold of his other hand, and we'll dade him
along. ne.Wor. (J.W. P. 1 Shr.' I'd rather dad j a child six months
than it should larn to creep.
Hence (ij Dading-strings, (2) Dadins, sb. pi. leading-
strings.
(I I Lan. Aw've livt e' Smobridge evvur sin' awre e' dadin-
strengs, ,ScH0LES Tim Gaimvattle 1,18571 ; Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs."^^
s.Chs.' Oo)z got'n u mon iired'i, un ur^z bae'rli aayt m ur dai din-
stringz [Hoo's gotten a mon a'ready, an' her's barely ait'n her
dadin'-strings]. Der.', Lei.' Nhp.' Obs. War.^ Shr.' 'Im a
mon ! W'y 'a's 'ardly out o' the dadin'-strings yit ! Shr.^ (2)
Lan. Squinted at it through the saddle of its dadins, Brierley
Marloeis (1867) 108 ; I have no remembrance of the ' dadin' period,
ib. IVavertow (1863") 27, ed. 1884 ; Lan.'
2. To walk slowly ; to walk with help. Lei.', War.^
3. sb.pl. Leading-strings for children. Der.' Obs.
[1. The little children when they learne to goe, By
painefuU mothers daded to and fro, Drayton Ep. (1598)
XXI. 108 iNares).]
DADEY,5/'. War.3 [dedi.] A large pike.
DAD FINCH, see Daffinch.
DADGE, sb. N.Cy.' Nhb.' [dad^.] A large piece.
See Dad, sb.^
DADGE, V. Nhb. Cum. Also in form dodge N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Idadg, dod^.] To saunter; to walk slowly and
clumsily. See Dade, v. 2.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum. Then dadg'd wc to the bog owr meadows
dree, Relfh Misc. Poems (1747) 13; Cuui.^ When they dadg't
away togidder, 169.
DA-DILLY, sb. Irel. [da'dili.] A helpless, useless
person.
N.I.' .She's a sore da-dilly of a crayturc.
DAX)JEON-"WABSTER, sec Dajon-wabster.
DADLESS, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Useless, stupid. (Hall.)
DADTHER, see Dather.
DADUM, n(/y. Hrt. Ess. Ken. Also in forms addum,
attum Hrt. Ess. [deedani.] At the time.
Hrt., Ess. N. &-> Q. ,1874) 5th S. i. 115. Ken. Dadum I return,
<*. (,1873) 4th S. xii. 517.
DADY, DAEG, see Dad, sb.\ Dade, Darg, sb.
DAE NETTLE, see Deanettle.
DAFF, I'.', A-6.' and m//.' Nhb. Yks. Lan. Der. War.
Wor. Shr. Ilrf Also Som. Written daffe N Cy.^ Also
in form daft w.Yks. [daf, daef.] L v. To daunt, stun,
discourage; to extinguish (a candle).
n.Cy. (jROSE (1790J; Coles (1677); N.Cy.'^, Nhb.' w.'Vks.
Sam war noan te be daftcd wi' one failure, Yksman. (1876) 15,
col. I ; WiLLAN List IVds. (1811) ; w.Yks.^ T'wind 'II dalt t'candle
out ; w.Yks.^, Lan.^
2. To falter in memory. n.Yks.'
3. To loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way.
n.Yks. Thou maun't tak ncea notish ov ow t at he sez ; sen he
tumm'ld oirt'cart he daflfs 011 a bit (^R. B.) ; n.Yks.^ Daffiug, prosing.
4. sb. In phr. to put a daff'oii a person, to make any one
afraid. Shr.^
5. A coward, a dastard.
n.Cy. CoLES (16771. n.Yks.' 2, w.Yks.l
6. A fool, a booby.
n.Yks. Sedgwick Mciti. Cowgill Cliapel (1868) 108 ; n.Yks.^
Hence (i) Daffani, sb. a fool, a silly person ; (2) Daff-
head, sb. a blockhead, a coward ; (3) Daffy, sb., see
Daffam ; (4) Daffy-like, adv. foolishly, like an idiot.
(I) w.Yks.' (2) n.Yks. 2, m. Yks.' (3) Lan.' n.Lan. I've nea
patience wi' sic dalfys, Morris Siege o' Bion'ton (1867) 6 ; n.Lau.'
w.Wor. John, the daffy, S. Beauchahp Giaiitley Gmnge\i8-in') II. 24.
(4) w.Wor. A-pickin at his cooat quaire an' daffy-Ioike, ib. I. 30.
7. adj. Stupid, dull, idiotic. Cf. daft, adj.
w.Som.' Tis a wisht thing vor em, sure 'nough, vor t-ave two
o'm daff and foolish like that there.
Hence (i) Daffish, adj. (a) sheepish, shy, modest ; (/;)
low-spirited ; (2) Dafify, adj. (a) imbecile, soft ; {b) dry,
insipid.
(I, a) ne.Lan.', Der.2 nw.Der.^, War.3 Shr.' A little bit daffish,
but that's a djel better than bein' too bond ; Shr.^ He's grow'd so
daffish. Hrf. DuNCUMB //(sC. //)y. (1804) ; Hrf.' (6) Shr.2 (2,(7)
War.3 He is a bit daffy. s.Wor.' (b) n.Yks.^ A soort o' deead
daffy gess.
[5. Daffe or dastard, or he fiat spekythe not yn tyme.
Prompt. 6. I sal been halde a daf, a cokenay, Chaucer
C.T. A. 4208.]
DAFF, W.2 So. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Lin. [daf] To frolic,
sport, jest ; to talk nonsense.
Sc. When the lads used to daff with the lassies, Ochiltree Red-
bum (1895) i. Elg. By the stouk, the lad and lass, They daff.and
touzle sair, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 151. Abd. It's now your time
to daff a wee, Cock Strains (1810) I. 86. Per. A' mind Hillocks
daffin' wi' ye that nae wumman cud get a goon oot o' ye, Ian
Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 164. Rnf. In our play o' life's
wee game, We'll daff at times as weel as them, Young Pictures
(1865)176. Ayr. What am I about ; datfing till this tune here, Galt
Sir A. IVylie (1822) xvi. Lnk. We'll lauch, an' daff, an' frisk, an'
fling, Nicholson /rf)'//5 (18701 113. Lth. The weans shalldaff in their
pranksome play, Ballantine Poems (1856) 24. Rxb. She daffed
awee wi' sic as ye, RiDDEi.L/-*of/. IVks. { 1871) I. 131. Nhb. Daffin'
wi' the hunter callants, Armstrong IVautiy Blossoms (1876; 17.
Dur. He's always daffin' on (A.B.). n.Lin.' She's alus daffin' i'stead
o' mindin' her wark.
Hence (i) Daffer, sb. merriment; (2) Daffery, sb.
gaiety, sportiveness, folly ; (3) Daffing, (a) sb., see Daffery ;
(b) idle waste of time in frivolous talking; (c) ppl. adj.
playful, sportive, foolish ; (4) Daffing-green, sb. the
village green, where sports are held.
(i) Ayr. (J.M.) (3) Sc. It's a browst yourain daffery did brew,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 299. Abd. Wha in her daffery
had run o'er the score, Ross Helenore (1768) 98, ed. 1812. Fif.
'Mid sic daffery and glaikinBaithgod and priest were merry-makin',
Tln.nant Papistry (1827) 19. (3, a) Sc. Sae folk ca'd us in their
daffin' young Nick and auld Nick, Scott 7?oi/?ciy(i8i7 xxii. Elg.
She'll be a vera Sodom soon For deevilment an' daffin'. Tester
Poems (1865) 163. Bntr. Your graceless daffin' lay aside. An'
Wisdom's paths pursue, Taylor Pof»w (1787) 34. Abd. Tak' some
thought, For whiles sic daffin's nae for nought. Cock Strains (1810)
I. 86, Per. Gin she be young an' fu' o' daffin' she'll a' the mair
need to be advecsed, Cleland htchbracken (1883) 76, ed. 1887.
Fif. Father o' daffin, jaips, and jokes ! Tennant Papistry (1827) 20.
Slg. What daffin' was there, Wi' youths a' true-hearted and maidens
so fair, Towers Poems (1885) 146. Dnib. Lea' aff yer daffin' and
yer glee, Taylor Poems (1827) i6. Rnf. Whan e'er mv face she
DAFF
[8]
DAFFODIL
saw. Up her plaidin' coat she kiltit, An' in daffin' scowr d awa,
PiCKEN Poems (1813) I. 28. Ayr. Until vvi' daffin weary grown,
Burns Twa Dogs 11786: I. 43; Since ye will hae sic dafhn ye
maun time't yoursel', Galt Sir A. JVyUe (1822I Ixx. Lnk. We re
nae sooner fools to give consent Than we our daffin and tint power
repent. Ramsav Gentle Shefi. (1725) '"• "i- Lth. Whare wad folk
haedaffinifno'atawaddini Strathesk j5/i»*6o«)0' (ed. 1891)178.
e Lth Whan I thocht o' a' the steer an' the on gauns ... an the
daffin an'cheerin. Hunter/./;!:^'..:* (1895) 215. Edb. The laughing
daffing. and hullabaloo that they were making, MoiR Moiisic Wanch
( 1828I xxiv. Feb. Ae night when laddies quat their daffin', Affleck
Poet. Wks. (1836J 121. Slk. When a' your daffin's owre, Hogg
Tales (1838 154. ed. 1866. Rxb. Cheery and chaste in their daffin
and glee, Riddell Poet. JVks. (1871) I. 37. Dmf. Wi' dancing,
sangs, and weel-tim'd daffin. The afternoon grew late wi' laughing,
Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 55. Gall. Thinking more of daffing with
Kate Allison, Crockett Grey Man (1896) xvi. Kcb. The chiels
wad meet in daffin, Davidson Seasons (1789) 16. Wgt. An' noo
the daffin' a' was fled, As he passed frae the door, Fraser IVigtoivn
(1877) 210. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. Nae little daffin
and S3.bbin.RiCHARDSOS Borderer s Tab/e-bk (1846) VII. 137; Nhb.i
Cum^ Ther's nae daffin' at the tryst, Gilpin Balhids ^1874) 3rd S.
204 ; Cum.i Lin. Streatfeild Z.m, aiirf £>«;;« ,1884'! 324. [And
with his merry dathng. He set them all a laughing, Halliwell
PInines [iS^z^ 225, ed. 1886.] (A) Cum. (J.Ar.) (c) Sc. 'Tis daffin
to be vaunty, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 20, ed. 1871. Elg.
The daffing lassie frae the loan Jeers at his weekly chin, Couper
Poetry (1804) I. 67. Frf. There's no a soul on the hills but j-ou
and me, and thae daffing and drinking gypsies. Bakrie Minister
(1891) xxxiii. Slg. Those were the days— dear daffin' days, Towers
Poems (1885) i8r. Dmb. My laughing, daffing, charming Jean,
Cross Disruption ; 1844) xxix. Dmf. Daffin' Dandy, fat and free,
QuiXN Heat/ier (1863) 240. Gall. He used to say to her in his
daffing way, Crockett Moss-Hags 1,1895) iv. (4) Edb. Whan
younkers leave the daffin green, Tint Oiiey (1796) 13.
DAFF, affj.^ Lin. Also in form daffy sw.Lin.' [daf,
da-fi.] Doughy, damp, clammy. Cf. dough.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin, and Danes (1884) 324 ; Lin.^ sw.Lin.'
How daffy the bread is ! Bread is bad for anyone when it is so
daff.
DAFF, sb.^ w.Yks. (Hall.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents,] A priest.
DAFFADILE, DAFFADOWNDILLY, see DafFodil.
DAFF ANY, sb. Dev."* The niezereon or spurge-flax,
Daphne Mcsereum.
DAFFEN, V. Yks. [da'fsn.] To stun. See Daff, v}
e.Yks. He daffened it, afooar he killed it, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(1889) 25; e.Yks.i
Hence (i) Daffener, sb. a stunning blow ; (2) Daffening,
adj. bewildering, stupefying.
(.i) e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 25 ; e.Yks.i Ah gav it a
daffener wi speead. (2) e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 3 ;
e.Yks.>
DAFFER, sh. Dev. Cor. Also written dafer Cor.
[djE'fa'ri.] Small crockery-ware; a quantity of things.
Cf. daffy.
n.Dev. Leetle Bob 'th bro't Nell zum daffer, Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. 66. Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 433 ; A brave [large]
daffer, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (18951 Gl. ; Cor.' Bring the
daffer [bring the tea-things, cups and saucers] ; Cor.^
DAFFICK, see Daffock, .s6.'^
DAFFroO-WNDILLY, see Daffodil.
DAFFINCH, sb. Dev. Also in forms dad-, dap-,
[dffif-, daed-, dae-p-finj.] The chaffinch, FringiUa coddis.
Dev. A Bidcford boy picked up a dead cock chaffinch, and said
that the only name ho knew for it was ' dad-finch ' ; frequently
called ' (\z^-imi:\\; Reports Provinc. (1893). n.Dev. SwAiNSONBorfs
(1885 63 : Science Gossip (1874) 142.
DAFFLE, sb. and v} Lei. Nhp. War. [dafl, dEefl,]
1. sh. The mot) used for cleaning the oven before
baking. Lei.', War.^
2. V. To make use of the 'daffle.'
Lei.' I stood an' daffied the oven. War.3
Hence (i) Daffler, sh. a mop used for cleaning the
oven before baking ; (2) Daffling-iron, sh. a scraper used
in an oven for the purpose of removing the wood-ashes ;
(3) -pail, sh. the pail in which the 'daflle' is kept.
(i) Nhp.' A kind of mop, made of rags, attached to a long pole.
(a)Lel.', War.3 (3) Lei.'
3. To do odd jobs, any sort of light work.
Lei.i I've bin just dafflin' about all mornin'. War.^
DAFFLE, V?- Nhb. Dur. Wm. Yks. Nhp. [dafl.]
1. To confuse, deafen. See Daff, v}
n.Yks.' Ah's just that daffled wi' thae bairns' din, Ah's nae use
o' ma heead ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' It's oft varry dafflin when yan's
putten oot o' t'way. e.Yks. Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796) II, 315.
m.Yks.', w.Yks.5
2. To be confused, become stupid. Of old people : to
dote, to betray loss of memory and of the mental faculties.
N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', s.Dur. (J,E,D,), Wm. (J.H.) n.Yks.' ;
n.Yks.2 He's failing fast and beginning to daflle ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks.
Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796).
Hence (i) DafBer, sb. an old person in dotage; (2)
DafBing,/>/i/. adj. (a) mentally wandering, superannuated,
silly ; (h) perplexing; (c) flimsy of texture, limp ; {3)
Dafflins, adj. ; (4) Daffly, adj., see Daflling {a).
(I ) N.Cy.' (2, (I) n,Yks.3 (i) n.Yks.2 (c) Nhp.' (3) n.Yks.
(F.K.) (4) s.Dur. She's growin' varra daffly (J.E.D.). n.Yks.
T'awd man's nobbut daffly (I.W.) ; n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ He grows
quite daffly. ne.Yks. (J.C.F.)
3. To waver ; to change.
n.Yks. 2 The wind daifles about,
4. Of fruit : to become bruised ; to decay on the surface.
Nhp.' Yellow mealy apples daflle most.
DAFFLIN, vbl. sh. Nhb.' [da-flin.] Fooling, merri-
ment. See Daff, v.'^
DAFFOCK, s6.' n.Cy. Lan. Chs. [dafak] A slattern.
n.Cy. Grose ii79o) > Coles (1677). Lan. Monthly Mag. (1815)
I. 127; Wliile the cammed daffock an' this kestril of a school-
maister wur agate o' feightin, Waugh Chini. Corner (1874) 162,
ed. 1879; Lan.' Whod a daffock hoo is! Chs.' [Ray (,1691).]
DAFFOCK, sb? Sh. & Or.L Also written dafifick
Or.L (Jam.) ; c'affack S. & Ork.' [dafak,] A wooden
water-pail ; a coarse tub or trough in which the food of
cattle is put.
Sh.I. {Coll. L.L,B,) Or.I. (Jam.) ; (S A S,) S. & Ork.i
[Gael, dabhach, a large tub (M. & D.) ; Ir. dahhach, a vat
(Foley).]
DAFFOCK, sb.^ Chs.'^ [da'fak.] A woman's dress
that is too short.
DAFFODIL, sb. In ^en. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written daffadile Ayr. In forms daffadow^ndilly
w.Yks.'" Chs.3 s,Chs.' Not.' Lei.' War.^ e.An.' Dev.*;
daffidowndilly s.Not. Hrf.^ Brks,' Dor.'; daffodilly Sc.
Nhp.' Glo.'; daffodowndilly w.Yks.' Shr.'; daffondilly
Hrt.; daffy Cum.' Nhp. Bck. Hmp.' Wil,' ; daffydilly
Nhp.' VVar.^ Hnt. ; daffy down Lan. ; daffydowndilly
N.I.' Dur.' Cum,' n,Yks. e.Yks.' w.Yks,' Lan.' Chs.' Der.*
nw.Der.' n.Lin,' s.Lin. Nhp.' Suf ' Wil,' w.Som.'
1. The daflbdil. Narcissus Psciido-nairissiis.
Fif. Witchbells, . . . dear daffodillies, Kingcups, and spinks,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 9. Edb. A wheen pat-stuffs plantit
there. An' daffodillies round its gair, LearmontPo^^is (1791) 183,
N.I.', Dur.' Cum. Rwoses, lilys an daffydow[n]dillys, Anderson
Ballads (1805) iir, ed. 1840; Cum.', n.Yks". (G.M.T.), e.Yks.'
w.Yks. Banks IVkfld. IVds. (18651 ; w.Yks.' As yollo as a daffa-
downdilly, ii, 296 ; w.Yks." Lan. A hondful o' daffj^deawndillies^
Clegg Sketches (1895) 108 ; Lan,', Chs.'^, s.Chs.',Der.2, nw.Der.',
Not.', s.Not. (J.P.K.) n.Lin.' The fo'st flooers th' bairn seam'd
to tak noatice on was th' daffy-doon-dillies. s.Lin. Eh, do look at
these daffadowndillies ; they'll do your eyes good to see 'em
(T.H.R.). Lei.' Nhp. Where daffies blaze and shine, Clare
Remains (1873) 199 ; Nhp.' The ^vood daffodillies Have been
found in our rambles when summer began, Clare AfS. Poem.
War.3, Shr.i, Hrf.=, Glo.', Oxf., Brks.', Bck. Hrt. There are
heaps of spinks and wall flowers and daffondillies in the gardens,
Tytler Logic Tom! (1887) 58. Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.', Nrf., Suf.',
Sus. Wil. Slow G/, (1892, ; Wil.', Dor. (C,W,), Dor.', w.Som.>
Dev. A 'andfull o' daffadowndillies as grows wild in these paarts,
PiiiLLPOTTS Dartmoor (1895) 41 ; Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ;
Dev." [Daffy-down-dilly has come to town. In a yellow petticoat
and a green gown, Halliwell Rhymes (1842) 308, ed. 1886.]
2. The mezercon or spurge-flax. Daphne Meserciim.
Yks. Daffadowndilly, a name of the mezereon, from contam. of
the Gr. name Daphne with daffodil y\i. Si H.).
3. The snake's-head fritillary, Frilillaria Melcagris.
Hmp. Daffodil, Daffy, and Dafly-down-dilly (H C,M,B.) ; Hmp.'
DAFFY
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DAFT
4. Fig. A silly, showy woman ; a delicate, cfleininate
man.
Ayr. He. it seems, drew up with that littlc-worth, demure
daffodil, Miss Scarborough, Galt Piovosl (1822) xxxvii ; All
hitherto, however, had been moderation compared to the dafladile
of vanity which she was now seen, ib. Ami, Parish (1821) xxxviii ;
Yon dalTodil, your brother, ib. Sir A. ll'ylie (18221 Ixiv.
DAFFY, s6. Ken. [dasfi.J A large number or quantity.
Cf. daffer.
Ken. A rale daffy of people (G.B.) ; Ken.' A rare daffyof people.
DAFFY, DAFFYDILLY, -DOWN, see Daffodil.
DAFT, adj. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in So. Irel.
and Eng. [daft, daeft.] 1. Silly, stupid, foolish, half-
witted, mad. Cf. daff, adj. 7.
Sc. Think no more of this daft business, Scott TVaverley (1814)
xii. Mry. 'Tis the land abounding in daft folks. Hay Liiitie (1851)
12. Elg. Sing oot. La Teste, ye daft hair-brained, Tester Poems
(1865 "I i6r. Bnff. He saw that she was either drunk, or daft, or
something worse. Smiles Nahtr. (1876) iv. Abd. Never will
I fling awa that. Daft though I be, Still Collar's Sunday (1845)
136. Kcd. Ye' re either fey or daft, Grant Lays (1884) 21. Frf.
But you've lost a' your daft capers o' singing and lauching, Barrie
Miiiisler (1891) xxiii. Per. No, I'm no daft ; ye needna be feared,
Ian Maclaren Biicr Bush (1895) 273. Fif. He's a daft man,
Marget, Robertson Provost {1894) 29. Dmb. Ye may be as daft
as ye like in a' ither things — but in this ye maun act like a wyse
man. Cross Dismplion (1844) ii. Rnf. I'm countit either daft or
donnert, Picken Poems (1813) I, 125. Ayr. It signified not
whether the parties were deemed douce or daft, Galt Sir A.
IVylie (1822) viii. Lnk. Daft gowk ! I'll hae to get some ither,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 36. e.Lth. Daft folk an' paupers wull be
settin up a cry for't neist. Hunter J. Iiiwick (1895) 80. Edb.
There I sat, . . . Half fou, half daft, half doited, M'Dowall Poems
(1839^ 40. Slk. Noo daft aboot the glorious Three Days, Chr.
North Nocks (ed. 1856) III. 339. Dmf. Oor Gasstown coop are
loudly cryin' Oot against sage Dan for na daft flyin', QuiNN
//fa//ifr (1863^ 57. Kcb. O' a' sic daft gowks I'm a scorner,
Armstrong Ingleside (iSgo'i 177. Wgt. A man called James
Neilson, familiarly styled,' Daft Jamie Neilson,' Fraser Wigtown
(1877)229. N.I.i, N.Cy.i Nhb. Thou'U drive me daft, aw often
dreed, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843)8; Nhb.' Dur. Bellasys,
Bellasys, daft was thy sowel, Denham Tracts (ed. 1892) I. 96;
Dur.' e.Dur.l They're the daftest things a child can have,
to play with. Lakel. Ellwood (1895). Cum. Daft barnish trick
(J.Ar.) ; Daft Fred i' the nuik, like a hawf-rwoasted deevil,
Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 67. Wm. She war ten hundred
Ihoosand times dafter en aald 'Watty hissel, Robison Aald
Taales (1882I 8; He's daft ower t'lasses fB.K.). n.Yks. Daft
Hannah's speeach wad be quite full o'leet, Castillo Poems (1878)
52 ; n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ As daft as a goose ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.'
What's ta stannin' leeakin seea daft for ? e.Yks. He hez sike daft
ways, Nicholson /"tt-5/>. (i88g) 45; Marshall /?;(c. Econ. (^1788);
e.'Vks.' ' Daft as a deear-nail' and ' reeal daft' are superlative
forms of daftness. w.Yks. Tha'll find noa doctors . . . E'er made
as monny deead or daft As Gin an' Rum. Hartley Ditt. (1873)
58 ; w.Yks.^^^ Lan. She's noan so daft as to offer 'em to me,
Burnett Lowrie's {i&T}) xii ; Lan.' Come sharpen up mon, thae
looks as if thae'rt daft. n.Lan.', nw.Der.', Not.', n.Lin.' s.Lin.
You daft critter, ger out o' mi waa (T.H.R.\ Lei.', Nhp.' War.
Never see such a daft thing (W.H.) ; War.^ s.Pem. Laws Little
Ens;. (1888) 420. Brks.', e.An.' Nrf. CozensHardy Broad
N)f. (1893) 84 ; (E.M.) e.Suf. He is gone daft (F.H.). Cor.
Bein' a daft body, . . . niver doubts but 'tes the same as she laid,
' Q.' Troy Town (1888) xiii.
Hence (i) Daft-head, sb. an idiot, a fool; (2) Daft,
headed, adj. foolish ; (3) Daftish, adj. somewhat slow of
intellect, stupid ; (4) Daft-like, adj. foolish, dull-witted,
mad, absurd; (5) Daftly, (a) rt(/?'. weak-minded, foolish ;
(6) arfy. foolishly ; (c) nrfy. merrily, gaily ; (6) Daftness, sA.
(a) foolishness, dullness; ib) drollery, fun ; (7) Dafty or
Daftie, sb. an idiot, imbecile ; a madman.
(I) n.Yks.= e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) ; e.Yks.' 71/5. add.
(T.H.) (2) n.Yks.= Itwasadaft-heeadeddeed. (3) Sc. (Jam.) Abd.
Yet though there be a daftish clan. Douce bodies sudna mind them,
Still Cottar's Sunday (1845) '74- Cum.^ He's nobbut ra3-der
daftish, aa think, 6. n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* A daftish dizzy soort o'
body. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp- (1889). (4) Sc. Sic a daft-like
thing, Scott Antiquary (1816) iv. ne.Sc. It wud be a daft-like
thing for me to forsake a comfortable hame. Grant Keckleton, 14.
Frf. Nane can check the daftlike tales they tell, Morison Poems
VOL. II.
(17901 127. Per. Ilka daftlike clash 'at ony donnart haverel may
set rinnin", Cleland Iiuhbracken (1883) 186, ed. 1887. Fif. That's
a daft-like question to speer at a body, Robertson Provost (1894)
124. Dmb. It wad be a daftlike thing for a body, Cross Dis-
ruption (1844) V. Ayr. Ony thing we have requeeshted that's
daft-like, juist shape it roon to something else, Service Dr.
Diiguid [ed. 1887) 21. Lnk. That daftlike word ' Imph'm,' Nichol-
son Idylls (1870) 51. Lth. It was daftlike to hae guns an' bayonets
an' swords, Strathesk Blinkbo>iny (ed. 1891) 141. Edb. Look'd
an unco dal't-like match, Liddle Poems (182I) 228. Gall. But
gaun straight on vvi' her daft-like story, Crockett Cleg Kelly ■. 1896)
xxiv. N.Cy.' Nhb.' That was a daft-like trick, noo. n.Yks.*
That was a daftlike job. e.Yks. Nicholson /7jfe-5/>. (18891 ; e.Yks.'
(5, a) Wm. Tellin yah some o' Len daftlier tricks. Spec. Dial. 1 1880)
pt. ii. 44. (6) Sc. Some other chiel may daftly sing That kens but
little of the thing, Ramsay IVks. (1800) I. 143 (Jam.). Bnff. An'
daftly sworn to join the convent crew, Taylor Poems (1787) 75.
Dmf. Ye shouldna talk sae daftly now, Shennan Tales (1831) 72.
(c) Kcb. Toddling lammies o'er the lawn Did daftly fiisk and play,
Davidsou Seasons (1789) 48 (Jam.). (6, a) Sc. iJam.) Ayr. To
me it has aye seemed the daftness of daftness. Service Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 109; But, Jenny, can you tell us of any instance of his
daftness? Gai-t Entail { 1822) Iv. Cum.^ Rough hardship at sea and
fair daftness at beam, 36. Wm. I wes niver larnt sick daftness,
Clarke Spec. Dial., Jonny Shippard's Jottrua (ed. 1866) 15. n.Yks.
That talk's nowt but daftness (I. W.); n.Yks.* e.Yks. Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889J; e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) (6) n.Yks.* He's on
t'way with his daftness ageean. ' Let's hae neean o' your daftness,'
no more of your jokes. (7) Per. A laddie who described him as a
'daftie,' Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) 183. Nlib. Ay, it's reel,
thoo daftie, thoo, Tynedale Tyke Stud. (1896) v; Nhb.' Ye'll hit
somebody, ye dafty. Wm. And as aw' hen-peckt dafties man du
as they're bid, Bowness Studies (1868) 29 ; Len wes nivver nowt
bet a born dafty. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 42. n.Yks. (I.W.) ;
n.Yks.* e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) ; e.Yks.'
2. Phr. (i) ada/l IValty, (2) a dafty IVhattv, a blockhead,
a silly, awkward person ; (3) like daft, madly, wildly.
(i) Cum. They threw stour i' my e'en, and caw'd me daft Watty,
Anderson Ballads (1805) 61, ed. 1881. Wm. He wes nivver
nowt else bet a rcg'lar daft Watty, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 41 ;
She'll think Ise the daftest watty et ivver was seen, Taylor
Sketches (1882) 6. n.Yks. This lad's a regler daftwatty (W.H.);
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec. 20, iBgo). (2) e.Yks. Shut thi gob, thoo
dafty what ty, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889)94. (3) Sc. Dance like
daft, unto the tune, T. Scott Poems (1793) 349 ; Baith east an' west
I glowered like daft, Vedder /'o^^/s (1842J 90. Frf. She lap like
daft aboon them a', Morison Poems (1790) 15. Rnf. My minnie
grat like daft, Rnf. Harp. (1819) 129. Lth. Like daft the fiddlers
elbows now Were gaun wi' quickest motion, Bruce Poems (1813)
11.67.
3. Giddy, frivolous, frolicsome; thoughtless. See Daff, z/.*
Sc. They were daft callants, Scott S/. Ronan (1824)1. Abd.
Whaever's daft to-day, it sets na you, Ross Helenore (17681 129,
ed. 1812. Frf. What are the people saying about her ? daftthings,
Barrie Minister (1891 ) ix. Per. Douce i' the mornin', daft at
e'en, Halieurton Ochil Idylls (189I) 133. Rnf. Tho' young and
daft, yet wedlock's band Will wear me wise. Rnf. Harp. (1819)
163. Ayr. Or maybe, in a frolic daft. To Hague or Calais taks a
waft. Burns Twa Dogs (1786) I. 155. Lnk. Daft are your dreams,
as daftly wad ye hide Your well-seen love, Ramsay Gentle Shep.
(1725) 22, ed. 1783. Lth. Swankin' birkies, daft wi' glee. Smith
Merry Bridal (1866) 2. Dmf. And what was dafter, Their pawky
mithers and their dads Came trotting after, Mayne Stilcr Gun
(1808) 13. Gall. It canna be for good that he's grown godly and
she's grown daft, Nicholson Hist. Tales (1843) 365. Kcb. Come
down to laugh, and pl.ay, and sport with a daft bairn, Rutherford
Lett. (1660) No. 285. n.Cy. Border CI. (Coll. L.L.B.) Cum.
Youth's ower offen daft and flirty, Gwordie Greenup 'yance a
Year (1873) 22. n.Yks.' T'lass has gaen clean daft. She weean't
mahnd her ain neeam lang, a' this gate.
Hence (i) Daft-days, sb. pi. days of mirth and amuse-
ment, Yuletide ; (2) Daftrie, sb. fun, mirth ; cf. daffery.
( i) Sc. At Yule, when the daft-days are fairly set in, Vedder Poc/^s
(1842) 79; Ay, ay — they were daft days thae, Scott Antiquary
1 1816) xxi. Edb. The bard, wha sang o' Hallow-fair, The Daft
Days, and Leith Races, Nczti Year's Morning (1792) 7. (2) Bnff.'
4. Fond, doting ; extremely eager. Also used as adv.
Sc. Driving them (the tawpies ] daft wi' ribands, Scorr St.
Ronan (1824) xv. Abd. Fair ta' the women! they're daft aboot
Jim, Ogg IVillie Waly (1873) 199. Kcd, The lads they noo were
DAFT
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DAG
nearly daft To get hersel', Jamie Muse (18^4) 13. Lth. She s daft
about brackens the noo, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 134.
n.Cy. ,K.) Cnm.i He's fairly daft about her. n.Yks. She's daft
yet on her cawf, Meriton Praise Ale ( 1684) 1. 33.
5. Timid, daunted. See DafF, v}
n.Cy. Grose 1790) ; N.Cy.^ Wm. Thears nae wonder he was
rader daft, Taylor Sk/khes (1882I 3. e.Yks. Thompson Hist.
WelloH 11869^ 170. w.Yks. Did. Baihy Dial, (i860) 7; Scat-
cherd Hist. Morley (1830 Gl. ; w.Yks.i We gen. combine ' fondim '
with it and say ' a daft fondlin ' [a cowardly blockhead]. n.Lin.l
A child looks daft when it is bewildered, scared, or unable to
answer a question.
Hence (i) Dafted, adj. timid, frightened; (2) Daftish,
ac//. sheepish, rather timid.
■^i, w.Yks. Diet. Ballev Dinl. (iSeo^ 7; Scatcherd Hist.
Morlev (1830) Gl. n.Lin.i' (2) w.Yks.', Der.2, War. (J.R.W.)
DAFT. DAFTER, see Daff, v.^, Daughter.
DAG, sb.^ and v.^ Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Ylcs. Lan. Chs.
Stf. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Oxf. Brlvs. Hnt. e.An.
Ken. Som. Cor. Written dagg Chs.^^ n.Ylcs.i [dag,
d£eg.] 1. sb. Dew ; pi. dewdrops.
N.Cy.'. Lan.i Chs.^ Common. War.^ s.War.i There's been
a nice flop of dag. Brks. (W.H.Y.i, e.An.', Cmb. (W.M.B.)
Nrf. Mv hid is filled wi' dew, and my locks wi' the dags o' the
night, "Gillett Siig. Sol. (i860) v. 2 ; Glyde Garland (1872) ii ;
Nrf.i Suf. RAiNBrRD Agrie. 1 1819) 290, ed. 1849; e.An. Dy.
Times (1892). e.Suf. (F.H.), Suf.^ Ess. The grass was dry frum
dag, Ci-ARK J. Koakes '. 18391 St. 23 ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.i Ken. (K.)
s.Cy. Ray (16911; Grose 17901.
2. Hoar-frost. Cum. (W.K.)
3. A drizzling rain.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Coll. L.L.B.) ; Jakob-^en Norsiin S/iell.(i8g-j)
73. N.Cy.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 2 ; It fare to
be only a dag or a smur (W.W S. ) ; Nrf.' A shower of rain is
called ' a dag for the turnips.'
Hence (i) Dag of rain, (2) — of wet, phr. a slight,
misty shower ; thick, small rain.
(ij e.An.' Nrf. Miller Si Skertchly Fenland (i8-]8) iv ; (A.G.) ;
Nrf.' (2t n.Cy. Dagg o' weet. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.)
4. A heavy shower. Bntif.', Ayr. (Jam.), Ant. (W.H.P.)
5. A fog or mist. Sh.I. (W.A.G.), s. & w.Sc. (Jam.)
6. V. To drizzle, to bedew, to rain.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' It's daggin on. n.Yks.', ne.Lan.', e.An.', Nrf.'
Hence (i) Dagged, p/>. (a) bedewed; (b) soaked with
liquor, drunk ; (2) Dagging, ppL adj., (3) Daggly, (4)
Daggy, adj. of the^veather : wet, drizzly, misty, rainy.
(I, (I I Ess. I, W.W. S.) (A)n.Cy.(HALL.) [Ray F;-oi>. (1678) 87.]
(21 Nhb.' It's daggin weather. n.Yks. 2 * A fine dagging rain,' a
light refresher of the ground. (3) Nhb.' n.Yks. ^ A daggly dew.
w.Yks.' Here's a daggly mornin. s.Chs.' It- wiiz daag'li i)th
mau'rnin, tin wi kiid'jnu gy'et umiing' dhii ee' [It was daggly i' th'
mornin',an' we couldna get among the hee]. War.^ Shr.'; Shr.^
Meety daggly weather like. (4) Sc. (Jam.) Lth. This daggy day
will serve to foster Love forthe mornin', Ballantine Pof/^s (^1856)
24 ; The bare-fitted bairnics . . . 1'ot ower the causey, sae slippy
an' daggy, ib. 22. N.Cy.', Nhb.' Dur. It's a neesty daggy sooert
o' neet, Egglestone Betty Bodkins' Lett. (1877) i; Dur.' s.Dur.
It's a nasty daggy day (J.E.D.'). Cum. The weather is turn'd
monstrous daggy, Anderson Saffnrfs (ed. 1808)9; Cum.' Lan.'
It's varra daggy today. e.An.', Nrf.'
7. To sprinkle water with the hand ; to damp, as linen,
&c. See Deg(g.
n.Yks.' Gan an' dag thae claithes, Marget ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (17961 II. 315; A housewife also dags the
dried clothes previous to folding and ironing them, Nicholson Flk-
S/*. (1889 59; e.Yks.' Dag cawsey afoor thoo sweeps it ! m.Yks.'
Also used as sb., a large drop of water. w.Yks. (S.P.U.) Lan. To
dag a garden is to water it, Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Shr.'
Send the Onder's bayte to the leasow, an' dag them clo'es afore yo'
go'n to milk.
Hence Dagged,/^. damped. n.Yks.'', m.Yks.'
8. To run thick.
n.Cy. fluosE (1790). n.Yks.*
Hence Dagged, pp. dotted with colour. n.Yks.'
9. To trail in the dew, wet, or mire ; to bedraggle.
Lan. Sam. just lift his cooat laps up, or tliou'll have 'em dagged
i" th' sond, Brieuley IVnverloiv ( 1884) 13 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.',
Chs.' ", s.Ctas.' s.Stf. Her skirts wun dagged all round, Pinnock
Btk. Cy. /Inn. {i6g5). Lei.' Nhp.» How your gown dags. War.* ;
War.3 How you've dagged your frock. w.Wor.', se.Wor,' Shr.'
Molly, w'y dunna yo' 'oud yore petticoats up out o' the sludge ; yo'
bin daggin 'em 'afe way up yore legs. Cor.' Her dress is dagging in
the mud ; Cor.2
Hence (i) Dagged, ppl. adj. (a) splashed with dirt,
bedraggled ; (b) weary ; (2) Dagged-ass, a slatternly
woman ; (3) Daggedskirted, ppl. adj. wet or mud-
bespattered ; also slatternly ; (4) Dagg-tail, si. a slattern,
slut ; see also Daggle-tail.
(i, «) n.Cy. Grose ,1790) MS. add. n.Yks.' She's getten her
sko'ts finely dagged. s.Wcr. (H.K.), Shr.^, Nrf.' w. Som.' Applied
to clothes ragged at the bottom, as of a woman's skirt or a man's
trousers. (Ai Glo. Lysons Vulgar Tongue (1868) 47 ; Glo.' (2)
w.Som.' A common term of contempt for a woman whose skirt is
jagged and foul at the lower edge. (31 Lan. They sen hoosa dagg'd-
skirted wean, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 40. (4J s.Lan. Bam-
FORD Dial. ( 1854).
10. To droop or hang down.
w.Yks. 2 As curtains, when they hang unevenly. Nhp,^ Cor.'
That tree is dagging with fruit ; Cor. 2
[1. ON. djigg (mod. gen. daggar), dew (Vigfusson).]
DAG, sb.'^ and v.'^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms day- m.Yks.' ; deg Wm. [dag, daeg, deg.]
1. Si!'. A small projecting stump of a tree.
Nrf Dor. Gl. (1851) ; Dor.' Dev. A cutting, gen. of withy,
for planting in hedges, &c. ' I shall plant th' 'adge wai' withy
dags,' Reports Provinc. (1895").
2. Of a sheaf of corn or reed : the end opposite to the
ears. Of a faggot of wood : the end having the biggest
sticks. Of a single branch : the stem end. Ccn. in cuiiip.
Dag-end.
Som. W. & J. G/. (i873\ w.Som.' Thee art a purty fool to load,
art-n ? Why thee's a put the sheaves back-n-vore, way the dag-een
towards the middle.
3. A mining tool ; an axe.
Dev. (Hall.) Cor. And picks and gads, and showls, and dags,
Tregellas Tales (1865) i6 ; Next he tried the dag, and Mounster
said it strook fire, and the dag never made the least mark in the
crust. Hunt Pop. Rom. iv.Eng. (1865) I. 98 ; Cor.'^
4. A leathern latchet. Lan.'
5. A lock of clotted wool which hangs at the tail of a
sheep. Ken.'
6. Comp. (i) Dag-locks, (a) the coarse wool of sheep
about the hinder parts, matted together by wet and dirt ;
also called Tag-locks ; ib) the matted hair of long-eared
dogs ; (c) applied to men with long, curling hair, or beard
which is unkempt; (2) -wool, see -locks (a).
(i, a) Yks. My lambs new gowns shall bear thee. No daglocks
shall ere come near thee. Two Yks. Lovers, 244. m.Yks.', Lan.'
Midi. There are graziers, keeping perhaps some thousand sheep, of
different descriptions, who will make up a pack or two of dag-locks
yearly, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) I. 402. Lei.', Nhp.", War.^,
s.War.' ne.Wor. Used by saddlers for stuffing saddles, &c. (J.W.P.)
Oxf.' MS. add. Brks. (W.H.Y.), Hnt. (T.P.F.), Nrf.' s.Cy. Grose
(1790). Ken. (K.) (i) War.^ See the dag locks are combed out
of the dog's ears, (c) ib. It would improve him to cut his dag-locks.
(2") Ken.' [Kennett Par. Antiq. (1695).]
7. A rag. Ken. (Hall.)
8. A sharp, sudden pain ; also, a thrust with a stick.
w.Yks.5,Not. (L.C.M.) Nhp. Grose (1790) A/5, at/t/. (C.) ; Nhp.2
Bdf. (Hall.)
9. A chilblain. See Childag.
Hmp. Wise Neiv Forest (1883) 281. Dor.'
10. A boys' game with tops, in which the aim of each is
to strike, and, if possible, split the others' tops by ' dagging'
at them with the sharp spike of his own. Hence Daggin-
top, an ordinary spinning or peg-top, used in the above
game. s.Not. (J.P.K.)
11. A daring feat amongst boys.
Chs.' 'I'll do thy dags ' is the name of a boy's game provocative
of all kinds of mischief. w.Mid. (W.P.M.) w.Som.' To 'set a dag'
is to perform some feat in such a way as to challenge imitation ; such
as walking along a round pole across a deep canal; or diving ofT
from a considerable height. It is very common in such a case for
the leader to say to his companions 'Dhae-ur-z u dag- vaur ee'
[there's a dag for you — i.e. there is a feat — do that if you can].
12. Phr. to have or make a dag at, to attempt a thing in
a haphazard way, to have 'a shot' at.
DAG
["]
DAGGLE
Der. A lot on em's at it, ... so I mun ha' a bit of a dag, JF/7v.
TV/. (Dec. 33, 18941 la. s.Not. I hadn't a notion how to do it. so
I just made a dag at it. Jack's going to be a farmer now ; he's had
a dag at most things (J. P.K.).
13. V. To dart or shoot, as a sudden pain ; also, to thrust
at, to stab, sting.
Sc. To shoot, let fly (Jam.). Cum. I'se freeten't o' bees, they
dag mc sair (E."W.P.). 'Wm. (J.M.) s.Not. He dagged at me with
his knife, but didn't touch me (J.P.K.). Nhp. Gkose 1,1790) MS.
add. iC.) n.Wil. (G.E.D.)
Hence Dagging, ppl. adj. Of pain : shooting.
w.Yks.5 Nhp. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Bdf. (J.'W.B.')
14. Coinp. (I) Dag-durk, a dirk for stabbing; (2) -prick,
a triangular spade.
(!') n.Sc. Wi' his ain dag-durk sae sair as she dang him, Buchan
Ballads ^1828) I. 24, ed. 1875. (2) Nrf.>, e.Cy. (Hall.)
15. Fig. To desire eagerly, to long to do a thing.
Cor. Tmdaggin to git drunk, T. Tmvser (lB^^) 142; 'Tisaquestion
I've a-been daggin' toax 'ee, ' Q.' T/iice S/itfis {i8go) iv; He could
see he was daggin to go, Lowry Wreckers, 137 ; Cor.* ; Cor.^ Thai
dogs ware daggan tu faight.
16. To cut oft" the clots of wool, dirt, &c., from the hind
parts of sheep. Lan.^ Oxf, Ken.^
Hence (i) Dagging, vbl. sb. the act of removing clots of
wool, dirt, &c., from the hind quarters of sheep ; (2)
Daggings, sb. pi. the clotted wool which is clipped off
from sheep which have had the 'scour'; (3) Dagging-
shears, sb. pi. shears used for cutting away the ' dags' or
dirty parts of a sheep's fleece.
(i I Lan., ■War. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). (a) w.Som.i (3)
w.Yks.2
17. To fit with a tag. Hmp. Hollow ay.
DAG, sb.^ Obs. Sc. Nhb. Der. Ken. Also written
dagg Sc. (Jam.) Der. Ken.; and in form deg Sc. (Jam.)
1. A gun or pistol ; a hand-gun.
Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Who oft, as in the lion's jaws, 'With ' dag and
dagger' threatened was, Murdoch /)onc Z.v>e (1873) 4. N.Cy.'
He was shot with a dag into the arme, Doleful News/iont Edl>.( i6.^i';.
Nhb.' My dag, with the case, and all things thereto belonging, Wel-
FORD Hist. Nettie. XVI Cent. 377. Der. The daggs and all things
weare preparde, Jewitt Ballads ; 1867) 175. Bdf. (J.W. B.), Ken.'
2. Comp. (i) Daghead, (2) -man, the hammer, snap, or
dog-head of a gun or pistol.
( I ) Sc. (Jam. ) N.Cy.' The part of the cock of a gun which holds
the flint is ' the dag-head.' (2) Sc. (Jam.)
[Pistotet, a pistolet, a dag, or little pistol, Cotgr.]
DAG, sb.' Sh. & Or.I. [dag.] 1. Day.
Sh.I. Godan dag til dora [good day to you], Jakobsen Norsk in
Sliitl. (1897) II. S. &Ork.'
2. Coiiip. (i) DagUe, twilight : [a] the evening twilight,
(b) the dawn of day ; (2) -set, the end of twilight.
(I, al Sh.I. Dagali, the decline of day, dusk, Jakobsen ib. 23.
(A) S. & Ork.i (21S. &Ork.i
[1. Norw. dial, dag, day (Aasen) ; ON. dagr. 2. (i) Cp.
Norw. dial, daglie, daglicleii, far advanced in the evening
(ib.), a der. of lida (ON. Uda), to pass on, advance (of time).
(2) Norw. dial, dagset, the end of daylight (ib.) ; ON.
dag-seir, nightfall CVigfusson).]
DAG, sb.^ Sh.I. A woollen mitten used by fishermen
to protect their hands from the cold, and from the friction
of the line. S. & Ork.'
DAG, v.^ Sc. Yks. [dag.] 1. Used in imp. as an
imprecation : ' confound ! '
Bnff.' Dag (or dags) you ! [confound you !] w.Yks.* Daggit !
[dash it !]
2. Phr. Dagon't.' (dagotit), a mild expletive.
Abd. Known, but rare (G.W.). Frf. ' Da-a-a-' began the
Dominie, and then saved his reputation by adding 'gont.' The
derivation of the word dagont has puzzled many, but here we seem
to have it, Barrie Tommy (1896) xxxv. Fif. But, dagont, when
I got to the other side, he was na to be seen, Robertson Provost
(1894) 51. Ayr. Dagont! I'm no saying but ye may be baith
richt, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 17.
DAG, see Dig, v.
DAGDA-W, sb. Sc. The jackdaw (?).
n.Sc. Wi' your bonnet blue ye think ye're braw. But I ken nae
use for it at a'. But be a nest to our dag daw, Buchan Ballads, II.
143, ed. 1875. Per. ;G.W.)
DAGE, sb. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. [Not known to
our correspondents.] 1. sb. A trollop; a dirty, mis-
managing woman. Rxb. (Jam.) 2. v. To trudge.
Cum. (Hall.) 3. To thaw. n.Cy. (ib.)
DAGG, see Dag, 56.' ^
DAGGENS, sl>. pi. Cor.* Also written daggins.
[dseganz.] Lots ; abundant crops.
DAGGER, s6.' Nhb. Yks. Lan. Nhp. Glo. Also Som.
Dev. [dag3(r), d»'g9(r).] 1. In coiup. (i) Dagger-
money, a sum of money formerly paid to the justices of
assize on the Northern Circuit, to provide arms and other
security against marauders ; (2) -sdrawd, (3) -drawings,
at enmity.
(i) N.Cy.i Nhb.i The payment was continued until the route of the
judges was altered a few years ago. (2) w.Sora.' Dhai bee rig'lur
dagurz-drau-d [they are regularly at daggers drawn]. (3) Nhp.*
2. Phr. Sivord and dagger, an exercise formerly much
used in the 'West. See Backsword.
Som., Dev. The dagger is a stick guarded with a basket, used
for defence, Grose (1790) MS. add.
Hence phr. to be down daggered, to be daunted and
confounded, and unable to keep up the dagger hand. ib.
3. pi. In plant-names: (i) the broad straight leaves of
the yellow flag, Iris Pseudacoriis ; (2.) the sword-grass,
Poa aqualica.
(i) Lan. Science Gossip (1882) 164 ; (G.E.D.) w.Som.i Dev.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.); Dev.* (2) Som. W. & J. Gl.
(1873) ; Friend Gl. (1882 1.
4. */. Icicles, so called from their pointed appearance.
Nhp.'*, Glo. ("W.H.O, Glo.' See Daglet.
5. The piece of wood nailed diagonally to the bars in the
middle of a rail or gate.
n.Yks. (I.W.) e.Yks. The third thinge belonginge to a barre is
a dagger, which goeth straight downe the middle of the spelles.
Best Riir. Ecoii. (1641) 15.
DAGGER, 56.* Yks. Also in form degger w.Yks.
[da-ga(r), de'gs(r).] Used gen. in the phr. IV/ial the
dagger . . . ? an expression of astonishment. Also
Daggerment. Cf dag, v.^
w.Yks. What the dagger do you mean I Yks. N. & Q. (1888) II.
112; Watson //16/. Hlf.x. (1775) 536; ' The degger it is ! ' sed
Sammy, Hartley 5«/s Yks. and Lan. (1895) vi; vir.Yks.^ By
dagger ! w.Yks.*
DAGGIN, see Dagone.
DAGGLE, V. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lei.
Nhp. "War. Shr. Glo. Oxf. e.An. Ken. Som. Dev. Also in
form daigle Fif. ; deggle ne.Yks.' [da'gl, daegl, degl.]
1. To drizzle, rain continuously, pour in torreiits. Also
usedy?§-. See Dag, v.^
Ayr. (Jam.) Lth. The day daggles on — an' but few are seen.
Save them wha maun seek a hame in the street, Ballantine
Poems (1856) 23.
2. To trail in the wet or dirt.
N.Cy.', ne.Yks.' Chs. The fox was foinly daggled, Warburton
Hunting Sngs. (i860) 96; Chs.3, Lei.', Nhp.', -War.ss Oxf.'
Dhee -ast dagld dhu tail u dhuuy gyuuwn, -uwev uur [Thee 'ast
daggled th' tail o' thy gown, aweverj. e.An.*, Som. (W.F.R.)
Hence (i) Daggled, pp. wet or dirtied by mud, &c. ;
(2) Daggle-tailed,///. adj. of a woman whose skirts have
been trailed in the mud ; slatternly ; (3) Daggling, prp.
trailing in the wet.
(i) N.Cy.', Der.' Onf.^ MS. add. Nrf.' (2)Chs.*, Shr.* n.Dev.
Thek gurt . . . daggle-tealed jade, ^.vi^. Crishp. (17461 1. 501. (3)
n.Yks.* ' Trailing and daggling,' said of a person walking in a
shower.
3. To cut off matted clots of wool from the hinder parts
of a sheep. See Belt, t;.* ; cf. dag, v.'^ 16.
War. Leamington Cohm'o- (Mar. 6, 1897") ; 'War.*, s.War.'
4. Conip. (1) Daggle-locks, clots of matted wool round
a sheep's hind quarters ; see Dag-locks ; (2) -tail, a word
of contempt for a woman who does not keep herself tidy
about the lower part of her apparel ; a slattern.
(i) Shr.' (2) W.Yks. I'll not go there a daggletail, Dolly's Gaott
(i855"i 10. Lan. Hoor no daggletail, aw'll uphowdte, Tim Bobbin
View Dial. (1740') 27. s.Lan. ( S.W.) Der. An ill-mannert daggle-
tail of a woman. Ward Dai'id Grieve (1892) III. 259. Not.', Lei.',
Nhp.', War.3, Glo.' s Cy. Ray (1691) ; Grose (1790). Ken. (,K.)
C 2
DAGGLE
[12]
DAIN
5. To dangle, trail ; to trudge about, run like a child.
Sc. I have been daggled to and fro the whole day, Scott Nigel
(1822) viii. Fif. We . . . stand laiglin', daiglin' wi' our hands, And
whillie-vvliain' here, Tenn-ant Papistry (1827) 171. Dev. Grose
(1790' ; Dev.i A could but jist daggle about when her died, 27.
h.dW. Why did 'a all the zummer bother . . . A-dagghng arter me ?
YLocK Jim an' Nell ^1867) st. 82.
[2. Crolle en Archcdiacre, daggled up to the hard heels,
extreamlv bedurtied, Cotgr.]
DAGGLE, see Diggle.
DAGGLER, sb. Fif. (Jam.) An idler, lounger.
DAGGLY, adj. Shr. [ds-gU.] Scattered.
Shr.i The old clerk of Clun Church said that whereas the old
men from the Hospital used to sit in a gallery by themselves, they
* wun now daggly all about.'
DAGGON, s6. Sh.I. A junk of meat. S. c^ Ork.^
DAGLET, sb. Nhp. Nrf Hmp. Wil. Also written
daglit Wil. [dffi-glit.] An icicle. See Dag, sb.'^, Dagger,
s6.' 4.
Nhp.i, Nrf.i, Hmp.i Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Slow Gl.
(1892 ; Wil.12 n.Wil. Hullucky's some long daglets ! [Look,
there are some long icicles] (E.H.G.).
DAGLIE, see Dag, sb.*
DAGhlNGS, sb. pi. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Sheep's droppings.
DAGONE, V. Sc. Also written daggin. [da'gsn,
da'gin.] 1. Used in uitp. as a mild imprecation. See
Dag, I'.'
Frf. Dagone that manse ! I never gie a swear but there it is
glowering at me, B.\rrie Minister (1891) iii.
Hence Dagoned, pp. (1) dashed, confounded; (2) used
as adv. bef. adj. like 'damned.'
(i) Sc. I'm daggined if I can see what you're bletherin aboot.
Jokes (1889) 2nd S. 12. (2) Sc. My brither Jock's that dagont
keen aboot ither folk's affairs, ib. (1889) ist S. 32.
2. To use freely the expletive 'dagone ! '
Frf. You may conceive the man . . . dagoning horribly, because
he was always carried past the Den, Barrie TotiitJty (1S96J xxii.
DAGONT, DAGSET, see Dag, v.^, sb.*
DAG-TAIL, ,s/). Obs. Chs. The tufted end of a church
bell-rope. See Dag, sb."
Chs. Bellropes and dagtail, JVardeiis' Accts., Holmes Cltapcl
(1723I in Chs. and Lan. Hist. Collector (1853) L 67.
DAHL-, see Doll, 56.'
DAHNAK, DAHNT, see Dannock, sb}, Datint.
DA-HO, sb. N.I.' The hedge-parsley, Anihriscus
sylvestris. Cf hi-how.
DAI, DAIBLE, see Day, Day, Dabble, v.^
DAIELES, sb. pi. e.An. [deblz.j Scrapes, diffi-
culties ; convictions by a magistrate. See Dibles.
e.An.* Nrf. What for do ye want me to be a exile ? I ain't got
in no ' daibles,' Jessopp A ready (1887) iv ; One frequently hears
it. Sometimes it seems to mean scrapes, sometimes convictions
by the magistrate, ib. e.Suf. (F.H.)
DAICH, adj. and sb. Sc. [dex-] 1. odj Soft,
flabby. See Dough.
Ayr. Some folk are juist, as ye may say, daich, and ithers are
as hard as tcnpenny nails. Service Notatidiiins (1890) 33.
Hence Daichy, adj. soft.
Rnf. Why, if your loaves are made 0' flour. Are they sae daichy,
dark, and sour? M'^Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 337 ; They daichy
peasmeat trash [of marbles] Ne'er his pooches line, Neilson
Poems (1877) 93-
2. sb. Food for hens, ' hen-meat.'
Gall. Scraping up some of the daich, or hen meat, Crockett
Raiders '1894) xxi ; She calls the hens for their ' daich,' th. xlv.
DAICKLE, DAIDDIE, see Dackle, Dad, sb."-
DAIDLE, sb. Sc. Dcr. Also in forms daddle, daddlie
Sc. (Jam.); daidlie, daidly Sc. [dedl, de dli, da dl,
dadli. I A pinafore, apron ; a large kind of bib.
Sc. You a fine leddy when I was a bairn in a daidlie, Keith
Indian Uncle ( 1896) 165. Elg. Row warm his feeties, bonny dear.
An air his linen daidle. Tester Poems (1865) 182. Frf. The day
on date on which he doft'd daidlics an' petticoats, Willock
Roselly Ends (18861 42, cd. 1889. Rnf. There goes the bloomer
afThcr hcid ; An' there her daidlie wi' a screed, Young Pictures
(1865) 136.^ Ayr. The table cloot, that by way of a daidly was
prccncd wi' a wcc siller saumon, Service Notandums (1890) 28.
Edb. He returned . . . with a thing like a blacking bottle below his
daidly, MoiR Mansie IVaucti (1828J xviii. Slk. His head neath
his daidle he dens, Currie Musings (1863) 165. Kcb. She dirties
daidlies three a day, Armstrong Jngleside (1890J 142. Der.
N. b- Q. (1897') 8th S. xi. 226.
DAIDLE, DAIDLY, see Daddle, v.'^, Daidle.
DAIGH, DAIGLE, see Dough, Daggle, v.
DAIK, V. and sb. Sc. [dek.] 1. v. To smooth down.
Per. Awa an' daik yer hair. Ye're daikin' the horse's mane to
the wrang side ^G.W.). Rnf. To daik the head (Jam.).
2. To soak, moisten.
Ayr. Daik some meal an' mak' drummock (Jam.).
3. Phr. // lias ii^er been daikit. Of things : it has never
been used, it is quite new. Ags. {ib.)
4. sb. A smooth down.
Per. Gie yer hair a daik ( G.W.),
DAIKER, t;. Sc. [dikar.] With o«/ : to deck out, to
decorate.
Per. Not uncommon. Ye needna be daikerin' yersel oot in a'
yer braws for me (G.W.). e.Fif. The chaise was gran'ly daikered
oot wi' evergreens, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) xxiv. Ayr. (J.F.)
[Fr. decorer, to decorate, trim (Cotgr.).]
DAIKER, see Dacker.
DAIKINS, int. Obs. J Sc. An exclamation of
astonishment.
Gall. (Jam.) Kcb. Ilk lass cock'd up her silken cap, Saying,
daikins ! here's the fellow, Davidson Seasons (1789) 76.
DAIL, sb.' Fif (Jam.) A field. .
[Gael, dail, a dale, meadow (Macbain).]
DAIL, sb." n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A heap,
DAIL, see Deal, sb.", Dole, sb.^
DAILIGONE, see Dayligone, s.v. Day, sb. 1 (14).
DAILL, sb. Sc. Interference.
Sc. She is best with little daill, Avtoun Ballads (ed. i86i)
II. 195.
DAILY, adj Sc. Yks. [de-li, deali.] In comp. (i)
Daily-bread, the stout young shoots of the dog-rose,
Hosa caii/tta, which are eaten by children ; (2) -day, every
day, continually, constantly; (3) -dud, a dish-clout.
(1) w.Yks. (2) Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) (3) n.Sc. (Jam.)
DAIME AND LAIVE, phr. Sc. Great plenty ; waste-
ful extravagance. Sec Damming.
Bnff.i They're weel t'dee : they've daime and laive o' >V thing.
He'll niver mack's plack a baubee, for it's daime and laive wee
him in a' thing.
DAIMEN, adj. Sc. Irel. Also in form demin N.I.» ;
demmin Dmf [de'min, demin.] Occasional, two or three
out of many.
Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl. Ayr. A daimen ane here and
there (J. A. H.M.I. Dmf. At a demmin time I see the Scotchman,
Edb. Mag. (Apr. 1821) 352 {Jam.i. Gall. Daimen wives, when
cankers cross them, Pree't to keep their courage up, Nicholson
Poet. IVks. (1828) 115, ed. 1897. N.I.i Demin ane, an odd one.
Hence Daimen icker, sb. an ear of corn met with
occasionally.
Ayr. A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request. Burns To
a Mouse ( 1785) st. 3.
DAIMIS, see Dammish.
DAIN, sb. and ad/} Brks. Wil. [dSn.] 1. sb.
Infectious effluvia, a noisome smell, a taint.
Brks. Gl. (1852). Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.> Formerly
applied mainly to infectious effluvia. * Now dwoan't 'ee gwo too
nigh thuck there chap; he've a had the small-pox, and the dain
be in his clothes still.' Now used of very bad smells in general.
2. adj. Putrid, bad-smelling.
Brks. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; Brks.i
|Thc breath of liens hath a very strong deane and
stinking smell, Holland Pliny (i6oi) bk. xi. liii.
OE. 'di'an, the equiv. of ON. daunn, a smell, esp. a bad
smell (ViGFtissoN) ; cp. Go, datins (otrfir]).]
DAIN, adj." Ken. [Not known to our correspondents.]
[den.] Cross, irritable.
Ken. Church Times (Nov. 21, 1896) 1126.
[Fr. dain, dainty, fine, curious (Cotgr.). The word in
England seems to have developed the idea of squeamish-
ness, ' stand-offishness,' hence crossness.]
DAIN
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DAISY
DAIN, !'.' Hmp.' [den.] To sharpen, or beat out,
a pick, lork, hoe, <J>.c.
DAIN. V.' Pcm. In phr. go daiit it, used as an exple-
tive or imprecation.
s.Pem. Go dain it, this wonna do, lads (W.M.M.).
DAINETTLE, DAINSH, see Deanettle, Densh.
DAINSHOCH, (;<//■. Fil". Bwk. (J.vm.) [de-njax.J Nice,
daintv. squeamish. See Dain, adj?
DAINT, see Do, v.
DAINTA, int. ObsA Sc. Also in forms daintis,
dentis (Jam.). No matter; it is of no consequence.
Abd. Dainta, quo' he. let never warse bcfa', Ross Helenore (1768)
ig.ed. 1812; Shirrefs Poi>»s (17901 Gl. Per. i,G.W.),Rnf. i'Jam.)
DAINTIS. sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also written dentys
n.Yks. ; dentice Ayr. [de'ntis.] A dainty, a tit-bit ;
delight.
Ayr. Marmalade . . . not only a dentice but a curiosity among
the English, Galt Legatees (1820) iii. Nhb.^ It's quite a daintis.
n.Yks. Hoc bonny an' hoo pleasant airt Ihoo, O lud, for dentys,
Robinson IVhilhy S>ig. Sol. (i86o) vii. 6.
[Prob. the same as MSc. dayntes, pi. (dainties). Dayntes
on des, Atvn/vrs Arllnire (c. 1435) 182.]
DAINTITH, si!'. Sc. Also written dainteth Sc.
[dentib, dent3)>.] A dainty, a delicacy.
Sc. He that never eat flesh thinks a pudding a dainteth, Kelly
Ptov. (1721) 126. Bnff. Your charmin' wife, an' house forsake;
An a' the daintiths j'ou command, Taylor Poems (1787I 15. Ags.
(Jam.) Frf. Tryin' their weel-pampered palates to please \Vi'
some dainteth, Watt Poet. Sketches (,1880) 52. Lth. Richer far
Than knaves, wi' a" their daintiths rare. Bruce Poems {181^) II. 31.
Edlj. Bouden wi' a' the daintiths o' the land, Fergusson Poems
(1773^ 183, cd. 1785. Feb. It is only for making a dainteth (A.C.).
[With fuUe riche daynteths dyghte, Awnlyrs Arlluire,
Thornton MS. (c. 14351 454]
DAINTY, adj} and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks_. Also Suf.
Also in form denty Sc. Nhb. n.Yks.'^ [de nti, denti.]
1. adj. Pleasant, agreeable, fine, handsome; excellent.
Of weather: fine, genial, cheering.
Sc. Our mither's got anither wean, A dainty wean, BoswELL
Poet. H'ks. (1821) 210, ed. 1871. n.Sc. She's a dainty [generous]
wife ; she'll no set you awa' tume-handit. Very common (Jam.).
Elg. Upon the grass, my dainty lass. We'll cosy crouch an' crack
again, Tester Poems (1865) 160. Abd. Robie was a dainty chiel.
Cock Styains \ 1810) I. 17. Kcd. I'll aye be glad, I'm sure, to hear
Frae Dainty Davie. Jamie Muse (1844) i^^* "P^f. As he o' some
daint3'bit alms wad partake, Watt Poet. Skctelies (1880) 17. Per.
A rantin', daint^', auld gudeman ! Nicoll Poems (cd. 1843'! 91.
Fif. A field o' beans (lang dainty strae !) Are touslet by the blast,
Tennant Papinhy (1827 56. Dmb. And spoons and creels sae
dainty, Taylor Poems 1,1827') 11. Rnf. Tiie drones were dainty,
auld, and teugh, Webster Rhymes (1835 1 27. Ayr. Ye dainty
Deacons, an'ye douce Conveeners. Burns /Jn^s q/"//)'*- (1787) I. 154;
They were a' denty wee queans. Service Aota>idnms (1890) iii.
Lnk. Noo I'm a dad wi' a hooseo'my ain — A dainty bit wife, Nichol-
son Idylls (1870) 51. Lth. Cam lads, an" lasses dainty, Bruce
Poems (1813) II. 63. Edb. A dainty crop, wi' sheaves bra' large,
Forbes Pof»is(i8i2) 40. Slk. My denty clever callants, Hogg Tales
(1838) 19, ed. 1866. N.Cy.i The dainty Mr. Gray. Nhb. Common.
She's a denty body. We had quite a denty tea i,R.O.H,). n.Yks.
Thah speech is denty, Robinson Whiihy S}ig, Sol. (i860) iv. 3;
n.Yks.' A gay fine, denty morning. A denty day this has been,
parlic'r'ly for t'tahm o' 3'ear ; n.Yks.^
Hen ce ( i ) Dently, adv. well, properly, suitably ; (2) Denty-
bonny, adj. beautiful ; beyond measure ; (3) .cum-pretty,
adj. handsome and conceited ; (4) -curious, adj. of super-
lative quality or manufacture.
(T; n.Yks. This will fit him dently (I. W.). (2) n.Yks.^ (3) /A.
One of your denty-cum-pretty sort. (4) ib.
2. Large, good-sized.
Sc. A dainty lump of butter. Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 437 ; A
dainty kebbuck (Jam.). Lth. A denty spang, 'tween you and me,
Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 6. Lnk. Weel, I took him to the field.
a denty bittock frae the hoose. Fraser IVhaups (1895 xiii ; There's
cakes in't, there's scones in't, o' cheese a denty whang, Nicholson
Idylls 1870) 103.
3. Fragrant, implying delicacy.
w.Yks. A dainty smell (C.C.R.).
4. sb. A person who is coddled up or made a pet of.
Suf. e.Aii. Dy. Times (1892) ; (C.G.B.j
DAINTY, adj:^ Wil. [de'nti.] Evil-smelling. See
Dain, sb.
Wil.' That there meat's ter'blc d.iinty.
DAINY, adj s.Chs.' [dai-ni.] Sly, cunning. See
Downy.
DAIR, see Dere, v.
DAIR A'WAY, phi: Rxb. (Jam.) To roam, wander, ap-
plied to sheep forsaking their usual pasture. Sec Daver, v}
DAIRG, DAIRGIE, see Darg, Dirgie.
DAIRIER, sb. Midi. A dairyman.
Midi. Marshall Riir. Eeoii. (17961 11.
DAIRNS, sb. pi. Obs. Nhb. Small, unmarketable fish.
N.Cy.i Nhb. Luik upon as blisses. Scrimp meals, cafl" beds, and
dairns. Bell Rhymes {1812) 6; Nhb.t
DAIROUS, «n>'. Obs. Dev. Bold, daring.
Dev. Monthly Mag. (i8io") I. 433; Gkose (1790). n.Dev. No,
Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous. Rock//);! an' Nell (1867) st. 77.
DAIRY, sb.^ Yks. Chs. Shr. Glo. Dor. Som. Dev.
[deri, deaTi.] I. In coiiip. (i) Dairy-goods, dairy pro-
duce, butter, cheese, cream ; (2) -house, the milk-house
or dairy-room ; (3) -maid, (a) an implement used in
cheese-making ; (b) a post, formed of a bough, upon
which the dairy vessels are hung in the open air after
being scoured ; (4) -mouse, the bat.
(i) w.Som.t Used by other than dairy people in speaking of the
above ; by the latter the produce is called ' goods ' simply. * 'Tis
winderful the sight o' [daeuree geo"dz] they do zend off vrom our
station.' (2) Glo. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1789) I. (3, a) Chs.' It
consists of a wire sieve, the meshes of which are about an inch
and a half long by half an inch wide, a long handle being fixed to
the middle of the sieve. Its use is to cut the newly-formed curd in
the cheese-tub into small pieces, in order that it may settle and be
separated from the whey ; Chs.^ ( b) Shr.* A post formed of a
bough, usually off an oak tree, with the smaller branches lopped to
serve as pegs. (4) Dev.^ Do you see that dairy-mouse flying round
the tree ?
2. The milking cows belonging to any farm or house.
w.Som.' If a number of cows were seen going home to be milked,
it would be usual to ask, ' Whose dairy's this here ? ' To let a dairy
is the technical way of expressing the letting of cows.
Hence Dairyman, sb. one who rents a dairy.
Dor.' Som. Few farmers milk their own cows, but let them out
to a class of people scarcely known in other counties called dairy-
men, Marshall Revieiv (1817) V. 238. w.Som.' Very rarely, a
man employed as a labourer about a dairy.
3. A larder. w.Yks. (J.T.)
DAIRY, sb.'^ Lan. [de'ri.] A diary ; a memory as
good as a diary.
Lan. It wur th' dairy o' a mon who wur cast upo' a desert island,
Burnett Lounie's (1877) xxxiii ; A Bacup man was riding with me
on the top of a tramcar, and I was giving bits of history and point-
ing out places of interest as we went along. He replied 'You
must have a good dairy ' (S.W.).
DAIS, DAISE, DAISHEN, see Deas, Daze, Dashin.
DAISING, sb. Sc. A disease of sheep ; also called
Pining and Vanquish.
Sc. Ess. His,lil. Soc. 111. 404 (Jam.).
DAISKI'T, /-A Sh.I. Exhausted, fatigued. S.&Ork.i
[ON. dasask, to become exhausted (Vigfusson) ; cp.
Norw. dial, dasa, to grow faint (Aasen).]
DAISY, s6._and adj. Sc. Irel. Chs. Lin. Dev. Amer.
Also Cant, [de'zi.] \. sb. In fo;«/>. (i) Daisy-cutter, a fast
horse; a horse which throws its feet forward in trotting,
instead of lifting them from the ground ; (2) -more, in phr.
to be under the daisy-mores, to be under the ground, to be
buried ; (3) -picker, a third person, who accompanies
a pair of lovers, a 'gooseberry'; (4) -picking, acting
' gooseberry ' ; (5) -quilt, the earth, ground, in phr. to put
the daisy-quilt over some one, to bury, to put into a grave.
U) Chs.' Cant. But what daisy-cutter can match that black tit?
Ainsworth ifooi»oorf( 1 834) bk. HI. v. (2) Dev. If every woman
was like her 'twould be a good job if they were all under the
daisy-mores. Reports Proviue. (1893). (3.4) Ir. (A.S.P.) (5)
w.Ir. What Paddy very metaphorically calls 'Putting the daisy quilt
over him,' Lover Leg. (1848) 1. 58.
2. adj. Daisied, covered with daisies.
Edb. Many the glens an' braes thaf? daisy, Liddle Poems
(1821) 136.
DAITAL
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DAL LACK
3 Remarkable, extraordinary ; excellent ; darling.
Abd. His daisy dochter's scornfu' e'e Will blink less saucy syne,
Thom Riiymes (i8^4 I 64. Lin. She's a daisy lass for work. I'm a
daisy body for pudding, A'. & Q. (1884) 6th S. x. 46. [Auier.
Carruth Kansas Univ. Ouar. (Oct. 1892) I.]
DAITAL, DAIVE, see Daytal, Dave, v}
DAIVER, DAIVILIE, see Daver, v}, Daviely.
DAJON-WABSTER, sb. Sc. (Jam.) Also written
dadgeon-wabster w.Sc. A linen-weaver, a customer
weaver, one who weaves linen or woollen stufis for
country neighbours.
DAK, see Dack, int.
DAKE, V. Dor. Som. [dik, deak.] To prick with any-
thing sharp ; to poke with the finger. See Dawk, v}
Dor.' The farmer's wife did try To dake a niddle or a pin In droo
her wold skin, 301. Som. Sweetman Ip'incanton Gl. (1885).
DAKER, sb} Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also
Sur. Hmp. Also written dacer Wm. ; dacre w.Yks. ;
deaker Nhb.' [dekar, de'kalr), de3-ka(r).] The corn-
crake, Crex pratensis. Celt, in conip. Daker-hen.
Nhb.' Cum., Wm. (J.H.I V/m. Sedgwick Mem. Cozvgill Oiaflil
(■1868) 108, SwAiNsoN jSiVa'5 {1885) 177. n.Yks.3 w.Yks. That
famous ventriloquist 'at used to be called a daker-hen, Yksiiiaii.
(1881) 69; (J.T.) ; w.Yks.is, ne.Lan.i Chs.'; Chs.3 Named from
the note. Sur. Swainson Biri/s (1885) 177. Hmp. A man brought
me a land-rail or daker-hen. White Sdbonie (1789') 275, ed. 1853.
[Crf.i-, a byrde seeming to be that is called a Daker
henne. Cooper (1565).]
DAKER, sb.'^ Dor. [dek3(r).] A whetstone.
Dor. Barnes G/. (1863); (C.J.V.)
DAKER, see Dacker.
DAKES-HEAD, sb. e.An. [deks-ed.] A spiritless,
stupid person. e.An.'
Hence Dakes-headed, adj. stupid, dull, heavy.
Nrf. You great dakes-headed thing ! Cozens-Habdy Broad Nrf.
('893' 94-
[Norw. dial, dake, a moping, spiritless person (Aasen).J
DAKKER, DAKKY, see Dacker, Dacky.
DALCOP, sb. Obs. > n.Cy. An idiot.
n.Cy. Trails. PJiil. Soc. (1858) 152.
[Cp. Du. dnl-kop idol-), a mad-head (Hexham).]
DALDOO, sb. Bnfl".' A great noise.
The loons are haudin' an unco daldoo i' the squeel. He cam
dcon afif o' the hehd o' the hoose wee a daldoo.
DALE. sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also in forms
daal w.Yks. ; dall S. & Ork.' : deail Cum. ; deal Lakel.
Cum.; deall Cum.'^; deeal Lakel. Cum. Wm. n.Yks.^
I del, deal, dial.] 1. A river-valley between ranges of
hills or moorland.
S. & Ork. ' Ayr. His voice was heard thro' muir and dale.
Burns Tiva Hcids (17851 st. 7. Nhb.' Lakel. Ellwood (1895).
Cum. Fwok com in frae aw parts o' t'deeal, Borrowdale Lett.
(1787) 5, ed. 1869; Richardson Talk (ed. 1876) 2nd S. 16; Cum.^
Away we set, t'oald lang nvvos't man an' me, ebbem up t'deal, 2.
Wm. We leeve i' yan o thor deeals up amang t'fells, Spec. Dial.
(1877) pt.i. I. n.Yks. Ovvwer nionny a plissent hill an' deeal,
CASTiLLoPofm.s(i878) 30 ; n.Yks.' =. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 59. e. & w.Yks. With the e.xception of the water-
shed oflheCaldcr, where 'Clough ' takes its place, Vnn.i.ws Riders
(1853). w.Yks. A lilc bit hisher up I'daal, Lucas Stud. Niddeidale
(c. 1882) 32.
2. Comp. (i) Dale-end, the point where a valley opens
out into wider country ; (21 -foot, a dwelling-place in
a valley among tlie fells ; (3) -head, the upper portion of
the dale, nearest its narrowest part ; the highest farm of
the valley ; (4) -land, the lower and arable ground
of a district ; (5) -lander, an inhabitant of the lower
ground ; (6) -mail, a tribute formerly paid by the cus-
tomary tenants of the manor of Enncrdale ; (7) -man. .see
•lander ; (8) -sider, a resident in a dale ; (9) Dales-folks,
the inhabitants of a dale; (10) .man, see .sider.
(i;n.Yk».'2, ne.Yks.' ' 2, 3) Lakel. ftH/iV/i Ois. (Dec. 28. 1897^
Cum. Thccr at the di.-ail-head unluckily we shear, Rei.i-h Misc.
FucoK (1141) Harvest. Wm.', n.Yks.'^, iie.Yks.' (4, 5, Old. (Jam.)
(6) Cum.' (7^ CId. (Jam.) (8, Lakel. Penrith Ohs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
(P) n.Vk».2 ( ID) s.Sc. -l.ast year, when the dalesman were cried,
Hogg PeriU of Man (1822) 1. 249 (Jam.). Ayr. Witches, and a
fearsome band. That dalesmen never heard or saw, Boswell Pof/.
Wks. (1803) 116, ed. 1871. n.Yks.2
3. A goal. Cf dell, sb. 2.
Abd. The ' dale,' or head quarters for ' Smuggle the Gig,' Ogg
Willie IValy (1873) 75 ; Not uncommon. I manage to kick the ball
to the dale. Make that tree our dale (G.W.).
[1. ON. dalr (a dale), much used in local names
(Vigfusson).]
DALE, adj. Obs. n.Cy. Furious, mad.
n.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 152.
DALE, DALGAN, see Deal, si.'^s, Dole, sb.\ Delgin.
DALK, sb. Sc. A term sometimes applied to par-
ticular varieties of slate clay, and sometimes to common
clay, by the coal-miners. Cf. dowk, sb.'
SIg. Below the coal there is eighteen inches of a stuff, which
the workmen call dalk, Statist. Ace. XV. 329 (Jam.).
DAL(L, V. and int. In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also
in form dale e.An.' Wil. [dal, dasl, del.] 1. v. Used
imprecatively, prob. a modified form of damn.'
Nhb.'Oddal! w.Yks.' Dal thy nag,'s: d the other.yaAcs Olifrhanl
(1870) bk. I. ii ; w.Yks.^ Dal it ! whoad a thowt it. Lan. ' Dal it,
Lawrence,' he broke out, Clegg David's Loom (1894) iv ; Very
common in Bury (R. P.). e.Lan.' s.Not. Dal it! a've bunt mysen
(J.P.K.). Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 703 ; Mon dall you,
lass, 1 care for nought. Brown Neddy (1841 i 9. s.Lin. Dal the laace,
it weant come undone (T.H.R.). War. (J.R.W.), Hrf.2 e.An.'
Dale me if I don't. Wil. ' Dal thee body ! ' cried the dame, Akerman
Tflte (1853) 32. Som. Dall his buttons! Raynond Love and Quiet
Z.{/f (1894) 27.
Hence Dalled, pp. and ppl. adj. ' damned.'
Lan. Aw'U be dal'd iv aw care't what becoom on mi, Lahee
Owd Yeiii, 1. Lin. Bedall'd! It made my heart feel queer. Brown
Lit. Laiir. (1890) 44. s.Wor. Porson Quaint IVds. (iSi$) g. GIo.
Dalled if 'er wurn't a-most djed, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890)
139 ; Glo.' Dalled if I know. Brks.' w.Mid. Dalled if I a'nt bin
an' forgot my pipe ! (W.P.M.) Wil. That dalled keeper has left
an earth open, Jefferies Hodge (1880 > I. 187 ; Dald if her did not
tell I, Ellis P;-o«HHf. (i889iV. 45; Wil.''Tes alius a caddlin'zart of
a job takin' they fat beastics to Swinnun Market, but dall'd if ever
I had such a doin' wi 'em afore as 'twer isterday, 213. Som. But
be dalled if we do want Popery, Raymond Love and Quiet Life
(1894) 58. w.Som.' Nif I do, I'll b- dalled. Dev. I'll be dalled ef
'er 'athen azot down in a brimmel bush, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892)
153 ; I be dalled if doan't make me wild to think 'bout, Phillpotts
Dartmoor (1895) 78.
Hence (i) Dally I (Dallee !) an exclamation of surprise ;
(2) Daily-buttons, a joyful exclamation.
(I) Brks. Dal-lee ! that's got 'un (M J. B.) ; Brks.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
w.Mid. Dally ! if I'd only knowed that afore, he wouldn't a' got
orfsoeasy! Common (W.P.M. ). Wil. Slow G/. (1892). w.Som.'
Daa-lee, zir! kaan nii'vur voo'urd tu due' ut vurdhu muun ee[Dall
'ee. sir! (I) can never afford to do it for the money]. Dev.
Dallee ! Whot's about now making awl this yer upstore ? Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892). (2) Dev. Aw ! Dally buttons ! I doant knaw
wheer tu begin tellin' 'e, Phillpotts Dartmoor (1895) 158 ; Aw !
daily-buttons ! yer coni'th like a 'ouze avire ! Hewett Peas. Sp,
(1892) 48.
2. int. An exclamation, a petty oath.
Nhb.' Dal ! aa'll tell ye what ! Cum. An' dall ! but it's a pelter,
Gilpin S«^5. (1866)272. w.Yks.^, ne Lan.', Chs.', Not.' Lin.
But, dall I the time seem'd long to wait. Brown Lit. Lanr. (1890)
41. Lei.i, War.3, Wor. (J.R.W.), Glo.' Wil. Slow Gl. (1892).
Som. Sweetman VVincanton Gl. (1885").
DALL, s6.' Ags. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A large cake made of sawdust, mixed with
the dung of cows, &c., used by poor people for fuel.
[OFr. dalle, a slice of anything (Roquefort).]
DALL, sb.'^ Ayr. (Jam.) A sloven. Cf. daw, sb}^
Hence Dallish, adj. slovenly.
DALL, see Dale, sb., Dawl, v.'^, Doll.
DALLACK, j;.and sb. Lakel. Wm. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin.
Also written dallick s.Not. ; dallock w.Yks.^ ; dollock
Wm. w.Yks. Lan. s.Not. [dalak, dolak.] L v. To
dress smartly and gaudily. Gen. with out.
Lin. A'. & Q. (1874 1 5th S. i. 18. n.Lln.' Wasn't sarvant lasses
dallack'd-oot at Gainsb'r Stattis! sw.Lin.' How she's dallack'd out.
Hence Dallacking, ppl. adj. dressing smartly and
gaudily.
sw.Lin.' She's none of your dallacking lasses.
DALLACKER
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DAM
2. To wear clothes roughly or disorderly ; to wear out ;
to drag or trail carelessly.
w.Yks. Lewkat his shoe-laces dallockiii' abaat iS.K.C."); w Yks.2
Her dress were all dallocking in the mud. s.Not. I'm ju.st dallick-
ing my green dress out. She'll soon doUock that frock up i^J.P. K. }.
3. To dally, fritter away time.
s.Chs.' Daal ilkin yCir tahj'm uwee' [dallackin yur time awee].
4. s/>. A dirty, slovenly person ; a smart, overdressed
person. Gtn. in pi. form.
s.Lan. (W.W.T.) s.Not. What a grot dollocks she did look,
with that old cloak on (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.' 'What a dallacks yon is !
5. An unsightly mess or portion ; a dropping of some-
thing.
Lakel. Poirilh Obs. (Dec. 28, I8o7^. 'Wm. He'd a gurt dollock
o' taties on his plate (B.K,). w.Yks. He dang a gurt dollock o'
whitcwesh i' mi face, Leeds Men. Siippl. (Nov. 19, 1892^
DALLACKER, sb. w.Cum. Also written dallicker.
[dalakar.] A day labourer. (S.K.C.)
[For darracker, see darrak Cum.^ ( = Darg).]
DALLERS, sA. Brks.' [dselaz.] A fit of melancholy.
[A pron. of lit. E. dolours, griefs.]
DALUCK, DALLICKER, see Dallack, Dallacker.
D ALLING, ppl. adj. Chs. [da'lin.] Of the weather :
changing, varying.
Chs.' ; Chs.3 ' Dalling weather,' in harvest, means a perpetual
change from wet to dry, and vice versa, which prevents progress.
DALLOP, see Dollop.
DALLY, V. and sb.^ Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Nhp.
Oxf. Dev. Also in form dolly Irel. n.Dev. [dali, do'li.]
L V. To delay, loiter, waste time.
Sc. Break down the doors if he dallies any longer, Scott Abbot
(1820; xiv. Fit Twa landin's they had shorn, or three, Ere day-
light was appearin'. ... I trow they didna dally, Douglas Poems
(1806) 142. Lnk. The world to him seems pleasant as he dallies
with his tools, Stewart Twa Elders \iSB6) 141. s.Don. Simmons
Gl. (1890). w.Yks. Da olas daliz wol tlast minit (J.'W.). Lan. If
we dally so lung someb'dy 'U be on us, Brierley Coffers, xix.
Chs.' Dunna thee dally uppo' th' road ; Clis.^ n.Lin. Dallyin' about
ever so long, Peacock J. Marketifield {1&-12) I. no.
Hence (i) Dallied, adj. delayed; (2) Dallycraw, sb.
a name applied to a loitering child.
(i) Nhp. Some long, long dallied promise to fulfil, Clare Vill.
Minstrel {1821) I. 34. (21 m.Yks.'
2. To pet, indulge, spoil. Cf dawl, v.^, doll, v.
Oxf.' Polly Long was dallied wi' at 'ome, an' now 'er's married
an' got 'ard doos [doo-s] 'er can't away wi't, MS. add.
Hence Dallylaw, sb. a spoilt child, a darling.
Dev. 'Er made sich a dallylaw ov'n that when 'e went vur a boss
sodger, 'e wadden vit vur much, H ewett Peas. S/i. (1892'). n.Dev.
Ya knaw Jim always was my dollylaw, Rock Jim an' Nell {i86-j,
St. 43.
3. sb. A delay. Chs.'^
[1. AFr. dalier, to pass one's time in light social talk
(BozoN).]
DALLY, sb.^ Cum. [da'li.] A teetotum.
Cum.' Tee.tak-up-o, dally an' o' ; Cum. 2
DALLY, si!>.* s.Sc. (Jam.) The stick, used by one who
binds sheaves, for pushing in the ends of the rope after
they have been twisted together.
DALLY, see Dal(l.
DALLYBONES, sb. pi. Dev. Also in form dolly-
n.Dev. Trotter-bones ; the knees.
Dev.i And do you meend the lamb's daily-bones you geed me? 51.
n.Dev. A man an's wife . . . Must vail down on their dolly-bones,
Rock/iw an' Nell (1867) St. 132 ; Hnd-bk. (ed. 18771 258.
[Men pley with 3 dice, and children with 4 dalies
( = talis) ; Wolde God I coude nat playe at the dalys ( =
aleam), Horman (1519).]
DALLY-CAR, sb. Yks. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A deep ditch.
DALT, 56.' Sc. Irel. Also written dault. [dalt.] A
foster-child ; also, a spoilt child. Cf daut, v., delt, v.
Sc. It is false of thy father's child . . . falsest of my dault I Scott
Maid oj Petih (1828) xxix. w.Sc. When he dismisses his dalt, for
that is the name for a fostered child, Johnson IVks. VIII. 374,
375 (Jam.). Ant. Bnllymeiia Obs. (1892).
[Gael, and Ir. dalia, a foster-son (Macbain).]
DALT, ii.2 Cum. Wm. [dalt.] A specified portion
assigned to var. owners of any unenclosed privilege or
duty, e.g. of a turbary. Cf dote, s6.'
Cum.^ Cum., Wm. Dalt-dike, in the parish of Langwathby, was
a wall between the land enclosed in 1777 and the moorland left,
of which the keeping up shares is required of the various pro-
prietors, each having an inner wall between the fields to maintain.
Mop Dalts, the name of a property in w.Cum. (M.P.)
DALY, adj. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Lonely, solitary.
See Dowly.
n.Cy. Grose (1790"). w.Yks. Hutton Totir to Caves (1781).
ne.Lan.'
DAM, sb.^ Sc. Yks. Der. e.An. Aus. [dam.] 1.
The body of water confined by a dam or barrier ; a pond,
pool of water.
Sc. Many farms have 'dams' or 'mill-dams,' for storing water
to drive the threshing mill (A.W. ). Elg. The children . . . building
little dams, and mills, and seats, Couper TotiriJicatioMS (1803) I.
121. Abd. Willie drowned his servant lass in the mill-dam,
RuDDiMAN Sc. Parish (1828) 34, ed. i88g. Frf. I'll droon mysel
in the dam, Barrie Minister (1891') iv. Fif. A man, up at the
Milton-dam, Swaift, Tennant Papistry (1827) 157. Ayr. If they
didna get rain, the dam would be clean dry in less than a week's
time, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 50 ; You ought to be flung into
a mill-dam, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) 1. Rnf. Nearin' noo Bal-
currach dam, Neilson Poems (1877I 39. Lnk. Big hooses, kep
dams, or fyle peenies, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 79. Lth. Backfa'
dam Whaur mickle troots and salmon cam', Lumsden Slieep-head
(1892) 105. Edb. First to the mill-dam ford, Crawford Poems
(1798) 98. Dmf. An' three gude dams ran down the trows Before
was grun' the mcller, Cromek Remains (1810; 68. w.Yks.
Sheffield I ndep. (1874) I w.Yks.2, Der.' [Aus. Morris (1898);
Dams, as he calls his reservoirs, scooped out in the hard soil,
Scribner's Mag. (Feb. 18921 141.]
2. Comp. (i) Dam-head, (2) -stakes, the embankment or
barrier of a mill-pond, &c.; the sloping dam over which
the excess water flows from a mill-pond.
(i) Lnk. Thrifty wee Luggie . . . Was croonin' awa o'er its ilka
dam-head, Watson Poems (1853) 35. Edb. O'er dam-heads ye
aften tummel Wi' dinsome rattle, Forbes Poems (1821) 104. (2)
w.Yks. Banks Wkjld. IVds. (1865) 5; w.Yks.'^
3. Fig. The quantity of urine discharged at once.
Sc. Applied to children (Jam.). Ayr. Till whare ye sit, on craps
o' heather. Ye tine your dam. Burns Author's Cry (1786) st. 31.
4. The canal or trench used to convey the water from a
river, &c., to a mill-pond.
Knr. Improperly used to denote what is otherwise called a
' mill-lade' (Jam.).
5. A drained marsh.
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Bra(7rfA''i/. (1893) 77 ; Nrf.' Suf.
(Hall.)
DAM, sb.'^ Sc. [dam.] 1. A mother, woman. See
Dame, sb. 3, 4.
Edb. Our dams wad clank us wi' the kail-stick, Learmont
Poems (1791) 58.
2. A piece or ' man ' in the game of draughts ; pi. the
game of draughts.
Sc. Dams were the pieces with which the game of draughts were
played, Ramsay 7?fw»/;. (1867) 246; After playing twa or three
games at the dams, Saxon and Gael (1814) I. 94 (Jam."). ne.Sc.
Children had their games of chance as their seniors had their card-
playing and their ' dainbrod ' or 'dams,' Gregor Flk-Lore (1881)
163.
3. Comp. Dam-brod, the board used in the game of
draughts ; draughts. Also used altrib.
n.Sc. The draught board (Scottice, dam-brod) is produced as a
means of enlivenment, Gordon Carglen (1891) 79. e.Sc. We can
while awa' the time at the dam-brod, Setoun Sunshine (1895) iv.
Frf. To challenge my right hand again to a game at the' dambrod '
against my left, Barrie Z,if/i< (1888) i. Per. Glowerin' wi'hawks'
e'en on a damberd, Haliburton Horace (1B86) 78. Ayr. I'm tired
of the ggem at the dambrods with Willie, Service Dr. Diigmd
(ed. 1887) 189. Lnk. Wha wi' him wad dambrod play? Murdoch
Doric Lyre (■i8^3) 13. Lth. Gin it could only be petrified into wud,
an' syne sawn up into thin dails, ye micht mak' a quaigh o' Atliol
brose aflTt for dambrods, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 171. Slk.
They fasten their ecn on it, as dourly as on a dambrodd, Chr.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 286. Gall. In a dambrod pattern,
Crockett Sunbomiet (,1895) ix.
DAM
[i6]
DAMMER
Hence Damborded, adj. checked, crossed as the pattern
of a ' dain-brod.' , . , , „, , ^3
Sc. That upland loon wi' the damborded back, Blackw. Mag.
(Nov. 1820) 154 (Jam.)- , , , , .
rFr dame, a dame, a lady ; a man at tables or draughts;
da>nes, the play on the outside of a pair of tables,
called draughts(CoTGR.);cp.G.(r'rtWf.rf«wf«5y'/('/,draughts.]
DAM, sb.^ Sc. The damson plum, Pninus domeshm
or daniascena. Also called Damsel (q.v.).
Sc. Prunes and preserved plums were also called plum-dams
(Jam. Siippl.).
DAMAGE, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Lin. Nhp. War.
Hnt. Colloq. Amer. [da-midg, dae-midg.] 1. Damages.
Per. Hae ye up afore the shirra . . . and get a' yer siller Irae
j'e for daamage, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 273, ed. 1887.
2. Cost, expense. In gen. colloq. use.
Lnk. Tell me if the supper's ready, and what's the damage ?
WARDROpy. Malhison ('1887) 26. N.Cy.i Noo, sir, ye've kirsen'd
mi bairn, what's t'damage ? Dur.', w.Yks." Lin. Brooke Trails
Gl. S.Lin. 'Well, let's know the damage (T.H.R.). Nhp.', War.^,
Hnt. (T.P.F.) Colloq. Farmer. [Amer. What's the damage, as they
say in Kentucky . . . what's to be paid out for this business ! Stowe
Unclf Tom's C. (1852) xiv.]
DAMAGED, pp. Chs. [da'midgd.] Bewitched.
Chs.' Some forty years ago, there lived an old man. His wife
was hypochondriacal, and Billy, as he was called, firmly believed
she had been ' damaged ' by an old woman at Macclesfield. She
wore a charm sewed up in her stays as an antidote.
DAMAS. sb. Sc. Chs. Stf 'War. pi. dammas Stf ;
damasis Chs.' Also in form damasee Sc. [da'mss.]
The damson or damask plum.
Sc. The date and also the damasee, Aytoun Ballads (ed. i86r) I.
31 : I A.W.) Chs.i s.Stf. PiNNOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). 'VVar.a
[Fr. damas, ' nom d'une prune d'assez bonne espece'
(LiTTR^); 'prune de Damas' (Damascus) (Hatzfeld).]
DAMASCENE, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Not. [da'mszin.] The
damson plum (distinct from the damson). Also in cotnp.
Damascene-plum.
N.Cy.', w.Yks.2 Not. In the Newark County Court ... a green-
grocer complained that whereas he had ordered damsons he was
supplied with damascenes, Z)i'.A'fitis (Nov. 17, 1891)5/2, [Damas-
cene. This and the damson are distinct sorts of plums ; the damas-
cene is the larger of the two, and not at all bitter ; the damson is
smaller, and has a peculiar bitter or roughness, Todd Suppl.
(i8r8-.]
[Daiiiaisi'iie, a Damascene, or Damsen plumb, Cotgr.
MLat. pntintin Damascamin, plum o( Damascus (Isidore).]
DAMASON, sb. Suf A severe scolding, rebuke.
e.Suf. I gave her a fair damason (F.H.).
DAME, sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in forms
daam vv.'Yks.'; deam(e N.Cy.' Cum.; de'ame n.Yks. ;
deeam n.Yks.* e.Yks.'; deem Abd. ; deeyem, dehyim
Nhb.'; demeLaji.i; deyemNhb.'; dyam(e N.Cy.' Dur.';
dyem Nhb.' [deni, deam, dism, dim.] 1. The mistress
of a house ; a wife, esp. the wife of a farmer or yeoman.
Kcd. His wee toddling bairns and couthy ain dame, Jamik Afiise
(1844168. Rnf. I gang hame To . . . my bairnies, and dame, Clark
Poel. Pieces (1836) 5. Lnk. A decent sober man I found : ... I met
him with his dame, Parker Poems (1859) 63. Lth. My sweet son,
and my bonnie wee dame, Ballantine/^ocwis (1856)42. Edb. My
auld, new-fangled dame, Macneill Bygane Times (1811) 17.
N.Cy.', Nhb.i Dur.' Now nearly obs. ; in the last century in very
gen. use in the households of the farmers. In those times ' t'maister
and t'd'yam' took their meals together with their household
servants. Cum. Now fit up a pillion for maister and deamm,
Dickinson Ciimbr. (1876) 241. Wm. His decam wos a daesent
body, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 14. n.Yks. Are all thee bairns
quite fresh at yam, and t'de'ame ? Browne Yk. Mins/er Screen ( 1834)
). 14 ; n.Yks.'^ e.Yks.' Ah wed ma awd decam thotty year
back, cum Cannlemas. w.Yks.' Lan. For meh dome's gone fro
whoam, Tim BonniN l^iew Dial. (1740) 17. Nhp.' 'Dame' is now
only used bysome antiquated farmers, when speakingof or address-
ing their wives. Brks.' An old-fashioned farmer thus usually
styles his wife when calling to her, or speaking to her; he rarely
uses her Christian name. Sur. The worthy and motherly old
' dame,' as her husband called her, T/ie Times (Dec. 7, 1894) 13.
Som. Never used in the sense of lady ; nor is it ever applied to
persons in the upper ranks of society, nor to the very lowest ;
when we say Dame Hurman, or Dame Bennet, wemean the wife of
some farmer ; . . . rarely, ifever, applied to ayoung woman, Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825 1 ; 'W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' ' Th' old
dame Glass gid me they there lillies.' Its use implies great famili-
arity—perhaps a little disrespect ; no one would speak of a lady
as ' dame' unless a slight were intended. It is equivalent here
among the peasantry to ' mother so-and-so,' in speakingof a person.
Dev.' I've be to vickrage to vet a book for dame, i.
2. The mistress of an infant school.
Lan. Ordering him to leave one load at the old dame's for my
daughters Mary and Ann to warm 'em, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866)
62. Nhp.', War.3 Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eitg. (1825) ;
W. & J. G/. (1873).
Hence Dame-school, an infant school kept by an old
woman.
Sc. (A.W.) Lakel. T'diam skeul's gian, Penrith Obs. (Dec. aS,
1897). -Wm. She kept a dame-school (B.K.). Nhp.', War. a
3. A mother, a female parent, dam. Also nstdfig. See
Dam, sb.^
Slg. This is the picture of thy dame, Her very face divine, Elcko
Castle (1796) 9. Edb. That ignorance should be the dame O' true
devotion, Forbes Poems (1B12) 10. w.Som.' Applied to animals or
birds. Not now to persons. Her's the dae'um o' your bay 'oss.
They young holm-screeches 've a-iost their dame.
4. A woman, esp. an old woman.
Abd. Dinno brake her heart, an' kill 'er, Wi' drink, an' dames.
Like city rakes, Beattie Parings {iHoi) 15, ed. 1873. Fif. Aft". . .
they skeygit, man and dame, Tennant Papistry (1827) 53. Gall.
Man, to human feeling blin'. Aft leaves the dame That he deluded
into sin, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 47. Nhb.' The aad dyem sat
aside the fire. Cum. A dooce comely oald deam, Gwordie
Greenup Yance a Year (1873) 21. n.Yks. An t'owd dame hersen ul
tell onny o yor, IVIiy John (Coll. L.L.B,); n.Yks.', e Yks.', m.Yks.'
Der.' Still in use ; applied without disrespect to elderly women.
War. ^ The inhabitants of some almshouses for old women in n.War.
are to-day spoken of as ' the Dames.' e.An.^ Never applied now
except to some poor aged woman, and when the existing dames
are * dead and gone' will, probably, be obs.
Hence Dame-wheat, sb., see below.
Hrt. This is called dame wheat because it was first brought . . .
by a woman, that found it to be a better sort than any other
wheats, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) I. ii.
5. A young unmarried woman, a girl ; a damsel.
Elg. Dinna mak' faces to the dames in the house. Tester Poems
(1865) 133 ; Ye bonny boys, and eke your dames, Couper Poetry
(1804) i. 79. Abd. They didna miss To gi'e to ilka dainty dame
a sappy kiss, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 214 ; Defined by competent
critics of the milder type as ' a settin' deemie, an' a feerious eident
creatur,' Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 155, ed. 1882. Kcd. Grown
a braw and handsome dame, The bonniest lass in a' the place,
Jamie Muse (1844) 2. Lnk. Damsels comely in their teens, ... At
the dames Jock cast a wistfu' e'e, Ewmc Poems 11892) 16. Lth.
Your queenly air Made a' your neighbour dames sair spited at tryst
or fair, Ballantine Poems (1856) 7. Bwk. Gen. expressive of
contempt or displeasure 1 Jam. Siippl.).
Hence Damack, or Damackie, sb. a girl, a young
woman. Inv. (H.E.F.)
6. A term applied to women of the lowest rank.
e.An.' It is almost obs. ; in the West it is applied to a farmer's
wife. In the East it would be very offensive. Nrf.' Nrf., Sus.,
Hmp. Applied only to the wives of labouring men, and particularly
to those in the country employed in agriculture, Holloway.
[1. She was both pantler, butler, cook. Both dame and
servant, Shaks. IViiiler's T. iv. iv. 57. 3. Suche wordes
as we lerneden of our dames tonge, Tesl. Love (c. 1385)
Prol. 37; The sire, the son, the dame, and daughter die,
Shaks. Liter. (1593) 1477- 4. The Grecian dames are
sunburnt, //;. T>: 6-= Cr. i. iii. 282.]
DAME-KU, sb. Cor."' A jack snipe, Limnocryples
galliiiiila.
DAMISHELL, see Damsel, sb}
DAMMELLED, pp. Lan. [da'mld.] A grotesque
form for 'damned.'
Lan. I've noane, have I be dammelled as like, Brierley Old
Nook, V.
DAMMER, 56.' Sc. [da'mar.] One who constructs
dnnis ; a miner.
Sc. 'Auld George Glen, the dammer and sinker.' . . . ' So you ex-
changed it with a miner ? ' Scott Antiquary (i8i6) xxiii ; (Jam.)
DAMMER
[17]
DAMSEL
D AMMER, .•tA.^ Yks. [da-m3(r).] A term prefixed by
lads to the surname of a companion ; also used as a form
of address.
w.Yks.® Let's goa fotch dammcr Smith. HoMow ! dammer,
come here wi' thuh. Whear's tuh barn, dammer?
DAMMER, V. Sc. [da'mar.] To astonish, astoundi
confuse. Cf. dammish.
s.Sc. My ain opeenion is yeVe fair dammered her leddyship,
Snaith Fieircheail {i&gi) 42.
Hence Dammertit, />/)/. adj. stupid. Rnf. (Jam.)
[G. daiitment, ' durcli Sclilagen bewiiltigen, nieder-
driicken ' (Grimm).]
DAMMERING, vbl. sb. Obs. Dev. In phr. to go
a-iiaiu)iieriiig, to go about daring others to perform
hazardous feats.
Dev. Grose 1,1790") MS. add. (M.)
DAMMING, vbl. sb. Sc. Yks. Lan. [da-min.] In phr.
(i) damntiiig and lading, (a) a mode of fish-poaching by
diverting the course ot a stream and throwing out the
water; (b) Jig. incurring one debt to pay another; (2)
— and laving, see — and lading (a) ; (3) — and loving,
see below.
(i, a) w.Yks.i (A) ne.Lan.i (2) Sc. (Jam.) (3) Sc. Damming
and loving is sure fishing. An advice to prefer a sure gain,
though small, to the prospect of a greater with uncertainty, Kelly
Prov. (1721) 90.
DAMMISH, V. Sc. In form daimis (Jam.), [da-mij,
de mij.] 1. To stun, stupefy. Cf dammer, v.
Sc Another came up and knocked him down. He was perfectly
dammished with the stroke, WoDROW Ch. Hist. (1721) III. 37,
ed. 1828. Abd. (Jam.)
Hence Daraisht, adj. stupid, silly. Sh.I. (W.A.G.)
2. To bruise the surface of an apple or other fruit, by
a knock. (J.A.H.M.)
3. To injure, damage, gen. used as an expletive in phr.
dammisli it o\- you, &c.
Sc. Damish your skins, I cud knock the stuffin' oot o' the lot o'
ye, Salmond My Man Sandy (1894) 175. Per. ' Damish the hide
o'ye!' is a not uncommon expletive. ''Od, damish that!' (G.W.)
Hence Dammishment, sb. damage, injury.
Fif. My bottle-champion, be it kent, Nae dammishment shall
dree, Tennant Papistry (1827) 131.
DAMMIT, ppl. adj. Ags. (Jam.) Stunned. Cf. dam-
mish, V.
DAMMOCK, see Dommock.
DAMN, V. Yks. [dam.] To hurt, disable.
w.Yk?. 'E's i' varra poor fettle ; it's 'is big toe 'at damns 'im
(F.P.T.).
DAMNIFY, V. Sc. Lin. e.An. Amer. [da-mnifai.]
1. To damage, injure.
Bnff. So as not to damnific the roof or wall of the church,
Gordon Cliron. Keilli (18801 84. Fif. The iron-geddock, swerd,
or spear, To damnifie the scarlet lady, Tennant Pafiistrv (1827)
29. n.Lin.* I've been damnified a matter of two year rent thriflf
th' beck bank braakin'. [If ' the wet or rain lodge on ' a branch,
it 'usually damnifies the next bud,' Worlidge Diet. Rust. (1681).
Amer. Dial. Notes { 1896) I. 329.]
2. To indemnify.
Nrf. (W.W.S. 1 ; Nrf.' Suf.' Teent nawn ta him— he's damnified.
[1. To damnifie, damnum inferre. Coles (1679).]
DAMP, sb}, V. and adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[damp, daemp.] 1. sb. The deadly gas generated in
coal-pits.
Sc. (A.W.) Nlib. If they can save Ae victim frae the subtle
sleep, An' deadly damp, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896)
93; Nhb.' Fire-damp, or black-damp; after-damp, or choke-damp.
Dnr. (J.J.B. , w.Yks.3
Hence Dampt, pp. killed or choked by fire-damp, &c.
Der. Denis Hodgkinson was dampt in a giuove, Prsh. Reg. of
Darlev Dale Church in Cox Churches (^1877) 173,
2. Rain.
Sc. i A.W.) n.Yks.2 It's boun te be mair damp.
3. Fig. A disappointment, rebuff", damper.
Sc. It was a new damp to me, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) IV. 130,
ed. 1828 ; It did give them no small damp, Thomson Cloud of
Witnesses (1714) 250, ed. 1871. Edb. Tam cou'dna sup, His
spirits got a damp, Forbes Poems (1812) 37. s.Clis.' Dhis
VOL. ir.
wedh-ur)! rae-dhur piit u daamp upon- iim [This weather 'II
rather put a damp upon 'cm].
4. V. To wet, moisten slightly.
Lnk. Maybe our throats maun be dampit Afore the first stanc
be laid on, Watson Poiins (1853) 62. w.Yks. iJ.W.)
Hence Damper, sb. (i) a glass of beer; (2) a luncheon,
a snack between meals ; (3) Jig. in phr. to put the damper
on, see below.
^i) Ctli. (W.W.S.) s.Pem. Laws Z.;Wf £:»^. (1888) 420. (2)
ne.Lan.i (3) Lan. I put my foot in his ribs, and my fingers in the
guzzel of his neck ! I stopt his chimney ! what they caw'n i' eawr
country putting th' damper on, Ballad, Oldham Recruit, No. 286.
5. To drizzle, to rain slightly.
n.Yks.2, Not.i Lei.' It just damps a bit, but it een't not to sey
reen. War.^^^ Glo.' Oxf.i MS. add.
Hence Damping, ppl. adj. showery, drizzling.
War. Leamington Courier (_Mar. 6, 1897) ; War.^ s.War.' It is
rather dampin' today.
6. To put out a fire, Sec.
w.Yks. I'm going to damp th' fire out (J.T.).
7. adj. Damped ; rainy.
Gall. Proud o' heart and damp wi' fear To face auld Kate for
want o' gear, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1828) 73, ed. 1897. n.Lin.i,
Oxf. (Hall.)
Hence Dampy, adj. wet, moist, damp.
Nhb. Those dampy rooms below, Richardson Borderer's Table-
bk. (1846) VI. 171. w.Yks. This shirt feels dampy (iE.B.);
w.Yks.2 3
DAMP, si.' Sh.I. [damp.] The end of aline or rope.
S. & Ork.'
[G. and Dan. tamp, rope's end.]
DAMPER, V. Lan. [da'nips^r).] Used imprecatively,
instead of damn.'
Lan. ' Damper yo' ! ' exclaimed old Mark, Brierley Cotters, xvii.
Hence (i) Danipert, /i//. a(^. damned; (2) Dampeitly,
adv. damnably.
(i) Lan. 'Dampert short,' thought Jacob, Brierley /j-Wofe (1868)
20 ; Leeave that dampert music awhoam, ib. IVaverlow 1 1884) 82 ;
I would ha' done too, for a dampert-sleeve ferret he is, ib. Cast
upon World (i886j 220. (2) Lan. That shirt breast ut looks
dampertly dickyisli, ib. 220.
Ti AMPS, sb.pl. Nhp. Also in form dampers, [daemps,
dae'mpaz.] Fissures intersecting strata.
Nhp. 2 Those that are filled with earthy matter only are called
damps.
DAMPS, see Dumps.
DAMSDIL, sb. Yks. A young woman, a damsel.
e.Yks. Exceedingly rare now (R.S.) ; e.Yks.i MS. add. ^T.H.)
DAMSDIL, see Damsel, sb.'^
DAMSEL, sA.' Sc. Irel. Lin. Ken. Wil. Also in form
damishell Abd. [dam-, daemsil, -si.] 1. A young
unmarried woman ; a term of reproach for a woman of
bad character or disposition.
nw.Abd. We leet the damishell awa' To get a raith o' lair,
Goodtvife (1867) St. 12. s.Lin. Lizz Baates' a pritty damsel, that
she is; I wonder how her faather can bear the sight o' her (T.H.R.).
2. The skate, Raia balls.
Sus.' At Hastings the fish is called a 'maid' and at Dover
a 'damsel ' (s. v. Keveling).
3. Fig. An iron rod with projecting pins, that shakes
the shoot of the hopper in a corn-mill.
N.I.' Wil. That part of the machinery [of a mill] which is
called the damsel, Jefferies Gt. Estate (1881) 167.
DAMSEL, 5A.2 Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also Som.
Dev. Also written damsil e.Yks.' e.Lan.' ; damzil Dev.'
Also in form damsdil n.Yks. e.Yks. m.Yks.' [dam-,
daemzil, -zl.] The damson plum, Pntmis domeslica or
damascena.
Sc. (A.W.) ; (Jam. 5»///.) N.I.' N.Cy.i To be sold in the
Market Place, fine fresh damsels, at 6rf. a peck. Nhb. (W.G.); Nhb.'
Obs. n.Yks. (B. & H.l e.Yks. Almost invariably called ' damsil'
and sometimes ' damsoil' (R.S ) ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks. > J.W. )
Lan. Nature Notes, No. 9. e Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.' ; Chs.^ The
Jacobs and damsels are all killed by the early frost. w.Som.'
Daamzee'ul. Dev.' The term is vaguely applied in diflerent parts
to the fruit of Pruniis spinosa, and other larger species, both black
and yellow.
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DAMSIL
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DANDER
DAMSIL, V. Lan. Also in form damshil e.Lan.*
[danisil.] In ^hr. damsilit, an oaih. , o<c ^
Lan. Eh, damsil it, wuss un wuss, Staton Loommary (.e. ibbi;
53. e Lan.i Damshilate.
DAMSON, siJi. Sc. Irel. Nrf. Written dawmson N.l.
1. In comb, (i) Damson plume, a damson ; (2) — tart,
a humorous synonym for profane language.
(i) Sc. (A.W.), N.I.' (2) Nrf. His language is profane from long
habit— 'given over to damson tart like,' as they say in Arcady,
Jessopp Arcady (1887) vii.
DAMZIL, see Damsel, sb?
DAN, sb} and v. Nrf. Suf [daen.] 1. sb. pi.
Yearling lambs.
Nrf.i Yearling lambs ; when cut, they become wedders. Suf.
Lambs to be fatted by the butcher, Rainbird .,4.g-)j(r. (1819) 292,
ed. 1849; Suf.i
2. V. To buy yearling lambs in September and sell
them in the spring to be fattened by the butcher.
Suf. Rainbird .^^nc. (18191 292, ed. 1849.
DAN, 5A.2 Shr.i [dasn.] A small tub used for drawing
coals from the workings to the main road, where the skips
are loaded. Hence Danning, sb. drawing the coals in the
dans, which is done by boys.
DAN, s6.3 e.An. Scurf on animals, dandriff. (E.G.P.) ;
(Hall.)
DAN, sb.* Ohs. Sc. A respectful term of address,
lord, master.
Bnff. Butlet me get, Dan Phoebus set, Taylor Pora;s (1787) 150.
Fif. Their warst o' drinks was yill, the whilk Dan David Barclay
drank like milk, Tennant Papistry (1827) 83.
DANCE, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[dans, dons, dans.] 1. v. In phr. (i) to dance his or
her lane, to express great joy or violent rage ; (2) — in
a net, to deceive, impose upon (?) ; (3) -in-my-lnfe, a desig-
nation for a person of very diminutive appearance ; (4) —
in the half-peck, to be left behind as a bachelor, on
a brother's marriage ; (5) — the Phibbie, to get a horse-
whipping ; (6) — npon nothing, to be hanged ; (7) to see
the sun dance, to see the sun rise on Easter morning ; (8)
ye' II neither dance nor hand the candle, you will neither do
nor let do, neither act yourself nor assist another.
(i) Sc. She dancid her lane, cry'd. Praise be blest, I haveludg'd
a leil poor man, Gaberhimie Alan, St. 5 (Jam.). (2) Sc. First, my
lord, you must not think to dance in a net before old Jack Hildebrod,
Scott Nigel (1822) xxiii. (3) Rxb. Apparently in allusion to a
child's toy (Jam.). (4) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Sti/>pl. (Sept. 3, 1892).
(5) Cor. Af. <&• 0. (1891) 7th S. xii. 206. (6) Ant. (W.H.P.) (7)
Wxf. So at last came the bright Easter morn ; and Peggy and Pat,
and others, were out at sunrise on the top of a hillock, to see the
sun dancing, just as he came above the rim of the earth. Those
who did not care to face the bright orb with the naked eye, were
content to look at its image in a tub of clear water, Kennedy SflHfc
Boro (1867) 105. w.Yks. Common 30 years ago (J.W.). (8) Sc.
Kelly Prov. (1721) 367.
2. With about : to move about from place to place.
w.Som.' Zoa aay^mus daa'ns ubaewt aa'dr ee' [So I must dance
about after him]. Uneebau'dee miid bee u-daanseen baevvt au'l
dhur tuym [One may be dancing about all their time].
Hence Dancer, sb. Of a bird : one which moves about.
Ir. A while gander, a great dancer of a bird — never loses a goslin!
Lucas Rminmlk Lover m Chapman's Mag. (Oct. 1895).
3. To toss.
Nhb. In dancing the hay They lighten the cares of their Queen,
Richardson Borderer s Table-bk. (1846) VI. 286.
4. To boil. s.Lan. (W.II.T.)
5. sb. Phr. (i) to get a dance, to be made to run, to take
flight ; (2) to get a dance on air, to be hanged ; (3) to have
a dance, to have a hard search from place to place.
(i) Lth. O had ilk chief been as steady The South'rons had gotten
a dance, Bruce Fo«hs(i8i3) II. 159. (2I Abd. They'd get a special
dance on air. By my comman', Ogg Willie U'aly (1873) 87. (3)
n.Lin.' To have had 'a fine dance ' after him, or it. Nhp.i w.Mid.
He led me a fine old dance arter 'im (W.P.M.).
e. A convulsive disorder incidental to swine.
Nhp.2 So called because tliey shake and quake in every part.
They change their postures so often, that they resemble the actors
in a Morrjs dance, Morton Ilisl. Nhh. (tTia) 4';4.
DANCE, sec Daunch.
DANCING, vbl. sb. Sc. Yks. [donsin.] 1. A
dance, ball.
■w.Yks. Nivver let noan at lasses gooa to ionsms, Shevvild Ann.
(1856) 14.
2. Phr. lo send dancing, to send quickly.
Abd. Send them dancing to their hand, Whatever trocks they
may command, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 251 ; (A.W.)
DANCY, V. Som. [dansi.] To dandle, as with
an infant.
w.Som.' Nurses sing to children : ' Dancy, Dancy, Daisy, What
sh'll I do to plaze ee ? Take thee on my lap And gi' thee a sop.
And that's what I'll do to plaze ee.*
DAND, sb. Dor. [d»nd.] A dandy.
Dor. Such a clever young dand as he is ! Hardy Madding Crowd
(1874) xxiv ; Without dressing up more the dand than tliat, ib. Tess
(1891) 58, ed. 1895.
DANDALIE, see Dandilly.
DANDELION, sb. Rdn. The marsh-marigold, Caltha
palastns. (\i. &. Vi.)
DANDER, sb.'- and v.^ Sc. Nhb. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Chs.
Not. Brks. e.An. Dor. Cor. Aus. Amer. Slang. Also
written dandher e.Yks.' [da'ndar, dan-, da2'nd3(r).]
L sb. Temper, anger, spirit, mettle ; gen. in phr. to get
one's dander up, to lose one's temper. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc. There came a kind of Highland snuffle out of the man that
raised my dander strangely, Stevenson Catnona (1892) v. w.Sc.
Dear me, what's your dander up for now ? Macdonald SelllenienI
(1869) 131, ed. 1877. Frf. The very sicht o' my uniform rouses
hisdanderso muckle, TiA-RTii'E Minister (iHgi) iv. Nhb. • His dander's
gettin' up. Lakel. Keep thi dander doon, Penritli Obs. 1 Dec. 28,
1897). Cum. He co'dmehafeull an' that set my dander up(E. W.P.) ;
Cum.' Yks. This set her dander oop, and she began knocking
again, Fetherston Farmer, 81. w.Yks. An tother thing at raises
mi dander is to see a big lazy chap wi' his hands in his pockets,
Hartley C/o(X".rl/>;L (1896) 3 ; w.Yks.^s Lan. There's nowt loike
it for gettin' th' ovvd lad's danderup ! Mellor Uncle Owdem (1865)
26. Chs.' ; Chs.^ He's got his dander up at last. Not. My dander
was up (W.H.S.). Brks.', e.An.', Dor.' Dev. Reports Provinc.
(1897 !. Cor. He ded'n gev no spaich but kaip'd hes dander down,
/". 7'oze'S^r(i873 67;(F.R.C.) Slang. I'm ' ryled,' and *my dander's
up,' Barhaji Ingoldsby (ed. 1864I Brothers of Birchington. [Aus.
Make it as soon as you can, while we can keep our dander in,
Nesbit Bail Up! (1890) -xx. Amer. Wul'U git your dander riz?
Lowell Biglow Papers (1848) 48.]
2. V. To anger, rouse the temper.
w.Yks.s Lay him aloan ur he'll be dander'd sharp.
DANDER, v.'^ and sb.'^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Fit. Hrf Also Cor. Also in forms dandher
N.I.' e.Yks.' ; daner s.Sc. ; danner, dannir Sc. ; daunder
Sc. N.I.' Nhb.i Cum. Lan. Hrf Cor. ; daundher e.Yks.';
dauner Sc. ; donder Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Fit. [danld)-,
don(d)ar, -s^r).] L v. To stroll, saunter, wander;
to trifle, misspend one's time ; to hobble.
Sc. Daundering about the wood, Scott yintiqiiary (1816) xxi.
F-lg. I dandered through the walk again, Tester Poems I 1865) 158.
Bnff. He daunders down the Hill face, Gordon C/iion. lieitli (1880)
156. Abd. They had daundered together for a little space, Alex-
ander Ain Flk. (1875) 71, ed. 1882. Kcd. I daunder'd in by
yonder house, Syne in by yonder ha, Jamie ^//(s« (1844) 123. Frf.
Tammas Haggart and Pete Lunan dander into sight bareheaded,
Barrie LicJit (1888) ii. Per. He daunders aye onward the best
way he can, NicoLLPofH/5i.ed. 1843)143. Fif. Ye maunna dander
far awa', Douglas PofJHs (1806) 72. Slg. Ae Saturday o' Glasgow
Fair, I dandered out to tak' the air. Towers Poems (1885) 64.
Dmb. After we partit I gacd daunderin' hame singin' to mysel'.
Cross Disruption (1844) xxix. Rnf. I dauner'd up Gleniffer brae,
Clark Random Rliymes^iB^z) 18. Ayr. I happened to be daunrin'
by at the time, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) i. Lnk. Or thro' some
doncie desart danert, Ramsay Po(?;//5 (1727) 102, ed. 1733. Lth.
I daund'ring was the furs amang, Bruce Pof;»s (1813'! II. 97. Edb.
I was daundering home frae Pathhead, Moir Mansie iVanch (1828)
XV. Bwk. Frae Daurna's high lap as he daundered, Chisholm
Poems (1879) 53. Slk. It wad hae dune your heart gude to hae
dauncred alang the banks wi' me, Chr. North Nodes ;ed. 1856)
III. 300. Rxb. He dander'd down the banks o' Tweed, Ruickbie
IVayside Cottager (1807I 193. Dmf. I daunder'd about till my back
turned sair, Shennan Tales (1831) 80. Gall. Had quietly 'daun-
dered doon,' Crockett Snnboimct (1895) ix. Wgt. One day
Savvncrs . . . daunered down to the Main Street, Fraser Wigtoivn
DANDER
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DANDY
(1877I 275. N.I.i, Uls. (M.B.-S.) S.Don. Simmons Gl. (iSgoX
n.Cy. Bolder Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. And far up White Keildar
did daunder, Armstrong IVamiy Blossoms 1 18761 74; Nhb.' And
eftcr dandcrin up an doon. To sec wiiat folks war dcein, Wilson
O/'cning Neivcaslle Railtvay \ iB'i'A"'. Cum. Grizzy was daund'rin'
aw licr leane, Anderson Ballads (cd. 1808) 85; Dandering and
wandering about at all hours of tlie day, CAiNE//n»«M_i887) 1. 184;
Cum.' Danderan about. e.Yks.' Lan. What did the rascal want
wi' danderin' about thee? Francis Datighley of Soil (1895") 96.
ne.Lan.' Chs. Theawdondersabeawt worse than squire Mereditli's
ghost, Croston Enoch Cm(I»/> (1887) 10; Chs.'^^ s.Chs.' Dheeur
ec woz, driingk un don'durin ubuwt i^dh roa'd [1 hcer he was,
drunk an' donderin' about i' th' roadl. Cor. The poor young fellow
. . . would . . . daunder about among the ' burrows,' Pearce Estlier
Pentrealh (1891) bk. 11. i; Don't go dandering about like that
(F.R.C.).
Hence (i) Danderer, sb. a saunterer, one who habit-
ually saunters about ; (2) Dandering, (a) vbl. sb. a
wandering, stroll ; {b^ ppl. adj. wandering, sauntering ; (3)
Dandering-Kate, si.the stone-hore orstone-orpine,Sea'«;«
refle.xiim.
(i) Sc. Thou art but a daunderer a down the dyke sides, Blackw.
Mag. (Jan. 1821) 407 (Jam.). (2,0) Abd. Have you, in the course
of 3"Our daunderings to-day, collected any uncos? Ruddiman Sr.
Palish ( 1828 1 132, ed. 1889. Per. Life is mostly ' a dandering in
fineweather,' HAtiBURTON/'iWrfs (i8go) 153. (b^ Edb. Weneedna
gieaplack For dandVing mountebank or quack, Fergusson Po^-z^s
(1773) 123, ed. 1785 ; Dan'rin' donart down coup ye To rise no
more. Learmont PofHis (1791) 4. N.Cy.' (3) svr.Sc. Garden IVk.
(1896) No. cxiv. 112.
2. To wander in mind, to talk in a rambling incoherent
way. Chs.'", s.Chs.'
Hence (i) Dandered, ppl. adj. wandering, dazed, stupe-
fied ; (2) Dandering, (a) vbl. sb. useless, silly talk ; (6)
fpl. adj. foolish, weak-minded, twaddling ; incoherent,
rambling in speech.
(ii Ayr. It has skailt the daunert wits o' the master, Galt Lairds
(1826) i ; Cripple, dannar'd dais'd or fashions, What he was I wadna
care. Train Poet. Reveries 18061 63 (Jam.X N.I.', Uls. 1 M.B.-S.)
(2, n^ Fit. (T.K.J.) (i) N.Cy.' Chs.' A dandering old fellow ;
Chs.3 Poor oud mon, he's dreadful dondering. s.Chs.' Hrf. Its
ur daundering owf uz pray-ates oothout zense, IVAy John {Coll.
L.L.B.); Hrf.'
3. To tremble or shake.
n.Yks.'* e.Yks.i He com doon wT sike a bump that fleear
reg'lar dandher'd ageean. Let's cum te fire, Ah's dandhcrin wi
cawd. m.Yks.' Thou danders like an old weathercock. w.Yks.^
T'house fair dander'd agean as thuh went by.
Hence (i) Dandering, ppl. niij/' vibrating, resounding ;
{2) Dandery, adj. trembling, infirm, tottery.
(i) Sc. The dand'ring drums aloud did link. Herd Coll. Siigs.
(1776) I. 42. 1^2) n.Yks. He's quite dandery (l.W.) ; n.Yks.*
4. To caper.
e.Yks. Marshall Rnr. Ecoii. (1796) II. 315.
5. sb. A stroll, saunter.
e.Sc. One which he sometimes wore when he took a ' dander,'
SETOUNS»;is/z/'»e (1895') 253. Frf. Their favourite dissipation... was
a dander through the kirkyard, Barrie I.icht{i888) x. Fif. 'Takin'
j'er daunder, Rab?" she called to him, Meldrum Margrcdel (1894)
177. Rnf. We'se tak ance mair . . . Oor yearly dauner o' regard,
Young Pic/Hrfs; 1865) 25. Ayr. I'm thinking o" just taking a dauner
round the Craigland parks, Galt 5i>yJ. Wylie (1822^ \\i. Lnk.
I'll tak' a bit dander up the glen the nicht, Fraser IVIiatips {i8g^')
viii. e.Lth. I was sair temptit to tak a daunder doun, Hunter
y. /«iwVj6 (1895) 215. N.I.' I'll just take a daudher. Uls. (M.B.-S.)
Hence On the dander, phr. idling about, on the spree.
N.I.'
6. pi. The shivers, a shivering fit.
e.'Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 25; e.Yks.' Summat's matther
wi ma ; Ah've had dandhers all neet.
7. A noise, a commotion.
Wm. Don't kick up such a dander. What's all this dander about?
(B.K.)
8. A blow on the head.
Lakel. I catch't him a dander wi' t'flail, Penrilh Obs. (Dec. 28,
1897 ). Cum. Ah believe ah wad a fetcht that guide a dander ower
t'lug, Sargisson 7of Sfoa/' 1881) 213; Cum.' n.Yks. A'l gi thie
a dander, mi lad, if ta iznt offsiun (W.H.\ e.Yks. Nicholson /"//6-
Sp. (1889) 25 ; e.Yks.' Ah gav him a left-handed dandher an doon
he went. w.Yks. Ah cud fetch a fella a gud dander owert side at
heead, Niddcidill Olm. (1868) ; A dander under t'lug, ib. (1874) ;
Shoo fotched me a dander aside o' t'earhoyle, Hartley Clock Aim.
(1874^ 42.
DANDER, sb.^ Yks. Cor. [dan-, dffi-nd3(r).] A
slight scurf on the skin. n.Yks.^, Cor. (F.R.C.)
DANDER, sb." Lakel. [dandar.] The head.
Lakel. It dropped fair on ta mi dander, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, i897\
DANDER, sb.^ Sc. Nhb. Also in form danner Sc.
[da'n(d)3r.] The slaggy cinders from a smithy or foun-
dry ; a piece of the scoriae of iron, or of the refuse of
glass. Gen. in pi.
Sc. Peats, cast hard by, when burnt in large fires as in kiln-pots,
leave a plate of yetlin, whicli they name a dander, amongst their
ashes. Papers Antiq. Soc. (1792) 71 (Jam.\ Frf. I've seen it [Aetna]
rain its danders, Beattie .(4»'»//rt (c. 1820) 29, ed. 1882. Lnk. 'Mang
danners au' cinners The Co. should hae gatlier't sic millions o'
shiners, Hamilton Poems (1865) 151. Rxb. Oft have I blown the
danders quick Their mizlie shins amang, A. Scott Poems (1805)
146 (Jam.i. N.Cy.', Nhb.i
DANDIEFECHAN, 51^. Obs. ? Sc. A stroke, a re-
sounding blow.
Sc. Sic dunts and drives and dandiefechans, Drummond
Miickoniachy (1846) 15. Fif. Sae devilish a dandiefechan. It dang
clean in his slammach, Tennant Papistrv (18271 154.
DANDIES, sb. pl.^ Vem. [da-ndiz.] A game played
by children with knuckle-bones or stones.
s.Pem. Laws Little Ens;. (1888) 420.
DANDIES, sb.pl.'^ ^Bnff.' [da'ndiz.] A hand-line for
catching herring and mackerel from a boat or ship
sailing at a moderate rate. Also called Dandiehan'-lin".
This mode of fishing is followed a little before sunset.
DANDILLIE.CHAIN, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) A chain used
by children as a toy or ornament, made of the stems of
the dandelion.
DANDILLY, adj. Obsol. Sc. Lin. Also written
dandalie Sc. ; dandily Sc. (Jam.) Celebrated ; spoilt by
admiration ; also used siibsf.
Sc. D'ye see yon dandilly maiden? Scott Bride of Lam. (1819)
xxxiii ; Married and wooed and a'. The dandalie toast of the parish.
Chambers Stigs. (1829) II. 360; And he has married a dandily
wife, Jamieson Ballads (1806) I. 320. Ags., Fif. (Jam.) Lin.'
DANDLES, sb. Yks. [da'nlz.] An ill-conditioned,
mismanaging female.
w.Yks.^ As arrant a dandles as ivver I sawah,
DANDRIL, sb. n.Lin.' [dandril.] A knock, a
blow : a curved stick, with which hockey is played.
DANDRUM, sb. Sc. Yks. [dandram.] A whim,
a freak ; ill-temper.
Bnfr.' Said a railway passenger, pointing to a large isolated
mound in the midst of a field : ' I wonder how it was formed ?
Providence hiz been tryin' on sum o's dandrums fin He laid that
hillock doon there.' w.Yks.^
DANDY, 56.' and adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[dandi, dae'ndi.J 1. sb. In comb, (i) Dandy-brush,
a whalebone brush, to scrape dirt from a horse's legs
before he is groomed ; (2) -candy, gaily coloured or
ornamental candy; (3) -cap, an old woman, who pays
much attention to dress; (4I -devil, a fop; (5) -dogs, in
phr. l/te Demi and /lis dandy-dogs, the devil and his spectre
hounds ; (6) •golion.the dandelion. Taraxacum leontodon ;
(7) -go-russet, {a) of articles of clothing: old, worn-out,
faded, rusty-coloured; {b) an ancient wig; (8) -goshen,
the green-winged meadow-orchis. Orchis morio ; (9)
•goslings, (a) the purple orchis. Orchis macitlata ; (b) see
• goshen ; (10) •horse, (a) a velocipede ; (b) a tricycle or
bicycle; (11) •man, a travelling packman or pedlar (?);
(12) •prat, a person of small or insignificant stature, a
dwarf; (13) -puff, an interfering, meddlesome young
person ; (14) -sprat, see •prat.
(i) Lon. Mayhew Z-oiirf. /.nAoKj- (i8siH. 362. Cor.^ (2'i Nhb.
Hears a yer rale dandy candy Made up wi' sugar and brandy,
RicHARDSo.N" Borderer s Tahle-hk. (18461X^111. 200 ; Dandy candy's
still sel'd in galore, man, Allan Tyneside Siigs. (1891) 360 ; Nhb.'
(3) vr.Yks.^ An old woman . . . who paid much attention to dress
sixtj' years ago was called ' old Darby dandy-cap.' (4^ LMa. That
dandy-divil with the collar, Caine Man.xman (1894) P'' '■ '^' (S)
D 2
DANDY
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DANG
Cor. OuiLLER-CoucH Hist. Polpcro {iSli) 140 ; Gent. Mag. (April
18807493. (6) War.s (7, «) Dev. 'E wuz black wance, but now
Vs dandy-go-rissit colour, Hevvett Peas. Sp. (1892). nw.Dev.'_ A
dandy-RO-risset jacket. Cor. A little cribbage-faced man, wi a
dandy.go-russet wig, ' Q.' Troy Town (1888) xi ; Cor.3 (i) Cor.=
(8)WU.i (9,a,A)WU.i (10, ai Nhb.i, e.Yks.i Der. Ah rimembur
wen ah wor a lad thay had wot thay used to caw dandy bosses
wee three wheels, Robinson Sammy Twilcher (1870) 13. War.a
w Som.i This was the name of the old-fashioned bicycle, which was
just high enough to take the rider's weight, and was propelled by
his pushing against the ground with his toes. (6) Wil. (K.M.G.)
■wSom 1 (II) Cor. She wanted oall the money for the Dandy-man,
HiGHAM Dial. (1866) 6. U2 D-^' ('3) Chs.' (14) Cor. A rcg'lar
little dandy-sprat, an' so pert as a jay-pie in June, ' Q. Troy Toivn
(1888) xi. J- • • . J
2. An elegant woman ; a prominent or distmguished
person.
Dmb. Monie dandies still are seen Wha soar aboon their station,
Taylor Poems (1827) 10. Lnk. She's no a great dandy, but looks
well eneugh, Thomson Musings (1881) 94.
3. A bantam-fowl. „ , „„ .
w.Yks. (J.W.), e.Lan.i, Chs.", s.Chs.i Shr. A'. £- Q. (1884)
6th S. ix. 35. ,,,>/.
Hence (i) Dandy-cock, sb. (a) a bantam-cock ; (b) fg.
a foppish, strutting fellow ; (2) -hen, sb. a bantam-hen.
(i,a) w.Yks.'^* Lan. For th' dandy-cock wur crowin' like
heigh-go-mad lung afore dayleet, Bkierlev Daisy Nook (1859)
27 ; Wi' koom too o wudd'n dandi-kok ore top uv o dur, Sam
Soiidnokkiir, 5. Chs. Bold as a dandy-cock, Clough B. Bresskittle
(1879) 12; Chs.l3 s.Chs.' Ey struts iibuwt lahyk fl daan'di-kok
[Hey struts abowt like a dandv-cock]. Der.=, nw.Der.> (,6) w.Yks.
Leeds Mere. Stippl. (Sept. 3, 1892). (2) Chs.i^, Der.=, nw.Der.'
4. Phr. the dandy, the very thing, the fashion, ' the ticket.'
Rnf. And his sangs are the dandy, Webster Rliymes (1835") 93.
Gall. And hark ! ye will be just the dandy, Lauderdale Poems
(1796; 50. Nhb.i Rosy wine, and nectar prime, For gods and men
the dandy, Wilson Carter's Well. Yks. The gentlemen all said
'twas the dand3', Ingledew Ballads (i860) 310.
5. adj. Fine, gay; flashy, showy.
Abd. Our sons are famed for manly graces, Our daughters too
for dandie dresses, Ogg Willie Waly (1873) 82. Fif. And busk't
him in his dandiest duds, Tennant Fa//s/;y (1827") 41. Lnk. Yet he
maun buy her dandy bellowses, Nicholson /rfv//s (1870) 87. Ltli.
A fine braw house, and dandy claes, Smith Merry Bridal (1866)
65. Dmf. Her ear-rings, and her dandy dress, Hawkins Poems
(1841) St. 26. Nhb. Hoo mony men is thor 'at dissent yen time or
other pet thor heed torned wi' dandy words, Haldane His Othet
£>'f ,1880) 4. War.3 [Amer. Anything approved, as a dandy book,
game, hat, girl, run, &c., Carruth Kansas Univ. Qiiar. (1892) I.]
6. Pert, frolicsome. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Glo.. Dev. Grose (1790; MS. add. (M.)
7. Distracted.
Som. Not in common use (W.P.W.") ; W. & J. Gl. (1873V
[1. (i2j Sipithanici, pigmeys, or dandiprats that be but
three spans long. Florid.]
DANDY, 56.2 Nhp. Wor. [dse-ndi.] A familiar term
for the hand ; a child's hand. Cf danny.
Nhp.' Some years ago, when the celebrated Charles James Fox
was passing through this county, a countryman anxious for the
honour of shaking hands with him, went up to his carriage and
said, * If 3'oii are Charley Fox, tip me your dandy.' Wor. ^H.lv.J
DANDY, sb.^ e.An. [da-ndi.] 1. A fishing-boat.
Nrf. The herring dandy John and Frederick, which was run
down off Middlesbrough whilst fishing by a foreign steamer, e.Dy.
Press (Oct. 25, 1894) 6.
2. A conical-shaped contrivance for warming beer. e.An.'
DANDY, sb.* Cor. [dae'ndi.] A light donkey-cart.
Cor.^ Consisting merely of shafts and a pair of wheels, which is
largely used by miners to convey them to and from their work.
Also a light barrow on wheels for carrying water.
DANDY, si.* c.Lan.' [dandi.] A small handloom
for weaving handkerchiefs, iS:c.
DANDYING, vbl. sb. e.An. Also in form danning.
Plastering a wall or studwork.
eAn.' Nrf. Still used (M.C.H.B.).
DANE, si. Nhp. Brks. Ilrt. e.An. Sus. Wil. Som. Cor.
[den, dean.) 1. A rcd-haircd man, a term of reproach.
Sun. A woman informed me that she had always understood that
red-haired people were Danes, N. & Q. (1887) 7th S. iii. 451.
Wil. In Kingston Deverill there was an old man who called red-
haired people ' Danes,' or ' Daners,' as * Thee bist a Dane.' n.Wil.
About Chippenham, Calne, and Melksham, it is frequently said of
a red-haired man that he is 'crossed wi' the Danes' (G.E. D.).
Som. Still spoken of as 'the Rid-shanks' (W.F.R.); Red-haired
men are often said to be ' a bit touched with the Danes,' Dartnell
& Goddard Gl. (1893). Cor. Certain red-haired families are often
referred to as Danes, and the dark-haired people will not many
with *a red-haired Dane,' Hunt Pop. Rom. zv.Eng. (18651 435,
ed. 1896; ' Oh, he or she is a red-haired Daane,' was a common
expression of contempt, ib. 307 ; Cor. '2
2. Comb, (i) Danes' blood, (a) the dwarf elder, Sain-
buciis Ebuliis ; (b) the pasque-flower, Anniwne Pulsatilla ;
(c) the clustered bellflower, Campaiinla glonierata ; (d)
a species of clay ; (2) — flower, see — blood (b) ; (3)
— money, old coins found in the earth; (4) — skin,
a freckled skin ; (5) Dane-weed, (a) the field eryngo,
Eryngiimi caiupestre ; (b) see — blood (a) ; (6) -wort, see
— blood {a).
(i, a) Wil. Danes blood (ebiilns) about Slaughtonford is plenty,
Aubrey Nat. Hist. (ed. 1847) 50 ; Garden Wk. (1896) No. cxi.
76 ; Wil.' It is popularly believed only to grow on the ancient
battle-fields, and to have sprung originally from the blood of the
slain Danes, (i) n.Hrt. Cmb. Science Gossip (1866) 256. Nrf.,
n.Ess. (c) Cmb. (rf) Hmp. ' Have ye found any better clay yet ?'
' We've got to the red marl, full o' Danes' blood.' . . . The blood of
their ancient enemies is still believed by the descendants of the
West Saxons to be thus found, Verney L. Lisle (18701 ix. (2)
Cmb. (3) Nhp.^ (4) Sus. When he puts on his Dane's skin he'll
look very different. You'll always notice these Danes look rather
peckish in winter time, A'. tT* Q. (1887 1 7th S. iii. 451. (5, «) Nhp.'
As the old Roman road is the only known habitat for this rare plant,
the Watling Street Thistle is a still more common local appellative ;
Nhp. 2 161 The road hereabouts [Daventry], too, being overgrown
with Dane-weed, they fancy it sprang from the blood of the
Danes slain in battle ; and that if, upon a certain day in the year,
you cut it, it bleeds, De Foe Tour, 11. 362. (b) Suf. (6) Brks.
Druce Flora (1897) 256.
DANE, DANER. see Dean, si.^ Dander, v.'^
DANG, z'.i and sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. Shr.
e.An. Also in form deng e.Yks.' w.Yks.^ (daij, deq.]
1. To throw violently ; to knock, bang.
Abd. 1 . . . tuik my beam to dang their motes, Macdonald Sir
Gibbie, xxix. Gall. That fair danged me stupid, Crockett Sun-
bonnet (1895) viii. Cum.' Aa'U ding him ower, and efter he's dung
ower aa'll dang his silly heed off. e.Yks. An deng deear off o'
crewks, S/iff. £>/«/. (1887) 24 ; e^Yks.' w.Yks. It dengs my head,
T.Toddles.^/i».(i866) ; w.Yks. ^ Chs.' When he's in his tantrums
he'll dang the things abait till^ there is ner a wull cheer nor table
i'th' place ; Chs.^^ s.Chs.' Oo daang'2 dhu miigz ubuwtsu wen
6o)z vekst [Hoo dangs the mugs abowt s6 when hoo's vexed].
s.Not. The wind dangs the clo'es about (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.' Dang
it down. Shr. 5^ I'll dang it down if y'sen another synnable. e.Suf.
(F.H.-), Ess. (W.W.S.)
2. sb. A hard blow. e.Suf. (F.H.)
DANG, v.^ In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also in
form deng w.Yks. e.Yks.' Chs.' [daij, dasq, der).]
1. Used imprecatively for 'damn.'
Sc. (A.W.) n.Sc, Dang't gif they're warth a single mutchkin o'
the critur [whisky], Gordon Ca;;f/fK (18911 36. s.Sc' Your boots,
your honour, de'il dang me gin I can find 'em.' ' And de'il dang
you if you do'nt,' Snaith Fierccheart (1897) 51. Rnf. Dang it, how
he nicies them, Eraser Chimes 1,1853) 35. Ant. Dang it's skin
(W.H.P.). N.Cy.' Nhb. (W.G.); Nhb.' ' Deevil, deevil, dangye,
aa wish God may hang ye,' is shouted in chorus by children to
the robber of a bird's nest. Cum. (H.W.) e.Yks.' Dang-it !
thoo disn't mean te say he lick't him ? w.Yks. Deng tha, does ta
think ah doant naw, Binns Village to Town (1882) 94 ; Deng my
buttons, Tom, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1891) 37;
w.Yks. 2 Dang my buttons. Lan. Dang it, hoo'll not be content till
hoo's hurt. Banks Manc/i. Man. (1876) xx. e.Lan.' Chs.' About
Middlcwich it takes the form of ' deng' ; Chs.^ Der. Dang it, it
war'nt the money 1 knocked in to. It was your pluck. Gushing Voe
(iS88)l. ii; Dang my buttons ! 1 don't know rightly what 1 should
think, Hovvitt Clockmaker, xii. Not. Dang 'im,wh}' doesn't he come
home? we want toseehim(I..C.M.). s.Not. Dangyer neck (J.P.K.).
Lin. Woa then, wiltha? dang tha! — the bees is as fell as owt,
Tennyson N. Farmer, Netv Style (1870) St. 10. n.Lin.' s.Lln.
Dang the flies ! We s'l ha'e raan shewer enuf ; they bite so savage
(T.H.R.). Nhp.' ;Nhp.= Dang't, Bill, dwant. say so. War.(J.R.W.),
DANGER
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DAN NOCK
Shr.2 GIo. Dangit! not knaaw nurriin ' Buckmak Dnrkr's Sojouii:
(1890) 75. s.Oxf. Dang it! where did I put that letter? Rose-
mary C/ii/tov/s (1 895 "I 106. Brks. ' Dang un ! ' cried the keeper,
Hughes T. Broiin Oxf. (i86iWxxvi ; Brks.' w.Mid. Dang my
buttons ! Who'd 'a thought as how you'd a done tliat ere artful
trick? ('W. P.M.I Hnt. iT.P.F.) Nrf. Dang their jackets, Cozens-
Hardy iVonrf A*)/ (1893) 8. e.Suf. (,F.H.) Ess. A-coaxin' o' tlie
dog there in her lap, Slie scttin' in the garden — dang his check,
Dowti-E. Ballads (1895) 11. 10 ; ' An' I gin to feel Sich niis'ry in my
head.' An' dang it ! well she might, Clark /. Noakes ^ 18391 st.
154. Ken.' Dang your young boancs, doiint ye give me no more o'
your sarce. Sus.'^ Hnip. But dang it, if the pa'asons at Saint
Paul's must keep a show, why not let 'cm be as rasonable as
other sliow-volk, FoiTskrs' Misc. (1846) 168. Wil. He stood
still, held his load high over his head, and shouting 'Dang th'
clock,' Jefferies C/. Estate (1880) iv. Som. Dang em ; od dang
it, Jennings Dial. iv.Etig. (1869). w.Som.i 'Dang- yuur blid ! '
would be said by a person who would be shocked at being accused
of swearing. Dev. Vur Exter's tha place, if et bant dang ma wig,
Ta zee zom rear sport, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 7, ed.
1858 ; Dang-my-ole-wig vur me ! Ef yer idden a purty jakes o' 't !
Hewett Peas. Sf>. (1892') 69 ; Dev.' [Dang my boans and boddy,
Dickens N. Nickleby (1838) ix.]
Hence (i) Danged, (a) pp., (b) ppl. adj. 'damned' ; (2)
Dangnient, sb., see below.
(i, (i) Frf. The rest of the world be danged, BarriE Toniutv
(1896) xxii. w.Yks. (J.W.) War.3 They'll ' be danged ' if tlicy'U
have anything to do with your 'new-fangled notions,' Anderton
Lett, from Cy. House (1891) 255. Oxf. I'll be danged if he dothn't
carry on as bold as if he slep' in a rabbit-hole, Blackmore Ciipps
(ed. 18951 li. Som. I'll be danged if I do flutey [play the flute],
Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 109. (A) Cum.^ Can't read
nor pray Widout bringin' in hcrdang't ' M'appen I may,' 31. Lan.
Venting a considerable amount qf abuse at his own 'danged sel'
[self], Brierlev Old Nook, i. (2) Cum.3 Than what the dang-nient
was't I was forgittin, 20.
2. To exclaim 'dang.'
Nrf. ' Now,' I saj's, ^doantyowbe adanging on'tto me, 'Spilling
Molly Mis^gs (1873) X.
DANGER, sb. and v. Nlib. Yks. Chs. War. Shr. Hrf.
[dendger, de'ndgatr), de3'ndga(r).] 1. sb. In coiup.
Danger-board, a board fixed in a mine to give notice, at
a sufficient distance, of danger to be apprehended by tlie
presence of noxious or inflammable gas. Nlib.'
2. Probability, risk.
n.Yks.' ' Ah's doo'tful Willy'll not cast this ailment ; he'll dee.'
' Weel, there's a danger on't. *
Hence (i) Dangerly, adv. possibly, by chance ; (2)
No danger, plir. not at all likely, ' no fear.'
(i) Chs.' 2* (2) s.Chs.' ' Noo danger.' An exclamation, more
or less ironical. War.^, Hrf. (W.W.S.)
3. V. To endanger ; also used imprecatively.
w.Yks. It will danger you to go near (C.C.R.). Shr.' Danger
my neck !
DANGERFUL, adj. Yks. [des-ndgsfl.] Dangerous.
■w.Yks. (J.W.) ; w.Yks.' I think it's a dangerful doctrine, ii. 337.
DANGEROUS, adj. and adv. Sc. Irel. Yks. Bdf. e.An.
Dor. Som. [dendgaras, deandgaras.] 1. adj. In danger
from illness, dangerously ill.
Sc. (A.W.) n.Yki.' Mrs. Dale's very ill, they say ? — Ay, 'Doctor
says she's dangerous. w.Yks. (J.W.), Bdf. (J.W.B.) e.An.'
Mr. Smith is sadly badly ; quite dangerous. Nrf.' Dor. Barnes
Gl. (1863 . Som. He's very dangerous, sir — doctor says he won't
hardly live the night (."W.F.R.).
2. Of an illness or disease : infectious.
Bdf ' He's very ill, but it's nowise dangerous,' means that the
sick man's illness is not of an infectious nature (J.W.B.).
3. adv. Extremely, exceedingly.
Wmh. A dangerous long way (W. M.).
DANGERSOME, adj. Irel. Yks. [de'n-, deandgasam.]
Dangerous.
N.I.' Aat.BallyfnettaObs.{i8gz). w.Yks. Why, it's a nasty job
an' varry dangersum, Hartley Clock Aim. (1880) 32.
DANGLE, V. Sc. Lin. Lei. Also in form dannle Sc.
(Jam. Siippl.) [da'r)l, danl.] 1. Incowz/.Dangle-jack,
a roasting-jack.
Lei.' The primitive roasting-jack, gen. a stout bit of worsted
with a hook at the end, turned by giving it a twist from time to
time with the fingers.
2. To swing, vibrate, quiver, throb, tingle; to shoot or
quiver with pain. Sc. (Jam. Stippt.)
3. To loiter, hang about ; to make love to.
n.Lin.' He's alus efter th' lasses. If a broomstick hed a head
an' sum petticoats on, he'd be danglin' aboot it.
DANGLEMENTS,56./>/. Yks. [da-qlments.] Fringes,
tassels, the hanging appendages of a garment; finery.
Yks. She thought the ladies wore too many danglements,
■White Month in Yks. (1888J xiii. n.Yks.' =
DANGLET, sb. Hmp. [dEe'rjlat.] An icicle.
Hmp. There's grirt danglcts as big as my arum (W.H.E.).
D ANG-SWANG, flrfv. Shr. [dae-g-swaer).] Vigorously,
with might and main.
Shr.' ' Now, chaps, g60 at it dang-swang, an' get the barley
cocked afore the je'ow falls.' A farmer, comparing the military
prowess of Blucher and General Lord Hill, said, ' Lord Hill's so
cool an' so cute, w'ile Blucher goes dang-swang at 'em.'
DANGWALLET, sb. Chs.'" [Not known to our
correspondents.] A spendthrift.
[Dangwallet, affalitn, abuiide, usque ad excesswn et
satietatcin, Coles (1679).]
DANIEL, sb. Ken. Sur. 1. In comb. Daniel Dur-
bridge, the yaffle or green woodpecker, Ceciinis vin'dis.
Sur. (T.S.C.) 2. The smallest pig of the litter; also
called Anthony-pig (q.v.). Ken. (P.M.)
DANISH CRO"W, p/:r. e.An. The hooded crow,
Corviis corni.x.
e.An.' [Thought to come from Denmark, Swainson Birds
(188s) 86.]
DANK, adj. and v. n.Cy. Lan. Brks. [dagk, daerjk.]
1. adj. Damp, with the connotation of unhealthiness ;
Cf Donk, adj. Brks.' Hence Danker, sb. a dark cloud.
n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our correspondents.]
2. v. To damp the spirits, to depress.
Lan. Put th' Kurn-bill i' the divel's hons 'At it no moor may
dank us, Bahiford Rhymes (1864) 135 ; Lan.'
DANKER, v. Shr. Hrf. [dse-r)ka(r).] Used impreca-
tively. Cf. dang, v."^
Shr.' Danker it wunst I Hrf.2
DANKING, />/>/. «(//. Shr. [dae'rikin.] Dangling.
Shr.' A dankin' coat.
DANKS, 5A. />/. e.An. [daEr)ks.] Tea-leaves.
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens- Hardy i5jo«rf A')/. (1893) 54.
DANKS, (7(^'. Shr.' [dae-rjks.] Of persons : dwarfish.
DANNAKEW, see Dunnekin.
DANNAT, DANNAUGHT, see Donnot.
DANNEL, v. Suf. Sus. Also written dan'le Suf.
[d»-nl.] Used imprecatively. Cf dang, v?
Suf. Why, dan'le my taters if black-and-white dawg beant
leaving he just to rights, e.An. Dy. Times (1892). Sus.' Dannel
ye, I'll make ye twet ! (s. v. Farisees).
DANNER, DANNIR, see Dander, v?
DANNIES, sb. pi. Vmr? nw.Den' [da'niz.] Grey
stockings.
DANNIKINS, sb. pi. Obs. Yks. The name of the
feast or wake held at Bolsterstone in Bradfield on Holy
Thursday and several succeeding days.
w.Yks.2 This word was in common use about Bolsterstone and
Oughtibridge fifty or sixty years ago. People would speak of ' the
Bolsterstone dannikins' or the ' Oughtibridge dannikins.'
DANNING, DANNLE, see Dandying, Dangle.
DANNOCK, sZ).' n.Cy. Chs. Hrt. e.An. Also written
dahnak Suf ; darnak Chs.'^ Suf.' ; darnock e.An.' Nrf.'
[da'nak, dce'nsk, da-nak.] A hedger's gloves of thick
leather.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Chs.'a Hrt. Cussans //«/. //(^. (1879-
1881) III. 320. e.An.' That for the left hand being made whole to
grasp the thorns, and for the right, with fingers to handle the
hedging-bill. Nrf. Marshall Tfio-. i"fOH. (1787) ; Y.i.iA% Pronunc.
(1889) V. 73; Nrf.' Nrf., Suf. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
Suf. Raineird Agric. (1819) 291, ed. 1849; Suf.', e.Sul. (F.H.)
Hence Dannocked, adj. gloved, encased in hedger's
gloves.
Nrf. Holding a bunch [of reeds] in his dannocked left hand, he
makes a slightly upward sweep with his sickle, Patterson Man
and Nat. (1895) 133.
DANNOCK
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DAPERY
DANNOCK, sb" e.An. [da'nsk.] A small loaf of
bread ; a piece of dough baked in the frying-pan and
'^^'Tn.'i" Nrf. Have a hot dannock for tea, Cozens-Hardy Bmad
^DANNY%. Yks. Stf. War. Wor. Hrf e.An Also
in form donny Stf War.^ ne.Wor. se.Wor.i [<jani,
dse-ni, do-ni.] A child's hand; used only in speaking
to children. See Dandy, sb.'^ .
wYks2 sStf. You have been handy with your donnies,
MUKRAY Rambow Gold (1886) 56. Stf.i War. Oh ! .fs hurt it s
donnies F P T V War.^ ne.Wor. Come and warm yer donnies
at the fire (J W P."). se.Wor.i Be 'is donnies acaowd ? come 'is
ways an' warm 'urn a bit. Hrf.= Clap your dannies. e.An.i
Nrf. (E.M.); Tha's right, me little darlin', clap your dannies,
Cozens-Hardy Broad Kif. (1893) 88.
DANSY, see Donsie, adj.'^
DANT, 56. Nhb. Dur. War. Also in form dent Nhb.'
Fdant, dent.] Soft, inferior, sooty coal.
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Boiiiifis , 1878) I. 135 ; Greenwell Coal Ti.
Gl. fi84g). War. B'liam 'Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893).
Hence Danty, adj. of a soft, sooty nature.
Nhb.' Danty coal. Nhb., Dur. Coal, soft danty, Borings (1881)
H. 2.
DANT, see Daunt, Do, v.
DANTER. sb. Chs. [da'ntafr).] A female super-
intendent of a winding-room in a silk-mill.
Chs.i Used in Macclesfield and Congleton. Her work is to put
the • slips on the swifts.' There is generally one danter to each
room, but if the room is very large there may be two danters ;
Chs.3
DANTLE, V. Cum. [da'ntl.] To dandle, toss on the
knee, fondle.
Cum. Dantels the bairns, monie an hour, on his knee, Ander-
son Ballads (18051 52, ed. 1840 ; He was o' gan fgedder, dantleu
wid his hans, e.Cnm. News (Jan. 5, 1889) 5, col. 5 ; Cum.3 She
dantles, an' pampers an' pets it, 45.
DANTON, see Daunton, v.
DANYEL, V. Cld. (Jam.) To dangle ; to jolt as a cart
on a rough road.
DAP, V. and sh. Irel. Yks. Also Nhp. Glo. I.W. Wil.
Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in form dop Cor.'" [dap,
deep, w.Cy. dap. Cor. also dop.] 1. v. To move quickly
and lightly ; to trip along.
n.Yks.' He goes dapping along, as if he were on springs.
ne.Yks.i Glo.' Dap down into the cellar, and fetch up a jug of
cider. Som. I was always quick to dap about on my feet (S.K.L.).
w.Som.' Leok shaa-rp-m daap lau-ng [Look sharp and go along
quickly]. Aa-1 daa p een umbuy [I'll pop in by-and-by]. Dev.
Her were terrible spry. Her dapped round like anything, O'Neill
Jdyls (1892) 23 ; My missus used tu go dapping about so peart's
a bird, Eiig. Illiis. Mag. (June 1896) 259.
2. To hop, rebound, bounce.
Glo.' 2, Wil.' Dor. Barnes Gl. (iSes). Som. Jennings Obs.
Dial. w.Eitg. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' A stone
thrown along the surface of water so as to make ' ducks and
drakes' is said to daa-pee. nw.Dev.'
3. To fish with a rod in a peculiar manner ; see below.
w.Som.' When the stream is flooded and the water muddy, the
bait, whether fly or grub, is kept close to the top of the rod, with
only an inch or two of line, and is made to bob up and down very
quickly on the surface of the water. [Now and again some
genius with poaching proclivities contrives to compass his de-
struction by daping with a grasshopper on a hot afternoon, Pall
Malt GazelU {i\h. 15, 1896).]
4. To stoop down suddenly; to dip, dive, duck. Gen.
with down.
Dev. Then zumtimes ee'd dap down 'pon cs knees, Polman
Skekhes 1842) 60 ; Dev.^ He had a capical bath when 'e wuz out
in the boat — 'c jist dapped awver tha zide aw'n and zwimmcd
about vur a longvul time.
5. To pounce on, take unawares ; to drop on. Gen. with
on. Also usQii/ig.
Wll.i n.Wil. He [the kingfisher] chooses those [fish] about
four inches long by preference, and ' daps ' on them the moment
they come near enough to the surface, Jefferies IVild Life (1879)
346. Som. How I should like to dap in to see you ! (F.H )
Hence Dap, adv. quickly, suddenly, at one swoop.
Som. He'd take the Uioney down dap, Raymond Tryphcua
(1895I 53-
6. To hit or strike lightly; to make a ball rebound on
the ground, iS:c.
Glo. To dap a ball, Grose (1790) MS. add. Dev." Dap 'm on
the head.
Hence (i) Dappy-stones, sb.pl. (a) small pebbles used
by children in the game of 'knuckle-bones' ; ib) the game
of 'knuckle-bones' when pebbles are used instead of
scones ; (2) Dap-stone, sb. the stone from which service is
made in the game of fives.
(ij Dev. Reports Provinc. (1897). (2') Som, The ball must be
thrown upon the dap-stone and hit against the wall on the
rebound to constitute service (W.F.R.).
7. To deposit or put down temporarily. Gen. with down.
Glo. Of cattle : * Dap 'em in one gi'ound and then dap 'em back
into tother' (S.S.B.X Som. Dap down the cup 'pon the settle,
Raymond Sam and Salina (1894) 22. w.Som.' Hot's lef thy bag
o' tatees yur vor? — I 'ant a-left em ; 1 on'y dapt cm down while I
dapt into Joe's. Dev. As nobody wadden about, I jist dapped um
inzide tha winder ! Hewett Peas. Sp. 1 1892). nw.Dev.'
8. With doivn : to jot down. Glo.'
9. sb. The rebound, hop, turn of a ball, stone, &c., on the
ground or water.
Wil.' Som. W. & J. Gl. ('1873') ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng.
(1825). w.Som.' Thick there made zebm [seven] daps, and thine
didn make on'y but vive. nw.Dev.'
10. A toucli, tap ; a slight blow or knock.
Wxf. ' Up caame ee ball, an a dap or a keeve Wode zar, 88.
Dev. I cudden a hurted thee, vur 1 awnly gied tlife a little dap in
tha niddick, Hewett Pras. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. Stap, stap, I ycr
a dap ta door, RocK Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 76.
11. Trick, ruse, artifice ; pi. habits, ways, peculiarities.
Wil.' ' He got the daps o' he's feyther,' he has the same tricks
as his father. Som. They didn't know my daps (W.F.R.) ; W. & J.
Gl. (1873); To know the daps of a person is, to know his disposition,
his habits, his peculiarities, Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).
w.Som.' Annointed rogue, there idn no dap nor move that he idn
up to. Applied either to persons or animals. Ee-z u aukurd
kuus'tumur, neef un'eebau'dee ded-n noa' dhu daa'ps oa un [He
(a horse) is an awkward customer, if one did not know his ways].
12. Fiff. pi. Looks ; freq. treated as a sing. : likeness,
image, resemblance.
Nhp." The very daps of him. w.Cy. The very dapse of one,
Grose (1790"). I.W." She's the very daps of her mother. Wil.
Slow Gl. (1892); Wil.' Dor.' Fanny wi' her sloo-black eyes. Her
mother's very daps, 226. Som. This here's the daps o' the case,
Ellis Pronnne. (1889) V. 148. w.Som.' Dhu vuuree daa-ps uv liz
faadhur. Dev. Thickee cheel's tha very daps ov 'es vather, iddeii
'er? Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; I can't abear the daps o' thee,
Madox-Brown Dwale Bltitli (1876) Introd. v ; Dev.' n.Dev. Tha
hast tha very daps o' thy old Ount Sybyl, E.xm. Scold. (1746) I. 230.
nw.Dev.', Cor.'^
[3. With these [hawthorn flies] and a short line you
may dap or dop, and also with a grashopper, Walton
Angler (1653) 118 ; His daps and sweetening good moods,
Stanyhurst ALneis (1582) iv. 446 (Dav.).]
DAP, adj. n.Cy. Yks. [dap.] Of birds: fledged,
feathered. Also usedy?g'. of persons.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' Yks. Very common. The rooks
are dap on the wing, i.e. strong in flight. Young pigeons, black-
birds, &c.,are nearly dap, A^. If Q. (1866) 3rd S. x. 431. n.Yks.'
' Are they dap ? ' feathered, as young birds ready to fly. ne.Yks.'
If nobbut ah'd ga'en ti skeeal a bit, afoor ah wer dap, ah sud a'e
been yan o' them Parliment men noo e.Yks. Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1788). '
DAP-, see Dab, sb^
DAP-CHICK, sb. Glo. Wil. Som. Written dap-cheek
Wil.' The dabchick or lesser grebe, Podiceps minor.
Glo." Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; Wil.' w.Som.' Daa p chik.
DAPE, 7;. Yks. [dep.l Used imprecatively for 'damn.'
w.Yks." ' 'Od dape it!' Freq. heard in Norton.
DAPERY, sb. Irel. [dep(3)ri.] The light grains of
oats, which fall through a sieve, and which are collected
by themselves.
N.I.' Called dapery, co. Ant. In co. Dwn. they are called ' wake
DAP-FINCn
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DARE
DAP FINCH, see Daffinch.
DAPPEN, adv. Sus. [daj'pan.] Perhaps, in the event
of, by tlie time that.
Sus. But dappen 1 wol be round odersome de nix wick, Jackson
SoiithtLaid Ho 1,1894) I. 200 ; Sus.' Dappen I've done this job I'll
come and lend yer a hand.
DAPPER, adj. and .s*. YlvS. Nhp. War. Wil. Dor. Som.
Dev. [dap-, daspa(r).] 1. adj. Sprightly, quick, active,
sliarp ; fresh.
War. (J.R.W.) Wil. Slow G/. (1892). Dor. (C.W.B.) Som.
SwEET.MAN Wincattion Gl. { 1885 : I did nev'rsee her [the plant] look
more hale an' dapper, Leith I'eibeiia (I895^ 6. Dev. I be za dapper
.'s a vlay when I'm mind tii, Hewett Fias. Sp. (1892). e.Dev. En,
my leuve, deue be dapper, laike a roe er young hort, Pulman Sitg.
Sol. (i86o) viii. 14,
Hence Dapperwit, sb. a lively, active, spruce little man.
Nhp.', War.^
2. all. Anything: of superior quality or appearance.
e.Yks.' Mi,. addAT.H.)
DAPPER, see Daver, v.'^
DAPPING, adj. Yks. [dapin.] Of superior quality
or appearance. See Dapper.
e.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Sept. 3, 1892) ; e.Yks.i MS. add.
(T.H.)
DAPPLED Y, «(//■. Hrf. [dcepldi.] Dappled.
Hrf. He mounted on his milk-wliite steed. And she on her
dappledj' grey, F/k- Lore Jni. (1886) IV. 164 ; Get otl', get olTyour
dappledj' grey, ib. 164.
DAPPY-DOOR-NIGHT, si. Dev. The evening before
Shrove Tuesday; see below. Alsocalled Lentsheid night.
Dev.^ Still observed in the most remote villages oi" the county.
On this night children collected in small bands otsix or seven, each
armed with pieces of broken crockery, half a brick, or a big stone ;
any missile served provided it would make plenty of noise. Thus
armed they attacked the doors of every house within reach, those
of reputed witches and old feeble persons getting the lion's share
of' daps.' After dapping to their hearts' content they would scuttle
away singing, ' Us sees by the latch. There's summat tii catch.
Us sees by the string The old dummon's within, Gie us a pan-cake,
now us be come, Or tii your door there goes a gert stone. So you
bea-bound var tii gie us wan.' n. Dev. On 'dappy-door-night' every-
body rings everybody else's door-bell, or knocks at their knocker,
Chanter Wanderings l^i88-]) ix.
DAPPYS, s6. /)/. Yks. [da'piz.] Deserts, deservings.
m.Yks.' He has got his dappys.
DAPSE, V. Sc. [daps.] To choose, fix upon. See
Chap, f.' 7.
Sc. I dapseye,! dapseye, I double double dapseye; Ifye're found
to tell a lie, 'Your right hand all'ye. Chambers Pop. /thymes (,1870)
148. [In some districts ' 1 chaps ye ' (^G.W.).]
DAPSTER, see Dab, sb.^
VAPSTVCK, adj. Lei. Prim, 'proper' ; dapper.
Lei.' I don't think she's a very dapstuck young lady.
DAR, sb.'- Hrf. [da(r).] A mark to act as a guide in
measuring.
Hrf. ' Ho w did you measure it ? — I did stick up my stick as a dar.
DAR, sb.^ Brks. [Not known to our correspondents.]
[da(r).] A small, hasty wash. G/. (1852).
DAR, see Dare, sb.'-, v.'^, Dor(r.
DARA, DARB, see Darra. Daub.
DAR BON! /Ar. Cum. An expletive. Cf. dash boit .'
(s.v. Dash, V. 4.) See DarCr, v., and Burn, v. 7.
Cum. Dar bon ! but it's wonderful things is dogs, Corii/i. Mag..
HeheUvn (Oct. 1890') 390.
DARBY, DARDEN, see Dauby, Dare, v.^
DARDLEDUMDUE,s6. Nrf. A person without energy
or knack.
Nrf. She'sapoordardledumdue,CozENS-HARDYiJ;onrfA'// (ifigjl
94; (M.C.H.B.)
DARDUM, see Dirduni.
DARE, V.' and sb.' 'Var. gram, and dial, uses in Sc.
Irel. Eng. and Amer. [dar, da(r).]
I. Gram, forms. 1. /-"/vsf;;/ 7V«s«: i. Simple Affirmative.
Sc. Daar, Murray Dial. I 1873) 204. Rnf. Wi' her odd fancy
here meddle wha daur, Clark Rhymes (1842) 27. Lnk. The first
that daur fash them again, Rodger Poems 11838) 150, ed. 1897.
Edb. If ye daur be sae bauld, M'Dowall Poems (1839J 212. Nhb.'
Aa dor betyeowt it will, noo. Come near me if yo dar. Cum. He's
no in Carlisle town this day Daur tell the tale, Gilpin Sngs. (1866)
461 ; Cum.3 Tak't if thou dar I 35. n.Yks. Thare 'z neean dahr lift
a hand, Castillo Poems (1878) 47 ; Ah dust dii't (I.'W.) ; n.Yks.3
Dar. m.Yks.' Daar, Iiilrod. 33. w.Yks. Ai, a, i da3(r. A weak
form ' da ' only occiirs in the phr. ' a da sea,' I dare say, 'Wright
Gram, ll'iidhll. (1892) 148; The pret. is constantly used for the
present fJ.W.). Lan. Daurshovvhisugly mugthissoide Rossendale,
Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale {i860 1 II. 102 ; Touch 'em if yo'
darn, Brierley /.(i)'/ori' 1864) xiv. e. Lan.' Dar. Not. You dos'n't
do it !— Yes, I dost l^WILS."). Der.2 Dar. nw.Der.' n Lin.' Dar.
Shr.i I dar; thee darst ; a, 'e, or 'er dar ; we, yo', or they dar'n
or darden, Iiilrod. 62.
ii. Simple Negative.
Sc. I darena, I maunna come dance wi' thee, Jamieson Pop.
Ballads ( 1806) I. 220. Mry. It . . . daurna gang down, Hay Ltiitie
(1851") 56. Lnk. She daurna leuk up, Hamilton /^0^;>i5 {1865} 140.
Edb. I daurna lift my head, M^'Dowall Poems (1839) 28. Feb/
Description, I darna pretend it, Affleck /"of/. 1^^.(1836)51. Dmf.
I daurna say, Reid Poems (1894) 159. N.I.' Daurna, sometimes
daurnae. They dursent do it. Nhb.' Aw darnit tell my brother,
RoDSON Collier Lass (1848); The kittlens darnut play, 'Wilson
lVashi)ig Day ; Aa dornet gan h3'em for me life. Cum.^ Daarent c,
darna>i. n.Yks. It's nea use wanting ma. Ah duzant du't ( WTI.).
e.Yks.* Dozzent. w.Yks. Ai, a, i darant, Wright Gram. IVndlill.
(1892) 148; I durstn't do this, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882)
248 ; Ah dursant (R.H.R."). n.Lan. I darn't tell her, Lonsdale Mag.
(July 1866) 9. e.Lan.' Darnd. I Ma. The reason they darn?
You'll hear tlie reason, Brown Z)oc/0)-( 1887) 48. Not. You dos'n't
do so and so! (W.H.S.) n.Lin.' Darn't, darsn't. s.Lin. Yah
doss'n't do it, so now (T.H.R.). Nlip.' You dussentdo't. War.^
I dareno' do it. I or you dusn't do it. m.Wor. Dussent
(J.C. ). s.Wor. I dursn't give more for it (H.K.). Stir.' I dar'na ;
thee dars'na ; a,'e, or'er dar'na ; we, yo', o/'they darnaordar'dna,
Introd. 62. Gio. Yer dussn't lay a vinger on a bouoy, Buck.man
Darie's Sojourn (1890) vi. Suf. I dust'nt do it, dust you ? (M.E.R. ) ;
I dussn't go near the owd bull (H.J. L.R.). Dev. I dur'sentgoafter
him, O'Neill Dimpses (1893) 135.
iii. Interrogative Simple.
N.I.' Dar. Ant. How durst you do it? Ballymena Obs. (1892).
s.Ir. 'Who dar for to take it from you? Lover Leg. (1848) II. 397.
Nhb. Hovvdaurye talk that gate? Richardson Borrf«c;'s Ta!>le-bk.
(1846) VIII. 70. Dur. Darreh, durreh, dare ye ? Gibson Up-lVear-
dale Gl. (iB-jo'). n.Yks.' Hoo dar' ye ? w.Yks. Daar ai, i ? 'Wright
Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 148. Shr.' Dar I ? Darst 'ee ? Dar a, 'e, or
'e ? Daren we, yo', or they ? Introd. 62.
iv. Interrogative Negative.
w.Yks. Darant ai, i? Wright Gra»<. IVndhll. {iSgs) 148. Shr.'
Dar-nad I ? Dar-nad-a ? Darna we? Darna yo or Darnad-'ee?
Darna they ? Introd. 63.
2. Preterite : i. Affirmative and Interrogative Simple.
Sc. Durst, Daar'd, Murray Dial. (1873) 204. Fif. The hussey
daured me, Meldrum Margredel (1894) ^^^^ w.Ir. That darr'd
him an the Curragh o' Kildare, Lover Leg. (1848) I. 11. Cum.*
Wunderin at I dar't show my feeace, 10. n.Yks.' Darr'd. e.Yks.'
He wad a geean [gone] tiv his hoos if he dast a feeac'd him.
m.Yks.i Daa-d, Dosf, Daa'st, Duost-. Some old people employ
dih'-st, Introd. 33. w.Yks. Ai, a, i dast, Wright Gram. Wndhll.
(1892) 148. I. Ma. Ruchie . . . never dus' Put a hand, Brown
Doctor (1887) 132. n.Lin.' Do'st'a send little lad all waay to
Lunnun wi' hissen. Dursfa go thrif oor chech yard at neet ? — Noa,
I should be scared ; dost thoo ? Shr.' I, thee, oc 'er darst ; we,
yo', or they daa'r'sn [dars'en], Introd. 63. Suf. Dust you?
(M.E.R.)
ii. Simple and Interrogative Negative.
Sc. The deevil ye belang to durstna hae made oath t'ye, Scott
Midlothian (18181 xvii. Frf. We dauredna let you pass, Barrie
Minister \i%<)i') viii. Nhb, Folks dorsent say owt tiv him, Allan
Tyneside Sngs. (i8gi) 423. e.Yks. He sed he dozen't gan heeam,
Nicholson Flk Sp. (1889) 32; e.Yks.' He dazzent gan thruff
chotch yard at neet. Dossent. m.Yks.' GfH. I dos'n'd no more do
that than fly. w.Yks. Ai, a, i dasant, Wright Gram. IVndhll.
(18921 148. Lan. George dursen't be inside wi th' body, Clegg
David's Loom (1894) xix. Der.^ He dursten'd do it. Not. I
dos'n't do it (W.H.S.). Lin. They was all on 'em fear'd o' the
Ghoast, an' dussn't not sleeap i' the 'ouse, Tennyson Oii-'d Rod
(1889). War .3 Dursn't, Dussent. Shr.' I, thee, or 'er dars'na- ;
we, yo', or they dars'na, Introd. 63. Dars'nat 'ee? Dar'dna
we? Dar'dna yo o>- dar'dnad-'ee ? Dar'dna they ? {ib.) Hmp. He
durst'nt do it (H.C.M.B.). [Amer. I, you, &c. darsn't, Dial. Notes
(1896) I. 73.] '
DARE
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DARG
s/oaar'd, Durst, Murray Dial. (1873-) 204. Abd. They ve
never daur't to try the Hke, Alexander 7oA«irv G,bb 118711 xxiii.
m Yks.J Daa-ru'n. Daa'd. The r of the part, is often lost [daa-nj,
and that of the v., though heard more freq., is yet only a per-
missible letter, /»/W. 33- w-Yks. Dad, Dost. Id n.3 (a) dost
kum usm [He would never have dared to come homej (J.W.).
Sbr.i Daar'd, Introd. 63.
4. Vhr. I dare say. In this case the unstressed form is
pen. da. See below.
Abd. I daursay ye thocht ye hed me, Alexander Johnny Gihb
(1871) iv w.Sc. I daursay ye're richt, Macdonald Settlement 1,1869)
25 ed 1877. Nhb. Aw dar say tliis is the seevent or eight,
Bewick Tyncside Tales (1850) n ; Nhb.' Dar-say ! with a strong
emphasis 'is ' No. I wont ! ' e.Yks.' Ah dl say, MS. add (T.H.)
w.Yks. Ah dersay tha can smell, Binns Ong. ( 1889) 5 ; Addersay,
he's getten aht ov a 'sylum sumhat. Hartley Clock Aim. (1874)
35 • w.Yks.= Addersaa. Very much in use. Is tuh barn thear,
doe's tilh think ?— Addersaa (s.v. Addersaa). Lan. I da'say I're as
welcome as a better mon. Brierley Out of Work, ix. s.Chs.i
Dos-see- Dosiee'. Suf. Among remaining expletives are Dessay !
used in surprise. Raven Hist. Siif. (1895) 263. Sur. I daresays
you can, missus, Bickley Siir. Hdls (1890) I. xii. s.Hmp. I dessay
you can't tell, Verney L. Lisle\\9.-]a\ x. [Araer.Thet's wy he didn't
list himself alang o' us, I dessay, Lowell Biglow Papers \i'isfi) 55.]
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To challenge, defy, brave.
Sc. I daur ye ... to name such a word at my door-cheek, Scott
Midlothian \ 1818) x ; Sen blaws till then on him but darr'd As touch
of Fairly fair, Ramsay Tea-Tahle Misc. (1724) I. 232, ed. 1871 ; He
dar'd or der'd him to do 't (Jam. Suppl.). Tif. I'll choke the smell
an' daur the devil, Robertson Prof os< (1894) 140. Ayr. I dare
you try sic sportin. Burns Halloween (1785) st. 14. Lth. Joy, wi'
Gladness in her train, Daurs Grief to gie a whine. Smith Merry
Bridal (1866) 17. N.I.i He darred me to fight him. Nhb.' Aa
dar'd him ti the door. Aa dar'd him oot to fight. n.Yks. And
after followed him darringhim to stale, Quarter Sessions Rec. (Apr.
5, 1608) in N. R. Rec. Soc. (1884) I. 114 ; n.Yks.i Ah darr'd him
tiv it, an' he wur fleyed o' tryin'. Lan. An aw' darred him t'rap,
Brierley Layrock (1864) v. Not. She dared him to go, and then
she was sorry for it (,L.C.M.\ n.Lin.' Don't dar me to it ; when
I'm mad I dar do oht. Nhp.i [Amer. Children in quarrelling say
' I dare you,' ' I dog dare you,' &c.. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 229.]
Hence (il Dare-deviltry, sb. a dare-devil spirit; (2)
Daredness, sb. boldness, audacity.
(11 Frf. He had a kind o' unsettled dare-deviltry aboot him that
taen him into hunders o' scrapes, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886)
103, ed. 1889. (2) w.Wor. To think o' the daredness of it, S.
Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) I. 201.
2. To deter by threatening, to forbid.
Nhb.' Constantly used. n.Yks.^ ' Dar 'em frae't,' frighten them
from doing it. w.Som.' Ur dae-urd-n t-ai-n stoa'unz tu dhu duuks
[She sternly forbad him to throw stones at the ducks]. Dhu
poa-leesmun dae-urd n haut ee-d diie- tiie un [The policeman
threatened him what he would do to him],
3. sb. Daring, valour; a challenge.
Gall. I will take your dare, Crockett Grey Man (1896') xviii.
n.Yks. ^2 ' He hasn't a vast o' dare about him.' When boldness is
required, we are told not to ' put dar aback o' t'door,' not to throw
our valour behind us. w.Yks. (,C.C.R.)
[3. Sextus Poinpeius Hath given the dare to Caesar,
Shaks. a. (&-" C. I. li. 191.]
DARE, v.'^ and 56.2 Sc. Not. Nhp. Sus. Wil. Som.
Dev. Cor. Also written dar Wil.'; daur Sc. (Jam.); dear
Sus.' n.Dev. ; deir Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ; dere Sc. (Jam.
Suppl.) n.Dev. [dar, da(r), di3(r).] 1. v. To be in
dismaj', to shrink from fear ; to stand in awe.
Sc. He'll dare or dere at his ain shadow (Jam. Suppl.). Ags.,
SIg. To dare at, to be afraid of a person or thing (Jam.).
2. To crouch, hide, lie hid. Hence Dart, Daurt, or
Dert, pp. frightened, terrified. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.)
3. To terrify, paralyze with fear, stupefy.
Sc. Death dares or deres us a' (Jan. Suppl.). Not. Don't dare the
child ,I..C.M.). Nhp.'2 Sus. An exceldent ... wot bring pore
Joe a gurt denial fur it dcarcd un summat, Jackson Southward
Ho (1894) I. 250; Sus.' I was amost dearcd, they made such
a noise. Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). n.Dev. I want ha' Nelly
dcrcd, Rock Jim an Nell (i867)st. 77 ; Commonly used by nurses,
signifying to frighten or hurry a child out of his senses, E.rm. Scold.
(1746^ Gl. s.v. Thir; Grose (1790). s.Dev., e Cor. (^Miss D.)
4. With tip : to wake or rouse up a person that is asleep
or dying.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev.' 'Tis eneugh to makeaboddy's
hart ache to zee the poor wise-more . . . a-dared up in the morning
by peep o' day, 15.
5. sb. A feeling of awe or fear. Ags., Fif (Jam.)
6. Obs. Phr. to be stuck in a dar, to be astonished or con-
founded. Wil.'
[1. My flesshe dyderis and daris for doute of my dede,
York Plays (c. 1400) 240. 2. Blotir, to lye close to the
ground like a daring lark, Cotgr. 3. Never hobby so
dared a lark, Burton Anat. Mel. (1621), ed. i8g6, HI.
390. Cp. Du. verdaren, to amaze or astonish (Hexham).]
DARE, I/.3 and sb.^ Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also
e.An. Also written dear n.Cy. ; deere Lan. ; dere Yks.
Nrf. 1. V. To pain, grieve, hurt.
Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Aug. 18, 1883) 7. Lan. You dere me
(K.); The stick nor the stake shall never deere thee, Harland
& Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 73. e.An.' To dare one's eyes [to
tr.y one's eyes]. Nrf. Browne ((^fc. (1684) IH. 233, ed. Bohn ; You
dere me (K.) ; Ray(i69i); Nrf.' Ess. It dares me, Ray (1691) ;
Bailey (1721); Grose (1790); Gl. (1851) ; Ess.'
2. sb. Harm, pain.
n.Cy. (K.) ; N.Cy.' Ess. It does me no dare, Ray (1691) ; (K.);
Bailey (1721); Ess.'
[1. Great charge so long did dare me, Tusser Husb.
(1580) 8; Fortune may non angel dere, Chaucer C.T. b.
3191. OE. deriait, to hurt, der. of darit, hurt.]
DARE, sb." Nhb. e.Cy. Lin. [dear, diar, da(r).] The
fish dace, Letia'sctis vulgaris.
Nhb. A common fish in the Tyne, N. & Q. (1871) 4th S. viii.
243 ; Nhb.' Also called a skelly. e.Cy. The dace is very commonly
called dare, and in some other localities dar, N. ^ Q. (1871)
4th S. viii. 313. Lin. Dace, appellantur ' dares,' Skinner (1671).
[Satchell ( 1879").]
[The pretty slender dare, of many call'd the dace, Dray-
ton Po/v-o//'. (i622)xxvi; Hie capita, s.daY,Picl.Voc.(c.i^']^
in Wright's Voc. (1884) 763. Fr. dard, a dace, or dare-
fish (CoTGR.) ; OFr. dar, ' dard ou vendoise ' (La Curne).]
DAREN, see Dare, v.^
DARG, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Also in forms daark Wni. ; daeg N.Cy.'; dairg
Lth. ; dargue Sc. Nhb.' Lakel. ; dark Sc. (Jam.) Lakel. ;
darrack Lakel. Wm. Lan.' ; darrak Cum.^ Wm. n.Lan.' ;
darroc N.Cy.' ; daurak Dur.'; daurg Sc. N.Cy.' ; daurk
Ayr. Lnk.; dorg Nhb.' Wm. ; durg Fif [darg, derg,
dag, darak] 1. sb. A day's work ; the amount of
work done in a day. Also used^f^;
Sc. He never did a good darg that gade grumbling about it,
Ramsay Prov. (1737 1 ; If a day's labourer refuse to work, ye'll
grant a warrant to gar him do out his daurg, Scott Redg. (1824)
vii. Fif. A day's durg to Him brings nae regret, Robertson
Provost (1894) 188. Rnf. There is Donald, wha does noo sae
brawly his dark, Neilson Poems (1877) no. Ayr. The day
passes before the darg's done, Galt Legatees (1820) ix. Ayr.
Monie asair daurk we twa hae wrought. Burns Tohis ylttld Mare,
St. 16. Lnk. The cock . . . Warning a' to their darg, baith the
man an' the brute, Hamilton Poems (1865) 22 ; He was bursten
to mak' up his daurk, Watson Poems (1853) 8. e.Lth. Nae need
to dae a day's dairg for ony man but oorsels. Hunter J. Inwick
(1895") II. Edb. The heard [hard] darg, that he had toil'd,
Liddle Poems (1821) 102. SIk. Lang ere the close o' this life's
darg, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 172. Dmf. Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (,1863). Gall. As the day's darg and duty drifted us
together, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) iv. Kcb. We lien that his
darg is dreary and lang, Armstrong Ingleside (1890'! 153. N.Cy.'
He has not had a darroc this three months. Nhb. When labour's
yearly darg was up, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 5^ ', Nhb.' ' A
mow darg ' is a day's mowing. ' A shear darg ' is a day's reaping.
' Each tenant is to perform j'early a mow dargue," Hodgson Nhb.
III. pt. ii. 144, note p. A not uncommon sarcasm is to say to
a lazy fellow : ' Ay, ye've deun a darg, aa's sure.' Dur.', s.Dur.
(J.E.D.) Lakel. A field was said to be of so many darrack of
shearing, that is, it would take a man so many days to reap it.
A darrack of peats upon a moss was as much turf as a man could
dig in one day, Ellwood (1895^ Cum. A darrak in barn or in
meadow, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 93 ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.^ I've
nit sea offen hed a harder darrak efter t'sheep, 3. Wm. I'll gie
DARG
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the hoaf a ginny for tlie daark, Whkeler Dial. (1790) 28, ed.
1821. w.Yks. (K.H.H.), Lan.i, n.Lan.i
Hence Darg-days, sb. pi. days of work given in lieu of
rent. n.Sc. (Jam.)
2. A certain quantity of work, wlicther more or less
than can be done in a day ; a set task.
Sc. The casters will sune frae their darg be returning, Allan
Pectus (1887") 13. Slg. Formerly the coals were put out by the
dark, consisting of twenty-eight hutches; an active workman
could easily put out two of these darks per day, Slalist. Ace. XV.
33a (Jam.). Bwk., Nhb. Seldom heard in the Newcastle mines,
but ihe gen. term in use about lierwick. It is equivalent to the
hewing or score price of the Newcastle collieries, Greenwell
Coal Tr. CI. ^1849). Nhb.' A darg is occas. used to mean any set
work. 'He went three darg'— he went three journeys; not
necessarily day's journeys. Wra. We hed our darracks set afore
we com frae heeam in t'mwornin ; an if we duddnt get them dun
we warrant ta gang to our dinners. Spec. Dial. (1865) ig. [The
darg is the number of tons or cwts. of coal in a particular scam
to be raised in one day by one miner. 7"he nuinber is usually
mutually agreed upon by the miners and the mine-owners. A
master's darg is a wage whicli is settled by a master independently
of the men, Gl. Lab. (1894).]
3. A certain quantity of land ; the land on which a parti-
cular kind of work is done, as denoting its extent.
Per. (Jam.) N.Cy.i A daywere of land— as much arable ground
as can be ploughed up in one day's work. Nhb.' In arfcient
terriers ' dagg' is used as an equivalent for a certain quantity of
land. Probably as much as can be ploughed in one day's work.
A ploughman was formerly expected to plough an acre per day :
hence the name of a field at Amble Moorhouse, ' The four and
twenty darg,' consisting of twenty-four acres. Dur. Gibson Up-
U'eardalc Gl. (1870). Wm. Nine dorgs of meadow lying east,
EhcUn Terrier {]Yi.\
4. V. To work by the day ; to toil.
Bnff.i Gen. applied to agricultural labour, as opening drains,
trenching. &c. Per. Rich folk lookin' idly on At pair folk busy
dargin, Haliburton Horace (1886) 2.
Hence (i) Darger, sb. a day labourer, one who works
by the day ; (2) Darging, vil. sb. the work of a day
labourer, esp. hard, plodding toil.
(i) Sc. Ihe darger left his thrift, Scott Minstrelsy (iBoa) IV.
339, ed. 1848. Abd. Jock, who was a 'darger,' and did 'days'
warks ' here and there as he could find them, Alexander Ain
Flk. (1875) 204, ed. 1882. s.Sc. He works like a dergar, Wilson
Tales (1839) V. 323, Lnk. He toil'd as a darger to neibors aboot,
Watson Poems (1853) 31. Cum. The laird and dar'ker, Stagg
Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 64. (2) Sc. How many . . . Are glad to fa'
to work that's killing, To common darguing, Galloway Poems
(1788) 119 (Jam.). Abd. They're forc't to tak' to the dargin,
Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xiv. Dmb. If I just get abune
day's darging at the plew-tail, Ckoss Disruption (18441 v.
[1. A syncopated form of daywark, ' day-work.']
DARG, adj. Sh.I. Contemptible. S. & Ork.'
DARK, adj., sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. VVritten daark Cor.* Also in forms derk Sc.
(Jam. Snppl.) Cor.*; dirk Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ; durk Cor.'*
[dark, derk, dak.]
1. adj. In phr. (i) as dark as black /lops, (2) — as a boot,
(3) — as dungeon, (4) — as Neivgale knocker, very dark
indeed ; (5) to come dark home, to come home after dark ;
(6) to come dark over, to become dark.
(l) e.Suf. Said of a dark night (F.H.). (2) w.Yks. (J.W.) (3)
Ant. Ballymeiia Obs. (189a). (4) Sur.' On a very dark night the
driver remarked ' Ay ! it is a dark night, dark as Newgate
Knocker.' (5) Sur. He comes dark home (T.S.C.). (6) n.Lin. It
caame dark ower "em i^M.P,).
2. Comb, (i) Dark business, a very wicked action ; (2)
•browa-stonyclod, (3) -grey clod, strata in Lightmoor
Winsey Pit ; (4) — hour, the evening twilight, gloaming;
(5) •looking, dark-complexioned; (6) — man, the devil;
(7) — moon, a woman's secret savings; (8) — night,
nightfall; (9) -selvidged, heathenish in appearance; (10)
— trick, an evil action ; (11) -wise, rather dark.
(i) n.Lin.' It was a dark business. How the poor lass caame by
her end noabody knew. (2) Shr. Marshall Review (1818) II.
200. (3") Shr. ib. 199. (4) Not. I have no more to say, sir, if you
ax me till dark-hour, Hooton Bilberry Thiirland; Not.' Lei.' A
little later than dusk-hour. Nhp.' e.An,' We will talk over that
VOL. II.
at the dark-hour. Nrf. He often comes in for a chat in the dark-
hour (W.R.E.) ; Nrf.' (51 w.Yks. He wor a dark-looking chap
(S.K.C.). (6) Dor. A drunk of really a noble class that brought
you no nearer to the dark man than you were afore you begun.
Hardy Madding Crowd {lB^n) viii. (7) [The farmer was delighted
at the discovery of his wife's dark moon. A', Cr Q. (1867 3rd S.
xi. 194.] (8) w.Som.' The expression ' daylight to darknight ' is
very common, to signify the entire day from dawn to nighlfall.
Another common form is ' Vrom day's light to darky-night.' (9)
m.Yks.' What a dark-selvidged crew they are! (joi n.Lin. I
tell'd th' comp'ny a few dark tricks o' his. Peacock R Skiilangli
(1870) II. 122. (iij e.Sc. It's weaiin' darkwise, Setoun R.
UrqiiJiart (1896) ii.
3. Blind, sightless.
N.I.' Will you give something to a poor dark woman? s.Ir.
Tim was dark, and did not well know who was plaj'ing, Croker
ic^. (1862) 24. N.Cy.' Nhb.' OZ-s. w.Yks. (B.K.; ; Sheffield
Indep. (1874) ; w.Yks.'^" Lan.' Help him o'er tli' road, poor lad,
he's dark. Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Uwd Dobsn)z aad- siim Cit groa in
oa-r iz ahy fur evur su lungg, im naay ey)z gon kweyt daa-rk
[Owd Dobson's had sumni.it growin' o'er his eye forever s5 lung,
an' nai hey's gone queite dark]. Der.'^, nw.Der.' Lei.' A's gon
quoite daak o' th' off oy. Nhp.' Almost dark, nearly blind. Quite
dark, stone-blind. Very common. War.^ Shr.' Obsol. ; Shr.*,
Hrf.' Lon. It's five years, sir, . . . since I have been quite dark,
Mayhew Land. Labonr{i8^i) I. 393. s.Hmp. The old ■ dark ' man,
Verney L. Lisle ( 1870) iv. Dor.' Dev. 'Un's dark i' th' eyes,
gieen' on un' thae pizon-maurs, Madox-Brown Dwale Bhilh
(1876) bk. IV. ii. Cor. Thof I've been ever sense that I noozledthe
nepple, Durk as pitch a won side, J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial.
(1846) 33 ; Cor.' ; Cor.* I'h' ould man es daark an' most totelin.
Hence Darky, sb. a blind man ; a beggar who pretends
to be blind.
Cum. A darky glaum'd her by the hip . . . still the blind man
held his grip, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) Rosley Fair. Lon.
We called them as did the blind dodge, darkies, Mayhew Land.
Labour {ed. 1862) IV. 433.
4. Doubtful, uncertain ; unknown.
Chs.' ; Chs.^ Have you got such a farm ? — No, it is dark at
present.
5. Gloomy, morose.
Lakel. He's t'dark side oot, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897').
Hence (i) Dark-like, adj. gloomy, morose; (2) Darkly,
adj. dark, gloomy; also usedy?^.
(I) Abd. Lookin' grim, like Meg Macbeth, Wi' dirk-like stare,
Anderson Rhymes (1867^ 82. {2, Nhb. What ye want to walk
oot lor on a sick and darkly efternean as this is, beats me, Clare
Love of Lass (1890) I. 169. Nhp. Sweet tiny flower of darkly
hue, Clare Vill. Minst. (1821) II. 52.
6. sb. In phr. by dark, in the dark. Ken.*
7. pi. The nights when the moon does not appear ; also
sing, the moonless period of the month.
Ken., e.Sus. Holloway. Sus.' Used by sailors, but more par-
ticularly by smugglers. In former times, everyone in the agri-
cultural districts within reach of the coast was more or less
connected with smuggling. The labourer was always ready to
help whenever the darks favoured ' a run ' ; Sus.^, Hrap.' Dor.
' Suppose the pfficcrs hinder them landing there too ?'...' Then
we shan't try anywhere else all this dark,' Hardy IVess. Tales
(1888J II. 142.
8. V. To grow dark ; to darken, to cloud with something
evil.
Sc. Come home when it darks (Jam. Suppl.); One woman is
enough to dark the fairest ploy that was ever planned, Scott
Midlothian (1818) xviii. Per. I sanna dark yer door (G.W.).
e.Lan. Still in use around Hurstwood, Wilkinson Spenser {1Q61).
9. To hide, take shelter.
Sc. ' Derken in a den,' and ' dirkit in a den,' are expressions
still used by boys while playing at those games in which hiding-
places or dens are used ; and by 'derkin* they mean hiding, lurking,
lying concealed. I'he running to, and running into the den is
' derning,' but the lying hid there during the search is 'derking' or
'dirking' (Jam. Suppl.). Lakel. We dark' t aback o' a stack, Penrith
Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. & Cum.' On her Iwonly bed she
toss'd her, Darkin till the tempest ceas'd, 150. Wm. He wad dark
aback ov a yat stoop to hear what fwooak sed as they war garn
by(B.K.).
Hence Darking-hole, sb. a hiding-place, place of shelter.
Wm. O my cushat, 'at's i' t'grikes o' t'crags, i' t'darkin'-whols
o' t'stairs, Richardson Sng. Sol. (1859) ii. 14.
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10. To rush suddenly to or from a hiding-place.
Lakel. He wad dark atop o' van afooar yaii hed time ta think,
Penrith Ohs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wra .He darkt inta fhuU when any-
body was corain'. Let's watch t'rabbits dark intul their whols (B.K.).
11. To skulk, prowl or lurk about.
s.Dur. (I.E.D.) Lakel. What's thoo darken efter? Pennth Obs.
(Dec. 28, "1897 I. Wm. 'What is thoo darken aboot our lauld for?
(B.K.) n.Yks. A seed im darkin aboot, an then a lost im, Frank
Fi'shiug 1894) 31. e.Yks. He darktasahde deear, an ... He heead
what vahl wretches ootsahde wer aboot, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(1889) 42. w.Yks. What's that man darking about there at?
(C.C.R.)
12. To eavesdrop, obtain information in underhand ways.
N.Cy.i Nhb.' Obs. Dur.i, Cum.l n.Yks. "Very often used to
indicate listening. ' I saw John and M.iry conversing; they httle
thought her brother was darking behind the fence,' Yks. IVkly.
Post June 20, 1896'; n.Yks.i Our word scarcely implies malicious
intention; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.i Also used of a dog scenting, when
not in motion. What's ta darkin at? fto one caught listening).
e.Yks. Si.xty years ago freq. heard in Holderness. Any person
was said to be ' darking ' who wished to overhear what others
were talking about. The terra was more particularly in use
amongst the agricultural labourers, 5'^. Wkly. Post (June 20,
1896); Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) H. 316; e.Yks.i, m.Yks.',
ne.Lan.^
Hence (i) Darking, vbl. sb. eavesdropping, prying; (2)
Darkison, sb. a sneak, eavesdropper.
(i) Nhb.' Obs. n.Yks.2 (2) Yks. Ise boun' to encourage a
darkison like him i' my house, Philip Neville, viii.
13. To listen eagerly or take mental notes of what is said
with the object of making use of the information obtained,
esp. in phr. to dark for bets.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). s.Dur. He sits an' darks and says nowt
(J.E.D.). Dur., n.Yks. The word ' darking' means to listen and
observe attentively what is said or done by others without remark,
or taking everj-thing in keenly as if for future use, Yks. Wkly. Post
(June 20, i896>. Cum. Twoanny sits whiet . . . An mainly what
darks on, Gwordie Greenup Yaiice a yca>' 11873) 17; Cum. ^ To
listen in the background ' like a pig in a strea heap,' to listen
witliout seeming to attend. Yks, I overheard a woman say other
infant tiiat was peering with wide open eyes — ' Look at her dark-
ing.' Yks. Wkly. Post (July 31, 1897). n.Yks.^ They dark at all
that's said. w.Yks. To dark for betts, to hearken silently which
side the opinion is of, Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); w.Yks.'
Darkening for bets. A person in company is said to do this when
he takes little or no part in the conversation, and is all eyes and
ears, with a view of slyly catching some hint or observation,
which, in making a bet, he can turn to his own profit.
Hence Darking, fip/. adj., see below.
Dur., n.Yks. ' A darkmg dog,' a man who listens attentively to
everything said with great eagerness, but at the same time as if it
were a subject of little interest to him, whilst in reality he is slyly
storing up in his mind the whole of the conversation, without
joining in it himself. A ' darking ' child would do the same thing ;
probably retailing out the result of its observations at some in-
opportune time afterwards, Yks. Wkly. Post (June 20, 1896).
(3. The eyen . . . weren derke for greet eelde, Wyclif
(1382) Gen. xlviii. 10.]
DARK, see Darg, sb.
DARKEN, V. So. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin.
Written daurken Lnk. [da rksn, dakan.] 1. With
in : to grow dark or dusk in the evening.
n.Yks. It darkens in fast : l.W. ).
Hence Darkening, vbt. sb. twilight, dusk, evening.
Sc. He had to skulk there till the darkening, Keith Bonnie Lady
(1897) 16; As it's near the darkening, sir, wad ye just step in by
to our house, Scott Waverley (1814) Ixiii. Per. The hin'mest
i' the darkenin' Sank upon his knee, Halidurton Oehil Idylls
{ 1891 1 53. Fif. It's a thick haar come on since darkenin', Robert-
son Provost (1894) 70. Lnk. They never pit a puir body away
frae the door at the darkenin", Kraser Whanps (1895I xiii. e.Lth.
It was wcel on to the darkenin' or I wan hame, Hunter /. Inivick
(1895) 143. Edb. It was wearing to the darkening, Moiu Mansie
Waiich (1828) v. Gall. As soon as the darkening came, Crockett
Grey Man ! i&gd) \. N.Cy.' Nhb. She glcan'd i' the field tel the
dark'nm', Rouson lik. of Ruth (1860) ii. 17 ; Nhb.' It was darknin'
afore we gat hyem. Dur.' Cum. I had worked till the darknin",
and my eyes were heavy, Caine Sliml. Crime (1885I 54. n.Yks.'
t. Yks. Marshall /e/ir. JTro/i. (1796;. Lan.'
2. To obscure the light by entering or passing a door, &c.,
gen. in phr. lo darken the door, used/ig.
Abd. On my darkening the door of her apartment, she roused
from her reverie, Ruddiman^^-. Parish (1828) Joi,ed. 1889. Per.
A' dinna darken the kirk door, Ian Maclaren Aiild Lang Syne
('8951 316. Dmb. I wish ye wad never darken this door. Cross
Disruption (1844) xix. Lnk. He threatened never again to daurken
the kirk-door, Wright Sc, life (1897^ 6. e.Lth. Auld frien's . . .
wadna darken ane anither's doors, Hunter y. Inwick (1895) 122.
Ir. Don't be oiferin' to darken our doors agin. Barlow Lisconnel
(1895)263 ; Nivir darken my door agin! M'Nvltv Misther O'Ryan
(1894) xvii. n.Yks.'^ I hope she will never darken my door again.
w.Vks. An ardly hed Ah darken'dt'doar. When t'wurritshoo began,
Preston Poems (1864) 4. Lan. Just as eawr Sal darkened th"
window wi' her shadow, Ab-o'-the-Yate Xnias Dinner (1886) 9.
n.Lin.'
3. To listen, hearken. See Dark, v. 13.
e.Yks.' There she set darknin wiv all her might.
DARKET, //>/. nrt>; Sh.I. Dull, down-hearted. {Coll.
L.L.B.) See Dark, adj.
DARKLE, V. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lin. [daTkl, dakl.] To
grow dark or dusk ; to look dark.
Lth. A bleeze o" licht was shinin', — Noo sparklin' — noo darklin',
Smith Merry Bridal (18661 10. e.Lth. A solitary daw Darkles a
moment in the starlight, Mucki.ebackit Rur. Rhymes (1885) 7^.
Dmf. .Night without may storm and darkle, Reid Poems (1894) 80.
Hence Darklinig, (1) ppl. adj. dark, gloomy ; (2) vbl. sb.
dusk, twilight; gen. in pi.; (3) adv. in the dark, darkly;
also used Jig.
[1) Sc. He emerged from the darkling shadows of the trees,
Swan Gates of Eden 1 18951 xxi. Abd. Sae bricht a Prince, in sic
a darklin' hue, Ogg Willie M'rt/y (1873) 23. Lth. Darklin" wuds,
like thunder cluds, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 46. (2) Nhb.
I couldn"t answer for gitten dune this side darklin', Clare Love of
Lass (1890) \. 7. e.Yks.', w.Yks.' n.Lin. I wonder you're not
scared to be with her, by your sen at darklins. Peacock R. Skir-
langh (^1870) I. 282. n.Lin.' (3) Dmf. The wind blew darkling to
our door. Ky.io Poems (1894) 36. Rnf. Amorous cushet darklin'
broods, Yo\jiiQ Pictures {iB6^) 48. Ayr. To the kiln she goes then,
An' darklins grapit for the bauks, Burns Halloween (1785) st. 11 ;
Like the sun eclips'd at morning tide, Thou left us darkling in a
world of tears, ib. El. to Miss Bin net, st. 6. Lnk. The mavis on the
bourtree bush, Maist darklin's sang, Hamilton Poems {186$) go.
Slk. Men ca' the wee sleek mole blind because he has nae een they
can see, and leeves darklin in the moul, Chr. North Nodes fed.
1856) IV. 72, Gall. He darklin's grips her, Nicholson Pof/. Wis.
(1828) 129, ed. 1897. n.Lin.' I could nobut darklins mak cot what
he meant.
[(3) The wakeful bird sings darkling, Milton P.L.
(1667) III. 39. ME. derkelyng, derke, dark + 'ling, advl. suft'.
Cf backlings.]
DARKSOME, adj Sc. Yks. Shr. Oxf. Dor. [dark-,
dakssm.] 1. Dark, obscure; ill-lighted.
Sc. A darksome clud o' duddy claes, Thom Jock (1878"! 41. Ayr.
They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, BuRNsyoAn
Barleycorn 1^1781) St. 9. Edb. Curious led in darksome shade,
Forbes Poems i 1812) 153 ; The night cloud does low'r, Sae dark-
some, lang, and weary, M'Dowall Poems (1839) 94. Shr.' I
thought the place mighty darksome after ours ; the windows wun
little an' the sailin' [ceiling] low; Shr.^, Oxf. (Hall.)
2. Gloomy, melancholy, sad, dismal.
Elg. The wee bit bud, nae haflins form'd. Is darksome in his ee,
Couper Poetry (18041 I. 40. Per. Death's darksome shade, Nicol
Poems ^1766) 132. Gall. Thy darksome gloomy reign May cloud
the thought, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1828) 120, ed. 1897. n.Yks.^
'A darksome deed," an atrocious affair. Shr.' Aye, them wun
darksome days — sorrow 'pon sorrow ; we wun 'bliged to lave the
'ouse an' the two poor little childern died'n, — all athin a fortnit.
Dor. She wer gone vrom e'thly eyes To be a-kept in darksome
sleep, Barnes Poems (1869) 106 ; Then, if a han' can smite en in
his dawn O' life to darksome death, ib. 132.
[1. Darkesome, tenehreux, Palsgr. (1530). 2. Wand'ring
this darksome desert, Milton P.L. (\ti(i-f) 11. 973.]
DARLASTON, sb. Stf. In phr. a Darlaston throstle,
a donkey.
s.Stf. Bill, who's yon stranger on a Darlaston throstle ? (F..P.T.)
DARLE, see Dorle.
DARLING, sb. and adj. Irel. Also Brks. Ken. Sur.
Sus. Hmp. Wil. Also in forms dawlin Sur. Sus.' ; derlin'
DARLOCH
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DASH
Brks.'; dorling Sur.' [dalin.] 1. sb. The smallest
pig of a litter. Cf. dilling, sb. 2.
Brks.>, ne.Ken. (,11. M.), Sur. (.T.S.C), Sur.', Sus.', Hnip.i,
n.Wil. (G.E.D.1
2. An unhealthy child. Sus.'
3. nt/j. Nice.
N.I.' ' A darliii' rcd-lipaJ,' means a nice head of red hair.
DARLOCH, sec Dorloch.
DARN, sb, Sc. In form dern Bnff.' A disease of
cattle said to be caused by eating the wood anemone ;
excrement.
Bnff.' Commonly used in the word * dry dern,' costiveness. Not
restricted to costiveness in cattle. Abd. iJam.) Kcd. The most
extraordinary of all disorders to which cattle in this country are
liable is the darn. . . . According as the animal is .nffectcd in its
evacuatory functions, the disease is called the soft or harcLdarn. . . .
No remedy has yet been found to stop its progress. It is always
l.i'.il. As;nc. Stiiv. 384 i'/).). Rxb. Also called Rinnin Darn (Jam.1.
DARN, J).' Sc. Irel. Yks. [darn, dan.] 1. In phr.
/o dam the stree/s, to take a zig-zag course, as a drunken
man does in trying to walk. Dub. Grose (1790) MS.
add. (C.)
2. To patch, mend, fill up a hole, «o/ applied to clothing.
Abd. He staps wi' strae ilk navus bore. And ilka crevice darns,
Beatiie Palings (1801') 24, ed. 1873.
Hence Darning Needles, phr. the Shepherd's Needle,
Soindi.x- Pcxtm. n.Yks. (B. & H.)
DARN, V.''- In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc. Eng. and
Anier. In form dern Brks.' [darn, dan.] 1. Used
iniprecatively for 'damn.'
Bnff.i, n.Cy. (J.W. , Chs.' w.Wor. Darn his body! S. Beau-
champ Giautley Grange (1874') I. 212. Brks.' Nrf. Darn their
buttons, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nif. (1893) 8. I.W.' Darn thy
body. w.Som.' Dev. Darnee ! Ef *e com'th yer again min, I'll
leather 'n ! Hewett Pras. S/). (189a). n.Dev. Darney, 'tis dimmit
all ta mee, Rock Jitit aii^ Nell (1867) St. 28. CoUoq. Darn your
book. Dickens M. Chiisilezfil (18441 xvi.
Hence Darned, (i) pp., (2) ppl. adj. 'damned.'
(I) s.Oxf. Well, I be darned if ever I 'card of a law like that !
Rosemary Chillems ( 1895I 169. Nrf. I'll gie that bo-e [boy] a rare
hiding when 1 find him, darned if I don't (W.R.E.). Ess. Nall
Gl. (18661. Hmp. Darn'dif they don't crawl on in their bis'nus like
cra'avishes, Foresters' Misc. (1846) 163. (2) s.Lin. Of all the
darned fools I ivver com'd across (T.H. R.). [Amer. You darned
olc fool, Lowell Biglow Papers 1 1848) 145.]
2. To use the expression 'darn.'
Dev. They aboozed Dick Simmins and darned his eyes, Pasmore
Stories 1893) 4.
DARN, see Dern, adj.', Durn.
DARNA, sb. s.Chs.' [dana.] The common darnel,
Loh'iim temuleiitmn.
DARNAK, see Dannock, sA.'
DARNICK, sb. Obs. ? n.Cy. Yks. Linsey-woolsey.
n.Cy. Grose ^i79o\ Ykj. ib. MS. add.
[Hiiis vcrd, a piece of Tapistry, or of Darnix, hanging
before a door, Cotgr. ; The same word as dornick, a species
of linen cloath used in Sc. for the table (Johnson); Dornix,
a kind of stuff for curtains, &:c., fr. Dornick [Tournay],
a city in Flanders, Coles (1677).]
DARNOCK, see Dannock, s6.'
DARNTON, si. n.Cy. Dun Yks. In phr. fo faie Dariifon
/rod, to run away to escape punishment, to flee the country;
lit. to take the road to Darlington.
N.Cy.^ Dur. To take Darnton trod— which is the road south —
is said figuratively of any one who wishes to elude pursuit, Bisliop-
rii-k Garl. (1834) 74 ; Dur.^ A boy having done some mischief is
warned by those who have no authority over him to ' tak Darnton
trod ' that lie ma)' get out of tlie way, and escape chastisement.
n.Yks. Ah've getten intiv a bit o' bother, all's hae ti tak Darnton
trod iT.K.'.
DAROUS, adj. Obs. Dev. Bold, daring. (Hall.)
Cf dairous.
DAROW, DAROY, see Darra, Deray.
DAR(R, s6. e.An. Also in forms daw e.An.'; dorr
Nrf. [da(r), d9.] 1. The common tern. Sterna jliivialilis.
Nrf. SwAiNSON BjVrfs(iB85i 202.
2, The black tern, Hydrochelidon nigra, gen. in comb.
Blue or Black darr.
e.An.i In immature plumage, the adult being black dar. Nrf.
In yon alder carr . . . blue dorrs bred in his 3'ounger days by
hundreds, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 100 ; Swainson Buds
(1885) 204.
DAR(R, adj Obsol. Yks. Lan. Der. Comp. degree
of dear.
w.Yks.' Only used when it has a reference to the price of any-
thing. In the sense of ' beloved ' the comp. is regularly formed.
e.Lan.' Der.' Used in the recollection of elderly people; Der.^,
nw.Der.'
[ME. derre, comp. oi dere, dear (Orniuliini).]
DAR(R, V. Cum. [dar.] Used iniprecatively, like
'damn.'
Cum. His ministers— darr them, Gilpin S«^,5. (18661 150; Odd
dar! ah'd hke teh brossen oot ageaan, Sargisson yoe Sco<i/> (1881)
78 ; Cum.' Dan'at, Dar-zonn !
DARRA, sb. Sc. 'Written dara, darow S. & Ork.'
[daT3.] A hand-line used in catching cod or other large
tlsh ; the frame on which the hand fishing-lines are kept ;
whipcord. Also in comp. Darra-shaft.
S. & Ork.i Bnff.' The hooks and small piece of lead used for
sinking tlic line are called the darra, and the line the darra-shaft.
DARRACK, DARRAK, DARROC, see Darg, sb.
D ARRICKY, m/y. Glo. Also written darriky. [dae'riki.j
Rotten, decayed. CT. daddocky.
Glo. Darriky timber (, H.T.E.) ; (S.S.B.) ; Gl. (1851) ; Glo.'
DARSHAMFERN,//;;-. Nrf. The Nephrodium crisiatum.
(B. & H.)
DARSTS, sb. pi. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Dregs, refuse. (Hall.)
[Thei . . . louen the darstis of grapi?;, Wvclif (1382)
Hos. iii. I. OE. dcerstan, pi. dregs ; cp. G. Irestcr, husks of
grapes.]
DART, sb. and v. Irel. n.Cy. Yks. Also e.An. [dart,
dat, dest.] 1. sb. In phr. to be struck with a dart, to be
struck by the fairies.
Ir. A person supposed to be fairy-struck is said to have been
'struck with a dart,' Flli-Lore Rcc. u88i) IV. 112.
2. Comb. Dart-grass, (i) the plant Holcus lanatus; (2)
H. mollis.
(i) n.Cy. w.Yks.' When the flowers of this plant are stripped
off, boys frequently bind a number of the delicate fibres together,
in the middle of which is fixed a pin representing an arrow. This
being inserted in a hollow kex is blown uffat a considerable distance.
(2! n.Cy., Yks.
3. An eel-spear.
e.An.' Nrf. The spear in use on the Ant and Thurne is the dart,
and is made with a cross-piece, with barbed spikes set in it like
the teeth of a rake, Davies A')/ Broarfs (1883) xxxi.
4. V. To spear eels.
Nrf. It is a good day for darting, the watei is sheer [clear], Fishing
Gasetfe {'Nov. 22, 1890) 270.
DARTER, sb. and adj. Cum. Lan. [daTtsr.] L sb.
A quick, active person.
Cum. Wi' pennysteans ton was a darter, Anderson Ballads {ed.
1808) no; Ods daggs : he'll be a darter, Gilpin S»^5. (1866; 277.
2. ad/. Active. Cum. CI. (1851) ; ne.Lan.'
DARTER, see Daughter.
DARTMOOR STABLES, phr. Dev. The bog-holes
on Dartmoor.
Dev. Our bogs on the moor, which, from some luckless horse or
other being now and then lost in them, have obtained, as their
popular name, that of the Dartmoor Stables, Bray Desc. Tamar
and Tavy (1836) I. 167 ; Page E.xplor. Ditin. (1889" i.
DARTY, adj. Cum. [daTti.] Sharp, quick, active.
See Darter.
Cum. Thou was nobbut a darty lile lass then, \VnEATL.^v Joe t/ie
Biiits (1869, 7.
DARZE, V. Glo. [daz.] Used imprecatively, in plir.
darze thy back !
Glo. Darze thy back, thee cussnation twoad, . . . thee's bin an'
shot my bird, Buckman Darlie's Sojourn (,1890) iii.
DASE, see Dace, Daze.
DASH, V. and sb} Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. [daj, deej, Yks. also dej.] 1. v. To shake.
n.Yks. She wur gaen t'dash th' cairpits ; the poor thing meant
DASH
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DAST
2 To mingle, infuse, flavour ; to insert a small quantity
of one thing, usually of an inferior quality, into another;
used .ow/. of liquids.
Nhp?i Dash it wiiti a little water. War.3 Oxf. Ellis Pronunc.
(18891 V. 125 ; Oxf.i This beer's dashed, an' 'er aulus do dash it.
Hence (i) Dashed, ppl. adj. flavoured ; (2) Dashing air,
phr. mixin? air and gas together in mining.
(i) n.YksrWhile the labourer's wife, in many other parts, is only
occupied in drinking tea, perhaps dashed with gin, Tuke Agric
(1800 316. valNhb.' Nhb., Dur. By being completelymcorporated,
the mi.xture ceases to be inilammable. This is done by giving the
air, after its first union with the fire-damp, a considerable length
of run or course, Greenwell Coal Ti: Gl. (1849).
3. To abash, dismay, confuse ; to put out of countenance.
Sc. All their countenances dashed me nothing ; for I did not fear
their faces, Tho.mson Cloud of WiUusses (1714) 420, ed. 1871. Lnk.
Ye dash the lad wi' constant slighting pride, Ramsay Gentle Shep.
(1725) 28, ed. 1783. Slg. The proudest man in the earth ... is not
able to strike no sik terror as to dash a man or stupify his senses,
Bruce Semwns (c. 1631) xii, ed. 1843. w.Yks.' He maysnaapan
dash thein at gangsboudly on i' thersins, ii. 322. Nhp.',e.An.', Nrf.'
Hence (i) Dashed, ppl. adj. {a) abashed, cast down,
ashamed, bashful; (b) sullied or depreciated, as a faded
garment; (2) Dashful, flrfy. bashful ; (3) Dashing, wA/. sA.
disappointment.
(I, a Elg. Dash'd deceit before thee shrinks, To leave the heart
to truth, CouPER Toiii-i/icn/ioiis (1803') 11. 157. Per. The morning
light undeceived him and he was sadly dashed, Ian Maclaren
Bn'er Bush (1895) 148. N.Cy.^ Cum. Looked dash'd and blate,
wi nought to say, Blamire Poet. Wks. (c. 1794) 191, ed. 1842.
n.Yks.^ w.Yks. That was the only time that ivver I saw him dash'd,
Grainge Pedlar . 1866)25 ; w.Yks.' Thou niversaowght look seea
dash'd an sackless, ii. 304. nXin.', Hrf.' s.Dev. Fox Kingsbridge
(1874). Dev. She [Betty] seemed to think he might be bashful,
or, as she expressed it, dashed, Peard Mot/ier Molly I i88g) 221.
(6) n.Yks.2 (2, s.Dev. Fox Kiiigsbndge (1874). (3) Rnf. Poor
things, tlio' they're weak an' wee, . . . I'm no the ane wad dashin'
gie them, Picken Poems (1813) I. 66.
4. Used imprecatively in phr. (i) Dash bon, (2) — it, (3)
— my billions, (4) — my periwig, (5) — my wig.
• I ' Lakel. Dash bon, ahleft mi pipe, Peniilh Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897').
■VVm. Dasli-bon it, it's garn ta rain again fB.K.). (2) Yks. (J.W.),
Nhp.' 13; N.Cy.' Ess. An' dash my buttons ! if she den't . . . soon
'gree to goo 'With him to Tiptree Races, Clark /. Noakes (1839)
St. 40. Cor. ' Dash my buttons,' said the miller, . . . looking round
the room as if he had just awoke from a pleasant dream, Forfar
A'v«n;ire (1865) 42. (4) Ess. Dash my periwig CW.W.S). (5)
Nhp.' Dash my wig if I'll do it. [Dash my wig, Dickens N. Nichleby
(1839) .xlii.]
5. To make a show, to display, show off.
Sc. Jaji. 1 Lnk. Ye try to dash like your superiors, Rodger
Poems (1838) 165, ed. 1897. Lth. O ! had he seen the spendthrift
dash, 'Twad made him mad, Bi^ucE Poems (1813) II. 32.
Hence (i) Dasher, sb. a showily dressed person ; some
one of extraordinary appearance, as a remarkably stout
person; (2) Dashie, adj. making a great show; showy,
gay. proud ; (3) Dashy-looking, adj. well-dressed, smart.
( i) n.Yks. ' Bigow, she iz a dasher.' I heard the other day, with
reference to three very stout women, ' A call them three dashers '
(W.ll.i. i2'iBnff.' Dev.3 Idden 'er dashy. Zee lu 'er — 'erdiicut
a brave dash ! (3") Frf. A handsome dashy-Iookin' lass cam' frae
Glasgow, 'WiLLocK Roselly Ends (|886) 60, ed. 1889.
6. To flourish in writing, to make ornamental figures
with a pen. Sc. (Jam.)
7. To erase, strike out.
Sc. Bribes to clerks to prevent being put on the rolls, or to pet
themselves dashed out of them, WoDROW Ch. Hist. (,1721) III. 144,
cd. 1828.
8. sb. A slap. Not. (J.H.B.)
9. A shake.
n.Yks. Here, cum an' help 3S ta give this capit [carpet] a dash.
Tack this seek an' giv't a dash CW.H.).
10. Phr. A dash o' weel, a sudden fall of rain. Rxb., Dmf.
(Jam.)
11. A display.
Sc. (Jam. ) Lnk. Some farmer lads to raise a dash. And let fo'k
sec they had got cash. Began to dance, MuiR C'/rf. Minstr. (1816) 24.
12. A flourish in writing. Sc. (Jam.), Cum.'
13. The internal machinery of a churn.
w.Ir. Any stranger coming into the house while churning is going
on should say, ' Bless the work ! ' and take a few turns at the dash,
Flk-Lore Jrn. (1884) II. 258. Lin. The ' dash ' of the old-fashioned
upright churn, called the * dasii * churn, . . . cannot properly be
applied to the barrel-churn, or other forms which have a revolving
' dash,' Lin, N, & O. (Oct. 1891) 249. n.Lin.i
Hence (i) Dashboards, sb. pi. the beaters of a barrel-
churn ; (2) -churn, sb. the old-fashioned upright churn ;
(3) Dasher, sb. the inside revolving works of a standing
churn.
(I) Shr.2 (2) Lin. (I.'W.) ; Lin. N. & Q. (Oct. 1891) 249. (3)
n.Yks. I.W.)
DASH, sb!^ Cor. [daej] An unbound faggot of furze.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (18951 Gl. ; Cor.^ Still in use.
It implies that the quantity is small and not worth binding.
DASH, sb.^ Sc. (Jam.) A cant term for a hat, cap, &.c.
DASH, see Dash-board.
DASH AND ARRAS, sb. Dev. Cor. [dasj-andaeras.]
The stirrup-glass, parting cup. Cf dochan-dorris-
n.Dev. Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras, Rock Jim an Nell
(1867) St. 77. Cor. '2 w. Cor. The old custom, ' to speed the parting
guest' (his foot in the stirrup) with a dram, still obtains, Monthly
Mag. (1810') I. 434.
[OCTor. deivas an darras, a drink at the door (Williams).]
DASH-BOARD, sb. Chs. Not. Lin. Lei. 'War. Shr.
Also in form dash n.Lin.^ ; dasher Suf. Anier. [da'J-boad.]
1. The splash-board of a carriage.
Not.', n.Lin.', Lei.i, "War.^, Suf. ^C.T.) [Amer. Put his head
over the dasher and try to chew my legs or to eat the lap cover.
Max Adeler Elbow Room (1876) iv.]
2. PL Upright boards put on the sides of a wagon, for
the purpose of enlarging the interior of the body, when
required for a large load.
Chs.' Shr.' Broad. wheel waggon, with iron, arms, thripples, and
[dash bvvur'dzl. Auctioneer's Cat. (1870) ; Shr.'^
DASH DOWN, see Dish-down.
DASHEL(L, sb. Som. Dev. 'Written dashie w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' Also in forms dassel Dev."; das'ell Dev.;
dazzle Dev." [dasjl, dassl, dsezl.] The thistle, esp.
Cardiiiis ai'veiisis and C. laiiceolatiis.
w.Soin.' Dev. Maister Tapp idden a very gude varmer. 'Is
ground's za viileovdashells aset can hold, HEWETxPffls. 5/1.(1892) ;
MS. Pfov. : Dev." n.Dev. Mus' ... on tha sharp a dashel put. Rock
Jim an Nell (1867) st. 36. nw.Dev.' The milk-thistle is called
Milky-dashlc, and the Scotch thistle Row-dashle (i.e. rough thistle).
w.Dev. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796).
DASHER, 56. Yks. [dajar, de'j3(r).] A large-toothed
comb.
Yks. Use a dasher for thi hair (Miss A.). n.Yks. ^ Tak thy dasher
and reel thy hair out.
DASHER, see Dash-board.
DASHIN, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Der. Also in forms
dacian Der.; daishen e.Lan.'; dash'on Der.° ; dashon
nw.Der.'; doccan Der. ; docion Der.' ; doshun w.Yks.^;
dosion n.Cy. ; dotion w.Yks. [da-jsn, Lan. de'Jsn, Yks.
also do'Jsn.j A tub used for kneading oatmeal dough.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.); -w.Yks. Shejield Jndep. ^l8^^).
w.Yks.2 ; Lan. 'But how dost' know V asked the baker, diving
his ladle into the ' dashin',' and scooping out the material fora cake,
Brierley Cast ttp0}i JVorld (1886) 132; Lan.' He nipt up th'
deashon, ot stoode oth'harstone, on whirl'd it at meh. Collier IVks.
(1750') 66. e.Lan.' Der. I have known this word all my life. It
is a deep wooden or earthen vessel in which the leaven for oat-
cake is Maid.' Some of the leaven is left in every week and fer-
ments, forming ' souring' to raise the next baking (H.R.); 1746.
Goods in ye Workhouse . . . one doccan. Cox Churches (1877) H-
343; Grose (1790); Der.' 2, nw.Der.'
DASHY, adj. Sus. [daeji.] Rough and indistinct.
Sus. This patii is not so dashy as the other (J.L.A.).
DASK, see Desk.
DASS, V. Glo.' [dees.] Used imprecatively. See
Dash, V. 4.
DASS, DASSEL, see Dess, DasheUl.
DAST, si. and i;.' Yks. [dast.] \. sb. A boys' game
of daring. See Dare, y.'
w.Yks. A leader is chosen or elects himself, and all the others
have to do what he does or are dasted (H.L. ).
DAST
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DAUB
Hence Dastings, sb. pi. the game of ' dast.'
■w.Yks. Let's play dastings ^H.L. ).
2. I'. To challenge in the game of ' dast.'
w.Yks. I'll dast him. He's da.^ted, he's dasted I {ib^
DAST, V? Pern, [dast.] Used imprecatively. Cf.
dass, V.
s.Pem. Go dast it ! this is awful. A}', dast it ('W.M.M.).
DASTELL, DATAL(L, see Dasheld, Daytal.
DATCH, I'.' and sb. Irel. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form detchWxf Dev. [datj, dastj.l \. v. To thatch.
Wxf.^ w.Som 1 X^i'&ci. gen. in certain districts, particularly about
Culmstock in c.Dev., and by individuals in many parts. I know
several in this neighbourhood (Wellington \ and also round Wive-
liscombe, who always say, ' Here's the datcher comin vor to datch
the ricks.' Dev. 'Tez mostly cob 'ouzes that be datched, Hewett
Peas. S/>. (1892) ; Dev.^ Who datcht thickey rick ? s.Dev., eCor.
(Miss D.) Cor. QuiLLFR Couch His/. Polpeim (1871) 171;
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.' 2
Hence (i) Datcher, sA. a thatcher; (2) Datching, ppl.
adj. thatching.
(i) w.Som. 1 Dev. Yii'd bcstways zend vur tha datcher tu come
airly tu-morrer marning, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; He built
ten bee-butts, an strawed 'em so clever as a reg'lar datcher,
PniLLroTTS Bi/l Voguell in Black and While (June 27, 1896) 824 ;
Repoiis Provine. (1885^; 92. Cor. Thomas Pant/rga/ Rhymes (^1895)
(j/. ; Cor. 2 This is the weather for ducks and datchers. (2)
Cor. Run to the mowhay, hot-foot, an' lend a hand wi' the
datchin' ladder. ' Q.' Three Ships ^1890) i.
2. sb. Thatch.
w.Som, 1 The daach 'pen Jan Gadd's house is proper a-weared
out. Cor. Like a piece ov datch, Pengelly yeib. Pton. (,1875) 70 ;
Cor.l
DATCH. v.'^ n.Sc. (Jam.) To iog, shake.
DATCHES. 56. //. w.Som.' Vetches.
Daach'ez. ^'e^y common. By some this is pronounced
dhaach^ez ; v and dh are usually interchangeable.
DATCHIE, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) [datji.] Appl. to in-
tellectual power: penetrating; also sly, cunning; hidden,
secret.
DATCHLE, V. Sc. (Jam.) [datJL] To waddle; to
walk in a careless manner, with clothes ill adapted to the
shape of the wearer. Frf.
Hence Datchel-like, adj. having a dangling appearance.
Per. How datchcl like he looks ! his plaid is lorn.
DATE, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) In phr. To gie date and grce,
to give preference. See Gree.
DATE, see Daut, v.
DATELESS, adj Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin.
[detlas, dea'tl^s.] 1. Stupefied, foolish, disordered in
mind, having the faculties failing through age.
Wm. He's nobbut a dateless body (_B.K.). Yks. We were like
to be turned out on t'wide world, and poor mother dateless,
Gaskell Sylvia (1863) UL iv ; I think I'm getting dateless
(F.P.T.l. w.Yks. Some o' th'fowk wor lukkin' dateless. Hartley
Clotk Aim. (1879) 29; Come here, theaw dateless thing, an' let
mi fasten th' back o' thi frock (D.L.); w.Yks.^ Said of an old
person who has nearly or entirely lost his memory ; w.Yks.^ ;
w.Yks.5 Confused and stupefied by circumstances, good or bad.
' Muddled,' and not knowing how to act for the moment. Lan.
Which he, being datelesse for age, . . . readily granted, Life
A. Martindale (1685) 79, ed. 1845; He has never forgot his
maundering dateless old father, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale
(i860) I. 99 : Lan.', e.Lan.', nw.Der.', n.Lin.'
2. Insensible, as from a blow.
Wm. He was knocked dateless, wi' a wallop atwecn t'een
(B K.). w.Yks. After he hit me o' th' heead I was dateless,
N. <&■ Q. (1854 ist S. X. 211 ; (G.H.) Lan. They . . . laid her
upo' th' couch cheer, as dateless as a stone, Waugh Dead Man's
/)/»««- (1867) 19 ; He geet a knock 'at sthretched him dateless
on th' flags, Clcgg Sketches (1895) 192. Chs.' A very common
expression in police-courts ; Clis.^ Father knocked mother down
dateless.
[Lit. without a date, unconscious of time.]
DATHER, V. Cum. Yks. Nhp. Also Ken. Dor. Dev.
Also in forms dadder Cum.'^ n.Yks. ; dadther Cum.;
datther n.Yks. [daSai'r), daecfair), dadsr.] 1. To
shiver, tremble, shake either with cold or old age. See
Dither, v.^
Cum. A dadder't like a dog in a wet seek, Christian Mason's
Ghost Story (1880) 10; My han's an" t'papper an' avv's just
dadtherin' tagidther, Rigby Midsummer to Martinmas (1891)
xviii ; Cum.' ; Cum.^ He glower't about, an' dadder't like to fo I
67. n.Yks. There he steead dadderin', Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes
(1875) 14; My teeth datther in my head, Meriton Praise Ale
(,1684) 1. 245. Nhp.', Ken. (K.)
Hence (i) Dadder-grass,.';*. the knot-grass, 5r«!sa»?ea^;a;
(2) Daddering, ppl. adj. shaking, cjuivering.
Cum. Joe trummel fra held teh fcutt, like as he'd been as mickle
dadderin-gurse, Sargisson yo«' 5raa/> (1881) 6; Cum.' (2) Cum.^
I'll tak sum o' that dadderin' stuff, 171.
2. Fig. To maze, bewilder.
Dor. He got a-dather'd zoo, Barnes Poems (^d. 1879) 75.
3. To wither.
Dev. Thicky there bough is dathered (Miss G.) ; Madden MS.
DATHIT, inl. Lan.' n.Lan.' [da-Sit.] A mild curse
on any mishap ; cf ' dash it ! ' See Dash, v. 4.
DATLE, DATTLE, see Daytal.
DATTER, s6. Dor. [dee'ts r .] A game of touch and run
among children ;' tig.' See Ditter, 56. Barnes G/. (1863 1.
DATTER, DATTHER, see Ditter, sb., Dather.
DAUB, IK and sb. Var. dial, uses in n. and niidl.
counties to Shr. Also e.An. Also written daab Nhb.'
w.Yks.' ; darb Nrf. Ess. ; dawb Nhb.' Chs.^^ ; doab Chs.' ;
dobe Lan.' ; doub Chs.^; dowb Chs.' [d9b, d9ab, dab.]
1. V. To coat or cover with clay, mortar, &c. ; to plaster.
See Dab, f.^
Nhb.' Obs. Lake:. Ellwood (1895). Chs.'^, s.Chs.' Nrf.
Grose (1790) ; Holloway.
Hence (i) Dauber, sb. a plasterer, a builder of walls
with mud, mixed with short straw, or stubble ; (2) Daubin,
sb. a hut or cottage built with clay or mud ; (3) Daubing,
vbl.sb. a mode of building walls, &c., with mud, clay, &-c.
(i) N.Cy.' Nhb.' Obs. ' The fraternity of bricklayers in New-
castle were anciently styled catters and daubers,' Brand Hist.
Neit'castle, II. 268. Nhb., Dur. Daubers, usually bo3S, who plaster
with loam the interstices between the tjricks in the door, Nichol-
son Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). w.Yks.' Chs.' It is a very common
saying that * The Mayor of AUrincham and the Mayor of Over,
The one is a thatcher, the other a dauber ' ; Chs.^^^ Nhp.' n.Liu '
C'bs. Shr.' Obsol. e.An.' It is used, particularly in Su(f., to make
fences for farm-yards, &c., and even walls for mean cottages, lu
Nrf. it is now difficult to find a good dauber. Nrf.' (2'! Cum. We
went owre to Deavie Clay Daubin, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1805)
113 ; A clay-built daubin thatch'd with bonny ling. Burn Poems
(1885'! 343; Cum.' (3) Cum, Young W;;»rt/s yi,g'r/c. (1784-1815)
XXIX. 107 ; At a daubing (which is the erection of a house of
clay) . . . many hundreds of persons are brought together, Brand
Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1813) II. 75. n.Lin.' Nrf. Marshall /?!/>-. &0/;,
(1787) ; Nrf.' Suf. It is very durable, lasting over forty years,
Rainbird Agru. (1819) 291, ed. 1849.
2. To smear, dirty, soil.
n.Yks. 2 ne.Yks.' Thoo mucky bairn ; what's ta been daubin'
thysen ower wi ? w.Yks.^ A painter's apprentice begins his pro-
fessional career by ' daubing spouts and sich like.' Lan. Th'
cawves 00 his legs wur nicely dobed w'i' slutch, Mellor Uncle
Owdem (1865) 28. Chs.' s.Clis.' Sey aay }'Oa)n dau'bd yur
aandz [Sey ha'13'o'n daubed 3-ur handsj. n.Stf. A countrywoman
having been asked to lend her scarlet cloak to a young lady,
acceded to the request, but added, ' Yo munna daub it ' (G.H.H. ).
s.Stf. Do' yo' daub that white frock fust time wearin, Pinnock
Blk. Cy. Ann. (1C95). s.Not. Keep on the pad or yer'Il get ycr
boots daubed. She fell down, an' daubed 'er frock all ower
(J.P.K.). S.Lin. If she acnt gone and daubed her new pinafore
all ower wi' muck (T.H.R. ). se.Wor.' Yu sliaunt gu5, I tell ^-u,
daubin' yer best things all over. Nrf. Their bids darbed up wi'
whitewash, Spilling Giles's Trip (1872) 49. Ess, (H.M.M.)
Hence (i) Daubed, pp. (a) smeared over; (b) fantasti-
cally attired, over-dressed ; (2) Dauby, adj. {a) sticky,
clammy, dirty, untidy; ib) see Daubed ib).
(i, <J| n.Yks.2 (b) ib. ' Daub'd out,' fantastically dressed. e.Yks.'
Did j'a ivver see a lass se daub'd as Bess was this maurnin ?
(2, a) n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ ' Dauby folks,' untidy; slovenly in the
household. e.Yks.', m. Yks.' w.Yks.s ' What's that ? ' 'Gum.'
'Then it al be dauaby then,' — implying that they don't feel in-
clined to meddle with it. n.Lin.' What a dauby bairn thoo art,
'b) e.Yks,'
DAUB
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DAULING
3. Fig. To flatter, ' butter ' ; to cheat, deceive, trick.
e.Yks.i s.Not. I rather daubed 'em about tliat_ stone. Yo
daubed me one then, an' ah've non ibrgotten't (J.P.K.).
Hence (i) Daubery or Daubment, sb. flattery, cajolery ;
unctuousness : (2) Daubing, pfp. paying court for the
sake of advantage; 13) Dauby, adj. hypocritically affec-
tionate ; (4) Dauby-sauby, sb., see Daubment.
(i, 2) n.Yks.2 (3) e.Yks.i (4) s.Chs.' Dau bi-sawbi.
4. To have much to do with, to come in contact with.
s.Not. I don't care to be daubed vvi' folk like them (J.P.K.).
5. Used in pass, as a mild imprecation.
e.Yks.^ Thoo be daub'd.
6. sb. Clay and chopped straw, &c., used for plastering.
See Dab, sb.'^
Lan.i Formerly used for filling in between the timbers of
wooden-framed houses. ' Fetch yon lad in, he's messin' hissel wi
that dobe.' Chs.' It is said that it was made by placing the clay
and straw upon a farm yard, and then treading it with horses until
it was thoroughly softened and mixed.
7. CoDip. Daub-hole, a clay or marl pit. Lan.'
8. Phr. (i) daub and stoiver, (2) raddle or rattle and
daub, (3) wattle and daub, a mode of building walls, &c., of
wattles, laths, or reed, plastered over with mud, clay, &c.
( i) n.Lin.i (2) Chs. The old Cheshire houses built of wooden
frames filled in with wattles plastered over with clay and cow-dung,
were called 'raddle and daub,' Young Annals Agtic. (1784-1815)
XXIX. 107, note ; Chs.i^ (3') Lan.> Chs.3 ' "Wattle and doub,'
or ' Raddle and doub,' a house or building made with oziers or
hazels interwoven, the interstices filled up with clay ; not an un-
comfortable house, being warm in winter, and cool in summer.
Der.^ Nrf.' In the large barns and farm buildings, artificers in
wattle and daub were formerly in great request.
9. Fig. Flattery, hypocritical aff'ection.
e.Yks.i w.Yks. Yks. Wkly. Post (Oct 31, i8g6).
10. Phr. a daub of the hand, a greasing of the palm,
a bribe.
n.Yks.2 ' They gat a daub o' t'hand for't,' they touched coin in
the matter.
[3. To dawb [flatter], palpor, adulor. Coles (1679). 10.
To dawb [bribe], corrunipo, ;6.]
DAUB, see Dab, v}, sb.^
DAUBING, adj. Lei. "War. [dobin.] Wet, dirty.
Lei.* Rather daubin* to-dee, sir! War.^
DAUBLE, V. Sc. To thrust, work into, 'dibble.'
Usedy?..^.
Rnf. To successfully dauble one of the sciences I have mentioned
into his brain . . . would take him ... a life-time, Fbaser CInnics
(1853^ 13.
DAUBY, adj. Wor. Glo. e.An. Dor. Also written
darby Nrf [dobi, dabi.] Clammy, damp, sticky, used
of land or bread, &c.
s.Wor.' Used of bread made from ' grown ' wheat. Not common.
Glo.i Nrf. Spoken of land when wet, Grose (1790) ; The roads
fare wunnerful darby after the rain (W.R.E.). e.Nrf. Marshall
Rur. Econ. {i-fii .. Suf. Used by an old gardener to express the
condition of the garden after heavy rains. e.An. Dy. Tunes \ iSgaX
Hence Daubeldy, adj. Of soil : in hard knots or lumps.
n.Dor. A baililV reported a field to be ' clitty and daubeldy,' but
wished to sec it ' mellum and sumpel ' (S.S.B.).
DAUBY, see Dobby, sb}
DAUCH, sb. Obs.1 Sc. A soft, black substance,
composed chiefly of clay, mica, and coal-dust. Cf dalk.
Sc. Uke Hist. Riithcrglen (1793) 289 (Jam).
DAUD,.s6. Obs. Yks. \n ^\\r. daud l)on ox datid bon
rabbit tha, an exclamation of a threatening kind. See
Dad, .54.2 "
e.Yks. Common 30 or 40 years ago. Used to turn away a child
or animal that was likely to get into mischief ("W.G.B.).
DAUD, sec Dad, sb.^, v.^
DAUDNEL, mi^. Lnk. (Jam.) [Not known to our cor-
respondents.] Shabby in appearance.
DAUGH, sb. Sc. A division of land ; see belovy.
Inv. Daughs and bolls are unknown anywhere south of Inv.
Every daugh seems to have consisted of forty-eight bolls, which
comprehended a greater or smaller district of country, according
to the tpiahty of the soil, Agric. Smv. 65 f Jam.).
DAUGH, DAUGHT, see Dawch, Dow, v}
DAUGHTER, sb. V&r. dial, uses and forms in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. [da'xtar, doxtsr, dat3(r), doutalr),
d5t3(r).] I. Dial, forms: (i) Daachter, (2) Daater,
(3) Dafter, (4) Darter, (5) Dater, 16) Datter, (7) Dochter,
(8) Dohter, (9) Dorther, (10) Deter, (11) Dother, (12)
Doughter, (13) Douter, (14) Dowter, (15) Dowther, (16)
Dowtor.
(i) Abd. My daachter, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xxxii.
(2) Wm. Did ye ask. . . hoo his daater is? Ward/?. Elsmere(i&&&)
bk. I. ii. Brks. Two zons, and vour daaters, Hughes Scoio-. Wliile
Noise (i8sg) v. Ken. The hopeful issue of her daater Nan, Nairne
Tales (1790) 56, ed 1824. Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). (3) e.An.' Still
occasionally to be heard from some very old people. Nrf.' Dev.
His second dafter, Lady Alice, Madox Bp.own Yelli hounds (1876)
255. nw.Dev., n.Cor. Universal, N. Lr Q. (1853) ist S. viii. 504.
Cor. My love 'mong th' dafters, Netiierton Sng. Sol. (1859"! ii. 2;
Cor.'2, w.Cor. (A.L.M.) (4) Chs.' Not very commonly used ; Chs.^,
s.Not. (J.P.K.), Nhp.i Glo. 'Er do alius call my darter ncames,
Buckman Daike's Sojourn (1890) xi. Nrf.', Ess.'. ne.Ken. H.M,;,
Sue' Dor. I zeed 'en in my darter's maps, ZJon'iYi (1888) 162. Som.
0 ce darters o' Jeruzalem, Baynes Sng Sol. (i860) i. 5. Dev.
^nn^ Cyman's Conductor {iioi^ 126. Cor.' (5) Shr.^ n.Wil.
Th' da'ters zee'd her, an' blessed her, Kite Sng. Sot. (18601 vi. g.
Dev. Ye daters uv Jurcwslim, Baird f"6 i. 5. (6) Sur. I've waarned
my datter, Bickley Sur. Hills (i8go) I. xiii. (7) n.Sc. She's his
ain dochter, Gordon Carglcn {iSgi) 196. Per. It's yer ain dochter,
Cleland Inchbraclien (1883") 60, ed. 1887. Frf. The only dochter
o' oor baker, Willock Rosetly Ends 1 1886 8, ed. 1889. Fif. Would
1 alloc my dochter to marry an Englishman' Meldrum Margredel
(1894) 151. Slg. Strove to clutch My dochter. Towers Poems
( 1885 1 55. Dmb. Sir John Baldwin and his wife and dochter, Cross
Disruption {iZ^^) '^v. Ayr. My wife and dochter, Gavt Provost
(1822] vii. Lnk. Robin . . . had a bonnie dochter, Rodger Poems
(1838) I, ed. 1897. Lth. Wi'adochteras fair as her faither is puir,
Ballantine Pof»!S ( 1856) 100. Edb. Our fine clad dochters, Mac-
NEILL Bygane Times 1 1811) 4. Kcb. I lo'ed an' was lo'ed by the
Dominie's dochter, Armstrong Ingleside \ 1890) 149. Nhb. There's
a man i' our dochter's bovver, Dixon Sags. Eng. Pens. ^1857) 76.
(8 n.Lin.' (9)Lan.These is their dorthers, Hamerton Wenderholnte
(i86g) xl. (10) e Dev. Jerusalem's doters, Pulman 5;i,g'. Sol. (i860)
iii. 10. (11 ) ne.Sc. (A.W.) Abd. She wudna be your dother to dee
onythinglike that, ALEXANDERyoA>i)iv Gi'fii (1871 ) xix. Ags. (Jam.)
Kcd. The souter'sdother, GRANTinj'S (1884) 73. (12' Wxf.' Dough-
tere. N.Cy.' Wm. Sib's mi ane doughter, S/fc. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 30.
w.Yks.', Der.^ n.Lin. If you hed a doughter. Peacock Tales and
Rhymes (i886) 135. (13) w.Yks.' Neighbour Roberts wor for
sendin their douter to plaas, ii. 297. Shr.^ Cot. Tho^ip^s Randigal
Rhymes (1895) Gl. (14) Nhb. Missus and yer dowter, Clare iow
o/" 2.^55 (1890) I. 30. Dur.' Cum. T'dovvters saw her, an' bles't her,
Dickinson S:;g. Sol. (1859'! vi. 9. n.Yks. Our fooaks had a dowter
call'd Polly, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 59. e.Yks. T'aud
squire's getten a dowter, Wray Nesileton ^1876) 283. m.Yks.^
w.Yks. O ye dowters a' Jeruslem, Bywater Sng. Sol. (1859) i. 5;
w.Yks.^'* Lan. A Pharaoh's dowter. Banks A/a»c/:. A/fl/i (1881) iii.
n.Lan. Me lov ainang t'dowters, Phizackerley Sng. Sot. (i860)
ii. 2. s. Lan. Dovvtter. Bamford Z^m/. (1854 . nw.Der.', Nrf.' (15)
e.Yks.' Lan. Aaron Hartley's dowther, Brierley Layroch (1864)
viii. s.Lan. iS.W.) ^i6; Nhb. Maw luve amang the dowtors,
RoBSON Sng. Sol. (1859) ii. 2 ; Nhb.'
Hence (i) Daughter-a-law, "(2) Daughter -law, (3)
Daughter-o'-law, sb. daughter-in-law ; (4) Daughterly,
adj. like a daughter.
(i) Wor. As her and her daughter-a-law come through the back
yatx\.U'tiy John, Coll L.L.B.). (2, Glo.', n.Wil. (E.H.G.) w.Som.
Un Nai'oa'muy zaed the ur daa rtur lau, Pk of Rutli ii. 20, in
Elwouthy G;-(tH!. (1877)108; w.Som.' 13, Nhb. Hur twe dowters-
o'-law vi'in hur, Robson Bk, 0/ Rulh (i860) i. 7. (4) Sc. A young
girl . . .would be daughterly to you, Keith iJoHHi'siarfy (1897) 3a.
Abd. 'Jam.)
II. A boil. w. Yks.'^ [Not known to our correspondents.]
DAUK, adj Sc. Dark, murky.
Sc. Fell Death . . . Trail't him aff i' his dauk car, Tarras Poems
(1804) 10 (Jam.) : Roads wis dauk, wi' blinnin stew, ib. 38.
DAUK, DAUL, see Dawk, i'.'^ Dawl, t'.^
DAULER, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A supine, delicate person.
DAULING, adj. e.An. [dq-lin.] Dull, inactive,
used fig.
e.An.' 'The markets are very dauling to-day'; no spirit in
purchasing.
DAULINGS
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DAUT
DAULINGS, 56. //. Obs. Der. Mining term : veins
of ore formerly rich, but become exhausted.
Der. Twitches, dauliiigs, and pees, Manlove Lead Mines (1653)
1. 26s.
DAULT, see Dalt, sb}
DAUM, sb. and v. Yks. [d^m.] 1. sb. A small
portion or share.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' Dear daums.' very little for money. m.Yks.'
2. V. To deal out or allot sparingly, grudgingly.
n.Yks. The dole of food . . . was . . . daumed out, Atkinson
Lost (i8;o) xviii ; n.Yks.'*, ni.Yks.i
DAUM, see Dwam.
DAUMER, V. and sb. Sc. Written dawmir Bnft?
[damsr.] 1. v. To stun, stupefy ; to damage, knock
about. Gen, in pp. daumer"t.
Bnff.' A stehn fell on's hehd, and dawmert 'im. Abd. He's jist
a kin' o' daumer't i' the held, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) ix ;
I min' naething aboot it — nae won'er wi' a heid daumer't's mine's
been, ib. Ain Flk. (,1875"! 115, ed. 1882.
Hence Daumert, ppl. adj. sleepy, silly, bewildered.
Rnf. A daumert body wha cudna be said to hae ony settled
belief GiLMOUR Paisley Weavers 1 1876) 5.
2. sb. A stunning blow. BnfF.'
DAUNCH, adj. n.Cy. Yks. Der. Also written danch
n.Cj'. Der.' ; and in form dance Der.' [donj, danj.]
Fastidious, over-particular, squeamish ; sensitive, jealous
of one's own dignity. Cf. densh.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) "^/5. add. (P.) w.Yks. Heze getten varry
daunch wal hese been away ameng hiz fine foak, Tom Treddle-
HOYLE Bairnsia Ann. 1 Sept. 25, i86o^ ; w.Yks.*''^ Der.' Ous.
[Begyn I to rekyn 1 thynk alle dysdayn For daunche,
Toiviieley Myst. (c. 1460) xvu. 509.]
DAUNDER, DAUNER, see Dander, sb.'^, v.'^
DAUNDLE, DAUNTLE, see Dawntle.
DAUNEEN, see Dawnin.
DAUNT, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Not. Lin. Won
Shr. Hrf. e.An. Sur. Som. Dev. Written dawnt n.Cy.
Also in forms dahnt s.Wor.' Hrf* ; dant Sc. (Jam.)
w.Yks. n. Lin.' sw.Lin.'; dontw.Yks. [dgnt, dant, dant.]
1. V. To tame.
w.Som.' You'll have to do ever so much vor to [daa*nt] thick
there colt vore j'ou can git tap o' un.
2. To frighten, terrify ; to discourage, dispirit.
Sc. Used obliquely or in a neuter sense (Jam.). n.Cy. Grose
(1790). w.Yks. It wor eniff to dant a lion, Yksmait, (i88i) 219.
s.Not. To be badly so long it's very daunting fJ.P. K.). n.Lin. I
was so danted, I durst hardly thank her for it. Peacock M. Heron
(1872I II. 147; n.Lin.' He was swearin' sliockin' fer onj'body
t'hear, til! a thunner-clap cum an' then he seam'd clear danted.
sw.Lin.' It's very danting for her, poor lass. s.Wor. I didn't think
'er would have liked it, but 'er wasn't daunted at it (H.K. ) ; s.Wor.'
Our Bill, 'e's that melch-'arted as 'e's soon dahnted. Hrf.* Ess.
'Vou daunted the child (H.H.M.). Sur. It's so daunting to a young
chap (T.S.C.).
Hence (i) Daunted, adj. shy, timid, alarmed ; (2)
Daunting, ppl. adj. ominous, discouraging; (3) Daunt-
ingly, adv. courageously, nothing daunted ; (4) Dauntit,
pp. broken in.
(i) Shr.' Daun-ti'd; SUr.* Daunted and dardna try again. (2)
Ayr. What was thought a very daunting sign happened, Galt.<4»ih.
Parish (1821) iii. (31 Ayr. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae
dauntingly gaed he, Burns AFPherson's Farewell. (4) Sc. (Jam-)
3. To stun, knock down. e.An.', Nrf '
4. To dare, challenge, to provoke to some hazardous
deed.
w.'yks. Ah'll dont tha who can lowp t' farthest (S.K.C). Shr.*
Daunted him to it.
5. sb. A discouragement, check.
Rnf. Herbrither never gies them daunts, And never ca's them
poor, Fraser C/i»«f5 (1853) "4- Lth. Ne'er ye mind their crabbit
daunts, Bruce /'o^HS (1813) II. 184. w.Som.' Dhaat puut u daa'nt
paun un puur-dee kvvik [that put a check upon him pretty quick].
Dev. (W.L.-P.)
[1. Makometh . . . Daunted a dowue, P. Plowman (b.)
x^'- 393- OFr. daiiter, 'adoucir' (La Curne).]
DAUNTON, V. Sc. n.Cy. Also in form danton Sc.
N.Cy.' [dontan, dantan, dantsn.] To terrify, intimi-
date, subdue ; to depress, awe, dismay.
Per. Its sadness shall never danton me, Nicoi.L Poems (ed. 1843)
162. Frf. The deil cudna danton Black jock. Watt Poet. Sketches
(1880) 104. Ayr. He's [a critic] no like to daunton me, Service
A'otandnnis (i8go> 125 ; An aiild man shall never daunton me.
Burns The Btnde-red Rose \ 1 794 , st. i. Lnk. His deid-claes winna
daunton me, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 29. Lth. What, weak
wench daunton me! Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 123. Edb.
Woman's noisy plea Shou'd ever be a cause to danton me, Fer-
GUSSON Poems 1,17731 107, ed. 1785 ; I was determined not to be
dauntened, MoiR Mansie Wauch (1828) x, Slk. He shall not
danton me, Hogg Tales (1838) 315, ed. 1866. Gall. They were
not the men to be dauntoned, Crockett Raiders (,1894) xxxvii.
n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; N Cy.i
[Sche thristis in her tender arme into the hole of the
bar, quhair sche lattis vndirstand quhat strenth was in her
tendir and noble bodj', to dantoun thair wicket furie,
Dalrymi^le Leslie's Ilisl. Scotl. (1596) H. 43.]
DAUNTON, see Downdrin.
DAUP, V. Yks. [d9p.] Used imprecatively ; see
below.
w.Yks.* Daup it, equiv. to ' damn it.'
DAUP, see Dowp.
DAUPET, ppl. adj. Sc. Also written daupit, dawpit.
Silly, stupid, foolish, imbecile.
Per. I asked a man ' What docs daupet mean? ' and he replied,
'Adaupet person is a dullion [dull ane], adovieor a taupie' iG.W.).
Rnf. Picken Poems (1788) Gl. (Jam.) Ayr., Lnk. Gl. Snrv. 6gi
{ib.). Lnk. 'Turn it,' quo' she, 'ye daupit fule,' Murdoch Doric
Lyre (1873^ 99.
Hence Daupit-blind, adj. stupid and blind.
Lnk. I wonder what was in my heid The day that I gat married ;
My reason, sure, was daupit-blin, Murdoch Doric Lyre ^1873) 95.
DAUR, DAUREYDNA, see Dare,!'.^
DAURAK, see Darg, sb.
DAURE, V. e.An. To dazzle ; to stun. (Hall.)
DAURG, DAURK, see Darg, sb.
DAURKEN, DAURNA, see Darken, Dare, v.'^
DAUSE, DAUSEY, see Douse ?'.*, Dawsy.
DAUT, sb. w.Yks.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A dot, speck, spot. See Dalt, s6.*
DAUT, V. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Also written dawt; and
in form date Sc. (Jam.) [dot, dat, dit.] To pet, fondle,
caress, make much of See Dalt, sb.^, Delt, v.
Sc. Datyd, to be indulged, Fleming Scripture fi726). Abd, She
sat an' dauted your bonnie brown hair, Thom Rhvnies (1844 1 134.
Kcd. Nane shall be deckit nor dawtit as ye. Grant Lays (1884)
185. Per, She dauts them and bauds them fu' couthie and weel,
NicoLL Poems [ed. 1843)92. Frf. To be dautit I was fain, Beattie
Arnha (c. 1820) 20, ed. 1882. s.Sc. I'll daut ye like a pet lamb,
Wilson Tote (1839) V. 85. Fif. Auld Scotland weel may daut ye,
Mi^Laren Tibbie {iBq^) 35. e.Fif. She wad ta'en me in her airms
an' dawtit me, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864'j xiii. Ayr. I fatherly
will kiss and daut thee. Burns Poet's Welcome (1784) st. 2. Lnk.
I'm downright dizzy when he dauts An' ca's me his ain dearie, O,
Watt Poems (1827) 20. e.Lth. We werna spil't an' dawtit that
gait, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 148. Edb. He maun tak time to
daut his rib, Fergusson Poems (1773) 152, ed. 1785. Dmf. Half
the thieves o' Annandale Are come to steal her gear, and daute her,
Cromek Remains (1810) 98. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
Hence (1) Daut, sb. a caress ; (2) Dauted or Dautit,
ppl. adj. fondled, caressed ; spoiled, made too much of;
(3) Dauting, vbl. sb. a caress, petting, fondling.
(i) Edb. It's no by lecturing, nor preaching. Wives gain their
ends — but dauts and fleeching, M acneill Bygane Times (1811) 18.
(2) Sc. Dawted bairns dow bear little, Ramsay Prov, (1737). Fif.
Our dautit books to use, Douglas Poems (1806) 41. Lnk, Like
dauted wean that tarrows at its meat, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725)
28, ed. 1783. Lth. The tenderest mother Fond of ilk dear dauted
wean, Macneill Poet, li'ks. (1801) 138. Edb. Some mither's
darling dautit imp, M' Dowall Poems (1839,1 ii8. Slk. My best
beloved and dawted dame, Hogg Poems {ed. 1865) 332. Dmf.
Thou justly dawted gracious Dane, Quinn Heather i 1863) 200.
Gall. Each dauted bairn, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1828) 152, ed
1897. Kcb. I am handled as delicately as a dawted child, Ruther-
ford Lett. (1660J No. 76. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Cum. A
dawted monkey does nae mair Than ape the tricks o' fashion,
Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 93; Gl. (1851). (3) Ayr. They limit his
kindness by the dauting of his doylt children, DicKSO.v Waitings
DAUTCH
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DAVY
(1660) I. 45, ed. 1845. Gall. Sally, gay, and used wi' dautin' By
friens or sweethearts a" her life, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1828)
115, ed. 1897.
[I was nevir dautit, Dunbar Petition of the Gray Hoise
(c. 1510) 49.]
DAUTCH, V. Chs. [dgtj.] To mend, patch, in phr.
patch and dautch.
Chs.i How oo'l patch an' oo'l dautch an' oo'l powler for them
childer (s.v. Patch . s.Chs.i I may wear my fingers to the bone
patchin' an' dautchin' for them (s.v. Patch).
DAUTIE, sb. Sc. Cum. Also written dawtie. [do ti,
da-ti.] Darling, pet, dear, a term of" affection. Also
used attrib. See Daut, v.
Sc. She is the dawtie bairn o' her that bore her, Robson Sng.
Sol. (i860) vi. 9. Bnff. Byde still an' speak, my dawtie, Taylor
Poems (1787) 61. Abd. Better an auld man's dawtie be Wi' walth
o' gear than nane, Gitidinan Inglismaill (1875) 40. Per. Lachlan
was calling Elsie his bonnie dawtie, Ian M aclaren Brier Basil (1895)
160. Frf. Dinnatakeon in that way, dawtie, Barrie ToHimjv (1896)
443. Fif. His dauty ance, an' a' that, Douglas Poems ti8o6) 185.
Ayr. ' Her cheeks were lilies dipped in wine,' as Robin Burns has
said ofaneof his dawties, Service/?/-. Z);^^»/rf(ed. 1887)65. Lnk.
A bonnie lad ance lo'ed me weel. And ca'd me aye his dawtie,
Lemon St. Mimgo (1844) 37. Lth. Come wi' our love pledge, our
dear little dawtie, Ballantine Poems (1856 1 39. Dmf. Your
thrawart minny glowrin' Owre ilk dawtie word I say, Reid Poems
(,1894) 148. Gall. Hush thee, my dawtie, Crockett 7I/oss-//«^5
( 1895 ' V. Kcb. He coaxed an' he fleetehed wi' his dawtie, Armstrong
Iiigleside{iBgo) 217. Cum. Oh, dawtie ! dunnet marry yet! Ander-
son Ballads 1 ed. 1808) 168.
DAUZE, DAUZLE, see Daze, Dozzle.
DAVE, I'.' Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also written daive
Cum. [dev.] To assuage, mitigate, relieve ; to soothe.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^ Nhb.' Scarce. Cum. Ct. (1851) ;
(T.E.); Cum.2 w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves {l^Sl'). n.Lan.
(T.E.), ne.Lan.l
DAVE, v.'' Obs. ? Som. To thaw.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; Trans. P/iil. Soc. (1858) 152.
DAVE, see Dive, v.
DAVELIN, DAVELY, see Devilinfg, Deavely.
DAVER, v."- and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lin. Also
written daiver Sc. N.I.^; dayverNlib.; dever Rxb. (Jam.)
[devsr, dev3(ri.] 1. v. To stun, stupefy; also used
imprecatively, like 'confound.'
Sc. Tho' davert sair, Donald Poems (1867) 82. Fif. 'Tis no the
damag'd heady gear That donnar, dose, or daver, Douglas Poems
(1806) 141. Lth, There's naething here our harns to daver, Mac-
neill Poet. IVks. (1801) 173. e.Lth. Trampin a' that road ... to get
your wits daivert at a poleetical meetin, Hunter J. Iiiwiei (1895)
165. Slk. I was klein stoundyt and daveryt, Hogg Tales (1838)
no, ed. 1866. Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf. Daivcr ye (lA.). N.I.' Ant. A
davercd him, /?«//)')««;« Ofo. (1892). N.Cy.' Nhb. Wor Peg wiv
a clubby nigh dayvord the cat, Chater Tyiieside Aim. (1869) 10 ;
Nhb^ He hat him sic a 3'ark alang the jaa 'at it daver't him.
2. To wander aimlessly, to go out of one's way from
stupor ; to wander in mind, become stupid ; to tarry.
Ags. Here's the bed, man I Whare are ye davering to ? St. Kath-
leen 1,1820; ni. 115 (Jam.). Ayr. Ne'er daiver wi' ony Lang o'er
the gill-stoup. White Jottings (,1879; 290. Lth. I've thought Auld
Nick wi' them had leagu'd To ding my head a dav'ring, Bruce
Poems (1813, II. 172.
Hence (11 Davered, /i/i/. ^i/;'. wandering in mind, silly,
senseless ; (2) Davering, ppl. adj. riding or walking in a
dazed condition.
(i) e.Fif. 1 ga'ed aboot the house like ane daivert and doitert,
Latio Tarn Bodkin (1864) viii. Edb. Daver'd, doitct, dais'd and
blinking, Mac.neill Scotland's Scaitli 1 1795) 12. Rxb. He neither
spoke, nor spat, nor swore, But looked like anc that's davered,
Kiddell Poet. IVk-s. (1871; II. 155. N.I.' Nhb. Wis thor ivvor
sec a davered foul! Haldane Gcordv's £«.•?/ (1878) 13; Nhb.' A
davered aad man. w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl.
(a) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
3. To be stiffened with cold, to be benumbed. Sc. (Jam.)
Hence Davert, ppl. adj. benumbed.
n.Sc. But wi' the cauld Sac davert he — he cou'd na crook his mou',
Ghaist, 3 f Jam.). Bch. We, bein' wet, wou'd soon grow davert,
Forbes y/-«. (1742) i6; My fingers are sac davert wi the cauld
that I canna write langer at this time, ib. 18.
4. To tremble, to waver.
n.Lin. It dacker'd an' daaver'd, an' then doon it com (M.P.);
n.Lin.^
5. sb. A stunning blow.
Lnk. I'll sing the feats of mony a gallant daiver, MuiR Cld.
Minstr. (181616. Nhb.i A daver, a devesheragyen the metal pump,
Mi-<fortnnes of Roger and liis Wife.
DAVER, v:^ Wil. Som. Dev. Cor. 'Written davver
Som. Cor.^ Also in forms dabber Dev. ; dapper Cor.*
[deva(r), dea V3(r), daB-V3(r).] To fade, droop, wither;
to soil.
Wil.' Som. Thy tuttiesool blossom, an daver an blossom, Jennings
Dial. w.Eng. (i869)«83; W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev. The flowers
are all dabbered, w. Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6 ; Grose (1790) ; Dev. 2
nw.Dev.' The flowers be daver'd a'ready [rhymes with ' waver'].
Cor. TV. 6- Q. (1854) ist S. x. 300; Cor.'
Hence (i) Davered, ppl. adj. (a) withered, faded,
drooping ; (b) languid, torpid ; (2) Davery-topped, adj.
withered at the top.
(I, a) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev. The ' davered ' is now a
' withered ' flower, Bowring Lang. (1866) I. pt. v. 1 7 ; Shall I drow
away they flowers ? they be proper a-davered [the a short]. Reports
Provinc. (,1891) ; Dev.' Now, dear soul, her's like a daver'd rose, 6.
n.Dev. An' now I be a davered thing. Rock Jim an' Nell {1867)
St. 80. s.Dev. Fox Kingsbridge (iS-n). Cor. She davered was
and brown, Thomas Raiidigal Rliymes (iBg^) 25; Cor.'2; Cor.^
In Redruth district ' dappered.' (i) Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add.
(M.) (2) nw.Dev. (R.P.C)
DAVESHER, sh. Nhb.' A blow that has stunned or
felled. See Daver, sb.
DAVID, sb. Der. Lin. Nhp. Shr. Hnt. [devid.]
1. In comb. David's Harp, the many-flowered Solomon's
Seal, Polygoiiatitm niulliflorum.
[The provincial name of David's Harp appears to have arisen
from the exact similarity of the outline of the bended stalk, with
its pendent bell-like flowers, to the drawings of monkish times, in
which King David is represented as seated before an instrument
shaped like the half of a pointed arch, from which are suspended
metal bells, which he strikes with two hammers, Wilkinson Weeds
and Uild Flo-ums (B. & H.).]
2. Phr. (i) As drunk as David's sow, very much intoxi-
cated ; (2) Like David's eye, a simile of unknown origin.
(I) Der.=, nw.Der.', Nhp.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) [Ray Prov. (1678).]
(2) Shr.2
3. The notice-board that used to be fixed on the singing
gallery in churches, to show what psalm was to be sung.
n.Lin.' It sometimes bore a representation of David with his harp.
DAVIE-DRAP, sb. Sc. A small black-topped flower,
probably the cuckoo-grass, or chimney-sweeps, Luzula
catnpestris.
Gall. Those of Galloway play at hide-and-seek with a little black-
topped flower which they call the Davie-drap. saying, ' Within the
bounds of this I hap My black and bonny Davie-drap : Wha is he,
the cunning ane. To me my Davie-drap will fin',' Chambers Pop.
Rliymes (1870) 204, [This is no doubt Liisula caniptsths, L.; which
often figures in children's games and rh3'ines (B. & H.),]
DAVIELY, adv. Sc. Written daivilie (Jam.). List-
lessly, spiritlessly.
Ayr. Observe the very nowt an' sheep. How dowf and daviely
they creep. Burns Elegy on Year i-]88 (Jan. 1789) I, 28. Lnk. (J am.)
DAVING, sb. Dev. [dea vin.] A boarded partition.
Dev. zv. Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6 ; Dev.'
DAVISON, 5Z). Som. A species of wild plum.
Som. Superior to the bullin, Jennings 06s. Dial. w.Eng (1825).
DAVOCH, s6. Obs. Sc. An ancient measure of land,
consisting of four ploughgates, each of eight oxgangs ;
it is supposed to have averaged 416 acres.
Sc. A davoch contains 3a o.xen-gates of 13 acres each, Statist.
Ace. ''1797) XIX. 290.
[Gael, dabliach, a vat, a measure of land (Macbain).]
DAVVER, sec Daver. v?-
DAVY, s6.' Irel. Yks. I. Ma. Lin. Nhp. Glo. Hnt.
Nif. Also Slang, [de'vi, deavi.] An affidavit, esp. in
phr. to take one's daiy. In gen. colloq. use.
N.I.', e.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.) I.Ma. Tuk their davies,bcin as't
[asked]. Brown Man.v Witch (1889) 54. n.Lin.' I'll tak my davy
on it ivery thod wod he says is a lee. Nhp.' I'll take my davy of it.
Glo. True as 1 be 'ere, that thur's true, measter. I'll teak my
DAVY
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DAWDLE
solium Davy ou't, Buckman Dnike's Sojourn (18901 vii. Hnt.
(T.P.F.), Nrf. (.E.M.I Slang. You may take your davy I ain't,
Buchanan Sloniiv Waters, 16 ; There ain't anybody else as can ride
it to win, I'll take iny davy o' that, Smedley //. Covcniak (1856)373.
DA'VY, sb? Sc. Nhb. Lan. [di'vi.] Sir Humpliry
Davy's safety-lamp; also in comf>. Davy-lamp.
Sc. (.A.'VV. ) Nhb. Nan thought me myekin gam' ; .Said, my Deavy
for a new aw'd had a covvpey O, Midford Coll. Stigs. (1818) 53 ;
Nhb.' Lan. To cum that tap leet o yoars into maw Davy. Thir'll
bi onuther hexplasiien in th' pits, Scholes Tim Gamwatllc 1857) 17.
Hence Davy-man, sb. the man who trims and repairs
the Davy-lamps. Nhb.'
DAVY, V. e.An. [de'vi.] To raise marl from the
clilf, as with a ' davit.'
e.An.' e.Nrf. Marl is sometimes' got out of the cliff' by ' drawing
it up with a wince, which they call d.avyingitup,' Marshall /Ckc.
Econ. (1787).
[Fr. Davi (' David ')i ' nom de personne donne a un outil '
(Hatzfeld, s.v. Dav>er).\
DAVY WHITEHEADS, phr. Shr. Also written
Davy 'White-yeads Shr. (de'vi wai tjeds.] The cotton-
grass, Eriophoniin vaginalion and E. a}if;iistifolinin.
Shr. (B. & H.) ; Shr.' [We callen um Davy 'White-yeads, Science
Gosiip (18801 213.]
DA'W, sb} Sc. Irel. Lin. Won I.W. Dev. Also in
form da Sc. (Jam.) ; daa I.W.' [dq, da.] L The jack-
daw, Con'iis vioitediila.
w.Wor. Birrow'sjrn. {Uar. 3, 1888). I.W.' [SvtAinsON Birds
(1885) 81.]
2. A silly, chattering person ; a fool.
n Lin.' What's good o' listenin' to a daw like that. When
I fall oot it's wi' men, not wi' maggits.
3. A lazy, good-for-nothing person ; a sluggard.
Sc. ' What better is the house that the daw rises early in the
morning ? ' Spoken often by mistresses to their maids when they
have been early up, and done little work, Kelly Prov. {1721) 345.
Per. Ashamed of being mother to such a daw, Cleland Inchbrackcn
(1883) 178, ed. 1887. N.I.' Uls. f/&.y/«. ^)r/<.(,i853-i862)II. 129.
Hence (i) Dawcake, (2) Dawcock, (3) Dawkawk, 56.
a stupid, silly, awkward person.
(i) Dev. Polly Blackmore 'ath abroked my best chinnee tay-
pot. — Yu shudden a-let zichee dawcake hannel tha taythengs at
all, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). (2) n.Dev. The dawcock buoy . . .
Was pixy-led into a pulk, Rock Jim an' Nell (.1867) st. 105.
[The dasnel dawcock sits among the doctors, Ray Prov. (1678)
70.] (3) nw.Dev.' The commonest of all such terms. ' Ya gurt
dawkawk' is very freq. heard.
4. An untidy woman or housewife ; a slattern, drab.
Sc. A year a nurish, seven j'ears a daw, Ray Prov. (1678) 357 ;
They that wash on Saturday Are dirty daws indeed, Chambers
Pop. Rhymes (1870) 388; An only dochter is either a deil or
a daw, Henderson Piov. (1832) 48, ed. 1881 ; Young Bess was
her mammie's ae dother, Though neither a dilp nor a da,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 295. Abd. I see that but spinning
I'll never be braw, But gae by the name of a dilp or a da, Ross
Helcnore (1768) Sng. 135 (Jam.). Ant. A' days bra, an' on
Sundays a daw, Ballyiiiena Obs. (1892).
[1. A poor sowter informede a dawe to speke, Higden
(c. 1440), ed. Rolls, IV. 307. 3. I will nocht be a daw,
1 will nocht slepe, Douglas Eiicados (1513), ed. 1874, iv.
173. (2) Who brought hither . . . this very daw-cock to
lead the dance, Robertson PItias. (1693) 621.]
DAW, s6.° Sc. Shr. [d9, da.] Fire-clay found on
coal ; a cake of cow-dung, baked with coal-dross, used as
fuel.
Fif. When dried in the sun, used by the poor for fuel (Jam.).
Shr.' Giving it a soft, sticky surface, and preventing its ready
ignition. It has the appearance of mould when dry. * I conna
kind that fire this mornin', the coal's all over daw an' mess ;
I never seed sich a thing.'
DAW, sb.^ Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
An atom, jot, particle.
Sc. Never a daw, not the smallest thing that can be imagined
(Jam.).
DAW, V. and sb* Sc. Nhb. [dp.] 1. v. To dawn.
ilSc. Drink till the day be dawing, Buchan Ballads (1828) II.
23, ed. 1875. Abd. Till gentle morning daw'd, Cadenhead
Flights (1853) 314. Per. Nor hamewith steers till mornin' daw,
VOL. II.
NicoLL Poems fed. 1843I 97. Flf. The weird-set day begins to
daw, Tennant Pn/iis//7 , 1827") 46. w.Sc. Slill used i Jam.). En'.
An' morning light begins to daw, Allan Poems (1836; 58. Ayr.
Day did daw, and cocks did craw. Burns My flo^'^ie, st. 4. Lnk.
Lord Gregory has far to ride or e'er the neist day daw', Thomson
Leildy May (1883) 2. Lth. The mornin' daws wi' gowden ray,
Smith Merry Bndal (1866') 44. Dmf. The ruddie morn was
dawing, Cromek Remains (iSio) 66. N.Cy.' Nhb. Tiv sike time
is the day daws, an' the cloods is a' flown, Robson Sng. Sol.
(1859 ii. 17 ; Nhb.'
Hence Dawing, vbl. sb. the dawn, break of day.
Elg. The dawin's o'ei", Couper Toiirifiralions (1803) II. aig.
Abd. It was near the daw'ing, Beattie Parings (1801) 39, ed.
1873. Ayr. The noble wooer Gaed huntin' at dawin' o' morn,
Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 71 ; I could na get sleeping till
dawin' for greeting, Burns As I was a wandering, st. 3. Edb.
Little persuasion would have made him stay all night and reel till
the dawing, Moir Mansie IVaiich (1828! xiv. Slk, Snell an' frosty
was the dawin', Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) gr. Dmf. Between the
sunset and the dawing, Cromek Remains (1810) loi. Gall. Wha
can stop . . . me frae sleep at dawin', Nicholson Poel. IVks.
(1828 I 137, ed. 1897. NCy.', Nhb.'
2. Obs. To arouse, awaken.
n.Cy. * I was just dawed,' I was just awakened from a sound
sleep, Grose (1790); Goe daw that fellow (K.) ; N.Cy.^ To be
dawed, to be fully awakened.
3. sb. Dawn.
Elg. Ae mornin' daw ... I dandered through the walk again.
Tester Poems (18651 158. Lnk. Till daylicht's daw' ... I like a
brock lay snorin', Murdoch Done Lyre (1873) 70. Lth. She cam
smiling sweetly as young mornin' daw, BALLANTiNEPoeM;s(i856) 5.
Dmf. Mair couthie joy distills Frae this than glow'rin' on the tropic
daw', Reid Poems (1894) 29.
[1. I dawe, as the daye dothe, Jc ajourne, the day
daweth, il adjonnie, Palsgr. ME. daiven (Chaucer);
OE. dagian. "2. Whan a dronken man swouneth, there is
no better medecyne to dawe hym with than to throwe
maluesy in his face, Palsgr.]
DAW, adj. n.Cy. Yks. Doughj', under-baked.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788);
Still in common use (R S.). w.Yks. Rare (,M.F.).
DAW, see Dar(r, sb., Dor(r, Dow, v.^
DAWB, see Daub.
DAWCH, V. and sb. Sc. (Jam.) Also written dattgh
Slg. 1. V. To moisten as with dew, to damp. Ayr.
2. sb. A very heavy dew or drizzling rain. Slg.
Hence Dawghie, adj. moist, damp.
Ayr. A dawghie day.
DAWD, see Dad, s6.^ Dade.
DAWDERLY, n(/t/. Yks. [dpa'dsli.] Slovenly, loosely,
out of shape.
w.Yks. But yet they [clothes] hung soa dawderly. Like suits i'
shops, Hartley Dili. (c. 1873 ■ 55 ; Yks. ll'kly. Post ( Mar. 27, 1897).
D AWDGE, sb. Lnk. (Jam.) A ragged fellow, a ' tatter-
demalion.'
DAWDIE, sb. Sc. See below.
Sc. Hey, cockie dawdie, hey cockie dow, Are ye ony better
since ye got your row [roll], Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 153.
DAWDLE, sb., v. and adv. Sc. Wm. Yks. Not. Lin.
Nhp. Brks. Dev. [dg-dl, dpa'dl.] 1. sb. A lazy, indolent
person ; a frivolous, useless person.
Bnfif.' w.Yks. Thay fancy, noa daght, at wir poor helpless
dawdles an fitter ta dress dolls then mack wives, Tom Treddle-
HOYLE Bairns/a Ann. (1854) 52. n.Lin.' What a dawdles thoo art
sewerly. Nhp.' What a poor dawdle she is. Brks ', Suf.'
Hence (i) Dawdlekum, s6. a loiterer or ' slow-coach ' ;
(2) Dawdling, sb. a lazy, indolent person.
(i) nw.Dev."Mr. Dawdlekum' is a frequent term of banter. (2)
■Wm. She is nothing but a dawdling ( B.K.).
2. V. To propel the ball, in the game of hockey or
' shinny,' with short dribbling strokes, so as to keep the
play to oneself.
sNot, Don't dawdle ; you'll get the ball took from yer (J.P.K.).
3. To spoil, mess, bedabble.
Kcd. His wobs o' wincy [were] dawdlt waur Nor any scoorin'
cloot, Grant Lays (1884) 8.
4. adv. Indolently, lazily.
Bnff.' He geed dawdle up the street.
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DAWDRY
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DAWN
DAWDRY, adj. Sc. Slovenly, untidy,
Rnf. Up. up, your dawdry doublets draw, Webster Rhymes
(18351 104.
DAWDY. see Dowdy.
D AWF, sh. Suf. A dwarf ; also used aityib. of persons,
beans, Ac. e.Suf. (F.H.)
DAWFISH, sb. Or.I. [d^'fij.] The lesser dog-fish,
Sqnaliis caUdiis. 1, , ■
Or.I. The lesser dog-fish, which is here called the daw-fish, is
caught in small quantities on our coasts, Barry Orkney (1805)
296 (Jam.\ S. & Ork.i
D AWFUL, «,^y. e.Yks.^ [dg-ftil.] Doleful, woebegone.
DAWG0S,s6. Obs. n.Cy. A dirty, slatternly woman.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; DafTock, dawgos, a dirty slut. Coles
(1677) ; N.Cy.2 [A mawkin, a trapes (K.V]
DAWGY,(7(^'. w.Yks.« [d9-gi.] Of under-done bread,
&c. : soft, flabby. Cf doughy.
DAWK, sb} Yks. [d^k.] A hollow, flaw, depression
in anything. Hence Dawky, ac/j. full of holes, as a black-
smith's hammer-stone is. Cf. delk, sb.
w.Yks.2 E. g. in a grindstone.
[Dalke, vallis, Prompt. ; A dalk in the nekke, Bibles-
worth (c. 1325) in Wright's Voc. (1857) 146.]
DAWK, v.^ and sb.^ Glo. Wil. Soni. Also in forms
daak Glo.= Wil.' Som. ; dack, dauk Wil.' [dok, dak.]
1. V. To drive a sharp instrument into anything ; to
incise with a jerk, to puncture ; to dig up weeds
GIo.'^ Wil.' Should a savage cat tear out a piece of flesh from
the hand, she is said to 'dawk ' it out. Dawk expresses a ferocious
stab and tear combined, Village Milters. Also used of a baker
marking loaves—' Prick it and dack it and mark it with T, And
put it in the oven for baby and me,' Nursery Rhyme.
2. sh. A sharp peck, dig, stab.
Som. Gied un a daak wi' hes bill, Agrikler Rhymes (1872) 21.
[1. Cp. OE. dale, a pin (^Elfric).]
DAWK, j'.= and s6.* Sc. Also written dauk Sc. (Jam.)
[dok.] 1. V. To drizzle.
Fif., Ayr., Lth. (Jam.) Lth. Betimes it dawked, and the sun
would bleer out for fully ten minutes, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892)
301.
Hence Dawky, adj. moist, drizzly.
Sc. I . . . was beginning to clear my een frae the dew draps,
for it was a dawky morning, Dlackw. Mag. {Nov. 1820) 201 (Jam.).
2. sb. A drizzling rain. Fif, Ayr., Lth., Slg. (Jam.)
DAWK,v.^ and sb.* Yks. [dok] 1. v. To idle. m.Yks.'
Hence Dawky, (i) adj. helpless, idle ; (2) sb. a helpless,
silly woman,
(i) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Sept 10, 1892) ; w.Yks.^An old
woman was called Dawky B . (2) w.Yks. Aw niver seed sich
a dawky i" maw ioife, Sheffield Indep. (1874).
2. sb. A helpless, idle woman w.Yks.'
DAWK, t).* Yk?. Lin. [dpk.] With o«/: to over-dress,
dress smartly but untidily and slovenly.
e.Yks.' She's dawk'd her-sen oot like a peea-cock. n.Lin.
Dawked oot i' things as the'r uncle sent fra Manchester.
Peacock Tales (1890) 14; n.Lin.' She dawked hersen oot aboon
a bit. m.Lin, She wor dauked out wi' ribbins an' friUs from he'd
to toa (T.H.R). sw.Lin.' How she dawks hersen out !
Hence Dawky, adj. over-dressed.
e Yks. Very common. We sail ha' ti get shut of oor lass
[servant], she's gettin' ower dawky (R.S.). n.Lin.' Well, that
lass duz look dawky ; why see, she's a green bonnit, a violet
merina goon, an' yalla' ribbins on, the deary me.
DAWK, v.^ and sb."" Yks. [d9k.] 1. v. To daub,
bemire. 2. sb. A daub. w.Yks. (J.W.)
Hence Dawky, adj. dauby.
e.Yks. Still in use, but more commonly applied to slovenly dress
or garments (R.S.) ; (J.G.)
DAWKER, .sZ>. Win. [d^'kar.] The corn-crake, Crex
pratensis. See Dakar, si.'
s.Wm. Dawkers scream'd sadly last neeght, Hutton Stortli and
Arnside Dial. (1760) I. 58.
DAWKIN, ,s/,.i n.Cy. Cum. Yks. [d^kin.] A dirty,
slovenly woman. Cf. daffock, sA.'
n.Cy. (P. R.) ; N.Cy.2 Cum. She was a feckless dawkin', an'
gude for nowt, Linton Lizzie Lorlon (1867) xxv. Yks. (G.U.')
W.Yks. Better a dule for a wife than a dawkin, Yks. Mag. (Oct,
1872) 29 ; Fowk mun be awther divils or dawkins, Prov. in Brig-
house News {l\.\i%. 10, 1889); w.Yks. '3*
DAWKIN, sb.'^ n.Cy. Lan. Lin. Also in form deawkin
Lan. [dpkin.] A dull, stupid person ; a simpleton.
Lan.', s.Lan. (F.E.T.), n.Lin.'
Hence (i) Dawkin, adj. dull, listless; (2) Dawkinly,
adv. stupidly, foolishly.
(i) s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (2) n.Cy. Dawkingly-wise,
wise in his own opinion, Grose (1790^ Lan. 'E begun looken
dawkinly waise, Scholes Trti Gamtvaille (iS^t i ^-j ; Lan.' After
looking dawkinly-wise a bit, Collier IVks. (1750) 52. s.Lan.
(F.E.T.)
DAWKS, sb. and v. Lin. Glo. Also written dawkes
Glo. [d^ks.] 1. sb. A slattern. Cf dawkin, sb.'
sw.Lin.' What a dawks she looks I Glo. Gross (1790); Gl.
(1851J ; Glo.'
2. V. To over-dress, dress up.
Lin. I ain't goin' to hev the kids dawksed out like monkeys at
a fair, Gilbert Rugge (1866) I. 314.
DAWL, I/.' and sb. Pern. Dev. [d9l.] 1. v. To
dash, strike.
Dev. zv. Times (Apr. g, 1886) 6, col. 6 ; Dev.* ' Ods-wenderekins !
speak ; I'll dawl thee jaws for thee,' and way that a geed en zich
a whister-clister as made his eyes strike vire, 15.
2. sb. A h\o\v,geii. on the head.
s.Pem. John Arter 'ave 'ad a reel nasty dawl, a's laid up with it.
Obsol. (W.M.M.)
DAWL, v.^ Nhb. Yks. Not. Lin. Also written dall
Nhb.' n.Yks.' w.Yks ^ ; daul n.Yks.'= ne.Yks.' m.Yks.'
n.Lin.'; dole Yks. [d9, d93l.] To tire, weary, fatigue ;
to be satisfied with, to loathe, disrelish. Also used jig.
Nhb.i n.Yks. I am doled o' this job, it would dole anybody
(W.H.) ; n.Yks.' It dauls me sairly, diz this thravellin' by t'reeal.
Ah's daul'd o' my meat ; n.Yks.2 We're beginning to daul o'
t'spot. ne.Yks.' Ah's fair daul'd oot. e.Yks. Marshall /?«)•. fcoK.
(1796); e.Yks.' Ah can't eeat ne mair, Ah's fair dawl'd. m.Yks.'
w.Yks.' I'se sadly dawled wi' my journey to-day ; w.Yks.^ Fair'd
dawal'd out. n.Lin.' If thoo walks all th' waays Ira here to Lincoln
an' by agean thoo'll daul thy sen aboon a bit, I kiiaw. sw.Lin '
The herses were strange and wouldn't eat, so they got dawled on
the road.
Hence (i) Dawled, ppl. adj. tired, worn out, satiated ;
low-spirited, down-hearted; (2) Dawling,/i//.nfl^'. wearing,
tiring, exhausting, irksome ; (3) Dawlsome, adj. dull,
dreary, miserable ; nauseative.
(i; n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks. (I. W.) e.Yks. Ah'm doled o'
the misery, misery 'at sits at a man's fireside, Linskill E.xihange
Soh/ (1888) vi ; (W.W.S.) m.Yks.' A dauled person is not angrily
excited, as a * stalled ' one may be, A person may be ' stalled,* or
tired of doing and thinking twenty times during the day, but only
dauled out at the end of it. w.Yks. I'm neearly dawled to deeath
an I nivver heear nowt, Piidsey Oliit. (1881) 23 ; Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1788) ; w.Yks.' Doald. (2) Nhb.' ■ It's a varry dallin job,'
a common expression. n.Yks. It's dolin' to be closed in i* the thick
ice so long, Linskill Haven Hilt (1886) li. e.Yks. Leeds Mere.
Siip/il. (Sept. 10, 1892). w.Yks.5 'This is dawaling wark. s.Not.
It mun be a dawling job, being a queen (J.P.K.). n.Lin. It is a
daulin' walk, up-hill all waay 1 M.P.). sw.Lin.' It's dawling work
ligging so long in bed. (3") e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.)
[Elotirdii; to dull, dall, Cotgr.]
DAWL,!;." Nrf Also written dor?. [d9l.] To coax,
fondle, stroke gently with the hand ; also used iiitr.
Nrf. (A.G.) ; I saw him hanging and dawling over her (W.W.S.);
Nr/. Arch. (1879, VIII. 169 ; Nrf.'
DAWL, DAWLESS, see Doll, Dowless.
DAWLIE, adj Sc. [doli.] Slow, slovenly.
Sc. Dauted dochters mak dawly wives, Henderson Prov. (1832')
106, ed. 1881. Ayr. (Jam.)
DAWLIN, see Darling.
DAWLINGS, .s/;. />/. Obs.l Der. Rich veins of ore
wlicn they retrograde into poor ones.
Der. Mander Miners' Gl. (1824I.
DAWLY, DAWMIR, see Daumer, Dowly.
DAWN, s/a' Yks. Not. Lin. Written dorn n.Lin.'
[don, dgsn.] The first feathering of j'oung birds; the
liair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft
feathery hairs of some seeds ; anything flufl'y.
w,Yks, (J.W,) s.Not. There's a bit o' dawn on the lad's chin.
DAWN
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Thistlc-dawn (J.P. K.)- Lin. On softest bed I ever knew ('Twas
made of purest ' dawn '), Brown Lit. Laiir.{\&^6) 62. n.Lin.i Them
Buttcrwick fanners lets ther land graw ram full o' thistles, an'
when a west wind cums all th' dorn blaws up o' my land, an' ivery
bit on it graws. sw.Lin.' She left some dawn on the breers. He
doesn't want any of that white dawn [cotton-wool] putten round
him (in his collin].
[Dawne, Icmiigo, Cath. Angl. (1483). Not identical w.
lit. E. doivn.]
DAWN, (K^. and si.' Wor.Shr.Hrf. Glo. Som.Dev. Also
written dorn s.Wor. ; and in form doan vv.Som.' nw.Dev.'
[d9n,d93n.] 1. adj. Of corn, hay, sheets, &c. : damp.
w.Soni.^ n.Dev. Doan sheets cawed poor want-catcher Ned,
Rock Jim an AV7/ (1867) st. 109 ; ' Rether doan, I sim, vor car'eet'
is quite common in harvest-time (R.P.C.). nw.Dev.'
Hence Dawny, ndj. (i) of grain, liay, itc. : mouldy,
mildewed, not well made ; (2) soft, damp, sticky, clammy;
foggy-
(i) Shr.' The 'ay s gettin mighty dawny ; it's lain out so lung,
an' theer's bin a power o' rain on it. Hrf. Mortom Cyclo. Agric.
(1863) ; Applied to hay that is not well made (W.'W.S.) ; Hrf.i;
Hrf.2 The hay was very dawny. (2) w.Wor.^ I canna kip a bit o'
fittle in this place, things gets dawny d'reckly yu puts 'em down
out a yer 'and. s.Wor. (H.K.), s.Wor.', Glo.'
2. sb. 'Wet, damp bread.
Dev. Monthly Mag. (i8io) I. 434 ; (Hall.) [Grose (1790) MS.
add. (,C.)1
DA"WNIN, vbl. sb. Irel. Stf. Ndd. 'Written dauneen
Wxf.' [d9 nin.] The dawn.
Wxf.' s.Stf. I'm fast sure he'll go some dawnin' afore I'm up,
Geo. Eliot A Bede (1859, 1. 62. [Nfld. (G.P.)]
[In a daweninge, As Chauntecleer . . . Sat on his perche,
Chaucer C.T. b. 4072.]
DA'WNT, see Daunt.
DAWNTLE, V. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Written dauntle
w.Yks. ; and in form daundle e.Lan.' [d^ntl, e.Lan,
also d9-ndl.] To dandle, fondle, caress.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. Cudworth//o)/o» G/.(i886), e.Lan.'
DA'WNY, adj. Irel. Also written deny s.Ir. [d9ni.]
1. 'Weakly, sickly, delicate; in poor health.
Cav. Pat is dawney with the cold in his head (M.S.M.). s.Ir.
(J.W.ff.)
2. Small, tiny.
Ir. 'When he afterwards held her hand as she was going away
at the hall-door he slipped a dawny ring of gold on her finger,
Flk-Loye Rec. (1880") VIII. 4 ; She in her side saddle on the back of
a dawney little pon}', Kennedy Fireside Stories (18701 69. s.Ir. A
little wee diny dony bitofan old man.CROKER Leg. (1862J 102. Wxf.
The dawny little crathur was pretending that a tailor was the first
trade, Kennedy Banks Boro (1867) 190 ; I saw five or six of the
dawniest creatures you ever saw in your life, ib. 7.
DA'WP, V. m.Yks.' [dop.] To soil by touch. Hence
Dawps, sb. a slattern, a dirty, untidy woman.
DAWP, DAWPIT, see Dowp, sb}, Daupet.
DA'WSE. see Douse, v.^
DA'WSEY, adj. Nhp. [d^zi.] Sticky, adhesive,
smeary.
Nhp.' As a soft, ill-made batter-pudding, which adheres to the
knife in cutting ; bread which is not sufficiently baked ; or roads
which are slippery from moisture, but not sloppy. ' The batter
pudding was so dawsey, it would not cut smooth.' ' The streets
were so dawsey, I could hardly keep on my feet.'
DA'WSY, adj. Sc. Yks. e.An. Also written dausey
Suf. ; dauz(e)y e.Yks.^ e.An.^ Nrf.^; dawsie Sc. (Jam.);
dawzey Suf [d^zi.] Stupid, silly, bewildered; dull,
inactive, doltish. Cf dawzle.
Lth. It conveys both the idea of constitutional folly or imbecility
of mind, and of bodily torpor. The term is conjoined with
* creature,' or some substantive expressive of contempt ; and often,
applied to a slovenly foolish woman in this form, dawsie mawsie
(Jam.). e.Yks. Nicholson Flk Sp. (1889) 93 ; e.'Yks.' He's aboot
dauziest chap Ah ivversee'd ; he can't undherstan reetly nowt yan
[one] tells him. e.An.', Snf. (C.T.')
Hence Dausey-headed, adj. giddy, thoughtless ; be-
wildered, confused.
e.An.', Nrf.' Nrf., Suf. Dansej.-headed [sic], Grose (1790"). Suf.
Cullum Hift. I/awsled 11813 ; Suf.' A dawzey hiddcd fellah.
DAWT, sceDaut, f.
DAWTHER, V. Ken. Dev. [d9-tSa(r).] 1. To
tremble, shake; to move in an infirm, shaky manner.
See Dither, !'.', Dother, v.^
Ken.' He be gettin' in years now, Init he manages jus' to dawther
about the shop a little othcrwhilo ; Ken. = To shake, jar, as a hollow
board when nothing is held against it, is apt to do when you drive
a nail into it.
Hence (i) Dawthering, (2) Dawthery, adj. shaky,
tottering, trembling.
(i) Dev.^ (2) Ken.' Used commonly of old people — * He begins
to get very dawthery.'
2. Coiiip. Dawther-grass, the grass, Briza media.
Ken.' Elsewhere called Quaker, or quaking, grass ; Ken."
DAWTIE, see Dautie.
DA'WZLE, V. e.An. Also written dawsel Suf.
(Hall.); dazle e.An.' Nrf; dazzle Suf.; dorsle e.An.'
[dozl.] To stun, stupefy, confuse, daze. Cf dawsy.
e'.An.', Nrf.', Suf. (Hall.) e.Suf. He hit me such a dunt he
almost dazzled me (F.H.). s.Suf., n.Ess. Fokby GI. (1895).
Hence Dawzled, ppl. adj. dazzled, dazed ; stunned.
e.Suf (F.H.)
DAX, V. Pern. e.An. [daks.] Used imprecatively.
Cf dash, V. 4.
s.Pem. Dax this 'ere thing, 'tis too bad (W.M.M.I.
Hence Daxed, pp. and ppl. adj. dashed, damned, con-
founded.
s.Pem. The daxxed thing ('A.). e.An.'
DAY, sb. 'Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
written daay I.W.' ; dai Ant. n.Cy. ; de w.Yks.^ Lan.
Chs. Der. Sur. Sus.' Dev.' ; dee w.Yks.^ ; del e.Sus. ;
dey Lan. Wil. 1. In comb, (i) Day aboot, alternation
of days ; (2) .bed, lazy, prone to lie late in bed ; (3)
•berries, the wild gooseberry, Ribes Grossii/aria ; (4) -cat,
a female cat ; (5) -corps, the gang of miners who work by
day as distinct from those who work by night ; (6)
-darger, a day-worker; (7) -daw, the dawn of day; (8)
.falling (delfollan), the close of day ; (9) -flower, the bng-
cistus, Cis/iis ladanifcnis; (10) -lad, a lad who works by
the day ; (11) -light, in phr. not to sec daylight, not to dis-
cern a fault ; (12) -light-falling (dellet fawn, dellanfau",
(13) -light-gate or -light's gate, (14) -light-going or -gone
(dayligone), twilight, evening, dusk; (15) -lightening,
morning, twilight, daybreak; (16) -lights, (a) the eyes;
{b) life ; (17) -lily, the asphodel ; (18) -lived, ephemeral;
(19) -man, a day-labourer, one who works and is paid by
the day ; (20) -math, a day's mowing for one man ;
a measure of land; (21) -morning, this morning; (22)
•shift, see -corps ; (23) -sky, daylight ; (24) -spring,
a place in a field which is wet both winter and summer ;
(25) -tool, a bad or worn-out tool ; (26) -wage, (27) -win,
the day's earnings ; (281 -work, (a) work done by the day,
not piecework ; ib) a measure of land ; three roods of
land ; (c) a variable number of table-knife blades (the
number being regulated by the workmanship) to be made
for a fixed sum; (29) -'s light, daylight; (30) -[s man,
[a) a day-labourer, (b) an arbitrator, umpire, mediator.
(I) Sc. (A.'W.) e.Fif. Frae that moment he swore to hae d.ay-
aboot wi's if he cud, Latto Tain Bodkin {i&6^) y.v. (2) I.W.' A
leyazy daaybed chap. (3) Ken.' " Dev.' Her wid always dole out
zomething— a tetty o' rosen, or ripe deberries, 52; Dev.*, Cor.'"
(4'! Dev. Reports I'roviiic. (1887) 15. (5) Cor. The day and night
work alternates weekly, or, in some cases, fortnightly. A spell of
work is for eight hours, O'Donoghue St. Knigliton { 1864) Gl. (6)
Slk. This is natural man — the child— the day-darger — the savage,
Chr. North A'octe (cd. 1856) III. 44. (7") Sc. Mackay. Fif. The
day-daw scarce begoud to glisten, 'Whan frae his pallet up-sprang
Diston, Tennant Papistry (1827) 132. (8) Ldd. It rained from
de(l)follan to bed-time, N. 6- Q. (1872) 4th S. ix. 119. (9) n.Lin.
(B. & H.) (10) s.Not. He's a ten-penny day-lad (J.P.K.). (11)
Bnff.' (12^ Ldd. A^. & O. (1874) 5th S. i. 91. (13) n.Cy. (K.)
Der. Monthly Mag. (1815I II. 297. (14) n.Ir. (M.S.M.) ; N.I.'
Uls. Vis. Jrn. Arch. (1853-1862) W. 41. Ant. Dailigone,
Ballymetia Obs. (1892); (M.B-S.') (15) Cum.' (:6,«) n.Yks.
Ah'll knock thy dayleets out (I.'W.). w.Yks.' Lan. When ut e
did hopen meh deylects, I could .see nawt i' th' ward, Paul Bobbin
Sf^?/f/ (18191 23. nw.Der.' Dev. But I let my oaken twig vail
a trap o's wig, 'Which zct 'is daylights a dancin', Pasmore Stories
F a
DAY
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DAY-NETTLE
(tSa^) n (b) Dev.3 I lov'th 'n zo much, I ciide hug'n till I squeezed
he daylighte o'n out. (17) SIk. The daisy is fair the day-hly rare,
Chr.-Sorth Nodes {ed. 1856) II. 133- (i8)Rnf. See the day-
livM tribes expiring, Seeming weak and weary O, Webster
man ■ 'e niver'ed no sattled wurk (J.P.K.). n.Lin.i, Nhp.' Glo.
' The cattle-foils,' in fact, consider themselves certainly superior to
the ordinary 'day-men,' BucKMAN£>rt;fe'sSo;o»™ (1890) iii;(S.S.B.)
eAn» Nrf HoLLOWAY. (20) Chs. Gastrell A'o/i/ia Cestiiensis
(c 1707) in Chet/iam Soc. Pub. (1845) VIII. 198 ; Chs.» ; Chs.2 It
is properly one-half of a Cheshire acre, which is to the statute acre
in the proportion of 64 to sol ; Chs.^ s.Chs.i Fahyv-dimaath,
sevn-dimaath- feyld [' Five-demath ' or a ' seven-demath field '].
The statute acre, or demath, is still roughly taken as half the
Cheshire acre. nw.Der.',Shr.2 Hrf. Marshall /JmVtf (1818I II.
314; Applied only to meadow or grass lands, and averages about
astatute acre, Duncumb//«/. Hi/. (,1804) 215. (21) w Som.> Aan
u zee-d-n siinz dai-maumeen— u brak'sus-tuym [(I) have not
seen him since this morning, at breakfast-time]. nw.Dev.> (2a)
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). (23) Slk. Let
a-be till after the close of the day sky, Hogg Tales (1838) 302, ed.
1866. (24) n.Yks.2 (25) w.Som.i [U praupurdai'-tcol] implies
such an implement as a man would use who found his own tools
and worked by the day. The term is of everyday use. Applied
s.\so Jig. to persons. 'He's a purty old day-tool— he too— why I
widn gie un zix pence a wik.' (26) n.Yks.^ (27) (i. 'What's
t'bouk o' thy day-win'' the bulk or amount of your day's earnings.
(28,(1) Wm. Her mudder used toga oot ta day-warksec as weshin,
en baken haver-bread, Taylor SkcUhes{iS82) 3. w.Yks.i, e.Lan.',
n.Lin.i, Nhp.', Shr.2, I.W.i (i) w.Yks. Da wark = 64 local roods of
49 sq. yds. each, about I acre, N.&Q. (189718th S.xi.353; w.Yks.';
w.Yks.2 Day's work ; w.Yks.^ Hence applied to I acre, that being
a day's work mowing. Stf. All that half day work of land in two
parts divided by the Canal situate in the Common Town-Field
he\on%mzlo Slone, Deed of Conveyance {i'l<j2). (c) w.Yks." (29)
nw.Dev.' 'Twaz a-got day'slight, you knaw. (30, nl Hrt. Ellis Cy.
Hszv/. {i-]So) 16. (6) Sc. They spoke of other things, be sure, than
of poor Elizabeth and her daysman's burden, Keith Lisbeth (1894)
XX. n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.) ; A dais man is still a popular
term for an arbitrator in the north, N. & Q. (1850) ist S. i. 267;
N.Cy.', Nhb.' n.Lin.' It was in common use both in the Isle of
Axholme and on the east side of the Trent, at least as late as the
year 1825. [Ray (i6gi).]
2. Phr. (i) Day afkr the fair, too late ; (2) — an' daily,
constantly, every day ; (3) — by (the) length, (4) — in and
day out, all day long ; (5) come day, go day, an expression
applied to an improvident person wlio spends all and
saves nothing ; (6) not to hear day nor door, to be unable to
distinguish one sound from another, not to hear distinctly ;
gen. used to express the stunning effect of a loud noise ;
(7) Sirs, the day, an exclamation of surprise or lament ;
(8) the day, to-day, the present time ; see The ; (9) the day
white, during the day ; (lo) to lose a day, to lose a day's
wages by being unable to work ; (11) to make day and way
o'l, to support oneself, to pay one's way without anything
over ; (12) lo make the day and the ivay alike long, to take
too long over an excursion, so as not to return till after
dark ; (13) to pass the day, — the time of day, to greet any-
one in passing, to wish ' good morning,' &c.
(i) 0x0 MS. add. (2) Sc. (A.W.), N.I.' (3) Cum.' e.Yks.'
Ah nivver see'd sike frakshus bayn ; she'll rooar day-by-length. {4)
w.Yks.' (si w.Yks. (J.W.) Nhp.' It's come day, go day, with
him. (6) Sc. She's asdcaf as Corra-linn ; we canna mak her hear
day nor door, Scott Old Mortality (1816) viii. n.Sc. I canna hear
day nor door (Jam.). Bch. In a weaven the house wis gaen like
Lavvren-fair; for you wou'd'nahae hard day nordoor, FoRisEsyrH.
(1742) 8, cd. 1785. Abd. That day nor door a body cudna hear.
For everything was put in sic a steer, Ross Helenore (1768) 94,
cd. i8i2. (7) Ayr. Eh ! sirs, the day, hearken to that ! Service Dr.
Diigt<id{ed. 1887)132. (8) Sc. But we maun a' live the day, and have
our dinner, Scott WtJt'c>-/cjv(i8i4)xlii; How are ye theday? (Jam.)
Frf. Wlia's to wear the breeks the day ? Barrie Tlirums (iS8g) ix.
GaU. I saw your brither the day, Crockett Slickil Min. (1893) 3.
N.Cy.' (9I Ess. If thty don't dry, they'll hazel [partly dry] in the
day while (H.H.M.). ( 10) w.Som.' ' Plase, sir, I wants to lost half-
a-day '—to go from my work for halfa-day, and allow half-a-day's
wages. (11, 12) Sc. (Jam.! ^13) Not.' Rut.' I don't know him;
only just to pass the time o' day. It don't seem nat'ral when a
neighbour doesn't pass the day. Lei.' A joost passt the toime o'
dee, but a didii' sey nothink. Nhp.', War.3
3. A portion of time, the extent of which is determined
by the word conjoined with it.
Sc. A year's day (^Jam.). Abd. He has been awa this month's
day (ib."],
4. A fixed period of time.
Ant. When his day of the mill is up (W.H.P.).
5. A delay or respite ; time allowed for payment.
n.Yks. Shall have day given till the next Sessions, Qnatter Scss.
Rec. (July 1615) in A'. R. Rec. Soc. (1884) II. 100. Lan. He said
he could have sold her for C^ los. if he would have given day
with her till midsummer, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 79.
6. A light or partition of a window separated by mullions.
Suf. Gardner Hist. Ditnwich (1754). Wil. Grose (1790) MS.
add. (M.) [A window of so many dayes, Dallaway Architecture
(1771) 173.]
7. A mining term for the surface of the ground, the top
of a pit-shaft, the 'bank.'
Nhb.' A stratum is said at its outcrop to have ' cropped out to
the day,' Nhb., Dur. To draw your coals to bank (or day),
Contpleat Collier (1708) 12. Cum.' w.Yks.' A rock or vein of
coal, lead, &c., lying near the surface, is said to be ' near't day.'
Der. A vein worked open from the day, Mawe Mineralogy (1802)
(s.v. Opencast). Cor.*
8. Comp. (i) Day-drift, an adit or level working from
the surface ; (2) -fall, a pitfall ; (3) -hole, see -drift ; (4)
-pit, an old marling term ; apparently a marl-pit opened
on the side of a hill ; (5) -shaft, a salt-mining term :
the main or working shaft of a mine ; (6) -stones, loose
stones lying upon the surface ; (7) -water, surface-water
running into the pit.
(i) Nhb.' [Galleries or inclined planes driven from the surface
so that men can walk underground to and from their work with-
out descending and ascending a shaft, Gl. Lab. (1894).] (2)
Nhb.' (3) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr Gl. (1849).
w.Yks. T'cliaps seemed ta be practisin ta hurry coils aht on
a three fooit day-hoil, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1883)
37. (4) Chs.' If the marl lies under high ground, so that a day
pit can be made, it may be procured at a comparatively small
expense, Holland View Agric. (1808) 222. (5) Chs.' (5) Nhb.'
w.Yks." Paid . . . for the liberty of getting day stone. All rocks
or stones that are visible on the surface are day-stones. (7) Nhb.'
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
9. PI. used as adv. By day. Cf a-days.
s.Wor. He is always there days. They alius goes out days
(H.K.\
10. Phr. (i) A' the days of the week, a game played by
children ; also called ' Jinkers ' ; (2) Days of honey, as
much honey as is sufficient for one day's entertainment ;
(3) Days of nature, lifetime ; (4) The lost days, the eleven
days omitted in September, 1752, when the alteration of
the calendar was made.
(i) Sc. 'A' the birds in the air' and 'A' the days of the week'
are also common games, Blackw. Mag. (Aug. 1821) 36 (Jam.).
Per. Each player takes one of the days of the week as a name,
and all stand in a circle except one who stands in the centre of
the ring. He throws a ball into the air, at the same time calling
out a day of the week, say Monday. The boy owning this name
must then catch the ball before it strikes the ground, and when-
ever he does so the boys stop and call out 'Jinkers,' unless the
boy in the centre calls out ' No Jinkers,' when the rest all have
to stand still in their places. Then ' Monday ' tries to strike some
one with the ball. If he succeeds, the boy struck must go into
the centre and throw the ball ; if not ' Monday' must do so him-
self. Any one struck ten times is 'off' the game, the object of
the game being to stop on longest (G.W.). (2) Suf. Gardner
Hist. Diiniiich (1754). (3) Dev. Amid Dev. Alps, 182. (4)
n.Lin.' Many persons have not yet forgiven those who made the
change, as it has thrown, say they, all the fairs in the country
wrong. Persons who were born before 1752 were never weary
of denouncing those who had in their opinion robbed them of
their birthdays.
[1. (30, b) A days man or umpire, arbiter, mediator,
Robertson Phras. (1693) 427; Entremetteiir, a stickler,
mediator, dayes-man, Cotgr.]
DA(Y, I/. War. Shr. Used imprecatively, like 'damn.'
War.3 Well I'll be dade. You be dade. Da it all. Shr."
I'll be dayd if I do. Day me, if I do though.
DAY, DAY(., see Die, v., Dey(-.
DAY-NETTLE, see Deanettle.
DAYSE
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DAZE
DAYSE, DAYZE, sec Daze.
DAYSTER, i/^ n.Yks.' [destar.] A man who works
by the clay, and not by the piece.
[Dijy + s/er; for suft'. ct'. backster.]
DAYTAL, sb. Irel. Nlib. Diir. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Stf. Der. Not. Lin. ; also Som. Also written daahtal
w.Yks.; daital c.Yks. w.Yks.'; datal(l Irel. Yks. n. Yks.
w.Yks. Lan.' Not.; datel Yks. w.Yks.^ ne.Lan.^ datle
Cum. Wm. : dattle Yks.; daytale N.Cy.' Nhb.' Yks.
n.Yks.3 w.Yks." w.Som.' ; daytall w.Yks.^ ; daytle Yks.
c.Yks.i w.Yks.3 n.Str. ; deightle Lin.' [detl, deatl.]
1. A labourer, engaged and paid by the day.
Yks. Grose (,1790,1. w.Yks.' A poor daital, wheea's i' naa girt
addle, ii. 340 ; w.Yks.^
Hence (i) Daytaler, sh. a day-labourer, a man who
works by the day and not by the piece ; (2) Daytalin, vbl.
sA. jobbing at odd days' work.
(i) Cum. ^M.P.) Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Wa\: 2^, I8Q^) ; One
who makes preparation for the coal-getter or collier coming in to
the coal-face (J.H.B.). w.Yks. Such work as repairing the roads
or keeping the roofs in order at a colliery, distinguished from the
coal-getters, who work by the piece orper ton (S.W.) ; (S.J.C.) ;
w.Yks.2 Lan. Yah, Ah's nobbut a daafler, N. &^ O. (1877) 5th
S. viii. 456 ; Lan.l, n.Stf. (J.T.) Not. A'. & Q. 5th~S. (1878) ix.
178. (2) Nlib.l
2. Coitip. (i) Daytal-chap, a day-labourer; (2) -danock,
(3) -dick, familiar terms for a day-labourer ; (4) -fellow,
see -chap ; (5) -house, a house rent-free ; (6) -labourer, (7)
-man, see -chap ; (8) -ploughing, ploughing done by day-
labourers ; (g) -step, a slow rate, alluding to the customary
laziness of day-labourers ; (10) -wage, daily wage, the
wages for the day; (11) -wife, a day-labouring woman;
(12) -work, (a) labour paid by the day ; (6) laborious ; (13)
•workers, workers paid by the day.
(Oe.Yks.l (a) Cum. (MP.) (3) m.Yks.' (4) w.Som. 1 (5)
Ir. My w?ges warn't much, only 3s. a-week, and my datal house,
Mayhew Loud. Labour (1851) III. 413, ed. 1861. {6) Lakel.
Ellwood (1895). Lan.' (7) N.Cy.' Nhb. The wife of a day-tale
man, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VI. 35; Morton
Cyclo. Agiic. (1863) ; Nhb.', Dur.i Cum. Seven-tenths of the
houses in the row were occupied thus, the others being held by
dattle-men and their families, Dalby Mayroyd{i?iQQ) I. 54. Cum.
(M.P.) Yks. We're all 'chaps' in Yorkshire, from the Lord
Maire of York doon to a daytleman, Fetherston Fartticr, 20 ;
(K.) n.Yks. Together with the daytal-man . . . were just sitting
down to dinner, Atkinson Maori. Parish (1891) 43 ; n.Yks.'
'What is your father, Robert' A farmer'' ' Nac, sir, on'y a
daytal-man ' ; n.Yks.'^^, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Ecoit.
(1788) ; Our owne servants, or else day-taile-men, Best Rur.
Econ. (1641) 35. m.Yks.l w.Yks. He's getten a job as datal-
man (M.G.) ; Banks tVkfld. Wds. (1865I ; w.Yks.'* Not. Seeing
some men at work, rather lazily, in a field he remarked, ' Those
are datal men, those are not working by the piece' (S.W.I. Lin.'
w.Som.i Dai-taeul mun. [GI. Lab. (1894).] (8) m.Yks.i I'm
going to daytal ploughing. w.Yks. Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841)
343. (9) Cum. Aye, I saw ye was gaun at t'daytal step (M.P).
(lo)w.Yks.(S.P.U.) (ir)m.Yks.'Anold daytal wife. (12, «) N.Cy.'
Lakel. Peiirit/t Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Dur.' s.Dur. He works
daytal wark (J.E.D.). n.Yks. So Ah'd ti tak ti data! wark, Broad
Yks.ZT, n.Yks.i23 ne.Yks.' w.Yks. (S.J.C.) ; Banks IV/i-fld
Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks.l [Work performed by men who are
employed a specific number of hours per day, C/. Lab. (1894).
(A) e.Yks.i Its daytle waak [work] this is. (13) v/.Yks. In the
meantime work will be found for the datal workers, Leeds Dy.
Aeivs (Oct. 9, 1895).
Hence Dately, adj. daily. ne.Lan.'
[1. Daytal in this sense is for daytal matt. The proper
mg. oi daytal (— day + tale, reckoning) was the reckoning
of wages by the day. Men that tooke dayetall wages,
Harl. Misc. (1560) H. 478 (N.E.D.).]
DAYVER, see Daver, v.^
DAZE, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also written daaze w.Yks. ; daezeWm.; daise Sc. f Jam.)
Yks. w.Yks.'-'s nw.Der.'; daize Sc. Cum.^ w.Y'ks.= ;
dase Sc. n.Yks.' Nrf.; dauze Hrf. Nrf. ; dayse Cum.^ ;
dayze Cum.' ; daz(z n.Yks.^ w.Yks.' Lan. Not. s.Wor.
w.Som.' Dev. ; dease Nhb.' ; deaze Cum.' n.Yks.'
m.Yks.'; deease n.Yks.' w.Yks.' ; deeaze n.Yks.' e.Yks.';
dez, dezz Cum. [dez, deaz, diaz, daz, w.Cy. also daz.]
1. V. To stun, stupefy ; to strike with a heavy blow.
Sc. He daises himself with drink (Jam.). Abd. With such spates
of drink he daze himsel', Giiidmaii Inglismaill (1873) 60. Lnk.
When pay-day cam' roon He dazed his brains wi' maut, Orr
Laigli Flulits (1882) 30. s.Not. As soon as 'e got up on 'is legs 'e
dazzed 'im again. When ah get ho'd on yer, ah will daz yer
(J.P.K.). Nrf. I sec the man fall, and I helped to pick him up ; he
was right dazed (W.R.E.). Sur. Me father is dazed like, Jennings
Field Pallis (\QB^) 6g.
Hence (i) Dazed, //>/. adj. half-witted ; (2) Dazzer, sb.
a heavy blow.
(i) Cum.3 I's daizter an' dafter nor iver, she'll say, 24. Wm. As
if they'd bcin hofe daezed, Clarke T'Rtysli Bearm (1865). Hrf.'
Ever since one day as the sun got hold on her a bit, our Jane has
been dazed a deal. Nrf. (E.M.) (2) s.Not. 'E gicd 'im a dazzer i'
the face an' knocked 'im down (J.P.K.).
2. To dazzle.
n.Lin.i The lightnin' clear daazed me. Nrf. The sun fare to
daze one (W.R.E.).
3. To benumb, bh'ght, cause to pine with cold. Sc.
(Jam.), m.Yks.'
Hence (i) Dazed, />/>/. adj. benumbed with cold, chilled,
starved, exhausted ; (2) Dazedness, sb. numbness as
from cold or exhaustion ; (3) Dazement, sb. the effects or
consequences of a continued exposure to cold, a chill,
a severe cold ; (4) Dazie, adj. of the weather: cold, raw,
without sunshine ; (5) Dazins, 56., see Dazement.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy. I's dazed. Coles (1677) ; Grose (1790);
N.Cy.2, Nhb.i, Dur.' Cum. Chickens get dezzed when they are
starved with the cold, Linton Laie Cy. (1864) 301 ; CI. (1851).
Wm. & Cum.' Becose he dudn't stur, mappen dezd, 129. n.Yks. 1
Ah's about decazcd wi' t'cau'd mysel' ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Marshall
Run Econ. (1788); e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) Lan.', n.Lan.'
Der.' Obs. Nrf.' (21 Nhb.' Aa've a dazedness i' that left airm.
(3) n.Yks.' Ah's getten a sairdeeas'ment; n.Yks.' e.Yks.' Daze-
ment o' caud,—adull stupefying cold in thehead. m.Yks.' (4',Rxb.,
Dmf. A daisie day (Jam.% Nhb.' Cum. Cum doon afoar t'wedder
gits deazy an" coald, Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) 32. (5) e.Yks.i
4. To wither ; to becoine rotten or spoilt from keeping,
dampness, &c. ; to spoil food by half dressing. Rxb.
(Jam.), w.Yks. (W.F.S.)
Hence Dazed, ppl. adj. (i) of eggs: addled, having the
chicken dead beibre the time of hatching ; (2) of wood
or plants : dry, sapless, rotten, withered ; (3) of bread or
meat: ill-cooked, baked or roasted by too slow a fire or
done too quickly and burnt ; (4) dull, sickly ; (5) of a dun
colour ; (6) worn, damaged.
(i) N.Cy.', Nhb.' Lakel. Pfi!»7?/; 06s. (Dec. 28, 1897). s.Dur.
T'eggs was all dazed (J.E.D.). Cum. (M.P.) Wm. Thaecuddcnt
gitt'gezzlinsoot fert eggs were' daezed, S/fc Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 5 ;
(J.H.) n.Yks. Gray geause geslings all daz'd 'ith shell, Meriton
Praise Ale {i6S:^)\. 190; (l.W.) ; n.Yks.' Maist o' t'eggs gat deazed
wiv t'aud hen bein' atf sae lang ; n.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1788). m.Yks.' (2) Sc. (Jam.), N.Cy.', Nhb.' n.Yks.i
Ay, it's a strangish frost : t'corn an' grass's fairlings deeazed wi' 't.
(3) n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.", Nhb.', Dur.' s.Dur. Aw let
t'fire git down, an' my bread was all dazed an' spoiled (J.E.D.).
Cum.'3 Wm. T'breead daezed, hofe beeakt, er burnt, Spec, Dial.
(1877) pt. i. 28. n.Yks.i T'breeadleeafs deeazed ; n.Yks.'
w.Yks. The mistress utters a plaint of its being daised, Hamilton
Nugae Lit. (1841) 311; Nasty daaz'd stuff not fit to eit, Banks
Wt-Jld. fFrfs. (1865) ; w.Yks.' Some bannocks .. .wordazz'd a bit,
for seurc, ii. 300 ; w.Yks.'''^, m.Yks.', n.Lan.' Der. Bread is apt
to get dazed through putting the dough into the oven before the
oven is sufficiently heated (J.B.) ; Der.', nw.Der.' Lin. Coles
(1677). [(K.)] (4) w.Yks.' A sheep is said to be dazz'd in its coat
or wool. (5) n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. Hutton 7"okj- /o Cows
(1781). ne.Lan.' (6) Der.'
5. Used imprccatively, like ' damn.' Cf. dash, v. 4.
s.Wor. I'll be dazzed, Porson Quaint Wds. (1875) 9. Shr.'
Daze my 'ounds [daaz* mi' 6onz]. Hrf.' I'm dauzcd if 1 knows.
Glo. Daze my buttons, mcaster ! Buckman ZJar^v'sSo/b/f/K (1890)
143. Dor. Daze it, what's a cup of mead more or less? Hardy
Wess. Talcs (\?&'&')\.z%. w.Som.' Daa'z ee ! niivurmuyn. Daa'z
muy buut-nz neef aay diie' ! Daaz'd if I don't make thee know,
s'hear me ! Dev. I let min go bit I'll be daz ! Ef I'd a noshin u ha
waz, Nathan Hogg Poems (i856) 2nd S. 27.
DAZZ
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Hence Dazed, miv. ' damned.
Lan. He sed lads wur soa dazz'd himpediint, Ferguson Moudy-
warp's Visit, 9. Glo. Tell un 'ee's a dazed vine varmer, Buckman
Darke's Sojotirn (i8go) 197.
6. sb. The powder or that part of a stone which is
bruised in consequence of the strokes of a pickaxe or
chisel. Ags. (Jam.) . .
7. Phr. To gel a daise, to receive such injury as to
become rotten or spoiled, applied to wood, clothes, &c.
Sc. (Iam.)
DAZZ, DAZZENT, see Daze, v., Dare, v}
DAZZIN, adj. Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Lazy.
w.Yks. Luc.^s Stud. Niddcrdak (c. 1882) Gl.
DAZZITY, sb. m.Yks.i [da-zati.] The performance
of a challenging action of strength, skill, or risk by
boys. Cf. dacity.
DAZZLE, see Dashel(l, Dawzle.
DAZZLY, adj. Sc. Yks. [dazli.] Dazzling.
Sc. .'A.W.) n.Yks. T'sun's quite dazzly to-day (I. W.). w.Yks.
(JW.)
DE, DEACH, see Day, Do, v., Ditch, v.'^
DEACON, sb. Sc. Written deyken Bnff.^ Abd.
[drkan.] 1. A superior or head workman ; an adept,
proficient, master.
Bnff.i Often used with a negative : ' He's nae great deyken at the
preachan.' Abd. The dominie's nae gryte deykn at coontin, Alex-
ander Johiuiy Gihb (1871) ix. Frf. Due perseverance an' my aid
May mak' a deacon at the trade. MoRisoN Poems (1790) 9. Ayr.
I did not very thoroughly understand the Greek, being no deacon
in the dead languages, G alt P(Oz()s<( 1822) xxxix. Edb.'Od.man,
ye're a deacon at telling a stoory, MoiR Mansie U'aiich ( 1828) xviii.
Gall. A deacon among the hammer men, Crockett Grey Alan
(1896; iv.
2. Conip. Deacon-convener, a master or chairman of
a trade guild.
Sc. (A.W.) Ayr. We had my father's cousin, . . . that was then
deacon-convener, and possessed of influence in the town-council,
Galt Provost (1822) ii. Slk. Deacon convener o' the five trades,
Hogg Tales (1838) 550, ed. i856.
DEAD, adj., sb.^, adv. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also written dede Sc. (|am.) N.L' ; deead
n.Yks.2 e.Yks.i ; deed N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum.' e.Yks.^ ; deid
Sc. [ded, did, diad, did.] 1. adj. In coiitb. (i) Dead-
a-bird, nearly dying ; ' seedy,' ill ; (2) -born, stillborn ;
(31 -falls, the wooden mousetraps made at Selsey ; (4) —
fettle, a lifeless condition ; (5) -fleshed, having a chilly
sensation like dead flesh ; (6) -head, {a) a bottle of wine
or spirits that has been emptied ; [b] a member of a foot-
ball or cricket team called upon to play at a pinch ; (7)
•headed, of an animal standing with the head depressed,
as when out of health ; (8) -hedge, (9) -hedging, a fence
made of dead material, commonly thorns, sometimes
willows; (10) -knowledge, deceitfulness, cunning; (ii)
-lift, the moving of an inert body ; a difficulty without
assistance; help; (12) -livered, dead-alive, stupid, dull,
sluggish ; {13) -lock, a lock the key of which is lost ;
{14I -nap, a cheat, a downright rogue; (15) -nettle, the
common hedge-nettle, Slachys sylvalica; (16) -nip, a com-
plete swindle, the successful action of a dead-nap (q.v.) ;
the frustration of a petty plan or scheme ; (17) -pen,
a sheep-pen; (18) -pig, a thing thoroughly settled ; (19)
•roof, a 'skilling' roof made of 'bavins' and thatched
over; (20) -stroke, the stroking by the hand of a person
who has just been hanged, thought to be a cure for
wens; (21) -tongue, the water hemlock, Oenanthccrocafa;
(22) -wind, a calm ; ^\i,oJig. ; (231 -wool, wool of a sheep
taken off the skin after 'the animal has died a natural
death ; (24) -year, the year immediately following any
one's death.
(i) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893") 90. e.Suf. Par-
ticularly after a drinking-bout (F. H.). (2) e.Dur.' (3I Sus. (J. L.A. •)
(4) n.Yks.2 Alls ivadecadfeltle. (5) (A, -(6) War.3 (7) n.Yks."^
(8) n.Lln.' Nhp.' A hedge made of thorns or wood, fetched from
any oilier part, and waUled or cthcred without any live wood.
War.3 Hnt. (T.P.F.) Wil. Thorns and refuse for dead hedges,
Davis Gen. View Agric. (181 1) x; Wil.* (9) n.Yks. (LW.) (10)
N.I.i (11) Sc. If I had but learn'd the ' Who made Man ' by heart,
it might have given me a dead lift at this pinching occasion, Pitcairn
^ss«»;6/y (1766) 64. Cum.', w.Yks.l n.Lin.' When a man puts
out all his strength to do anything he is said to do it at the dead-
lilt, hence anything of very great hardship is a dead-lift. Lei.' To
' be at a dead-lift ' is to be in a position where one has to trust to
one's own unassisted efforts. Nhp.', War.^ w.Som.' When horses
are attached to a weight beyond their strength to move, they
frequently refuse to try a second time ; in such a case it is said,
' Dhai oa-n peol tiie u dai-d liif- ' [they won't pull at a dead lift]. On
the other hand it is common to hear a seller say of a horse, ' I'll
warn un to pull twenty times veiling [following — i.e. in succession]
to a dead-lift,' (12) w.Som.' 1 zim her's the dai-d luyvurdz [dead-
liverdest],gurt, gawky-looking piece in all the parish. (13; n.Lin.'
Key to deadlock, lorf.. Ironmonger s Bill (li^-f). (14) Nhp.', War.^
(15) w.Yks. (B. & H.) (i6)Cld. To give one the dede nip, to
check one suddenly and effectually (Jam.). Nhp.', War.^ (\-f)
Wil.' Occasionally so called in s.Wil. (18) N.Cy.' Nhb.' ' Noo,
noo, canny judge, play the reet caird. and it's a deed-pig ' — said by
a mayor of Newcastle when playing whist with Judge Buller. (19)
Wil.' (20) Nhp. At Northampton formerly numbers of sufferers
used to congregate round the gallows in order to receive the ' dead
stroke,' Black Flk-Mcdicine (1883) vi. s Nhp. N. & Q. (1850) ist
S. ii. 36. (21) Cum. 1 Cum.. Wm., Lan. From its paralysing effects
on the vocal organs (B. St. H.). Lan.' (22) n.Yks.2 -All's of a
deead-wind,' things are at a stand-still. (23) w.Yks. (J. M.) (24)
s. Wor. He had made his will in such a way, as he didn't want 'em
to be married till the dead year was up (H.K.). Wil.' Often used
with poss. pron. as ' his dead year.' A widow should not marry
again 'afore the dead year's up.' n.Wil. (W.C.P.)
2. Phr. (i) Dead and gone, (2) — and gone back, (3) — and
/lapped up, (4) — and low laid, dead and buried; (5) as
dead as a haiiiincr, (6) — as a niag^ol, (7) — as a ml, (8)
— as a rag, (9) — as a smell, quite dead ; (lo) a dead
Iwrse, or — horse tvork, work done in payment of an old
debt, or work still to be done which has been already paid
for, gen. in phr. lo ivork on or oul Ihc deaa horse; (11)
the dead hour of nighl or of midnight, midnight; (12) —
lime of year, mid-winter ; (13) lo go dead, (14) lo lake Ihe
dead end, to die.
(i 5 Abd. Aifter we're deid an' gane, Alexander Johnny Gibb
(1871) xiiv. Nhb. She'll hev eneuf when Ah'm deed and gane,
Clare Love oj Lass U890) I. 196. w.Yks.' My poor husband is
de-ad and goan. Brks.* (2) w.Yks. 2 He's dead and gone back
long sin'. (3) n.Yks. ^ (4') w.Yks.' My poor husband is de-ad and
low laid. (5) Lan. As deed as a hommer, Laycock Sngs. (,1866)
32. w.Som. 1 Dai d-z u aam'ur. Applied only to animals or man.
(6) w.Som.' Daid-z u mag-ut. Applied only to animals or man.
(7) Shr. BuRNE/"/A-/.o;r(,i883') 594. Glo.', Oxf.' Erks.' Mostly
used of animals. (8) w.Som.' Of game, it is most usual to say
' Daid-zu rag.' Amanlookingfora bird supposed to beonly wounded
would cry out, ' Yuur uz ! zu daid-z u rag ' [Here (it) is ! so dead's a
rag], (9) w.Yks, It's ower wi' t'awd meer [mare], sha's as deead
as a smelt (W.H.). (10:1 Cuni.», Wm. (B.K.) e.Yks. ' Ti wakken
a deead oss' is to work in vain or receive no pay, Nicholson Flk-
Sp. (18891 5 ; e.Yks.' w.Yks.' ' To pull the dead-horse,' is to labour
for wages already received ; w.Yks.^ If a tailor had to receive an
order for two coats, and getting one done by a certain time, had
to take it home, and received pay for them l^oth, he would have a
' dead horse ' to work on when he got back again. Chs.'^, n.Lin.'
sw.Lin.' I doubt he's working a dead horse. Lei.', Nhp.', Sus.'^
Sus., Hmp. Holloway. Hmp.' To ride the dead horse, is to be
behind-hand. I.W.^ w.Som.' Ee doan luyk tu wuurk aewt dhu
daid au's [He does not like to work when he has been paid before-
hand]. It is common to say, ' Ah ! that's a dead-oss job ' — meaning
it is badly done because paid for beforehand, or only done to work
out an obligation. (11) Bnff.' Ayr. Blaw them a' to dog-dirt at
the dead hour o' nicht, Hunter Life Studies (1870) 190. (12) Sc.
(Jam.) (13) w.Yks. Her barn 'at hed just goanc deead, Yks. Wkly.
Post (}vi\y 4, i8g6) ; His father went deead long ago. Hartley
Ditt. (1868) 62. Wor. The maaster be gone dyud, Vig. Mon. in
Benovis Jrn. (Oct. 1897). Glo.' The fact of a person being deceased
is always expressed as ' He's gone dead.' Dev. Reports Provinc.
(1897). (141 N.I.' ' If you saw it you would take your dead end,'
you would die of laughter.
3. Unconscious, faint, senseless.
Cav. She was dead for a wee while this morning (M.S. M.). Hrf.^
I was dead ever so long. Glo.' I was took dead. Cor.' She went
olf dead.
DEAD
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DEAD
Hence Deadness, sb. unconsciousness, faintness.
Cor. I was waakcd up out of waun of my deadnesses, Tregellas
Tatcs. Wounded Miner.
4. Of water, air, &c. : stagnant, unventilated.
Lnk. In the dead waters at Allinglon and Ross, Patrick Plaitis
(1831) 8r. Nhb.' An unventilated place in a pit is said to be ' deed.'
Nbb., Dur. Greenwf.ll Coal Ti: Gl. (1849). [Dead ends, ends of
stagnant c.inals, branches, wharves, or basins through which no
fresh water flows regularly, Gl. Lab. (1894).]
5. Of beer, spirits, &c. : flat, stale, esp. in phr. as dead
as ditclnvatei:
Sc. (A.W.\ w.Yks. (J.W.) GIo. The beer is dead (S 5.B.).
OxC, Brks.' w.Som.' Dliu suydur z-u dai'd-z dcech-waudr [the
cider is as dead as ditchwaler].
6. Fi^. Used of quoits, bowls, &c., when tiiose of both
sides lie equidistant from the ' tee.'
Sc. So called because they are lost to both sides and don't count
(Jam. SiippL).
Hence Deids, sb. pi. the quoits, bowls, &c., of opponents
in var. games, which lie equidistant from the 'tee.'
Sc. ' It's deids,' it is a case of deids or nothing for either side, is
called out by the leading players when two opposing quoits, &c.
are found to be equidistant from the tee (Jam. Suppl.).
7. sb. In phr. (i) thedeadofiv!ijler,vi\\A--w\nie.T; {2) going
with the dead, to have unholy intercourse with dead
persons ; (3) ringing the dead home, see below.
(i) Abd. Livin'sae muckle by 'ersel' throu' thedeid o' the winter,
Alexander >4/h /"/*. 11875) 34, ed. 1882. w.Yks. (J.W.) (a) Ir.
•Believe me, your Reverence, Maurice is " going wid the dead" ; all
the people says it av him. so there's the truth for 3'ou now.' ... A
person * Going with the Dead' is believed to have some unholy
alliance or intimacy with the departed, with whom he spends
portions of his nights 'Maurice had a niece died awhile ago ; and
the people all have it that he had a talk and a shake-hands with her
quite latel}', ... shuredidn't I see him meself a couple av times out be
night,' Spectator (Oct. 26, 1889). (3) Shr. Another old Edgmond
custom . . . dear to old inhabitants, is that of ' ringing the dead
home,' . . . chiming all the bells instead of ringing one only, while
the funeral is on its way to the church. Not till the procession
nears the churchyard gate are the bells stopped, and either a minute
bell is tolled or there is complete silence, while the service goes
on, BuRNE Flk-Lore (1883) 301.
8. pi. Remnants or remains in general.
Cor.^ Tlie day after a feast, when the family eat up the ' deads,'
is called St. Aubyn's day.
9. pi. The refuse stones or rubbish from a mine.
N.Cy.', Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. No. i pit for the drawing the deads
from the iron mines, Boiings (1878) I. 84. s.Dur. The heaps of
refuse lying near mines are called ' deed heaps' (J.E.D.). Wm.
(J.H.) Der. Manlove /.enrf A/ijici (1653) I. 271. Cor. Beyond
the burrows or heaps of deads, Vk\v.zy. Esther Pentrcath (1891) bk. i.
i ; Cor.123
Hence Dead-small, the finest coal-dust. Nhb.^
10. //. The gravel or coarse soil taken out from the
bottom of a ditch ; the barren subsoil or gravel imme-
diately below the top stratum.
Peb. What is taken out of the ditch (vernacularly the deeds),
Agtic. Snrv. 131 (Jam.). w.Som.' Toa-n dije tu pluwee tiie'
tuur'ubl dee'p, yiie-ul uun'ee bring aup dhu dai'dz [It will not do
to plough too terrible deep, you will only bring up the barren sub-
soil]. Dev. (Hall.)
11. adv. Very, exceedingly, completely. In gen. coUoq.
use.
Sc. Mackay. Dmb. I'm dead fear't that ye've forgotten a' that I
heard you say. Cross Disruption 1 1844) x. Lnk. The bed's no made,
the fire's deid oot, Mi^Lachlan Thoughts (1884) 35. Ltli. I'm aft
deid feart that 3'e'll clash doun, Lumsden S/iff/>-/7Crtrf (1892) 134.
N.I.' Dede auld. w.Yks.', Nhp.' Slang. Winchester School. Dead
brum [very hard up] (A.D.H.) ; ' Dead cud,' very pretty (E.F.) ;
Shadwell Wkye. Slang (1859-64).
12. Comb. (I) Dead-deaf, quite deaf; (2) -dour, utterly
immovable; (3) -lown, of the atmosphere: quite still;
(4) -run, weary in the extreme ; (5) •sweer(s, lazy,
indolent, unwilling ; undecided.
(i) Elg. Gar the dull gowk hear . . . For he's dead-deaf they say.
Tester Poems (18651 194. (2) Elg. Yestreen I felt dead-dour and
douce. The nicht I'm crawin'. Oh ! sae crouse, iO. 119. (3 Sc. A'
was dead lown, whan in a stoun A whirlwind fell frae the air,
Marmaiden of Clyde in Edb. Mag. (May 1820) (Jam.) ; Mackay.
(4) n.Yks.* I'm dcead-run for sleep. (5) Sc. Work for naught
makes folk dead-swcir, Kelly Prof. (1721) 341. Ayr. I'm baith
dead-swecr an' wretched ill o't, 'Qxsv.^s Dcdiiation to G. Hamilton,
St. 13. Lnk. Noo, Johnny, hooto act I'm in a deid-sweer swithcr,
Murdoch Doric Z.j)')f (1873) 68. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
13. Using a lever without much purchase or length of
leverage.
w.Som.' We never can't turn the piece, nif j-ou catch the lever
so dead. There now! nif haLU a-catch-n deader again.
14. V. To kill ; to deaden.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Lei.' Often used to and by children. Two girls
struggling for the possession of an infant, one said, ' Yo'll quocken
the babby,' to which the other replied, 'Yo'll dead it' (s.v.
Quocken). [(K.)]
DEAD, sb.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Not.
Lin. e.An. Also written dede Fif. ; deed Nhb.' ; deid
Ayr. Edb. ; deead n.Yks.' e.Yks.> [ded, ded, disd, did.]
1. Death.
Bnff. I winna grow mair j'oung and stout Whan dead taks me,
Taylor PooHs ^787) 191. Bch. Mony mair about this town My
hands hae wrought to dead, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 26. Per. He
pray'd that drouth might be his dead, NicoL Poe»is( 1766) 62. Fif.
That canker'd carl . . . Wha' wi' his accusation dang Gude Wishart
to the dede, Tennant Papistry (1827) 198. Drab. Ilk blast will be
his dead, Taylor Poems U827) 20. Ayr. I was brunt and
scaddit to deid, Service Notandums (i8go) 112; Mony a beast to
dead she shot. Burns Tant o' Shanter (1790) !. 167. Lnk. She'll
be my dead at last, Black Falls of Clyde (1806) T17, Edb. I'l ale
has been the deid O' mony a beirdly lown, Fergusson Poems
(1773) 157, ed. 1785. Bwk. Some o' thae hags they burn'd to
dead, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 59. Peb. Her een I'm
fear'd will be my dead, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 26. Dmf. Ye'U
get ye'r dead, The horse will gallop o'er your head, Shennan Tales
(1831) 45. Nhb.' Common in such expressions as ' Tewed to deed,'
' Flaid to deed,' ' Done to deed.' n.Yks.' Ah's harrish'd te deead.
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. That young Fuller's worritin' that poor lass te
deead, Wray Nestleton (1876) 52; e.Yks.' Ah was ommost flay'd
ti deead. s.Not. She wor clammed to deiid (J.P.K.). n.Lin. He's
frightened to dead o' owt 'at goSs o' fower legs. Peacock Tales
and Rhymes (1886) 78 ; n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' It would 'a grieved you
to dead to see the bairn, he was haef pined to dead. e.An.' To whip
him to dead. Nrf. That . . . varmint, who ought to be . . . drowned
to dead in a dyke. Haggard CoL Qiiarilch (1888) I. vi. Suf.' She
dollopp't ar child ta dead. e.Suf. (,F.H.)
2. Comb, (i) Dead-bell, (a) the funeral or death-bell; (^
the sound of singing in the ears ; (2) -candle, phospho-
rescent light, considered as an omen of death, the ' Will of
the Wisp ' ; (3) -chack, (a) the sound made by a wood-
worm in a house, the death-watch ; {b) the dinner
formerly prepared for the magistrates of a burgh after
a public execution ; (4) -chap, see -chack (a) ; (5) -clothes,
the winding-sheet, shroud ; (6) -deal, the board used by
undertakers for measuring and lifting a corpse ; (7) -dole,
a dole or alms given at a funeral ; (8) -drap, a drop of
water falling intermittingly and heavily on a floor,
thought to be an omen of death ; (g) -garth, the burying-
ground ; (10) -hole, a grave; (iij -house, (a) a place to
receive drowned bodies, a mortuary ; (h) a grave ; (12)
-ill, (n) a mortal illness; {b} sick with a mortal malady;
(13) -kist, a coffin; (14) -knell, a death-knell; (15)
-knock, a loud mysterious stroke as of a switch upon the
door or bed, regarded as an omen of death ; (16) -lice,
lice supposed to appear at the approach of death ; (17)
•lights, phosphorescence supposed to appear over graves,
the ignis fatiiiis; (18) -looks, symptoms of approaching
death ; (19) -nip, a blue mark on the body ascribed to
necromancy ; (20) -nosed, puny-faced with a lifeless ex-
pression ; (21) -rattle, (22) -ruckle, the sound emitted by
a dying person ; (23) -set, the fixed expression of the
eye in death ; (24) shroud, a death-shroud ; (25) -spale,
the grease of a candle which falls over the edge in a semi-
circular form, a 'winding-sheet'; (26) -stark, as stiff as
a corpse ; (27) -starved, cold as death, so cold as to have
lost the use of one's limbs; (28) -swap, see -chack (a);
(29) -thraw, (a] the agony, the throes of death ; (b) used
f'g- ; iy) -watch, the death-watch, a ticking sound
thought to forbode death.
(I, a) Lnk. The dcid-bcll rings wi' solemn jowl, Thomson Leddy
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May {1883) 4. e.Yks.i (i) ne.Sc. Almost every sensalion of the
human body was endowed with a meaning. Ringing in the ears
was called the Deadbell, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 27. Ayr. llie
dead-bells tinkling in the ear, the glimpse of a passing wraith, . . .
all came within the reach of her personal knowledge, Johnston
Ghnbuckie (1889) 255- Slk. I heard the dead-bell An' I darena gae
yonder for goud nor fee, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 64 ; By the dead-
bell is meant the tinkling in the ears, which our peasantry regard
as a secret intelligence of some friend's decease, *. Note. (2) n.Sc.
Sometimes seen for a moment only, either within doors, or in the
open air ; and at other times, to move slowly, from the habitation
of the person doomed to death, to the churchyard where he is to
be interred (Jam.). ne.Sc. A death was often made known by the
light called a dead-can'le, Gregok Flk-Lore (1881) 204. Bnff. The
' dead drap ' and the ' three knocks "... were considered sure
signs of the approaching dissolution of some of the inmates.
' Dead can'les ' (seen of course at night) had a similar signification,
Gordon Chron. AVZ/i (1880) 62. (3,0) Sc. So called from its clicking
noise. Also called the ' chackie-miU' (Jam.), (b) ib. (4) Sc.
(Jam ) Ayr. [They] glowered as they had heard the deid chap,
Service Dr. Diigmd (ed. 1887) 78. (sl Sc. There's twa bottles o'
gude whiskey wi' the deid claes in the bottom drawer, Steel
Roivaiis (1895) 238 ; It was customary in rural Sc. formerly for the
bride to bring homedeadclothesforherself and her husband. The
custom is not quite obs. yet (A.W.). Ayr. Meg went about from
house to house begging dead-clothes, Galt Ann. Parish (1821')
xxiv; The deid-claes need nae pooches. Service Dr. Diigiiicl
(ed. 1887) 179. Lnk. His deid claes winiia daunton me, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (1873) 79. (6) Sc. Dead-deal will never be laid on his
back, Scott Bride 0/ Lam. (1819) xxii. Edb. To let the man past
that was bringing in the dead deal, MoiR Mansie JVaiich (1828 1
xxi; Whan the dead-dale (awfu' shape !) Makes frighted mankind
girn and gape, Fergusson Poems (1773) 209, ed. 1785. (7) Sc.
I like to pack the dead dole in my lap, and rin o'er my auld rhyme,
Scott Bride of Lam. (18 19) xxxiv. n.Yks.2 (8) Sc. (Jam.)
ne.Sc. Its sound resembled that of a continual drop of water falling
slowly and regularly from a height, but it was leaden and hollow.
Such sounds were heard at any time during night or day. Night
however was the usual time. . . . They were heard first by one and
could not be heard by a second without taking hold of the one that
first heard them, Gregor Flk-Lore {\88i) 203. Bn£f. The ' dead-
drap' and the 'three knocks,' . . . sure signs of the approaching
dissolution of some of the inmates, Gordon Citron. Keith (1880)
62. (9, lo'i n.Yks.2 (ii,o) N.Cy.i Nlib. Man, ah'd hev gotten
five shillin' for takin' 3'e to the dead-hoose, Nineteenth Cent. (Sept.
1696) 468; Nhb.i (6) Lnk. Leukin at the bedral howk, Dead
houses dark and deep, Le.mon St. Miingo (1844) 50. (12,0) Sc.
Yon's a hale and gausy carle, . . , there's no dead-ill about Loui,
Steamboat {1822) ag2 (Jam.). Abd. Their kye took the dead ill,
Anderson Tf/ivjHfs (1867) 67 ; (Jam.) (A) Sc. It's not a time for
picking and choosing . . . and my man dead ill, Keith Bonnie Lady
(1897) 69. (13) Sc. An old maiden lady died while on a visit. . . .
The bedroom that she had occupied was in one of the turrets, the
ascent to which was by a narrow, winding stair. . .. The laird said,
' I ken weel encuch she's dead. . . . It's no that I care for, . . . but
how are we to get up wi' the deid kist ? ' Carrick Laird 0/ Logan
(1878) Gl. (Jam. Siippl.) (14) Lnk. Saint George's knock was
chappin' twel' To ring anither day's deid-knell, Coghill Poems
(1890) 139. (15) Lth. Supposed to announce the death of some
relation of the person who hears it (Jam.) ; The dead-knack is now
heard only by a few old women, ^^r/r. Surv. 168 {ib.). N.Cy.*,
Nhb.> (i6) Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec, 28, 1897). Wra. He walks
aboot like yan wi t'doed lice fo'in ofi" him (13. K.). n.Lin.' Th'
olid poiiny goas as if he'd th' deiid-lice crohlin' oot on him. (17)
ne.Sc. It's my real opinion that the deed-lichts seen by Geordie
Massie were in livin' hands, Grant Kecklelon, 32. Lnk. Mony hae
seen fell death's deid liclits Shimmer and glimmer in the dark,
Bespeaking some who'd soon be stark, Stewart Twa Elders (1886)
7. Slk. The dead lights over him burn, Hogg Poems[cA. 1865) 88.
(iBj Bnff. I see dead looks o'er a' your face, Taylor Poems (1787)
112. (19) Cld. Sometimes called a witch's nip. The dead-nip is
viewed as a prognostic of death I Jam.). N.Cy.' NUb.' Ois. (20)
n.Yks.2 (21) Sc. (Jam.) (22) Lth., Rxb. (Jam.) (23) Sc. It's
dowicr far to see . . . The dead-set o' a shinin' e'e. Ford Thistledown
(1891) 22. (24) Lnk. His ccn fixed wi' a ghaistly scare, His
dcid-shroud whusslin' owre the flair, Murdoch Doric Lyre 1,1873)
28. (25) Sc. This is viewed as a prognostic that the person
to whom it is turned will soon die (Jam.). f26) n.Yks.2 (27)
n.Lln.' I was that dead starved cumin' hoiim fra" Brigg on Christmas
Kiive 'at I hardly knaw'd whciirc I was. (28) Sc. (Jam.) (29, a)
Yc maun come hame, sir— for my lady's in the dead thraw, Scoit
Guy M. (1815) ix. Abd. You wou'd hae thought she had been in
the dead-thraw, FoRnEs/j)!. (1742) 17. Kcd. Bailie Brodie's far
fae weel, Lyin' maistly i' the dead-thraw, Past the doctor's drogs
an' skeel. Grant Lays (1884 1 38. Fif. That shame they couldna
stand at a", To see their knicht in the dead-thraw, TENNANr/'n/);s/j-_y
(1827)151. Rnf. 'Deein', didstthousay?' ' Yes, he was in the deid-
thraws or I left,' Gilmour Pen Flk. (1873) 12. e.Lth. They're in
the deid-thraw, or gey near han' it. Hunter y. Inwick (1895) 102.
Slk. There he lies straught, stiff and stark after the dead-thraws,
Chr. North A'orfM(ed. 1856) 111. 152. N.Cy.'.Nhb.'.Cum.' M.P.) (i)
Sc. In the dead-thraw between the tyneing and the winning, Scott
Redg. (1824) XX ; I'll no be kep' lingerin' in the deid thraw about
papers that, for a' I ken, wad be as weel in the fire. Steel Rowans
(1895) 238 ; Meat is said to be in the dead-thraw when it is neither
cold nor hot (Jam.). Ayr. The legacy yet in the dead thraws,
Galt Legatees (1820) vi. Slk, When the weather is what the
shepherds call in the dead-thraw, that is, in a struggle between
frost and thaw, Hogg Perils of Man (1822) III. 199 (Jam.). (30)
Sc. She heard the dead-watch tick, Train Poet. Reveries (1806)
94 (Jam.). Rnf. I gaed to bed, but swat wi' fright, I heard the
dead-watch a' the night, Picken Poems (1813) I. 121. Ir. From the
first day she tuck ill, the dead-watch was heard in the house every
night, Carleton Trails Peas. (1843) I. 3S9 Nhb., Dur. The
observation of omens such as a hare crossing the way, of the
dead watch, of crickets, &c., are sinful and diabolical, Brand
Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1777) 91.
[1. Ouhilk hed the deid eschapit, Douglas Eneados
(1513) ed. 1874, n. 24; And ?ie knapes to deade giuen,
Gen. &= E.x. (c. 1250) 2573. Norw. dial, d^d, deatli
(Aasen); on. f/rtK?/.]
DEADLY, adj. and adv. Sc. Yks. Chs. and inidl. and
s. counties, [dedli, diadli.] 1. Death-IikCj without
hfe ; ghostly.
Edb. 1 dreamt yestreen his deadly wraith I saw, Fergusson
Po«;is (1773) III, ed. 1785. s.Chs.i Dhii fahyur)zgonver-i dedli
[The fire's gone very deadly].
2. Very, exceedingly ; great ; used as an intensive in
both a good and bad sense. In gen. colloq. use.
w.Yks. A deadly bonny bairn (C.C.R.). Chs.^^ n.Lin.^ This
is deadly strong tea. Rut.' I was always deadly soft-hearted, I
was. He's a deadly man for camphorin' us, is Doctor Brown.
Nhp.' She's a deadly woman for taking snuff; Nhp.^ A deadly long
time ago the paasons hiked 'em oft' to the Red Saa, 141. War.
Bham Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War.'^a s.War.> He's a
deadly man for going to church. w.Wor.' Mrs. is a deadly
'60nian at doctorin' sick folks. se.Wor.i Dyudly-good taters.
s.Wor. (H.K.), s.Wor.i, Hrf.' Glo.' ' Black sniles be out deadly.'
A sign of rain ; Glo.^ Oxf.i If people are hearing a piece of
news they will keep saying ' Deadly likely ! Mj'aaps so too,'
MS. add. Brks. O, I be deadly well, tho' wanting but five whole
years of a hundred (W.W.S.) ; Brks.i Bdf. Not deadly well,
Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. 1,1809) 131 ; People are said to ' feel
deadly ill' (J.W.B.). Hnt. (T.P.F.) ; The parish church was
described as being 'a deadly place for draughts,' and its parson
'a deadly hand at a text,' which was meant in his praise as an
expositor of the Scriptures, N. & Q. (1868) 4th S. ii. 294. Ess. A
dish that's deadly gud. Clark/. A'ort*«(i839)st. 67 ; Ess.' I.W.i;
I.W.2 I be deadly fond o' apple pudden'. Dor. (W.C.) ; (A.C.)
[2. Deadly drunk, f.v/;r;«c;«f«/>'we ; deadly passionate,
extreiiienient passionne', Miege (1679).]
DEAD-MAN, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written dede- Sc. (Jam.) ; deed- Nhb.' ; deid- Lnk.
[dad-, diad", di'd-.] 1. In comb, (i) Dead-man's bell,
the passing bell ; (2) -men's bellows (a) the red rattle, Pedi-
ciilaris pahtstris; (b) the creeping hvig\e, A jtiga reptans;
(c) the purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ; (3) -'s bells,
(«) see -'s bellows (c) ; (b) the fritillary, Fritillaria Melca-
gris ; (4) -'s bones, the great starvvort, Stcllana holostea ;
(5) -'s Day, St. Edmund's Day, Nov. 20 ; (6) -'s fair, the
fair held at Church Strctton on St. Andrew's Day ; (7)
■'s fingers, {a) the early purple orchis, Orchis iiiasciila ;
(b) the spotted orchis, O. macula/a ; (c) the O. tiiorio ; (d)
the marsh-orchis, O. latifolia; (e) the foxtail grass,
Alopccnrus pralensis; (f) the Arum maculatuni \ (g) the
Loins coriiiculatiis ; (/;) see -'s bellows (f ) ; ( /) the uneatable
portion of a crab; (8) -'s grief, the plant Silene mariliina;
(9) -'s hand, (a) see .'s fingers {a) ; (b) see -'s fingers (b) ;
(10) -'s oatmeal, the seeds of the hemlock, Cuniitnt macii-
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latum; (11) -'s paps, the starfish, Alcyoniiim digitatiiin ;
(12) -'s pinches, small discoloured marks on the skin ;
(13) -'s plunge, a mode of throwing a stone into water in
such a way that it makes no splash ; (14) -'s sneechin,
the dust of the common puff-ball, Lycopcrdon Bovista;
(15) -'s thumb, see -'s fingers (a); (16I -'s wheelbarrow,
the horny shell enclosing the egg of a kind of skate.
(i) Lnk. Aye, when this wae tale I tell, My iieart jows like
a deidman's bell, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 24. (2, a, b) Nhb.'
(,c\ n.Cy. (3, a^ Sc. But dinnae pu' the dead men's bells, £db.
fling. (Oct. i8i8"i 328 (Jam.). Abd. The fo.\glove, — or dead men's
bells, as it is called there, Smiles A'aliir. (1876) 77, ed. 1893. Nhb.'
(6) Sbr. (4) Nhb.i (5) e.An.'^ (6) Shr.> Ois. It acquired this
ominous name from the circumstance, it is said, of the number of
men who in attempting to cross the hills on their return home
after attending the fair, lost their way and perished. (7, a)
Shr.', Glo.i, Ken. Sus. Still so called. Dev. Here, too, the
' long purples ' are called ' dead-men's-fingers.' Bray Desc Tatuar
and Tavv (1836) I. 318 ; Dev." (ii w.Som.^ Daid-mainz-vingurz.
{<:) Bck. (G.E.D.), Sus. (rf) Nhb.' Called also ' Dei'l's foot,' ' Adam
and Eve,' ' Cain and Abel.' («) Sur. (/) Wor. (^1 Hmp. (h)
Inv. (H.E.F.) (<■) n.Lin.l (8) Nhb.' (9, a) War., Glo.^ Sus.
The meadow orchis . . . which is called ' dead men's hands,'
Jefferies Field and Hdgyow. (1889) 115. Hmp.' {b) Nhb.'
Known also as hen's kames and adder grass. Hmp. (W.M.E.F.)
(10) Nhb.' Called also bad-man's oatmeal. (11) Bnff. Now and
then a starfish ; ' Dead men's Paps,' as they are called here,
Smiles Natur. (1876) 284, ed. 1893. (12) N.I.' Uls. Men also
speak of dead men's pinches, small discoloured marks on the
skin, resembling pinches or bruises, which come in the night in
some mysterious way, Black Flk-Mediciiie (1883) i. (13) N.I.'
(14^1 Rxb. The idea that the dust of this plant causes blindness is
also prevalent (Jam.). (15) Nhb.' Sus. N. & Q. (1869) 4th S.
iii. 242. (16) Lin. So called from its resemblance to a bier.
Current near Grimsby, Lin. N. if Q. I. 112. ne.Lin. Fling it
awaay, bairn, it's noht pratty, it's a dead-man's wheelbarra'
(M.P.).
2. A mining term ; see below.
w.Yks.* When miners have got into some old works, of which
they had previously no knowledge, they say they have got into
an old man or dead man.
3. A piece of timber buried in the earth to secure
posts, &c.
e.An.'2 Brks. , Hmp., Wil. A small beam of wood, somewhat of
the size and shape of a man, attached to chains and buried in the
ground, being used for holding fast the rope blocks in the circular
system of steam-ploughing tackle (W.H.E.).
4. The soil which rises higher on one side of a wall
than the other.
Nhp.i When there is a descent of two or three steps into
a house, that portion of the wall which is below the surface of the
outer soil is called dead-man. 'There is so much dead-man, the
house is always damp.' ' The dead-man behind the garden wall
injures the fruit trees.'
5. A small temporary pillar of rough brickwork erected
at inter\'als in a long wall to fasten the levelling line to.
Lan. (S.W.), Hmp.'
6. A scarecrow. Hrf.'^, w.Cy. (Hall.)
DEAF, adj. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms deave Cor.' ; deeaf e.Yks.' w.Yks. ; deef
Nhb.' Dur.' Cum.' Dev. Cor.'; deeve Dev. Cor.'; deve
Cor.^; djef Chs.' [def, dif, diaf, div.] 1. adj. In phr.
(i) as deaf as a beetle, (2) — as a bitin-baily, (3) — as a door-
vail, (4) — as a haddock, very deaf indeed ; (5) a Deaf
Tommy table, a piece of furniture ; see below.
(i) Sur.' That there horse is as deaf as a beetle. (2) Lan. I'm
as blynt as a mowdivvart, an' as deeaf as a bum-baily, Brierley
rF«wi7o!y (1884) 197. (3) n.Yks. (W.H.); n.Yks.2 (4) ■"■Som.'
Dev. y?f/'or/5P;'0Z'/«c. (1886)93. n.Dev.Tha'rt so deeve as a haddick,
Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 123. Cor.2 (5) Lin. Sitting down beside
the white deal Deaf Tommy table — a piece of three-legged fur-
niture which was probably invented by an afflicted Lincolnshire
carpenter so named, Fenn Cure 0/ So ids (1889) 24.
2. Comb, (i) Deaf-adder, the slow- worm or blind-worm ;
(2I -ears, the valves of an animal's heart ; (3) -head, a
stupid, dull fellow ; (4) -nettle, ia) the purple dead-nettle,
Lamium ptirpitreum ; (b) the white dead-nettle, L. album ;
(c) the wild hemp or hemp dead-nettle, Galenpsis Tetrahit;
(5) -stent, a payment of money to a hind in lieu of cow-
VOL. II.
grass; see below ; (6) -thread, part of the yarn in drawing
woollen thread, which is soft, thick, and untwisted.
(i) Sus. Nothing would persuade him to pick up a slow-worm,
or 'deaf adder' as he calls it, Gent. Mag. (May 1890") 469;
Sawyer Nat. Hist. (1883I 10. Cor.^ (2) n.Lin.', Nhp.', War.2
Shr.' Jefeer'z. Oxf. (A.L.M.) (3, w.Yks.a (4, o) Yks. w.Som.'
Deefniit-l. Dev." (i) n.Yks.', n.Lin.', WiL', Dev." (<r) Cor.'^
(5) Nhb.i Hinds were sometimes paid in kind by farm produce.
In this was included the pasturage of a cow, but for the period in
which the cow gave no milk, before the time of calving, a money
equivalent was paid called the deef-stent. ' Informer times many
hinds had stint for two cows in part payment of wages ; this was
found inconvenient, and a payment in money was paid for one and
called the " deef stent," ' MS. add. (M.H.D.) (6) w.Yks. Such
threads, if they got into the warp, caused the weaver trouble by
breaking down ; and if in the weft, had to be picked out of the
cloth after the weaving (W.T.).
3. Barren, sterile, unproductive, unfertilized, applied esp.
to land, corn, seeds, &c. ; tasteless, insipid ; dead.
Sc. Grain that hath lost the power of germinating is said to be
deaf(jAM.). n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.i, Nhb.', Cum.'2 n.Yks.'
Ay, yen's a deeaf spot : nowght nivver grows iv it. It's a varrey
bad year wi' t'bees. Maist feck o' t'kceam [comb] 's deeaf Ay,
t'peers [pears] 's past their best. They's amaist a' deeaf noo ;
n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Land is said to be 'deaf when it does
not produce good crops. Cole Place Names (1879) 28 ; The
crops have been heavy, and there is no sign of ' deaf ears in the
heavy ' shavs,' Nicholson Flk-Sp. (i88g) 13; e.Yks.', m.Yks.l
w.YJts. When wheat is unripened and injured, it is said to be
deaf, Hauiltos Niigae Lit. (1841) 345; That land has lain deaf
for many a year (C.C.R.) ; w.Yks ', ne.Lan.' n.Lin. As sartan as
a cauf is to suck th' deaf pap fost. Peacock R. Skirlaiig/i (1870] II.
106 ; n.Lin.' It's to noa good settin' theiise here duck eggs, thaay'U
all be deaf sw.Lin.' They cut a sheaf or two that was night-
ripening, but it was like deaf corn. ' Her cheek looked like a deaf
cheek, as if it had no life in it,' said of one the side of whose face was
paralysed. Lei.' Glo. Applied to certain light infertile soils,
Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). w.Som.' Applied to any kind of
fruit or seed enclosed in a shell or husk, which when opened is
barren. Noa zeeud cen ut. u plai-ntee u buud, bud au'l oa-m
deef [No seed in it, a plenty of buds, but all of them deaf]. Said
of a field of clover, which seemed very good in appearance. [The
teat is then said to be corded. After this the teat becomes deaf,
Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I- S^S]
4. Of shell and kcrnelled fruit : empty, having no kernel.
Gen. in comb. Deaf nut. Also usedy?g-.
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. The Howdie for a dose will keenly cry. Deaf
nits, I true, ne'er set that carlin by, Morison Poems 1790) 191.
Rnf. His lang beard Is nae deaf nit for lair. Pickem Poems (,1813)
I. 151. Peb. I'm nae deaf nit : My locker's fifty pounds in hale,
Affleck Pof/. ffis. (1836) 81. N.i.' n.Cy. 1 K.) ; Grose (1790).
Nhb.i, Dur.' Cum. Ham an' eggs an' a chop, was neah deef nut
for Bob ta crack, Farrall Betty IVdson (1886) 8 ; Cuyi.^ n.Yks.2
A good round sum is pronounced to be * no deeaf nut,' but a solid
reality. w.Yks. Universal deeaf-nut, breead cheese, bunnack an'
ginger-beer deealer, Yks. Comet (1884) No. ii 66; w.Yks.^is
Lan. Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 22.' Chs.'^^, Not. iJ.H.B.),
Der.°, nw.Der.', n.Lin.', Nhp.' War. B'ham ll'kty. Post (June 10,
1893) ; War.'^^, Wil.' w.Dor, Koeerts Hist. Lyme Regis 1 1834).
Dev." n.Dev. Ees, fegs, I thort my nits wur deeve, Rock y»K an
Nell (1867) St. 52. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.), Cor.'^
Hence (i) Deafan, sb. a nut without a kernel ; (2)
Deefy, sb. (a) see Deafan ; (b) a deaf person.
(i) w.Yks. They heddant fun sa much az a deafan among em,
TomTreddlehoyle B«iV;(5/(i ^»H. (1866) 31. (2, «) Nhb.' Hence
a worthless thing with an outwardly good appearance, (b) ib.
5. Phr. (i) not to live on deaf nuts, (2) to have no deaf nuts
to crack, to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty.
(i) n.Yks. Our Cleveland saying of a man, like Pharaoh's dream-
kine, ' fat-fleshed and well-favoured,' that he ' does not look as if
he had lived on " deaf nuts." ' Atkinson Moorl. Parisit (1891) Pre/.
9; n.Yks." (2') Lakel. Pcnritli Obs. (Dec. 28, i897\ Cum.',
Chs.'^ She' ' 'E dunna crack many djef-nuts ' is said of one who
has a well-fed appearance.
6. Decaj'ed, rotten.
Cor. The seeling, being deef, was scat, J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial.
(1846) 39; Cor.i2
7. V. To deafen with noise. See Deave.
e.Yks.', w.Yks.' Nhp. The birds . . . Were often deaf 'd to silence
by her song, Clare I'lll. Minst. (1821) 95.
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DEAFFLE
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DEAN
DEAFFLE, v. N.Cy.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To become deaf. (s.v. Daffle.)
DEAFLY, see Deavely.
DEAK, J'. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To fight. (Hall.)
DEAK, DEAKER, see Dike, Daker, sb^
DEAL, sb.^ and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms dale Glo. ; dayl Brks.' ; dele w.Yks." Nhp.' ;
dell Stfi Nhp.'; djel Chs.'; dyel Lan. ; jell War.^ Shr.
[dil, dial, del, deal, dgel.] 1. sb. A part, portion. Ken.'^
2. A quantity, number, a great deal, geii. in phr. a deal of,
or a deal, followed by a comparative. Also used advb.
Sc. I've a deal to mind, Steel Roivans (1895) 4. Ayr. To you,
the dotard has a deal to say. Burns Prolog, at Diimfiies Thealre
(1790) 1. 17. Nhb. She spack a deal about the deeth of the Swire,
Bewick Tynesidc Tales (iSsol 14. Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28,
1897'. Cum. It's a deal mair ner twenty pun' (E.W.P.). 'Wm.
He speak a deal ea wards, 'Wheeler Dial. (1790) 115, ed. 1821.
e.Yks.i There's a deal o' wath-er i' pownd just noo. w.Yks. A
horse . . . cud heit a deal but not a bit, Tom Treddlehoyle Sai>/is/«
Ann. (1857; 14; Thoresby Lett. (,1703); w.Yks." Lan. It'll be
woth a dyel to me, Clegg David's Loom (1894) ii ; It were fegger
a dyel in the mornin, Tim Bobbin Vieiv Dial. (1740) 21. Clis.' A
man, describing the time it took to get rid of all the visitors to the
annual Fete held at Beeston Castle, said ' It's like a djel o' ten afore
they aw get cleared off,' that is nearly ten o'clock. Stf.', Der.
(A.L.M."), Not.' Lin. The's a deal o' foaks sez 'at they think Queen
'ez a reight for ta cum to Win-ter-ton (J.T.F.). n.Lin.' ' It taks a
deal of doin',' that is, it is a tedious or laborious process. sw.Lin.^
It's not hurteii a deal. Lei. You'd a deal better let it alone (C.E. ) ;
Lei.i Nhp.' She was adele like her mother. War.^ ; War.^ We
had ajell of trubble. se.Wor.' Shr. There was a jell of cock-
faitin' about those parts, Burne Flk-Lore (i&S'^) xiv. Glo. Her
didn't tell me a dale about the matter, Gissing Vill. Hampden (i8go)
I. vii. s.Oxf. I'd a deal liefer 'ee should yarn 'is ten shiUin' a week
at farm work. Rosemary Chilterns ( 1895 1 78. Brks.' Us had a dayl
o' trouble last vail. n.Wil. Aw bless'ee! Her'sa deal wuss(E.H.G.).
w.Som.^ Why, I'd zoonder go 'thout em, by a purty dale.
3. Phr. (1) a deal different to, very different from; (2)
a deal of lueallier, heavy rain or snow ; (3) a very deal, (4)
a wounded deal, a considerable quantity ; (5) no great deal,
of no great worth or value; (6j tiot much in ilie deal, not
much difference between.
(i) w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.' He's a deal different to what he ewsed
to be afoore he caame to knaw that offil lass. (2I w.Wor. There's a
deal o' weather out o' doors to-day, S. Beauchamp Grantley Graiige
(1874) II. 72. (3") Cum. It's not a varra deal o' dogs as cooms into
t'country, Hehellyn, Cornh. Mag. (Oct. 1890) 383. n.Yks. Thoo's
thowt on a deeal theesen, Nelly, An' a varry deeal mair 'an me,
MuNBY Verses (1865) 56. sw.Lin.' He would have all cutten, and
then there came a very deal of wet. (4) Lan. So, thowt I t'meh
seln o weawnded deeol ! Tim Bobbin View Dial. ',1740) 39. (5)
Abd. (Jam.) (6) n.Yks. 32 dhar izant mitsh i' t'dial ya kon tak
which ye laik 'W.H.).
4. V. To divide, distribute, apportion; to part, separate.
Frf. Deal your bread to them that's here. Barrie Toiohjv (1896)
99. Fif. I hae na better rede to gie ; If you hae better deal it free,
TENNANxPfl/ii's/rv (1827) 105. Ayr. Cheese an' bread ... Was dealt
about in lunches. Burns //o/vFti!/-(i785) St. 23. Nhb.' Dyel smaal
an' sarve aak n.Yks. The boundary between the North and West
Ridings ran ' on the top of Penhill, where God's water deals ' (the
rain divides), A^. & Q. (1851) ist S. iv. 161. e.Yks.i MS. add.
(T.H.) w.Yks. That's mine : deal it away that dares ! (C.C.R.)
n.Lin.' Ther' is them as hes gotten it to saay 'at he duzn't deal cot
the doale fairly.
Hence (i) Dealer, si. the doler out of a charity; see
below ; (2) Dealt and done, phr. served out and finished.
(i) Sora. A curious feast takes place annually in the parish of
North Curry, near Taunton. . . . Three fat heifers ... are killed by
a butcher and the day before Christmas Day delivered ... to two
tenants of the Manor of North Curry, called dealers The dealers
. . . are to cut, m deal, or dole out the beef, &c., to the persons
entitled to receive it, N. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 237. (2) Nhb. Efter
a' W.1S dealt and duiu, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843I 56 ; Nhb.i
5. To conclude a bargain of purchase or sale ; to agree
as to price.
Som. Young Henry Jan diddcn come in to watch we doaley,
RwMOtiD Mislerlon's Mistake [iBBB) 150. w.Som.i'V-eeu-daeulud ?
[haveyou dealt ?J may be heard fifty times in every market or fair.
It is the regular question put to a seller by a buyer when he wishes
to know if the former has sold his commodity to the departing
bidder, so that, if not, he may begin to chaffer for it. Viie oa'n
taek noa las' ? Noa. Wuul dhan aay shaan dae'ul [You will not
take less ? No. Well then I shall not buy]. At fairs and similar
places, the women who keep the ' fairing,' or gingerbread stalls,
always salute the passers-by with ' plaiz tu dae-ul.'
6. Phr. lo deal the bank, to settle a dispute ; to come to an
understanding.
Bnir.' A'U hae naething t'dee wee't ; ye can deal the bank atween
yirsels.
7. To throw up the ball, in the game of ' hurling.'
Cor. Catching the ball dexterously when thrown up, or dealt,
Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. ( 1865) 400, ed. 1896.
[1. Prede is Jie dyeules oje dojter [-et he)> grat del ine
his kende, Ayenbite (1340) 17. 2. What a deal of brine
Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks, Shaks. /?. &^ J. 11. iii. 69.]
DEAL, s6.= Sc. Nhb. Yks. Not. Nhp. e.An. Cor. Also
in forms dail Sc. ; dale Nhb.' Not.; del- Cor.' = ; dyel
Nhb.' [dil, dial, del, deal] 1. A deal board, a plank.
e.Fif. I sat doun on a dail that happened to be Ij'in' across the
mou' o' a kimmen, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) vii. Ayr. Some
carryin dails, some chairs an' stools. Burns //o/v /^ai''' ( i 785) st. 8.
eXth. The household gods, . . . beds, tikes an' dails, Mucklebackit
R:ir. Rhymes (1885) 12. Slk. The body . . . was tied between two
deals, Hogg Tales (1838) 157, ed. 1866. Nhb. But heavy puttin's
now forgotten, . . . Ower holey thill and d3'els a' spletten, Wilson
P//;;/a;i's Pny (1843'! 31 ; Nhb.' e.Yks.' ./1/S. nrfrf. (T.H.) w.Yks.
A short-sized deal (C.C.R. 1 ; It wor a land o' oil an tar an poiles
o' deals, Hallam IVad^ley Jack (1866 1 xiv. [Deals, pieces of wood,
usually three inches thick, imported from the Baltic and Canada
in lengths of over 10 feet, Gl. Lab. { 1894).]
2. A fir-tree. Gen. in comp. Deal-tree.
Not. (W.H.S.), Nlip.', e.An.', Nrf. (W.R.E.), Nrf.l
Hence (i) Deal-apple, (2) Dealsey or Delseed, sb. a
fir-cone.
(i) Nhp.', e.An.', Nrf. (W.R.E.), Nrf.» Suf. Rainbird ^^nc.
(1819) 291, ed. 1849. Ess. (W.W.S.) (2) Cor. 'Tes vor all the
vvurld like a delzeed, Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434; Cor.' ^^
[1. Asser, a deele or planke, Duncan Appendix (1595).
Du. deele, a planck (Hexham) ; cp. OE. J^etu, hewn wood,
plank.]
DEAL, si.3 'Won Hrf Gmg. Glo. Ken. Sur. Bus. Also
in form dale Glo.' [dil, del.] 1. The nipple, teat of a
sow, cow, bitch, fox, rat, iSic. Cf dill, sb.^
s.Wor.', Hrf. (.W.W.S.), Glo.', Ken.' 2 Cur.' When a cow-calf
is born, the cow-man will look to see if its deals are all right. Sus.'
[Mayer Sprtsmn's Direct. (1845) 146.]
2. A litter of pigs.
Gmg. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1848-50) IV. 222.
[1. OE. dclu, nipple of breast; cp. Ir. del, a teat
(O'Reilly) ; Gael, deala, a cow's dug, a sheep's teat
(M. & D.) ; Gr. er,^,). a teat]
DEALFA, see Dilfa.
DEAL(L, see Dale, sb.\ Dole, 56.'
DEAM, sb. Obs. n.Cy. A disorder fatal to children.
Grose (1790).
DEAM(E, see Dame.
DEAN, si.' Dur. Also Dev. In comb, (i) Dean and
Chapter, a medicine ; see below ; (2) Dean Ruler, a Rural
Dean.
( I ) Dur. The remnants of every medicine bottle in the house, the
more the better, were poured together, well shaken, and a spoon-
ful of the mixture administered to a patient, of whatever nature his
complaint might be. This strange remedy was called ' Dean and
Chapter,' Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) v. (2 1 Dev. For the charges
of a presentment of the Dean Ruler, 07.00, East Biidleigh Cli warden
Accts. ( 1707-8) ; Pd. for expences upon the dean Ruler, 81/., Hart-
land Church Accts. (1683-4). nw.Dev.' Still used.
[(2) A piece of folk-etymology for Dean ntral (Coles
1677) ; The Ravyne . . . Was dene rurale, Holland
Howlat (c. 1450) 2is.[
DEAN, sb.^ Sc. 'Nhb. Dur. Wm. Yks. Lan. Brks. Ken.
Hmp. Som. Written dene N.Cy.' Nhb.' e.Dur.' Lan.'
Ken.' Also in form deighn w.Yks.; deign Lan.'; deyn
Lan.' e.Lan.' [din, den, Yks. Lan. dein.] 1. A deep
wooded valley or dell, esp. a valley through which a stream
flows. See Den.
DEAN
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DEAS
e.Lth. Spott House, romantically situated ... in a dean, den 01
glen, Slalist. Ace. V. 455 (Jam.1. SIk. To his liglit little bower in
the deane, Hogg Poems (cd. I865-) 287. N.Cy.' Nhb. 1 lie bottom
of tlie dean a depth of 40 feet, Richaroson Borileier's lahU-bk.
(18461 VII.335 ; (,W.W..S.) ; Nhb.' Dur. The cast coast is broken
or indented by deep ravines locally called ' denes,' or, when tliey
are small, ^ ^\\\s; Monthly Cluon. yii&i) 63; ' Scarrs and denes,'
hills and dales (Iv.V e.Dur.'The picturesque wooded hollows, each
tr.aversed by a stream, are called ' denes.' Wm. (J.H.) w.Yks.
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. i, 1892I ; w.Yks. > Lan. Rory Trad. (1872)
II. 3 ; Lan.', e.Lan.' Brks.' llie common name for a field with
rising ground on each side of it, but I have not known a case where
more than one field in a parish is so called. Ken.' A wooded valley,
alTording pasturage; Ken. =, Hmp.i w.Som.' Dai n.
2. Co)iip. Dene-holes, holes sunk in the chalk hills for
the purpose of obtaining chalk for manure. Ken. (P.M.)
3. A measure of land.
Ken. The Manor of Lenliam, consisting of 20 plough-lands and
13 denes, Somner A»tiq. Cant. (1703) 27 ; Ken.'
[1. OE. demi (Luke iii. 5).]
DEAN, sb.^ and v. e.An. Written deen Nrf. ; dene
e.An.' Suf. Also in form dane Suf.' [din, Suf also den.]
1. sb. A din, noise ; a sound. Cf. din, sb.
e.An.' I don't hear a dene. Cmb. N. & Q. (i860) and S. i.\. 51.
Nrf. Before they fall asleep, when not a ' deen ' will be heard,
Patterson Man and Nat. U895) 126; (A.A.G.) Suf. He took it
without a dene. ' Don't make such a dene,' or ' such a dene of
noise ' (W.F.R.) ; Suf.' Ess. Ray ( 1691) ; (_K.) ; Ess.'
2. V. To din, make a noise. Ess.'
fME. ifeite, noise (P. Plowman), dial, form of dyne (ib.) ;
OE. dyne.]
DEAN, see Durn.
DEANETTLE, sb. Also in forms dae- Nhh.'; day-
N.Cy.' n.Yks.' w.Yks.' ; dead- Cum.' ; dee- Cum.' w.Yks.^
deea- Cum.' n.Yks.= ; deye Nhb.' [dr-, dia'-, de-netl.]
A name given to var. species of nettle: (i) the purple
dead-nettle, Laniiiiin piirpureum (sw. Cum.w.Yks.'^Wor.);
(2) the white dead-nettle, /.. «//<!(/» (Nhb. Cum.' w.Yks.'
Shr.') ; (3) the wild hemp-nettle, Galeopsis Tc/ra/iit (N.Cy. ^
Nhb.' n.Yks. '^ Nhp.'^); (4) the bee-nettle, G. versicolor
(Nhp.); (5) the woundwort, Stof/rcs /"rt/ws/ns (sw.Cum.).
[Dee-nettylles, Fitzherbert Husb. (1534) 30; Arch-
angelica, de-netle, Vac. (c. 1150) in Wright's Voc. (1857) 91 ;
see Archangel.]
DEAR, adj., sb. and tni. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [disr, di3(r).] 1. adj. In phr. (i) to buy at dear
/land, to buy in small quantities at retail prices; (2) dear
meal-cart, see below ; 13) ^year, a famine year.
(^11 n.Lin.' (2) Dmb. This sort of vehicle came first into use
among farmers when they were enriched by the prevalence of
high 'war-prices.' Hence it derived its name. . . . He perceived a
spring-cart which he felt pretty sure was the ' dear-meal-cart ' of
Whinnyside, Cross Disruption (1844) xv. (3) Edb. Bell . . . died
of the measles in the dear year, at the age of fourteen, Moir
Mansie IVaiich (1828) i. Ant. 'A face on you like a dear year,' a
comment on a miserable expression of face (W.H.P.).
2. Used in speaking of parts of the body when describing
ailments.
s.Wor. From a child her ' dear flesh ' was allis as white as
halablaster, Porson Quaint IVds. (1875) 23. Bdf. You will hear
a poor woman, in the course of recapitulating her ailments, talk of
her ' dear head,' her ' dear stomach,' &c. (J.W.B.)
3. sb. In phr. my dear, a common form of address.
Dev. In setting the Princess right as to some remark she had
made, he forgot for the moment whom he was addressing, and
said, ' No, no, ray dear ; 'tisn't so.' . . . The pure Devonshire strain,
in which he was wont to use that familiar expression in speaking
to ladies, . . . must have amused her Royal Highness amazingly,
Memoir J. Russell (1883^ xiv. Cor. Here's your healths again,
my dears, Tregellas Treninan, 6 ; The reader must understand
the frequent expression ' my dear' to be merely the common local
form of address, ib.; Aw ! Captain Peard, my dear ! ib. St. Agnes, 14.
4. int. An exclamation of woe.
n.Sc. The lady looked o'er the castle wa'. And dear, but she was
sorry, Buchan Ballads (1828) J32, ed. 1875.
5. Phr. (i) Dear anvil, (2) — be here, (3) — bless y on, (4)
— flesh, (5) — heart a day, (6) — help yon, (7) — keep us,
(8) —kens, (9) — knows, (10) — love you, (11) — mercy,
(12) — sokes, (13) — sores, exclamations expressive of
surprise, sorrow, &c.
(i)s.Pem. Laws Little Eng. (1888) 418. (2) Abd. Dear be
hear! I b'lieve I'll spue, Beattie Parings (1801) 30. ed. 1873.
nw.Abd. Eh ! Dear be here, nicm, is this you? Goodwife (1867)
St. I. (3:N.I.' (4') s.Wor. Ah dear flesh, I opes as nothing won't
come to overtake him, Porson Quaint IVds. (1875) 24. (5) Yks.
Dear 'aht a day ! Are we to risk bein' damned to get nicely threw
life, Farquhar Frankhcart, 137. (6. N.I.' (7) Fif. Dear keep's,
ye're surely daft or fou, Douglas Poems (1806) 36. Lnk. Dear
keep us! quo' Girzy, AsMegwasgaun bye, Watson Pocois (1853)
46. (8) Sc. What'll be in't dear only kens. Swan Gates of Eden
( 1895) xiv, Nhb. The priest said . . . that he would go to heaven,
but my informant didn't seem quite ?o sanguine, for he uttered
that truly Northumbrian ejaculation * Dear kens ? ' in a highly in-
terrogative manner, A'. tT* Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 340. (9) Per. Wi'
dear knows hoo much o' her ain auld lace on't, Ian Maclaren
K. Canifg'/e (1896) 251. N.I.' Nhb.' Dear knaas what aa's gan
te dee? He's been dear knaas hoo lang away. e.Dur.' On asking
a woman when her husband will be in, she frequently gives this
answer. (10) N.I.' (11) Cor. When he open'd the door — ' Dcar-
marcy,' says Grace, Forfar Cousin Jan (1859) st. 3. (12) Nhb.
Dearsakes, if t'shops isn't shut, an' arl, s.Tynedale Stud. (1896J iv.
(13) Shr.' Dee"ur' soa'h'r'z.
DEAR, DEARN, see Dare, v.^^, Dern, adj.'^'^, Durn.
DEARLY, adv. Suf. Very, exceedingly, extremely.
e.Suf. It is dearly cold. I am dearly hot, thirsty, &.C. (F.H.)
DEARNT, V. Irel. To look up to, behold.
Wxf.' Our eein wode b'mistern t'dearnt up ee skee [our eyes
would be dazzled to look up to the sky], 86.
DEART(H, t;. Obs.l Sc. Also in form daart(h Or.I.
(Jam.) S. & Ork.' 1. To raise the price of anything.
Or.I. (Jam.), S. & Ork.' Hence (i) Daarted, />/>. raised in
price ; (2) Dearth-cap, sb. a species of fungus ; see below ;
(3) Dearthful, adj. expensive, high in price.
(i) Or.I. (Jam.\ S. & Ork.' (2) Per. A name given in the Carse
of Gowrie to a species of fungus which in its form resembles a
bowl or ' cap,' containing a number of seeds. It must have received
its name from its being supposed to aflbrd a supply in a time of
scarcity (Jam.). (3) Ayr. Bitter dcarthlu' wines, Burns Sc. Drink
(1786) St. 16.
[Derthyn or make dere, carisco, Prompt]
DEARY, adj n.Cy. Yks. Lin. [dia-ri.] 1. In phr.
deary me to-day.' an exclamation of regret or surprise.
m.Yks.' w.Yks. Banks injid. IVds. (1865). n.Lin.' Why,
deary me to daay it raains agean.
2. Small, minute, little, undersized, puny, gen. followed
by little. See Doory.
n.Cy. Grose (17901 ; (K.); N.Cy.^ n.Yks. (I.W.) ; n.Yks.';
n.Yks.2 'A deary bit,' a minute portion. ne.Yks.' It's nobbut a
deary lahtle thing. m.Yks.' w.Yks.' This is a deary little bit.
n.Lin. A little deary bit of a bairn. Peacock M. Heron (1872) II.
112 ; n.Lin.' What deary little apples ! I'll hev a deary sup moore
tea, if ye please.
DEAS, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Written deece n.Sc. Also
in forms dais N.I.' ; deis Sc. (Jam.) ne.Sc. N.Cy." Nhb.' ;
deys N.Cy.' ; dess Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' N.Cy.' ; dias Wgt.
[dis, des, dias.] 1. An old-fashioned wooden settle or
sofa, which could be turned into a table, bed, or seat.
Sc. An old oaken deas, which was so contrived as to serve for
a settee ; at meal times the back was turned over, rested on the
arms, and became a table; and at night thescat was raised up and
displayed a commodious bed, Jamieson Pop. Ballads{i8o6) I. 213,
214. S. & Ork.' ne.Sc By the other side wall stood the settle
or deis with its table fixed to the wall and folding down over it in the
centre, Gregor Flk-Loie (1881) 52. Abd. Seated on the deece in
Johnny Gibb's kitchen, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) iii; The
deas in some farm-houses is still so constructed as to serve both
for a settee and a table (Jam.). Kcd. The sharger sat an" hoor an'
grat Upo' the deece the but, Grant Lays (1884) 7. Edb. In its
auld lerroch yet the deas remains, Whare thegudeman aft streeks
him at his ease, Fergusson Poems (i773 ''• 5^ (Jam.). N.I.' A
log used as a seat, and placed against the gable of a cottage at the
back of the fire, that is where a ' round about ' fire was used.
2. A stone bench or seat, sometimes covered with sods,
at a cottage door.
Sc. The old man was seated on the deas, Scott Midlothian
(1818) xviii. Elg. The daice, the porch of ancient days, Sae nicely
trellis'd oure, CouPER Poetry {i&on) I. n6. Wgt. Two brothers
G 2
DEASE
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were one day . . . resting on one of the stone seats called
diases. which used to be in front of every house in the Main Street
of Wliithorn, Fraser Wigtouin (1877) 322. N.Cy.', Nhb.i
3. A pew. .
Sc. And whan she came to Mary-Kirk and sat down in the deas,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 29. n.Sc. Still called a deas,
'b- 213. i 1 • u 11
[The same word as ME. deis, a raised table in a hall
(Chaucer); AFr. deis (Moisv). Fr. and lit. E. dais is
due to Picard dial.]
DEASE, see Daze, v.
DEASIL, sb. Sc. Nhb. Written deasoil, deisheal Sc.
(Jam.); deazil Nhb.' [drzl, dis-zl.] A walk round by
the sun, a motion from east to west. Cf. withershins.
Sc. The surgeon . . . perambulated his couch three times, moving
from east to west, according to the course of the sun, . . . which
was called making the deasil, Scott Wavciley (1814) xxiv ; At
marriages and baptisms they make a procession round the church,
Deasoil, i. e. sunways, Pennant Tour Scotl. (1771) 309 (Jam. s. v.
Widdersinnis). Nhb.i
[Gael, deiseil, towards the south or the right hand
(M.& D.), der. oi deas, riglit, south, Olr. dess (Macbain).]
DEASK, adj. Or.I. Also in form deasked. Besotted ;
stupid, bewildered.
Or.I. Commonly used (J.G.") ; (Jam. Suppl.)
DEATH, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written deeath Wm. n.Yks."^ w.Yks. Lan. ; deeth
Nhb.'; deith Cum. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Death-
ailment, the illness of which one dies; (2) -alder, the
spindle-tree, Eiioityimis enropaeits ; (3) -alive, an ex-
pletive ; (4) -bell, \a) the funeral bell ; (h) the fritillary,
Fritillaria Mcleagris ; (5) -candle, see -lights ; (6) -chap,
a knock betokening death is at hand ; (7) -clam, see
-smear {a) ; (8) -clawt, the clutch which a dying person
sometimes gives to a bystander ; (9) -coach, a rumbling
sound supposed to betoken death ; (10) -deal, a wooden
board on which the dead are laid ; (11) -ding, a death-blow ;
(12) -doles, funeral alms ; (13) -done, killed, done to death ;
(14) -'s door, the door of a church through which corpses
are commonly carried; (15) -dwam, a death-swoon or faint ;
(161 -fick, the death-struggle or agony; (17) -hearse, an
imaginary hearse drawn by headless horses gnd driven
by a headless driver, said to betoken death ; (18) -hunters,
(a) persons who go from parish to parish as a death occurs,
to carry the corpse to the burial ground ; {b) a street
' patterer,' who sells accounts of murders, &c. ; (19) -ill,
see -ailment; (20) -lax, the diarrhoea wliich is premonitory
of death ; (21) -let, see below ; (22) -lights, corpse-candles,
igiics fatiti ; (23) -louse, a white louse, regarded as a sign of
deatli to the person upon whom it is found ; (24) -"s mail-
ing, a burial ground ; (25) -pinch, a black mark or bruise
on the skin, supposed to portend death; (26) -piper,
a bird whose singing portends death ; (27) -rittle, (28)
-ruckle, (29) -ruttle, the death-rattle ; (30) -sark, a
shroud; (31) -sawms {-psalms', Psalms xxxix and xc ;
(32) -scrawm, the ' picking' or finger-groping of the
bedclothes by a sick person before death ; {33) -scum,
the film on the eyes of a person at the point of death ;
I34I -shrewd, see -sark; (35) -sickness, see -ailment;
(36) -sile, the death-faint or swoon ; (37) -skrike,
the shriek of 'something' ghostly, denoting death;
(38) -smear, (a) the clammy moisture on the face of
a dying person ; {b) a disease fatal to children ; (39)
-sough, the last breath of a dying person ; (40) -spate, an
omen of death ; (41) -spells, magic appliances or charms
worn to preserve life ; (42) -stangs, the pangs of death ;
(43) -stark, as still' as death; {44) -streak, a mark. of
death; (45) -streaked, laid out as a corpse; (46) -struck
or -strucken, death-smitten ; (47) -sure, sure of death ;
(48) -swap, sec -chap ; (49) -thraws, the last agony of
death ; (50) -tick, the death-watch ; (51) -trouble, see -ail-
ment; I52) -Warner, see -tick; (53) -weed, see -sark;
(54I -wite, the penalty of having lived; (55) -year, tlie
year succeeding a death in a family; (^6) -yirm, the
death-rattle. -x . vo ; j'
^i) n.y ks.2 (2) n.Bck. It is thought unlucky to bring it into the
house (B. & H.). (3) Ir. In luck ? death-alive, how, Ned ? Carleton
Traits Peas. (1843)1.8; Come, boys — death alive, the day's passin*,
ib. Fardoroitgha (1848J iv. (4, a) Wm. The deeth bell gev a towl,
Whitehead Leg. (1859) 12. ib) Cum. From the dingy, sad colour
of the bell-shaped flowers (B. & H.). (5) Sc. She had for three
nights successively seen a death-candle flitting from the battlements
of the Kaim along the clifl's, . . . from which omen she augured
nothing less than the death of some personage connected with the
family, St. Kathleen (1820) IV. 23 (Jam.). (6) Edb. I dreaded first
that it was the death-chap, MoiR Mansie IVaucli (1828) xvi. (7,8)
n.Yks.2 (g) Nhp.'^ (10) Arg. She . . . looked at the man with
. . . the death-deal under his oxter, Munro Lost Pibroch (1896)
109. (11) n.Yks.2 Yan o' t'riggin banks brak, an gav oor aud
meear herdeeath-ding. ni.Yks.' (12, 13) n.Yks.'' ( 14) n.Lin.'The
north or Death's door of a church, Arcliaeologia, II. 49. (15) Lnk.
Death-dwams he had a v/izard airt in, Murdoch Z^or/c i>v''*^( 1873)
9. (16) n.Yks.2 We fand her i' t'field liggin i' t'deeath-fick. (17)
N.Cy.* Nhb.' Seen about midnight proceeding rapidly, but without
noise, towards the churchyard, the death of some considerable
person in the parish is sure to happen at no distant period. (18, r?)
ni.Yks.' They go from parish to parish, to burials, with small
black stools called * buffets,' to rest the coffin on, whilst the funeral
hymn is sung before the house, and to rest on the way to church.
Used where the hearse is objected to on superstitious grounds.
ib) Lon. Running patterer is known by another and very expressive
cognomen — as a ' Death Hunter.' This title refers not only to his
vending accounts of all the murders that become topics of public con-
versation, but to his being a ' murderer* on his own account, as in
thesale of ' cocks' mentioned incidentally in this narrative, Mayhew
Land. Labour {iB^i) I. 228. (19) Ayr. I doubt his death-ill will lie
at your door, Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822) xli. (20) n.Lin.' We knew
o' Thursda' he couldn't last long; he'd th' death lax so bad. (21)
n.Yks.2 ' Their house, 1 think, is decath-Iet,' the inmates having
died in quick succession ; only once heard. (22)16. (23) w.Yks.^
(24) s.Sc. This ground of the dead, or ' Death's mailing,' as it has
sometimes been called, Wilson Tales (18391 ^- 34- (25) Chs.'
Proceeding from a diseased state of the blood. Shr.* Obsol.
Betty, jest look at my arm, 'ow black it is ! I hanna 'urt it as I know
on ; is it they callen a djeth-pinch ? — gid me to prepar. 1 26) Dev.
' There's that queer bird singing again.' ' It's the death-piper.' . . .
' I reckon he cried seven times over my Joan before she fell asleep
in the snow, and her soul went flying off in the storm. It's come
and is calling me,' Baring-Gould /rfv/fe (18961 41. (27) iiw.De-.'
(28) Sc.That was the death-ruckle — he's dead, Scorr Giy 71/. (1815)
xxvii. (29, 30) n.Yks.2 (31) n.Yks.^ ' She has sent for somebody
to pick herasawm,' — in reference to the practice of selecting from
a metrical psalm, portions applicable to the case of the sick person,
to be sung at the funeral ; ' the picking' devolving as a mark of
regard upon some particular friend. (32,331/6. (34) n Lin.^ (35)
Dev. He wasn't a converted man, 'till arter his death-sickness zot
in, Burnett Stable Boy (1888) xxv. (36,37) n.Yks.^ (38,0)
n.Yks.'^ (i) e.An.' A pretty extensive inquiry among midvvives,
nurses, and other rustic gossips of much experience and sagacity,
has not produced any living authority for it. It does not seem very
likely that it ever did signify any disease in particular, but the fatal
termination of any one. The collector might have heard an old
nurse exclaim, ' Ah ! poor babe, 'tis in the death-smear ! ' the smore
or mist of death, on the point of losing its breath. Not that it is
used even in that sense now. Nrf. Grose (1790). Suf. Culluh
Hist. Hawsted (1813). (39) Sc. Heard ye nae the lang-drawn
death-sough ? The death-sough of the Morisons is as hollow as
a groan frae the grave. Blaekiu. Mag. (Sept. 1820)652 (Jam.).
(40) Nhb. Av've seen her frighten a' wor foaks wi' s.Tying she saw
the ' Deeth-spate ' on the candle, Wilson Tyiieside S>igs. (1890)
467. (41, 42, 43) n.Yks.2 (44) w.Ir. It isnot lung Honor O'Maliey
will be in this world. ... It was only j^esttrday I was with her . ..
and it was the death-streak I saw plainly under her left eye, the
death-streak that no one can live two months once it comes out on
them, Lawless Grama (1892) I. pt. 11. ii. (45'! n.Yks.^ (46)
n.Yks.^ 2 w.Som.^Aa*! aay zeed u wuz dath-strcok't, zu zeon-z
uvur aay tiaa'p mee uy paun un [Ah I I saw he was death-smitten,
as soon as ever I clapped my eye upon him]. (47) n.Yks.'' We're
all deeath-seear. ' As seear as deeathseear,' as sure as the
certainty of death. (48) Slk. The death-swap is a loud sharp stroke,
Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 64. (49) n.Lin.' (50) Oxf.' Caused by an
insect getting between the paper and the wall. nw.Dev.' (51)
Rnf. Till his death-trouble William Dickie enjoj-ed unbroken
health, Gilhour Pen Flk. (1873) 39. (52) n.Yks.'' (53) Lnk.
Guidman, in your next death-weed. Cry hooly an' yc're fairly
deed, Murdoch /Jon'c /.y>«( 1873) 29. (54) n.Yks.^ We all have to
pay deeath wite, (55) Hrf.2 (56) Lnk. The death yirm gathers
DEATH
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DEBATABLE
in my throat, An' blcerit grows my sicht, Murdoch Dotic Lvre
(1873) 15-
2. Phr. (i) Death conic qiitckly, the Herb Robert, Gem-
liitiiii Kobiiiidiiiiiii ; I2) dtalli upon prods, a cadaverous
person; {■^\ to he struck by death, io be in articiilo mortis;
(^)fact as death, as certain as death ; (5) to the death, to
death ; (6) to look like death on a mopstick, to look
miserable.
dl Cum.' w.Cum. The belief is that if the plant is gathered by
children some misfortune will follow to the parents, FlkLoye Rcc,
(1878) I. 159. (2) n.Yks.2 ^3 . Nrf. My pcor old man is gone.
He died at tree [three] o'clock this morning; but 'death struck
liim ' at eight o'clock the night afore (W.R.E.). (4) n.Sc. He can
spaik seven langijis, fac as death, Gordon Carglcn (iSgi'isa.
(5) w.Yks. Ah wor neearly tlay'd to t'deeath, Leeds Merc. Siifif/.
(Jan. 5, 1889I col. 5. Lan. Clemmed to th' deeath, Briekley
Lay rock (186^ < ix. (61 War.=
3. V. To kill, be the death of.
w.Yks. I'll deaath thee, sed t'owd chap, ta call me a stupid
duller, T. Toddle Aim. (1870) 9.
DEATH, adj. Yks. Also Suf. Ken. Sur. Sus. [deb,
Yks. dia}5.| Deaf.
w.'ifks. I.C.C.R.) ; w.Yks.5 A death an' dumblad. Suf. (Hall.)
Ken. De ooman was sa plaguey death, She cou'den mak" ar hear,
Masters Diek and Sal (c. 1821) st. 59. Ken.' It's a gurt denial to
be so werry death ; Ken.^. Sur.', Sus.'
Hence Deathness, sb. deafness.
w.Yks. (J.W.I, Ken.' Sus. She is troubled with deathness,
Ellis Proniiiic. (1889) V. 134; Sus.' His deathness is a great
denial to him (s. v. Denial).
DEATHIN, sb. Sc. The water hemlock, Phellandrium
aquaticum.
Tev. Denominated perhaps from the deadly nature of the herb
(JAM.\
DEATHLY-LIKE, adv. Som. Very pale, deathly,
colourless in complexion.
w.Som.' Aay ziim uur leok'ud dath-Iee-Iuyk [I fancy she looked
pale as death].
DEATHLY-GROATS, sb. Yks. 'Written deeathy-
n.Yks.'^ [di3f)i-grots.] One having a death-doomed
look, having a sickly constitution.
n.Yks.' T'ane is a fahn, fat bairn : t'ither was allays a puir
dowly deeathy-groats ; n.Yks.'
DEAVE, V. Sc. Irel. and n. counties to Lan. Chs.
Also Dev. Cor. Also written -leeave n.Cy. n.Yks.' ;
deeve Sc. Lakel. Cum.' ; and in lorms deive Irel. ; deve
Sc. (Jam.) Frf ; dive Frf [div, diav.] 1. To deafen,
stun with noise.
Sc. I wadna be deaved with your keckling for a' your eggs,
Ramsay Prov. (1737). BnfiF. Bot [without] camshach wife or
girnin' gett. To plot my tacs. or dcave my pate, Taylor Poems
(1787) 179. Abd. Though ye sud deave me wi* your clatter,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 16. Kcd. Haud your tongue . . . And dinna
deave my min', Jamie Muse (1844) 137. Per. Mine [a baby at
baptism] skirled weel : . . . she'd hae deaved thebaic kirk wi' her
screighin', Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 64, ed. 1887. Fif. His
wife so deaved him, as he said, with her story, Meldrum Mar-
grcdel (1894) 268. Rnf. Hae ye nae fowks to deave wit, Picken
Poems (1813) H. 135. Ayr. If mair they deave us wi' their din,
Burns Ordination ^1786) st. 14. Lnk. I'm jist liken to be deeved
wi' thae birds, Wright Sc Life (1897) 37. Edb. To deave me,
than, ye take a pride in't Wi' senseless knoll [knill], Fergusson
Poems (1773) 172, ed. 1785. Slk. But now he was deaved, and
babbled outright, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865 ; 288. Dnif. The lugs o'
a tinkler wad deave for to listen her, Cromek Remains (18101 89.
Ir. The win' deaved your ears wid its roar. Barlow /)o^/(i«rfi 1892)
28, ed. 1893. N.I.' You would deave one's ears. Ant. Ballyniena
Obs. (1892). n.Cy. Grose (17901 ; N.Cy.' Nhb. Lord, what a
tongue, she'd deave a miller, Proudlock Borderland Muse ^1896)
339; Nhb.', Dur.', e.Dur.', s.Dur. (JED.) Lakel. Ellwood (1895) ;
Mak a less noise ; ye wad deeve a door-nail, Penrith Obs. (Dec.
aS, 1897). Cum.' ; Cum.^ They deav't me to deeth aboot foats 'at
he hed, 43. Wm. The wind and wheel wad deev'd the decl.
Whitehead Leg. (1859) 14. Yks. They go to t'dressmaker, an'
they fair deave her wi' talk, Taylor Miss Miles (1890) xxvii.
n.Yks.' Ah's fairlings deeav'd wiv't all : wife callin' an' bairns
skrikin' ; n Yks.=3, ne.Yks.', m.Yks,' w.Yks. Some women that
deave a man with talk before he can pass the doorstones, Snow-
DEN IVib 0/ Weaver (1896; xi ; w.Yks.' A clapper tongue would
dcave a miller. Lan.', n.Lan.', Chs."^ Dev. The noise was
enoo' to deeve a body (R.l'.C). s.Dev., eCor. Miss ^D.)
Hence (i) Deavesome, adj. deafening; (2) Deaving,
(a) ppl. adj. deafening, dinning ; talkative ; (6) vbl. sb. a
deafening noise ; (3) Deavy, adj., see Deavesome.
(i I Rnf. Big trains . . . are birlin' Wi' deavesome dunncrin' and
dirliii'. Young Pictures (1865) 169. Lnk. Workin' awa frae morn
till e'en Wi' deavesome clatter, Watson Poems (18531 27.
(2, a) Bnfr.' Haud yir tung some time, ye dcavin' cretur, for it
never dewahls. Ltli. Oh wow ! the deavin' din there ! Lumsden
Sheep-head (1892) 36. Edb. Can deavin' din o' whig or tory E'er
advance Britannia's glory ? Learmont Poems (i-jgi) 169. Cum.
Wi' their wives they rais'd a deevin' din, Gilpin Pop. Purtry
(1875) 204. Lan. Bang went th' deavin' din o gen, Scholes Tim
Ganmaltie (1857) 55. (b) Lnk. Syne wi' their cannon sic a
deevin' ! Watt Poems ( 1827) 91. Gall. The deevin' will juist be
eternal, Crockett Raiders (1894) v. (3) n.Yks. It meead quite
a deeavy noise (I.W.).
2. Fig. To worry, bother, embarrass, confuse ; to im-
portune, dun.
Sc. It's a bit clerk-body . . . that cam' ... to deave the laird for
siller, Seotch Haggis, 128. Abd. I'll be naethingbut deav't aboot it,
Alexander Johnny Gibb ( 1871 j xxix. Frf. We'll be hae'n Tibbie
ower here on Saturday to deve 's to death aboot it, Barrie Thrums
(1889) vii; I winna dive my head wi' sic nonsense, ib. iii ; Daily
dogg'd, an' dunn'd, an' dcav'd, Wi' creditors, Piper of Peebles
(1794) 8. Ayr. The pedigrees. .. I hae been sac long deaved
and driven doited wi', Galt Entail (1823) Ixxii. Gall. I hae been
deevin'atourguidman, Crockett Gifvj1/«<i (i896)xxxv. Ir. He'll
deive you with it till jou're fairlj' bothered. Barlow Lisconnd
(1895) 286. Yks. I could ha' cried, he deaved me so wi' it all,
Verney Slone Edge (1868) xxv. w.Yks.'
3. To break with violence.
w.Yks. Bang, bang. It's a mercy t'bothom isn't deaved out I
Bkonte Wuthering Heights (i?>3,']") xiii.
[1. The vesselis brokin al in peaces deiues al thair eiris,
Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (i^g6) II. 276; pe dunte
jiat schulde hym deue, Ceivayiie (c. 1360) 1286. OE.
*defan (Anglian dial.), to make deaf; cp. Go. {ga)daubjan,
G. (be)tdttben.]
DEA"VE, see Deaf, Dive, v.
DEAVELY, adj. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. Also in forms
davely Chs.'3 ; deafely N.Cy.'; deafly n.Yks." m.Yks.'
Chs.= ^; deeafly n.Yks.'; develey Chs.^ [div-, de'v-,
dia'vli, dia'fli.] Lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired,
remote.
n.Cy. Grose (1790') ; Coles (1677) ; N.Cy.' n.Yks.'; n.Yks.'
They live in a far-off decally spot. m.Yks.' Chs.' It's a davely
road ; Chs.' ; Chs.^ A woman told me she had left her house, it
was so deadly dcaveley. s.Chs.' lt)s u deevli road, un dhai' sen
dhur)z frifnin dheyur [It's a deavely road, an' they sen there's
fritnin' theer].
[Lieux destournez, deavely habitations, solitary lodg-
ings, CoTGR. OE. *deaflic ; cp. ON. daujligr, lonely (Vig-
fusson).]
DEAW. DEA'WKIN, DE A'WN,see Dew, Dawkin.Down.
DEAWLDY, DEAWSE, see Dowly, Douse, v?
DEAZE, DEAZIL, see Daze, v., Deasil.
DEB, see Dib, 56.'
DEBATABLE, adj. Obsol. Sc. Nhb. 1. In. phr.
Debatable land, land on the borders of England and
Scotland, claimed (before the Union) by both countries.
See Bateable.
Sc. Some man of consequence among the Graemes, who then
inhabited the Dcbateable Land, Scott Abbot (18201 ii. N.Cy.'
Often the cause offends. After the Union, called 'disputed
ground.' Nhb.' Also called ' battable' and ' threap-lands.' 'This
degraded land gave rise to that celebrated joke upon King James's
favourite Cow, which he brought from Scotland when he acceded
to the crown. She . . . was the only personage in his whole train
that ever returned to Scotland. When the courtiers expressed
their surprise how she could find the way, as she could speak
neither Scotch nor English, the King replied, that did not excite
his wonder so much as how she could travel over the debatable
ground without being stolen,' Hutton Llisl. Rom. IVall {1802).
2. Able to shift for oneself.
Gall. A debateable person, one who makes a good shift to gain
a livelihood fjAsi.).
DEBATE
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DEBATE, sb. and -;. Sc. Irel. Yks. Also written
debait Sc. (Jam.) [dibi't, dibeat] 1. sb. A fight, con-
flict, struggle.
Fif. To end this pley and this debate, Take Homer s canny
classic gate, Tennant Pcipislry (1827) 121. N.I.i Ant. If a cart
tumbled into a dyke shough, and the driver got so wedged in that
he could not move, it would be said ' he could mak' nae debate for
himsel',' BaUvmena Obs. (1892). Dwn. Said of a sick man, ' he is
making no debate for himself (C.H.W.).
2. V. To consider ; to cease.
Per., s.Sc. When one has ate as much at a meal as he deems
sufficient, and thinks it is time to lay down his knife and fork, it
is commonly said, ' I'll debait now ' i,Jam.). w.Yks.s All wur just
debaating whether to goa ur noa.
DEBAURD, see Debord.
DEBERRIES, see Day-berry.
DEB IT, int. w.Yks.'' [deb.] An oath.
An old woman, . . . often unable to pronounce a word of three or
four syllables correctly, would say, 'Way, deb it, let's miss it! '
DEBORD, V. and sb. Obs. Sc. Also written debaurd
(Jam.). 1. V. To go to excess ; to pass out of bounds.
Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. Fill Iheir flesh with sore burdens, and lay on
heavy crosses, lest they debord, Dickson JViiliiigs [1660) I. 121,
ed. 1845. SIg. Except it be visited with one kind of trouble or
other, we shall debord and run close out of the way, Bruce
Senjioiis (c. 163 1) xvii, ed. 1843.
Hence Debording, vbl. sb. excess. Sc. (Jam.)
2. sb. A departure from the right way.
Sc. Which verily is the ground of all our sinful debaurds,
Annand Mysleiiiim Pietatis (1671) 118 (Jam.\
[1. Fr. se dcsbordey, to overflow, break out of his bounds
(COTGR.).]
DEBOSH, sb. and v. Sc. Also in forms deboshrie
Bnff.' ; debushAbd. (Jam.) [dibo'J.] 1. sb. Excessive
indulgence, a debauch ; extravagance, waste.
Bnfif,^, Abd. (Jam.; Edb. I have been at the expense of a cart-
hire ... let alone Tammie's debosh and my own, MoiR Mansie
Waiich (1828) XV.
2. A person who indulges in anything to excess.
Bnff.^ He's naething bit a debosh wee smokan ; the cutty's
never oot o's cheek. Abd. (Jam.)
3. V. To indulge oneself in the use of anything to excess.
Gen. with wf or ivil/i. Sc. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Deboshed, ppl. adj. debauched, worthless;
(2) Deboshing, />/>/. o(^'. given over to excessive indulgence;
wasteful.
ii Ayr. Albeit for the time hs be a deboshed villain, Dickson
Writings (1660) I. 96, ed. 1845. Gall. Think ye that honest folk's
wages are for the likes o' you, that canna bide awa frae your
deboshed paramours, Crockett Cleg Kelly U896) liv. (2) Bnff.i
[3. Desbaucher, to debosh, desbaitche, deboshed, dis-
solute, CoTGR.]
DEBT, sb. Abd. (Jam.) In phr. to come in the debt o',
to break, destroy, kill, make an end of.
DEBUCK, V. Cld. (Jam.) To prevent any design
being carried out ; chiefly used in the game of nine-pins.'
Hence Debuction, sb., see below.
In the game of nine-pins, if a player strike down more pins than
make up the number required in the game, he loses thirteen. This
is called a debuction.
DEBURSE, i;. Obs. Sc. To disburse.
Sc. He could ill spare the money, which he debursed on that
occasion. Sin/je isms {I'jS-j) 120 ; (Jam.) ; Montlily Mag. (, 1798') II. 435-
Hence Debursing, vbl. sb. disbursement. Sc. (Jam.)
[Suche . . . somes as they shall deburse, An Order ( 1561)
in Rrc. O.x/ord (1880) 286. Fr. debourscr, to disburse.]
DEBUSHENS, sb. Obs. .' Sc. A term used to denote
dismissal.
Dmb. I mean to write to her whenever I see M'Corkle get his
dcbushcns. Cross Disniplion (1844) xxxiii.
[Cp. OFr. desbuscher, 'oter les fers a tin prisonnier,
6ter les fers ou liens dont est entrave un cheval ' (Roque-
fort).]
DEBUT, sb. Glo.' A term used by salmon fisher-
men on the Severn. Also used attrib.
The debut line is the name of the first line thrown out of the
boat to a man on the bank, as the boat is pulled across the river,
casting out the net all the way.
DEC, see Dic(k, tmm. adj.
DECAY, sb. Obsol. Sc. Consumption, ' a decline.'
Sc. Her son that she had left at hame weak of a decay, Scorr
Midlotliian (1O18) xviii. Or.I. They have a charm also whereby
they try if persons be in a decay or not. Brand /)fsf. Orltney {\-jO\)
62 (Jam.). Ayr. He fell into a decay o' nature, Galt Entail
(1823') ii ; And he fell into a decay and died in the winter, ib. Ann.
Patisli ( 1821) yivni.
DECEDENT, sb. Sc. One who has demitted an
office.
Sc. Being also brother-in-law to Mr. James Fairly, decedent,
Crauford Hist. Univ. Edb. (1808} 100. 102 (Jam. ) ; Mr Andrew
Young . . . was appointed to succeed the next decedent, ib. 52.
DECEIVE, V. w.Som.' [disi'v.] To disappoint,
without implication of deception or guile.
Be sure-n be there now ; you 'ont [dee-sai'v] me, will ee ! I was
proper deceived 'bout they there boots ; you never let me had em
gin the middle o' the week.
DECEIVERS, sb. pi. Ess. The ground-ivy, Nepeta
Glechoma. (B. & H.)
DECEIVERY, sb. Sc. Deceit ; a habit or course of
deceit.
Cld. (Jam.) Knf. He's free o' deceivery, the basest o' knavery,
Clark Rhvnics (1842) 4.
DECENT, adj Sc. Irel. Cum. 'Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Lin. Nhp. Hnt. Also in forms dacent Sc. Irel. Wm.
Lan. ; daesent Wm. ; deacent Lin. [disant, diasant,
de'sant] Satisfying the standard of one's position or
circumstances, respectable ; also of things, fair, tolerable,
good enough. Also used as an adv.
ne.Sc. I wis a widow wi' a decent income entirely under my ain
control, Grakt Keckleton, 12. Elg. Wi' her's, an' my ain I had
stow'd i' the neuk. When addit thegither, made a decent bank-
beuk, Tester Poems (1865') 108. Kcd. * Decent beast,' observed
the couper, *ance the minister's o'Foveran. Worth a five-poun'note
or near it,' Grant Lays (1884) 42. Frf. My honest father, decent
chiel, Sands Poems (1833) 106. w.Sc. I pity puirMrs. M^'Taggart,
she's a rale dacent body, MACDONALDSfWc"i«;/(i869) 165, ed. 1877.
Ayr. Be decent wi' the mistress, for she never haggles aboot the
price, Johnston Kitmallie (iBgi) I. 82. Ir. A dacent boy is Mickey,
my lord, Lever H. Lorr. (1839 vi. Cum.i A varra decent man.
A decent swort of a day. Wm. The soil was ' varra dacent,' Briggs
/?f;«rt/«5 (1825) 137; He was as dacent a fella as ivverstept i' shoe
ledder, 5/)cc. Z>/n/. (1885) pt. iii. 41. -w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. He had
every reason to believe that they would ' behave dacent,' Westall
Bircli Dene (1889) II. 133. Chs.' ; Chs.^ He's the decentest man
i' th' county. s.Lin. He's a deacent chap, tek him on the whol.
It's a deacent crop (T.H.R.). Nhp.'
Hence Decentish, adj. tolerable, middling, fair.
S.Lin. He finished it off in a deacentish wait (T.H.R.). Nhp.'
He's a decentish chap. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
DECENTNESS,56. w.Som.' [de'santnas.] Decency,
good conduct.
There idn no order nor decentness 'bout nother one o' the sort
o'm, they be all alike. Come ! you bwoys, d'ye know what day
'tis ' let's have a little decentness.
DECERN, V. Sc. To decree, adjudge.
Sc. The lords decernit him to give Frendraught a new tack of
the said teinds, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 51 (,Jam.) ; To be cited
to hear themselves decerned to repair lo the parishes in which they
were confined, Wodrow Cli. Hist. (1721 ) II. 223, ed. 1828. Mry.
When the clients come to her, she soon decides the plea. Decern-
ing that the cheapest way is — tak' a pint an' gree, Hay Liniie
(1851)53-
Hence Decerniture, sh. a decree or sentence of a court,
sometimes as enforcing payment of a debt.
Sc. Sufficient to maintain his right of the stipend and to infer
decerniture against the heritors, Newbyih Suf>/>1. Dec. 516 (Jam.) ;
Hae ye found the weak point? Can ye get a decerniture against
him. with expenses? Scott S/. Ronan (1824) xviii.
[Lat. decerncre, to pronounce a decision.]
DECH, see Deigh.
DECHLIT, ppl. adj. Cld. Rxb. (Jam.) Wearied out
and wayworn.
DECK, sb} and v} Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Nhp. War.
Wor. Shr. Hrf Amer. [dek.] \. sb. A pack of cards ;
also in phr. a deck of cards.
Ir. Pulling out, as he spoke, a deck of cards, Carleton Trails
Peas. (1843) I. 26; De deck being called for dey play 'd, Till Larry
DECK
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found one of dom cheated, Sng. in A'. & Q. (1850) 1st S. ii. 405 ;
N.I.', Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Clis.'"; Chs.^ Let's have a deck
[let us play a game], s.Chs.' Ky'aa'idz ' Ai', aay ! Ahy ;d t6o
deles, wen dhu LauTd blest mi soa'l, in u boks iipstaerz [Cards?
Eh, ay ! I'd two decks, when the Lord blessed my soul, in a box
upstairs]. Nhp.*^ War. B'/iatn U'klv. Poit (June 10, 1893) ;
Wis.^ Shakespere{iS6i) 105 ; War.'^, se.Wor.' Shr.' Obsot. ; Shr.2
The announcement in shop windows in Shrewsbury of ' decks of
cards ' for sale, has often puzzled people who were not natives.
Hrf.'' [Amer. In the suit of clothes there was a deck of cards,
Non-islown Herald (i3B8) (Farmer).]
2. The cards played ; the ' board' at a round game. Shr.'
Hence phr. Sweeping the deck, gaining all the tricks and
winning all the money staked.
Nlip.' War.3 A winner of all the prizes offered in a competition
would be said to have swept the deck. Shr.2
3. V. To cut a card and take a trump in its place ; to
cover at cards. ne.Lan.'
[LG. (iekk, 'das Tischgcdeck . . . kiiinni ti/> Dekk ! beim
kartenspiel: Spiel aus, aut'den Tisch damit! ' (Bergiiaus);
see also Holsteiii Itiioiikoii.]
DECK, sA.2 Nhb. Dur. [dek.] The platform of a cage
in a pit upon which the tubs stand.
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Greenweli. Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1888).
DECK, i'.2 N.Cy. Yks. Chs. Nhp. Oxf. [dek.] 1. To
discard, cast out ; to give up (a piece of work).
n.Cy. Grose (1790'. w.Yks. Hutton Tony to Caves [^i'}H\^; Deck
it! (J.H.G.) ; w.Yks.i Chs.' ; Chs.3 I'll deck it. s.Ch=.' Wiln dek
dhis job, laad'z [We'n deck this job, lads]. Nhp.^ I'll deck llie job.
Oxf.'
2. With ai : to feel disgust at (food) ; to refuse to take
(a fence).
w.Yks. 2 A man is said to deck at his food when from illness or
any other cause he refuses to take it. More rarely a hunter's horse
is said to deck at a fence.
DECKER, V. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Also in form dicker
Hmp.' Wil.' Dor. [de-k3(r), dik3(r).] To decorate,
bedeck with spangles. See Decore.
Hmp. A lady's fingers are deckcred with rings, Wise New Forest
(1883 I 281 ; Hmp.' Wil.' Gels be alius a dickeriu' therselves up
now-a-days.
Hence Dickered, /■/>/. adj. blotched. Dor. (C.W.B.)
DECLINATION, sb. Sc. A courteous refusal.
Ayr. The declinations were more out of the awkward shame
of blateness than any inherent modesty of nature or diffidence of
talent. Galt Provost (1822) iii.
DECLINE, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also
Som. [diklai'n.] 1. Consumption, phthisis.
n.Sc. My puir laddie fell awa' in a decline, Gordon Cargleii (1891)
204. Frf. The doctor, wha dootit she was gaein' fa' into a decline,
ordered her to get cheenge o* air an' company, Willock Roseity
Ends (1886) 54, ed. 1889. Gall. Laid aside by sickness of the
vague kind called locally ' a decline,' she took to her bed, Crockett
Stickit Mill. (1893)38. N.I.' Ant. He died o' a decline, iJa//y;«««n
Obs. (1892). NUb.' w.Yks. (J.W.) ; (J.T.) e.Lin. Common
(G.G.-W.).
Hence (i) Declinable, adj. consumptive, likely to go
into a dechne; (2) Declining, (a) sb. consumption; (b)
adj., see Declinable ; (3) Declinish, adj., see Declinable.
(i) w.Som.' Do you think he [or she] is declinable? His cough's
so bad I be afeard he's declinable. (2, n) Nhb.' He's in a declinin.
(i) e.Lin. It's a very declining family (G.G.W.). (3) Lan. I was
wakely and declinish, Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869) no.
2. The end.
Ayr. However, about the decline of the year her complaints in-
creased, Galt Aidi. Parisli (i8ai) viii.
DECLINING, (7^/ Obs. Hrt. Backward.
Hrt. Declining farmers, Ellis Mod. Hush. (1750/ III. ii.
DECORE, V. Obs. Sc. To decorate, adorn. Cf.
decker.
Sc. A large round table, covered for ten or twelve persons,
decored (according to his own favourite term) with napery as white
as snow, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xii. Per. Thou writes my
name thy nonsense to decore. As thou a better fellow's wrote be-
fore, Smith Poems (17141 98, ed. 1869; Free of corruption, and
decor'd With ev'ry member meet. To soar with seraphs thro' the
sky, NicoL Poems ( 1766) 231. Kcb. Be adding and sewing a pass-
ment to ^our wedding-garment, that ye may be at last decored and
trimmed as a bride for Christ, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 24.
Hence Decorement, or Decorament, sb. decoration.
Cf. decriment.
Sc. Wha were necessarily employed in the decorment and gar-
nishing forth of them that bocht tickets, Scotch Haggis, 151 ;
Where's the tapestries anil the dccorements ? Scott Bride of Lam.
(1819) xxvi; J.B. clamorous fora motto. It is foolish to encourage
people to expect such decoramenls, Lockhart Life of Scott i^iS^t)
III. 311, ed. 1839.
[Fr. dccorer, to decorate (Cotgr.).]
DECREET, sb. Sc. Also written decreit. A decree,
judgement, deliverance of a court of law.
Sc. Fleming Scriptures (1726) ; It went . . . just like a decreet
in absence, Scott Redg. (1824) ii. Per. Against him never court nor
session Gave out decreets, NicoL Poems (1766) 99. Kcb. He .
will not say Amen to their decreets, Rutherford Lett. (1660', No.
13. Wgt. He [the minister] is of the opinion that the decreit is a
manifest encroachment upon the Church's Liberty and Discipline,
Eraser Wigtown (1877) 118.
[Fr. decret, a decree (Cotgr.).]
DECRIMENT, sb. w.Som.' [dekrimant.] Decoration,
ornament. See Decore.
Thick there thing there a-stick't up-on-een, lig that there, idn no
[daek-rimunt], I don't consider. Mostly used with a negative.
DECRIPPIT, sb. Chs. [dikripit.] A cripple, lame
person, one who is decrepit.
s.Chs.' 'What ban yO done wi' th' tickets?' 'Well,' sez hey, ' I
kept one fur mysel,an'tother I gen to the little decrippit up thero.ad.'
DED, see Dad, sb}
DEDA, ffn>'. Dor. (H.J.M.) ; Dor.' Simple, foolish, of
inactive mind and body.
DEDDOCK. see Daddock.
DEDE, DEDIR, DEDUR, see Dead, sb)'^, Dither, v>
DEE, sZ).' Som. Dev. Aus. [dl.j 1. An iron shaped
like the letter D- See Copse, sb?
w.Som.' Such an iron is used in cart-harness to connect the
leather of the breeching with the chains. Called also a D-copse.
[Aus. MacNab proceeded to strap a coarse blue blanket for him on
the 'dees' at the saddle-bow, NicoLS ]Vild Life (iBii) I. ii.]
2. Comp. Dee-lock, a very common, cheap kind of
padlock, used for gates, Sic.
w.Som.' It is a simple piece of iron in the shape of letter D,
having a joint at one angle and a screw working in a short pipe at
the other. nw.Dev.'
DEE, sb? e.An.' pi. dees or dece. A die.
A sportsman having got into a party of black-legs at New-
market, who meant to pigeon him, suddenly exclaimed : * Hye,
hye, here's a dee with tew douces ! '
DEE, DEEAL, DEEAM, see Day, Day, Dole, sb}, Dame.
DEEASE, DEEAZE, sec Daze, v.
DEECE, DEECH, see Deas, Ditch, i».=
DEED, sb. and int. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lan. I.Ma.
Also Hrf and Amer. [did.] 1. sb. Doings, proceedings,
either good or bad ; ' goings-on ' ; also, a state of being.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). 11. Yks. Sha maad sich deed as ye niver
heard tell, Munby Verses (i865> 60 ; n.Yks.' ' Went deed,' great
stir or excitement ; n.Yks.^ ' Here's bonny deed,' great to do.
ne.Yks.' Sike deed as nivver was. e.Yks. Marshall Ritr. Econ.
(1788) ; e.Yks.' Sike deed as Ah nivver see'd 1 my boan (born]
days. m.Yks.' w.Yks. He had better deed after he gat his wage
risen (S.P.U.); w.Yks.'^ Lan. Here's gey rough deed amang
'em, Waugh Rambles in Lalie Cy. (1861) 146; Lan.' e.Lan.'
' Good deed,' ' bad deed,' ' rare deed,' are popular phrases signi-
fying various conditions of existence.
2. Comp. Deed -doer, the performer of any act; in a bad
sense, the perpetrator.
Sc. Captain Arnot . . . was ordered down to Fyvie, . . . but the
deed doer was fled, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 272 (Jam.).
3. Phr. By (or upo) my deed, used in strong asseveration,
surely, certainly.
Bnff. By my deed I'll come an' meet wi' thee, Taylor Poems
(1787) 172. Abd. (Jam.)
4. int. An exclamation of confirmation or interrogation.
Also Deeds!
Sc. Deeds I [aye], my doo ! Scotch Haggis, 162. ne.Sc. Is that
really the case ? — 'Deed is't. Grant Kectzteton, 63. Abd. 'Deed
Peter, it s aboot daar aneuch, Alexander Jotiniiy Gibb (1871 vi.
Per. 'Deed, Tom, ye're right, Sandy Scott (iSgi) 37. w.Sc. 1 had
just time to reply ' Deed's I, my doo,' Carrick Laird (1835) 284.
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Fif. Though deed I felt lanely, Robertson Ptovost (1894) 12.
e.Fif. Deed, if it daur be said, she's a drucken body, Latto Tarn
Bodkin (1864^ ii. Slg. For deed, ... the folks to-day Are but
a fickle race, Towers /'o«hs( 1885) 91. Drab. Deed do I, mistress,
Cross Disruption (1844) i. Rnf. Deed, wife, we had talk— pleasant
talk, GiLMOUR Pen Flk. (1873) 12. Ayr. Deed, ye may weel
shake your head, Galt Lairds (1826) vi. Lnk. Deed ! I could not
do less. Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 107- Wgt. Have you a
wife?— Deed no, Sir, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 296. Nhb.i Deed,
will aa not ! ' Deed ' is used so emphatically as to express more than
a mere shortening of ' indeed.' I.Ma. 'Deed they've got to be out
in all weathers. Brown Doctor (1887 ) 195. Hrf.2 'Deed if I know.
5. Phr. Deed and doubles, a strong asseveration : verily,
truly, in fact.
N.T.i Uls. Deed an' doubles, a'll bear it no longer, Uls. Jrn.
Arch. (1853-62^ VI. 41. [Amer. An affirmation heard among
children and illiterate women. Dial. Notes [i8g6) I. 386.]
DEED, see Dead, adj.. Die, v.
DEEDLE, sb. Sc. [didl.] Mortal injury or sickness ;
death. See Dead, sb.''
Rnf. Is our maister no coming awa' frae thae gipsy lassies yet ?
They will cost him his deedle, I doot, Fraser Chimes (1853) 28.
DEEDLE, V. Sc. [drdl.] 1. To dandle, as one does
an infant. ¥\(. (Jam.) See Doodle, f.*
Hence Deedley-dumplin', sb. a term of endearment.
Kcb. Bless its wee bonny rosy face ! It's mammie's deedley-
dumplin', Armstrong higlcside (1890) 143.
2. To train an infant. (Jam. Suppl.)
3. To sing in a low key ; to croon over an air without
the words of the song ; gen. in phr. to deedle and sing.
Sc. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 322. Fif. Deedle denotes
an intermediate key between cruning or humming, and lilting,
which signifies lively singing CJam. ).
Hence (i) Deedle-doodle, sb. a meaningless song, or
badly-played tune ; (2) Deedle linkunt dodie, phr., words
used in singing to children.
(I) Sc. A meaningless lilt, rhyme, or song, run over in nurse
fashion, is called a deedle-doodle ; so also is a badly played tune
on a flute, violin, or other instrument (Jam. Suppl.). (2) Sc.
Deedle linkum dodie ! We've gotten drucken Davie's wife, The
smit'i of Tullibody, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 322.
DEEDLE, see Diddle, w.'
DEEDLESS, afi^'. Yks. [dldlas.] Helpless, spiritless,
inefficient.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' There was deedless deed,' no activity dis-
plaved.
DEEDY, ad;. Sc. Yks. Nhp. Oxf. Brks. Mid. Hmp.
Sus. Wil. Dor. Also written deedie Fif. [dldi.] Full
of activity ; industrious, painstaking, earnest. Also used
as adv. See Deed, sb.
Abd. The swift, deep, deedie water, Macdonald Alec Forbes
(1876:. Yks. I wasdeedy over my bookone day, Fetherston Yks.
Farmer, Pref. n.Yks.^ ' A deedy body,' a practical person ; an in-
dustrious worker. m.Yks.' Nhp.' 'Vou're like the Welchman's cow,
little and deedy. Oxf.' Said of a person who is very handy, and
thinks for herself. ' She is a very good girl, but she isn't
deedy,' is an ordinary character with a servant. Brks. {Coll.
L.L.B.); He be a main deedy little chap (M.J.B.); Gl. (1852);
Judge. What sort of little girl is this last witness? She.
She's a very deedy little maid. Judge. Did you say greedy ?
She. No, main deedy, my lord (A.S.) ; Brks.l Us was deedy at
ut all daay. Sus.' Hmp. I've looked all over 'ere deedy an'
I can't find it (W.H.E.); Holloway ; Hmp.' Wil. (W.H.E.1 ;
Wil.' What bist looking so deedy at? Dor. Don't ye look so
deedy! Hardy/hA (1895) 14.
Hence Deedily, adv. earnestly, intently, diligently.
Brks. If you look deedily enough you'll find it (M.J.B,); Brks.'
A looked at I maain deedily as though a had zummit to zaay.
w.Mid. He was poring deedily over the old book (W.P.M.). Sus.
' Belike dc wust an't wol be forbye, I allow,' ses de doctor rite
deedily, Jackson Southward No (1894) I. 251; Sus.' You was
talking so deedily that I didn't like to interrupt you. w.Sus.
A woman who had been searching for a needle told my daughter
she had to look for it very deedily (G.A.W.'i. Hmp. (W.H.E.) ;
Hmp.' Applies to anything done with a profound and plodding
attention, or an action which engrosses all the powers of the mind
and body. 'Wil. (W.H.E.), w Cy. (HaI-L.) Dor. She looked
deedily into his face. Hardy Jude ,1895) 476.
[In a messenger sent is required . . . that he be speedy,
that he be heedy, and, as we say, that he be deedy,
Adams Lycanl/iropy {1615) -J (Da v.); Most deedily occupied
about her spectacles, J. Austen Emma (1815) H. x.1
DEEF, see Deaf.
DEE-GEE, s6. Obs. "Wil. The name of a kind of dance.
Wil.' Our old nurse taught it us as children ; mostly performed
by moving sideways and knocking the feet together.
DEEGLE, sb. and v. s.Chs.i [drgl.] 1. sb. A stolen
marble ; see below. Cf dogle.
When two or three games of marbles are going on in the
same playground, there is frequently an opportunity for those
engaged in one game to take marbles belonging to the others. The
latter will then claim back their lost property as ' deegles,' while
the former may insist that the particular marbles identified by the
claimants are not ' deegles ' but ' dogles," i. e. their own marbles,
marbles pure and simple. Not met with outside the Cholmondeley
district.
2. V. To purloin ; a word used by boys.
DEEGHT, see Dight, v.
DEEK, V. Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To spy out, descry.
Lnk. 'I deekit him,' I descried him (Jam.").
[This is a Rommany word ; cp. dick [dik), to look, see,
Leland Eng, Gipsy Songs (1875) Gl.]
DEEK, DEEL, see Dike, sb., Devil.
DEEM, V. Sc. Yks. [dim.] To give judgement, order
payment condemn; to judge, estimate, consider.
Sc. ' 111 deem'd half hang'd,' a man that is vehemently sus-
pected will soon be found guilty, Kelly Prov. (1721); 'Deem
warily, ye wat na' wha wites your sel,' judge cautiously, you
know not who blames yourself, Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
w.Yks. I deemed ye so, Snowden fVeb Weaver (1896) 145; He
wor deemed ta pay soa mitch a wik to support t'wife an' barn,
Clayton s Ann. {i&iB)^o ; (S.P.U.) ; w.Yks. 2 I had eleven pounds
to paj', and they put me in the County Court, and deemed me
105. a month ; w.Yks.^
Hence Deemer, sb. one who judges, or forms an estimate
of the conduct of another.
Sc. Ill doers, ill deemers, Kelly Prov. (1721) 176.
[OE. deman, to judge.]
DEEM, DEEMAS, DEEMIS, see Dame, Dooms.
DEEMSTER, sb. Sc. I.Ma. Also in form dempster Sc.
[dimstar, de'mstsr.] 1. A judge.
n.Sc. Ye'll no die as lang 's he's your dempster, Prov. (Jam.)
I.Ma, Grose (1790I MS. add. (C.)
2. Obs. The officer of a court who pronounced doom
or sentence definitively, as directed by the clerk or judge.
See Doomster.
Sc. The Doomster or Dempster, was at that time an officer of
the Court of Justiciary, whose duty it was to proclaim formally
the extreme sentence of the law on the prisoner at the bar,
Thomson Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 135, ed. 1871 ; [To] create
clerks sergeants, dempsters, and all other members of court
needful, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) II. 52, ed. 1828; They, by the
mouth of William Auld, dempster of the said court, decerned
and adjudged the said James Learmont to be taken to the Grass-
market of Edinburgh . . . and there to have his head severed from
his body, ib. 479 ; As the repetition of the sentence after the
judge has been of late years discontinued, the office of Dempster
in the court is also laid aside (Jam.).
3. The title of each of the two justices of the Isle of Man,
one of whom exercises jurisdiction over the northern, the
other over that of the southern, portion of the island,
chosen by the inhabitants themselves to decide causes.
I.Ma. Deemsters or demsters are a kind of judges in the Isle of
Man, who, without process writings or any charge, decide all
controversies there, and they are chosen from among themselves,
Cov-mi. Law Diet. (1708) (Jam.) ; One of the dempsters at the time,
ScoTT Peveril (1823) xv ; The Deemster is always a Manxman,
Caine /)(T;»s/fr (1889) 20; (K.)
[1. ME. demeslre {dempster), a judge {Cursor M.). See
Deem, v.]
DEEN, V. Irel. To dress. Cf don.
Wxf.' ' Deen theezil,' dress thyself.
DEEN, see Dean, sb.^, Dien, Doon, adi'.
DEE-NETTLE, DEENIN, see Dea-nettle, Dienen.
DEEP, adj. and sb. In gen. dial, and colloq. ivsc in Sc.
and Eng. Also in forms deeap e.Yks.' ; dep Hrf.° ; dip
DEEPING
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Shr.'^Glo.' [dip, disp, dep, dip.] \. adj. Far advanced
(in time), late.
■w.Yks.2 A man said of a bird whose eggs were far advanced in
hatcliing, ' She's deep a sitting." Lan. An' turnin' carts an' things
o'eri' th' deep ncet time, Hak LAND & Wilkinson Flk- Lore {1861) 62.
Hence Deep-sitten, pp. said of eggs in which the young
birds are ahnost ready to hatch out.
Nhb.' She hes fewer eggs deep-sitten. n.Yks. Also black-sittcn
(I.W.^; n.Yks.=
2. Fiff. Clever, cunning, crafty. In gen. colloq. use.
Nhb.' She's as dip as the deevil, or ony draw-well, Kobson Bards
7^')(* (1849! 107. n.Yks. (I. W.) e.Yks.' A sharp, unscrupulous
practitioner in law is said to be a deeap-un'. w.Yks. As deep as a
tailor's thimble, Prov. [a tailor's thimble has no bottom] (S K.C.).
Lan. Joe was ' deep, and never let on what he got them for,' Banks
Maiitli. Mail {1&16 xxxvii. n. Lin.' As deep as a well. Lei.' Nhp.'
He'll be too deep for you, if you don't mind. Slir.' ; Shr.^ He's
too dip a hand to mak anythin' on. Hrf.°, Glo.', Oxf.', Brks.',
Hnt. i^T.P.F.X Nrf. (C.H.'), w.Som.' Cor. He es a deep chap, and
wud git on, Hicham Dial. (i865) 17.
Hence Deep-drauchtit, adj. designing, artful, crafty.
Sc. (Jam.)
3. Phr. (i) As deep as GaiUck, (2) —as Garratt, (3) — as
Garrich. (4) — as Gany, (5) — as the North, (6) — as the
North Star, (7) — as Wilkes, common expressions signify-
ing intensified deepness or cunning.
(i) w.Som.i Deep-s gaa'rlik. (a) Pern. A^. (y Q. (1856") 2nd S.
ii. 307. (3) n.Lin.', Shr.^ Cor. Hazlitt Prov. (1882^ in Northall
Wd-hk. ul War.«, Glo. 16. ( 5I Shr.i (6) Slir.* Vem. N. & Q.
(18561 and S. ii. 307. (7) n.Lin.', Nhp.'
4. sb. Depth, deepness.
■w.Som.' A farmer asking me to have a ne^v well dug for him,
said, *Tidn vor the deep you must go down, vor to come to the
water.' Dev. Tidnno deep down to the water here, Repoils Pioviiic.
(i886~l 94.
5. The channel, or deepest part of a river.
Sc. At the Ford-dike the deep or channel of the river is upon the
Seaton side, State Leslie 0/ Pouts, 119 (Jam.).
6. That part of a mine wliere the coal or ironstone
strikes below the general level of the work. Also in
coiiip. Deep-end. Shr.'^
[4. Every good housbande hath his barleye-falowe well
dounged, and Ij'enge rygged all the depe and colde of
wynter, Fitzherbert Hiisb. (1534) 22.]
DEEPING, sb. Sc. Also Nrf. Sus. Also written
deepin Ayr. In form depening Nrf. [dipin, depin,
de'panin.] 1. A breadth of a fishing-net.
Ayr. I Jam.) Nrf. The nets used by the Yarmouth herring-busses
were made in breadths of six feet. The necessary depth was
obtained by sewing together successive breadths, and each breadth
was a deepening, N. & Q. (1850') 1st S. i. 3a6. Sus. The word
'deeping' occurs in the will of John Poole of Brighthelmston
(Brighton) dated 1615 (F.E.S.).
2. Comp. Deepin-workers, net-weavers. Ayr. (Jam.)
DEEPNESS, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lin. Won
Shr. Hrf Glo. Som. Also in forms deeapness e.Yks.';
dipness w.Yks.' Shr.'* [dip-, di3-p-,di'pn3s.] 1. Depth.
Sc. lA.W.), N.Cy.i Nhb.i The well's nee dipness. Dur.',
Cum.', n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.t w.Yks.' Mack a dub a
gay dipness, ii. aga ; w.Yks.^ n.Lin.' Noane o' them wells is
moore then nine or ten foot e' deepness. w.Som.' The deepness
o' the water do bide jist about the same all the year round.
2. Fig. Cunning, craft, slyness. See Deep, adj. 2.
w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.' For deepness he passes ony body I iver
heard tell on. s.Wor.' Shr.' 'Ow yo' cropen oiT to the wakes
athout sa3'in' ever a word ; I'll remember yo' fur yore dipness ;
Shr.2, Hrf.2, Glo. (A.B. ', Glo.' w.Som.' Yiie nuvur dud-n zee dhu
fuul'ur oa un vur deep'mess [You never saw his equal for craft].
[1. Thei hadden not depnesse of erthe, Wyclif (1388)
Matt. xiii. 5. OE. deopues.]
DEEPOOPERIT, pp. Sh.I. Applied to one in a state
of imbecility, mentally or bodily ; worn out, ' failed.'
Sh.I. A very common expression as applied to bodily frailty
(K.I.). S. &Ork.'
DEEP-SEA, sb. Sc. Used attrib. : of or belonging to
the deep sea. (i) Deep-sea BuclLie, the Miirex corueiis ;
(2) — Crab, the Cancer aranciis.
Sc. (i) Long Wilk, vulgarly called Deep Sea Buckie, Arbuthnot
VOL. II.
Fis/ies, 33 (Jam.), (a) .Spider Crab, vulgarly call Deep Sea Crab,
ib. 30.
DEEPTH, sb. nw.Dev.' [dip}>.] Craft, subtlety. Cf
deep, deepness.
DEER, sb. Sc. Lin. Lei. Nrf Sus. Hmp. I.W. [dlr,
disr, di3(r).] 1. In comb, in plant-names: 11) Deer's-
foot grass, Agrostis setacea ; (2) Deer- or Deer'shair,
coarse, pointed grass, Scirpiis caespitosiis ; (3) Deer's-milk,
the wood-spurge. Euphorbia a»iygdaloidcs.
(i) I.W. [2) Sc. The spreat and the deer-hair ne'ershall grow,
Scott Minstrelsy (1802") IV. 357, ed. 1848. n.Dmf. Garden Wk.
(1896) cxiv. ira. Nhb. From its tufts of slenderstemslooking like
coarse hair (B. & H.) ; Nhb.' (3) Hmp. So called from the white
liquid which exudes from its stalks when plucked, Wise A'eif/b)Ys/
(1883) a8i ; Hmp.'
2. Comp. Deer-leap, a certain space of land beyond the
boundary fence, allowed to the lord of a manor.
Lin. At an inclosure of a parish, under Act of Parliament, about
forty years since, the proprietor claimed an allotment in lieu of a
deer's leap, A^. & Q. (185a) ist S. vi. 352. Lei. In some instances
the claim extends from the boundary hedge of one lordship to the
extent of twenty-one feet over the land of the adjoining lordship ;
it is here understood to represent a deer's leap, and is said to have
been given with the original grant of the manor, in order to secure
to the lord a right to take the deer he happened to shoot when in
the act of leaping from his domain into his neighbour's manor, ib.
v. 620. Sus. A space extending eight feet six inches in width out-
side of the boundary-fences. Here it is gen. understood to be a
space left on the outside of the boundary, to enable the proprietor
to repair his fences without trespassing on his neighbour's lands,
ib. vi. 42.
DEER, DEERE, see Dare, v.^, Dere.
DEES, sb. Sus. Also written deese e.Sus. [dis.] A
place where herrings are dried.
Sus.'2 e.Sus. A place in wliich herrings are dried ; now more
gen. called a ' herring hang,' from the fish being hanged on sticks
to dry, Holloway.
DEESHT, see Disht.
DEESHY-DOSHY, adj Irel. Very small.
s.Ir. CROKiiR Leg. (1862) 107; Quite common \P.W.].).
DEESTER, sd. Sc. [distar.] A doer, promoter, agent.
Cf. doer.
Abd. He's been ane o' the heid deesters, Alexander Jo/iniiy Cibb
(1871) xiii. Per. (G.W.)
[Dee (for do) +-ster (as in backster, q.v.).
DEET, see Die, v., Dight, v., Do, v.
DEETH, see Death.
DEETING, sb. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A yard of cotton.
DEETING, prp. Lan. Smearing, plastering the stove
of the oven's mouth to keep in the heat. Grose (1790)
MS. add. (C.)
DEEVE, see Deaf, Deave, Dive, v.
DEFAUT, sb. w.Som.' [difoat.] Fault, defect.
Nif you vind any defaut I'll be bound to make it good.
[The people roos upon him on a night For hisdefaute,
Chaucer C.T. b. 3718. Fr. defaut, fault, defect (Cotgr.).]
DEFEAT,//. Obs. Sc. Also in forms defait(e Sc;
defett Abd. (Jam.) Exhausted from the eftects of sick-
ness or fatigue.
Sc. He said he was defeat wi' travel a' the night afore, Scott
Guy M. (1815) xxxii ; She got sic a load o' cauld at that ball, . . .
an' a' defaite thegither, Saxon and Gael 1,18141 1. 96 (Jam.). Abd.
(Jam.)
[And of him-self imagined he ofte To ben defet, and
pale, Chaucer Tr. &> Cr. v. 618. OF. d(feit, 'aneanti'
(La Curne, s.v. Deffiiire).]
DEFENCE, sb. Obs. Sc. Confidence from the pos-
session of the means of defence.
Abd. I can put the utmost defence in your skill, Ruddiman Se.
Parish 11828) 188, ed. 1889.
DEFEND, V. Sc. To ward off, keep off.
n.Sc. They commonly speak of ' defending a stroke ' (Jam.\
Abd. The best o' claith . . . Defended cauld an' cravin' baith, Cock
Strains (1810) II. 114.
[Of Scotland the wer wall . . . Our fais force to defend,
The How/at (c. 1447) 383, in Sc. Allit. Poems (1897) 60.
Lat. defendere, to keep off.J
DEFENN
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DEFENN, sb. Bnff.' Dirt.
DEFETT, DEFFE, see Defeat, Deft.
DEFICIENT, sb. Glo. In phr. in deficient of, in place
of, instead of. (W.H.C.) ; Glo.'
DEFORCE, V. Sc. To treat with violence, as to take
anything out of the possession of another by forcible
means ; to hinder an officer in the execution of his duty.
Sc. The herald was evil entreated in the execution of his summons,
and was manifestly deforced, and his letters riven, Pitscottie
Chron. Sc. (ed. 1768) 137 (Jam.); I have no quarrel with you,— but
if you interrupt me in my duty, I will break the wand of peace,
and declare myself deforced, Scon Antiquary (1816) xlii.
Hence Deforcement, sb. the action of forcibly prevent-
ing an officer of the law from doing his duty.
w.Sc. Two aged women, tried at Stornoway for deforcement of
a sheriff's officer, N. Brit. Dy. Mail (Aug. 5, 1884) 4.
DEFORM, sb. Sc. A deformed person.
Fit Go, hie thee homeward, thou deform, TENNANT.<4«s/fy(i8i2)
no, ed. 1871.
[Other seuen oxen . . . defourme and leene, Wyclif
(1382) Gen. xli. 19. Lat. defonnis, deformed.]
DEFT, adj. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lei. In form
deffe Lei. (K.) [deft.] 1. Quiet, silent.
Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.i^
Hence Deftly, adv. lightly, gently, softly, silently.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^ Cum. Aw heard a jeykc at window
pane, An deftly went to see, Richardson Talk (1886I ist S. 11 ;
Cum. 2 Wm. To any that reach a thing likely to fall they sav,
'Deftly, deftly' (K.). Yks. (K.) n.Yks. Gang deftly, Nan, And
mack as little din as e'er thou can, Meriton Praise Ale (1684)
I. 253; n.Yks.^, w.Yks.i
2. Pretty, neat. Also used ironically.
n.Cy. Skinner (1671) ; N.Cy.i Cum., Wm. Nicolson (1677)
Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1868) IX. Cum.', Yks. (K.) n.Yks. Wally,
wally, here's a deft tinye cawfe, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 17 ;
n.Yks.i; n.Yks.^ 'It was a deft sight,' ironically speaking, an
extraordinary appearance, something ludicrous. Deftest, the most
selectoneof thelot ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Marshall /?»;■. £'fO)(. (1788).
w.Yks. HuTTON Tom- to Caves (1781) ; Lucas S^;(rf. Nidderdale
(c. 1882) 246; w.Yks.i Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool (1837)
107. Lei. ' A pretty deffe man,' a spruce fellow (K.).
3. Of quantity: ample.
m.Yks.' w.Yks. We've bed a gay deft bit o' sno', Blackah Poems
(1867! 21 ; Lucas Stnri. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 246.
[1. WE.. daffte,qu\ct (Ormtdum), OE. {ge)defle, {ge)da'fte,
mild, gentle. 2. Deft [neat], «///(j'(/5,/!(/c/;?r, Coles (1679).]
DEFTLY, (7n'y. Yks. [deftli.] Well in health, hearty.
w.Yks. How isto ?— Deftly as out. Farmer Giles (iS^^i) 5 ; (J.W.)
DEFTNESS, s6. n.Yks.^ [de'ftnas.] Understanding,
acuteness.
DEFY, V. w.Som." [difai'.] To repudiate, to set at
noijght.
After the calling of banns in a church, a man stood up and pro-
claimed : Aay deenaa-y ut un deefaa-y ut, dh-uumun-z muyn !
[I deny it and defy it, the woman is mine !]
[I defye the seurtee and the bond, Chaucer C.T.a. 1604.
OFr. deffier (sc), 'so revolter' (La Curne).]
DEG, v., sb. and adv. Sc. [deg.] 1. v. To strike
with a sharp-pointed weapon.
Ayr., Lnk. ' Deg the knife into the buird,' strike the knife into
the table (Jam.).
Hence Degger, sb. one who ' degs.' (ib.)
2. To pierce with small holes or indentations by means
of a sharp-pointed instrument. Ayr., Lnk. (Jam.)
3. .sb. A stroke or sharp blow ; also, the hole or inden-
tation produced by a pointed instrument.
Ayr., Lnk. Wintcrton, when he lay down, gave him a deg with
his elbow, /?. Gtltiaize, I. 127 (Jam.).
4. Used as adv. ; cf ' slap,' ' bang.'
w.Sc. I thocht I could see the swurds sometimes come deg against
the tender shanks of the leddies [in dancing], Carrick Laird 0/
iocn" '1835) 281. L oj. J
DEG, sec Dag, si.", Dic(k, num. adj., Dig.
DEGESS, sb. w.Som.' Digestion.
The thing o't is, he's so bad in his [dec-jas]
[ME. diffes/, digestion (Trevisa) (N.E.D.).]
DEG(G, V. and sb. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs.
[deg.] 1. V. To sprinkle water upon anything; to
bedew, moisten, soak. Cf dag, f.'
n.Cy. (K.); Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' LakeL Ellwood (1895).
Cum. Ferguson Northmen (1856) 175. Wm. Betty degged her
cleeas et she hed oot et top et girs, Spec. Dial. (1865) 4. n.Yks.' 2
ne.Yks.i Fetch a sup o watther ti degg them cleeas wi. w.Yks.
Mah heead is degged wi' dew, Littledale Crav. Sng. Sol. (1859)
V. 2 ; Ah'm fair degg'd to th' skin (J.T.) ; Hutton Tour to Caves
(1781); WiLLANZ.!iVf-Frfs. (1811) ; w.Yks.i3; w.Yks.= Come, gehr
agaate an' sweep that floor, an' mind an' deg it weel first. Lan.
Till deg'd and damp and wet it gat, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-
Z.orc( 1876) 60; Sheisdegdallover(E.F.); Lan.', n.Lan.',ne.Lan.i,
e.Lan.i, m.Lan.' Chs.' ; Chs.3 To deg clothes is to sprinkle them
with water before ironing.
Hence (i) Degger, sb. a familiar term applied to a man
watering with a can; (2) Begging, vbl. sb. the act of
sprinkling with water; (3) Degging-can, s6. a watering-
pot ; (4) -cart, a water-cart ; (5) -pot, in weaving : a pot
that holds water and a broom to ' deg ' or sprinkle the cloth.
(i) Lan. He were co'd Degger fro a thrick he had o' dampin his
shop floor wi a waytherin can, Clegg Sketches (18951 335- (2)
w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.5 Sprinkling linen previous to ironing it. Lan.
They'll o hev a jet i' ther hands ... an' give 'cm a good deggin' to
freshen 'em up a bit. Accrington Obs. (Feb. 2, 1895 3. m.Lan.i
(3) Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). w.Yks. Aw'll goa an deg
mi garden wi th' deggin-can (D.L.) -.Leeds Mere. Siipfil. 1 Oct. i,
1892). Lan. He could always foretell when the ' deggin can ' was
going to be used, Brierlev Irkdale (1868) 34 ; Gaskell Lectures
Z)/n/, (1854)28. Chs.13 (4) Lan. Like a fairy fountain or a degging-
cart, Clegg Sketches (1895) 308. (5^ Chs.' 413.
2. To drizzle with rain. See Dag, v.^ 6.
w.Yks. It's not come much rain yet, but it keeps degging(F.P.T.).
Hence Deggy, adj. drizzly, foggy.
n.Cy. (Hall.), n.Yks. 2 w.Yks. It's been a right deggy day
(F.P.T.) ; w.Yks.i, ne.Lan.l
3. Of a sore : to run, ooze ; to fester.
Cum.' To flow slowly like a moist ulcer or 'deggan sare.'
w.Yks. (W.A.S.)
4. sb. Damp, moisture ; a drop of water.
Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897. w.Yks. Common (M.F.).
[1. Norw. dial, deggja, to besprinkle, bedew (Aasen)
ON. d^ggva.]
DEG(G)-BOUND, ppl. adj. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. In form
-bowed w.Yks.' Of cattle: swollen.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Yks.(K.) n.Yks. Our bull-segg'spussom'd,
hee's deg-bownd, Meriton Praise Ale ( 1684) 1. 131. w.Yks.'
DEGGER, DEI, see Dagger, iiir, Day, Dey.
DEIB, V. Sh.I. To dip frequently in water as a sea-
bird does its bill ; to be constantly plying the occupation
of fishing. (K.I.) ; S. & Ork.i
DEID, see Dead, adj. and si!>.'2
DEIGH, V. Sc. Also written dech. [Not known to
our correspondents.] Of turfs: to build.
Fir. Ye're deighin your toors (Jam.).
DEIGHLE, s6. Sc. [di'xl.] A simpleton.
Ayr. A pridefu' gaste o' a body, but a wee deighle o' a puddock
hoved up wi' its ain concate, Service Notandunis (1890) 26.
DEIGHTLE, DEIGN, see Daytal, Dean, sA.^
DEIL, DEIR, DEIS, see Devil, Dare, v."^, Dere, Deas.
DEITH, DEIVE, see Death, sb., Deave.
DEJECT, V. w.Som.' To project ; to lean.
Dhik dhaeur dhaeur dcejak's een-wurdz [That one there pro-
jects inwards].
DEJEUNE.sS. Sc. Breakfast. See Disjune.
Frf. After taking a dejeune. For whilk we paid a double croun.
Sands Poems (1833) 125. [After the dejeune at Mrs. Hunter's,
Dickens Pickunck (.1837) xviii.]
[Take a dejeune of muskadel and eggs, Jonson New
Inn (1630) III. i, ed. Cunningham, II. 364.J
DEK, DEKE, see Dic(k, num. adj., Dike, sb.
DEKKIR, V. Sh.I. To toil, to labour hard. S. & Ork.'
DEL, conj. Wxf.' Until.
DEL, DEL-, see Dell, Deal, sb."^
DELATE, V. Sc. Also written dilate (Jam.), [dilet.]
To accuse judicially before a court ; to inform against.
Sc. Corsack was soon delated by the curate for nnncomfonnity,
WoDRow Ch. Hist. (1721) II. 50, ed. 1828; Scolicisms {\-fi,i] 28.'
DELAVERLY
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Abd. Certain neighbours were delated to appear before the Session,
Alexander N. Rural Life (1877") 17. Ayr. They maun be delated
before the session, Johnston KUmaUk (1891) I. 155 ; He spak o'
her being delatit and syne vvirried at a stake, Service Noiandiiins
(1890) 104.
Hence (1) Delation, sb. an accusation ; (2) Delator, sh.
an informer, accuser.
(1I Sc. Thir persons had power ... to meet, set and cognosce
Mr. Andrew Logic . . . upon a delation given in against him to the
said committee, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) II. 91 (Jam.X (2) Sc.
It is manifest, that they were delators of Christ to Pilate, Rollocke
Led. on Pass. (1616) 53 {ib.\
DELAVERLY, rtf/i'. Bnff.' Continuously. Cf. deliverly.
It dang on sax ooks delavcrly on iver uppalt or dewalt.
[The same word as ME. delavily, in an overflowing
manner, par folowis out of fresche wyne feetles to
mctc, So largely & so delauyly of licoure, Wars Alex.
(c. 1450) 1351. Cp. ME. dcslavce, unrestrained. Tlie
deslavee appety t of etynge, Chaucer C. T. i. 834. OFr. des-
lavcciiieiit, 'a la maniere d'un grand lavage' (Godefroy).]
DELBORD, sb. Cor.'^ [delbad.] The fish nurse-
hound, Sqnaliis cankida.
DELE, DELEEGHTSOME, see Deal, sb}. Delightsome.
DELEER, V. Sc. Also written deler, delier, delir
(Jam.) ; dileer. [dilir, diliaT.] To intoxicate, to render
' delirious.'
Edb. The whisk's [whisky] been in my pate, and that's deleer't
me, LiDDLE Poems (1821) 219.
Hence (i) Deleerit, />;). gone mad, out of one's senses ;
(2) Deliritness, sb. madness.
(i) Sc. 'The woman is deleerit,' said Captain MacTurk, Scott
St. Ronan (1824) xii. Fif. He gript it like a man delierit, Tennant
Papistry vi827). Rnf. I'll say that ye're deleerit, Allan Poems
(1836) 12. Ayr. The woman's deleerit, Galt Sir A. Wylie {1822)
xii ; For monie a ane has gotten a fright, An" liv'd an died deleeret,
Bt;BNS Halloween (1785) st. 14. Lnk. There's some folk says he's
gaun deleerit About his Bell, Watson Pof<»s( 1853) 10. Edb. Even
they you rin agroun deler't. An' stops their fun, Liddle Poems
(1821) 94. Dmf. Ye'd say the same tae see them crawl, Baithlike
to gang deleerit, Quinn Heather (1863) 148. (2) Ayr. I won'er
that my mother did na send word o' the nature of this delirietness
o' Charlie, Galt Entail (1823) xl.
[Fr. ddirer, to rave (Cotgr.).]
DELF, sb} and v. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf. Not.
Lin. Lei. Wor. Nhp. Shr. e.An. Ken. Also written
delph Sc. Yks. w.Yks. Lan. Stf. Lin. sw.Lin.' e.An.';
and in form delft n.Lin.' Lei.' [delf.] 1. sb. An ex-
cavation ; a cut at the back of an embankment, wlience
the earth has been obtained for forming the bank ;
a railway-cutting. n.Lin.' See Delve.
2. A stone-quarry; a pit from which ironstone has
been dug.
w.Sc, Fif. (Jam.), N.Cy.i, Nhb.' Yks. Gl. Lab. ^1894). w.Yks.
To meet at a stone delf aback of the Lang Kirk. Snowden Web of
Weaver [\i<)i>) 91 ; w.Yks.^^" Lan. (F.R.C) ; Then we sat down
by the fire with John Singleton, o' th' Delph, with whom I spent
2</., Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 50. Chs."^^ Nhp.2 Shr.' Obsol.
The poor owd man missed the rack an' tumbled into the delf, an'
'urt 'is-self badly.
Hence (i) Delf-hole, sb. a quarry ; (2) -house, sb. a house
adjoining a quarry ; (3) -man, sb. a miner, a workman in
a stone-quarry.
(i) w.Yks. Intul a delf-hoil cloise by, Piidsey Olm. ("1886) 8 ;
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. i, 1892). (2) w.Yks. Sheffield Indep.
(1874) ; w.Yks.2 (3) Lan. A big, powerful delphman . . . had
partially won her heart, Neddy s Oishp. (1888) 6. s.Lan. N. & Q.
(187 1) 4th S. vii. 73.
3. A coal-pit.
s.Chs.' U pud-in maid u dhii kriis-iz uz dhu laadz brau-t baak'
frum dhu delf [A puddin' made o' the crusses (crusts) as the lads
brought back from the delf]. n.Stf. (J.T.)
Hence Delfclothes, sb. pi. the working suit of a collier.
n.Stf. (J.T.)
4. A drain that has been delved ; a ditch.
Lin, There are numerous drains and delphs connected with the
rivers of Lincolnshire, Fishing Gazette (Sept. 14, 18891 168, col. 2 ;
Brookes Tracts Gl. n.Lin.', sw.Lin.', Shr.^ e.An. Other lines (in
Holland Fen) represent droves and delphs, from two feet in width
to one hundred, White E. Eng. (1865) I, 263 ; e.An.' Cmb.' In
the year 976 Britlinoth caused Abbot's Delf to be cut, Suf.
(H.J.L.R.); c.An.Dv. Times (iS()2) ; Suf.' Not common.
Hence Delf-hole, sb. a deep hole in the broads, over
springy ground. c.An.'^
5. A pond.
n.Lin.' Shr.^ The name of a stagnant piece of water in the
centre of the town of BroSi.'ly ; it has probably been a spot from
whence minerals were formerly obtained. Ken. Holloway.
6. A sod or cut turf; a large space cut into turfs;
a peat-hag.
Bnff. If a delph be cast up in a field that hath lien for the space
of five or six years, wild oats will spring up of their own accord,
App. Agric. Siirv. 43 (Jam.) ; Bnff.' The tvva o' thim keest a great
big delf o' truffs. 'That lan's jist a delf o' weeds. w.Sc, Fif., Lnk.
(Jam.)
7. The depth of a spade.
Not. They went one delf down (J.H,B.). Lei.' I mean to dig
a delft lower. War.^
8. V. With doziJii or up : to cut mould, clay, &c., in large
masses,
Bnff.' Delf doon the bank in o' the hole.
[1. OE. {ge)detf, a digging, quarry, mine, trench, ditch.
2. To bie stoonys hewid out of the delucs, Wyclif (1388)
2 Chfon. xxxiv. 11. 3. Any mine, delph of coale, Man-
wood Lawes Forest (ed. 1615) xxiv, sec. 8.]
DELF, sZ>.= Sc. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also
written delph n.Yks. w.Yks. ; and in form delft Sc.
w.Yks. [delf, delft.] L Earthenware, crockery. Also
used aUrib.
Abd. Tin pitchers, delft mugs, and crystal jugs are indifferently
called into use, Alexander Aiu Flk. (1875") 248, ed. 1882. Frf.
Like a dally drawn on delf Or china ware, Fit but to grace a cup-
board shelf, MoRisoN Poems (1790) 82. Fif. In a thousand
bits the delf gacd a' ower the p.ivement, McLaren Tibbie {idij^)
loi. Rnf. Braw china cups and china (lets, Wi' coarser ware o'
delf, Barr Poems (1861) 218. Ayr. Mickie dealt in bowls and
other shapes of delft. Hunter Studies 1870; 62. Lnk. My presses
are weel stored wi' delf, A' colours 'maist but green, Thomson
Musings (1881) 46. N.Cy.', Dur.', w.Yks. (J.T.)
Hence Delfin, adj. made of earthenware.
Bwk. I like to see the dancin' lowe . . . Licht up the snaw-white
delfin ware That stands upon the bink, Calder Sngs. and Poems
(1897) 160.
2. Comp. fi) Delf-case, (2) -ledge, (3) -rack, a case or
frame, fixed to the kitchen-wall to hold crockery ; (4)
•shop, a china-shop ; (5) -ware, earthenware, crockery.
(i) w.Yks. Shoo examined ivvery corner from t'top o' t'delf-case
to t'chimleyhoil, P»rfsfV Olm. (1889') 25 ; Ar delf-caise an cubbard
hactly groans wi pieces a plate, Tom Tkevth-Ehosi-K Bairnsla Ann.
(1847)38. w.Yks.' 3*, n.Lin.' (2) w.Yks.s A large square wooden
frame, fitted up on the kitchen wall, shelved, and furnished with
thick roller supports at intervals, within which the delf-ware is
arranged in tasteful order. They are now very rarely made, but
are still to be seen in many houses, and are generally of oak. (3)
Dur,' n.Yks. The Yorkshire tykes call a dresser a delph-rack,
Fetherston Snntggins Fam. 3. ne.Yks.' In fairly common use.
w.Yks. Very seldom seen now (W.H.~) ; Obsol., Leeds Mere. Stippl.
(Jan. 3, 1891). Lan.' (4) Lan. He was to call at an old-fashioned
delf-shop in the town, Waugh Craig Dhu, 23- (5) Ayr. Wattie
Dron was a de.iler in crockery and delf-ware, Johnston Kilmallie
(1891)1.76. -K.Yks. Sheffield Indep. {i8t^\ n.Lin,'
[Du. Del/ (now Delft), a town in Holland, named fr. the
delf {delve) ditch, by which name the chief canal of the
town is still known.]
DELFIN, vbl. sb. w.Yks. [delfin.] A broad deep
sort of trench or ditch where the earth has been dug out
to raise roads or river or sea banks. (W.H.) See Delf, v.
DELFOLLAN, DELFT, see Day-faUing, Delf, sA.'^
DELGIN, sb. Fif (Jam,) Also written dalgan. The
stick used in binding sheaves.
[Gael, dealgaii, a little pin or skewer, dim. of dealg,
a pin (M. c^ D.).]
DELICATE, adj. and sb. Sc. Yks. Dev. Cor. Also
written delagat, dillagate Sc. (Jam.) [delikat ] 1. adj.
In comb. Delicate Bess, (i) the red valerian, Cetdraid/nis
ruber; (2) the plant I'aleriaiia ccltica.
(I) Dev. (B. & H.) (2j Dev."
H 2
DELIGHTSOME
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2. Fine, pleasant. . . , „. , , , ^ , v,
Cor.Mornin, OldZeb; hovvbe 'ee, this delhcate day ? ' Q. thyee
Sln'ps (1892) iv. ['Every one cannot live at Rotheras,' a delicate
seat of the Bodmans in this county [Hrf.], Ray Fiov. (1678J 312.]
3. sb. A dainty, delicacy.
Fif. The greatest dillagate ava' Was sandells fried wi bacon,
MS. Poan (Jam.). Ayr. Keeping a covered table with rich
delicates, Dickson Writings (16601 I. 122, ed. 1845. w.Yks.
There were delicates of all sorts (C.C.R.).
[2. The sun broke out into a delicate warm day, White
Selboriie (1789) xxiii, ed. 1851, 87; Where they much
breed and haunt, I have observ'd The air is delicate,
Shaks. Macb. i. vi. 10. 3. Reflections . . . which add
delicates to the feast of a good conscience, Steele
Taller (1710) No. 251.]
DELIGHTSOME, adj. Sc. Yks. Lin. Written de-
leeghtsome n.Yks.'' ; also in form delichtsome Sc.
[dili-tsam, Sc. dilrxtsam.] Delightful.
Lnk. [He] drinks in ilk delichtsome feature. While the bairns he
ee's wi' pride, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 32. n.Yks.=, m.Yks.i
nXin.' I went on a trip wi' oor Robbud to Scarborough ; it is a
delightsum plaace.
[Ye shall be a delightsome land, Bible Mai. iii. 12.]
DELIVERLY, adv. Sc. Freely, continuously. Cf
delaverly.
Cai. A child is said to greet deliverly when it cries almost without
intermission (Jam.).
[The same word as ME. deliverly, lightly, quickly
(Ch.\ucer).]
DELIVERY-DRIFT, sb. Nhb. Dur. A drift from low
ground into a pit-shaft into which water is delivered from
the pump.
Nhb.i Called also off-take drift. NUb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr.
CI. (ed. 1888).
DELK, sb. e.An. Ken. [delk.] A small cavity or
dent in the soil, or any surface that should be smooth ;
a dimple. See Dawk, sb.^
e.An.*, Nrf.i Ken. Holloway.
[Cp. EFris. dcilke, ' Grubchen, kleine Vertiefung'
(Koolman).]
DELKIN, see Dulkin.
DELL, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also Hmp. Also written del
n.Cy. w.Yks. [del.] 1. A little dale, a narrow valley.
Ayr, The woodcock haunts the lonely dells, Burns Nozv IVesflln
Winds. St. 2. Gall. So Douglas ordered a dismounted file to lead
the 3'oung lads out into a dell, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xlvi.
n.Cy. Grose 11790); N.Cy.' Nhb.' Still used. n.Yks.' w.Yks.
HurroN Tour to Caves (1781).
2. Term in a boys' game : the goal. Cf dale, sb. 3.
Abd. The cellar door was aye the meeting-place — The starting-
point o' ilka game — the goal o' ilka race. . . . The hail at ' Shinty *
and the dell at 'Huiity' and ' Kee how!' Cadenhead F/ighls
(1853) 192.
3. A low, hollow place ; a pit. Hmp. Holloway.
[1. pay fiam dighte to );e depe dellis, Awntyrs Arthiire
(c. 1435) 6, in Sc.Allil. Poems (1897) 117. Cp. EFris. delle,
'Thai' (Koolman). 3. Thiike same unhappye ewe . . .
Fell headlong into a dell, Spenser Sh. Kal. (1579) Mar.
\Gl. a hole in the ground]. Cp. LG. dcUc, ' eine kleine
Bodenvertiefung' (Berghaus).]
DELlL, DELL, see Delve, v., Deal, sb.^
DELLFIN, sb. Glo. [delfin.] A low place, over-
grown with underwood. See Delf, s6.' 6.
Glo. Grose (1790); G/.(i85i); Baylis///»5. £>/fl/. (1870) ; Glo.i
DELLIT, sb. Yks. Lan. Also written delit Lan. ;
dellert w.Yks.' [delit.] 1. Daylight, daybreak.
w.Yks.' There war a girt roak ... at delleet, ii. 285. Lan. They're
as fawse too, an' as blint to th' dellit, Clegg Sketches (1895) 14 ;
e.Lan.'
2. Twilight, evening, dusk.
Lan. We n come dcavvn agen to-art dellit, Brierley Tradcllepiii,
vi ; I did nah promise to come ogcn till Setterdey neet, at dellit,
Paul Bobdin Sequel (1819) 6. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (i8s,(X
DELLO, s6. Or.I. A small patch of cultivated ground.
(S.A.S.) ; S. tk Ork.' ^
DELP, int. Shr.' [delp.] An exclamation used to
express pity ; a contraction of ' God help.'
DELPH, DELSEED, see Delf, si.'^ Deal, sb.'^
DELT, V. Sc. [delt.] To treat with great care and
attention ; to caress, fondle. See Dalt, sb.^, Daut, v.
Ayr. Here have I been deltit noo for sax weeks and mair wi' my
papers, Service Notaiiduins (1890 124.
Hence (i) Delting, ppl. adj. spoiling with kindness ; (2)
Deltit, //>/. adj. spoilt with kindness.
(i i Elg.The delting look, the dawting arm, CouPER/'oe/>^ (1804)
I. 167. (21 Mry., Bnff. (Jam.) Abd. A deltit brat (<6.).
DELVE, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Nhp. Shr. Hrf Brks. Dev. Also in
form delil S. & Ork.' Abd. Wxf [delv, del.] 1. v.
To dig, turn up with a spade, esp. to dig a garden. Also
used^^. See Delf, sb.^
Sc. Left Will to delve his last dwellings by himsell, ScoTv Anti-
quary (1816) xxiii. S. & Ork.' Abd. Gang on year aifter year
plewin an' del'in', Alexander Johnny Cibb (1871) xliv. Frf. ' 'Y'e
juist wore them sometimes when ye was delvin,' broke in Jess,
Barrie Thrums (1889) xv. Per. I would as soon howk taties wi'
mystaffasdelvein the Scriptures wanting a reference "B'AXc, Sandy
Scott (1897) 24. Fif. In a stroke o' the eye She delv'd down within
her spicy jail again, Tennant Ansler (1812) li. Slg. He'd delve
their yard, or tend their coo, Towers Poems (1885) 173. Rnf.
We'll delve our ain yard, Allan Poems (1836) 76. Ayr. She was
delving to plant potatoes, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) xviii. Lnk.
Delved his kail-yard in the sun, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 74.
Edb. Digging and delving away at the bit kail-yard, Moir Mansie
Wauch (1828) ii. Kcb. He maun toil An' delve, an' shake, an' prune,
Irving Fireside Sngs. (1872) 52. Wxf.' Zim dellen harnothes. 86.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.' He might he' delven the side piece.
Dur.', e. Dur.' s.Du-. He's delved t'garden (J. E.D.V Cum.(E.W.P.)
Wm. Gang an delve t'garden ower (B.K.). n.Yks.'^, m.Yks.',
w.Yks. ^5 Lan. Somb'dy'll ha' to wayve an' delve, Brierley il/«»--
locks (1867) 80. Chs.13, Nhp.= Shr.' Let the childern alone, they
bin on'y delvin' i' the on-dug groun' doin no 'arm ; Shr.^ Hrf.
DuNCUMB //('i^ //)/ (i8o4\ Brks.' Dev. If Cadburye-castleand
Dolbury-hill dolven were. All England might ploughe with a golden
sheere, Ray Prov. (ed. 1813) 244.
Hence (i) Delver, sb. one who digs ; a drainer ; (2)
Delving, vbl. sb. digging ; also used atlrib.
(i) Sc. My daddy's a delver of dykes, Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776)
II. 82. Ayr. Our gentry care as little For delvers, ditchers an'
,sic cattle, Burns Tiva Dogs (1786) 1. 89; The delvers, spinsters,
a' sit roun' The meikle kitchen table, Thom Amusements (1812^ 38.
Lakel. Peniith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). (2) Abd. Nae dellin' was deen,
nae thrashin', nae ploughin', Gutdman Jnglisnmill {i8-]^) 4a. e.Sc.
Doing the delvin an' sic like i' the gardens, Setoun R. Urquhari
(1896) xxvii. Fif. When the 'delvin" time came, Saunders sent
one of his men to dig the garden, Robertson Provost (1894) 167.
Ayr. For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin, Burns To G. Hamilton^
St. 1 1. Lnk. Still must he labour 'mid hardship and care. At delving,
at ploughing, Rodger Poems (1838) loi, ed. 1897. Lan. Richard
Dickinson of the Cocklache came and took 20 falls of delving of me,
at a II shillings, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 103.
2. To dig two spades' depth ; to dig deep.
Lin. I asked an old neighbour whether a certain patch in my
garden would not require delving before I could eradicate the
weeds. . . . He said, ' I don't think you need go so deep as that;
digging will do.' ' What is delving but digging? ' I asked. 'Why
trenching, of course, digging deep,' was the reply, A^. & Q. (1894)
8th S. V. 453. Shr.'
3. To dig in, insert, hide, bury.
Rnf. Just delve yer claws, and in a crack. His character, Ye can
hac't battered on his back Ere he could stir. Eraser Chimes (1853)
181.
4. Quarrying term : to split or ' rive ' the flag-rock,
ready for the ' fettler ' or hewer, after it has been cut or
separated from the solid by the ' getter.' w.Yks. (W.H.V.)
Hence Delver, sb. a quarryman.
w.Yks. (G.H.); (W.H.V.) ; Colliers and delvers, Pudscy Olm.
(1878) 17 ; Eccles Leeds Aim. (1881) 15.
5. To indent or bruise a metal surface.
n.Cy. Grose (I7901. n.Yks.'^ e.Yks. Marshall Pur. Econ.
(1788); e.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks.=
6. To work hard, slave, drudge. Gen. with at.
Frf. As we delved up the twisting road between two fields, that
leads to the farm of Little Rathie, Barrif. /.iV/;<(i888) xi. n.Yks.'
He's allays delving at it, gan v.'hcn ye will ; n.Yks. '^ ' They're delv-
ing at it ' [going ahead with the woik]. ra.Yks.', w.Yks.^ Liiu
DEM
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There I am, delving at it from morninp; to night. They delve,
poor bairns, and you're forced tolct them have a bit of play (R. E.G.);
A', ty Q. 1,1894) 8th S. v. 453. Shr.i I'm tired till I can 'ardly lug
a leg ; I han to delve at them tatoes w'ile yo bin rumagatin about
after nuts an' slous.
7. sh. A dig.
Lan. Wi hur grippen fast hoo gicn fust one a delve ith stummack,
un then another, Staton B. Shiitllc Boivliiii, 39.
[ME. (Ichv, to dig (Chaucer) ; OE. dc/faii.]
DEM, V. and sb. Sc. Nlib. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Lin. [dem.] 1. v. To dam water, to stop a watercourse.
Kcd. Na yet for a' 'at baith cud lave, Or dicht or dem, or close,
■Wis ever seen at Mill o' Stra'an So big a caup o' brose. Grant
inv5(.i884l 7. Nhb.i Lakel. /V»n//j 06s. (Dec. 28, 1897V Wm.
A famous drinker is credited with the observation 'that owt less
than aquart vvas'nt worth startin' wi', fer it nivvcr demmed' (B,K. \
n.Yks. (I.W.) e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.'i w.Yks. Lucas Siml.
Niddndiile (C. 1882) Gl. ; (J.T. ' ; w.Yks.' We can dem it up a bit,
an mack a dub a gay dipncss, ii. 292. Chs.' n.Lin.' I'd as soon
try to dem Trent up wi' a dish-cloot. sw.Lin.' They demm'd it
higher up. I fell crossways into the dyke, so I was demming up
the water.
2. With (■/;. Of clouds : to collect, to be obstructed.
w.Yks.', no. Lan.'
3. sb. A dam, weir.
Cum. Now gedder in t'sheep and wesh them in' t'dem, Dickinson
0»»Ar. (1876)246; Cum.' n.Yks. (I.W.1 e. Yks.' ;l/5. arfrf. (T.H.I
w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdak (c. 1882) 246; w.Yks.' n.Lin.'
Theare hed niver no reight to be a dem e' Car Dyke. sw.Lin.'
They put a dem in the beck.
Hence Dem-fow, adj. quite full.
Fif. Often heard (A.W.). Lth. It is sometimes said that the
hands are dem-fow, when one has too much work to do (Jam.).
[1. Brystand . . . our thir denimyt lynnis, Douglas
£'«<'(rfl'os (i5i3),ed. 1874, iv. 32. OFris. demma,' A&vavafn,
verstopfen ' (Richthofen).]
DEM, int. Obs. Dev. An insulting expression used
to a woman without any definite meaning.
Dev. IV. Times (Apr. 9, :886) 6; Dev.' You must tell every living
soul that I was bosky and vall'd into the mud-pool, must ye, dem ?
pt. ii. 13. n.Dev. Dist hire ma, dem ? E.xm. Siold. (1746) 1. 139 ;
Monthly Mag. (1810) L 434 ; De'm, you slut ! Grose (1790).
DEM, see Dim.
DEMAND, z'. and sJ. Irel. Yks. Dev. \. v. To com-
mand a view, to overlook, watch.
Dev. If j'ou please to stand there, you'll be able to demand both
ways. Reports Pioviiic. (1885) 91.
2. Phr. to demand f miller, to overdraw an account.
w.Yks. I'lvv. in Biighouse News (July 23, 1887).
3. sb. pi. Commands, commissions.
N.I.' Have you any demands into town?
DEMAINE, DEMANE, DEMAYNE, see Demean.
DEMATH, see Daymath.
DEMBLE, V. and sb. Sc. Written dembl S. & Ork.' ;
and in form dimble (Jam. SiippL). [de'm-, di-m(b)l.]
1. V. To set or root young plants. (Jam. Snppl.) Cf.
demple, v.
2. To dip or plunge in liquid, to plash.
Sc. i Jam. Siippl.) Sh.I. (W.A.G.) ; (Co//. L.L.B.) Or.I. (Jam.
Sii/'pl.) S. & Ork.l Abd. I Jam. Supf I.)
3. sb. A plunge. S. & Ork.'
DEME, see Dame.
DEMEAN, V. Sc. Also in form demaine n.Sc. (Jam.)
Bnfi".' ; demane Sc. (Jam.) ; demayne. [dimi'n, dinie'n.]
To deal with or treat any one in a specified way ; esp.
to treat badly, ill-treat, maltreat.
Sc. Decerned to be executed to death, demeaned as a traitor,
and underly the pains of treason when apprehended, Thomson
Cloud o/lVilnessesiiin) 447, ed. 1871 ; The sentence. ..by which
they were ordered to be executed to death, and demeaned as
traitors when apprehended, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) III. 410,
ed. 1828. n.Sc. It is still said one is 'demaj'nt with weet,' when
he is drenched with rain or injured by the effects of it (Jam.).
Bnff.' His horse cam doon, and demainet 'im most awfou. Slg.
That same bodie was given and broken for us, that is to say,
crucified and demayned with anguish and dolours, Bruce Sermons
(c. 1631) iii, ed. 1843. Ayr. Ay wicked Claver'se to demean, And
ay an ill dead may he die I Ballads and Sngs. (1846) I. 52.
Hence Demainan, vbl. sb. the act of inflicting iniurv.
Bnflf.' o J >
[Thair fais . . . than dcmanit tliame angrely, Bardour
Bnice (1375) XI. 624. OFr. dcmener, ' traiter, mener, con-
duire' (La Curne).]
DEMEANOUR, sb. Lei.' Eccentricity.
At the inquest it was notified that there hadbeen some demeanour
in his ways.
DEMEANS, sb. pi.'' Sc. [dimlnz.] Lands, districts,
' demesnes.'
e.Lth. Wha mak' a Scotland owre the water. The auld demeans !
MucKLEBACK IT /?«/-. Rhymes (1885) 35.
[A gentleman of noble parentage, Of faire demeanes,
Shaks. (ed. 1623) R. &» /. in. v. 182. AFr. demaine
( Termes de la lcy).1
DEMEAHS, sb. pi.' Yks. [dimia-nz.] Means.
w.Yks. In quest of game by foul demeans, Mather Sheffield
Sngs. (1862) No. 26; w.Yks.2
[£>«- (pref)-f lit. E. means, AFr. meiens (Moisy), Fr.
moyens. The word is prob. formed fr. assoc. w. the word
above.]
DEMELLIT, //. Ags. (Jam.) Hurt, injured, dis-
ordered.
Hence Demellitie, sb. a hurt, stroke, injury of any
kind ; the efi'ects of a dispute or iDroil.
[Cp. Fr. avoir a dcmcler, 'etre en contestation, en
querelle, en debat' (Littre).]
DEMENT, V. Sc. n.Cy. Also written diment Ayr.
[dime'nt ] To make crazy, to drive mad.
Sc. If the finger of God in their spirits should so far dement
them as to disagree, Baillie Lett. (1775) II. 255 (Jam.). Kcd. By
debts and duns demented. Him in pauper livery clad, . . . Men
immured amid th' mad. Grant Lays (1884) 127. Rnf. 'Twould
only torment ye, and fairly dement ye, And rack yer auld heart a'
the days o' yer life, Barr Poems (i86r) 250.
Hence (i) Dementation, sb. a state of derangement ;
(2) Demented, ppl. adj. distracted, crazed, maddened ; (3)
Dementedly, adv. distractedly ; (4) Dementing, ///. adj.
maddening, distracting.
(i) Sc. We would have accounted such a thought not only dis-
loyalty but dementation and madness, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721)
'• 75 (Jam.). (2) Bnff. A heap of yarn, with which somedementit
old woman had hanged herself, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 61.
Abd. The woman's clean dementit, Macdonald Sir Cibbie, xxii.
Frf. She was almaist dementit, an' in her agony she tried her best
to squeeze to the front o' the crood, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886)
167, ed. i88g. Per. My head's just going round and round, I
think I'm demented, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 88, ed. 1887.
Dmb. He is constantly ficein' about with lawyers and pitten Sir
John maist dementit. Cross Disruption (1844) xiii. Rnf. I'm fairly
distracted, demented, and racked, Barr Poems (1861) 25. Ayr. He
gasped, and looked round like a man dimented, Galt Gilhaize
(1823) V. Lnk. Seein' twa white things him afore. He turned
maist dimentit. Watt Poems (1827; 64. Lth. His widow dementit
wi' grief or wi' gear, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 83. Dmf.
Dementit cuif, O be mair wise, Quinn Heather (1863) 23. Gall.
They were fair demented wi' drink, Crockett Cleg Kelly (i8g6)
206. N.Cy.' (3) Lth. I . . . dreamily and dementedly daundered
down the burnside, Lumsden S/!<'f/>-/ifarf(i892: 301. <4)Sc. There
wi' his dementing lear, An' lecsing tongue an' greedy maw, Thom
Jock o' the Knowe (1878) 21. Kcd. In spite o' that dementing crj',
'O Johnny, man, I'm wantin' siller,' Grant Lays (1884) 127.
DEMIC, sb. and v. Yks. Not. Lin. Also written
demick m.Yks. w.Yks. Not.; demik w.Yks.; demniic
n Lin.' ; demmick e.Yks.' w.Yks.; demniock w.Yks;
demmuc n.Lin.' ; demmuck sw.Lin.' ; demock w.Yks. ;
dimmock e.Yks.' [demik, de'msk.] 1. sb. An
epidemic.
w.Yks. N. & Q. (1897) 8th S. xi. 176; w.Yks.^, n.Lin.'
2. The potato-disease.
e.Yks.' w.Yks. (S.P.U.) ; Floods, robberies, cattle plague,
small pox, measles, t'demmick an' what not, Yksman Comic Ann.
(18771 39. n.Lin.'
3. A whitlow or thecal abscess, suppuration.
w.Yks. I've demick i mi thumb, KccLES Leeds Olm. (1879) 21 ;
(J.T.); (S.P.U.) n.Lin.'
DEMIN
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DENSH
Hence (i) Demicked, adj. gathered, diseased; (2)
Demicky, (7rf/'. suppurating.
(I j m.Yks. You've got a demicked finger (F.P.T.). w.Yks. Aar
Bill hez gat a demik't thumb, EccLEs5«^s. (1862) 141. (2) w.Yks.
EccLEs Leeds Obn. (1879) 21.
^. V. Of potatoes : to take the potato-disease.
e.Yks.i Deeant let em stop onny langer i grund or they'll all
dcmmick. n.Lin.' , ,v- . r ..1
Hence Demic'd, ppl. adj. diseased, suffering from the
potato-blight. . ,r r .
Yks. The seeds I bought back end of last year wur half of em
dead or demic'd, Fetherston T. Gooihcdger {1810) 32. w.Yks.
Those potatoes o' yours are all democked, gafler (H.L.); Tha
munnot tak nooan nobbut demmocked ens, Hartley Clock Aim.
(1878)38. Not.= n.Lin.i He's caaingin' awaay hkeademmuck't
taatie. sw.Lin.*
[An aphetic form of lit. E. epidemic]
DEMIN, see Daimen.
DEMIT, V. Sc. [dimi-t.] 1. To dismiss, permit to
depart.
Sc. However. Mr. John was demittcd and Balmcrino sent prisoner
to the castle of Edinborough, Gutiiry ./I/fW. (1747) 12 (Jam.) ; The
ministers were demitted for that time, ib, 31.
2. To resign, give up ; to lay down an office.
Sc. To demit an office, Monthly Mag. (1798) 11. 437 ; Mr. James
Sandiland demitted his place as canonist with great subtilty,
Spalding ///s/. Sc. (179a) I. 216 (Jam.). n.Sc. My time is come,
I maun demit. And frae your company reca', Buchan Ballads, II.
121, ed. 1875.
DEMMIN, DEMOUS, see Daimen, Dooms.
DEMPLE, sb. and v. Sc. Also in form dimple Bnff.'
[dempl, di-mpl.] 1. sb. An instrument for setting
potatoes, a dibble. Abd. (Jam.)
2. V. To set or root young plants. Cf. demble, v.
Or.I. (Jam. Stippl.) Bnff.' Ye sudna dimple yir taties. Abd.
(Jam. Supf^l.)
DEMPSE. DEMPSTER, see Dimps, Deemster.
DEMPTION, sb. Or.I. A great quantity.
Or.I. A demption of rain (Jam. Siippl.) ; Common (J.G.).
DEMUR, sb. Sc. Plight.
Abd. A set o' critic curs, Wha pit poor chiels in sad demurs, The
sorrow eat them. Shirrei-s Poems (1790) 346.
[Fr. detneure, an abode, tarriance, place of abiding
(COTGR.).]
DEN, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. [den.] 1. sb.
A dell, glen, a deep hollow between hills.
Sc. Dells, glens, or, as they are. . . termed, dens, Scott .^K%!(0(;y
(1816) xvii. n.Sc. I was making my way through the den and the
birch trees below Keuchnakerran, Gordon Cargleii (1891) 198.
Bnff. One of his favourite spots was the Den and quarries of
Rubislaw, Smiles Naliir. (1876) i. Abd. In some deep den among
the broom And whins, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 146. Kcd. Your
father there shall ride nae mair, But tether Dobbin in the den,
Jamie Muse (1844) 20. Frf. I'd ken that ugly mou again, Tho' I
saw'd in the Seaton den, Sands Poems (1833) 81. Fif. Rab . . .
went down the den for wood, Meldrum Margrcdel (1894) 151.
Slg. I . . . spied a dun tod, cannily Mak' for the hazel den. Towers
Poems (1885) 54. Rnf. 'Within my sylvan den I'd hae vexations
even there. Young P;'f/!ir«( 1865) 144. Ayr. Her banks an' braes,
her dens an' dells. Burns To IV. Simfison {I■]8^^ st. 10. Lnk. I . . .
wander'd through ilk fairy den, Lemon Si. Mniigo (1844) 16.
Bwk. Croodlin' cushats closer thrang Adoon the den, Chisholm
Poems (1879'! 103. Dmf. Listen the mavis while roamin' Away
amang fairy-like dens, Reid Poems (1894) 44. Kcb. I hameward
hied frae cot the dens, Armstrong Inglestde (1890) 134. Nhb.'
Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864J 315.
2. The ' home ' or ' base ' in boys' games ; the place of
safety. Sc. (A.'W.), N.l.», Nhb.', w.Yks. (J.T.) Cf. dale,
sb. 3, dell, sb. 2.
3. A dark cellar in a mill building. N.I.'
4. The place where the scythe is laid into the sned. Nhb.'
5. V. To hide, lurk, to take shelter in a den ; to run to
cover.
Sc. Ercwhilc the hare denned close from view, Cunningham
Siigs. fiSis) 18. Ayr. Hae ye ony ark . . . where a body might
den himself, Galt Entail (1823) liii. s.Sc. She denned at last in
a scrogyc buss, 'Watson Bonier Bards (1859) no ; Where foxes
denned became a mead, ib. 205. Lth. Foxie's owre gleg for
him! -he's denned, Strathesk More Bits (cd. 1885) 138. Slk.
His head neath his daidle he dens, Currie Musings (1863) 165,
Rxb. (Jam.)
6. To fit a scythe to the sned or handle.
Nhb.' Git that scythe denn'd as sune as ivvor ye can.
[The same word asO'E.deitn, habitation of a wild beast.]
DEN, DENCH, see Dene, Densh.
DENCHER, DENCHMAN, see Denshire, Denshman.
DENCK, see Dink, adj
DENE, sb. Nrf. Dev. Also in form den (Hall.).
[din, den.] A sandy tract on the seashore ; esp. in pi.
the low sand-hills n. and s. of Yarmouth.
Nrf. Munford Local Names (1870) 93 ; Nrf.' Dev. Mrs. Leigh . . .
watched the ship glide out between the yellow denes, Kingsley
IVcsiw. Ho! (1855) xvi ; A sandy tract near the sea, as at Exmouth
(Hall.).
[EFris. diiiie, diin, ' ein durch 'Wind u. Sturm zusammen-
gewirbelter Sandhaufe ' (Koolman).]
DENE, DENG, see Dean, si.", Dang, v.'^
DENGLE, V. Sc. (Jam. Sitppl.) Also in form dennle.
To swing, vibrate, quiver, throb, tingle ; to shoot or quiver
with pain.
DENIAL, sb. In gen. dial, use in Yks. and midl. and
s. counties to Hmp. Som. [dinai'al.] A disadvantage,
detriment, hindrance ; loss, injury ; a disappointment.
w.Yks. 2 I have a great denial. Chs.' s.Stf, Him bein' hard-
hearin' mun be a great denial, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Not.'
Rut.' Deafness is a great denial. Lei.' My lame hand is a sore
denial to me. Nhp.' He was obliged to give up his situation, which
was a great denial to me. "War. B'ham Wkly. Post ("June 10, 1893") ;
■War.' It is a great denial to me his doing so ; 'War.^ ; War.^ It
was a great denial to me, not being able to go. s.War.' It's a great
denial to him to be shut up in the house so long. w.Wor.* To
laowse yer sight is a great denial to anybody. s.Wor.l 'Twere a
great denial to 'im, as 'e never 'ad no schoolin. Shr.' Poor Dick's
lost 'is arm i' the throshin' machine; it'll be a great denial to 'im ;
Shr.^His latnesso'speechwasasaddenial to him. Hrf. (W.W.S.),
Hrf.i, Glo.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) Ken.' It's a denial to a farm to lie so
far off the road ; Ken. 2 ne.Ken. It is a great denial lor him not to
go as he was especially anxious to hear him sing (H.M.). Sur.'
Sus.' His deathness is a great denial to him. Hmp.' His children
be a great denial to 'im. w.Som.' Twuz u maayn dainuyul tu
dh-oal mae'un, haun u lausuz duung'kce [It wasagreat drawback
to the old man, when he lost his donkey].
DENK, see Dink, adj.
DENNECK, s6. Cor. [de'nak.] A species of tub-fish,
Trigla ciiculits.
Cor.' There is another species of tub-fish caught here (Mouse-
hole) very similar to, but much smaller than the former (i. e. tub),
sometimes called Piper or Peeper, and by others EUick, Denneck,
or Redannech ; Cor.^
DENNIE, see Denshman.
DENRICK, sb. Sc. A smoke-board used when
necessary to contract a chimney.
Abd. An evasive answer is frequently given loan over-inquisitive
person by saying. ' Na, but ye wad spier frae the door to the den-
rick,' A^ if Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 156; It is a narrow board moving
on hinges at the upper part of a fireplace, to be used as occasion
may require to contract a chimney and so prevent its smoking,
ib. 261.
[Apparently repr. doiin-reek, i. e. smoke coming down
when It should go upwards ; so J. Longmuir in N. 6^ Q.
(/.c.).]
DENSH, adj. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Also written
dainsh n.Yks.'= ; dench Nhb.' Dur.' Cum. w.Yks.' [denj,
denj.] 1. Dainty, fastidious, squeamish. Cf daunch.
Nhb.' Rare. Cum.' n.Yks' ' Over densh by cnvght,' far too
nice or fastidious. m.Yks.' w.Yks.' Shoe's nut itten hauf — shoe's
scea dench an keeker, ii. 291.
Hence Denched, adj. squeamish as to food, finely
mouthed.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Dur.' n.Yks. You're varra dcnch'd, I trow,
Meuiton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 57 ; n.Yks.^a
2. Comp. (i) Densh-gobbed, (2) -stomached, of a dainty
fastidious taste or appetite ; affected in speaking.
(i) n.Yks.' 2 (2) s.Dur. He's varra densh-stomached (J.E.D.).
3. Excellent.
n.Yks. His leuks are as Lebanon, densh as the cedars, Robin-
son Whitby Sng. Sol. (i860) v. 15.
DENSHAUCH
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DENSHAUCH, adj. Bvvk. (Jam.) Nice, hard to
please ; asp. in regard to food. See Densh.
DENSHIRE, V. and sh. Der. Hrt. Ken. Sur. Sus. Wil.
Dev. Written dencher Der.' Ken.' Sus. ; densher Ken.'
Sur.' Sus.' Wil.' ; denture Sus. Also in form down-
share Ken. [denj3(r).] 1. v. To cut oflf the turf from
pasture land and, when dry, lay it in heaps and burn it to
ashes.
Ken. Morton Cyc/o. -^gnc. (1863') ; Down-shared, Young AiDials
Jigric. ( 1784-1815") V. 113; Repoiis Agric. (1793-1813') 37. Sur.'
Sus. Still in use ^F.E.S.) ; \ovng Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XLIII.
212. Wil.' Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. jM.) [To Devonshire
or Denshire land, that is to pare off the surface or top-turf thereof,
and to lay it upon heaps and burn it; which ashes area marvelous
improvement to battle barren land, by reason of the fixt salt which
they contain. This course they take with their barren spongy
heathy land in many counties of England. Ray Piov. ( 1678) 304.]
Hence Denshiring, vbl. sb. burning the dried turf.
Der.' Obs. Hrt. If the ground be very stiff, theji burn the surface,
which is called Denshiring, Ellis Mod. Hmb. (1750). Ken.
Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863) ; These are a few instances of super-
lative praise bestowed on downsharing, Marshall Rcpiew (1817)
V. 429. Sur.' Sus. YouNG./4H"a/s.i4^nf. (1784-1815I XLIII. 212.
Dev. Moore //;sA /)ff. ( 1829) I. 298 ; (T.C.P.) w.Dev. Marshall
Rtir. Econ. {i-;g6). [(K.)]
2. sb. In co/iip. (i) Denshire-ashes, the results of the
process of denshiring ; (2) -plough, an instrument used
for turf-cutting; (3) -pout, a pile of weeds, stubble, or
rubbish, made in the fields for burning.
(i) Sur. T.S.C.) (2j Sus.' (3) Ken.' A cooch-fire, as it is else-
where called.
DENSHMAN, sb. Lin. Nrf. Written denchman Nrf.
Also in form dennie Lin. [de'njman, deni.] The grey-
backed or hooded crow, Corviis comix.
n.Lln. ' I saw two dennies near yon wall this morning.' So called
becausethey come from Denmark (M. P.). Nrf. Common (R.H.H.) ;
(M.P.) ; Nature Notes, No. 10.
[The word deitsh means ' Danish.' ME. denshe (Havelok
1403) ; OE. Deiiisc {C/iroit.).]
DENT, sb.'- Yks. Chs. Not. Lei. Glo. [dent.] 1. An
indentation. Glo.°
Hence Dented, adj. (i) notched, serrated, resembling
the teeth of a saw ; (2) of soft substances, as flesh, dough,
&c. : indented, impressed with a sunken mark.
(i) n.Yl^s.' The woodpeckers have a tongue which they can
shoot forth to a very great length, ending in a sharp, stiff, bony tip,
dented on each side, Ray Creation, pt. i ; n.Yks.^ (2) n.Yks.'
2. The space between the teeth of the reed of a loom.
w.Yks. (P.M.), Chs.'
3. A groove or rebate in carpentering. Not.', Lei.'
DENT, sb.'^ e.An. [dent] A 'stroke' or clap of
thunder ; /iff. the time of greatest danger.
e.An.i. Nrf.' Suf.' After a very loud clap of thunder, a woman
said, ' 'Tis all over. I knew that was the dent of it.'
[As greet as it had been a thonder dent, Chaucer C.T.
A. 3807. OE. dyitt, a stroke, blow.]
DENT, sb.^ Sc. A tough clay or soft claystone, esp. that
found in the joints and fissures of sandstone or other strata.
Rxb. The walls . . . were cemented with pounded dent, Jeffrey
Hist. R.vb. 1,1864) IV. iii.
DENT, DENTER, see Dant, Do, v., Denture.
DENTICAL, adj. Sus. [de-ntikl.] Dainty, fastidious.
Sns. Doant be so picksome an dentical, Jackson Soiit/iward
Ho (1894) I. 200 ; Sus.* This here Prooshian cat what you gave
me is a deal too dentical for a poor man's cat ; he wants one as
will catch the meece and keep herself.
[Dainiy + -cat ; cp. lit. ¥.. finical.]
DENTICE, DENTIS, see Daintis, Dainta.
DENTURE, sb. Obs. Lin. Som. Also written denter
n.Lin.' An indenture.
n.Lin.' Please, sir, we've cum'd to ax you to fill up thease dentcrs
atween me an' my 'prentis'. w.Som.i In years past, when parish
apprentices were common, this word was in daily use.
DENTURE, DENTY, see Denshire, Dainty, adj.'-
DENTY-LION, sb. Sc. Also written dentelion,
dentilioun Sc. (J.\m.) [dentilaian.] The dandelion,
Leoiilodon Taiaxaciiiii.
Sc. (Jam.) sw.Sc. Garden IVk. (1896) No. cxiv. 112. Ayr.
Hides like the skin o' a pouket guse, and hues like denty lions,
Galt Lairds (1826) xxvi.
[Seyr downis smaill on dent de lion sprang, Douglas
Eiieados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 83. Fr. dent de (yon, the herb
Dandelyon (Cotgr.).]
DENUMB, t'. Sc. Also written denum (Jam.). [dinB-m.]
Used imprecatively ; cf. ' confound you ! '
Abd. Ye say the Deacon tells a lee ; A lee ! denumb your skin,
RoBB Poems (1853) 192 ; Denumb ye for a scoundrel, li. ; (Jam.)
Rnf. (*.)
Hence Denummt, ppl. adj. confounded.
Bnfif.' He's a denummt idiot t'gang an' dee the like.
[De- 4 numb (to benutnb).]
DENY, V. Sc. Yks. Lan. Wor. Sur. Som. Dev. [dinai-,
w.Yks. also dini-.] L To refuse, decline ; to forbid, not
to allow.
Bch. Tho' the King did sair deny To part wi' Iphigen, Forbes
Ulysses (1785) 20. n.Yks. And Edm. Grame for denying to lend
his horse to carry a prisoner to Yorke Castle, Quarter Sess. Rec.
(Oct. 6, 1607) in N. R. Rec. Soc. (1884) I. 87. ne.Yks.' He nivver
denied ma nowt 'at ah ax'd him. w.Yks. We'll deny nothing
^S.K.C. ). Lan. Aw never knowed him to deny noatherfree meight
nor drink afore. Wood //»;;;. S/'t'/c/if^, 15. Sur. (T.S.C.) w.Som.'
Ee niivur dud-n denuy hautuvur uur aaks oa un. Did I deny
to go, zoon's you ax me ? Dev. Banns of marriage were once for-
bidden in a parish church with the words, ' I deny it, and defy it;
th' ummun'smine!' P — denied her coming into the house, Reports
Provinc. (1884) 15. n.Dev. Zure you won't deny to zee me drenk,
E.xm. Crishp. (1746) 1. 530.
2. With of: to deny. w.Wor.'
[1. If you deny to dance, let's hold more chat, Shaks.
Love's L. L. V. ii. 228 ; How to grant suits, How to deny
them, ib. Temp. i. ii. 80.]
DEPART, V. Se. Lin. Also written depairt Sc.
1. To die.
Sc. (AW.) n.Lin.' It w.is a sore job ; not one o' his bairns was
nigh him when he departed, it came soa sudden.
Hence (i) Departal, sb. in phr. to take one's departal, to
take one's departure, to die ; (2) Departure, sb. death.
(i) Ayr. When my father took his departal to abetter world, Galt
Entail \ 1823) xi ; When at last he took his departel, his doers had
some fashions wark in the reddin' up of his affairs, Service
Notandums (1890) 12. (2) Sc. (A.W.), n.Lin.*
2. Obs. To part, divide.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) [(K.)]
[2. Thei departiden his clothis and kesten lottis, Wyclif
(1388) Luke xxiii. 35. Fr. deparlir, to distribute into
several parts (Cotgr.).]
DEPEND, V. Not. [dipe'nd.] In -phv.you may depend
your life, &c., you may rely upon it.
B.Not. You may depend your life he'll ne'er come back no more
(J.P.K.).
DEPENING, see Deeping.
DEPONE, V. Sc. 1. Obs. To deposit.
Sc. Captain Gray, her spouse, who had deponed his money in
David his hand, Foord Suppl. Dec. 394 (Jam.).
2. To testify, asseverate, affirm ; to give evidence as
a witness, to depose.
Sc. Fleming Scripture (1726); Marion Meason deponed that she
heard her say, Common thief, mony ill turn have I hindered thee
from doing. Statist. Ace. XVIII. 654 (Jam.). Bnff. Most of them
[witnesses] depone that the pannels [prisoners] were habit and
repute Egyptians [gypsies], Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 39. Ayr.
[He] ran home over the Bow Brig, screaming like one demented,
deponing that he had seen the deil, Johnston Kibnallie (1891) II.
140 ; Ewan M'Intyre deponed that John Barbour was as sober as
a judge the night he left the fair, ib. 155.
Hence Deponent, sb. a witness.
Bnff. They spoke a language, which the deponents did not under-
stand, Gordon C/iron. Keith (1880: 39.
DEPRAVED, adj. Hrf. [diprevd.] Weakly, ill.
Hrf. Well known (J.B.) ; Hrf.^ A poor depraved creature.
DEPUTE, sb. Sc. A deputy.
Sc. Commanding hereby ouradvocate orhis deputes to draw their
indictments, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) II. 52, ed. 1828.
[Melancholic grit deput of dispair, Montgomerie (c.
1600), ed. Cranstoun, 171.]
DEPUTY
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DERN
DEPUTY, sb. Nhb. Dur. Lon. [depsti.] 1. A minor
colliery official. . , „ , n n
Nhb. And then a deputywas myed, Wilson Pthiian s Fay (1043)
57 ; Nhb.i The man who lays the plates and sets the thnber for the
he%vers, and has charge of a district of the mine. Mining Gl. (1852) ;
Their work consists of supporting the roof with props of wood,
removing props from old workings, changing the air currents when
necessary, and clearing away any sudden eruption of gas or fall of
stone that might impede the work of the hewer, Wilson Trans.
Tyneside Natur. Club, VI. 203. Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl.
(1849) ; The son of a' deputy,' and himself in early life a hewer at
Benton Colliery, Watson Hist. Lit. Phil. Soc. Nnvc. (1897) too ;
Under the direction of the different deputies of each ■ flat ' [they]
were proceeding to their work, Newc. Leader (Feb. 13, 1896^ 6.
2. The manager of a common lodging-house.
Lon. In some places knives and forks are not provided, unless a
penny is left with the ' deputy,' or manager, Mayhew Loud. Labour
(1851) I. 249.
DERAY, sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. Also Dev. Cor. Aus.
Also in forms daroy_w.Yks.' ; derry m.Yks.' Dev. Cor.^ ;
deroy w.Yks.' [dire', daroi', dari.] Uproar, merriment,
noise, disorder ; a noisy party.
Sc. There were pipers and fiddles, and as much deray within,
Scott 7?^(/^. (1824') Lett. xi. Abd. ShirrefsPoct«s(i79o) G/. Fif.
Sec wrack, and ruin, and deray. Was never in Scotland, Tennant
Papistty (1827) 209. Lnk. Sic dancing and deray, Ramsay Poems
(1727) 40, ed. 1733. Slk. At moulting times there was deray, Hogg
Queer Bk. (1832) 2. Draf. And doose spectators Were a' involv'd
in this deray, Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 73. Gall. In much better
order of apparel . . . than might have been deemed possible in such
hasty and sudden deray, Crockett Raiders ( 1884) viii. Cum. Wi'
lowpin', dancin', and deray, Stagg Mise. Poems (ed. 1807) 65 ;
Cum. 2 w.Yks.l I don't care a pin for t'haal deroy on em. Dev.
O' course. Tailor Jack kicked up a regular derry then and there,
STOOKEA'o/£iYif//v, v. Cor. Blak cs e3'es And cut a proper [regular]
derry, Daniel Poems; Cor.^ Kicking up a putty derry. [Aus.
We could take a long job at droving till thederry'soff abit, Boldre-
wooD Robbery 1^1888) I. xvi.]
Hence Derrybounder, or Derry, (i) sb. the noise made
by any object in collision; (2) v. to move noisily, to
collide, bump ; (3) adj., Jig. applied to an obstinate person.
m.Yks.* (i) It came with such on [of] a derrybounder. (2) It
did derry [or derrybounder] along, mind you. (3) ib.
[ME. desrqy, confusion (Chaucer) ; AFr. desrei, ' de-
sarroi, confusion, ruine, destruction ' (Moisy) ; OFr.
ciesroi, dcrroi (La Curne).]
DERBYSHIRE, sb. Yks. Der. Not. In comp. (i)
Derbyshire-drop, a stalactite formation found in Derby-
shire ; (2.) -neck, a swelling of the thyroid gland ; goitre.
(i) Der. A petrifaction . . . known in London by the name of the
Derbyshire Drop, but on the spot it is called ' Blue John,' Gilpin
Obs. Lakes Cum. (1808) 11. 213, in N. &- Q. (1885) 6th S. xii. 406 ;
The Derbyshire drop is that singular formation of stalactite which
occurs in the Blue John mine of Tre Cliff, and being always covered
with abundanceof moisture, it conveys to the mind the idea of water
when gently rippled with the wind. Blue John is the name given
by the miners ... to a variety of fluor spar, ib. 506. (2) w.Yks.^,
Der. (I.W.l s.Not. So called because it is common in the hill
country of Derbyshire (J.P.K.).
DERDEL, 5*. S. & Ork.i The extreme end of the
spine of a hog.
DERE, V. Sc. _ Also written dair Or.I. ; deer, deir
S. & Ork.' [diT, deT.] To afl'ect, make an impression.
Or.I. (S.A.S.), S. & Ork.i n.Sc. It never der'd upon him (Jam.).
[That dered hym so moche that he wyste not what to
sayc, Caxton liiyimrd (i.\8i) xxxix. OE. derian, to harm.]
DERE, adj. Obs. e.An. Grievous, sad.
c.An.i Nrf. Sir T. Browne Tract (1686) in IVks. (1893) III.
233; Nrf.i
Hence Derely, adv. grievously, extremely.
e.An.i I am derely ill ; derely tired.
[He ben smiten in sorwes dcre, Gen. &^ Ex. (c. i2i;o)
3742- OE. deor] V 0 ;
DERE, see Dare, v.'^
DEREGLES, sb. pi. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Loose habits, irregularities; decep-
tions, fraudulent informations.
[Cp. Fr. des tiia'iirs de'reglees, <iisordeT]y manners (Hatz-
FELD).]
DERF, adj Sc. Also written derff. [derf.]
1. Bold ; vigorous, strong.
Sc. I was derff, you may suppose, Donald Poems (1867) 154.
Abd. A derf young man hecht Rob, Skinner Poems (1809) 46 ;
Gley'd Gibby Gun wi' a derf dawrd Beft o'er the grave divine, ib.
50. Fif. As if a whirlwind, derf and dour. Had ridden first frae
Denmark our, Tennant Papistiy (1827) 57. LtU. (Jam.)
Hence Derfly, adv. boldly, fiercely, vigorously.
Sc. Frae ilk plouk Thus derfly strook Ae drap o' blood cam oozin'
out! Drummond ,A/Hrio;H(rir/;_y {1846) 47. Abd. He derfly dang the
bark Frae's shins that day. Skinner Poems (1809) 47.
2. Unbending in manner, sullen, taciturn.
n.Sc. This is the most common sense (,Jam.).
3. Of things: hard.
Frf. My alabaster skin, Alas! now wrinkelt, derf, and din, Beattie
Amha (c. 1820J 20, ed. 1882.
4. Massive, capable of giving a severe blow. Bch. (Jam.)
[1. The frer . . . was derfl", stout, and ek hardy, Barbour
Bruce (1375) xviii. 307. ON. djarfr, bold.]
DERG, 56. Sh.I. A thing of httle value.
Sh.I. Used scornfully. ' There's a derg ' [there's a loss] (K.I.).
S. & Ork.i
DERGY, see Dirgie, Durgey.
DERISION, sb. Sc. A practical joke, hoax.
Ayr. We feared that the authors of the derision would be found
out, Galt Provost (1822) xxx.
DERK, see Dark, ndj
DERL, sb. Sc. Also in form derril (Jam.), [derl,
deTiL] 1. A broken piece of bread, cake, &c. See
Dorle.
Per. Seldom used. Thae bits o' derrils (G.W.). Cld. ' Ye'll gae
daft upon derrils,' a proverbial phr. spoken to children when making'
frequent applications for pieces of bread (Jam.).
2. pi. Rags. S. & Ork.i
[1. Cp. Wei. dryll, ' frustum, pars, portio ' (Davies).]
DERL, DERLING, see Dirl, Darling.
DERN, cidj.^, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Chs. Also in forms
darn Sc. ; dearn N.Cy.'^ Nhb.^ Chs. [dern, darn, disrn.]
1. adj. Secret, obscure.
Sc. He lies a' day and whiles a' night in the cove in the dern
hag, Scott IVaverley {i8i^ } Ixiv ; Underneath a derne lee, Aytoun
Ballads (ed. 1861) I. 31. Dmf. In the toom or dernest shaw . .. I'd
watch until the mornin' daw', Reid Poems (1894) 57. N.Cy.^
Nhb.i To the south end of Pitt Moore butts, then up to a darn road
to the March stone. Hist. o/Bwk. Nat. Club, V, 256. The word is
found in the street called Darn Crook in Newcastle, which was
formerly a ctil-dc sac.
2. Dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary.
Lth. And wild and dern, the burns, in full spate, Rush'd an' roar'd,
LuMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 315. Exb. The wood it was dern,
unweeded and wild, Telfer Bnffnrfs (1824) /"ai»- £//(■«. N.Cy.'*
Nhb. But when the morn comes dank and dern, Coqtietdale Sngs.
(1852) 109 ; Nhb.i Obs. Chs. Aw were dearn an' deaveley i' th'
village ; there wasn't a soul stirring, Croston Enoch Crump
(1887) 10.
3. sb. Darkness, secrecy.
Bwk. Where lies in dern auld Rhymer's race, Henderson Pop.
Rhymes {18^6) 142.
4. ?'. To conceal, hide.
Sc. We dinna need to darn ourselves like some folks, Scott i?o6
Roy (1817) xxxix ; He darned himsell, he sought a place of con-
cealment (Jam.). Dmb. I'll awa to Mr. Bacon's and dern mj'sel'
intil some safe hole. Cross Disruption (1844) xxviii. Ayr. It was
the want o' places for students to dern in,SERvicEA'o/n«rfM»i5(i89o)
71. Lnk. A little fac Lyes darn'd within my brc.-ist this mony
a day, Ramsay GcntleShep. (1725) 37, ed. 1783. Lth. Earth doomed
her in laigh nook to dern, Ballantine Poems (1856) 5. Edb.
Darn'd into a dusky nook, Liddle Pochk ! 1821) 157. Slk. At
sight of an eel he would shudder and darn, Wogg Poems (ed. 1865)-
291. Rxb. They dern them where the adders breed, RiddellPo^/.
IVks. (1871) I, 217. Gall. And so darned ourselves among the
* quakking quas,' Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxv.
5. To listen, hearken.
Sc. He was darnin at my door (Jam.). e.Fif. Anxious to hear
what was passin' . , . she . . . derned at the hole tlirough which
the barrel had made its descent, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) xxii.
6. To loiter at work. Fif. (Jam.)
DERN
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7. To muse, to think, (ib.)
8. With b,/iiiui : to fall back, (tb.)
[1. For dcrne love of thee, lemman, I spille, Chauctr
C. T. A. 3278. OE. (tynie (dcnie). 2. Deni, soli/aritis,
tHoesdis, Coles (1679); In a dern woodc, I VaUnce {1^88}
IV. 430. 3. Haile, sterne superne ! . . . Lucerne in derne,
Dunbar (c. 1510) Poems, ed. Small, II. 269. 4. ME.
denien, to conceal (Lajamon 18549) ; OE. dynian.l
DERN, rt(//.= Wor. Shr. Mtg. Hrf Rdn. Pem. Also
written dearn w.Wor.' Shr.' Hrf Rdn. ; deurn Shr.' ;
diern Mtg. Hrf.'; durn s.Pem. [dSn, disn.] 1. Hard,
stern.
Shr.' Obsoh Yo' mun mind 'ow yo' dailen 66th 'im for'e's a djurn
bond. Hrf.^ So and so is a very dearn man.
2. Determined, earnest, eager ; careful.
w.Wor.' Mr. is mighty dearn uv 'is dogs 'an' 'arses, but 'e
dunna make much account uv 'is childern. Shr.' Obsol. I knowed I
mun be sharp, for 'e wuz djarn on it. Rdn. Morgan U'lls. (1881).
s.Pem. A's main dern when a's moved a bit (W.M.M.) ; Laws
Little Eitg. (18881 430. Mtg. He's a diern chap, that Bill Jones,
better leave him alone (E.R.M.).
Hence Dierned, aiij. determined, enthusiastic.
Hrf.' Very djeorned about it.
3. Of weather: raw, cold.
w.Wor.' Shr.' It's a mighty djurn winde; . . . it'll shave a mon
clane athout lather or razzor. Hrf.^
[Dern, dims, atrox. Coles (1679). Prob. the same word
as dern, adj}]
DERN, see Darn, v."^, Durn, Appledem.
DERNY, DEROY, see Dunny, adj.'^, Deray.
DERRICKS, sb. pi. Dev. [dariks.] A name for
a species of dwarfish fairies.
Dev. The wood ... is haunted by the derricks or dwarfs— evil
beings who seem of darker nature than the 'pixies,' £)«c/m., Comb.
Mag. (Nov. 1887I 521 ; N. & Q. (1850) ist S. ii. 515.
DERRIL, see Deri.
DERRIN, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) A broad, thick cake or
loaf of oat- or barley-meal, or of the flour of pease and
barley mixed, baked in the oven or on the hearth covered
with hot ashes.
DERRUCK, V. Oxf. [dsrsk.] To worry.
Oxf.' If uuwr misis keeps an uder'ukin uuy much laungguur
uuy sh giv uur wau'rnin [If our Missis keeps an a dcrruckin' I much
longer I sh'll give 'er warnin].
DERRUM, 5A. m.Yks.' [daTam.] A deafening noise,
a confusion of sounds. Cf dirr, s6.'
As the rumbling, creaks, and cracks of an old mangle, together
with the talk ol several people who are putting it to use.
DERRY, sb.^ Chs. Chance, luck, in phr. lo take one's
deny.
s.Chs.* Dhai" got mi tu bringg* iim u paeT u shoo'n frum Naant-
weych, biit dhai" aan')ij faach't lim, soa- dhai* miin taak'dhur oa"n
der i [They got me to bring 'em a pair o' shoon from Nantweich,
but they hanna fatcht 'em, so they mun tak their own derry].
DERRY, sb.^ Lan. [dari.] In phr. by the derry, an
exclamation, oath. See Dirr, sb?
Lan. By the derry, but aw'll see, Brierley Irkdale (1865) 272,
ed. 1868.
DERRY, (jdj. War. [da'ri.] Acute, sharp, quick-witted.
War. 3 You must keep your wits alive in dealing with him ; he is
very derry.
DERRY, see Deray, Doory.
DERRY -DOWN, sb. Lan. Chs. In forms -dain Chs. ;
.deawn Lan. [dari.den, -dain.] In phr. with an up and
a derry-dowit, up and down.
Lan. A hop and a derry deawn, Brierley Layrock (1864') vii.
s.Chs.' Widh u iip un u deri-daayn [With a up an' a derry-dain].
DERRYMOUSE, s6. Dev. [da'rimeus.] A dormouse.
Dev. Bellamy Nat. Hist. (1839) pt. 11. i. n.Dev. A derrymouse
might nest wi' you, Rock /mi an Nell (1867) st. 25.
DERSE, V. and sb. Yks. Also written durse (Hall.).
[dars, das.] L v. To cleanse, prepare.
n.Yks.' Ah's derse oop kirk-garth an' sike back end o' t'week.
Wad ye like t'land amang thae berry trees dersed ower a bit? [the
soil among the gooseberry bushes lightly dug or stirred], w. Yks.'
To rid and derse my house i' my halloday claithes, ii. 355.
VOL. IL.
2. To spread over the surface of the ground, for the
purpose of manuring.
n.Yks.' Get yon heap o' soot an soil dersed ower the grassing.
w.Yks.' To derse muck [to spread dung],
3. To defile, dirty. n.Yks.', w.Yks.'
4. To beat. n.Yks.' w.Yks.' I'll derse thee thy hide for the.
5. Of corn : to shake out from over-ripeness. See Doz.
e.Yks. Does it derse? (Miss A.)
6. sb. Havoc.
w.Yks.' He wad . . . mack a sad derse amang us, ii. 306.
[A pron. of lit. E. dress (vb.).]
DERWENTWATER LIGHTS, phr. Nhb. Cum.
Also written darwent- Nhb.'; daarent- Cum.' The
Aurora Borealis.
n.Cy. Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) ix ; N.Cy.* Nhb.' Still the
common name. Cum.' On the night of the execution of the Earl
ot Derwentwater the aurora borealis flashed with remarkable
brilliancy, and has since been so named in remembrance of him.
DES, i;. Obs.\ ne.Lan.' To chill.
DES. DESACKLY, see Dess, Disactly.
DESCRIVE, V. Sc. Also written descryve Abd. ;
discryve (Jam.), [diskrai'v.] To describe.
Bnff. His ither talents to descrive, Taylor Poems (1787) 174.
Abd. The pleasure I can ne'er descrive, Still Collar's Sunday
(1845) 172. Per. I'd like very weel to descrive it a', Halibukton
Horace (1886) 66. Fif. Wham here to name or to descrive, I canna
now be fash'd, Tennast Papistry (1827) 61. Ayr. Let me fair
Nature's face descrive. Burns To JV. Simpson (17851 st. 16. e.Lth.
I maun descrive to ye what'n a differ the pu'in doun o' the Kirk
had made. Hunter _/. Imvick (1895) 13. Slk. I canna descrive to
thee, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 435. Dmf. Wha can the valiant Scots
descrive ? Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 95.
Hence (i) Descriver, sb. one who describes ; (2)
Descriving, vbl. sb. description, the act of describing.
(i) Per. Let this be written on thy Tomb, Here Dirt's descriver
lyes. Smith Poems (1714) 90, ed. 1869. iz) Abd. A rael true wye
o' descryvin the thing, Alexander Jolmny Gibb [^1871) xviii. Rnf.
The doctors declar'd it was past their descriving, Tannahill Poems
(1807) 205. ed. 1817. Ayr. Our sad decay in Church and State
Surpasses my descriving, Burns Awa, Whigs Awa, st. 3. Edb.
Whare folks live in't o' a' dcscrivin, Liddle Poems (1821) 75.
[I wil first . . . descriue the quarteris and boundes of
Scotland, Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (1596) I. 2. OFr.
descrivre, ' dccrire ' (La Curne).]
DESERVABLE, ae^i. Suf. Deserving.
e.Suf. ' The woman is an old widow, without relations, feeble,
blind, and poor. Her case is a desei'vable one.' Very common
(F.H.^.
DESHABILLE, see Dishabille.
DESHORT, DESIGHT, see Dishort, Dissight.
DESIGNED, ppl. adj. Sc. Disposed.
Rnf. Some amang ye waur design'd. Say that he's carnally in-
clin'd, Webster Rhymes (18351 8.
DESK, sb. Sc. Also in form dask. [desk.] The
name formerly given to the part of a church near the
pulpit.to which mothers carried their children for baptism.
Abd. The haill dasks in both churclies, (1701) in Sc. N. &• Q.
(1887) I. 12. Rnf. Na, na, there maun nae fremt body carry my
wee queen to the desk, Gilmour Pen Ftk. (1873) 37 ; It was also
called the lateran, being gen. a large square pew at the side of the
pulpit (A.W.).
DESKIT, adj. Sh. & Or.I. Also written diskit Or.I.
[de-skit.] Stupid, bewildered. Or.I. {Coll. L L.B.) ;
S. & Ork.'
DES'ORK, see Dezzick.
DESPAD, DESPART, DESPAT, see Desperate.
DESPERATE, ffrf/'. and adv. In gcii. dial, and colloq.
use in Sc. Eng. and Anier. Also in forms despad e.Yks.' ;
despartCum.'; despatn.Yks ; desperdGlo.i = Brks.'Hmp.»
Wil. Som. Dev.' ; despert n.Yks. s.Chs.' Not. Glo. n Wil. ;
despe't n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' ; despret Wor. s.Wor. ; desprit
Chs.' Sur. ; despurd Glo. I.W.'^; desput Stf n.Lin.' ;
dispart Cum.' ; dispert Sc. (Jam.) Cum. [despat, -ad.]
1. adj. Of persons and things : irreclaimable, very bad.
Elg. John Barleycorn, thou desperate chiel, Tester Po«»s 1865)
78. Ayr. He was a desperate loon, Ballads and Sngs. (1847)11. ill.
Cum. What cou'd I de in seek a dispert kease, Relph Misc. Poems
(1798,14; Cum.' He's a despart fellow for drinkin'. nw.Der.' He's
I
DESPERATION
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a desperate chap when he starts. GI0.2 Sur. Desperate debts,
bad debts (local deed of 1689) (T.S.C.).
2. Great, excessive.
Per. He's no a desperate hand at the scientifics, Sandy Scotl
(1897 ) 74. Ayr. Whyles his gnattery tongue is a desperate fash
to ine. Service Di: DiigiM i,ed. 1887) 163. Cum.> I. Ma. ' Make
way for the Docthor ! ' and a desp'rate crowd, Brown Doc/or {i88q)
142. w.Yks.i Shoe's a desperate tacker o' snuff. nw.Der.^ Nhp.i
He's in a desperate hurry. War.^ He was in a desperate fright.
s.Wor. 'E be a despret saafty, Fig. Moii. in Bcrrows Jm. (1896) ;
'E be desperate folks [excellent friends] alung 'uv me now
(H.K.). Glo. 'Tull be a desperd loss for un, Gissing Vill. Hampden
{i8go I. xi. Brks.i, Htnp.', Dev.i
3. adv. As an intensive : excessively, beyond measure,
used in a good as well as a bad sense.
Sc. Tarn and his wife 'Greed desp'rate ill wi' ither. Ford Thistle-
down (1891^ 328. n.Sc. (Jam.) Cum. Gl. (1851). I. Ma. Nessy
was tazin him despard though, Brown Witch 1 1889") 62. n.lfks.
It'sdespertstiflin' here, hmsKiLi, Haven Hill \ 1886; xxiv ; n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' All's despe't dhry. e.Yks. Rooads is despad sluthery,
Nicholson FlkSp. (1889J 89; e.Yks.i, m.Yks.', Chs.'^ s.Chs.'
00 z u des'purt praat'i wensh [Hoo's a dcspert pratty wench].
Stf.Adesputquoiet mon! Knight's Onart. Tl/trr^. (1823 1 299. nw.Der.^
Not. He alius was such a desper't idle chap (L.C.M.). n.Lin.*,
War. 23 Wor. Thahy chops as becalls the t'others an cries up
thursels so despret, Vig, Mon. in Bcrroius Jrn. (1896). s.Wor. 1
thought there wouldn't be no desperate big lota' rain iH.K.) ;
FoRSoit Quaint Wds. [la-is) to. se.Wor.i, s.'Wor.', Hrf.' 2 Glo.
Ur were flitting about i' the night a-feared most despert. Gissing
Vilt. Hampden (1890'j I. vi ; 'Tisdespurd cold to-day (A.B.) ; Glo.'^
Erks. I he's desperate glad to zee ye (W.W.S.). Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Sur. iT.S.C.) ; They fights tooth and nail desprit, Cornh. Mag.
(Nov. 18881 530. I.W.12 Wil. Brixton Bcdiitos (1825). n.'Wil.
1 be despert cowld (E.H.G.). Dor. (W.C.) Som. Jennings Dial,
w. Eng. (i86g:. [Amer. He was desperate glad to see you. Freq.
pron. disprat or despiit, Bartlett (1872) 463.]
Hence Desperately, adv. excessively, extremely.
Ayr. Lang John is a desperately reeligious man — praying, and
gieing thanks for a' thing he thinks he has gained by, Johnston
Kilmnlliv (1891) I. 84.
DESPERATION, sb. Sc. Irel. 1. A great rage.
N.I.^ I'he master was in desperation.
2. Phr. like desperation, as if in despair.
Ayr. They would come rinnin' for me like desperation. Service
Dr. Dngnid {ed. 1887) 122.
DESPISABLE, adj. Cor. [disparzabl.] Meet to be
despised or treated with contempt, despicable.
w.Cor. He doesn't look like a townsman, but he is not a despis-
able man fM.A.C).
[God chees the vnnoble thingis and dispisable thingis
of the world, Wyclif (1388) i Cor. 1. 28.]
DESPITE, V. n.Sc. (Jam.) To be filled with indigna-
tion at seeing another doing anything improper, or
esteemed such.
[You neuer sawe man dispyte agaynst an other on that
facyon, Palsgr. (1530).!
DESS, sb. and z;. Sc. Nhb. Dur, Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written des Lakel. ; desse Yks. ; in form dass Sc.
[des, das.] 1. sb. A layer or course in any pile or mass
that is heaped or built up by degrees ; also, the entire
pile or mass so built.
Slg. Then fifteen strata of muirstone rise above each other to the
summit of the Fells, where they jut out, in the face of the braes;
they go by the name of ' dasses ' or ' gerrocks,' Statist. Ace. X'V.
327 (Jam.). n.Yks. At the Allom works at Whitby, the rock from
whence they pick the mine is called the Desse (K.); Ray (1691) ;
He'd getten a haill dess o' shafTs [a whole layer of sheaves] doon o'
t'fleear, Atkinson Maori. Parish (1891) 55 ; Wheea's this that cums
oot o' the wilderness like desses o' smeak ? Robinson IV'hilby Sng.
Sol. (i860) iii. 6 ; n.Yks.l ' Wheeah ! it all ligs i' desses,' it is all
laid in layers; n.Yks.* A dess of stones. ' Laid up in desses,' laid
tier upon tier. e.Yks.' Dess-aboon-dcss.
2. A Step, a small landing-place.
Slk. They soon reached a little dass in the middle of the linn,
Hogg Talcs (1838) 57, ed. 1866. Gall. Ye shallna try the unkindly
dasses o' the Linn yet awhile, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxxi.
3. A pile or truss of hay; a rectangular "block of hay,
f;en. about 2J feet square, cut from a stack for immediate
use ; also used of corn.
Fif. When a quantity of corn in the sheaf is left in the barn, after
part is removed, what is left is called the ' dass.' In the same
manner the hay left in the stack, when part is cut off, receives this
designation (Jam.). Lth. (Jam.) Slk. To the hay-stack dass re-
tired, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 92. N.Cy.' Nhb.i That portion of
a haystack which is in process of being cut and used as required.
Dur.i A haystack is cut vertically, the horizontal outline of the
section being nearly a square. The hay so cut from top to bottom
is called a dess. Cum.i, n.Yks.* ne.Yks.' We're middlin' off for
haay ; wa've nobbut ta'en three desses oot o' t'new stack. e.Yks.
Marshall Rtir. Econ. (1788). w.Yks.' We samm'd upto-a-three
desses o' hay, ii. 288. ne.Lan.*
4. A haystack. Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) ; Sh.I. (Coll. L.L.B.)
5. A heap or pile of corn, straw, potatoes, fruit, &c.
Cum. Ferguson A'o)y/j;;;«! (1856). ne.Yks.' e.Yks. There was
a rare dess o' taties i' cooaner, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 59 ; After
that the desse is finished, Best Riir. Econ. (1641) ; e.Yks.' Still in
common use, MS. add. (T.H.) Lan.', ne.Lan.'
6. V. To pile up in orderly fashion layer after layer,
to arrange neatly, to lay things close together. Freq.
used with ///.
n.Cy. (K.) ; Grose (1790', ; N.Cy.', Nhb.' Lakel. Dess them
things up a bit. She war dessen hersel afooar t'glass, Penrith
Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897) ; Ellwood 1895). Cum. For dishes, acorn-
cups stuid dess'd in rows, Relph Misc. Poems (1743) 14 ; A steam
crane clickt hod on them and dest them up yan eh top (-T anudder,
Sargisson Joe Sconp (1881) 97 ; They dess thersels in duds owre
fe3'ne, Anderson i)(i//(irf5 (ed. 1840)71; G/. (1851); Cum.' Wm.
Sooa a dessed mi things tagidther, S/>ec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 17 ;
Dess them things up yan o top o tudder (B.K.). n.Yks. At oor
yats are aw maks o' teeasty fruits that hah hae dess'd up for thee,
Robinson Whitby Sng. Sol. (i860) vii. 13; n.Yks.' Dess that hay
oop i' t'chawmer; n.Yks.^^, ne Yk-:.' e.Yks. Marshall /?!/>-.
Econ. (1788); Only once after it [the strawe] is dessed. Best
Riir. Econ. (1641) 139 ; e.Yks.' To pile up, as in a measure, above
the edge. w.Yks.'. ns.Lan.'
7. To cut a section of hay from a stack.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', ne.Lan.'
8. To hack out jet from layers or ' desses.'
Yks. He was getting jet, dessing in Helabeck Bight, Good Cheer
(1882) 61. n.Yks.'' ' They're dessing for jet,' i.e. hacking it out
of the layers or desses, when it occurs, for instance, on the face of
the cliff, the men in certain cases being lowered on to a ledge of
the precipice for foot-hold, by a rope tied round the waist, and
fastened to a stake driven into the ground above.
[3. Cp. Gael, dais, a mow of hay or corn (M. & D.),
a heap of hay or peats (Macbain) ; Ir. dais, a heap, pile,
rick (O'Reilly) ; Wei. das, a heap, stack (Davies) ; for
cognates see Stokes in Fick'' 143.]
DESS, see Deas.
DESSABLY, adv. n.Cy. Yks. [de'sabli.] 1. Obs.
Constantly.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', w.Yks.'
2. Orderly, tidily.
n.Yks.i2 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) H. 316.
DESSMENT, sb. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Stagnation.
DEST, sb. Cmb. (J.D.R.) ; Ken. (G.B.) [dest.]
A desk. In pi. Desties.
DESTINY, sb. Yks. Ken. [de'stini.] Destination.
w.Yks. (J.W.) Ken.' When we have rounded the shavv, we can
keep the boat straight for her destiny.
DESTITUTE, flnj/'. e.An. Bereft of one's resources.
e.An.' When a man was leaving a farm and had no other to go
into he advertized : ' Mr. A. B., who is destitute of a farm, will
sell,' &c.
DESTROY, V. Irel. To eat; appl. to cattle eating
fodder. Ant. (W.H.P.)
DESTROYFUL, adj. Stf. Destructive.
Stf. We are quite overrun with rots ; and they are such destroy-
ful animals (T.H.).
DESTRUCTIONFU', adj. Rxb. (Jam.) Destnictful,
wasteful; full of destruction.
DETACmNG-HOOK, 56. Nhb. Dur. In mining: an
arrangement in the head-gear by which, in the event of
the cage being over-wound, the rope is detached and
the cage left hanging or suspended before reaching the
pulley. Also called Knock-off.
Nhb., Dur. NiciiOLS'.m Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
DETH
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DEVIL
DETH, sec Do, v.
DETRIMENT, 5/). Suf. Som. Also in form determent
w.Soni.' [de triment, det^msnt.] Injury, harm.
Suf. ' Th.it's no detriment to 't,' it is none the worse, e.ylii. Dy.
T"/!)/*-*' (1892) I In very common use, ^(7/. with tlie double negative,
'That o'nt be no detriment' ^C. T. '. w. Som. ' Very common amongst
the most ignorant. Tao-un bee noa dat'urmunt tiie un [it will be
no iniury to him], said of a liorse which had cut his knee,
DETTER, sec Ditter.
DEUCE, sb. Yk.s. Lon. Slang. Also written duce
(Grose), [dius.] Twopence.
w.Yks.2 Lon. Give him a deuce (zi/.V Mayhew Loud. Labour
(1851) I. 256. Slang. Farmer; Grose CI. Diet. (1823); Carew
Diet. Cant. ;ed. i78o\
DEUCH, sb. So. Also in form teuch (Jam.). A
draught, drink. See Doch-an dorris.
Sc. Usually applied to that which isinto.\icating(jAM.) ; Mackay.
Rxb. How can 3*0 fash wi' sic unhalesome deuch ? Allan Poems
(1871) Rustic Bard.
[Gael, (icoch, a drink, drink, every kind of strong liquors
(M. & D.).]
DEUGIND, ndj. Cai. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Wilful, obstinate ; litigious.
DEUGS, DEUK, see Dewgs, Duck, sb.^
DEUK, sb. n.Sc. (Jam.) A shelter, cover.
The dcuk of a tree, the shelter aftoided by it from wind or rain.
DEUKS'-FAUL, sb. Bnff.i A difficulty, dilemina.
Y'ill see it y'ir i' the deuks' faul wee nae scllin' yir sheep.
DEUKT, ppl. adj. Cum.' Of cattle: blotched with
white.
DEUL, DEULL, DEUMS, see Dole, sb.^, Dooms.
DEUSAN, sb. Obs.l e.An. A hard sort of apple,
which keeps a long time but turns pale and shrivels.
e.An.^ Hence the simile, ' pale as a deusan.' Nrf.^
[Deux Ans, a John-apple, Bailey (1721) ; Deusans,
a hard fruit that lasts long, Kersey (1715) ; 'Tis not the
lasting deuzan I require, Nor3'et the red-cheek'd queening,
Qi'ARLES Etiibl. (1635) V. ii.]
DEUTSA, see Dialetus.
DEVALL, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also written
devaill Sc. (Jam.) ; devaul, devawl Sc. ; and in forms
devald Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.' Nhb.'; devalve Fif. N.I.>;
devauld Edb. ; develve N.I.' ; divaul(d Ayr. Edb.
[divol, divold, diva(l.] \. v. To descend, fall, hurry.
Sc. Herd Coll Siigs. (1776) Gl. Lnk. Ramsay Gentle S/iep.
(1725I Gl., ed. 1808. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
2. To halt, stop, desist, cease.
Abd. YeVe never devall't the haill day, Alexander Johuny
Gibb ii87r) .xvi. Dnib. Her tongue never devawls aboot ministers,
Cross Disruption fl844^ xxxii. Ayr. Wilt t'ou ne'er devaul wi'
Ecauding thy lips in other folks kail? Galt Entail (1823) xvii ;
They never divaul't wi' their torments, ib. Lairds (1826) iv. Edb.
The storm . . . never divauldin for three langsome weeks. Smith
Jenny Blair (ed. 1871) 9. Gall. Ae theme I'd sing . . . The hale
nicht, ne'er devallin'. Harper Bards (ed. 1889) i. N.I.' Ant. ' He
never devals.' said perhaps of a youngster or crj*ing child craiking
for something he is anxious to get, Ballymcna Obs. (1892) ; (S.A.B.)
N.Cy.' Nhb.' It's rained the hyel day an' ne'er devalded.
Hence Devalling or Devalving, (i) vbl. sb. cessation,
stop ; (21 />/>/. adj. ceasing, stopping, halting.
(i) Per. Sair dings the rain upon the road. It dings, an' nae
devallin' o't, Halieurton Oe/iil Idylls (1891) 20. (2) Fif. The
thocht o' her never-devalving tongue was eneuch, McLaren Tibbie
(18941 21.
3. sb. An inclined plane for a waterfall. Lnk, (Jam.)
4. A pause, cessation, halt.
Abd. Fat for wud he gar creaturs gae on wi' nae deval till they
war blin' and dotll't wi' learnin ' ? Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 88,
ed. 1882. e.Fif. His tongue ga'ed like the clapper o' a bell withoot
devald, Latto Taui Bodkin (1864I xii. Lth. [They] hae been
workin' 'ithout devald, Lvmsden S/tecp-Ziead 1 1892) 297. Exb. But
ploys hae been were ne'er excelled, Dash and deval — height and
level, RiDDELL Pof/. Wks. (ed. 1871) I. 174.
5. A sunk fence, a ' ha ha.' Cld. (Jam.)
[1. The tempest law in the deip devallyis, Douglas
Eitmdos (1513), ed. 1874, in. 75. Fr. devalkr, to descend,
slide or go down (Cotgr.) ; de'valer, ' descendre une pente '
^^IATZFELD).]
DEVAN, see Divan, sb.^
DEVE, see Deaf, Deave, Dive, v.
DEVEL, !». and sb. Sc. Nhb. Also written devle Sc,
(Jam.) ; devvel Sc. [de-vl.] 1. v. To strike, beat, fell
with a blow ; to maul ; to fall heavily,
Fif. He swapt and swang, Develin' the air wi' monic a bang,
Tf.knant Papistry (1827) 70 ; She dcvel'd down a hideous wrack.
Her head dissociate frae her back, ib. 93. Lth. [They] swore they
would devel the queer auld man, Ballantine Poems (1856) 55.
Rxb. (Jam.) Nhb.i 'He's getten hissel sair devellcd.' More
applicable to a person who has come out injured in a melee, than
to one who has been beaten in a personal encounter.
Hence Develer, sb. a celebrated boxer ; a dexterous
young fellow, Rxb. (Jam.)
2. sb. A stunning blow. Also nstd fig.
Sc. Ae gudc downright devvel will do it, 'SiCott Antiquary (1816)
xxv; Saeawfu were her dunts and devels, V>R\ju^\omi]\IuckomaJiv
(1846). Ayr. Death's gien the Lodge an unco devel, Burns Tarn
Samson (1787) st. 3. Rxb. (Jam.) Gall. The frien'Iy firs, they
keep it noof, Frae Boreas' baul'est devel, Nicholson Poet. Wks.
(1828) 123, ed. 1897,
DEVELVE, see Devall.
DEVER, sb. and v. Shr. [de-v3{r).] L sb. Duty,
best endeavour.
Shr.' ; Shr.2 I'll do my devcr.
2, V. To try, attempt, endeavour.
Shr,' I'm aleard as I shanna be able to do 'cm this wik; but I'll
dever to let yo' han 'em.
[1. The Sonne and the mone Don her deuer day and
nyjt, P. Plowman (c.) xviii. 92. AFr. dcvciy, duty (Fr.
devoir). 2, I dcver, I applye my mynde to do a thing,
Palsgr. (1530).]
DEVER, see Daver, v}
DEVESHER, sb. Nhb, [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A heavy fall, a crash.
Nhb, Ower the stanes she fell ... A daver, a devesher agyen
the metal pump, Sngs. of Tyne (c. 1850) No. 9, 21 ; To me the
example here cited is unique (R.O. H.%
DEVICE, sb. Hmp. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Advice,
Hmp, Doctor's device, N. & O. (1854) ist S. x. 400.
DEVIL, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc, Ircl. and Eng,
I, Gram, forms, (i) Deeavie, (2) Deel, (3) Deeval, (4)
DeeviL (5) Deil, (6) Devvul, (7) Dewl, (8) Dial, (9) Divel,
(10) Divil, (II) Divul, (12) Divval, (13) Divvel, (14)
Doovel, (15) Doul, (16) Dowl, (17) Dale, [devl, divl,
drvl, dll, diul, dul.]
(i) n.Yks.2 (21 N.Cy.', Nhb,', Cum.' Wm. The wind and
wheel wad deev'd the deel. Whitehead Leg. (1859) 14. (3 i Cum.'
(4) Or.I. He was a dour deevil, Vedder Sketehes (1832) 22. Lnk,
Poor drucken deevil, Rodger Poch;s (1838) 63, ed. 1897. Wxf.',
Nhb.' (5) Sc, (Jam.) ; Do not meddle with the de'il and the
laird's bairns, Ramsay Prov. (1737). N.I.', Nhb.' s.Lan. A mere
importation and not a genuine local word (,F.E.T.). Der. What the
deil seek ye in the woods here? Le Fanu Uncle Silas (1865I I.
297. (6j I.W,' (7) Der.' Duuw'l sometimes used ; but generally
Deuce, diiws', or Devil, daev 'I. (8) Sc. The diel's buckie of a
callant, Scott St. Ronan (1824") ii. Lnk.Whiles the wee diets up my
trousers wad rin, Nicholson /rfv//s( 1870) 38. (9) Cum.^ 'Ticements
o' t'divel, 55. n.Lan.' (10) N.I.', Nhb.' I.Ma. Rovin divils sailors
is. Brown Man.x Witch (1889) 28. w.Yks.' n.Lin.' Old-fashioned
people at the end of the last century used to make it a matter of
conscience when they read Holy Scripture, or talked on religious
subjects, to speak of the devil ; but when they had occasion to use
the word in oaths or in talk of a lighter sort, they were careful to
say ' divil.' Shr.' Divl, so pronounced when speaking of the devil
per se, but in composition the word follows ordinary usage. Glo.
Them white-feaced divils, Gissing Fill. Hampden (1890) I. i, 1 11)
Lan. In a divul of a temper, Brierley Layroek 1 1864) xi. Lan,'
' i2)Cum.' s.zc. (i3)e,Yks.i, e.Lan.', sXan. (F.E.T.) (14) Hmp,'
Wil, Britton Beauties (1825), (15) Dev. The doul's in't if he
can't cook up Zomethin that's short and zweet, Peter Pindar
IVks. (1816) III. 371. (16) Som. Gent. Mag. XVI. 406, in Pegge
Dcrbicisms (s. v. DewlV Dev. Whot tha dowl be 'bout now than ?
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Maister Mainwaring's much abuz'd
... By all the dowlish pack, Peter Pindar Wks. {1816) IV. 194;
Dev.' (17") n.Cy. Grose (1790). Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864)
302. Wm. It wur black as the dule's nutin bag wie seat, Wheeler
Dial. (1790) 12, ed. 1812. w.Yks,' ' Talk o'th dule an he'l put up
I 2
DEVIL
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DEVIL
his horns,' is said when a person spoken of unexpectedly makes
his appearance. Of a penurious, co%etous person we say, ' He wad
flea two dules for ya skin ' ; w.Yks.^*^, Lan.', e.Lan.i, s.Lan.
(F.E.T.)
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Devil's acre, an
oath; (2) -'sbed,a very hard stone in Svvanage quarries;
(3) -'s bedstead or -post, thefour of ckibs; (4) -'s bird, (a)
the magpie, Pica rustica ; [b] the pied wagtail, Molacilla
liitriibris; (c) the swift, Cypschis opus; (d\ the swallow,
fiintiido rustica ; (e) the yellowhanimer, Emberiza citri-
nella; (5) -'s-bit, a threepenny-piece; (6) -'s books,
playing-cards ; (7) -'s buckie, a mischievous, troublesome
person ; an imp ; (8) •';.. coach-horse, (a) the rove-beetle
or common black cocktail, Ocypits olciis ; (b) the caterpillar
of the tiger-moth, Arctia Caja; (9) -"s coachman, see
•'s coach-horse (n) ; (10) -'s cow, (a) a large black beetle
or cockchafer; (6) the large black shell-less dew-snail;
(11) -crook, (a) an evil-disposed person ; (6) a fly used
by anglers; (12) -'s dancing hour, midnight; {13) -'s
darning-needle, the dragon-fly, Libelltda vidgatissima ;
(14) -'s dozen, thirteen ; (15) -duckets (-ducats), round
jelly-fish as they swim about in the water; (16) -'s
finger-ring, (17) -'s gold or golden ring, the caterpillar of
the great tiger-moth, Phalaemi Caja ; (18) -'s judgement,
a punishment, retribution ; (19) -'s knell, see below; (20)
■'s lantern, the 'Will of the Wisp,' ignis fatiius; (21)
•'s limb, an imp, a tiresome, troublesome person ; (22)
•'s mantymaker, see -'s cow {a) ; (23) -'s mark, certain
round marks ranged crescent-wise on the lower part of
a pig's foreleg; (24) -'s mint, an inexhaustible supply of
things hurtful or offensive ; (25) -'s needle, see -'s darning-
needle ; (26) -s painted books, see -'s books; (27) -'s
pets, see -'s limb ; (28) -'s pictured books, see -'s bocks ;
(29) -'s pig, the woodlouse ; (30) -'s purses, empty skate's
eggs found on the seashore ; (31) -'s racehorse, see
•'s coach-horse ; (32) -racket, the noise or commotion
made by a crowd ; (33) -'s ring, see -'s golden ring ; (34)
■router, see -racket ; (35) -screamer, (36) -screech, (37)
-screecher, (38) -shrieker, (39) -squeaker, (40) -swift, the
common swift, Cypseliis apits; (41) -'s toddy, punch made
with hot whisky instead of water; (42) -'s toe-nail, the
fossil, Giyhoea iiicurva ; (43) -'s toothpick, a contrivance
for supporting a load on a pack-saddle ; (44) -'s wind,
a winnowing-machine, see below.
(I) Suf. (P.H.E.) (2) Dor. (C.W.) (3^ Chs.l Wor. There was
never a good hand at cards if the four of clubs were in it ; . . . it's
the devils four-post bedstead. A'. Ej" Q. (1879) 5th S. xii. 426. Shr.i
A card which is considered ' unlucky.' Lon. I have always heard
the four of clubs called the ' devil's bedpost,' and also that it is the
worst turnup one could have, N. & Q (1879) 5th S. xii. 473.
Slang. Farmer. (4, a) ne.Sc. It was sometimes called the Devil's
bird, and was believed to have a drop of the devil's blood in its
tongue. It was a common notion that a magpie could receive the
gift of speech by scratching its tongue and inserting into the wound
a drop of blood from the human tongue, Gregor Flk-Lorc (iBSil
138. Shr. A man . . . was anxious to get a magpie's nest to hatch
a ' clatch ' of game-fowls' eggs in, as fowls hatched in such a re-
ceptacle turn out strong and courageous. This placing the eggs
under the influence of the ' devil's bird ' is quite in keeping with
other unhallowed practices of the breeders of game-cocks, Burne
Flk-Lore (1883) 224. (A) Ir. [So called] from the uncanny motion
of its tail, SwAiNSO.N Birds (1885^1 44. (() w.Yks. [So called j from
its impetuous flight and its dark colour, which give it an uncanny
appearance, ih. 95. Nrf. CozENS-HARDviJroan'Af;/ (1893) 44. (d)
Ir. Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) ii. (i?) n.Cy. It has by some mis-
chance incurred the superstitious dislike of the peasantry, and is
commonly known as the ' Devil's Bird.' For it is commonly believed
that it drinks a drop, some say three drops, of the Devil's blood
every May morning. The boys address it in the following rhyme
of reproach : ' Haifa puddock, half a toad, Haifa yallow yorling,
Drink a drap o' the Dcil's blood Every May morning,' Smith Birds
(1887) 190. (5' n.Lin.' So called because proud people will not
give copper at collections, and therefore provide themselves with
the smallest silver coin which is current. (6) Frf. Some on the
Devil's books arc reading, Morison Poems (1790 . 81 ; A man wha
could mak' the deil's books nearly spe.-ik, Willock fio-scZ/y i'xrfi
(1886) II, ed. 1889. (7) Sc. That cankered auld cripple deil's-
buckic, Scott Blk. Dwar/{iet6) vii. Abd. That devil's buckie,
Fraser, He's thrashing's wife again, Cadenhead Flights (1853) 245.
Frf. Owre aften there's a wheen o' deilsbuckies trailin' aboot the
country, Willock Rosetty Ends (i^&6) 129, ed. 1889. Slk. There's
not a greater deil's-buckie in all the Five Dales, HoGG 7"a/cs(i838)
327, ed. 1866. Ant. Grose (17901 MS. add. (C.) (8, a, Ir. Flli-
Lore Rec. (iS'jS) I. 182. n.Lin.* Lei.* This unprepossessing insect
is considered a harbinger of ill-luck. Nhp.*, se.Wor.*, Shr.* Ken.
Henderson Flk-Lore ^1879) ii. nw.Dev.* A large beetle found
among the heath growing in n.Dev. Cor. (F.R.C.) [So called
from their very short square wing cases, which leave the tail bare.
. . . First comes one vulgarly known as the Devil's Coach Horse,
A/o;!//;/v FW. (July 1857 i 325.] (4) Chs.i (9 . N.I.* (10, a. Dor.
A'. <&■ Q. (1877 I 5th S. vii. 146. Som. W. & J. G/. (1873V w.Som.i
(6) w.Soni. Uyv ai't u stuur-tl boa'ur, aur u daevlz kyuw, El-
WORTHY Dial. (1875) 20; w.Som.' (11, a. w.Yks.' Suspected to
have the qualities of the devil. (b) ib. Called also the Great or
March Brown. (12) Cmb.* ' Bull's noon ' and the ' Devil's dancing
hour ' are much of a muchness. I.W.'; I.W.^ I shan't zee'n hooam
till the devil's dancen hours. (13) Ayr. (,Jam.\ ne.Lan.' [Amer.
Bartlett.] (14) Sc. (Jam.) Slang. From the number of witches
supposed to sit down togethcrat a 'Sabbath,' Farmer. (i5)n.Yks.2
Once heard. (i6)Nhp.'2 (17) Ess. 71/oi;i'///_y P*/. (Oct. 1862) 435.
Dev. Reports Provinc, (1893). (18) Kid. Ned's misfortune was a
' devil'sjudgcment ' for his negligence, Barrington Sketc/ies ( 1830)
II. v. (19) w.Yks. At Horbury. near Wakefield, and at Dewsbury,
on Christmas Eve is rung the ' devil's knell ' : a hundred strokes,
then a pause, then three strokes, three strokes, and three strokes
again, Henderson Flk-Lore (1879^ '■ ! At Dewsbury on Christmas
Eve, the devil's knell is still rung, that is the bells are tolled to
signify that the Devil died when Christ was born, Leeds Merc. Siippt.
(Oct. 8, 1892). (20) Shr.' (21) Per. Thou Devil's limb who dare
once peep, And say, for 's life, that I steal'd sheep. Smith Poems
(1714) 37, ed. 1869. Frf. Ye devil's limbs! Ye'U rob me o' my
spoil. Sands Poems (1833') 86. Edb. T'was done to please the
devil's lim'. New Years Morning (1792) 15. (22) Dev. Reports
Provinc. (1893). (23 ■) ne.Sc. Pigs have from three to five round
marks ranged in the shape of a crescent on the foreleg a little above
the ankle. They go by the name of the Devil's mark, Gregor /74-
/.o« (1881) 129. (24) e.An.i (25) N.I. ' Nhp.' Called also Horse-
stinger. (26) Fif. Some shuffling paper nothings keenly read The
Devil's maxims in his painted books, Tennant .<^h5&>- (1812^ 44,
ed. 1871. (27) Bwk. Persons addicted to every sort of mischief
and vice — having, as the saying is, ' all the ill laits that ever followed
swine,' Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 38. (28 ■ Ayr. Pore ower
the devil's pictur'd beuks ; Stake on a chance a farmer's stackyard.
Burns Ttva Dogs (1786) 1. 226. (29) Oxf.' Called God A'mighty's
pig at Handbro'. (30; Hmp.' Also called Mermaid's purses. (31)
Nhp.' Sometimes called Turn-tail, from the peculiar mode of elevat-
ing the tail when under alarm. (32) n.Yks.^ (33) Hrf.^, Wil.'
n.Wil. The labourers call those hairy caterpillars which curl in a
circle ' Devil's Rings,' Jefferies IVild Life (iB-jg) 330. (34) n.Yks.-
(35 ne.Yks.' (36) Som. N. V Q. (1877I 5th S. viii. 358; 'W. & J.
G/. (1873). w.Sora.' (37)Hrf.',Glo.', Wil.' Som. A name applied
on account of its long squeaks. No doubt its black colour has also
something to do with the appellation (W.B.T.). Dev. From its
impetuous flight, and its dark colour, which give it an uncanny
appearance, Swainson ib. 96. (38) w.Yks. Swainson ib. (39)
ne.Lan.' Som. Sweetman JVincantoii Gl. { 1885), (40^ Som. W. & J.
G/. (1873). (41) Ayr. Having mind of the ' Devil's Toddy, 'which was
beginning, even noo, ... to barm in some o' their noddles. Service
Notandums {i8go) 30. (42)n.Lin.' Glo. A^. iSr" Q. (1877) 5th S. vii.
'5- (43) Dev. The crook is here known by the name of the Devil's
Toothpick, Bray Desc. Taitiar and Tavy (1836) I. 24. (44 1 Ayr,
The winnowing-machine . . . had been brought into the parish by
Girtle of the Mains, . . . but it had been set down by his neighbours
as an implement of the enemy, and was testified against as the
' Deil's Wind,' invented to overreach Nature, and take the bread
out of the mouths of honest families, Johnston Glenbuckie{i88g)6.
2. Comb, in plant-names: (1) Devil's apple-riennie,
the wild camomile, Matricaria Clianwindla ; (2) — apple-
trees, the sun-spurge. Euphorbia hclioscopia ; (3) -'s barley,
the crimson stonecrop, Scdum spurium ; (4) -'s-bit, (5)
-'s-bit scabis, the blue scabious, Scabiosa succisa ; (6) -'s
bread, the c;\vi\\-mit, Biinium Jlc.xuosuiii \ (7) -'s brushes,
ferns in general ; (8) -'s button, see -'s-bit scabis ; (9) -'s
candlestick, the ground-ivy, Nepeta Gleclioma; (10)
•'s churnstaff, see — apple-trees; (11) -'s claws, (a) the
common crowfoot, Raiutiiculiis arimisis ; (b) the bird's-
foot trefoil, Lotus cornicidatus\ (12) -'s coach-wheel,
sec -'s claws («) ; (13) -'s corn, the greater stitchwort.
DEVIL
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DEVIL
Stellaria holostea ; (14) -'s currycomb, see -'s claws {a) ;
(15) -'scut, the wood of the wild clematis, C. I'italba ; (16)
— daisy, the common feverfew, Malricaria Pmlluiiiimi,
and the stinking camomile, Atitlionis Coliila ; (17) -'sdaisy,
the ox-eye daisy, Clirysaiitliemitm Leucmilhnnnm ; (18)
■'s darning-needle, the shepherd's needle, Scandix Pecien-
Veneris; (19) -'s dung, the asafoetida, A. Narlliex; (20)
•'s elshin, see -'s darning-needle ; (21) -'s eyes, [a) sec
•'s corn ; (b) the speedwell, Veronica Chainacdiys ; (22)
•'s fingers, {a) see -'s claws (b) ; [b] the catkins of the
black poplar, Popiihts nigra ; (23) -'s flower, the red
campion, Lychnis diurna ; (24) -'s foot, the marsh-orchis,
O. latifolia ; (25) -'s garter, the great bindweed. Convol-
vulus sepiuni; (26) -'s guts, («) the lesser bindweed,
Convolvulus arvcnsis; ib) the creeping ranimculus, R.
repens ; (c) see -'s garter ; (d) var. species of Cuscuta,
esp. C. europaea and C. Epithymum ; (27) -'s horn, the
stink-horn, PlialUis iiiipudicus ; (28) -in-the-bush, ' love in
a mist,' Nigella danuisccna ; (29) -'s kirnstafF, see -"s
chumstaff ; (30) -"s ladies and gentlemen, the common
cuckoo-pint, Aniiii tnaculaluni ; (31) -'s lingels, the knot-
grass, Polygonum aviciilare ; (32 ) -'s men and women, see
-'s ladies knd gentlemen ; (33) -'s milk, (a) the great
celandine, Chelidonium luajus ; (b) see -'s apple-trees ;
(34) -'s mint, a kind of teasel ; (35) -'snet, see-'s guts (d) ;
(36) -'s nettle, the common yarrow, Achillea Millefolium ;
(37) -'s nightcap, (a) the hedge-parsley, Torilis Anthriscus ;
(6) the common larkspur, Delphinium datum ; (38) -'s
oatmeal, {a) the cow-parsley, Anthriscus sylveslris ; (bi the
cow-parsnip, Hcracleum Sphondylium ; (c) see -'s bread ;
(39) — on all sides, (40) — on both sides, see -'s claws
\a)\ (41) -'s parsley, see -'s oatmeal (a); (42) -'s play-
thing, the common bctony, Stachys Betonica; (43) -'s
poker, the common torch-lily, Tritoma Uvaria ; ('44)
-'s posy, the broad-leaved garlic, Allium ursinum ; (45)
•'s root, the lesser broomrape, Orobanche minor; (46) -'s
snuffbox, var. species of Lycoperdon, esp. L. Bovisia ; (47)
•'s spoons, ffl) the water plantain, Alisma Plantago ; (b)
the broad-leaved pondwecd, Potamogeton natans ; (48)
-'s stinkpot, see -'s horn ; (49) -'s tether, the climbing
Persicaria, Pohgonum Convolvulus ; (50) -'s thread, the
hellweed, Cuscuta Epithymum ; (51) -"stongueithe common
poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ; (52) -'s wood, the elder, Sam-
bucus nigra.
(1) SIg. (2) etc. (3^ sw.Sc. Garden IVk. (1896) No. cxiv. 112.
(4"! s.Sc. It seems to have a bit or bite taken off the root, which
is said to have been done by the devil (Jam.). w.Yks.^, n.Lin.^,
War.* Wor. Allies Aiilti]. Flk-Lore (18521 268. Shr.', Cor.^*
(5) w.Som.* Found growing in pastures. It bears a mauve-coloured
flower on a long stem, and blooms in August and September.
Dev. lief oils Proviitc. (1885) 92. (6) Yks. (7) Midi. A gen. name
for ferns in the 'Black Country.' (8) Cor.i If picked the devil is
said to appear at your bedside in the night; Cor.^ (g) w.Yks.°,
War. i,ioi N.I.^ Ant. From its poisonous properties. Shr.' This
plant probably owes its name to the acrid milky juice contained in
itsstems. (ii,a)Hmp.i I.W. (,C.J.V.) ; So called from the dislike
which farmers have for one of the worst of weeds, and from the
hooks which terminate each achene ; I.W.' (A) Som. (i2)Hmp.
(13) Shr.^ (14) Shr. A very common weed on all strong soils in
Shr. Its extremely acrid properties have doubtless led to its
association with the Evil One ; his curry-comb being suggested,
probably, by its comb-like achenium. Science Gossip (Oct. 1870)
228 ; Shr.i Said to be extremely injurious to cattle. Some farmers
discussing the merits of certain ' stiff 'soil, one of them exclaimed,
'It's full o' the Devil's Curry-comb.' 'Yes,' said another, 'and
the fallows al'aj's throw up the Beggar's Needle.' (151 Dev. (?)
Dried and usedby boys forsmoking. (16) Wil. Garden IVk, fi8g6)
No. cxi, 76. Wil.^ From their daisy-like flowers and unpleasant
odour. (17') Mid. [18) Lnk. The lustrous beauty of the green
glancing ' deil's-darning-needle,' Watson Pof«!S (1853) 11. Nhb.l
Called also Witch's needle, and Adonis's needle. (19) Sc. So
called from its stench ('Jam.). w.Yks. fS.K.C), w.Yks.*, n.Lin.^,
Suf.' (20) Bwk., Nhb. Bwks. Nat. Club (i869-'72) VI. 159, in
Heslop GI. (1892). (21, a) Dnb. About Wrexham, Jackson Wdbli.
(1873. b War.^ (22, n)Som. (A) Nhp. It is considered unlucky
to pick them up. (231 Lan. (24) Nhb.' Called also Cock's kames.
Deed men's fingers, Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel. (^25) Wxf.
(26, rr^ Nhb.l, s.rjot. (J.P.K.) Lin., Lei. Seience Gossip (1866) 163.
Shr.i The name is given to this plant from the circumstance of its
roots running very deep into the ground, and being difficult of
extirpation. Bdf., I.W. (C.J.'V.), I.W.i (i) Nhb.l (f) Nrf. (rf)
Lnk. From its destructive nature in suffocating plants, it has
received the opprobrious names of hell-weed, and dcvil's-guts,
Patrick Plants (1831) 129. Wor., Slir. From the thread-like
stems which wind round other plants and strangle them. Glo.i,
Cmb., Sus., Hmp.i, I.W.2 (27) Nrf. (28) Glo.', Ken.', e.Sus.,
Wil.i w.Som.i Daevl een dhu beo-sh. (29) Ayr. Agric. Siirv.
675 (Jam.). Lnk. Patrick Plants (1831) 210. (30) Dnb. (31)
Nlib. Science Gossip (1876) 39. Nlib.i Called also Swine's grass.
(32) Shr.l The red berries are men, the green ones women. Sus.
(G.E.D.) (33, a) Yks. (A) s.Wor. (H.K.), Mid. (34) e.Suf.
(F.H.) (35) w.Ken. (W-RS.") (36) Chs.' Children draw the leaves
across their faces, which leaves a tingling sensation. (37, a)
War.2 (A) Hmp. (W.M.E.F.) ; Nature Notes. No. 3. (38, a) Sur.
(A) War.'^ (c) Yks. (39) w.Yks.^ So called from the hooks which
surround the seeds and cause some difficulty in separating them
from the grains of corn. (40J Dur., War.^, Bck. (41) Chs.' ;
Chs.^ The foliage is wholesome for man, the roots poisonous. It
only grows in good ground. (42) Shr. At Church Strctton one
child would say to another gathering hedge flowers, ' Don't touch
that, it's the Devil's plaything.' Yet the plant is harmless (K.B.).
(43) Dev.« Usually called Red-hot Poker. (44) Shr.i The horrible
foitid odour of this plant is thought by the rustic mind to be a
fitting ' bouquet' for the Prince of Darkness. (45) Ken. From its
destructiveness to clover. (46") Sc. (jAM.),n.Cy., w.Cum., n.Lan.i,
ne.Lan.i Chs.i When ripe it gives off clouds of brown dust if it be
squeezed; Chs.^ Shr.l This appellation may, no doubt, be ascribed
to the snuff like powder with which the fungus is charged in its
mature state, and to which very baneful properties are popularly
attributed. Sus., LW.' Dor. N. tr- Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 45.
w.Som.i Daevl2 snuuf banks. Dev,', Cor. (47) Sc (Jam.) (48)
Yks. (49) Chs. (50) Ken.l (51) Cor.3 (52) Der.
3. Phr. (i) Devil a many, not many, a few ; (2) — among
the tailors, a children's game; see below; (3) — and his
dandy-dogs, a spectral apparition; see below; (4) — and
the vialtstcr, see below ; (5) — bane ye, an expression of
anger ; (6) — be their feet, an exclamation ; (7 ) — be ticket,
(8) — blaw ticket or lickit, nothing at all, ' the devil a thing ' ;
(9) — bin, an oath; (10) — 's cure to yon, an expression
denoting want of sympathy ; (11) — fetch thee, a disease;
see below ; (12) — gin, would to the devil that ; (13) — go
with you, see below; (14) — hae'd or hae't, see — blaw
ticket; (15) — ma(y care, (16) — t7iake matter, ' happy go
lucky,' recklessly; of no importance; also used attrib.;
(17) — mean him to be, to have no difficulty in being ; (18)
— mend ye, serve you right ; (19) — of me, never, for my
part; (20) — 's own sorrow, a troublesome person, a
plague, 'limb of Satan'; (21) — perlickit, see — blaw
ticket; (22) — take you, the yellowhammer, Endieriza citri-
nclla ; (23) — could not do it unless he ivere drunk, said of
any thing very difficult to perform; (24) — has gone over
Jock IVabster, circumstances have proved too strong for
any one ; (25) the little devil, the small blackbeetle, Ocypiis
olcns ; (26) the mucklc devil, the devil ; (27) luhat conies
over the devil's back goes under his belly, a prov. relating to
ill-gotten gains.
(i) Per. Deil a mony troots we gruppit, Haliburton Ochit
Idylls (i8gi) 14. (2) Lon. A top was set spinning on a long board,
and the result depended upon the number of men, or 'tailors,'
knocked down by the ' devil ' [top] of each player, Mayhew Lond.
Labour {18^1) U. 17, ed. 1861. (3) Cor. Besides the piskies, but
of a widely different character and origin, are the spectre hunts-
man and his pack, known as ' the devil and his dandy-dogs,'
Whitcombe Bygone Days .1874) 156. (4) w.Som.i n jg always
said that on Culmstock Fair-day, May 21st, ' 'tis a fight twixt the
devil and the maltster'— to decide if there shall be cider to drink, .
or whether it must be beer. (5) N.I.i (6) Dur. The ship's company
swore deel be their feet if they wad with him stay, Bislwprick
Garl. (1834) 52. 1,7) Bnff. Some dominies may be sae wickit As
strike the getts for d — be-lickit, Taylor Poems (1787) 9. Abd.
But deil-belicket ha'e we now, Beattie Parings (1801) 12. Ayr.
Her direction-books to mak grozart wine for deil-be-licket, Galt
Entail (1823) Ixxiv ; If they fash me ony mair the deevil be licket
of ball or supper they'll get frae me, ib. Sir A. Wylie (1822) Ixx.
Edb. You'll wonder how the b — s are dawted, XVi' mony a ane
that's die'l beliket, Liddle Poems (1821) 173. (8j Edb. The deil
DEVIL
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DEVILTRY
blaw-lickit! cared he! Leakmont Pocww (1791) 159. (9) Cum. De'il
bin ! what cap'rin, feghtin', vap'rin, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808)
10; Cum.' (10) S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Myo. Devil's cure
to him ! Barrington Sketches (1830) III. xvi. (iii n.Dev. Why,
e'er zincetha wart twenty, ay zewnteen, and avore tha hast a be'
troubled wey the doul vetch tha, Exin. Scold. (1746) 1. 29. {12)
Abd. De'il gin her neck were in a girn, Cock Strains (1810) I. 99.
(i3i N.I.' 'The deil gang wi' ye, an' saxpence, an' ye'll nether
want money nor company,' a saying. (14) Sc. Dead folks may
sleep yonder sound enow, but deil hae't else, .Scott Nigel \ 1822)
iii. Per. There's nothing for writing, . . . Excepting it be the deil
hae'd for reward, Nicol Poems (1766) 58. Ayr. Except it be some
idle plan O' rhymin clink, The devil-haet, that I sud ban. Burns
and Ep. to Davie, st. 5. Edb. De'il a bait was in the one pistol but a
pluffof powder, MoiR Maiisie Watich (1828') xvi. Feb. On holidays
ye did me ride For deil hate else but show, Affleck Poet, IVIis.
(1836) 60. (15) Abd. I'll ablins get but little thank ; Yet deil-ma-
care, Still Cottars Sunday (1845') 156. Frf. I bought, but deil
may care, ... A scull, made up o' Hawkie's hair, Morison Poems
(1790) 22. Fif. A lassie fair (the deil-ma-care) Ance slighted me
an' a' that. Gray Poems {1811) 148. Rnf. I've focht an' swat, an'
a' that; An' thocht her won — but, deil ma care! Picken Poems
(18131 I. 147. Ayr. Wi' that deil-ma-care loon I'm maist like to
rin daft, WHiTF-Joltings 11879) 275. Edb. But deil may care ! Thae
scenes are left to fa' or stand As they came there, Learmont
Poems (ijf^i) 184. Gall. Their ceremonies dinna spare. Whether
amen, or de'el ma care, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 49. Ant.
(W.H.P.1 (16) Rnf. A throther deil-mak-raatter birkie, Clark
Rhymes (1842) 15. Lnk. He lost it, poor gowk (deil mak'matterl,
Rodger Poems (1838) 148, ed. 1897. (17) Slk. Deil mean him to
be cheerfu' and crouse, and talkative and eloquent, Chr. North
Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 38. (18) N.I.i (19) Lnk. The deil o' me
kens if ye' re maist rogue or fule, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 51 ;
Deil o' me could Stan' their smirk, Stewart Twa Elders (1886) 8.
(20) Ayr. Ye'll maybe hae heard tello'him.forhe wasjuistthedeevil's
own sorrow. Service Dr. Dugiiid \ed. 1887) 202. (21) Rxb. Hae
ye gotten ony thing?— Na,deilperlickit (Jam.). N.I.' What fortune
did his wife bring him ? — Oh, deil perlickit, tied up in a clout.
(22) Sc. Deil, deil tak' you. Hence the I'ollowing rhyme, which
boys give in imitation of its note : ' Whctil te, whetil te, whee !
Harry my nest, and the de'il tak' ye,' Swainson Birds (1885) 70.
(23") N.I.' (24) Lth. This unco waddin' had fairly coosten a" thing
tapselteerie sae muckle, in fac that e'en noo the deil hed a'
thegither gane clean owre Jock Wabster, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 295. (25") nw.Lin. Flk-Lore Jrn. (1883') I. 257. (26) Ayr.
The meikle devil wi' a woodie Haurl thee hame to his black
smiddie, Burns El. on Capt. Henderson, st. i. s.Sc Alas for puir
Badman ! Wi' the muckle black deil he gaes off like a madman,
Allan Poems (18871 67. Kcb. The muckle Deil . . . clinibin' up
wi' cunnin' serpent skill, Irving Fireside Lays (1872) 52. (27)
Chs.i (s. V. Bally). n.Lin.i
4. The common swift, Cypsehts apits. See also II. 1 (35,
36), &c.
Brks. [So called] from its impetuous flight and its dark colour,
which give it an uncanny appearance, Swainson Birds (1885) 95.
5. An instrument used for harrowing chalk into the soil ;
an ' eval' dungfork with three prongs.
Lin. White E. Eng. (1865 . II. 3. Ehr.z, Cor.2
6. A machine used for teasing out wool, tearing the fibre
of mats, &c.
w.Yks. Baines Yis. Past and Present (1858) 632 ; Yks. N. & Q.
(1888) II. 114; w.Yks.'; w.Yks.3 Also called 'fearnought,'
* willow,' ' willy,' ' teaser ' ; and formerly', ' shoggy ' ; w.Yks.'* So
called, from its great iron teeth, resembling the fancied ones of
the devil. [It consists of a drum with teeth that tear to pieces the
fibre used in the industry, Gl. Lab. (1894).]
Hence Devil-hole, sb. a place where wool-combing is
carried on.
w.Yks. Harry had been workin i' t'divvil hoil for 12 shillin a wick,
Yksman Comic Ann. (18781 35 ; We next gave a passing glance
at what is known by the infernal name of the ' Devil Hoil,' a place
where machine wool combing is carried on, Burnley Bradford
Life (1872) 202,
f. A small cone of damp gunpowder which when lit
smoulders away with a suflbcating smell.
Ir. (A.S.P.) w.Yks. Yks. N. & Q. (1888) II. 113 ; (J.T.)
8. A mixture of acid and chloride of lime used for
bleaching the colour offcotton. w.Yks. (II. E. A.)
9. V. To strip colour ofl' cotton, &c., with a mixture of
acid and chloride of lime liquor. w.Yks. (J G.)
[II. 2. (4) Morsiis diaboli, a", deueles-bite, Alphita (c.
1450) ; Mors dii (liable, fore-bit, or devels-bit (an herb),
CoTGR. ; It is commonly called Divels bit, of the root (as
it seemeth) that is bitten oft': for the superstitious people
hold opinion, that the diuell for enuie that he beareth to
mankinde, bit it off, because it would be otherwise good
for many vses, Gerarde Herb. (ed. 1633) 726. See Grimm
Tent. Myth. 1213. (33) Esiila, the herb Devils milk or
petty spurge, Florio (ed. 1688) ; Dnyvels-nieick, the hearbe
Divells-milke, or pettie spurge, Hexham (1658J.]
DEVILICK, sb. Sc. Also written deviluck. [de'vilak,
divilsk.] A little imp or devil.
Sc. This wee black deev'luck, we ca' Wee Macgregor o' the Tron,
Ford Tliistledown ' 1891) 77. Abd. An what did the waefu' devilick
neist ? But kindled a gleam like the rosy east, Thom /?/i>'»2fs( 1844)
56. Lth. A blae wee deevilick son o' an elf, Lumsden Sheep-licad
(1892) i-)6.
[Devil +-ick {-ock), dim. sufF.]
DEVILIN(G, sA. Irel. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin.
Lei. Nhp. War. e.An. Som. Dev. Also in forms davelin
Nrf ; develin n.Lin.' Lei.' War.^ e.An.' ; devlin Nrf '
Suf ' ; divvling ne.Lan.' [devlin, divlin.] 1. The
swift or black martin, Cypseliis apiis.
Wm. Penrith Obs. (May 18, 1897). Wm., Lan. Swainson B»y&
(1885) 95. ne.Lan.', Der.=, nw.Der.', Not. (W.H.S.), s.Not.
(JP.K.), Lin.', n.Lin.l, s.Lin. (T.H.R.), Lei.', Nhp.», War.3
e.An.i Named from its imp-like ugliness and screaming. Nrf.
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf (1893) 48. Suf.' Som. (W.B.T.);
W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev. w.Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6, col. 6.
2. The pied wagtail, Motacilla liigiibris.
It. [So called] from the constant uncanny motion of its tail,
Swainson Birds (18S5) 44.
3. A fretful, troublesome woman. e.An. (Hall.), Nrf
4. A home-made firework. See Devil, 7.
w.Yks. Made of gunpowder dampened and rolled into cones,
carefully dried, and fired by applying a match to the apex (^H.L.) ;
Banks IVkfld. IVds. (1865).
DEVILMENT, sb. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. [For forms see Devil.] Mischief, prac-
tical joking ; wickedness, witchcraft.
Elg. She'll be a vera Sodom soon. For deevilment an' daffin'.
Tester Poems (1865) 163. Lnk, He's sae fu' o' fun an' deevilment,
Wardrop/. Mathison (1881) 29. Gall. What need I attempt the
penning. The devilment ye did that e'ening, Lauderdale Poems
(1796) 25. Ir. They do have their mother distracted wid their
divilments, Bariow /f/)7/5 (1892) ii ; It would take two hours to
tell you the devilment of the old queen, Kennedy Fireside Stories
(1870)18. Ant. Ballymena Obs. {i8g2). n.Yks.= w.Yks.' He's
as full o' devilment as an egg's full o' meat. Lan. Yo'n some devil-
ment agate i' th' chimbley, Waugh Owd Bodle, 258 ; Lan.' Der.
They're just at soom o' their divilments. Ward David Grieve (1892)
I. v. n.Lin.', e.An.^ w.Sora.' Dhur lidn dhu fuul'ur u ee" vur
daevlmunt un roa'guree, neet-n au'l dhu kuun'tree [There is not
the fellow of he. for larking and roguery, not in all the country].
DEVILSKIN, 56. Yks. Lan. Also in forms divulskin,
duleskin Lan.' [devl-, divl-, diulskin.] A mischievous,
tiresome person ; a humorous term of reproach.
w.Yks. 2 Lan. Yon divilskin has done mi one this toime, Wood
Hum. Sketches, 16 ; Yon divulskin i' t'parlour, Waugh jannocit
(1874) iv ; That duleskin ov a Judge Jeffreys, Clegg Sketches
(1895 ' 245 ; Lan.', e.Lan.'
[Lit. dei'il's kin.]
DEVILTRY, sb. Sc. Also e.An. Som. [de'vltri.]
1. Mischief, wickedness, devilry.
Frf. If cocks could fight sae well oot o' mere deviltry, surely the
Greeks would fecht terrible for their gods and bairns an' the other
things, Barrie Thrums {iSSgi v. Gall. There's deviltry afoot!
Cuockett Raiders (1894') vi. e.An.' An^'thing unlucky, offensive,
hurtful, or hateful, in which the devil may be suspected of having
some concern. Nrf. There must be some deviltry in that. Spilling
&/fi- (1872) 57 ; Nrf.' Suf. He done it for deviltry, e An. Dv. Times
(1892); (C.T.); (C.G.B.); Suf.' Ess. How he laugh'd' To eye
their deviltry, Clark/. Noalics (18391 st. 126; Ess.'
2. Rubbish, any undesirable object.
w.Som.' A quantit3' of weeds in a crop — a quantity of hay or
thistles in a fleece of wool ; in such a sense the word is common,
but I never heard it applied to moral conduct. 'Take your hove,
DEVLIN
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DEWSIERS
and scrape out the highest o' that there deviltry, else they there
plants out never do no good."
[1. For older devilry. The king tlirouch the arte of
inagik, witchcraft, anddcuilrie was consunict, Dai.rymple
Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (1596) I. 287. Cp. Dti. diijveliye, divcl-
lishnesse (Hexham).]
• DEVLIN, see Devilin(g.
DEVONEVVER, sb. Som. The darnel, Lolinm
peieinie.
Som. In use more esp. among farmers, Friend Gl. (i882\
DEVONSHIRE, sb. Glo. Som. Dev. In comb, (i)
Devonshire beauty, the dwarf white-llowered phlox,/*.
iiirnlis; (21 — coatofarms, (3) — mark, a mark or scar
on a horse's knees caused by a fall; (4) — myrtle, the
Myrica Gale; (5) — wine, cider.
(i) Glo.' (2) w.Som.' Said of a horse with broken knees. Is
lie much blemished ?—Eesfy I a proper [dab-mshurkoa-ut-uaar-mz].
Dev. Repoiis Proline. {1884) 16. nw.Dev.' (3 1 w.Som.' Dab'mshur
inaar-k. Dev. The horse wasn't wuth much ; it had the Devonshire
mark! Reports Pi ovine. {1884) 16. (4)s.Dev. f B. & H.) (sJw.Som.i
Dab mshur-wuy n. Dev. Da laffan' joke an' help ez meyn Ta mek'
th' Deb'nshir wine, Pulhan Stetelics dSss) 32.
DEVOURMENT, sb. n.Yks.^ [divuTnient.] The
condition of being devoured.
' We're in a parfit devourment wi' rattens,' we are in a fair way
of being eaten up by rats.
DEVOUROUS, adj. Brks. Wil. [diveu'aras.]
Ravenous, hungry.
Brks. They comes in devourous for their vittles (A.C.). Wil.'
DEVVEL, see Devel, v.
DEW, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Written daow se.Wor.' ; deaw Sc. (Jam.) Ilrf^ limp.'
[diu, deu, w.Cy. dgu.] 1. sb. In coinp. (i) Dew-beater,
a large and clumsy boot or shoe ; fig. a person who has
large feet or who walks awkwardly; (2) -bit, slight re-
freshment taken earlj' in the morning, before the regular
breakfast ; (3) -blown, said of cows which are swelled
from eatmg green clover ; (4) -cup, (a) the first allowance
of beer to harvest men ; (b) the plant ladies' mantle,
Aklicmilla vulgaris \ (5) -dasher, see -beater; (6) -drink,
(7) -droppings, see -cup {a) ; (8) -droukit, drenched with
dew ; (9) -laps, coarse woollen stockings or leggings,
buttoned over others, to keep the legs dry and warm ;
(10) -licker, anything very surprising or out of the
common ; (11) -mist, a drizzle or small rain resembling
dew; (12) -piece, see -bit; (13) -pond, a pond on the
downs, not fed by any spring, but kept up by mist, dew,
&c. ; (14) -ret, to steep or 'ret' flax by leaving it out on
the ground, instead of steeping it in water; (15) -slug,
a tiny brown slug, almost too small to be perceived when
on the ground; (16) -snail, the large black slug, Limax
agrestis ; (17) -spreader, (18) -wiper, see -beater.
(i) Hrf.2, e.An.' Cmb.' 'Lift up your dew-beaters when you
walk across the room,' was said to a boy with clumsy feet. Nif. ',
Hmp.' Wil. One who has large feet, or who turns his toes out,
so that he brushes the dew off the grass in walking, Britton
Beauties (1825I; Wil.' (2) War.^ I used to take a ' dew-bit' if I
went out early in this way to shoot or bathe. se.Wor.', Hrf.^,
Glo.', Brks. (J C.K.), B.ks.', Suf. (CT.") Ess. Half pint of beer
at 3 in the morning at harvest time (H.H.M.\ Hmp. (J.R.W.) ;
Hmp.' s.Hmp. He's used to seven meals at har'st time ; his dew-
bit, breakfast, nunchcon, &c., Verney i. /.!.s/^ (1870') vi. I.W.
(J.D.R.); I.W.'2 Wil. Britton BraK//cs (1825) ; Wil.' Dor.
I ha'n't seed the colour of victuals or drink since breakfast time this
morning, and that was no more than a dew bit afield, Hardy
Madding Crowd {i8-n) xlii ; Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. W. 6c J.
Gl. (1873). w.Som.' I zim they do want a [jiie'beet] like, vore they
goth to work. (3)Chs.'3 (4, «) Hmp.' 1 i) Sc. The uniformly
successful treatment of sheep affected with this disorder (trembling
ill] by giving them a decoction of the dewcupand healing leaf boiled
in buttermilk, Essays Highl. Soe. III. 389 (Jam.). Slk. They [the
fairies] 'II hae to gang away an' sleep in their dew-cups, Hogg
Brownie 0/ Bodsbeek {1818) II. iS'idb.^. (5) Cum. (M.P.) (6)
e.An.'.Nrf.' (7) e.Suf. (F.H.) (8) Rnf. An the dew-droukit gowan is
closing its ee, Allan Poems (1836) 138. (9) Ken. IK.); Ken.'
(10) w.Yks. But t'next day wor a dew-Iicker, Piidsey Otm. (1885)
20. (11) Cor. fJ.W.) (12) n.Sc. (Jam.1 ; Mackay. (13) Wil.'
Such ponds rarely fail, even in the longest drought. (14) n.Lin.',
e.An.' [All trouble and risk incidental to the steeping and dew-
retting of the crop, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 323.] (15)
Dev.* ( 161 n.Cy.( Hall.) Keji. Lewis/. 7>«<-(' (1736) s.v. Snagge.
w.Som.' The regular way to charm warts is to take a dew-snail
and rub its slime upon the warts. Then to stick the dew-snail on
a blackthorn, and as the snail perishes and disappears so will the
warts. nw.Dev.', s.Dev. i F.W.C.) Cor. You might as well try
to handle a great dew-snail, Tregellas Tales 1 18651 50; Cor.' As
slippery as a dew-snail ; Cor.2 (17) War.2 (18) w.Mid. The grass
is quite wet this morning ; go on ahead, boy, you're a fust-rate
dew-wiper (W.P.M.l.
2. Rain. Chs.'*
3. Fig. Whisky, gen. in comb. Mountain dew.
n.Sc. ' Dauvit Annan's whisky is guid, vera guid ; but, oh man,
gie me a drap o' the real dew,' . . . this dew being a portion of the
unadulterated liquor fresh from a local still, Gordon Carglen{i8gi)
213. Abd. A 'greybeard 'jar of the 'real Glengillodram mountain
dew,' Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 247, ed. 1882. Frf. Mountain
dew shall wet each eye. Hecklers an' the cash come. Sands Poems
(1833) 19. Lnk. They went in a gang To taste o' the dew o' the
mountain, Stewart Twa Elders (1886) 85. Rnf. Bewitched . . .
wi' real mountain dew, Clark Rhymes (1842) 20. Feb. Friend-
ships, which were generally cemented with the ' mountain dew'
of Scotland, Affleck Poet. JVis. {1836) 29. s.Ir. There was a
glass of pure 'mountain dew' at my service. Lover Leg. (1848)
II. 456. Slang;. ' We'll have the " dew " now.' ' Good claret — no
better. ... Oh punch, you are my darling,' Lever C O'Malicy
(1841) xii.
4. V. To rain slightly, to drizzle.
n.Sc. (Jam.), Shr.* Hrf.2 It's deuwing a little. Cor. (J.W)
w.Cor. Common (M.A.C.).
5. To spread cloth out to receive the dew, in order to
make the cloth softer and heavier; to sprinkle cloth with
water in imitation of natural dew.
w.Yks. This was universally done, and I have known men hold
the cloth in their hands on cold nights, when the snow prevented
its being laid on the ground. If cloth could not be ' dewed ' it was
'spurted' (W.T.) ; (J.M.)
[1. (3) Dewbolne . . . that commeth whan a hungry
beaste is put in a good pasture full of ranke grasse, . . .
his sydes wyll stande as hygh as his backe bone, Fitz-
HERBERT Hiisb. (1534) 55. (14) Ther is a water-retting,
and a dew-retting, which last is done on a good rawing
or aftermath of a meadow water, Tiisser Redivivus (1710),
in TussER Husb. (ed. 1878) 41. (i6) Loche, the dew snail,
or snail without a shell, Cotgr.]
DEW, see Do, v.
DEWBERRY, sb. Sus. Dev. Cor. 1. A kind of
blackberry ; in phr. dewberry snail, a truant from school.
Cf. berry-moucher.
Dev. Grose 1, 1790) 71/5. flrfrf. (C.) Dev., Cor. Blackberry micher!
dewberry snail ! Monthly Mag. (1810) 434.
2. The gooseberr)', Ribes Crossitlaria.
Sus. Goosberry bush, called dewberry bush, and in some
countries wine-berries, CuLPEPERf/;^. Phvsilian (1656) 117 ; Cent.
Mag. (_Feb. 1836) 126 ; Cope Gl. (1883). ' Dev. n.Dev. Hand-hk.
(.1877) 258.
[1. Dewberries, Baccae riibi repentis, Coles (1679).]
DEW-CLAW, sb. Hmp. Wil. Som. Written deaw
Hmp.' Wil. The small claw or hoof which grows on the
inside of a stag's foot, at the fetlock.
Hmp.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825). w.Som.* In soft ground
the marks of the dew-claws [jiieklaa]of a heavy stag will often be
apparent, especially when the stag is fatigued, Collyns, 87. [You
may know they have been coursed by the dew-claws printing the
ground, Mayer Sptsnm's Direet. U845) 143.]
[Dew-claws (among hunters) the bones or little nails
behind a deer's foot, Bailey (1721).]
DEWGS, sb. pi. Obs. Sc. Also written deugs.
Scraps, rags, shreds, small pieces.
Sc. Tell them if they stur again, they shall awe be cut in dewgs,
Laick Answ. to Presb. Eloquence (1693) pt. i. 52 (Jam.). Lnk. As
deugs of velvet, chips of christal, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 142.
DEWK, DEWL, see Duck, DevU, Dowl.
DEW- MUG, sb. Chs.'3 [diu'-mug.] A large black
earthenware pan-mug.
DEWSIERS, sb. pi. Brks. Hmp. Wil. [diu'zjsz.]
I The valves of a pig's heart. Cf. deaf-ears.
DEY
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DIB
Brks.i, Hmp.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Grose (1790) ;
Wil.'
[Supposed by some to be the same word as Fr. jttsier,
' the gisern of a bird ' (Cotgr.) ; OFr. j'uster (La Curne) ;
see Hatzfeld (s.v. Ce'sier).]
DEY, sh. Sc. Wor. Hrf. Glo. Suf. Hmp. Wil. Also
written dai Sc. ; day se.Wor.' Hrf.' Glo.'^ Wil.' ; dee, dei
Sc. [de, di.] 1. A woman having charge of a dairy ;
a dairymaid.
Sc. The Dey's Song, Chambers Siigs. (1829) II. 515 ; Herd Coll.
Sugs. (1776) Gl. n.Sc. My raither she is an auld dey, Buchan
Ballads (1828) II. 100, ed. 1875. Abd. As they drew near, they
heard an elderin dey. Singing full sweet at milking of her ky, Ross
Helenore (1768) 83, ed. 1812. Per. Morton Cydo. Agric. (1863I.
2. A person in charge of a dairy, whether that person be
male or female.
Abd. N. 6^ Q. (1877) 7th S. iv. 23.
3. Comp. (i) Deyhouse (or day'us, da'us), a dairy;
a room in which cheese is made ; (2) -woman, a dairy-
maid.
( i) se.Wor.l, Hrf.l Glo. Bavlis IlUts. Dial. (1870) ; Glo.", Hmp.i
Wil. Britton Beauties (1825); Wil.' n.Wil. Her's gone to the
day'us. Used still by the old people (E.H.G.). (2)Glo.'2
[1. 'Deye,AHdroclua, Prompt.; She wasasitwere amaner
deye, Chaucer C.T. b. 4036. ON. deigja, a female servant ;
CD. OE. d$ge, a kneader, maker of bread. 2. A deye,
Androchius, Androchea, Cath. Angl. (1483). Way in his
notes to Prompt, (s.v. deye) shows that the word was some-
times used in ME. of a male servant. 3. Caseariits, a day
house, where cheese is made, Cooper (1565).]
DEY, see Da, sb., Day, Die, v.
DEYAN, V. I.W.' [de-an.] Used imprecatively, in
the same way as 'damn,' 'confound.'
Odd deyan thee. I'll be deyand if I doant.
Hence Deyannashun, sh. damnation.
Odd deyannashun seyze thee.
DEYKE, DEYKEN, see Dike, Deacon.
DEYLED, DEYL'T, DEYN, see Doil, Dean, sb.^
DEY -NETTLE, sb. Nhb. The hedge woundwort or
hedge sylvatica, Stac/iys sylvatica.
Nhb.' This is quite distinct from the dae-nettle.
DEYS, DEZ, DEZZ, see Deas, Daze.
DEZZICK, sb. Sur. Sus. Also written dezick,
des'ork Sus.^ [de'zik.] A day's work.
Sur. (T.S.C.) Sus. He had na dun a dezzick for more dan nine
wicks, Jacksou Soiit/iward Ho {i8g^) I. 250; Sus.' Taint done a
dezzick for the last six months ; Sus.^ e.Sus. Holloway.
BHAEL, sb. Obs. Nhb. A funeral. Cf. dole, si.^
Nhb. They spak of the Swire's deeth, and the number oh fwoak
that went to his dhael, Bewick Tynestcic Tate (1850) 13; Nhb.'
DHIRL, sb. N.I.' A good-lor-nothing person.
DHONAL, DIABLES, see Donel, Dibles.
DHRIVES, 56. //. Wxf.» Turf.
DIACLE, sb. Sh.I. The compass used in a fishing-
boat. See Dial.
Sh.I. Every boat carries one compass at least, provincially a
diacle, Agric. Surv. (1794) 87 (Jam.). S. & Ork.'
DIAGONAL STAPLE, /'/(r. Nhb. Dur. A staple sunk
diagonally in a coal-mine; see below.
Nhb., Dur. Sunk diagonally in the line of the back end of the
main beam of a pumping-engine, and a point in the pumping shaft,
which may vary from 10 to 20 fathoms from the surface. Its use
is to divide the work of the engine between the two ends of the
beam, by means of a lever beam in the shaft, placed in a hole made
for the purpose, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
DIAGRAM, sb. Sc. The scale of working drawn up
for each driver or fireman by the railway companies.
Sc. In some cases the list contains but one day's running, in
other cases one week's or possibly two weeks' running. Hence a
man on completing his day's work looks on the diagram toascertain
his run for the next day, Gl. Lab. {1894).
DIAL, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Der. Also written
dyal Der. [dail, daial.] I. sb. A compass used to
take bearings in mines. Cf. diacle.
Der. Gl. Mining Terms (.1830); Mawe Mineralogy (1802) Gl.
[Hall.]
2. V. To ascertain the extent and distance of a working
under ground.
Der. "To plum and dyal . . . For by that art they make discovery,
Manlove Lend Mines 11653) I. 164.
Hence Dialling, vbl. sb. surveying, using the magnetic
compass.
Per. He came ... to learn mensuration, surveying, and dialling,
Halieurton Fields (i8go) 39. Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). Der. Mawe Mineralogy (1802) Gl. ; Mander
Miners' Gl. (1824) ; The operation of dialling is that by which the
operator can accurately ascertain the extent and distance of the
working of a mine under ground, and thereby ascertain whether
a mine has been worked beyond the stake or limit allotted to the
miner. Tapping Gl. to Manlove (1851) 25.
DIALETUS, sb. Dev." Also in form diletrus. The
seal-flower, Dielytra spectabilis. Also called Deutsa.
DIALOGUE, s6.' Lin. [dai-slog.] A talk, con-
versation.
S.Lin. Sarah an' me hed a longish dialogue ower it (T.H.R.).
DIALOGUE, 5*.* w.Yks.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The eighth part of a sheet of writing-paper.
DIAMER WINDOW, /i/;r. Nhp.' A dormer window,
the projecting window in a roof.
DIAMOND, sb. Yks. Ken. Sus. [dai-m3n(d.] In
comb, (i) Diamond-knap, to break stoi.es on the road
into small angular pieces ; (2) -plaice, the flounder,
Pleiironectes platessa.
(i) w.Yks. We tak t'little hammer for dimond napping (W.A.S.).
(2) Ken. Still used and not unfrequently (R.S.). Sus. Heard
recently (E.E.S.).
DIAS, see Deas.
DIB, sZ).' and i/.' Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. [dib.]
1. sb. A dip.
ne.Yks.i Ah gat a bonny dib i' t'dyke yisttherda. w.Yks.* A
dib of ink.
2. A slight depression in the ground, less than a valley.
w.Cum. vS.K.C), n.Yks.i2, w.Yks.'
3. V. To dip ; to decline downwards as strata into the
earth.
s.Cum. (S.K.C.), n.Yks.', ne.Yks.l w.Yks. (H.F.S.) ; w.Yks.' ;
w.Yks.s ' Mother, this bread does taaste dry.' ' Dib it i' t'milk then
an' hod thee noise.' e Lan.'
Hence (i) Dibbing, sb. melted fat or dripping, eaten
with bread ; {2) Dibboard, sb. the dip or inclination of a
seam of coal.
(i) w.Yks.^ Dibbing an' bread. (2) Nhb.'
[3. To dibbe or dippe, intiugere, Baret (1580).]
DIB, s6.= and v.'^ Chs. Not. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Oxf.
Mid. e.An. Ken. Sur. Sus. Also in form deb e.An. [dib,
deb.] 1. sb. A pointed instrument for making small
holes in the ground for planting potatoes, &.c.
Not.', Lei.', War.3, e.An.', Suf. (,C.T.) Sur. A boy goes first
pressing the dib in with his foot, Hoskyns Talpa (1852) 148,
ed. 1857.
2. V. To pierce small holes in the ground for planting
potatoes, (Sec.
Not.', Lei.' War.3 He's gone a dibbing beans, or a dibbing
'taters. w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Sur.'
Hence (1) Dibbed, /;>/. adj. of seeds, bulbs, &c., planted
with the ' dibber ' ; (2) Dibber, sb. a pointed instrument
used in planting potatoes, seeds, &c. ; (3) Dibbing, vbl.
sb. a method of planting seeds, &c., with a 'dibber'; (4)
Dibbing-stick, sb., see Dibber.
(i) Sur. I should like to see how the dibb'd 'uns come on,
Hoskyns Talpa (1852) 140. (2) Not.' Nhp.i Usually made of
part of the handle of a spade, cut to a point, sometimes shod with
iron when employed for agricultural purposes. War.^ Made with
two handles, rods, and points, connected laterally with a rod, so that,
operated with both hands, two parallel rows of holes were made.
Oxf.' Nrf. Grose (1790). Ken. (D.W.L.) ; Ken.'2 Ken., e.Sus.
Holloway. (3) War.^ Dibbing may either be making the holes
for seeds with the ' dib ' or placing the seeds in the holes so made,
the latter being an occupation for women or children, following
the workman using the ' dib.' Sur. You'll come round to the
dibbing, depend on it, Hoskyns Talpa (1852) 140. (4) Chs.' The
same as Setting-stick. Shr.'
DIB
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DICK
DIB, sb.^ and v.^ Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
1. sh. The knuckle-bone of a sheep, used as a cramp-
bone Iq.v.t. Dor. G/. (1851).
2. />/. A game played by boys with the knuckle-bones
of sheep ; also the name of the bones so used.
Brks.*, Sus.2 w.Sus. Five of these bones are used by boys,
with wliich they pl.iy a game called ' Dibs,' Holloway. Wil.
Slow GI. (1892) ; Wil.' Dor. When I and my poor man were
married we thought no more o"t than of a game o' dibs ! Hardy
Jiide (1895"! pt. V. iv. Som. Sweetman IVincanton Gl. (1885").
3. A small water pebble, used in the game of ' dibs '
when knuckle-bones cannot be obtained. Also in comp.
Dibstones.
Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) ; Glo.i Wil. Played with
stones when the proper bones cannot be procured (G.E.D.).
4.^/. Money, coin. In ^^w. slang use.
Bnff.^ Doon wee the dibs, an' nae mair aboot it. Wm. Efter he'd
keearl'ully lapt up his dibs, Sptc. Dial. (1877") pt. i. 43. n.Lan.',
Not. (_W.H.S.~I s.Not. He's very free with the dibs (J.P.K.V
Nhp.' War. (J.R.W.I ; War.^ He pays me in such dibs, I don't
care for his custom ; War.^ Dor.' Zome long-lagg'd herren-ribs
Jump'd out, an' ax'd en var his dibs, 252. Som. Jennings Obs.
Dial. w.Eng. (iSssX Dev.'s Slang. Shadwell Wkye. Slang
(1859-64) ; One of their drummers, and one Sergeant Matcham,
Had ' brushed with the dibs,' and they never could catch 'em,
Bariiam Iiigoldsby (ed. 1864) Dead Dnnnmer.
5. V. To make a small present of money, to 'tip.'
s.Not. He dibbed me pretty well for helping him (J.P.K.).
DIB, si." Sc. Written dyb Rnf. [dib.] A puddle,
small pool of water. See Dub.
Rnf. Thro' glaury holes, an' dybs, nae mair Ye'll ward my
pettles frae the lair, Pickem Poems (1813) I. 32. Ayr. The dibs
were full, and the roads foul, Galt^»)i. Patish (1821) ix. Lnk.
Bedraigled a', wi' paidlin' through the dibs, Nicholso.v Idylls
(1870') 1 15. e.L'.h. An' see ye keep oot o' the dibs an' no drabble
your buits. Hunter J. Inwick (,1895) 70.
DIB, sb.^ n.Lin." [dib.] A child's pinafore.
DIBBEN, sA. Dev. [dibsn] A fillet of veal.
Dev. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434. n.Dev. Doo let me help 'e . . .
Vrom thease yer dibben o' roast vayl. Rock Jim an' Nell {i86i)
St. 17.
DIBBERDABBER, sb. and v. Sc. In form dibble-
dabble (Jam.). 1. sb. An uproar, accompanied with
violence ; a wrangle.
Sc. The culprit met his fate, When lo ! there rose a mighty
dibble-dabble, MS. Poem (Jam ). Bnir.'
2. V. To wrangle. Bnff.'
DIBBERDERRY, sb. Obs. Sc. A confused debate
or discussion.
Abd. As they are at this dibberderry thrang, Ross Helcnoye
(1768) 88, ed. iSra; We'se hae a priest to end this dibberderry,
ib. 119.
DIBBLE-DABBLE, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our
correspondents.] Rubbish. (H.\ll.)
DIBBLER, sb. Cum. Wm. [diblsr.] A large dish
made either of earthenware, wood, or metal. See Doubler.
Cum. (M.P.) ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.i Wm. & Cum.' With pewter
diblcr on her lap, 141.
DIBBY, adj. Dev. [dibi.] Small, tiny.
Dev. A girl, speaking of an apple, said, ' What a little dibby one ! '
Reports Provinc. (1889).
DIBLES, sb. pi. e.An. Also in forms diables Nrf.'
Suf.' ; doibles Nrf. [dai'blz.] Difficulties, embarrass-
ments, scrapes. See Daibles.
e.An.' Nrf. Yow seem to be in all sorts of dibles this morning
(W.R.E.) ; I ha' bin in the dibles this mornin', 'Spii.i.ikg Johnny' s
Jaunt (1879) i; The following phr. was used in answer to a
suggestion that a marsh-man should emigrate, ' Whoy shud oi, oi
ain't been in no doibles ? ' Common in the marshes, Zm. A^. & Q.
l\. 149; Nrf.' Suf. Somehow or another they're alius in dibles,
NewSiif. Garl. (1866) 271 ; Suf.'
DIBLET, sb. Obs. ? Sc. In phr. neilher dish nor
diblet, no table crockery whatever.
Sc (?) I have a family now of six persons that eat within doors,
and I have yet neither dish nor diblet, as we say, nor any sort of
household furniture. Letter (1706) in Hist. MSS. Commission,
IV. 285.
DIBUT. sb. nw.Der.' [dai'bat] A difficulty, scrape.
VOL. II.
DICE, sb. and v. Sc. Yks. Lin. [dais.] 1. sb. In
phr. bo.K and dice, the whole, complete turn-out, 'bag of
tricks.'
Sc. The hale box an' dice o' them was rotten, Tweeddale Moff
(1896) 18. Frf. I wud kick the whole box and dice o' them oot
the entry, Salmond My Man Sandy (18941 171. Ayr. I have
re-established the true succession to the laird's fortune, and made
oure the whole box and dice o't to his sister Girzie, Johnston
Glenbuchic ( 1 889") 83.
2. A small square or diamond shape.
Ayr. Apron set with mony a dice Of needle-wark sae rare.
Ballads and Sngs. (1847) II. 41.
3. A kind of slaty clay found in the Isle of Axholme.
n.Lin.' The slaty, though finer grained, is not so easily dis-
integrated. The workmen sometimes call it dice, probably from
its breaking, on exposure to the air and moisture, into cubizoidal
pieces. Peck Isle 0/ Axholme, 14.
4. A lump or piece.
Yks. (Hall.) n.Yks. Fairly common still, but never applied to
anything large. 'Cut uz a dice on't ' (R.B.).
5. V. To sew a kind of waved pattern near the border
of a garment ; to weave in figures resembling dice.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Spreads his garters dic'd beneath his knee,
Ramsay Poems (ed. 1800) II. 76 (Jam.).
Hence Diced, adj. woven in squares, figured like dice.
Rnf. He took his diced bonnet, an' brush'd it fu' clean, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 134. Edb. The lang diced window of the kirk,
Moir Mansie U'atich (1828) x.
6. Hg. To do anything quickly and neatly.
n.Sc. tjAM.) Abd. This blythsome sang we a' had wanted now
. . . But weel I kent she could it rightly dice, Ross iff/«HO« (1768)
131, ed. 1812. Rxb. (Jam.)
DICEL, DICHE, see Disle, Ditch, si."'
DICHEL, sb. Sc. Also written dicbal ; and in form
digaal (Jam). I. A bad scrape ; a difficulty, 'pickle.'
Per. Not common, but occas. used. ' What ye said before and
what ye say nowhas brocht 5'e into a dichel' |,G. W.). Slk. (Jam.)
2. pi. Reproof, correction ; a beating, drubbing.
Rnf. 'I gat my dichals,' I was severely reproved (Jam.). Dmf.
Tell us how . . . the bonny Fernig foichals Gie G — n thieves
and slaves their dichals, Poems (1794) {ib.).
DICHENS, sb. pi. Obs. ? Sc. A beating, punishment.
Also usedyln-. Cf. dichel.
Slk. My master an' she hae this wark to answer for yet : they'll
get their dichens some day, Hogg Tales (1838) 68, ed. 1866.
Gall. (Jam.)
DICHLING, tiW. si. Sc. A beating, thrashing, drubbing.
Per. Jock and Pate cuist oot owre the heid o' Jane Cairns, an'
Jock gae Pate an awfu' dichlin' (G.W.).
DICHT, see Dight, v.
DICK, si.' Var. dial, uses in Eng. and Amer. [dik.]
1. In comp. (i) Dick-ass, a male ass, a jackass; (2)
-bird, a cock bird ; (3) -up, see -ass.
(i) n.Cy. A'. &= Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 121. Dur. The Pelton bray
[goblin] came frequently like a 'dickass,' Bishoprick Garl. (1834)
42 ; Dur.' n.Lin.^ A male ass, but often applied to the female also,
whose proper designation is Jin Ass. (2) Lin. If they are dick-
birds, they're worth a deal (R.E.C.). (31 Nrf. (A.G.) ; Trans. Pliil.
Soc. (1855)31; Nrf.'
2. Phr. (i) Dick and his team, the constellation usually
called the Great Bear ; (2) Dick('s hatband, used as a simile
in var. proverbial sayings ; see below ; (3) Dick upon sis,
all in confusion, ' at sixes and sevens ' ; (4) — ^t-'ilh his
wagon, see — and his team ; (5) as thick as Dick and Lidcly,
very intimate ; (6) a local Dick, a local preacher.
(1) Wil.' I know the north star; there it is. . . . And the Great
Bear ; the men call it Dick and his Team, Greene Feme Farm, vi.
(2) n.Yks. He's as queer has Dick hatband. A con mack nowt on
him (W.H.). e.Yks. As fond as Dick's hat-band, Nicholson Flk-
Sp. (1889) 19. w.Yks.2 As awkward as Dick's hatband. Lan.
Dick's hatbant war a foo to him, Brierley Irkdale 1^18681 46.
Chs. Aw felt aw ure' as foin as Dick's hatband, Croston Enoch
Crump (1887) II; CIis.'^; Chs.3 As fine as Dick's hat-band.
s.Chs.' Uz kweyur uz Dik*s aat bund ; it went nahyn tahymz
raaynd, un wud- nil ree'ch dhu tally [As queer as Dick s hatband ;
it went nine times raind, an' wudna reach the tie]. It s au' mi
ahy un Dik-s aat-bund [It's aw my eye an' Dick's hatband]. Lin.
Anything ridiculously comical is said to be * as queer as Dick's
hatband,' N. & Q. (18561 2nd S. ii. 238. n.Lin.' ' It's as queer as
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Dick's hat band, that went nine times roond an' would not tie,'
said of any person or thing which it is well-nigh impossible to
manage. Nhp.^ As queer as Dick's-hatband, made of pea-strawr,
that went nine times round, and would not meet at last. War.^
se.Wor.' As cross (or as queer) as Dick's hat-band. Shr. Dun "ee
call that dressin' a child ? jest look at its cape, all awry like Dick's
'atband ! Burne Ftk-Lore ^1883) 592 ; ' As crooked as Dick's hat-
band.' This phr. , which refers to the obsol. custom of pre-
senting hatbands at funerals, is used both of persons and tilings
that are perverse or unmanageable, ' The maister's in a way this
mornin' ; 'e's as crukit as Dick's 'atband,' ib. 594 ; Shr.^ We only
apply it as a comparison for what is obstinate and perverse. 'As
curst as Dick's hatband, which will come nineteen times round
and won't tie at last'; 'As contrary, fause, cruckit, twistit as
Dick's hatband ' ; ' All across, like Dick's hatband.' Pem. As tight
as Dick's hatband, N. & Q. (1856) and S. ii. 238. [Amer. As
odd as Dick's hat-band. As contrary as Dick's hatband, Cakkutii
Kansas Univ. Oiiai: (1892) I.] (3) Lin. Come in, and welcome ; but
we are just about flitting, and are all dick upo' sis. A'. Ej" Q. (1888) 7th
S. V. 29. (4) Bdf. (J.W.B.) (5) w.Yks. (J.R.) (6) w.Yks. Who
had yo' preychin' this mornin ?— Nobbut a local Dick, Leeds Merc.
Snpt'l. (,Oct. 15, 1892) ; Ah've telled a gooid lot o' tales abaht
local Dicks, Yks. Wkly. Poft April 11, 1896).
3. A very poor kind of cheese.
Suf. FoRBY Gt. (1830'! ; (Hall.)
4. //. Body lice. See Dicky, sb.^ 5.
Lake!. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. T'barn heed's
full o' dicks (B.K,). w.Yks. (J.W.', w.Yks.=, sNot. (J.P.K.)
m. & S.Lin. That bairn's he'd's full o' dicks ; she ne'er hes her
fingers out o' her hair iT.Il.R.l. War.^, m.Wor. 'J.C.)
5. A game of 'toucli and run' among children. I.W.*
DICK, 56.= Ylcs. [dik.] A leather apron and bib
worn by children, Si.c. Sec Dicky, sb.'^
w.Yks. E' Lord Ma3'or shoon an' leather dicks, E* t'smithy he
wer fun', Senior Rliyiues (1882) 52; Oatmeal porridge and
'leather dicks' generally sufficed for the inner and outer man,
and the latter very durable garment continued for a long time in
favour, CuDwORTH Bradford (iB-jG) 108; w.Yks. 2^*
DICK, sb.^ Ant. (W.H.P.) [dik.] In phr. to keep dick,
to keep watch.
DICK, V. n.Cy. (Hall.) Dor.^ [Not known to our
correspondents.] To deck, adorn ; to cover.
DICK, see Dike, sb.
DIC(K, num. adj. Obs. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Wal.
Also Ess. Cor. Also in forms dec, deg, dek, &c., see
below. Ten, used in counting sheep.
Dur. Teesdale. dik, Lucas Stnd. Niddtrdale (c. 1883) 39. Cum.
High Furness, Borrowdale, dick, ib. ; Eskdale, dec, ib. ; Millom,
dig, ib. ; ' Dick,' used in Borrowdale 50 years ago (J.S.O.). Wm.
Kirkby Stephen, dik, Lucas ib. 38 ; On the Stanhope Moors,
dick, N. & Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 540. n.Yks. Swalcdale, die,
Lucas ib. 38. w.Yks. Nidderdale, dix, ib.; Knaresborough, dick,
ib. Wal. Deg, ib. 37. Ess. Epping, dick, ib. 40. Cor. Deg, dek,
ib. 38.
[Of Celtic origin ; cp. Ir. and Gael, deich, Wei. deg,
OCor. dek (IVIacbain).]
DICKER, sb. and v. Wil.' [dik3(r).] In phr. (i) all
in a dicker or digi^cr, very close together ; (2) as thick as
they can dicker, very intimate.
DICKER, v., DICKIE(S, see Decker, Dixie.
DICKISES, sb. pi. e Dun' [dikisaz.] In phr. to do
dickises, to perform some difficult feat which another can-
not do. Cf cradden, sb} 2.
e.Dur.' A'll dec the dickises.
DICKLE, see Disle.
DICK-POT, sb. Nhp. [dik-pot.] A brown earthen
pot, used as a foot-warmer; see below.
Nlip.' Sometimes pierced with holes, filled with bright coal,
or wood embers; used by old women and lace-makers to put
under their petticoats, to keep the feet and legs warm when
Seated at work; which is termed ' flucing.'
DICKY, sb.^ V&r. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written dikey Cum.' Wm. ; dykie Wm. [diki.] 1. In
comb, (i) Dicky-bird, (a) any small bird ; (b) a general
name for the canary ; (c) the oyster-catcher, Haema/opiis
ostn/e(;iis ; (2) -birds, the common fumitory, Fumaria
ofjxcmalis; (3I - Chree, {a) see below; (b) a doll; (.\)
-daisy, a children's name for almost any wild flower, esp.
the daisy, Bellis perennis ; (5) -di-dee or Dickadee, the
common sandpiper, Tringuides hypoleucus ; (6) -dilver or
Dick-a-dilver, the periwinkle, Vinca major or minor; (7)
■dunkin, (8j -dunnack or -dunnock, (9) -hedge-poker,
(10) -hedgie, the hedge-sparrow, Accentor modidaris ;
(11) -mide, a dear girl; (12) -pug, the wren, Troglodytes
vulgaris ; (13) — Sam, a Liverpool man ; (14) -shud, an
umbrella; (15) — Tatton, see below.
(I, a) w.Yks. Dyer Dial. (1891 1 93. Lan. Folk constantly speak
of ' dickey-birds.' You scarcely ever hear sparrows and other
small birds without this 'dickey' prefixed - to them, Gaskell
Lectures Dial. (1854) JO. Nrf. (W.R.E,' ; Nrf.' (4") Cum.' (c) Nrf.
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 44 ; Swainson Biids (1885) 188.
(2) WiLi (3, a) Lan. All Catholics . . . attending the Christmas
midnight mass were charged with going to church to ' rock Dicky
Cree,' A^. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 98. (6) Der. I remember. . ..
overhearing a mother telling her children ' to go play with their
dicky Chree,* which turned out to be a doll, so termed only at
Christmas tide, .V. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 142. (4 Chs.' Children
will speak of gathering flowers as ' getting dicky daisies.' s.Chs.'
Dik-i dai'zi, dee zi. Cmb.' Let's go and get some buttercups and
dicky-daisies. (5) Cum.' Lan. The piping note this bird utters
when disturbed has given rise to the name, Swainson ib. 196. (6)
e.An.' So called from its rooting (delving) at every joint, and
spreading itself far and wide. Nrf.' SuT, Science Gossip (1883)
113; Suf.i (■}'< e.Yks. Nature Notes, No. 4. w.Yks. (W.M.E.F.)
[8) w.Yks. Catlerpillars, dicky-dunnocks. spinks, green lennits,
Tom Treddleiioyle T/ioztts 1,1845) 39; They're az common as
dickey dunacks an waiter weg-tails, ib. B..ini.^la Ann. (1870)
40; w.Yks.'' (9) Ken.' Dik'i-hei-poa'ker. (10) e.Dur.' (11)
Pem. (CV.C.) (12) Chs.l (13) Lan. A^. & Q. (i863) 4th S. i.
493. (14) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 88. {15) Chs.
On the feast of All Saints children go from house to house ' soul
caking,' repeating ' Pray, good dame, a soul cake,' &c. It is
considered complete if they can get a skeleton of a horse's head,
which is carried on the head of the stoutest of them and called a
'Dicky Tatton' (F.R.C.).
2. The hedge-sparrow, Accentor modiilaris.
Ayr. Deikis, Ellis F/o«;(«c. (1889) V. 747. Cum.' Wm.Natnre
A'ofes, No. 10; Thers a dikey nest e oor garden dike (B.K. ). Laa.
SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 29.
3. The wren. Troglodytes parvtilus.
Bck. Nature Notes, No. 10.
4. A donkey, ass. Also in comb. Dicky-ass.
Yks. Jago G/. (1882). n.Yks. (R.B.) w.Yks. Only used, and
rarely, to very young children (M.F.). e.An.', Cmb.' Nrf. You
can't whack a stubborn owd dicky now, Patterson Man and Nat.
(1895) 61; He degraded hisself to ride in the dickey race, with
his face turned toward the dickey's tail. Spilling Daisy Dimple
(1885 1 74 ; Nrf.' Suf. ' I'll just get on the dickey.' The name for
donkey, whether the beast be male or female, Strickland Old
Fni-drfs (1864) 68; (M.E.R.) ; Suf.' Ess. (H.H.M.) ; (S.P.H.);
Ess.', Cor.2
Hence Dicky, int a call to asses. n.Lin.'
5. A louse, esp. that found on the head. Also in comp.
Dicky-bird. See Dick, sb.^ 4.
Nhb,' w.Yks. Coam choilt, let mi kem th' dickies eawt o' thi
3'ed (D.L.) ; Scratting again! come and let's see if there's any
dickeys (H.L.); w.Yks.'^ n.Lin.' I'm sure, bairn, thoo's gotten
dicky-bo'ds e' thy head. Ess. At Little Saling . . . many years
ago . . . mothers used to catch six ' Dickeys,' as they called them,
from the children's heads, put them in a tea-spoonful of milk, and
pour it and them into the eye, bandaging it over. The ' dickeys,'
they confidently assured me, 'eat up the film,' TV. & 2- (1873) 4th
S. xii. 434.
DICKY, s«.2 Cum. Shr. Dor. Dev. Cor. Slang, [diki.]
1. An apron, gen. of leather. See Dick, sA.^
Shr.2 A leathern dicky.
2. An under-petticoat.
Dor. (W.C.); (A.C.) Dev. And zister Peg, and zister Joan,
With scarce a flannel dicky on, Peter Pindar Wks. (1816) IV. 201.
Slang. Farmer.
3. A short upper garment or over-jacket worn by
working-men.
Cum. Len meh a dicky an ah'll help clip (E.W.P.); Cum.' Cor.
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895I Gl.
DICKY, sb.^ Nhb. Der. [di'ki.] The head, skull.
Nhb.' Aa'll naap your dicky. Der. When the London and North-
Wcstern Railway to Manchester was being made, the foundations
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of a bridge gave way [near Cliapcl-cn-leFrithl. . . . These engineer-
ing failures were attributed to the malevolent influence of Dickie,'
the popular name for a skull. Cut when the road was diverted it
was bridged successfully, because no longer in ' Dickie's ' territory,
A', i':'- 0.\i873'l 4th S. xi. 64.
Dicky, sb.* w.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] The top of a hill. (1Iai.l.)
DICKY, a(fj. In ffcii. dial, and colloq. use in Eng.
[di'ki.l I. Of things, conditions, &c. : uncertain, doubt-
ful, critical, hazardous ; rickety, shaky, tottering.
War.2 A dicky chance ; War.^ Mind how you sit on that chair,
it's rather dicky. The tale he tells seems to be rather dicky. Glo.
(S.S.I5.) w.Mid. It alw.iys looks a bit dickj- when a fellow has to
borrow money (W.P.M.). Lon. Bell and Dicky, and very dicky
too, Mayhew Loud. idloHr (1851) I. 260. Wil. This chair feels
rather dicky (W.H.E.\ Cor.^ He's in a dicky situation. Things
are looking dicky for Cornish mining. Slang. They are not gold ;
they are silver gilt. They were all ' dicky hall marks,' Morning
I'osi (Mar. 4, 1886).
2. Of persons, animals, &c.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak
health, ' seedy.'
w.Yks. 2 I feel rather dicky this morning. War.-s, g wor.i Brks.
He feels terrible dicky to-day (AC). Mid, I looked ' uncommon
dickey,' as lie beautilully expressed it, Blackmore Kit (i8qo) II. i.
w.Mid. (W.P.M.~1, e.Suf. (F.H.") Ken. Of a chicken : ' That one
looks pretty dicky' (W. H E.^ ; Ken.' When I has thedick3'feelin's,
I wishes I hadn't been so neglackful o' Sundays. Hmp. You look
rather dickey (T.L.O.D.) ; I sims pretty dicky (W.H.F..). n.Wil.
(W.C.P.) Wil.' A tcll'd I asthe' had atiddlin'lamb as wurter'ble
dickey, 215. Som. Of men who worked in a factory : ' They might
be very well for a bit, but they soon get dicky ' i W.H.E.).
3. Of vegetable matter : rotten, decayed. Wil.', n.Wil.
(W.C.P.)
4. Phr. (i) // is all dicky or dicky up ivith, it is all over, or
all up with a person ; (2) upon my dicky, upon my honour.
(i) N.Cy.' Nhb. An' ef he's nut o' form, starn will, it's dickey
wivhisn'yem, RoBSON £'!'nii^^/i'»f (1870) 360; Nhb.' ' It's aal dicky
win him ! ' means it is all over with a person, or he is completely
ruined. w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.s It al be dickey vvi' thuli soin eniiT lad
wi'art wishing for't. Lan. It wur Dickey U P wi Sawfort Fair for
that day, Brierley Day Out (1859) 44 ; it'll be to get berried. An'
then Dicky-up wi' owd Jone, ib. IVaverloiv {iBB^] 177. Chs.'^,
Nhp.' Ken. 'Twas dickey all — so off I ran, Nairnk Tales (1790) 50,
ed. 1824. Sus., Hmp. iHolloway. Cor. Ah, poor old Zebedee !
'lis all dickey with he, Varv. Adam and Eve (iWo] III. 235. Slang.
'Tis all dickey with poor Father Dick — he's no more, Barham
Iitt;oldshy ied. 1864) Brothers of Birchinglon. (2) Brks.'
biCKYMENT, sb. Yks. Dev. [dikiment.] A pre-
dicament.
w.Yks.fJ.W.) (?j Dev. A tarbledickyment, Blackmore C/ms/oarW
(1881) ii.
DICT, see Dite.
DICTED, pp. Dev. [di ktid.] Addicted to, attached
to, having a preference for (a person).
Dev. Which of 3'ou maidens be your faither most 'dieted tu?
Phillpotts Dartmoor {z^<j6) 141.
DICTIONAR, sb. Sc. [di kjsner.] A dictionary.
Sc. Very common still (A.W.). Edb. Mind ye what Sam, the
lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? Fergusson Poems
(1773) 86, ed. 1785.
[Fr. dictioniuiirc, a dictionary.]
DIDAL(L, DIDS, see Didle, Didds.
DIDAPPER, 5i. e.An.'^ A ludicrous name applied to
a Baptist. See Dipper, sb. 6.
DIDDEN, DIDDER, see Do, v., Dither, v.^
DIDDIKY, sb. Hmp. [didiki.] A gypsy's kettle.
Hmp. In the New Forest a crock or gypsy kettle is called a
'diddiky' (H.J.M.l.
DIDDLE, v.^ and s6.' In ffcn. dial, and slang use
in Sc. and Eng. In form deedle s.Chs.' [didl.] 1. v.
To cheat, swindle, over-reach ; to get the better of; to
deceive.
Sc. Wham their goddess. Fortune, sair had diddled, Thom Joci
o' t/ie Knowe (i8-]8) 35. Bnff.' He wiz diddlt oot o'that by 's cousin.
Frf. The Egj'ptian diddled baith the captain and the shirra, Barrie
Minister (1891) viii. w.Sc. The wit that diddled when the lawin
came, Carrick Laird 0/ Logan (1835) 194. Lnk. Can wheedle,
diddle, and cozen his friends, Rodger Poems (1838) 121, ed. 1897.
Gall. Silver Sand kens what they're after, . . . but we'll diddle them
yet, Crockett Rnidcis (1E94') vi. Lake!. Ah was diddled that
time, Peiinth Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). n.Tfks. A woz omast siur hi
wad didl bar it end (W.H.). w.Yks. A stapler al diddle ye alito'
thasands, Yksman. (1876) 27; w.Yks. s Lan. Robin . . . tried to
show how nicely he had been diddled, Donaldson Queer Sti/per
(1886)9; iF.R.C.) s.Chs.' Ah)v bin dee-did aaytinai-fu kiaayn
( Ah've bin deedled aifn hafe a crain |. s.Not. He diddled nic ower
them ship (J.P.K.\ Khp.' War. We have been diddled out of
some of our usually nice September weather, Midi. Counties Herald
(Sept. 30, 1897) ; War.3, Brks.', Hrt. (H.G.), Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.
He singeth so sweetly, He diddles so neatly, Bamford Poems,
182; e.An.^ Sus., Hmp. HoLiowAY. Dev. An zo she got diddled,
you zee, w. Times (Mar. 26, 1886^ 6, col. 4. Colloq. To keep down
nil extortion, And without sculls to diddle London Bridge, Hood
Poems (ed. 1862-3) Ode to Brunei.
Hence (i) Diddlan, vhl. sb. the act of cheating or out-
witting; (2) Diddler, sb. a trickster, a cheat.
(i)Bnff.' !2) LIIi. Ilk thimblin',thievin',gamblin'diddler, Ballan-
IINE Poems (1856) 68.
2. sb. A swindle, a fraud.
Bnff.' s.Not, In my opinion the hull thing's a diddle (J.P.K.).
DIDDLE, J'.= and s/!).= Sc. Yks. Lan. e.An. Som. Dev.
fdi'dl.] 1. V. To busy oneself with trifles ; to show
great activity without accomplisliing much ; to waste
time by dawdling. Also in comb. Diddle-daddle.
Bnff.', Gall. (A.W.) w.Yks. If tha keeps diddlin after me like
tha has done sin' aw come in . . . awst just twist thi neck round,
Hartley Budget { 1868) 31. e.An.', Nrf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) Dev.^
Get along do, don't be so diddlin'.
Hence (i) Diddlan, (2) Diddle-daddling, (ti) vbl. sb.
showing activity without accomplishing much ; dawdling;
ib) pyp. and ppl. adj. working in a careless, untidy manner ;
dawdling about ; (3) Diddler, sb. a dawdler ; (4) Diddlin,
///. adj. trifling ; seemingly active, yet accomplishing
little ; untrustworthy.
(i) Bnff.' (2, fl) ib. Conveys the notion of fussincss, weakness
of character, and procrastination. n.Lan.' (Z») n.Yks. Wativar
ar ya didl dodlin dhat we for? A ni%-ar so saik didl dudlin wcz
az sum fuaks ez (W.H.). Lan.' Hoo goes abeawt diddle-daddlin
an' never gets nowt done. w. Som.' He'll bide diid'l-dad lecn so
long, gin anybody else wid a-bin and a-do'd the work dree or vower
times over. {3) e.Suf. (F.H) (4) Bnff.' Midi. A man whom others
cannot depend upon — either his word or his work — is termed 'a
diddlin' sort o' chap,' N. & Q. (1888) 7th S. vi. 297.
2. To make water ; said to and by children. w.Som.'
3. sb. Slow and trifling working ; trifling activity ; one
who is slow and dawdling in his work. Also in comb.
Diddle-daddle.
Bnff.' He's a machtless diddle o' a bodie at a' thing he pits his
han' till. w.Som.' A proper old diid l-dad'I, never can't get no
sense like out o' un.
4. A whim, a fad; something trifling. Dev.''
DIDDLE, v.^ and sh.^ Sc. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Midi. e.An. Written didle e.An.' [di'dl.] 1. v. To
jog up and down, to make short motions and turns as in
fiddling.
Sc.Andtherewouldbeafiddlerdiddlinghiselbockinthechimney-
side, Stevenson Ca/riona (1892" xv. e.Fif. He wad seize bauds o'
the fiddle an' rin up an' doon the gamut like lichtnin', garrin' his
'elbockjink an' diddle,' Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) ix. Ayr. Hale
be your fiddle ; Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle, Burns 2nd
Kp. to Davie, St. 2. Wgt. The long dool-strings . . . danced and
diddled together. Eraser IVigloivn (1877) 289.
Hence Diddling, (i) ///. adj , (2) vbl. sb. fiddling.
(i) Cum. Diddlen Deavie, he strack up a tune, Anderson
Ballads (ed. 1808) 4. (2) Lan. He capered to Clinker's ' diddling '
of the College hornpipe, Brierley Irkdale (1868) 10.
2. To dance with short, quick steps ; to dance like
a dwarf; also, to keep time to music with the feet.
Elg. Up an' fiddle't a', Jamie, Up an' diddle't a', laddie. Tester
Poems (1865) 115. Abd. Although I caniia join the choir, I'll hooch
an' diddle, Ogg Willie Waly (1873) 104. Lnk. How pleasant was't
tae see thee diddle And dance sae finely to his fiddle, Ramsay Pochis
(ed. 1733) 151. Lan. Hobson began humming a stave to himself,
diddling the while with his clogs, Brierley Talcs (1854) 3^.
Hence Diddling, vbl. sb. keeping time to music with the
feet.
Rnf. Wi' fiddling, and diddling, and dancing, The house was in
perfect uproar, Webster Rhymes (1835) 7.
K 2
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3. To sway to and fro, or jog up and down, as one does
an infant ; to dandle. See Deedle, v.
Bnff.' Lakel. Also called ' dill,' Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
Midi. 'To diddle a child' is to dance it upon the knee, and this
a nurse would do to the words ' Diddle diddle dumpling. My son
John,' A'. &- Q. (1888) 7th S. vi. 297.
Hence Diddlan, vbl. sb. the act of dandling. Bnff.>
4. To move the hand quiclcly in water. Nrf (A.G.F.)
5. In marble-playing : an expression used to denote
a very slight movement, supposed to give some unfair
advantage. e.An.^ Cf diddle, v}
6. sb. A shake, jog ; a dandle.
Sc. Wi' a souff an a diddle, Donald Poems (1867) 265. BnSf.'
Gee the bairn a diddle on j'ir knee.
7. A jingle of music, as of a fiddle.
Sc. In their ears it is a diddle Like the sounding of a fiddle,
Train Poet. Rev. (i8o6; (Jam.).
DIDDLE, v.* and sb.* Sc. Nhb. [didl.] 1. v. To
sing in a low key, without distinct utterance of words.
See Deedle, v. 3.
Bnff.i He's eye diddlin' (or ' diddlin' at our,' or 'our at") that
tune. n.Cy. (Hall.) Nlib. Who have heard him diddle ' Dainty
Davie,' Richardson Boiderey s Tnble-bk. (1846) VI. 320.
Hence Diddlan, vbl. sb. the act of singing in a low key.
Bnflf.i
2. sb. A tune in a low key. Bnff.'
DIDDLE, v.^ and sb.^ Dev. Cor. [di'dl.] 1. v. To
tattle, gossip.
n.Dev. Ye'm always diddling o' my latch. Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. 80. Cor. She is always a diddling, Monthly Mag. (i8io)
I- 434-
2. sb. Tittle-tattle ; a gossiping tale.
Cor. Every little diddle, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
DIDDLE, sA.« and int. Nhp. e.An. Som. [didl.]
1. sb. pi. Ducklings ; sucking-pigs. Also called Didd-
lings.
Nhp.i, e.An.', Nrf.' Suf. Rainbird Agfic. (1819) 291, ed. 1849;
Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. /;;/. A call for young ducks. e.Suf. (F.H.), w.Som.'
DIDDLE, sb.'' w.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A contrivance for taking salmon.
DIDDLECOME, adj. Som. Dev. [didlksm.] Half
mad ; sorely vexed or teased.
Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
n.Dev. 1 ha diddlecum toads. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. I2i.
DIDDLEDANDERS, si. //. Lan. See below.
Lan. A riddle ; ' Four stiff standers, Four diddle-dandcrs ; Two
hookers, two snookers. And a flip-by.' Answer : a cow. A'. & Q.
(1865") 3rd S. viii. 493: Diddle-danders meant the four fingers of
the hand on the cow-paps in the action of milking fS.W.) ; The
word most probably refers to the teats of a cow (A.S.).
DIDDLINGS, see Diddle, sb.^
DIDDS, sb. pi. Chs. Nhp. Written dids Chs.' Nhp.*
[didz.] The teats of a cow or other animal. See Diddy.
Chs. (K. 1, Chs.i3, s.Chs.i, Nhp.^
DIDDY, sb. Irel. I. Ma. Chs. Shr. Bdf. e.An. [didi.]
The female breast with milk in it ; a teat, nipple ; also
used of the milk. See Didds.
N.L' Ant. Gi'e the waen a tug o' the diddy, Ballymena Obs.
(1892I. s Don. Simmons G/. (i8go). I. Ma. Take a baby from the
diddy. Brown Doctor (1887) 107. Chs.' To give a child the diddy
is to give it the breast; Chs.^^^ s.Chs.i Slir.2 Gie th' lickle un
a drop o' the diddy. The cow's got a sore diddy. Bdf. Batchelor
Anal. Ens;. Lang. 1809). Nrf.>, Suf.'
DIDGUCK, sb. se.Wor.' [didgak.] A boys' game,
played with sharpened sticks.
DIDGY, adj. Cor. [didgi.] Small, tiny. Cf dijey.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.^ A didgy bit of
nicey.
DIDJAN, sb. Cor. Also written didgan, didgen Cor.^
[di-d7j3n.] A very small bit of anything.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.'^
DIDLE, sb. and v. Lin. e.An. Also written didalfl
e.An.' Nrf Suf. Ess.'; diddall- Lin.; dydel e.An.;
dydle e..\n. Nrf fdaidl.J 1. sb. A sharp triangular
spade, used for ditching, &c.
e.An.' Nrf. Called also a dag-prick, Grose (1790) ; Nrf.> Suf.
Rainbird Agrie. (1819) 291, ed. 1849; Garland (1818; 349. Ess.
Grose (1790); G/. (1851); (W.W.S.) ; Ess.'
2. A scoop or dredge fixed to the end of a long pole,
used for clearing out ditches and watercourses ; a mud-
drag.
e.An. White £'.£"h^. (1865) I. loi. Nrf. Grose (1790) ; Hollo-
way. e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Eton. (1787).
3. V. To clean the bottoms of rivers, ditches, &c. ;
to dredge.
e.An.' Nrf. (J.J.R.) ; The canal is wide enough, but it is not
kept 'didled' out, Davies Rivers and Broads (1882) 73; Nrf.'
' Dydleing mash ditches,' cleaning or faying them. Nrf., Suf.
Morton Cyclo, Agric. (1863). e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence (i) Didler (Diddaller), sb. a man employed in
river-dredging or clearing ditches ; (2) Didling, vbl. sb.
cleaning the bottoms of rivers, &c., with a scoop or
dredge ; see below ; (3) Didling-engine, (4) -machine, (5)
-scoop, sb. implements used in dredging.
(i) Lin. Diddallers finding themselves with netts, . . . 6d. (1680),
Rates of Wages, in Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 763. e.An.
' D'ye see the dydler yonder?' inquires the Captain. I . ..sawonly
a man who appeared to be hoeing the river bottom. He, however,
was the dydler, White E. Eng. ( 1865) I. 81. (2) e.An. Standing
on the bank, with a scoop or dredge fixed to the end of a long pole,
he plunges it into the stream ; . . . then he drags up the scoop by a
bodily effort, and drops the muddy contents upon the bank, ib.
Nrf. Cozens-Hardv Broad Nrf. (1893) 77; Davies Rivers and
Broads (1832)^2; East. Dy. Press (}une 14, 1894^. (3) Nrf. (J.J.R.)
(4) Nrf.' (5) Nrf, Suf. Morton Cydo. Agric. (1863). e.Suf. (F.H.)
[A didall and crome for draining of ditches, Tusser
Hiisb. (1580) 38.]
DIDLE, see Diddle, v.^
DIDLYMOT, sb. Nrf. [di'dlimst.] The guillemot,
Loinvia Iroite.
Cozens-Haedy Broad Nrf. (1893) 44.
DIDO, sb. Irel. Ken. I.W. Cor. Amer. [dai'dS.]
1. A disturbance, noise ; a fuss.
I.W.^ He kicked up a middlen dido about it. Cor. I thought
.. .you'd be cuttin'up a dido with everything, Parr Ada/n and Eve
(1880) 1. 151 ; There was a pretty dido goin' on atween the dree,
' Q.' Noughts and Crosses (1891) 76 ; Cor.'23
2. pi. Tricks, antics, eccentric feats.
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Ken.' Dreckly yc be backturned,
there he be, a-cutting all manners o' didos. I.W.^ [Amer. I met
a man this mornin' . . . from Halifax, a real conceited lookin'
critter ... all shines and didoes, Haliburton Cloctmaker {1835)
xvii (FarmerV]
3. A plaything ; also used as a term to denote articles
which do not give satisfaction to the owner.
Ant. An3'thing in the way of trimming on a dress or bonnet
that does not give satisfaction, or is too showy for the person's
taste, would be characterized as ' dido.' ' What sort o' a dido's
this? ' Baltymena Obs. (189a).
DIDSTAFF, sb. Obs. Shr.^ A distaff.
DIE, V. Var. gram, forms and dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. [Sc. and n.Cy. di, w.Som. de.] 1. Gram,
forms. 1. Present: (i) Day, (2) De, (3) Dee, (4) Day.
(i ) w.Som.' Her's ter'ble bad ; I be afeard her's gwain to day.
(2) Sc. (Jam.) w.Yks.' I'd leeverbc shot . . . ner de sike an out o'
t'way lingerin deeath, ii. 299. (3) Sc. (A.W.) n.Sc. Murray
Dial. (1873) 199. Bwk. Gar'd a' the dougs dee, Henderson Pop.
Rhymes (1856) 4. Wxf.', N.Cy.' Nhb. Where thoo dees, aw'U dee,
Robson Bk. /?hM(i86o) i. 17 ; Nhb.', Dur.' LakeL Ellwood(i895).
Cum. T'blushes med unnwotish'd dee away, Gwordie Greenup
Yance a yra)(i873) 24. Wm. I like tha that weel. Lib, et I cud
fair dee for tha, Robison Aald Taates (1882) 4. n.Yks.^ ' Neea
body can dee upon pigeon feathers,' for, if any be in the bed, it is
said they have a tendency to prolong the last struggle. w.Yks.
Ah've pra'd Ta lig ma daan an dee, Preston Poems (1864) 5 ; 'Aar
John's deead.' ' W'en did a dee? ' ' Well, if a'd lived w'ile Set-
terda', 'e'd a been deead a fortnit' (F.P.T.) ; w.Yks.'^* Lan.
When tha claps dcawn thi basket te dee, Laycock Sngs. (1866) 9.
e.Lan.', m.Lan.' s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). Chs. Th' seawnd
seemed ... to dee away in th' thick raw neet air, Croston Enoch
Crump (1887) 8; Chs.'^; Chs.3 I'll either do, or dee. Der.',
nw.Der.' n.Lin.' He's straange an' scar'd when he thinks he
must cum to dee at last. (4) s.Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 199.
2. Preterite: (i) Daid, (2) Deed, (3) Deet, (4) Deyed.
(i) w.Som.i Never sinze his wife daid. (2) Nhb. A bit of spurt
DIE
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was mliead about them for a wliyle after they deed, Bewick
Tynesidf Tales (1850) 14; Nlib.> Cum. Gl. (1851). n.Yks. It's
just a week sen t'babby deed, Tweddell CIcvel. Rhymes (1875'! 31.
w.Yks. They all tiped ofl' an' deed, but two, Binns Orig. 1,1889)
3; w.Yks. ^ Lan. Th' owd lad ordert me afore he deed for t'be here
th' fust, Brierley Waveyluw (1884) 12. (3)n.Sc. Dc-Ot, Murray
Dial. (1B73) 199. Elg. I'm thinkin' Aboot our muckle frien' that
deet in Drainie, Tester Poems i 1865) 139. Abd. My uncle 't dect
Can'lesmas was a year, Ale.kander Joliiiiiy Gibb (1871) x. Nhb.
Dee't the ncist day, Richardson Borderer's Tablc-bk. (1846) VII.
136. Cum.^ Theear suer aneuf when he dee't, 164. n.Lan.^
(4') s.Sc. Murray Din!. (1873) 199.
3. pp.: (i) Deed, (2) Dee-en, (3) Deet, (4) U-daid.
(l) s.Wm. Thau wad a deed with laughing, Hutton Storth aiiei
Ariiside Dial. (1760) I. 50. n.Yks. Ah thowt ah sud hev deed afoor,
Castiilo Poems (1878) 19. w.Yks. T'lan'lady's friend 'at had
deed, Hartley Grimes' Tiip (1877) 18. (2) Nhb.' He'ed dee-en
afore ma time. w.Yks. (J.W.I ( 3) Ayr. I thought we would have
a' deet at this, Galt Sir A. ll'yiit (18221 x. Wm. He mud ha
deet when he shapt on't, Carey Heniot ^1879) II. xii. (4) w.Som.'
U-daid.
II. Dial. uses. In phr. (i) to die in the muck, said of
a top which, when it ceases spinning, does not go out of
the ring ; (2) — xvithoiit a bed, shift, or whole breeches, to die
poor ; (3) — well or ill, used of slaughtered animals ; see
below.
( I) Chs.^ (2^ Ir. Before the poorhouses were built it was, ' he
will die without a bed,' or 'without whole breeches,' if a man, or
' without a shift,' if a woman, Flk-Lori Rec. (1881) IV. 114. (3)
w.Som. ' A farmer speaking of a cow which was being fattened
said ; * He idn a very bad piece o' beef now, mind ; I warn he'd
[duy] well inside, nif was to kill-n to once.' Animals are said to die
well or' bad ' in proportion to their internal fatness. ' I was proper
a-tookt in way thick yeffer— her died shockin bad' [proved lean
inwardly].
DIE, sb> Sh.I. The sea swell. (Coll. L.L.B.)
DIE, sb!^ So. [dai.] A to}', plaj'thing, geegaw.
Sc. The auld Blue-gown that mends a' their bonny dies, Scott
Antiquary (1816) xxi ; As pleased as a bairn with a new die,
Keith Bourne Lady (1897) 87. Lth. (Jam.)
DIE-EARTH, sb. Shr. Strata in Lightmoor Winsey
Pit.
Shr. Marshall Review (i8i8) II. 200.
DIE, DIEL, see Dye, Devil.
DIEN, V. Sh.I. Also written deen. To suit, satisfy,
answer.
Sh.I. Still used (K.I.). S. & Ork.i
DIENEN, sb. and v. Sc. Also written deenin, deinen,
dinen (Jam. Suppl.). 1. sb. A meal, dinner ; sufficient
for a meal.
Sh., Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.') w.Sc. (ib.)
2. Phr. to get one's dieiien, to be well served. S. & Ork.'
3. V. To serve, suit. ib.
DIER, sb. e.An.' [dai-3(r).] One likely to die.
He don't look like a dier.
DIERN, see Dern, adj.'^
DIESMAN'S BAY, phr. Obs. Der.' Innocents' Day ;
the day on which it falls is considered unlucky all through
the year. Cf. Childermas Day.
DIET, s6.' and v. Sc. Irel. Chs. Lei. Also written
dyet Bnff. [daiat.] 1. sb. In comp. Diet-drink, a
tonic ; (2) -loaf, sponge-cake ; (3) -time, meal-time.
(i) Chs.' (2) Sc. A wee bit of the diet-loaf, Scott St. Roiian
(1824') ii; Let Tim send the ale .. .with a bit of diet-loaf, li. A'/^c/
(1822) xxiii. (3) Bnff. Fair fa' their muckle weel-panged guts,
At dyet time they sure win cuts, Taylor Poems (1787) 52.
2. Board, keep.
Uls. My wages are 105. a week and my diet. The diet is not
good. Very common (M.B.-S.).
3. V. To feed, supply with food.
Lei. A boy was placed with a rod in his hand at the gate of the
Nunnery during the election, for which he was dieted from the
house, Throsby News (1789) 54.
DIET, sb.^ Sc. Also written dyet (Jam.), [daiat.]
The meeting of an ecclesiastical assembly on a fixed day ;
the fixed day for holding a market, &c.
Sc. Used to denote the discharge of some ministerial duty at
a 6xed time: a diet of examination, a diet of visitation (Jam.);
Used also in relation to the order in which ministers officiate in
succession: 'A. has the first diet of preaching' (ib.). wSc.
Thomas Todd was a regular attendant at diets of examination. . . .
The clergyman announces from the pulpit on Sabbath, that the
hearers in a certain locality will attend at some farm-house, for
the purpose of being examined as to the amount of their religious
knowledge, and also forgiving them religious instruction, Carrick
Laird oj Logaii (1835) 171. Slg. Ye wearie to rise in the morning
to hear it, gif it were but ane hour sooner than your diet, Bruce
Sermons (c. 1631) viii, ed. 1843. Frf. The afternoon diet began
in the ordinary way, Barrie Minister (1891) x. Gall. There is a
market for good fat kine kept on Friday, this market being ruled
by the dyets of the nolt-market of Wigton, Symson Dcsc. Gall.
(1823) 26 (Jam.).
DIF, see Do, V.
DIFFER, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lan. I. Ma. Stf.
Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Also Hnt. I.W. Dev. In
forms deffer I.W.' ; differs Ayr. Lnk. [difar, difafr).]
1. V. To separate from each other in qualities ; to distin-
guish, differentiate.
w.Yks. Ther wor ommost thirty year differed their ages an
awrs. Hartley Sis. Blackpool (1883) 82 ; Theeas two bils o' cloth
reckons to be different sooarts, but ah can't differ em, can tab ?
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 15, 1892). e.Lan.'
2. To separate, divide ; to cause difference between.
Sc. If Maister Angis and her mak it up, I'se ne'er be the man
to differ them, Sa.\-on and Gael (1814) I. 79 (Jam.).
3. To quarrel, wrangle ; to disagree.
ne.Yks.' T'weyfe an' him varry seean started ti differ. e.Yks.*
w.Yks. Sho mud hev one ov hur awn withaght bavin to differ we
hurnaborsabaght it, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. ( 1849) 37 >
Banks H'ifld. H'ds. {1865 '. Not.', n.Lin.> Lei.« Don't differ so,
you childer. Nhp.', War.^, se.Wor.i, Hnt. (T.P.F.) I.W.i We
defferd about that consarn.
Hence (i) Differing, vbl. sb. wrangling, quarrelling ; (2)
Differing-bout, sb. a wordy dispute or quarrel.
(i) ne.Yks.' There was part differins amang 'em. (2) n.Yks.*
Him and me had a sairish difTrin'-bout along o' thae sheep at was
worried; n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' They'd sad differin bouts, e. Yks. Ah
heeahd tell you'd had a differin boot, Nicholson Fli-Sfi (1880)
25; e.Yks.i, w.Y-ks. (J.W.)
4. sb. Difference ; the act of differing or state of being
different ; the quality distinguishing one thing from
another.
Sc. There is one big differ, though, Stevenson Calriona (1892)
xii. Abd. That wad mak a' the differ, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xxvi.
Frf. But clailhes does make a differ to a woman, Barrie Minister
(1891) viii. Per. Juist some bit differ wi' the new factor, Ian
Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 26. s.Sc. ' That maks a' the
differ— an unco differ it is." ' No doubt ; but if we remove this
differ,' Wilson Tales (1836) III. 79. Ayr. But cast a moment's
fair regard, What maks the mighty differ. Burns Address to Unco
GHirf( 1 786) St. 3; Weelorill mak'sl ittle differs to Mysie, Johnston
Glcnbttckie (1889) 49. Lnk. Differs domestic hae ruffl'd the mind,
Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 102. e.Lth. What'n a differ the
pu'in doun o' the Kirk had made. Hunter /. Lnvick {i&g$) 13.
Dmf. Sma' differ wad it prove, Reid Pofms (1894) 30. Ir. Look at
the differ atween us, Carleton Fardorougha (1848) viii; 'Twill
make little enough differ whether it's one mile We wint or twinty
hunderd, Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 66. N.I.l w.Ir. He knew the
differ betune wine and wather, Lover Leg. (1848) I. 94. Myo.
Ax her to condescind to give ye some lessons in the differ betwixt
'yes' and ' no ' as shpoke by girruls, Stoker Snake's Pass (1891)
xiv. s.Ir. The good people will make him feel the differ to his cost,
Croker Leg. (1862) 291. Nhb. There's nae differ t'craek on,
Clare Love of Lass ( 1890) I. 89. Yks. They 'at's allays wi'
t'quality kens t'differ, Macquoid Doris Barugh (1877) viii. I.Ma.
You're thinkin the differ wouldn be knew ? Brown JFiW; (1889) 43.
Stf. Tek no notice and mek no differ, Murray Joscp/t's Coat (1S82)
90. Dev. There's no differ between the two of 'em, O'Neill Told
in Dimpses (1893) 40.
DIFFERENCE, sb. Yks. Lin. [di-frsns.] A wordy
quarrel. w.Yks. {C.C.R.), n.Lin.'
DIFFERENT, (7o>'. Yks. Nrf. [difrant.] 1. In phr.
Different f re bi, different from.
e.Yks.' Mah ribbind's different-fre-bi thahn. w.Yks. Mai waks
difrant fra bi jaz [my work is different from yours] (J.W.).
2. Many, various.
Nrf. Oh ! I have heard all that different times (C.G.B.).
DIFFICULT
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DIFFICULT, adj. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Amer.
[difikslt.] 1. adj. Peevish, fretful, hard to please.
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. He's very difficult (C.C.R.) ; w.Yks.'
Shoe's a sad time wi' her husband, he's saa difficult. Theye'r nut
liauf seea dcnch ner seea difficult as them maaky upstarts, ii. 301.
2. V. To put in a difficulty, perplex, puzzle ; ^f«. passive.
Sc. Thougii difliculted how to act he did not succumb under her
misfortune, 5(:o//os<»;s (1787I 116; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C);
The poor lads might be diiHcultcd to find meal for their porridge,
Aytoun A'. Sinclair (i86i) I. 155. Slg. Mr. Brace's own account
of what difficulted him, Bruce Sennims {c. 1631) 112, ed. 1843.
[Amer. Farmer.]
DIFFICULTY, s6. n.Lin.' [difikalti.] A quarrel.
DIG, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[dig, Glo. and Som. also deg.]
I. V. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense : Dag, Deg. Glo.^
2. Pretehk : (i) Dag, (2) Deg, (3) Dig, (4) Digged.
( i^ n.Yks. T'awd Saxon dag up fudder day, Castillo Foeiiis
(1878)24. ra.Yks.' Daag-, Duog-, /(i/corf. 33. e.Suf. (F.H.) (2)
w.Yks. Wright Gram, ll'ndhll. (1892) 137. (3, 4) w.Som. Aay,
ee, &c. digidhu graewn). Aay, ee, &c. di gd (aul dliu laut). Aay
digud, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 50.
3. pp. : (i) Digged, (2) Duggen.
(I J e.Suf. (F.H.) w.Som. U-dig'ud, Elworthy Gram. (1877";
50. (2} N.I. 1 I'll get that plot duggen. e.Yks.' m.Yks.^ Duog-u'n,
liilrod. 33. w.Yks. Dugij sometimes heard, Wright Grant.
IVndhll. 1,1892) 138. s.Chs.i Diig'n, 80.
II. Dial. uses. 1. In phr. (1) to dig xvith both feel, said of
a very clever person ; (2) — with the same foot, to belong
to the same religious denomination ; (3) — with the lurong
foot, to belong to a different religious denomination to
that of the speaker; (4) — in the back, a round game, see
below.
(i,2)N.I.l (3"n'4. Ant. Ballymcita Olis. (i8g2). (4) Cor. He
played at ' kissing ring' . . . and dig-in-the-back with her, Lowry
IVreckers, 48 ; Cor.^ A round game, in which the players form a
circle, one standing out. On this one to jching another in the back
the two race round the circle to secure the vacant place. Also
called ' dug in-the back ' and ' teag.'
2. To turn up or loosen the earth with a pick or mattock.
Yks. They distinguish between digging and graving ; to dig, is
with a mattock ; to grave, with a spade, Grose (1790) ; (K.) ; Ray
(1691). e.Yks.i Diggin with a spade is termed gravin. w.Som.'
' Dig-een tac'udeez' means taking up potatoes with a mattock.
Ground is never said to be ' dug ' with a spade.
Hence Digger, sb. a pickaxe ; a machine used by
engineers.
Lin. (H.W.); Two of these diggers, Miller & Skertchly
Foilattd ^1878) vi.
3. With into : to set about a job of work in earnest and
with energy. Also MS^dJig.
e.Yks.i Dig-intiv it, lads, and j'ou'll soon get it deean. n.Lin.'
I've tell'd the oher an' oher agean, an' I can't dig it into thC.
4. To scratch.
Dev.^ Thickee dug'th got vleys, zee 'ow 'e dig'th hiszel. Cor.'
Don't dig your head so ; Cor.^
5. sb. A mattock or pickaxe.
n.Cy. (K.) ; Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^ Yks. (Hall.), e.Yks.'
n.Lin. A pickaxe, one side of which is like a hoe, SirrroN IVds.
(i88i\ n.Lin.' Used for stubbing up roots, more commonly called
a stub-dig. 'As straight as a dig' is a common proverbial expression.
6. The trench made in digging out rabbits. n.Lin.'
DIG, see Dic(k, num. adj.
DIGESTER, sZi. 'War. 'Won [didge'sta(r).] Digestion.
War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897); War.^ s.War.'
B.Wor. Doctors cornt put a new lining into one's inside, nor a new
digester, Porson Qaaiiit IVds. (1875) 24.
DIG(G, sb. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also in form digger
Wxl.' [dig.] 1. A duck.
■Wxf.' Lan. As fierce as a dig, Harland & Wilkinson Leg.
(1873) 194 ; Loike dig fat before a wool feighur, Staton B. Shullle
Bowlini, ss. s.Lan. Nearly oAs. (F.E.T); (S.W.) Chs. (K.);
Chs.' 2 ; Chs. 3 I'll soon see if he is reet Cheshire born. Tell mc
what a dig, a snig, a grig, a pcckled poot, and a peannot are?
Hence Diggey, sb. a duckling.
e.Yks. Nature No/es, No. 4. w.Yks. Our cud duck 'as gotten six
diggics an' all ! (W.M.E.F.)
2. Comb, (i) Dig-brid, a young duck ; (2) -meat, the
lesser duckweed, Lemtia minor ; (3) -pool, a duck-pool ;
(4) Digs-an-drakes, (n) wasteful expenditure; {b} a boy's
amusement of skimming flat stones along the surface of
a sheet of water.
(nLan. (Hall.) (2) Chs.'^, w.Chs. (B. & H.) (3, 4) s.Lan.
(F.E.T.)
[Aiiette, a duck, or dig, Cotgr. ; Here are doves, diggs,
drakes, Cliester Plays (c. 1400) Deluge, 189.]
DIGGER, V. and sb. Som. 1. v. To cluster, daub,
fasten. 2. sb. Excrescence.
Som. Sweetman Wincanton Gl. (1885).
DIGGER, see Dig(g.
DIGGING, sb. n.Cy. Midi. Dev. [digin.] 1. A spit
in depth.
n.Cy. Hall.) Midi. This trench he sunk six diggings, of about
five inches each, making it thirty inches deep, Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1796) II. 221.
2. pi. In phr. diggings and doings, proceedings, ' goings
on.'
Dev. IV. Titties (Apr. 9, 1886'* 6, col. 6; Dev.^
DIGGLE, V. and sb. "Wil. Also in form daggle Wil.'
[di'gl, dae'gl.] 1. v. To grow thickly together.
WiL' They weeds be a coming up agen as thick as ever they can
diggle. Thick may-bush be aal diggled wi' berries.
2. sb.pl. Thick clusters of fruit ; abundance, plenty.
Wil. Slow Gl. (189a) ; Wil.' Let's go a blackberryin' ; there's
diggles up Grovely.
DIGGORY, sb. Irel. [di'gsri.] In phr. to work like
diggory, to work hard.
Ant. A person will encourage young people when working by
saying, ' Now work like diggory,' Ballyniena Obs. (i892\
[Diggory once a common Christian name. It occurs as
the name of a farm labourer in Goldsmith's She Stoops to
Conquer.]
DIGGOT, sb. Sc. A term of contempt, implying the
idea of dishonourable conduct, given to a child.
Rxb. * Ye dirty diggot.' Freq. used among schoolboys (Jam.).
DIGHT, V. and si.' Sc. Irel. and n. counties to Der.
Lin. Also Sus. Written deeght N.Cy.^ w.Yks.*; ceet
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum.' m.Yks.' w.Yks.' Lan.'e Lan.' Chs.'";
deight Wxf ' Cum. ; dite Nhb.' Also in form dicht Sc.
(Jam.) [dit, Sc. also dixt] 1. v. To prepare, make fit
for use. Also useA Jig.
Sc. Silver seven times dighted, Waddell Psalms ('1891) xii. 6 ;
The act of smoothing a piece of wood by means of a plane, is
called ' dichting a deal '(Jam.). n.Sc. A discourse is said to be
'well dicht' when the subject is well handled (ib.). Edb. Wi'
mason's chissel dighted neat To gar me look baith clean and neat,
Fergusson Poems (1773) 176, ed. 1785.
2. To prepare, put in order, tidy, clean ; to sweep, dust.
Also used^^g-.
Sc. A friend's dinner is soon dight, Ray Prov. (1678') 358 ; Ye'se
hae your dinner dight In a new guise, Chambers Pop. Rhymes
(1870' 26. Fif. As if women were for nae ither use, than dichtin'
up after them. Robertson Provost i.iBg^') 174. Rnf. Clachan wives
the pathway dicht, Webster Rhymes (1835) 97. Gall. He could
dicht the street wi' your brither, Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) ix.
Wxf.' Ha deight ouse var gabble [you have put us in talk], 84,
N.Cy.^ Nhb.' Most freq. used in the sense of tidying, setting in
order, and, so, of cleaning. n.Yks.^ 'Get t'house dighted up,' set
to rights. w.Yks.' n.Lin. Them lassis'll ha' to dight up the'r
waays o' gooin' on.noo the'r fcyther's broht a wife hoame (M.P.) ;
n.Lin.' I mun hev thease yaatcs an' stohps dighted up afoore th'
steward cums, or mebbe he'll be sayin' summuts.
Hence Dighting, (i) vbl. sb. a cleaning, cleansing ; (2)
ppl. adj. cleaning.
(i) Gall. Saw ye there the rooms a dightin' ? Lauderdale Pof«i5
(1796) 92. (2) Ayr. It was an auld stockin' leg she performed the
dighting process wi'. Hunter Studies (1870) 29.
3. Ironically : to dirty, soil, gen. used in pp. deet or
deeted.
Wm. Lile Dick hes deet his coat, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 112,
ed. 1821. w.Yks. Mother] ahr Tom's deeted on t'Hoor (S.K.C.) ;
I, an a slarin wife shoo wor, As ivver deeted sark, Preston Poems
(186}) 18: w.Yks.' My kneeaves au deet wi' scarn, ii. 292. Lan.
Thou's deeted tlii f.ice primely with some' at, Waugh Cliitti. Corner
(1874) 168, ed. 1879; Grimt and deet th' lad wur forshure, Tim
Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 33; Lan.', e.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs. Ray
DIGHT
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DIKE
(1691"); >Ie is all be-dighted(K.V, Bailey (1721I ; Chs.' Yo'n sent
him worn deet up to th' een ; Chs.^^^ Der.^, nw.Der.' n Lin.iThat
sink hoale's fairly dighted \ip wi' muck ; waiter weiint run doon it.
Hence Dichty, adj. dirty, ("oul, wsed fig.
Ayr. He atfecked a very scnnnersome kin' o'dichty water in his
talk. Service Dr. Diigiiitl {c<i. 1887^ 125.
4. To di'css, clothe ; to adorn, deck oneself. Gen. used
in pp.
Elg. Doure thought in linsey-woiiscy dicht, Couper Poetry (iQo^)
II. 80. Frf. The sentry walks in armour dight. With battle-axe
and spear, Sands Poems {i^'iZ^ 62. Rnf. They war Dight out in
a' their graith sae clean, Picken Poems 1,1813) "■ ^9' I-t''- The
cottage maiden, in her blume, Is grander dight than a' that,
LuMSDEN Sheefihead ^1892) 290. Edb. Their Stumps erst us'd to
Filipegs, Are dight in spatterdashes, Fergusson Poems (,1773) 156,
cd. 1785. Dnif. It makes ane's heart lowp light To see auld fowk
sae cleanly diglit, Mayne Sitler Gun (1808 1 25. Wxf.' n.Cy. (P.R.);
N.Cy.2 III dight. ill dressed. Nhb.^ To dight off is to undress. 'The
ploughman he comes home fu' late, When he wi' wark is weary;
DightsolThisshirt,' BELLy?/;v)i(« (i8i2'i Plougluiian. Obsol. Cum.
G/. i,i85i\ n.Yks.2, w.Yks.', Chs.12 3 Der.' Ois. Sns.' She is
gone upstairs to dight-up; Sus.^
5. To wipe, cleanse by wiping. Also used 7?°-.
Sc. Morton . . . undenvent a rebuke for not ' dighting his shune,'
Scott Old Mor/ali/y 1 i8i6) xxxix. iVIry. There's no ane fit to dight
hisshoon, Hay LinlieyiS^i) 18. Elg. Her nainsel' . . . Will dicht the
dirt frae aff her brogues, Tester Poems (.1865) 164. Abd. Dinna
dicht her tears awa. Still Cottar s Sniiday 11845) 32. nw.Abd.
Bide till 1 dicht the cheer, Cootlinfe (18671 st. 4. Kcd. Dight my
pen an' lay it bj', Burness Thrtiinmy Cap (c. 1796) I. 436. Per.
Fa' back in yir seat and dicht yir broo, Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie
(1896) 219. Frf. Auld Saunders now may dight his een. Smart
Rhymes (1834") 117. e.Fif. Dinna neglect to dicht your feet on the
mat, Latto 7Vi<" Bodkin (1864') xxviii. D.iib. Just wait ye awee
till I get this blude dichted aff, Cross Disnipt.on (1844) xiv. Rnf.
Dicht your bauchelson the bass, M'GiLVRAYPofHis (ed. 1862) 192.
Ayr. A foul lie is no so durable as pock-mark ; it can be dighted
aff, Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822'! xxi ; Let me ryke up to dight that
tear, Burks Jolly Beggars (I785'i 1. i8o. Lnk. And Betty dichted
her specks, Fraser Whaups (1895) xi. e.L'h. A bass, for the dis-
estaiblishers to dicht their feet on. Hunter/. Inivicit vi895'i 121.
Edb. The clout wi' whilk ane dights his nis, Crawford Poems
(1798)86. Bwk. Dight your gruntle [wipe your nose], Henderson
Pop. Rhymes U8561 79. Feb. Tell Mary to dight the table (AC.'.
Slk. An' I noo dicht aff the tablets o' my memory ilka letter, Chr.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 25 ; What ails you . . . that you are
dighting your e'en? Hogg 7Vi/fs ( 1838 361, ed. 1866. Rxb. My
filly down now must I dight, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 169. Dmf.
I'se dicht my pen, in hopes ye'll ken I'm no an adulator, Quinn
Heather \ iS6-i) 190. Gall. He dights his brow and hoasts again,
Nicholson Poet. Wks. (18281 45, ed. 1897 ; Rab would come oot,
dichting his neb frae the byre, Crockett /?ai'rfns ( 1894) xlvi. Kcb.
Himself wi penches stawd, he dights his neb, Davidson Seasons
(1789)3. n.Cy. Grose , 1790); N.Cy.^ Nhb. 'Vour dirty sleeves
away will dight The slobber of tobacco brown. Coronation Sitg.
( 1823) 6 ; Nhb.' Obsol. Stop till aa dite me hands. Cum. He tuik
his cwoat lappet and deeghted his feace, Blamire Poet. Wks. (ed.
1842) 218; Dight the snivelfrom your neb, Grose (1790") ; I'll e'en
deet my hands on her, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808)96. Cum.,
Wm. Nicolson(i677) Trans. R.Soe. Lit. (18681 IX. n.Yks. Come
. . . deet my sheaun, Meriton Praise Ate (1684) 1. 196; n.Yks. ^
m.Yks.' Take a cloth and just deet that knife.
6. To winnow or dress corn.
Sc. A new Tangled machine for dighting the corn frae the chaff,
Scott Old Mortality (i8i6) vi. Abd. They're a' bizzy dichtin' corn,
Coodwife (1867) St. 50. Per. Dichting or winnowing the corn was
not such pleasant work, Halieurton Fields (1890) 94. Lth. Just
dicht yer corn better, and leave less chaff in't, Strathesk Blink-
bonny (ed. 189 1 I 79. e.Lth. 'You farmers like good measure.'
'We do, but we like it weel dichted,' Dickson Atdd Min. (1892)
87. Rnf. Grain was raw and light, Sofozy it would scarcely dight,
M''Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 66. Lnk. Frae corn that's hummelt
on the floor ; But gin ye saw us dichten't through, We'll count
mair out o't wi' the fou, Watson Poems (1853) 15. n.Cy. Border
Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) : (K.) Nhb. (M.H.D.) Lakel. Ellwood (1895).
Cnm. Aw their lock of havverthresh't an' deetit, Richardson Talk
(1876'! 154. Wm. There is a draught in this room that would deet
potatoes, Prov. (B.K.) ; If ad nobbet stop anudthre dae weed deet it
and mczzar it up fert markat, Spee. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 14. w.Yks.
(R.H.H.); (J.B.) ; Willan List IVds. (1811 ; w.Yks.'
Hence (i) Dighter, sb. {a) a winnower of grain ; (b)
a winnowing-machine; (2) Dighting, vbt. sb. (a) the
winnowing or dressing of grain ; (b) a very small quan-
tity of meal or flour; (c) />/. sil'tings of grain, refuse of any
kind ; also usedy;^--. ; (3) Dighting-cloth, sb. a cloth used
to dress grain upon ; (4) -hill, sb. a hill on which grain
was dressed by throwing it up against the wind ; (5)
•machine, see Dighter (b).
(i, a) Rxb. The floating atoms did appear, To dab the dighters
over, A. Scorr Poems (1805) 69 ' Jam.). Nhb.i (6) ib. (2, a) Sc.
Morton Cyelo. Agric. (18631. Edb. Lusty lasses at the dighting
tire, Fergusson PocMis (1773') 160, ed. 1785. Cum. I'se tir'd o' .. .
Deelin',dykin',threshin',mowin', Anderson Ballads{ed. 1808) 153.
w.Yks. Done by a kind of mill, turned by hand or horse, whereby
a series of poles about a yard long, with rags hanging to them,
were turned, windmill-fashion (J.R.). (6) N.Cy.' Nhb.' Probably
from the sweeping up of flour on the board after it had been used.
' Tlior wis oney abit deetin on't.' (c) Sc. ( Jam.) Abd. For had my
father sought the warld around. Till he the very dightings o't had
found, Ross Helenore (1768) 36, ed. 1812. (3) Lakel. Ellwood
(1895). Cum.l (4) Lakel. Ellwood (1895). Cum. To t'dcetin'
hill carry't, but forter't afoor ; Than throw't up for breezes to
catch, Dickinson Ciimbr. (1875) 217 ; Cum.' Ancient barns had
opposite doors, between which the grain could be cleared of chaff
in the draught when the weather was unsuited for the use of the
deetin' hill. (5) Lakel. A later invention which, by turning a
handle connected with fanners, secured an artificial blast, Ellwood
('895).^
7. Fig. To beat, thrash, scourge.
n.Sc. I'll dight you (Jam.).
8. Weaving term: todress with size or paste. See below.
Lan. To moisten the warp with flour paste, which is afterwards
dried with a warm iron, to give the threads a consistency to bear
being separated by the healds, and to have the weft or woof of the
beam closed in upon them by the stroke of the beam of the loom
(^W.T. ) ; Lan.' When he's deeted his yarn he'll come eawt.
Hence Deeting-brush, sb. a brush used by weavers.
Lan. A weaver's ' deeting-brush ' was applied to his coat, Brierley
/rirfrt/f (i868j 229; His yure stood up loike bristles on a deetin
brush, Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 46.
9. Phr. to dceglit iiig, to spread mole-hills.
■w.Yks. Thoresdy Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks."
10. sb. A clean, wipe.
Sc. They slug a-bed o' lassies will pit aff wi' a dicht, an' ca' it
scrubbin', Keith Indian Uncle {i8g6) 73. Kcd. Gie yer bruikie face
a dicht, Grant Lays (1884) 84. Frf. Gie yer face a dicht, Barrie
Thrums (1889; iii ; Ilka ane gae his face a dicht owre, Willock
Rosctty Ends (18861 128, ed. 18S9. Fif. Just gie your face a dicht
and come awa' wi' me, M'Laren Tibbie (1894) 20. Ayr. I gied
his face a dight. Hunter Studies (1870)297. Gall. The vvife'll gie
her han's a dicht, Crockett Stickit Min. ( 1893) 55. Nhb. Sine wi'
her apron ge'st a dight, Graham Moorl. Dial, (1826) 7.
11. Fig. A blow, beating, ' wipe.'
Ayr. When I was quite sure they had ta'en their dicht, I gaed
doon the road. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 172.
[OE. dihtaii, to appoint, order.]
DIGHT, sb.'^ Glo.' In phr. a diglit of a body, a proud
person or woman.
DIGHT, adv. Sc. Properly, fitly.
Sc. The birdie sat on the crap o' a tree And I wat it sang fu'
dight, Jamieson Ballads (1806) I. i65.
DIGHT, see Dout.
DIGNACIOUS, adj. Irel. [dignejas.] Dignified.
w.Ir. Wavin' his hand at the same time in the most dignacious
manner. Lover Leg. (1848) II. 430.
DIGNITIES, sb. pi. Sc. Dignitaries.
Sc. Fu mony a fearsome look he gi'es, To see that a' are duly
filled Wi' terror of the dignities, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 105.
[These speak evil of dignities, Hib-le J iide 8.]
DIJEY, sb. Cor.'2 [di d^i.] A small farm or home-
stead.
DIK, see Dike, sb.
DIKE, sb. and i/.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms deak Sus. ; deek n.Lin.' e.An.^ Suf Ken."';
deke e.An.' Nrf.'; deyke Nhb. Cum.'; dick Nrf. Ken.*'^
Sus.'^ Dev. ; dik Sur.' Hnip.' w.Som.' ; dyke Sc. (Jam.)
S. & Ork.' N.I.' Nhb.' e.Dur.' Cum.' w.Yks.^^s Not.'*
n Lin.' sw.Lin.' Lei.' Cmb.' Ken.' [daik, dik, dik.]
DIKE
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DIKE
1. sb. A ditch, drain, trench. See Ditch, sA.'
Ker. A'. iSr'O. (1877)5111 S. vii. 415. n.Cy. Grose (1790') ; A dike
is a ditch to a'dry hedge, where the wet ditch is called a sough,
Kennett P«)-. Ai^iq. (1695); N.Cy.= n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' You'll
find a dike at every body's door,' an imperfection in every one's
nature. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. He . . . went splawtherin aboot, fost
inti hedge an then inti dike, Nicholson Flk-Sfi. (iSSg) 33 ; e.Yks.'',
m.Yks.' w.Yks. 'Vo may happen find yersen sprawling it dyke
bottom, Tom Treddlehoyle Bainisla Ann. (1856) 12; w.Yks.'
Monny a time hev I ligged ith boddum of an oud dyke; w.Yks. ^^
Lan. Took o'er edge an' dike like a hare, Donaldson Rossendale
Bei-f Night, 10; {W.H.) m.Lan.', Not.12 Lin. The main dyke was
enlarged ... so as to form a reservoir, Miller & Skertchly/"ot-
lanci ( 1878) vi. n.Lin.' I thoh't a mare wo'd be wo'th five shillin',
we alus hev haiif-a-croon for puUin' a foal oot on a dyke. sw.Lin.*
She tumbled flat of her back in the dyke. Rut.' February fill-dyke,
Prov. Lei.', Cmb.', e.An.' Nrf. I see the man take [jump] the
fence ; he went down a rare cropper into the deke ('W.R.E.'j ; Nrf.'
Suf. A hoss . . . he'd get tricky . . . and bundle me . . . off his back
into some hoU or deek, Strickland Old Fiteni/s (1864) 324. Ken.
CW.H.E.l, Ken.'2, Sur. (.T.S.C.), Sur.' Sus. He took a contrack
for Glaring a dick, Gent. Mag. (May 1890) 464; (R.B.) ; Sus.' =
Hmp. Holloway; Hmp.'
Hence Dykey weather, p/tr. wet weather, in which the
ditches get filled with water. w.Yks.*
2. Coiitp. (1) Dike-back, the bank which forms one side
of a ditch ; (2) -bottom, the bottom of a ditch ; (3) -cam,
a ditch-bank ; (4) -delver, a ditcher, one who makes and
repairs ditches ; (5) -flowers, flowers which grow well in
ditches or dikes ; (6) -grave, an officer whose duty it is
to superintend the dikes ; (7) -hole, see -bottom ; (8)
•holl, a hollow ditch ; (9) -reeve, see -grave ; (10) -water,
used as a simile, in phr. as fast as liike-ivatcr.
(i)n.Yks.' (2I Cum. (J.Ar.) Lan. Nay, it's no use looking. .. .
He's in th' dyke bottom, 'V\'estall Bucli Deiie(i88g) I. 266. n.Lin.
Jack. . . knocks him i'to dyke-bottom, Peacock Talcs and Rhymes
(1886^ 94. (3) n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' A dike-cam side,' the sloping
bank of a ditch. w.Yks.' (4 1 n.Yks.^ (5) n.Lin. Flowering-rush
you call it, Miss. Well, anyway, it's the handsomest dyke-flower
as is (M.P.). (6) n.Lin.' Of John Slater and 'William Ellys dyke-
greaves for not executing their olfice viij'', Kirton-in- Lhidsey Fine
Roll (162-;). (7) e.Lan.' (8) e. An.' A hollow or dry ditch ; e.An.^
It does not necessarily imply a dry ditch. Nr£ Grose (1790).
e.Nrf. Marshall Ruk Econ. (1787). (9) Lin. Bailey (1721).
n.Lin.', Som. (.W.F.R.) (10) w.Yks. 'It'll just go like dyke waiter,'
said of money in the hands of an extravagant person (S.J.C.);
w.Yks.' Used of any person or thing that wastes or consumes fast
away. * Hee's gaan back o' lat, as fast as dike-watter,* ii. 289 ;
w.Yks.* Sich as him gen'ally goas as fast as dyke-watter when
thuh du goa.
3. Phr. down in the dike, fig. unwell, ill ; out of funds, in
low water.
ne.Yks.l Ah's all doon t'dyke. w.Yks.' s.Not. A'd bin out o'
work, so A wor down i" the dyke (J.P.K.).
4. A small watercourse or channel ; a stream, brook,
gen. artificially made or directed.
Yks. The low marshy grounds, the ditches, and even canals,
becks, and rivers are so called, Phillips Rivers (1853") viii. w.Yks.
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl. ; Grainge Nidderdale (1863)
226 ; w.Yks.2 The Don or Dun at Wadsley is called ' t'owd dyke ';
w.Yks.^^, Der.', Not.* s.Not. Often applied to a running stream,
esp. when its course is partly artificially directed and maintained
(J.P.K.). Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 15.
5. A pool of water, a puddle ; a pond, mere.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Yks.(K.) n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* Water-dikes,
dumps, or street pools. e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788);
e.Yks.' m.Yks.' 'Water being spilled, parent may say, ' There's
one dike made — now try to make another.' w.Yks.*, n.Lin.'
6. The bank of earth thrown out in making a ditch ;
a bank of earth thrown up as a fence between enclosures.
Cum. (J.Ar.) n.Yks. That Lay up agin the deek yander (R.H.H.);
n.Yks.'2 e.Yks.THOMrsoN///s7.;i^'<'//o«(i869) 169. w.Yks. Watson
Ilist. Ualifu.x (1775'j 536: w.Yks.* Lin. Gaps were made for these
[ancient roads] to pass through the dykes. Miller & Skertchly
Fenlaiid (i8-]S) in. e.An.' Deeke is very often used for the ditch
and bank together, but a fen deeke has in general no bank ; e.An.*
Nrl. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893)2; Grose (1790'); That
dcke is just done up, boc— don't yaw go and pullitdown! W.R.F..).
e.Nrf. Marshall Ritr. Econ. {\i&i). nw.Dev. Often applied to
ancient earthworks or so called camps. A ' dick ' is usually a stone
hedge or embankment (R.P.C.).
7. A hedge, fence.
N.Cy.' Dur.' A hedge, either of quicks, or stakes and wattles.
e.Dur.' Never used to mean a ditch. s.Dur. He lap [leapt] ower
t'dyke (J.E.D.). Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.
Yonder t'last tree's still growin' in Willie Black's worchet dike,
Farrall Bf//)i Wilson (1886) 19; Don't the flow'rs bluini as fair
under ony thworn dike? Anderson Ballads {ed. 1808) 41; Gl.
(1851) ; Cum.' Wm. Whiles rinnan his heead intet thooarn dike.
Spec. Dial. (1890) pt. ii. 24. n.Yks.'
8. Cow^. (1) Dike-back, the back of a hedge ; (2) -gutter,
a ditch running along the bottom of a hedge ; (3) -roll,
a mound for a fence or a footpath ; (4) -rose, the hedge
or wild rose, Rosa canina ; (5) -stake, (6) -stour or -stower,
a hedge-stake.
(i) Cum. Let's couer doun i' this deyke back, Stagg Misc. Poems
(ed. 1807) 61. (2) Dur.' Cum.^ 131. (3) n.Yks. There's an awd
dike-roll across our field (I.W.). (4) Cum. The lily and the deyke-
rwose, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 149. (5) s.Dur. (J.E.D.)
(6) Nhb.i Cum. Gl. (1851); 'Goe pow up a dike stour,' go pull
up a stake in the hedge (K.).
9. A wall made either of stones, turf, &c.
Inv. (H.E.F.) Elg. The devil's sell . . . Has helpt you creepin'
o'er the dikes. To this misdeed, CouPER ToitHJications (1803) II.
200. Bch. Some Dominies are sobiass'd That o'er the dyke them-
selves they cast, Yok&ks Dominie (1785') 25. Abd. She wad tak'
a peep in o'er the dyke, ShirrefsPo«jis(i79o) 89. Kcd. Agangrel
he fell frae dikes an' trees, Grant Lays (1884) 117. e.Sc. A long
strip of ground . . . running between two dry-stone dykes to the
edge of a park, Setoun R. Urquhart (i8g6) iv. Frf. If the on-ding
still continued, clods of earth toppled from the garden dyke into
the ditch, Barrie Thrums (1889) xv. Per. Fields cultivated up to
a foot of the stone dykes, Ian Maclaren K.Carnegie {iQ(j6) i. w. Sc.
Round the church straggles a little kirk-yard, enclosed by a
dilapidated dyke, Macdonald Settlement (,1869) 15, ed. 1877. Fif.
The shade of the d3'kes of Lady Mary's deer-park, Meldrum Mar-
grcdel (1894) 38. Slg. Mony a bunch alang the dyke O' finely-
flavoured berry. Towers Poems (1885) '93- Rnf. Scarcely oure
the dyke I got, Clark Rhymes (1842) 18 ; Old Ocean, raging
against Belgian dikes, Magopico (ed. 1836) 11. Ayr. They lifted
me o'er the minister's dyke, and gart me steal his apples, Galt
Lairds (1826) iv ; He was a gash an' faithfu' tj'ke As ever lap a
sheugh or dyke, Burns Twa Dogs (1786) 1. 29. Lnk. The blankets
slippit doon like snaw off a dyke, Fraser Whanps (1895) xiii.
e.Lth. If ye wanted to sit doun an' rest ye, there were plenty o*
dykes an' palins. Hunter J, Inwiik (1895) 159. Edb. May ye
'bout dykes or ditches ly, Liddle Poems U821) 164. Dmf. Our
gude man leans owre his kale-yard dyke, Cro.mek Remains {1810)
21. Bwk. Kail-yard dike, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856I 52.
Slk. Giraffe, in loupin ower the dyke, louped ov^'er her, Chr.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 99. Gall. Gin I get ye this side o'
the dyke, Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) 14. Kcb. Some were just
loupin' the dyke frae their teens, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 217.
Wgt. There were no divisions by dykes or ditches of the various
fields, Fraser IVigloimt (1877) 24. Ant. Made of stones laid
firmly on the top of each other, or partly of stones and clay,
Ballytnena Obs (1892). Nlib. An' climb the dykes, and knowes,
CoqtietdaleSngs. (1852) 59; Nhb.' Applied alike to a hedge, a ditch,
an earthen or a stone wall when used as a fence. n.Yks.' A rude
stone wall on a dike-back-top. w.Yks. Stone walls or dj'kes, as
they call them, which you often see runningup the mountain sides,
Howitt Riir. Life (1838) I. 304.
Hence phr. to loiip the dyl;ie,fig. to die. Abd. (Jam.)
10. Conip. (1) Dike-back, the back of a stone or turf wall ;
(2) -end, a dike built on the ebb-shore, running seaward,
to cut off access to the arable land through the ebb, and
thus prevent animals from trespassing ; (3) -hopper, the
wheatear, Saxicola oenanthe ; (4) -louper, an animal or
person that breaks bounds ; a transgressor ; (5) -louping,
ppl. adj. used of animals that cannot be kept within
bounds ; fig. of persons, loose, immoral ; (6) -sheugh,
a ditch or trench, alongside a fence ; (7) -side, the side of
a stone or turf wall; (8) -tap, the top of a stone or turf
wall.
(I) Rnf. Slip it down at some dyke back To ser' himsel', Picken
Poems (1813) II. 76. Ayr. Mony a ane was dibbled in at the dyke-
backs. Service Dr. Dngiiid (ed. 1887) 153 ; Ye maun be cowards
whan ye hap Bydyke backs, sheughsand ditches, Ballads and Sngs.
DIKE
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DILDRAMS
(1847^ II. 113. Nhb.* Aa seed liim sitlin' in a dike back. (2)
S. & Ork.' (3) Slg. SwAiNsoN Biids ^I885) 10. (4) Sc. Steenie
having been whiles a dike loiiper at a time, Scott A'4'c/ (1822"!
xxxii. Rxb. (Jam.i, N.Cy.'.Nhb.i (5) Sc, Rxb. (Jam.) (,6) Ayr.
I stood beside the two while they were scouring the dj-ke slieugh,
Hunter Studies (1870) 10. N.I.' (^) Sc. Make a dish of kail of
my powny, if you please ; he's lying at the dyke-side, Pitcairn
Asseiublv (17661 17. n.Sc. A cauld bed by the dykeside, Gordon
Cnrglen\iSgi) 231. Abd. Our laird wi' his dallin', comes down
the dykeside, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 127. Kcd. The whin it
blooms at yon dykeside, Jamie Muse (1844) 43. Frf. Jamie
Anderson had been found Ij'ing dead at a dykeside, Willock
Rosclly Ends 1 1886) 62, ed. 1889. Per. The blue bells at the dyke-
side hung A fairy welcome ring, Halidurton Othil Idylls (1891)
127. Rnf. Gin I soud herd at some dyke-side, Picken Pvaiis
(1813) II. 40. Ayr. YouVe aye howkin' up some unco at the dyke-
sides, Service Notandums (1890) 39. Lnk. We'll keep on the
road, and alang the dykeside, Tennant Afusings (1872) 45. Lth. I
arose, being not too well-pleased with my kneeling posture, at a
dykeside, and in open broad day, Lumsden Shecpheadi 1892") 224.
Edb. The poor hard labour'd chiel Sits down at a dykeside, Liddle
Poems 1821) loa. (8) Per. The dyke-taps a' are black wi' rain,
Halibukton Ochil Idylls (1891) 20.
11. A causeway or track.
Frf. Two big stones a yard apart, standing ready for the winter,
when . . . this [was] the only bridge to the glebe dyke, down wliich
the minister walked to church, Barrie Minister (1891) iii. Nhb.'
Dikes were also freq. trackways ; and there are many earthworks
of ancient date which are commonly called dikes.
12. A depot for coals at the 'staith' ; a jetty or pier by
the river-side.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Every time the keelmen load a keel of coals from
the staith, or dyke, they get a 'can,' A^. Tribune (1854) I. 210;
A pier, or dike, run out at the north entrance at Blyth harbour,
M.\CKENZIE Hist. Nhb. (1825") II. 425.
13. Mining term : a fault or fissure in the stratum,
caused by a crack, slip, &c. Also called a Trouble.
Slg. These dykes are sometimes observed upon the surface of
the earth, from which they sink down to an unfathomable depth.
Statist. Ace. XV. 329 ( Jam.V N.Cy.' Nhb.' Clay dikes are most
frequent, and are often impermeable to water. Rubbish dikes are
filled with sand, clay, and rounded stones. Slip dikes usually
contain fragments of the adjacent strata. When the dike interrupts
the working of a seam of coal it is called a downcast dike if the
continuation of the seam of coal lies at a lower level, and an upcast
dike if it is continued at a higher level. Nhb.. Dur. Greenwell
Coal Tr. Gl. (1849) ; A leader of a dyke was discovered. Borings
^I88I) II. 303. [Broad faults (or trap rock) of igneous rock, such
as basalt or greenstone, of a hard granite composition, occupying
the rents or fissures of stratified rock : they usually run somewhat
across the true slate vein. At the Dinorwic quarries there are
about 20 dykes of varying width and hardness, Gl. Lab. (1894 .]
14. Co)np. Dike-seam, a seam worked nearly on end.
Nhb.' Geological Surv. Mem. (1887) 59.
15. V. To dig a ditch ; to throw up a bank of earth in
making a ditch.
n.Yks.' m.Yks.* To 'hedge and dike' is to hedge and ditch.
w.Yks.' A common expression ; w.Yks. 5 Lin. Miller & Skertchly
/V»/a«rf(i878l xiv. n.Lin.' Rut.' He can hedge, an' grip, an'
dyke, an' all soorts. w.Som.' To make good the sides and top of
a hedge, which in this district is usually a high bank — to throw up
the parings upon the top. * Tu stoa-un dik ' is to build up a sort
of wall of stones without mortar against the bank. Tiidn u beet
u geo'd tu dik-n, ee mus bee u-stoa'un dik [It is not a bit of good
todike it (^merely throw upthe earth 1, it must be stone-diked]. We
should give the order to ' dik aup dh-aj'-n uurd aewt dhu dee'ch '
[dike up the hedge and rid out the ditch].
Hence (i) Diked, />/>. said of an animal which has got
into a ditch and cannot get out ; (2) Diker or Deeker, sb.
(a) a ditcher, a man who makes and cleans out dikes or
ditches; ib) a hedge-sparrow; (3) Diking, vbl. sb. (a) the
act of cleaning or making a ditch or dike; {b) a small
ditch; (41 Diking-boots, s6. //. high, leather, water-proof
boots, worn when cleaning out ditches.
(i) n.Lin.' (2, n, N.Cy.', Nhb.'.n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' A farm-labourer
whose chief occupation is digging ditches, and who is confined to
one locality or farm. Bankers are diggers of land-drains, and go
anj-where where drains are required to be cut. n.Lin.', Ken.' ib)
Nhb.' (3, a'l n.Lin.' John Skinner hes twenty-three daayso' dykin.
(A) n.Lin. Like a bull cauf i' a peat moor dykin', Peacock R. Skir-
VOL. II.
laugh {i8-]o) I. 189; n.Lin.l (4) e.Yks. Whah, yon dizzy-hccaded
feeal's teean mah dikin-becats, an cutten tops up ti mend bahfin
wiv, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 93 ; e.Yks.' Used for wading in
the water and mud when diking. n.Lin.'
16. To dig, pick with a pickaxe, &c.
Per. (G.W.) Rxb. Applied to that kind of digging in which it
is required to make only a small hole. ' To dike a bumbee-byke.'
' To dike out the een,' to pick the eyes out (Jam.).
17. To build a stone wall or fence ; to fence or hedge in.
Per. (G.W. ) Ayr. The progress of dyking and fencing had thrown
him out of employment, Johnston Kilmallie U8gi) I. 81. Lnk.
There's hooses built, a' dyked aboot, Orr Laigh Flichts 1 1882 44.
Dmf. He still can dj'ke or houk a sheugh, Shennan Talcs (1831)
65. Gall. John's groun' was thinly dyket, Nicholson Port. Whs.
(1828) 48, ed. 1897. Cum. Where Willy was deykin, Blamike
Poet. IVks. (ed. 1842I 218 ; I can dyke, men' car-gear, and hod the
pleugh, Anderson Ballads (ed. 18081 5; A garden deyket rounismy
titty, my spwous. Ravson Sng. Sol. (1859) iv. 12.
Hence (i) Diker, sb. {a) one who makes ' dikes ' or rough
stonewalls; (b) one who repairs and trims hedges; 12)
Diking-mittens, sA. />/. strong leather gloves with which
a hedger protects his hands.
(i, a) Sc. The shoemaker, the baker, or the dry-stone dyker of
the village, Dickson A uld Precen/or(^ed. 1894:99. Abd. Any dyker
or ditcher, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871I iv. eXth. Adam Instant,
the dyker, jined us, Hunter J, Inwick (1895) 166. Ayr. Sandy
Dimmock, drainer, and Dan'l Ford, dyker, Johnston Kilmallie
( 1891) II. 53. Slk. Not a fit I could rin mair nor a diker, Hogg
Tales (1838) 407, ed. 1866. (A) Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
Wm. One who makes a dike by driving stakes into the ground,
around which he winds thorns,and binds all firm and strong by the
means of yedders. ' He's a diker, thoo can see' (B.K.). (2;Dur.'
Made of horse-skin leather, with a thumb, but no fingers. s.Dar.
(J.E.D.) Lakel. PfHnW O/.5. (Dec. 28, 1897).
18. To put flax or hemp in water to steep.
n-Lin.' yovKa Agric. (1799"! 164,
[1. OE. die, a ditch, ON. dik. Thames The King of
dykes! Pope Diinciad (1728) 11. 261. 6. Victor com-
mandet to erecte the dyk betuene Abircorne and clyd
mouth ; ... it is 5!! called Grames Dyke. Dalrymple Leslie's
Hist. .Scoll. (1596) I. 203. MDu. dijc, an embankment
(Verdam). 9. A maner dyk off stanys thai had maid,
Wallace (1488) in. 133. 11. This dike or causey. Gold-
smith Nat. Hist. (1774) I. VI. v.]
DIKE, t'.^ Lan. [daik.] To shoot downwards.
s.Lan. A kite dikes (W.H.T.).
DIKEY, see Dicky, si.'
DIL, DILATE, see Dill, inf.. Delate.
DILATURE, sb. Obs. Sc. Delay.
Sc. Under this dilature, new witnesses were got in from the
West Country, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) III. 2-4, ed. 1828.
DILBERRIES, sb. pi. Nrf. [di'lbariz.] Pellets of
hardened dung, adhering to a sheep's back.
^Tt.Arch. (1879) VIII. 168.
DILDAM, sb. Yks. [dildam.] A loud noise made at
a wedding or merry-making.
n.Yks. Quite common (R.B.). w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Nov. 8,
1884".
DILDE, see Doil.
DILDER, V. and sb. Sc. [dildar.] 1. v. To shake,
jolt, jerk.
Or.I. Used of jolting in a cart, or of one's limbs trembling with
age or palsy or with fear. It always implies continued movement
(J.G.) ; Ellis Pronune. (1889) V. 811. w.Sc. (Jam. Suppl.)
Hence Dildering, vbl. sb. jolting, shaking.
Or.I. The haellin's horse right blithe to miss The dilderin o' the
wheels. Oread. J. Gilpin, St. 58, in Ellis Prominc. (1889) V. 809.
2. To dribble, ooze, trickle, glide. Or.I., w.Sc. (Jam.
Suppl.) 3. To trifle, waste time, work carelessly, [ib.)
4:. sb. A smart jerk, shake, jolt. Sc. {tb.)
DILDERMOT, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] An obstacle, a great difficulty.
DILDRAMS, sb. pi. n.Cy. Lakel. Lan. Som. Dev.
Also written dildrums Lakel. Lan. n.Dev. [diidrsmz.]
1. Strange tales, improbable stories ; esp. in phr. to tell
dildrams. Cf doldrums.
N.Cy.' w.Cy. Hollowav. w. Som.' Let's yur some sense, not
a passle o' dildrams. Dev. He told us zom ov his dildrams, w. Times
L
DILEER
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BILLING
(Apr. 9, 1886) 6 ; Dev.i n.Dev. An taffety dildrums in es talk, Rock
Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 86.
2. Phr. To tell dildrams and Buckingham Jenkins, to talk
strangely, wildly.
w.Cy. The latter seems to be an allusion to some old incredible
story or ballad concerning one Jenkins of Buckingham, Grose
( I^go) Sitppl. n.Dev. Thee wut . . . tell dildrams and Buckingham
Jenkins, E.vm. Scold. (1746) 1. 145; Once heard at South Molton,
Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434.
3. A ridiculous passion, temper.
Lakel. Thoo's put me in a dMram, Penrilh Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
s.Lan. He went into a fine dildrum (S.B.).
DILEER, see Deleer.
DILEERIOUS, adj. Sc. Extremely foolish. See
Deleer, v.
Ayr. Sampson had so frequently called himself a dileerious ass
during the previous afternoon and evening, Johnston Kilinallie
(1891 ) II. 19 ; I made mysel' an ass— a most dileerious ass, ib. 22.
DILETERIOUS, adj. Won [di litsrias.] Dilatory.
s.Wor. PoRSON Onaiiil Il'ds. (1875) 19; (H. K. )
DILETRUS, DILEU, see Dialetus, Dillue.
DILFA, adj. Lan.' Also written dealfa. [di'lfa, e.
dis'lfa.] Doleful, sicklj'.
[Lo ! hou dilful dethe hase thi Dame dy;te ! Anhirs
Arth. (c. 1420) xiii. Der. oi dill, grief (26. xv), deol (Matz-
ner) ; OFr. deul (mod. deiiil).]
DILIGENCE, sb. Sc. [dilidgsns.] 1. A law-term :
a writ of execution.
Sc. We maun suspend the diligence by writ of favour, Scott
Nigel (1822) V ; Gl. Lab. (1894). s.Sc. There is one bill of fifty
pounds, on which diligence has been raised, Wilson 7a/«(i839)
V. 18.
2. A warrant to enforce the attendance of witnesses or
the production of documents.
Sc. Gl. Lab. 1,1894^.
DILIP, sb. Per. (Jam.) A legacy.
DILL, s6.' (i) The anet, Anethum graveolens (n.Lin.') ;
(2) the vetch or tare, esp. V'icia hirsuta, saliva, and sepiiim
(Chs.'^ Lei.' War.^ Glo.') ; (3) the two-seeded or rough-
prodded tare, Erviiin liirsntiitn (Glo.).
(i) n.Lin.' Vervain and dill. Hinder witches of their will. (2^
Chs.^ ' Dills and wuts ' are often so\vn to be cut as green meat
for horses. (3) Glo. Grose (1790) Suppl. ; Gl. (1851) ; Has been
cultivated (on the Cotswold Hills at least 1 time immemorial ; prin-
cipally for hay, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1789) I ; Baylis ///hs. Dial.
(1870-.
[OE. dile {Malt, xxiii. 23) ; Du. dille, dill (Hexham).]
DILL, sb.^ Wil. [dU.] A ' thill,' the shaft of a wagon.
Wil.i
Hence (i) Dillard, (2) Diller, sb. the shaft-horse in
a team ; (3J Dill-harness, sb. the harness of the shaft-
horse.
Wil. (i) (W.C.P.) (2) (K.) ; Wil.i (3) (W.C.P.)
TflLL, sb.^ Glo. e. An. [dil.] The pap or teat of a sow.
Sec Deal, sh.^
Glo.', e.An.i Nrf. Miller & Skertchly Fenland {iS-jS) iv ;
Nrf.' Suf. 'A pig to every dill,' a good character for a store or
breeding sow. 'More pigs than dills' is said of a large family
with small means, Rainbird Agric. (1819) 291, ed. 1849 ; Suf.'
e.Suf. (F.H.)
[Cp. OHG. tilli, ' Brustwarze' (Schade).]
DILL, sb." Sh.I. (W.A.G.) [dil.] A species of sea-
weed, Halymenia palniata. See Dulse.
DILL, V?- Sc. Nhb. Dun Lakel. Cum. Yks. Lan. Den
Lin. War. [dil.] To soothe ; to allay, assuage, deaden
or take away pain ; to still, to deaden sound ; to lull
a child to sleep ; to render insensible by an anaesthetic ;
also used inlr.
Sc. The noise of the Queen's voyage to France has dilled down,
Bah. LIE Lett. { 1775) I. 252 Jam.). n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.',
Nhb.i, Dur.i Lakel. Ellwood (r895). Cum. (M.P.) n.Yks.' Ah's
aboot deead wi' t'teethwark. Ah wad gie' owght for somethin'
t'dill it ; n.Yks.^ It seean dill'd it. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Nicholson
/7*-S/>. ( 1 889) 60 ; e.Yks.' m. Yks.' Take that child on your knee,
and see if you can dill it to sleep, w. Yks. She dilled her (A.L.K.) ;
Ah've just carried t'babby to bed An dill'd it asleep on my knee,
Bi.ackah /Vms (1867) 27; w.Yks.'; w.Yks.2 A woman dilling a
child on her knee. Lan.'Naa; thee dill that chylt an' get it asleep.
e.Lan.', Der.^ nw.Der.' Dill th' pain. Lin Streatfeild Lin. and
Danes (1884) 324. n.Lin.' We fomented him wi' lodlum to dill his
paain. sw.Lin.' She had to walk about to dill the pain.
Hence (i) Dill- tea, (2) -water, sb. a soothing medicine
or syrup given to children to deaden pain.
(ij War.3 (2) e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 60. w.Yks.
A weak solution of sulphuretted hydrogen, made by dropping a
red-hot cinder into water. Given to infants to relieve flatulence
(S.K.C); w.Yks.2, Der.2
DILL, v.'^ Sc. Lan. [dil.] To shake loosely, to flap.
Sh.I. (W.A.G.) ; S. &Ork.'
Hence Dill-doll, v. to fall to pieces.
Lan. When it fawd i' holes boo leet it faw away till it dill dolled
i' ribbins, Staton B. Shitttlc, 16.
[Norw. dial, dilla, to swing to and fro, to flap (Aasen).]
DILL, v.^ Obsol. Dor. To dress fine, adorn.
Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. &> Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366;
(HJ.M.)
[You have thriv'd That so can decke, that so can dill,
WiLLOBiE Arisa (1594) xx, ed. 1635, 38 (N.E.D).]
DILL, i>if. and sb.^ Lin. Nhp. War. Oxf Brks. Hrt.
Mid. Ken. LW. Wil. Som. Also written dil Mid. ; and in
form dilly n.Lin.' Oxf Brks.' Som. [dil, dili.] 1. int.
A call-word for ducks.
n.Lin.i, Nhp.', War.^ Oxf.' MS. add. Brks.' Pray what have
you for supper, Mrs. Bond? Ge-us in the larder an' ducks in the
pond. Dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come an' be killed, Passengers
around us an' thaay must be villed. Hrt. ^G.G.), w.Mld. (W.P.M.),
Ken. (D.W.L), I.W.'
2. sb. A young duck ; also in comp. Dill-duck.
Wil.' Som. 'Twas a dilly he were like, ... a little yellow dilly
t'pond t'whoame, Leith Lemon Verbena (1895) 168.
DILLAGATE, see Delicate.
DILL-CUP, sb. Hmp. Wil. Don [dil-kBp.] Van
species of Ranunculus, esp. Ranunculus arvensis, acris,
and R. Ficaria.
s.Cy. Wise Sliakespere (i86r) 63. Hmp. (J.R.W.) ; Hmp.'
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); Wil.' Dor. (G.E.D.); w.Gasette (Feb.
15, 1889) 7, col. I.
DILL-DUCK, sb. Obsol. e.Suf. (F.H.) An idle,
dawdling, loitering woman.
DILLED, ppl. adj. Cum. Driven stupid, knocked up,
' finished.'
Cum. Not heard for many years now (T.E.) ; Gl. (1851).
DILLER, sb. Nhb. Yks. [diian] A dull, dilatory
schoolboy.
Nhb.' e.Yks.' ' Diller a dollar, A ten o'clock scholar, What maks
y^ cum se soon? You us'd ti cum at ten o'clock. Bud nooyou cum
at noon.' School-boy rhymeaddressed to one who is late at school.
DILLICAR, sb. Lakel. [di-likar.] A name applied
to a small field.
Lakel. In this parish [Torver] six fields together, forming some-
thing like a circle, are called dillicars, Ellwood (1895).
DILLIJON, sb. Hmp. [dilidgan.] A heavy two-
wheeled cart.
Hmp. Only heard at Fullcrton, N. &•■ Q. (1852) ist S. v. 251 ;
Hmp.'
[A pron. of lit. E. diligence, a public stage-coach. I shall
make my lord very merry with our adventures in the
diligence [it was really a wagon], Smollett Rod. Rand.
(1748) xi. Fn diligence, ' grande voiture publique' (Hatz-
feld).]
DILLING, sb. Yks. Stf Lei. Nhp. Wan Glo. Oxf. Ess.
s.Cy. [dilin.] 1. A darling or best-beloved child.
■w.Yks.2 n.Stf. Totty, be a good dilling and go to sleep, Geo.
Eliot ^. Bede (1859) I. 217, Lei.' War. She's the dilling I 'spect
(J.B.). Ess. (K.) s.Cy. Grose (1790) ; Ray (1691).
2. The youngest child ; the last, least, and weakest of a
brood or litter.
w.Yks.', Lei.i, Nhp.' War. (J.R.W.) ; B'ham IVkly. Post (June
10, 1893); War. "3 Oxf.' There is not a dillin in every litter.
s.Oxf. Little Susan came next — 'the dilling,' as we say of the
weakly one, Rosemary Chilterns (1895^ 90.
Hence DilUng-pig, sb. the smallest or weakest pig of
a litter. Glo.'
[1. Mignot, a dilling, darling, Cotgr. ; Vespasian the
dilling of his time. Burton Anal. Mel. (1621), ed. 1896, HI.
BILLING
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DIMMENT
27. 2. Dilling, a child born when the father is old, or the
last cliild that parents have, in some places called a swiil-
pough, Blount (1670).]
DILLING, ppl. adj. Sh.I. fdilin.] Passing from
memory, being forgotten. S. & Ork.'
DILLING, DILLISK, see Dorling, Dulse.
DILLO, .s7). Hiiip. [dilo.] Water; see below.
Hmp. A UTin used l)j' bricklayers lor the water used in making
mortar, &c. (H.C.M.B.)
(Possibly Fr. de I'ean, water.]
DILLONS, sb. pi. Brks.' [di'lanz.] Earth-heaps to
mark boundaries on the Downs.
DILLOW, sb. Sc. A noisj' quarrel.
Rxb. Wliat a great dillow thai tua mak Jam.).
DILLUE, I'. Ofo. ? Cor. Also written dileu. To wash
ore supported on a hair-bottomed sieve in water.
Cor. Dileuing or terluing, Gl. Miiiiiti; Terms ^1830] 47.
Hence (i) Dillueing-sieve, (2I DiUuer, sb. a horse-hair
sieve used in washing the fine ore-stufl", as in streaming
tin. Cor.^
|OCor. dyl/o, to let out, discharge (Williams).]
DILLUP, V. Bdf. [di lap.] To dangle the legs.
Bdf. Said of the dangling legs of a person sitting on a high stool.
' Don't sit dilluping there ! ' (J.W.B.l
DILLY. sb} Nhb. Dur. Lan. Lin. Glo. Som. Dev. Cor.
[dili, w.Cy. also da 11.] 1. A small public carriage.
Nlib.^ The old engine on the Wylam railway was commonly
called 'Puffing Billy,' or ' the Wylam dilly.' n.Lan.' [Brewer
Did. (l89.s^.l
2. A light wagon ; a truck for carrying light articles ;
a water-cart.
n.Lin.* Used for removing manure. Glo.' w.Cy. Morton Cyclo.
ytgric. (1863^ Som. The light tray-like cart supported on two
wheels, on which teazles were formerly carried ; W.F.R.), w.Som.^
A cask on wheels for carrying liquids. Dev. w. Times (Apr. 9,
1886) 6. Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.; A long
narrow wagon with low sides, for taking baskets of potatoes,
&c. (M.A.C.)
3. A short, self-acting incline.
Nhb.i The counter-balance mounted upon two pairs of tram-
wheels, by means of which the empty tubs in a pit are carried up
an incline. Nhb , Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
[1. The Derby dilly, carrying Three Insides. Frere
Loves of the Triangles (1798). Abbrev. for lit. E. diligence,
see Dillijon.]
DILLY, s6.^ n.Yks. (R.H.H.) [dili.] A turnip-cutter,
used for slicing turnips for sheep, &c.
DILLY, sb.^ Der. The daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-nar-
cissus. (B. & H.)
DILLY, sb." Sc. Lakel. Yks. [dili.] L A name
applied by boys to a sand-castle, on which they stand till
it is washed away by the waves. Rnf. (Jam.)
2. Contp. (I) Dilly-castle, a sand-castle on which children
stand until it is washed away by the tide; (2) -hole, a house
made by children to play in ; (3) -house, (a) see -hole ;
(b) a room containing too many ornaments, &c., for good
taste.
fi) Sc. Mackay. Rnf. (Jam.) (3) w.Yks. Banks JVkfld. Wds.
(18651; Yks. N. (sf Q. (i888j II. 112. (3, a) Lakel. Penrith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). w.Yks. He's busy building a dilly-house (H.L.);
Banks IVkJId. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks. 5 (s.v. Greensauce). (b)
w.Yks. ^S.K.C.l
DILLY, s6.5 Obs. Suf. Atermat a game called 'cocks.'
Suf.' Falling into disuse for more than half a century.
DILLY, V. Shr.' [diU.] To urge, drive.
Yo' mun dilly at 'im, or 'e'll never do it.
DILLY, adj. Som. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Queer, cranky. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
DILLY, see Dill, int.
DILL Y ALLS, 56. ;>/. w.Yks.' [di-li-93lz.] The 'ap-
pointments' of a house; knick-knacks.
DILLY-DALLY, v., adj. and adv. Ingen. dial, and colloq.
use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in form drilly-drally Wil.
[di'li'dali, -dasli.] 1. v. To delay, loiter, hesitate.
Fif. (Jam.) Ant. What are you dillydallying abooti Ballvmeiia
065.(1893). Cum.', e.Yks.l w.Yks.= ; w.Yks.* Tha'U be' dilly-
dallying wal it al be ower laate an' then. e.Lan.', Clis.', Not.'
Lin. Goa home thee sen, don't dilly dally, Brown A'crfrfv 1 1841) 11.
S.Lin. It's alius dilly-dally, dilly-dally wi' you, as if "next week
would do (T.H.R.). Lei.' Nhp.' If you dilly-dally in that w.-jy,
you'll be too late. War. (J.R W.), War.3, se.Wor.' Wil. Wat
d'ye want to kip a drilly-drallyin abut tluir vur? (E.H.G.) ; Caws
he did zart a dilly dally In answerin vvc, Slow Poems (1881' Kp.
to J. P.p. Som. -SvvEEiMAN M-'iiicniitoH Gl. (1885. Dev.3 While
yii'm dillydalling I cude be there 'n back again. Cor.^
Hence Dillydallying, vbl. sb. delay, procrastination,
hesitation.
n.Lan.' s.Lin. Now git out o' that dilly-dallying and set to wo'k
as if yer me'nt it (T.H.R.V
2. adj. Undecided, shilly-shally. w.Som.'
3. adv. Hesitatingly, idly. Lei.', War.^
DILLY-DA'W, sb. Sc. A slow, slovenly person.
Fif.The auld by-word : — Ilka day braw Maks Sabbath a dilly daw,
Saxon and Gael (1814) I. 46 (Jam.) ; Is it no angersome to see her
like a dilly-daw ? ib. III. 59.
DILLY-PIG, sA. Nhp.' The smallest of a litter.
DILP, sb. Sc. I. Obs. A thriftless housewife.
Sc. Young Bess was her mammie's ae dother. Though neither
a dilp nor a da, Jamieson Pop. Ballads {1806 . 1. 294. n.Sc. 'Jam.)
Abd. But I see that but spinning I'll never be braw. But gae by the
name of a dilp or a daw, Ross Helcnore (1768 Sng.
2. A heavy, lumpish person. Per. (G.W.)
DILSE, see Dulse.
DILSER, sb. Rnf. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The rock or field lark, Alaiida cantpesUis.
DILSH, sA. s.Pem. [dilj.] Rubbish ; the top of a
coal-vein. (W.M.M.)
DILT, sb. and v. Lan. I. sb. Speed.
Lan. Off th' horse went ut full dilt, Paul Bobbin Sequel
(1819) 10.
2. V. To speed, hurry.
Lan. Ar yo feeort ut boouns ur dekeink, un diltink owey after th'
flesh ' Paul Bobbin Sequel (iHig) 3.
DILVER, V. e.An. [dilv3(r).] 1. To weary with
labour or exercise. e.An.', Nrf
Hence Dilvered, ppl. adj. exhausted, wearied, worn out
with fatigue, drowsy. Gen. with out.
e.An.2 Nrf. Grose (1790I. Suf. 'I am quite dilver'd,' says a
nurse, worn out with watching and attendance, Cullum Hist.
Hawsted (1813I ; Suf.', e.Suf. iF.H.") Ess. She felt so dilver'd
out, Clark J. A'oates (1839) st. 83 ; Gl. (1851' ; Ess.'
2. To loiter, hesitate, dawdle. e.Suf. (F.H.), Ess. (W.W.S.)
DIM, sb. and adj. Sh.I. Der. I.W. Also in form dam
I.W.' [dim, dem ] 1. sb. The midsummer twilight
between sunset and sunrise. Sh.L {Coll. L.L.B.)
2. Phr. (1) In the dim, in the dusk, twilight, semi-
darkness ; (2) tlie head of the dim, midnight.
( I ) Der.i (2) Sli.I. (Jam.), S. & Ork.'
3. adj. Dark.
S. & Ork.i Der.' It's too dim [it's too dim]. I. W.'
4. Purblind. I.W.'
DIMBLE, sb. Der.« Not.' Lei.' [dimbl.] A ravine
with a watercourse through it. Cf dumble.
[Within a gloomy dimble she doth dwell, Jonson Sad
Shepherd {1621) n.ii, ed. Cunningham, IL 506. Cogn. vv.
dingle (q.v.).]
DIMBLE, DIMERY, see Demble, Dimmery.
DIMES, 56.//. Obs. n.Lin.' Tithes.
[IVIE. dymes, tithes [P. Ploiuman) ; OFr. dismcs (La
Cukne).]
DIMICK, sb. Nrf. [di'mik.] A small quantity, esp.
of food.
Nrf. What a dimick this is (W.W.S).
Hence Dimicking, sb. a small quantity, ib.
DIMINITY, sb. Lan. [dimi-nity.] A diminutive
creature.
Lan. I took up the little diminity, ... a little waddling dog about
the size of a rat, Brierlev Day Out (1859} 12.
DIMIT, see Dimmet.
DIMMACK, sb. Sh.I. Also Slang. Also written dim-
mock Grose, [di'mak.] iVIoney.
S. & Ork.' Slang. Grose CI. Diet. (1823).
DIMMENT, see Dinmont.
L2
DIMMERY
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DIMMERY. sb. Shr.^ Also written dimery. [dimari.]
1. A dark, ill-lighted room or passage.
Whad a dimmery this place is; w'y yo' cannasee from one end
to the other, an' it inna that big.
2. A building or shed in a builder's yard where tools,
mortar, and odd things are kept.
3. Obs. A place attached to old churches where the
gravedigger's tools were perhaps kept.
Underneath this church [St. Chad's) on the north side is a
vaulted room called the dimery; which place probably has been
used as a repository for the bones and skulls of the dead, Phillips
m^t. Shyeivbbn>y^ 89.
DIMMET, sb. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written
dimit Dev. ; dimmit Dev. n.Dev. Cor. ; duminet Dor.
Cor.'2; dummut Cor. [dimat, damat.] Dusk, evening
twilight ; freq. in pi.
•Wil.i Dor. Barnes GI. (1863^. w.Som.l I was looking round,
eens I always do, just in the dimmet. Dev. 'Ess sure ! I'll be 'ome
avore tha dhnmits, Hewett Peas. S/>. (1892) ; Dev.* If I let thee
go now, will meet me agen to-morrow evening in the dimmet ? 23.
n.Dev. Grose ^17901 ; Darney, 'tis dimmit all ta me. Rock Jim
nil' /\'<-// ' 1867) St. 28; In the desk o' tha yeaveling, just in tha
dimmet, Evw. 5foW. (1746) 1. 166. nw.Dev.' s.Dev. Fox A'»;^s-
britlge (1874). Cor. 'Owever, 'twas gettin' 'bout tha dimmits,
Pasmore Stories (1893'! 5 ; 'Vew will venture far after dummut,
QuiLLER-CoucH Hist. Polpeno (1871) 210 ; Cor.**
Hence Dimity, adj. dark, dusk.
Dev. It's getting most dimity for these job, Reports Provinc.
(1884 16.
DIMMIE,56. Dev. [di'mi,da-mi.] A small, shallow place.
Dev. Used by a farmer, born and living near Teignmouth, to
describe a shallow, hollow place of small dimensions, but more
open than a ' goil,' Reports Provinc. 1^1893).
DIMMIES, sb. e.Suf. (F.H.) A vain, frivolous woman.
DIMMOCK, see Demic, Dimmack, Dymox.
DIMMY-SIMMY, adj. Shr.' [dimi-simi.] Languish-
ing, atl'ected.
DIMP,f. Nhp. [dimp.] To mark with dimples orripples.
Nhp. Rain-drops, how they dimped the brook, Clare Villai^e
Miiist. (1821) I. 132; Ere yet a hailstone pattering comes, Or
dimps the pool the rainy squall, ib. II. 123; Nhp.'
DIIVIPLE, V. Sc. [dimpl.] To dint, indent, make an
impression.
Lnk. Her licht springy step hardly dimpl'd the knowes, Nicholson
/rfy//s 1, 1 870) 40. Lth. Helping himself out of Kennedy's dimpled,
black, oval-shaped tin mull. Sirathesk Blinkboitny (ed. 1891) 88 ^
Thy pow wins mony dimpled laurels, Ballantine Poems
(1856; 67.
DIMPLE, see Demple.
DIMPS, sb. Irel. Som. Dev. Cor. Written dimpse
Som. Dev. Also in form damps, dempse Dev. [dimps]
Twilight, dusk. Cf dumps.
Dev. She were coming home last Friday, just in the dimpses,
O'Neill Idyls (1892') 19; Just as the dempse was coming on,
Reports Provinc. (1885') 91 ; Monthly Mag. ^1810) I. 435 ; Dev.^ I
was out fishing in the dimps this morning. n.Dev. I glimpsed Jan
slinge to tha rebeck i' the dimpse, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St.
121. nw.Dev.' Twaz gittin' dimps avore us stairted.
Hence Dimpsy, (i) 5A. twilight, dusk; (2) adj. dark, Avm;
(31 phr. dimpsy brown, dull brown, mouse-coloured.
II Som. \o\i should see them in the dimpsies; that's the time
for them L.K.L. ). w.Som.' Dev. On a night when the dimpsy
comed down grey, Philipotts Dartmoor (1895) 41, ed. 1896;
'Tweel be dimpsy avor yii be ready tii go, Heweit Peas. Sp.{i8g3).
11. Dev. There be pixies in the dimpsty here. Chanter Witch {i8g6)
xii, s.Dev. ! F.W.C. ) Cor. 1 mind the time one evenin' just about
the dimpsy, Pasmore Stones (1893) 4. (2) Som. I got home just as it
was getting dimpsey '.L.K.L.). Dev. Yu can lef work now, vur
tez gitting dimpsy, Hewett Peas. Sp. (T892). n.Dev. The passage
was long and dimpsey. Chanter IVitch (1896) 72. (3) N.I.i
DIMPSEY, fl^/y. Obs. Nhp. Neat, smart. See Jimp.
Nhp. Still used (C.A.M.) ; Nhp.' 'A dimpsey lass.' 'With us it is
all but extinct. Clare uses ' jimpsy' in the same sense, in one of his
Ms. Poems.
DIMRACKER, sb. Won [di'mraEka(r).] A disaster ;
a complete failure.
■Wor. ('W.H., se.Wor. If we gets no more rain this April than
us did last, it'll be a dimracker o' they goozeb'rries (R.L).
DIMSEL, sb. Obs. Sus. A piece of stagnant water,
larger than a pond and smaller than a lake. Holloway ;
Sus.'*
DIN, sb. and v. In geii. dial, use in Sc. n.Cy. and Midi.
1. sb. Noise, loud talking ; report, fame. Cf. dean, si.^
Sc. I canna do wi' ony din, Dickson Anld Min. (1892) 143,
Bch. You've little done. For a' your muckle din, Forbes Ulysses
(1785) 23. Frf. I heard an awful din down in the square, Barrie
Minister 1,1891 1 vi. Per. The hale glen's ringin' wi' the din o' yer
iniquities, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 225, ed. 1887. Fif. Whisht
your din a wee, Gray Poems (1811) 77. Dmf. Din dwines athort
the moor, Reid Poems (1894) 29. n.Yks. Just howd thee thy din,
mun. Why John 'Coll. L.LB.l. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889I
60. w.Yks. If tha' dusn't hod thee din aw'l brek thee face slap off
(S.J.C.); Fair capt what a din they con mak. Hartley B^^/g-f^
(1872) 100; w.Yks. 2'' ; w.Yks.5 Doan't maka din — t'babby's asleep.
' He didn't mak mich din i' tawaking,' spoke low, or with little
noise. Lan. It would weary a grooin' tree to ha' th' din at they
han, Waugh Owd Bodle, 253 ; Howd thi din, ih. TIC Oivd Blanket
1 1867) 13. Chs.', Der.*, nw.Der.' s.Lin. Do ho'd yer din: the
house is likea bedlam(T.H.R.). Nhp.' [Grose(i79o) ; Ray(i69I).]
Hence (i) Dindom, sb. a great noise or uproar; (2)
Dinnous, adj. noisy ; (3) Dinny, v. to make a noise ; (4)
Din-raiser, sb. a noisy child ; (5) Dinsome, adj., see
Dinnous.
(i)Nhb.' {-z) Sc. Ye' re haudin' up your vile dinnous goravitch
i' the wuds here, it the vera craws canna get sleepin', S^ Prt/r/c^
(1819) II. 357 (Jam.V (3) Ntip.* Dwant dinny me. (4) Per. Skirlin'
the like til a merry-begotten wee din raiser, Cleland Inchbracken
(1883) 188, ed. 1887. (5) Sc. A moment ceased the dinsome quarrel,
Wilson Poems { 1822^ Maggie Weir. Elg. Thou, dinsome rook'ry,
cawing on,CouPER Puetiy (1804) L 132. Bnff. Ty tinsome tongue
nainsel hae stap, TAYLORPonj:5(i787) 158. Frf. The bells rung out
their loudest peal Above the dinsome racket all the day. Smart
Rhymes 1834" 98. Per. Herein the dinsome city pent, Haliburton
Ochil Idylls (1891) 132. Slg. Listenin' to its dinsomeclatter, Towers
Poems (1885) 177. Rnf. There were dolts, man, and dinsome de-
ceivers, Webster Rhymes (1835) 5. Ayr. Till block an' studdie
ring an' reel Wi' dinsome clamour. Burns Scotch Drink (1786) st.
II. Edb. Linton linn, wi' dinsome guller, Forbes Poems ( 1812)
67. Dmf. There's gowans grow at our kirk wa', . . . Owremonie
a dinsome Carlin law. Cromek Nithsdalc Sng. (1810) 82. n.Cy.
Border Gl. [Coll. L.L.B.)
2. V. To tease with a troublesome, importunate noise.
n.Yks.* I dinn'd it intiv 'em at all ivvers. Nbp.' ' Don't stand
dinning there,' is often said to troublesome children, 'War.®
DIN, adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. [din.] Dingy-coloured,
dun, sallow, tawny ; also used sbsi.
Abd. Ithers turn'd as din's a docken, Beattie Parings (1801)
23. ed. 1873. Frf. His skin. Fan he was living, had been din.
Piper 0/ Peebles (1794) 16. Ayr. He had a wife was dour and din,
Burns Willie's Wife, st. i. Edb. The pickle waft baith warse an'
din, Crawford Poems (1798) 18. Gall. Thy belly's but a dirty
din, Nicholson Porf. /Kfo. (1828) 87, ed. 1897. N.I.' Ant. Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.)
Hence (i) Dinned, (2) Dinny, adj. sombre, dun-coloured.
( i) Cum. Sawney wi' his auld din'd yad, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed.
1807) 136. (2) Nhb. He tread a' Shielssae dinny, Marshall Sngs.
(1819) 5 ; Nhb.'
[A n. pron. of lit. E. dun, OE. dunn.]
DIN-ALITTLE, adv. Ken.' [din-a-litl.] Within a
little, nearly.
I knows din-a-little where I be now.
DINCH, adj. Som. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Deaf. (Hall.)
DINCH PICK, sb. War. Glo. Also in form dinspick
Wai-.^ [di'nj-, di'nspik.] A three-pronged fork used for
loading dung. Also called Dinch.
War.^ Glo. Gl. (1851); Grose (1790); Baylis Illiis. Dial.
(18701; Glo.'
DINCUM, DINDEL, see Dinkuni, Dindle, sb."
DINDER, .s7;. Dev. [di-nda(rj.] Thunder.
Dev. Moore Hist. Dev. (1829J I. 353. n.Dev. Ould Tom tha
tucker was strick by dinder, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 107 ;
Grose (1790).
Hence (i) Dinderex, sb. a tluinderbolt, lit. a thunder-
axe ; (2) Dinderhead, sb. a foolish person.
(i) n.Dev. Grose ( 1 7901. (2) n.Dev. A dinderhead hadge-boar !
Rock Jim an' A'c/l (1867) St. 85.
DINDERS
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DING
DINDERS, sb. pi. Shr. Also written dynders.
[dindaz.] A term for the denarii or small coins found on
sites of Roman settlements.
Shr. Lowell S(;f/<>:t//'<r/f).s(i862> 246, ed. 1874; (K."); Shr.i The
Roman coins found here [Wroxeter] are a proof of the antiquity
of the place ; the inhabitants call them dinders, a corruption of
the Roman dcimritis, Phillips Hist. Slivewsbiiry, 199, 200; Shr. 2
[A pron. of lit. E. denier, a coin (Siiaks.) ; Fr. denier,
a small coin, a deneere (Cotgr.).]
DINDLE. V. and .si.' Sc. Ircl. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Also written dinle Sc. N.I.' n.Cy. ; dinnel Sc.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum. Lnn.' e.Lan.'; dinnle Sc. Irel. Lake].
Cum. Wm. n.Yks.= w.Yks.' ; dynle Sc. [din(d)l.|
1. V. To shake, vibrate ; to stagger from a blow ; to
tremble. Cf dingle, v.^
Sc. The floor's dynland (Jam.) ; Herd Coll. Siigs. (1776) CI.
Fif. Frae its foundation to its spinnel Tiie steeple's length did
dirl and dinnel, TEN^•.^^•T Papistry {182-]) 43. Slk. I fand the very
yird dinnling aneath my feet, Hogg Tales (1838) 704, ed. 1866.
Ant. Bnllynieim Obs. (1892^ [Grose (1790).]
Hence Dinling, //>/. adj. trembling, vibrating, rattling.
Fif. Dinnelin' Deaf Meg and Crookit Mou [names of two
cannons], Tenn.\nt Papistry (1827) 43. Ayr. (J.M.) Lnk.
God's ain han' Sweeps ower the dinlin' strings, Hamilton Poems
(1865) 96. Edb. Tlie dinlin drums alarm our cars, Fergusson
Poems 1 1773) "9' Dmf. The dinlin drums resound, Mayne Siller
Gun I 1808, 21. N.I.' n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.)
2. To tingle with cold or pain.
So. My fingers are dynland (Jam.). Ayr. ' O heavens,' she
cried, in a voice that gart me a' dinle, Galt Lairds (1826) vii.
Lth. A' dinlin' sair, Ballantine Poems (1856) 72. Dmf. The
I'eid blude risin' frank and fell, Comes dinlin' tae my bree, Reid
Poems (1894) 241. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Aa felt me finger ends dinnel
agyen. Lakel. Peiiritit Obs. ! Dec. 28. 18971. Cum. They meaad
me fing'rs dinnle, an me arm wark, Sargisson Joe Seoap (1881)
245. Wm. T'heet fair dinnles on t'sliats (B.K.). n.Yks. My
lugs dinle still wi't, when Ah thinks on, Atkinson Lost (18701
xxvi ; n.Yks. 2 e.Yks. Marshall Ritr. Ecoit. (1796) II. 316.
w.Yks ' Lan.' My ears dinnel as if bells wur ringing in 'em.
nXan.^
Mence Dinnling, (1) vbl. sb. a tingling sensation ; (2)
ppt. adj. tingling.
(i) s.Sc. That agonizing sensation which is more forcibly ex-
pressed by the Scottish word dinnling, than by any other word
with which we are acquainted. \Vilso.\ 7^/^5(1839) ^. 95- Ayr.
The dinneling of the rod is 3'et in the flesh, Dickson Writings
(i56i) I. 87, ed. 1845. Lnk. Shake them vvi' pain, Till the
dinnelin' gaes aff them, Lemon St. Miingo (1844) 3'. [Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.)] '^2) Rnf. Till ance ilk dinnlin' finger glows,
PicKEN Poems (1813) I. 77. Cum. And now for pwok-niittens on
dinnellan hands, Dickinson Ciintbr. (1876) 243.
3. To cause to shake.
Sc. Dinna dinnle the table (Jam.).
4. sb. Vibration. Sc. iJam.1
5. A thrilling blow, hard knock ; a tingling sensation.
Sc, Ane aye thinks at the first dinnle o' the sentence, they hac
heard enough to die, Scorr Midlothian ( 1818) xxiv ; (Jam.) Gall.
A dinnle on the elbuck, Crockett Sitnbon}iet (1895) viii.
6. The reflection in the atmosphere on a hot day. Win.
(B.K.) 7. A slight sprain. Rxb. (Jam.) 8. A vague
report, a slight noise of anything. n.Sc. (ib.)
[1. And wyth thar noyis dyndillit hillis and knowis,
Douglas Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 165. 2. His ears
began to dindle, Stanvhurst in Holinshed (1576) VI. 32
(Herrtage) ; To dindylle, condolere, Cath. Angl. (1483).]
DINDLE, sb? e.An. Also written dlndel Nrf
[di'ndl.] 1. The common and corn-field sow-thistles,
Souchits oleraceus and arvensis. Cen. in pi.
e.An.' Nrf. CozensHardy Broad Nrf. (1893') loi ; Trans.
PAi7. So.-. (1855) 31 ; Nrf.' e.Nrf. (W.W.S.) ; Marshall /?«)-.
Econ. (1787).
2. The taller species of hawkweed, Hieracium.
e.An.' e.Nrf. Marshall Kiir. Econ. (1787 .
3. The dandelion, Z,fo;;/o(/o/( Taraxacitni. e.An.'*
DINE, sb. Sc. [dain.] Dinner.
Sc. As we twa sat at dine, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 40.
n.Sc. Will 3'e come up to my castle Wi' me, and take your dine ?
Buchan Ballads (1828; I. 145, ed. 1875. Bnff. Than hame we
gaed an' took our dine, Taylor Poems (1787) 69. Fif. 'Twas
hour o' dine or thereabout, TEnKAjir Papistry (1827) 97. s.Sc.
Frae airly morning on till dine, Allan Poems 11887) 125. Ayr.
From morning sun till dine. Burns Auld Lang Syne, sL 3.
[They might not ones yeve me dyne [v.r. a dyne),
R. Rose (c. 1400) 6500.]
DINEN, see Dienen.
DING, s6.' War.3 [dig.] In phr. to give the ding, to
give the slip, to get beyond observation.
I have given him the ding. Common among boys in Birmingham.
DING, v.^ and sb.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. [dirj.]
I. Gram, forms. 1. Prclerite: (i) Dang, (2) Deng, (3)
Dinged, (4) Dung, (5) pi. Dungen. [For further examples
sec II. below.]
( 1 1 Sc. She dang me sair and oft, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806)
I. 166. Frf. Meg in her freaks dang out a stump, Morison Poems
(1790) 19. Fif. As ae fat bang dang in anither, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 161. Ayr. O ay my wife she dang me. Burns Poems
247, Globe ed. Slk. How fell they fought an' fairly dang,
Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 416. Gall. There came a blow that
nearly dang me out of the saddle, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895)
XXV. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', Cum.i
Wm. Fell oa my knee an dang me hat 03", Wheeler Dial. (1790)
3a. n.Yks.' He dang t'geeaveloc recght upo' mah foot; n.Yks.'^
They dang me ower; n.Yks.^, ne.Yks.' 33. w.Yks. '^, Lan.^
(2) w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 132. (3) Yks. An'
dingt deer off t'creaks. Smith Spee. Dial. (i8ii") 9, ed. 1839.
ne.Yks.' 33. Rut.' Suf. He dinged a stone (C. G.B."). (4) Ayr.
Half o' the hale dung aflf their feet, Boswell Poet. IVks. (1803)
166, ed. 1871. Nhb. We shouted some, and some dung down,
A'. Minstrel (1806-7) P'- 'v. 79. Cum. I dung owre the knop,
Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808; 45. e.Yks. He dung ma doon,
Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 25. w.Yks. Thoresby Leit. (1703);
w.Yks.*, Lan.', n.Lin.' (5") Lan.' They dungen him to the floor.
2. Pp. : (i) Dang, (2) Dinged, (3) Doung, (4) Dung, (5)
Dungen.
(i)Sc. He's sairest dang wha's ain wand dang him, Henderson
Prov. (1832) 22, ed. i88r. Edb. Wi' dancin' now they're a' dang
sair, M'DowALLPof>;»s(i839) 220. (2) e.Lth. Thou wearie world !
. . . Sair are we ding'd by thee, Mucklebackit Riir. Rhymes
(1885) 92. n.Yks.' He's dinged a hole reeght thruff t'skell beast ;
n.Yks.2 Ding'd out o' fettle. ne.Yks.' 33. (3) Edb. But he is
doung, clean out o' sight, Har'sl Rig (1800 23. (4) Sc. He has
dung down a' the bits o' pigs too, Scott Bride 0/ Lam. (1819) xi.
Bch. Our Dominie has now dung in His arse a pike, Forbes
Dominie (1785) 37. Frf. Wi' which he never yet was dung,
Beattie y?/«/!« (c. 1820) 12, ed. 1882. Fif. Death, wi' heart as
hard as steel, Has dung him dead. Gray Poems (1811) 70. Rnf.
I was sae dung wi' pain an' fright, Picken Poems (1813) I. 60.
Ayr. To see his poor auld Mithcr's pot Thus dung in staves,
Burns Authors Cry (1^86) st. g. e.Lth. He tell't us we had been
lang eneuch hadden an' dung. Hunter /. Inwick (1895) 88. Edb.
1 was completely bamboozled and almost dung stupid, Moir
Mansie IVaiich (1828) xxv. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.',
Nhb.', Cum.' Wra. & Cum.' Young filly's dung oure the lang
stee [ladder], 211. n.Yks.* w.Yks. Wright Gram. IVudhll.
(1892) 132 ; w.Yks.' Lan. To be scorn'd un dung up, o'er losin
my woman, Lahee Ozrrf y*:;;;, 24. Rut.' (5) Nlib.' Aa thowt he'd
a dungen doon the door. w.Yks. Cudworth Horton (1886) Gl.
Lan. As iv he'd ha dungn it deawn, TiM Bobbin View Dial.
(1740)38.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To strike, knock, beat ; to drive,
force ; to dash down with violence, overthrow. Also
usedyfg'.
Sc. A gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man
and that which dingeth it clean out of his body, Scott Biideof Lam.
11819) xxvi. Or. I. The sight her vera saul did ding, Paety Torals
Travellye (1880) I .^.^, in Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 795. Elg. She oure
the Mistress dang, CouPERForf;;y(i8o4) II.85. Bch. They maycome
to lay up my mittens an'ding me yavil, Forbes Jrri. (1742) 15. Abd.
An awful hole was dung into his brow, Ross Helenore (,1768) 12, ed.
1812. Frf. You've been dinging me doited about that eldership,
Barrie Minister {i8gi) xi. Fif. He gave his lunzie sic a lounder As
. . . dang him flatlins like ane flounder, Tennant /'(J/>/s/;7( 1827) 14.
s.Sc. They wad ding ye fair doitit wi' their cracks, Wilson Tales
(1839) V. 379. Rnf. Your beauty dings him crazy, Barr Poems
(i86ij 39. Ayr. I'll gar ding the door in their laces, Galt Laiids
(1826) xxxvii. Lnk. My poor wits ye lead astray. An' ding me doilt
before folk, Rodger Poems (1838) 5, ed. 1897. Lth. We II ding to
duds the ' Flying Scotchman,' Lu.msden Sheep-head (1892J 221.
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eXtb. Ye may drive the deil into a wife, but ye'll never ding him
oot o' her, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 211. Edb. Something else
came i' my head, An' dang it out, Crawford Poems (17981 80.
Bwk. A' the dougs in j'our town Can no ding Willie Wastledown,
Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 15. Slk. He pu'd up his bit
shabble of a sword and dang aff my bonnet, Hogg 7>'/<'s(i838 ■ 50,
ed. 1866. Rxb. Puirtith cauld when neath the roof Dings love out
at thejin O, Riddell Poet. IVks. (ed. 1871) I. gi. Dmf. Hergipsy
glower Dang B.'s green tea-leaf standard owre, Quinn Heather
( 1863 I 21. Gall. The wench dang me soundly on the ear, Crockett
Gfey Man (1896) 32. Kcb. I would make a little knock of per-
secution ding them in twenty pieces, Rutherford Lett. (1660)
No. 303. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L B.) ; N.Cy.' Ding down the
nests and the rooks will fly away ; N.Cy.^ Nhb. At last a great
thrust dang him ower, Mtdford Coll. Sitgs. (1818) 19 ; Nhb.i, Dur.i
s.Dur. Aw'll ding tha off t'wall (J.E.D.). Cum. I dung owre the
knop, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 45 ; Cnm.' Aa'll ding him ower.
Wm. She . . . dang it reet agaynth cream-pot an brack it tae bits,
Wheeler £)/«/. (1790) 82, ed. 1821. Yks. He ding out your brains.
' To ding a nail,' to drive in a nail (K.). n.Yks. Ah mood as weel
ding mah back-deer of t'creaks, Brown Yk. Minster Screen (1843)
1. 79; n.Yks.* Tak' heed, man, or he'll ding thee doon t'steears ;
n.Yks. 2; n.Yks.^ Ding a nail into t'wall. ne.Yks.i Ah'U ding tha
on ti t'fleear. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889"! 59; e.Yks.',
m.Yks.i w.Yks. Cudworth Norton (1886) Gl. ; w.Yks.i I . . . dang
some skin off my noaz, ii. 296. Lan. 1 think the damps will soon
ding down the old house, Roby Trad. (1829) I. 393, ed. 1872 ;
Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.i, Chs.' '^ Her. Soon to the ground we shall
him ding, Jewitt Ballads (1867) 19 ; Der.* Obs. Lin. Streatfeild
Lilt, and Danes { 1884) 324. n.Lin.' Ding them wedges in, that'll
rive her. Nhp.', Shr.*, e.An.* Nrf. I saw him ding his horse
furiously up and down the street (W.W.S.). Wil.' Dor. But
he do dab, an' dash, an' ding It down, Barnes Poems (1869-70)
3rd S. 59.
Hence (i) Dinger, sb. (a) a violent blow ; (b) anything
of a superlative character ; (2) Dinging, vbl. sb. a beating,
knocking about.
(i, a) Nhp.i He gave him such a dinger. War.* Bdf. I gov' 'im
a dinger on the chop, so he soon given over, Ellis P>o"«»c. (1889)
V. 208. e.Suf. (F.H.) Wil. Slow G/. (1892). (fc) w.Yks. It's a
dinger, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Oct. 22, 1892). (2) Rnf. She's as gude
o' the dinging as he's o' the driving, Webster Rhymes (1835) 44.
Ayr. The dinging down of the table was the signal of the rebellious
leaders for open war, Galt Provost (1822) I. x.
2. To sling, throw, hurl ; to shake off.
n.Cy. (P.R.), n.Lan. (C.W.D.'), Nhp.' e.An.l I dung it at him.
Nrf. Grose (1790) ; Nrf.i Suf. Cullum i/i's/. //rtii's/crf 11813) ; He
dinged a stone (C.G.B.); Suf.i Ess. (W. W.S.J ; Grose (1790) ;
Gl. (1851) ; Ray (1691) ; (K.) ; Ess.'
3. To take a person by the legs and arms and swing his
posteriors against a tree, wall, post, &c. Also in comp.
Ding-fart. Cf. boss.
Lei.' War.2 Tommy, Tommy Dingfart, Born in a muck-cart,
Christen'd in a wheelbarrow, Gee! Wo! Wup ! Flk-rhyme ;
War.^ They dinged him against a tree.
4. To cut bark into short pieces, preparing it for tlie
tanner.
Per. I'm dingin' the bark (G.W.),
5. To overcome, subdue ; to excel, surpass.
Sc. Ten thousand a-year! it dings Balmawhapple out and out,
Scott Waverley (1814) Ixvi ; We'll ding the Campbells yet in their
own town, Stevenson Catriona ,1892) xvii. Abd. It's rare they
can be dung, Shirrefs' Sale Catal. (1795^ 16. Kcd. The bonniQ
lass o' Kirkwall toon, In truth she dings them a'. Grant Lays
(1884) 176. Frf. The din o' the hoochin' an' trampin' nearly dingin'
the festive fiddle, Willock Rosetty Ends (i886j 65, ed. i88g. Per.
This dings the lane, Haliburton Horace (1886) 77. Fif. I ve haen
mony guid . . . offers in my time, but this dings them a', M'^Laren
Tibbie (1894) 10. Slg. There's nane to ding yer moderate views,
Towers Poems (1885) 124. s.Sc. Leader dings a' the rest, Watson
Bards (1859) 196. Dmb. Sandy an' his bonnie bride, Wow 1
fairly dang them a', Taylor Poems (1827) 11. Rnf. My Govie Dick!
that dings me now . . . What in a' the warld is that ? Fraser Chimes
f 18531 66. Ayr. But Facts are cheels that winna ding, An'downa
be disputed, Burns Dream, St. 4. Lnk. Ye fairly ding me noo,
1 canna gang its hist'ry thro*, Orr Laigh Flichts (1882) 43. Lth.
Nacthing e'er his spirit dang, Bruce /"of ms (1813) II. 12. Edb.
A change I met that a' things dang, Macneill Bv^^a/i^ Tiines(i8ii)
33. Bwk. Dunsc dings a' ! Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 113.
Slk. Henry Watson would ding him till sticks, Ciiii. North yVocles
(ed. 1856) III. 148. Kcb. Schemes o' mice an' men Get dang, as
the wife did the weaver, Armstrong Ingleside (18901 218. n.Cy.
Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' Nlib. Lang may ye live to ding
them a', Donaldson Pofixs (i8og) 126. Dur.' n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^
He'll ding 'em fairly. ra.Yks.', ne.Lan.', Chs.'^^ lju^ j (.^n shove
stronger, but he'd ding me at it, Fenn Dick o' the Fens ( 1888) xiii.
n.Lin.' Well, this telegraphin' dings all waays o' gooin' on I've
heard tell on.
Hence Dung, ppl. adj. (i) exhausted, overpowered by
fatigue, infirmity, &c. ; (2) disconsolate, dejected.
(i) Bnff. Lang afore that it was night, He was sae dung. That
Doctors cou'dna put him right In tae nor tongue, Taylor Poems
(1787) 93. Abd. Sae doun he leans, sair dung, upon a dyke, Giiid-
niaii Inglismaill (1873) 47. Per. Now wi' eild, alas ! I'm dung,
^\coi.Poems (1766) 103. (2) Sc. He was quite dung (Jam.).
6. To move violently, restlessly, in an ill-temper.
War.^ Don't ding about in that way.
Hence Ding-fuz, sb. a temper, pet ; anger.
Nhp.' She's gone off in a ding-fuz.
7. Of rain : to fall heavily, continuously. Gen. with on.
Kcd.Anawfu'sliow'r o' sna' and drift As ever dang down frae the
lift, Burness Thriimmv Cap fc. 1796) 1. 36. Abd. Very common.
It dang on a' day (W.M.) ; It's dingin' on, isn't? Macdonald .(4/fc
Foibes (1876) 193, Frf. But will it be a saft cowdie sweet ding
on? 'Barrio Minister (i89i'l xxxi ; The rain was dingin' on gey
heavy, Willock Rosctly Ends (1886) 51, ed. 1889. Per. Sair
dings the rain upon the road. It dings — an' nae devallin', Hali-
burton Ochil Idylls {i8c)i '■ 20 ; The roof's sae bad, when rain dings
on, It draps through ev'ry place, NicoL Poems (1766) 129. Edb.
The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, Liddle Poems (1821) 226.
8. To work hard.
GIo.' I was tired, vor I had bin dingin' away aal night and aal day.
9. Comb, with adv. (i) To be dung by, to be confined by
some ailment ; (2) to ding on, to walk rapidly ; (3) — out,
to extinguish.
(i I Abd. (Jam.) (2I w.Yks.^ He went dinging on. (s'iPer.The
wind then. And rain dings out my light, NicoL Poems 1,1766) 129.
e.Yks.^ Kettle's tumbl'd ower and ding'd fire oot.
10. Phr. (i) To ding donnart, to stupefy; (2) — on the
nose, to taunt, reprove; (3) — oneself, to vex oneself,
worry; (4) — o;(<//;^ io//o;« of anything, to make an end
of an3'thing.
(i) Sc. My head is well-nigh dung-donnart, Scott Bride of Lam.
(18191 xxvi ; Just dung donnart wi' learning, ib. St. Ronan ' 1824)
xvi. s.Sc. Nocht dings ane donnart suner than study, Watson
Bards (1859) 193. (2) Nhp.' In vain I seek pity, with plaints and
despairings, Always dinged on tlie nose with the wake, Clare
Riir. Life, 158 ; Nhp.2 (3) s.Sc, Lth. (Jam.) (4I Sc. I am hopeful
that the bottom of their plots shall be dung out, Baillie Lett.
II. 68 (Jam.).
11. Comb, (i) Ding-dew, a splay-footed person, one who
walks with his toes much turned out ; (2) -dang or -dong,
(a) in rapid succession, speedily, pell-mell ; in earnest, with
a will; (6) fast, speedy ; (c) great, startling, extraordinary ;
[d) noise, clatter, confusion ; (3) -drive, see -dong (a) ; (4)
•dust, speedily, quickly ; (5) •thrift, a prodigal, spend-
thrift.
(i) Cum.i (2,«) Sc. And gard the coppers flee ding dang At
feasts and foys. Beattie Parings (1801) 39. ne.Sc. And at ony
time bring wooers ding-dang to my door, Grant AVrf/ftoM, 10.
Bch. The clink that haps baith back an' belly I tell ding dang,
Forbes Shop Bill (1742) 21. Abd. The knible elves about her ate
ding dang, Ross Hclenore (1768) 68. ed. 1812. Fif. Multitudes that
thick and thrang Frae ilk inlett ran in ding-dang, TENNANTPn/ij's/;;);
( 1827) 167. Dmb. Ye knock chairs and stools a' ding dang, Taylor
Poems{\?>2-i) 39. Rnf. O gar ideas rise, ding dang, At glecsomerate,
PiCKEN PocHii (18131 II. 22. Edb. I heard how things came on
ding dang, To cow this vanity and show, Macneill Bygane Times
(i8n 1 47. Feb. Braw whisky sellers served me lang. When bodies
hapit in ding-dang, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836191. Rxb. These
rhymers rise ding dang, A. ScoTTPo(-;;;s(ed. 1808) 18. w.Yks. An'
ther's sum wimmen 'at con fairly goa at it ding-dong all t'day long,
as t'owd rhyme hes it, Yks. IVkly. Po.st (War. 27, 1897). Lan.'
He goes at it ding-dong. Chs.* As soon as ever he heered of it,
he started off ding-dong. Der.^ Nhp.' I 11 set to it, ding-dong.
War.' ; War.^ Common. ' Here goes ding-dong for a dumpling.'
is a War. phrase, probably derived from the old sport of bobbing
with the mouth for balm dumplings immersed in hot water ; War.^
Brks.' Men who in fighting hit hard and do not trouble to guard
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are said to go at it ' ding dong.' w.Som.i We zeed eens we'd a-got
vor to doit, zo we in to it ding-dong, hammer and tongs, and twadn
very long about. (A) War.^ Wor. The first lialf of the game was of
a ding-dong, exciting character, Evesham Jni. (Jan. 23, 1897). (f)
s.Chs.' Only used, I think, in negative sentences. Ahy)v got-n u
job lit Mau'pus fur li bif, biit ahy dCilnu ky'ae'r aan-ithin ubuw t
it ; dhu waijiz bin niithin veri ding-dongg [I've gotten a job at
Maupas for a bit, but I dunnacareannytliin'abowtit ; the wages bin
nothin' very ding-dong], [d) Per. The gudewife is keepin' up a
ding dong frae mornin' tae nicht, Ian Maclaken Brier Hush (1895,
23a. War./>'Aa»i IVkh. Post \]\\nc 10, 1893). Dev.Theding-dong
of hounds. Memoir J. Russell, 13. [A sudden storm rush down the
sky's highway. Sweep thro' the streets with terrible ding dong.
Fielding r. r/iHxiA (1730) II. X.] (3)Cum.i Lan.' He goes at it
ding-dong. e.Lan.' (4) Ant. He drove ding dust down the lane
(W.H.P.). (5) w.Yks. Thoresby /,(•//. (1703); w.Yks."
12. To make a heavy, ringing sound. Ess. (W.W.S.)
Hence (i) Dinging, vbt. sb. noise; a buzzing sound in
the ears ; (2) Dinging the bees, phr. tlie noise produced by
hammering on iron pots, &c., when bees swarm.
(i) Cum. There's ayways sec adingin, BlamirePo^/. Wks. (ed.
1842) 212. Brks.' (a) Ess. (W.W.S.)
13. To reiterate, repeat, importune ; to harp on one
subject ; esp. in phr. to ding in to some one, to repeat till
understood, to force into the understanding.
Sc. (A.W.) Nhb. So, if ye please, aw'll myek an end, My sang ne
farther dingin, Gilchrist Sh?s.(i8241 15; Nhb.', Dur.i, Cum. (M.P.)
Wm. He wad alius ding it inta yan to deea what was reet ta ivv'ry-
body^BK.). e.Yks.' At last Ah ding'd it intivhim. w.Yks. (J.T.);
Ohsol., Leeds Merc. (Jan. 3, 1891); w.Yks.^ Lan. ' We'd better
have a tongue for th' dinner to morn ; it's o great while sin we had
any.' . . . ' I'm sure I've had thine dingin oway for thirty year,'
Gaskel Comic Sngs. (1841) 19; Davies Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855)
271. Der. I cannot ding it into him, Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) ;
Der.2 Lin. Brookes Tracts Gl. n.Lin.' Doan't ding so, bairn.
s.Lin. You'll hae ajob to ding it into his tough he'd (T.H.R.). Rut.'
Don't go on dinging me. I don't want to be dung to death. He
almost ding'd me to death to buy his basket. w.Wor.* I'm tired to
death o' hearin' 'im dingin' about that lad o' 'is bein' so mighty
clever. Shr.' Obsol. 'The Missis 'as bin dingin' at me,' said Mary
Davies, 'about Bessey knittin' the Maister a stockin' in a day.'
Brks.* A dinged ut into I zo as I was glad to get awaay. e.An.',
Nrf.' I.W.' I'll ding it into es ears. w.Som.' Aay dhaurt aay
niiv'ur sheod'n ding" ut een tu dhu ai'd oa un [I thought I never
should drive it into his head]. You can't do nort else : you must
keep on dingin away. Dev.^ Tidden no us tii go dinging on tii
me like that there. Cor.i He dinged it into my ears from morning
to night ; Cor.2
14. Phr. (i) Jo dingin some one's teeth, to bring up old
oftences, to charge, accuse ; (2) — over, to gossip, back-
bite, discuss some one when absent ; (3) — tip, to reproach,
upbraid, reflect upon.
(i) Lakel. He wad ding it in his teeth that his mudder powled
him, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum. (M.P.) -Wm. Thoo
needn't ding that i' mi teeth (B.K.). w.Yks.* s.Lan. He keeps
dingin' it in hur teeth (S.B.). (2) w.Yks. I'm nut one o' t'sooart
to go peylin up an' dahn dingin fowk ower, Sauiilerer's Satchel
(1876) 28. (3^ w.Yks. It's noa use thee dingin me up abaat Susy.
Hartley Clock Aim. (1893) 25; Tha'rt alius dingin' me up wi'
some 'at ■ S.K.C.) ; w.Yks.* I wadn't be dung up wi' him, ii. 294;
w.Yks.s Lan. Donnot yo think ot yo'd ding mi up o'er him ? Lahee
Oud Yem, 32. e.Lan. 1 Don't keep dinging me up time after time.
s.Lan. Bamford Vial. (1854).
15. sb. A blow.
Ayr. He swore that he gave her only a ding out of his way,
Galt Provost (1822) xiii; Gien me a ding on the side o' the head,
Johnston Kilniallie (i89r) I. 28. n.Cy. iP.R.) Cum. He gev
meh a ding i' th' back (E.W.P.). n.Yks.^, Not. (J.H.B.) n.Lin.i
I'll fetch the a ding oher thy head if ta ses anuther wo'd. s.Lin.
If yah doOnt drop it, and quick, I'll gi'e y'r sich a ding yah weant
forgit it (T.H.R.l. Nhp.^ e.An.' Particularly with the back of the
hand. Cmb.' And she'll ' fetch ' him such a ding with her open
hand. Nrf. I'll gieyou a rare ding on the chaps presently (W.R.E.) ;
I caught him the sweetest ding o' the chaps, Spilling Daisy Dimple
(1885) 23 ; Nrf.i, e.Suf. ^F.H.)
16. Noise, confusion ; a buzzing noise in the ear.
n.Yks.* ; n.Yks.2 ' A ding an a stour,' a commotion and dust.
* A ding an a dordum,' general uproariousness. m.Yks.* War.^
I had such a ding in my head all day. Shr.' Dear'eart ! I've sich
a ding i' my ears, jest like a swarm o' bees.
17. Anger, temper.
War.3 He was in such a ding all day.
DING, V.'' Sc. Nhb. Cum. War. [dig.] Used impreca-
tively, 'damn.' Cf. dang, v.'^
Sc. (A.W.) N.Cy.i Ding it, but thou's an ass. Nhb.», Cum.'
War. Ding me if I remember a sample to match her, Geo. Eliot
.S. Manur [1861) 149.
DING-DANGLES, si.//. Suf Hanging beads or other
finery.
Suf. She's goin' out for the day I reckon, judgin' by all tliem
ding-dangles (C.G.B.).
DING-DOULERS, sb. pi. e.Cy. [Not known to our
correspondents.] Finery in dress. (Hall.)
DINGE, V.' and sA.' Sc. Irel. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin.
War. Shr. [ding.] 1. v. To indent, bruise, knock in.
Sc. (A.W.), N.I.i Ant.GROSE(i79o)^/S.«rf(/.(C.') Tyr.(D.A.S.)
Wm. Hat dinged in, a bit et flype rowan off, Spec. Dial. (1880I pt. ii.
24. w.Yks. It dinged his head a bit, but drawed no blood (W.F.S.) ;
w.Yks. >24 Lan. If he doesn't be quiet he'll dinge it (S.W.) ; It
looks to ha' dinged th' frame a bit, Clegg Sketches (1895). ne.Lan.i,
m.Lan.' s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). s.Chs. ' Ee'ijr)z dheez
mil-k-biik'its, ydo oa'ni laas't Set'urdi, Cin dinzhd au 1 oaT ured-i
[Here's these milk-buckets, yew (new) on'y last Setterday, an'
dinged all o'er a' ready]. War.^ Shr.* Dun 'ee know who's
dinged the tay-pot athisn ?
2. sb. An indentation, dint ; a flaw in a vessel resulting
from a knock.
Sc. (A.W.), N.I.i, w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. The bonnet retained the
'dinge,' Brierley Layrock (1864) xvi. e.Lan.i, Chs.'^, s.Chs.*,
War.2, Shr.i
[1. Bosseler, to dindge or bruise, to make a dint in a
vessel of metal, Cotgr. 2. Bosselure, a bruise, dindge, ib.]
DINGE, V.' and sb." Lin. Rut. Brks. Hrt. e.An. Ken.
Also inform dingy Rut.' [ding.] 1. w. To soil or dirty ;
with in : to ingrain dirt into the hands, &c.
Lin. (W.W.S. J Rnt.' It dinges my hands, sitting in the house.
Hence Dingy, adj. dirty, coated with dirt.
Brks.' Hrts. Cutting away . . . the dingy wool from the hinder
parts of a sheep or lamb, Ellis Shep. Guide (1750) 351. Ken.^
2. sb. A stain, dark colour or hue. Also usedy?g-.
e.An.' ' He has got a dinge,' a blot on his character.
DINGE, Z'.^ e.An. [din?.] 1. To rain mistily, to drizzle.
e.An.', Nrf.', Ess. (H.H.M.)
Hence (i) Dinging, ppl. adj. showery; (2) Dingy, adj'.
misty, rainy.
(i) Nrf.', Suf.i (a^ Chs. Dingy looking, Sheaf {iS-jC)) I. 265.
Nrf.' Dingy weather. Ess. Dingy rain (W.W.S.).
DINGEL, see Dingle, v.^
DINGLE, s6.' Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Wor. Hrf Glo. Suf.
[di'gl, di'ngl.] A cleft, or narrow valley between hills.
Sc.(A.'W.) n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^, n.Yks.2 Lan. Th'
windin dingle, Clegg Sketches (1895). Wor. Grose (1790) MS.
add. Hrf. Ray(i69i) A/5. orf(/. (J.C.)96; (H.A.W.) Glo. Grose
(1790) MS. add. Suf.'
Hence Dingly, adj. deep-cut like a ravine.
Nhb.' The steep, wild, and woody bank of Stonecroft burn which
joins the dingly channel of the brook, Hodgson Hist. Nhb. III. ii.
DINGLE, sb.'^ Nhp. War. Hnt. [di ggl.] In phr. on
the dingle, on trust, on credit.
Nhp.', War.3 Hnt. Baker Gl. (1854).
DINGLE, si.^ and f.' Sc. 1. sb. A group, gathering.
Fif. While we crap round in canty dingle, Toasting our taes at
bleezin' ingle, MS. Poem (Jam.).
2. V. To draw together, gather. Fif. (Jam.)
DINGLE, V.'" Sc. Not. Glo. e.An. [di-ql, drqgl.]
1. To dangle, hang loosely ; also in coinp. Dingle-dangle.
s.Not. Th' apple dingled just out o' ma retch (J.P.K.). Glo.',
e.An.' Nrf. Rye Hist. Nrf. (1885) xv.
Hence Dingle-dousie or -douzie, sb. (i) a stick ignited
at one end, swung about by a child as a plaything ; (2)
a jack-in-a-box.
(i) Sc. Dingle, dingle dousy. The cat's at the well, Chambers
Po/>. Rhymes (,1870) 21. Feb. In comes John's camshachell hizzy
Like a dingle dovvzie too, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836) 123. Dmf.
(Ja.m.) (2; Gall. To run in and out like a dingle-douzie (^H.M.).
2. To loiter, dawdle.
e.An. ' Nrf. Make haste and don't dingle. Cozens- Hardy Broad
Nif. (1893) 27 ; Arch. (1879) "VIII. 168. e.Suf. (F.H.)
DINGLE
[80]
DINNER
Hence (i) Dingle, sb. (a) a dawdler; (b) delay; {2)
Dingier, sb., see Dingle (a). e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. With aivay : to waste, consume.
e.An.^ He is dingling away his time after tFiat 3'oung woman.
DINGLE, z^.^ and si.* Sc. Irel. Ylis. Lin. Rut. Siif. Also
written dingel e.Yks. [di'r)l,di-r)gl.] 1. v. Tovibrate,
resound, tremble. Cf. dindle, v.
Sc. Garring tiie very stane-and-lime wa's dingle wi'Iiis screecli-
ing, Scott Waverley (1814) xliv. Biiff. My music gars my cottie
dingle, Taylor Poems (,1787) 43. N.I.'
2. To tingle, thrill.
Sc. Grose (1790) 71/5. add. (C.) S. & Ork.^ Lnk. Gied me sic
a cloot in tlie cliafts wi' it that I'm a' din lin' yet, Fraser Whaiips
(1895) XV. N.I.', n.Yks."^ ne.Yks.i Mah ears dingles like a bell.
e Yks.' Let's cum ti fire, mi fingers dingels wi cawd, MS. add.
(T.H.) n.Lin.i I've nettled my sen an' my fingers dingles un-
bearable. sw.Lin.' My arm begins to dingle and feel that queer.
Rut.i It's a-dingling now : a kind of nettle feel.
Hence Dingling,//'/. aiij. tingling.
sw.Lin.' It's a nasty dingling pain. I feel a dingling deadncssin
that thumb. Rut.i
3. To tinkle ; to strike so as to produce a sound.
e.Suf. To dingle a bell. Don't dingle those tools, dishes, &c.
about (J.n.).
4. sb. A tingling sensation.
Lin. My toes andkneesseemsalladingle, Brown iVfrfrfv('84i) 10.
[2. Tiiitouer, to glow, tingle, dingle, Cotgr.]
DINGLE, v." Nrf.i To drizzle. Cf. dinge, v.^
' Dew it rain ? ' ' No, ta ded dingle just now.'
DINGLEY-COUCH, sb. Irel. Also in form Dinglety-
cootch Uls. In phr. (i) He's gone to Dinglry couch, see
below ; (2) to semi a man to Diiiglely-cootch, to send a man
to Coventry.
(i) Ant. He's gone to Dingley couch [he has done something
discreditable]. l5ingle-i-Coush was an old name for Dingle in Co.
Kerry, a place very remote and inaccessible (W.H.P.X {2) Uls.
Quite common (M,B.-S.) ; It is connected with town Dingle in
Kerry, A tract of land given by one of the Dermonds to an
Englishman named Hussey, and from a castle he built there it was
called Dangean-na-Cushey, the castle of Hussey, Uls. Jm. Arch.
(1859-63) VIII. 312.
DINGS, sb. pi. Obs. ? Som. A low piece of ground
suitable for growing osiers,
Som, He was in his withy bed, in the dings, Fanner's Jrii. (Jan.
7, 1828).
DINGY-FOOTMAN, s6. Som. The name of a moth.
Som. CoMPTON IVinsionibe Sketches (1882) 140.
DINK, v.^ War. Wor. Hrf. Glo. Oxf Nrf Also in
form dinks War.'^ Oxf.' Nrf. [dirjk, digks.] To toss,
dandle a baby.
War.2, se.Wor.i s.Wor.' 'Er don't know the right road to dink
a babby (s.v. Road). Hrf. (W.'W.S.) Glo, Dinks-a, dinks-a-
doUy, What shall mammy do fo" 'e ? But sit in a lap. And give un
a pap. And dinks-a, dinks-a-dolly, Glo. Flk-Rhyme, Norihall Gl.
(1896); She went up the road with the cat in her arms, and
dinked un as if er wur a babby (S.S.B.) ; Glo.', Oxf,' Nrf, If my
Roger had gone dinksing round five or six other mawthers, A.B K.
Wright's Fortune (1885) 36,
DINK, adj. and v.'^ Sc, Nhb, Also in form denck
N.Cy,' Nhb,'; dank (Kelly), [diijk, der)k.] 1, adj.
Neat, nice, finely dressed ; also used as adv.
Sc. A denk maiden makes a dirty wife, Kelly Prov. (1721) 54 ;
But he'll dress her as dink as a daisy, as 3'esee, Scott Bride of Lam.
(1819) xii. Abd. I've seen queans dink, and neatly prin'd Frae tap
to middle. Farmer's Ha' (1794) st. 55. Per. Ye waitin' dames,
say dink an' braw, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 60. Ayr.
(J M. I ; My lady's dink, my lady's drest, Burns Poems, 246,
Globe cd. Lnk. My minny wad be angry and sae wad my daddy
Shou d I marry ane as dink as a lady, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc.
(1724) 1. 192, ed. 1871. Slk, Some were wooyngmaydinis dynke,
Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 370.
Hence Dinkly, adi'. neatly,
Slk, I sees her unco dinkly dressed, Hogg Tales (1838) 187, ed.
1866, Gall, Aye she busked her bosom dinkly ; Whyles a tai:)ered
leg was seen, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1828) 1 13, ed. 1897.
2. Dainty, squeamish, precise,
Fif, She's far frae dorty, dull, or dink. But social, kind an'
cheery, Douglas Poems (i8o6j 24. N,Cy.i, Nhb.'
3. II. To adorn, deck, dress out.
Sc. Too old to dink myself, Scorr Abbot (1820) xxi. S. & Ork.'
Rnf. [She] dinks her out in a' her best, Picken Poems (1813) I,
79, Lnk, Creesh our loofs, and gust our gobs, An' dink us braw,
Rodger Pofxis (1838) 172, ed. 1897. Lth. I'll just gaeca' on Jean,
By that time ye'U be dinkit, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 62. Rxb. Nae
mair wi flowers she paints the plain Or dinks the glade sae cheerin',
A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 75.
Hence Dinkit,///. adj. decked out, dressed.
Ags. (Jam.) Rnf. Tho' dinkit e'er sae smart. Yet a' their wily
art Shall never win my heart, Picken Poems (1813) I, 158. Lth,
Sillie fools may brag, I wot, Dink't out in sash an' shouther knot,
Bruce Poems (1813) II, 31,
[1, Him that dressit me so dink, Dunbar Tua Mariit
Wem. (1508) 377.]
DINKET, t^. Glo.' To dandle a baby. Cf. dink, t;.'
DINKS, see Dink, v}
DINKUM, sb. Der. Lin. Aus. Also written dincum
Der. [di qkam.] 1. Work; a due share of work.
Der. * I can stand plenty o' dincum.* Used by colliers at Ecking-
ton, Addy Gl. (1891). n.Lin. You have gotten to do your dinkum,
soa you understand i^M. P.). [Aus. It took us an hour's hard dinkum
to get near the peak, Boldpewood Rubbery (1888) I. v.]
2. Phr. /(?/r fl'/«^;(;« .' fair play ! n.Lin. (E.S.)
DINKY, adj. and sb. Dev. Cor, [dirjki,] 1, adj. Tiny,
very small.
s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) Cor. Leave me a dinkey little corner
to squeeze into by, 'Pp.'Rfi. Adam and Eve (iZ^o) HI. 45; Cor.'*
2. sb. A mere mite. Con*
DINLE, see Dindle, v.
DINMONT, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also
in forms dimment Sc. (Jam.) ; dimmond Nhb. ; dinman
w.Yks.'; dinment Cum. ; dinmond Nhb.'Dur. [dinmant,
■msnd ; di'msnt, dimsnd.] A male sheep from the first
to the second shearing ; a two-year-old wether.
Sc. Talked ... of gimmers and dinmonts and slots and runts,
Scott Waverley (1814) xi : Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Inv.
(H.E.F.) Bwk. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 31. N.Cy.' A lamb is
called a hog in the autumn and after the New Year a dinmont.
Nhb.' Male sheep from the time of weaning to the first time of
clipping are called hogs, hoggerels, or lamb-hogs ; then they take
tlie name of shearing, shearling, shear-hog, or dinmond-tups or
rams, Culley Live Stock (1801) 18. Nhb., Dur. Young Annals
Agrie. (1784-1815) XIX. 148, 309. Cum. A peer dipt dinment frae
the town. Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 87. Wm. (j.H,) w.Yks.'
A dozen dinmans, ii. 289.
[Item, gymmer, dynmont, Acts Jas. I (1424), ed. 1814,
4 (Jam.).]
DINNE, t). Obs. Yks. Of a nail : to drive in. (K.)
DINNEL, DINNLE, see Dindle, v.
DINNEN-SKATE, sb. Sc. The young of the fish,
Raia Balis.
Fif. Others are broad fishes, as the Dinnen Skate (so called by
our fishers), which is large and smooth in the back, Sibbald Nist.
Fife (1803) 119 (Jam.). [Satchell (i879\]
DINNER, sb. and v. Sc. Cum. Wm, Yks, Lan, Shr.
Nrf, Also in form denner Sc, ; dennar Sc, (Jam,) [dinar,
de"nar, di'na(r).] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Dinner-piece,
dinner, food for dinner; (2) -while, dinner-time.
(I) Gall. Lat Marion come ootovver the hills wi' my dinner-piece
in a napkin, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxii. Nrf. How kin a feller
keep his finger off the trigger when sich a pretty little dinner-piece
gets in front of his fowlin' piece ? Patterson Man and Nat. (1895)
32. (3) Shr.' I've bin vvorkin' i' my dinner-w'ile. Sir.
2. Phr. (i) Like a dinner o' broth, successfully, without
hitch or friction ; (2) Little dinner, an early breakfast, a
slight meal before the usual time of breakfast.
(,1) w.Yks. Thah'll see it'll gooa like a dinner o' broth (B.K.).
(2) Rxb. (Jam.)
3. V. To dine.
Fif. [He] denner'd gustily with th' abbot, Tennant Pa/n'stiy
(1827) 67. Ayr. 1 dinner'd wi' a lord, Burns Interview with Lord
Dair, st. i. Lth. The Southern dealers, yamp an' crouse, Wad
steek an' denner, Lumsden S/(ff/-/;fnrf (1893) 143. Slk. Ken ye
wha dinner'd on our Bessy's haggics? Hogg Jacob. Rel. (1819) II.
191, ed. 1874. Cum. They dinnert on hole o t'efterneun, Dickinson
Lamplugh (1856) 4.
DINNICK
[8x1
DIPPER
Hence (i) Dinnering, vbt. sb. dining, having dinner;
also used atlrib. ; (2) Dinnerish, liungry, ready for dinner.
( I ) Abd. Ay an' dennerin an' ae thing or itlicr, Alexander Johnny
Gibb ^1871 xl. Cum. O' t'dinneran was ower. Dickinson Laiiip-
lugh ,18561 4. Lan. Like a whul women's club onadinnerin d.iy,
Brierley Fiatchmgtons (1868I i. (,aj Wm. He said et lie thowt
I'd be feelan rader dinnerish, Robison Kendal C. News i^Sept. 22,
1888 .
DINNICK, DINNIT, sec Dunnock, Do, v.
DINSH, aiij. w.Som.' Dull, stupid.
Probably var. pron. of ' dense." He ont never do hizzel no good,
a's to dinsh tdiinsh] by half.
DINSPICK, see Dinchpick.
DINT, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Not. Der.
Ess. [dint.] 1. sb. Fig. A blow, shock ; an impression.
Abd. (.Jam.) nw.Abd. She tuke a dint o' fleerishin, Goodwife
(1867'! St. la. Ags. (Jam.') Edb. Soon tine dint o' a' the graces
■I'hat aft conveen In gleefu' looks and bonny faces, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 145, ed. 1785. Dmf. Ye're the first alive, love, E'er
gae my heart sae queer a dint, Quinn //ratter (1863) 236. n.Ir.
Asthore! an' has 3'our mother any sense left at all, with the dint
o' the joy ! Mulholland Ailsie's Shoe, 245.
2. Phr. To take one's dint, to receive punishment.
Not. He took his dint (J.H.B.).
3. Vigour, energy.
Cum.' ' He hez some dint in him,' he will make his mark.
Hence Dintless, adj. lacking in energy.
Cum. It's all along of my being dintless, Caine Shad. Crime
(1885I 103.
4. Obs. The greater part or proportion.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ The dint of our town in those days were
smugglers ',ed. 18551.
5. A momentary opportunity.
Sc. Stown dints are sweetest, Ramsay Prov. (ilSl). Abd. Sae
that I on him hae not steal'd a dint, Ross Hehnore (1768) 113, ed.
1812. Frf. All bars I'll brave, nor dree a dint of shame, MoRisON
Poems (1790) 154. Rnf. Sandy M'^Nab by some unlucky dint Was
nae waur o' a trap, Webster Rhymes • 1835 58. Ayr. Sweet fruit
o' monie a merry dint, Burns Poet's IVeUome, st. 4.
6. As much land as there is mown in one direction at
a sharpening of the scythe. Nhb.^
7. V. To make a dint or impression ; also in folk-lore,
of an injury done to cattle by elves ; also used Jig.
Ayr. By some sweet elf, I'll yet be dinted, Burns Ef>. to Major
Logan, St. 12. Gall. Soon she saw the lad was dinted, Nicholson
Poet. IVts. (1828; 113, ed. 1897. Ant. The skin probably not in-
dented, not pierced or clf-shot. The cow doctors of old times
could cure a cow which was either elf-shot or dinted, or both, by
the use of flint arrow-heads or elf-stoncs, Ballymena Obs. {18921.
Der.2 ' He can't dint into a pound of butter,' said of a weak hitter.
Hence Dinted,/)//, adj. notched, serrated. n.Yks.'
8. To make a loud noise, stun.
Ess. Why, you mort dint a body to death (W.W.S.).
DINTING, 56. n.Cy. Yks. [dintin.] 1. A stitch used
by tailors.
n.Yks.' A stitch done by passing the needle nearly but not quite
through the stuff, so that the stitch forms a small depression on the
other side.
2. The taking up of the bottom of a colliery road, in order
to enlarge the road. n.Cy. (S.J.C.)
DINTLE, sb. Sh.I. Yks. [dintl.] A thin species of
leather.
S. & Ork.i w.'Ylts. To Lambert Hilton for 12 /('. of strong dintle
lether for covering the bell stays, 12s., Bradford Prsh. Ace. (1715) ;
w.Yks.' It is inferior in price to the but, having the rump part and
neck attached to it. [Small pieces of leather taken from the belly
of a dintel hide, Knowlson Cattle Doctor (.1834) 120.]
DINTLE, V. Lan.i [di'ntl.] To indent.
DINYAN, sb. Cor. Also written dinyun. [di'njan.]
Anything very small ; a little corner ; a small quantity.
Cor. An' dedn' do a dinyun o' good, Pearce Inconsequent Lives,
189 ; Cor.' I don't like fitting carpets into these stupid dinyans ;
Cor.' ; Cor. 3 Niwair tuk au dinyun auv et.
DIP, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. [dip.]
1. V. In phr. to dip one's beet, to dip one's ' bill,' to drink.
Cor. Truth to tell, he ded purty freely ' dip hes beel,' T. Towser
(1873) 103.
VOL. II.
2. To dip sheep in a liquid preparation to destroy insects.
Oxf.' w.Som." Thej' are placed singly in a bath of strong
poisonous liquor, care being taken not to immerse the head. Bee
yiie gwain tu diip' yur sheep dee yuur? [Are 3'ou going to dip your
sheep this year ?]
Hence Dipping, sb. a strong poisonous liquor, for
'dipping' sheep. w.Soni.'
3. To drench with water those people who do not carry
a piece of may-blossom on May-day.
Cor. Flk-Lore Jrn. (1886 IV. 226. w.Cor. At a later hour all
the boys of the village sally forth with bucket, can, syringe, orother
instrument, and avail themselves of a licence, which the season
confers, to dip or well-nigh drown, without regard to person or
circumstance, the passenger who has not the protection of a piece
of may in his hat or button-hole, N. & Q. (1855) ist S. xii. 297.
Hence Dipping-day, sb. May-day, May ist.
Cot. Flk-Lore Jrn. {1886) IV. 226. w.Cor. Quiller-Couch ///'s/.
Fotperro (1871) 153 ; N. & Q. i 1855") ist S. xii. 297.
4. To sit down. Sh.I. (K.I.) ; S. & Ork.'
5. sb. The downward inclination of strata; a sudden
drop in the bed of coal.
N.Cy.l Nhb.' There is a rise, or ascent, for a colliery under
ground, and so by consequence the contrary way a dip or settling,
Compleat Collier {i-jo3) 40. Nhb., Dur. Green well Coal Tr. Gl.
(1849). n.Str. (J.T.)
Hence (1) Dipper, sb. a fault in the strata by which
coal is thrown down to a lower level. N.Cy.^, Nhb.^
(2) Dipping, sb. a mining term, used of a vein of coal.
Stf. (K.),Stf.'
6. Comp. (i) Dip-dyke, the place where the coal on the
other side is thrown down ; (2) -hitch, a hitch or slip in
a bed of coal, which casts down the seam below the level
at which the hitch is found ; (3) -side, the low side ; (4)
■trouble, see -dyke.
(i) Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. CI. (1888). (2) Nhb.'
It is also called a doon-thraa, or doon-cast. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (3, 4) ib.
7. Comp. Dip-net, a small fishing-net attached to a
willow rod bent into a circle, and affixed to a long handle.
n.Lin.'
8. Obsol. Phr. Dip o' th' kit, a rustic game.
n.Lin.' sw.Lin. Not known here as the name of a game, but it
might be used of a dip in the bran-tub, which is so common at
school-feasts and bazaars. ' Well, lass, hast had a dip o' th' kit? '
[wooden tub] (R.E.C.).
9. A liquor in which sheep are dipped to destroy vermin.
n.Lin.'
10. A sweet sauce, usually eaten with puddings.
n.Cy. Grose (1790-1 MS. add. (P.) e.Yks.', w.Yks.^" Chs.' If
flavoured with brandy it is called brandy-dip. nw.Der.', Lei.', Nhp.'
War.3 No War. man would think his Xmas plum pudding complete
without the brandy dip. Hut. 1,T.P.F.), e.An.', Nif.' [Amer. /)/(i/.
Notes (1896) I. 382,]
11. Salt.
Dor. Gl. (1851). w.Som.i Used only in the followingphr. : Mate!
we don't get no mate ; all we gels is tatees and dip [dipped in salt].
DIP, DIPCHICK, see Deep, Dobchick.
DIP-EAR(S, sb. e.An. Also written dippeere Nrf.
1. The common tern, Sterna fliiviatilis. Cf dippurl.
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (,1893) 49.
2. The lesser tern, Sterna minuta.
Nrf. Swainson Birds (1885) 204.
DIPIN, sb. Arg. Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A part of a herring-net ; the bag of a
salmon-net.
[Cp. Gael, d'lpin, a certain measure of a net, usually of
a herring-net (M. & D.).]
DIPPA,56. Cor.'2 [di-pa.] Mining term: a small pit.
DIPPEN, sb. w.Sc. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] The stairs at a river-side.
PicKEN Poems (1788) Gl. (Jam.)
DIPPER, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. [di'par,
di'p3(r).] 1. The boat which conveys the fish from the
tuck-net to the shore, in pilchard-fishing.
Cor.2 w.Cor. Paris Cnide to Mount's Bay (ed. 1824) 152.
2. A shallow wooden dish ; see below.
Nhb. Still in use in places where water has to be carried from
DIPPING
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the spring or burn (R.O.H.); Nhb.^ [It] floats on the water in
a tub, or ' skeel,' and so prevents splashing over when the vessel
is borne on the head. A flat piece of wood, called a ' stiller,' is
also used for the purpose.
3. The dabchick, or little grebe, Podiceps fluviatilis or
P. niiiioy.
Not. (.T.H.B.) Wil. Thurn Birds (1870) 51. [Morris Hist.
Birds {iBsTA
4. The water-ouzel, Citichis aqiiaiicus.
Nhb.^ Also called the water piol and water crow. w.Soni.i
Diipur. [So called from its diving propensities, Swainson Birds
(1885) 30.]
5. The kingfisher, Alcedo ispida.
Shr. Swainson Birds (1885I 104 ; Shr.*
6. A Baptist ; also called Dipped 'un. See Didapper.
Dnif. Sin' first I cooled a Dipper's skin, Convulsions rage my
brows within, Quin.n Heather 11863) 'SB- e.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.T.)
ne.Lan. Betty were a dipper, Mather Idylls 11895) 321. Chs.' I
have even heard a Baptist minister speak of one of his own sect
as a dipper. s.Chs.'
DIPPING, s.b. Sc. (Jam.) The name given to a com-
position of boiled oil and grease, used by curriers for
softening leather.
DIPPITY-WASHTY, sb. Som. The water-wagtail,
Motacilla liigxtbris.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
DIPPLE, z;. m.Yks.i [di'pl.] To dimple.
DIPPURL, sb. Nrf. [di-pl.] The common tern,
Sterna fltivialilis. Cf. dip-ear(s.
Nrf. Swainson Birds (,1885) Z02. [Johns Birds (1862).]
\Dip (vh.) +piirl. The bird is also called the 'great
purl ' (Swainson I.]
DIRAB, sb. Irel. In folk-lore : a worm said to exist
in bog-water.
S.Don. When swallowed the worm causes a swelling which can
only be cured by a person of the name Cassidy, who puts his arms
round the patient, and the worm dies, Simmons Gl. (.1890).
Dil RAXION, see Direction.
BIRD, sb.\ V. and adv. Sc. [dird.] 1. s6. A blow, thrust ;
an onslaught ; used also iron, a mighty achievement.
Sc. He would wi' his sword Work siccan dird, Drummond
Mticko)iiacky f 1846) 25. n.Sc. That is a mighty dud (Jam.). Cai.'
Bnff. I saw a waefu' ugly Bird Streek out his nib to let a dird At
Stranger Me, Taylor Poems {l^B'}) 7. BnfT.' He cam doon wee a
dird, an* brook's arm. Bch. The famous Hector did na care A
doit for a' your dird, Forbhs Ulysses (1785) 19. Abd.Your travel'd
birds. Wiia never ance dreed Fortune's dirds, Shirrefs Poems
(1790) 293; The box cam doun o' ma held wi'an awfu' dird (W. M.\
Frf. He iiit him on the ribs sic dirds, Beattie Ariiha (c. 1820)
13, ed. 1882. Fif. They near down-devel'd to the yird The din-
nei'd warriours wi' their dird, Tennant Papistry (1827) 144.
2. II. To strike with a sharp blow; to throw with
violence; to dash.
Sc. To beat, thump, dump, in order to solidify, as when filling a
sack of grain; to drive or cast violently (Jam. Siippl.). Buff.'
Abd. The first wallop gart 'im dird to the groun', Ellis Pronimc.
(1889J V. 774; Fa sud be dirdit into the neuk but Geordie,
Ale.xander yo/»i«v Gibb (1871) xviii.
Hence (i) Dirdan, vbl. sb. the act of beating or dashing;
a beating ; (2) Dirder, sb. a driver, whipper-in.
(i) BnflF.^ (2) Sc. A dog-dirder, dog-breaker, kennel-attendant
(Jam. Snppl.).
3. adv. With violence ; heavily, sharply.
Bnff.' He gart the loon's head gang dird against the wa'.
[1. Cp.Cae\. ditrd, 'sonitus, strepitus' (IMacbain) ; Wei.
dwrdd ( Davies).]
DIRD, sA.2 Som. [dad.] Thread.
Som. Git er zum nills and dird vor er to lorn to zawy too
Jennings Dial. w.Eiig. (1869) 143; Whaur's my d'r'd and niddel?
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.'
DIRDUM, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also in linuis dardxini Fif. ; dirdaiu n.Yks.' ; dirdom Per.
NCy.' Nhb.'; dirdrim Per.; dordum Nhb.' n.Yks.'^
ni.^ks.' e.Yks. ; durdam Yks.; durden ne.Lan.'; dur-
dom N.Cy.'^ Yks. ; durdrum Nhb.' ; durdum Fif. N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Cum.' Wm. & Cum.' n.Yks.'^^ nc.Yks.' m.Yks.>
w.Yks.' ne.Lan.'; durrum nc.Yks.'; dyrduni n.Yks.'
[di'rdam, dardam, da'dsm.] L Noise, uproar ; tumultuous
proceedings ; a noisy quarrel. See Dird, sb.^
Sc. Sic hirdum, dirdum, and sic din, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc.
C1724) I. 9, cd. 1871 ; The dirdum's a' about yon man's pokmanty,
Scott Rob Roy 1 1817) .xiv. Abd. If I get o'er this dirdum richt,
I'll ne'er baud sic a splorc, Gttidinatt Iiiglisinaill (1873) 45. Fif.
Ye never for a meenit think o' . . . the durdams I've haen with the
neebors, McLaren Tibbie (iSg^) 115. s.Sc. I just got a glisk o'
him, in the middle o' the dirdum at Worcester, Wilson Tales
(1839) V. 123. Rnf. Tho' nae dirdum I exchange. But wiss that
skaith may shun them, Picken Poems (1813, I. 149. Ayr. After
this dirdum, the laird gaed hame to steep the kittle affair in his
mind, Service JVotaiidums (1890) 104. Rxb. But mind ye o' sic
dirdum here we saw. A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 33. n.Cy.
Grose (1790); N.Cy.'^ Nhb. I hate the street's dirdum and
dazzle, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VII. 78; It was
little wonder that the great event made a durdum in our good old
town, Watson Hist. Lit. and Phil. Soc. Neivcastle (1897) 67; Nhb.'
Dur.^ Lakel. IJurt kick up a durdum aboot nowt, Pennth Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897); Ellwood (i895\ Cum. Wc hed sec a dirdum at
Gobblcston parish, Blamire Poet. IVhs. (ed. 1842) 216; Cum.'
When the country was divided into distiicts, each was answerable
for the good behaviour of its inhabitants ; meetings were held at
the doors of suspected wrong-doers to inquire into the offence.
The sentences of such meetings were called the doordoom ; and as
they were often accompanied with much noise and dispute, hence
durdum. Wm. Bet thae dud meeak sick a durdum. Spec. Dial.
(1885) pt. iii. 28. Wm.&Cum.' He'd raise a durdum sae loud. 175.
n.Yks. Great stags, what a durdum thou macks, Meriton Praise
Ale (1684) 1. 357 ; n.Yks. '2^ ne.Yks.' What a durrum t'baa'ns is
makkin. e.Yks. Marshall /?»>-. ^co;;. (1788). m.Yks.' w.Yks.'
It irks yan naa lile to hear sike coil an durdums, ii. 310. ncLan.'
2. A punishment, scolding; blame, reprehension.
Sc. I gie'd her such a dirdum ... as might hae served her for a
twelvemonth. Petticoat Tales (1823) I. 280 (Jam.). Abd. Spoken
to a child as a threat, ' I'll gie ye yer dirdums.' I'll get my
dirdums for this [I shall be punished] (G.W.). Per. I'll tak' the
dirdum gin ye'U tak' the article [I'll take the blame of your
wrongdoing] [ib.); Ye hae mair sense nor raise a din whan its
yersel' wad get the dirdom o't, Clelakd Inchbracken (1883) 272,
ed. 1887. Rxb. 'I'll gie you dirdum,' a threatening used to chil-
dren, when they are doing what is improper (Jam.).
3. A heavy blow, stroke; a fall. Also nstd fig., esp. in
phr. to bear or dree the dirdum.
Sc. But the dirdum fa's on me, Scott Blk. Dwaif {1816) x. n.Sc.
'To dree the dirdum,' to feel the fatal effects, or to do penance ;
often to bear severe reprehension (Jam.). Bnff.' The loon took a
baud o' 'im. bit he ga' 'im a dirdum fae 'im our o' the rod. Per.
John has left his wife to bear the dirdrim o' 's wrang-doingsf G.W. );
If anything went wrong ... it was he that bore the dirdum,
Haliburton Fields (1890) 95. Fif. Than, wi' a dardum and a
dirdum, Yirdlins he daddit him and birr'd him, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 148. s.Sc. The rogue's awa and left us to bear the dirdum
o' his feint or folly, Wilson Tales (1836) IV. 37. Lth. When oh !
mair dirdum an' misluck, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 166 e.Lth. Bring
hame the truth aboot the Rirk to them . . . wha wad hae to dree
the dirdum gin ony scaith cam til her. Hunter y. /wztw^ (1895)
128. Slk. That's rather a dirdum, thinks I, and lost hope, Hogg
Tales (1838) 192, ed. 1866. Gall. The dirdums ane maun dree,
Harper Bards (ed. 1889) 195.
4. Used ironically : a great deed, achievement.
Per. ' O ay, ye'll do dirdums,' or ' Yell do a dirdum ' (G.W.).
5. pi. The tvvingings of conscience, remorse.
Per. Oor John's in the dirdrims the day — he was the waur o'
drink last night (G.W.).
6. Passion, ill-humour. Per. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.]
7. p/. Ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders. Ayr. (Jam.)
[Not known to our correspondents.]
8. Obs. ? A term applied to a woman ; see below.
Sc. Used as if it had formerly been a personal designation,
denoting a female who had been slighted by her lover (Jam.);
' Hech, see, sirs, yonder comes the dirdam,' Herd Coll. Siigs.
(1776) II. 216 (ib.).
DIRECT, sb. Som. Dev. Capacity for directing, prac-
tical sense that can be relied upon.
w. Som.' No use t'hark to he ; idn no direct [durak-] in un, no
more-n a dog bcrkin. Thee's a-got some direct in thee, but the
rest o'm be like a passle o' fools, I zim. n.Dev. There's no direct
to hot tha tell'st, £.Ym. Scold. (1746) 1. 149.
DIRECTION
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DIRL
DIRECTION, sb. Yks. Wor. Suf. Dev. In form
d(i)raxion Dev. [dire-kjsn.] 1. In phr. in every direction,
in every way.
s.Wor. Mrs. L. is a Christian in hevery direction, Porson
Qiuiiiil IVds. (1875") 26.
2. The address, the description of the place where a
person lives. Gen. in pi.
w.Yks. I've got his direction or directions (J.T.\ Dev. Plalzc
tu give me Jane's diraxions, Hevvett Peas. Sp. (,1892^; Didn't slic
l<iio\v the name of the street ? — No, I tcllee, I dawn't knaw her
draxions a bit. ib. 14.
3. Conip. Direction-post, a guide-post. Suf. (C.G.B.)
DIRECTLY, adv. Sc. Ircl. Yks. Also Brks. Ken. Sur.
Sus. I.W. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms dereckly
I.W.'^ ; derekelly I.W.'; drackly w.Som.' nw.Dev.' ;
dracly Sur.' Sus.' ; dreckly w.Som.' nw.Uev.' [direktli,
direkli, drekli.] 1. In phr. directly niimite, on the instant,
at once, immediately.
Brks.' Gie I that tlier knife dreckly minnt. Ken. I will do it
directly minute (A.E C.l ; Ken.' Sur. (^T.S.C. ; Sur.' You get down
drac'ly minute. Sus.' Ye be to goo down dracly minute. I.W. '
Goo dv^^reckly minnut and do as 1 tells thee, 50; I.W.^ Dor. I be
coincn dreckly minnit, Hare \'ilL Street (,1895) 210. w.Som.*
Jaak ! yiie mus vaach een sm co d draa'klee-mun'eet [Jack! you
must fetch in some wood this moment]. Dev. Come intu ouze
dicckly minit, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892^ 49. Cor. Goin' to hold a
praycr-mitlin' dreckly minute, LowRY IVreckers (1893) 34.
2. Presently, in a little while.
Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. As e dunt direktli [I shall have finished
it presently] { J.W.''. nw.Dev.* In the dialect tliis does not mean im-
mediately, but shortly. ' I'll kom drackly ; I mus' finish ot I'm
'bout fust.'
3. Precisely, exactly ; just so. N.I.^
DIRGIE, sb. Sc. Written dirgy Bwk. Also in forins
dairgie Ags. ; dergieAbd. ; dergy, dregy (Jam.), [dirgi,
dergi.] 1. A feast given in memory of a deceased
person immediately after the funeral service. Cf dredgie.
Sc. And he helped to drink his ain dirgie. Herd Coll. Sags.
(1776) II. 30; What the funeral feast, or dirgie, as it is called,
was to the men, the gloomy preparations of the dead body for the
coffin were to the women, Scott Bride of La»i. (1819) xxiii ;
Formerly this practice was often attended with great abuse, but it
is now gen. laid aside except in some villages, or places in the
country (Jam., s.v. Dregy). Abd. A number of those who had
attended the deceased to the place of sepulture returned with the
friends to drink the ' Dergie,' which often was continued far into the
night, Anderson y^/y;;;cs (1867I 216. Ags. (Jam.) Ayr. The ring
was wrenched away ... by Sparkinhawse . . . when he was
coming out from the dirgie, Galt Lairds (1826) i. Bwk. Some tf
the people of the place were sitting up with her corpse . . . and
drinking her dirgy, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 97.
2. A dirge ; a song of lamentation.
Sc. Sing sweet pleasant dcrgies, Donald Poems (1867) 57.
[1. The same word as older E. dirgie, the Office of the
Dead, so named fr. Lat. dirige (' direct '), the first word of
the antiphon in the Office.]
DIRGY, see Durgey.
DIRK, sb. and v. Sc. Also in form durk. [dirk,
dark.] 1. sb. A dagger or poniard.
Sc. Never draw your dirk when a dunt will do't, Ramsay Prov.
(1737) ; The goat skin purse, flanked by the usual defences, a dirk
and steel-wrought pistol, Scott IVaverlcy (18141 xvi. Mry. The
priest, the cross, and the dirk Are gane wi' their fastings and
fightings. Hay Lititie (1851) 12. Abd. He . . . drew a lang dirk
frae his side, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 185. Frf. Lauchlan . . ,
ripped up the startled crittur's pipes wi' his dirk, Barrie Minister
(i8gi) xxvi. Per. Brown pusht not with durk nor tool, Smith
Poems (1714I 74, ed. 1869. w.Sc. I am resolved to run him
through with my dirk this instant, Caruick Laird (1835I Ii3.
Fif. In his droddum clap the dirk 0'reformation,TENNANTPu/>i5/);>'
(1827) 27. Slg. A jewelled dirk [adorned] his hose. Towers
Poems (1885) 59. Rnf. Land of tartan, plaid, and bonnet, Deadly
dirk, and broad claymore, Clark Poet. Pieces (1836) 11. Feb.
If your knives inlakes. My durk . . . will soon supply, Nicol
Poems (1766) 48. Gall. 'Tak' a durk, man, instead !' He handed
me a long deadly-looking weapon in a leather case, Crockett
Raiders (1894) vii.
2. V. To Stab with a dirk or other weapon.
Sc. They grippit me, and cried Treason ; and I thought of the
Ruthvens that were dirked in their ain house, Scott Nigel (1822)
iii ; Had it not been for the Lifeguard, She would have durkt
him, Cleland Pof/»s (1697) 15 (Jam.). Frf. At the least Lauchlan
maun hae dirked the Earl, Barrie Minister ^1891) xxv. Fif. He
threaten'd, in his wrath. To dirk Diabolus to death, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 70.
DIRK, see Dark, Durk.
DIRL, V. and sh. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also
written derl w.Yks. ; dirle Sc. ; dyrll Abd. [dirl, dsri,
dal.] 1. V. To pierce, drill ; to tingle, thrill ; to cause
to vibrate by a blow, or tlirill with the sensation of
pain or pleasure ; to scold.
Sc. Meg Wallet wi' her pinky ccn, Gart Lawrie's heartstrings
dirle, Kamsay Christ's Kirk{ed. 1733 1 51. Cai.' Elg.Till heartstrings
dirl, an' bosoms swell. Tester Poems (1865) 193. Abd. I believe
my taes will roast, An' yet my heels are dirlin', Beattie Parings
(1801) 28. Frf. May it dirl through your bones, brave boys, to
the end, Barrie Tommy {i8g6) 426. Per. Behave yersel ... or
I'se gar ycr lugs dirl, Cleland Inchbrackcn (1883) 241. ed. 1887.
e.Fif. My airms were dirlin' up to the very shoother blades, Latto
Tam Bodkin (1864) vii. e.Sc. I ken the pair o' e'en '11 gar your
heart dirl, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896; iii. Rnf. Pain alang my
noddle's dirlin. Young Pictures (18651 '43- Ayr. The beast gied
a shraik that made my whole head dirl, Galt Ann. Parish (1821)
iv ; 'Twas pibroch, sang, strathspey, or reels. She dirl'd thein aff
fu' clearly, Burns Amang the Trees, St. i. Lnk. Knees and elbows
dirled wi' dread, Dcil's Hallowe'en (1856) 37. Lth. The kibcrs dirl
an' shake, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 16. Edb. It dirled thro' my
heart like a dart, Moir Mansic JVanch (1828) iv. Slk. Just like
ane o' thae lines in poetry that suddenly dirls through you, Chr.
North Noctes (ed. 1856) III. 147. GalL It'll dirl far waur then,
Crockett Cleg Kelly (i8g6) 262. Kcb. Mess John's twa lugs right
sairly dirl'd, Davidson 5frtsoK5 (1789)67. N.Cy.i Nhb. Each lang
syne sang Gar'd ecstasy just dirl alang, Proudlock Borderland Muse
[ 1 896) 334 ; Nhb.* To ' dirl the elbow' is to strike the sensitive bone of
that part — the ' funny bone,' as it is called. Cum. Raptures dirl thro'
every part, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 88. Wm. & Cum.',
Yks. (Hall.), ne.Lan.*
Hence Dirling, (i) vbl. sb. a thrilling or smarting pain,
of short duration; (2) ppl. adj. aching, quivering, tlirilling,
tingling.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) Mry. Their een . . . Will set the cauldest heart a-
dirlin'. Hay Lintie (1851) 40. Frf. Tapster got owre the dirlin' and
shakin'hehadsustainedjWiLLOCK/^osfWji £'/;rfs(i886) 85, ed. i88g.
Rnf. Now to unfold her bit dirlin' o' drift, Webster Rhymes (1835)
163. (2) Elg. Her couthy crack an' smile fu' fain Will deaden a'
its dirlin' pain. Tester Poems (1865) T23. Abd. That I may warm
. . . Ilka dirlin' foot and hannie, Cadenhead Flights (1853) 252.
2. To vibrate noisily, as when sharply struck or shaken,
or in response to loud sounds ; to produce loud vibrations.
n.Sc. The roof and the rafters . . . shake and dirl, Gordon
Carglen (1891) 44. Elg. Till bottles, jugs, an' glasses dirled, Tester
Poems ixitt^") 148. Frf, The vera ground aneath him dirlt, Beattie
Arnha (c. 1820) 50, ed. 1882. Fif. Skrieghin' throu' the streets and
skirUn', Settin' the windocks a' a-dirlin', Tennant Papistry • 1827)
55. e.Sc. What a way to blurt out news ; ... as weel ha'e it
dirled out on the drum, Setoun Sunshine (1895) 323. Rnf. I'll
dirl the door and learn the odds, Eraser Chimes (,1853) 146. Ayr.
He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a'
did dirl, Burns Tam o' Shanter (iigoj 1. 123; Twisting a wisp of
straw round his horse's feet, that they might not dirl or make a
din on the stones, Galt Gillmize (18231 iv. Lth. Wi' reels and
waltzes even. The wee cot hoosie dirled, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 40. e.Lth. It was a waly hammer he swung, an' ... he
gart the stiddy dirl, Hunter J. Inwick (18951 131. Edb. John
Tod's vexed anvil dirls from morn till night, M'Dowall Poems
(1839) 18. Gall. I had e'en garred the guard o' my sword dirl
again his ribs, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xii. Nhb.* Wm. It
meead o' t'pots o' t'shelf dirl (B.K.).
Hence Dirling, (i) vbl. sb. the sound or vibratory motion
caused by travelling bodies or by reiterated strokes ; (2)
ppl. adj. rattling, vibrating, shaking.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. Big trains ... are birlin' Wi' dearisome
dunnerin' and dirlin'. Young Pictures (1865) 169. Edb. The very
lugs do ring, Sic skirlin' an' dirlin', M'Dowall Poems (1839J 215.
Cum.' Sek a dirlin' and a birlin' it meadd. (2) Sc. Dirlin' rafters,
an' shakin' wa's, Thom Jock o' the Knowe (1878: 47.
3. To move briskly ; to rush.
Ayr. Mak' my bluid, sac thin and cauld, To loup and dirl, White
Jottmgs (1879) 196. N.Cy.' Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
M 2
DIRR
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DIRT
Wm. She wor dirlin' aboot at her wark (B.K.). Yks. See it
derling away down t'rocks, PJti/ip Neville, Hi. w.Yks. (H. F.S.) ;
w.Yks.i I did dirl it away inbank, ii. 302. ne.Lan.i m.Lan.' To
dirl eawt o' onywheer is to ged eawt varra sharp.
Hence Dirler, sb. a light-footed, active person. w.Yks.',
ne.Lan.'
4. 5^. A tremulous stroke ; a blow or shake ; a vibrat-
ing sound.
Sc. The equally familiar dirl of the 'pitch-fork' on the book-
board Ford Tliisttedoivn 1 1891) 107 ; The fiddlers twirl The high-
note calgut wi' a wavy dirl, Allan ii7/s (1874) 161. Cai.l Abd. I
heard the dyrll of the car, Cadenhead Flights (1853") 236. Frf. Put
your ear to the ground, Mr. Dishart, and you'll hear the dirl o' their
feet, Barrie Minister (iSgi) iv. Lnk. The pain o' a sharp dirl on
the knuckles, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 131. Lth. Tlie door gets
a dirl, and flees back to the wa', Ballantine PofiHS (1856) 42.
Edb. The straik cam on them \vi' a dirl, Macneill Bygane Times
(181 1 ■) 24. Gall. It fell with a ringing dirl of iron upon the stones,
Crockett Grey Man (,1896) i. N.Cy.' Nhb. He [a dog] gied his
chain a dirl, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 320. Cum.'
5. Phr. (i) to play dirl, (2) — dirlim ding, to cause vibration
by striking, accompanied with a tingling pain.
(I I Or.I. The slugs ' Just played dirl through the skin,' Vedder
Sketches (1832) 35. Ayr. It just play'd dirl on the bane, But did
nae mair. Burns Dr. Hornbook (,1785") St. 16. (2) Edb. My very
legs play dirlim ding, M'Dowall Poems (1839) 153.
6. A thrill, a tremulous motion. Also Jig. appl. to the
mind : a twinge of conscience.
Sc. A smarting pain, quickly over, Ramsay PofHis (1733) 01. ;
A' body has a conscience. . . . And yet it's like the noop of my
elbow, it whiles gets a bit dirl on a corner, Scott Midlothian (1818)
xvii. Frf. Tapster . . . sune had the satisfaction o' findin' the dirl
o' the galvanic battery a' through him, Willock Rosctty Ends
(1886/ 83, ed. i8Sg. Fif. A quaver in its wee throat that sends a
dirl through a bodie's heart, Robertson Provost (1894'! 26. Dmf.
The moss-cheiper's liltin'. . . . Gangs thro' the daz'd heart wi' a
dirl, Reid Poems (1894) 98. N.Cy.' The sensation felt en striking
the elbow-bone.
DIRR, sb} Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Loud noise or stir ; a ' racket.'
Elg. Macguldroch heard this mighty dirr, Couper Poetry (1804)
II. 86.
DIRR, si." Den Also written dur. In phr. (i) By
Dirr, (2) — the Dirrs, swearing by the Dirge. Cf. derry, sb?
Der. A common oath, Addy Gl. (1891) ; Der.i Ohs.
DIRR, V. and adj. Sc. Nhb. Also written durr Rxb.
(Jam.) N.Cy." Nhb.' [dir, dar.] 1. v. To become torpid.
Lth. ' My fit dirrs,' a phrase used in relation to the foot, when
there is a stoppage of circulation (Jam.).
2. To deaden or alleviate pain, as by the use of
laudanum. Rxb. (Jam.)
3. adj. Torpid, benumbed ; fig. insensible, destitute of
feeling. Lth. (Jam.), N.Cy.', Nhb.'
DIRSH, sb. Som. Dev. [daj.] The thrush, Tmdns
lliiisiciis.
Som. Jennings OAs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825); W. & J. GA (1873);
SwAiNsoN Birds (.1885) 3. w.Som.^ Dev. Moore Hist. Dev.
(1829I I. 353.
DIRT, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Written durt Cum.' ne.Lan.' Also in forms dart
Ess.'; dort Nhb.'; do't n.Lin.' [dart, dat, Ess. dat]
1. sb. In comp.il) Dirt-bee, see -fly; (2) ■bird,(fl) the Arctic
gull, YtAch&rAson'sskua., Stercorarius crepidalus; see Aulin;
(A) the woodpecker, Grecinits viridis ; (c) appl. to various
species of birds that sing on the approach of wet weather;
(3) -engine, a traction-engine employed in removing earth;
(4) -fear, great or excessive fear ; (5) -fly, the yellow fly
that haunts dung-hills, Miisca stercoraria ; also usedy?^. ;
(6) -haste, extreme haste ; (7) -house, a close-stool ; a
privy ; (8) -owl, see -bird (c) ; (9) -pie, imitation of pies
made by children out of clay or mud; also \x%tdfig.; (10)
■weed, the plant Chenopodiiim atbuin.
(i) Bnff. Aul' Lucky Lowrie was aye on the leg, bizzing aboot
like a dirt-bee, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 112. (2, o) N.I.' It
follows flocks of sea-gulls, and chases these birds till they disgorge
the contents of their stomachs, and the vomited matter the dirt
bird eats. Dwn. Swainson /?iVrfs (1885) 210. Nhb.' (A) n.Cy.
(Hall.) [From the constant iteration of its cry before rain,
SWAINSON Birds 1885) 100.] (c) N.Cy.' Nhb.' Several species of
small birds are confounded under the not over-complimentary title
of ' dirt-birds,' because they sing on the approach of rain, Brockie
Legends, 136. [The dirt-bird (or dirt-owl) sings, We shall have rain,
Ray Prov. ( 1678) 80.] (3) Wll. A locomotive, or ' dirt-engine,' to
drag the trucks with the earth from the excavations, Jefferies
Hdgrow. (1889") 68. (4I Abd. He trembled and, which was a tocken
Of a dirt-fear, look'd dun as docken, Meston Poems (1723) 131.
(5) n.Sc. Sometimes proverbially appl. to a young woman who,
from pride, has long remained in a single state, and afterwards
makes a low marriage. ' Ye're like the dirt-flee, that flees heigh a'
day, and fa's in a turd at even' (Jam.). (6) Sc. A coarse expression
denoting the hurry occasioned by one's losing the power of
retention (Jam.) ; In dirt-hasle raise, dang down their tools,
Linton Green, 7 (Jb.), (7) Sc. With twa auld stools and a dirt-house.
Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) II. 143 {ib.). (8) [Ray Prov. (1678) 80.]
(9) n.Lin.' A person who has been much humiliated is said to have
eaten dirt-pie. (10) Lin. (Hall.) e.An.' An expressive name
for what generally grows on dung-hills or other heaps of dirt.
Nrf., Suf. Holloway.
2. Fig. A term of contempt, appl. to persons or things
as the type of worthlessness.
Sc. ' Dirt defies the king,' spoken disdainfully to them that say
they defy us, Kelly Prov. (1721) 87. Abd. That sour dirt o'
wine's nae like gweed honest fusky, Alexander Ain Flk. (1875)
239, ed. 1882. Rxb. Often used towards a troublesome child, or a
troublesome person of any kind (Jam.). LMa. And the lot of them
snorin overhead, . . . and their tay in bed ! . . . The dirts ! Brown
Doctor (1887) 186-7.
Hence Dirtrie, sb. a collective term expressive of con-
tempt, denoting despicable, good-for-nothing persons.
Slk. (Jam.)
3. Loose earth or mould.
Oxf.i MS. add. Hmp.i It has no reference to want of clean-
liness. Som. I zet it here in the dirt, Leith Lemon Verbena ( 1895)
204; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Ted-n zan* fiit vur mau'urtur,
ted-n noa'urt bud duur't [It is not sand fit for mortar, it is nothing
but earth]. Dree ur vaawur loo'ud u duurt [Three or four loads
of earth]. [Amer. The gardener fills his flower- pots with dirt, and
in the West the word means that which is dug, whether earth,
clay, gravel, or other substances, Farmer.]
Hence Dirtep, adj. earthen, made of dirt.
w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825);
W. & J. Gl. (1873). n.Wil. The old cottages have often ' dirten
floors' (G.E.D.); (E.H.G.)
4. Rain, snow, or sleet ; ' dirty' or stormy weather.
Wxf.' ' Aar's dhurth a heighe,' there's dirt on high, i.e. an
appearance of rain or snow in the sky. N.Cy.' We'll have more
dirt. Nhb.' n.Yks.^ We're likely to have some dirt. Cor. We
shall have a dirty night. — Dirt, sir, ain't the word for it ; say
' ofl'al,' Baring-Gould Caverocks (1887) vi. [Amer. Dial. Notes
(1896) I. 378.]
5. Mining term : inflammable gas which constitutes
' foulness '; also rubbish mixed with coal.
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
6. Salt-making term : cinders and ashes left after fuel is
consumed. Chs.'
7. V. To soil, dirty ; also, to befoul with excrement.
GIo.' Don't touch that, or you'll dirt your fingers. s.Oxf. Them
as dirts it ought to be made clean it, Rosemary Chilterns (1895)
105. n.Wil. I've a wyshed my veet ; how shull I dirt 'em ? Kite
Sng.Sol. (c. i860) V. 3. w.Som.i Tommy, mind you don't[duurt]
your clean pinny. Billy 've abin and [duurt] hissel. Dev. He
might just as well dirt that pinafore out. Reports Provinc. (1891 1,
Hence (i) Dirten (-in), (a) pp. befouled, dirtied ; also
fig. ; (b) ppt. adj. dirty, miry, filthy, foul ; fig. mean, con-
temptible ; (2) Dirtenly, adv. in a dirty manner ; (3) Dirt-
fear'd or -fleyd, ppl. adj. a coarse expression signifying
excessive fear ; (4) Dirtin-gab, sb. a person with a ' foul '
mouth.
(i,a) Sc.'You have dirten in your nest,' you have done an ill turn
where you was last, Kelly -Pjoj/. (1721) 367. Cai.' (6) Sc. Money
is welcome in a dirten clout, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Bch. A dirten
dirdum yebrago', Forbes i//)'iscs(i785) 34. Som.W.& J.G/. (1873).
(2)Sc. I do full dirtenly, Kelly Pjow. (1721) 400. (3) Sc. The IBishop
of St. Andrews too . . . Was so dirt-fear'd, even for all Scotland
wide, Hamilton /Frt//a«(i722)25o(jAM.). (4)Bwk.Oily-tongued,
dirtin-gab, aye fu' s' clashes, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 98.
DIRTY
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DIRTY, adj. \x\gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc. Irel.and
Eng. Written durty N.Cy> Also in forms darty n.Lin.'
Ess.'; datyn.Lin.'; dortyNhb.'; dotty e.Yks.'; do'tyn.Lin.'
1. \\\ comb. (I ) Dirty Allan, the Arctic gull, Richardson's
skua, Stercorariiis crepidatns ; sec Aulin, Dirt-bird (a) ; (2)
— coal, pure coal mixed with stones, shale, and other
refuse ; (3) — Dan'l, treacle ; (4) — Dick, the plant Chcno-
podium album, and several other allied species, usually
found growing on refuse and dung-heaps ; (5) — drinker,
a contemptuous term applied to one who drinks alone,
and for the mere love ol drinking ; (6) — filling, in coal-
mining: loading the hutches or tubs with an excess of
dirt in proportion to the quantity of coal ; (7) -fingered,
dishonest ; (8) — fingers, an abusive term applied to one
accused of dishonesty ; (9) — gin, unwatered gin ; (10)
— gully, a butcher's untidy assistant in the slaughter-
house ; (ii) — Jack, (12) — John, see — Dick.
(i) Or.I. This bird is sometimes called the Allan ; sometimes the
Dirtcn-allan. . . . They pursue and harass all the small gulls till
these disgorge or vomit ; they then dexterously catch what is
dropped ere it reach the water, Neill Tour (^1806) 20 (Jam., s. v.
Scouti-aulin\ e.Sc. Swainson Birds (,1885) 21Q. Ltli. The species
that persecute and pursues the lesser kinds, till they mute through
fear, when it catches their excrement ere they reach the water :
the boatmen, on that account, st\-Ied it the dirty Aulin, Pennant
Tour (^i jSg) 78 (Jam.). (2) Sc. The Lothian miners at Dalkeith
have resolved to support those at Preston Grange in the dispute as
to allowances for ' dirty' coal, People (Apr. 3, 1898) 9. [G/. Lab.
(1894).] (3)War.2 (4) Clis.13 (5) Per. He's a dirty drinker,
him ^G.W.). (6) [G/. i«ft. (i8g4\] (7,1 Lin.' He was dirty-fingered.
Dev. iv.Tiin.s (Apr. 9, 1886 j 6. 1,81 Cor, To call a man 'dirty
fingers,' is to accuse him of some foul or unjust deed. Hunt Pop.
Rom. w.Eng. (1865 •) 428, cd. 1896. (9) Lon. (R.G.C.) (10) Cum.'
(ii)w.Chs. (12) Chs.i3, w.Chs.
2. Of the weather: wet, stormy. See Dirt, s6. 4.
Sc. (A.W.), N.Cy.' Nhb.' ' A dirty night' is a wetand' clarty '
condition of things. n.Lin.' We're hevin' straange do'ty weather
this harvist. Cor. Went out boating in dirty weather, Baring-
Gould Gawrocits (1887') vi.
3. Of land: infested with weeds.
Sc. (A.W.I, w.Yks.2 w.Soni.' Dhik-ee vee-ul-z tu duur-tee tu
zeeud aewt tu Stan". Yiie oa-n nuvur git-n tlai-n [That field is too
foul (with weed) to seed out to stand, You will never get it clean].
4. Mixed with something inferior.
w.Som.' 'That there zand ont do vor mortar, 'tis so dirty,' i. e.
mixed with soil or mould.
5. Fig. Contemptible, paltry ; mean, dishonest.
Ayr. Quoth I, for shame, ye dirty dame. Burns The Weary Piind.
Nhb.' Hor, an hor dirty pride ! e.Yks.' It was a dotty thrick on him
ti cheeat a poor widda i that way, bud he's a dotty fella altegither.
n.Lin.' To ax for anuther man's farm oher his head is as do'ty an
action as any man can do.
DIRTYING, vbl. sb. Not. [dati-in.] The wearing of
clothes from one washing to another.
s.Not. Your old shirt '11 last another dirtying (J.P. K.).
DISABIL, see Dishabille.
DISABLEBODIED, adj. Yks. Lin. Not able-bodied,
not strong or active.
w.Yks. (J.W.) Lin. I'm a disablebodied man, and can't addle owt
(R.E.C).
DISABUSE, V. and sb. Sc. Written disabeeze Abd.
(Jam.) 1. V. To abuse, misuse. Sc, Abd. ( [am.) ; Cai.' ;
Abd. (G.W.) 2. To mar, spoil. Abd. (Jam.) 3. sb.
Disturbance, {ib.)
DISACCORD, V. Wor. [disaka'd.] To disagree,
quarrel.
w.Wor.' Jack Rice and me disaccarded comin' down from school.
[But she did disaccord, Ne could her liking to his love
apply, Spenser F. Q. (1596) vi. iii. 7.]
DISACTLY, adv. Lan. Wor. Hrf. Also in form de-
sackly Lan. Hrf ^ ; dissackly Wor. [disa-k(t)li.] Exactly.
Lan. I leet disactly oth' soo, Tim Bobbin Viezv Dial. 11740) 16;
Aw connah sey desackly, Scholes Tim Gamwallle (1857) 40.
■w.Wor. E dunna kneow disackly, sur, S. Beauchamp Grantley
Graiiqe (1874) II. 47. Hrf.2
DISANFRENLY, adj Oxf [disanfrenli.] Un-
friendly.
{Dis- + uijfrifiidly.']
DISANNUL, V. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Stf. Lin. Rut. Lei.
Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf Glo. Hnt. e.An. 1. To
abolish, destroy, do away with, remove.
Nhb.' n Lin.' It's o'must time them geraaniums was disannulled,
an' spring-things setten e' them sooth beds. Rut.' Lei.' Mr. B —
disannulled the pigsty. Nlip.' The cottage is such a tumbledown
place that it is going to be disannulled. e.An.' Pray now, don't
disannul the primrose roots. Suf. That fence was disannulled
some bit back, e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ; To disannul a fence —
to do away with it altogether (C.G.B. ).
2. To disarrange, inconvenience, interfere with, injure.
N.Cy.' I never disannulled thy cow. Nhb.' Still in common use.
Cum. He cum up til us, en twotally disannul't us, Sullivan Cum.
and JVm. (1857") go. w.Yks. Doant begin o me, ah neerdisannul'd
theh, Banks IVkfld. Wds. (1865). s.Stf. I con meuve my sate
wi'out disannulin' yer, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). swLin.'
The house is all disannulled. War.^ I cannot work with these
children running about — they disannul me so. You may stand by
the ironing table — you won't disannul me. Shr,' Yo' can come in,
yo' 60nna disannul the ladies ; Shr.^ Ess. (^H.H.M.)
3. To dispossess, do out of
Nhp.' If a tenant considered himself secure in his farm, he would
say, he was ' sure his landlord would not disannul him.' A lady
oflering a poor woman her chair, she replied, ' Pray, Ma'm, don't
let me disannul you of your seat.' War. They tried to disannul
her of what herd got (J.B.1. w.Wor.' The parish 'as disannulled
me uv my paay [pay], but this little 'ouse is my own ; thaayconna
disannul mS o' that. s.Wor.' Shr.' 'E thought to end 'is days
theer, but this new lan'lord's disannulled 'im altogether. Hrf.^
They tried to disannul her of what she'd got. Glo.'^, Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. To countermand ; refute.
Suf. Tell them to disannul the carriage, e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ;
(C.T.) ; (C.G.B.)
5. To forbid, hinder ; to refuse.
n.Lin.^ I disannulled him fra doin' on it. Ess. He suggested
himself to — (a young woman), but she disannulled him (W.W.S.).
DISASTER, V. and sb. Sc. [dizastar.] 1. v. To
injure seriously.
Fi£ Somewere,cufrdandmuch disaster'd, found, TENNANT.^n5/cr
(1812) 64, ed. 1871.
2. To disgust.
Bn£f.' That disastert 'im at it.
3. sb. Disgust.
ib. He's tehn a disaster at it, for as fain 's he wiz o' it at first.
DISBEHAVE, v. Yks. Cor. To misbehave, behave
badly.
w.Yks. (J.W.) w.Cor. My own brother would never disbehave
to me as you have done (,M.A.C. ).
DISBELIKED,//./. ac^-. War. [di'sbUaikd.] Disliked,
unpopular.
War. Aye, he's very much disbeliked, A^. (y Q, (1885) 6th S. xi. 46.
DISBURST, V. Rut. Hrf. e.An. Written disbost-,
disboast Rut.' [disbast] To disburse.
Rut.' Hrf.' I have disbursted all the money as was gathered into
sixpence. e.An.'
Hence Disbostment, sb. disbursement. Rut.'
DISBUST, sb. Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] An uproar, a broil.
DISCHARGE, v. and sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Not. Lin. Lei.
War. Oxf [distjad?, Sc. distje'rdg, Yks. distjea'dg.]
1. V. To forbid, prohibit, charge not to do.
Sc. ' All persons are hereby prohibited and discharged from
throwing rubbish, &c.' Almost as commonly used by parents in
commanding their children, as by magistrates in regulating matters
of police, Monthly Mag. (1800) I. 322. Slg. The King. . . discharged
the taking down of a parpan [partition] wall in the Great Kirk,
Bruce Sermons (c. 1631) 80, ed. 1843. Wgt. They would pass
an act discharging all drinking in ale-houses after ten of the clock
at night. Eraser Wigtozcn (1877 1 112. Uls. N. & Q.{ 1874) 5th S.
i. 245. w.Yks. I discharged him thro' [from] going (C.C.R.). Not.'
n.Lin.' Noo, mind, my lass, you're discharged fra readin' them
Famla' Heralds ony moore. sw.Lin.' He discharged him from
going on his land. Lei.', War.^ Oxf. Now, mind, Jack Rumbold,
1 discharges you, N. & Q. (1883J 6th S. vii. 248.
2. sb. A notice to quit ; a dismissal.
s.Not. The agent sent him a discharge a Monday. If the land-
lord won't do anything to the roof, I shall send him a discharge.
Jack's got his discharge, and 'e won't easy find another as good
place (J.P.K.). n Lin.'
DISCHARGERS
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DISGEST
[1. This parleament lykwyse discharges al man the
futball, Dalrymple Leslie s Hist. Scott. (1596) II. 89 ; To
discharge, inhibere. Levins Manip. (1570).]
DISCHARGERS, sb.pl. w.Yks. [distjeadgsz.] The
small sloping beams under the sign-trees in a roof, to
strengthen and support the collar-beam. (J.J.B.)
DISCIPLE, sb. Irel. A familiar term equiv. to ' fellow,'
'chap.'
s.Ir. Any one 'id be a fool to go arguefy with that crooked owld
disciple there, Lover Leg. I 1848) II. 357.
DISCOMFISH, V. Sc. [diskiJinfiJ.] To defeat, over-
throw.
Ayr. He taks him a fung i' the ribs and a slot on the nose, and
discomfishes him in ae ack, Service Nolandiims {i&r^a) 73. e Lth.
But a' this great fell airt accomplish'd Was e'en made little or dis-
comfish'd, MucKLEBACKiT Riir. Rhymes (,1885) 40. Dmt. (Jam. 1
[Cp. older Sc. disciuiijist, pp. defeated. Ane that has
discumfyst \vs all, Wallace (1488) i. 429. Fr.dcsconfire, to
defeat iCotgr.).]
DISCOMFIT, V. Cai.', BnfT.' [diskanifit.] To put to
inconvenience.
DISCOMFRONTLE, v. Obs. Nhp.^ e.An.^ Nrf.' To
disarrange, discompose.
DISCOMFUFFLE, v. N.I.^ [Not known to our
correspondents.] To incommode.
DISCONSOLATORY, adj. Sc. Disheartening, sad-
dening.
Ayr. Disconsolatory as it was to hear of such treatment of a
gospel minister, Galt GiJJiaize (1823) xxi.
DISCONVENIENCE, sb. and v. Sc, L sb. An in-
convenience.
Sc. It wad just be adisconvenience to him, Ferrier Inheritance,
16 Cai ', Abd. (.Jam.")
2. V. To inconvenience, be put to discomfort.
Cau', Abd. (Ja.m. ) Gall. Silver Sand had no cloak or plaid what-
somever; yet he did not appear in the least disconvenienced,
Crockett Raiders (1894') xviii.
DISCONVENIENT, adj. Abd. (Jam.) Inconvenient.
DISCOOSE, DISCOOUS, see Discourse.
DISCORDEDEN, v. Shr. [diskpdidan.] Preterite
//. of discord, to disagree.
Shr.^ Well, I met a bin 66th 'im now, on*y we discordeden a bit.
DISCOURSE, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Lin. I.W. Som.
Dev. Also written discoorse N.I.' ; discoose w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' ; discoous I.W.' [diskurs, w.Cy. diskoes,
diskiis.] 1. sb. Talk, conversation.
Ayr. And still his discourse was Concerning his charge. Burns
Poor Thresher. sw.Lin.' She didn't think a deal' on his discourse.
Whenever you talk to him, he always brings out some good dis-
course. Dev. All the discourse is what Mr. have don^, Reports
Provinc. (,1887) 6.
Hence Discoursy, adj. conversable. Abd. (Jam.)
2. Bad language, obscenity, swearing.
sw.Lin.i His discourse was not fit to be heard. w.Som.' Of all
the discoose [deeskeo's, dceskiie's] ever 1 yurd in my life, that
there beat everything. Dev. A farmer, speaking of the gross and
abusive language of a well-known female character, said, * I never
didn 3'ear no such discoose vrom nobody 's I've a-yeard vrom her,'
Reports Provinc. (1889). nw.Dev.' Rare.
3. V. To talk to, hold conversation with.
Ir. He's proud to discoorse wi' her, Paddiana (ed. 18481 I. 97 ;
She was out wid the childer, discoorsin' to Terence Kilfoyle,
Barlow Liscottnel {i8gs) 27. N.I.' Come here till I discoorse you.
I.'W.l
[I. Sweeter thy discourse is to my ear Than fruits of
palm-tree, Milton P. L. (1667) viii. 211.]
DISCOVER, z;. Sc. Yks. [diskB'var, Yks. disko'vs(r).]
1. Obs. To uncover.
Sc. The soldiers, who at first kept on their hats, but afterwards,
ere he had done [praying], discovered, Thomson Cloud of Witnesses
(1714 I 411, cd. 1871.
2. To reveal, make known.
Ayr. Then let the sudden bursting sigh The heart felt pang dis-
cover. Burns To Mary, st. 3. w.Yks. Country people are invariably
shy of discovering their difiiculties to strangers, Fletcher Weipen-
take CiSgs) 21.
Hence Discovery, sb. a revelation.
w.lfks. The question was put to him if his agitation arose from
any discovery he had to make and with the weight of which his
conscience was oppressed, Peel Luddites (1870) 147.
[1. His heed he shal not discouer, Wyclif (1382) Lev.
xxi. 10. 2. Thou . . . eek discoverest that thou sholdest
hyde, Chaucer C. T. g. 696.]
DISCREET, adj. Sc. [diskri't.] Civil, courteous,
obliging.
Cai.' Per. Since you are wealthy . frank, and so discreet, Come,let's
strike hands, the bargain is complete, NicoL Poems (17661 75. Fif.
Theauld gudeman ... flings a shilliu' in her lap, Forbein' sae discreet,
Douglas Poems (1806) 135, s.Sc. Kind, hamely, social, frank,
discreet, Sic douce, leal folk I ne'er did meet, Watson Bards
(1859) 10. Rnf. To shew they were discreet, Wi' bonnets aff, in
mony a raw, [They] Stood standing on the street, Webster
Rliymcs ( 1835) 38. Ayr. He's a fine man, and his leddy a most
discreet woman, Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822) xvii. Lnk. He's clever
an' discreet, Watson Poems (1853') 16. Edb. I might ha'e written
lang ere now, An' that wa'd been discreeter, Yorkis Poems {1812)
77. Draf. Of his servants that are there. They discreet and prudent
are, Hawkins Poems (1841) V. 37. Gall. Few o' my frien's like
you I find, That's sae discreet, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 17.
Hence (i) Discreetly, adv. politely, courteously ; (2)
Discreetness, (3) Disci etion, sb. politeness, courtesy,
civility ; hospitality.
(i) Sc. We'll deal most discreetly and reverently with you,
PncAiRN Assembly {1-166) 66. Fif. The browster-wife discreetly
Gies them the muckle room, Douglas Poems ( 1806) 131. Lth.
' Fye ! gudeman ! ' cried ane discreetly, ' Taunt na poortith at our
door,' Macneill Porf. IVhs. (1801) 149. (2) Gall. The Soutluon
in a' his politeness, His airs and his grandeur may shine; Our
hills boast o' mair true discreetness, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1828)
173, ed. 1897. (3') Sc. Paris was abhorred for his ingratitude to a
king who had behaved to hin with the utmost discretion, Scoticisms
(1787) 117. Ayr. Nothing could be betterthan the discretion with
which I was received, Galt Ann. Paiish (1821) xiv. Peb. I
think it wad scarce be discretion For goats to assemble wi' sheep,
Affleck Poet. JVks. (1836) 51.
DISCRYVE, see Descrive.
DISDOING, adj Cld. (Jam.) Not thriving.
DISEASE, sb. vv.Soni.' [dise'z.] Annoyance, dis-
comfort, inconvenience, unpleasantness.
Inviting an elderly woman to accept a lift on the road, she said,
' Thankee, sir, sure ! I hope I shan't be no [deesai'z] to ee.' Obs.
as a V. in the dialect.
[Som lesinge turneth to the ese or profit of o man, and
to disese and damage of another man, Chaucer C. T. i.
609.]
DISEASED, /i/i. Chs.3 [dizi'zd.] Deceased.
No Assize passes without some witness talking about
diseased.'
DISEIRlSH, see Disherys.
DISFORMED, adj. Abd. (Jam.) Deformed.
\Disforme, disformed, Percivall Sp. Diet. (1591).]
DISGENERATE, i;. Cum. (E.W.P.) e.Yks> Also in
form disginerate e.Yks.* To degenerate.
DISGEST, V. and sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Written disjest e.Yks.' Also in forms disgeest
Sc. ; disghist e.Yks.'; disgist N.I.'; disjeest Abd.
[disdgest, disdgi'st, disdgist.] 1. v. To digest.
Sc. (.Jam.) Abd. Yecanna cxpeck the bairn's stammackie to be
able to disjeest the like o' that, Ale.vander Johnny Gibb (1871)
viii. s.Sc. (A.W."!, N.I.', N.Cy.i Nhb.' Stiil common. Cum.',
e.Yks.' w.'Vks. N. & Q. (1854) rst S. x. 400; w.Yks.', eXan.'
Chs.' Yo seen, mester, oi've getten sich a poor insoide. I can disgest
nothin bu' frizzled ham. s.Chs.' Disjes't. Not. 3, n.Lin.', sw.Lia.'
Rut.' I can't eat, not so as to disgest them. Lei.', Nhp.', se.Wor.'
Shr.' I'm a sight betterthan I wuz ; yarb-tay did me most good of
anythin'. I could aumust disgest a pimple-stwun. Hrf.', Hnt.
(T.P.F.), e.Suf. (F.H.), Snr.' w.Sorj.' I baint able vor to disgest
[dces-jas-] my mate. Thick there piece o' beef ate tough, 1 count
he ont disgcsty very well.
Hence (i) Disgester, (2) Disgestion, sb. digestion,
the stomach.
(i) Ayr. Naething cam wrang to his disgeester frae tatties an'
dab to a cogue fu' o' brose. Service Dr. Diigitid (ed. 1887) 281.
s.Wor. The Doctor 'e says to me, * I'll tell you what it is, you wants
a new disgcstur' (H.K.). (2) Nhb.' He hes a bad disgestin. Still
common. Chs.', s.Chs.' sw.Lin.' Doctor says it's bad disgestion.
Rut.' w.Som.' Dhu dauk'tur zaes aevv nr deesjas*chn-z tuur'ubl
DISGRUNTLED
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waik — uurkaa-n dees-jas-ur viitlz [The doctor says her digestion
is very weak — she cannot digest lier food].
2. sb. Digestion.
Sc. (Jam.) s.Sc. Common. 'A bad disgeest' is a bad digestion
(A.W.).
[1. To disgest or digest what one eats, Robertson P/iras.
(1693).]
DISGRUNTLED, p/>. I.an. War. Glo. Lon. Slang.
Anier. [disgru ntld, disgruntld.] Displeased, irritated,
annoyed, discomposed.
Lan. It wiirsnmmot o' this sort ot disgnintl't tliis nue trump't
up Allixandur, Wilson Plebeian Pol. (,1796) 68, cd. 1801. n.War.
He was confoundedly disgruntled. The news disgruntled him
(W.B.T.V Glo. G/. (1851); Glo.' Lon. Pegge >4Hm/o/fS (1803)
57, ed. 1844; i'l. Obs., note. Slang. Lex Balationiaiiit (1811).
[Amer. N. & O. 11 8871 7th S. iii. 25 ; Farmer.]
DISGUISED, (7f;{^: 0/>s.} Irel. Nhb. Stf. Ken. Slang.
Tipsy, intoxicated, half-drunk.
w.Ir. You don't know me . . . bekase I'm disguised, Lover Leg.
(1848) I. 13. Nhb.i Qi,^ . 1741, May ist, James Porteous Senr. dis-
guised w"' liquor,' AVc/(«rtii's//os/>;Vr7/S^s. Str.7l/o;i////v./l/n^. (1816)
I. 494. Ken.' I'd raather not say as he was exactly drunk, but he
seemed as though he was jes' a liltle bit disguised. Slang. Lex
Balatioiiictiiii i_i8ii). [Ray Prov. ^1678) 87.]
DISH, sb. and v.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[dij.] 1. sb. In comb, (i) Dish-bink, a rack in which
dishes and plates are placed ; (2) -browed, having a brow
flat or hollow like a dish; (3I -clout, (a) a dish-cloth,
kitclien-cloth ; (b) to clean with a cloth ; (4) -clout
Bindings, watery soup, kitchen rinsings ; (5) -cradle or
-credle, see -bink ; (6) -dash, see -wash ; (7) -faced,
hollow or flat-faced ; 18) -fair, a fair held in Mickle Gate,
York, on St. Luke's Day, for small wares of all kinds ;
see below ; (9) -kettle, a large open iron pot, suspended
over the fire, and used to wash up kitchen utensils, &c. ;
(10) -ladle, a tadpole; (11) -lick, see -wash; (12) -man,
one who hawks or goes about selling crockery; (13)
■meat, spoon-meat ; (14) wash, the pied or water wag-
tail, Mo/ncil/a liigubris ; (15) -washer, (a) see -wash; (b)
the yellow wagtail, Molaalla /lava ; (16) -water, (a) see
•wash ; {b) in phr. as flat as dish-iuater, insipid, tasteless.
(i) n.Yks.=, n.Lin.i (2, Sc. Red hair'd, dish-brow'd, Bladder
lipped, meikle mow'd, Pennecuick Tiiiklarian (ed. 18101 6. (3. a)
Sc. Mrs. Dods threatened lo pin tlie dishclout to his tail, Scott
St. Rouan (1824) xvii. Ayr. He cam up to me wi' a face like a
dishcloot, and crying oot in terror, Service Dr. Diigitid ed. 1887J
246. Dur.' w.Yks. Dish-claots an' map-claots block up ivvery
nook an' corner. Hartley Z)f«.i, 1868) 125; (,R.H.R. ; w.Yks. * Lan.
Brierley Fialihiiigloiis 11868) v. Chs.', s.Chs.' Der. Bean't it
a dish clout? Ward David Grieve (1892) I. iv. n.Lin.' * Go thy
waays or Ml pin a dish-cloot to ih^ tail ' is not unfrequently said
to men and boys who interfere in the kitchen. w.Som.' Master
Harry, you can't keep on comin out here in the kitchen, makin up
such work, else you'll vind the dishclout a-pinned on to your back
one o' these days. Dev. Zo limp's a dishclout, Wzwz'vr Peas. Sp.
(1892) II ; Dev.^, Cor.^ yb) Lon. For 'rubbing up' the cabs on
the stand these bucks generally get 6d. in the season, and for this
they are expected to dishclout the whole of the panels, clean the
glasses, [&c ], Mavhew Loud. Labour (1851) III. 353, ed. 1861.
(4) n.Yks,^ (5 n.Cy. Commonly made like a cube, sometimes like
a parallelipipedon, Grose (1790J ; Klnxett Par. Atitiq, (1695;.
Cum. Ray I 169 1 ; (K.) (6) Glo. : J.S.F.S.), Sora. (F.A.A.) (7)
Sc. Applied both to man and beast (Jam.). N.Cy.', Nhb.', Cum.'
(8; Yks. It is commonly called Dishfair from the great quantity of
wooden dishes, ladles, &c., brought to ii, Drake's Eboracum 218, in
Brand Pop. Aiitiq. (ed. 1813) II. 323. (g) w.Som.' It is used to
warm the skim milk before turning to cheese, but generally it
serves the purpose of the modern washing copper, or furnace, as
we call it in the West. Man urz ! wai, uur wuz u-bau'rnd een u
tuur u-eep, un u breed aup'-m dhu deesh-kiitd [Manners! why she
was born in a turf-heap, and bred up in the dish-kettle]. It is
always spoken of as the dish-kettle, like the oven — there being
never more than one in a household. Dev. And the big dish-
kettle what Avice had just hitched up tipped over into the turves,
O'Neill Wy/s ^ 1892 26. ( 10) e.An.' ; e.An.^ From its shape. (11)
w.Cor. SwAi.NSON Birds (1885) 44. (12) Ayr. 'This is no' fair to
Micky Droozles, the dishman,ava — the body m.iun leeve, ye ken :'
and 1 dung doon a dizzen or twa of her plaistered bowls and plates.
Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 163. (13) nw.Der.' Ken. Ray
(1691); Grose 11790); Ken.'^ (14) Soni. W. Sc J. Gl U873).
Dev., Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434. (15, a) w.Yks. Swainson
Birds (1885) 44, Lin. (E.P.), n.Lin.', Nhp.', War.3 w.Wor.
Berroivs Jrn. (Mar. 3, 1888). Shr. Swainson ib. ; Shr.' Oxf.
Swainson lA. Brks. ^M.J.B.); (W.H.E.) ; Brks.' Bck. Swainson
ib. Hrt. (HG.) Ken.' Gen. called ' Peggy Dishwasher." Sus.'
Hnip.(W.H.E.);Hmp.'Alsocalled' Molly dish-washer.' I.W.' Wil.
SlowG/.vi892) ; Thurn Z)i)Ws;i87o 34; Wil.' n.Wil. Commonly
applied here to the ordinary pied wagtail. The yellow wagtail is
commonly called 'wagtail' (E.H.G.\ Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
Som. The pied wagtail or dish-waslier remains with us all the
year, CoMrroN Sketches (1882) 115. w.Som.' Dev. We call them
dish-washers about here. There is an old saying ' a woman's tongue
goes like a dish-washer's tail,' Reports Provinc, (1884) 16; A pretty
little fellow . . . constantly wagging his fan-tail of black and grey
feathers over the old stones ; an action which has procured for him
the name of the dish-washer. Bray Dcsc. Tamar and Tavy (1836)
I. 319; Dev.' s.Dev. Fox Killgsbridge{l8']^^. s, Dev. , e. Cor. (Miss
D.) Cor.' 23 (i) Wil. In n.Wil. given to the yellow wagtail only ; in
other parts of the county, to both descriptions of wagtail, Britton
Beauties (1825); Wil.' (16, a) Ken.2, Sur.' Dev. Moore Hist.
Dev. (1829) I. 3S3. (4) S.Lin. Tek this stuff awaa : it's as flat as
dish-watter(,T.H.R.).
2. Phr. (i) rf/s/i ««rf5/oo«, everything, the whole lot ; (2)
a dish 0/ /oiigiies, a scolding.
(i) n.Yks. Yo' see he cudn't pay t'rent, sea tha' selled him up
dish an* spewn ; he's nowt left b't cleeas ovhis back (.W.H.). Chs.'
{2) Sus.' He'll get a middlin' dish of tongues when his mistus
comes to hear an't.
3. A cup, gen. in phr. a dish of lea.
Sc. Wad ye just step in by to our house, and tak a dish o'
tea? Scott Waverley (1814) Ixiii ; I drank only two dish of tea,
Monthly Mag. (1800) I. 238. Frf. We were sitting cowed in the
manse parlour drinking a dish of tea, Barrie Thrums ' 1889) xiv.
Lakel. PfH^WOis. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. (B K.), e.Yks.' w.Yks.
(R.H.H.); w.Yks.' A dish of tea or coffee. Der.^ nw.Der." Dish
of tea,' the meal itself. Nhp.' Oxf.' Doo ee kuum in un av u
dish u tai wi us [Do ee come in an' 'av a dish o' tay wi' us^.
Brks.' I mus' ax my awld dooman to gie I a dish o' tay avoor I do's
any moor work. Wil. (G.E.D.) ; (E.H.G.) Dor. I think a good
strong dish of tea, Wi thy zic stomic wuU agree. Eclogue (1862 2.
Som. Distant relatives in twos and threes came strolling over the
hill to drink a' dish of tay,' Raymond Trypheiia (1895) 35. w.Som.'
Two sizes of brown cups or mugs with handles, made of cloam or
coarse earthenware, are always called * u ae'upmee dee'sh ' or ' u
pan-ee dee'sh,'halfpenny or penny dish. These vessels are always
sold at these prices ; they hold about a pint and quart respec-
tively. So also we always say ' u deesh u tay ' for a cup of tea.
Dev. Farmer Bulter dropped in to take a dish of tea, O'Neill /rfy/s
( 1892) 106. Cor. To ax waun th' other to have a dish tay, Jimmy
Trebilcock (1863) 6 ; Cor.'
4. Twenty-four ounces of butter.
Chs. Butter is made up for sale in lumps that have the term dishes
applied to them; the weight of a dish is i^b. or 240Z., Marshall
Review (1818) II. 43; Chs.' In most parts of Chs. butter is made
up for sale in lumps, that have the name of dishes applied them,
Holland View Agiic. (1808) 261 ; Chs.3 s.Chs.' Butter is sold
by the dish at Nantwich and other places in s.Chs. Throughout
nearly the whole of s.Chs. it is the only form in which butter is
sold. Shr. In use at Whitchurch till within the last seven years,
Darlington FlkSp. (i887\
5. A miner's measure for ore ; the toll or rent paid to the
owner of a mine.
Der. The Barghmaster's fee, which is one dish for one meer of
the ground, Manlove Lead Mines (1653) 52 ; A bowl or trough
provided by the barmaster, under a penalty of forty pence for each
default ; it is usually made of wood. . . . The dish is about 28 ins.
long, about 4 ins. deep, and 6 ins. wide, and byit all miners measure
their ore, ib. Gl. ; A measure containing 15 pints Winchester
measure, Mawe Mineralogy (1802). Cor. The 'lords' share (an
eighteenth) of the ore raised, O'Donoghue St. Knighton's (1864)
Gl. ; Cor.' Now paid in money, formerly in kind, when every
fifteenth or twentieth dish was put by for him; Cor.^ A gallon of
black tin.
6. The length or portion of an underground engine plane
nearest to the pit bottom, upon which the empty set
stands before being drawn ' in-bye.' Nhb.'
7. The bottom of a cider-press, on which the cheese is
put up. w.Som.'
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8. The angle at which spokes are fixed in the nave of
a wheel.
Chs.i A wheel in which the circumference stands out much be-
yond the centre is said to have a good deal of dish— a flat wheel,
very little dish.
8. A hollow, dent.
Lakel. He supt cot o' t'dish ov his hand, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28,
1897). Wm. T'bucket hed a gurt dish o' yah side on't (B.K.).
10. V. With oiti : to help, serve a dish, &c.
Per. Dish out the kail (G.W.).
11. To hollow out, to make concave.
Sc. The spokes of a wheel are said to be ' dished,' when made
to lie towards the axis, not horizontally, but obliquely ( Jam. X Lth.
Formerly the wheel was much dished, from a mistaken principle,
Agric. Stirv. yib.') Wra. Dish a bit oot a' t'middle o' that clog
an' mak a troff on't 'B.K.l. w.Yks.i ' Mind to dish t'wheels out." to
make the outer rim overhang the spokes. Chs.' Wheels were very
much dished, i.e. hollowed, in those days, and the arms required
a downward bend to allow the spokes at the lower side of the
wheel to stand perpendicularly to the ground. The arms are
always made of iron now, and wheels are not so much dished (s.v.
Cart). Shr.' A term used by wheelwrights and coopers. w.Som.'
The went o' the mill's too big ; he idn holler 'nough — you mus'
dish-n out a good bit. [The wheels, which are of the usual height,
4ft. 6 ins., are of the dished construction, Stephens Faiin Bk. {ed.
1849) I. 428.]
Hence (i) Dishing, adj. hollow, concave ; (2) Dish-late,
adj. having the spokes of a wheel inclined to the front, so
that the face of the wheel is more or less concave ; (3)
-plates, sb. pi. plates or rails ' dished ' or hollowed to
receive the fore-wheels of a tub, to facilitate the ' teeming.'
(il Bdf. Applied to wheels of which the spokes turn outwards,
making the middle hollow, something like a dish, Batchelor Anal.
Eng. Lang. ; 1809) 131. w.Som.' Sometimes applied to cart-wheels.
Dev. A large adze . . . somewhat hollow or dishing, Marshall
Riir. Ecou. (1796) I. 141. (2 i w.Som.i These are either [au-prai't]
or [dee-sh-laeut]. In the former the spokes are placed perpen-
dicularly to the axis ; in the latter they are inclined towards the
front of the wheel, so that the periphery shall be even with the
' nose ' of the axle. This construction is technically expressed by
'dish-late.' nw.Dev.' (3I Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coo/ T")-.
G/. (i888\
12. Of a horse : to throw out the fore-feet in running.
Hence Dishing, ppl. adj. splaying, spreading out the feet.
Gall. A dishing horse is one which, in running, spreads out its
fore-legs widely, with a splaying motion right and left, instead of
placing them straight down ( A.W.).
13. To overcome, get the better of, cheat, ruin, outwit ;
to ' do for.' In ^§-(?«. slang use.
Sc. I'm completely dish'd wi' that journey (Jam.). Frf. On the
hustings far and near Ormelie has dish'd thy Tories, Sands Poems
(1833) 204. Lake). Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum. Thur
railrwoad chaps disht beaath them an oa t'tinklar taistrels, Sar-
cissoN Joe Seoap (1881) 6. Wm. He's bin swappen' nags wi
t'potters an' gitten geyly weel dish't, Ah guess (B.K.\ n.Yks.
Yon chap's disht up ('W.H.). e.Yks.' MS. add. w.'ifks. His
creditors clean dished him up ; they didn't leeave him a stick i'
t'hahse. He's dished up, fork, an' spooin, an' t'lot (.^.B.) ; w.Yks.*
Chs. I've dish'd the Whigs, S/ico/(i879') I. 265. n.Lin.i Nhp.' He
dished me out of it. War.^ Brks.' A dished I out o' all the money
as I had. Oxf.' MS. add. Nrf. They dished him out of his horse,
money, &c. (W.W.S.) e.Suf. (F. H. ) Dev. An' tho upan Churcii-
townd I thort, ... I ded ur i'U be dish'd, Daniel Bride of Scio
( 1842) 184. Cor.' To be suddenly downcast or dism.iyed. Colloq.
Mr. Cleveland dished them [the Republicans] with retahation,
Sa/. /ffwfjf (1888') 5 1 2, col. 2. Slang. If you ' go it ' too fast, You'll
' be dished,' Barham higoldsby (ed. 1864) Lay of St. Ciithbert.
Hence (i) Dished, pp. fuddled, overcome with fatigue
or drink ; (2) Dishins, sb. a beating, drubbing.
(i) Nhb.' Every drouthy croncy there Was dish'd and duin up
neatly, Wilson Oiltn o Dicky's Wig{\^26) St. 68. (2) Slk.fjAM.)
DISH, 11.' Sc. To push violently, or butt with the horns.
Ayr. They hac horns on their heads to dish the like o' me, and
hooves to head upon us when doon, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) ix.
Rnf., Lnk. (Jam.)
Hence Dishing, //i/.at^'. Of a cow, &c. : butting, pushing
with the head.
Rnf., Lnk. A dishing cow (Jam.).
DISH, v.^ Sc. To rain heavily, pour with rain.
Per. It's dishin' on. It dished on a' day yesterday, an' it's
dishin' on yet (G.W.). Ayr. (J.F.) Rn''. Right wat we trudg'd
the glens alang, The rain in pailfu's dishin', Picken Poems (1813)
II. 126.
DISHABILLE, sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. War. Wor.
Hrf Glo. Oxf e.An. Ken. Sur. Sus. Wil. Dor. Som.
Written deshabille Lin. ; disabil Sc. Ken.' ; dis'abilles
Oxf; dishabil(l Chs.' s.War.' Sur.' Sus.'; dishable
w.Som.^ ; dissabil Bck. Bdf ; dishbill Sur.' ; dishbiUe
Ken. (Hall.) [disabil, di'Jabil.] 1. Disorder, untidiness,
state of confusion. Also used as adj.
Rnf. A lonely lass in disabil. Sitting upon a stair, M'Gilvray
Poems (ed. 1862) 120. Lnk. He was seen Sittin' in waefu' dis-
habille, Watson Poems (1853) u. Chs.' Yo mun excuse me bein'
dishabil. War. Leamington Courier (^ar . 6, 1897). s.War.i, Oxf.'
Oxf,, Bck., Bdf. Not only is a person in tatters said to be ' in a poor
dissabil,' but the mother of a family is sorry you should 'find her
cottage in such a dissabil,' if everything in it is turned topsy-turvy.
An old man discovered drunk in a ditch thinks it 'a very bad job '
that you should have caught him 'in such a dissabil' (J.W.B.).
Ken.' Dear heart alive ! I never expected for to see you, sir! I'm
all in a disabil. Snr. (T.S.C.); Sur.' The churchyard ain't tended
to as it were in Mr. 's time, it's all in dishbill now. Sus. (CD.);
Sus.' My house is not fit for you to come in, for we're all of a dis-
habill.
Hence Deshabbily, adj. shabby.
Suf. He looked very deshabbily i_C.G.B.) ; e.Aii. Dy. Times
(1892).
2. Working dress, a labourer's clothes. Gen. in pi.
w.Yks. (W.F.S.) s. Not. Excuse me being in my dishabell. .She
coomed out in 'er dissabil (J.P.K.). Lin. Common term, as ' I was
just in my deshabilles.' Oh, she was in safe enough, but she was
in her deshabilles (RE.C.V s.Wor.' Hrf. Her was in her dis-
habills (W.W.S. 1. Glo. (A.B.) Cxf.' I sets yer in my dis'abilles
aglovin' from one day's ind til another (s.v. Yethful). e.An.l,
Sus. (M.B.-S.) Wil.' Not used in its ordinary sense of undress or
negligent costume, but a common excuse for not appearing at church
is that a man has nothing but his dishabille to wear. s.Wil. Used
at Deverill (G.E.D.). Dor.(,C.W.) w.Som.' Very common among
farmers' wives and peasant women. Haun aay wai-n tu voaT
doo'ur, dhae'ur wuz Miis-us tu paasneej, un aay wuzaud een mee
dee'shublz eens aay-d u-buir u-wau rsheen [When I went to the
front-door, there was mistress of the parsonage, and I was in my
working dress, just as I had been washing]. A woman at her
wash-tub would be nearly sure to say to a lady who called upon
her, 'Plaise t'excuse me, mum, for I be all in my dishables.'
[1. Lit. E. in dishabille ; Fr. en deshabille, ' en vetement
aise que Ton porte d'ordinaire chez soi ' (Hatzfeld).]
DISHALOOF, sb. Sc. A game among children and
young people ; see below.
Sc. One lays his hand down on a table, another clashes his upon
it, a third his on that, and so on. When all the players have done
this, the one who has his hand on the board pulls it out and lays
it on the one uppermost ; they all follow in rotation, and so a con-
tinual clashing and dashing is kept ; hence the name 'dish.' Those
who win the game are those who stand out longest, viz. those who
are best at bearing pain. ... It is a piece of pastime to country lads
of the same nature as ' Hard Knuckles,' Mactaggart Gallov.
Encyclo. (ed. 1871) in Gomme Games (1894) 98. Rxb. (Jam.)
DISHAUNT, v. Obsol. Sc. To leave, go away from ;
to cease to frequent.
Sc. This year the persecution slackened, people began more
generally to dishaunt the churclies, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) II.
62, ed. 1828 ; He, his wife . . . and haill family, had dishaunted his
parish kirk of Birse, Spalding Hist. Sc. (179a) II. 52 (Jam.). Abd.
Still occas. used (Jam.).
DISH-DOWN, sb. Chs. Also in forms dish-dain
Chs.'3 s.Chs.'; dash-down Chs.^ [di'J-, da'J-dain.] A
sudden reverse of fortune, a disappointment ; humilia-
tion.
Chs.i An old woman's name was accidentally omitted from a list
of those who were to receive a coal charity ; she said, ' It was quite
a dish-dain when he told me there was none for me ' ; Chs.*
s.Clis.' It' wiiz u reg'ilur dishdaayn furith lifl laadz wen dhi
kiidOnu goa' Naantweych wi^dhur daad'i [It was a regilar dish-
dain for th' little lads when they couldna go Nantweich wi' their
daddy]. Itjs u praafi dish'daayn for)ur [It's a pratty dishdain for
her : of a lady who had come down in the world.
Hence Dished-down,/i/i. crestfallen, disappointed. Chs.'*
DISHEARKEN, 1;. Nhb.' To dishearten.
DISHEARTSOME
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DISHEARTSOME, a(fj. Sc. Disheartenins. saddening.
Per. riiis is an uncodisheartsomejob(,G.W.). Fif.(jAM.) Ayr.
Common , I.F. 1.
DISHEIGHTEN, v. Obs. ? Glo. Also written dys-
heighten. To disparage, disgrace.
Glo. This quite disheightens the rest, Grose {iii^&jMS.add. (M.);
CI. (185 1).
[Dis- + hei^htcij, to raise higher.]
DISHEL.'si. Chs. [dijl.] A dishful).
Chs. Used only in a rime which is said by children when
playing at hide-and-seek; 'A dishel of pins to break my shins'
(.E.F.).
DISHEL, see Disle.
DISHER, s6. Nhb. One who makes wooden bowls
or dishes.
N.Cy.' Nhb. Then came a disher, . . . Wlio could make you dainty
ware out of a piece of stick, Whittill Poems ; Nhb.' Within the
memory of some still living (1886) there was a disher working at
Mitford. Obs.
[Cip/iahiis, a cuppere or a dysshere, Trin. Coll. MS.
(c. 1450) in Wright's Voc. (1884) 572.]
DISHERYS, V. Obsol. Sc. Also in form diseirish
Ayr. 1. To disinherit, cast ofl".
Ayr. Dinna, Lord, diseirish us a' thegither for our shortcomings.
Service Dr. Diiguid (1887) 21.
2. To put in disorder or confusion, in consequence of a
person's meddling who has no right to do so. Lth. (Jam.)
[1. The huiredome committed be the mother dois not
disherish the lauchful bairnes, Skene Expos. (1641) 108;
The sone disheris wald the father, Dunbar Poems
(c. 15T0I, cd. Small, II. 227.]
DISHILAGO, sb. Sc. Nhb. Also in forms dishalagie,
dishylagie Nhb.'; dishalagow Lnk. ; dishylagy Rxb.
The weed coltsfoot, Ttissilago Farfara.
Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Bonnie dishalagow flowers their silent welcome
gi'e, Thojison Musings (1881) 88 ; Under the colloquial name of
*dishilago' the herb is a great specificwith rural herbalists, Patrick
P/irii/s (1831) 313. Rxb. ScifHa* Go55<^ (1876) 39. Nhb.'
[A pron. of the Lat. iussilago.]
DISHORT, sb. Sc. Irel. Also written deshort Irel. ;
disshort Sc. (Jam.). [diJoTt.] I. A deficiency, loss.
Sc. A disshort in the weight (Jam.). Ir. It would be a bad day
we'd see you at a deshort for a friend, Carleton Trails Peas.
(1843) 188.
2. A disappointment ; a mischief, injury. Sc, Abd.
(Jam.) ; Ayr. (J.M.)
[1. Dis- + short. 2. And how iiir father did him sic
dischort, Stewart Cron. Scotl. (1535) II. 555 (N.E.D.).l
DISHT, adv. Nhb.' Also in form deesht. [dijt,
dljt] Just that.
DISHYLAGIE, LAGY, see Dishilago.
DISIMPROVE, V. Irel. e.An. To deteriorate, grow
worse.
Ant. (^W.H.P.); (W.J.K.) e.An.' Nrf. Not in common use;
prob. a coined word used by those amongst our ' locals ' who fancy
they know a little more than other people (M.C.H.B.).
DISJASKIT, ppL adj. Sc. Also written -at, -ed.
[disdga'skit.] 1. Dejected, downcast, forlorn.
Abd. His look was disjasket,his spirit in grief, Anderson Rhymes
(1867) 68. Kcd. Drookit, dowie, an' disjaskit, Duncan left his
drecpin' lair, Grant Lays (1884) 114. s.Sc. Ye looked very dis-
jaskit last nicht when ye cam hame, Wilson Tales (1836) III. 54.
Ayr. Alice trig and bonnie as ever, but Rab vera squeefy and dis-
jaskit, Service yVo/«i!rf;(;«5 (1890) 41. Lth. Ane wha wad fain hae
been a duchess. Now sair disjaskit, Gathers sma' coals, Ballantine
Poems (1856) 130. Gall. Keep your ill tongue for that disjaskit
guidman, Crockett Grey Alan (i8g6) 219.
2. Broken down, dilapidated, worn out, exhausted.
Sc. Such a disjaskit rascal as yourself, Stevenson IVeir of
Hcrmiston (1896) iii ; Tak the first broken disjasked-looking road
that makes for the hills, Scott Old Mortality (1816) .\1. Edb. Every-
thing about him was in a most fearful and disjaskit state, ^oiR Mansie
Waiicit (1828) xxiv. Feb. She looks very disjasket like (A.C.).
DISJECTED,/i/i/.(Trf/. n.Lin.' [disdgektid.] Dejected.
DISJEEST, see Disgest.
DISJUNE, sb. Obs.? Sc. Also written disjeune,
disjoon. Breakfast. Cf dejeune.
Sc. A kiss and a drink of water is but a wersh disjunc, Ramsay
VOL. U.
Prov. (1737); That famous morning when his most sacred Majesty
partook of his disjune at Tillietudlem, Scorr Old Morla/ity (i8i5) x ;
Forbeses, Frasers, &c., . . . were able to make a disjune of all the
Gordons when at their best, Baili.ie Lett. (1776) I. 60 'Jam.) ; As
their disjeune some yill and porridge, Drummond Muckomachy
(1846) 29. n.Sc. Still in use (Jam.). Abd. O'er monie heights
and hows she scour'd ere noon. And could have thol'd the chance
of a disjune, Ross Helenore 1,1768) 59, ed. 1812. Per. Brought in,
for their disjoon, Auld Brucky's feet and head, Nicol Poems [l^(>6)
50. Fif. My advice is, Tak' your disjeunes afore ye gang, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 51.
[Eftir there disiune, Compl. Scotl. (1549) 43. OFr. desj'un,
breakfast (La Cl'rne).]
DISK, sb. Sc. Half-a-crown piece.
Sc. I ask but half-a-crown a line — The song be your's, the disk
be mine, Boswell Poet. Wks. (1811) 106, ed. 1871; Generally
applied to a planet, but here to a half-crown piece, tb. Note.
[Fr. (Argot) disqiie, 'piece de monnaie,' Delesalle
(1896).]
DISKER, sb. Hrt. [di-sk3(r).] A hedger and ditcher.
(H.G.)
DISKIT, see Deskit.
DISKNOWLEDGE, v. Cor. To be ignorant of, not to
know ; to deny, disown.
Cor. Sam . . . sudd'nly found that he disknowlcdged the Spanish
for 'corpse,' ' Q.' Troy Town (1888) xix; Cor.' He did not dis-
knowledge it; Cor.^
DISLE, sb. Pem. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written deistle
s.Pem. ; dice! Dev.* Cor.'; diesel Cor.'; disell Dev.;
dishel Dev. Cor.; dissel Cor.'; distel s.Pem.; dysel
Dev. ; and in form dickle Dev.* [daisl, di'sl.] 1. A
gen. name for the thistle. Cf. dasheKl.
s.Pem. Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 420 ; (.W.M.M.) w.Som.' Dusl,
duysl, dushl, 874. Dev. A disell, by an ass's jaws, Is thoft a pretty
sallet, Peter Pindar IVIis. (1816) IV. 196; White Cymaii's Con-
ductor (ijoi) 126 ; Dev.* s.Dev. Fox Ki>igsbridgeii8-]4). s.Dev.,
e.Cor. I Miss D.) Cor. Stick a died on to tha hinder end ofadunkey,
T. Towser, 88 ; The disles pon the hedge I'll see through, Tregellas
7"fl/f5(i865) 38; Cor.123
2. Tht.<i.a.r\Ae.\ion,Leoittodon Taraxacum. Dev. (W.L.P.) ;
Dev.*
DISLIPPENED, pp. Yks. [Not known to our other
correspondents.] Disappointed. See Lippen, v.
w.Yks. I'm dislippened wi him (J.H.G.).
DISLOAD, V. Obs. Sc. To unload.
Cai.' Gall. Poor Sandy Tier, our bonnie maister, Ye him dis-
loaded but [without] a clyster, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 24.
DISLOCATED, /i/i. Lin. Thrown off, displaced.
n.Lin.' I said I hoiiped 'at Mr. Fooler didn't goa a ridin' on one
o' them two-whealed things [a bicycle], and Alice she says, • Noa,
but he's been thrawn oflTn his 'at hes three wheals.' Why. I sa3'5,
I thoht 'at noabody could be dislocaated ofl' on them theare.
DISLOCK, V. Sc. [dislok.] To dislocate, put out
of joint.
Rnf. My arm dislock'd, my skull twice broke, Fraser CJiimes
(1853) 177. Ayr. Many a joint dislocking jolt, Galt Laurie (1830)
bk. III. V. Slk. The arm . . . wasna broken but only dislockit, Hogg
Tales (1838) 8, ed. 1866.
[His bones and joints . . . With rackings quite disloked,
Davies Holy Roode (1609) 20 (Dav.). Fr. disloqiier, to put
out of joynt (Cotgr.).|
DISMAL, sb. and adv. Yks. Lin. Nhp. War. Shr. Glo.
Som. [di-zml.] 1. sb. pi. Low spirits, melancholy,
despondency.
e.Yks.' n.Lin.' Theare's noht matter wi' her, she's nobut gotten
th' dismals. Nhp.' You are quite in the dismals to-day. War.^
Shr.2 He's got a fit of the dismals on him. w.Som.' Come, Jane,
hot ailth ee ? I zim you be all down in the dismals [diizmulz] like.
2. adv. Used to express any evil in excess.
Glo. (A.B.) ; Glo.' ; GI0.2 He do cough dismal !
DISMAY, V. Chs. [dismi'.] To go wrong.
Chs.' ; Chs.* It's never dismayed. He did, and ne'er dismayed
[never hesitated].
DISMINISHED, pp. Cor. [dismini/.] Diminished.
Cor. That I habn't disminished, Ballad; (M.A.C.) ; Cor.3
DISMISSAL, sb. Sc. Dismission.
Sc. Never conceived the possibility of such a thing as dismissal,
Scott Old Mortality (j8i6) v ; (Jam.)
N
DISMIT
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DIST
DISMIT,/'/'. n.Lin.' [dismit.] Dismissed.
DISMOLLISH, V. Glo. e.An. I.W. [dismo-lij.] To
demolish, destroy, break.
GIo.i, Nrf. (W.W.S.), e.Suf. (F.H.) I.W.» Your glasses I'll dis-
mollish on the vlore, Old Sug.\ I.W.2
DISOBLIGE, V. Nlip. Hnt. e.An. Dor. Som. [dissblTd^.]
1. To incommode, inconvenience.
Nlip.i When a person sits so close, as to crowd or inconvenience
any one, it is common to apologize by saying, * I am sorry to
disoblige you.' Hnt. (T.P.F.)
2. To Stain, soil, dirty ; to rumple.
Nhp.i A young lady's dress is * disobliged' when it is soiled by
any unlucky accident. Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.' A young miss is apt
to disoblige her white frock by romping in the dirt with the boys,
or by not taking proper care when she eats her tart. The cat
may disoblige the carpet if she is not turned out of the room in
time. Nrf.i Dor. (A.C.) ; (W.C.) w.Som.i Used by quaint old
people of the better class. ' Mary, my love, how you have dis-
obliged your frock.'
blSPAART, V. Obsol. n.Yks.'' Also in form disparate.
To part asunder ; to separate.
[As often as any great schisme disparts the Church,
Milton Ch. Gov. (1641) vi.]
DISPAR, sb. Slang. At 'Winchester School : a help-
ing at meals.
Slang. Taws, hogsheads, dispars, gomers, jacks, Warton Poem ;
SiiAinvELL IVyhe. S/fl«^ ( 1859-64) ; lA.D.H.) ; (K.)
DISPARAGE, sb. So. (Jam.) Disparity, inequality
of rank.
[OFr. desparage, inequality of rank in marriage
(GoDEFROv) ; MLat. disparagium, 'inequality in bluid,
honour, dignity' (Skene).]
DISPART, see Desperate.
DISPEACE, sb. Obsol. Sc. Disagreement, dissension,
disquiet.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' s.Sc. Do not let us make dispeace in the
family, Wilson Tales {1839) V. 13.
DISPENSE, V. Lin. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] In phr. /on'/s/'f«s<'zwy/;, to do orput up with. (E.S.)
DISPERT, see Desperate.
DISPLENISH, V. Obs. Sc. To deprive of furniture,
stock, &c. ; to disfurnish.
Sc. The Lyon sent and displenished all his ground, and took
horses, black cattle, sheep, &c., and displenished his house and
whole lands, WoDROW C/;. Hist. (1721) II. 187, ed. 1828. Fif.
Ilk half gang raikin' round the wa', Ane north, the tither westlins
ga Displenishin' the niches, Tennant Papistry (1827) 93.
DISPONE, V. Sc. 1. To make over or convey to
another in legal form ; to sell, dispose of.
Sc. He returns frae Edinburgh to his own place of Melgyne,
and there dispones the same to Maul of Byth, Spalding Hist. Sc.
(1792) I. 46 (Jam.) ; Whate'er ye do, dispone Beersheba at no
rate, Scott Midlothian (1818) viii. Kcb. He cannot dispone him
nor sell him, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 15.
2. To dispose.
Sc. Man propones but God dispones, Ramsay Proi;. (1737); There
is . . . the Laird of Bucklaw's fine to be disponed upon — I suppose
it goes to my Lord Treasurer? Scott Bride 0/ Lam. ( i8ig) v.
[2. God . . . disponis, Barbour Bruce (1375) xi. 29.]
DISPORSE,!/. Nhb.i [dispars.] To disburse. Hence
Disporsement, sb. disbursement.
[Many a pound . . . Have I dispursed to the garrisons,
SiiAKs. 2 Hen. VI, III. i. 117.]
DISPRAISE, sb. Lin. Som. Dev. [disprez.] Dis-
paragement, under-valuation ; evil words, slander.
n.Lin.i w.Som.' The nicest sort of a young uraman you shall
vind any place — no dispraise to present company. n.Dev. Looks
zee,— Rager Hill es as honest a man as any in Challacomb ; — no
disprcise, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 68.
DISPROVE, V. Glo. [disprii'v.] To disapprove.
Glo. I can't say as I disproved o' crs doing ut at the time,
BucKJiAN Darkd s Sojourn (1890) iv.
DISPUTE, V. Obs. Sc. To refuse, make objection to.
Edb. I 11 no dispute To gie some trifle mair in bute, Crawford
Poems i 1798, 107.
DISREMEMBER, v. Sc. Irel. Lan. Lin. Oxf Brks. Sus.
Hmp. Cur. Amcr. In form disremimber Myo. Hrks.'
[disrime mb3(r).] To forget.
Sc. (A.W.) Ir. Barney M''Gurk isn't wan that 'ud disrcmember
a friend, Barlow Bogland (1892) 71, ed. 1893 ; Begad, I dis-
remember exactly her own words, Carleton Fardorougha U848) v.
N.I.' Uls. Freq. implies a disinclination to remember ; a witness in
a court of law, unwilling to reply to any question put, might say,
' I disremember' = it doesn't suit me to recollect (M.B.-S.). Ant.
Ballymena Obs. (1892). Myo. I disremimber, but is that Micky
Dolan's ould apple three, or didn't he cut it down ? Stoker
Snake's Pass (1891J iii. Wxf. I disremember whether I ever see
her before, Kennedy Bants Boro (1867) 163. Lan. I disremember
rightly what I did, Gaskell M. Barton (1848) ix. n.Lin. I dis-
remember a sight o' th' things he said, Peacock Tales ( 1886) 130.
S.Lin. I disremembered the naame o' what you ax'd me to git fer
you at the chimises (T.H.R.). s.Oxf. Now don't you never go
disremember that, Rosemary C/iiltenis (1895)62. Brks.' I dis-
remimber now azackly what a zaid. Sus. I've quite lost ma
recollects an do disremember things so, ]ACKSOii Southward Ho
(1894") I. 200; Sus.* I can't think of his name ; I do disremember
things so. Hmp.* Cor. You disremember me, I dessay, ' Q.'
Wandering Heath (1895) 104. [Amer. I disremember to have
heard any one call, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 371.]
DISRESPECKIT, pp. and ppl. adj. Sc. Unnoticed,
neglected, unregarded.'
Ayr. How huffd, an' cufTd, and disrespeckit. Burns Twa Dogs
(1786) St. 12. Dmf. What disrespeckit grave is this, Bare to the
gurly sky ? Reid Poems (1894) 87. Gall. That gart himsel' whiles
be negleckit, And by the warldly disrespeckit, Nicholson Poet.
IVks. (1828) 52, ed. 1897.
DISSABIL, DISSACKLY, see Dishabille, Disactly.
DISS BREAD, phr. e.An. A kind of cake or ginger-
bread made at Diss.
e.An.i (s, v. Bread). Nrf. N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xi. 332.
DISSEL, see Disle.
DISSEN, v. Cum. [dissn.] To distance, outstrip.
Cum. Peer Lawson gat dissen'd, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808)
100.
Hence Dissnens, sb. a distance, a measure in horse-
racing, the eighth of a mile.
Cum. Jwohn Blaylock' reed handkitcher wav'd at the dissnens,
Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 99.
DISSIGHT, sb. Glo. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp. Wil. Som.
Written desight Glo.*'^ Wil.' [di'sait, disai't.] An
unsightly object, a blemish, disfigurement.
Glo. Leveson-Gower Gl. (1876); Glo.'^ Ken.' Them there
tumble-down cottages are a great dissight to the street. Sur.',
Sus.* Hmp.* 'Twill be no dis- sight to cut that tree. Wil.*
w.Som.* Very common indeed among people of quite the better
class. A neighbour erecting a building at some distance from my
house said — ' I don't think 'twill be any dis-sight to you.'
DISSLE, v.^ and s6.* Sc. Cum. Yks. Also written
dizzle Cum. w.Yks.^ [dizl.] 1. v. To drizzle, rain
slightly.
Lth. It's disslin' (Jam.). Cum. How it dizzied and dozzled,
too ! Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 102 ; Does it ever rain here ? —
Why it dizzies, and douks, and dozzles, and duz, N. Lonsdale Mag.
(Oct. 1866) 150. w.Yks.3
2. sb. A slight shower of rain, a drizzle. Also used/ig.
Sc. Being some dissle of rain in the time, she went into a quiet
place in the kirk. Walker Passages (1727) 17 (Jam.) ; There was
a small dissle of warm rain, and he was as sensible of a dissle of
the dew of heaven upon his own soul, ib. 151. e.Lth. There was
a dissle o' rain fa'in. Hunter y. Inwick (1895) 184.
3. A slight wetness on standing corn ; the effect of
a drizzling rain. Lnk. (Jam.)
DISSLE, si.= and v.'^ Sc. L sb. An attack.
Dmf. Ye bade an unco dissle (Jam.).
2. V. To run, move. Also used Jig.
Per. Dishle yont [move offj (G.W.). Dmf. To dissle throw the
dubs (Jam.).
DISSOLUTE, adj. Irel. Desolate.
Ir. He cried to find himself ... so dissolute, Carleton Traits
Peas. (1843) 9. s.Ir. I got ashore . . . upon a dissolute island,
Croker Leg. (1862) 141.
DISSOLVE, V. Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To dissemble.
w.Yks. If ivver a man dissolv'd, it wor me that neet. I troy'd
all ivver I knew to be badly, Hallam Wadslcy Jack (1866) xvii.
DIST, see Do. v.. Dust.
DISTANCE
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DITCH
DISTANCE, sb. and v. Sc. Also in form distan.
1. sb. Difference, distinction. Abd. (Jam.)
2. V. To distinguish.
Sc. For an I war dead, and yc war dead, And baith in ae grave
laid. O, . . . Wha could distan your inouls frac mine, O? Kinloch
Ballads (1837) 205. Abd. (Jam.)
DISTEL, see Disle.
DISTILL, sb. Obs. Chs. A still.
Chs.' Town's Bis. of Pojvual Fee (1782).
DISTINGUISHER, sb. Obsol. Wil. An extinguisher
for a candle.
s.Wil. Always so called formerly (G.E.D.).
DISTNA, see Do, v.
DISTRACT, V. Sc. Also War. Som. Dev. [distrakt,
distraskt.] To madden ; to become mad.
Sc. They had a mind rather to poison me. and to give me that
which \vould distract me, Wodkow Ch. Hist. (1721) II. 56, ed.
i8j8. Cai.^ Abd. Like to distract she lifted up his head, Cry'd
' Lindy ! Lindy ! ' Ross Helenorc ^I768) 12, ed. 1812.
Hence Distracted, or Distrackit, ppl. adj. mad.
Sc. That would be a distracted act, Wodkow Cli. Hist. (1721)
III. 459, cd. 1828. w.Sc. She'll gae clean distrackit — I hear
she's in a sair wey aboot it, Macdonald Settlement (1869) 165,
cd. 1877. Ayr. Did ye ever hear o' sic a distracted action ? Galt
Lairds (1826) xxix. War.^ He is gone distracted. w.Som.'
Ever zinze Zadurday nait, I bin maze distracted way the tooth-
ache, and nort ont do me ao good. n.Dev. And how the boy
repented and went distracted, E.\iii. Crtslip. (1746) 1. 442.
DISTRACTION, sA. Obs. Dev. Subtraction.
Dev. He understands distraction, and part of the multiplication
table, Gent. Mag. 1 1 7331 331, ed. Gomme.
DISTRAUGHT, pp. Sc. Yks. War. Dev. Distracted ;
relaxed, unstrung.
Per. He's fair distraught wi' fear, Sandy Scott (1897) 28.
n.Yks.2, War.* Dev. We have here still in common U3e many
obsolete words ; such as . . . Distraught, Bray Desc. Taniar and
Tavy (1836: II. 289.
[Or if I wake, shall I not be distraught, Shaks. R. &^ /.
IV. iii. 49.]
DISTRENZIE, v. Obs. Sc. To distrain.
Sc. Arrest, poind, and distrenzie, therefore, as accords of the
law, WoDROw C/i. Hist. (1721) II. 73, ed. 1828.
DISTRESS, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Yks. Shr. Ken. Sur.
[distre's.] 1. sb. A sickness, illness.
N.I.i Since I had that distress in my head.
Hence (i) Distressed,//, disordered, ill, out of health ;
(2) Distressful, adj. in distress, trouble.
(i I Sc. A poor Trojan . . . was now ill with a chronical sore
head, much distressed with an inward trouble. Scoticisms (1787)
1 18 ; Monthly Mag. f i8io) II. 436. (2! Ir. Poor dear old Ireland,
' the most distresshful country that ivir yit was seen,' Spectator
(Nov. 30, 1889).
2. A strain, stress; application offeree.
n.Yks. I I.W.') Shr.' Theer wunna be no distress on that theer
'edge tin after 'arvest [till after the corn is cut and animals are
turned into the field, who will strain, or try the strength of the
fence]. Sur.i Slacken they there ropes before you go, and then
there won't be no distress on the cloth [rick-cloth].
3. V. To put to inconvenience or trouble.
e.Ken. Don't distress yourself to give them to me (M.T.).
DISTRUBILL, v. Obs. Sc. To disturb.
Fif. Me had thir Lollards no distrubilfd. My denner had been
nearly doubl'd, Tennant Papistry (1827) 102.
[And furth he goith, distrublit in his hart, Lancelot
(c. 1500) 1292. OFr. destronblcr, 'troubler' (La Curne).]
DISTURVE, V. Yks. Som. [dista'v.] To disturb,
interrupt.
w.Yks, (J.W.) Som. He mus'n't be disturved, Raymond
Cent. U/'colt (iZg'^^ 219. w.Som.' 860.
DISTY, sb. Obs. Lan. A distaff.
Lan. His family . . . with the ' disty and vvharl "... were manu-
facturing the clothing, Thornber Hist. Blackpool { iB^T ) 84.
DISUSED, pp. Yks. Lin. [disiuzd, disiu'st.] Out of
practice, unaccustomed.
w.Yks. (J.W. i Lin.i 1 cannot play the piano, I am disused now.
[I can nat shote nowe but with great payne, I am so
disused, Palsgr. (1530).]
DIT, sb. Som. Dev. [dst.] Dirt, soil. See Ditten.
w.Som.' Tommy, you'll make yourzel dit [diit] all over. Dev.
Any person having fallen into a ditch is said to be 'as wet as dit,'
w. Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6, col. 6.
DITCH, 5i.' and v.^ 'Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms deitch s.Chs.' ; diche Shr.' ; doytch
n.Cy. Lan.' ; dyche Hrf.' ; dytch Chs.' [ditj, Lan. doitj,
Chs. Shr. daitj.] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Ditch-back,
a fence, a rampart above a ditch ; (2) -blackie, the ring-
ouzel, Tiirdiis lorqiiatiis; (3) -bonk, the embankment on
the hedge-side of a ditch ; (4) -hedge, a hedge with
a ditch below it ; (5) ■boll, a ditch ; the bottom or hollow
of a ditch; (6) -reed, the common reed, Phragmiks com-
tminis.
(I) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lan. Lost it wi scrawmin o'er th'
doytch-backs, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 29; Thi rceort ith
doytch back, un thi towd me sich tales, Collins Sngs. (1859) 41 ;
Lan.' (2') e.Ltlj. SwAiNSON B(>rf5 (1885) 8. (3') s.Chs.' Dc-y-ch-
bongk'. Shr.' Yo' can sec the mark o' the wil (wheel] 'afe way up
thediche-bonk; it's a 66nder they wunna boath killed. (4)Hrt. Ellis
Mod. Hush. (1750) I. i. (5) Suf. He hult that into the ditch-holl
(H.J.L.R.). e.Suf. (F.H.) (6) Shr. (B. cSc H.)
2. A bank of earth, separating fields ; a fence, the bank
of a hedge ; a ditch by a hedge-side.
Ir. Fields were enclosed with liigh banks of earth, called per-
versely by the natives ' ditches,' Paddiana (ed. 1848) II. 37. N.I.',
Uls. (M.B.-S.) Lns. He was passing alongside of the ditch
(Anglice, hedge) of a large field, Croker Leg. (1862) 253 ; He
found Ned lying fast asleep under a ditch, ib. 283. Wxf. The
nicest little spot I ever saw, where 3'ou walk on the ditch, Ken-
nedy Banks Boro (1867) 37. Shr.' It'll be no sich a job to clane
that diche out, it's so o'er-growed wuth bromblcs. Hrf.'
3. Salt-making term: the space in the 'hot-house'
between two raised flues, used for putting lump salt in to
complete its stoving and drying. Chs.'
Hence (i) Ditchers, sb.pl. men who remove the lumps
of salt from the flues to the 'ditches' and when dry take
them out of the' hot-house' ; (2) Ditching, /;■/>. removing
the lumps from the flues to the ' ditches.' ib.
4. V. To make or clean out a ditch.
Gall. He could . . . thresh, and dike, and ditch, and maw,
NicholsonPoc/. {Ffc. (1828) 42, ed. 1897. Lan. I spent the forenoon
at home ... in helping son Thomas to ditch, Walkden Diary (ed.
1866) III. Chs.' He's dytching. w.Mid. I used to go ahedging
and ditching afore I got the ruraatiz so bad (W.P.M.).
Hence (i) Ditcher, sb. one who makes or cleans out
ditches ; (2) Ditching, sb. {a) fencing with hedge and
ditch ; (b) pi. the soil, &c., that is thrown out when
making or cleaning a ditch.
(i) Sc. Ilk ditcher frae his darg had hurried, Thom Jock o'
the Knowe (1878J 34. Abd. Any dyker or ditcher, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) iv. Gall. They must be led to the hut of
a ditcher, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 51. Shr.' Gen. used in
conjunction with hedger. ' The fellow's a perty good 'edger an'
dicher; but as to stack-makin' an' thatchin', w'y 'e's no better
than an owd 06man.' (2, a) e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787).
(A I Chs. Farm yard dung is frequently mixed with. . . gutter clods,
ditchings, &c., Marshall Review [ 1818) II. 25.
DITCH, i^.== and sb.'^ n.Cy. Midi. Not. Lei. Nhp. War.
Wor. Hnt. Also in form deach Wor. ; dech, deech War. ;
diche Nhp.' [ditJ, ditj.j 1. v. To stick or adhere to,
as mud, &c., to a spade ; to get dirty, fill with dirt or grime.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Midi. To stick to, as the clamminess of mow
burnt hay sticks to the cutting-knife, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796)
II. Not (L.C.M.) Lei,' My hands never ditch [the dirt does not
get grained into them so that it will not wash off]. The touch-'ole
were reg'lar ditched up. Nhp.^
Hence Ditched, ppl. adj. begrimed or impregnated with
dirt ; gen. applied to dirt on the skin orany other surface.
Not. Your hands are quite ditched! (W.H.S.) ; (L.C.M.) s.Not.
Your hands are more than dirty, they're reg'lar ditched (J.P.K.).
Nhp.' Your skin is so ditched it'll never come clean again. A table
is ditched when the dirt has insinuated itself into the grain of the
wood; a person's clothes are ditched with dirt, when dust and
other extraneous matter have been suffered to accumulate till they
have become incorporated with the texture. War. The scythe is
so deched, I cannot sharpen it, Holloway; My mother used to
apply it to clothes that were not clean— that were of a bad com-
N 2
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plexion with bad washing, not merely soiled with wear or use,
AcaJemy (Feb. 29, 1896); B'liam IVkly. Post (June 10, 1893);
War.' ; War.^ A fabric the prevailing colour of which is, say, blue,
but proves on close examination to contain an occasional thread
of, say, dark grey, is said to be 'ditched with grey'; War.^
Wor. The curtains are deached with smoke (H.K.). Hnt. (T.P.F.)
2. sb. Dirt, grime.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Lei.i I want to get off the ditch.
[ME. dcchen, to daub, smear {Palladiiis) ; OE. decan
(jElfric).]
DITE, V. Sc. Yks. AJso written diet Sc. (Jam.)
[dait.] To indite, compose, inspire.
Per. My muse now, She has not meikle pith. To write this, nor
dite this, Nicol Pocitts (1766) 123. SIg. His prayer flowed from
his heart, and was dited by the right spirit, Bruce Sermons
(c. 1631) vi, ed. 1843. w.Yks.'
Hence Diting, vbl. sb. composition, inditing, writing.
Ayr. Time's emblem in its flight. Makes writing and diting A
weary job for night, Smith Poet. Misc. (1832) 44.
[Of the douchty Dowglass to dyte I rue dress, T/ie
How/ctt (c. 1447) 391, in Sc. AlUt. Poems (1897) 60. OFr.
diter (diiier), to write, compose (Hatzfeld, s.v. Dieter).]
DITE, see Dight, v.
DITEMENT, sb. Som. [dai'tmant.] Indictment.
w.Som.^ Very common at assize lime.
DITH, see Do, v.
DITHE, sb. Lin. Also written dythe Lin.' [daiji.]
Cow-dung dried and cut into squares for fuel. Gen. in pi.
Lin. A Bostonian, writing in 1696. tells us — 'The country people
gather up the dung of oxen and cows, which they temper with
water, and spread on the ground about five inches thick, and cut
in oblong pieces of about a foot, and call them dithes, which they
use for fewel (but they smell strong) ; in some places they make
walls of them for fencing,' White E. Eitg. (1865) I. 280 ; Thompso.v
Htst. Boston (1854) 704 ; Lin.* e.Lin. Formerly used as fuel
(J.C.W.V
[Cp. OE. <^^in dy^-homer: tyndercyn id est dyYhoxncv,
OE. Gl. in Wright's Voc. (1884) 492.]
DITHER, v} and sb. In gen. dial, use in n. and midl.
counties to GIo. Also Hnt. e.An. Dor. Also in forms
dedir (Hall.) ; dedur Lan.' n.Lan.'; didder N.Cy.' Dur.
Cum. Wm. n.Yks.'* ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' w.Yks.' ne.Lan.'
Chs.23 sw.Lin.' Nhp.' e.An.' Nrf ' Dor. ; didher e.Yks.';
dydder Shr.^ [ditSar, di'Safr), di'dar, did3(r).] 1. v.
Of persons : to tremble, shiver or shake with cold or fear.
Cf dather, dother, v.^
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.' Nhb.' Ma fing'rs is ditherin wi'
the caad. Wm. I quite didderd fa fear, Wheeler Din/. (1790'! 31.
n.Yks.' She dithered and shu'k, yan thoght she wad ha' tummled
i' bits ; n.Yks.2 It maks my teeth didder. ne.Yks.' e.Yks.
Marshall Run Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. I 1703); It's like ice itsen an it maj's wun dither ageean, Tom
Treddlehovle Bairns/a Ann. (1872) 52; Hutton Tour to Caves
(1781); w.Yks.' Hee's seea flouter'd— his teeth dithers, ii. 307;
w.Yks. ^* ; w.Yks.5 Dither'd an' sheuk as if shoo vvur tum'ling to
bits. Lan. Awdithert till meh teeth hackut imeh yed, Tim Bobbin
View Dial. (1740) 23; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', m.Lan.'
Chs. Aw were all of a shiver an dithered as ifawdanague fit. Cros-
TON Enocli Crump (1887) 10 ; (E.F.) ; Chs. ' = 3 s.Chs.' Dhis kuwd
mau rnin mai'z wun didh Or [This covvd mornin'mays one dither].
s.Stf. PiNNocK Blk. Cy. Ami. (1895). Stf., Der. (J.K.), Der.12
nw.Der.' Th.Vrt starv'd till tha dithers agen. Not.'^ s.Not. Them
linen shutts did use to mek me dither, fust puttin 'em on of a co'd
mornin (J.P.K.). Lin. Vox Lincoln, agro familiaris, — praefrigore
trcmcre, .Skinner (1671) ; Ray (1691) ; Don't stan' dithering and
crying thcer like a school bairn, Fenn Cure 0/ Souls (iHSg) 19.
n.Lin. Sutton ^Vds. (i88i) ; n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' See how it makes the
man's arms dither. s.Lin. How the poor o'd creater did dither and
shaak(T.H. R.). Rut.', Lei.' Nhp. Needy Labour dithering stands.
Beats and blows his numbing hands, Clare Rural Life (1820) 47;
Nhp.i2 War. B'ham IVkly. Post (June 10, 1893); War.'23
w.Wor.', s.Wor.' Shr.' I'm starved till I dither, an' my tith
chatter; Shr.2 Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Hrf.' Glo.
Wliat do you stand dithering there for? (H.S.H.); Glo.' Hnt.
(T.P.F.), e.An.'. Nrf. (A.C. 1, Nrf.' Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
Hence (i) Dither-and-plop, (2) -a-wack, (3) -cum-plcp,
si. a trembling, shivering, shaking; (4) -dodder, ;». to totter,
walk in a trembling, shaking manner; (5) Dithering, («)
vbl. sb. a trembling or shivering fit ; (li)ppl. adj. trembling,
shivering, shaking; (6) Ditherment, sb. a fit of tremulous-
ness from fear or cold; (7) Dithersome, see Dithering
{b)\ (8) Ditherums, 56. /)/. a fit ofshaking ; shaking palsy ;
(9) Ditherum-shake, see Dithercum-plop ; (10^ Dithery,
(11) Dithery-doddery, see Dithering (6).
(i) n.Lin.' (2) Chs.' He's stood'n i' th' lone beawt cooert till he's
aw of a dither-awack. 'Aw of a dither-a-wack, loike a new-baked
custhut.'seemsalmost a prov. expression. (3^ n.Lin.' (4) Cum. He
wad didder-dodder intil t'grave as his father's had dune afore him,
Linton Lizzie Lotion (1867 1 xxiii. (5, a) Lan. Sitch a fit o ditherin
that hoo could yer hur own booans rattling again one another,
Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 113. Lei.' When I touched it [a
boa-constrictor] I felt such a dithering all over me. War.23 Shr. 2
A trembling motion of the eye. (4) Wm. Her . . . diddering teeth
melted my heart, Hutton Bran New IVariizqB^) 1. 347. w.Yks.
Soa a soart ov a d^'therin' fit got amang 'em, Hallam IVadsley
Jack (i865) ii ; w.Yks.' Lan. Aw fcelt sich a jumpin, ditherin,
beawncing feel goo o' thro mi body. YznGVion Preston Eggsibishun
(1865) iii. War. 2 s.Wor.' Hrf.= He's a dithering ould man. Glo.
(A.B.) (6) n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ All in adidderment. e.Yks.', m.Yks.'
(7) Lan. He's gettin' very dithersome an' wackery, owd Sam is,
Brierley Cast upon World (1886) 69. (&) n.Lin.' Nrf. (A.C.)
(9) n.Lin.' I was all o' a ditherum-shak like a hot egg-puddin'.
(10) e.Yks.' s.Chs.' Ahy went kweyt sik- fln didhuri [I went
queite sick an' dithery]. (n) Cum. A puir lile diddery doddery
horphan, Linton Lizzie Lorton (1867) xxxii.
2. Of things: to tremble, shake, vibrate.
Lakel. He miad o t'pots on t'shelf didder when he bang'd deur
tull wi' seek a clatter, Penrith Ohs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Yks. T'shaft's
too leet, it fair dithers agean (W.C.S.). e.Yks.' w.Yks. T'whoal
stashun yard fair dither'd wi hoorays, Tom Treddlehovle Baimsla
Ann. (1891) 5 ; Shoo geed a cofl' wot made all t'crockera dither
agean, Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) 142; Obsol., Leeds Merc.
S;//i/>/. (Jan. 3, 1891); w.Yks.^ s.Yks. Joe suggested 'at it must ha'
bin dither'd dahn. The Blade (1885) 804. Lan. Whenever I let
my hammer dither on the anvil, instead of striking the iron, that'll
be the signal for you to stop, Hocking Our Joe, ix ; A dark spot
ditherin' i' th' blue sky, KAMSBorTot.1 Phases 0/ Distress (1864) 100.
Not.^ The prongs of a tuning fork dither. The ornaments on that
lady's hat are dithering. Lin. Echo is said to dither (J.C.W.);
' I tie my hair to the aspen tree. Dither, and shake instead of me.*
A charm to cure the ague, Lin. N. if Q. 168. n.Lin.' Look, muther,
how that jelly dithers when I shak th' taable. Shr.^ Dithers it
out o' th' hopper into the jigging sieve. e.An.' A bog didders.
Hence (i) Didder-grass, (2) Diddery-docks, sb. the
quaking grass, Bn'za media ; (3) Dithering, ppl. adj.
vibrating, shaking ; (4) Dithering-grass, (5) Dithery-
dother, see Diddery-docks.
(i) Lan. (B. Sc H.) (2) Dur. (16.) (3) Cum. A'll tak some o' that
ditherin' stuff [jelly] (M.P.). e.Yks.' w.Yks. Th' ditherin'
scrawkin' din ov a owen bein' clceaned aght, Hartley Tales, ist
S. 26. Nhp. And dithering echo starts, Clare Poems (1821) II.
22. (4) w.Yks. (W.M.E.F.); (J.R.) ; w.Yks.2,neLan.' (5)Nhb.'
Known also as dotherin dicks, ladies' hands, cow quakes, and
quakin or tremlin grass.
3. sb. A tremble, shake, shiver, quiver.
Wm. He gat a didder ower t'lug. Ah war o' in a didder (B.K.).
n.Yks. A run'd up t'stairs an' gat under t'bed, bigom a w'z all ov
a dither (W.H.) ; n.Yks.'^ m.Yks.' Ah'syal on a didder. Lan.
I'm aw on o' dither, if th' wynt bo sturs a twig, Paul Bobbin
Sequel (i8sg) 6; Aw wor aw ov a dither wi't loss o ma wint.
Chapman Widder Bagshazv, 2. Chs.' When a person is so cold
that his teeth chatter he is said to be ' aw of a dither' ; Chs.^,
s.Chs.', Not. (W.H.S.) s.Not. I'm all of a didder with cold
(J.P. K.). Der.2, nw.Der.' sw.Lin.' My back and all's all of a
dither. Nhp.', Wor. (M.A.R.) se.Wor.' The wind was that
piercin' it seemed to g66 thraough un ; it made me all uv a dilher.
s.Wor.', Hrf.'2
4. pi. A shivering fit, the 'shivers,' 'horrors'; fright,
excitement.
Not.' s.Not. Ah've got the dithers (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' Shaking
palsy. S.Lin. Ye gi'e me the dithers to see yer (T.H.R.). Rut.'
Those children keep me in the dithers, they do. Lei.' ' The horrors,'
as applied to incipient delirium tremens. It is enough to give ye
the dithers. War.s ^
5. A confused noise or bother ; a suppressed outburst
of laughter, &'c.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Scarce. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) Hrf.'
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6. Grass and other weeds in corn-fields, &c. w.Wor.'
[1. Friller, to shiver, chatter, or didder for cold, Cotgr. ;
My flesshe dydcris, York Plays (c. 1400) 240.J
DITHER, v^ Bdf. [di?Sa(r).] To guess. (J.W.B.)
DITHING, I'W. 56. Chs.'2 3 [di-tSin.] A trembling or
vibratory motion of the eye.
DITH'N, sec Do, v.
DITING, vbl. sb. Obs. n.Cy. A whispering. Grose
(1790); (Hall.)
DITLESS, see Dittle.
DIT(T, V. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin. Nhp. [dit.]
To close, stop, shut up the mouth of anything. Also
usedy?§-.
Sc. Sweeps away a' my gude thoughts, and dits up my gude
words, Scott il/<V//o//»V!n (1818) XXX ; Ditt your mouth with your
meat, Kelly Piov. (1721"; 89. Bnff. Ye preachers, now dit a' your
mou's, Taylor Poems (1787) 77. Abd. O'en [oven] wheat bread
dits ilka mou' That stays the hen, Fariney's Ha' (1774) St. 10;
Nor Gadie's stream can dit the gleam That wraps hisdwallin' noo,
Thom Rliyincs (1844) 171. Rnf. Diilt carle, dit your mouth,
Harp (1819^ 197. Lnk. They dit their lugs, Ramsay Gentle S/iep.
(1725I 20. Slk. They never ditt up their windows, Hogg Tales
(1838) 363, ed. i865 ; It maks a body dilde and ditted, ib. Poems
(ed. 1865) 433. n.Cy. To dytte up an oven (K.). Cum., Wm.
Ferguson JVot-ffiineu (1856) 209. w. Yks.', Lin. ^ sw.Lin.^ Some
folks say ' gruftcd,' and some say ' ditted.' Things soon get dilted
up in a market town. NIip.' When the wards of a lock are so
filled with accumulated dust, as to prevent the key working freely,
it is ' ditted up with dirt.' If a drain is obstructed by filth, it would
be said, ' It must be cleaned out, for it is quite ditted up.' A fire
tliat is chocked up with ashes, is ' so ditted up, it will not burn.' It
was formerly used verbally, as ' to ditt up an oven' ; but the im-
proved method both of making, and heating ovens, has superseded
the dittle, or block, and the use of the verb has disappeared with
it, though tlic jiarticiple is still in common use.
[The vpcom (way up) wes then Dittit with slayn hors
and men, Barvovk Biiire (1375) vi. i63. OE. dyltan, to
shut [Luke xi. 53); cp. Norw. dial, ciylla, to stop an
opening (Aasen).]
DITTANY, sb. Obs. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Also in form ditten.
The broad-leaved pepperwort, Lepidiinn latifoliimi.
[The Englishmen call this plant (Lepidium) Dittander,
Dittany, and Pepperwort, Gerarde Herb. (ed. 1633) 242 ;
Some cal Lepidium also Dittany, Turner Herbes (1548) 34.
The form ditten repr. ME. and OFr. ditayne (Alphita, 50I.]
DITTAY, sb. Sc. Also in form ditty Bnff. [dVte,
di'ti.] 1. An indictment, legal accusation.
Sc. It was one of the articles of dittay between us, Scott Reclg.
(18241 xxiii. Bnff. Her * ditty' is for bewitching 'gentle and
simple' at Inveresk, &c,, Gordon Citron. Keitli (1880) 53. Ayr.
Repent, and read out your own dittay: indict yourselves before
God, Dickson IVri/ings {1660) I. 87, ed. 1845; Gin it were
set furth in your dittay that you cured folk o' the land ill, by
graspin' them, Service A'o/rt^rfxHis [1890) 104. Gall. There was
three coontsin the dittay against him, Crockett Bog-Myt tte (1895)
207. Kcb. They are clerks to their own process, and doing nothing
all their lives but gathering dittays against themselves, Ruther-
ford Let/. { 1660I No. 10.
2. Reprehension.
Kxl). Ye'U get your dittay fjAM.).
[A grct dyttay for Scottis thai ordand than, l-Vallace
(1488) I. 274. A der. of OFr. dieter (diter), ' composer,
rediger ' (iVIoisv); cp. Lat. dictare actionem, to bring an
action (Suetonius).]
DITTEN, sb. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Nhp. Also written
dittin n.Yks. (K.) [ditan, di'tin.] Mortar, soft clay, &c.,
used to stop up the crevices round the ' dittle ' in an old-
fashioned oven, to prevent the escape of heat. Cf. dit(t.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', Dur.', Yks. (K.) n.Yks. The ewn,
for lack of dittin, hes slake'd all th' heet, Meriton Praise Ale (i63^)
1. 187. Nhp.* Now only preserved in the proverbial expression,
* as wet as ditten.'
DITTEN, see Dittany.
DITTER, sb. Wil. Dor. Also in forms datter Dor. ;
detter Wil. [di-t3(r), dae-tafr), de-t3(r).] A children's
game of ' tig ' or ' touch and run.'
n.Wil. (G.E.D.) Dor. Barnes Gt. (1863).
DITTER, V. Som. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To confuse, bewilder.
Som. What arc you dittering I for? (W.F.R.)
DITTLE, sb. Nhp. War. Also in form ditless War.
[di-tl, di-tlss.] The block placed at the mouth of a large
old-fashioned oven. See Dit(t.
Nhp.i War. B'liam lV/;ly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War.'^a
DITTY, sb. Chs. Lin. Shr. [diti.] A story, rig-
marole ; a form of words to be repeated.
s.Clis. Dceur mee, Saam-I yoa' teln sumkweeurdit-iz[Dearme,
Sam! yo tell'n some queer ditties]. 60 tuwd mi u woa-ful difi
[Hoo towd me a woful ditty] (T. D.). s.Lin. What a ditty he did
gi'e us shewer-ly. None o' 3'ah ditties to me : Ah'm too o'd a bod
to be catch'd wi' that chad" (T.H.R.). Slir. I could not make out
what their ditty was, Burne Flk-Lorc (1883) xxxiii.
Hence Dittiment, sb. talk, story ; polite conversation.
e.Lin. Foaks maake a straange dittiment aboot it, Lm. N. 1^ Q.
II. 32 ; Whom he courted with much palaver and' dittiment,' I'A. 21.
DITTY, DIV, see Dittay, Dive, v., Do, v.
DIVAN, si.' Rnf. (Jam.) Also in form devan. A
large ' divot,' or large piece of turf or sod.
DIVAN, sb.^ Rnf. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A small wild plum or sloe.
DIVE, sb. Obs.i Sc. Also written dyve. The
putrid moisture which issues from the mouth, nostrils,
&c., of a person after death.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Frf, With odours, an' the like, belyve They drown'd
the dreadfu' smelling dyve. Piper 0/ Peebles (1794) 16.
Hence Divie, ad/, having much ' dive.'
n.Sc. A divie corp (Jam.).
DIVE, V. Var. gram, forms and dial, uses in Sc. and
Eng. [daiv, div.] I. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense :
(i) Deeve, (2) Deve, (3) Dieve.
(I) Suf.i Deeve yar hand in. e.Suf. (F.H.), Sus.l (2) e.An.',
Nrf.i (3-) Suf. (C.T.)
2. Preterite : (i) Dave, (2) Deave, (3) Deeved, (4) Div, (5)
Divet, (6) Dove, (7) Doved.
(i) w.Yks. DeDV, Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 129. (2)
m.Yks.' (3) Nrf. He deeved just aslgottohim (M.C.H.B.). Suf.
(F.H.) (41 Nrf. He div down and got it (M.C.H.B.i. (5) Abd.
(W.M.), Cum. (J. A.) (6) s.Lan. I will not say I never heard ' dove,'
as ' he dove in for it,' but you would ten times oftener hear people
say ' he dived in for it' (S.W.). s.Wor. 'E dove into the wauter
(H.K.). Nrf. Still in use (M.C.H.B.). Ken. (W.G.), Wil.
(G.E.D.) [Amer. Straight into the river Kwasind . . . Dove as if
he were a beaver, Lo.n'GFELlow Hiawatlta, c. vii; Bartlett.]
(7) Wil. (G.E.D.\ w.Cor. ( M.A.C.)
Z. pp.: (i) Deeved, (2) Diven, (3) Divet, (4) Dove, (5)
Doved, (6) Duv.
(i) Nrf. He's deeved, don't [if not] I think so. He ha' deeved,
I now [just now] see him (M.C.H.B.). e.Suf. (F.H.) (2) e.Yks.
Now and then heard in North Holderness (R.S.). w.Yks. Divm,
Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 129. Sus. Id a div'n furdther if
I'd a knovv'd un (E.E.S.). (3) Abd. (W.M.), Cum. (J. A.) (4)
s.Wor. Ahter a'd dove in, t'others follercd 'im (H.K.). Wil.
(G.E.D.) (55 Wil. (G.E.D.), w.Cor. (M.A.C.) (6i s.Wor. ( H.K.)
II. Dial. uses. 1. To dip ; to draw water out of
a pond, &c., with a bucket or pail.
e.An.', Suf. (C T.), Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence (i) Deeving, (2) Devfngplace, sb. a place
made by and in a pond where water can be best obtained
by dipping with a bucket, tkc. ; (3) -pond, sb. a pond from
which water is drawn for domestic purposes, by dipping
with a pail or bucket.
(i) Suf. You'll find right a good deeving there a little fudder
along. A bad place for deeving (C.G.B.) ; (II.J.L.R.) ; e.An. Dy.
Times {iSgz]. (2) Suf. I C.T.) (3) e.An.', Nrf.>
2. To plunge, hurry forward.
Gall. He dived at once over the turf dyke, Crockett Moss-Hags
(1895) 257. w.Yks. Very common in Craven. He dived out o'
t'gait (J.T.).
Hence (i) Dive-an-dop, (2) Dive-dapper, (3) Divedop,
sb. the little grebe, Trachybaptcsflitviatilis ; (4) Diver, sb. (a)
the pochard, Fuligiila fcrina ; (b) the golden eye, Clangiila
glaiicion ; (5) Divers, sb. pi. the larger blocks of burr
stone used for making river embankments ; (6) Divie-goo,
sb. the black-backed gull, Lams marimis ; (7) Diving.
DIVE
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DIVOT
duck, see Diver; (8) -pigeon, sb. the black guillemot,
Una Grylle ; (9) Divy-duck, see Divedop.
(i) Nrf. SwAiNSON Biids (1885) 216; Cozens-Hardy Broad
Nyf. (1893) 50. (2) Lin. Swainson ib. Ken.' s.v. Didapper.
(3) Lin. Swainson ib. (4) Rxb. Swainson ib. 160, 161. (5) Chs.'
They are thrown in first, so as to make a solid foundation betwcL-n
which the smaller stones lodge. (6) Rxb. (Jam.) (7) Sh.I. Swain-
son ib. 160. (8) Nhb. Farn Islands, *. 218. (9) Hrf.' Nrf.
Swainson ib. 216. Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
|OE. dyfan, to dip, submerge.]
DIVE, see Deave.
DIVE-DAPPERS, inf. Lan. An exclamation.
Lan. Hey. Dive-dappers, Dive-dappers, what a Devil's here!
Shadwell Witches (1718) III. 69.
DIVEN, see Dive, v.
DIVER, V. Dev. Also written dyver. [dai-v3(r).]
To wither, fade. Cf. daver, v.^
Dev. An pursintly tha vig tree dyver'd away, Baird 5. Matt.
(1863) xxi. 19; The flowers [in church] soon git diver'd, Reports
Provinc. (1893); Theys vlowers be awl divered ; chell I draw 'm
away? HEWETxPfOs. Sp. (1892) ; Dev." The plants be diverin' for
want 'a water.
Hence H'weTeA, ppl. adj. withered, faded, dead.
Dev. Zaj'ellerasole dyver'd hay, Nathan Hogg Poc^. Lett. (1847)
II, cd. 1865.
DIVER, see Dyvour.
DIVERS, sb. pi. e.An.* [di'vaz.] Money troubles,
embarrassments.
[Prop, moneys due ; AFr. devoirs, see Tennes de la ley
(1671) s.v. Devoire.]
DIVERSOME, adj. Lan. [daivasam.] Fanciful,
hard to please, fastidious ; squeamish.
Lan. Sich diversome folk as thee, Clegg Sketches (1895) 342;
Ringers un musishoners ov o' soarts olez wur a bit diversura' i' ther
ways, Ferguson Preston Eggsibishun 1 1865) iv ; Lan.' Thae'rt too
diversome to live ; tha eyts nowt. e.Lan.'
[Cp. ME. diverse, used in the sense of 'perverse, ad-
verse.' Kinge Herode was diuerse, couettous, and right
malicious. La Tour-Landry (c. 1450) 104.]
DIVERT, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also in form
divart Nhb.' [divart, divart] 1. v. To turn aside,
go from the straight path ; to separate, live apart.
Sc. Sir Richard Lee hath missed me here by the waye, because
he diverted here to St. Alban's, Sadler Papers (1809") I. 439 (Jam.) ;
Henry Hunter . . . granted a bond to pay to [his wife] yearly 400
merks, in case they should divert and live separately, Forbes
Supp/. (Dec.) 60 {ib.}.
2. To amuse.
n.Sc. To pou some o' the finest leaves, For to divert him wi',
BuCHAN Ballads (ed. 1875) II. 223. s.Sc. But John's a queer chap,
an' he will divert you if ance ye get there, 'Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 92. Nhb.' A person is always said ' to be divarted,' never ' to
be amused.'
3. sb. Amusement, diversion.
Sc. It's a kind o' divert to see the craturs, Swan Gates of Eden
(1896) iv. Abd. Lat 'er see the horsie noo, to be some divert till
'er, Alexander ^m/"/i. (1875)66, ed. 1882. Frf. But what a bar;
oh, what a divert! Barrie Tommy (1896) 242. Per. You're an
auld farrant loon, an' a perfect divert, Edwards Strathcarn Lyrics
(1889) 116. Lnk. I'm sure they twa are fair diverts, Aye in the
fire as mony aims, Wakdrop /. Maihison (1881) 98. Bwk. (Jam.)
DIVIDER, sb. Sc. [divai'dar.] A soup-ladle.
Sc. Common all over Scotland (A. W.). Ayr. (J.F.) Edb. Apair
o' small dividers, Forbes Poems (1812) 44.
DIVIDUAL, adj Sc. [dividu-al.] Particular, iden-
tical, precise, ' individual.'
Ayr. Juist at that 'dividual moment a terr'ble hullabaloo got up,
Service Notandiims (1890) 27. Edb. Seeing that they were the
dividual stars above my head which I used to glour up at in wonder
at Dalkeith, MoiR Matisie Waiich (1828) vi ; My son I^enjie was,
at this dividual time, between four and five years old, ib. xiii.
DIVIL, sec Devil.
DIVILIN, 5i. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A brick-kiln. (Hall.) ; Lin.'
DIVINING-ROD, sb. Sc. Irel. Shr. A rod made of
hazel or twigs of witch elm, used for purposes of divina-
tion. See Dowse, v.^
Sc. The agitation of the divining rod seemed to increase or
diminish, Scott /intiqiiary (1816) xvii. Ir. This is a forked twig
of hazel, and it is still believed in by many as a means of finding
mines or water, Flk-Lore Pee. (i88i) IV. 106. Shr. The divining
rod ... is a forked stick cut either from the witch elm or the hazel,
. . . and supposed, in the hands of skilled persons, to bend in the
direction of criminals, lost property, hidden treasures, veins or ore,
or springs of water, Burne Fib-Lore (1883) 175; Shr.' Obsol.
[The divining rod has obtained great credit for its discovering where
to dig for metals and springs of water. An ingenious gentleman
says that hazel and willow rods he has by experience found will
actually answer with all persons in a good state of health. . . . The
hazel, willow and elm are all attracted by springs of water. . . .
The rod is attracted by all metals, coals, amber and lime-stone. , . .
A shoot that terminates equally forked is to be preferred about two
feet and a half long, Gent. Mag. (Nov. 1751) xxi. 507, in Brand
Pop. Aiitiq. (ed. 1813) II. 624.]
DIVISIVE, adj. Sc. [divrsiv.] Dividing, splitting,
separating.
Sc. Do you promise that you shall follow no divisive courses from
the present establishment of the Church? Act Gen. Assembly Ch.
Sc. ( 1 7 II ) SitbscK Form, Question 6. Abd. Ye wud hae heard less
o' sic divisive coorses, Alexander yoAii/iy Gibb (1871) xiii.
DIVNA, see Do, v.
DIVOT, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also written devit
Sc. (Jam.) ; divet Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.' N.Cy.' ; divit Frf. ;
dyvot ne.Sc. ; and in form dufBt N.Cy.' Nhb.' [di'vat.J
1. sb. A sod, piece of turf, esp. a thin, flat oblong turf,
used for covering cottages. Also used Jig.
Sc. Roof . . . repaired in part by thatch and divot, Scott Redg.
(1824) Lett. xii. nw.Abd. "The back divot was a large sod kept
burning or smouldering at the back of the fire. In many farm
kitchens there was no grate or range, but the fire burned on a
broad open hearthstone, and pots, &c. were hung over it by a crook
attached by a chain to a rectangular bar pivoted in a socket on
the floor at the side (A.'W.). ne.Sc. Across the couples were fixed
the pans to the number of three or four on each side of the roof.
On these and parallel to the couples were laid the kaibers. . . . Such
a roof was called pan and kaiber. Over all were placed the dy vots.
The whole was covered with thatch, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 50.
Inv. (H.E.F.) Frf. The shower of stones and the flight of our
divit in it, Barrie Minister {i8gi) vi. Abd. The wood work was
quite visible and not less so the divots, Alexander Johnny Gibb
.(1871) xii. Kcd. Divots, thack, an' timmer lums. Grant Lays
(1884S 3. Fif, Divots an' stumps o' trees for pews, Robertson
Provost (1894I 34. e.Fif. I felt the rotten pins crackin' an' the
divots beginnin' to gie wey [on the roof of a house], Latto- Tarn
Bodkin (1864) X. s.Sc. Mony a sober Christian an mony a roy't
callant lie thegither below yon grassy divot, Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 91. Dmb. He cut the divots wi' a flaughter spade, Tayi-or Poems
(1827) 91. Ayr. Hunger is a wet divot to the lov^r o' love, Galt
Sir A. IVylie (1822) Ixxxviii ; He was flaughterin' a wheen divots
for the riggin* o' his hoose, Service Notanditnis (1890) 106. Edb.
The brown, newly cast divots, MoiR Mansie IVatich (1828J ix.
Bwk. "When a pane of his window happened to be broken, he . . .put
in a divot or sod, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 86. Slk. A
bullet struck up a divot of earth between my feet, Hogg Tales
(ed. 1866) 249. Gall. Clodding him with divots of peat and sod,
Crockett Moss-Lings (1895) xxi. Ant, Ballymena Obs. (1892).
n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. LL.B.) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.'
2. Comb. (I) Divot-cast, a piece (of land) of a size that
only one ' divot ' could be ' cast ' or cut from it ; (2) -dyke,
a turf dike or wall ; (3) -happit, covered with sods or
turf; (4) -house or -hut, a house or hut covered with turf;
(5) -seat, a seat made of turf or sods ; (6) -theaked,
thatched with sods or turf.
(i 1 Sc. Seeing he hasna a divot cast of land in Scotland, Scott
Midlothian (1818) xii. (2) Per. Presently it reached the slap in
the divot dyke, Cleland Inchbrarken (1833) 238, ed. 1887. Lnk.
The auld divot dyke at the head o' the muir, Nicholson Idylls
(1870) 37. (3) Lnk. Thick an' Strang the fouet grew A' roun' the
divot-happit riggin', Hamilton Poems (1865) 89. (4) Frf. The
wee divot hoose we had coft frac the laird, Watt Poet. Sketches
(1880) 49. Nhb. Jamie Macfarlane, who, during summer, dwelt
in a . . . divot-hut, on Belford Moor, Dixon IVhittingham Vale
(1895) 158. (5) Frf. He may ... sit a month wi'm on the divet
seat, Morison PooHS (1790) 129. Lnk. There you may see him
lean. And to his divot scat invite his friend, Ramsay Gentle Sliep.
(1725! 39, ed. 1783. Lth. Auld Rid h.-id gotten a divot sate for
his ain individ'al use, Lumsden Sheep-head ( i8gs)aoT. Dmf. There
were tents where On divet seats, . . . Auld birkics . . . were blithe,
DIVUS
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DO
MAYNE5;V/frGK«(i8o8'l39. (61 N.Cy.' Nhb. War canny liooses
duBit-theek'd. Wilson Dictys IVi'g {18^2^ 80 ; Nhb.i
3. A clumsy, ill-sliapcn mass. Also used y?^,?-. of persons.
Sc. S.iidto a Rcntleman cutting ham badly, 'O Mr. Divct, vvillymi
help Mrs. So and So?" Ramsay Reiiiiii. (ed. 1861) 91. Sh.I. Com-
monly used (K.I.). S. & Ork.' A thick unshapely piece of bread,
meat, or the like. SIk. (Jam.)
4. V. To cut turf or cast 'divots ' with a spade.
Sc. I have been divoting here since four o'clock this morning,
FoKD Thistlrdown (1891) 239. Cal.', Abd. (Jam.)
Hence (1) Divoted, />/>/. aiij. made or covered with sods
or ' divots ' ; (2) Divoting, vbl. sb. cutting turfs or divots.
(i) Ayr. They haurled her to a divoted bothy half buried in the
sand. Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887 359. (a) Sc. Tired wi'
divoting twa hours ! Ford ThisUcdoum V1891) 239.
DIVUS, (!(//. Nhb.' Also written dyvous. [dai'vas.]
Shy, retiring ; moody, melancholy.
She's a varry divus bairn.
DIVVAL, DIVVENT, see Devil, Do, v.
DIVVISH, V. Sh.I. Also in form divvadge S. & Ork.^
To deck, polish or clean up ; to arrange, put in order.
Sh.I. In common use here, but never heard without some
modifying word, such as 'ill' or ' rightly.' 'This is no rightly
divvisiied ' (K.I.). S. & Ork.i ib. MS. add.
DIVVLING, see Devilin(g.
DIVVY, V. Irel. Lan. Amer. [di'vi.] To divide,
share with.
N.I.' We divvid them as well as we cud. Lan. (F.R.C.) [Amer.
Kansas Univ. Qiiar. (1892) I.]
DIVY, sb. Yks. Lan. [di'vi.] A dividend declared
bj' the Co-operative Stores.
w.Yks. We're nooan short ov a paand or two, an' we'st ha th*
divy throo the co-op' in another wick or two. Hartley Sects i' Yks.
and Lanes. (, 1 895) i ; ' Eh, yo' sud ger yo'r new babbies at t'Co-op,'
said a little lass Bradfurth way tul another, 'an' then yo'd ger
divi wi' 'em,' Yks. IVkly. Post (Mar. 27, 1897 1. Lan. The usual toast
of 'Here's luck,' or,' Here's to th' divi,' Donaldson ./J Queer Supper
(1886I 4. m.Lan.'
DIXIE, sb. and v. Sc. [di'ksi.] 1. sb. Sharp
chiding, severe reprehension ; also in pi. form Dickies.
Sc. A term probably formed from the selt-importance of a
pedagogue who, in former times when Latin was spoken in schools,
might confirm his degrees by the use of the term dixi, ' I have
said it,' as declaring that there could be no reply (Jam.). Cai.*
Cld. (Jam. s.v. Dickies).
2. V. To scold vehemently. Hence Dixiean, vbl. sb.
a vehement scolding. Bnft".'
DIXIE-FIXIE, 56. Ayr. (Jam.) A term used to denote
a state of confinement, intimating that one is imprisoned.
DIXONARIES, sb. pi. Obs. Cum. Long, hard,
' dictionary ' words.
Cum. Long hard words from dictionaries were so called by
rustics who knew pretty well the Biblical words. ' Dunnut thou
dictate ! ' was said by a stranger at a wrestling-match fifty years
ago. ' Confound thy dictates ! ' was the answer ; ' let's hae nin o'
thy dixonaries here ! ' (M.P.)
DIZ, sb. w.Som.' [diz.] A small piece of horn
pierced with a flattened hole, used by hand wool-combers,
through which the ' sliver ' is drawn. See Pad.
DIZ, see Do, v.
DIZE, V. n.Cy. Der. Also written disc n.Cy. (K.)
To put tow on a distaff.
n.Cy. Coles (1677,; 1 K.) ; Grose (1790") ; N.Cy.^, Der.*
[This is a ghost-word due to an error of Ray's in his
N.Cy. IVords (1674), and uncritically copied by later
flossarists. The proper word is dizen (see next word).
dysyn a dystaffe, I put the flaxe upon it to spynne, Je
charge la queiiouille, Palsgr. (1530).]
DIZEN, V. and sb. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Chs. Der.
Lin. Nhp.Shr. Also in forms dissen Nhb. ; dizzen Cum.'
[daizsn, dizan.] 1. v. To dress showily ; to adorn,
dress out, bedizen. Also usedy?^. See Dize.
n.Cy. Coles ( 1677) ; Grose i 1790). Nhb. An gets up frov hor
silky loll is day dissens the sky, Robson Evangeline (1870) 360;
Nhb.', Cum.' Wm. Dizend fra head to foot, Hutton Bran New
U'ark 1785)1. 144. n.Yks. Thah cheeks are dizen'd wi' sets o'
jewils, Robinson Sfig. Sol. (18601 i. 10; n.Yks.", m.Yks.'
w.Yks.' Fine ladies hev a lass to dizen and don 'em, ii. 355 ;
w.Yks. 2 ; w.Yks.* She is a long while in dizenning herself; w.Yks.s
Wah barn, tha'll hev hauf o' t'town at thee taal, thah's 'dizencd
out so grand. nw.Der.' Nlip. Where shining ribbons dizen out
the stall, Clare Vi/l. Minsl. 1 1821^ L 34 ; Poverty . . . Dizcns me
out in such a figure I'm shamed being seen, ib. Rur. Life (1820)
91 ; Nhp.'
Hence (i) Dizened, ppl. adj. dressed, bedizened ; (2)
Dizening, vhl. sb..Jis;. a ' dressing,' scolding.
(I) n.Cy. (K.), N.Cy.2, Nhb.' (,2) Shr.' 'Er give 'im a fine
dizenin' w'cn 'e did come wham.
2. To put on appearances ; to show off.
w.Yks. To be curious and look big, and sit in state as if great,
Thoresby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.*
3. sb. A contemptuous term or a woman who dresses in
cheap finery. Also in form Dizener.
s.Chs.' Aa praafi dahyznur [A pratty dizener]. n.Lin.'
DIZENER, sb. Shr.' [dai-zn3(r).] A heavy blow.
Cf. dizening, s.v. Dizen, v. 1 (2).
Samuel Slater, describing a fight in which he had taken part, said,
'An' as 'e [his antagonist] come up, I ketcht 'im sich a dizener.'
DIZENER, see Dizen.
DIZZARD, sb. n.Yks.2 [dizsrd.] A weak-minded
person ; a fool. See Dizzy.
[A dizzard or dotard. Kersey (1702).]
DIZZERWITCH, sb. Cor.^ Also written dizzewitch.
[di'zawitj.] A cross-grained person.
DIZZY, adj. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dun Yks. Chs. Not.
War. Shr. Also e.An. Cor. Also in forms doosey War. ;
douzzy Chs.'^; dussy Not.'; duzz- Cor.; duzzie Chs.;
duzzy Nhb.'Dur.'Chs.'" s.Chs.' Shr.' e.An.' Nrf Suf.
[di'zi, duzi, duzi, dB-zi.] 1. adj. Foolish, stupid, half-
witted ; slow, heavy, dull.
Nhb. So cut off to bed, ye du7iy aud feul, Bagnall Sngs.
(1850"! 25; Nhb.' Ye duzzy beggor, what are ye deein ? n.Yks.'"
e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) Chs. (K.); As aw felt douzy, aw tried
to faw asleep agen, Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 11; Chs."*
s.Chs.' Not.' Shay's getting old and dussy. Shr.' I'm mighty
duzzy this mornin'. e.An.' Yew mucka duzzy fule. Nrf. ' Duzzy
fule,' a bigger fool than common, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf.
(1893) 30 ; ' A duzzy fule ' is quite a common expression — politer
than 'damned fool' (J.H.); (W.H.) w.Nrf. Yow duzzy fule!
whatever be yer starin' an' gappin' at like a stuck pig ? Orton
Beeston G/iosI {1884) 7. Suf.' Duzzy thing ' is often used (M.E.R.).
e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence (i) Dizzy-headed, ppl. adj. stupid, 'addle-
headed ' ; (2) Doosy-head, sb. a stupid, heavy, silly person.
(i) e.Yks. Yon dizzy-heeaded feeal's teean mah dikiu-beeats, an
cutten tops up ti mend bahfin wiv, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (18831 93 ;
e.Yks.' Said of a blundering, infatuated fool, who stumbles
almost unconsciously into peril. (2) War. He's a regulor doosy-
head (J B ).
2. Giddy, bemused, fuddled ; having a sensation of
dizziness, with a feeling of falling down.
Lnk. My joys arise While I'm half dizzy, Ramsay Gentle S/icp.
(1725) 119, ed. 1783. Feb. When chiels wi* drink are something
dizzy, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836) 90. Slk. Clearin chasms dizzy
to look doun on, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) HI. 72. Nhb.' Me
heed wis quite duzzy. Dur.', e.Yks.' •w.\'ks.BAUKslVI:fld. IVds.
(1865). s.Chs.', e.An.' Suf. He turned faint and said ' I feel a bit
duzzy,' Strickland Old Friends (1864") 264.
Hence (i) Dizzily, adv. giddily; (2) Duzzen, prp.
whirling; (3) Duzziness, sb. a condition of giddiness.
(i) SIk. His brain whirls dizzily roun', Chr. North Nodes (ed.
1856) HI. 153. (a) Cor. My head was duzzen round like a whirli-
gig, HiGHAM Dial. (1866) 5. (3) Suf. e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
3. Deaf, hard of hearing.
Shr.' E's lother duzzy ; 'e doesna 'ear very well.
4. sb. A blockhead, fool, simpleton.
w.Yks.^It is confined entirely to juveniles. ' What a dizzy he is.'
e.An." A duzzy-pate. e.Suf. (F.H.)
[1. ME. dysy {dusi, desi), foolish ; OE. dysig {Malt. vii.
26). 2. Than waxes ... his heved feble and dysy,
Hampole Pr. C. (c. 1340) 771.]
DJEL, see Deal, s6.'
DO, V. Var. gram, forms and dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. I. Gram, forms. [On the plural forms,
when not used in combination with the personal pro-
nouns, see Wright Grant. Wiidhll. (1892) 156-9.]
DO
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DO
1. Indicative Mood, Present Tense, i. Simple Affirm-
ative.
Sc. Aa dui ; hey duis ; wej', yee, thay dui, Murray Dial. (1873)
219; Auxiliary— Aa dui o»-dyv;lieydyz;wey, yee, thay, dui o;-dyv,
ib.; I3ae. dee ( A.W.). Per. Ye aye do the thing handsome when ye
divdoit,5a»irfv5co«(i897)3o. Edb. So what does I [do I do! but up
I speels upon the stone, MoiRMflKi/c fFa!(c/i (1828 > v. Slk.Sae.sir,
div I.Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 278. Nhb. His reet han' diz
cuddle me, Robson Nswc. Sitg. Sol. (1859) ii. 6 ; What aw de is
niver reet, Wilson Pilmans Pay (1843) 9; Nhb.> He diz nowt
aall day. ' Div' is used when the word precedes a vowel or an h
mute : before a consonant, de is used. ' D'ye hear us ? ' — ' Aye,
divaa." Dur.' Diz. Cum. As tha dya at Whitehebben, Borrowclale
Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 310 ; Ay, but it dis, Gilpin
Siigs. (1866 58; And sea dov I, Graham Gwordy and Wtll{iTi&)
I. 30 ; Cum.i Thou behaves badly, 'at dus'ta. n.Yks. It diz seeam
hard, Tweddell Clevcl. Rhymes and Sketches {iQ-j^) 32. ne.Yks.'
Ah deea or diz ; thoo o>-he diz ; we, you, they deea, 31. e.Yks.'
' Div' is only made use of in the 1st pers. sing. ' What div Ah
knaw aboot it?' The and and 3rd pers. sing, are Diz, and the
three pers. pi. Di. m.Yks.' Aa- di-h', di-h'i, diz-, duov, div;
dhoo- dih'z, diz-; ey or ee- dih'z, diz-; wey- or wee- di h' ;
yey or yee- di-h' ; dhe-h' or dhinr di h'. Duv [duov-] is also
heard in connection with the ist and 2nd pers./i/., but only very
occasionally, Introd. 49. w.Yks. Ah dew love tha, BiNNS Orig.
(1889) 2; Ai, a, i diu ; ti5, tS, ta duz ; f, a duz ; wl, wo diu ;
ji, J3 dm; Sea, 3e, 'Ss diu, Wright Cram. Wndhll. (1892) 165;
w.Yks.i Don, not often used except on the borders of Lan. ;
w.Yks. 2 Yo dun talk. Lan. They dun pay license, Chapman
IVidder Bagshaw, 8 ; Heaw mich better they could manage yo're
affairs nor yo done. Standing Echoes (1885) 17. e Lan.' We dun
one thing, yo dun another. s.Chs.^ Ahy doo ; dhaay, ey diiz ;
wey, yai-, dhai- diin, 87. s.Stf. Hard words done no good, Pin-
nock i?/it. Cy. Ami. (iBgz) 10. Lin. 'Dost thou see yon espin tree?'
... ' Ay dif I,' Monthly Pkt. f April 1862) 377. Shr. People
dune loike to set comftable. White Wrekin (1&60) xxx ; Shr.'
I do, thee does, a. 'e or 'er does ; we, yo', a or 'er dun, Introd. 60.
Glo. Da, Ellis Prommc. (1889) V. 61. Hrt. Da or d', ib. 198.
Nrf. My master say if I du what I oughter du, I shouldn't du as I
du du, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 14. Sur. That do 'e, and
a mighty big place it be, sure-ly, Bickley Sitr. Hills (1890) II. xv;
History do tell as a high tide came up upon the hekinok, Jennings
Field Paths (1884) 3 ; Sur.' Do, 3rd. pers. sing. Hmp. It sticks, it do
(W.M.E.F.);Hmp.' 'He doos,* when not an auxiliary, as -Whodoes
the garden ? ' 'He doos it.' Wil. Du, Ellis, 47. e. Dor. Da. Ellis,
77. -w.Som. Aay du, dhee diis, uur du ; wee. yiie, dhai du,
Elworthy Gram. (1877) 72. Dev. Es rite han dith imbrace ma,
Baird Sng. Sol. (i860) ii. 6 ; Thow dist zo chearge es, ib. v. 7 ;
Thervaur da tha vargins luv tha, ib. i. 3 ; It deth not vollow,
Peter Pindar Royal Visit (1795) pt. ii. 157, ed. 1824. n.Dev.
Et dith more good than kautchy vizzick, Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. 13.
ii. Simple Negative.
Sc. Aa dynna, hey dyzna, wey dynna, Murray Dial. (1873) 219.
Bnff.' Divna. Abd. Sandy disna preten' to be claer, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871I xii. Per. Divna, Sandy Scott (1897I 10. Rnf.
I dinna want tae fa' oot wi' my wife, Gilmour Poi Flk. (1873)
37. Gall. It disna look bonny withoot the head. Crockett Raiders
I1894) V. N.Cy.* Disna. Nhb. Ah divvcnt reetly mind, S. Tyne-
dale Stud. (1896) Robbie Armstrong; Aw dinnit Icykc te gang,
Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) 12; Nhb.' He disn't knaa nowt.
Dur.' Dinnot. Cum. I dunnet know who t'is, Richardson Talk
(1886) 1st S. 12; Cum.^ I divn't kna' a Philipson, 100. s.Wm.
Ye dunnet addle as mickle ta day, Hutton Dial. Stotth and Amside
(1760)1. 28. n.Yks.Aduant[duat]b'livthuzspiakint'triiith(W.H.);
n.Yks.2 Dinnot, decant. e.Yks.' Disn't. nj.Yks.i Aa- di h'nt,
dizu'nt, duov-u'nt, div u'nt, dinut or duonut ; dhoo- diz'u'nt
or dih'-zu'nt ; ey or ee- diz-u'nt or dih'zu'nt ; wey- di h'nt,
dih'-zu'nt, duov-u'nt, div-u'nt, din-ut or duon u t; yey- dih'nt, din ut,
duon-ut; dhe-h di-h'nt, duon-ut, din-ut, di-h'-zu'nt, duov u'nt or
div-u'nt, Introd. 49. w.Yks. A pair o swallows dunnut mak a
summer, Prov. in Brighoitse News (July 20, i88g); Dog chaps
doesn't reckon that way, Cudworth Dial. Sketches {i88^) 7; Ai
duant, fifi duznt, 1 duznt, wi duant, ji duant, 8e duant (J.W.);
w.Yks.* Dunno ; not common except in that part of Craven bor-
dering on Lan. Lan. Aw dunnot like to think o' that, Harland
Lyrics (1866) 89 ; Aw dunna care, Erierley Layrock (1864) xiii.
e.Lan.' Dunnot. durnd. Chs.' Dunna, dunncr, or dunnot ; dusiia,
does not ; Chs.^ Dunna, sometimes dunnut. s.Chs.* In tlu: 2iid
and 3rd pers. sing, the termination *s' is ol'icn omitlcti : Dli.'ia
diiz-)na or Dhaa dii)nu [thou dost not]. The termination 'st' of
the and pers. sing, is more used with a negative than an affirmative
verb : Dhaa diisjnO [thou dostna], 78. Stf.' You dow say so, dun
yer! 27. n.Stf. I donna mind sayin', Geo. Eliot A. Bede (1859)
I. 7. Der. I dunna know (F.P.T.); Der.* Diin-ut fold), diin-u,
now used ; Der.^ Thie doo'nst throotch (s v. Thrutch). Nhp.'
Doo*an't, do not. Wor. Dunna not know Iiow, Berrou/s Jrn.
(Mar. 17, 1888). w.Wor. I dunna kneow disackly, S. Beauchamp
Grantley Grange (1874) II. 47. Shr.' I dunna, thee doesna or
dunna, a, 'e or 'er dunna ; we, yo', a or they dunna, Introd. 60.
Hrf. I dena, Ellis, 72 ; Hrf.^ Dunna. Glo. Dunt knaw, sir, Gissing
Vtll. Hampden (1890) I. i. Oxf.* Thee doosn't. I, her, &c.
dwun't. Sur. It dunna matter to me, Bickley 5i(r. Hills (i8go)
I. i ; I dun rightly know. ib. xii. Wil. I doant, Ellis, 44. e.Dor.
I do'nt wont, ib. Dev. Et dith'n look zoshil abit ! Nathan Hogg
Poet. Lett. (1847) 48, ed. 1865; Our mops dant reach zo high,
Peter Pindar Royal Visit (i-jgs) pt. ii. 157, ed. 1824. nw.Dev.'
Dud'n, does not. Not so common as dith'n or doth'n.
iii. Interrogative Affirmative.
Sc. Dui-aa or dyv-aa, dyz-hey, dui-wey or dyv-wey, dui-ye, dyv-
ye, dui-thay or dyv-thay? Murray Dial. (1873) 219. Abd. Dis
lawvyers need muckle o' 't? Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871') x.
e.Sc. Wha div I see but Swankey ? Setoun Sunshine (1895)
241. Ayr. Whare div ye think ye'll gang when ye dee? Galt
Lairds (1826) xxvi. Ir. Div ye know him, Molly Magee ? Tenny-
son To-morrow (1885). Nhb. Whe dos thou tig on wee Thee sell
aw wonder ? Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) 12; Nhb.* Dista ken
the heed o' the Side? Divaa, do 1? D'ye hear us? Cum. How
dosta, honest lad ? Graham Ga'ox/y (1778) 1. i ; What weage dus te
ax, canny lad? Anderson Ballads {1805) 54 ; Dista think it'll stand?
Farrall B. Wilson (1886) 133 ; Cum.' Duv, c, div, n. and e. Used
chiefly in asking questions in ist pers. sing. Wm. IIoo dusta think
thoo'd be yabble to tak ceearovathoosan pund? Sf-ec. Dial. (1877)
pt. i. 37. n.Yks.^ Div; used only in such phr. as 'Div I gan ? '
have I to go ? w.Yks. Diu ai, a, i? duz oft, dusta, dusta? duz
I, a ? da or di wt, wa ? da or di jf, ja ? da or di Sea, Ce, tia ?
Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 165; Dusta loike winter 't best
nah, th\n\i.slat Shevvild Ann. (1849)4; Nah then missis, whotdunye
want ? Hartley Clock Aim. (1874) 48 ; w.Yks.' Dusto [dost thou] ;
w.Yks. 2 Dissha [does she] knaw he's there ; w. Yks.^ Dun yo think
sooa? Lan. Dost year oi drop it deaun ? Kay-Shuttleworth
Scarsdale (i860) II. 284 ; Dusta think Awsuk ull fit ? Lavcock5h^s.
(1866) 69; Dun yo' think th' little un's bin baptised? Banks
Mancli. Man (1876) 11, ed. 1881. s.Lan. Dunneh? do you? (S.B.)
Chs.' • Dusta hear ? 'or as freq. ' dost' hear ? ' Dun yo ? do you ?
Stf.' Yow dow say so, dun yer? 27. Der. Dost alleys Mister him,
lad? Gushing Foe (i888) II. vii ; Der.' />/. What dun yo co him?
nw.Der.' ' Duv ' before a vowel, as ' Duv I ? ' Lin. D'ya moind the
waaste, my lass? Tennyson N. Farmer, Old Style 11864) st. 8;
Do godamoighty knaw what a's doing a-taakin' o' mea? ib. St. 12.
Shr.' Do I? dost'ee? does 'er? Dunna we? dun 'ee or dunna
yo'? Dunnad-a or dunna they ? /)!/rorf. 60. Hrf. Wot djja think ?
Wot dast &i tiii)k ? Ellis, 71. Oxf. Wot da ju J)ii)k? ib. 117 ; Dja
no? [do you know?]iA. Wil. Z)dhu want dinau? [dost thou
want know?] ib. 44 ; What da [you] think of it? ib. 45. e.Dor.
Wot)az -dl Ciqk ? Wot da -ju Sitjk ? ib. 78. w.Som. Du aay or
d-aay ? diis dhee ? diie ee- or diith u ? Du wee [einph. diie- nus; ?
du yue or due- ee ? du dhai ? Elworthy Gram. (1877) 72 ; w.Som.'
Dis thee think I be gwain to put up way thy slack ? n.Dev. Dcst
thee tell me o' Dick Vrogwill? Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 35 ; Dist hire
ma? ib. 1. 31.
iv. Interrogative Negative.
Abd. Divnin ye hear 'er greetin ? Alexander Ain Flk. (1875)
13, ed. 1882. Dmb. Divna ye? Cross Disruption (1844) i. Nhb.
Divent ye ? Robson Evangeline (1870) 355. w.Yks. Ah doan't
oft see yahr Jane; dush'n't goa to t'miln nah-a-days ? (Ji.B.)
Lan. Donna ye see the firelight? Gaskell M. Barton (1848) v ;
Bu' dustno think it's odd ? Doherty N. Barloiu (1884) 19 ; What !
durn't yo'know? Westall Old Factory (1885) 105. Lin. What
atta stannin' thcer fur, an' doesn bring ma the aale ? Tennyson
N. Farmer, Old Style (1864) St. 17. Shr.' Dunnad-I ? doesna
thee? dunnad a ? Dunna we or yo' ? dunnad-a or dunna they?
Introd. 61. Hrf. Doo'nt as? dun as? dwant as' Ellis, 69.
Glo. Dij'nt as? [don't we?] ib. 6r ; GI0.2 D'wunty? [do ye not?]
10. Brks. Do)nt wi ? Ellis, 95. Bdf. Doont wi ? ib. 207. Hrt.
Diiantas? ib. 198. Sur. Don'ut 'ee know as I'm a totaler? Bickley
Sur. Hills (i8go) I. i. Hmp. Duu'nt)as? [don't we?] Ellis, 97.
Wil. Doon az ? ib. 48. Som. Why doosn'st get up astride on un ?
Agrikler Rhymes (1872) 38. w.Som. Doan aay or doan ees ?
diis-n dhee ? doan ee or tluth-n ee ? doa-n nus, yiie, dhai or um ?
I'.LWORTHV Gram. (1877) 73. Dev.^ Dithen 'e mind what's zed
ta 'n ?
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2. Past Tense. [In many dialects the pp. is used for this
tense.] i. Simple Affirmative.
Sc. Dyd, Murray Dial. (1873) 219. Ir. The princess done as
she was bid, Ken.sedy Fhcside Stories {iSio) 81. N.I.' Done. w.Ir.
When he done the ould king out iv his property, Lover Leg. (1848)
I. 15. Wxf. It was all to take a rise out of you they done it,
Kennedy Ba>its Boro (1867) 190. Nhb.' Deed. Cum. 1 hardly
knew what I dud or sed, Borrozvdale Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. Feb.
1867) 311 ; Cura.^ I'll tell ye what dud ga forret 'atween me an'
t'jolly jest.S, Wm. Aa docn'tsay cc dud, Ward R. Elsmere (1888)
bk. I. ii. m.Yks.' Aa', dhoo, ey did' or didz' ; wey, yey, dhe'h'
did' or didz', Iiilrod. 49. w.Yks. Did, used for all pers. sing, and
//., Wright Grain. Wndhll. (1893) 164; w.Yks.' Dud is not very
common in the interior of Craven. eXan.' Dud, dudn, didn.
Der. I done or said nout, LeFanu 6'Hf/(;5i/as(i865l I. 299. s.Not.
Om sure 'c done it a-puppose (J.P.K.). Lei.' It wur 'im as doon
it. Nhp.' I done it. War.^ I done my washin' at th' beginnin' o'
tir wik. Shr.' I did, thee did'st, 'er did : we, yo' or they didden,
Introd. 60. Hrf.'^Idoneit. Glo. Done (J.S.F.S.). Brks.' It want
I as dun't I tell'e. Suf. Done i F.A.A.). Ess.'Ded. w.Mid. While
here on earth she done her part (W.P.M.). Ken. 'Ves, he dud,
Nairne Tales (1790) 58, ed. 1824. Sur.' I went straight home
and done it. Sus. I done the best I could, N. & Q. (1879^ 5th S.
xi. 288. Hmp. I done it (H.C.M.B.). I.-W.' Ded. Som.I knows
very well who don'd it, Elworthy Evil Eye (1895) 4. w.Som.*
We could'n do eens we was a mind to, 20 we doned zo well's we
could. Dev. Dud, White Cyman's Conductor (1701') 126. Cor.
I'll tel ee wat mi faathur dun wonse, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng.
(1865) 319, ed. 1896.
ii. Simple Negative.
So. Dydna, Muruav Dial. (1873) 219 ; She didna ken, Scott
Midlothian (iSiS) ix. Cum. It duddent git varra far, Richardson
7"a/* (18761 2nd S. 31; Thoo duddn't think I'd leev'd sa lang,
GwoRDiE Greenup Yance a Vraf (1873) 15. n.Yks. Tom diddcnt
let out about mah, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875^ 65. w.Yks.
Didnt(J.W.). s.Chs.' Eddid^nCl waant kiim [Hedidua want come],
73. I. Ma. They didn', Brown Doctor (1887') 30. Der. I didna
think I were theon'y mon. Gushing Fo«(i888) III. vi ; Thou distna
use to Mister thy other master, ib. II. vii. Lei.' I didn't or didna.
Daint (War. side), 32. War.^ I or you dain't black the boots.
in.W»r. Daint (J.C.). Shr.' I didna, thee didsnaordidna, 'er didna ;
we,yo' orthey didna, Introd. 60. Ess. It now den't seem so wusser,
Clark/. Noakes (1839^ st. 39; Ess.' Dent. Ken. Dud'n (G.B.I.
Dor. She didden put in honcyzuck, Barnes Poems ( 1879) 59- Som.
I've had his book a lend ma, but I didden rade un droo, Agrikler
Rhymes (1872) i. w.Soni Aay. dhee, ur daed-n ; wee, yiie, dhai
daed-n, Elworthy Gram, i 1877) 72. Dev. Hur didden ziem tu
muve a ztap, Burnett Stable Boy (1888) viii.
iii. Interrogative Affirmative.
Dur. Hoo duddy [didst thou''gittheer? EGGLESTONEi?<'//vPo<//!'/»'s
^'ij7/(i877) 4. Cum.' Dud ta? [didst thou?] w.Yks. Did i ? did
ta? did a ? did wa ? did js ? did Sa ? (J.W.) Lan. Didto notice?
Waugh Chint. Corner (1874) 19, ed. 1879. s.Lan. Heaw didney
[did 3'ou] do with 'r weet cloas ? Picton Dial. 1865X Shr.' Did
I ? did'st 'ee? did 'er? Didden we, yo', they? Jntrod. 60. Oxf.'
Didst? [did you?] Didst thee? [did you also?] with emphasis on
' thee.' Brks.' Dcdst or didst ? [did you ?] I.W.' Ded'st ? [did you ?]
w.Som. Daed aay or ees ? daeds dhee ? daed uur ? Daed uus, yiie,
um or dhai? Elworthy Gram. (18771 73. Dev. Who was it
done it ? Prob. imported from London, Reports Provinc. (1882) 12.
iv. Interrogative Negative.
Al)d. Didn in he tak'a gey fling ? Alexander Johnny Gibb{i8']i)
iv. w.Yks.' Didn'to? [didst thou not?] War. D'aintyou gie me one
on the chops ? B'ham Dy. Gazette (Aug. 16, 1897). Shr.' Didnad-I ?
didsna thee ? didnad-a or 'er? Didna we, yo' ? didnad-a or didna
they ? /H/rO(/. 61. Brks.' Deddenst ? [did you not ?] Sur. Didna
'ee mean me to finish the bottle? Bickley Sur. Hills (1890 I. i.
I.W.' Deds'nt ? [did you not?] Wil. Why didsen stop wi' Varmer
Brown? Slow 7?/rv>«f5( 1870) 14 ; Did'ner? [did he not ?] Slow G/.
(1892). Dor. Didener [didn't he] gee [give] thee nery [ne'er a]
quid. Bet ? Flk-Lore Rec. (1880; III. pt. i. 109 ; Dissen [didn't ye]
see nobody at all there? ib. w.Som. Daed-n aay or ees ? daeds
dhee ? daed-n ee ? Daeden uus, yiie, dhai ? Elworthy Grant.
(1877) 73.
3. Subjunctive Mood. Affirmative and Negative.
w.Yks. If they dun, o think o shall come an hear em, Shevvild
Gift (1847 1 12 ; w.Yks.' We' s'al be vara . . . wicked an we dunnot,
ii. 312. Lan. Whan mitch-go-deet o with um sed hoo, Tim Bobbin
View Dial. (1740, 60. Chs.'^s Much good deet you [Much good
may it do you]. Stf.' Then blest if I dow goo, 27. Der.^ If thou
VOL. II.
doos'tna' moind. w.Som.' Nif dis-n stop thy gurt tatee-trap I'll
kick thy ass out o' the shop. n.Dev. If he deth, Exm. Crtshp. (1746)
I. 366; An' dithn't muve, I'll gie th' a clout, Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. I.
4. Imperative Mood. Affirmative and Negative.
Sc. Dui ! dynna! Murray Dial. (1873) 219. Ayr. Dinnie gi'e
a' the guid meat to the sow. Ballads and Sngs. (1846) I. 95. Dmf.
Dinna be hard wi' his faither, Reid Poems (1894) 210. Wxf.'
Dosth na. N.Cy.' Dinna ye speak on't. Nhb. Divent glowerit us,
Roeson Ncivc. Sng. Sol. (1859) i. 6; NJib." Dinna, dinnet, divent,
div'nt. Cum. Divventfreet and whine, Anderson Ballads (cd. 1808)
35 ; Cum.' Do thee gang to thy wark. Yks. ' Prithee dean,' pray
doe (K.l. n.Yks. Dinnet cry, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 68 ;
n.Yks.' Dinnot, dinna, deeant'ee. Used entreatingly or warningly.
e.Yks.' Deeant. m.Yks.' Di'h'nt, duon'ut, and din'ut. Inlerrog.
Duov'u'nt Aa ? duon-ut tu ! Jntrod. 49. w.Yks. Diu, duant (J.W.).
Lan. Dunnot wait for me, Clegg Sketches (1895) 3. Chs. Dunna
do that (E. F.). s.Chs.' Dii,niS yai' kiim tu neyur. With an Im-
perative Negative the auxiliary is never dispensed with, 73. Der.^
Dow it a' thissens (S.V. Thissens). Nhp.' Dunna do't. Hrf. Dcna,
Ellis, 72. Glo. Do'nt, dwent, ib. 64; Dwunty be so damned
purgy, Gissing Both of this Parish (1889) I. 116; GI0.2 D'wye
[do ye], used imploringly, 10. w.Oxf. Dwent, Ellis, 93. Brks.'
Dwo-ant or dwunt. Ken. Doant, Ellis, 138. Sur, Donna be
afeared, Bickley 5i(r. Hills (i8go) I. i. Hmp. Duu'nt, Ellis, 98.
WU. Hold thy bother, dooke, Britton Beauties (1825) ; Du^an i,
Ellis, 47 ; Wil.' Be quiet, dooke. Obs., having been superseded
by do 'ee. Dor. Do 'ee go hoam, Hare Vill. Street I.1895) 109.
w.Som. Da dhee' ; doa'n dhee ; dhee diie ; doa'n yiie, Elworthy
Gram. (1877) 73; Diie-fie and diie'ge naew are very freq.
persuasive expletives, or rather forms of emphasis to a previous
petition, as ' Truy wur 6e kaa n tack' u lee'dl bee't, kau'm diie'Ce
naew,'iA. e.Dev. Deuelet ai year'n teue ! Pulman Sh^'. 5o/. (i860)
viii. 9. Cor. Aw ! dusna titch me, T. Towser (1873) 70.
6. Infinitive Mood.
Sc. It's whiles no easy kennin' the richt thing to dae, Swan Gates
0/ Eden (1895) vi. Wxf.' Shoo ya aam zim to doone [She gave
them some to do], go. Nhb. They'll hev eneuf to dee, Oliver
Sngs. (1824^ 6. n.Yks.2 Dcea. m.Yks.' T:u' di'h', Introd. 50.
w.Yks. Diu (J.W.). s.Oxf. You'll 'ave nowt to doin' with 'im,
Rosemary Chilterns (1895) 150; 'Er 'usband to 'ave nothin' to
doin' with it, ib. 176^ Cmb. Dun, diu, Ellis. 249. nw.Nrf. Diu,
ib. 262. sw.Dev. Du, dee, ib. 165. Cor. DO, ib. 166.
6. Participles. i. Present.
Sc. Duian', Murray Dial. (1873) 219. Wm. Slaekan aboot
dewan nowt, Gooardy Jenkins. m.Yks.' Di'in, /;i/rorf. 50. w.Yks.
Diu-in, Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 165.
ii. Past.
Sc. Duin, Murray Z)/a/. (1873"! 219; I hae dune business, Scott
Midlothian 181 8) xviii. Abd. This pley [debate] sud .seen be deen,
Forbes Ulysses (1785) 14. Frf. Thae restless times hae dune for
thee. Smart Rhymes (1834) 133. Nhb.' D^uin, deen, deeun,
deughn. Dur.' r)une. Cu..i. T'was deiin ameast as seun as sed,
Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 96. Wm. Neea stars i' ther
sooaber senses woda deean es thae dud. Spec. Dial. (1885 1 pt. iii. 2.
n.Yks.^ Deean. e.Yks. This job owt ti be deean, Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 89. m.Yks.i Di h'n, Introd. 50. w.Yks. Duin,
dun, Wright Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 165; Ah've doin me duty,
Preston Poems (1864) 9 ; The/1/1, is used to e-xpress the pf. tense
where the auxiliary vert) have [ev, e ; av, a] has disappeared,
thus — a dunt [I have done it], a funt [I have found it] (J.W.) ;
w.Yks.' Doon. Lan. They have den, Lavcock Sngs. { 1866") 47.
Der.' Doon. Hrf. Dan, Ellis, 180. Brks. Dan, 16. 95. Hmp. adu'n,
ib.gq. Wil. adce'n and deen, 16. 48. e.Dor. adE'n, 16. 77. Som. Doe,
Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869). w.Som.' Plase, zir, the coal's all a
doned. Dev. All sweared itclumzily wasdood, Peter Pindar Royal
Visit (1795") 156, ed. 1824; I've a diled awl my work, Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892) 71 ; Dev.^ A man being reproved for shooting a
rare bird replied, ' Well, zir, ef I 'ad na dinned it, zome other vule
wid.' n.Dev. Yer, Dame, us be ! The job's a-doo. Rock Jim an'
Nell (1867) St. 93 ; Lawks, good-now, naybors, hav 'e din? ib. St.
22 ; 'To be do, to be done. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434.
II. Idiomatic uses.
1. Used as an auxiliary in the present and past tense
of verbs, to give additional emphasis.
Chs.' A man will say ' I did do ' in reply to ' Why did you ? ' or
' Why did you not ? ' and in reply to ' Why do you never go to
church?' he will even say ' Well ! I do do sometimes.' The ex-
planation is that ' do' is either an auxiliary verb, or it is an in-
transitive verb meaning to perform. The first ' do " is auxiliary, the
o
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second intransitive. Glo. While they've a-got she to nuss 'urn the
poor little dears does do well, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) ii ;
Glo. 'Almost invariably used in the present tense of verbs, 'I do like,"
' I do feel,' ' When you do come,' ' They do be fighting up yonder.'
' Did ' is also used in the same way as ' I did go' for ' I went.' Sur.
Poor chap, thee do look abon a bit hot, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890)
I. i ; 'Ee doee need it, ib. III. i ; Sur.' Emphatic before vb.
Mus'r , he do say that it's more nor three hundred year old.
w.Hnip.,Dor. I do do, I do go, I do eat (H.C.M.B.). Wil. I da tel,
Ellis, 44. s.Wil. I do know what they be, Monthly Mag. (1814')
II. 114. Dor. Freq. used as an expletive. My head do ake [d'ake]
(A.C.U He do look on each deceiver, Barnes Poems (1869-70)
70 ; My heart did kindle wi' the fleiime o't. Whenever I did zee a
touchen zight, ib. 49 ; The Dorset has a continuative or imperfect
tense form. He beat the child ; he did beat the child, ib. Siig. Sol.
{1&S9) Notes iv. Som. Mrs. Laver do zay, Raymond Tryphena
(1895) 46. w.Som.i Dhai du leok maa'yn wee-sh [they look very
sad]. e.Dev. Sheep da browse, PuLM AN SWeZ/cs (1853) 2. Cor.
As fast as I do go to one, they do go to another, Hunt Pop. Rom.
w.Eiig. (1865) 350, ed. 1896.
2. Cases in which ' do ' is not used or gen. omitted.
w.Yks. The auxiliary verb 'diu' is never used in asking questions,
except when it begins the sentence: Dijs '. dajo') figk il diut ? do ycu
think he will do it? but Wila diut, )iii)k ja ? will he do it, do you
think? Wright Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 72. s.Chs.' The auxiliary
'do' is geit. omitted in an affirmative command, but where employed
is very emphatic, 73. w.Mid. Omitted in sentences such as — * If
you ain't done it you ought to it.' From old natives of this part
I have often heard ' I ought to it,' ' I meant to it,' &c. (W.P.M.)
w.Som. Not often used except as an auxiliary. Such a phr. as
' what are j-ou doing ? ' is never heard. ' Haut bee baewt ? ' is the
common equivalent. ..." Kan ur diie ut?' would have rather a
technical sense. Merely to express action, we seldom use the
verb ' do,' but usually a more definite verb signifying the specific
work or action going on, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 71.
3. Used elliptically for ' if you do,' &c.
Cmb, Did you leave the gate open ? Do, go back and shut it
(C.A.M.F.'i ; Don't go anigh that ditch, do [diu], you'll fall in
(W.W.S.). Nrf. Don't you leave that old hare lying there, do the
old crows will joU her. Arch. (1879) VIII. 170 ; Shet that gaate,
bor, don't yar old sow '11 girr out, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (l8g;^)
27 ; Nrf.i Suf. Don't keep on a dewin o' that, dew you'll get
inter' a mess(C.T. ) ; Wrop up well. don't you'll git cowld (M.E.R.);
We must have a fire ; don't, we should be perished o' cowd,il/rt£:-
millaii's Mag. (Sept. 1889) 357. e.Suf. Don't come here again ; du,
I'll throsh yow (F.H.). Ess. Don't you sleep 'ithin that plaice.
Do to night you'll be a-larfin on the wrong side o' yer faice,
DowNES Ballads (1895) v. 17 ; I don't know as ever I knowed so
much wet in July, do I don't recollect. I have to put it close
agin m' eyes, do I can't see at all (S,P. H. ).
4. Var. contractions or elliptical phrases, (i) Di'd,
(2) Doot, (3) Du'at, (4) Du't, do it; (5) Dooat, do not;
(6) Dunt. done it; (71 Dubbat or Dubbut, do but; (8)
Dinnaw, Dunna(w, or Dunno, I don't know; (9) Dunna-
many,(io)Dunnamuch, I don't know how much or many.
(i) Nlib.' Aa wis a fyul to di'd. Aa didn' di'd, did aa ? (2)
Dev. White C'ymaii's Conductor (1701) 127. (3) Wm. Naw, ye'll
not du'at I Ward R. Elsmcre { 1888) bk. i. x. (4) w.Yks. If it wor
possible to drive larning threw a deel board, Joe Wreet cud dut,
CuDWoRTH Dial. Sketches (1884) 32. e.Suf. I shan't du't (F.H.).
(5) 'Wm. Tak ceear an dooat meeak sick a noddy on her as thoo
meead a me. Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 20. (6) w.Yks.', Nhp.' (7)
w.Yks. (J.W. ) Lin. If we'd but dubbut come to scratch, Brown
Lit. Laur. (1890) 49 ; Dubbut looOk at the waaste, Tennyson N.
Farmer. Old Style • 1864) st. 10. n.Lin.' Dubbut cum hoame lass,
an' all 'all be reightled. (8) 'Wxf. Now indeed I dunna what to do,
Kennedy Bants Boro (1867) 163. Cum. She was a ' downo canna '
[don't know, cannot], Linton Lizzie Lorton (1866) xxv. 'Wil. Slow
Gl. { 1892). Dev. An' ramm'l'd out I dun-no how, PtJLMAN Sketches
(1842) 48, ed. 1853 ; 'E be dead ; and I dun naw wat ta du, Burnett
Stable Boy ' i888j ii. n.Dev. I dinnaw wher I'm gwain, RocKy;;;;
an' Nell I 1867) St. 28. e.Dev. Eefyeue dun-naw,3'cue bes'-leukin'
o' ummanvawk, goo volly th' vlock-pirnts, Pulman Sng. Sol, ( i860)
i. 8. [Ainer. I dunno but wut it's pooty, Lowell Biglow Papers
{1848) 46.] (9) Ken.' 'Tis no use what ye say to him, I've told
him an't a duniiamany times. Sus.' There was a dunnamany people
come to sec that giirt hog of mine when she was took bad ; Sus.^,
Hnip.' (loj Ken.' Sus. So arter dun-a-much more talk. Lower
Tom Cladpole (1831 ) st 42 ; Sus.' She cost me a dunnamuch for
sharps and pollard and one thing and t'other ; Sus.^, Hmp.'
III. Dial. uses. 1. In fo;«6. with /ir^/., &c. : (i)todo
about, (fl) to see after, attend to; {b) to go about and do
odd jobs in a feeble way ; (2) — at, to do to ; (3) — by, to
treat, look after, attend to ; (4) — down, to over-cook ; (5)
— for, (a) to manage, look after, keep house for ; (b) to
work for an employer ; {c) to manage the affairs of
another as steward or agent ; (6) — out, (a) to clean out,
cleanse ; to obliterate, rub out ; (A) to wear out ; (7) —
over, to backbite, talk over; (8) —to, (n) to put, place;
(b) to treat, look after ; (c) to vex, trouble ; (9) — up, {a)
to fasten or tie up ; (6) to tidy up, clean, make tidy, put in
order; (c) of a horse: to give him his bed and prepare him
for the night; (10) — with, {a) to put up with, tolerate,
make the best of; (b) to consent to purchase or receive ;
(11) do-nabetter, a substitute when one can find nothing
better ; (12) -nae-gude or dinna-good, a ne'er-do-well,
scapegrace, good-for-nought ; also used attrib.
(I, (J) n.Yks. He'll deea about t'cows (,I.W.). (i) s.Not. A'm not
very well, but a can do about a bit. 'E een't fit for reg'lar work,
but 'e does about — goes of arrands an' such like ( J.P.K.). (2) Not'
Lei.' What's a bin a-doin' at ye ? 'War.^ (3) w.Yks. Horses are
better done by, .Snowden Web oJ Weaver {\Zr)b)\\. (4) n. Lin.' Them
chickens is so dun doon thaay're not wo'th eatin'. (5, a) Per. Gin
ye had sax bairns to tent an' skelp an' do for, Cleland Inchbracken
(1883) 109, ed. 1887. Slg. Since my wife's death I have none to
do for me, Bruce Sermons (C. 163 1) 129, ed. 1843. Lan. You like
me to do foryou, don't you, father? Francis Dauglder of Soil • 1895)
68. s.Not. Who does for Jack, now 'is wife's dead? (J.P.K.) ;
Mothers don't often do better for theirown children than I've done
for you, Prior Renie (1895) 34. n.Lin.' She duzn't keap a lass,
but ther's an ohd woman cums in an' duz for her two or three
times a weak. Lei.' A respectable single man taken in and done
for. Nhp.' The children have nobody to do for them, now they
have lost their mother. -War.^s Oxf.' jl/S. nrfrf. Hat. (T.P.F.)
w.Mid. And the old woman as he had to do for 'im was a very good
cook, too (W.P.M.). e.An.' The children have lost their mother,
but their aunt will do for them. Ken.' Now the old lady's dead.
Miss Gamble she goos in and doos for him. Sur.' I can't justly
remember whether I ast' her fust or she ast' me, but I know one
day I says. * Will you do for me ? ' and she says, ' Yes ; ' and then
I says, ' Will you do for me alius ? ' and she says, ' Yes,' and so we
got marr'd. 'Wil.' w.Som.' He do live all by his zul, but he'v a
got a umman that do g'in and do vor'n. My darter do do vor me
— her com'th in every morning, zo I baint a left no way scan'lous.
Dev. My old aunt that lives out Torcombe way came and did vor
me, Hartier Evening with Hodge in Eng. lllus.Mag. (June 1896)
259. (A) w.Yks. Theaze summat serias all at wunce fun aht agean
em be them at they're doin' for, ToM Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann.
(1866)48, ((r)e.An.' Sus., Hmp. Holloway. (,6, alNot.' n.Lin.'
■Thaay've niver been aable to do oot th' marks o' th' blood fra that
daay to this. Lei.' Ye're ollus a-doin' out the house of a Saturday.
Nhp.' Do out the stable. 'War.^^ (6) Lan. They're olez gettin'
new things made To do ther owd uns eawt, Standing Echoes (1885)
28. (7) w.Yks. A war tung I nivvcr heeard e all my life — shoo's
alius dewin fowk ower, Weyvers Olm. {1881^ 23. (8, a) Not.'
n.Lin.' I can't tell wheare th' bairn hes dun his hat to. Lei.' Wheer
ivver ha' yo' doon the butes tew ? Nhp.' Where have you done
that to? 'War.^ (A) w.Yks. Monny on 'em 'ud be varry different
it they wor reyt done to, Cudworth Dial. Sketches {1884) 17. (c)
Yks. His daughter is very much done to about his marriage (F.P.T.).
(9, a) w.Yks.2 Lan.' Do-up mi dress ; aw connot catch th' hooks,
m Lan.' To ' do-up' a door is to fasten id. n.Lin.' Do up Nell,
Sam, she'll be worrying them hens. Brks.' {b) Lakel. I'll deea-
up aboot t'hearth, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). w.Yks. (J.T.),
m.Lan.', Not.' s.Not. Do up the hearth, there's a good wench
(J.P.K.). S.Lin. Do up the fireplace (T.H.R.). Lei.'Theer weean't
a roof o' the faa'm as did'n want doin' oop. 'War.^^ (rt w.Som.'
Look sharp 'm do up your horses and come in to supper. (10, rt)
Sc. We canna be doing wi' sick folks, us that has a fine gentleman
veesitor on our hands, Keith Indian Uncle {181)6) 166; He that
has a good crop, may be doing with some thistles, Kelly Prov.
(1721) 150; I doot that treacle ale's no gaun to do wi' me, we'll
need ti try an' get a wee drap milk to the parritch. Ford Thistle-
down (1891) 232. Lnk. Wi' them [women] he could na dae, Ewing
Poems (1892) 32. Wgt. ' Have you a wife ? ' ' Deed no. Sir: A'm
juist dacin' wi' mi fether's aul' yin ! ' Fraser Wigtown (1877) 296.
s.Not. A can't do with such beastliness. A can do with Mary Ann
very well (J.P.K.>. 'War.3 ' I couldn't do with her ways ' — said of
an unsuitable servant. Oxf.' MS. add. {0) n.Stf. 'Well, I could
do wi't, if so be ye want to get rid on't.GEO. Eliot W. Bede{i8^^)
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XXV. Not.i Lei. Can you do with three of us, if we come your
way on Sunday? N. ^- Q. 11858) and S. vi. 187; Lei.>, War.'-'
(11) Sc. Jam.) (12) Sc. Leaving the basket where the first do-nac-
gude might lay unlawful hands upon it, Keiiii Dotinie Lady \i&g-])
35. Ayr. I hope the do-na gude may get over his present danger,
Galt5/>--4. //_'v/ik'(i8a2) xlix ; A dirty, duddy do-nae guid, that
couldna even tak care o' his father's kye, ib. Lnirds (1S26) xviii.
Slk. Saw ye nacthing o' our young dinnagood? Hogg Tales (1838)
296, ed. 1866; The bit prodigal, dinnagood lassie.i'A. 74. Rxb. (Jam.)
2. Plir. (i) /o do be, to do habitually, be accustomed or in
the habit of doing; (2) to do the cat, to fall like a cat, feet
first ; (3) — the door, to fasten, shut ; (4) — the guii-trick,
to have a great success ; (51 — her mouth, to kiss a girl ;
(6) — a slope, to slip away, escape ; (7) - our turn, to serve
our purpose ; to have enough to live upon ; (8) — fine, to
do well enough, get on ; (9) — nothing, yd) to eat nothing or
very little ; (6) lazy, indolent ; (10) — queer, to behave in a
foolish, stupid manner ; (11) — well, goodness, well-doing ;
(12) — that, an emphatic form of assurance ; (13) how do t
how do you do.' (14) how do you t how do you get on?
(15) can ye do anything^ a challenge to contribute for
something to drink ; (16) what's to do ? what is the matter ?
(17) do not forget-nuis, forget-me-nots ; (18) do not know,
a freq. commencement of an answer to a question ; (19)
— not matter, do not like; (20) — not ought or ought io,
ought not ; (21) — not spare, an expression of welcome
to a friend invited to partake of a meal ; (22) —not think,
used affirmatively after a negative; (23) — not want,
should not want.
(i) If. Your cow does be thrcspassin" an my fields. Lover Leg.
(1848) IL 547; And ye do be always with the hounds, sir?
Lever Jack liintoii (1844) xl. Myo. I know this, that there
does be plinty in me Lard's demesne beyant at Wistport, Stoker
Snake's Pass {i8gi) vii. Wxf. He does be shavin' de naybours
dere everj' Sunday mornin', Kennedy Evenings in Diiffrey (1869)
291. s.Oxf. She do be so strict with us gals, Rosemary Chilterns
(1895^ 18. Sur. Men and hosses don't be kept for nothing,
BiCKLEY Sitr. Hills (1890) L xii. Sus. They do be getting all
their bad ways again, O'Reilly Stones (1880) L 281. Cor. The
childer do be laffen at me, J. Trenoodle 5/«. Dial. (1846) 51.
(2) w.Yks. Leeavin'meto oather do't catan' leet o'mylegs, Hallam
Wadsley Jack (1866) xvii. (3) Dor. She left the door unbarred
and went to the stairs, after writing on the back of the door with
chalk : Mind and do the door, Hardy IVess. Flk. in Harfet'sMag.
^Apr. 1891 I 698. (4) Lon. I did the gun-trick, sir (had great
success), Mayhew Lond. Labour ( 18^1 ) I. 260. (5) se.Wor.' (6)
w.Yks. 'Wod hev dun a slope, Pudsey Obn. (1894). ',7; Nhb. We
a'waj'S had te de wor torn. And somethin' for a time o' need,
■Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 59; Nhb.i (8) Sc. She could be
doing fine on a cup of tea, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 96. (9, a)
Lnk. 'Vou're daein' naethin'. There's the hare that Rover catched,
forbye a gigot of mutton, never touched yet, WARDROpy. Mathison
(1881)27. (A) Sur. Tnis young chap .. . lives mostly at Ben-
chester with the bishop, being too do-nothing to get his own
living, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) H. iv. (loj Lon. Some have
been known to pawn their barrow on the road for drink. This
they call ' doing queer,' Mayhew Lond. Labour (1851) L 54. (11)
n.Yks.2 Say-weel is good, but deea-weel is better. (isie.Yks.^
Ah love tha my lass, weel ; Ah deeah-that. n.Lin.^ I'm very
fond o' eggs an' baacon ; I like 'em, I do that. (13) ne.Wor. In
familiar speech 'how do you do?' is not used — it is always
'how do, Dick? ' But to a stranger, or person of superior position,
''ow d'ye do?' or (by old people) ' 'ow be you?' are used
(J.W.P.). (14) Ayr. How do you this blae eastlin wind ? Burns
Ep.J.Tennant,\.3. (15 Slir.= (s.v. Can.) (16) w.Yks. ' Hallo ! '
called aght Peter, ' wots ta do ? ' Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla
Ann. ( 1849"'. Lan. Th' other chaps wondhurt what ther wur to do,
Brierley Day Out (1859) 49. (17) Som. Wi' eyes in it blue as
the dwoan't forgct-me's to moor, Leith Lemon Verbena (1895) 51.
(iB) Chs.'; Chs.^ How many children have you? — Dunnot
know, but I believe I have six. [ 19' w.Yks. I didn't matter makkin
my awn breakfast, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 8. (20) w.Yks.
Don't we owl to be abstainers? Shevvild Ann. (1854) 8. Chs.*^,
Der. ^, nw.Der.' n.Lin.' You doan't ought to read newspaapers upo'
Sunda's. sw.Lin.' People have relief who didn't ought. She does
ought to help me. Nhp.', War.^^ Oxf.' Didn't ought ta a went.
s.Ozf. You didn't ought to leave the rewks, Rosemary Chilterns
(1895) 23. Brks.' A didn't ought to tawk like that ther' avoor the
childern. Hrt. He don't oughter to be a bad man 'H.G.). Nrf.
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. 1893) 53. Suf. You don't ought to dew
it C.T.^ ; Suf,' He don't ought to go. Ess. He sed that they Den't
ote to maake it late ! Clark J. A'oakes (1839) st. 174. Soni. Alius
ferretin' where you didn't ought. Palmer Mr. Truenian (1895)
142. w.Som.' Uur niiv ur dcd-n aut t-u-zad noa'urt tiie' un [she
never ought to have said naught to him]. Mary, you doa'n au't
vor to burn that there coal, (qi) War.^ se.Wor.' Come, 'ave a
bit moore ; don't spare. (22) n.Lin.' He'll nivcr do noa moore
good to noabody I doan't think. Nhp.' You aint a-doing no good
there, I don't think. (23) n.Lin.* You doan't want to wear yer
Sunda' cloiis iv'ry daay.
3. Used in iniper. as an acceptance of an invitation to
drink. See Come, v.^ II. 5.
Chs.' A man who asks another to drink uses the term ' Come,' the
other one accepts by saying ' Do.*
4. To suffice, be sufficient.
Abd. Tak' jist ae ither gweed waucht o' 't, and syne we'se be
deein for a day, Alexakdi-.r Johnny Gihh (1871) v. Lnk. Ye're
neither so young nor so bonnie as ye hae been, but ye'll hac to
dae yet, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 9. Cum.' A smo' matter duz.
w.Yks. (J.W.)
5. To suit, agree with ; to get on with.
Ir. A sweet purty ribbin that will do ye right well, Paddinna
(ed. 1848) II. no. s.'Wor. Whata halteration i' th' weather. Sir;
I likes this a lot better 'an thot t'other, ut wuz too shorp fur much,
I couldn't don' it (H.K.). [Aus. I've got used to the life, and it
does me as well as any other ! Boldrewood Colon. Reformer (1890)
II. xxi.]
6. To get on, grow, thrive, flourish ; to rear, bring to
perfection.
n.Lin. • Them tonups hev a lot to do yet, squire, afoore thaay're
a crop. Glo. Nobody can't be expected to do a flock on no viltles,
BucKMAN Darke's Sojourn (1890) 72. WiL' Used reflexively.
'He does hissel well, dwon't he?' said of an animal that does
credit to its owner by the way in which it thrives. w.Som.i They
can do very well in thick farm, nif they do stick to it. They zess
how the young Jim Bond's doin capical up to Bristol. Aay luyks
dhiish yuur ee-njee mae'ul, muy pai'gz du due- vuur'ee wuul buy
ut [I like this Indian meal, my pigs do do tthrive) very well upon
it]. Dev. Unless the hay be perfectly dry, a small matter of rain
makes \i done. Reports Provinc. (1881) 11.
Hence Doer, sb. in phr. a good or bad doer, said of an
animal that docs or does not thrive well.
Oxf.! Bad doour. Brks.' 'A good do-er' is an animal that
thrives well and keeps in good condition even when not well fed.
' A bad doer' is the reverse. "WiL' A pig that thrives well,
even on poor food, is a • good doer,' while a ' bad doer ' refuses to
fatten, give it what you will.
7. To put, place. Gen. used in pp. See III. 1 (8, a).
n.Lin.' Wheiire hes ta dun it ? I've been lookin' high an' low for
it. Lei.' I wonder where he has done your pencils.
8. Obs. To cause, make, have the effect of.
Sc. The tidings will do his heart to break, J amieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 56.
9. Obs. Refl. to go, betake oneself, hasten. See Dow, v?
DO, sb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. l.Ma. and midl. counties
to Oxf. Brks. Hnt. Also Sur. Som. Dev. Also written
deea n.Yks.' ; dew w.Yks.= ; doo Cum.^ w.Yks.' Lan.'
s.Stf. Brks.' w.Som.' Dev. ; du(e w.Yks.^ [du, diu, du, dia.]
1. Doing, dealing, treatment, gen. in pi.
e.Yks.' Let's he fair dos and then we sal get on. w.Yks. Fea
diuz amer) meats (J.W.) ; w.Yks.^ ' A shabby dew," says a man
who has had twopence given him for getting a waggon-load of
coals in. ' A fairish dew,' says another who has got a shilling
and a lot of victuals away with him for the same. Lan. Til trust
to thee for a fair doo, Donaldson Teeth Drawin, 1 1 ; Come, fair
doo's amoon mates, Waugh Owd Bodle, 257. s.Stf. He wanted
more than his fair doos with me, Murray Rainbow Gold (1886)
320. Oxf.' All I wants is far dooes, and far dooes 111 'a (s. v. Far).
Brks. Only seemed to want what they called ' fair doos,' Hughes
Scour White Horse (1859) vi ; Brks.' Thess hev vaair doos an' not
try to best one 'nother (s. v. 'Vaair). w.Som.' Purty doos way em
last night, up to 'Valiant Soldier' (Inn!. Dev. He is quite blind,
and I have hard doos with him. There was fine doos, sure 'nough.
Reports Pi ovine. (1884) 17.
2. An affair, occurrence, event, esp. in phr. a grand,
poor, queer, &c., do.
w.Yks. It's a bonny do this, at you hevant a bit o' coil e all
thaase, Binns Vill. to 7"oc-M) (1882) 8 ; Some persons use the word
o 2
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' do,' or sometimes ' dooment,' in an analogous sense to ' caution,'
thus— 'Well that's a do ! ' Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec. 13, 1890 1;
w.Yks.5 A bonny du thuh wor. Lan. It's a gradely quare do,
WESTALh Biicli Detie : 1889) I. 291 ; Lan.' O' reel, keep still. This
is a grand do, Waugh Old Cronies (1875) vii. n.Lin.' 'This is a
poor do," signifies that something has turned out much less success-
fully than was hoped for. ' A grand do ' means that the success
was great. War.^ Little Joe had set Langley's rick afire : my !
it was a do. Sur. This 'un's to be a big do, as I taak 'im, Bickley
Sur. Hills (1890) III. vii.
3. A great occasion, a festivity, entertainment, merry-
malcing.
Cum. The Hon. Wm. Lowther, M. P., in replying, said he thought
they had had a pleasant ' do.' He was told amongst the ladies
the event was known as ' a stir,' Penrith Obs. (June 3, i8go) 2,
col. 5 ; Cum.' We'd a grand doo tudder neet. Wm. They should
have their feast (or ' do,' asit is called\ BRiGGs/?f«!n"JS (1825) 243.
n.Yks.2 ' What kin o' deea hae ye had ? ' what were the proceed-
ings like ? w.Yks. This month last year aw did get an invite to a
doo an' aw went. Hartley Ditf. (r868) 107 ; Th' mooin's tahavea
bit ov a doo o'th furst o' May, Bickerdike Beacon Aim. (1874)
Pre/. ; w.Yks.' A fearful grand do ; w.Yks. ^ When a master
gives his workmen a dinner they call it a ' do ' ; w.Yks. ^ Lan. We
wur detarmint to 'ave a good do ov it. Chapman IVidder Bagshaw's
Visit (187-) 2. I. Ma. Roast beef and plum-duff, not to speak of
pipes and 'baccy, and forty old people of both sexes sitting down
to 'the do,' Caine Christian (1897) bk. iii. ix. s.Chs.' Wei, aan-
yi aad' u gild doo ? [Well, han ye had a good do ?] asked of a
party returning from a temperance meeting. Not. I see her at
the do when the Squire come to age (L.C.M.) ; (J.H.B,) n.Lin.'
Thaay tell me chech foaks hed a straarge grand do at Gainsb'r
when th' bishop cum'd fra Lincoln, sw.Lin.' They had only a poor
do at the fair. They have their Church-do next week. w.Wor.',
s.Wor.' Shr.Thedoat Miss 'swedding, Burne /Vi-Z-orc (1883)
xxxi ; Shr.l I s'pose as theer's to be a fine do at the Squire's w'en
the weddin" comes off. Hrf.^
4. A commotion, stir, fuss ; a contest, quarrel.
e.Yks. When he gat heeam there was a do. All docthers roond
aboot was sent for, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 37. w.Yks. One
doo mak's 'em think ov another, Yks. JVkly. Post (Dec. 14, 1895);
They wor just matchin' dogs for a rabbit killin' dew, Cudworth
Dial. Sketches ( 1884'! 7 ; w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.5 Goa farther off if ther's
bown to be a du at t'end on't. ' Du ' may either mean tumult, or
it may mean a sad event. 'A reg'lar du thuh wor atween 'em ' — a
battle-royal, in words or deeds. Lan. He's fair in pins to have
a bit ov a do, for he thinks he con raise some brass to get some
moor ale wi. Wood Hum. Sketches, 8 ; Lan.' sw.Lin.' They've
had two or three bits of do's [quarrels] already. Nhp.' There was
such a do. Hnt. ( TP.F,)
5. A ' bout ' ; a fit of illness, drunkenness, &c.
w.Yks. All throo aar Bill — mi owdest son's Endless doos o'
drinking, Bickerdike Beacon Aim. (1875); Whoas appearance
betokened in her een a druffen doo, tb. (1872) 26. Lan. Those
fainting do's come on so sudden, Hocking Our Joe, i. Lin, I've
had a bad bilious do (R.E,C,). sw.Lin.' She's just hada coughing-
do [a fit of coughing].
6. An institution, something done or established.
s Chs.' Dhi;m gooin aav siim ky'eynd uv u doo ut Rem'bri — u
Lib'urul kliib ur siim'ut [They'm gooin' have some keind of a do
at Wrenbury — a Liberal club, or summat].
7. A share, turn.
s.Chs.' Bin- yu goo-in aav uniidhiir doo? [Bin y6 gooin have
another do?]
8. Phr. (i) to do one's do, to accomplish one's object ;
(2) — one's doos, to do one's work ; (3) lo make a do, to
get along, to prosper ; (4) — a poor do, to get on badly.
(1: Cum.' 'He's done his do,' accomplished his object, Lan.
They'd done their do wi' him, Waugh Rambles in LakeCy. {1861) ii.
(2) Oxf. I was adoing of my morning doos, Blackmore Cripps (ed.
1895) xxii. (3) Oxf.' They finds it a 'ard matter to make a do
an't, MS. add. (4) sw.Lin.' He made but a poor do on it. Sur.'
[4. To Gresham College, where a great deal of do and
formality in choosing of the Council, Pepys Diary (April
II, 1666). 8. (1) No sooner does he peep into The world,
but he has done his do, Butler Hudibras (1664) 11.
iii. 9.S2,]
DOAB, see Daub.
DOABLE, ar/y. n.Lin.' [doabl.] Practicable.
It's like gooin' to th' moon, it's not doable no how. If he's taa'cn
it under hand, he'll do it if it's doable.
DOACH, sb. Sc. Also written doagh. [dox-] A
salmon-weir or 'cruive.'
Gall. The doachs, or roaring linn, where the salmon sulk and
leap, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxvi. Kcb, But few of them
[salmon] get above the works, termed Doachs, erected across
the river, Statist. Ace. IX, 320 (Jam,) ; The number of salmon, —
caught in the doaghs or cruives, — is almost incredible, ib. XL 10.
DOAD, sb. Yks. Also in form doady. [dead, doa'di.]
A fool, simpleton, idiot; also used of things.
w.Yks. Sneer'd an snirted at by t'doads. Hartley Clock Aim.
('873) 39 ; Wha they're ta sit on, fur sewer, doady, ib. (1874) 7;
T'doads 'ad pull'd door tul after they'd gettan aht o't hahse, Yksnian.
(1879) 310 ; Well, if ivvir aw seed sich a doad of a pictur i' all my
born days, Yksman. Comic Ann. (1876) 11.
DOAD, DOAF(Y, see Dod, si.', Dough(y.
DOAGE, DOAGH, see Doge, Doach.
DOAGY, adj. e.Lan.' [dogi.] Sticky, like dough.
DOAK, sb. w.Som.' [dok.] A stupid booby ; a dul-
lard. Cf. dawkin, sb.'
Never zeed no jish gurt [doa'k], never in all my born days.
DOAL(E, DOALD, see Dole, s6,', Dawl, v.'^
DO AN, DOAT, see Dawn, sb.''. Dote, i^.'"
DOAT FIG, p/ir. Cor. Also written dote-, [dot fig.]
A Turkey or dried fig. Cf dough.fig.
Cor. Then haw fooch'd some great big doat figs in me lap. Hunt
Pop. Rom. ui.Eng. (1865) 461, ed. 1896 ; The doat figs I boft, why
I saved them away, DixoN Sngs. Eng. Peas. (1846) 193; Monthly
Mag. (1810) I, 434 ; Cor.' And dabb'd a ge'at doat fig in Fan
Trembaa's lap ; Cor.^
DOATY, V. Som. Dev. Also written doatee, doattie
n.Dev. [d5ti, dos'ti.] To nod the head when dozing
in a sitting position.
w.Cy. Grose (1790; Suppl. w.Som.' Uur d-au'vees doa'utee tu
chuurch [she always nods at church], Dev,' n,Dev. The wut
. , . doatee in the chimley coander, E.xm, Scold. (^1746) 1, 143;
Monthly Mag. (1810) I, 434,
DOAVE, see Dove, v.'^
DOB, 56.' Not. Lin. War. Wor. Also Dor. Cor.
[dob.] A small piece of anything; a lump, 'dollop.'
See Dab, sb.^ 14.
s.Not. He'd got a gret dob o' putty in 'is 'and (J,P,K.). s.Lin.
She's sich a dob of a thing, she looks nobut a bairn bi the side o'
him |,T.H.R.). War.s se.Wor.' A dob a fat. A dob a shuet. Dor.l
Cor, A great dob of earth, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) G/. ;
(M.A.C.) ; Cor.3
DOB, sb.' Sc. [dob.] The razor-fish, Solen ensis.
Fif, This is often used as a bait by the fishermen (Jam.).
DOB, sb.^ Wm. Yks. [dob.] The carrion crow,
Corviis coronc. Cf dowp.
■Wm., n.Yks. SwAiNSON Birds (1885^ 83.
DOB, sb."^ Yks. [dob.] A small horse, a pony. See
Dobbin, sb}
w.Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.); w.Yks.^
DOB, u' and sb."- Sc. Yks. Chs. Not. Nhp. Bdf Hrt.
Mid. e.An. Ken. Cor. Also in form dop w.Cor. [dob.]
1. V. To put down any article heavily or clumsily ; to
throw down ; to put down roughly in writing ; also
inlrans. to fall upon suddenly and roughly ; to bob
down. Cf dab, z;.'
s.Not. I dobbed my cap on to the butterfly. I just dobbed on
'im i' time, afore 'e seed me. Just dob it down on a bit of paper,
for fear yer should forget (J,P,K,), Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng.
Lang. (1809) 130. w.Mid. He'd a' fetched me such a one-er if I
'adnt dobbed down my 'ead jest in time (W.P.M.). Hrt. The nag
dobbed me off as I was crossing the ploughed field (H.G.). e.An.*
I saw the squire, and I dob'd to him. Ken. Dob down the money
I^G, B.); So den I dobb'd him down de stuff, A plaguey sight to
pay, Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st, 82 ; Ken,'
2. To throw stones, &c., at a mark.
w.Yks. (^D. L.) s,Chs.' To throw a piece of slate, or other flat
missile, at marbles placed in a ring at a distance of about six or
seven feet from the player. Nlip.' When one boy strikes another
boy's marble, without his marble first touching the ground, he is
said to dob on it. Cor. I dobbed un for more than haaf an hour,
Tregellas Tales (1865) 50 ; Cor.' ; Cor.* He dobbed a great stone
at me; Cor.^ w.Cor. Common i^M.A.C).
Hence (i) Dobbing-mark, sb. an object thrown at ;
(2) Dob-taw, sb. a large marble, a ' lobber.'
DOB
[lOl]
DOBBY
(i) Cor.3 Throwing small turves at a mark would be ' Dobbiug
lobs at a dobbing mark.' (a) Not. Held in the hand and thrown,
and not propelled with the knuckle (L.C.M.).
3. To strike ; to give a blow.
s.Not. I'll dob ycr in the eye with my fist (J.P.K.).
4. To prick. Hence Dobban, vbl. sb. the act of prick-
ing. Bnfif.'
5. sb. A blow with anything.
s.Not. ' Dab ' is confined to a slight blow with something soft,
and esp. something wet, while a ' dob' m.iy be struck with things
of more resistance, though not properly with anything rigid. ' I'll
give yer a dob in the eye with my fist.' * He pulled 'is boot, an' it
comed sich a dob on my nut' iJ.P.K.^. Cor.^ I'll give 'ee a dob in
the mouth.
6. A prick. Hence Dobbie, adj. prickly. Cai.', Bnft7
7. An obeisance ; a ' bob,' curtsy.
e.An.'^ 1 saw the squire, and I made him a dob.
DOB, adj., sb.^ and v.'^ Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.) [dob.]
1. adj. Equal, equidistant.
2. sb. pi. Things that are equal or equidistant.
'When two persons pla^'ing at pitch-and-tuss place their pitchers
equidistant from the tee, they are said to be ' dobs,' and require to
throw again.
3. V. To do or play over again, as when players are
equal.
DOB, see Dobby. sb}
DOBBER, sb. Yks. Lan. Not. Amer. [do-bafr).]
1. A lump ; anythingof an extraordinary size ; also used
Jig. a ' wonder.'
Lan. Aw think they'n come to seven — gradely dobbers, Waugh
Sncck-Baiit (i868) ii ; Lan.i Not. Also used as an expression
when a person is not very well suited with anj'thing that has
been done or said to him. ' 'Well, it's a dobber if I canna ha' it '
(L.C.M.I.
2. A large, heavy taw or marble. See Bobber, si.*
•w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. ag, 189a). Lan. He's as numb
as a clay dobber, Waugh Chitn. Cottier (1874) Ii6, ed. 1879 :
They'd want his 3'ead for a dobber, Clegg Sketches (1895') 245 ;
Large marbles three or four inches in circumference, sometimes of
iron — oftener of burnt clay like the ordinary marbles, and sometimes
of stone. 'When of iron or stone they were called ' iron dobbers '
or ' stone dobbers ' respectively (S.W.) ; Lan.\ e.Lan.'
3. The float of an angler's fishing-line.
Lan. Aw'U bet a milrcis to a penny dobber, Clegg Sketches
(1895). [Amer. He floated on the waves . . . like an angler's
dobber, Irving Knickerbocker {i8og) II. v. 113, ed. 1849.]
DOBBET, sb. Cor. Also in form dubbut. [dobat.]
A short, stumpy little person. See Dob, sb.^
Cor.' She's a regular little dobbet ; Cor.^
DOBBETT, sb. Dor. [dobat] A dipping bucket.
(C.V.G.)
DOBBIE, sb. Yks. [dcbi.] A worsted stuff.
w.Yks. Every description of goods, such as dobbies, calimancoes,
camlets, plaids, &c., suitable for the Bradford market, were made,
CuDWORTH Bradford (,1876) 330.
DOBBIN, sb.^ Yks. Lan. Midi. Lin. Lei. Nhp. 'War.
'Wor. [do'bin.] 1. A horse's name (an altered form of
Robin) ; a familiar term for a horse ; sometimes an old
horse.
w.Yks.*, Lan. (J.D.), Lan.> n.Lin.^ He's worth noht in a waay
o' speakin', a real dobbin. Lei.' 'War.^ He is a poor old dobbin.
'Wor. Allies Aniiq. Flk-Lore (1852) 415.
2. Obsol. Fig. A machine for weaving figures.
s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854) ; 'Dobbins' were very useful for
weaving satins and twills that took from 12 to 16 treadles. But
as silk weaving-died out so have the ' dobbins* (S.W.).
3. A heavy, stupid person. Cf dobby, sb.^ 2.
Midi. N. & Q. ;i85i) ist S. iv. 272. Nhp.2
DOBBIN, s6.* Yks. Chs. Hrf. Also in form dobby-
w.Yks. Chs.' [dobin, do'bi.] 1. A small, three-
wheeled cart, used in quarries ; also, a timber-cart. Also
in coDip. Dobbin-cart.
w.Yks. (F.K.) ; w.Yks.^ A cart which ' shoots up,' used by
quarrymen. A three-wheeled cart drawn by horses in traces.
Clis.'3, Hrf.2 [A little fellow fell on the metals and had his elbow
crushed by a truck or ' dobbin cart," Barrett Navvies (1884) 86.]
2. Coiiip. Dobbin-wheels, the large hind wheels of a
timber-cart. w.Yks. (S.K.C.), Chs.'^ s.Chs.'
DOBBIN, sb.^ Yks. Lan. [do'bin.] A small thick
glass tumbler, holding about a quarter of a pint ; gen. used
as a term for such a measure of liquor. See Dubbin.
w.Yks. So goin' ta me wark ... Ah slipped into t'Mule an'
ordered a dobbin, Leeds Merc. Suppl. 1 Oct. 29, 1892). Lan. I . . .
wad'nt give a pin for a man's politics that can be blue, or yellow,
or owt else for a dobbin a drink, Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869)
III ; Bring me another dobbin, missus, Waugh Rambles in
Lake Cy. (1861) 213 ; Lan.' n.Lan. Efter he'd gitten a dobbin er
two meear than he su'd ha'e deean, Morris Lebby Beck Dobby
(1867) 4. ne.Lan.'
DOBBIN, sb.* Sus.'* [do'bin.] Sea-gravel mi.xed
with sand.
DOBBIN, sb.^ Ken. [dobin.] In phr. he lowered his
dobbin, he lost his temper. (G.B.) ; Ken.'
DOBBLE, V. and sb. e.An. [do'bl.] 1. v. To daub,
mess.
e.An.', Nrf.' e.Suf. Dobblcd up — as one's boots with clay, or
one's hands with dough (F.H.).
Hence Dobbly, adj. Of soil : wet and unworkable.
e.Suf (F.H.)
2. Phr. lo dobbie Ihe soil, to dig with a fork or spade in
an ineft'ectual way. e.Suf (F.H.)
3. sb. Snow or earth which ' balls ' or clogs on the feet.
e.An.'
DOBBS, sb. Sus. [dobz.] A kind of brownie or
house-fairy, who is supposed to do all sorts of work for
the members of a family. Also called Master Dobbs.
See Dobby, sb.^
Sus.' ' Master Dobbs has been helping 3'ou,' is a common
expression to use to a person who has done more work than was
expected.
DOBBY, s6.' Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Lan. Also Nhp.
Also written dobbie Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.'; dobie Sc. (Jam.);
doby Slk. ; and in forms dauby Nhb. (K.) ; doobie,
doubie Lth. ; dob Nhp.* [do'bi.] I. A familiar and
usual pet name for ' Robert.'
s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). Nhp.*
2. A fool, simpleton, stupid fellow ; a booby, dunce.
Also used alirib.
Ltli. Big Murray once mounted from the bottom of the class —
' Doobie,' as this post was called — to the head for repeating a pro-
verb from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Strathesk More Bits (,ed.
1885) 20 ; Whiles the doubie o' the school tak's lead o' a' the
rest, Ballantine Poems (1856) 58. Bwk. (Jam.) Rxb. He's a
country dobbie (A.l. Slk. He shook his doby head, Hogg Queer
Bk. (1832) 44. n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.'^, Nhb. (K.), Nhb.'
Cum., 'Wm. NicoLSON (1677) Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (i868j IX. Nhp.^
DOBBY, 5*.* Nhb. Dur. 'Wm. Yks. Lan. Ainer. Also
written dobbie N.Cy.' Nhb. Wm. Yks. Lan. Amer.
[do'bi.] A sprite or apparition, with powers of either
good or evil.
'n.Cy. Grose ( 1 790) ; N.Cy.' Nhb. He needed not to care for ghaist
orbar-ghaist.devilor dobbie, Scott /?oi/?q)'(i8i7) xiv. Dur.' Wm.
A spirit having the power to speak with mortals, and also able to per-
form various actions for their benefit or discomfiture. They have
the power of taking upon them various forms, — some appear as a
white bull, others as a sheeted figure, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 47 ;
Ya mud a thowt et ote dobbies i Brigsteear . . . bed bin eftre im.
Spec. Dial. (1885") pt. iii. 24. Yks. Dobbies correspond to the
Brownies in Sc; demons attached to particular houses and farms.
Though naturally lazy, they are said to make incredible exertions
for the family in cases of trouble or difficulty, such as to stack all
the hay, or house all the corn in one night. The farmer's horses
are left to rest, and stags or other wild animals are supposed to
fulfil the orders of the demon. They are believed to follow the
person or family to one place or another on removal. One kind
of them differs from the domestic Dobbies, by inhabiting bridges,
old towers, &c., instead of the kitchen ; and instead of working,
doing only mischief, by frightening travellers, by jumping behind
them on horseback, and squeezing them so as to impede their
breathing, Grose ^I79o) MS. add. i,C.) w.Yks. Hutton Tour lo
Caves (1781) ; If the family should remove with the expectation
of finding a more peaceable mansion, their hopes would be frus-
trated, [as] the dobby, being attached to the persons, not to place,
would remove also, Willan List IVds. (1811) 81. Lan. Said to be
haunted by a troubled spirit — a boggart or ' dobbie,' as they call it
there, Waugh Rambles in Lake Cy. (1861) 225 ; Lan.' n.Lan.
DOBBY
[102]
DOCK
Ghosts ! eigh, me lad, . . . but we'd anudder neeam for "em ; we
ol'as co'd 'era dobbies, Morris Ltbby Beck Dobby {iBe-}) 3 ; n.Lan.i,
ne.Lan.' [Anier. An ancient grange, . . . supposed ... to be
haunted by a dobbie, Irving Bracebridge Hall (1822; xvi. ]
DOBBY-, see Dobbin, sh?-
DOBBYHORSE, sb. Yks. Chs. Not. [dobi-^s.]
1. A hobby-horse ; see below.
Chs.'An imitation horse which figures in the play performed by
the ' Soulers ' (q,v.). It is usually made up with a horse's skull
fastened to the top of a staff. A man, in a stooping posture, holds
the staff so that his legs form the horse's hind legs, his back the
horse's back, and the staff serves for the horse's forelegs. The
man is hidden under a rug or a skin ; and there is an arrangement
of strings or wires by which he can make the jaws open and shut.
Most parishes possess a horse's skull, preserved from year to year
for the occasion. The whole thing has a most unearthly appear-
ance, and generally causes a good deal of consternation amongst
the children, and even women, of a household where the play is
performed.
2. pi. The wooden horses or roundabouts at fairs ; the
toy horses of children.
w. Yks. As aw couldnt join em, Aw went an' watched th' dobby
horses. Hartley Sts. Blackpool (1883) 63 ; Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Oct. 29, 1892). Chs. Theer were shows an . . . dobby horses,
Clough B. Bresskittle (i879'i 9. Not. I W. W.S.I
DOBCHICK, sb. Nhb. Lin. Nhp. Nrf Cor. Also in
form dipchick Cor. ; dopchicken Lin.' The dabchick
or little grebe, Podiceps minor. See also Dap-chick.
Nhb.^It is called dob-chick, from its habit of constantly 'dabbing'
or bobbing underwater. Also called doucher, dipper, or didapper.
Lin. Streatfeild Ltit. and Danes (1884) 324 ; Lin.', Nhp.' Nrf.
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. '18931 44. Cor. Rodd Birds (1880)
314. [(K.^l; SwAiNSON BiVrfi (1885) 216.]
DOBE,DOBLER,DOBY,seeDaub,Doubler,Dobby,s^.'
DOCAS, DOCCAN, see Docus, sb.^, Dashin.
DOCE, see Dossy, v.
DOCH-ANDORRIS, sb. Sc. Irel. Also in forms
deuch-an-dorach, deuch-an-doris Sc. (Jam.) ; deuch-an-
dorus w.Sc. ; doch-an-dhoris, dochan-dorrach Sc. ;
doch-an-dorrish Irel. ; doch-andorroch, doch-an-dorus,
doch-in-doris Sc. ; ducan-durras Irel. [do'X-an-doris.]
The stirrup-cup, parting glass. Cf. dash-an-darras and
deuch.
Sc. This was a parting cup . . . and . . . fell under the exception
of Doch an dorroch, Scott Redg. (1824') Lett, ii ; The domestics
had drunk the doch-andorroch, ib. Bride of Lam. (1819) xviii ;
I'm coming whenever I get my Doch an dorrach, Cobban Anda-
M!a)m895) x; He gae them his blessing, an' drank doch-an-dhoris,
Vedder Poems (1842') 201. W.Sc. Deuch an dorus was then
handed round, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 211. Lnk. Then
doch and dorus wis proposed, Ewing Poems (1892) 14 ; Dochin-
doris we must hae. Just ae glass, na, we must hae mae. Watt
Poems (1827) 88. Edb. To give Peter Farrel a dram by way of
* doch-an-dorris,' as the Gaelic folk say, MoiR Mansie IVattch
(1828) xxii. Ir. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) s.Ir. Tak a due an
durras before you go ; you've a cold journey before you, Croker
Leg. (1862) 203.
[Gael, deoch-an-doniis, a stirrup cup, a parting cup
(M. & D.) ; deoch, a drink, an dontis, of the door. Ir. deoch-
an-dhonds (O'Reilly).]
DOCHER, sb. Sc. (Jam.) [do'xar.] 1. Injury. Rnf
2. Deduction.
Rnf. A maiden's tocher Tholes nae docher, Prov.
3. Fatigue, stress. Abd.
(1. Gael. and Ir.rfocAa!r(rfoc/iar), hurt, damage (Macba:n).]
DOCHLE, sb. Sc. A dull, heavy person.
Per. A dull scholar would be called a sweir dochle (G.W.).
DOCHLIN, adj. Sc. Soft, silly, foolish-looking.
Frf. He's a hoddel-dochlin, hungert lookin wisgan o' a cratur,
Salmond My Man Sandy (1894) 95.
DOCHRAI, sb. Irel. A cruet.
N.I.' Ant. Fairly well known, although principally used by
a fast-disappearing class of the community (W.J.K.).
DOCHT, DOCHTER, see Dought, Dow, i;.', Daughter.
DOCIBLE, adj. Not. Lei. War. [dosibl, dosibl.] Apt
to learn, teachable.
Not.' Lei.' A's docible cnew, but a doon't seem to have noo
pluck in 'im. War.^ He's very docible with his tools.
[Linnets ... be very docible, Holland Pliny (i6oi)
I- 293-]
DOCIUSE, adj. Suf [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Docile, teachable.
Suf.' The most docilisist bahds [birds].
[Cp. older E. docilize, vb. to make teachable (Blount,
1670).]
DOCION, see Dashin.
DOCIT, adj. Brks.i [do-sit.] Intelligent. Cf. docity.
DOCITY, sb. Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Glo.
Oxf Bck. Bdf Mid. Hnt. Som. Dev. Cor. Amer. Also
written dositi Bdf. ; dosity Not. ; dossety Nhp. ; dossity
Not.' svv.Lin.' Rut.' Nhp.'^ War.s Bdf. Bck. Hnt. Cor.'»
[do'siti, d9'siti.] Quick comprehension, ability, 'gump-
tion ' ; spirit, animation. Cf dacity.
Der. Grose (1790) MS. add. Not. J.H.B.); Not.' sw.Lln.'
She seems to have no mind, no dossity whatever. Rut.' Also
' odocity.' He had lost all his docity. I seems as if I hadn't the
odocity to work, or to eat, or anything. Lei. M'appen he thought
you had no docity, N. (f Q. (1858) 2nd S. vi. 186; Lei.^ The
choild wook up, an' had losst all its docity. Nhp. She has no
dossety (G.H.) ; She sat herself down, soon as got in the house,
No dossity in her to stir, Clare Village Minst. (1821) I. 156;
Nlip.^ I believe it is restricted to females ; Nhp.2 War. She's plenty
of docitylJ.B.); War.3 Glo. 6'/. (1851); Grose (1790) ; Glo. 1 Oxf.,
Bck. She hadn't no dossity to do anything(J. W.B.I. n.Bck. ( A.C.)
Bdf. Also dosit, Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 131. Lon.
Pegge Anecdotes (1803) 56, ed. 1844. Hnt. (T.P.F.) w.Som.'
He idn no good to nobody, there idn no docity 'bout'ii. n.Dev.
Whare is voaks' docity ago ? Rock Jim an Nell (1867) st. 4 ;
Tha hast no stroil nor docity, Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 409. nw.Dev.
Also ' idiocity ' (R.P.C.) ; nw.Dev.', Cor.12 w.Cor. A. (f Q. (1854)
1st S. X. 300. [Amer. He has no docity. Farmer.]
[Were you a rascal of docity you would invent a way,
Behn Lucky Chance (1687) il i (N.E.D.).]
DOCK, 56.' In gen. dial, use in Eng. [dok.] 1. In
phr. (i) /;/ dock, out nettle, (a) words used (three times)
as a charm when a person has been stung by a nettle ;
{b) a prov. saying expressive of inconstancy; (2) Dock go
in, nettle come out, (3) Out 'ettle, in dock, see (1, a).
(1,0) w.Yks. Prov. in Brighoiise News (July 23, 1887). Chs.'*^,
Lei.' Nhp.' A leaf of the dock, moistened with saliva, is applied
to the part affected, repeating the above words till the pain is
relieved. War. B'liam li'kty. Post (June 10. 1893) ; War.' =3 (4)
N.Cy.' (2) Chs.' 2 3 War .2 (3; Glo. Northall Flk-Rliymes
(1892) 132. Hmp.' When a child is stung he plucks a dock-leaf,
and.Jaying it on the part affected, sings — ' Out 'ettle, in dock. Dock
shall ha' a new smock ; 'Ettle zhant ha' narrun' [ne'er a one].
Wil. Britton Beauties (1835).
2. Comp. (i) Dock-drawer, (2) -spitter, a tool used to
root up docks.
(i) w.Som.' (2) Dor. (C.V.G.) ; Gl. (1851) ; Barnes Gl. (1863);
Dor.', w.Som.'
3. The common mallow, Malva sylvestris.
I.W.' Wil. The common mallow to which great medicinal
virtues are attributed by the country people. A concoction of
dock-root, called 'dock- root-tea,' is considered a great purifier of
the blood, Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.' Now restricted to
Rume.x.
[\. (i, b) But canstow pleyen raket, to and fro. Netle in,
dokke out, now this, now that, Pandare? Chaucer T.&^C.
IV. 461 ; see Skeat's note for many reffs., and Nares.]
DOCK, sb? and v} In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
[dok.] \. sb. The solid, fleshy part of an animal's tail.
Edb. Their ginger'd docks, which gart them cock, Wi' braw
shangies on their tails, Liddle yofow 1,1821 ) 228. n.Lin. (E.P.),
War.2 jjPt. A strong thick dock or tail [of a ram], Ellis Mod.
Htisb. (1750) IV. i. Suf.' ' A bung dock,' a horse's tail cut off
and seared close to his haunches.
2. The crupper of a saddle or harness.
n.Cy. Grose (1790^ Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ;
W. & J. Gl. (1873. w.Som.', nw.Dev.' Cor. That daay with
ale and cakes, at three o'clock Thecs stufT'd me so, I jist neen
crack'd me dock. Hunt Po/>. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 460, ed. 1896;
Monthly Mag. (.1810) I. 434 ; Cor.'"
3. The nether end of the human body ; of a felled tree.
Sc. The posteriors, Grose (1790) A/5, adcl. (C.) Bcb. I must
face mine enemies, or show my dock, Forbes Dominie (1785) 30.
DOCK
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DOCKEN
Abd. Say 'ha' to me, ye little brat! Gin I were at yer docky,
OcG IViIlie IValy (,1873) 133. Per. I'll whip yer dock to ye
(G.W.V e.An.'
4. The peg of a top.
Sc. N. &• Q. (.1873^ 4th S. xii. 415.
5. V. To flog, beat the posteriors.
Abd. And tell you that I sud be docket For what I do, Siiikrefs
Poems 11790) 346; Ye deserve to be docked, Ross Sng., Wood
and Marned and a (Jam.)-
6. With up : sec below.
w.Som.' When a colt is first ' hampered ' it is usual to dock him
up, that is. to put a crupper and girth upon his body, and then to
rein in his head tightlj', making fast the bridle. nw.Dev. '
[1. Asses liaue the said docke or rumpe longer than
horses, Holland Pliny (1601) I. 352. 3. The docke,
duiu's. Levins Mnnip. (1570).]
DOCK, V.' and sb.^ In gei:. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Written doak Frf. [dok.] 1. v. To shorten (the tail
of a horse, lamb, dog, &c.).
Sc. It would be a hard t.isk to follow a black dockit sow
through a burnt muir this night, Daihaiii Tracts {ei. 1895) I. 323.
Abd. The tailor docket the tails, Ale.xander Johnny Gibb (1871)
xxix. Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wra. His nag tail
was dock't (B.K.). Yks. If old Moll's tail here were docked
too short, Gaskell Sylvia (1863) I. vi. Not. (J.H.B.), n.Lin.',
War.3, se.Wor.' Shr. The barbarous practice which still
prevails of docking cart horses, Marshall Review (1818) II.
243; Shr.' That dog 66d look better if 'is ears wun dockt, but
we darna now. Cor. Monihty Mag. (1810) I. 434.
Hence (i) Dock me tail, phi: cut it short, be brief;
(2) Docking, vbl. sb. the process of cutting oft" the end of
a horse's tail.
(i) Lan. Boh fort dock me tele o' bit, I'r aw covvurt weh grey
gcer, Paul Bobbin Sequel (iQig] (2$. (2) n.Yks. They also under-
go the operations of docking and nicking, Marshall /JwiVan 1808)
I. 487.
2. To clip the unclean wool from the hinder part of
a sheep.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Eco». (1788).
e.Yks.^, n.Lin.^, w.Som.*
Hence (i) Docking, vbl. sb. the operation of cleaningthe
hind-quarters of sheep ; (2) Dockings, sb. pi. wool, clotted
with dirt, cut from the hind-quarters of sheep.
(i) n.Yks. In this place, is to be noticed, the operation of dock-
ing, annually performed upon the long-woolled sheep. Ill's.?. Agric.
(1800) 268. (2) n.Yks. These dockings, as they are called, are
afterwards steeped in water, and being washed, and freed from
the dirt, afford a considerable quantity of coarse wool, ib^\ n.Yks.^,
e.Yks. (W.W.S.I, e.Yks.i w.Som.' Called also daggings.
3. To cut off, shorten, esp. of a baby's clothes ; to clip,
trim. Also used^^-.
Sc. I'll dock yer hair for ye fjAM.) ; Grose (1790) MS. add.
(C.) Elg. When I was a young man void of understanding, I
docked lines mighty neatly into lyrics, Couper Tourifications
(1803) ii. Frf. Ye wudda [would have] thocht they'd kent ane
anither sin' ever they were doakit, S almond My Man Sandy (1894)
83. Lnk. When her claes we dock, Will, Ye'll learn her to toddle,
Rov Generalship {e^d. 1895') 84. Edb. Our ancestors . . .Warnever
subject to the yoke O' pouther'd heads, but ay did dock Their hair
whan lang, The Complaint { 1795) 8. Lakel. Pennth Obs. (Dec. 28,
1897). Wm. (B.K.i, Chs.', n.Lin.' Shr.i I dunna know whad
folks wanten 60th a yard o' stuff 'angin' at thar 'eels; I should
like to tak' 'em to the choppin'-block an' dock 'em. We maun
dock the child's clothes nex' wik. Brks.'
Hence (i) Docking, vbl. sb. the act of topping a clipped
hedge ; (2) Dockit, ppl. adj. shortened, clipt ; (3) Docketie,
adj. 'short, round, and jolly.'
(i) n.Lin.' (2) Ayr. Bailie Pirlet enlarged at great length, with
all his well-dockit words, Galt Provost (1822) xxxi. Dmf. Fat
fowk and spare; Side coats and dockit, JiAYtiE Siller Gun (i8o8j
17. (3) Rxb. (Jam.)
4. Fig. To abridge, diminish ; to reduce a man's wages,
lower the price.
Or.I. She took the child to her cottage, docked some of her former
finery, and clothed it like a little prince, Vedder Sketches < 1832)
45- Ayr. When Davie Miller has taigled a wee in the tellin' o'
his story, Andro Cauk the schuleraaister says, ' Ay ! dock it noo,
Davie, dockit !' Service Notandums (1890) 124. Gall. He could
assuredly dock of him the half of it, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895"
xlvi. w.Yks. I'll dock him sixpence (J.T.). Stf.' s.Lin. The
gaffer not only dock'd my time, but vvo'ss still, he dock'd mi'
waagcs an' all (T.II.R.). Rut.i Mr. A has docked his men as
last Saturday, I suppose. Lei.' I expect the socks will be docked
again. se.Wor.', Oxf.' w.Som.' They docked his wages a shillin
a week, and told'n next time he'd lost his work. Mr. Ginlman's
to big by half, 'tis time he was a-docked.
Hence to dock off, phr. to deduct from. w.Yks. (W.R.),
Glo.'
5. Of clothes: to take off.
Shr.' It's no use, I mun dock this gownd off, it's swelterin' me
to djeth.
6. At Winchester School : of a book, to tear out the
leaves, deface; to scratch out in writing.
Slang. (A.D.H.) ; (E.F.) ; Cope Gl. (1883) ; Shadwell Wyke.
Slang ( 1 859 - 1 864 ) .
7. To walk with short steps ; to go about in a mincing,
conceited manner.
Fif. Always applied to persons who are rather under the com-
mon size, while those above this are said to stage about (Jam.).
Hence (1) Docker, v. to strut, to walk with short steps ;
(2) Docky or Doaky, (a) v., seeDockej; (6) no)', strutting,
applied to a person of small stature, who takes short steps.
(i)S.&Ork.' (^2, n) Lnk. (Jam. ) (b) Sc. [ib.)
8. sb. Of hair: a clipping, cutting. Sc. (Jam.)
[1. To dock, or cut off the tail, Kersey {1702).]
DOCKEN, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and n.
counties to Lin. Also written dockan Sc. N.I.' Nhb.'
w.Yks.'"; dockin n.Cy. Nhb. Dur.' Cutn.' e.Yks.' w.Yks.
n.Lan.' n.Lin.' n.Cy. ; dockon w.Yks. ; doken Fif.
[do'kan.] 1. The dock, Rmne.x obliisi/oliiis and R. crispus.
Sc. Wad ye compare j'oursell to me, A docken till a tansie ?
Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. 11724) I. 21, ed. 1871. Mry. Skill can
make an Eden smile where dockens wudna grow. Hay Liniie
(1851)54. Abd. Smeird docken, the sovereign virtues of whose
green leaves, Alexander Notes and Sketches (1877) '2. Frr". Now
springs the docken by the dyke. Smart Rhymes (1834) 110.
Fif. He'd gat a yokin' . . . that wou'd hae . . . garr'd his head hing
like a doken, Tennant Papistry (1827) 8. Dmb. If there's
ony chance o' your sodgers turning out dockens, the sooner
ye ken what they are the better, Cross Disruption (1844) xxii.
Rnf. In his braid tail he bure a lance. Wad pierc'd thro' ony dockan,
PiCKEN Poems (18131 II. 89. Ayr. Will ye compare a docken to
a tansy? Galt Entail (1823) Ixv. Lnk. I care't na for a rose
mair than a docken. Black palls of Clyde (1806) 173. e.Lth. A
man wha disna ken . . . dockens frae curly greens. Hunter
J.Inwick (18951 87. Slk. The weeds — sic as dockens, nettles, aye
the verra hemlock, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 18561 111. 57. Gall.
It's maistly covered wi' dockens an' soorocks noo, Crockett S/r'c^/V
Min. (1893) 102. N.I.' Nhb. Hor heed was dressed wi' docken
leeves, Robson Evangeline (18701 356; Nhb.' The seeding stems
are called 'Cushy-coos' by children, who strip off the ripe seeds in
imitation of the milking of a cow. Dur.', Cum.', Yks. (Iv.i n.Yks.
It's 3 bad job at wi'v gittan dokonz inta yon f ild ; dokanz iz bad
ta git rad on (W.H.i. n.Yks '=, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall
Rnr. Econ. (iiSB) ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. As the violet seems
'At peeps aght th' green dockens among. Hartley Ditt. (1868) 23 ;
Banks IVkjld. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks.'^^^s, n.Lan.' n.Lin.' The
reeds they grew long i' the warp by the bank, An' the dockins
an' mandraakes an' humlocks soa rank, Ralf Skirlaugh, III. 240.
2. Phr. (i) In docken, out nettle, a charm used by children,
when stung by a nettle ; see Dock,s6.' 1 ;(2) a day among
the dockens, [a) a stormy day ; {b) a day distinguished by
a quarrel.
(i) N.L' When a boy gets stung by a nettle he searches for a
dock leaf, and rubs it on the wounded part, repeating the charm,
'Dockan, dockan, in. Nettle, nettle, out.' Nhb.' Children rub the
stingwith a docken leaf, repeating the words — ' Nettle oot; docken
in." Dur.l, Cum.', Yks. I K.) w.Yks. (J.T.) ; Willan iisMFrfs.
(1811); Docken, docken, inward; Nettle, nettle, outward, Flk-
saw (F.KR.) ib. ; w.Yks.', n.Lan.' (2, a, b, Rxb. (Jam.)
3. Comp. Docken-budie, a basket made of dockens.
S. & Ork.'
4. The marsh-mallow, Malva sylvestris. w.Yks. (J.T.)
5. Fig. Anything worthless or of little value.
Sc. I wo'd be very loth, and scant of cloth, to sole my hose with
dockans, Kelly Prov. (1721). Per. It's nae worth a docken. It
doesna maitter a docken wha's there. Dinna men' yer breeks wi'
DOCKENS
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DOD
a docken (G.W.)- Lnk. What care they for the patron? No a
dockan, Crack aboot Kiyk (,1843) 14. ne.Yks.' Ah deean't care
a docken for't.
[Als like 5e bene, as . . . doken to the fresche dayesye,
King's Oithair (c. 1425) cix.]
DOCKENS, sb. pi. Sc. In phr. as sure as dorkeiis, a
disguised oatli.
s.Sc. As sure's dockens, Wilson Tales (1836) IV. 106.
DOCKER, sb. and v. Sc. Also written dockar (Jam.).
1. sb. Struggle. Cf. dacker, sb. 12.
Abd. Mair stivvage and far docker meet. If she a toumon be
behadden yet, Ross Hcknore (1768) 20, ed. 1812 ; For they great
docker made and tulyied Strang Ere they wad yield, ib 29; (Jam.)
2. V. To labour, toil as in job-work. e.Sc. (Jam.)
DOCKER, see Docky.
DOCKER ME. plir. War.^ An exclamation.
Docker me if I do !
DOCKERY-STICK, sb. Som. Phosphorescent wood.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873); Known, but very rarely used; the
usual name is ' touchwood ' \ G.S. i.
DOCKET, sb."" Chs.i [dokit.] A hatting term: the
wage-ticket of workpeople.
[Docket is a little piece of paper or parchment written,
that contains in it the effect of a greater writing, Teriiics
de la ley (1671).]
DOCKET, sZ).= Oxf. A light bill used to cut up furze,
broom, &c. See Ducket.
Oxf. Still in use (M.W.) ; (K.)
DOCKIE, sb. Bnff.' [do'kl.] In phr. lo be on dockie,
to be in a bad humour.
DOCKIN, DOCKON, see Docken.
DOCKING-IRE, sb. nw.Dev.' A tool for rooting up
docks.
DOCKSY, sb. e.An.' [doksi.] The broad nether
end of tlie human body. See Dock, s6.^ 3.
DOCKSY, see Doxy, si.'
DOCKY, sb. Lin. Hnt. e.An. Also written dockey
Nrf.' Suf ; and in form decker Ess. [do'ki.] A slight meal,
taken by farm labourers in the middle of the morning.
Lin. The 'spreeding' ploughboy . . . will take his 'docky ' by the
hedge at ten, Coriih.Mag. XLVI.232. Hnt.ELLisPra««);c. (1889) V.
212. e.An.' The labourer's dinner he carries with him. Nrf.^
Suf. Bread and cheese taken by a ploughman in the morning, as he
does not dine on old-fashioned farms until he leaves off ploughing
at 3 o'clock (C.T.) ; Rainbird Agric. {,1819) 296, ed. 1849. Ess.
Now called 'levens (H.H.M.).
DOCKY DOWN, phr. Cor. [do'ki deun.] At once,
readj' money.
Cor.-^ Ca.-ih docky down — no credit here.
DOCTOR, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
1. sb. In comb. (1) Doctor's man, a medical man's
assistant ; (2} -'s shop, a surgery ; (3) -student, a medical
student ; (4) -'s stuff (or Doctoring-stuff), (5) -'s trade,
medicine.
(i 1 Shr.i I should think theer's somebody very bad at the shop ;
I sid the doctor theer this mornin', an' the doctor's mon this onder.
(2} n.Lin.' A little girl beingasked in what kind of a place the temple
was, replied, ' A doctor's shop, please m'm.' She had recently
heard the narrative of our Lord being found 'in the temple,'
sitting in the midst of the doctors, and had understood the doctors
there mentioned to have been persons who practised medicine.
(3) ne.Sc. A wheen young rascals o' doctor students wha's on-
gauns are often a scandal to a' Keckleton, Grant Kecklcloii, 34.
(4) n.Yks. ' I.W.) n.Lin.' I've taa'en as much doctor's stuff e' my
time, what drink an' wliat pills, as wo'd fill Bill Summer's stoan-
pit up levil by th' gruiid awaay. Wor. A bloods 'im, an* a cuts
'im, an' a gies 'im doctors' stuff, Wor. Jin. Vig. Mon. Shr.i Com-
mon. Brks.' (5) Cor. Plaise God, an' wi' plenty o' doctor's trade,
us'U pull 'un round, ' Q.' Troy Town (1888) xxiii.
2. Phr. Doclor of skill, a physician ; an M.D. as distin-
guished from a D.D. or LL.D.
e.An.'^ w.Sus., Hmp. Holloway.
3. An apothecary; any person who practises medicine
or surgery, whether legally qualified or not. n.Lin.',
Glo.', e.An.'
4. An assistant-master in a school.
Sc. N. & Q. (1896) 8th S. X. 295.
5. The seventh son of a family, born in succession with-
out a girl.
■w.Som.i Believed to be born with special aptness for the healing
art. nw.Dev.^
6. A hymenopterous insect; the horse-fly or'clegfg'
(q.v.).
Nhb. Children used to catch a ' cleg' and hold it on the back of
the hand until it drew blood ; in this they were probably imitating
the practice of blood-letting. The term is common on the west
Tyne (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.> A hymenopterous insect that emits a dark
brown fluid from its mouth when caught. This fluid is supposed
by children to heal sores.
7. The stickleback, Gasierosteus trachuriis. e.Dur.'
8. A disease amongst horses.
n.Som. Farriery is in the hands of men equally conceited and
illiterate, and these useful animals frequently die of a disease called
the doctor. Marshall Review (1818) II. 524.
9. V. With up : to patch up, to cobble.
w.Som.' We was fo'ced to bide and doctor up th' old trap vore
we could come on.
10. To kill, dispatch out of hand.
Cld. (Jam.) e.An.^ In rat-hunting, a clown, seizing a cudgel,
cries out, ' Here he comes ! let me doctor him.' e.Suf. My dawg's
a wonder to doctor a rat (F.H.).
DOCUMENTIZE, v. Dev. [do'kimentaiz.] To
preach, moralize. Dev. w. Tunes (Apr. 9, 1886) 6 ; Dev.'
Hence Docunientizing, vbl. sb. preaching, instruction.
Dev.' Pray, Mrs. Tittle-goose, none of your documentizing, 19.
n.Dev. n.Dev. Hnd-bh. (ed. 1877) 258.
[The Attorney General . . . desired the wife would not
be so very busy, being as he said well documentised
(instructed), North Exainen (1740) 294 (Dav.).]
DOCUMENTY, v. Dev. [dokimenti.j To lecture,
advise.
n.Dev. How us did documenty. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st 61.
Hence Documenting, vbl. sb. lecturing.
n.Dev. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434.
DOCUS, sA.' Sc. (Jam.) Anything very short.
DOCUS, sb.^ Sc. Also written docas Dmb. [do'kas.]
A stupid fellow.
Sc. Eh man, but ye maun be an unco docus to mistake the youlin*
o' a wheen dougs for the squeelin' o' ghaists an' deevils, St. Patrick
(1819) II 242 (Jam.). Dmb. I'm not a man, I think, to be terrified for
the face o' clay, far less for a docas like this. Cross Disruption (1844)
xxxii. Ayr.(J.F.) Lth. There's mair sense in that dead calfs head
than in yours, ye dooble docus, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 87.
DOCY, adj. Cor. [dosi.] Pretty, neat, charming.
Cor.' ; Cor.'^ A docy little maid. She is very docy.
DOD, sA.' Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Amer. Also in forms
doad e.Yks. ; dood Sc. [dod.] A perversion of the word
God, used in exclamations of surprise, &c.
Fif. Dod, man, when a bodie thinks on't, the world is fu' o'
lunatics, Robertson Provost (1894) 21. Rnf. ' What's the time?'
' Dod, I'll sune tell ye that,' Aitken Lays of Line (1883) 51. Ayr.
Dod ! the dyvour . . . thocht naething o' makin' a poem on the
Lord's day, Service Dr. Diiguid {ed. 1887) 196. Lnk. Whatwas
the upshot o' that, think ye ? dod. it brocht a' the gangrels o' the
country aboot my lugs, Fraser Whaiips (1895) xiii ; 'Man,' quo'
Jock, ' is this you, Sandy? Dood, I'm trumlin'on my legs,' Ward-
Ropj. Matliison ^ 1881) 113. e.Lth. We got a wheen new members
. . . dod, man, we got them frae the Frees! Hunter /. Iiiwick
(1895) 15. Dmf. But, dod, for a' that it's a wonderfu' toon, Reid
Poems I 1894) 47. Gall. 'Dod, d'j'e ken,' said he, pleased-like, ' but
I'm whiles o' that opeenion mysel',' Crockett Raiders (1894)
xvi. Wgt. Dod! Sauners, it's gey guid, Fraser Wigtown (18^7)
323. Nhb.' Dod I but yor a queer fellow ! Yks. ' Dod dang,' says
Jack, 'j'au knocks an delves, digs, plews, sows, maws. an what for ?'
Ingledew Ballads (1842) 273. e.Yks.' Doad rabbit it, bucket
boddam's cumd oot, MS. add. (T.H.) [Amer. Dod-rot you, Dial.
Notes (1896) I. 64, 330.)
Hence (i) Dodrotten, adj. God-forsaken ; (2) Dodsake,
int. an oath, God's sake.
(i) Cum. (J.Ar.) (2) Fif. Dodsake, though I had been a bomb-
shell flung among them they couldna hae scampered faster awa,
Robertson Provost (1894) 49.
DOD, sb.^ n.Cy. Nhp. Dev. [dod.] The reed-mace
or cat's-tail, Typha latifolia. See Dother, sb?-
n.Cy. (B. & H.) Nhp. Dodford ... so named I take it from a
' ford' over the river Avon, and ' dods,' waterweeds (commonly
DOD
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DODDLE
called by children cats tales') growing thereabouts, Fuller IVoiihies
Nhp. (1662^ 290; Nhp.=, Dev.«
[Du. dodde, a rccde or typh-wheate (Hexham); Flem.
dod (dodde) (Schuermans).J
XiOXi.sb? Nhp.' [dod.] A bog, quagmire.
This land is always all of a dod. They got into the dod, and could
not get out again witiiout my help.
llcnce Doddy, adj. boggy, swampy.
DOD, s6.* Dor. [dod.] A heap, bunch. Cf.dodd, si.'
Dor. My bonnet's like a wad, a-beat up to a dod, Barnes Poems
(1869-70) 3rd S. 21.
[NFris. dodd (dadde), a heap, clump, bunch (Outzen).]
DOD, sb.^ Stf. [dod.] Pottery term : an iron plate
with one or more holes through it ; see below.
An iron plate at the bottom of a * wad * box, containing one or
more holes through which clay is pressed by the aid of a screw
power, making long lengths of round clay ' wads' like iin. rope.
Sometimes the ' dods ' are made of shapes so that when the wads
come through they may be twisted into mug or jug handles after
being cut into proper lengths. I suppose a pipe-dod is one through
which drain-pipes for fields are pressed, in continuous lengths
(R.A.B.).
DOD, sb? e.An. [Not known to our correspondents.]
[dod.] A sweet or sucker.
A'. iSr- Q. (1875) 5th S. iii. 166.
DOD, sb.'' and v. Sc. Nhb. [dod.] 1. sb. A fit of
ill-humour, a pet; gen. in phr. to take the dods, to turn
sulky.
Sc. Miss Emma and Mr. Harry hae been ower lang acquainted
to gie ower loving ane anither, because her father has ta'en the
dods at him, CoRBETT FfWifon/ Talcs (1823) I. 250 (Jam.). Ayr.
When she . . . takes the dods now and then, GALX^H^ni/ 1,1823) li.
Hence Doddy, adj. sulky.
Ayr. Collie is as doddy and crabbit wi 'Watty as if he were his
adversary, Galt En/ail (1823) xx.
2. Coiitp. Dod-Iip, a poutmg-Iip ; gen. in phr. to hang
a dod-lip. Rxb. (Jam.), N.Cy.', Nhb>
3. V. To sulk.
Pnf. You needna dod nor tak the drunt. Affecting shy wi' leuk
asklent, 'Webster Rhymes (1835) 149.
[1. Gael, dod, a tantrum, fret (Macbain).]
DOD, DODACKY, see Dodman, Dud, Dodderky.
DO-DANCE, sb. Yks. [di'-dans.] 1. A roundabout
way to a place or to the accomplishment of a purpose ;
a fool's errand, useless journey.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.2 They led me a bonny do-dance about it.
m.Yks.i
2. A scene of hurry or commotion. n.Yks.^
DOD(D, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wni. Yks. Lan. ;
also Som. [dod.] 1. v. To lop, poll, cut off; to clip
the hair.
N.Cy.', Nhb.* e.Yks. A goode ewe: let her be dodded, Best
Rur. Econ. (1641) 6. m.Yks.' A child's hair is dodded, or'ended.'
Hence (1) Dodded or Dodt, ppl. adj. (a) of sheep or
cattle : hornless ; also used sbst. ; (b) of corn : without
beard; (c) bare, cut short, truncated ; (2) Dodding, i^W. sZ>.
of wool : the process of disentangling or teasing wool ;
(3) Doddy, sb. a hornless cow ; also used attrib.
(i, O) Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863) ; N.(yQ. (1856) 2nd S. i.
416. n.Sc. (Jam.) Slk. A hunder pund i' honest hands, An' sax
an' thretty doddit yowes, Hogg Mountain Bard {l8o^) 193 (Jam.).
n.Cy. GrosE(I79o;, N.Cy.", Nhb.', Cum.i Wm. May ... persecu-
tion, that curst dodt cow, never maar plague this country, Hutton
Bran New Wark(I^85; 1. 162. n.Yks.', ne.Yks.i, m.Yks.' w.Yks.
HuTTON Tour to Caves (1781) ; (F.P.T.) ; (R.H.H.) ; w.Yks.' I'd
aimed to a sent wi' 'em ower dodded seg, ii. 289. ne.Lan.' Som.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (M."i. [An ox without horns is dodded or
humbled, Stephens Foj-mi Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 256.] (b) n.Cy. Grose
(1790). , Nhb.i (c w.Yks. That arch looks a bit dodded at t'top,
it wants summat more on it (F.P.T.) ; A house dismantled of
chimneys would be said to have a dodt appearance (R.HH.). (2)
m.Yks.' {31 Sc The puttin' cow should aye be a doddy. Chambers
Sngs. ('1829) I. II ; Their doddies black an broun, Donald Poems
(1867) 36. Abd. Had he not his croft, his doddie cow, his wonder-
ful shaltie, Alexander ^i« f/k. (18751 61, ed. 1882. Ags. The
black doddies of Angus obtain their name ("rom the county they
inhabit, Stephens /arm SA. (ed. 1849)11. 719. Per. Didnayeget
VOL. II.
the Angus doddie, Drumshcugh ? Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Sync
(1895) 100. Cum.', ne.Lan.'
2. To cut away the dirty wool from the hind-quarters of
sheep.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', Yks. (K.) n.Yks.
To-morn 'ith ownder we nuiii dod our sheep. Meriton Pra:se Ale
(1684; 1. 197 ; n.Yks.' Alto from the breasts of lambs. m.Yks.'
Hence Doddings (or Doddins), sb. pi (i) the wool cut
from a sheep's tail ; (2) the fore-part of a fleece of wool.
(I) N.Cy.', Dur.', ne.Yks.', m.Yks.' (2) Nhb.'
3. sb. A cow without horns. w.Yks. (R.H.H.)
[1. Ne je shulen in rownde dodde heer, ne shaue
beerde, Wyclif (1382) Lev. xix. 27.]
DODD, s6.' Sc. Nhb.Cum.Wm. [dod.] A bare, round
hill or fell. Cf. dod, sb.*
Sc. Hills are variously named, according to their magnitude ; as
Law, Pen, Kipp, Coom, Dod,P£NNEcuiCK ]Vks. (17151 50, ed. 1815.
Nhb.' Sand and gravel dodds, Lebour Geology of Nhb. and Dur.
24; Pike, crag, law, head, know, dod, edge, rig, predominate in
the nomenclature of the Redesdale eminences. Hardy Hist Bwk.
Nat. Club, IX. 452. Cum.' 'Wm. Gibson Leg. and Notes (1877)
92; (J.H.)
DODD, sb.^ Obs. Nhb. 'Wm. [dod.] A fox. Nhb.',
Wm. (J.H.) Cf. doodlings. See Tod.
DODD, V. Fif (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To jolt in trotting, to jog.
DODDAR, see Dother, i/.'
DODDART, sb. n.Cy. Wm. Written doddert Wm.
[do'dsrt.] 1. A game somewhat resembling hockey ;
see below.
n.Cy. The doddart of the northern counties corresponds to the
hockey and bandy of the south ; and the Scotch shinty would seem
to be the same, Prior Notes on Croquet (,1872) 16 ; N.Cy.' A game
. . . played in a large level field by two parties of nearly balanced
powers, either as to numbers or dexterity, headed by two captains
who are entitled to choose their followers by alternate votes. A
piece of globular wood, called an ' orr' or ' coit,' is thrown down
in the middle of the field, and the object of each side is to drive it to
one of two opposite hedges assigned respectively before the game
begins, as the ' alley,' ' hail,' ' goal,' or boundary. Wm. The object
of the contending parties being to drive the orr, or wooden ball,
to the elly or boundary wall (J.H.). (The same game as ' clubby,'
' hockey,' ' shinncy,' ' shinneyhaw,' Gomme Games (1894) 98.]
2. The bent stick used in the game of 'doddart.' N.Cy.',
Wm. (J.H.)
DODDEN, see Dodman.
DODDER, s6. Yks. [do'dafr).] Dirt.
w.Yks. We say of clothes that are splashed with dirt, that they
are 'slahted wi dodder,' Yks. Magazine (1871) I. 29; Still in use
(W.C.S.).
DODDER, see Dother, i<.', si.'^
DODDER'D-, DODDE READ—, see Dodred-wheat.
DODDEREL, sb. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Hnt. Also
written dodderil Rut.' Lei.' ; dodderill Nhp. [do'daril.]
A pollard tree; also used alliib. See Dod(d, v.; cf.
dotterel, sb.^
Rut' The boundary is by yon old dodderil oak. Lei.' Nbp.
Morton Cych. ^^r/c (1863 , ; Nhp.', -War.' 2, Hnt. (.T.P.F.)
DODDERK'y, adj. Wor. Glo. Also written dodacky
s.Wor. [do'daki,] Ot wood : decayed, rotten.
s.-Wor. (F.'W.M.'W.) Glo. The tree went hall dodderky CW.H.).
DODDERMENT, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) A recompense,
deserts; often in phr. to put one through his doddenneiits, to
interrogate sharply or severely.
DODDER-TREE, sb. n.Bdf. [do'ds-trl.] A pollard
tree. (J.W.B.)
DODDING, prp. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Nodding, sleeping, dozing. Cf doddle, t/.' 3.
n.Dev. Be dodding, 'Will ? Why, iss, 'e must, Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. 126.
DODDLE, sb. Nhp. e.An. [dodl.] A pollard tree.
Nhp.' Not general. e.An.' Nrf. Every field had its huge hedge-
row, with the ' doddies' or pollards, which afforded firing for rich
and poor, Jessopp Arcady (1887) ii.
[It groweth ... in the head of doddle oaks, Holland
Ptiny (1601) IL 251.]
DODDLE
[io6]
DODMAN
DODDLE, v.^ Sc. n.Cy. Cum.Yks. Lan. Mid. Sur.Sus.
Som. Dev. Also in form dodel n.Yks. w.Yks. Dev.' ; dodle
Cum.i w.Yks.^' Nhp.i [do'dl.] 1. To walk feebly or
slowly, to stroll, saunter, idle ; to dawdle. Cf. daddle, v}
Sc. It did not seem to him the daft-like thing it was that he, an
old failed man, should be doddling there, Keith Bonnie Lady
(1897)56. N.Cy.', Cum.' n.Yks. The old couple went doddhng
on, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec. 20, 1890) ; Noo, mi lass, what's ta
dodeling like that for ? (W.H.) w.Yks.=, ne.Lan.' w.Mid. He was
a very old man, and could only just doddle along (W.P.M.). Sur.'
Towards night the policeman comes doddling back. Sus. (F.E.);
An so I doddled down To see what 'twas about. Lower Jan
Cladpole; Sus.' Dev. w.Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6; Dev.' Don't
stand dodeling whan thare's a book to be had, i.
Hence (i) Doddler, sb. a small boy ; (2) Doddling, (a)
vbl. sb. dodging ; {b) ppl. adj. untidy, slow ; (3) Doddlish,
adj. infirm.
(i) Wil.i A bit of a doddler. (a, a) Nbp.i (A) n.Yks. What a
dodeling mess thoo's macking on't. A niver so sike dodeling wark
as they'r macking on't ; it's a sham ta hi seen (W.H.). Som. I
don't think them doddling people ever make much of their children
(W.F.R.). (3) Sur.' Sus.' Old Master Packlebury begins to get
very doddlish.
2. With about: towag,move fromside to side. Dmf. (Jam.)
3. To nod the head drowsily ; to become sleepy, drowsy.
Dev.3 In £;en. use in n.Dev., but gen. used with ' nodding.'
DODDLE, v.'^ Som. Cor. [do'dl.] To fondle, pet,
humour; to cocker children. Som. (W.F.R.), Cor.^
DODDLE, see Dottle, s6.'
DODDLE GRASS, sb. Sus.^ Wil.^ Dev.* Quaking-
grass, Briza media.
[Cp. obs. E. doddle, to shake. He got up on an old mule,
and so, mumbling with his mouth, nodding and doddling
his head, would go see a coney ferreted, Urquhart
Rabelais (1653) I. xxii (Dav.).]
DODDRED-, see Dodred-wheat.
DODDY, adj.^ and sb. e.An. Sus. Hmp. Also written
doddie e.An.' Nrf [do'di.] 1. adj. Small, tiny, low
in stature ; also used as adv.
e.An. A'. & Q. (1875) 5th S. iii. i65 ; e.An.' Nrf.' A doddy bit !
Doddy-mite. Suf. Move it just a diddy doddy bit (M.E.R.) ; The
more it is drawled the smaller the object is understood to be
(H.J.L.R.); I ruttle wonnerful, and raise little doddy sprigs o'
blood, e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ; I have also been told that such a
man was ' doddy flimp ' [he limped slightly] (C.T.) ; Suf.' Ess. A
leetle doddy thing it was, Clark /. ^Voafes (1839) st. 158. Sus.,
Hmp. HoLLOWAV.
2. sb. The wren, Troglodytes vulgaris; also in comp.
Doddy-wren.
e.An. A^. & Q. (1875) 5th S. iii. 166; e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy
Broad Nrf. (1893') 44.
DODDY, adj.'^ Lin. Lei. Nrf. Som. Also written dodi-
n.Lin.' w.Som.' ; doddi Lei.' [do'di.] In comp. (i)
Doddy-pate, (2) -poll, a dunce, blockhead.
(i) Nrf.' (2) n.Lin.', Lei.', Nrf.' w.Som.' Nif thee art'n a
dodipoll, tell me ! Get out the way, and let zomebody way zome
zense come to it.
[(2) Veau, a dunce, doddipole, Cotgr.]
DODDY-MITTEN, sb. Sc. [dodi-mitsn.] A worsted
glove having no separate divisions for the fingers.
Sc. I ha'e a fifty-sax, an' a fifty-sax, an' a twenty-aucht, an' a
fourteen, twa doddie mittens. . . . Hoo muckle does that come till ?
Jokes (1889) 2nd S. 71. Abd. "Well known CW.M.). Kcd. On his
hands, instead o' glo'es. Large doddy mittens, Burness Tlirumtny
Cap fc. 1796) 1. 20. Frf. The thumb o' Faustus doddy mitten,
Beattje Arnha (c. 1820) 37, ed. 1882. e.Fif. Their lugs were
clothed in things like white doddie-mittens, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864, rxiv. Rnf. (Jam.)
DODE, sb. Cai.' A slow person.
DODEL, see Doddle, v.^
DODGE, sA.' Sc. e.An. [dodg.] 1. A large cut or
slice of food. Rxb., Lth. (Jam.) 2. A small lump of
something moist and thick. e.An.', Nrf.'
DODGE, sb.'^ s.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A squirrel's nest. (Hall.)
DODGE, V. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Hnt. [dodg.]
1. To go at a slow pace, to jog or trudge along ; to
follow in the track of a person or animal.
Sc. Sibb. Gl. (1802) (Jam."). N.Cy.' (s.v. Badge). n.Yks. Dodgin'
away efter t'foxhounds (I.W.). ne.Lan.' [Grose (1790) AiS. a</(/.
(C.)l
Hence Dodger, sb.,jig. a slow, easy-going person.
Per. He's a saft, easy-going dodger (G.W.).
2. With on : to get along, to make the best of bad circum-
stances.
e.Yks.' Hey ! it's a bad job, but Ah mun dodge-on somehoo or
other. w.Yks. He dodges on, Thoresby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.*
3. To be busy about small jobs.
n.Yks. He just dodges about t'steeables (I.W.). w.Yks.* Awlus
dodging at it. Dodging abart all t'day through. Dodged till am
tired. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. To jog ; to incite.
Lnk. Which compound imposition will . . . dodge the whole
business-public to trust them any amount, Roy Generals/tip (ed.
1895) 61. ne.Lan.'
DODGE, see Dadge, v.
DODGE-HOLE, sb. Yks. [dodg-oil.] A game at
marbles. See Chuck, sb." 3.
w.Yks. (B.K.) ; Very common here [Dewsbury] (S.J.C.) ; Not
known now here [Skipton] ; 'chuck-hole' is the term in use
(W.C.S.).
DODGEL, V. Sc. (Jam.) 1. To walk infirmly, to
hobble. Ags., Lth. 2. To jog on, trudge along. Lnk.
DODGEL, sb. Sc. Also written dodgil BnflF.'
[dodzl, do'dgil.] 1. A large piece or lump. Also used
^^. 01 persons. Cf dodge, s6.' 1.
Bnff.' A dodgil o' a stick. A dodgil o' a neep. Per. He's a saft,
easy-going dodgel i^G.W.). Rxb. A dodgel o' bannock (Jam.).
DODGEL-HEM, sb. Lnk. (Jam.) That kind of hem
which is also called a ' splay.'
DODGER, sb.^ Ken. [dodg3(r).] A nightcap.
Ken. An old woman says it was common when she was a
child, and can remember being bidden 'fetch me my dodger,' but
she has not heard it of late years. Another old woman wrote
lately to a friend for the pattern of a ' dodger' (E.R.O.) ; Ken.'
DODGER, sb." Shr. [do'dgafr).] L The field-
madder, Sherardia arvensis. Shr.' 2. The creeping
plume-thistle. Cardials arvensis. (B. & H.)
DODGER, sb.^ Chs.' [dod23(r).] An instrument
used in salt-making, see below ; also called Dodging-
hammer.
A long-headed hammer with a long handle, used for knocking
off the scale or incrustations of lime or dirt on the pan bottoms
when the pan is at work.
DODGIE, adj. Fif (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Irritable, thin-skinned.
DODGILL REEPAN, plir. Sc. [Not known to our
correspondents.] A herb supposed to have great
potency in love affairs.
Sc. It's Meg he thinks to gie a drink o' the Dodgill Reepan to,
is't ' Walford Dick Nelherby (1881) vii.
DODGING, vbl. sb. Chs.' [do'dgin.] L A salt-
making term: the action of knocking 'scale' oflf the
plates over the fire. 2. Comp. Dodging-hammer, see
Dodger, sb.^
DODGING, ppl. adj. Nhp. Moving irregularly up and
down. See Dodge, v.
Nhp.' Just urging expectation's hopes, to stay To view the dodg-
ing cork, then slink away, Clare Village Minst. II. 102.
DODI-, DODLE, see Doddy, adj.", Doddle, r.'
DODUN, sb. Nrf. [dodlin.] The ringed plover,
Aegialitis hiaticula.
Nrf Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 48.
DODMAN, sb. .' n.Cy. Nhp. e.An. s.Cy. Also in forms
dod Nhp.'; dodden Nrf [dodman.] A snail. See
Hodmandod.
n.Cy. (P.R.) Nhp.' Not frequent. e.An.' Nrf. (G.E.D.) ; Dod-
man, dodman, put out your horns (W.R.E. ) ; I say, bor, do you
see that there mavis a-nappin' that there dodman on a stone?
EllisPj-ohmmc. (1889) V. 276; Ray (i6gii ; Nrf e. Nrf. Marshall
Ritr. Econ. (1787). Suf. (G.E.D.) ; Also a common name for the
slowest horse. ' Woore Dodman,' e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ; Suf.'
e.Suf. (F.H.) s.Cy. Coles (1677) ; Grose (1790). [I'm a reg'Iar
Dodman, I am, Dickens D. Copperfield (1849) vii.]
[A sely dodman, Bale K. Jolian (c. 1550) 7 (Hall.).]
DODMENT
[107]
DOG
DODMENT, sh. War. Won GIo. Also in form dotment
s.Wor.' [dod-, dot-ment.] 1. Grease from the axle
of a wheel ; grease from the gudgeons or axle of a church
bell, supposed to be a cure for the shingles.
War.3 Keep away from that wheel or you will get the dodment
on your clothes. Put some dodment on that wheel and stop its
squeaking. w.Wor.i, se.Wor.i s.Wor. I be come to ask you to
let me have some dotment from the church bells (H.K.). s.Wor.'
Glo.' Called in the ' Low Country ' bad or band.
Hence Dodmented up, p/ir. choked up with dod-
ment. s.Wor. (H.K.)
2. A ^rii. term for any quack medicine.
War.^ What is that man scUing?— Oh! some dodment or another.
DODRAM, sb. Obs. Irel. Some substitute for
tobacco formerly smoked by poor persons.
Ant. Ballvmfiia Obs. (1892).
DODREDWHEAT, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Also
written dodder'd-, doddred- n.Cy. ; dodde read — Yks.
Red wheat, without beards.
n-Cy. Grose (1790) ; Ji.) ; N.Cy.* e.Yks. Beverley bakers will
seldom buy any dodde read wheate for white bread, Best Riir.
Ecoii. (1641^ 99.
DODRUM, sb. So. A whim, fancy.
Per. Very uncommon (G.W,\ Ayr. Becnie, my leddy, ne'er
fash your head wi' your father's dodrums, Galt Eiifail {1823) Ixxii.
DOE, sb.'^ Suf. Hmp. [do.] The female of the stag-
beetle.
Suf. Science Gossip (i88a) 215. Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) ;
Hmp.i
DOE, si.* Fif. (Jam.) The wooden ball used in the
game of shinty.
DOlE, DOED. DOEKIN, see Dow, v.^, Dokin.
DOER, sb. Sc. e.An. A steward, factor, agent ; an
attorney employed by a proprietor to manage his legal
business.
Sc. I'm doerfor Appin and for James of the Glens ; and of course
it's my duty to defend my kinsman for his life, Stevenson Calriona
(1892) ix ; His brother lord Haltoun came in to be his great doer in
Council, WoDROW Ch. Hist. (1721) II. 191, ed. 1828. Ayr. Your
niece will have doers, and the doers will be constrained by law to
do their duty as executioners [i.e. executors], Galt Lairds (1826)
ix. Kcb. Those that were doers in the business have good hopes
that it will yet go forward and prosper, Rutherford Lett. (1660)
No. 58. Gall. Being, as he often said, proud to act as ' doer ' for so
fair an agent, Crockett Sunboniut (1895) v. e.An.' Nrf., Suf.
(E. G.P.I
DOESOME, DOFART, see Dow, v.\ Dowfart.
DOFE, see Dowf(f.
DOFF, V. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also in
forms daff Sc. Wxf.' ; dowfif Sc. [dof.] 1. Of clothes:
to take off, strip ; to undress. Also used _/?§•.
Sc. Ane wha on Sundays doffed his sax-day face, Allan Lilts
(■1874) 74. w.Sc. Andrew doffed his Campsie grey broad brim,
Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 85. Fif. He had doffed the
weaver's apron and adopted a gentlemanly calling, Robertson
Provost (1894) 80. Ayr. We, in a twinklin', daffd oor claes,
White Jottings (1879'! 241. Lnk. At their ain door-cheek I'll
dowff my worsted bonnet, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 22. Gall.
Doffing lightly his feathered hat, Crockett Moss Hags (.1895) vi.
Wxf.', N.Cy.'*, Nhb.l Lakel. Doff thi wet clias off, Penritli Obs.
(Dec. 28, 18971. Dur.' Cum. He's joos doffin hissen (J.Ar.) ;
Her stocking doffed and flang't quite soft, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 14. Wm. Meead im git o his hallida things dofft off. Spec.
Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 28. n.Yks. Hah hae doffed mah cooat, Robin-
son IVhitby Sng. Sol. (i860) v. 3; n.Yks.' Doff t'bairn's wet
cooats, wilt 'ee ; n.Yks.* Doff that flaup [no more of your flattery] ;
n.Yks.3 ne.Yks.i Doff them au'd cleeas. e.Yks.', ra.Yks.'
w.Yks.' Turncooats, wheea can change an doff off your religion,
as easily as ye doff off your cooats, ii. 321 ; w.Yks.^* ; w.Yks.^
Doffen his coit off ; he means wark ah see. Lan. Come thi ways
in, an' doff tho, Waugh Srteck-Bant (1868) i ; Lan.' He hed doft
his clogs an stockin's, an was paddlin amang watter an soft sand.
Barber Fo)-«fssf/it. (1870) 39. n.Lan.' ne. Lan. Naa then, doff that
coite, Mather Idylls (1895) 209. Chs. It would make a dog doff
his doublet, Ray Prov. ( 1678) 239 ; Chs.'*^ Der. Monthly Mag.
(1815, II. 297 ; Der.' ; Der.* Doff thy hat, mon, afore thy betters.
s.Not.(J.P.K.\Nhp.i Shr.Doffoff, doff off, thy silken gown, Burne
Flk-Lore (1883) xxxiv ; Shr.' If yo' mainen work, doff that jacket.
Hrf. DUNCU.MB Hist. Hif. ',1804). Glo. J.S.F.S.) ; Doff your hat
to the lady (A.B.) ; Glo.'*, Hmp.' Wit. Slow Gl. (1892). n.Wil.
I've a doffed my cwoiit ; how shuU I don un ! Kite Sng. Sol.
(i860) v. 3. Som. (W.F.R.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. tv.Eng. (1825^
w.Som.' Dev. D'olf thee 'at when thee zees a leddy ! Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892).
Hence (i) Doffed (or Doft), ppl. adj. stripped, naked;
(2) Doffing, vbl. sb. {a) the action of undressing; (b)Jig.
humiliation, ' come down.'
(i) Wxf.', n.Yks.' w.Yks.^ The lads ran across the field doffed.
(2, a) w.Yks.5 Lan. They leet him go on wi' his doffin, Waugh
Heather, II. 160. (4) n.Yks.* What a doffing there'll be.
2. Phr. Doff and don, having two suits of clothes, one
oflandoneon. n.Lin.*
3. To throw off, get rid of.
w.Yks.i An he hedn't yark'd baath spurs into t'flank shoe'd a
doft him efter aw, ii. 303. Lan. You should see Lung Yeb doff
a pot'll o' drink off, Brierley Weaver, 18.
4. To remove a spool or bobbin when full of yarn from
the spindle. N.I.' w.Yks. (S.P.U.) ; (F.R.)
Hence (i) Doffer, sb. (a) a boy or girl employed in a
factory to remove the full bobbins from the throstle-frame
and replace them by empty ones ; (b) the last cylinder
of a carding-engine ; (2) Doffing, vbl. sb. the action of
removing the full bobbins, and replacing them by empty
ones ; (3) Doffing-seat, sb. a seat for the ' doifers ' when
not at work.
(i, a) N.I.' The doffers are the youngest girls employed in flax
spinning-mills. Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post {1883). w.Yks. (F.R.) ;
Cudworth Worstedopolis (1888) 50. Lan. Does old Nowell want
me to begin as a doffer ! Fothergill Penl, i ; Set three cotton
maisthers to judge a doffer, Clegg Sketches (1895) 468. {Gl. Lab.
(1894).] (6) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) ; (J.M.) w.Som.' That which has
to ' do off' or deliver the wool or cotton from the machine.
(2) w.Yks. (J.M.) ; Thro' peggin to doffin, Clayton's Ami. (1878)
52. [I am certain that the clerks of the Education Department are
not competent to advise as to the value to a child of ten of ' doffing,'
Standard (Mar. 3, 1891) 3, col. 2.] (3) w.Yks. (F.R.)
5. To extinguish.
Dev. Do'ffthe kannel an go tu beyd, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892).
[1. To doffe, exuere, Cath. Angl. (1483).]
DOFF, see Dough.
DOFFED OUT, phr. Sur. [do'ft cut.] Dressed.
Sur. I thinks you 'as, or 'ee would'na be doffed out so fine,
BiCKLEY Sur. Hills (i8go) I. xii.
DOFFY, see Doughy.
DOG, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in forms dawg Hmp.'; doag Nhb.'; doog Lei.'; doug
Sc. ; dug Wxf.' Lan. Chs.'*^ [dog, dog.] 1. In comb.
(i) Dog's-blush, a sore on the foot ; (2) -cat, a he-cat ; (3)
•chalk, a soft, bluish, slaty substance found in the beds of
streams; (4) -checks, small triangular-shaped pieces of
earthenware used as substitutes for 'checks' (q.v.) by
children ; (5) -crab, (6) -craner, (7) -crowler, a small
kind of shore-crab used by fishermen for bait ; (8) -day
ducklings, ducks hatched between June 24 and July 6 ; (9)
-dike, a boundary without a fence, where dogs are used
to keep out trespassers; (10) -dirder, a caretaker of dogs;
(11) -dirt, (12) -drave, ruin, bankruptcy, 'to the dogs';
(13) -draves, sea-fish, prob. codfish; (14) -drive, (15)
-driving, (16) -drug, in phr. at the drug, sec -drave; (17)
-ducks, see -day ducklings ; (18) -fall, an undecided fall
in wrestling ; (19) -foolie, a sea-bird ; (20) -'shair hats, see
below ; (21) -hairs, coarse wool ; (22) -hanging, a social
gathering or festival ; (23) -s'-helper, a person of mean
appearance ; (24) -hole, an opening left in the foundation-
wall of a house, &c., to give the dogs ready access ; (25)
-horse, a worn-out old horse, fit only for dog's-meat ;
(26) -Latin, any slangy or peculiar forms of speech ; (27)
•'s-leave, without permission ; (28) -ling, a young ling or
cod ; (29) -lip, a projected lower lip, indicating a pout ;
(30) -loup or -lowp, a narrow slip of ground between two
houses to allow for eaves-droppings ; (31 ) -'s-lug, a dog's-ear
or turned-down mark in a book ; (32) -lugged, dog-eared;
(33) -'s-meat, carrion ; (34) -men, obs., church beadles or
officers appointed to turn dogs out of church ; (35)
-nauper or -noper ( knoper), [a] see -men ; (b) a short staff
with a thong attached, used for self-defence ; (36) -noil,
p 2
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see below ; (37) -'s-nose, a mixture of hot ale and gin ;
(38) -pencil, a soft slate pencil ; see Cam, sb.' ; (39) -pig,
a castrated male pig ; (40) -rapper, see -men ; (41) -rogue,
a mischievous child ; (42) -roof, a ' cement-stone,' com-
posed of lime, silica, and alumina in van proportions ; also
called Curly-stone (q.v.) ; (43) -shelf, {a) part of the sole, in
the furrow, left in ploughing, between two lands; {b)fig. the
floor; (44) -skelpers, see -men ; (45) -sleep, a light sleep, like
that of a dog ; (46) -sleeping, pretending to be asleep ; (47)
-soap, soap-stone, soft black shale found in coal-measures ;
(48) -stick, the game of trap-ball ; (49) -'s stones, gilt
buttons ; (50) -sturds, candied sweetmeats ; (51) -tail, the
long-tailed titmouse, Parus caudatus ; (52) -teeth, the eye-
teeth ; the large teeth of a horse ; (53) -trail, a dog or
hound race ; (54) -'s trick, a mean trick ; (55) -trot, a
'jog trot,' steady pace ; (56) -"s wages, food only given as
wages for service ; (57) -whipper, see -men ; (58) -whip-
ping-day, St. Luke's Day, Oct. 18 ; (59) -wilk, a sea
mollusc, Purpurea lapillus ; (60) -wright, one who repairs
old furniture.
(i) S.Don. Supposed to be caused by contact of the naked foot
with the excrement of a dog, Simmons Gl. (1890). {2) n.Yks.
Meriton Praise Ale (1684) Gl. (s. v. Carle-cat). (3) w.Yks.2 (4)
w.Yks. (F.K.) ; w.Yks.5 Small triangular-shaped pieces of earthen-
ware, with feet, upon the apex of several of which, vessels are placed
tobakeby the potter. (5) Nlib.', n.Yks.^ (,6, 7) n.Yks.^ (8) Som.
Piilman's Wkly. A'fa« ( July 23, 1889) 6, col. 2. (9) Cum.' (lo) Abd.
Fitter to be a dog-dirder . . . nor to gae to the college, Alexander
Johnny Gihb ^1871) xiv. (11) Ayr. Blaw them a" to dog-dirt at
the dead hour o' nicht. Hunter Studies (1870) 190. (12) Sc.
He's gane to the dog drave, Ramsay Prov. (1776) 32 (Jam.).
Ayr. He so ravelled the waft o' things . . . that he cam near upon
makin' a dog-drave o' the estate, Service Notandums (1890) 13.
(13) Nhb.i Obs, Dur. Item eidem in prccio . . . dogdrafe xviii',
Raine Charters (1837: 77. (14) So. (Jam.) (15) Sc. It is very
hard that I cannot enjoy myself a few months in town . . . but
every thing must go to the dog-driving at Dunlara, Saxon and
Gaf/(i8i4l I. 152 Jam.), (16) Abd. (Jam.) (17) Som. A resident
of Middle Chinnock has a brood of five ducks that were hatched
between the two Midsummers, and not one of them is able to
walk. In fact, the whole brood areas often as not on their backs
instead of in their normal position, and the belief is current here
that all ducks hatched within the period named are similarly
incapacitated from walking, and are commonly called 'dog
ducks,' because they come to life about the time of the dog days.
The birds invariably die very young, unless kept continually in
water, where they are able to balance themselves properly,
Pulman's IVkly. News (July 23, 18891 6, col. 2. (18) Cum.
(J .P.); Cum.' [Amer. Z>/n/. Noles 1,1896) I. 387.] (19I Bnff.'
(20I Sus. One particular kind of hat, called dog's hair hats,
had this further peculiarity, that if a man wished to reach some-
thing, say from a shelf, and found himself hardly tall enough, he
had nothing to do but to put down his hat upon the ground and
stand upon it; it would bear him without a sign of yielding.
A man who used to wear one of these imperishable helmets told
me that till it had got well sweated to the shape of the head
wearing it was ' all one as if you had your head in the stocks,'
Egerton Flks. and IVays (1884) 131. (21) w.Yks. Leeds Merc.
Suppl. (Nov. 5, 1892). (22I Lin. Used, contemptuously, for any
occasion for a gathering. ' There's some folks will go to any kind
of a dog-hanging' (R.E.C.). e.Lin. Mv mate and me got tight
'tother daay at the dog-hanging (J.C.W'). Siir.', Ess. (W.W.S.)
(23) Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.) (24) ne.Sc. In one corner at the founda-
tion was a hole. It was the doghole — an opening to allow the
dog lo come and goat pleasure, GREGORf7*-io)£'(i88i) 52. (25)
•w.Som.' You widn own jish passle o' old dog-'osses — some o'm
can't hardly scrawly out o' the way. [Cant. He invested in
a couple of dog-horscs at knackers' prices, Carew Autob. Gipsy
(1891) iv.] (26) s.C'hs.' A man who knew I was collecting
materials for this Glossary once told me he could give some
information ' belungin' to this dog-Latin,' meaning the dialect.
(37) Shr.' (28) Bnff.i Doggie-ling. (29) Ntib.' Dinna hang
a dog lip that way. (30) N.Cy.> Nhb.' Only wide enough for
a d'og to pass. ne.Yks.', e.Yks.' (31) Sc. (Jam.) (32) Elg. He
. . . thumb'd, and thumb'd, the dog-lug'd leaves, Coufer Poetry
(1804) II. 71. (33) I.W.' (341 Shr.' Countrymen coming into
church were often followed by their dogs, which were driven out
by the beadles, who thus acquired the name of dogmcn. This
office ceased to exist about 1830. (35, a) Lakel. Penrith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). e.Yks.l w.Yks. Thearse t'chap wot thay call
t'dog-nauper, . . . maks a praktis, az sooin az t'parson hez gotten
agate a preichin, a goin an hevin a bit ov a nap, ToM Treddle-
HOYLE Bairnsia Ann. (1857) 49 ; Th' dog nawper seized him bi
th' collar. Hartley C/of-6 ^/w. (1878) 9 ; w.Yks.^ss (A) e.Yks.
Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 76. w.Yks.^ (36) w.Yks. A knot used
by weavers, principally to join the worsted threads which formed
the ' healds.' It is quite a common knot, formed by making a
simple knot on the two threads to be joined, treating them as if
one only (W.T.). (37; Cum.' Yks. Brought up his own mug of
beer, into which a noggin of gin had been put (called in Yorkshire
'dogs-nose),' Gaskell Sylvia (1863I 388, ed. 1874. Chs. The
spiced ale, the 'dogs-nose,' and the wassail cup, Croston Enoch
Crump (1887) 4. n.Lin.', e.Suf. (F.H.) Lon. The coal porters
are very partial to ' dog's nose'— that is, half a pint of ale with
a pennyworth of gin in it, Mayhew Land. Labour lei. 1861) III.
255. CoUoq. Dogs nose, which your committee find ... to be
composed of warm porter, moist sugar, gin, and nutmeg, Dickens
Pickwick (1837) xxxi. Slang. What a V. E. M. takes as a sub-
stitute for dogsnose, SaA Revie-w (1888) LXV. 93, col. 2. (38) Der.
Schoolboys call it dog-pencil, A^. if Q. (18721 4th S. ix. 45. (39)
Cum.' (40) Ess. The parish beadle, or more frequently the
sexton, who officiates in a similar capacity in village churches,
bearing a long peeled willow wand, is in Essex, and probably in
other parts of the country, vulgarly called the dog-rapper, e.An.
(June 1865) 212 ; Ess.' (41) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) ; w.Yks.s (42)
Slir.' The miners give it this name from its fancied resemblance to
the roof of a dog's mouth. (43, a) n.Lin.' (6) Lan. He didn't stop
lung, heawever, uppo th'dugshelf, Staton B. Shuttle, 42 ; Frcq. heard.
A dog jumping on a chair or couch would be told to ' goo on
th' dug-shelf (S.W.). s.Lan. (F.E.T.) (44) Nlib. Lairds, loons,
lubberdoons, dog-skelpers, Denhani Tracts (ed. 1892^ I. 26. (45)
w.Yks. I wakened out of a dog sleep, Snowden IVeb of Weaver
(1896) ix. War.3 (46) s.Ctis.i Dogsleypin. Der.' (47) w.Yks.^a
(48) Shr. At Newport the game of the season was dog-stick, or
trib and nur, Burne Flk-Lore (1883) xxiii. (49) n.Cy. (Hall.)
(50) Nhb. [lb.) (51) Clis.'3 (52) n.Lin.' Oxf.' MS. add. (53)
Cum.' (54) n.Lin.' [Aus. I was always expecting him to play
us some dog's trick yet, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) I. xi.] (55)
Lnk. I trudged on wi' a' my might, At a dog trot, MuiR Cld. Minsir.
(1816) 17. n.Yks. (I.W.), w.Som.', Dev. (R.P.C.) (56) Sc. (Jam.)
(57) Lakel. In old parish account books there is frequently an
annual payment entered to the dog- whipper or for dog-whipping,
Ellwood (1895). n.Yks.' The office was usually joined with that
of sexton and pew-opener, &c. The short, stout dog-whip was
a regular part of the dog-whipper's equipment ; indeed, a quasi
badge of office. In Danby Church the office has existed down to
the year 1862, and had become almost hereditary in one family.
w.Yks. Nivver wakand till t'dog-wipper cum an fetch't him asizap,
Tom Treddlehovle Bairnsia Ann. (1838) 16 ; w.Yks. 2, Der.*,
nw.Der.' n.Lin.' In a plan of the seats in Alkborough Church,
made in 1781, a pew near the south door is marked ' the dog-
wipper.' In Northorpe Church, until about seventy years ago,
there was a small pew on the south side, just within the chancel
arch, known as the Hall Dog-pew, in which the dogs that followed
the author's grandfather and family to church were imprisoned
during divine service. Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.' (58) w.Yks. ^ Drake
(Eboracum, 219) speaks of the practice of whipping all dogs found
in the streets on this day, as if it was peculiar to York, and
speaks of a tradition there that it originated in a dog having
swallowed a consecrated wafer in the Minster. But I can speak
of the existence of this barbarous practice in the towns of
Sheffield and Rotherham, now, I believe, quite layed aside,
Hunter MS. (59) N.I.' (60) e.Lan.'
2. Comb, in plant-names: (i) Dog-banner, the wild
camomile, prob. Aiit/teinis Coiula ; (2) -barker, the snap-
dragon, Aii/irr/iinuin uiajus ; (3) -berry, [a) the fruit of the
dog-rose, Rosa caniita ; (b) the fruit of the mountain ash,
Pyrus Aucuparia; (c) the guelder rose, Vibiinuint Opulus;
(d) the deadly nightshade, Atropa Belladona ; (4) -berry-
tree, the cotton-tree, Vibiirmmi Laiilana ; (5) -binder, the
camomile, Anthemis Cotula ; (6) -bobbins, the wild arum,
Arum maciilaliim ; also called Bobbin-Joan (q.v.) ; (7)
•breer, the dog-rose, Rosa canina ; (8) -'s camovyne, the
feverfew, Matricaria iiwdora ; (9) -choops or -chowps, see
-berry (n) ; (10) -clover, the spotted medick, Medicago
maculata; (n) -cocks, (12) -'s-dibble, see -bobbins; (13)
-'sears, the fellon-herb, Ar/entisia jni/garis ; (14) -eller,
(a) see -berry (c) ; (b) the gout-weed, Acgopodiiiin Podag-
raria; (15) -fennel, see -binder; (16) -fingers, the fox-
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glove, Digitalis purpurea ; (17) -finkle, (a) see -binder ;
(b) the corn camomile, Anthentis arvetisis ; (18) -flower,
the ox-eye daisy, Oiiy^""'^"'"""" Lnicaiithenunn \ (19)
•foot, the rough cock's-foot grass, Dactylis glomcrata ;
(20) -gowan, see -'s camovyne ; (21) -'s-grass, (n) the
common grass, Cyiiosurus crislalns ; (/)) the couch-grass,
Triticum ripens ; (22) -hippins, (23) -hips, (24) -job, (25)
-jugs, (26) -jumps, see -berry [a] ; (27) -'s-lugs, see
-fingers; (28) -mint, the cat-mint or -nip, A'r/if/'n Catariaand
Caliviiinlha officinalis; (29) •('s-)mouth, (a) see -barker;
(b) the yellow toad-flax, Linaria vulgaris ; (30) -nashicks,
a species of gall-nut, produced by an insect depositing its
ova on the leaves of the trailing willow, Salix rcpeus ;
(31) -nettle, the common red dead-nettle, Lainium pur-
pureuiii ; (32) -oak, the common maple, Acer campesire ;
(33) -'s-paise, the lady's fingers, Anthyllis vubieraria ; (34)
-parsley, the cow-parsley, Anthriscus sylvcstris; (35) -posy,
the flower of tlie dandelion, Lcoiitodon Taraxacum ; (36)
-rowans, the berries of the red elder, Sambucus pubcns ;
(37) -rowan-tree, the red elder, Sambucus pubens ; (38)
•'s-siller, the seed-vessels of the cock's-comb, Rliinaiithus
Crista-galti ; (39) -snout, see -barker ; (40) -spear, see
-bobbins; (41) -stalk, {42) -standard, (43) -stander(s,
the ragwort, Seitecio Jacobaea ; (44) -stemmer's berries,
see -berry (a) ; (45) -stinkers, see -binder ; (46) -tail
grass, see -'s-grass {a) ; (47) -tansy, the silver- weed,
Potciitiila anserina ; (48) -'s tassel or tausle, see -bobbins ;
(49) -timber, (a) the dogwood, Coriius sanguiitea ; (b) see
-berry-tree; (50) -tinkel (.'misprint for 'finkle'), see
-finkle (b) ; (51) -'s-toe, the Herb Robert, Geranium Roberti-
anum ; (52) -tooth berry, the spindle-tree, Euonymtts
europaeus; (53) -tree, («) the common elder, Sambucus
nigra ; (b) the alder, Alnus glutiuosa ; (c) see -timber (a) ;
(d) sec -berry (c) ; (c) see -tooth berry ; {54) -wood, {a) the
black alder, Rhamnus Frangula ; (b) see -timber {a); (c) see
•berry (c) ; (d) the woody nightshade, Solanum Dulcamara.
(i) m.Yks.' (2) Oxf." MS. add. (3, a) n.Yks. Hmp. (J.R.W.) ;
Hmp.l (4) Lakel. Pf)»(V/i OA5. (Dec. 28, 1897"). Cum. (M.P.) (c)
Cum,, Chs. {di Dar. At Derwenthaiigh, Newc. JVkly. C/iioh. Sii/i/i/.
(4) Lin. (I. W.) (5I n.Yks. (6) Nhp.» (.7) n.Yks. (8j n.Sc. ( Jam.')
(9) n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.i, e.Yks.i (lo) Som. (W.F.R.) (11) WiH
(12^ n.Dev. Dog's Dibble, Thick in the middle, Banislaple Rhyme.
(13) s.Pem. (W.M.M.) (14, a) Lan., C\i%. Science Gossip {i&6g) 2,0.
Chs '^ (i) Chs.' About Frodsham Acgopodiiint Podagran'a is also
called dogeller. (15) Midi. Marshall /?»;■. Ecoh. (1796) II. War.
(Hall.) (16) Wal., Som. (17, a) n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.2
e.Yks. Marshall /f«f. Econ. (1788). (6) w.Yks. Lees Flora (1888)
287. (18) Cum.> (19) Der. (20) n.Sc. (Jam.) (21, a) w.Yks.=,
e.An.^ Sus., Hmp. So called because dogs eat the tops of it to act as
avomit,HoLLOWAY. Hmp.l (ijCum. (22I Abd.fjAM.) (23)30. (I'A.) ;
Atkinson Gl. (1868). Nhb.* Dog-hips and cat-haws are commonly
associated by children. (24) e.Yks.' (25) n.Yks. (26) n.Yks.'^
(27) Fif. So denominated from the resemblance of the leaves to
the ears of a dog (Jam.). (28) s.Pem. (W.M.M.) (29, a) w.Yks.
(W.M.E.F.) Lin. Ellis P>-o««HC. (1889) V. 311. n.Lin.''Can
you tell me anything else that God made ? ' Boy, aged s/.v : ' Yes
sir, Marygohds, Dogmooths, an' Lad-luv-lass.* Oxf. Dev. Science
Gos«/ (1873) 235. (6)WU.i (30) n.Sc. (Jam.) (31) Chs.' (32)
e.Yks. Nicholson F/i-£oi< (18901 123. w.Yks. (F.K.) Not. The
29th of May isobserved by the Notts juveniles not only by wearing
the usual piece of oak-twig, but each young loyalist is armed with
a nettle, . . . with which instrument of torture are coerced those
unfortunates who are unprovided with ' royal oak.' . . . Some who
are unable to procure it endeavour to avoid the penalty by wearing
'dog-oak ' (maplel, N. & Q. (1853) ist S. viii. 490. (33) Bnff.'
(34) Hrt. Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) IV. iv. (35) w.Yks. Leeds Merc.
Suppl. (Nov. 5, 1892). e.Lan.' (36, 37) Lnk. (Jam.) (38; Sc.
('^■) (39) Nrf. (40) Som. Very common. w.Sora.' They'v a-got
differ'nt names like, but we most times calls 'em dog-spears. (41)
w.Yks.3 (42) m.Yks.i w.Yks. You see them yeller flowers ; them's
wot we used to call dog's standards (F.P.T.) ; w.Yks.'^ (43) n.Cy.
w.Yks. Lees Flora (1888) 292. Wor. (44) Som. The hedges 'ud
be rhipe vvi' black jewberries an' 'urd wi' the dogstemmer's berries,
Leith Lemon Verbena (18951 85. (45) w.Yks.^ (461 Stf. The
grasses one of the common sort, but the foxtail, the dogstail, . . .
predominate, Marshall Review (1814) IV. 45. Hrt. White clover
abounded with the dog-tail grass and rye-grass, ib. (1818) II. 347,
Cmb. Reports Agric. (i'793-i8i3) 100. Suf. Sus. Marshall
Review (1817) V. 489. (47) Sc. (Jam.) (48) Som. Very common.
w.Som.' (49, «) Dor. (C.V.G.) w.Som.' Butchers all say, ' Dog-
timber stinks vvo'sen a dog — tidn fit vor skivers : t'U spwoil the
mate.' Dev. (A) Dev." (50) n.Cy. Holloway. (51) Don. (52)
SUr. (53, n) w.Yks. TiiORESBV Z,f«. (1703). (6) n.Cy., w.Yks.",
ne.Lan.i (c) Oxf. SoWirc Gossi/i (1882) 165 ; (G.E.D.) (rf) w.Yks.2
(e) War. (54, a) Hmp. The 'dogivood' used in the manufacture
of gunpowder comes from this shrub; Hmp.' (i) War.^ Wil.
Under pretence of cutting skewer-wood, often called dog-wood,
which they split and sharpen for butchers, Jefferies Gamekeepet
(1887) 173. ic) Lan. At Ormskirk so called by watchmakers, who
use small twigs in cleaning watches. (</) Lan.
3. Used attrib. in comb, with adj. (i) Dog-cheap, exces-
sivelycheap, 'dirt-cheap'; (2) -lame, used of horses so lame
as to be almost obliged to go on three legs like a dog ; (3)
-poor, extremely poor ; (4) -thick, very intimate, friendly;
(5) -tired, quite done up or exhausted.
(i) Edb. It was dog cheap to him, MoiR Maitsie JVaiich (1828)
viii. s.Sc. Things were going dog-cheap, Wilson Tales (1836)
IV. 47. Cum.', w.Yks.23 Lan.i Buy it, Mally, it's dog-cheap.
n.Lin.' He boht Greenhoe dog cheap, not moore then tho'teen
poond anaacre. Nhp.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) [Amer. Oli, how dog-cheap
we'd ha' gut Reecognition, Lowell Big/ow Papers (1866) 309.]
(2) w.Som.' Hot ailth the marc ! why, her's proper dog-lame ! (3)
n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' The horse was that dog-poor it could not get up.
(4) Sc. If thou on earth wouldst live respecket, . . . Get dog-thick
wi' the parish priest, Tannahill Poems (1807) 141 (Jam.). (5)
e.Yks.' Ah sail sleep weel ti neet, for Ah's dog-tired. n.Lin.',
Brks.', Sus.i w.Som.' Aay wuz rig'lur duug-tuyurd [I was com-
pletely tired out]. Colloq. Tom is carried away by old Benjy,
dog-tired and surfeited with pleasure, Hughes T. Brown (1856) ii.
4. Phr. (1) Dog afore his master, the swell of the sea
before a storm ; (2) — a/iin his master, the swell of the
sea after a storm ; (3) — in a blanket, a jam ' roly-poly '
pudding ; (4) one dog, one bull, fair play ; (5) it's a sorry
dog that is not worth a whistle, see below ; (6) as ihic/; as
dogs' heads, very intimate, friendly ; (7) not worth a dog-
louse, of no value ; (8) as easy to get butter out of a dog's
mouth as money out of a lawyer, prov. ; (9) to talk a dog's
leg off, to be very talkative or garrulous ; (10) dog, how
beest? (11) sit down, dog, see below ; {12) used as a form of
comparison ; see below.
(I) Cai.', Bnff.i ne.Sc. Gregor Ftt-Z.ore (1881) 155. (2)16. (3)
Der.2, Wil.' CoIIoq. (A.S.-P.); (F.R.C.) (4) Shr. The last bull-
baiting . . . took place in 1833. . . . Only one dog was allowed to be
'loosed' on the bull at a time; hence arose a proverbial saying, 'One
dog, one bull,' i.e. fair play ; now applied in the collieries to any kind
of fight or fray, Burne Flk-Lore (1883) 447. (5) Not.l Lei.i ' It's
a surry doog as een't woo'th a whistle,' used by an old man, who,
though infirm, would have helped a neighbour in getting in his corn
if he had been applied to. (6) Sc. It is often understood as con-
veying an insinuation that the intimacy will not be of long continu-
ance and that it may be succeeded by a violent quarrel, like that
of dogs when they fall by the ears (Jam.). (7) w.Yks.' (8) w.Som.'
Miid zu wuul git buad-r aewt uv u daug'Z maewf-s muun'ee aewt
uv u tuur-nee. (9) w.Yks.2 (10) Wil.' A person complaining of
loneliness, or the want of sociability or kindness amongst the
neighbours, will say, ' There isn't one as'U so much as look in and
say, " Dog, how beestl"' (11) Oxf.' A person complaining of
want of sociality or kindness will say, ' Er didn't say as much as
" set down, dog," ' MS. add. (12) n.Lin.' As stalled as a dog. As
mucky as a dog. As howerly as a dog. As pleased as a dog with
two tails. As mad as a dog. Shr. As busy as a dog in dough,
Burne Flk-Lore (1883) 594. w.Som.' As lame as a dog.
5. In exclamations or mild oaths, (i) Dog a bit, (2) Dog
on it, (3) Dogs on it.
(i) Wgt. When Johnny Muir was crossing the threshold of any
house in which he had to perform anything disagreeable to the
occupants and himself, he was heard saying, ' Dog-a-bit ! it's no
my fau't ; dinna blame me,' Fraser Wigtown (1877J 84. (2) Cai.'
Dmb. Dog on't ! I dinna mean in the veterinary line, man, Cross
£>isrK/i^iOH(i844)xi. Ayr. Dog-on't,but thisisdreadfu',GALTSi>v4.
IVylie (18221 Ixvi. Edb. It was an awful business ; dog on it, I ay
wonder yet how I got through with it, MoiR Maiisie IVaucli (1828)
vi. (3I Abd. Dogs on't, that this glaring day has spoilt a' the sport,
Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 59, ed. 1889.
6. A dog used for hunting, a hound.
Chs. A day wi' the Cheshire Fox Dugs, N. ET Q. (1890) 7th S.
ix. 170.
DOG
[no]
DOG-DAISY
7. pi. The dog-fish. Nhb.'
8. A name given to van atmospheric appearances ; see
below.
Sc. A name given to a meteor, immediately above the horizon ;
viewed as a certain prognostic of the approach of bad weather.
If this be seen before sunrise it is beUeved that it will bark before
night; if after sunset, that it will bark before morning: if while
the sun is up, the prognostic is less attended to. . . . The term,
though sometimes used as synon. with ' Weather-gaw," properly
denotes a luminous appearance of a different kind. For while the
'weather-gaw' seems a detached section of a rainbow, the ' dog'
has no variety of colours, but is of a dusky white (Jam.). Bnff.'
A mock sun, more freq. called sin-dog. N.I.' The end of a rain-
bow. It generally precedes or accompanies a squall at sea. Same
as Weather gall. w.Vks. It'll mebbe be fine i' t'efternoon if
t'thunner keeps off, but there's too many little dogs about (F. P.T. i.
n.Lan.' Wlien a portion only of a rainbow can be seen it is called
a dog. The following is a proverbial saying in Furness — 'A rain-
bow in the morning Is the shepherd's warning ; A dog in the night
Is the sailor's delight.' ne.Lan.i
9. A name applied to van instruments used to hold any-
thing in its place ; see below.
Nhb.i A chock or block ; anything used to hold back. Dogs,
pieces of wood at the bottom of an air door. The part of the chain
which is fastened to the rope. The nails with a hooked head used
for holding down tram rails. n.Yks. A metal pin, about three
inches long, with the thicker end bent at right angles, for fastening
the rails for the ' tubs ' in the Whinstone quarries (C. V.C). w.Yks.
Woollen-trade term. Flat strips of sheet-iron, bent in the form of
an L, one limb of which was wound with the first wraps of the
warp, when beamed, and the other limb kept up the warp at the
edge, so as to give equal tension when unwound. When the end
of a web was near, the dogs fell out, so that it was a common
proof of an early 'fell' or finish when ' t'dogs began to bark' (W.T. ).
m.Lan.l Dng fa technical term used by winders and loomersatthe
mill). Chs.' Irons fi.\ed to the inner sides of a pan, to place the
tubs or barrows on when the salt is being drained. Stf. A man
is strong enough to make 4,752 'dogs or brods' a week, Sat.
Review (1888) LXVI. 677, col. 2. Lin. Staples called 'dogs' by
which the bar on which the ' reekinghook ' hangs is secured to the
chimney wall (J.C.W.). n.Lin.i An iron tie in a building. Slir.i
The link at the end of the chain fastening it round the cow's neck.
Hence (i) Dog-nail, sh. a spike with the head on one
side flattened and hooked, to hold down flat-bottomed
rails ; (2) -rung, sb. one of the spars which connect the
stilts of a plough ; (3) -shores, sb. pi. in ship launching,
the last shores to be knocked away.
(i)Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Ti: CI. (2) Cld. (Jam.) (3)
Nhb.' They hold back the vessel on the ways.
10. pi. Andirons, two pieces of iron placed at the ends
of a fire, made on the hearth, to keep the fuel together.
Also in comp. Dog-irons.
N. Cy.' A dog's head was the usual ornament at the top of the
handle; N.Cy.^, Dur.^, Nhp.', War.^ Brks.' Upright irons on each
side of an open fireplace, with a bar laid across them, whereon
may rest chumps of wood in such way that the airgets freely under-
neath to feed the fire. e.An.^; e.An.^ Prob. they were formerly
made in the form of a dog sitting. Used where wood only is
burned for fuel. Sus.^ Small rests for the logs in the old open
hearths, the top or ornamental part of which very often had the
headof a dogon it. w.Sus.,Hmp. Holloway. Dor. Once common,
Barnes Gl. (1863) ; Dor.^ We'll put um up adirt the dogs And
miake a vier, 223. w.Som.* In large hearth-fire places it was usual
to have two pairs of irons, particularly in kitchens where great
fires were needed for roasting. One of these pairs were dogs, the
other andirons. The former were mere plain bars of iron with
three short legs, used for the actual work of supporting the burning
logs at all times, and therefore kept near the centre of the hearth.
11. The movable part of a grate used for contracting or
enlarging the fire. Also in comp. Dog-iron.
n.Yks. In Cleveland we burn coals, and a dog is a simple re-
movable iron plate to hinder the fire from going under the oven,
or to contract the fireplace (I.W.). Nhp.', War.^
12. An instriftnent used lay sawyers to hold timber
together ; see below. Cf 9.
Sc. (A.W.), Bwk.(jAM.) Nhb.i It is an iron bolt, made up to about
a foot in length, with pointed ends. These ends arc bent at right
angles to the bolt, and are driven into the timber which they are re-
quired to hold together. Chs.' It is a short bar of iron, with the ends
turned up and sharpened, used to hold a piece of timber steady
for sawing. One end of the dog is driven into the timber, the
other into the frame of the sawpit. I have heard the name ex-
plained 'because it holds it fast,' like a dog when it bites anyone.
se.Wor.' Brks.' Dogs also serve to increase the splitting power
of the wedges. e.An.' Carpenters also use dogs to support some
of their heavy work.
Hence (1) Dog-hook, sb. a hook used by sawyers, &c.,
in rolling or moving heavy trees or logs of wood ; (a)
■leg, sb. a carpenter's tool ; see below ; (3) -leg-staircase,
sb. a stair with angular turns in it.
(i) Sc. (A.W.), se.Wor.i (2) n.Lin.' A kind of claw used for
holding a piece of wood firmly on a bench. ' As crookled as a dog-
leg,' is a common form of comparison. It prob. refers to this
instrument, not to the leg of the animal. (3) ib.
13. An instrument made either of wood or iron, used for
toasting bread.
N.Cy.i In the rude form of a dog with iron teeth. Nhb.', Dur.',
w.Yks.'
14. An iron or steel hook-shaped implement, used for
lifting stones, &c. ; an iron rod with hooked end used as
a lever. Also in comb. Dog-and-chain.
Rxb. A lever used by blacksmiths in ' shoeing,' i. e. hooping cart-
wheels, &c. (Jam.) w.Yks. Two are often used, fastened together
by a chain (W.H.V.) ; A piece of iron made as a lever, with a jaw
at one end to fit on the punshons or prop, to be used with a chain to
draw out the timber in worked-out works (D.T.) ; (T.T.) ; Heavy
iron pincers, with chain attached, to pull tight the iron hoops round
bales (R.H.R.). Nrf. An instrument for lifting a carriage in order
to grease the wheels, Nrf. Aich. ( 1879) VIII. 169.
15. A toothed lever or implement used in hop-gardens
to pull up the poles.
Ken. Morton Cydo. Agric. (1863) ; Ken.', e.Hmp. (W.M.E.F.)
Hence Dog-spitter, sb. a tool for uprooting docks and
' boar thistles.' Glo.'
16. An instrument used by thatchers ; see below.
Ken.' Two pieces of wood connected by a piece of string, and
used by thatchers for carrying up the straw to its place on the
roof, when arranged for thatching. Sus.'
17. The trigger or hammer of a gunlock. Gen. in comp.
Dog-head.
Sc. Staving a cocked pistol in his face, keeping his thumb on the
dog, WoDROW Ch. Hist. (1721) IV. 250, ed. 1828 ; Ye stand there
hammering dog-heads for fules that will never snap them at a
Highlandman, ScoTT IVaverley (1814) xiii. Nhb.'
18. A small pitcher. w.Yks. (Hall.)
DOG, V. Sc^Yks. Lan. Chs. Den Lin. Nhp. Also Wil.
Cor. [dog, d9g.] 1. To chase cattle or sheep with
dogs ; to pursue, follow closely, chase.
Bnff. Lassies doggin like a flunkey, Taylor Poems (1787) 140.
Frf. Daily dogg'd, an' dunn'd, an' deaved. Piper of Peebles (1794)
8. n.Yks. For dogging the cattle — sheep, cows, horses, heifers —
of divers inhabitants, Quarter Sess. Rec. (1609') in N. R. Rec. Soc.
(1884) I. 162 ; n.Yks. '^ n.Lin.' If mares an' foals was well dogged
when thaay get into toon streats ther wodn't be soa many bairns
kick'd to dead as ther is. Nhp.' He dogged him up one street and
down another all through the town. Wil.'
Hence Dogged-out, adj. tired out with exertion, ' dog-
tired ' (q.v.). e.Yks.'
2. Fig. To harass, worry, importune.
Dmb. How aft the independent mind By poortith sairis dogged,
Taylor Poems (1827) 10. e.Yks.' He didn't want ti gi mat, bud
Ah dog'd it oot'n him. Lan. Loud as they dog at Lijah they weel
know, Clegg Sketches (1895). Der. I canna be doggin' and callin'
at thee all day (S.O.A.). n.Lin.' I'm omust dogg'd to dead wi'
him, he cums clartin' about ivery day as ther' is.
Hence to dog about, phi: to ill-treat, ' drive from pillar
to post ' ; to order about offensively.
n.Yks. He dogged them about sair (I.W.). n.Lin.'
3. To drag on the ground, as opposed to carrying.
Cor.' And timber had to be dogged many miles ; Cor. 2 ; Cor.^
He'd his Sunday clothes up, so he dogged the timber all the way
home.
4. To turn.
Chs.' Dog it o'er.
DOG-DAISY, ,9/;. (1) The white ox-eye daisy, Chry-
santlmmmi Leiuaiithemiim (Ant. Dwn. Nhb.' Dur. Cum.'
w.Yks, Lan.' Clis.'^" Lin. Lei. w.Won' Bck. Hrt. Wil.'
DOGE
[III]
DOILED
w.Som.' nw.Dev.^ ; (2) the common field-daisy, Bellis
pereiviis (n.Cy. Cfum. n.Yks.*^ e.Yks.' vv.Yks.* Lan.'
n.Lin.') ; (3) the May-weed or stinking camomile, Aii-
themis Coltila (w.Yks.* Shr.' Ken.' Dev.) ; (4) the corn
feverfew, Malricana iiiodora (Don.).
(I) w.Yks. (F.K.) ; CH.L.); Yks.N. 6" Q. (1888) II. 113. nXin.
In some places in the more northern part of the Wapentake of
Manley it signifies the ox-eye, Chrysaiillieiimiii LeiiaiiU/ieiiiniii,
Liu. N. tf Q. (Oct. 1891) 249. w.Mid. tW.P.M.I (2> Lin. This
certainly means the common daisy at WiUoughton, Kirtonin-
Lindsey, Bottesford, and many other places, Lin. N. tr Q. tOct.
1891) 249. [3) Ken.i So called, ' 'Cause it blows in the dog-days,
ma'am.' nw.Dev. (R.P.C.)
DOGE, adj. and sb. Obs. ? n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also
written doage N.Cy.' Lan.' 1. adj. Wettish, damp,
moist. Cf dag, s6.'
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.i Lan. Awdoft . . . meh doge clooas,
Tim Bobbin yiew Dial. (1740) 28; Meh shurt wnr doge, weh
nawt bo fere swat, Paul Bobbin Sequel (1819) 11 ; Lan.' s.Lan.
Bamford Dial. (1854). Chs.' It would be said of mortar, ' It works
nice and doge, noather too weet nor too dreigh.' Or of a piece
of leather for a shoe sole, that has been soaked till it is nice and
soft for working.
Hence Dogeous, adj. wringing wet. Chs.'^
2. sb. Wet weather. w.Yks. (D.L.)
DOGGA, sb. Cor.' 2 [dogs.] The picked dog-fish,
Acanthiiis vulgaris.
DOGGED, '^adj. and adv. Yks. Also e.An. Hmp. I.W.
Wil. Written dorged e.Suf [dogd.] 1. adj. Exces-
sive, in phr. a dogged ivay, an extremely long distance.
Nrf.' Ess. We've gut To goo a dogged way, Clark /. Noakes
(1839) St. 171 ; Ess.'
2. adv. Very, excessively.
w.Yks. We swagger so dogged mich abaht wer improvements,
Yksnian. (1879) VIII. 119. e.Suf. He is a dorged mean fellow
(F.H.). Hmp.' I.W.' He's dogged sulky ; I.W.2 Wil. ' Ah ! yer
dogged 'cute,' rejoined the conceited rustic, Akerman Tales (1853)
64 ; Master Lake, j'ou be dogged cute, but Gearge beant quite
such a vool as a looks, EwiNG Jan IVindmill (1876) v; Britton
Beauties (1825); Wil.' n.Wil. This 'ere hay's dogged bad
(E.H.G.).
DOGGEDLY, «(/?). Obs. Nrf Badly, shamefully done.
Nrf. Grose (1790) ; Nrf.' e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Ecoii. (1787).
[And fiou so doggetly has done in J>i derfe hate, Desf.
Troy (c. 1400) 1398.J
DOGGENEL, sb. Cum. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] An eagle.
Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 301 ; GL C1851).
DOGGER, sb} Sc. Yks. Written doggar Sc. (Jam.)
[do'gar.] 1. A coarse ironstone.
Sc. The most uncommon variety of till ... is incumbent on a
coarse iron-stone, or doggar, \J re Hist. /?KMog-/f« (1793)2861 Jam.).
2. pi. Globular concretions or nodules applied to the
manufacture of Roman cement ; siliceous concretionary
masses in the Forest marble-beds of Yks.
Yks. This formation is remarkable for the quantity of hard
sihceous rock which is bedded with it, and sometimes occurs in
enormous concretions or ' Doggers,' Woodward Geol. Eng. and
IVal. (1876J 193 ; It is not certain whether the Dogger (some-
times termed the Scar of Whitby) has received its name from the
lines of nodules, so characteristic of it, or from the peculiar
appearance which the rock assumes owing to the rounding off of
the huge oblong blocks produced by the arrangement of the
jointing, ib. 178. n.Yks. Among 'doggers' of limestone, put
aside for the makers of cement, Linskill Haven under Hill (1886)
xiv ; n.Yks. '2
DOGGER, sb.^ War. Sus. [do-g3(r).] 1. A mallet
or bat used in a game ; see below.
War. 2 A mallet or bat, comprising a flexible handle fitted to
a heavy cylindrical end, used in a game diflering from knur and
spell, in that a one-ncsed tipcat is used instead of a ball.
2. A support for the shafts of a cart. Sus.'
DOGGERED, pp. Cum.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Beggared.
DOGGERY, sb. Dor. Som. [do-gari.] Trickery,
knavery.
Dor. Such doggery as there was in them ancient days to be
sure, WAKDy Mayor o/Casterbridge{e<i. 1895) loi. w.Som.' Aay-v
u-yuur'd um zai- viz daug'uree-n livuree trae'ud sups drai'veen u
baa-ru giin dh-ee*ul [I have heard (there) is trickery in every
trade, except driving a barrow against the hill].
DOGGERY-BA'W, sb. Lin. [dogari-b?.] Nonsense.
Lin.' Don't argle with him, he talks such doggery-baw.
[Cp. CoTGR. (s. v. Cagitasque) : Parler cagnasque, to
speak doggery.]
DOGGETING ALONG, phr. Zor? [Not known to our
correspondents.] Plodding along in walking.
DOGGIE, sb. War. Amer. [do-gi.] The commonest
kind of boys' marbles, made of unglazed earthenware.
War. (J.R.W.) [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 387.]
DOGGINDALES, sb. pi. Bnff.' Clouds of mist lying
on the hill sides, looked upon as a sign of southerly winds.
DOGGLE, V. Cor.^ [dogL] To totter in walking, as
a child does.
DOGGREL, sb. w.Yks.^ [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [do-gril.] A mischievous boy.
{Dog-^e-rel, dim. suff. ; cp. cockerel.^
DOGGY, sb} Stf Shr. [do-gi.] The overlooker or
manager at the pit's mouth. Cf. butty.
s.Stf. Pinnock B/A. Cy.Ann. (1895). Slir. He [the 'butty']
employs a subordinate whose title is ' doggy,' White Wrekin
(i860) XXV ; Shr.'
DOGGY, sb? Suf. ' Elevens,' a snack or drink taken
by harvesters, &c., between meals. e.Suf (F.H.)
DOGHY, adj. Obs. ? Chs. Dark, cloudy, reserved.
Chs. A man looks doghy (K.) ; Chs.'^
DOGLE, sb. Sc. Chs. Written doggie Sc. [do'gl.]
A boys' common marble or taw ; see below.
Sc. The doggie is a hard marble, well glazed and browned
(A.W.). Lth. Marbles, stanies, frenchies, moral-leggers, doggies,
&c., Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 33. s.Chs.' When two or
three games of marbles are going on in the same playground,
there is freq. an opportunity for those engaged in one game to
take marbles belonging to the others. The latter will then claim
back their lost property as ' deegles,' while the former may insist
that the particular marbles identified by the claimants are not
'deegles' but 'dogles,' i.e. their own marbles pure and simple
(s. V. Deegle). Steek yur dogles in (s. v. Steek).
DOGS, sb. pi. Ess. [dogz.] Dew. Cf dag, sb}
Ess. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498 ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.'
DOIBLES, DOICHLE, see Dibles, Doychle.
DOID, sb. Lnk. (Jam.) A fool, sot, gen. in phr.
drucken doid, a drunken fellow. Cf doit, sb.^
DOIDY, sb. Yks. [doidi.] A careless, shiftless
person ; a badly-dressed woman, a dowdy.
w.Yks. Shoo does lewk a doidy i' yond hat. Ah niwer seed
sitch a doidy afore i' all my life ; he's same 's if he hes noa sense
at all (jE.B.) ; This doidy of a wife dawls a dollop o' yeast on
tut top o' every cake as clever as yo pleease, Dcwsbre Olm. (1880)
4 ; Some call her a doidy, bud I think shoe's grand, Yksman.
(Apr. 28, 1887) 266.
DOIDY-PINK, sb. Yks. A term of endearment
applied to a mischievous or troublesome child.
w.Yks. Tha'rt a doidy-pink, at ar'ta (B.K.).
DOIGHLIN, sb. Rnf (Jam.) A drubbing, thrashing.
DOIL, sb. and v. w.Cy. Dev. Also written doyl
n.Dev. [doll.] 1. sb. In phr. to tell doil, to talk as in a
delirium, wildly, inconsistently. Cf dolled.
w.Cy. Grose (1790) Siippl. Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) ;
Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434. n.Dev. Ha wuU tell doil, Exni.
Crtshp. (1746) 1. 511 ; But there, I be a-telling doil, Koc«. Jim an'
Nell {lS6^) St. 82.
2. V. To talk foolishly, distractedly. Dev. Grose (1790)
MS. add (C.)
Hence (i) Dolling, (2) Dollish, adj. light-headed ; silly,
doting ; (3) Dolly, adj. incoherent, rambling.
(i) Dev. Hare sher cumes at learst. . . . Th' little doiling crock !
Madox-Brown Dwale Bltilh (1876) II. v. (2) n.Dev. Tha
cockered cheeld, tha doylish chun, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st.
100. nw.Dev.' Poor oal' zaul, her's gittin' doilish, I zim. (3)
Dev. An old woman, about eighty, complained of suffering from
'doily dreams,' Reports Provinc. (1897).
DOIL, see Dole, sb}
DOILED, ppl. adj. Sc. Irel. Cum. Yks. Oxf. Dev.
Also written doilt Sc. ; doylt Sc. N.I.' Cum. ; and in forms
deyled, deylt Cum. ; dllde Slk. ; dyld Sc. ; dyllt Cum. ;
DOING
[112]
DOIT
dylt BnfF.' [doild, doilt.] Stupefied, confused, spiritless ;
silly. See Doil, sb.
Sc. There . . . Sat blawing in the dyl'd Laird's ear, That imp o'
Satan, Rab M'Claw, Thom Jock (1878') 21 ; 'And you, ye doil'd
dotard,' replied his gentle helpmate, Scott Waverley (1814) xxx.
Bnff.' She's a poor dylt thing. Per. Haith I'm doil'd, because 'tis
so That she is high and I am mean, Nicol Poems (1766) 34. Rnf.
I'm turnin' doitit. An' doilt, an' dovvre, Picken Poems ( 1813) I. 126.
Ayr. Wae worth that brandy, burning trash ! . . . Twins monie
a poor, doylt,druckenhash O'hauf his days, Burns 5c. Drink(i^&(>)
St. 15. Lnk. But trowth I was e'en doilt to seek the deil, Ramsay
Gentle Shep. (1725) 113, ed. 1783. Edb. He was a chield . . . Was
ne'er dung doil'd wi' warl's care, Leakbiont Poems (1791) 57.
Slk. It maks a body dilde and ditted, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 433.
Rxb. Broathing in sweat till doilt and dizzy, A. Scott Poems (ed.
1808) 42. Gall. The chiel's gane nearly doylt, Harper Bards
(ed. 1889) 238. N.I.' Cum. I'm doylt and like to fa', Gilpin
Ballads \ 1874) 3rd S. 205 ; Wheyte daiz'd an' deylt, Stagg Misc.
Poems (1805) 17, ed. 1807 ; The lads' dyll'tout— fair beat I tell thee,
Caine 5/!arf. 0/hi« (1885) 214; G/. (1851). v. ^las. Robinsons
Gt. in Leeds Merc. Siippl. (1884). Oxf. I am doiled, a do believe,
sometimes, Blackmore Cripps (ed. 1895) ii. Dev. We met . . .
old Clerk Channing . . . looking doiled as bad as we were,
ib. Perlycross (1894) xi ; Thee'rt agoed doiled tu-day by tha lakes
o't ! Whot iver 'ast abin aduing wi' theezel ? Hewett Peas. Sp.
(1892).
[As thir beistis or the doillit as, Thair fuid of treis did
in woddis fet, Douglas Eiieados (1513). ed. 1874, iii. 173.]
DOING, sb. Irel. Yks. Lin. Brks. Suf. Ken. Som.
Also in form daing n.Yks.'^ 1. pt. Proceedings of an
exciting nature ; festivities. Cf. do, sb. 3.
n.Yks.2 Grand daings. n.Lin.i It was a shabby funeral, ther'
was straange poor doins'. Brks.'
2. pi. Odd jobs.
Ken.i When a person keeps a small farm, and works with his
team for hire, he is said to do doings for people ; Ken.^
3. A helping, a supply of anything.
Suf. He gonned me a good tidy dewin [doing] on it (C.T.).
4. Phr. (i) a doi)tg off, a scolding; (2) to take to doing, to
take to task.
(i) N.I.' (2) Som. They took 'im to doin' nex' mornin' for
cause 'e 'adn't a-put out the 'oss, Ellis Prominc. (1889) V. 152.
DOISH, sb. Sc. Also in form doisht. A thump, heavy
blow. Also used advb.
Per. (G.W.) Frf. The train gae a shoag an' brocht a tin box
doish doon on his head, Salmond My Man Sandy (1894) 121 ; I
took Sandy a doish i' the back wi' my umbrella, ib. 122.
DOISTER, sb. Sc. Also in form deaister Per. ;
dystar (Jam.). A hurricane, storm from the sea ; a strong,
steady breeze.
Ags. Contradistinguished from the ' ban-gull,' which denotes
a breeze from the sea during summer. Used by fishermen (Jam.'i.
Per. I was oot last nicht an' comin' hame the win' was a perfect
deaister an' nearly beat me (G.W.).
DOISTERT, ppl. adj. Ayr. (Jam.) Confused, over-
powered with surprise.
DOIT, sA.' In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also in
form dout Fif [doit.] 1. A small copper coin, worth
one penny Scots, or -^^ of a penny sterling; any small
coin, money.
Sc. To laive their price they will be sorry, Ae single doit,
T. Scott Poems (1793) 338 ; I could not prevail on them to
accept one stiver, doit, or maravedi, for the trouble and expenses,
Scott Leg. Mont. (1818) xvi. Mry. While we've a doit We'll gie
our mite To help the poor o' Moray, Hay Lintie (1851) 28. Abd.
Finta doitye's ha'e to pay 's,CocK Strains (1810) I. 81. s.Sc. As
for me, they'll no gie a doit ; I'm no wha they seek, Wilson Tales
(1839) V. 374. Rnf. What like is thae beans ? ... Gie's a doit's
worth, ony way, Fraser Chimes (1853) 63. Ayr. He had ne'er
a doit that didna burn a hole in his pouch, Galt Sir A. JVylie
(1822) xii. Lnk. I'll wad a doit and mair, That neither o' you
has a bible there, Black Falls of Clyde [1606) 166. Slk. I wouldna
gie a doit for a dizzen, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 36.
Dmf. The two Lords here . . . neither of whom is worth a doit to
me, Carlyle Lett. (Sept. 2, 1849). Gall. There's a guid sleeve
purse . . . that is at your service, every doit and boddle, Crockett
Raiders (1894) xvi. Nhb. They'll risk the last-remaining doit,
Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 6. Yks. I would not take his word
for a doit! Taylor Miss Miles (1890) xxvii. Lan. Thou hast
not earned a doit, Roby Trad. (1829) II. 355, ed. 1872; Lan.'
He's not worth a doit. He hasn't a doit in his pocket. Lin. He
didn't win a single doit. Brown Lit. Laiir. (i8go) 50; Lin.' I'll
chop my dobbin for your dacky, and give you some doits to boot.
If I spend all my doits, I'll have my rights. Krf. Duncumb Hist.
Hi/. (1804). Suf. (E.G.P.)
2. Fig. A small share, piece ; a mite ; a trifle, jot, tittle,
esp. in phr. not to care a doit.
Cai.' Bnff. Their spite a doit thou maun'st na prize, They're war
than asses, Taylor Poems (ii&i) 191. Bch. The famous Hector did
na care A doit for a' your dird, Forbes Ulysses (1785 ) 19. Fif. His
faes they did na care a dout For a' that he did yell and yout,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 181. Rnf. The rest, aff scourin fair an'
clean, Car'dna ae doit about their frien', Picken Poems (1813) I.
67. Gall. Putting a red doit of peat into his pipe, Crockett Bog-
Myrtle (1895) 206. n.Yks.' Ah deean't care a doit aboot 't ;
n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 95; e.Yks.' What
a laatle doit of a fella he is. m.Yks.' What a doit on a bairn !
w.Yks.^ Lan.' n.Lan.' Give me my doit. What a doit ! Lin.
Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 324. n.Lin.' I doant care
a doit for him. Som. I was such a little doit (S.K.L.). Cor. 'Tes
gone, every doit, Tregellas Tales (i860) 83.
[1. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame
beggar they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian, Shaks.
Temp. II. ii. 33. Du. diiyt, a doit, or a little more than the
sixth part of an English penny (Hexham).]
DOIT, sb.'^ Sc. Irel. [doit] A species of rye-grass,
Lolittm arvense.
Ayr. Besides the common there are two other species of rye-
grass, viz. Loliitm temitleniiim, which has a beard ; and Lolium
arvense, which has no beard ; sometimes called darnel or doit,
Agi-ic. Smv. 287 (Jam.). Ant. (W.H.P.)
DOIT, v., sb.^ and adj. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Der. Rut. War. Hrf. Also Dev. Written doyte
Dmf. Ayr. Lth. Also in forms dooat-, dott- Lnk. ; dowat-
Wm. [doit.] I. V. To be in one's dotage, to dote, to
be crazy.
w.Yks. He'sfair doitin (J.R.) ; (J.T.F.) ; He's doitin, poor ovvd
chap. Banks IVkJld. IVds. (1865).
Hence (i) Doited, pp. and ppl. adj. enfeebled in intel-
lect, foolish, silly, childish ; (2) Doity, (3) Dooatly, adj.
feeble, childish.
(i) Sc. ' Here, ye auld doited deevil,' said Caleb, Scorr Bride of
Lam. (1819) xi ; The doitit aid carl cam' o'er the craft, Jamieson
Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 347. Elg. ' Och, och ! ' thocht Meg, ' the
doitit carl!' Tester Pofms (1865"! 152. Kcd. The parish priest
Was just a simple doited chiel, Burness Gatron Ha' (c. 1820)
I. 282. Frf. ' The doited fule,' said Jess, Barrie Thrums (1889)
xiii. Per. Ye're a doited body. Hillocks, Ian Maclaren Aiild
Lang Syne (1895) 65. w.Sc. O ye donnert, doitit idiot, to mak'
a bogle o' yer minister, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 160. Fif.
If ye gang on . . . Wi' sic deep wark ye'll soon be doitit, Douglas
Poems (1806) 37. Rnf. For I grew bleert an' doited, Allan
Poems (1836) 12. Ayr. Fit only for a doited monkish race.
Burns Brigs of Ayr (1787) I. 144. Lnk. My mither jist lauch't at
the auld dottet bodie, M'Lachlan Tlioiights in Rhyme (1884) 39.
Lth. Ye auld spavined, stoiterin', cantankerous, doited rascal,
LuMSDEN Shetp-head (1892) 287. e.Lth. D'ye think I fash my
held for what an auld doitit carle like yon says? HuNTERy. Inwick
(1895) 195. Edb. The folk, doitit bodies, put less confidence than
became them in what our volunteer regiments were able and
willing to do, MoiR Mansie Waiich (1828) xxv. Peb. Now ye're
doitet, dais'd, an' haizie ; Oh how drink degrades the man, Affleck
Poet. IVks. (1836) 132. Slk. Whan the doited auld body gets
haverin about himsel, he's deaf to a' else, Chr. North Nodes (ed.
1856) III. 54. Gall. The brither o' yer doitit auld betheral,
Crockett Sunbonnct (1895) xvi. Kcb. Ye'll aiblins be thinkin'
me donnert an' doited, Armstko.vg Inglcside (1890! 72. N.Cy.'
Yks. I's a fool, a doited idiot, Macquoid D. Banigh (1877) xxiii.
e.Yks.' He must be doited te gan on see.ih. w.Yks. iS.P.U.) ;
w.Yks.2 Lan.' He's doited ; ne'er mind him. Der.^, Rut.', Hrf.'
(2)Wm. His mudder was gitten rader aid en dowaty, Taylor
Sketches (1882) 3 ; Naa wonder he's gitten dowaty an wants us ta
tell him hoo ta dea, ib. 17. Dev. But there, he's going on to his
eighty, and a bit doity like at times, O'Neill Dimfises (1893) 16.
(3) n.Yks.2 Oor aud woman's gitting varry dooatly.
2. To walk stupidly, blunder along ; to lounge.
Sc. Where in the world inicht ye gang, doitin' in a dark nicht
like this? Ochiltree Redbiirn (1895) iii. Rnf. Wi' awkward
DOIT
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DOLE
step she onward doited Hooly enough, Wfbster Rhymes (1835)
88. Ayr. llughoc he cam doytin by. Burns Death of Poor Mailie,
I. 6 ; Peter misca'd her for a doobic cutty and gaed doitin' awa
up the road, theevelessly, by himsel. Service Notimdtims (i8go)
II. Lnk. Sad misluck ! without my hat, I doiting cam' awa',
Rodger Poems i, 1838") 24, ed. 1897. SIk. What are you coming
doiting up that gate for? Hogg Talcs (1838) 302, cd. 1866. Yks.
He doits abaglit all day and does nowt, Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Nov. 15, 1884 ■• 8.
3. To ninke stupid; to puzzle.
Frf. That w.as what doited me, Barrie Minister {iBgi) x.
Hence Doited, pp. stupefied.
Bch. He look'd as he'd been doited, Forbes Aj'a.v (174a) 8.
Abd, Drink soon wad . . . mak' him daz'd and doited Ereha'f auld,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 43. Dmf. Doited wi' dozing on a chair,
Mavne Siller Gun (.1808) 13. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
w.Yks. (C.C.R.)
4. sb. A fool, idiot ; a careless, heedless person.
Per. Well known (^G.W. ). Dmf. Dowie and dazed wi' a sair
heid-hing, Mair like a doyte than a mortal thing, Reid Poems
(1894) 77. Aut. A heedless j'oungster who would perhaps mis-
manage a message, Ballymeiia Obs. (iBga). Cum. A maflling
feckless auld doit as was fairly bet and dune for, Linton Li:oie
Lor/on (1867') xxiii.
Hence (1) Doitard, (2) Deity, sb. a simpleton, fool, idiot.
(i) Lan. Let alone a poor crazed owd doitard liken mysel', Kay-
Shuttleworth Scarsdale (i860) IL 35. (2) e.Yks.' What a doity
thoo must be tl let him get thi brass fre tha i' that way !
5. adj. Stupid, mazed.
Lth. Your feckless, thowless, Southlan' brats, Dang doyte wi'
licks an' lair, Ballantine Poems (1856) 284,
DOIT, see Dote, i*."
DOITCH, adj. Lan. Written doych Lan.' [doitj.]
Damp.
Lan.' Where he weyves is doych an' he's getten t'rheumatiz.
s.Lan. It's very doitch jW.H.T.).
DOITELT, ppl. adj. Sc. [doitlt.] Enfeebled. See
Doit, V.
Sc. I'm a failed body turned, bowed and doitelt, RoY Horse-
man's IVd. (1895) xxi.
DOITER, V. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Also in form
doither N.I.' [doi'tar.] To walk unsteadily, totter ; to
potter about, meander in speech. See Doit, v. 2.
Sc. I wan up wi' a warsle an' fan' I could doiter o'er the
stenncrs ne'erbetheless, St. Patrick (1819) I. 166 (Jam.); (H.W.)
Cai.' Lnk. Ye doitered aboot, wi' yer lang, m'urnfu'face, Thomson
Ltddv May (1883) iia. Nhb.l He doitered on aboot it. Cum.
(H.W.)
Hence Doitered, ppl. adj. confused, stupid, imbecile.
e.Fif. I gaed aboot the hoose like ane daivert an' doitert,
Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) viii. Gall. Ye doitered auld body!
Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 201, Ir. Och, me head's gittin'
doitered an' quare. Barlow Bogland (1893) 148. N.I.i Nhb.'
Yor like a doitered aad fule.
DOITRIFIED, ppl. adj. Sc. Also written dotrified.
[doitrifid, -faid.] Stupefied, dazed. See Doit, v. 3.
Fif. Th' earnest people, all and some, Sat tremblin', doitrified,
and dumb. To see what awfu' end mith come, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 144. e.Fif. Their senses becam' sac doitrifeed an' bum-
bazed by reason o' the drift an' the darkness, Latto Tam Bodkin
(1864) ii. Ayr. Covin' aboot aniang the thrugh-stanes at twuU
oors, in a very dotrified and melancholious condition. Service
Notandums (1890) 10 ; He had ta'en a stroke, and lay for some
days in a dotrified and unconscious condition, ib. Dr. Diigttid
(ed. 1887I 42. Slk. But ben doitrifyed with thilke drynke, Hogg
Tales 1838J no, ed. 1866.
DOKE, sb. and v. e.An. s.Cy. Ken. Also written
dook(e e.An.''^ [dok, doek.] \. sb. A hollow, depres-
sion, the impression of a body in a bed, (Sec; the in-
dentation from a blow upon anything soft ; a dimple.
e.An. Coles (1677) ; Worlidge u68i) ; e.An.'* Nrf. CoZENS-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 24; Nrf.i Suf. A doke in your hat
(C.T.); Doke of the stomach, cAn. Dy. Times (1892); Suf.',
e.Suf. (F. H.) Ess. a person kneading dough tests its lightness by
making a doke in it ; a person putting a child to bed makes a doke
in the pillow for its head (W.W.S.) ; Ray (1691); A small
hollow in a level board, Cullum Hist. Hawsted (1813) ; Make
a nice doke in the bed to lay baby in (H.H.M.); Gl. (1851);
Ess.' s.Cy. Kennett Par. Anliq. (1695). Ken. (^K.)
VOL. II.
2. A bruise. Ess. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498 ; Ess.'
3. A flaw in a boy's nuTrblc.
Nrf. Grose (1790). Suf. Cullum Htst. Hawsted (1813).
4. A small brook, stream.
Ess. Gl. { 185 1) ; Kennett Par. Anttq. (1695) ; Ess.'
5. V. Of soft or puffy flesh : to be in a condition in
which the finger leaves an impression for a short time ;
freq. with in.
Suf. My leg fare all of a pummace and that doke in good tidily,
e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ; In constant use here (F.H.).
[1. The doke or dimple in the middest of the chin,
Crooke Body of Man (1615) 621 (N.E.D.).]
DOKEN, see Docken.
DOKER, sb. e.An. [dok3(r), d6e-k3(r).] A diminu-
tive used with respect to young animals.
e.An.' Nrf. My new calf is a neat little doker, Arch. (1879)
VIII. 169.
DOKIN, sb. Lan. Chs. Also written doekin Lan.
s.Lan. [do'kin.] A soft fellow.
Lan. When I geet up to seventeen They caw'd me quite
a dokin, Gaskel Comic Sngs. (1841) 11 ; Regerded by the
doekins un dumplinyeds uv society as rail inscrootablc mysteries,
Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 75. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854).
Chs.' He's nowt bur a dokin of a lad, he's noo sharpness in him.
DOKKIR, v., sb. and adj Sh.L 1. v. To toil, labour.
SI1.I. I man just dokkir on (K.I.).
2. sb. Labour, fatigue. S. & Ork.' MS. add.
3. adj. Hardy, capable of enduring labour or fatigue.
S. & Ork.'
DOL, see Dole, sb.^, Doll, sb.^
DOLACHAN, sA. Irel. Also written dolaghans.Don.
A large lake trout, the Sabiio fcrox.
N.I.' Not so large as the ' buddagh,' but same species. S.Don.
Simmons Gl. (1890). [Satchell (1879).]
[Jr. diiileachdn, a trout (Foley).]
DOLARD, sb. Oxf. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A pollard. (Hall.)
DOLATE, V. Lin. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To permit, allow.
Lin.' Pull his lug, he'll delate it.
DOLBERT, see Dulbard.
DOLDRUM, sb. and adj. Sc. Irel. Cum. "Wm. Yks. Not.
Lin. Pern. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written doldrani N.I.'
Dev. [do'ldrsni.] 1. sb. Mental disturbance, an excited
condition of mind. Cf dildrams, 3.
Wm. Ah was i' seek a doldrum ower't when Ah fun' oot Ah hed
lost mi purse ^B.K.). e.Lin. I was in sichna doldrum (G.G.W.).
2. pi. Low spirits combined with ill-humour.
Bnff.l The peer man's i' the doldrums. Cum. What fettle's he
in — doldrums, I reckon, CainE Shad. Crime (1885) T03. m.Yks.'
w.Yks.2 A fit of the doldrums. Not.^ She is in 'er doldrums, as
usual. Dev. Bowring Lang. (1866) \. 36. Cor.' I'm down in the
doldrums ; Cor. 2
3. //. Giddiness in the head. Pem. (W.H.Y.)
4. pi. The death-pang.
Dev. Bowring Lang. (1866) I. 36.
5. Anything of a large size.
Bnff.' A doldrum o' a steen. A doldrum o' a tatie.
6. Phr. to tell doldrums, to tell improbable stories. Cf.
dildrams, 1.
Dev. He told us zom ov his doldraras, w.Times (Apr. 9, 1886) 6 ;
Dev.'
7. adj. Confused, stupid. N.I.'
Hence Doldrumish, adj. Of an old house : rambling.
Som. (W.F.R.)
DOLE, 56.' and z^.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written doal n.Cy. Yks. w.Yks.*; doale Chs.^^j
doU Sc. (Jam.) ; dol Som. ; doll Bnff.' Abd. ; dooal
n.Yks.*; dool Sc. Yks. w.Yks.*; doul Nhb.; dowl Sc.
(Jam.) ; and in forms dale Nhb.' n.Yks. m.Yks.' w.Yks.
Lan.' ne.Lan.' n.Lin.' ; deail N.Cy.' Cum. ; deal N.Cy.'
'Wm. ; deall Cum.' ; deeal Lakel. ; dow Lan.' e.Lan.'
m.Lan.' Chs.' [dol, doal, dul, dou; del, deal, dial.]
1. sb. A share, portion, a large piece ; a bundle.
Bnff.' Abd. Anything large is a ' doll.' Eh, sic a doll o' cheese
ye hae ! (G.W.); Shirrefs Fo«)i5 (1790) G/. Ags., Fif. Dowls
of cheese (Jam.). Rnf. I hae, forby, a dool o' cheese, Picken
Q
DOLE
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DOLE
Poems (1813) I. 64. Wxf.' A big dole. neXan.^ sw Lin.' Gie
me a dole of paste. Let me have another dole of worsted
[i. e. a skein of 8 ounces]. e.An.' ; e.An.^ Sich a dole of folks
going to the walk. Nrf. We git paid in proportion to our takes
[of herrings], yer know. So much on the last, or othei-wise by
the dole, Patterson Man and Nat. 1^18951 127 ; Nrf.' Suf. One
part of any numbers of fish divided amongst fishermen, &c.,
Gardner Hist. Dnnwich (1754). Ess. Monthly Mug. (1814) I.
498. Ken. 60 awlns make a dole of shot-nets, and 20 awlns
make a dole of herring-nets, Lewis/. Tenet (ii^fi) 24 ; Ken.' Cor.
A great dole, Thomas Randigal Rhymes ( 1895 ) Gl. ; Cor.' A parcel
of copper ore, a share in a mine. w.Cor. She put the wet sheets
in the mangle in a large dole and ' broked ' it (M.A.C.).
2. A distribution of alms, money, or food, to the poor ;
a donation, gift.
N.Cy.i Ttnr. GiBSon UpWenrdaleGl {l&^o). Cum. G/. (1851) ;
Grose (1790). n.Yks.^ Ayah-sided dooal [an unfair distribution].
m.Yks.' w.Yks." ; w.Yks.s In some of the rural churches, as that
of Addle, there is the 'dole' of bread to the poor of the parish
after the morning's service, provided by the interest of monies
left for the purpose by some good old church-going Christian of
yore. Lan. The slothful . . . demanded his ' Pace-egg' as a
privileged 'dow,' Thoknber Hist. Blackpool (1837) 92 ; To get this
dow aw still con goo, Ramsbottom Phases 0/ Distress (1864) 53 ;
Lan.' e.Lan.' A dole of dough. This particular meaning was
coined in the cotton famine, 1862-4, to express the food which
was distributed to the distressed operatives by the various
charitable organisations. m.Lan.' Aw'Il bet there's a lot i' Blcg-
burn as remembers dow times. Hnt. (T.P. F.i, e.An.' Nrf. The
dole is to be given away next Sunday (W. R. E.) ; Nrf.' Ess.
Monthly Mag. {iHn) I. ^<)B; G/. (1851}. Ken.', Hmp.i Sus.'
Alms distributed on St. Thomas' day.
Hence (i) Dole-bread, sb. bread given as a dole ; (2)
-ments, sb. pi. a set portion for distributing as a dole ;
(3) -money, sb. a sum of money distributed annually
among certain of the poor; (4) -stone, sb. a stone at which
certain charitable bequests are distributed ; (5) -table, sb.,
see below ; (6) Doller, sb. one who receives doles.
(i) Per. Sandwiching her dole-bread with rich and succulent
slices of good advice, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 108, ed. 1887.
Nhp.' Mon. A custom prevails among the lower classes, of begging
bread for the souls of the departed on the ist Nov., All Saints day ;
the bread so distributed is called Dole-bread, Hone's Year-bk. (1832)
col. 1288; Grose (1790) A/S. ai/rf. (2) n.Yks.2 (3) w.Yks. In
West Haddlesey sometime in the past some money on a certain
field was left to the widowers and widows resident in the village
which is called the dole-money, and is doled out annually
(generally) by the rector about Christmas (W.H.). (4) n.Yks.^
In known instances, the gravestone of the donor, according to his
will. (5) Suf. Dole tables were frequently appointed places at
which debts were paid, as appears by old wills ; and also for the
payment of tithes and church dues to the incumbent, which
accounts for their being erected in the porches of churches.
Proceedings Suf. Institute of Arch. (1855) II. 129, in N. if Q.
(1856) 2nd S. xi. 206. (6) Sus. 1749 Dec. 21st St. Thomas Day.
Master Kent who ordered Stephen Parker the sexton to let some
of the dollers in which being done he distributed the cash I taking
the account of receivers, Diary W. Gale in Arch. Coll. (1848^ IX.
189 ; Sus.'
3. A distribution of money or food among the poor of
a parish at a funeral.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; Still rightly called a deal (K). n.Yks.'
Sometimes applied in reference to the entire preparation of
food, &c., which is partaken of by — in a sense, therefore, dis-
tributed among— the assembled throng. m.Yks.' w.Yks. Thoresby
/.*•//.( 1 703) ; w.Yks.* Chs.' I am not aware that such a distribu-
tion is ever made now ; but it was the custom formerly when any-
one of importance died ; Chs.23, Lei.' [Doles were used at
funerals. Brand Pop. Ayttiq. (1777) 36.]
Hence Dole-meats, sb. pi. funeral provisions, the food
distributed as alms at a funeral. n.Yks.^
4. Of medicine: a dose. e.Suf (F.H.)
5. A division or share of land held in a common field ;
an allotment, marked off only by boundary stones.
n.Cy. Grose ( 1 790J ; N.Cy.', Nhb.' Lakel. A division or share,
as of a town or common field which, though unenclosed, has its
produce divided or parcelled out into separate portions, the
ownership of which changes annually in succession, Ellwood
(1895;. Cum. Gl. (1851) ; Cum.' Wm. Ya time I wur plooin ith
lang deal, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 28, ed. 1821. s.Wm. (B.K.)
n.Yks. Haifa piece of land called five-rood-dale lying in the meadowr
called the Ynge, Quarter Sess. Rcc. in A^. R. Rec. Soc. IV. 149 ;
(J.S.D.) w.Yks. Thoresby Z.f//. (1703 ; w.Yks. ^Adoleof meadow;
w.Yks.** Lan. I pitched on a mop dale, Walkden Diary (^ed. 1866)
15; Lan.' A dale of about a quarterof an acreon Black Moss belongs
to this farm. Chs.' n.Lin. TV. fr Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 312. n.Lin.'
In the parish of Messingham, before the enclosure, ' When any
person had six lands altogether it was called a dale,' MacKinnon
Ace. of Messingham (1880) 18. Nhp.' When a large meadow
belongs to a number of proprietors it is called meadow dole, and
each portion is designated by the specific name of the owner ;
Nhp.2 Nrf.' Applied in e.An. to the divisions of parochial lands
... or of common right of pasturage.
Hence (1) Dole-head, sb. the head or top of the dole ;
(2) -moors, sb. pi. certain lands at Puxton, formerly un-
enclosed common lands, annually allotted to those who
possessed rights of common.
(i) Cum. Blyth on this trod the smurker tripp'd, and theer. At
the deail-head, unluckily we sheav, Relph Misc. Poems (1743) 4.
(2) Som. The allotment used, I think, formerly to be made by
apples being drawn by each commoner from a bag — each apple
being marked in a manner corresponding to a mark made on the
land : one apple would have a cross cut on it, another a circle,
a third a triangle, &c., corresponding marks being cut on each dole
or portion of land. On the Saturday after Midsummer Day, an
ancient and remarkable custom was formerly observed at Puxton
village, in reference to the allotment of two large pieces of
common-land, called the East and West Dolmoors, which lie in
the parishes of Congresbury, Wick St. Lawrence, and Puxton.
The several proprietors having any right to these moors, or
their tenants, were summoned at a certain hour, by the
ringing of a bell of Puxton Church, to repair to the sacred edifice
in order to see the chain kept for the purpose of laying out
Dolmoors measured (W.F.R.) ; Brand Pop. Aittiq. (ed. 1848)
I- 336.
6. Land on a heath or common on which one person
only has the right to cut fuel ; grass, which is the per-
quisite of the man hired to mow it.
Nrf.' e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Eion. (1787). e Ess. Doole is
here used for the grass mown by the side of a field or church-
path, which is the perquisite of the man set to mow it (H.H.M.).
7. Mine dues.
Cor.' What dole do you pay? Cor.*
8. V. To divide, allot, portion out.
N.Cy.', Nhb.', n.Yks.2, w.Yks. (S.K.C.)
9. Of alms, &c. : to distribute.
n.Yks.2, m.Yks.', w.Yks. (W.H.), n.Lin.» Ess. Monthly Mag.
(1814) I. 498.
Hence (i) Doling, vbl. sb. almsgiving, the act of dis-
tributing doles ; (2) Doling-day, sb. the Sunday nearest
to St. Thomas' Day, when a dole is distributed among the
poor ; (3) -money, sb. parochial relief.
(l) n.Yks.=, Ken.' (2) Stf. Brand Pop. Antiq. (1813) I. 246,
ed. 1870. (3^ Hnt. N. & O. (1868) 4th S. ii. 438.
[1. Happy man be 's dole ! (i.e. may happiness be his
portion), Shaks. Wint. T. 1. ii. 163. OE. (gejddl, division.]
DOLE, sA.2, v.'^ and adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Stf Der. Also Dor. Cor. Also in forms deul Nhb.';
deuU N.Cy.' Nhb.' ; dool Sc. n.Cy. Nhb.' Cum. Wm. ;
doole Sc. Stf ; docal n.Yks/; dull Lnk. ; dule Sc. n.Cy.
Yks. w.Yks. [dol, doel, dUl.] 1. sb. Sorrow, grief,
misfortune.
Sc. Muckle was the dool and care that came o't, Scorr Redg.
(1824") Lett, xi ; It was my dimpling rosy cheeks That's been
the dule o' me, Kinloch Ballads (1827) 254. n.Sc. For if I be
the same woman My ain sell drees the dool, Buchan Ballads
(1828) I. 127, ed. 1875. Elg. But mark ye this — yer sins will
hunt Ye a' to dool an' sorrow. Tester Poems (1865) 164. Bch.
Then dool and sorrow interveen'd. For Jack no longer could be
screen'd, Forbes Dominie (1785) 36. Abd. But dool yet hadna
latten her feel her want, Ross Helenorc (1768) 59, ed. 1812.
Frf. Your deeds Shall cost ye muckle dool an' sorrow, Beattie
Arnha (c. 1820) 21, ed. 1882. Per. Dool fell the swain
that's mang'd wi' love! Nicol Poems (1766) 19. Fif. He,
too, might ha'e his share o' dool, Tennant Papistry (1827) 35.
Slg. Some drcadfu' dool shall happen us, Or Mary Dhu, our pet,
Towers Poems (1885) 56. Rnf. An .V will gaeto dool an' wreek,
Allan Poems (1836) 145. Ayr. May dool and sorrow be his lot.
Burns El. on Capl. Henderson, st. 24. Lnk. Round went the
DOLE
["5]
DOLL
punch, and every glass Made diiil and sorrow seem the less,
DiiCs HciHowc'cn 1,1856") 48. Lth. liut hence wi' diile this waddin'
nicht, SMrrii Mcny liitdal (i866) 15. Edb, The lady heard the
guiltfoii tale Wi' mickle dole an' dread, Learmont P(7<-;»5 (1791)
15. Peb. Disappointment, dool, and care, Prove fortune but a
taupie, Affleck Poel. Wks. (1836)82. SIk. Your grief will cause
baithe dule and shame, Hogg Poniis (ed. 1865) 79. Rxb. Then,
think, what dool an' muckle strife, Ruickbie IVaysidc Cottager
(1807) 197. Dnif. An eerie soun' o' dulc an' dreid Like cries o'
ane in pain, Reid Poems (1894") 88. Gall. After the great day of
dule, when Cameron was put down at Ayrsmoss, Crockett 71/os5-
Hags (1895) xxvi. Kcb. We've baith seen the dark da3's o'
sorrow an' dool, Armstrong Inglesiite (1890) 69. Wgt. Jock,
o* second sight, was luok't. An' dule was in his ee, Fraser JVig-
/o:t'»i (1877) 210. n.Cy. lioielcr Gt. [Coll. hX.'B.); N.Cy.' Nhb.
Were turned to dole, Richardson Bonleier's Table-bk. (1846) VI.
95; Nhb.' 'O dool,' quo he, 'how can I thrive!' Proudlock
Cuddie and his Ctaiviii' licit. Cum., Wm. Dool and wae fa' the
order — sent our lads to the Border, Nicholson & Burn Hist.
Antiq. Wm. and Cum. (1777") II. 356. Yks. Grose (1790) MS.
add.{C.) n.Yks.2 w.Yks. Willan L/s^ fFrfs. (1811). Stf.'
Hence (i) Doolanee,?/;/. alas! an exclamation of sorrow;
(2, a) Doleful, adj. sad, sorrowful ; (b) annoying, vexatious ;
(3) Doleful-bells, si. />/, tlie name given to some kind of
plant ; (4) Dolements, sb. pi. melancholy stories, dismal
tales; (5) Dolesome, (a) adj. sad, mournful, sorrowful;
(b) adv. sadly, dismally.
(i) Rnf. But, doolanee I or I was wattin', They had secur'd your
servant Rattan, Picken Poi-m5(i8i3) I. 59. (2, aj Sc. And heavy
and dulefu' was the sang, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (i8c6) I. 56.
Frf. This doolfu' ditty he wad drone. Watt Poet. Sketches (1880)
56. Rnf. While I'm blest wi' health, poortith wi' doolfu' e'e . . .
would never come near me. Clerk Poet. Pieces (1836) 9. Ayr.
May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour, Burns Voscs at Selhirk
(1787) St. 5. Lth. It was their doolfu' fate, man, The horrors o'
this place to thole, Bruce Poems (1813") II. 19. Kcb. Ae doolfu'
day ruthless death cam' the way, Armstrong Inglcside {1890) 222.
Nhb.' (A) Fash'd wi' dolefu' guagers or excise, Fergusson Poems
(1773') 184, ed. 1785. (3) Dor. The enchanter's nightshade, and the
black-petalled doleful-bells, were among the quainter objects of the
vegetable world in and about Weatherbury at this teeming time,
Hardy Madding Civwd (1874) xxii. (4) n.Yks.* (5, a) Sc. The
noise and dulesome harmonie, Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861) I. 65.
Fif. A congregation wode wi' fear. Though fat, in dulesome dreiry
cheir, Tennant Papistry (1827) 98. n.Yks.* Here's dooalsome
deed. Der. She never could ha' beared to think ye was turned
adrift; it's a dolesome thing, "Verney Stone Edge (1868: xxi.
Cor. (J.W.) (A) Elg. The clods are dowfin' doo'some on her
little coffin lid, "Tester Poems (1865) 175.
2. Coiiip. (i) Dool-charged, sorrow-charged; (2) -cross,
a churchyard cross ; (3) -string, a long string worn on the
hat at funerals, as a token of mourning ; (4) -tree, the
gallows-tree, a tree or post upon which evil-doers were
hung in the exercise of the power of ' pit and gallows ' ;
(5) -weeds, mourning apparel, funeral equipments.
(i) Sc.Thro' dark clouds low drivin', dool-charged an' forebodin',
Allan Lilts (1874 1 79. (2) n.Yks.^ At [the dooal cross] part of the
* olden tyme ' burial-rites were performed ; — hence doubtless the
designation * a weeping cross.' (3) Gall. The dool-string I should
soon get rid on. And dance and sing, Nicholson Poet. IVks.
(18281 156, ed. 1897; O! Glasserton and Whithorn, you may
wear The doole-string now, and drop the mournful tear,
Lauderdale Poems (1796) 55. Wgt. The hilarious widower . . .
began to dance vigorously, the while the long dool-strings,
pendant from his hat down to his haunch buttons, danced and
diddled together, Fraser Wigtown ^1877 1 289. (4J Sc. Scott Poet.
Wks. (ed. 1830) XI. 237. Fif. Make him a tassel on the dule-tree
there without. Grant Si.v Hundred, ix. Gall. End all his misery on
the dule tree, Crockett Grey Man (1896) xx. (5) Sc. It is but
three days syne that we had weel-nigh lost our life, and put three
kingdoms into dule-weeds, Scott Nigel (1822) ix. n.Yks.^
3. Phr. (i) To cry or sing dool, to lament, mourn; (2) lo
thole the dool, to bear the consequences of anything,
endure the punishment.
(II Rnf. I'll . . . fright ye till ye sneak and snool. Cry, hooly,
will ye, and sing dool, Webster Rhymes (1835) 167. Ayr. Let
him draw near, And owre this grassy heap sing dool, And drap
a tear, Burns Barcts Epitaph, st. i. Lnk. 'Tis eneuch to gar ony
callant Cry dule on the day he was born, Coghill Poems (1890)
149. Kcb. Her foes . . , shall sing dool and sorrow for evermore.
Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 276. (2) Abd. Siurrefs Poems
(1790) Gl. Ags. (Jam.) Ayr. But meek and contented withal,
tholing the dule, Galt Ann. Parish (1831) ii.
4. V. To lament, grieve.
n.Yks.2 Decant dooal ower't scca.
5. adj. Sorrowful, mournful, sad.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Rxb. A doul murk nicht an'
new moon, Ellis Proniinc. (1889) V. 714. Kcb. Tears of poor and
friendless Zion, now going dool-like in sackcloth, are up in heaven
before our Lord, Rutherford Lett. (1660) I. No. 63 (Jam.).
6. Confused, stupefied.
Cor.' w.Cor. Differs much in meaning from dull, N. b'Q. (1854)
I St S. x. 300.
[1. What it . . . He now be dealing dole among his foes,
Milton S.A. (1671) 1529; Doole, sorrow, dolor. Levins
Manip. (1570) ; With him deit (died) all my dule, Dunbar
Tiia Mariit Went. (1508) 411. OFr. dol, did, deid (mod.
deiiil), sorrow. 4. I went dolynge on the heeth, Caxton
/u;V"«;ri' (1481)68.]
DOLE, v.^ Brks.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
To entice. See Toll, v.
' Tole ' is also used in the same sense.
DOLE, see Dawl, v.', Doll, sb.^, v.'
DOLE-AXE, s6. Ken. The tool used by gate-menders
for splitting ' usepoles.' (W.F.S.)
[Cp. Fr. dolcr, to chip, to plane, to make plain with an
ax (COTGR.).]
DOLES, sb. pi. Mid. (W.P.M.), Ken.' Sun' Sus.'
[dolz.] The short handles which project from the staff
of a scythe, by which the mower holds it.
DOLESS, adj. Or.L Irel. I.Ma. Amer. [du'las.] Idle,
thriftless ; helpless. Cf. dowless.
Or.I. ' Doless' refers to constitutional and habitual inactivity.
' A do'less body' is lit. one without any ' do ' or action in him
(J.G.). n.Ir. Och, it's the poor do-less pair we'd be only for our
Ailsie, that's ban's an' feet to us both, Muliiolland Ailsie's Shoe,
229. Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). I.Ma. A doeless sort of
a woman. Brown Doctor (,1887) 23. [Amer. He's a doless sort of
a fellow, Bartlett (1877^ ; Dial. Notes (1896) I. 61.]
DOLESS, see Dowless.
DOLEY, adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Lin. Also written doolie
Sc. ; dooly Cum. [doli, doe'li.] 1. Sorrowful, gloomy,
solitary. See Dole, sb.^
Ayr. Sic a doolie doomster, Galt Entail (1823) Ixxviii. Cum.
What ca' for a' this dooly dourness! Linton Lizzie Lorton (1867)
xxix. Nhb. (Hall.)
2. Wanting energy, vigour. Lin. (Hall.) ; Lin.'
3. Soft and open, muggy, applied to the weather, ib.
[Doly, dooly, tvistis, nioestiis, Coles (1679).]
DOLE, DOLFER, see Dowf(f, Dolver, sb.'^
DOLGE, sb. Nhb. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A large slice, a ' hunk ' of cake, &c. (A.F.S.)
DOLING, sb. Ken. Sus. [do'lin.] A fishing-boat
with two masts, each carrying a sprit-sail.
Ken.' Boys, in his History of Sandwich, speaks of them as ' ships
for the King's use, furnished by the Cinque Ports.' Ken., e.Sus.
Holloway. Sus.' 2
DOLL, sb} and v.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in form dahl- Ayr. ; dall- Sc. [dol, dal.] 1. sb. In
comp. (i) Doll-cheeses, the dwarf-mallow, Malva rotitndi-
folia ; (2) -'s-christening, a ' hen '-party, a party consisting
entirely of ladies ; (3) -rags, shreds, fragments, scraps of
ribbon, &c. ; finery ; (4) -wean, a doll.
(i) Yks. (B. & H.) (2) Nhp.' (3 )Lan. Dressed in all the tinsel-
coloured paper, ribbons, and ' doll rags ' which they can command,
Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 230. Wan^The meat is
boiled to doll-rags. A woman dressed in clothes of many adorn-
ments would be said to be ' dressed in doll-rags.' (4) Lnk. Gor
doll-weans dinna greet. An' they leeve a' day lang withoot meat,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 19.
2. Phr. (i) he is neither dim nor doll, he is undecided ;
(2) to lick t'doll, to surpass everything, to pass com-
prehension.
(i) Cor. Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 425, ed. 1896. (2)
w.Vks. Hah ivver hcs that chap climbed up theear ? — Nay, lad, that
licks t'doll. What a lot o' bonny hats ! — Ay, but ther's one i' yond
corner 'at licks t'doll ! (iE.B.)
Q2
DOLL
[ii6]
DOLLUM
3. An image of any description.
w.Yks. Pot dolls [pot dogs] (J.T.).
Hence Dally, sb. a painted image.
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. Like a dally drawn on delf Or china ware,
MoRisoN Poems (1790) 82.
4. A term of affection ; a smartly-dressed young woman.
Abd. I trow they thought themsel's nae muck, Nor yet their dolls,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 214.
Hence Dolly, sb. a silly, ' dressy ' woman ; also used
a/Mb.
Ayr. Galt Provost (ed. 1896) Gl. Lth. Nae prim-faced, dwarfish,
dolly jades, That cankered guidmen bothers, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 51.
5. V. With up : to pet, indulge.
w.Som.' Wuul, ee wiiz dh-aun-lee chee-ul aay-d u-gaUt, un aay
spoo'uzu wuzu dau'ldaup- u beet [Well, he was my only child, and
I suppose he was a little indulged]. Dev. Rcporls Provinc. (1882) 12.
DOLL, sb.'^ Oxf. Brks. Sus. limp. Also in form dall
Oxf Brks. [del, dsel.] The smallest pig of a litter.
Brks. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; Gl. (1852); Brks.i Hmp. Wise New
Forest (1883) 288 ; Hmp.i
Hence (i) Dall-dally, phr. a call to little pigs ; (2)
Dalling, sb. the smallest or youngest pig of a litter ; an
unhealthy child.
(i) Oxf.i il/S. nrfrf. (2) Sus.2
DOLL, sb.^ n.Cy. Yks. Der. Also written dol Der.' ;
and in forms dall, dawl, dole w.Yks. [dol, dpi, d^al.]
The hand, chiefly used of a child's hand.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) ; Keep thi
dalls off me (,J.T.) ; Keep thy dawls eawt o' that. Wewantnooan
o' his dawls i' this deeal, Dyer Dial. (1891)26 ; Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Jan. 26, 1884) 8. Der.i
[Ye doll of the hand, vola, Levins Manip. (1570) ; Put
furthe thy dalle, Towneley Myst. (c. 1460) n8.]
DOLL, sb." Sc. Dung.
Bnff. Applied exclusively to that of pigeons called dow's-dol!
(Jam.I. BnflF., Abd. Pretty ^e;!, applied (G.W.).
DOLL, V? Nhp. Dev. Cor. Also in forms dole Nhp.^
s.Dev. ; dool(e Cor.'"; dolley Cor.^^; dowl Cor.^ [dol,
d(El.] To toll a bell.
Nhp.i They're dolling the bell for somebody ; Nhp.^ n.Dev. Tha
bell won't always doll, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 99. s.Dev.
The usual term (G.E.D.). Cor. The bell dolls. Monthly Mag. (1810)
I. 434; Cor.i2
DOLL, see Dole, si.'
DOLLAR, sb. Sc. 'War. Hmp. Slang. A five-shilling
piece.
Edb. Learn the nack to catch the dollars, Liddle Poems (1821)
172. War.3 Haifa-dollar, the half-crown. Hmp. (H.E.) Slang.
Chris, are you going to do me out of a dollar? Dji. News (Jan. 4,
1895) 3, col. 7.
DOLLEDGE, v. War.'' [do-lidg.] To beat, buffet.
Hence DoUedger, sb. a large, heavy marble or alley,
used to drive an opponent's marble to a considerable
distance.
DOLLEM, DOLLEY, see Dollum, Doll, v."
DOLLICKS, sb. Cor. [doliks.] A little woman.
Cor.3 w.Cor. I never saw such a little woman, she is a reg'lar
dollicks /M.A.C.).
DOLL IN, p/ir. Bnff.' A call used by children to
enter school.
DOLLIN, sb. Pern, [do'lin.] A small pitcher with
a narrow neck.
Pem. (W.H.Y.) ; ' Dollin' was not an uncommon word when I
was a boy. I knew ' dollins ' which held much more than a pint ;
they were all of common oldish brown ware f H O.). s.Pem. Fetch
soom waiter in the dollin (W.M.M.) ; Laws Z.i«&£'«^. (1888) 420.
DOLLOCK, see Dallack.
DOLLOP, sb. and v. Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Also written dollap e.Yks.' ; dollip Nhb. ;
doUup Nhb.' e.Yks. w.Yks. Not. sw.Lin.' w.Wor. se.Wor.'
Hrf Mid. Ken. Cor.; and in form dallop Shr.' e.An.'
Nrf ' Ess.' Sur.' Sus.'^ Dev. [do'lap, dalap, deeiap.]
1. sb. A lump, heap ; a large piece or quantity ; the
whole number.
Cai.',Bnfr.' Ant. An objectionable mixture (W.H.P.). Nhb. Aw
red the yel dollip, Keelmin'sAim. 1 1869) 18; Nhb.' Cum. Ah wadn't
gio t'snap o' my finngcr for a' t'dollop o' tht m (J.D.); Cum.' Yks.
And I sent a great dollop of water into the face of the poor
lieutenant, Blackmore Mary Anerley (1880) bk. 11. xviii. n.Yks.'
Yon troot's biggest o' t'dollop by owght, ne.Yks.' It did ma a
dollop o' good. e.YI:s.Ay! whata doUup o' dumplin ! Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889)60; e.Yks.i MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Whatten
price fur t'ole dollop? (F.P.T.); At a Co-op near Batley they
hed a dollop o' Jarman yeast at wor noan fit for sale, Dewsbre Oltn.
(1880) 4 ; w.Yks. 2^ Lan. What sayn yo' to a dollop o' pig's cheek
i'stead o' cheese? Brierley Out of Work, i ; Lan.' Heaw mich?
Tuppence! What a dollop thae's getlen I e.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.' ;
Chs.3 An she got any brass? Ay, dollops. s.Chs.', Stf.' s.Stf.
I gied her the brimstone in a dollop o' traicle, Pinnock Blk. Cy.
Ann. (1895). Der.2 Not. (L.C.M.) ; Not.' ; Not.2 He give me a
doUup o' beeans; Not.^ s.Not. 'E did uster cut uz dollups o' bread
an' cheeze (J.P.K.). Lin. Miller & Skertchly />H/n»rf(i878) iv ;
Brooks Tracts Gl. n.Lin.^ Ther's a huge dollop o' soot cum'd doon
th' hoose chimla'. sw.Lin.i Lei.' Oi sa', fayther, gie us a dollop
o' flip-flop. Nhp.' Used in playing at any game where there are
two parties. 'You and I will stand the dollop' ; Nhp. 2, War.^s
w.Wor. Thurbe a dollup o' waite about this turn, S. Beauchamp
Grantley Grange (1874) I. 30. se.Wor.i, Shr.', Hrf.= Glo. Put
your foot again on these stones, and I'll thrash ye into a dollop,
GtssiNG Both 0/ this Parish (i88g) II. 212; Glo."' = , Oxf.', Brks.>
n.Bck. A gret dollop of fat meat (A.C). w.Mid. What a dollup
of rain we have had in the night (W.P.M.). Lon. And dollops
of Yorkshire pudding, Mayhew Loud. Labour (1851) I. 248.
Cmb.l You'll make a splether with all that dollop on your plate.
e.An.' ; e.An.^ A dollop of dough to make a dumpling with. Nrf.
I've got a nice little dollop of barley off that there piece (W.R.E.) ;
Nrf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.' Shall I gie ye some?
— Thankee, not too big a dollop. e.Ken. (G.G.), Sur.i, Su's.
(F.W. L.), Sus.'° Hmp.' Them 'taters are dollops of flour. Som.
And the dollops o pudden as voUied tha mate, Agrikler Rhymes
(1872) 107 ; (F.W. L.) Dev. What a dollop of fat you have given
me ! N. & Q. (1853) ist S. viii. 65 ; Whot iverdidee put zich gert
dollops ov suet intii the pudden vur, Lizzie? Hewett Peas. Sfi.
(i892\ nw.Dev.^ Cor. Me as vvald car' me two gallons o'sperrits
and a dollup o' tay, Parr Adam and Eve (1880) I. 134 ; Cor.'
Don't cut such a dollop; Cor.^
2. Phr. O' the dollop, heavily.
w.Wor. He went down o' the dollup and he didna foight not no
more, S. Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) II. 242.
3. Obs. A packet of tea, of varying weight, sewn up in
canvas for the convenience of smuggling.
e.An.', Nrf.', Ken.' Sus.' He made no enquiry as to the dallops
of tea . . . deposited on his doorstep (s.v. Darks). Sus. ^ Weighing
from 6 to 16 pounds. Hmp.' A dollop of tea was a certain weight,
equal to twenty-eight pounds.
4. A patch of ground among growing corn where the
plough has missed ; rank tufts of growing corn where
heaps of manure have lain.
e.An.', Nrf.' Nrf., Ess. Grose (1790;^. Ess. (W.W.S.^; G/.(i85i);
Ess.' s.Cy. Ray(i69i). [Dallops, a term used in some places for
patches or corners of grass or weeds among corn, Worlidge 1^1681).]
5. A slattern, an untidy, dirty woman.
Ant. (W.H.P.) Lakel. PfTHn//! Ofo. (Dec. 28, 1897'). Wm. She's
a gurt idle dollop (B. K.). nXin.' She's as offil a dollups as ony
man could leet on atwean Tindaale Bank an' Garthrup Shore.
e.An.' Nrf. (E.G. P.) ; (M.C.H.B.) ; For Sairey is none o' your
dollops, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 69; Nrf.'
6. V. "To handle awkwardly ; to paw, toss about carelessly.
e.An.', Nrf.' e.Suf. How you dollop that dough about (F.H.).
[It looks so dalloped (W.W.S.).]
Hence (i) Dolloped, ppl. adj. badly or over-nursed ; (2)
Dolloper, 5*. a bungler, clumsy person ; (3) Dolloping,
ppl. adj. awkward, clumsy.
(I) Nrf.', Suf.' (2) e.Suf. (F.H.) (3) nw .Dev.' A gurt dollopin'
turmut.
[4. Dallop, locus in segete fioxiarum herbarum plenus,
Coles (1679).]
DOLLOR, DOLLOUR, see Dolour.
DOLLOT, sb. Som. (F.H.) [Not known to our other
correspondents.] A quantity. See Dollop, 1.
DOLLPOPPER, sb. Lin. [doipopsfr).] The water-
hen, Galliiutla clihfopHS. Lin. (E.P.), n.Lin.'
DOLLUM, V. Yks. Also written dollem. [do-lam.]
To soil, spoil a thing with too much handling.
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Jan. 26, 1884 ~l 8 ; w.Yks.3
Hence Dollunis, sb. a slattern. w.'V'ks.^
\
DOLLY
["7l
DOLT
DOLLY, sl).^ and t>. Var. dial, uses in Eng. [do'li.]
1. si). In coiiifi- (i) Dolly-clouts, doll's clothes ; (2)
•doucey, a child's doll.
(i) w.Yks.5 (2) War.2, w.Wor.', se.Wor.'
2. A woman's name, in phr. (1) f/ia/ cobs Dolly and Dolly
cobbed the devil, that surpasses everything, beats all ; (2)
that /logs Dolly, that is carrying one's rage too far.
(I) War.' (2) w.Yks. Prov. in Bn'g/wusc IVews (.luly 23, 1887).
3. An untidy, idle woman, a slut ; a term of contempt
for a woman.
Lakel. P<Hn//i Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. She's a gurt dolly
(B.K.l. w.Yks. Then, thowt I, that poor fellow '1! hev a queer
life, Who hcs sich a dolly as thee for his wife, Twisleton Points
(c. 1876) IV. 8; It wor Sunday at ncet,just after ten o'clock, wdicn
my lord an his dolly coom walking up past a lot o' blades at wor
in for a spree, Dewsbye Ohn. (1875) 8; w.Yks.^; w.Yks.^ He's got
a maungy doll}' for a wife. ne.Lan.'
Hence (i) Dolly-catch, sb. a ' soft ' catch ? (2) -mawkin,
sb. a tawdrily-dressed woman, a giddy girl ; (3) -tripe,
a slut.
(i) War.3 Such a dolly-catch, /"ref/bresfers (1895). (2)w.Yks.5,
s,Chs.' (3; War. Holloway.
4. A wooden instrument, used in washing clothes. See
below.
Nhb.' A clothes washing stick, made with feet, but otherwise
like a poss-stick. Cum. In winter he assisted and handled the
' dolly ' at the washing days of his acquaintances, Dickinson
RtiHiniscences, 40 ; Cum.' Yks. Deeam took oop the dolly to bang
at her, Fetherston T. Goor/trodger {i8-jo) 5. n.Yks.' A washing-
tub in the form of a barrel, fitted up with an interior cross-headed
shaft, terminating at its lower end in an object which is not unlike
a small four- or six-legged wooden foot-stool. Used for washing
blankets and other large and heavy articles, the shaft having a
kind of semi-rotatory motion communicated to it by means of the
cross-bar at the lop. ne.Yks.>, w.Yks. (S.P.U.), -w.Yks.l'^ Lan.
Whirling round the 'dolly' most vigorously, Brierley Fralcliing-
lOMS (1868) iii ; Lan.i, e.Lan.i Chs.' Also called a Peggy. Der.
To her stirring of the wash-tub, by means of a sort of churn called
a 'dolly,' Verney Stone Edge (1868) i. Not."', s.Not. (.I.P.K.) Lin.
I can wesh wi' any one, but as for them dollies (R.E.C.); Streat-
FEiLD Liti. and Danes (1884^ 324. n Lin.*, sw.Lin.' Lei.* ' Wan
o' them theer paj-tent dollies ' is now called so. Nhp.' War.^
Prisoner struck his wife with a washing ' maid ' or ' dolly,' B'ham
Dy. Gazelle 1 Oct. 6, 1896). w.Wor.', se.Wor.' Slir.' The lower
part of the dolly is made of a solid block of wood, 8 inches deep
and 65 inches wide ; it is of circular shape, and so cut through at
the two opposite diameters as to form four wedge-shaped feet 44
inches in depth. Into the centre of this block is fitted an upright
handle 2 feet long, having a cross-bar at the top 15 inches long;
held by this, the dolly is worked with an up and down motion
which pounds dirt out of the clothes ; Shr.' Shr., Hrf. Bound
Provinc. (1876); Hrf.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) Cmb.' Down at Smith's fur-
niture shop they've got a washing dolly for sale. e.Suf. Now
going out of use (F.H.). Som. (W.F.R.)
Hence (i) Dolly-legs, sb. pi. the feet affixed to the
circular bottom-piece of the dolly ; (2) -peg, sb. a washing
implement, somewhat similar to the dolly ; see below ;
(3) -pot, sb. a wash-tub ; (4) -stick, sb. the shaft of the
dolly, the stick used to turn the clothes round in the tub ;
(5) -tub, sb. the large tub in which the dolly is used.
(i) Lakel. Pem-i<h Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897'. w.Yks. Yks. N. & Q.
(1888) II. 113. mLan.i (2) Der.', s.Not. (J.P.K.), War.' Shr.'
A circular piece of wood ij inches thick and 8 inches in diameter
has inserted into it six stout pegs about 7 inches in length; on the
upper side of it is an upright handle 2 feet 2 inches long, having
a cross-bar 7 inches long, about 4 inches below the top; the oper-
ator holds the dolly-peg by this, and with a strong twisting motion
shakes and rubs the clothes in the water, so as to cleanse them
very effectually. (3) Der. Her's done't washin' in't dolly-pot
ivery Monday, Wkly. Telegraph (Dec. 22, 1894) 12, col. i. (4) Cum.
(J.D.) Yks. With the dolly stick, Fetherston T. Goorkiodger
(1870) 13. n.Yks.', e.Yks.i (5) Cum. (J.D.) Wm. Penrith Obs.
(April 20, 1897). n.Yks.', e.Yks.', Clis.', Der.', Not.", s.Not.
(J.P.K.) Lin. He saw his mother on her knees by the side of
the dolly-tub (R.E.C.). sw.Lin.', Lei.', War.3, Shr.'
5. A beetle used in 'bunching hemp.' e.An."
6. Bolsters of straw, put under the eaves of a stack
to make them project and throw off the water better.
Shr.'
7. A wounded finger, bound up with rag and carried
carelully. Brks.', w.Mid. (W.P.M.)
8. A wheel covered with rags, used by cutlers in polish-
ing their wares. w.Yks.'
9. A rag; an article of clothing.
N.I.' He had hardly a dolly on him.
10. A contrivance attached to a chainmaker's anvil for
pressing the link after it is welded ; a machine for punch-
ing iron.
Nhb.i A punching doUey, i6i cwts., Invenloty of IVa/lsend
Colliery (1848).
IL A length of wood placed in a grinder's trough to
raise the water-level.
w.Yks. This saves adding water to that in the trough (H.W.B.).
12. V. To wash clothes with a dolly.
Lakel. Ta wesh clias is ta dolly them in a dolly-tub, Penrith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897'. ne.Yks.' Be shahp, lass, an' git them cleeas
dollied. Lan. He might dolly for her, Brierley Fralchinglons
(1868) iii ; Tha'd a been th' Lady Mayoress . . . sortin' out thy
clothes fur th' weshwoman i'stead o' dollyin' out thy bits o' duds
fur thysen, Burnett io!«nc's( 1877) viii. Chs.' Oo alius may's him
dolly th' clothes. s.Not. Mary always dollies her clothes, I never
do (J.P.K.). Lin. They're forced to dolly out o' doors ; there's
not room to wash and dolly in the house (R.E.C.). se.Wor.',
Shr.i, e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence Dollying, vbl. sb. the process of washing clothes
with a dolly.
Lan. He had been engaged in ' dollying ' and a few other mis-
chievous feats in the washing line, Gaskell M. Barion (1848)
xxvii. n.Lin.'
13. With abottt: to do women's work. e.Lin. (G.G.W.)
DOLLY, s6.' Sc. An old-fashioned iron oil-lamp ;
gai. in cowb. Eely dolly. Cf. crusie.
n.Sc. A bunch or two of the pith of the rush to serve as wicks
for the lamp (the eely dolly) during winter, Gregor Olden Time
(1874) 16; A third kind of lighting was by an iron oil lamp that
bore the name of the eely dolly, (6. 21. Per. Quite familiar. Licht
the dolly, Jane, and see if you can get my spectacles. Licht the
dolly and see and get the cat oot (G.W.).
Hence Dolly oil, sb. oil used to burn in a ' dolly.' Also
called Eel-dolly. Abd. (Jam.)
DOLLY, see Dally, v. Dowie.
DOLLY-BONES, see Daily-bones.
DOLLY-LA"W, see Dally, v. 2.
DOLLY-MOP, sb. and v. Dev. Cor. [do-li-mop.]
1. sb. A flirt. Cor.'
Hence Dolly-moppin, (1) sb. a lazy, idle fellow ; (2)
vbl. sb. flirtation.
(i) s.Dev. Fox Kingsbridge {lS^^). (2) Cor.'
2. V. To trick, treat unfairly.
Cor. He wadden going to be dollymopped, Thomas Aunt
Kezziah's Visit, xiii.
DOLLYMOSH, v. Ken.» [do-limoj.] To demolish,
destroy.
DOLOUR, sb. and v. e.An. Ken. I.W. Also written
dollor e.An.' ; dollour Ken. ; doUur I.W.' [dol3(r).]
1. sb.pl. Lowness of spirits. I.W.'
2. V. To moan, used of the moaning of the wind when
blowing up for rain. See Duller, sb.
e.An.' Ken. Grose (1790); Lewis/. 7>«f/ (1736) 51 ; Ken."
Hence Dolouring, sb. a mournful noise.
Ess. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498 ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.'
[1. Fr. doleur, grief (Cotgr.).]
DOLPHIN, 56. Hrt. Ken. Sun Sus. [dolfin.] A small
fly or blight, especially destructive to beans, &c.. Aphis
fabae. Also in comp. Dolphin-fly.
Hrt. Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) V. i. Ken. The wheat will be
' often black, what we call dolphins, with the scent of a lobster.'
[This would mean infected with bunt {Tilletia canes), which has a
disagreeable fishy smell]. Young Ann. Agric. (1784-1815) III. 444;
Ken.' It is sometimes black, as on beans and honeysuckles ; and
sometimes green, as on roses and cinerarias; Ken.', Sur.', Sns.'
[The young stalks and leaves of the bean are attacked by the Aphis
fabae, commonly called the black dolphin, and collier, Stephens
Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 217.]
DOLT, s6. and t;. Yks. [dolt.] 1. sb. A lump, mass,
especially of a soft, sticky substance.
w.Yks. We'll knock one daan bang into th' dolt An' let him roll
DOLTARD
[ii8]
DOMINIE
rcight throo it, Hartley Ditt. (1868) 92 ; YeeVe seen that dolt
o' mucky tlay O't face o' Pudsay Doas, Preston Poems (1864) 3.
2. //. The leavings of food.
w.Yks. I'll not eat thy dolts. Obsol., Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Jan. 3,
1891) ; (J.T.)
3. V. To pick at one's food, to eat part only ; to mix up
remnants. w.YIls. ( I.T.)
DOLTARD, sb. Sc. A dull, stupid fellow, a dolt.^
Lth. Hoot awa, hoot awa, doltard carlie . . . Young Jamie's the
laddie I'm wantin', M'-'Neill Preslon (c. 1895") 102.
DOLUS, adj. S. & Ork.^ Procrastinating, wanting in
energy.
[Norw. dial, duglaiis, wanting in energy, incapable
(Aasen).]
DOLVER, sb} Nrf. Suf. Reclaimed fen-land ; a piece
of bog or peat ground, where peat is cut for fuel.
Nrf.' Suf. The Rev. James Davics by his will, dated May 20,
i6gi, left to the poor of Barton Mills, a dolver laying [lying] in
Mildenhall Fen (W.W.S.).
DOLVER, s6.== Sc. Irel. Also in forms dolfer N.I.';
doeler, dd'er Per. [do'lvsr, do'lfar.] Anything of large
size; a large marble.
Per. A marble about twice as large as those of the ordinary size
was not uncommon in my schoolboy days and was called a ' dol'er '
or ' doeler' (G.W.). Fif. A great dolver of an apple (Jam.). N.I.'
DOM, DOMALESS, see Dome, sb}, Doraless.
DOMBER, V. Nhp. War. Wor. [do-mb3(r), d5-mb3(r).]
To smoulder, burn slowly without flame.
Wor. This coal is not so good as the last, it dombers (E.S.).
se.Wor.i 1 'anged my bwoj''s wet things afore the fire to dry,
an' in the marnin' I fund 'em dombered an' dombered all away.
s.Wor. (H.K.)
Hence Dombering, ppl. adj. smouldering.
Nhp.' The fire lies so dombering to-day. Oftener applied to
wood than to coal. War.^
DOME, sb} e.An. Also in forms dom Nrf. Suf. ;
doom e.An.' Nrf.'; dum e.An.' Nrf Suf; dumm Suf
[dom, deem, dBm.] Down, soft fur, as of a rabbit or hare,
or 3'oung fowl ; soft wool.
e.An.', Nrf.' Nrf., Suf. Morton Cyclo. Agiic. (1863). Suf. I see
some dum caught on the brumbies, where th'owd hare went throu
(M.E.R.). e.Suf. Also the sweepings of a bedroom (F.H.); Suf.'
Hence Dumming, vbl. sb. the action of a goose or duck,
when beginning to sit, in plucking off her plumage to
line the nest. Nrf
[Dowme, federys, pliima, plitmula, Prompt. OFr. dum,
down, whence dmiui (mod. diivcl), MLat. dimia; see
Hatzfeld (s.v. Duvet), and Moisy (s.v. Dum).]
DOME, sb.^ Sc. [dom.] A house, dwelling, abode of
any description.
Bnff. Think o' yonder dome. Where Lazarus, to cool a tongue,
Frac Abie [Abraham] winna come, Taylor Poems {i^Sj) 33.
Per. You scarce would hope to find amid The grass, a feathered
fairy "s home : Yet there it lies securely hid, Save only for its foggy
dome, Edwards S//a//<racK Z.^7/f5 (1889) 106. Slg. Begone! and
instant leave my dome, Nor tempt my vengeance dread, Elctio
Castle (1796) 6. Lth. The sun wi' gowden ray, illumes Auld
Roslin's weather-beaten domes, 'Brvce Poems iiVii'^') II. 51. Gall.
The loud hoarse bark from scatter'd domes Proclaim'd who watch'd
the farmers' homes, Nicholson i/(5^. Tales (1843) 121.
EOMEL, see Dunimel(l.
DOMELOUS, adj. Lin.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Wicked, profligate. Cf domless.
DOMENT, sb. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin. Nhp.
War. Shr. Som. Also written dooment e.Yks. w.Yks.
Lan.' e.Lan.' Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Der. Nhp.'' ; dowmentm.Yks.';
and in form doomot Nhp.* [diiment, -msnt, w.Som.
dumant. I 1. An affair, event, proceeding; a com-
motion, disturbance; a feast, entertainment, merrymaking.
Cf. do, sb.
Wm.Thcyca'd him rebellious [Monmouth] and a doment in Ireland,
Rawnsley Remiit. IVore/swort/i 1884) VI. 170. Yks. Al begin an
tell yoh abaat a dooment wi lied a tothrec weeks sin at Burstal,
BiNNsroH: fra/to/)i 1861)8. n.Yks.= e.Yks. Ah say, Jim ! heztha
heca'd tell what a dooment Navvy Bob had wi' that deead chap,
at they gatoc.t ov oor scawdin tub? Nicholson F/i- S/i. (1889) 34;
e.Yks.' Was there milchdo mentat fair? MS. adil.CWU.) m.Yks.'
A table crowded with crockery, out of place, will occasion the
remark, ' What a dowment there is here ! ' w.Yks. We hed sitch a
dooment at ahr wedding, fowk couldn't sit dalin, t'rahm wor that
theear crahded (^.B.) ; After that dooment he cum aht o' t' 'Syhim,
Ytstnaii. (1875) 28, col. I ; w.Yks.' Lan. An' she gies it wi'out
makin' a doment, Burnett Haworl/i's (1887) xxxvii ; Has th'owd
sinner sent his soul to wheere ther's no frosty weather by sich an
unnatural doment as that ! Brieuley Tfcrf CF<(«/. (1868 j 205 ; Lan.'
When he started a readin' o'er Jinny's dooment, aw ne'er yerd
sich laughin', Lahee Bei/y o' Yep's (1865) 15. e.Lan.' Chs.
Theaw's bin in at mony a queer dooment an i' aw maks o' places,
Croston Enoch Crunip (1887) 11 ; Chs.' We're goin to have a
grand dooment at ahr shop [factory] next wik ; th' mester's goin
get wed ; Chs.^ Mee-Ieddy, a pratty dooment there was when
Lord Grosvenor cum of age ! s.Chs.' Let us chapelfolks come to
the dooment, 64. Der. The old woman was buried. . . . 'Twere a
gran' dooment anyhow, Vehney Stone Edge (1868) xii. n.Lin.'
Thaay kicked up no end on a doment 'cos thaay thoht as was
lost, when he'd nobut missed his traain. sw.Lin.' If it wasn't for
the School Board, we shouldn't ha' had all this do-ment. e.Lin.
A very common word (G.G.W.). Nhp.' We had a rare doment;
Nhp.2, 'War.^ Shr.' It's moi bSorthd'y to-dee, so we'n 'avin a bit
on a dooment. Theer were a foine dooment w'en the Missis lost
'er kays. w.Som.' Dhur wuz u puur-dee diie-munt wai um [There
was a pretty disturbance with them].
Hence Doomentation,sZ'. commotion, fuss, disturbance.
Lan. It caused sich a doomentation amung his brothers, Brierley
hkdale (1865) 49, ed. 1868.
2. A gorgeous article of wearing apparel, a striking
ornament, or finery.
Yks. An old countrywoman, finding a modern lady's bustle,
would inquire, 'What's this dooment for?' Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Dec. 13, 1890). w.Yks. Hesteh seen Jane Cawthra what a
dooment shoo hes on her heead ? (vE. B.)
DOMEROR, s^i. Obs.t Rxb. (Jam.) A madman.
[Dommerar, a madman. Head Eng. Rogue (1671), ed.
1874, 49 (Farmer). The same word as obs. E. dommerar
or dummerer, 'in the old cant of beggars one who pre-
tended to be dumb' (Nares). It compels some miserable
wretches to counterfeit several diseases, make themselves
blind, lame, to have a more plausible cause to beg, . . . we
have dummerers, Abraham men. Burton Aitat. Mel.
(1621), ed. 1896, L 409]
DOMERY-KIST, sb. Yks. A large old-fashioned oak
chest.
n.Yks. Real old oak furniture. — Domery kist, side-table, corner
cupboard, and grandfather's clock ibrass face), all elaborately,
carved, St. James's Gas. (April 22, 1896 1 ; I remember it well as a
boy, although not known to me now (R.B.).
DOMETT, sb. Yks. [da-mat] 1. Flannel with a
cotton warp and woollen weft.
w.Yks. We have lately [1828] introduced a great deal of cotton
into woollens in my neighbourhood, making an article called
domett, BiscHOFF Hist. Woollen Manufacture in B/d. Dy. Tel. (Oct.
16, 1896).
2. Comp. Domett-baize, a baize with a cotton warp.
w.Yks. An article called domett baize which has superseded
woollen baize, ib.
DOMICILE, V. Sc. To settle down, reside.
Ayr. After the campaign in England my three brothers never
domiciled themselves at any civil calling, Galt GiUiaize (1823) xv.
DOMINIE, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. [domini.J A
schoolmaster.
Or.I. He fairly dumfoundered the dominie, and had even the
audacity to attack the minister himsel', 'VEDDER^fe/r/ifS (1832") 18.
n.Sc. Of this cadger's dozen the dominie was easily the chief,
Gordon Carglcn (1891) 4. Bnff. The truant was searched for by
willing hands, and led in triumph to the dominie, Gordon Cliivn.
Keilli (1880) 66. Bch. Some dominies are so biass'd, That o'er the
dyke themselves they cast, Forbes Dominie {11%^) 25. Abd. The
dominie's nae gryte deykn at the common coontin 'imsel, Alex-
ander yo/"»iv Gibh (187O ix. Kcd. Mr. Tawse, the pairis' teacher,
BorrowedKirkton'sshawlttocome ; . . . Clean forgot a kettle corner,
Dobbin took it like the win', But, alas ! he left the saiddle, Dominie,
an' a' ahin, Grant Lays ^l884) 75. Frf. I was there too — the
dominie of Glen Quharity, Barrie Minister (1891) i. Per. That
sticket dominie that fills good old Dr. Brown's pulpit, Cleland
Inc/ibrncken {18S3) 38, ed. 1887. Slg. He looks as proud's a dominie
Presidin' ower his classes, Towers Poems (1885) 161. s.Sc. She
had twined the dominie o' the ket On whelk he had tin ie limes
DOMINO
["9]
DON
dyned, Watson Banls (1859) 105. Dmb. Na, na, Jamie lad, it
vvasna to mak' ye a dominie that I spent mony a pound, Cuoss
Disiiiplio)! 1 1844) ii. Rnf. Nor does it say their dominies Shonldna
dae sometliing for their fees, Young Pictnns{^\Q6^\ 143. Ayr. Tlie
imagination of the ingenious dominie was mounted in iiis cloudy
car, Galt Lairds (1826) xiii. Lnk. Even Tavish M''Donnell can
scarce baud the can'Ie To him, though a dominie bred sin' a bairn,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 23. Lth. The dominie paps in, to read
her the news aye, Ballantine Poems (1856) 47. Gall. It's easy
for the dominie to get a laugh in the school, standing with the
taws in his hand, Crockett /?«;</f;.s (1894) xxvii. Kcb. I'm the
daddy o' four bonnie bairns. An' they hae for their mither the
dominie's dochter, Armstrong IitgUstde (1890) 150. "Wgt. The
question of whether they would present the dominie's wrife with
an old black cutty pipe which had come into their possession —
the good lady being fond of a whiff, Fraser IVigloivn (1877) 361.
DOMINO, sb. Yks. Lan. Also in form domny w.Yks.
[do'mino, w.Yks. also domni.] 1. \n phr. to be domino,
to be dispatched, finished, to be all up with something.
w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. The metaphor is taken from the word
'domino,' which the winner of a game of dominoes calls as he
plays his last piece (J.B.S.) ; It'll be domino for me nea\v, Clegg
David's Loom (1894) xxi; What dost think abeawt Sebastypol bein*
takken ? . . . Aw'U bet thi a quart 0' ale ut it's domino wi' it neaw,
Brieri.ey Tales (1854') 26 ; 'Theere. neaw ! ' he ejaculated, after he
had delivered the last letter ; 'that's domino at any rate,' ib. Irkdale
(1865') 254, ed. 1868. [Domino, an ejaculation of completion : e.g.
for sailors and soldiers at the last lash of a flogging : also, by im-
plication, a knock-down blow, or the last of a series^ Farmer.]
2. The notes of a piano.
Lan. Aw con play ' God save the Queen,' iv aw happen to catch
th' reet dominoes to start ofl", Clegg Sketches (1895).
3. A workman's ticket.
w.Yks. An iron ticket with a figure or figures which is attached
to each corf indicating the number of the miner who has sent the
coal out (D.T.).
DOMLESS, ai^'. Or.I. Also written domaless, domalus.
Inactive, in a state of lassitude ; impotent. Cf domelous.
Or.I. It is transferred to grain, when it has been so much injured
by rain that the stalk is unable to sustain the weight of the ear
(Jam.) ; (S.A.S.) ; In common use in thesenseof impotent, wanting
in natural vigour ; it is also used in referring to a temporary or
accidental impotence, e.g. the hands might be domaless with cold;
or a fowl might be rendered domaless (chilled and powerless)
(J.G.). S. & Ork.' Applied to both man and beast.
[Norw. dial, dom, judgement, wisdom, capacity + -/aMS,
neg. suff. (Aasen).]
DOMMEL, see Dummel(l.
DOMMOCK, V. Hrf. Also in form dammock. [do'mak,
dae'msk.] To dirty clothes.
Hrf. Still in use (J.B.) ; Hrf.'' Her aint one to dammock her
clothes.
DOMMOCK, DOIVLNY, see Dummock, 5*.^, Domino.
DOMP, adj. I.W.' Also in form dompy. [do-mp,
dompi.l Short, stunted, 'dumpy.'
DOMP, i;. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To fall, tumble. (Hall.)
DON, sb.^ In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. [don.]
1. A distinguished man ; an adept, a clever fellow ; also
used attrib. grand, superior ; clever.
Lnk. Tho' I'm nae don at the singin' I'll gie ye a swatch o' my
skill, CoGHiLL Poems (1890) 24. Nhb. Come listen, ye dors, that
keep cows on the moor, Oliver Local Siigs. (1824) ir. Wm. We
quite beat these aid dons at invention, Hutton Bran New IVark
(1785)1.83. s.Chs.' Don folk. s.Stf. He's a don at foreign tongues,
Murray Rainbow Gold 1^1886) 80. Rdn. Morgan IVds. (1881).
Glo.i This is the don place in the village.
Hence Donner, sb. anything done in a superior way.
Nhp.''
2. Comb. Don hand, gen. in phr. to be a don hand at any-
thing, to be an adept, expert.
Yks. He is a don hand, Yks. Wkly. Post (1883). ii.Yks.» Ay,
he's a don hand, yon chap ; he's welly oop tiv owght. ne.Yks.'
Sha's a don hand at it, is t'au'd woman. Lan. He's a don hand at
his work (J.L.). Chs.i, s.Chs.', Not. (L.C.M.) s.Lin. He's a don
hand at it, is Bill (T.H.R.). s.NoL 'E's a don and at draughts
(J.P.K.). Nhp.' He is a don hand at his business; Nhp.' He's a
don hand at shootin. War.^ Shr.' Tummas, they tellen me as
J'o' bin a don-'and at stack-makin' an' thelchin'; can 'ee spar' us
a wik? n.Bck. He's a don hand at cricket (A.C.). Lcn. Another
h.id been a gun-smith, and . . . was considered a ' don hand at
hair triggers,' Mavhew Land. Labour (1851) I. 289. Dev. They
are don hands at the work, lu. Times (Apr. 22, 1886) 2.
3. A gay young fellow, a beau. m.Lan.', Lin. (Hall.)
4. A tavourite, an intimate friend.
Sc. (Jam.) Per. Used at school of a boy who is a leading spirit,
or great favourite. ' Our Tom's jist the rarest don ve ever saw'
(G.W.).
DON, si.2 Sc. A gift, donation.
Per. 1 gae them my usual don (G.W.). Ayr. (Jam.)
[Fr. do)!, a gift.]
DON, V. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
written donn w.Yks.' [don.] 1. To put on something,
csp. an article of raiment.
Frf. The people, having tranquilly supped and soused their faces
in their waterpails, slowly donned their Sunday clothes, Barrie
/.ic/i/ (1893) iv. e.Sc. He had not yet donned his frock-coat and hat,
Setoun R. Urqu/iart{i8g6)\v. Fif. Sic ... audacity ! It'sawunner
to me that the Post Office authorities didna put a detective on the
sender's track, and gar him don a straicht jacket, M'Laren Tibbie
(1894)40. Gall. Wat's attire was not now such as that he had
donned to visit my Lady Wellwood, Crockett ./l/oss-//«js( 1895) xlii.
Ir. Mrs. Brophy, donning her cloak and big bonnet,. .. went to call
on Father Shehan, Francis F;fs//aH (1895) 9. Wxf.', N.Cy.' Nhb.
Sae don your plaid an' tak your gad, Coqitetdale Sngs. (1852 ) 59;
Nhb.' Lakel. Ah'll don mi Sunday clias an' gah wi' ye, Pcnnlh
Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897) ; Ellwood (1895). Dur.' n.Yks. I'le into
th' loft, and don my clathes, Meriton Praise Ale (1684'! 1. 443;
n.Yks.i; n.Yks.2 Don thy bonnet; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' Don thi
bonnet, bairn. e.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks.^" Lan. So don yore
ribbins on yore sleaves, Kav-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (i860) II.
229; Lan.', n.Lan.' ne.Lan. Aw donned my Sunday best,
Mather Idylls (1805) 319. Der.' Come, wench, don' thy bonnet.
Nhp.2, War. (J.R.'W.), Shr.' Glo. (J.S.F.S.) ; G/.(i85i); Grose
(1790); Glo. '2, Hmp.' Som. I ain't a-dolTed or a-donned ini
clo'es this year by meself (W.F.R.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. iv.Eng.
(i825>. vi.HoT.Rommi, Hist. Lyme Regis {i8-^^). Wil. Bkiiton
Beauties {182^) ; Slow Gl. (1892). Dev. We donned our cotton
frocks true to the season of May as the coming of the cuckoo,
O'Neill Idyls (1892) 2.
2. To dress, clothe, esp. to dress finely, smartly ; also
used ^g.
Nhb. Then off ageyn te don her skin wi' plaister, paint, an'
puff, RoBSON Evangeline {1810) ■^60; Nhb.' She's ready donned,
like Willy Ho's [Hall's] dog. Old Saying. Cum. I've hard me
ganny Tell hoo fwok don'd i' her young days, Richardson Talk
(1871)54, ed. 1876. m.Yks.' I'mall donned now, except mybonnet.
w.Yks. Tha'll be able to get weshed and donned like otlier wimmen.
Hartley Sts. i' Yks. and Lan. (1895) i ; w.Yks.' As to drissin,
nabody could ivver donn plainer. It's naa wonder i' thur times,
an young lasses sud now and then donn out o' t'way a bit, ii.
298. Lan. Tha drunken scamp, tha'll be part donned when tha gets
up, Donaldson Queer Supper (1886) 13 ; He's happen not so fine
donned, ib. Neddy's Crtshp. (1888) ^. Chs.' ^^ Soni. And when a
don'd in Zunday claws, Jennings Dial. iv.Eng. (1869) 85.
Hence (i) Donned, ppl. adj. dressed, esp. smartly
dressed ; (2) Donning, (a) vbt. sb. the action of dressing ;
{b) sb. pi. dress, clothing, fine clothes, finery.
(i) Cum. The lads weel-don'd, St agg Misc. Poems {ed. 1807) 65.
w.Yks.' Lan. Two young ladies, very nicely donned, Waugh
lattlin Matty, 24. (2,a\ w.Yks. You'll need half-an-hour's donning(-
Broste IVu'thering Hts. (1847) vii ; w.Yks.' (A) w.Yks. iJ.W.)
Shr.' Obsol. Sally Price 'as got on all 'er donnin's I should think ;
w'y 'er's 'anged 60th ribbints like a pedlar's basket. Hrf, DuN-
CUMB Hist. Hrf. (180^''. Hmp.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial, w Eng.
(1825); W. & J. Gl. (1873). Wil. Britton Beauties (1825);
Wil.' w.Som.' Aay zeed ur, u-rigd aew't een aul ur duun'eenz
[I saw her rigged out in all her finery].
3. Reflex. To dress oneself.
Cum. iJ.Ar.) ; She donn't hersel sharper nor ivver ah saw her
afooar, Farrall Betty Wdson{i886) 11. Wm. Up I gat [and] dond
me sel. Close Satirist (18331 '58- ''^ks. Robin, you've donn'd
yoursen reeght seean. Spec. Dial. (1800) la. n.Yks. Don thee
seaun (K.). w.Yks. Banks fF,t/7(/. JFA. (1865) ; w.Yks.^ Lan.
Get up, an' don thisel, Brierley Marlocks (1867) vii; Lan.'
m.Lan.' Don thisel up.
4. With on : to put on.
Elg. Don'd on her hat and scarlet petticoat, Tester Pofms (1865)
33. w.Yks. Seca don on the' bonnet, Blackah Poems i^i86q) 17 ;
DONALD
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DONK
Lucas Stud. Niddctdale (c. 1882) Gl. ; He signed the pledge, an"
donned on the blue ribbon (F.P.T.) ; (S.P U.) Chs. An dont on
meh shoon, Stoyls Raid (1840) St. i, in Chs. N. & Q. No. 625,
I. 182.
5. With off, out, Up : to dress up, put on fine attire, decorate.
Lakel. They're gian doon t'toon i' ther bettermer duddins.
Donned-up fer a weddin' er summat, Pciiritli Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897 ) ;
It's a monkey, I's warrent it; they dew don them up in that way,
Richardson Talk (1871I 36, ed. 1876. Wm. Yee er sae dond
awt ith check happron, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 11, ed. 1821.^ Yks.
Another chap coom up an' ah worled ageanme mind, bahtt'choice
o' saying a word, inta a cab donn'd up e blue papers, Toddles
Comic Aim. (1875^ 9. w.Yks. Tho yo wodn't think it to see me
when awm donned up, Harfley Clock Aim. U896) 38; When
shoo'd donned hersen up fer th' neet, Bickerdike Beveii's Ann.
(1872) 5 ; w.Yks.2 Lan. Aw know awm noan donn'd up so smart,
Lavcock Sugs. (1866) 4. Chs. ' Donned up,' as he would phrase
it, Yates Owd Peler, ii. Der. She wur donned oot fine, Fethersto:,'
T. Goo>■kl■odger{l&^o)n2. Shr.^ Obsol. Did'n'ee see Bessy Leach
at the club? wunna-d-'er donned off?
6. To put one thing over another; to put a bobbin on to
a spindle. w.Yks. (S.P.U.)
Hence Donning-on, vbl. sb. the act of throwing the wool
after 'making up' upon the comb by the right hand.
w.Yks. (E.W.)
7. With on : to answer back, to give a cutting reply.
w.Yks. Thah can say newt, but he'll don on to thah, Leeds Merc.
Siippl. I Nov. 19, 1892).
DONALD, sb. Sc. 1. A slang term for a glass of
whisky, or of other spirit.
Sc. They wandered about in search of the bar, and at last went
back to the room where they had left the others and asked for ' twa
donalds,'yo*«, 2nd S. (18S9) 39. Frf. We'll gie ye a ' Djnald ' some
nicht, though we borrit [borrow it], Johnston Poems (1869) 128.
2. Coiiip. Donal'-blue, the jelly-fish. Bnft'.i
DONAR, see Donner.
DONCASS, V. Chs. Shr. Hrf. Also in form dongaz
s.Chs.' [do-ijkgs, do-rjgss.] To saunter, wander about.
s.Chs.' Dongg uzin tibuvvt dhiilainzuv u neyt [Dongazin about
the lanes of a neight\ Shr.i W'eer bin yo' off doncassin' to now ?
Hrf.2 Her was doncassing after him.
Hence Dongazin, ppl. adj. out of sorts, limp, fatigued.
s.Chs.' Ahy fcyl veri dongg ilzin [I feil very dongazin].
DONCH, DONCIE, see Donsh, Donsie, adj.''
DONDER,DONDINNER, see Dander, j^.^Down-dinner.
DON(E(D, see Do, v.
DONDLE, V. s.Chs.i [do'ndL] To lead, guide.
s.Chs.' Ey don-dld iz os-iz on u bit [He dondled his bosses on
a bit].
DONDY, sb. w.Yks.^ [do'ndi.] An over-dressed,
vulgar woman.
DONE, pp. and ppl. adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in form deun Nhb.' Cum.^; dune Sc [dun,
dan, duin, dden.] See Do, v. I. 6. ii. 1. //. In phr. (i)
be done, (2) /lave done, be quiet.
(i) Sc. (A.W.) Cum.s I tell the', be deiin, 41. (a) Sc. (A.W.)
w.Yks.' Hev done wi ye.
2. Co;;;6. (i) Done for, (a) worn out, finished; exhausted,
tired ; (b) jig. ruined, insolvent ; (2) — growing, stunted
dn growth, short of stature; (3) — out, see — for (a);
(4) — over, ia) worn out with grief, fatigue, &c. ; (b)
intoxicated, drunk ; (c) see — for (b) ; (5) — up, (a, b)
see — for ia, b).
(i, a) w.Yks. (J.W.) S.Lin. The milk paal's dune for (T.H.R.).
Lei.' Nhp.' Mygown'salmost done for. (6)Sc.(A.W.) s.Lin. He
struggled hard, but he's bed to give in at last, and nowhe'sthoroughly
done for (T.H. R.). War.^ ' My word, mate, you're done for ! ' was
the consoling exclamation of a workman who lifted up a friend who
had fallen on the slippery pavement, and who was both breathless
and dazed, and whom the workman believed to be dying. (a^e.An.i,
Nrf.' (3) Cum.' (4, aj Nhb. Geordey did caper till myestly deun
ower, Tyneside Siigstr. (1889) 68; Nhb.' n.Yks. Poor fella, he
waz dcwn ower, when he gat to kno at hiz mudder waz dcead
(W.H.). Not.', Lei.i, Nhp.i, War.^, Hnt. (T.P.K.), Sus.' (,i)
Stf. A/oH//i/y jl/a^. (1816) I. 494. I.W.' (c) Nhp.', War.3 (5,(1)
w.Yks. Ah spied a fox pop into a suiT . . . done up nearly, Tom
Tredulehoyle iBniV/is/n Ann. (1858) 35. Not.' n.Lin.' I'd hcd
noht to eat all daay, an' was fairly dun up when I got into lli'
kitchen. s.Lin. The poor o'd chap wer compleatly done up
(T.H.R.). O-^OMS.add. Hnt.(T.P.F.) (i) w.Yks. 'Jim Smith's
benked.' 'What is he paying?' ' Nowt, he's reight done up'
(SK.C). Nhp.' They can't go on much longer, they're quite done
up. War.*
3. Nonplussed, outwitted.
Sc. fA.W.), s.Lin. (T.H.R.) Hrf.^ You have done me. Brks.'
Suf. (C.G.B.) ; I'm wholly done now, e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
4. Of rain : fallen.
I. Ma. There's a deal of rain done (S.A.P.K.).
5. ppl. adj. Exhausted, tired, worn out with fatigue, &c.
Frf. Some auld servant, crazed an' dune. Smart Rhymes (1834)
134 ; It was just a gey done auld woman, Barrie M. Ogilvy (1896)
178. Per. A dune body o' eighty, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush
(1895) 190 ; Ye maun be nearly dune wi' tire, ib. 142. Flf. ' I feel
awfu' dune whiles, jist here,' placing her hand on her breast,
Robertson Provost (1894) 170. Ayr. Robin's unco done, the body.
He has a croichlin' bit hoast that I dinna like ava, Service Notan-
diims {\Sgo) 96. Lnk. Such was the maisterwhen I went to school
— 'a dune man,' the villagers said, Fraser VVliaiifis (1895) ii.
e.Lth. He was an auld dune body. Hunter/. Inwick (1895) i°-
SIg. Fairly done, and out o' breath, I reached the farmost heicht,
Towers /"ofHJs ( 1885) 54. Dmf. This puir dune body maun sune
be dust, Reid PofHis (1894) i. Kcb. I'm unco dune the nicht,
Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 139. N,I.' Done man, a worn-out old
man. Cum. Aye, poor falla, he's done (J. Ar.). w.Yks. Ye men is
all alike ; yes, all, If ye've a scratch ye'redone, Yksman. (Apr. 21,
1889) 235/1 ; w.Yks.' I's done to t'bone. n.Lin.' ' Go at it,
chaps, I'm dun,' said by a wounded man in a row. Cor. I heard
your breath alter its pace, an' felt the strength ti-icklin' out of you
an' knew 'ee for a done man, ' Q.' Wandering Heath (1895) 108.
Hence Doner or Dunner, sb. a man, animal, &.C., 'done
for ' and past hope.
Wil. Slow G/. (1892); Wil.' Thuck old sowbea dunner ; her'll
be dead afore night.
DONEGAL RED, phr. Irel. A red-headed girl.
Don. Red-headed, that is fiery red girls, seem to be a speciality of
the Co. Donegal, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1884) II. 63.
DONEL, sb. Wxf.' Also written dhonal. A dunce.
Cf. dunny.
Ch'am a stoak, an a donel [I am a fool and a dunce], 84.
DONETLES, see Dontles.
DONEY, s/.).' Lan. Nhp. [doni.] The hedge-sparrow,
Accentor moditlaris.
Lan. SwAiNsoN Birds (1885) 29. Nhp.' Also called Hedge Chat.
DONEY, sb? e.An,' Also written downy. [Not
known to our correspondents.] A shepherd.
DONEY-WAGON, sb. Shr.' [do ni-wsegan.] A
wagon with skeleton sides.
DONFRON, sb. n.Yks.^ [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A labourer's tea, afternoon ' drinking.'
DONGAZ, see Doncass.
DONGLE, sb. s.Chs.' [do'qgl.] An idle or listless
way of going about.
Ahy daayt yu bin u bit lin'ti, Mae'ri ; yoa' seemn tu aav sich Ci
dongg-l — mai'z mi thingk [I dait yO bin a bit linty, Mary ; yo
seemn to have sich a dongle — mays me think].
DONGON, sb. w.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] One who is cleverer than he looks. (Hall.)
DONICK, sb. Obs. n.Cy. (K.) A boy's 'play' with
a 'bandy' staff and round ball of wood. Hence Donick-
staff, sb. the stick used in the game of 'donick.'
DONIE, sb. Ags. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A hare.
DONK, adj.,sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Midi. Nhp. War. Glo. Also in form dunk Sc. Nhb.'
n.Yks. [dorjk, dugk, Sc. dBqk.] 1. adj. Damp, moist,
wet. Cf dank, adj.
Rnf.(jAM.") Edb. On auld worm-eaten shelf, in cellar dunk, Whare
hearty benders synd theirdroiithy trunk, Fergusson Poems (1773)
179, ed. 1785. n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.', Nhb.' n.Yks.' ^Asdonk
as a dungeon, ne. Yks. '.w.Yks.'* Lao. Aw doft meh donk shoon
an hoyse, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 28; It feels donk uppo
the shilder, Scholes Tim Gamiuattle (1857) 39; Lan.', n.Lan.',
Nhp.= Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add.
Hence (i) Dunker, sb. a close mist; (2) Dunkin, adj.
wet and dreary ; (3) Donkish, adj. somewhat damp ; (4)
Donky (or Donkey), wet, damp, misty.
DONKEY
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DONNOT
(i) S. & Ork.' (a~i n.Yks. A dunkin day (R.H.H.). (3I Rnf.
(Jam.) (4) Lakel. Ellwood 11895"). Cum. It's donky weather,
tliis, Caine S/ind. Crime 1,1885) 211 ; Cum.s Ya donky nect last
summer, 9. Yks. Morton Cjr/o. ^^w. ^ 18631 iie.Yks.' T'haay's
quiet donky tonnd. w.Yks. It's a donky cl'teinoon, (F.P.T.);
When wool is damp and lusty it is called donkj' orthonky, Hamil-
ton Niigne Lit. (1841) 348; w.Yks.' A donky, mislin, deggy
niornin, ii. 285 : Marshall Tidr. £to/<. (1796). Nhp.^
2. sb. A thick mist.
Lakel. Thick mist 'at sticks tull, Ptnritli Obs. (Dec. aS, 1897).
Hence Donk-in-dale, sb. a raw mist on water; humidity
rising in the evening in the hollow parts of meadows.
Nhb.* Donkindale, dank-in-dale. duncan-dyel.
3. A soft, clayey substance found in lead veins.
Nhb.The rake veins. . . frequently[carry] a soft clayey substance,
commonly called, by miners, douk or donk of the vein, Forster
Section Strata (i8ai) 190; Nhb.'
4. V. To moisten, damp ; to drizzle, rain slightly.
Lakel. Ellwood (1895). Cum. Does it ever rain here? — Why
it dizzies, and donks, and dozzles, and duz, Lonsdale Mag. (Oct.
1866I 150; Cum.3 It donks an' dozzles an' does, but niver cums
iv any girt pell, 198. n.Lan. When it is rather foggy and there is
a warm moist wind we often say : ' It donks and dries lile ' [little]
(G.W.).
[1. And ewiry blome on branch, and eke on bonk
Opnyt and spred thair balmy leuis donk, Dunbar,
Coldyn Targe (1508) 97. 2. Ye donk, nebulae, Levins
Manip. (1570). Cp. Sw. dial, dank, a moist, damp field
(RlETZ).]
DONKEY, sb. Sc. War. Oxf. Dev. Guer. 1. In
comb, (i) Donkey-beast, a donkey; (2) -bite, a small
tract of rough grazing-ground ; (31 -bred, low-bred ; (4)
-'s-ear, the woolly woundwort or mouse-ear,S/ac/y5/a«(7/fl ;
(5) -'s 'ears, a long, indefinite period of time; (6) -'scats,
the flowers and seeds of the common sorrel or dock,
Ritme.x acetosa.
(i) Ayr. See if he could get a quiet donkey-beast to run in a
small chaise with his children, Johnston Kihnallie (1891) I. 92.
(2) War.2 (3 Oxf.' (4: Dev." (51 War.= Oxf. For years, long
3'ears. and to use a well-known local expression, * Donkey's 'ears,'
Dorchester Fish. Mag. (April 1896). (6) Dev."
2. A name given to a four-square block of wood, used
in various games of marbles.
War.2 A foursquare block on which marbles are placed to be
shot at. The term is also applied to a board pierced at intervals —
each hole having a number above it — at which marbles are dis-
charged, in the hope of their passing through some hole of high
value. The numbers represent the marbles that the holder of the
donkey must pay if the shooter be successful. The shooter loses
his marbles that strike the donkey without passing through a hole.
DONKS, sb. Suf.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
[dorjks.] Winning back ones venture at pitch-halfpenny
or hussel-cap.
DONNAtE, see Do, v.
DONNARG, DONN AUGHT, see Downarg, Donnot.
DONN'D, ppl. adj. Rnf. (Jam.) Fond, greatly attached.
That cow's a donn'd brute [very fond of its owner].
DONNER, V. Sc. Nhb. Also written donar, donnar
Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. ; donnor Sc. [dcnar.] To stupefy, stun.
Sc. I got the lick that donneritme from a left-handed lighterman,
Scott [iigel (1822 1 ii ; I'm either gaun daft, or I'm donnert wi'
drink, My head is a' singin' — I'm deein', I think, Nicoll Poems (ed.
1843) 177. Fif. Tak a horn O' my rare highland whisky. 'Tis no
the damag'd heady gear That donnar, dose, or daver, Douglas
Poems (1806) 141.
Hence (i) Donnerd (or Donnert), (a) ppl. adj. stupid,
dazed ; (b) sb. a fool, blockhead ; (2) Donnering, ppl. adj.
stupefied, walking stupidly; (3) Donnertness,si!'. stupidity,
(i, d) Sc. Ye donnard auld crippled idiot, what have I to do with
the session ? Scott Antiquary (i8i5) ii. Abd. O'er muckle wark,
withoot some little ploy, Mak's auld or young a thowless donnart
boy, Guidman Inglismaill ( 1873) 28. Frf. Yon donnert fule, John
Robbie, Barrie Minister (1891) xi. Per. Ye donnerd idiot, are ye
ettlin tae follow Drums afore yir time? Ian Maclaren Brier Bush
(1894') 233. w.Sc. O ye donnert doitit idiot to mak a bogle o' yer
minister, Carrjck Laird 0/ Logan (1835) 160. Fif. Tarn . . . liftin'
the feegure to its feet explained . . . that the captain was only
wax. ' Wax I ye donnert fool, what way did ye no tell me
vol.. II.
sae at first?' McLaren Tibbie (1894) 32. s.Sc. Nocht dings ane
donnart suner than study, W Arson Border Bards (1859") 193. Rnf.
I'm countit either daft or donnert, Picken Poems (1813) I. 125.
Ayr. The auld donnart lliclan' Watch was a real sport to the
students, Service Notandums (1890) 71. Lnk. I was fair donnert
wi' fear, Fraser IVhaufis (1895) xv. Lth. Ye donnert craters,
d'ye no' see the tea bilin' like kail in the pat ? Swan Car/owrie
(1895) i. e.Lth. Speak oot, ye donnert eejit ! HuNTERy. Inivick
1,1895) 27. Edb. Dcil speed ye ! Jock, ye'd ding me donnor, Lear-
MONT Po^;i/5 (1791) 59. Feb. You are a donnert fellow (A.C.).
Slk. Auld dementit, donnart creature, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 9a.
Dmf. The donnort bodie croon'd right lowne, Cromek Nithsdale
Sng. (1810) 88. Gall. Ye donnert U. P., come on wi' your auld
blue steam-roller, Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) xxviii. Kcb. Ye'U
aiblins be thinkin' me donnert an' doited, Armstrong Ingleside
(1890)72. n.Cy. Border Gl.( Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. A colly dandered
at his heels, Gey donnart an' maist blin', Proodlock Borderland
Muse (1896) 74 ; Noo the donnert loons reel, Dixon Whitlinghnm
Vale (1895) 193 ; Nhb.' She's a poor, silly, donnert body. She's
as donnert as a cuckoo. (/>■) Lnk. If you're no a donart, ye micht
easy ken that Johnnie an' Kirsty are ower yonder tae, Wardhop
J. Mathison (1881) 33. (2) Edb. Wha ay gang donarin' nidy noy
To houses flisky, Learmont Po«Hs (1791) 173. (3) Sc. (Jam.)
DONNER, see Don, sb.'^
DONNER-BEE, sb. Sc. A bumble-bee, drum-bee.
Gall. (W.G.) See Donner, v.
DONNICK, DONNOR, see Dunnekin, Donner.
DONNOT, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur.Cum.Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin.
Also written donnat Sc. (Jam.) Dur.' e.Yks.' w.Yks. ;
donnaught Yks.; donnet Wm. n.Yks.^; donnit Nhb.';
donot Sc. Nhb.'; and in forms dannat n.Cy. (Grose)
Cum.' w.Yks.; dannet Wm. Lan.' n.Lan.' ne.Lan.';
dannot w.Yks.'; deeah-nowt n.Yks.* e.Yks.'; do-noht
n.Lin.' ; donowt Lan.' ; downot n.Yks.'' ; dunnot m.Yks.'
[donst, da-nst.] 1. An idle, good-for-nothing, worth-
less person or animal.
Sc. Janet, thou donot, Scott Minstrelsy (180a') II. 89, ed. 1848.
n.Cy. Grose (17901 ; N.Cy.', Nhb.' Dur.' "That at t'donnat.
Lakel.There's many a gnod-looking donnet, Prazi., Ellwood (1895).
Yks. Grose (1790) ; (K.); Bailey(I72i) ; Ray(i69i). n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' He's a donnot at it. e.Yks.' w.Yks. (M.C.F.M.);
Button Tour to Caves (1781). Lan.' He's a do-nowt an' maks
his mother keep him. n.Lin.' She's a real idled do noht ; like a
fine laady, can't dress hersen wi'oot helpin'.
Hence (i) Dannot, adj. idle, bad, good for nothing;
(2) Donnatful, adj. worthless, good for nothing, vicious,
depraved.
(I) e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Eeon. (1788'). (2) Cam. Only heard
as applied to animals.' ' If iver ther'sa thing'at's rayder donnotful,
our maister's suer to hev' summat to say for't ' (M.P.).
2. An idle, mischievous child, an imp.
Nhb. An' wor awdist lass Jinny, the slec witchin donnit ! Had
coaxed her aud minnie tebuy her new stays, Allan Tyneside Sngs.
(1891)485. Lakel. PfHntt Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). s.Dur. He's a
fair donnat. Aw can mak nowt ow him (J.E.D.). Cum. Thou
laal donnet (M.P.) ; Lile donnet, thou kens nowt ava ! Linton
Lizzie Lotion (iSeTi xiv. Wm. He's a nasty lahl donnet B K.).
n.Yks. Thou'U break thy oan yed next, thou gaumless donnat,
Fetherston Smuggins Family, ao.
3. A worthless, bad woman.
n.Cy. What's brought thee back again, thou silly donnot ? . . .
hast thou brought any more bastards wi' thee to lay to honest men's
doors? Scott Afi'rf/o/Aja« (1818) xxxii. Cum. On his back he maytie
her, a donnet is she, Anderson Ballads^ed. 1808) 63. Wm. Thear
is not a dannet ith cuntry but he knaas her, Wheeler Z)iij/. (1790)
17. n.Yks. Ah was tell'd afooarhand . . . at sha was a mere donnat.
Spec. Dial. (1887) 6; n.Yks.*, e.Yks.' w.Yks.' A lile, threapin,
complin dannot, ii. a88. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.'
4. The devil.
Dur. Denham Tracts (ed. 1892) I. no. Cum. Dunnet be keen o'
gangin abroad for fear th' donnet git tha, Ritson Borrowdale Lett.
(1787) 7> ed. 1866; Cum.' She's that o' t'donnat. Wm. Thar's
summit et donnet in her, she's sea wicked. Close Satirist (1833)
158 ; This minute I feel mysell a saint, the next a dannet, Hutton
Bran New Wark (17851 1. 359; She declared the thing she saw
Belonged to that a[uld] donnet. Whitehead Leg. (1859 43, ed.
1896. Wm. &Cum.' Tha thout that oth donnot was imma [in me],
131. n.Yks. He's nowght sae bad for a limb o' t'au'd donnot,
Atkinson Lost (1870) xxv ; n.Yks.' ' That au'd donnot,' or 'T'au'd
R
DONNY
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donnot.' Satan himself; n.Yks.^ * That o' t'donnot's nivver i'
danger,' an aUusion to the prosperity of the wicked, as the Evil one
is said to befriend his own; n.Yks.^ m.Yks.* The dunnot mud be
aback o' t'dear — Ah can't oppen 't. e.Yks. Marshall Riiy. Ecoit.
(17881. w.Yks. That 'at dannot, Willan Lht Wds. (1811;;
(M.C.F.M.)
[In most cases repr. an earlier do nought, but some
forms point rather to an original dow not\ see Dow, v.']
DONNY, sb. Lin. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] [do'ni.] A small net used for fishing.
Lin.' Dev. w.Timfs (Apr. 22, 1886) 2.
DONNY, DONOT, see Danny, Donnot.
DONSH, adj. Nhb. Yks. Also written donch N.Cy.'
Nhb.' w.Yks. n.Yks. [donj.] Fastidious, nice, dainty of
appetite. See Densh ; cf. daunch.
N.Cy.l, Nhb.i w.Yks. Grose (1790') MS. add.; Scatchebd
Nist. Morkv (1830) Gl. ; Piper Dial. Sheffield (1824) 23; Yks.
N. er- Q. (1888) II. 113.
DONSIE, «(//.' and sb.'^ So. Nhb. Also written doncy
N.Cy.' Nhb.MHALL.) [donsi.] \. adj. Neat, trim ;
affectedly neat, self-important.
Sc. Better rough and sonsie, than bare and donsie [Better a
plentiful condition, though not so neat and nice, than too much
cleanliness with penury], Kelly Prov. (1721: 68. Lnk. She was
a donsie wife and clean, Ramsay Lucky JVood dji'] j 23, in Poems
(ed. 1733) 19. Lth. Ye'll nod to your mither, Watchin'ilka stap o'
j'our wee donsy brither, Ballantine Poems '. 1856^ 63. Per. A
donsy auld carline is .Tanet Dunbar, Nicoll Poems (ed. 18431 91.
N.Cy.' Nhb.i Scarce. That donsie laddie, Billie Brown, Donaldson
Poetns, 4.
2. Saucy, restive ; testy.
w.Sc. Sic an unco vvastrie in the way of claiths . . . made me a
thocht donsy, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 273. Ayr. Tho'ye
was trickie, slee, an' funnie. Ye ne'er was donsie. Burns To his
Auld Mare, St. 5 ; With reference to light behaviour in a woman,
Galt Pioi/os/, G/. 11896). Gall. (Jam.) Kcb. Come Muse! thou
donsy limmer, who dost laugh, Davidson Seasons (1789) 56
(Jam.).
3. sb. Dandyism. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.]
DONSIE, adj.'^ and sb.'^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Amer. Also
written dauncey N.I.^ ; doncie Sc. Ant. Nhb.' Amer.
[donsi.] 1. adj. Unfortunate, unlucky ; in straitened
circumstances.
Ayr. I promised that donsie body, Galt Legatees (1820) iv. Lnk.
He lookit as donsie an' dowie as ever, Hamilton Poems (1865) 67.
Gall. My spouse is no sae frank wi' doncie John, Lauderdale
Poems (1796) 18. Kcb. For fear o' donsy whirl into the stream,
Davidson Seasons (1789") 28. Nhb. That donsie laddie, Billie
Brown, Dixon IVhi/iiiigham Vale (1895) 253 ; I fear auld Nick will
glamor cast An' net you a'thegither some donsie day ! Donaldson
Poems (1809) 33; Nhb.i Scarce. [Amer. 'Under the weather,'
A'. &> Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 249.]
2. Weak, sickly, delicate in health.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. ^C.) N.I.i Uls. Poor crather. She's
gettin' more donsy nor ever, Uls. Jrii. Arch. 11853-1862) VI. 46.
Ant. A hae been very doncy a' winter, Ballymcna Obs. (1892).
Dwn. Knox Hist. Down (1875). s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890).
[Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 387.]
Hence Donsielie, adj. poorly, indifferent in health.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
3. Dull, stupid.
Rxb. Gl. Sibh. (1802) (Jam.).
4. sb. A stupid, lubberly fellow.
Rnf. Thou art nae stechie sonsie, . . . Nae dull, dreamy doncie,
. . . But frae mornin' till nicht. Like a glad beam o' licht, Thou art
aye on the flicht, Young Pictures (1865) 55. Slk., Rxb. (Jam.)
DONTLES, sb. pi. Lan. Also in form donetles.
[do'ntlz.] Clothes, articles to be donned.
Lan. I ha* o bit o' bacco ut I mede bow'd to take fur meh hone,
ewt o' meh deme's drawer e th' dresser, wheeur boo puts bur
donetles, Paul Bobbin 5fyHf/ (1819) 32. Lan.', s.Lan. (F.E.T.)
Hence Donetlement, sb. (1) ? contents. [Not known to
our correspondents.] (2) p/. holiday dress, fine clothes.
(i) Lan. Dcwn wawted th' owd black pot web aw th' sweet
donetlement inf, Paul Bobbin Sequel (i8ig) 40. (2) s.Lan.
(F.E.T.)
DONY, sec Dawny, adj
DOG, sb. Bnft-.' An infant ; a child's doll.
DOO, DOOAL, see Dove, sb., Dole, sb.^
DOOATLY, DOOBIE, see Doit, v., Dobby, sb.'-
DOOBLUS, adj. e.An. Doubtful, suspicious. e.An.',
Nrf (M.C.H.B.)
DOOD, see Dod, sb.^
DOODA, sb. Cor. [du-da, doe'da.] A fool, stupid
person.
Cor.'^ ; Cor.^ A favourite word for interrupting a speaker.
DOODEEN, see Dudeen.
DOODLE, v.^ Sc. Yks. Also written doudle Sc.
[doedl, dtidl.] 1. To dandle, to hush an infant to sleep.
Cf deedle, v.
n.Sc. If that she be now wi' bairn, ... I have an auld wife to my
mither. Will doudle it on her knee. Herd Coll. Sngs. '1776) II.
203 (Jam.). Ayr. Aft has he doudled me upon his knee, Burns O,
tvhar did ye get. Lnk. An' he was tane to Craignethan's hall. An'
doudliton his knee, Edb. Mag. (July 1819) 526 (Jam.).
2. To prepare or make ready a temporary or make-
shift bed.
n.Yks. Rare now, although I heard an old person not long since
say to some one who had come unexpectedly when the house was
full, ' Whya wa mun doodle tha summat up ti lig on' (R.B.) ;
Doodle up t'squab (I.W.).
DOODLE, v.^_ Sc. Nhb. Also Ken. Also written
doudle Sc. [dudl.] 1. To drone on the bagpipes.
Cf diddle, v.^
Sc. 'Jam.) ; I am wearied wi' doudling the bag o' wind a' day,
Scott Old Moiiality (1816) iii.
Hence Doodle-sack, sb. a bagpipe.
Ken. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 153; Ken.»
2. To repeat a melody by playing it in short phrases
in order to teach the air. Cf diddle, v.'^
Nhb. A friend, a fiddler, told me the other day he had learnt a
certain tune by an old man 'doodling' it over to him. That was
by singing or humming it bit by bit until he learnt the whole
(R.O.H.).
[1. G. ditdeln, to play on the bagpipe ; Dudelsack,
a bagpipe.]
DOODLE, v.^ Yks. Nhp. Also Dor. Dev. Cor. Slang,
[dudl.] 1. To cheat, deceive, trick. See Diddle, i^.'
w.Yks. Tom worn't to be doodled that way, Cudworth Dial.
5fe/(r/ics (1884) 31. Cor. '2 Slang. I have been dished and doodled
out of forty pounds to-day, Moncrieff Tom an' Jerry (1823J I. 7
(Farmer).
2. To trifle, fritter away time, &c. ; to dawdle, linger.
Nhp.* What are ye doodlinfor? w. Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme
i?f^i's (1834). n. Dev. She doodles it awzy, Monthly Mag. (^1810)
I. 434 ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Cor.'
Hence Doodling, vbl. sb. trifling.
Cor. Anan ! says I, none of thy doodling, J. Trenoodle Spec.
Dial. (18461 55.
[L Lit. to befool, to make a ' doodle ' of. Cp. LG.
dudel. in dudel-dopp, 'ein einfiiltiger Mensch' (Berghaus).]
DOODLIE, sb. Sc. In phr. crannie doodlie, a nursery
name for the little finger. Cf crannie-wannie.
ne.Sc. In the rhymes connected with the hand, ... in three
versions . . . the little finger seems to have been the luckless victim,
. . . in two under the name of ' creenie-crannie,' in the third under
that of ' crannie doodlie.' ' An puir wee crannie doodlie paid for a','
Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 14, 15.
DOODLINGS^56. //. Lin. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [diidlinz.] Young foxes. See Dodd, sb.^
n.Lin. Sutton Wds. (1881).
DOODYKYE, sb. pi. Nhb. A name given to van
species of i?/<M/pj:. (B. & H.)
DOOEL, DOOF, see Dowel, Dough, Dowf(f.
DOOF(F, sb. and v. Sc. Written douff Abd. Lnk.
(Jam.) ; dowif Elg. [duf.] 1. sb. A blow with a soft
body ; a dull, heavy blow.
Abd. (Jam.) Slk. Were the bodies cut ? — No, ... but they had
gotten some sair doofs, Hogg Tales ( 1838) 22, ed. 1866.
2. A hollow-sounding fall, like that of a loaded sack
coming to the ground.
Slk. That I muchtna gie a dooffe I hurklitlitherlye down, Hogg
Tn/fs (1838) no, ed. 1866.
3. V. To Strike forcibly ; to fall heavily.
Elg. Upon the fleer to Tullochgorum, [he] Dowffed his bannet
DOOFFARD
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i' the nciik, Tester Poems (1865^ 146; The clods are dowfin'
doo'some on her little cotKn lid, lA. 175. Ltli. Ye've doulTt your
ba' o'er the dike ',Jam.>.
DOOFFARD, see Dowfart.
DOOGS, sb. pi. Obs. Suf. A term in the game of
marbles ; see below.
Suf.' At marbles he who knocks out the number of marbles he
put in is said to have ' got his doogs.' ' I a' lost tew.' ' I a' won
tew.' ' I a' got my doogs ■ [neither lost nor won]. ABuryword.
DGOINEY MOLLA, />/(r. I. Ma. See below.
I. Ma. They call him the Dooiney Molla— literally the manpraiser.
His primary function is that of an informal, unmercenary, purely
friendly and philanthropic matchmaker introduced by the young
man to persuade the parents of the young woman that he is a
splendid fellow with substantial possessions or magnificent pros-
pects, and entirely fit to marry her. But he has a secondary function
less frequent though scarcely less familiar, and it is that of lover
by proxy, or intended husband by deputy, with duties of moral
guardianship over the girl while the man himself is off at the
herrings, Caine Manxman (1894) pt. i. vii.
DOOISH, adj. Lei. War. [diiij.] Active, handy.
Lei.' My new gal seems very dooish. War.^
DOOK, sb.'- and v. Sc. [diik.] 1. sh. A peg, small
piece of wood driven into a lime wall, for holding a nail.
(Jam.), Cai.' 2. The bimg of a cask. Bnfl.' 3. v. To
bung a cask. ib.
DOOK, sb.' Lin. [dfik.] A handful, used only of
thatch, straw, stubble, &c.
n.Lin.' If ther's a witch ony wheare aboot an' ye'r scar'd 'at she'll
oherlook y6, you mun goii an' pull a dook o' thack oot 'n her hoose
eavins, an' bo'n it, then she can't do noht to yS.
DOOK, sb.^ Sc. [diik.] Mining term : an inclined
roadway or ' dip.'
Lnk. I heerd a queer chappin' soond no hauf-an-hour ago doon
the dook, Gordon Pyotshaw 1,1885) 233 ; They walked boldly down
the inclined roadway, known in Scotch mining parlance as the
'dock,' properly the dip, ib. 234.
DOOK, see Duck, v., Sour-dook.
DOOKE, see Do, v., Doke.
DOOL, sb.'^ and !».' Fif. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. sb. A blow or stroke, given with
a flat surface.
2. V. To beat, strike, thrash.
I'll dool ycu.
DOOL, sb.'^ and v.'^ Sc. Nhb. Der. e.An. Ken. Sus.
Dev. Also written dole n.Cy. Nhb.' Der.' e.An.' Nrf.'
e.Suf. Ess.' Ken.' Dev.= ; doole Sus.' 2; dow{a;l Ken.';
dowle Ken.; dual Suf. ; dule Sc. [dul, dcel, diil.] L sb.
A boundary mark in an unenclosed field ; a low post,
stone, mound of earth, &c.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agnc.{iS62). Fif., Lth. Where ground islet
for sowing fla.\ or planting potatoes, a small portion of grain is
thrown in to mark the limits on either side; sometimes a stake is
put in or a few stones fjAM.). e.An.', Nrf.' Suf. Rainbird Agric.
(1819) 291, ed. 1849; In woodcraft, a mark on a stump to show
where the ' fell ' for the year begins (C.T.). nw.Suf. The boun-
daries of the different parishes are marked by earthen mounds, from
three to six feet high, which are known in the neighbourhood as
dools. A'. & Q. (,1851) ist S. iv. 162. e.Suf. (F.H.), Ken. (G.B.),
Ken.' Sns.' ; Sus.^ A conical lump of earth, about three feet in
diameter at the base, and about two feet in height, raised to show
the bounds of parishes or farms on the downs. Dev.* I have been
jumpingover the doles up in the moor.
Hence (i) Dole-post, sb. a post used as a boundary
mark ; (2) -stone, sb. a boundary stone, landmark.
(ii Nrf.' (2\ Nrf. Grose (,1790). e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ.
(1787-1. Ken. (,K.); Ken.'
2. A balk or strip of pasture left between furrows of
ploughed land ; the grass border round arable fields.
n.Cy. (P.R.); (K.) Nhb' Der.' Obs. e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess.
Morton Cyc/o. Agnc. (1863); Gl. (1851) ; A church path wide
enough to admit of the passage of a walking funeral i^G.E.D.);
Ess.' [Grose 11790"); Ray (1691).]
3. The goal in a game ; a boys' game.
Sc. Hone Tahle-bk. (1827) I. 40 ; A school game. The dools are
places marked with stones where the players always remain in
safety, Mactaggart Gallov. Encyclo. in Gomme Games (1894)99.
Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl. Per. The object of the married
men was to hang it [the ball], i.e. to put it three times into a small
hole in the moor, the dool or limit on the one hand. Statist. Ace.
XVIII. 88 (Jam.). Dmf. It [a much-respected old tree] never was
the ' dools,' nor the ' butt,' Cromek Nithsdalc Sng. (iSio) 8; The
Outs and the Ins— a game peculiar to the low countries of Scotland,
and very common in Nithsdale and Galloway. A circle is drawn
and neatly divided into six parts ; on one of these is cut another
circle of ten feet diameter,— this is called the ' Ins,' and the large
circle is called the ' Outs.' A stone, or branch of a tree, is set up
at these marks in the large circle ;— these are termed ' Dools,' ib.
204. [A small hole on the moor, which was the dool, or limit
Chambers Bk. of Days (1869) I. 238.] ' '
Hence to hail the dool, phr. an expression of victory ;
see below.
Sc. In the game of golf as anciently played, when the ball
reached the mark, the winner, to announce his victory called ' Hail
dule ! ' Chron. S. P. II. 370, n. (Jam.) ; When the ball touches the
goal or mark, the winner calls out ' Hail ! ' or it has hail'd the dule,
Tytler Poet. Remains (1783) 187 (Jam.). Lnk. Gar the Uirk-
boxie hale the dools, Ramsay Poems (1721) 35. Ayr. For sic as
hail Apollo's dool. Sillar Poems ,1789) 97. Edb. He taught auld
Tam to hale the dules, Fergusson Poems (1773) 190, ed. 1785.
4. V. With q^: to mark out the limits, to fix the boun-
daries. Fif., Lth. (Jam.)
[L Accursed be he . . . who removeth his neighbours'
doles and marks, Homilies (1563) ii. Rogation Week;
Dole, merke, meia, Prompt. EFris. dole (dol), boundary-
mark ; a stake, stone, furrow, &c., used to mark boun-
daries (KooLMAN). 2. Dool, a green balk or mound
between the ploughed lands in common fields, Worlidge
(1681). 3. Fresh men came in and hail'd the dulis,
Chiysts-Kirk (c. 1550) xxi, in KamsAy's Evergreen (1761)
L 14.]
DOOL, see Dole, sb} =, Doll, t'.=. Dowel, Dule.
DOOLESS, see Dowless.
DOOLIE, sb. Sc. Written doulie- Fif. [du'li.]
1. A hobgoblin, spectre ; a scarecrow.
Kcd. The doolie, however, is said to have been sometimes seen.
This malign spirit . . . was wont to haunt the fords and decayed
bridges, where he was particularly officious in inveigling the unwary
traveller, to take the most perilous tract. It is long since he has
ceased to be mischievous ; and having of course lost all credit, he
has now dwindled down into a mere scarecrow, Agric. Surv. 428
(Jam.).
2. Comp. fi) Dooliedoomster, a spectre ; (2) -yates,
ghost-haunted gates.
(i)Sc. Alangside cairds and dooley-doomsters like you, Roy
Horseman's IVd. (1895) iii. (2) Frf. Sometimes on Jark nights
the inventor had to make his courage good by seeing the farmer
past the doulie yates, Barrie Lieht (1891) xii.
DOOLIE, see Doley.
DOOLZIE, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) A frolicsome, thoughtless
woman.
DOOM, sb. and v. n.Lin.' L sb. A dome.
2. V. To make a dome.
A well is best to be doom'd oher with brick, leavin' a man-hoale
wi' a fine; oher it.
DOOM, DOOMBLE, see Dome, s4.'. Dumb, Durable.
DOOMENT, see Doment.
DOOM-HOUR, sb. Sc. The last hour, the hour of
doom.
Ayr. Afraid the great clock of time would strike the doom-hour
before their tasks were done, Galt Legatees (1820) ii.
DOOMING, sb. Sc. A sentence, judgement ; fate.
Sc. Were I myself recognised and identified, iron to the heels
and hemp to the craig would be my brief dooming, Scott Rob Roy
(18171 xxi.
DOOMING, vbl. sb. Dev.^ [dS-niin.] The falling of
the mist.
Make 'aste an' take tha cloasein vrom the line. Betty, vor I zees
tha dooming coming down vast. Tez dooming, us chell 'ave *eavy
rain purty zOne.
DOOMLE, see Duramel(l.
DOOMS, adj., adv. and 5*. Sc. Nhb. Also written
deums Nhb.'; and in forms deemas Abd.; deemis Knr.
(Jam.) ; demous Sc. [doemz, dimas.] 1. adj. Great,
in phr. a deemis e.xpense, great cost. Knr. (Jam.)
2. adv. Very, extremely, exceedingly, used as an
intensitive or mild imprecation. Also used as adj.
R 2
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DOOR
Sc. ' It's dooms truth thoiigli,' said Saddletree, Scott Midlof/iian
(1818) xxiv; He whistelt demous sma', Roy Hoiseomn's IVd,
(1895) xxxix. Abd. He seems to be a kittle brute, and deemas ill
to meddle wi", Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 132. ed. 1889; The
warl' wadna be sae dooms like hell, MacdonaldS/V Gibbie, xxxvi.
e.Fif. There maun be a dooms heavy wecht o' snaw on the roof,
Latto Tant Bodkin (1864) xxii. s.Sc. He's a dooms bad haun at
baith cap and trencher, Wilson Ta/t's (1839) V, 234. Dmb. I'm dull
eneuch in the head, but I'm no sic a dooms idiot as no to ken that,
Cross Disniplioii (1844 j xxxi. Lth. I'm dooms sureye hae married
a lass that will loup poortith and misfortune like a red deer,
LuMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 260. Slk. Ye hae surely been dooms
sairleft toyoursel, Hogg 7a/fi-(i838)334,ed. 1866. Nhb.' 'Deums
slaw,' or * dry,' orany other action that requires *deums' to give it
great effect, is very commonly used.
3. sb. In •phr. a deeniis of money, agresXsnm. Knr. (Jam.)
[Doom, sb. + -oiis ; cp. use o{ parlous in Shaks.]
DOOMSTER, sA. Obs. Sc. The official who formerly
read the death-sentence in a law-court ; a judge, ' deem-
ster ' (q.v.).
Sc. * And this,* said theDoomster, * I pronounce for doom,' Scott
Midlothian (1818) xxiv ; The sentence is now read over by the
clerk of court, and the formality of pronouncing doom is altogether
omitted, I'i. Note. e.Lth. As the doomster read the accursed sentence,
MucKLEBACKiT Rhvnics (1885) loi. Kcb. The law shall never be
my doomster, by Christ's grace, Rutherford /,eV/. (1660} No. 229.
DOON, sb.' Sc. 1. The goal in a game. Cf. dool, sb.' 3.
Sc. It is only when they leave these places of refuge that those
cut of the doons have any chance to gain the game and get in ; and
leave the doons they frequently must, Mactaggart Gallov. Encyclo.
in GoMME Games (1894) 99. Dmf., Gall. (Jam.) Kcb. Some . . .
on the padder'd green Frae doon to doon, shoot forth the penny-
stane, Davidson Seasons (1809) 87 (ib."].
2. The place where a game is played.
Dmf. The Barley Doons, the place for playing at Barley-break
(Jam.).
DOON, sA.'^ Lin.* [dun.] A place of confinement for
prisoners in a village.
DOON, adv. Sc. Also written doun Lth. ; dune Per. ;
and in forms deen, dein Abd. (Jam.) ; doonlins n.Sc.
(Jam.) ; doons Fif. ; doonsin Rxb. ; dunze n.Sc. (Jam.)
[d(£n, diin, din.] Very, extremely, exceedingly, used as
an intensitive. Cf. dooms.
n.Sc. 'Doon well' or 'dunze weil,' very well. It is most freq. used
with a negative prefixed, as ' no that dunze strong,' ' nae that dunze
meikle.' ' Ye're no that doonlins ill,' you are not very bad (Jam.).
Abd. What tho' fowk says that I can preach Nae that dein ill,
Skinner Poems (1809I 44, ed. 1859; I was never that deen ill
at the readin', Alexander /oAmi)' Gibb (1871) xv. Per. We're no
sae dune mean as that in Drumtochty, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush
(1895)1. Fif. He bangit upsae doonsaffrichtet, TENNANTPn/;i/>^
(1837. 67. e.Lth. In doun sooth, hae ye? Answer strecht, na,
Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 236. Rxb. But scarce sae doonsin
white as his, A. Scorr Poems (ed. 1808) 55.
[I wait it is for me provydit, Bot sa done tyrsuni it is
to byd it, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510), ed. Small, II. 229.]
DOON, see Down, adv.
DOONDIE, sb. Or.L A large, lean cod-fish.
Or.I. (S.A.S.) ; Commonly used still for a diseased cod-fish
(J.G.).
DOONDLE, i;. w.Som.> [dffin(d)l.] To dwindle.
There used to be a good lot o' boys there, but now they be a
doondled down to vive or zix.
DOONLINS, DOONSIN, DOOP, see Doon, adv., Doup.
DOOR, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in forms deear n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' ; deer w.Yks. ; dewer
Win. ; dore Sc. (Jam.) Bnfi".* ; duir Cum. ; dur Lan.'
e.Lan.' Chs.' ; dure Fif. N.I.' Wm. [dur, du3(r), diar,
diu-ar.] 1. \n comb. (1) Door-bands, the door-hinges;
(2) -cheek, (a) a door-post, jamb ; (A) the threshold, door-
step ; doorway; (3) -crook, the hinge of a door ; (4) -darn
or -dern, a door-frame, door-post ; (5) -deaf, very deaf,
as deaf as a door-nail ; (6) -drapper, the piece of wood
fastened to the bottom of cottage doors to shoot the water
off the threshold ; (7) -ganging, a doorway ; (8) -head, the
lintel of a door; (9) -hole, sec -ganging; (10) -jaw or
-jawm, see -cheek (a); (ii) -latch, an eavesdropper;
(12) -nail deafness, stone deafness; (13) -("sneighbour,
a next-door neighbour ; (14) -sill, see -cheek (b) ; (15)
-slot, a bar of iron which, when not in use, slips into
a horizontal hole in the wall ; (16) -snack, (17) -sneck,
a door-latch ; (18) -staingels, door-frames ; (19) -stall, see
-cheek {a) ; (20) -staple, the iron hook, driven into the
door-post, which secures the bar or bolt which fastens the
door on the inside; (21) -stead, (a, i) see -cheek (a,b);
(22) -step, {a) see -cheek (b) ; {b) the landing-place at
a door; (23) -stone, (a) the large flag-stone, gen. placed
at the entrance of an outer door; (b) see -cheek (b) ; (24)
-stones, the flags or pavement along the entire house-
front ; (25) -stoop, the side of a doorway; (26) -ward,
towards the door.
(i) n.Yks.* (2, a") Sc.To his dore-cheik I kept the cleik, Scott
Minstrelsy (1802) IV. 346, ed. 1848; Twa crossed-legged figures,
. . . ane on ilka door-cheek, ib. Antiquary f 1816) xvi. Cai.* Ayr.
Leaning his shoulder against the door-cheek. Galt Z,ai>rfs(i826j i.
Slk. The hame within his ain door-cheeks, Chr. North Noctes (ed.
1856) IV. 233. n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.^ Nhb.', Dur.', n.Yks.'^,
ne.Yks.', m.Yks.* w.Yks. Just as he put his heeade by t'deer-
cheek a pistil wer fired off, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. i88a') 220;
w.Yks. l'^* Lan. Pinn'd him bi th' throat again th' dur-cheek,
Brierley Daisy Nook (1859) 44 ; La.i.', e.Lan.', Chs.', s.Chs.',
n.Lin.', Nhp. ', Shr.' (6) Sc. It was at the Advocate's door-cheek
that ye met her first, Stevenson Catriona (18921 vii. Rnf. lik
door-cheek and close was packit Wi' draigletail and dreepin' jacket.
Young Pictures (1865) 127. Edb. Sitting at our door-cheek, Moir
Mansie IVauch (1828) i. Dmf. She laid down her powks at anithcr
door-cheek, Cromek Nithsdale Sug. (j8io) 51. Gall. I grippet by
the collars Andrew Rab an' Rough Roger ... at Jamie Guthrie's
door-cheek at the Abbey-burn, Nicholson Hist. Tales (1843) 105.
(3) Abd. (Jam.) (4) n.Lin. Sutton ICds. (1881). sw.Lin.' They
even took down the door-derns, and burnt them. LW.* (5) Edb.
My greatest fear Is, that door-deaf. Pride canna hear, Macneill
Bygane Times {i8iij5-i. (6) Wil.' (7) n.Yks.'^, m.Yks.i (SjBnff.i
Gall. (A.W.) (9) w.Yks. Folk standingin the door-hole, Snowden
IVeb 0/ IVeaver yi8g6j 40 ; He worstandin' i' t'doorhoil o' t'topmost
hahse, Yksman. A'mas No. (1878) 9; w.Yks. ^ Lan. Owd Maliy
stoode i' th" dur-hole, watchin 'em, Waugh Besom Ben (1865)
iv : Lan,^, Chs.* (10) n.Lin.* I fetch'd my head . . . such an a
clink up o' th' door-jaw it aached for a munth efter. Shr.* (11;
e.Suf. (F.H.) (12) Rnf. Door-nail deafness fled before him, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 1 18. (13) Abd. I saw the limmers, . . . doorsneigh-
bours o' my ain, Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 94, ed. 1889. Rnf.
A newly married pair having become 'door-neighbours' to William
Gilmour, Gilmour Pf;i Flk. (1873) 33. Edb. Captain Inglis, just
our ain door-neighbour, Crawford Poems (1798) loi ; My door-
neighbour, Thomas Burlings, popped in, Moir Mansie IVauch
(1828) xviii. (14) n.Yks.i2, ne.Yks.', ra.Yks.', w.Yks.', s, Chs.',
Not.'', n.Lin.', Nhp.' (15) n.Lin. He trapp'd his finger wi' th' door-
slot (M.P.) ; n.Lin.' ( i5) Nrf. E. Alden . . . was summoned . . . for
wilfully damaging a gas-burner and door-snack. A')/ Dy. Standard
(Apr. 6, 1895) 3, col. 3. (17) n.Yks.'^ 'At thy parril thoo ivver
lifts mah deear-sneck ageean,'at your peril you enter my dwelling
any more. w.Yks. (E.G.) Lan. Th' owd reausty dur-sneck,
Clegg 5iffc/if5 (189s) 459. (i8)e.Dur.i (igle.An.' Cmb.' Come
in wi' 3'r' — alius a-leaning agin the door-stall. Nrf.' (20) Bnff.'
(21, a I Cum. Stannin like a duir steed, Borrowdale Lett, in Lons-
dale Mag. \Feb. iSt']) 311. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Slap-bang went ball,
An in flew awd deear an deear-stcead an' all, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(1889)42. w.Yks. Ah teed him agean t'door-steid an went inside,
Tom Treddlehoyle iJafcHi/a yjH»;. (1892) 38. (6) N.Cy.' Nhb.'
Set the skeel i' the door-steed. Dur.', e.Dur.* Wm. A cuddant
find oor aan dewersteead intet hoose. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 3.
n.Yks.'^ e.Yks.' There they war, three o' fower on em stannin
gossapin i* deear steed. m.Yks.' w.Yks. Pops his noaze end
inta wun's door-steid, ToM Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1870)
3 ; w.Yks.' ; w.Yks^ Anuther fell dahn it dooar-stead ; w.Yks.^'*,
Chs.' s Not. She stood i' the door-stead an' wouldn't let me goo
in (J.P.K.). n.Lin. Peater cums bang thrif door-stead. Peacock
Talcs and Rhymes (1886) 131 ; n Lin.' sw.Lin.' The doorstead is
so low, one is fit to knock one's head. s.Lin. You'l nivver cross
your faether's doorstead agen (T.H.R.). (22, a\ Sc. (Jam."), Chs.',
n.Lin.' (A) Slk. Standing at the landing place, or door-step as
they call it there, Hogg Tales (1820) I. 243 (Jam.). (23, a) n.Yks.',
ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Lig it dun o' t'door-stun (W.M.E.F.) ; w.Yks.^
n.Lin.' Often the whole, or a part of an old mill-stone. It was the
ciislom to leave hollow spaces under door-stones which were filled
with Ijrokcii bits of iron for the sake of keeping off witches, (b)
Sc. Ganging owcr the door-stane, Scoir Antiquary (1816) xvi.
DOOR
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Fif. He paus'd a wee on the dure-stane, Tennant Paftisliy (1837)
19a. Lth. When ower the doorstane they set then- snout. Ballan-
TiNE I'oeiits I 1856) 33. N.Cy.' Nhb.' She's nivver crosscii vvor
door-styen sin a twelmonth past. Cum.' w.Yks. He noa sooiner
passed hiz oan doorstan tlian his shins cuin e contackt wi t'shaip
edge a t'kitchen fender, Tom Treddlehoyle BainislaAmi. (1893)
36. Lau.* He wur stondin' on th' durstonc, an' would no goo inside.
Chs.' (24) Dur.', n.Yks.'^ w.Yks. (J.T. ); To fling or turn one
'on to t'doarst'ns' is to throw or turn him out of doors, Banks IVkJld.
Wds. 1 1865"! ; w.Yks.' He'd naa sooner come to t'doorstans, ii.
305. e Lan ' (25) w.Yks. Rcarin' herseln agean t'deur stoop,
sho ranneled on, Yks. IVkly. Post (Oct. 24, 1896). (26'i Slk.
Robin heaved his staff tlie doorward, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 94.
2. Phr. (i) logi't to the door, (2) to get across the doors, to
be able to get out of doors after illness, &c. ; (3) to give
them the door, to turn out of doors ; (4) to go by the door,
to withdraw custom, go past the door; (5) to keep the
door open, to pay the expenses of a house, iS:c. ; (6) to put
out of the door, see give them the door; (7) to put to the
door, (a) to ruin; (A) to reject, refuse; (8) to szviiig the
door, see keep the door open ; (9) to tnke the door on one's
back or ivith one, to pack off, be gone ; ( 10) down the doors,
down the street ; (iij in a doors, in the house ; (12) out 0/
doors, (a) see below ; (b) out of fashion ; (13) to the door,
to the uttermost, completely; (14) tip to the door, well
done, ' up to dick ' ; (15) the man 0/ one's next door, a next-
door neighbour ; (16) afoot over every door-step, free access
to every one's house.
(ij n.Yks.' (2) e. Dur.' I haven't been across the doors. (3") Sc.
Janet would gie them the door, Crockett CA-.^ A'f//y (1896) 176.
1^4) Abd. Those who were his fiiends before, He hopes they'll no
gae by his door, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 251. (5) w.Yks.^ (6)
Lan. Like a child, ileyed o' bein' put out o' th'dur, Waugh C/iim.
Corner (iSt^) 23, ed. 1879. (7, <j) Sc. Early rising is the first thing
that puts a man to the door, Prov. (Jam.) (6) Ir. The boys wor
about her agin, . . .An' Shanius along wid the rest, but she put thim
all to the door, Tennyson T'o-Hionow (1885). (8)w.Yks.3 (91 Cai.i
Rnf. Your gods an' your graces maun pack, Sae, friend be advis'd,
tak' the door on your back, Picken Poems (1813I H. 136. Ayr.
Come out, and tak' the door on your back, Galt GtViaise {182^) x,\.
Wgt. There's nae fear o' yer bawbees : tak' the door wi' ya, an' be
aff, Fraser Wij^louit (18771 313. (lo)Frf. Grim auld carlinsdoon
the doors Sud scauld. Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 63. (^ii) Oxf.t
My Missis yent in-a-doors jest now (,s.v. Ina doors). (i2,a)Sur.'
There's not a better field lies out-o'-doors than that 'ere one.
There'll never be standing still again on this here farm as long as
ever it lies out-o' doors, Chton. Clay Farm, 90. (6,) Sur.' Farming's
gone out o' doors now-a days. I don't knowmany of these plants
about here, they be out o' doors now. (13) s.Sc. He'll roup us to
the door, Wilson Tales (1836) H. 316. Lnk. He was determined
to roup them to the door, although it shouldna put a penny in his
pouch, Roy GfKff<?/s/ii^ (ed. 1895) 16, (14)6. An.' (i5')Wra.Soa
far fra loving the man of his next dure, Hutton Bran Nezv IVatk
(1785I 1. 421. (16) Sc. I'm here . . . to ask if you, that's got your foot
over every door-step, can hear tell of another lass to take her
place, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 66.
3. pi. Coal-mining term ; see below.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Used underground, where, unless a passage
were occasionally required, stoppings would be necessary. They
are usually placed in pairs, one being at a few yards distance from
the other, so that when one is open, the other may be closed.
Several different descriptions of doors are employed, of which are
the following: — Frame- doors, man-doors, fly-doors or swing-doors,
. . . sheth-doors, &c., Greenwell Coal Tr. GI. (1849).
4. The fold-yard before the door. Cum.'
DOOR, see Dour.
DOORAGH, si. Irel. Also written doorogh, douragh
Ant. [duTax-] Something added to the weight or
measure of an article sold, for good luck ; a little extra.
Ant. Ba//)'Hic»a Ois. (1892). s. Don. Simmons G/. (1890). s.Ir.
Used in a somewhat different sense. When you pay great atten-
tion to a person, pet him, feed him with goodies, take care of him
in every way, this is called * dhooracth,' ib. [Grose (1790) MS.
add. (C.)]
[Ir. dtirachd, good-will, a luck-penny ; cp. duhhrachd,
care, attention (O'Reilly) ; Gael, durachd, good-will, luck-
penny (M. & D.).]
DOORER, sb. Lon. See below.
Lon. I'm what's called a ' doorer,' and I go what our people call
' a-doorin'.' A doorer is a man who stands outside an auction sale,
and shouts ' Sale now going on ; step inside,' and that kind of thing,
Anszmrs (Dec. 12, 1891) 49, col. a.
DOORIE, s6. Sc. A game of marbles.
ne.Abd. Besides the ordinary game of marbles called ' bools ' there
aie several varieties, ' Langie-spangie,' played straight out along
a road. ' Doorie,' played against a wooden door, &c., &c. (W.M. )
DOOR.LAND, sb. Ubs. Sc. A plot of ground near
a door.
Sc. Forsyth Beauties of Sc. IV. 254. Per. Known 50 years ago,
but now out of use (G.W.).
DOORN, see Durn.
DOORNEY, sb. Ant. (W.H.P.) The wood-sage, Pru-
nella vulgaris.
DOORY, adf Yks. Also in forms deny Grose ;
doury n.Yks.^ [duri.] Very small, diminutive, puny.
Cf. deary, adj. 2.
Yks. A little doory thing, Grose (1790). n.Yks.'* e.Yks.
Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788).
[The same word as ME. dwery, a dwarf. Now as a
crepil lowe coorbed doun. Now a duery and now a
chainpioun, Bochas (c. 1440) vi. i. viii. (N.E.D.) ME.
dwery, dwerjhe, an inflected form fr. OE. dweorh, a
dwarf.]
DOOSE, see Douce, adj.. Douse, j>.'=
pOOSEY, sb. Sc. Nhb. Written dowsey N.Cy.'
[dusi.] A punishment among boys or young men ; see
below. Also in conip. Doosey-cap.
Fif. A young man was noticed approaching a field where several
women were working. One of them said, ' We'll gie him doosy.'
Accordingly they threw him on his back and each of four seized
a limb and gave him several (duschts) heavy falls playfully (G.W.).
N.Cy.' (s.v. Dowse"). Nhb.' The punishment inflicted in a boys'
game, where the victim is compelled to run the gauntlet through
two ranks, each boy in which stands ready, cap in hand, to give
a ' bat ' with it as the object of the game runs past.
DOOSHT, V. and sb. Sc. Also written dousht Abd.
[dijjt.] 1. V. To strike with a soft, heavy blow ; to
throw in a violent, careless manner.
Bnff.' She dooshtit's back weel till him. The bit bodie took the
bung, and dooshtit the beuck fae the tae side o* the room t' the
tither. Abd. It dooshtet aff the table to the grun'. I'll doosht yer
riggin' to ye, my man (G.W.).
2. sb. A soft, heavy blow ; a heavy fall or throw down.
Bnff.' She ga' 'im a doosht o' the back. The wife ga' the loon
a great doosht in o' the middle o' the fleer. Abd. The doosht of
the two persons falling, Alexander /o/iKMy Giift (18711 iii ; It fell
with a doosht. Gie that carpet a doosht on the wall (G.W.) ; There
was like to be doushts at the tail on the toolye, when twa met 'at
hed ony grum'le at other [ina football scrimmage], Ellis Pronunc.
(1889) V. 772.
DOOSIL, V. and sb. Rxb. (Jam.) 1. v. To beat, thump.
2. sb. A stroke, thump.
DOOT, see Dote, v." Doubt,
DOOTLE, sb. Obs. n.Cy. A notch made in the pan
or 'raisin' on the top of a wall, in which the 'bawk' or
beam is let in and fastened. (K.), N.Cy.*
DOOVEL, see Devil.
DOOZIL, sb. n.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] 1. An uncomely woman. 2. A lusty child.
DOOZY, adj. Sc. Uncomely, unpleasant, disagreeable.
Ayr. He was a breathing lump of mortality, groosy, and oozy,
and doozy, his faculties being shut up and locked in by a dumb
palsy, Galt Provost (1822) viii.
DOP, sb. and v. e.An. [dop.] 1. sb. A short, quick
curtsy. e.An.', Nrf.' 2. v. To curtsy. Suf.'
[1. The Venetian dop, this, Jonson Cynthia's Rev.
(1616) V. ii, ed. Cunningham, 1. 190.]
DOP, see Dap, v.. Dob, v.^
DOP-A-LOW, adj. e.An. Short in stature, esp.
applied to females. e.An.', Nrf.' Hence Dopper-lowly,
adj. short in stature. e.An.'
DOP-CHICKEN, see Dobchick.
DOPE, sb. Cum. Also in form dopy Cum. [dop,
d5pi.] A simpleton.
Cum. She was . . . ' a dozened lile dope,' Linton Lizzie Lorton
(1867) XXV ; Gl. (1851); Cum.'
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DOPE, see Dowp.
DOPLER, sb. e.An. Also in form dopper. A thick
woollen jersey for outside wear.
e.An.l Nrf. Still in constant use (M.C.H.B.).
DOPPET, V. Glo.' [do'pit.] To play a musical in-
strument jerkily.
DOPPLE-GANGER, sb. Obs. n.Cy. The apparition
of a living person, a ' double,' a wraith. Cf. double-
ganger, s.v. Double, 1. (16).
n.Cy. Hell-hounds, dopple-gangers, boggleboe, Denham Tracts
(ed. 1895) II. 79-
[Cp. G. doppcl-ganger, 'jemand von deni man wahnt
er konne sich zu gleicher zeit an zwei verschiedeneu
orten zeigen' (Grimm).]
DOPT, V. w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.> [dopt.] To adopt.
DOPY, see Dope.
DOR, V. and sb. Nhb. Also s.Cy. Som. [dor, do3(r).]
1. V. To confound, stupefy, frighten.
s.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Som. W. & J. Gl. (i873\
2. sb. In phr. to be in a dor, to be in a state of trepidation.
Nhb.i Aw was iv a parfit dor at the time. Som. 1 was in a
dor, Halliwell Zumincrset Pieces (1843) 4'
[1. To dorr, confundere, obstiipefacere, Skinner (1671).]
DOR, see Dare, v.'^
DORBEL, sb. Obs. ? Sc. Lin. Nrf. Anything of an
unseemly appearance. Ayr. (Jam.)
Hence Dorbel(l)ish, adj. extremely awkward, clumsy.
Lin.i They got farish on, and then turned up dorbelish. Nrf.*
I The same word as Dorbel, Lat. Dorbelliis. i.e. Nicholas
de Orbellis (died 1455), a supporter of Duns Scotus ;
hence, a pedant, a dull-witted person, a dunce. Then
asse . . . and foole and dolt and idiot, and Dunse and
Dorbell anddodipoul . . . and all the rusty-dusty jestes in
a country, Harvey Pierce (1592) 158 (N.E.D.).]
DORBIE,sZ>. Sc. [doTbi.] 1. A stonemason, a hewer
or builder.
Per. Several years ago I heard one stonemnson say to another,
' Ye'll draw the hugger for this ? ' [tip me]. ' What ! ' was the replj',
' Draw the hugger to a dorbie like you I ' (G.W.) Lnk. I'll get ye
the len' o' a trowan Frae the dorbie that bides up the stair, Penman
Echoes (1878) 26 ; The stane was laid wi' muckle care, . . . The
speeches a* were duly made, Sj'ne aff the dorbies gleefu* gaed . . .
Doon to the ' Curlers" weel-kent inn, Coghill Poems (18901 82.
Hence phr. the dorbies' knock, a peculiar rap given
by freemasons as a signal amongst themselves. Sc.
(Farmer.)
2. Conip. Dorbie-brother, a fellow stonemason.
Lnk. To guard them a' suld be j-our law, My dorbie-biither,
CocHiLL Poems (18901 100.
3. The red-backed sandpiper, the dunlin, Tringa alpina.
Bnff. SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 193. [Johns Birds (1862).]
DORBIE, adj. Sc. [dorbi.] Sickly, of a weak con-
stitution ; soft, lazy, sleepy.
Bnff.' Abd. Ye're unco dorbie, stir up an' ca' awa' (G.W.).
DORCAS, sb.^ Cor. [do'kas.] The name of a spirit
supposed to frequent Polbreen Mine.
Cor. A woman called Dorcas . . . flung herself into one of the
deep shafts of Polbreen Mine. . . . Her presence . . . remained in
the mine. She appears ordinarily to take a malicious delight in
tormenting the industrious miner, calling him by name, and alluring
him from his tasks. . . . When a ' tributer ' had made a poor month,
he was asked if he had ' been chasing Dorcas.' Dorcas was usually
only a voice. Hunt Pop. Rotn. iv.Etig. (1865) 354, cd. 1896.
DORCAS, sb.' and v. Lin. 1. sb. A smart, over-
dressed person.
Lin. Often combined with Moggy (W.W.S.).
2. V. To dress smartly or vulgarly.
Lin. (W.W.S.) n.Lin.'She was dorcassed cot last BriggStattns
just for all th' warld like a Hull street-walker. sw.Lin.* No doubt
derived, ironically, from the so called Dorcas Societies for making
clothes for the poor.
DORCHESTER BUTT, />/!;-. Dor. \n phr. As big as
a Dorchester butt, very fat. Gl. (1851).
DORDER-MEAT, sb. Obs. Sc. [Not known to our
correspondents.! A bannock or cake given to farm-
servants after loosing the plough, between dinner and
supper.
Ags. I'he ha' stood just i' the mids o' the floor an the sin came
in at the wast winnock fan the lads got their dorder-meat, Henry
Blyd's Contract, 5 (Jam.).
[With dorder we may perhaps compare NFris. daagerd
(daaerd, dogwerd), the morning meal (Outzen) ; Sw. dial.
dagvard, breakfast (Rietz) ; Norw. dial, dagverd (Aasen),
Dan. davre ; ON. dagverdr \d<j)giirdr), a daymeal, the chief
meal of the old Scandinavians (CV.) ; dag, day + ver^r,
a meal.]
DORDSHAM, inf. S. & Ork.> An oath.
DORDUM, see Dirdum.
DORE, V. Sh. & Or.L To deafen with noise; to
worry, tease.
Or.I. Common. Dinna dore nie (J.G.). S. & Ork.^
Hence Doring, sb. confusion, noise. Or.L (S.A.S.)
DORE-APPLE, sb. e.An. Sus. A particular species
of apple.
e.An.' A firm winter apple of a bright yellow colour. Nrf.> Sus.
I think it is applied not to a real apple, but to one of the galls or
insect-made excrescences. Common enough (E.E.S.). w.Sus.
HOLLOWAY.
DOREN, sb. Or.L [do'ran.] A term used in impre-
cations.
Or.I. Doren upon you (Jam.') ; Quite common as a mild malison.
* Dorin' on thee ' (J.G.). S. & Ork.' Doren, or ' deil tak 3'ou.'
DORENEED, sb. Bnff.' The youngest, usually ap-
plied to pigs.
DORFER, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] An impudent fellow. (Hall.)
DORG, see Darg, sb.
DOR-HA'WK, sb. Suf Cor. [dor9k.] The nightjar,
Capriinii/gKS europaeiis.
e.Suf. e.An. Dy. Times (1892). e.Suf., Cor. From its fondness
for moths and beetles, Swainson Birds (1885) 97. Cor. Rodd Birds
1,1880") 314.
DORICK, sb. Ken. [dS'rik.] A trick, practical joke,
frolic.
Ken. Up to his derricks again. Had a derrick with him (D.W.L.) ;
(G.B.'i ; Ken.' Now then, none o' 3'our doricks.
DORISHMENT, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Hardship.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. HunoN Tour to Caves (1781).
DORL, see Dawl, v.^
DORLACH, sb. Obs. Sc. Also in forms darloch,
dourlach. A bundle, truss, package ; a portmanteau,
valise ; a sheaf of arrows, a quiver.
Sc. 'These supple fellows [the Highlanders] with their plaids,
targes and dorlachs, Baillie Lett. (1775) I. 175 (Jam.) ; There's
Vich Ian Vohr has packed his dorlach, Scott IVauerley (1814I xlii ;
There they are wi' gun and pistol, dirk and dourlach, ib. Rob Roy
(1817I xxvi ; Grose (1790) MS. add. yC) Ayr. Darlochs there
were, for distant fray, For battlement or turret gray, Boswell Poc/.
n-'fa. (1811) 82, ed. 1871.
[In the hielandis, haberschonis, steil bonnettis, hek-
tonis, swerdis bows and dorlochis or culueringis. Acts
Jas. VI (1574) fjAM.). Gael, dorlach, a sheaf of arrows,
a quiver (M. & D'.).]
DORLE, sb. Sc. Also in form darle. [dorl, darl.]
A portion, piece of anj'thing of varying size, ^e«. applied
to eatables.
Bnff.' A large piece of anything. A dorle o' cheese. Rnf. Yet
Fortune has gien him a darle O' haimart rhime, Picken Poems
(18131 H. 39. Ayr. A small piece, properly applied to bread (Jam).
Hence Dorlack, 56. a large piece of anything solid. Bntt'.'
DOR-LINE, sb. Nhb.' [dorlain.] The line used for
catching mackerel.
[Norw. dial, dorg, a fine fishing line which the fisher-
man draws after him while rowing (Aasen) ; ON. dorg
(in comp. dor), an angler's tackle, rod and line, &c., for
trout or small fish.]
DORLING, see Darling.
DORM, V. and sb. n.Cy. Yks. Der. [dorm, d^m.]
1. V. To doze, sleep lightly.
n.Cy. GROSV.{l^go) MS. add. 1 P.") w.Yks. (W.F.S) ; Hamilton
NiigaeLii. (1841)333 ; w.Yks.^ Old folks mostly dorms their time
away ; w.Yks.^ Der,' Obs.
Hence (j) Dormed, ppl. adj. absent-minded, dazed ;
(2) Dorniy, adj., in phr. doriny siveat, a night-sweat.
DORMANT
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(i) w.Yks. Hez tu seen my pipe, Jim ? — Thah dormed fooil, tha
hez it i' thi maath. Tha must a bin dormed to go an do that l,M G.).
(2) Wor. A be all of a dormy sweat, Outis F<^. Mott. s.Wor.
PoRSON Quaint IVds. (1875) 19.
2. sb. A doze, light sleep.
w.Yks.^ Last nect he fell into a dorm, and then he wakken'd
and said his prayers, and An thowt it were varry gooid,
[1. Norvv. dial, and ON-f/o/vz/rt, to doze. 2. Not a calm
solt sleep like that which our God giveth his beloved
ones ; but as the slumbering dorms of a sick man ; short
and interrupted, Sanderson Serm. (ed. 1681) II. 79
(N.E.D.). Norw. dial, dorm, a doze, a snatch of sleep
(Aasen).]
DORMANT, rt^'. and si. Nhb. Yks. Ilrf Cor. Written
durmant n.Lin.' Also in forms dornian e. Yks. ; dormon
n.Yks.^ [dormant, do nnan, do'mant, d^'mant.]
1. atij. Confined to bed. Hrf.^
2. Inactive.
n.Lin.' It's my opinion that Miss was niver cutten oot fer to
be durmant, she must be a doin'. An old man after he became
blind remarked sadly of his old bass-fiddle, ' She's durmant noo.'
3. Sad, gloomy, melancholy.
Cor. 2 A dormant house. Feeling dormant.
4. sb. A main cross-beam or joist of a house, on which
the boards are laid.
N.Cy.', Nhb.', n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Marshall Rtir. Econ. (1796)
II. 317.
[1. Fr. dormant, sleeping (Cotgr.). 4. A dorman (great
beam), lignum, Coles (1679) ; As for the laying of the
seyd dormants they shall be leyd this next weke, Pastoii
Letters (1453) I. 250.]
DORMEDORY, see Dromedary.
DORMER, sb. e.An. [d9m3(r).] A large beam.
Cf. dormant, 4.
e.An.', Nrf.' Suf. In a parlour belonging to a farm-house . . .
there was a remarkably large dormer of chesnut, Clubbe IVheai-
>W(i758)7i.
DORMIT, sb. Hrf. [do'mit.] A small attic window
projecting from the roof, a dormer window.
Hrf. Bound Proviiic. (1876, ; Hrf.i
DORMON, see Dormant.
DORMOUSE, s6. Glo. [dp'meus.] The bat, so called
because it sleeps in winter.
Glo. A'. & Q. (i868~l 4th S. ii. 413 ; Glo.'
DORMY, adj. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) A golfing term ;
applied to a player when he is as many holes ahead of
his opponent as there are holes still to play.
DORN, sb. N.I.* [dorn.] A narrow neck of water
(not fordable) between two islands and the mainland.
DORN, see Dawn, si.' and adj., Durn, sb.
DORNEL, si. s.Sc. (Jam.) Thefundamentof a horse,
a horse-dealing term.
DORNET, see Dare, v}
DORNICLE, sb. Sc. The fish. Viviparous Blenny,
Zoarcus viviparns. s.Sc. (Jam.)
DORNOCH LAW, //in n.Sc. (Jam.) Summary justice,
execution before trial.
DORNOCK, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written dornick
(Jam.). A kind of cloth. See Darnick.
Sc. It is properly linen cloth, having certain figures raised in
the weaving, diaper (Jam.V Per. Three dornick buird-cloathes,
Beveridge C»/ro5s (1885) II. 168. s.Sc. I'll send yer wife a piece
o' dornock for that, as weel as a screed o' huckaback and harn,
Wilson 7Vi/<'s(i836) III. 114.
DOROTY, sb. Sc. (Jam.) [do'rati.] A doll, puppet ;
a female of a very small size.
[The same as the name Dorothy.']
DOR(R, sb. Hrt. e.An. Hnip. Also written dar Hrt. ;
daw Suf.' ; dorre Ess. [d9(r).] 1. The humble-bee ;
the drone-bee.
Ess. (K.) Hmp. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
2. The cockchafer, Melotontha solstitialis.
e.An. ' The larva of which does so much mischief to our meadows
and pastures, and the perfect insect is so great an annoyance in
summer evenings. Nrf.', Suf. (G.E.D.) Hmp. Grose (1790)
AIS. add. (C.) e.Hrap. To hear the drowsy dor come brushing by,
White Selbome (.1788) 58. ed. 1853.
3. A beetle ; the common blackbeetle.
Hrt. Worms, grubs, dars, and slugs, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) I. i.
Suf.', Ess. (K.) s.Cy. Ray (i6gi1.
[1. Abcillaiid, a dorre or drone-bee, Cotgr. ; Drane or
dorre _. . . a humble bee, Huloet (1572). OE. dora,
'feldbeo,' Cleop. CI. (c. 1050) in Wright's Voc. (1884) 351.]
DORR, see Dar(r, sb.
DORRA, sb. Rnf. (Jam.) A net fixed to a hoop of
wood or iron, used for catching crabs. See Dor-line.
The garbage of fish, &c., is thrown into the bottom of it for
attracting them.
DORREL, sb. War. Also written dorril. [doTil.]
A pollard.
War. A dorrel makes nice firing (I.B.); (Hall.)
DORROW, V. S. & Ork.» "To fish with a floating
hand-line.
[Norw. dial, dorga, to fish with a ' dorg' (Aasen) ; ON.
dors;a. See Dor-Hne.]
bORRY, nrt>. Suf. [dori.] Small, tiny.
Suf. A poor little dorry mite o' booey [boy] (C.G.B.) ; e.An. Dy.
Times (1892),
DORSEL, sb. Sus. Som. Cor. Also written dorsal
Cor. ; dossel Som. [dosi, dosl.] A pannier, basket, &c.,
borne on the back of a beast of burden. Cf. dosser, si.'
Sus.' Som. The manure is carried [at Porlock] in wooden pots
called dossels, Collinson Som. (1791) II. 34. Cor. For drays,
dorsals, and crooks were the common modes of conveyance,
QuiLLER-CoucH Hist. Polf'crro (1871) 30.
[Dorsel, a pannier ; a basket or bag, one of which hangs
on either side a beast of burden ; it is often spoken
dossel, loHNSON (1755).]
DOR'sER, see Dosser, sb.'^
DORSEY, adj. Not.' [d9-si.] Idle, lazy.
A dorsey wench.
DORSIFIED, ppl. adj. Suf Stupefied, stunned.
Suf. Still in use (C.GB.) ; e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
DORSLE, see Dawzle.
DORT, si., adj. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. [dort.]
1. sb. Ill-humour, a pet ; gen. in pi. ' the sulks ' ; esp. in
phr. to take the dorts, to turn sulky ; freq. used after the
Christian names of women.
Sc. There are the keys then, Mysie dorts, ?>cott Monastery {i&zo)
xxviii ; Meg Dorts, as she was termed on account of her refractory
humours, ib. St. Ronan 1824 1 i. Sh.I. In the dorts, Ellis Pronunc.
(1889^.697. S. 8tOrk.',Cai.' BnfT. I said, my Meg, an' fu' are ye ?
She thank't me, an' nae dorts took she, Taylor Poems (1787) 58.
Abd. Scotland else has ta'en the dort, I'm very sear, Shirrefs
Poems (1790) 215. s.Sc. She daurnasay a word unless she maybe
tak' the dorts an' misca' him, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 58. Ayr. I
said, ' E'en's ye like, Meg Dorts,' and with a flourish on my heel
I left her to tune her pipes alane, Galt Lairds (1826) vii. Lnk.
My father says I'm in a pet, my mither jeers at me, And bans me
for a dautit wean, in dorts for aye to be, Motherwell Poems
(1827). Edb. Gif that ane soud tak the dorts They'll get their
wale o' twenty, LearmontPo<'i"s(i79i) 310. Kcb. Let your soul,
like a tarrowing and mislearned child, take the dorts, Rutherford
Lett. (1660) No. 18. n.Cy. Border Gt. {Coll. L.L.B.)
2. adj. Sulky, pettish.
Sc. Fleming Scriptures (1726). Rnf. Awake, and dinna be sae
dort, What tho' ye get nae siller for't, Webster Rhymes (1835) 71.
3. V. To sulk, be offended.
Sc. Grose (,1790) MS. add. (C.) Cai.' Abd. They maun be toyed
wi' and sported. Or elseye're sure to find them dorted. Shirrefs
Poems (1790) 333. Fif. Like harmless lambs about their dams.
They dinna dort nor we,iry, Douglas Poems (1806) 33. e.Fif.
Willy, my man, it's useless to dort and thraw wi' us for oot ye maun
come, an' be stickit. LArro Tam Bodkin (1864) iv.
Hence (i) Dorted, ppl. adj. stupefied; (2) Dorting, sb.
sulkiness, ill-humour.
(i) Cum. Linton Lake Cy (1864'! 301 ; Gl. (1851). (2) Fif. Dancin'
on the flow'ry mead, They hae nae spleen nor dortin', Douglas
Poems (1806) 87.
4. With at or with : to over-nurse.
BnfT. 1 She dorts awa at that geet o' hirs, an's eye geein' 't physic.
DORT, DORTON, see Dirt, Dortor.
DORTOR, sb. Obs. w.Sc. Also in forms dornton,
dorntor, dort(s, dorton. A slight repast, refreshment ;
food taken between meals. See Dorder-meat.
DORTOUR
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w.Sc. A herd in the parish of Bcith complained that other herds
got a dortor hke a dortor, but he got a dochtless dortor [a miserably
small one], Carkick Laird of Logan, Gl. ; (Jam. Sitppl.)
DORTOUR, si/. Obs. Sc. Also written dortor (Jam.
Suppl.). 1. A sleeping-room, bedchamber, dormitory.
Sc. Move towards the dortour, Scott Abbot (1820) xv. Fif.
Methinks it's richt. my learnit billie, . . . To think o' dortours and
o' beds, Whairon to rest our legs and heads, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 124.
2. A posset or sleeping-draught taken at bedtime.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.)
[1. His deeth saugh I ... at hoom in our dortour,
Chaucer C. T. d. 1855. OFr. dortour, a sleeping-room
(La Curne).]
DORT(S, see Dortor.
DORTY, adj. Sc. n.Cy. [doTti.] 1. Spoilt, pettish,
saucy, contemptuous, proud, haughty, conceited. See
Dort, sb.
Sc. She was sae dorty and nice, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806)
I. 297 ; Let dorty dames say Na, As long as e'er they please, Herd
Coll. Siigs. (1776) I. 273. Cai.i Abd. As dram and dorty as young
miss wad be, Ross //cteiojc (1768) 89. ed. 1812. Kcd. My Muse will
nae assist me langer, The dorty jade somet imes does anger, Burness
Tlmimiiiy Cap i.e. 1796) 1. 430. Fif. ' A dorty deevil,' she said, with
a toss of her head. ' Banged his window when he saw me looking
at him,' Meldrum Margredel (1894) 2or. Rnf. It e'en might melt
the dortiest she, That ever sklintedscornfu' e'e, Tannahill/'o£'»/s
(1807') 268, ed. 1817. Ayr. Then, though a Minister grow dorty.
An' kick your place, Ye'Il snap your fingers, poor an' hearty, Before
his face, BuRNS.(4K//io/5 Cr>'(i786) St. 23 ; Poor leddies, he needna
be nice, and neither o' them has any cause to be dorty, Galt Lauds
(1826) ix. Lnk.YehideYour well-seen love and dorty Jenny's pride,
Ramsay Gcji/Zc S/if/>. (1725') 22, ed. 1783. Lth. The City Guard sae
proud an' dorty, Brave remnant o' the twa-and-foi-ty, Ballantine
Poems (1856) g. Edb. The dorty Embrugh crew. Declare they've
got o' claes too few, Harst Rig (1801J 34. Gall. Choosing here
and there like a dorty child, Crockett Moss-Hags ( 1895) i. Kcb.
Scepter'd hands may a' their power display, And dorty minds may
luxury admire, Davidson Seasons (1789; 9. n.Cy. Border Gl.
{Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.i
Hence Dorty-pouch, sb. a saucy person.
e.Fif. To gie the cauld shoother to the twa dorty-pouches we
had passed wi' sae little ceremony i'the Loan, Latto Tain Bodkin
(^1864') xiv.
2. Of plants : so delicate as not to grow but in certain
soils or exposures.
Sc. Flowers are dorty things, and where one least expects it
they flourish, Ketth Bonnie Lady (1897) 11. n.Sc. A veiy dorty
flower (Jam.).
[1. And am right dortie to come ouir the dur, Mont-
GOMERiE Sonnets (c. 1600J Ixv, ed. Cranstoun, 121.]
DORUM, sb. Not. A fancier, dealer.
Not.2 s.NoL Yer might try Jack ; 'e's a bit of a dorum in fowls
an* pigeons (J.P.K ).
DORYMOUSE, sb. Hmp. Cor. [do'rlmeus.] The
dormouse.
Hmp. (J.R.W.) ; Hmp.' Cor. Thomas 7?(j«rfi^a/ /f/ymcs (1895)
Gl. ; Cor.'2
DORZE, DORZLE, see Durze, Dozzle, v.'^
DOSE, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Dev. Also in form doss
Dev. [dos, do9s, Dev. dos.] 1. v. To drug, stupefy.
Fif. Tak' a horn C my rare highland wliisky, 'lis no the damag'd
Iieady gear That donnar, dose, or daver, Douglas Pocww (1806) 141.
2. To give a thorough beating.
e.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Mar. 15, 1884) 8.
3. sb. A large quantity.
Per. ' I bought a dose o' yarn, when I was in Stirling' — meaning
I bought a hirge quantity (G.W.). Dev. 'Twas a beautiful rain ; but
we shall veryzoon lack another such doss, ^f/>oi/sProw'HC.(i88i) 11.
DOSE, DOSEN, see Doze, v., Dozen, v.
DOSH, DOSHUN, see Doss, v., Dasliin.
DOSIL, DOSITI, DOSITY, sec Dozzle, ».', Docity.
DOSK, DOSKY, sec Dusk, Dusky, Doxy.
DOSOME, see Dow, v.^
DOSS, ,s/).' c.An. Also in forms dossett, dossick
Nrf. ; dossit c.Suf. ; dossock Suf. [dos.] 1. A has-
sock, footstool for kneeling upon in church.
e.An.'2 Nrf. Yow can kneel at our chutch — our paresun ha'
put in a lot of new dosses (W.R.E.; ; Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf.
( 1893)84; There was a dossick to kneel on ( W.H.j; Grose (1790;;
N f.' Suf. Pass me a doss (M.E.R.) ; Suf.i, e.Suf. (F.H.), Ess.
(H.H.M.)
2. A tussock or knot of sour rushy grass in marsh land.
Nrf, Suf.i
[1. Item paid for a dosse for the deske, o. o. 6, Churchw.
Accts., St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich (1634), in Nrf. Antiq.
Misc. II. pt. ii. 341.]
DOSS, sb? Sc. [dos.] A tobacco-pouch.
Abd. A sneeshin' mull an' 'bacco doss, Anderson Rhymes (1867)
18; His stick aneath his oxter ristet. As frae the doss the chew he
twistet, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 238. Frf. Rob, kiss ye your to-
bacco doss, O* compliments be sparin', Morison Poems (1790) 27.
[G. dose, a tobacco-box ; MDu. dose, a box (Teulhonista).^
DOSS, sb.^ Yks. [dos.] A large pincher-like
arrangement for tightening poops before securing with
rivets, in bale packing. w.Yks. (J.M.)
DOSS, v.'^ and si.* Sc. Yks. e.An. Ken. Also in form
dosh e.An. [dos, doj.] 1. v. To butt with the horns,
to toss the head. Cf dossick, v.
e.An. A'. &Q. (1875) 5th S. iii. 166; e.An.i No more ear for music
than Farmer Ball's bull, as dossed the fiddler over the bridge.
Nrf. Grose (1790); (M.C.H.B.); Nrf.' e.Nrf. Marshall /fi(»-. Econ.
(1787). Suf. They didn't use their fists but dossed one another
[said of two men fighting] (C.G.B.) ; (E.G. P.); Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. 'With down : to throw oneself down, to sit down with
violence.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. The pensy blades doss'd down on stones,
Skinner Amusements (1809I 52. Ken. (K.) ; Ken.*
3. To frighten. m.Yks.'
4. sb. A fright.
m.Yks.' It put me in such a doss.
[1. These doe dosse with their homes like maddebulles,
GoLDiNG Calvin on Deut. xx (1583) (N.E.D.j. MDu.
dossen, to smite, strike (Verdam).]
DOSS, V? and sb.^ Nhb. Glo. Suf. Ess. Aus. Slang.
Also written dorse, dos Slang, [dos.] 1. v. To sleep,
lie down.
Suf.(F.H.) Ess. I dossed under a haystack last night (H.H.M.).
Lon. Where do you dos? Mayhew Land. Labour (1851) I. 248.
Slang. Grose Ct. Diet. (1823). [Aus. I've nussed him as well as
I could, an' I haven't been to doss much these two nights, Kara
Yerta Tragedy, x.]
2. To have meals, lodge temporarily at a place.
Glo. They come in to dinner; they was kind o' dossing together
thur [in an empty house] (S.S.B.).
3. sb. A sleep.
Suf. (F.H.) Slang. To tell you the truth, we were having a
* doss ' in the cabin. Standard tSept. 29. 1B87) 3. [Aus. Telling
Billy to have a 'doss,' while his namesake, the billy, is boiling,
Vogan Blk. Police (1890) xii.]
4. A bed, lodging.
Nhb' Lon, Ain't it a stunning dos? Mayhew Lond. Labour
(1851) I. 356.
Hence Dossor, sb. a bed.
Nhb. The bonny dossor that's ma feathor bed, Chater Tyneside
Aim. (1869) 32.
DOSS, v.^ sb.^ and adj. Sc. Yks. [dos.] 1. v. With
about: to go about one's business in a proper manner ; to
do something exactly, neatly. Fif (Jam.)
2. With up, of/': to trim, adorn, decorate ; to make neat.
Cai.>, Lnk. (Jam.) n.Yks. He dosses t'coffin ofi"(I.'W.\
3. sb. An ornament of any description. Cai.', Nai. CI.
Surv. (Jam.)
4. adj. Neat, spruce. Cld. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Dossie, (a) sb. a neat, well-dressed person,
of small size ; (i) adj. neat, well-dressed ; (2) Dosslie,
adv. neatly, simply ; (3) Dossness, sb. neatness.
(i, a) Lnk., Rxb. (Jam.) (i) Lnk. (lA.) Slang. We are dossy
and neat From head to our feet, Gilbert Brigands in Standard
(Nov. 9, 1889) 3. (2, 3) Lnk., Rxb. (Jam.)
DOSS, see Dose, Dossy, v., Doz, v.
DOSSACH, V. and sb. Bnff.' [dosax.] 1. v. With
with : to treat, nurse tenderly ; to over-nurse.
His milhcr dossachs on wee that blaadit brat o' a bairn o' her's.
2. sb. Over-lender nursing.
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DOSSEL, DOSSIL, see Dorsel, Dozzle, sb.
DOSSER, sb.'^ Nif. Suf. Sus. Dor. Cor. Also written
dorsar Cor.'^; dorser Nrl'.' Dor. In form dosses (/>/.)
Sus.' e.Sus. [do-sa(r).] 1. A pannier sUmg over a
horse's baclc for carrying light articles. C(. dorsal.
Nrf.', Suf.'.Sus.'^ e.Sus. Holi.oway. Dor. RayPiov. (1678) 306.
2. A cnsliiiin for the back of a seat. Cor."' (s. v.
Bankers). See Banker, st>.^
[1. Dorser or dosser, a sort of pannier or great basket
to carry things on horse-back, Phillits (1706) ; Men . . .
niaken of these paniers, Orelles hottcs or dossers, Chaucer
Hoiis F. 1940. Fr. ilossier, 'partie d"une hotte qui s'ap-
puie sur le dos de celui qui la porte ' (Hatzfeld). 2. Fr.
Jossiir, the back of a chair, iS:c. (Cotgr.).]
DOSSER, sb.'^ Nrf.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A motion of the head in children, caused by
affections of the brain.
DOSSET, sb. Ken. [do'sit.] A very small quantity
of anything; a tit-bit. (G.B.) ; (H.M.) ; Ken.'
DOSSETT, DOSSITY, see Doss, sb.\ Docity.
DOSSETY, see Dossity.
DOSSICK, sb. Bnft".' [dosik.] A small truss or
bundle. Cf dossie.
DOSSICK, V. e.An. Also written dossock e.Suf.
[do'sik.] 1. To drop a curtsy ; used also vaguely of any
idle, purposeless movement of the body. See Doss, v}
e.An.' Suf. An old nurse in scolding the nursemaids accused
them of Dcssicking and dromedarj'ing about instead of minding
their work ' (.H.J.L.R.\ e.Euf. Don't keep dossocking against me
iJMX
2. To drop or let fall in a heap.
e Suf. He dossocked down his tools and walked ofT (F.H.).
DOSSICK, see Doss, sb}
DOSSIE, 56. Sc. [dosi.] A small heap. Cf.dossick, si.
Abd. A braw dossie o' broon sugar i' the middle, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xl.
DOSSIE, DOSSIL, see Dossy, v. and sb., Dozzle, sb.
DOSSINS, 56. />/. Cld. (Jam.) Human excrement.
DOSSITY, adj. Lei. Glo. Also written dossety Glo.>
[do'siti.l 1. Ailing, infirm.
Lei.' He's so very dossity.
2. Of apples or pears : sleepy, or going rotten. Glo.'
DOSSOCK, see Doss, sb}, Dossick, v.
DOSSY, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also written dossie
Chs.^ ; and in form dossuck Lan.' [do'si, dosek ]
A slovenly woman, a slattern.
w.Yks. They never do ne work i' yon kitchen ; shoe is a dossy
(F.P.T.); (,W.C.S.); What a dossy slie is ! Yks. N. & Q. (i888)
II. 113. Lan. Judge whether any yung mon could faw i' love wi
hur— a skennin, pockmerkt dossuck, Staion Looiniiiary (c. 1861)
61; Davies Trans. Phil. 5oc. (1855) 230; Lan.' Hoo's a regular
dossuck, and lies i' bed till noon, e Lan.'. Chs.^
DOSSY, V. Sc. Also written dossie Mry. ; and in
form dcce Abd. ; doss (Jam.), [dosi, dos.] Wi\.\i down :
to pay down ; to toss, put down.
Mry. Mind ye, Sirs, it did doua dossie Frae Borough's-toun
beside the Lossie, Hay Linlie (1851) 26. Bnff. My friend than
dossied down the lawin, Fu' erousely o' his cater crawin, Taylok
Poems (1787) 177. Abd. Rob and I sail dossy down Your dinner-
lawin. Farmer's Ha' (1774) St. 52 ; Or make old Phoebus ... To
dcce down good ready money, Meston Pod. IVks. (1723) 127, 6th
ed. ; On the totums with which boys played for preens at Christ-
mas-time were the letters N, nickle, naething [nihil] ; A, a' ; T,
take ane [tolle?]; and D, dossie doun. When A turned up the
lad cleared out the pool, T one taken up, N nothing, and when D
a pin was put in the pool (G.W.). Edb. Weel does he loe the
Lawen coin Whan dossied down For whisky gills or dribbs o'
wine, Fergusson Poems 1 1773) 148, ed. 1785.
DOSSY, adj. N.Cy.' Nhb.' [dosi.] Dull, soft, not
crisp : applied to seeds.
DOST, see Dare, v}
DOSTED, />/./. adj. n.Yks.' * Dimmed, having lost its
polish ; dirtied. Cf. derse, v. 3.
DOT, sb. and v} In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc.
and Eng. [dot.] \. sb. A diminutive person or thing ;
a small lump ; a nap, short sleep.
Cat.', Bntr.', w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Noa dots for me to-day, for
VOL. II.
Molly 'd witch em, Standing Echoes (1885) 8. ne.Lan.' I.Ma.
Knowin ivry dot of a man, Browne Doctor {iSS-f) ir. nLin.' It's
a dear little dot, it is. Nlip.' 'What a little dot!' is a common
redundant expression. Hnt. (T.P.F.) Dev. He's a little dot,
w. Times cApr. 22, 1886^ 2.
Hence Dotty, adj. small.
Suf. e.An. Dy. Times (,1892). e.Suf. (F.H.')
2. Phr. (i) A dot and a don, a change of clothes; (2)
q^ one's dot, out of one's senses ; (3) to a dot, exactly,
toaT.
( r) Wil. ' Dot ' seems to be a corruption of ' doff' G.E D.). (2)
w.Yks. I iiavc gone Completely olT my dot, Yksman. (1890) 35.
(3) LMa. The lad's cut to a dot for a grocer, Caine Manxman
(1894) pt. I. iv.
3. A laughing-stock.
w.Yks. (j.W.) ; He wor sooin t'dot for all t'lot, Pudsey Aim.
(1894^
4. The act of walking with short, quick steps. Bnff.'
5. sb. pi. Gingerbread nuts.
e.An. iHall.) Nrf., Suf. Common still (E.G. P.).
6. V. To walk with short steps. Bnff'
Hence (i) Dottan, vbl. sb. the act of walking with short
steps ; (2) Dotting, />/>/. adj. walking with short, quick
steps ; (3) Dotty, ai/j. limping, lame.
(I, 2) Bnff.' (3) e.Suf. (F.H.) Cant. A ' beany ' horse is when
they goes dotty on one ' peero,' Carew No. y./y (,1891) x.
7. Phr. Dot and go one, (i) expressive of the walk of
a lame person ; (2) an epithet applied to a lame person.
(i) Sc. I wish ye had seen him stoiting about alT ae leg on to
the other, wi' a kind o' dot-and-go one sort o' motion as if ilk ane
o' his legs had belonged to sindry folk, Scott Mid/o/hian (1818)
III. 137 ^Jam.X w.Som.' Colloq. Whenever East comes in, you
should see him hop off the window, dot and go one ; though Harry
wouldn't touch a feather of him now, HvchesT. Brozvn (1856) 306 ;
He rose with the sun, limping ' dot and go one,' Barham Ingohlsby
(ed. 1864) Lay of St. Nicholas. (2) n.Lin.', w.Som.' Cor.^ Craming,
and clopping. like a douching ould tdtle, goes thickkythere poor
ould ' dot-and-go-one.'
8. To fall into a short sleep or nap. Cai.'
9. To hit, strike, beat.
War.^ I'll dot you one, when I catch you. He dotted me on the
mouth.
DOT, ».* Pem. To confuse.
s.Pem. Ged away, man, yea be dottin me in my reckonin
(W.M.H.1.
DOTARD, adj. N.I.' Doting.
DOTCH, V. Sc. To dangle.
Abd. She came wi' a basket dotchin' at her side (G.W.). Cld.
iJam.)
DOTCHELL, sb. Hmp.' [do't^l.] A small animal of
its kind.
DOTE, sb} and v} Cum. 'Wm. Also written doat
Wm. [dot, do9t.] 1. sb. A portion ; a specified share
in an open field, road, &c. See Dalt, sb.'^
Cum.' A peat dote, a hay dote, a dyke dote, a road dote. Wm.
(AC.) ; It wassant far frae thaer peeat dote. Spec. Dial. (1885)
pt. iii. 8.
2. A stone fence or railing made and repaired by var.
persons with common rights. Cum., Wm. (B.K.)
3. V. To take or give out a portion of work or food to
be going on with. Wm. (J.M.)
DOTE, v.'^ and sb.'^ Sc. Written doat Lnk. [dot.]
1. V. To endow.
Lnk. Wi' hauchty pride he ne'er was doated. Hunter Poems
(1884) 12.
2. sb. A dowiy, marriage portion.
Abd. f Jam.) Per. John's nae rough, but the dote he'll get alang
wi' Mary 'II help him (G.W.).
[1. Doted, endowed, Cockeram (1637) ; Pepil that ar
dotit vitht rasoii, Contpl. ScoH. (1549) i4i-]
DOTE, v.^ Lei. War. [dot.] To set one's hopes
upon something, to be over-sanguine. Cf. doit, v.
Lei.' Shay 'oped my 'usband 'ud succeed, but as I mutn't dote
upof it. War.*
DOTE, v.* In gen. dial, use in Irel. and Eng. Also in
forms doat Hrf. Hrt. w.Mid. e.An^' Nrf.' Ken.' Sur.»
Hmp.'; doit Ken.'; doot Suf.' [dot, doit, e.An. also
doet.] To decay, rot ; esp. of wood.
DOTEY
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DOTTED
Rut.' Hrt. If any [elm] begin to doat, pick out such for the axe,
Ellis Afoti. Hiisb. (1750') VII. ii.
Hence (1) Doted, pp. and ppl. adj. decayed, rotten, esp.
of timber; (2) Doty, decayed, mouldy, rotten.
(i) Lin. A doted cheese, Thompson Hist. Boston {1856) 704;
Lin.^ These oranges are doted. Rut. The wood is doted (AS. P.) ;
Rut.l The wood in the belfry's all doted. Hrf. (W.W.S.) Hrt.
CusSANS Hist. Hit. (1879-1881) III. 320. w.Mid. A handle of a
fork, &c. , if made of a ' doated ' piece of ash, will be hable to break
short off. They'd call a doated bit of wood 'deddiky' down in
Dorset (W.P.M.). e.An.' Nrf. (A.G.) ; Cozens-Hardy Broad
Nrf. (1893^ 92; Nrf.', Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) Kea' That thurruck is
all out-o'-tilter ; the helers are all doated. That 'ere old eelm is
reglar doited, and fit for nothin only cord-wood. Sur. Trans. Phil.
Soc. (1854) ; Sur.i [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 378.] (2) Hrf.
The potatoes are got doaty ( W.W.S.). Sur. i,T.S.C.) ; The wood
is so doty, the pruning knife cannot be used, Trans. Phil. Soc.
(1854) 83; Sur.', Hmp.' [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 378.]
[A doting tree, a tree almost worn out with age,
Kersey (1702).]
DOTEY, sb. Irel. Also written doaty. [do-ti.] A
term of endearment, esp. for a child.
Ir. Come here, doaty, and give me a kiss (A. S. P.). w.Ir. Arrah,
hush, my dotey ! Be easy, now, there's a good child, Lawless
Crania (,1892) II. pt. in. iii.
DOTHER, sA.' Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Rut.
Nhp. Mid. Dev. Also in form dodder Cum.' Chs.^ s.Chs.'
sw.Lin.' Rut.' Nhp.= Mid. Dev. [dotSar, do?5a(r), dodar,
dodair).] 1. The yarrel or corn-spurrey, Spergula
arvetisis.
Nlib.' Called also Yawr. Cum.' w.Yks.^ Farmers have some-
times been obliged to leave their farms on account of the prevalence
of this weed. s.Lan., Clis.^ s.Chs.' Also called Tooads'-grass and
Beggars'-needle. sw.Lin.^ The sheep ate out the dother, and left
the wheat in drills. There was more dother than barley. w.Mid.
(W.P M.) Dev. Dodder with its rosy fingers, O'Neill Dimpses
(1893^ 12.
2. Van straggling plants, esp. the bindweed, Poly-
goiiiiin co7!i>olviiliis and I'ida hirstita. Chs.'^
3. Certain water-weeds, called bj' children ' cat's-tails.'
Rut.' Coarse reeds and rushes in swampy land. Nhp.''
DOTHER, v}, sb?- and adj. In gen. dial, use in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Also written dodher e.Yks.' ; dothor
Nhb. ; dotther N.I.' Dwn. ; and in form doddar Sc. ;
dodder Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur.' Cum.' Wm. n.Yks.' =
ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' w.Yks. n.Lan.' Chs.' Den' Ken.'^ Wil.'
Som. Dev. [do'tSar, do'(Sa(r), do'dar, do'da(r).] 1. v.
To shake, tremble ; to totter, stagger. Cf dather, dither.
Ayr. The staff doddered in my haun' and my tongue would hardly
gang, Service Notandiims (1890) 108. N.I.' Dwn. Patterson
Dial., 23. n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.' Nhb. My hands fairly
dother, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 44; Ham's mother
dothered like a duck, Rossoti Evangeline (i&io) 355 ; Nhb.', Dur.'
s.Dur. Aw fairly dothered wi cauld (J. ED.). Lakel. P«i>-i'/A Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.' Wm. There warr we, stanning dodder-
ing, Southey Doctor (ed. 1848) 561 ; The gude man dodder'd i' th'
neuk, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 14, ed. 1896. n. Yks. He were fair
doddering fR.H.H.) ; n. Yks. ' Puirau'd carl ! He dothers mair an'
mair ; n.Yks.^ He dodders like an aspin leaf. ne.Yks.' e.Yks.
Ommast dodhered hissen ti bits, wiien a awd coo beealed ower
hedge at him, great bawmy 'at he is, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 32 ;
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. (T.T.) ; 'Willan List IVds. (1811 . Lan.
Eh, it ma'es me dother neaw. when aw think of a pickin-peg,WAUGH
Sneck-Bant (i868j ii ; Lan.', n.Lan.' Chs. Th' steeaple dodders,
Clough B. Bresshtlle (1879) 15; Chs.', s.Stf. (E.F.), Dor.',Ken.'2
Hence (i) Dothered, />/>/. adj. old, decayed, stupid with
age, infirm ; (2) Dothering, (a) vbl. sb. a trembling,
quivering ; (b) ppl. adj. tottering, trembling ; (3) Dothering-
Dick, (4) -Dickies, (5) -Dillies, (6) -Docks, (7) -Ducks, (8)
•grass, (9) -Jockies, (10) -Nancy, sb. the quaking-grass,
Brisa media; (11) Dotherums (or Dothrums), sb. pt. a
shivering fit of any description, tremulousness, trembling ;
(12) Dothery, {a) adj. shaky, trembling; {b) sb., see
Dothering-Nancy.
(i) Sc. Auld, feckless, doddered men, Stevenson Co/n'oKo (1892)
XV. Ayr. Avvcel Davie, and what says that auld doddard Argyle !
Gait (Jilhnize ( 1823I i; The growth of the ivy on a doddered
Stem, ib. Entail (1823') xliii. N.Cy.' An .Tud dothered karl.
Nhb.', n.Yks.2 (2, o) e.Yks.' Thoresby, the Leeds antiquarian,
complains of having a quivering and dothering in his body. (6)
Sc. Doddering creature o' a foreigner, Cobban King of Andaman
(1895) xiv. Gall. Doddering foul body that he is, Crockett A/uss-
Hags (1895) xxxvi. e.Dur.' Lakel. Penriili Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
Cum. Ye auld dodderin' idiot (J.Ar.) ; An auld blin' doddering
man, Linton Lizsie Lorton (1867) xxiii. n.Yks. Ah went te see
a bonny lass dodtherin,iJ;oarf V;ts. (iSSs) 40. e.Yks. Her dodderin'
faythcr wunthers what's matter wiv 'er, Wray Nestleton (1876)
84 ; e.Yks.' Thoo dodderin' awd thing. Not. A doddering old man
(L.C.M.). Nhp.' A poor, doddering old thing. War.=, Shr.' (3)
n.Cy. Friend Plant-Names (1881) 11. Nhb. (F.K.), Nhb.', Dur.
(4) N.Cy.i, Nhb.', Cum., n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' 71/S. arfrf. (T.H.) (5)
Dur.i, s.Dur. (J.E.D.) (6) n.Yks. (I.W. 1 (7) e.Dur.' (8) Lakel.
Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum. (J.Ar.), Cum.', Wm. (B.K.),
n.Yks. (R.H.H.', e.Yks. (Miss A.), w.Yks., n.Lan.' (9) Yks.
(10) Cum. (11) n.Yks.' Ah thinks he's allays i' t'dothrums, noo.
He tuik a fit o' t'dothrums, afore Ah'd fairlings getten him tell'd ;
n.Yks. 2 ne.Yks.' Ah's all i' t'ditherumsdodthrums. m.Yks.' One
recovering from a drunken state, and visibly nervous, has got the
dotherums. (12, n) Nhb. Eh, man, but Ah fear thoo wilt, efther a',
thoo's that dothery to-neet, Tynedale Stud. (1896) Armstrong's
IVraith ; Nhb.' Aa canna write; me hand's se dothery thi day.
Dur. Excuse bad writ'n' fer mi hand's dodthery, Egglestone Betty
Podkin's Lett, {i^-fl) 15. n.Yks.^, ne.Yks.' s.Wor. Us be sich
poor critters got an' so dothery, Vig. Mon. in Berrow's Jrn. (1896).
(6) Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
2. Comp. Dother-grass, (i) the quaking-grass, Bn'za
media ; (2) a species of meadow-grass, Poa siibcaerulea.
(I) Cum.i, Bdf. (J.W.B.), Ken.12, Sur.' (2, Oxf.
3. To potter about, dawdle ; to wander in speech.
Per. Ye needna gang dodderin' aboot here and there lookin' for
yir glasses, Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) 198. Gall. He cam'
oot in the mornin' an' gaed dodderin' about the oothooses, Crockett
Raiders (1894) xlvi. n.Yks. (F.K.) ; n.Yks.* Doddering along.
Lan. Doddherin after an old chap, Clegg Sketches (1895). War.^
He is very bad, he was doddering in his talk last night. Ken.'
Hence Doddering, vbl. sb. dawdling. Sur. (T.S.C.)
4. To bewilder, deafen with noise ; to make a buzzing
noise.
War.s My head is dothering. Wil.' I be vinny doddered, they
childern do yop so.
Hence (i) Dothered, ppl. adj. confused, astonished,
bewildered ; (2) Dothering, sb. a buzzing noise in the
head, a din, confusion.
(i) Som. I've a got regular doddered over this 'ere sum, Cis
(W.F.R.). (2) War.3 I h.ive a dothering in the head. w.Wor.'
No, mum, I don't go to Church now, mum ; them orgins do make
such a dotherin' in my poor yud.
5. To deaden, soothe pain, &c. Wil.'
6. sb. A fit of trembling, shaking.
Nhb. Aw hae the dothors — oh ! aw's badly, Chater Tyneside
Ann. (1869) 9. Cum. Aye, he's sair failed, poor auld faller ; his
ban's are au of a dodder (J.Ar.). Wm. He is all over in a dodder
through fear (B.K.I. n.Yks. ^ e.Yks. It's plaguey cawd ; Ah's all
ova dodher, Nicholson /7>&-S/>. (1889) 60; e.Yks.' m.Yks.' He's
all of a dodder — look at him ! w.Yks. Ah wor all in a dodder
(W.C.S.).
7. Noise, confusion. Hrf^, Wil.'
8. adj. Trembling. n.Yks.^
[2. Dodder or dodder grasse, ... so called because with
the least pufl'or blast of wind it is easily shaken, . . . and
doth as it were dodder & tremble, Minsheu Diic/or {iSi-]).]
DOTHER, v.^ Nhb. Yks. In form dodder Yks.
[do'tSar, do'dan] To clean away the dirty wool from the
hind-quarters of sheep. Nhb.' Cf. dod(d.
Hence Dothering, vbl. sb. the process of trimming the
hind-quarters of sheep.
Yks. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
DOTHERUM, sb. Chs.' [do'tSaram.] The ivy-leaved
speedwell, yerota'ca liederifolia.
DOTION, DOTLE, see Dashin, Dottle, v.
DOT-PLOVER, sb. Nrf. The dotterel, Eudromias
moriitelbis.
Nrf. SwAiNsoN Birds (1885) 183.
DOTRIFIED, see Doitrified.
DOTTED, <7(//. Gmg. Nrf [do'tid.] Of sheep : giddy.
Gmg. Collins Goiffc/Jm/. in Trans. Phil. 5of. (Mar. 8, 1850) IV.
222. Nrf.' Said of sheep that have hydatids on the brain.
DOTTEEN
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DOTTY
DOTTEEN, sA. Ircl. A person of very small stature.
w.Ir. Tlierc came a younp fellow from Gort — a little dotteen he
was, not up to my shoulder, Lawless Crania (1892) I. pt. 11. ii.
DOTTEL, see Dottle, */'.'
DOTTER, I', and sli. Sc. Irel. Lan. Hrt. Also written
dottar ; and in forms doiter Per. ; dottie Sc. [do'tar,
dot3(r), do'ti.] 1. v. To stagger, walk unsteadily,
totter; to shake as if palsied. Cf. dother, v}
Per. Auld Jock Tamson's gettin frail an' dotters at every other
step. Tliere's a drunk bodie doiterin down the gate (G.W.). Gall.
When that I conic to the bank, Or dottren owre yon dirty stank.
Ye wi 'yer tail are like to fank. An' ding me down, Lauderdale
poems (1796') 18. Kcb. Willy dottart by himsel Among the hens,
Davidson Seasons (1789) 113. Ant. Ballyniena Obs. (1892).
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). e.Lan.'
Hence Dottard, />/>/. adj. decayed, rotten.
Hrt. The white and rotten dottard-part [of the ash], Ellis il/oc/.
f/usb. (1750) Vll. ii.
2. To become stupid.
Sc. (Jam.) ; In brief there, with grief there, I dotter'd owre on
sleep, Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861) II. 385.
Hence Dottered, />/>/. adj. stupid with age.
Cai.^ Fif. We'd be a bonnie spectacle on the tap o' Arthur's Seat.
Twa auld dottered fules like us, H' Laren Tibbie (1894) 89.
3. sb. A totter, stagger.
Per. Tarn Sinclair's taen sic a tout that he canna gang without
a dotter (G.W.V
[1. The duk dotered to the ground, Sir Degrevant (c.
1400) 1109.]
DOTTEREL, s6.> Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lin. Nrf. Wil.
Also written dotterild n.Yks.'^ m.Yks.' w.Yks.' ; dot-
trel(l Sc. Cum. [dotral, do'tril.] 1. A silly person,
one whose intellect is decayed, a dotard.
Frf. Nobody wants to hear what you said, you dotterel, Barrie
Tommy (1896) xxxiii. N.Cy.' Cum. Worn-out daft dottrels
sud ay beware ov beauty, Anderson BaUads{iBo^) 104, ed. 1840.
Yks. If I geeas that fond dotteril . . . taks mah pleeace, an ivvery
thing gans te rewin, MACQUOiDi)omZ?(j»-H^/j (1877 ixix. n. Yks. '2,
m.Yks.', w.Yks.'^ Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Dams (1884) 324.
n.Lin.'
2. A very small person or thing.
sw.Lin.' Oh, what a little dotterel it is ! Some is little dotterels,
and some is good big bairns.
3. A bird of the plover genus, Eudrotnias morinellus.
Frf. Dottrels, weary of their flight, From foreign shores see here
alight. Sands Poems (1833) 46. N.Cy.' w.Yks.^ Said to be easily
caught. Wil. ' When dotterel do first appear, it shows that frost is
very near ; But when that dotterel do go, then you may look for
heavy snow.' Common amongst the shepherds of Salisbury Plain,
BRAtiD Pop. Aniiq. (1843)111. 218, ed. Ellis. [Swainson Birds
(1885) 182.]
4. The ringed plover, Aegialilis hiaiicula.
Nrf. Co2Ens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893 48.
[1. Sotart, a noddy, peak, wittal, dotterel, Cotgr. ;
Dotrelle . . . idem quod dotarde, Proinp/. 3. The dotterel
. . . acting every thing, doth never mark the net, Drayton
Polyolh. 1 1613) Song 25 (Nares); Dotrelle, byrde, Prompt.]
DOTTEREL, sb.'^ Lei. Nhp. Oxf. Bck. Bdf Also
written dotteril Nhp.^; dottrel Bdf ; and in form dottle-
Bdf [dotrsl, dotril] 1. A pollard tree ; also in cow/>.
Dotterel-tree. See Dodderel.
Nhp. Two dottrell trees, an oak and ash, Clare Rur. Muse (1835)
134 ; Nhp. 12 Oxf., Bdf. (J.W.B.)
2. A young tree, that branches out and forms a head
before the stem has attained any considerable height.
Lei.i
DOTTET, DOTTIE, see Doit, v., Dotter.
DOTTLE, sb.'^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also
Cor. Also written dottal Sc. ; dottel Sc. Lakel. Cor. ;
dottul Wm. ; and in form doddle n.Yks. [do'tl, do'dl.]
1. A plug, a stopper. Cf dozzle, sb. 2.
Sc. Have a tub, with a small hole in the bottom of it, wherein
put a cork or dottle in the under end, Maxwell Trans. Soc.Agric.
(17431 284 (Jam.).
2. The plug of tobacco cinder or ash remaining in the
bottom of a pipe after smoking. Cf dozzle, sb. 5.
Sc. (A.W.I, Cai.' e.Sc. Lifting his pipe and raking out the old
'dottle,' Setoun Sunshine (1895^ 185. Abd. He knocked the half-
burnt ' dottal ' of tobacco out of his pipe into the palm of his hand,
Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 224, ed. 1882. Frf. Nor did she count
thetrcasured doltels on the mantelpiece to discover howmany pipes
he had smoked, Barrie Tommy (1896) xxxiii. Fif. Knocking the
dottle out of the old pipe, he placed it with great care in the new
one, Robertson Provost (iBg^) 18. Ayr. Robin rypit the dottle
oot o' his pipe. Service Dr. Ditgtiid (ed. 1887) 73- Lnk. Rob ye
o' your dram an' dottle By force o' law, Coghill Pof;;/s(i89o) 97.
Lth. He took out his pipe — generally a short black one— knocked
out the ' dottle,' Strathesk i?/;i;iAoH>iy (ed. 1891)81. e.Lth. He
took his pipe, an' begoud to rummil it oot, an" syne filled it, an'
put back the dottle, Hunter /. Inwict: (1895) 249. Edb. Woman,
ye're sookin the pipe doon to the very dottle, Smith Hum. Stories
(ed. 1882) 19. Gall. Said Tammock, thumbing the dottle down,
Crockett i3o^-A/)'»Yfr (1895) 204. Ir. Still common among labour-
ing men (R.M.Y.). N.Cy.' Nhb.' In refilling a pipe, where twist
is smoked, a common practice is to save the dottle and put it on
the top of the new-filled pipe. ' Aw like a baccy dottle to leet wiv.'
Lakel. Pcnnth Obs. (Dec. 28, i897\ Cum.' Wm. Ah'll hev a reek
wi fauld dottul (B.K.). n.Yks. (R.H.H.) Cor. The red dottel of
his clay pipe gave a ruby tint to his nose, Mortimer Tales Moors
(1895) 264. [A snuffer-tray containing scraps of half-smoked
tobacco, 'pipe dottles,' as he called them, Kingsley Alton Locke
(1850) vi (Dav.).]
3. A small particle, lump.
Sc. (Jam.) Ant. The dropping of some of the smaller domestic
animals would be called a dottle, Ballyniena Obs. (1892).
[1. Dotelle, stoppynge of a vesselle, ducilhis, ductildus.
Prompt.]
DOTTLE, sb.-", adj. and v. Sc. Also Lin. Also
written dotle Sc. [dotl.] 1. sb. A fool, idiot ; a dotard.
Sc. Your veesits to the auld dottle, Menzies Our Toivn (1894)
viii ; Johnnie's but a dottle an' nae yise ava tae any capable
wumman, Tweeddale Moff {\_Hg6) 206.
2. adj. Silly, crazy, in a state of dotage.
Frf. Did I no tell you ? I'm ga'en dottle, I think, Barrie Thrums
(1889) xix. Per. Mactavish wud hae driven me dottle, Ian
Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 226 ; Them 'at's t'ey fore yet's ower
dottle to travel that far, Cleland Jnchbracken (1883) 238, ed. 1887.
e.Fif. An' there they sat an' there they diank Till baith o' them
were dottle, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xiii.
3. V. To be in a state of dotage ; to become crazy, stupid.
Mry. (Jam.) Abd. Ye're dottlin a' thegither, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xli ; It's gien me pain to think That Scotlan'
was dotlin'. Still Cottar^s Sunday (1845") 165,
Hence Dottled,///. adj. silly, confused, weak in intellect.
Sc. Her mother was sair dottled, Ramsay Reniin. { 1859) loi.
Cai.' Abd. I'm seerly dottl't or I wad 'a thocht o' that, Alex-
ander yo/;««^ G/4A (1871) xxxiii; Fat for wud he gar creaturs
gae on wi' nae deval till they war blin' and dottl't w' leernin ? ib.
Ain Flk. (1875) 88, ed. 1882. Kcd. Francie lived but just a year,
A fitless, dottled man. Grant Lays (1884) 31. Ayr. Jamie was
rather dottled according to his wife's account, Johnston Kihnallie
(1891') I. 26. S.Lin. Poor lass, it's greav'us to see her, she's gone
dottled (T.H.R.).
4. To be foolishly fond of, dote upon.
S.Lin. She dottles o' the boy : she keant abear him out o' her
sight (T.H.R.).
5. To hobble, walk infirmly. Lth. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Dottle-trot, sb. the quick, short step of an old
man ; also called ' the old man's walk ' ; (2j Dottling, ppl.
adj. hobbling, taking short, quick steps.
(i) Frf., Per. (Jam. Suppl.) (2) Lth. A small pony that takes
very short steps is said to be a dottling creature (Jam.).
[1. A dottel, delirns., Levins Maitip. (1570) ; penne \e
dotel on dece drank, Cleanness (c. 13601 isi7, in Alii/.
P. 80.] V .i ^ i /.
DOTTLE, DOTTRELfL, see Dotterel, sb.''
DOTTS, sb. e.An. The roe of a female herring, the
male being called Milts.
e.An.' Nrf. Not common (M.C.H.B.).
DOTTY, adj. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in midl. and
s. counties, [doli.] Crazed, imbecile, half-witted.
s.Not. You mustn't take any notice of what he says ; he's dotty,
poor chap (J. P. K.). War.' He is quite dotty now. Wor., Glo.
Say the Council hardly knows if he has not gone ' dotty,'
Evesham Jrn. (Nov. 28, 1896) (E.S.). s.Pem. Laws Little Eng.
(1888) 420. Hrt. Hrt. Merc. (May 19, 1888). Suf. Ale mak
many a mane to have a doty poll, Nciv Suf. Garl. (1866) 213.
S 2
DOUB
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e.Suf. (F. H.) Suf., Ess. He was quite dotty till the doctor took
off the top of his head (A.S.P.). Ken, (W.F.S.) Hnip. He
must have been dotty (J. R.W.) ; (T.L.O.D.) Dev. MS. Prov.;
Poor old Mrs. Fangdin is getting dotty, th'of 'er Ve a knaw'd a
theng or tu in 'er life-time za well's Dr. Budd, Heweit Peas. Sp.
(1892).
DOUB, DOUBIE, see Daub, Dobby, sb.^
DOUBLAGHT, sb. Irel. Also in form doublings.
Strong poteen of double distillation.
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (i89o\
DOUBLE, adj., sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. [dubl, dBbl.] 1. adj. In comb, (i) Double-
ale or -beer, very strong beer; (2) -belly-skinned, preg-
nant ; (3) -brake, a piece of ground lying between two
hedges; (4) -brother, a twin brother; (5) -cake, a cake
made of two layers of pastry with currants or jam
between ; (6) -chuckers, twins ; (7) -coal, a good coal,
much used for manufacturing purposes ; (8) -couple, {a)
twin lambs ; (b) a ewe with two lambs ; (9) -cunning,
crafty, over-reaching ; (10) -double, a double hedge with a
ditch on each side ; a long narrow plantation of a few yards
in width ; (11) -down-come, a mode of measuring yarn ;
see below; (12) -down truth, a vehement affirmation;
(13) -dumb-nettle, the black horehound, Ballota nigya ;
(14) -Dutch, in phr. to talk double- Dutch, coiled against the
sun, said of a child or any one speaking indistinctly ; (15)
•dweller, a semi-detached house; (16) -ganger, a piece
of machinery which answers a double purpose ; (17)
-gate, a ' cuckoo ' or ' kissing-gate,' a gate through which
only one person can pass at a time ; (18) — Gloucester,
an especially good brand of cheese; (19) -handed, see
below ; (20) -handed gear, heavy drilling tools which
require two men to use them; (21) -hatched, of hay:
put into large cocks after a second shaking ; (22) -horse,
two people on one horse, a woman riding on a pillion
behind a man ; (23) -jointed, extra strong ; (24) -jumps,
an increased payment ; (25 1 -ladies'-fingersand-thumbs,
the kidney vetch, Anihyllis vnlncraria ; (26) -leads or
-leaps, see -jumps; (27) -letter, a capital letter; (28)
•mound, a double hedge ; (29) — over, twice over, twice as
much ; (30) -pincushion, see -ladies'-fingers-and-thumbs ;
(31) -plough, to plough with two horses ; (32) -reisted,
of a drill-plough : having two wings or shell-boards ; (33)
-ribbed, pregnant, with child ; (34) -rose, the common tea-
rose, Rosa mdica ; (35) -saxifer, the double-flowered
variety of the white meadow saxifrage, Sa.xi/raga granii-
lala ; (36) -shuffle, a step-dance, in which the action of
toe and heel on the floor is doubled ; (37) -sib, related
both by father and mother; (38) -sister, a twin sister;
(39) -snipe, the great snipe, Gallinago major; (40)
-spronged, of potatoes : throwing out fresh tubers when
lying in the ground ; (41) — steps and rattles, a dance ;
see below ; (42) -swath, marsh-grass cut once in two
years only ; (43) — Tom or Tommy, (44) — Tom-
plough, a double-breasted plough ; (45) -tongued, lying,
deceitful; (46) -tram, a tram in a pit worked by more
than a single ' putter'; (47) -turn, a system of working
part of a colliery by day and part bj' night with two sets
of hewers ; (48) -ugly, hideously ugly, extra ugly ; (49)
-working, more than one man put to work in any one
working place.
(i) n.Lin.' (a) n.Wm. She may well look stout, she's double-
belly-skinned. Rare (B.K.). (3) Oxf. (A.P.) (4) Chs.i^ (g)
e.Yks.' (6) Nhb. This rough beginnin', Wi' double-chuckers,
freightens me, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 57 ; Nhb.' (7) Shr.
Marshall Review (iBjB) 11. 199; Shr.'; Shr.^ Frcq. 5 feet in
thickness. (8, a) nw.Der.', Not.^, Nhp.' Shr.' Reduplication of this
kind is very i'f«. Hut. (T.P.F.) (i) War.^ Oxf.i 1 a got ten double
couples, .rt/S. nrfrf. Bdf. (J.W.B.) Som. Very ^f«. used (W.F.R,);
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.i Lat dhu duubl kuup Iz ae u dhu
fuus buyt u dhu graa'S [Let the ewes with twin lambs have the
first bite of the grass]. (9) n.Lin. 1 (101 Nhp.' (i i) Frf. [They]
Tell'd ilka cut [of yarn] that theyty'd up. By double-down comes,
jig, and whup, An' scores, an so forth, as exact As reels can count,
Pi/irr of Peebles (1794) 7. da) s.Not. ' Did you do it?' 'Yes.'
' Double down truth ! ' 'Yes.' The only stronger addition we
could give to our bare word was by making the sign of a cross
upon our throats, implying ' May my throat be thus cut if it be
not true' (J.P.K.). (13) Wil.' (14) Nhb.' (15) e.An.' (16)
n.Yks.^Also when a man walks alongside his own shadow on the
wall, he is said to be a double-ganger. (i7)Sus. Past the house, the
road leads to a gate locally called ' double gate,' Jennings Field
Pallis ( 1884) 90. (18) n.Som. The cheese of this district is much
admired, particularly that made in the parishes of M ear and Cheddar.
... It is sold under the name of double Glocestcr, Marshall
Review (1818) II. 528. (ig) w.Yks. P/oj/. in Brighottse News (Aug.
10, 1889). Der. A large number of men . . . who wander from
town to town, seeking only for a few days' work at the most, are
clever workmen, and almost without exception fond of drink. Of
these there is a common saying, 'Double bonded, a 11' treblet broiled,'
which means that these wanderers are not only capable of turning
out more and better work than many,but also that they have adrinking
capacity equal to three ordinary men, N. &^ Q. (1888) 7th S. vi, 305,
(20) Nhb.' (21 ) Glo. After being ' h.ntched in ' or raked into small
rows ... it is again shaken about and ' double-hatched,' or raked
by two persons into larger rows, and put into larger cocks, Lewis
Gl. (1839) 50. (22) Cor. Some ladies and gentlemen of the county
came to the ball last night in what they call a double horse, i. e.
the lady riding on a pillion behind the gentleman, Jennings Croker
Papas (ed. 1884) 1. vi. (23) Lakel. Puirilh Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
(24J Dur. In the Durham sliding scale an extra i\ percent, was
given on the wages of coal-getters for each 2d. per ton rise in the
selling price of coal. If, however, the price rose to a certain point,
the workmen then got 2| per cent, instead of i\ per cent, for each
zd. rise in the selling price of coal. This is called the double
jumps, or leaps, or leads, Gl. Lab. (1894). (25) Wll.' (26) Dur. Gl.
Lab. (1894). (27) Cai.' Abd. Twa double letters, T and L, Beattie
Poems (Jam.). (28) Wit.' (29) n.Yks. He gained it double ower
(I.W.). (30) Wil.' (31) Oxf.' This yer bwoy o' mine goos to
double plough and 'e can turn at land's ind as well as I can, MS.
add. (32) s.Chs.' Diibl-reystid. (33) n.Yks. That lass is double-
ribbed vl.W.). w.Yks.' n.Lin.' Obsol. (34) Dev." (35; Oxf. (,B. & H.)
415. (36) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (37)Sc.(jAM.) (38jCh5.'3 (39) Nhb.
(R.O H.) Oxf.ApLiN Birds (1889) 153. Wil.It is also called the
' Double Snipe' from its size. Smith Birds (1887) 429. (40) Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873). (411 Lon. Next comes the double steps and
rattles, that is, when the heels makes a rattle coming down ; and
I finishes with the square step, Mayhew Loud. Labour (1851) HI.
203, ed. 1861. (42) e.An.' (43) Suf.', e.Suf. (F. H) (44) e.An.
Morton Cyelo. Agric. (I863"). Suf. Used in drawing water furrows,
landing up potatoes, turnips, &c. in drills or ridges, Rainbird
Agric. (1819) 291, ed. 1849. (45) w.Yks. (J.W.), n.Lin.', Brks.'
(46) Nhb.^ A tram in a pit when worked by a ' heed's-man and
foaleys.' Nhb., Dur. Two boys, either of whom are too light to
' put' by themselves, work together and do the work of a hand-
putter, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (47) [If a colliery is
opened out north and south, and the north side worked by day
only, and the south side by night only, that colliery is working a
double-turn, Gl. Lab. (1894) ] (48) Lei.' An epithet gen. used as
a dog's name, particularly to the brindled bull-dog breed. Hence,
fig. any specially ugly person of either sex. ' A's wan o' Dooble-
oogly's poops, a is, thorough-bred.' (49) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Green-
well Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
2. sb. A duplicate, copy. Also nstAJig.
Sc. I have a double ol this paper before me, signed Wodrow
Cli. Hist. (1721) 11, 227, ed, 1828. BnfT. The double of which com-
missione is here insert [1694], Gordon Citron. Keitli (1880) 80.
Lnk. I maun shortly . . . Jist whussle my mind in her lug — 'deed,
1 will, . . . I'll gang in for a double, Murdoch Done Lyre (1873)
98, n.Lin.' She's the very duble o' her sister. Here's my lease,
an' th' Squire has th' dubble on it.
3. pi. Twin lambs. See Double-couple. Sur. (T.S.C.)
4. pi. A bent state of the body; see below.
w.Wor.' To go on or.e's two doubles is to walk with two sticks.
Hrf.2 Down in my doubles, i, e. bent down. Bent two double.
5. A baby's body-cloth, a body-napkin.
w.Yks. (J,T. ) ; >'As. IVkly. Post (Mar. 27, 1897). m.Lan.',
War.2, se.Wor.'
6. V. To copy, make a duplicate of. Fig. to reiterate,
repeat.
Sc. Some of the advertisement I have caused double, Baillie
Lett. (1776) I. 174 (Jam,). Ayr. He doubles the same purpose,
and says over again, Dickson Writings (1660) I. i8r, ed. 1845.
7. To fold, clench tlie fists, &c. ; to shut, fold up.
n.Yks. He doubled his hand. He doubled t'paper (I.W.).
w.Yks. Wiv gctan wcsht an draid bad wi evnt dubld t' tluaz jat
DOUBLE-BAKES
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(J.W.) ; w.Yks.' He doubled his Icneaf ; w.Yks.-* Shr.2 Double
up your knilc. Sus , Hiiip. He doubled his fist, Holloway.
Hence (i) Double-fold, adi'. doubled up, bent, folded ; (2)
— man, />/(/-. a man bent or doubled up with age or infirmity.
(1) w.Yks. I could just get into it doublcl'owld, Hallam IVai/s/ey
Jack (iS6b) xiv; w,Yks.2 Gooas grunting o'er fflooar omniast
dubblc-foud. (3) Wil.' He is a double man.
8. To avoid or escape by doubling (as a hare) ; to give
the slip to. Fig. to prevaricate.
Or.I. At length he has turned a corner and fairly do\ibled me,
Vedder Sitf/rAfS (1832) 32. n.Lin.l Slang. To double a person,
or tip him the Dublin packet, signifies either to run away from him
openly, and elude his attempts to overtake you, or to give him
the slip in the streets, Grose CI. Diet. (1823).
[8. I double, I varye in tellyng of my tale, /<? me double,
Palsgr. (1530).]
DOUBLE-BAKES, 5*. /■/. Dev. Slices of stale bread,
which are buttered and baked in an oven to render them
more palatable.
Dev. I love a little shop because it looks like double-bakes,
Blackmore C/irisloiveU (1881) xxvi ; (R.P.C.l
DOUBLER, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Also written dobler e.Yks. ; dubbler N.Cy.' Nhb.'
Dur.i Cum.' Wm. n.Yks.'^^ ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' w.Yks*
Lan.' n.Lin.' ; dublar Rnf ; dubler n.Yks.' [dublar,
dubl3(r).] A large dish or bowl made either of wood,
pewter, or earthenware. Cf. dibbler.
Rnf, Dischis and dublaris nyne or ten, Haip (1819') 100. n.Cy.
Grose (1790) ; (K.); N.Cy.' Nhb. The dishes and dublers went
flying liken fury, Ritson A'. Gnrl. 1 1810) 69; Nlib.' Obs. Dur.' An
earthenware dish of a round shape, glazed only in the inside.
Cum. Grose (ngo) ; And broken pots for dublers mens'd the waws,
Relph Misc. Points U743) 14 '> G/. (i85i>. s.Cum., Wm. It was
the dish between the depth of a soup-plate and a punch bowl,
into which it was usual to dip for the liquid, whatever its nature,
which accompanied tfce solid victuals (M.P.). Wm. A dubbler of
haver-meal, Hutton Bran A'cw IVnyk (1785'^ 1. 403; Wm.' Ale-
possets . . . were served up in bowls, called doublers, into which
the company dipped their spoons promiscuously, Kendal Chron.
(iSia). n.Yks. Jane Haies for stealing fower dublers, A^. Riding
Rec. Soc. (1885) ill. pt. ii.172; Tack up Ih' becfe, Tibb; ist dubler
ready? Merito.v Praise Ale {i68^)\. <^g; n.Yks.'; n.Yks.= 'Nought
nowther i' dish nor dubbler,' nothing wherewith to furnish a meal ;
n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' The word is now scarcely heard save in the
expression ' Sold up, dish, pan, and doubler,' implying utter
bankruptcy. 'Au'd Joe's selled up dish and dubler.' e.Yks. In ye
hulle and butterj'e 27 pouther doblers. Best Riir. Ecoit. (1641)
172; e.Yks ' m.Yks.' He'd neither dish, doubler, nor spoon [had
no effects whatever]. w.Yks. Thoresby Leit. (1703); Hutton
Tour to Caves (1781) ; w.Yks.' I . . . tacks up t'saap an brush fra'
bchint pewter doubler, ii. 293; w.Yks."; w.Yks.^ A shoal doubler =
a shallow dish ; w.Yks.^ Used for making flesh pies or ' family
pies.' Lan.' Lin. Vel potius, ut nos in agro Lin. efferimus,
Doubler ; Significat autem Patinam Ligneam ampliorem, q. d.
Duplex patina, Skinner (1671). n.Lin.'
[paj hit be bot a bassyn, a bolle, ojier a scole, A dysche
o|>er a dobler. Cleanness (c. 1360) 1146, in Allii. P. 69.
OFr. doublier, 'plat, assiette ' (La Curne).]
DOUBLET, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. [dublit, dBblit]
1. A sleeved jacket or waistcoat. Fl. clothes in geit.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. By this time I'm as warm's a pyo,An' a' my
doublets reeslin' dry, Beattie Parings (1801) 5. Rnf. I am but a
poor vvark bodie, Delving wi' doublets thin and duddie, Webster
/f/y>»fs (183s) no. n.Cy. (K.) w.Yks.' They war varra plainly
donn'd, i' short doublets, ii. 296. [He'll not put off his doublet
before he goes to bed, i. e. part with his estate before he die, Ray
Prov. (1678) 239.]
2. Phr. io dress one's doublet, to give one a sound beating
or drubbing.
Sc. Best, Lest that his doublet should be drest, To fly from face
of such a rabble, Meston Poems (1767) 211 (Jam.).
DOUBLETS, sb. pi. Wil. [dBblits.] Twin lambs.
Cf. double, sb. 3.
Wil. Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXXVIII. 42 ; Wil.'
DOUBLING, vbl. sb. Yks. Der. Ess. [dublin, dBblin.]
1. The process of putting or twisting to;icther two or
more threads of yarn, to produce fancy effects in spin-
ning or weaving.
w.Yks. CJ.M.") [Persons employed at doubling (otherwise
known as ' twisting ') frames, 67. Lab. (1894).]
2. The second skimming of cream from the same milk.
Ess. The skimmed milk is drawn off from the leads, into vessels
of an increased depth ; this is called doubling, Marshall Review
(1817) V. 164.
3. Obs. Hitting twice in the game of trip (q.v.) or trap-
ball. Der.'
DOUBLINGS, see Doublaght.
DOUBT, V. and sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms daat Lan. ; daht w.Yks. ; deawt
Lan. ; doot Sc. Nhb. n.Yks. n.Lin.'; dout Bnff. [Sc.
n.Cy. dut, w.Yks. dat, Lan. det, s.Cy. deut.] 1. v. To
look forward to the occtn-rence of anything painful,
with a feeling of certainty implied ; to apprehend, expect ;
also, to fear, suspect a person or thing.
Sc. I doot we'll hae to shift oot o' this, Jokes (1889) ist S. 32.
Abd. Aw'm dootin' ye winna fin' 'im there, Alexander Johnny
Gibb (1871) xvii. s.Sc. It's owre true, I doot, Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 85. Rnf. The miller ne'er doubted his neebour of evil, Webster
Rhymes (1835) 129. Ayr. That date, I doubt, ye'U never see,
Burks Brigs of Ayr (1787) st. 5. Ant. I doubt it's going to rain
(W.H.P.). Nhb. He'd bed a finger in a pie that was spiled in the
bakin', Ah doot, Clare Love 0/ Lass (i8go) I. 79. e.Dur.' Yks.
I doubtTom won't be able to get there, with Mr. E. away (F.P.T.).
n.Yks. Ah doot ... Ah sahnt be yabble te git ower te see yah te
yeer, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875") 36 ; n.Yks.' ' If your father
does not leave off drinking, he'll kill himself ' Ah doo'ts it, Ah's
seear.' ne.Yks.' Ah doot slia's boun' ti be badly. e.Yks. (Miss A.)
w.Yks. Thah't rather saucy o daht, Shevvild Ann. (1856) i ;
w.Yks.23; w.Yks.5 'He's kill'dhizscl wi' 'tat t'lasthahiwer' [alluding
to an intemperate man]. 'Aye, av offuns doubted it.' Lan. Tha'rt
on t'penitent form bi this time, I daat, BowKER Tales (1882) 150;
Aw deawt that would sarve yo're turn but little, Waugh Birth-
place Tim Bobbin (1858) v. Stf.' s.Stf. I doubt yo'n be sorry
some day for what yo'n just done (T.P.). Not.' I doubt he'll do
it. s.Not. I doubt the lad '11 come to no good (J.P.K.). n.Lin.'
I doot I shan't find it ony moore. I doot that bull very much,
he'll be stickin'sumbodyal'oore thaay'U tak him oot o' th'I3eaucliff
cloase. sw.Lin.' I doubt we're wrong. s.Lin. It'll rain soon, a
doubt (F.H.W.). War. He'll want the more pay, I doubt, Geo.
Eliot Floss (i860) 61. s.Wor. If 11 be too wet for digging, I doubt
(H.K.). Hrf.2 There'll be more wet, I doubt. Rdn.', GIo.' Brks.'
I doubt the craps 'ooll be but thin athout us gets zome wet zoon.
Sur. I doubt you've given me a bad nightcap, though, Hoskyns
Talpa (1852) 193, ed. 1857 ; Sur.' In constant use. ' I doubt we
sha'n't get much rain.' To such a question as ' Will there be
much grass this year?' the answer would be, 'I doubt not,'
meaning there would not be much.
Hence (i) Dootious, (2) Doubtful, adj. entertaining an
apprehension or unpleasant conviction.
1,1) Dmb. I'm dootious ye may lose j-our place as his secretary,
Cross Disruption (1844) xxiv. Twd. (Jam. ) (2) n.Yks.' ' It will
rain before night, Peter.' 'Ah's doo'tful it will.' 'He'll certainly
be convicted, and hung.' ' It's doo'tful, for seear.'
2. sb. Fear, dread, alarm.
Cor.3 I aint no doubt of 'ee, big as thee art. I'll wrastle with
'ee anywheres.
[1. All which things I doubt you want, Bonyan P. P.
(1678) 41.]
DOUBT, see Dout.
DOUBTSOME, adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin.
Som. Also written dootsome Gall. Cum.' n.Lin.' ; dout-
some N.Cy.' Doubtful, uncertain.
Gall. I'm some dootsome tliat'll be the Skyreburn coming doon
aff o' Cairnsmuir, Crockett S/iVj!'// yi//H, (1893) 72. N.Cy.' Nlib.'
She may pull through ; but aa's varry dootsome. Cam.', n.Yks.^,
m.Yks.', w.Yks.', ne.Lan.' n.Lin.' I'm not clear sewer, but I'm
very dootsum aboot it. w.Som.' Tez u daew'tsum kee'uz, wuur
uur-1 git oa-vur-t [It is a doubtful case whether she will get over it].
[Thochtfull in mynd, ne doutsum by na way, Douglas
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 58.]
DOUCE.sZ). Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
The back of the hand. (Hall.)
DOUCE, adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin.
Also written doose Sc. n.Cy. Nhb.' Cum^' Lin.'; douse
Sc. ( Jam.) s.Don. Nhb.' Wm. & Cum.' [dus.]
1. Gentle, kind, pleasant ; cheerful, jolly, hospitable,
open-handed ; also used as adv.
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Sc. She . . . comes back douce and quiet to the byre, Scotch
Haggis, 50. Frf. The rude norlin' blast . . . Was douce as the
westlin' breeze, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 68. s.Sc. I tell ye
he's an unco douce gentleman, Snaith Fierccheart (1897) 133.
Lnk. She aye was douce an' quate, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873)
34. Gall. The douse folk that ha'e aften afforded me bield frae the
doure blast, Nicholson Hist. Tales (1843) 128. Cum. The douse
dapper landlady cried ' Eat and be welcome,' Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 67. Wm. & Cum.i She whea leate sae douse and jolly,
151-
Hence Doucely, adv. sweetly, gently, kindly.
Frf. Hco doucely she looks in her auld hamely claes, Watt Poet.
Sketches • 1880; 88.
2. Gently sedate, quiet, steady, grave ; respectable ; also
used as adzi.
Sc. Wanton kittens mak douce cats, Henderson Prov. (1832)
93, ed. 1881 ; Fought it out like douce honest men, Scott Pob Roy
(i8i7)xxv. Or.I. Their sober, douce, and frugal habits, Vedder
Sketches (1832) 112. Cai.' Mry. His manners are sedate and
douce. Hay Lintie (1851) 19. Elg. To read a verse, or gie a douce
oration. Tester Poems (iSes) i la. Bnff. A scheme To mak them
doucer, Taylor Poems (1787) 11. Abd. Fan they've marriet . . .
an' grow douce er3'ers, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xxxviii ;
He begins to think that now I'm douse, Ross Hclenore (1768) 40,
ed. 1812. Kcd. I'm a man correct an' douce. Grant Lays (1884)
87. Frf. It was time for douce Auld Lichts to go home, Barrie
Licht (1888). Per. The dowser sort began to say, I trow we've
o'er lang joked, Nicol Poems (1766) 49. Fif. The douce professors
in their gowns, Tennant Papistry (1827) 109. e.FJf. Dignifeed
wi' the douce patriarchal cognomen o' Tammas, Latto Tarn
Bodkin (1864) ii. Slg. The auld, auld man. That dressed sae douce
and plain. Towers Poems (18851 90. Dmb. Majma I be proud and
croose! How can I be dull or douce? Cross Disruption (1844)
xxix. Rnf. [She] lang'd for some douce decent man, Barr Poems
(1861) 162. Ayr. I had all the douce demeanour and sagacity
which it behoved a magistrate to possess, Galt Provost (1822) ii ;
Ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo. Burns Biigs of Ayr
(1787) St. g. Lnk. Ye'll hae a douce an" sober horse and cow,
Black Falls 0/ Clyde (1806) 107. Lth. Settle down as a douce and
cannyagriculturistforlife, Lumsden Sheep-head ( 1892) i8. e.Lth. A
raal douce, obleegin chiel, Hunter_^. Inzi'ieki^iSg^)^'/^ Edb. Douce
folk, finding how they were transgressing over their usual bounds,
MoiR A/ansie IVanch (18281 ii. Dmf. Doose spectators Were a' in-
volv'din thisdcray, MayneSi7/«- Gun (1808) 73. Gall. As douce and
civil a man as there is in the parish, Crockett Stickil Mm. (1893)
254. Kcb. A douce sober body, Armstrong Jngleside (1890) 177.
Wgt. They hae a douse Provost to keep them richt, Fraser JVig-
/oiw; (1877) 185. N.Cy.' Cum.^Weddin' mead him douce, careful,
an' stiddy, 45. n.Yks.'
Hence (ij Douce-gaun, adj. prudent, circumspect; (2)
-like, (3) -looking, adj. quiet, respectable, grave-looking;
(4) DowceXy, adv. quietly, gravely, sedately, soberly ; (5)
Douceness, sb. quietness, sedateness, sobriety of de-
meanour.
(i) Bch. O happy Is that douce-gaun wight, Whase saul ne'er
mints a swervin, "Tarras Poems (1804) 47 (Jam.). (2) Frf. When
douce-like an' decent, the weary wayfarin' Get their wallets weel
stow'd, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 65. (3) Abd. Douce-Iookin'
elders, Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 41. Lnk. They seemed a'
canny, douce-lookin' bodies, Fraser IVhaups (1895) xv. Slk. A
douse-Iooking man, Hogg Tales {i%-;),Q) 24, ed. 1866. (4) Sc. They
sate densely down and made laws for a haill country, Scott Rob
y?qy (1817) xiv. Cai.' Fif. I'm no gaunna rushie them, but sell them
doucely for sixpence each, Robertson Provost {i&gj^) 108. Rnf.
Young fowks gaed doucely on their feet, Picken Poems (1813) I.
127. Ayr. Doucely manage our affairs, Burns Author's Cry (1786)
St. I ; The cats that were so doucely sitting on the window-soles,
Galt Legatees (1820) x. Lth. Putting to rights the old ' but and
ben' of the schoolhouse as doucely and demurely, hvMSDVK Sheep-
head (1892) 257. Edb. James Batter used doucely to observe,
Moir Mansie IVatich (1828) vii. Gall. Stufl'-hung bed, fu' doucely
braw, Fring'd featly roun' the border, Nicholson Pod. IVks.
(1828) 123, ed. 1897. (5) Sc. A sky-blue silk dress . . . was surely
not in any thing like a becoming accordance with the natural
douceness of my character. Steamboat {1822) 191 (Jam.). Cat.*
Ayr. A douceness, not to say a blateness, seemed to have spread the
mantle of its silence owre us a', Service Notaiidiims (1890) 25.
3. IVIodest, virtuous.
Sc. Peggy is sae douse, we may maist leave her to her ain
guidance, /-"W/icoa/ Tales (1823) I. 208 (Jam.). n.Sc. 'There war na
douce ongains betweesh them,' their conduct was not consistent
with modesty (Jam.). Lnk. Puir May was packit frae the boose
By Rabble's mither snell an' douce, Hamilton Poems (1865) 36.
4. Tidy, neat, comfortable, applied bothi to persons and
tilings.
Rxb. My wee bit house is clean and douce, Riddell Poet. Wis,
(ed. 187 1 ) I. 90. N.I.i Ant. Applied to elderly housewives,
Ballymena Obs. (1892). s.Don. Thriving, prosperous, Simmons
CI. (1890). n.Cy. Cleanly, though coarsely clothed, Grose (1790);
N.Cy.' Nhb, Shem bin ye ! says aw, ye shou'd keep the king
douse, MiDFORD Coll. Sngs. (1818) 69; Nhb.i Cum. Seldom
applied to persons now ; more to garments, as a brave, douse
cloak, or gown (M.P. ) ; A douce supper pangs them feyne, Stagg
A/isc. Poems (ed. 1807) 65 ; Also and more often used in the same
way as 'lucky,' ample, too large. ' Her goon's raydher doose for
her' (E.W.P.). n.Yks.*
5. Soft, velvet-like, ductile. Lin.'
[1. Sa douse in exhortatione, Dalrymple Leslie's Hist.
Scotl. (1596) I. 251. Fr. douce, sweet, pleasant,/ oi dou.x.\
DOUCE, see Douse, v.^
DOUCET-PIE, sb. Dev. A sweet Inerb-pie.
Dev. Grose (1790) AJS. add. (C.) n.Dev. Till un a traunchard
. . . Wi' zum nice doucet-pie, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 18.
[IVIE. doucette, the name of a sweet disli, see Cookery
Books (c. 1450) G/.]
DOUCEUR, sb. Lon. w.Cy. Also written doucer
w.Cy. ; dowzer Lon. L A sugar-plum. w.Cy. (Hall.)
2. A fee, gratuity, tip.
Lon. Nobody is allowed to take dowzers, N. & Q. (1885) 6th
S. xi. 47.
3. Conip. Douceur-man, see below.
Lon. Douceur-men, who cheat by pretending to get government
situations, or provide servants with places, or to tell persons of
something to their advantage. May'hew Prisons of Lond. (1862) 46.
[Fr. douceur, sweetness, also, a gratuity, see Littre
(s.v.).]
DOUCH, V. Der.2 nw.Der.' Som. (Hall.) [dauj, Som.
deuj.] To bathe. See Doush.
DOUCHER, sb. and adj. Lin. Written dowsher
(Hall.). [dii'Ja(r).] 1. sb. An inconsiderate, rash
person ; a madman. (Hall.) 2. adj. Rash, fool-
hardy, careless of consequences. Lin.*
DC)UCHT, see Dought, Dow, v.^
DOUD, DOUDLE, see Dowd, Doodle, v.^
DOUDLE, sb. Sc. The root of the common reed-
grass, Aritudo plii-agitiites. See Doodle, v.'^
Rxb. Found partially decayed in morasses ; of which the chil-
dren make a sort of musical instrument similar to the oaten pipe
of the ancients ( Jam.).
DOUDY, DOUFF, see Dowdy, Dooflf. Dowf(f.
DOUFFERT, sb. Sc. A blow. Sec Doof(f.
e.Fif. Wi' the ae ban' he lent Andra a douflert i' the haffets, an'
sent him whirlin' ower a furm, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) iii.
DOUGH, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Eng. and
Amer. [dix, dof, dosf, duf, do, dij.]
I. Dial, forms. (1) Da'afe, (2) Daigh, (3) Dayegh, (4)
Deagh, (5) Deawh, (6) Doaf, (7) Dofe, (8) Doff, (9) Doo,
(10) Dooaf, (II) Doof, (12) Dow, (13) Dowf, (14) Duff.
[For further examples see II below.]
(i) w.Yks. His face all covered wi' da'afe, Nidderdale Aim.
(1879). (2) Sc. His meal is a' daigh, Henderson Prov. (1832)
120, ed. 1881 ; (Jam.) (3) Yks. Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1858) 153 ; (K.);
(Hall.) (4)Sc. (5)Yks. (K.) (6) w.Yks. Shoo'dstuffhergooms
wi parkin doaf, Preston Poems (18641 19; w.Yks.' ; w.Yks^. 34.
Lan. Left it coolin in a doaf mug, Clegg Sketches (1895) 278. (7)
w.Yks.^ First get your nakit, a sort of small tub, to mix the dofe
in. Chs. (E.F.) (8) Cum.', Chs.', s.Chs.' (9) N.Cy.', Nhb.' do)
w.Yks. Mi coit-laps stuck fast i' th' dooaf, IIartley Clock Aim.
(1878) 27. m.Lan.' (11) w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882)
Gl. (12) n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' (13) Lan. A little patty
cake eawt o'th'same sort o'dowf ut lioo put i' th' pie crust. Wood
Hutu. Sketches, 91. s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (14) Rnf.,
Nhb.' w.Yks. Parkin, an currant duff, Hartley Clock Aliii.(i888)
39. Chs.' sStf PiNNOCK S/*. Tv. ,4»;/. ( 1895). War.^, Shr.'^
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Dough-bake,
a simpleton, fool,' half-bake' ; (2) -baked, silly, half-witted,
soft, stupid ; (3) -bits, flat cakes of dough baked in the
oven or on the hearth ; (4) -boy, a dumpling, dough made
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into a pudding without fruit ; (5) -cake, (a) a cake made
of doush ; (A) see -bake ; (6) -cock, (7) -head, see -bake;
(8) -kiver, the troui;li in which dough is made ; (91 -liven,
a lump i>f leaven kept lor making leavened bread ; (10)
•nut, a round cake boiled in lard instead of being baked ;
(11) -nut day. Shrove Tuesday; see below; (12) -pear,
a pear which ripens just before Christmas ; (13) -skeel,
see -kiver.
(i") Cor.3 (2) I.W.2 He's a kind of dough-baked sort o' feller.
Dor.' w.Som.' Very common. He's a poor tool, he, sure 'nough
— lookth doa'bae'ukt like, s'offa was a-put in way the bread and
a-tookt out way the cakes. {3) Glo. Esp. flat cakes of dough put in to
be baked quickly before the regular batch of bread is ready ^SS.B.);
In freq. use (H.S.H.) ; Grose (,179°' ^3. add. (41 Cum.' Dev.
Make it into twelve doughboys, Sharland IVtiys K;//«^« ( 1 885)
55; Little dumplings made of flour, milk, eggs, and suet. When
well boiled they are eaten with sugar or cream and jam, Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892) 70. (5, a) Chs.' Oxf.' A cake made on Christ-
mas eve, and placed on the coals to bake. The maker must sit in
absolute silence with the door open till tiie clock strikes 12, when
her future husband will come in and turn it over and go out again,
MS. add. (ii Dev.' How unvitty and cat-handed you go about it,
you dough-cake, 33. (6) Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) {7)
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct 29, 1892). (,8)Nhp.i2, War.^,
Glo.' (9) Dev. Grose 11790) MS. add. (P.) lio)Bdf. Tough
little cakes eaten on Shrove Tuesday (J. W.B.). Hmp. (W.M.E.F. ),
I.W.' [Amer. Gen. name for var. kinds of cake fried in a deep
vessel of hot fat. There are several varieties, DiaL Notes (1896) 1.
387.] (11) Hrt. At Baldock Shrove Tuesday is known as Dough-
nut Day, it being usual for the 'mothers' to make good store
of small cakes fried in hog's lard, placed over the fire in a brass
kettle or skillet, called * dough-nuts,' wherewith the ' younger fry'
are plenteously regaled. Hone Year Bk. (1832) col. 1592, ed. 1841.
(i2iw.Yks.2 (i3iWar.3
2. Phr. (i) as busy as a dog in dough, proverbial saying ;
{2) your cake is all dough, (3) your meal is all dough, your
purpose fails, conies to nought ; (4) lo be dow)i on one's
dough, to be down on one's luck, unfortunate.
(i)Chs.' s.Chs.' Oz biziuzu dogi dof. Common. Shr.' (2)
s.Stf. PiNNOCK iS/*. Cv. ^«H. (1895). (3) Sc. Your meal's a' deagh,
Ramsay Prov. ,1737). (4") War .2
3. A little cake made of dough ; anything made of dough.
Rnf. Your pease and barley, flour and rice. Coarse meal, and fozy
duffs, M'GiLVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 336. n.Cy. Grose (1790 i;
N.Cy.' Nlib.' Often made in shape like a child. A yuU doo.
Corney doos. A cruppy-dow. e.Dur.' 'Yule doo ' is a kind of
currant cake made in shape of a baby and given to children at
Christmas. Not so many years ago the ' putter lad ' expected his
' hewer ' to bring him the ' yule-doo.' If the hewer failed to bring
one, the putter would take the hewer's clothes, put them into a
'tub,' fill it up with rubbish, and send it ' to bank ' ; or if the ' doo '
was not well made, the putter nailed it to a tub and wrote the
hewer's name underneath. [The Yule-dough or Dow was a kind
of baby, or little image of paste, which our bakers used formerly
to bake at this season and present to their customers, in the same
manner as chandlers give Christmas candles. Brand /"o/). Aiiliq.
(ed. 1813I I. 410.]
4. A thick clay soil. Ken.'° 5. A dirty, useless,
untidy, ill-dressed person. Rxb. (Jam.)
6. The stomach.
Shr. Often used by rustics, Bound Provinc. (1876). Shr.' ' 'E
tflOk me duff,' said a man in evidence at a police court. On being
asked to explain, he said, ' 'E 'it me i' the stomach' ; Slir.* Peg him
in the duff.
7. V. With up : to stick together, as if with paste, e. An.'
DOUGH-FIG, sb. Glo. Wil. Som. Dev. Cor. [do'fig.]
A Turkey fig. Cf. doat fig.
Glo.(J,S.F.S.), Wil.' Som. For ear-ache ; bake a bit o' dough-
fig an' put un in, Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869 ; (W.F.R.) ; W. & J.
G/. (1873) ; (F.A.A.) w.Som.' Doa-feeg. Dev.a" Cor. Jrii. R.
Inst. Cor. (1886) IX.
DOUGHT, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also
written docht- Abd. ; doucht Sc. (Jam.) [doxt, dout]
Strength, might, ability, power.
Sc Grose (1790) MS. add. C.) Rnf. The freekest, whiles, hae
own'd her dought, Picken Poems (1813) I. 147.
Hence (i) Douchtless, adj. weak, powerless, worthless ;
(2) Doughtily, adv. strongly, powerfully, ably, efficiently ;
(3) Doughty, adj. {a) strong, powerful, stout, valiant;
also uscAJig. ; (b) saucy, malapert.
(i) Sc. Awa wi a' y'er douchtless strains, Donald Poems (1867)
255 ; A dochtless dawtie gets a beggar's dower, Prov. (Jam. Siippl.)
w.Sc. He got a dochtless dortor, i.e. a miserably small repast {ih.
s. V. Dortor). (s") Sc. It h.ns doughtily vowed to be its pillow,
Inou Jocko' the Kiwu'c {i8-j8) 1 1. Abd. Nature, unhurt by thravvai t
man, . . . fu' doughtily she can Shaw reason's power, Farmei^s Ha'
('774) St- 57- (3. «i Sc. Now almost entirely confined to bodily
strength. Also used ironically, ' That's a dughtie bird indeed,'
esp. if one, who after promising much, performs little (Jam.).
Bch. The fates . . . ken best fa's fit to bruik Achilles' doughty gear,
Forbes Ulysses (1785) 14. Abd. I'll fit you weel wi' doughty gccr,
Forbes Shop BUI (1785) ii ; Owae betide thedochty tricks O' ilka
sly curmudgeon, Still Cottar's Sunday (1845) 174. Lnk. Men an'
maids o' doughty years, Watson Poems (1853) 23. Edb. Your
back's best fitted for the burden, . . . Ye're doughtier by far than
I, Fergusson Poems (1773) 176, ed. 1785. Bwk. Puir Sandie,
frae his doughty wark, Came hame, Chambers Pop. Rhymes
(1870)172. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Cum., Wm. Nicolson
(1677) Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1868) IX. n.Yks.2 (6) Sc. (Jam.)
[Thei haue reson yef thei knewe the dought of my
brother Agravain, Alirlin (c. 1450), ed. Wheatley, 555.]
DOUGHT, see Dout, Dow, v.^
DOUGHY, adj. Sc. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Also
Dev. Also in forms daichy, daigtiy Sc. (Jam.) ; dawy
Dev.; deighy Per.; doafy w.Yks. =* e.Lan.' Not.^ ; doffy
Chs.' s.Chs.'; doghyChs.'; dowey Lan. ; duflfy Sc. (Jam.)
w.Yks. 1. Of bread: half-baked, under-cooked.
Sc. (Jam.) Per. Deighy bread (G.W.). Lakel. Penrith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897), w.Yks. Bakin' i' t'neet maks doafy breead , /'i'oy.
in Brighoiise News (Aug. 10, 1889) ; Ah can't abide bread that's
duffy (F.P.T.) ; T'oven's been too hot, this bread's right doughy in
the middle (H.L.). Chs.', Not.^
Hence Daighiness, sb. the state of being doughy. Sc.
(Jam.)
2. Soft, sticky, spongy, like dough. Of soil : rich, fertile.
Sc. 'A duffie neep,' a spongy turnip (Jam.). BnfF. A dry
mellowy soil, made up of a due mixture of clay and sand, very
deep— passes under the name of daichy haughs, Gl. Snrv. (Jam.)
Per. That grease is unco deighy (G.W.). Fit. Also applied to
coals which crumble down when struck by the fire-irons (Jam.).
Lac Ground's dowey, Francis fustian (1895) 217.
3. Pasty, pale, of the colour of dough.
w.Yks.5 Yuhr taace hed need be so doalfy-Iuking fur the divvil's
doaf ye are, 34. Nhp.' How doughy she looks.
4. Fig. ' Soft,' foolish, silly, childish.
Sc. A duffie chield, a simpleton (Jam.). w.Yks. "yts. N. t^ Q.
(1888) II. 113; Banks li'^/'rf. IFrfs. (1865). e.Lan.' Dev. I can't
taych thews chillern very much. They zim tu be dawy. Put in
wi' tha loaves and tuked out wi' tha caakes ! Hewett Peas. Sp.
(1892).
5. Cowardly, wanting in courage.
Sc. (J A.M.) W.Yks. If he heddant been doafy an' flayd, Saimterer's
Satchel (1878) 10 ; (J.W.) e.Lan.' Chs. 5//ra/(i878) I. 87 ; Chs.'
s.Chs.' Dofi.
6. Wet, rainy.
Lan. It did turn eawt sum ov o doughy neete, Orhierod Felley
fro Rachde (1864) v.
DOUGLE, V. and sb. Yks. 1. v. To wash thoroughly.
Yks. (Hall.) n.Yks. Rarely heard now (R.B.).
2. sb. A thorough washing.
n.Yks. Ah'U gi'e 'em another dougle an' then they'll deea. Rare
now (R.B.).
DOUK, see Duck, v.
pOUKY, adj n.Cy. Wm. In form dowky Wm.
[du'ki.] Of the weather: wet, damp, misty.
N.Cy.* A douky morning. Wm. It's a dowky neet fJ.M.).
DOUL, sec Devil, Dole, si.', Dowel, Dowl, sb.^ and f.'
DOULIE, see Doolie.
DOUMINEER, v. Bnff.' [diiminir.] To stupefy,
pester with much talking.
That bodie wud doumineer ony ane wee's tung. He's eye laig
laigin' on aboot sumthing.
Hence Doumineering, p/>l. adj. stupefying, wearying,
pestering with talk.
He's a doumineerin' cretur : he wud rive the hehd o' a stehn
wee's lang tung.
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DOUNA, DOUNDRIN, see Dow, f.', Downdrins.
DOUNNINS, adv. Slg. (Jam.) A little way down-
ward.
DOUNT, V. Hmp. [deunt.] To dent, dint, imprint,
make an impress on. Cf. dunt.
Hrap. Her [the hare's] footsteps deep downted in snow, Time
to mnenibtr the poor ^ in Wise Neiv Forest (1883) 282 ; Hmp.'
DOUP, Si!', and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also
written dolp Slk. ; deep Sc. Wm. ; dowp Sc. N.I.' N.Cy.'
Nhb.' Cum. '^ [daup, dup.] I. sb. The end of an egg.
Sc. Better half egg than toom doup, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 155.
ne.Sc. That all the birds might be hatched much about the same
time the eggs were put below the hen all at once and with the
words, ' Doups an shalls gang ower the sea, Cocks and hens
come hame t' me,' Gregor Flk-Lore (i88r) 141; (J.Ar.) Edb.
Eggs . . . might have found resting-places for their doups in a row.
Mom Matiiie H'aiic/i (1828) iii.
2. The posterior extremity of the body, the seat.
Cai.' Buff. Their ain doups rathershould be kickit, Taylor Poems
(1787) 9. Bch. He lik'd still sitting on his doup To view the
pint or cutty stoup, Forbes Dominie (1785) 27. Abd. Naething o'
the breeks but the doup, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, iv. Fif. Ri'en
breeks upo' their doup, DouGLAsPoems (1806) 49. Rnf. Down he
fell clash on his doup, Webster Rhymes (1835) 83. Ayr. I wish
a heckle Were in their doup, Burns Toothache, st. 3 ; They
tak him by the cuff o' the neck and the dowp o' the breeks. Service
Nofanditms (1890) 37. Lnk. Some before they gained their end,
Sair on their doup did fa', Orr Laigh Flichts (1882' 93 ; The wee
ane's breeks had lost the doup, ib. 27. Edb. It has left me nought
ava. Stool to my doup, nor cock to era, Ck.\wford Poems (1798)
88. Slk. Stuffed as fu's he can haud frae doup to neck wi' yerbs,
Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 82; Skelping your dolp,
James, with storm, sleet, &c., ib. 38. Dmf. I'd sooner hae . . .
My doup weel skelpit, Quinn Heather (1863) 43. Gall. There
were sore dowps and torn breeks among the Orraland callantsthat
night, Crockett Raiders (1894') vi. Kcb. Then on my doup I
straightway cioited, Davidson Seasons 1^1789) 4. N.I.' A child's
'bundle.' n.Cy. .So)-**- G/. (Co//. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.i Nhb. Aw wad
tyek a rope an' skelp yor dowp, Bagnall5«^5. (c. 1850) 6; Nhb.',
n.Yks.'2
Hence phr. to land on the doup, fig. to be brought low,
be in a state of poverty.
Sc. The factor treasures riches up, And leaves the laird to
sell ; And when they land them on their dowp, Gude morning,
fare ye well, Galloway Poems (1788) 38 (Jam.).
3. Comp. (i) Doupscour, a fall on the buttocks; (2)
•skelper, one who strikes or beats on the buttocks ; used
contemptuously of a schoolmaster.
(i) Abd. I'll gie ye a doup-scour (Jam.). (2) Abd. By no ither
name shall I be called, you duup-skelper, Ruddiman Sc. Parish
(1828) 37, ed. 1889. Ayr. That vile doup-skelper, Emperor Joseph,
Burns Poem to a Gentleman (1790) 1. 7 ; Some dowp-skelper o' a
dominie that Willie Nandsense couldna thole. Service A'o/(i<(rfj(»(4-
(18901 89.
4. Fig. A lazy, indolent person ; a lump.
n.Yks. f I.W.l; n.Yks.'; n.Yks.* A great fat doup. Doups, lumps
of fat. ra.Yks.'
5. The end of a candle.
Sc. A servant lass that dressed it [a wig] herself wi' the doup o'
acandle anda drudgingbox, Scorr WH//yHn)j(i8i6) v. Cai.' e.Fif.
An auld horn lantrin, wi' a bit cawnel doup stuck intil't, Latto
Tarn Bodkin (1864) ii. Ayr. With a score of candle doups placed in
the windows, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) xxi ; We had brocht home
cannle-dowps and a box of spunks with us. Service Dr. Diigiiid
(ed. 1887) 59. Edb. Do ye think the doup of that candle wad
carry i' my cap? Moir Mansie IVanth (1828) x. Gall. The smooth
candle dowp, Crockett Siinbonnct i 1895I ix. N.I.' Ant. The end
of a candle when burned level with the socket of the candlestick.
It is then put in the clip to burn out, or if used by a weaver it is
put in an article called save-all, Bal/ymena Obs. (1892). s.Don.
Simmons G/. (1890).
Hence Doup-end, sh. the socket-end of a candle. n.Yks.*
e. The bottom or end of anylliing ; the close, finish, used
esp. of the close of day.
Sc. .Syne lay her head up' her dish doup, Kinlocii Ballads
(1827) 22; I at the doup o' e'en, Slide cannie our the heugh alane,
T. Scon- Poems (1793) 319. Rnf. Or [before] the dowp o' things,
PicKEN Poems (1813) II. 153. Lnk. I' the doup o' the day, Ramsay
Christ's Kirk (ed. 1733") in. St. 10. Lth. Nor budge we till the last
year's doup Is kicked out by its brithcr, Bruce Poems (1813) II.
17 ; He wad gie awa the doup half o' his estate, Lumsden Sheep-
head (1892) 259. Edb. Brushing the sawdust off the doup of one
of them [the bottles], MoiR Mansie IVaitch (1828) xxiv ; Baith
squadrons brangl'd owrthe fell Till doup o'e'en, LEARMONxPofwu
(1791) 166.
Hence Doupwark, sb. work at the bottom of a weaving
itiachine.
Rnf. There's A — m sae active at our shop wark,In doctering our
draughts and doupwark, . . . Making our mounting, tail and tap-
wark To operate weel, Webster Rhymes (1835) 152.
7. The nose.
Ant. ' Dight your dowp,' wipe your nose, Grose (1790) MS.
add. {C.)
8. A bay in a lake ; a recess. Cum.'*
9. Phr. in a doup, in a moment.
Lnk. And, in a doup, They snapt her up baith stoup and roup,
Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 527 (Jam.).
10. V. To dump, thump, esp. on the hinder part.
Sc. In some towns . . . there is a periodic ceremony of * riding the
marches' in formal cavalcade, in which the ' march ' or 'boundary'
stones are inspected in a circuit. Sometimes persons are admitted to
civic privileges on these occasions, and their initiation takes the
form of their being caught by feet and arms and lilted up and
dropped carefully but smartly on the boundary stone, so that it
strikes the breech or buttocks. This is called 'douping' them
(A.W.). Nhb.' Here, lads, let's doup him.
Hence Douping, vbl. sb. a thrashing.
Nhb.' Aall gi' ye a good doupin.
11. To Stoop, duck, incline the head or body downwards.
Also us^Ajig.
Sc. The V. to 'lout,' while it denotes the depression of the body,
suggests the idea of a deliberate act ; while 'douping'^^;;. supposes
quickness of motion or a sudden jerk downwards as when one
wishes to avoid a blow (Jam.) ; Death doops on the langest liver,
Thom Jock o' the Knowe (1878J 23. Lnk. Doups down to visit ilka
lawland ghaist, Ramsay Poems (1800J II. i (Jam.). Lakel. Doop
doon wi' thi' heed, Penriili Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. Ah doop'd
doon mi heed an it mist mi (B K.).
12. Fig. Of darkness, nightfall, &c. : to descend, come
down.
Lnk. The day is douping down (Jam.). Edb. When it doupeth
dark, I'll kilt my coats, Learmont Poems (1791) 331; Whan
gloamin' doupit he was eager, ib. 57.
[1. Castor and Pollux (born) of the doupe of that egge
which was laid ... by Leda, Urquhart Rabelais (1653) i.
vi (Dav.). on. daup, a rounded cavity or hollow bottom
(Fritzner). 2. All cnl salle, at the salt doup, Urquhart
ib. I. xxii (Jam.).]
DOUP, see Dowp.
DOUR, adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Der. Lin.
Also written door Ant. ; doure Sc. Nhb. ; dowre Rnf
Edb. ; dure Sc. [drir, du3(r).] 1. Hard, stern, severe,
stift". Also used advb. and/ig.
Sc. He's snell and dure eneugh in casting up their nonsense to
them, Scott Antiquary (i8i6) xxi ; For auld cauld dour deidly
courage I am not fit to hold a candle to yourself, Stevenson
Catriona (1892) xiii. Cai.' Elg. Ilka chiel look'd sad an' dour, Wi'
hangin' head. Tester Poems (1865) 93. Kcd. The lot o' luckless
Tam Was cauldrife, crabbit, an' dour. Grant Lays (1884) 118.
Frf. In dour conflict the parties closed, Beattie ^>-H/in'(c.i82o) 32,
ed. 1882. Fif. His drone did gruntch sae dour a sound, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 55. Rnf. They thought him a dour man, wi' an
extraordinar' grip o' Gospel truth, Gilmour Pen Flk. (1873) 19.
Ayr. In judgment dour, but no owre dreich, Service Dr. Ditgnid
(ed. 1887) 72. Lnk. Wi' yer dour looks an' braith like the sna',
Thomson t«/r/vjWrrv(i883l 112. Edb.Auld age maist feckly glowrs
right dour Upo' the ailings o' the poor, Fergusson Poems (1773)
136, ed. 1785. Slk. My hair, though a gey dour broon, was yieldin'
to the grey, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856^, IV. 63 ; I had a gay
sleeve dour aik stick in my hand, Hogg Tales (1838) 7, ed. 1866.
Nhb. I look fu' hatefully and doure On thy grim teeth, OixON
IVhittingham Vale {\8g$') 141.
2. Sullen, sulky, gloomy, sour-looking ; unsociable.
Frf. All his life children ran from him. He was the dourest, the
most unlovable man in Thrums, Barrie Minister {iSgi) xlii. Ant.
Ballymeiia Obs, (1892), N.Cy.' A dour countenance. Nhb. Her
buffets sair gar him look dark, And unco dour, Strang £(7)//(/>Vh(i/
DOUR
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(1892) pt. i. St. 10; Dinnet leuk dour it us, 'caws aw's black,
RoBSON Siig. So/. (1859) i. 6; Nlib.», Dur.i Cum. Dour an dirty —
house aw clarly, Anderson Bit/lar/s {ed. 1881) 137; Cum.' n.Yks.i;
n.Yks.= He looked as dour as tluinner. n.Lin. She's strange and
dour. I wonder you're not scared to be with her by your sen at
darklins. Peacock R. Siirlatig/i (1870) I. 282.
Hence (i) Dourness, sb. melancholy, gloominess;
severity ; (2) Doury, ai(/. dismal, gloomy.
(i' Cum. What ca' tor a' this dooly dourness? Linton Lizzie
Lorlon (.1867) xxi.x. (2) n.Yks.'' A doury countenance.
3. Stubborn, obstinate, unyielding. Also used advb.
Sc. The Whigs were as dour as the Cavaliers were fierce, Scott
Redg. (1824) Lett. xi. Or.I. He was 'a dour deevil, an' no that
canny,' Vedder Sketches (1832) 22. Elg. Doure thought in linsey-
wonsey dicht, Blink't frae his drumly ee, Couper Poeliy (1804)
H. 80. Bnff. Some were loveable and obliging, others were the
reverse — innately dour, mischief-making, and selfish, Gordon
Chron. Keilh (1880) 65. Abd. The 'dour' obstinacy now exhibited
by him took even his own wife aback, Alexander Ain Flk. (1875)
20, ed. 1882. Kcd. Out wi' the Duke at Shirramuir, An' there
did fight, baith fierce and dour, Burness Garion Ha' (c. 18201 '• 62.
Frf. Ye look sae dark an' doure, Wi' angry e'e an' crabbit mou.
Smart /J/rvMiM (1834) 207. Per. He gave over when he ceased
to write with facility, when, as he said, he found his muse beginning
to be dour and dorty, Haliburton Piiir Auld Scotl. (1887) 72. Fif.
For a' that stour They stand unmoveable and dowr, Tennant
Papistiy (1827) 171. Rnf. Some dour religious thraw, Webster
Rhymes (1835I 9 ; I'm turnin' doitit, An' doilt, an' dowre, Picken
Poems (1813) L 126. Ayr. 1 am wae . . . that your father is so
dure as to stand against your marriage, Galt Entail (1823') xvi ;
He seem'd as he wi' Time had warstl'd lang. Yet, teughly doure,
he bade an unco bang. Burns Bn^s 0/ .i^y*- (1787) 1. 80. Lnk. I
was na owre proud, but owre dour to say — Aye! Nicholson
Idylls (1870') 50. Lth. We knew that he was a dour determined
body, Kitllegaity Vacancy (1885) 25. e.Ltb. The drink was in his
heid, an' it made him unco dour, Hunter /. Inwick (1893) 238.
Edb. Got at length my ain dour way, Macneill Bygane Times
(iSii"! 17. Slk. Ye hae a dour stiff unbowsome kind o' nature in
ye, Hogg Tales (1838) 3, ed. 1866; A' distinctions o' sex, age,
and pairty — the last the stubbornest and dourest o' a', Chr. North
Nodes (ed. 1856) UL 18. N.I.> Ant. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. You'll find him stupid, doure
and dull, Donaldson Poems (1809) 114. n.Yks.' He's nobbut a
dour 'n t'dee wiv ; baith stiff an' hard. Der. Joshuay, as is as
dour as a stone ? Verney Stone Edge (1868) viii.
Hence (i) Dourness, sb. obstinacy, stubbornness; (2)
Dourly, adv. obstinately, pertinaciously, stubbornly.
(i! Sc. Willie, my love, ye maun answer. Oh, dinna wi' dour-
ness be dumb. Ballads (1885) no. Abd. His resolution once
taken, he had dourness enougfi in his composition to make him
stick to it, Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 4, ed. 1882. Per. Stood
two minutes longer from sheer native dourness, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895 1 229. Rnf. Man, sic dourness is oppressin',
Neilson Poems (.1877) 29. Ayr. I hear of folk possessed wi' a
Highland dureness of temper, Galt Sir -4. IVylie (i&zz) \n. Gall.
It was indeed dourness and not courage which took me there,
Crockett Raiders (1894^ v. (2) Frf. I 'do' it dourly with my
teeth clenched, Barrie M. Ogilvy (1896) 124. Fif. ' It's private,'
said Marg'et dourly, Meldrum Margre'del (]8g^) 218. Ayr. ' This
book will be costing ye a hantle o' siller,' he remarked dourly,
Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 144. Gall. Kept dourly to our work,
Crockett Grey Man (1896) 30.
4. Of the weather, elements, &c. : severe, hard.
Frf. The nicht withoot was dour an' black. Watt Poet. Sketches
(18801 100. Per. The hill-taps a' are white wi' snaw, An' dull an'
dour's the day, Haliburton Ochit Idylls (1891) 43. Ayr. Biting
Boreas fell and doure. Burns IVmler Night (1785) 55 ; It's gaun
to be a dreigh dour winter. Service Nolandums (1890) 118.
Lnk. The wintry winds blaw keen and dour, Tennant Musings
(1872') 88. Lth. Scotch skies are dour, Ballantine Poems {1856)
24. Dmf. Gloamin' fa's at last On the dour, dreich, dinsome day,
Reid Poems (1894) 2. Gall. Bield from the doure blast, Nichol-
son Hist. Tales (1843) 128.
5. Of soil: unfruitful, barren, unfertile. Of vegetation :
slow-growing, not luxuriant.
Sc. He had got one of the dourest and most untractable farms
in the Mearns, Scott Fi>aC« (1822) iv. Lth. (Jam.) e.Lth. Yen's
the dourest land that ever I was on ; it's a' till thegither, Hunter
J. Inwick {iSgs 45.
HenceDour-se ed,s6.alatespecies of oatSjSlowin ripening.
VOL. II.
Lth. A third kind, Halkcrton ; or Angus oats, these are emphati-
cally called dour-seed (i.e. late seed) in distinction from the others
which are called ear-seed or early seed, Agric. Surv. 103 (Jam.).
6. Of ice : rough.
Cld., Lth. Applied to ice that is not smooth and slippery ; as
signifying that one moves on it with difficulty (Jam.).
7. Of a task, undertaking,&c.: hard, difficultto accomplish.
Sc. Scoticisms (1787) 28. w.Sc. He mak's a dure bargain, Mac-
donald Settlement (1869) 64, ed. 1877. Frf. It was a dour job to
get the pain to flit, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 79, ed. i88g.
Per. It's a wee dour tae manage, Ian Maclaren Attld Lang Syne
(1895) 289. Fif. Next there began a doure debate, Douglas Poems
(i8o5) 126. Edb. Ilka chiel that's dowre to lead, Liddle Poems
(1821) 191. Kcb. He grasp'd the bill but cou'dna bend it. It was
sae dour, Davidson Seasons (1789) 40. Wgt. A'U hae tae ride the
cuddy for three days efter this, an' that's dour wark, Fraser
IVigtown (1877) 315.
8. Slow in learning, backward, hard to teach.
Fif. He's very dour at his lare (Jam); As dure a scholar as ever
was at St. Leonards, Tennant Card. Beaton (1823) 9 'Jam.). Edb.
Unless unco doure indeed to learn, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828)
Pref. 2.
[1. He wes a stout carle and a sture, And of him-self
dour and hardy, Barbour Bruce (1375) x. 159.]
DOUR, DOURAGH, see Dover, v., Dooragh.
DOURDON, sb. Sc. Appearance.
Rnf., Ayr. Commonly used (Jam.).
DOURGY, DOURLACH, see Durgey, Dorlach.
DOURY, see Doory.
DOUSE, f .' and sb.^ In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also written doose Nhb.' Cum.^; douce Fif. Hrf.*
Dev. Cor.' ; dooss Cai.' ; douss Lth. (Jam.) Slk. ; dowse
N.I.' N.Cy.' Nhb.' n.Yks.'^ Nhp.' s.Wor.' Suf.' Hmp.'
I.W.'" Wil.' Dor. Cor.'^ ; and in forms doust Hrf.^ ; doyce
Ags. (Jam.) [Sc. n.Cy. diis, midl. daus, s.Cy. deus.]
1. V. To strike, knock, beat, slap. See Dust, v. 9.
Or.I. To butt at with head and horns, and hence gore like a bull.
'The de'il did ne'er a sinner douss Sae sickerly,' Paety Toral {1S86)
in Ellis Prominc. (1889) V. 792, 799. Fif. They douce her hurdles
trimly Upo' the stibble-rig, Douglas Poems (1806) 128. Rnf.
The unca guid bodies.. . Hae dous't him wi' doctrines, and foucht
him wi' zeal, Neilson Poems (1877) 112. Gall. This impish Mercury
of Hunker Court dowsed the prostrate one with his own hand
grenade, Crockett Stickit Min. (,1893) 163. Nhb. The maistor-
nian thumpt us, he doost an' he dumpt us, Robson Evangeline
(1870)346; Nhb.' ' Aa'U doose yor jacket for ye ' — I will thrash
you soundly. Cum. The lance-corpler douc'd my chops, fer
speakin, Anderson Ballads ^ed. 1840) 76 ; Cum.' s.Not. A'll
douze yer, if yer coom 'ere (J.P.K.). Hmp.' I.W.' I'll dowse
thee in noo time. Cor.*
Hence (i) to douse a ball, phr. to throw it away as use-
less by striking it from off the course ; (2) Douse-the-odd-
un, sb. the game of French tag ; (3) Dousing, vbl. sb.
a beating, thrashing.
(11 Lth. (Jam.) (2) Nhb.' (3) N.I.' A good dousing. N.Cy.'
Nhb.' She gav him a reglur doosin. LW.''
2. To extinguish, put out a fire, light, &c., esp. in phr.
douse the glim.
w.Sc. Having clapped his red worsted extinguisher on his head,
he 'dowsed the glim,' and proceeded to bed, Carrick Laird of
Logan (1835) 224. Frf. I . . . sav'd the auld man lith and limb.
And made his murderer douce the glim, Sands Poems (1833) 121.
N.I.' I.Ma. Just douse that glim. Brown Manx Witch (1889) 147.
m.Yks.' To a child caught extinguishing a lighted candle by turn-
ing it upside down in the stick, a mother will say : ' I'll bray thy
back for thee if thou doesn't use the capper [extinguisher] to douse
the candle with.' Chs.3 Hrf.* When you're finished in the stable,
mind you doust the dip. Dev. This rain will dowse the fires on the
moor, Baring-Gould (/nV/i (1891) l vii. Cor. Hold your jaw, and
dowse the glim, Forfar Kynance (1865) 23. Cant. Monthly Mag.
(1799) I. 22.
3. Fig. To spoil, demolish ; to put an end to, kill.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* ' Dows'd of her feathers,' shorn of her finery.
m.Yks.' Hrf.2 Him hit Jack on his head, it nearly dousted him.
4. To throw a thing down violently on the ground, &c.;
sXsoJJg. to pay down money.
e.Fjf. Doon he doused a couple o' letters in my loof, Latto
Tam Bodkin (1864) xx ; Gin I canna mak' him dowse doon the
siller, I'se gar him tak' a red face aboot it, at onyrate.iA. xvi. Rxb.
T
DOUSE
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DOUT
Some down were dous'd amang the shoas, A. Scott Poems (ed.
1808) 122. Cor.*; Cor.2 Come douse out jour money ; Cor.^
Hence Douse ! int. the flat sound caused by tlic fall of a
heavy body.
Ags. (Jam.) Fif. Douse! drops a second down, Tennant
Aiiskr {1812) 75, ed. 1871.
5. sb. A blow, stroke ; a dull, heavy blow, ffen. on the
head or face.
Cai.i, Ags. iJam.) Fif. As law then, they a' then, To tak' a douce
maun yield, Douglas Poems (1806) 128. Slk. That's a douss on
the chops, Mr. Tickler, Chr. North Noctcs (cd. 1856) II. 118.
n.Cy. Grose (1790') ; N.Cy.'. Cum.' n.Yks.' Gie him a douse in's
chops. w.Yks.i, Not. (J.H.B.), Der.2, nw.Der.', Nhp.'2, War.
(J.B.\ Hrf.2 s.Wor. I gan Mm |the door] a dowse of a hammer,
Vig. Moil, in Benoivsjni. {18961; s.Wor.', Brks.i, Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Suf.' I'll gi ye a dowse i' th' chops. H;i p.* s.Hmp. A pretty
douse o' the ear I'll give him once I catches him ! VerneyZ.. Lisle
(1870) .X. I.W.'2 wil. Slow G/. (1892); Brixton Beauties
(1825'!: Wil.i Dor. Barnes G/. (1863"). Som. W. & J. G/. (1873).
Dev., Cor. A douce on the chucks or chacks. Monthly Mag. (1810')
1.434. Cor.'2 Slang. While Sandy's long arms -long enough for
a douse, Tom Crib's Mem. (1819) 16; Joseph Washford lifted his
hand ; ... it now descended on her devoted head in one tremendous
'dowse,' Barham higoMsby (ed. j86^) Jeiry Jai vis's Wig.
[1. Cp. EFris. dusseii, ' schlagen, stossen, knuflfen '
(Koolman).]
DOUSE, t'.2 and sb.'^ Irel. Wm. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin. Lei.
Nhp.War. Glo. Brks. Hrt. Mid. Sus. I.W. Som. Dev. Cor.
Also written dause w.Yks. ; dawse \Vm. ; deawse Lan. ;
doose e.Yks.i ; dowse Ir. n.Yks.'= n.Lin.* Brks.' LW.'^;
and in formsdaast w.Yks.^; dowselt Glo. ; dowstw.Yks.^
Hmp. [n.Cy. dfis, w.Yks. das, Lan. des, midl. daus, s.Cy.
deus.] 1. V. To drench, soak, saturate with moisture
either by plunging anything into liquid or by dashing
liquid over or against it. Also useAJjg.
Ir. You'd better just dowse a pail of water over him. Barlow
Idylls I 1892) 123. Wm. Daws'd in sin and concupiscence, Hutton
Bran Neiv Walk (1785) 1. 212. n.Yks.' Thou's gotten sair doused,
Mally. "Wheeah, thou's 'a' bin thruff t'beck. Ah lay; n.Yks.2,
e.Yks.^ rn.Yks,' To drench by hand, as when water is thrown
upon a person. They doused him from head to foot. w.Yks.
Shoo set too a dausin' em all saandly wi' watter, To:\i Treddle-
HOYLE Fr. E.xhibilion {c. 1856;! 10 ; w.Yks. ^ ; w.Yks.^ He'll get weel
daasted [with rain] before he gets back. Lan. Give us a bond an'
■we'n deawse him i' th" hoss-trough, Brierley Cotters, v. n.Lan.'
ne.Lan. Doused it with scalding water, Mather Idylls (1895) 79.
Not. (J.H.B.^Not.l, n.Lin.i s.Lin. She's doused from head to foot
as if she hed come out o' a pond (T.H.R.). Lei.*, Nhp.* War.^ ;
War.3 You hav'nt washed these clothes — you've only doused 'em.
Glo. I dowselt them with cold water every morning (A.B.). Brks.
GI. (1852"! ; Brks.* w. Mid. The parson doused such a lot of water
over tlie baby that it caught cold and died (W. P.M.V Sus.
HoLLOWAY. Hnip. (H.C.M.B.), I.W.*^ Som. 'Twarn't no use my
pertenden' I'd a smut on my chake, an' dousen' my veace in cold
spring watt'r, Leith Lf»;/o» Verbena {iSg^^ 88. n.Dev. Scummerd
wi' blid, es clathers doused. Rock Jim an Nell {i86~i) st. 102. Cor.^
Hence Dousing, vbl. sb. a drenching, soaking ; a duck-
ing or immersion in water.
n.Yks.*^ W.Yks. A man falling into water, or out in a pitiless
rain, would be said to ' get a good dowsing.' Sheffield Indep. 1 1874);
Gie it a good dowsin. Banks WkJId. Wds. (,18651. Lan. Theygeet
a good dowsin', 'Waugh Hermit Cobbler, viii. Lin. ' I're feared
as tha's get a dowsin' in a bit, mate.' ..." Wheer ?'...' In hoss-
pond,' Murray Nov. Nole-bk. (1887) 249. Nhp,' To splash the
water over the face with violence when washing, is called having
a good dousing. Nearly akin to 'souse,' but the latter word is also
applied to complete accidental immersion. ' Dousing' is limited to
the head and face. Brks.* Dev. Take an' heft tha bagger intii
tha river. A giide dowsing 'ull take tha liquor out o' 'n, Hewett
Peas. Sfi. ( 1892,, 87 ; 'Vamping ' was understood to mean sprinkling,
just as ' dousing ' means the application of a more copious supply
of water, li. 141. Cor.*
2. sb. A drenching, soaking; a heavy downpour of rain.
Ir. It's apter I'd be to let it have its chanst ... to ripen itself the
best way it could, than go for to sluice the great dowses of rain on
top of it, Barlow Idylls (1892) 96. Lan. Gettcn a deawse then,
Brierlky Blackpool (1881) 59. Not. 1 got a good douse (J.H.B.).
3. Fig. An idle, drunken fellow.
Hrt. Cussans Hist. Hrt. (1879-1881) III. 320.
DOUSE, V? w.Som.* [deuz.] Used imprecativcly.
Very common. Daew z-naeushun sai'Z ut au-1 ! Daewz yur
ai'd ! Daewz ut aul!
DOUSE, see Douce, ndj.
DOUSH. sb. and v. So. Brks. [diij, Brks. deuj.]
1. sb. A 'douche,' a quantity of liquid, dash of water.
Cf. douch.
Frf. That would be a doush of water in Esther's face, Barrie
Tommy (1896) 72.
2. V. To throw water over.
Brks.' A doushed water awver her to bring her to.
[1. Fr. douche, jet d'eau dirige sur telle on telle partie
du corps, pour produire une action medicale (Hatzfeld .]
DOUSHT, DOUSSE, see Doosht, Douse, v}
DOUST, sec Dust.
DOUT, V. and sb. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. and niidl. and
s. counties. Also written doubt, dought Dev. ; dowt
Wil. Dev. ; and in forms dait s.Chs.* ; dight Chs.' [n.Cy.
dtit, midl. and s.Cy. deut.] \. v. To extinguish, put out
a candle, fire, &c. Lit. do out.
n.Yks. ' m.Yks.* D'out that candle, my lass. Never burn day-
light. w.Yks. The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted.
Snowden Tales Wolds (1894) ix. Chs.* Nah then! dout that
cangle ; its toime yo wern aw asleep ; Cas^ s.Chs.' Sniif-Jth
ky'aan'dl, wht*)i? un mahynd dhaa diiz' nu daayt it [Snuff th'
candle, wut'ee? an' mind tha' doesna dai't it]. s.St^ Last in bed
has to dout the candle, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (18951. Der.
Monthly Mag. (18151 II. 297 ; Der.=, nw.Der.*, n. Lin.'. Lei.', Nhp.',
War.'^, s.War.*, m.Wor. (J.C.), w.Wor.' se Wor.' Mind as you
dowts the candle safe, w'en yu be got into bed. s.Wor.' Shr.^
Dout them candles, Sally ; theer'U be light enough to talk by then,
if that's all yo'n got to do. Hrf.'* Glo. Baylis llliis. Dial. (1870);
Grose (1790I ; Glo.'^, Oxf.' Brks. In common use (M.J.B.);
Gl. (1852). Bck. (GA.C.I, n.Bck. (A.C.I, Bdf. (J.'W.B.), Hrt.
(H G.), w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Sur.', Sus.' e.Sns. Holloway. Hmp.
(H.E.i ; (W.H.E.^: Hmp.' s Hmp. Your light isn't dowted most
part of the night, VerneyZ.. i!s/«'{ 1870) X. LW.' Wil. (K.M.G.);
Britton Beauties {182^) ; Wil.' An extinguisher ' douts ' a candle;
the heel of a boot ' douts ' a match thrown down. But the exact
definition of * dout ' is to smother, or extinguish by beating. Dor.'
Som. I veared as how the wind 'twould a douted the can'le, Leith
Lemon Verbena (T895) 171. w.Som.' Daewt dhu kan'l-n km au'n
[Put out the candle and come on]. Dev. Bit Jan an Mariar. . . Way
tha ale in tha k wart, ad amanijedta doubt et,N. Hogg Po*^.Z.ir//.( 1847)
ist S. 52, ed. 1858; Applied to fire or lights only, /Jf/ioj/s Praw»r.
(1889) ; Dev.' n.Dev. Nell, dout the light. Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. 129. e.Dev. Th' blacksmith *ve . . . doughted out ez vire-
place, Pulman Sketihes (1842) 23, ed. 1853.
Hence (i) Douter, sb. an extinguisher; (2) Douting,
vbl. sb. the act of extinguishing or putting out ; (3)
Douters, sb. fl. snuffers.
(,1) w.Yks.i Common. n.Lin.', Nhp', War. (W.H.), War.3,
Shr.', Bdf. (J.W.B.I, Sus. (K.) (2) s.Wor. I had three miles of
lighting and three miles of douting the lamps (H.K."). (3) n.Cy.
Instruments like snufi^ers, for extinguishing the candle without
cutting the wick, Grose (1790). Chs.' Small tongs with flat,
rounded ends, for putting a candle out by pinching the wick. They
have rings for the thumb and finger-like snuffers. Lei.' A small
pair of metal tongs with flat ends for extinguishing candles by
pinchingthewick. Glo.', Sus.' e, Sus. Holloway. I.W.' Som.
I can remember quite well seeing the * douters ' on the tray with
the snuffers (G.A.W.).
2. Phr. to dout the sun, fig. to grow disheartened, dis-
pirited.
Som. I'd ' dout the zon ' by thinken', 'Mabbee, thee be lyen' stiff
an' cold under the green Atlantic waves,' Leith Lemon Verbena
(1895) 150.
3. Fig. To die.
Hrf. Her douted (C.J.R.'l ; Hrf.' He is just douted ; Hrf.2 Ha
drawed a sike [sigh] and then ha douted.
4. Hunting term : to obliterate, cover up a trail,
scent, &c.
n.Dev. He then considers the condition of the slot, and if the
ground is dry, ' douts ' it by drawing his foot over it, that is he
obliterates it, Jefferies Red Deer (1884) vi.
5. sb. An extinguisher. n.Yks."', Glo.'
[1. First, in the intellect it douts the light, Sylvester
Tobacco batlcr'd (1672) 106.]
DOUT, see Doit, sA.', Doubt.
DOUTH
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DOVER
DOUTH, rt(^'.' Obs.l Sc. Dull, dispirited, melancholy.
Slk. Wliat gars ye look sae cloutli and wac ? Hogg Mount. Bnrd
(1807) 183; 1 never saW a doulher creature, ib. Pastorals (iSoi)
10 (Jam.I.
2. Gloomy, causing melancholy.
Slk. That's a douth and an awsume looking bigging, Hogg
Penh of Man (1822) H. 2 iJam.).
DOUTH, adj.- Lth. (Jam.) Snug, comfortable, in
easy circumstances.
[Cp. OE. dugi<S,\voTi\\, excellence, power, riches, cogn.
w. G. Iiiqciid, virtue.]
DOUTY, ndj. Glo.' Of pears : ' sleepy,' over-ripe.
See Dote, v.*
DOUVE, V. w.Yks.' [dav.] To sink, lower, dip.
See Dive, v.
Let staan douve a bit.
[OE. dtijan, to dive, sink.]
DOUVEN, see Doven.
DOUZIE,56. Sc. A light of any kind.
s.Sc. Nor kinlin' whins, \vi' lowin' douzits, To inak' a light,
Watson Bards (1859) 52. Ayr. Commonly used (J.F.).
DOUZZY, DOV, see Dizzy, Do, v.
DOVE, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Chs. Not. Dcr. Nhp. War.
Wor. Hrt. Hnt. e.An. Dev. Written deuve Dev. ; and
in forms doo Sc. ; rou- Rnf ; dow Sc. Nhb.' e.An.' Nrf.'
Suf ' ; duf(f- Not. Nhp.'2 Hnt. e.An.' [duv, dBv, dii.]
1. Applied to var. species of Colitmbidae, esp. (i) the
common pigeon or rock-dove, Columba livia ; (2) the
stock-dove, C. oenas; (3) the ring-dove, C. paluiubits.
(i)Sc. 'A doo's cleckin' \hrooi], prov.; spoken of a family of only
two childrt n. a boy and and a girl, as the pigeon only lays two eggs,
SwAiNSONBi>(/i-( 1885) 169. n.Sc.ii. 168. Abd. Daddy-da; that doo's
greetin"cause his wife bids him sing, Alexander ylm/7*. (1875) 72,
cd. 1882. Frf. Doos bobbin' an' beckin' to ane anither, cureckily-
cooin', WiLLOcK Rosetty Ends (18861 182, ed. 1889; My carrier
doo As quick as thought at my hand flew. Sands Poems (iSss)
129. Fif. The dows and daws . . . Out whirr'd and whitter't at
the sound o't, Tennant Papistry (1827) 6. s.Sc. The doos, in a
friglit, flew frae the tower, Watson Bards (1859) 32. Ayr. I've
fan' a bit doo i' the redd o' my plate, and I would like to pyke it,
Service Notandtims (1890) 30. Nrf. "Vinder go a ' dow,' Cozens-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893I 43; When a pigeon was unexpectedly
extracted from some apparently impossible place, a country lad
exclaimed ' My eyes and limbs, Tom, if there baiut a dow' (^W.R. E. ) ;
(W.H.) (2) Suf. (C.G.B.); e.An. Dy. Times U892). (3) Nrf.
SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 165. Suf. (C.T.) ; Suf.'
Hence (i) Duffy, sb. (a) a pigeon or dove ; (b) a dove-
cot, pigeon-house. e.Suf (F.H.) ; (2) Duflfy-dows, s6. />/.
the unfledged young of pigeons or doves. Nrf.'
2. Comb. yi) Dove-cot(e(doocot, docket, dow-cot,duccot,
ducket), a dove-house or pigeon-cote ; (2) -dock, the
coltsfoot, Tussilairo Farfara ; (3) -dung, a variety of marl;
(4) -felfar, -felfeet, -fulfer or -fulter, ia) the fieldfare,
Titrdns pilaris ; (i) the missel-thrush, Tiirdiis viscivonis ;
(5) -house (duffhus), see -cotfe ; (6) -pigeon, the wood-
pigeon, Coliunba paliiiubus ; (7) -poUar, see -cot(e ; (8)
-tailed, _/?§-. united, married.
(i) Sc. We were fain to send sax of the blue-banders to harry the
Lady of Loganhouse's dow-cot and poultry yard, Scott Nigel (,1822)
v; They lie as thick as doos in a dooket, fi. Guy M. (1815) xxii. Kcd.
Faur's the doo, for here's the doocot? Grant Z.«)'s (1884) 79. Frf.
Schule-laddies, wha keepit doo-cots in their faithcrs' back-yairds,
WiLLOCK Rosetty Ends (18S6) 181, ed. 1889. Fif. Some gentle cushie-
dows . . . Afffrae their dow-cot whirr'd, Tennant Papistry (1827) 62.
e.Fif.AnauId-timeKife lairdshiphas beenweel dcscnbit asconsistin'
o' ' a wee puckle Ian', a big puckle debt, an' a doocot,' Latto Tarn
Bodkin (1864) i. Rnf. Frae fauld or doucote may my Susan dine,
PiCKEN Poems (i3i3) II. 69 ; I visited the dookets and examined
our fantails, Gilmouk Paisley IVcavers (1876) i. Ayr. I can mind
. . . seeing the roof of a doocot like a wreck abune the waves.
Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed. 1887) 252. Lnk. The dookit an' yard,
Parker Poems (1859) I9- N.Cy.', Ntib. (W.G.), Nhb.', Der.',
War.^, Wor. (L.S.) v2i Cai. The arable land was much infested
with various weeds, as the thistle, the mugwort, dove-dock, .i^^n'c.
SMrn, 84 (Jam.) ; Cai.l (31 Chs. There is an excellent kind of marl
sometimes met with which is \'ulgarly called dove dung, from its
resemblance in appearance to the dung of pigeons, Holland View
.rigiic. (1808) 222; Clis.' (4, a) e.An. The names of the missel
thrush and fieldfare arc often interchajigeable, Swainson Birds
(1885) 2; e.An.', Nrf. (A.G.F.) baC. i)eience Gossip (1882) 215;
(M.F.R.) e.Suf. (F.I I.) {h) e.An.' Nrf. Nature Notes, No. 10.
(5") Not. Tliere's a lot ofstarnels lays in the dufhus now (L.C.M.).
Nhp.'2, War.3, Wor. (E.S.), Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.', Nrf.', Suf.l
(6) Hrt. Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) IV. iii. (7) e.An.' (8) Ir. This
. . . is the purty crature I was mentionin' . . . that intends to get
dovetailed wid myself, Carleton Fardoroiigha (1848) i.
3. Phr. (i) to shoot among the dows, to invent stories,
exaggerate, 'draw the long bow' ; (2) a shot among the
doti's, anything done at random.
(i) Ags. A lady . . . had heard her husband mention . . . tlial
such a gentleman. . .was thought to shoot amang the dows. She
immediately took the alarm and said to him v.^ith great eagerness,
. . . ' My husband says ye shoot amang the dows. Now as I am
very fond of my pigeons, I beg you winna meddle wi' them' (Jam.).
(2) e.LtU. (ib.)
4. A term of affection or endearment.
Sc. ' O Peter, this was a nicht ! ' ' Deeds I [aye], my doo,'
Scotcli Haggis, 162; Is not that worth waiting for, my dow? Scott
Old Mortality [,iiii6]v. Cai.* Elg. Ye'rc a' my ain. my bonny dow,
Couper Touiifiiations (1803) I. 121. Abd. Come awa to 3'our
beddie, my dawlie an' doo, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 87 ; Lasses,
I'm here a wooer to woo. Will ane o' ye come an' be m3' doo ? Gitid-
nian Inglismaill (1873) 39. Rnf. My ne'er-forgotten, ever true.
Enchanting, charming, dainty dow, I\1*Gilvray Poems (cd. 1862)
T04. Ayr. Her dove had been a Highland laddie. Burns Jolly
.Jtggars (1785) I. 131. Lnk. My bonnie hen, my darlin' Iamb, my
ain wee cushie doo, Wardrop J. Mat/iison (1881) 12. Slk. Katie
Cheyne, my dow, Hogg Tales (1838) 280, ed. 1866. Kcb. He
cuddled an' kissed her an' ca'd her his doo, Armstrong Ingleside
(1890) 217. Nhb.i Obs. e.Dev. Mai leuve, mai deuve, mai peur
wan, PuLMAN Sng. Sol. (i860) v. 2.
[1. Columban . . . decored vv' the simplicitie of a dowe,
Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (1596) I. 226.]
DOVE, K.' Sc. Dur. Yks. Written doave n.Yks.^
[dov, do3V.] 1. To sleep or slumber lightly ; to doze.
See Doven, v.
e.Dur.' n.Yks.' * You've been asleep, Joseph.' ' Naa, nobbut
doavin' a bit' ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796).
Hence Doving, ppl. adj. sleeping, soothing, quieting.
n.Yks.' Doving drink, a sleeping draught ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks. A
doving draft, Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796) II. 317.
2. To be in a doting, foolish state, half asleep ; to be
heavy and stupid ; to act sluggishly. Fif. (Jam.), n.Yks.'^
Hence (i) Dovie, («) adj. stupid, having the appearance
of mental imbecility ; (b) sb. a stupid, imbecile person ; (2)
Doving, ppl. adj. sluggisli, heavy.
(i) Fif. (Jam.) (2j n.Yks.^ 'A doaving dandling body,' a
driveller.
DOVE, v.'^ Obsol. Dev. To thaw, melt.
n.Dev.Whan sneweth or blunketh or doveth,£'.v«;. Scold. (1746)
I. 125; A loving breath. Which winter's self would dove, RocK
Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 130 ; Grose (1790).
DOVE(D, see Dive, v.
DOVEN, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Written dooavan
e.Yks.' ; douven w.Yks.' Also in form dovven Yks.
[dovan, dovsn.] 1. v. To slumber, doze.
ne.Yks.' Heard more in the E. than the N. Riding. m.Yks.'
Hence (i) Vovene A, pp. benuinbed with cold, deafened
with noise ; (2) Dovening, vbl. sb. a doze, light sleep
or nap.
(i) Or.I. (S A.S.% S. & Ork.i (2) n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.
Shees on a dovening now, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 253.
m.Yks.'
2. sb. A light nap or sluinber ; a doze.
n.Cy. (Hall.), e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.' At times shoe stinns
feafully in her douvens, ii. 291 ; w.Yks.^ ' Bin hersleep hes tuh ? '
' Noa, noan't I ; on a bit of a dovven that's awal.'
3. A difficulty, quandary, 'fix.'
w.Yks. He wor in a bit ova dovven what to du, Yks. IVkly. Post
(Mar. 7, I896^.
[Norw. dial, dovna, to become dull, still (Aasen) ; ON.
dofna, to become benumbed ; Go. daubnan, to grow dull ;
der. of daufs, deaf, dull.]
DOVER, sA.' Cor. An uproar, row, fuss.
Cor. (F.R.C.) ; Cor.' ; Cor.* ' There s dover,' or ' There's dovcr
to pay.'
DOVER
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DOW
DOVER, sb.^ Nhb.' [do'var.] The water in which
a salmon has been boiled, served up as a sauce for the
fish. Also called Berwick sauce.
DOYER,sb.^ s.Cy.(HALL.) I.W.i [do-v3(r).] A sandy
piece of waste near the sea ; part of the sea-coast at Ryde.
DOVER, V. and sb.* Sc Nhb. Also in form dour
Rnf. [do'vsr.] 1. v. To fall into a light slumber, to
be in a state half awake and half asleep ; to doze. See
Doven, v.
Sc. Ae night when he was riding doveringhame, Scott IVaverley
(i8i4'i xviii. Cai.i Arg. The lady of the house dovered in her cliair,
her head against George Mor's shoulder, Munro LostPibroch (1896)
276. Frf. They dover't o'er asleep again, Beattie Ariilia' {c.1820)
56, ed. 1882. Fif. The walkrife clerk wha lay doverin' and dreamin',
Tennant Papistry (1827') 125 ; Just as he was again doverin' ower
into the airms o' Morpheus, M'^Laren Tibbie (1894) 39. Slg.
Syne dovered ower to sleep. And dreamt I saw ye leave the hoose,
Towers Poems (1885) 53. Rnf. If chance he dovers a bhnk,
Then starting up thinks he's in hell, Webster Rhymes (1835)
139; Douring in the hermit's cell, Tannahill Poems (1807)
270, ed. 1817. Lnk. As 1 lay dovering, . . . the lowes flickering in
my eyes, ... I heard the ten o'clock bell, Wright Sc. Life (1897)
59. LtU. I slippit canny aff to bed. An' fell a dov'rin', Lumsden
Sluep-head {iBgs) 132. e.Lth. There was nae gantin an' doverin
in oor kirk, Hunter/. Inivick (1895) 36. Slk. I maun leave Janet
to lie doverin' by hersel for an hour or twa, Hogg Talcs (1838)
23, ed. 1866. Gall. Jaikie dovered over to sleep, Crockett Slickit
Min. ( 1893) 47. N.Cy.i Nhb.i Dinna scranch on the floor ; yor
fethor's just dover't.
2. To stun, stupefy, render senseless. Cf. daver, v}
Slk. Ane o' them gave me a nob on the crown, that dovered me,
Hogg Perils of Man (1822) HI. 416 (Jam.) ; I am dover'd as
dead as a herring, ib. Poems (ed. 1865) 273.
3. sb. A light slumber or doze ; a condition of semi-
consciousness ; a faint, swoon.
Sc. 'You seem well recovered now. Can you walk?' ' Bravely, sir,
... it was but a bit dover,' Scott Nigel {1Q22) ii; I had seldom more
than a dover now and then through last night, Whitehead Daft
Davie (1876I 319, ed. 1894. Bnff. Be thankfu' that ye get a dover
in the day time, Gordon C/iron. Keith \ 1880) 321. Rnf. It was na
sleep, nor yet a dream, Nor yet a dover, just atween, Fraser
Chimes U853) 134. Lnk. I felt rather drowsy . . . and soon fell
into what we old folk call ' a kin' o' a dover,' Wright Sc. Life
(1897) 58. Lth. In a dover, ha'flings sleeping, Bruce /'of)«s(i8i3)
II. 120. Edb. He feels the pulse. ... If in a dover. They sigh,
an' shake their logger head, Forbes Poems ( 1812) 86.
[1. Gaistis, schaddois, sleip, and douerit nycht, Douglas
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, in. 34.]
DOVERA, uiim. adj. Obs. Cum. Lan. Also written
dowra Lan. Nine ; used in counting sheep.
Cum. Borrowdale, Keswick, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882)
39; Used in Borrowdale 50 years ago (J.S.O.). Lan. Coniston,
High Furness, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 39.
DOVERCOURT, sb. Ess. [do'vakot] A great noise.
Ess. (W.W.S.); Gl. (1851); Ess.i
[Dovercourt, a parish in Essex, near Harwich. Ray Prov.
(1678) 314 has : Dover-court, all speakers and no hearers,
where ' Dover-court ' is understood of some tumultuous
court held at Dover. See Nares (s.v.).]
DOVER-HOUSE, sb. Ken.'= [dovar-eus.] A neces-
sary-house or privy.
DOVERING, ppl. adj. Sc. Occasional, rare.
Sc. The're nae papans nou south o' the Clyde, an' binna a
doverin' ane, aibles in the wyl' muirs o' Galloway, Saint Patrick
(1819) III. 69 (Jam.).
DOVING, 5*. S. & Ork.' eonfusion, noise.
DOVVEN, see Doven.
DOW, sb.'- Cor. [deu.] A cross old woman.
Cor.^ The aw'd dow, a disagreeable, cross old woman, one who
will not do what she is wanted to ; Cor.^
DOW, I/.' and sb.^ Sc. Nhb. Dun Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Der. Shr. e.An. [dau, dou, do.]
I. V. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense, i. Simple
Affirmative: (i) Daw, (2) Do, (3) Doe, {4) Dowe. [For
further examples see II below.]
(i; N.Cy.'s, Nhb.i, w.Yks.i (2) N.I.', w.Yks., Lan.', s.Chs.' (3)
e.Lan.', Cha.'^^ ,^) lE,i\i. Chaps dowe scarcely bout the head Wha
tipple whisky, Learmont Poems (1791) 173.
ii. Negative: (i) Dounae, (2) Douna, (3) Downa, (4)
Downie.
(i) Edb. The grit fock wha thee dounae see, Learmont Poems
(^I'jf^i) 84. (2) Edb. Lad, the vera smell o' hit They douna dree,
Crawford PooHs (1798) 53. (3) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873)217;
(Jam.) Nhb.' Scarce. Cum. They downa stur out o' the sta',
Gilpin 5"^s. (1874) 90. (41 Lnk. Gall. The bourtree bush. .. has
lost a' its sap, and downie be transplanted, Nicholson //is/. Tales
(1843) 89.
2. Preterite: (i) Daught, (2) Docht, (3) Doed, f4)Doucht,
(5) Dought, (6) Dowcht, (7) Dowd, (8) Dowded, (9)
Dowed, (10) Dught.
(i) Gall. If in my health, I daught na want it, Lauderdale
Poems (1796) 68. (2) Sc. I neither docht to buy nor sell, Aytoun
Ballads (ed. 1861) 40; (Jam.) Ayr. Vowd the deil he dochtna
fear, /Ja//«rf5 a«rf5)i^s. (1847) II. 113. (3) Lan.. s. Chs.' (4) Edb.
Wha lang and wearie bruikt his feid. And doucht nae bell, Lear-
mont Pof)HS( 1791) 46. (5) Sc. As well as a woman in her condition
dought, ScoTT Midlothian (1818) xxiii. Frf. He dought appear in
ony shape, Beattie Arnha^ (c. 1820) 39, ed. 1882. Ayr, Do what
I dought to set her free. Burns To Miss Ferricr, st. 4. Lnk. John
. . . gaed down the vennal, As fast's he dought to his auld kennel,
MuiR Cld. Minstr. (1816) 47. Edb. Yer chanters tun'd as weel 's
ye dought, Liddle Poems (1821) 145. Slk. He faltered and scarce
dought believe, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 288. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. L.LB.) n.Yks.2 He dought nut deea't. (6) Sc. Nearly obs.
Hey dowchtna reyse, Murray Dial. (1873) 217. (7) Lan. (8)
n.Yks. (9) Sc. They danced as weel as they dow'd, Jamieson
iS<T//nrfs (1806) I.313. Edb. s.Dur. iJ.E.D.) ( 10) Dmf. Carts syne
wi' sic as dughtna gae Were panged, Mayne Sdler Gun (i8o8j 88.
Dur. (K.)
II. Dial. uses.
1. To be able to. Gen. used with a negative.
Sc. The young that canna, the aid tliat manna, The blind that
downa see, Jamieson Po/i. Ballads (1806) I. igi ; Beggars dow
bear nae wealth, Ramsay Prow. (1737). Abd. Just as I dought, I
took the gate, Cock S/rams (1810) I. 116; On him laid hands,
when he dow do na mair, Ross Helenore (1768 ' 21, ed. 1812. Frf.
Gin aiblins she downa succeed wi' her tongue. Watt Poet. Sketches
(1880) 65. Flf. Their foreign wines I downa prie. Gray Poems
(1811) 160. s.Sc. Used with negative atfixed, it denotes inability
to endure in wh.itever sense. They downa be beaten (Jam. \ Dmb.
She canna, winna, downa Ony man compare. Cross Disruption
(1844) xxix. Rnf. The Muse is hairsc, . . . She downa lilt anither
verse, Young Pictures (1865) 167. Ayr. My Muse dow scarcely
spread her wing. Burns Ep. J. Rankine (1784 1 st. 6 ; Get out o'
the mire and on your way rejoicing wi' a' the speed ye dow, Galt
Sir A. ;f3''"^(i822)xxi. Lnk. We'll sprauchle yont life's roughsome
way. As canny as we dow, Thomson Musings (1881) 59. Edb. As
quickly as I dowed, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828') iv ; As lang 's
their pith or siller dow. They're daffin' and they're drinking,
Fergusson Poems (17731 157, ed. 1785. Feb. The braw Tontine
will tak' my place. To stand as lang it dow, Affleck Poet. IVks.
(1836) 100. Slk. Sic a sight ye doughtna see, Hogg Poems (ed.
1865) 93. Rxb. He'll travel when naeither auld carl dow, Riddell
Poet. Wks. (ed. 187 1 1 II. 200. Dmf. I downa gom them, syne they
leave me, Quinn Heather (1863) 42. Gall. She lay still and
doughtna hear, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1828) 65, ed. 1897. Kcb.
He dow bear us all well enough, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No.
30. Wgt. They downa steer, Nor speak that wearie nicht, Fraser
IViglotcn (1877) 21Q. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb.
There's mony a ane has siller ore. That finds it downa make him
smile, Charnley ptshers Garl. (1832) 7; Nhb.' Scarce. Dur. *I did
as I dught,' 1 did as well as I could (K.). Cum. (M.P.) w.Yks.
He do not answer, choose what he thinks [dare not retort, what-
ever he may think] (C.C.R.).
2. With negative : to be reluctant or unwilling to do
anything.
Sc. Often used \vith a negative affixed to denote that reluctance
which arises from mere ennui, or the imaginary incapacity pro-
duced by indolence. The phr. ' I downa rise' signifies reluctance
to exert one's self so far (Jam.); Can we quit so many godly
ministers? We dow not quit them, Thomson Cloud of Witnesses
(1714) 143, ed. 1871 ; My lady didna dow to hear muckle about
the friends on that side the house, Scott Guy M. (1815) x.xxix.
Lnk. Ye have not a heart. And downie eithly wi your cunzie part,
Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 21, ed. 1783. Dmf. He downa sing
at the Psalm For spoiling his mim, mim mou, Cromek Remains
(1810)27. n.Cy. /?o» rftv- G/. (Co/A L.L.B.) Cum. For me, I downa
gang, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 2.
DOW
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3. To thrive, prosper, flourish ; to do well, be good for
something.
Sc. Wliat raksthc feud where the friendship dow not, Ramsay
Prov. (1737). Lnk. Gin ither's beasts u eel thrive an' dow. It's hke
to rive his very pow. Watt roems (1827) 23; Lang may tliou
live, and thrive, and dow, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733') 109. Rxb.
Now lang may ye brook to thrive an' dowe, A. Scutt Points cd.
1808)99. n.Cy. ' He'll never dow,' be good egg nor bird, Kay
Prov. (1678) 355; Grose (1790); N.Cy.* He'll never dow. Nhb.'
Ol/s. Dur.' s.Dur. He niver dowed efter (J. ED.). Cuni. A
nanny pet lam' maks a dwinin' yowe, Not yen out o' ten ever dis
dow, prov. (E.W.P.) C\im., Wm. Nicolson (1677) Trnits. R. Soc.
Lit.{i86a) IX. Wm. Nat yan oot e ten on em everdoos dow, Gibson
Leg. (1877) 50. n.Yks.' He'll never dow, egg nor bird ; n.Yks.*
■^'ou never dow in dead folk's clothes. They never dow that strange
dogs follow; n.Yks.3 e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Eioit. {^^8a) ; e.Yks.'
He nivversecm'd te dow i' that shop. That [argument or assertion]
dows-fo'-nowt [is worthless]. m.Yks.i w.Yks. Willan Lisl
H'ds. (1811) ; Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Nov. 5, 1892) ; w.Yks.' Shoe
now daws vara ill, ii. 290. Lan.i He does [i.e. thrives] well in his
business. ne.Lan.', m Lan.' s.Chs.' Dhaat' ky'aay doaz upu
ver-i lit'l [That cai does upo' very little].
Hence (i) Doesome or Dosome, adj. healthy, thriving,
prosperous ; energetic, active ; (2) Dow-for-nought, s!>.
a good-for-nought, ' ne'er-do-weel ' ; (3) Dowing, ppl. adj.
thriving, healthful.
(i) n.Yks.2 ' Do-some folks,' active persons. Lan. A quart o'
this . . . 'ud mak' a chap's ribs feel do'some, Harland & Wilkinson
Leg. (1873) 195; Davies Races (1856) 267; Lan.i Hoo did look
sum plump un' dohsom, ScHOLES Jaunt to see ilC Queen (1857) 43.
e.Lan.' Chs. Moy childer are all doosome, Clis. N. >&= Q. I. 170.
(2) Cum. A set o' dow-for-noughts, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807)
91. Wm. & Cum.' Some cut-purse dow-for-noughts, 185. (3)
Abd. Dowing and growing was the daily prayer, Ross Helenore
(1768) 10, ed. 1812. Rnf. What altho my dowin' herdies Cleed
the knowes in mony a score, Picken Poems (1813) I. 187. n.Cy.
Grose (,1790^. Lan. Davies Races (,1856).
4. Of cattle, &c. : to fatten, grow fat, thrive on little food.
Clis.' If an animal is feeding well we say ' it does well.' The
verb is also used transitively. Thus we speak of particular food
as 'doeing' the cattle. If a man is growing fat we say ' his meat does
him ' ; Clis.* Hanged hay never does cattle ; Chs.^ ' Roast meat
does cattle,' means that in dry seasons cattle, if they can only get
at plenty of water, often milk better than in cold wet seasons, when
there is more grass. s.Chs. ', Der.'', nw.Der.'
Hence Doesome or Dosome, adj. Of cattle, &c. :
healthy, thriving upon little, fat.
Ntib.' A ' dosome beast ' — a beast likely to turn out well. Chs.
Bailey (172 1 ); A healthj', dosome beast ; one that will be content
with little : alsoone that thrives, or comes on well, Grose U790; :
Ray (1691); (K.): As doesome cawvcs lick flectings.WARBURTON
Sngs. V1860) 96 ; Clis.'*3 s.Chs.i A doesome heifer is one that
fattens upon a moderate quantity of food. Der.*. Shr.^
5. To recover from sickness, mend in health.
N.I.' I'm thinkin' he's not goin' to do. n.Cy. He neither dees
nor daws, Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.* n.Yks. Why, ses t'aud woman,
it neither deed nor dowded, so our Job e'en slew it, Frank Fishitig
(1894) 27 ; n.Yks.' *^ ne.Yks.' Perhaps only used in the expression
' He nowther dees nor dows.' Lan. (J.L.); Noather on 'urn doed
so wele just mete neaw, Ormerod Felley fro Rachde (1864) ii ; On
asking after a baby you will sometimes be told that it has been
vaccinated, or had the hooping-cough, and * It has never dowd
since' (S.W.) ; Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.', e.An.l, Nrf.'
6. sb. Worth, value, in phr. (i) at dow, good, profit ; (2)
noughtoT nowt at dow, (3) iioiieht of dow, of no value, good ;
worthless; (4) nought of the dow, a good-for-nothing,
worthless person or deed ; (51/0 do no dow, to be of no
use or value ; (6) tnorc din nor dow, not reliable.
(I) Cum. Oh faiks, thou's duin little 'at dow, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 182. Wm. What at dow can cum ea sic deains? Wheeler
Dial. (1790) 16, ed. 1821 ; He can be naanebbour at dow, Hution
Bran New IVark (1785) I. 459. (a'l Cum. He was nought at dow,
but a prime hand for a drinker (M.P.I ; For dancin' he was nought
at dow, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 273: Cum.' Wm. He cud hardly
persuade Billy ta gang in't train ; he sed it wad be up ta nowt et
dow, Taylor S*e/c/(fs (1882) 9. Yks. (T.K.), n.Lan.' (3) Sc.
(Jam.) (4) Dur.' ' He was nowt o' t'dow,' he was a good-for-
nothing. Wm. An feared them mitch this Tebay witch. Was acten
nowt o' t'dow, Whitehead ifg-. (ed. 1896) 31. (5) Lakel. When a
person is not likely to recover from an illness it is said of him,
' He'll du nca dow.' A whussling lass an a hcllcrin cow An a
crowing hen ell du nca dow, Ellwood (1895) ; He'll nivver deta
neea dow skittcrcn aboot as he docs, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
Wm. Bill usta addle a gae bit a brass; bet it nivver dud neea
dow. Spec. Dint. (1877") pt. i. 32. (6) Cum.'
[1. Vndedlynes to dele 1 dowe be na ways. Wars Ale.x.
(c. 1450) 4058. OE. diigan, to be strong, to avail.]
DOW, v.^ Obs. Sc. Refl. : to go, betake oneself,
hasten. See Do, v. III. 9.
Sc. He's doen him to his sister's bower, Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 75; Ye'll dow ye doun to yon change-house, Kinloch
Ballads (1827) 127; She has dune her to her father's bed-stock,
ib. 132. n.Sc. Ye do you to my father's stable, Buchan Ballads
(1828) I. 38, ed. 1875 ; Then she has done her hame again As fast
as gang cou'd she, ib. 81.
DO'W, v.^ and adj Sc. Lan. [dau.] 1. v. To fade,
decay, wither. Also usedy?^.
Sc. May the seed . . . never dow, Wilson Poems (1822)
Dedication; He's quite dow'd in the colour (Jam.). Cai.' Rnf.
The bloom on your cheek will soon dow in thesnaw, Picken Poems
(1813) I. 75. Ayr. Our tree is bow'd, our flower is dow'd. Ballads
and Sngs. (1847) II. 72. Lth. Syne they droopit an' dow'd awa,
Snith Meny Bridal (1S66) 197; Beside my Willie's lifeless form
my heart has dow'd awa, ib. 200. Edb. My fame, my honour, like
my flowr's, maun dow, Fergusson Poems (1773) 195, ed. 1785.
Hence Dowed, ppl. adj. (i) faded, withered, not fresh ;
also usedfig. ; (2) of water or liquid : flat, dead, putrid ;
(3) of meat : lukewarm, not properly hot.
(i) Sc. Carnal morality as dow'd and fusionless as rue leaves at
Yule, Scott /fo6i?q)'(i8i7)xx. Or.L(S.A.S.) S.&Ork.' Applied
to grass. Most commonly applied to fish, MS. add. Cai.' Dowed
fish is fish that has been drying for only a day or two. Lnk. Nor
keep dow'd Tip within herWaws, Kansay Poems (1721) 30. Rnf.
Wan is the cheek o' Rose's hue ; An' dow'd the lilies, ance sae fair,
Picken Poems (1813) I. 26. Edb. Tho' age her sair dow'd front
wi' runkles wave, Fergusson Poems (1773) 163, ed. 1785. Bwk.
Her tender beauty soil'd an' dowed, Chisholm Poems (1879) 25.
(2I Sc. Cast na out the dow'd water till ye get the fresh, Ramsay
Prov. (1737). n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lan.' It's as dowd as dyke
wayter. (3) Rxb. (Jam.)
2. To doze, fall into a sleepy state. Cf. dover.
Abd. Baith dow'd o'er at last asleep, Ross Helenore {i-]68) 81,
ed. 1812.
3. To trifle with, perform carelessly.
Frf. Here the wark's ne'er dow'd. The hand that's diligent ay
gathers gowd, Morison Poems (1790) 161.
4. adj. Doleful, gloomy, melancholy.
Feb. The birds ... Sit douf and dow on ilka tree, Affleck Poc/.
IVks. (1836) 135. ne.Lan.i
DOW, see Dole, sb.^. Dough, Dove, sb.
DOW AT, see Doit, v.
DOWATTY, sb. Edb. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A silly, foolish person.
DOWB, see Daub.
DOWBALL, sb. Lin.^ The field-turnip, Brassica rapa.
DOWBART, see Dulbert.
DOWBRECK, si. Sc. A species of fish.
Abd. The Dee abounds with excellent salmon, grilse, sea-trout,
sterlings [? spurlings] (here called dowbrecks). Statist. Acc.l"^.
109 (Jam.).
DOWD, sb. Sc. Irel. Also Dev. Written doiid Sc.
(Jam.) [Not known to our correspondents in Dev.] A
woman's cap ; see below. Also called Dowdy-cap.
Ags. A kelled mutch or woman's cap with a caul ; considered
as a dress cap in contradistinction from a ' Toy ' (Jam.). Ir. Norah's
red beaming face, shrouded in her dowd cap, Carleton Traits Peas.
(1843) I. 184. N.I.' A woman's white cap without any frilling.
Dev. A night-cap (Hall.). [The barber was call'd in to make his
face as smooth as his art could do, and a woman's gown and other
female accoutrements of the largest size were provided for him ;
having jump'd into his petticoats, pinn'd a large dowde under his
chin, Life B. M. Carcw (1791) 28.]
DOWD, see Dow, v.^
DOWDY, sA. and adj. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in
Sc. and Eng. Also in forms dawdie Sc. (Jam.) ; dawdy
N.Cy.' e.Yks.' w.Yks.^*^; doudy Der.^ nw.Der.' Ken.
(k.) [daudi, doudi.] 1.5*. An ill-dressed, slatternly
woman ; a frump, awkward person.
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Sc. (Jam.) Bnff.' Most usually applied by the country people
to the fishing population. Slk. Dinna let the lads say that ye are
sleepie dowdies, Hogg Talcs (1838) 366, ed. 1866; ' Were a true
poet to marry an idiot 'tis a thousand to one he would never find
it out.' 'Just as wi' a dowdy,' Chh. North Noctcs 'cd. 1856) III.
124. N.Cy.i w.Yks. (J.T.); w.Yks.^"; w.Yks.s A bonny dawady.
Not. (J.H.B.), Not.i, n.Lin.i, War.3 Onf.^ MS. atld. Brks.i, Nrf.
(W.W.S.) Ken. ' Amere doudy,' an ill drest girl (K.). Sus.,Hmp.
HOLLOWAY.
Hence (i) Daudified, adj., (2) Dowdied, pp. over-
dressed, untidily or slatternly dressed.
(i) e.Yks.i (2) w.Yks.s Nobbut luke at her how shoo's dawa-
died out.
2. An old woman.
Sc. Heels-ower-gowdie Tumbled the dowdy, Drummond Miicko-
tnacliy (1846) 42. w.Yks. Here t'dowdy lifted tuU her een A yerd
a gooid lin check, Preston Foc<hs( 1864) 8. Cor. On the dowdy's
back ride, 'With my legs astride, Hunt Pop. Rom. ui.Eng. (1865)
93, ed. i8g6.
3. adj. Slovenly, untidy in dress ; dark, dull in colour,
faded.
Sc. (Jam.), Cum.>, e.Yks.', w.Yks.^, Der.2 nw.Der.i Nhp.i
' What a dowdy looking gown you've got on ! ' It has no reference
to the person, but is applied solely to the dress of females. War.^,
Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. Of quiet, homely habits ; old-fashioned. se.Wor.'
5. Stunted in growth.
Wil. Slow Gl. yiZgz).
[1. Dido a dowdy, Shaks. R. E^ J. 11. iv. 42.]
DO'WDY-CO'W, sb. Yks. [doudikri.J The insect,
Coccuiella septempimdata. Also called Cow-lady, Cush-
lady, Sic.
n.Yks. Dowdy-cow, dowdy-cow, ride away heame, Thy house
is burnt, and thy bairns are tean, Children's Rhyniie. The most
mischievous urchins are afraid to hurt the * dowdy-cow,' believing
if they did evil would inevitably befall them, N. & 2.(1849) istS.
i. 132 ; n.Yks.3
DO'WEL, sb. and v. Sc. Irel.' Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lin. Nhp.
Won Shr. e.An. Sur. Sus. Som. Also in forms doo-el
Nhb.' ; dool Rxb. (Jam.) N.I.» Nhb.i ; doul s.Wor. Som. ;
duel e.An.' [dau-al, du'al, dul.] 1. sb. A large bolt or
cramp-pin used for fastening stone, wood, lic, together.
Cai.'. Rxb. (Jam.) N. I.* An iron spike, sharp at both ends. Nhb.'
Nhb., Dur. Sometimes used in putting main brattice together; a
portion of the bolt being let into the under plank, and the remainder
passing into a hole in the upper plank, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl.
(1849). n.Lin.', s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr.^ Dowels are pins of wood
or iron with which flooring is fastened together ; the pins being
driven half their length into the edge of each plank and correspond-
ing holes pierced in the edge of the adjacent plank to receive the
projecting pins. e.An.' Pegs or pins, used by coopers to fasten
the heads of casks. Sur. Wooden pegs about 2 ins. long used by
carpenters (T.S.C.). Som. Douls are nails with a very big head
(W.F.R.). [Around dowel or'coak'is the piece of timber to
which the felloes of a carriage-wheel are united, Weale. ]
2. V. To secure or fasten together with a ' dowel.'
N.I.' The head and bottom equally dooled and set into the cross,
Belfast News-leller (i-j^Si. Nhb.' The wooden pins that connect
the fellies in a cart wheel are termed, by carpenters, dooled.
Duelled is also applied to a pin used by coopers to keep the edges
of the staves from starting. w.Yks.'. n.Lin.', Nhp.', s.Wor. (H.K. ),
Shr.^, e.An.' [The travis boarding of the work-horse stable should
be . . . dowelled in the joints with oak-pins, Stephens Farm Bk.
(ed. 1849) II. 528.]
Hence ( i ) Dowlaxe, sb. the tool used by lath-cleavers to
split up bolts of wood. Sus. (F.E.S.) ; (2) Dowling-bit, sA.
a braco-bit or large piercer used by coopers and joiners
for boring large holes into floors, casks, &c. w.Yks.'^
[1. Cp. G. dobcl, "zapfen, pflock, nagel ' (Grimm). We
may perh. also cp. Fr. doitille, ' la partie creuse et cylin-
drique de certains instruments en fer, au moyen de
laquelle ils s'adaptcnt a un autre corps' (Littre).]
DO'WELS, sb. pi. Ken. Sus. Written doles (K.).
Low marshes or levels in which the water lies in winter
and wet seasons.
Ken. Hoi.i.owAY ; Ken.' se.Ken. ' Appledore dowcUs' are well
known (H.M.). Sus.' [fK.)l
(EFris. dole, ' verticfung, sumf (Koolman) ; OHG
Inulla, ' vallicula, lacuna, barathrum ' (Graff).]
DO'WEN, V. Nhb. To depress, dispirit.
Nhb. Frazer dowened the heart of the ship's company very much,
Haswell Maisler (1895) 61.
[A der. of Dow, v?\
DO"W(F, see Dough.
DO'WFART, sb. and adj. Sc. Written dofart Sc.
(Jam.); doofert Lnk. ; duffart Sc. (Jam.): duffert Lnk.
Also in form dooffard Edb. [daufart, dufart.]
1. sb. A stupid, dull, soft fellow.
Fif. Come on, ye dowfarts ! ilkaane: Fecht me wi' swerd, or
stick, or stane! Tennant Papistry (1827) 165. Lnk. Then let the
doofarts fashed wi' spleen, Ramsay Poems i ed. 17331 106; I'm
no sic a duflert As mak' taej'e ony fraca, Thomson il/«s('«^s (1881)
43. Edb. Wha in season lears t'apply yer store, They're no great
dooflfards, Liddle Poems (1821) 138.
2. adj. Stupid, dull, wanting in spirit or animation ;
feeble, inefficient. Also used Jig.
Sc. Applied to anything that does not answer the purpose for
which it is used. A candle that burns dimly is called ' a duffart
candle ' (Jam.). Bch. The silly dofart coward . . . Cud na get out
his sword, Forbes Poems (1785) 24.
3. Dull, melancholy, dismal.
Sc. So much under depression of spirits as to be in a state
bordering on that of an id;ot (Jam.).
[1. Duivfif [see below) -I- -a?-/ (as in braggart).']
IiOWT(T,adJ.,sb.3LnAv. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also in forms
dofe N.I.'; dolf Sc. (Jam.) •, doof Lnk.; doutF Sc. iJa.m.J
Nhb.'; duff Or. I. [dauf, duf.] \. adj. Dull, inactive,
heavy, wanting in animation, stupid.
Sc. The lad can sometimes be as dowlT as a sexagenary like my-
self, ScoTT IVaverley (1814) xliii. Or.I. What maks thee lie sae
duffi Paety Toral (1880) in Ellis Pronunc. (18891 V. 801. Abd.
Ye sat sae douff an' dowie a' day Wi' me the ben, Beattie Paiings
(1801) 8. Per. She lends me a gouf, and tells me I'm douf, I'll
neer be like her last goodman, NicoL Poems (1766) 39. Rnf. Now
she's grown baith douf and lazy, Webster Rhymes (1835; 88;
Jenny geck'd at Roger, dowf and blate, Tannahill Poems 1,1807)
90, ed. 1817. Lth. Now grown mauchless, dowff, and sweer aj'e,
Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 136, ed. 1856. Gall. Robin turned
dowffer and duller. As Betty began to speak out, Nicholsox Poet.
JF*s. (1828) 195, ed. 1897. N.I.' Stupid, as with a cold. Nhb. But
dowf an' blunkit grew his look, Richardson Borderers 2'able-bk.
(1846) VI. 356; Nhb.'
Hence (i) DotifBe, adj. dull, inactive, slow ; (2) Dowffy-
hearted, adj. wanting in courage.
(i) Edb. And me unco douffie in making up to strangers, Moir
Mansie JVaiich (1828) vi. (2) Lth. Dowfy-hearted Whigs, and
thowless Tories, Smith Merry Bridal (i856) 54.
2. Fig. Of reasons, excuses, &c. : worthless, paltry ;
wanting in force, languid.
Ayr. Her dowff excuses pat me mad, Burns Ffi. J. Lapraik
(Apr. I, 1785) St. 4 ; Nae douf excuses shall we plead, Tho.m
Amusements • 1812) 50. Edb. Nae hostin' now an' dowf excuse,
M'DowALL Poems (1839) 220.
3. Unfeeling, unimpressionable.
Sc. Gin I had anes her gear in my hand, Should love turn douf,
it will find pleasure, Ramsay Tea- Table Misc. 11724) I. 118. Kcb.
Strathfallan was as douf to love As an auld cabbage runt, Davidson
Seasons (1789) 46.
4. Dull, dismal, mournful, sad, melancholy.
Abd. They're dowf and dowie at the best. Skinner Tullochgorum
( 1809) St. 3. Kcd. My music would be douf, I fear, An' very gratin'
to the ear, Burness Ganon Ha' i,c. 1820) 1. 21. Fif. Thrifty fo'k
e'en douff an' sad, Gray Poems (1811) 72. Rnf. Ilk thing leuks
dowie, dowff, an' wae, Picken Poems (1813) I. 76. Ayr. I didna
come to a lawyer for sic dowf and dowie proceedings, Galt Entail
(18231 xcv; Mak the first the dowffcst day in a' the week. Service
Dr. Diiguid ^ed. 1887) 18. Lnk. A's dowie, douff, an' drearie, O,
W ATT Poems [iB2-j i 74. Lth. Twenty vile outlandish things To
mak us douf an' eerie On sic a night, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 67.
Edb. 'Mang ianely tombs their douff discourse began, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 193, ed. 1785 ; The snug wee place . . . seemed in
my eyes to look douff and gousty, Moir Mansie IVauch (1828) xxi.
Peb. Now a douf and dowie creature, Chang'd is every scene o' life,
Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836) 85. Slk. Right douf an' heavy-hearted,
Hogg Tales {\&'i'&) 189, cd. 1866. Rxb. And things alike baith far
and near Sink dowff and sad, Riddell Poet. JVhs. (ed. 1871) II.
149. n.Cy. £ordcr CI. {Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb.'
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DOWL
Hence (i) DouBie, flf^'. low-spirited, dull, melancholy ;
(2) Doufness. sb. melancholy, sadness.
(O Sc. I loots awa', yc dowflie chirl, Allan /.iV/s (1874") 373.
Nhb.i He wis vairy itoiii'ey. (2) Slk. Tlicrc wasa kind of doufness
and melanclioly in liis looks, Hogg Talcs {,1838) 53, ed. i8b6.
5. Of sound : dull, hollow. Also used advb.
Sc. ' A dowf sound,' such as that of an empty barrel when struck
(Jam.) ; It's no' the httle squcakin" fiddle, tliough ; But ane that
bums dowIT hi its wame and low, Leiguton IVoiiis (1869) 21.
Abd. Eflsoons the doulT bell frae the auld grey tour With ane
doleful clang told the partynge hour, Cadenhead /"//'^'///s (1853')
335. Frf. DoufT hke drum and sncll like cymbal, Beaitie Ariiha'
(c. 1820) 51, cd. 1882; Douf the tvvall-hours bell crys clink, Morison
Poems (1790) 7 ; My heart played dowfagainst my ribs, Johnston
Poems (18691 176. e.Fif. The doufl' dull soun' caused by the
energetic steekin' o' the Buik, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) vi. Rxb.
The new-made glens the douf mute echoes keep, A. Scott Poems
(ed. 1808) 31. N.I.»
6. Of wood, vegetation, iSic. : wanting the kernel or
substance, rotten, decayed.
Sc. • A douf nit,' a rotten nut (Jam.). Ant. Applied to wood that
has partly dccaj-ed and lost its toughness, Ballyiiicna Obs. (1892).
7. Of land, soil : unfertile, wanting force for vegetation.
Sc, Lth. Dowf land or ground (Jam ). Lth. Applied to weak
soils, Morton Cyc/o. Agt-ic. (i863\ e.Lth. It's unco dowf land, I
couldna mak a livin oot o't, Hunter/. Iim<ick (1895) 230.
8. Of the weather: thick, hazy, dull, inclined to fog.
Lth. ' A dowf day,' a hazy day. Used by old people (Jam.).
Hence Doufy, ndj. damp, humid, wet.
NUb. A doufy d.ay (.R.O.H.l; Nhb.'
9. sb. A dull, heavy person ; a fool, stupid person.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Lnk. Slaverin doof, it sets
him weel To yoke a plough where Patrick thought to teil [tilP,
Ramsay GetilU Shep. (1725) 84, ed. 1783.
10. V. To become dull and heavy, to render stupid,
heavy.
Rnf. Even tho' the fates on me look sour And doufs my brain.
Webster Rhymes 1,1835) 169. Lth. To douf and stupe, to be in
a state of languor and partial stupor (Jam.). Slk. To douf on, to
continue in a slumbering state U '•).
[ON. dcuifi; deaf, cp. Du. doof.]
DOWIE, adj. and adv. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written
dewy Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum.'; and in form dolly Sc.
(Jam.) [daui, dou'i, du'i.] 1. adj. Melancholy, sad,
sorrowful, doleful, dismal, mournful.
Or.I. (S.A.S.) Bnff. O dowy, dowy is my heart, Taylor Poems
(1787) 175. Abd. Nae mair thou'lt cheer my dowie heart. Still
Cottar s Sititday {i8\^) 8.1. Kcd. A dowie man the wyever wis.
Grant Lays (1884) 8. Frf. Here maun end my dowie sonnet,
Beatiie Aiiilia' (c. 1820") 15, ed. 1882. e.Fif. My hairt aince si
dowie an' cauld was noo in a habeetual glow o" happiness, Latto
Tarn Bodhi'tt ■ 1864) xi. Rnf. His neebour was dowie and sad,
Webster Rhymes ('835) 16. Ayr. Matters looked, to use her own
expression, 'unco dowie,* Galt Lairds 11826) xxxii ; Mak our
Bardie, dowie, wear The mourning weed, "Bur^s Poor Mailie, st. 2.
Lnk. Nae power they ha'e My dowie heart to cheer, Hamilton
Poems I 1865) 52. Lth. Dowie thoughts remind me O' her sad
look, Bali.antine Poems (1856) 153. e.Lth. I felt kind o' dowie
an' no' like mysel. Hunter J. Imvick (1895) 215. Edb. I was a
wee dowie and desponding. Mom Mansie It'aiich (1828) vi. Bwk.
Aften I've wander d the dowie dell, Chisholm Poems (1879) 22.
Slk. Repentance in dowy array, Hogg Poems {ed. 1865 j 288. Dmf.
Yon hill . . . doon this dowie hollow threw Its shade on burn and
tree, Reid Pooiji (1894I 58. Kcb. Hearts sae dowie an' lane, Arm-
strong Iiiglcside ( 1890) 89 ; The saig, poor dowy beast, Davidson
Seasons 1789) 46. Wgt. Dowie noo was ilka wicht, Fraser IVig-
loivn (1877) 210. n.Cy. Border CI. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' Nhb.
Then away on the dowie road tiv Shields, Haldane Graj-^/y (1878)
16 ; To waft awa the Eld an' Stour That soon maun hap his dowie
grave, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 261 ; Nhb.' It wis a
dowie day when the lad went away. Cum.'
Hence (i) Dowie-like. adj. sad, sorrowful; dismal ; (2)
Dowiely, srfy.sadly, mournfully; wearily; (3) Dowieness,
sb. melancholy, sadness ; (4) Dowiesome, (5) Dowiewise,
adj., see Dowie-like.
^I) Lnk. He lookit sae waff and dowie-like that she took him
ben to the fire, Eraser Whaups ^1895) xiii. (2> Sc. Not for the
world would she have. . . wounded the dignity that sat so dowdy
upon him, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 57. Abd. ' It's just as I
expected,' she said, dowily, M'Kenzie Cruisie Sketches (1894) ii.
Pnf. Richt dowicly I wan'cr on by mead an' forest green, Young
Piftures (1865") 46. Lth. She . . . lying down dowylie, sighed by the
willow tree, Macneu.i. J'ocI. IVks. (1801) 211, ed. 1586. (3) Frf.
The reason o' Jamie Anderson's dowieness was sune kent a' owre
the country side, Willock Rosrtly Ends (1886) 61, ed. 1889. (4)
Edb. Jamie dowysome an' wae Walks lanely owr the cowslip brae,
Learmont Poems (1791) 310. (5) Lth. Afttimes dowie ways fa'
noo, Nell, M'Neill Preston (c. 1895) 91.
2. Languid, out of health, weak, infirm.
Sc She that used to be the merriest lassie . . . was now become
dowie, easily wearied, and fond of being alone, Whitehead Daft
Davie (1876) 273, ed. 1894. Abd. The doctor grew dowie an'
maist like to dee, Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 41. Kcd. Years the
Bailie had been dowie, Lang an unco han'fu' till her, Grant
Lays (1884) 45. Fif. The bairns have been awfu' dowie a' day.
I hope it's no the fever they're takin, Robertson /';oz/os/(i8g4) 78.
3. adv. Sadly, dolefully, dismally, wearily.
Sc. Cast himsell dowie upon the corn-bing, Ramsay Tea-Table
Misc. (1724) II. 134, ed. 1871: And dreech and dowie waxed the
night, Cunningham Sngs. (1813) 8. Abd. The birds sang bonnie
as Love drew near. But dowie when he gaed by, Thom Rhvmis
(1844) 54. Per. I dowie sat, and aft did mane, NicoL Poems
(1766) 5. Lnk. The blue bells are drooping, Sae dowie they hing,
Wright Sc. Life (1897) 74- Gall. Aye lyin'ane's lane soon grows
dowie, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1828) 195. ed. 1897. Cum. Now
dowie I seegh aw my leane, Anderson Ballads (ed. i88i") 23.
[1. The dowy dichis [cd. 1553 dolly dikis] war all donk
and wait, Douglas Eticados (1513), ed. 1874, ni. 75. ME.
dol, dull (Stratmann) ; OE. dol+-ie (-y).]
DOWK,56. Nhb.Yks. [douk.] Miningterm : a broken
mass of shale; a tenacious black clay in a lead vein.
Nhb.' Geolog. Sni-v. Mem. (1887). n.Yks.^, m.Yks.'
DOWK, V. Nhp.' To extinguish, put out a candle,
fire, &c. Cf dout.
DOWK, DOWKY, see Duck, v., Douky.
DOWL, sb} Nhp. War. VVor. Shr. Hrf Glo. Oxf Wil.
Also written doiil Hrf ; dowie Nhp.' se.Wor.' Glo.'
[daul, deul.] Down, soft feathers ; fluff, dust, &c.
Nhp.' A housemaid will often say, ' There's a deal of dowie
settles about the bed-room, I've been gathering it up.' We never
employ the term for the feather itself War. (W. H.C.) ; B'hain
Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893); War.'^^^ se.Wor.', Shr.'2 Shr.,
Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Glo. Baylis Illus. Dial. (1870);
Glo. '2 Oxf. Send the maid to wipe the dowl from under the bed
(J.I.M.) ; Oxf.' MS. add. Wil. Coots and moor-hens must be
skinned, they could not be plucked because of the ' dowl.' Dowl
is the fluff, the tiny feathcrets no fingers can remove, Jefferies
Bevis (1882) vii ; Wil.>
Hence (i) Dowl, v. to wipe or clear away the 'dowl'
or soft fluff or dust which accumulates under beds, &c. ;
(2) Dowled, ppl. adj. having down or j-oung feathers.
War.^ (i) When you've swept the bedrooms, mind you dowl
them. (2) Wliat's in the nest ? — Young 'uns dowled.
[Such trees as have a certain wool or dowie upon
them as the small cotton, Hist. Manual Arts (i66ij 93
(Nares).]
DOWL, v.^ and sb.^ Sc. Yks. Lin. Also in forms
dewl- n.Lin.'; dooal n.Yks.^; doul Fif e.Yks.' ; dull
n.Yks.'" [doul, Sc. dill, n. Yks. also dul.] L j». To be
dull, depressed, out of spirits, melancholy. Also useAfig.
of wind, sea, &c. : to abate, lull. Cf dowly.
n.Yks.2 T'wind's dowl'd down. The sea has duH'd down as
smooth as a sheet. m.Yks.' She gets nought done, but sits and
dowls at t'end on't [everlastingly].
Hence (i) Dewlish or Dowlish, adj. low-spirited, sad,
melancholy; (2) Douled or Dowled, ;^/i/. «<^'. (rt) wearied,
fatigued, tired out ; depressed ; {b) of liquor : flat, dead,
vapid.
(i) n.Lin.' (2, a) Fif. They are fell doul'd an' weary This
maiden-night, Douglas Poems (^1806) 152. n.Yks.2 ' Dowl'd te
deeath,' extremely depressed. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Soa dowled fer
t'want ov cumpany, Eccles Leeds Aim. (1882) 18. 16) n.Cy.
Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' n.Yks. This drink's all dowl'd, Meriton
Praise Ale (1684) 1. 633; n.Yks.l e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ.
(i788~); e.Yks.'
2. sb. A state of melancholy, moody dullness.
m.Yks.' She's having a long dowl on't this time, there's some-
what the matter, depend on it.
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DOWL, V? Shr. e.An. [daul, deul.] 1. To knead
or mix up bread, dough, &c., in a hurry.
Shr.' ObsoL We bin gettin' short o' bread, I see; I miin dowl
up a pot-cake for lay, an' the men can 'a cake an' drink fur thar
supper.
Hence Dowler, sb. a cake or dumpling made in a hurry.
Shr.i Obsot. Look sharp an' mak' a bit of a dowler to 'elp out
the men's dinners. e.An.i Nrf. Grose (.1790) ; Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1787); Nrf.l
2. To abuse, ill-treat, as big boys do little ones.
Shr.i George Davies dowled poor little Joe Cartri't shameful
gwein to school.
DOWL, see Devil, Dole, sb}, Doll, f.^
DOWLDUFF, sb. Irel. A beetle.
Ir. If it had been any of them black bastes of dowlduffs, now,
there'd ha' been some raison in it; I'd put me fut on one of them
fast enough, Barlow Idylls (1892) 277.
DOWLER, sb. ne.Wor. (J.W.P.); s.Wor. (H.K.)
[deu'l3(r).] A large marble or taw.
DOWLESS, adj. Sc. Irel. Yks. Also in forms daw-
less, doless Sc. (Jam.) ; dooless N.I.' [dau'las, doulss,
du-las.] 1. Lazy, helpless, thriftless, unprosperous ;
wanting in animation or energy. See Dow, v.^
Sc. I had rather mend claes ... all my days than run the risk
of getting a do-less, scolding wife. Whitehead DafI Davie (1876)
154, ed. 1894. Rnf. His dowless gait, the cause of a' his care,
Tannahill Poems (1807') 90, ed. 1817; Hard is the fate o' ony
doless tyke, Picken Poems (1788) 148 (Jam.). Ayr. She was wae
to see sae braw a gallant sae casten down, doless, and dowie,
G alt Gi//iaiic (1823) iv. Rxb. (Jam.), N.I.' n.Yks.^ ' A dow-
less sort of a body,' one who thrives in no respect. ' Beeath
deedless and dowless,' both helpless and imprudent.
2. Unhealthy.
Rnf. Dowless fowk, for health gane down, Picken Poems (1788)
55 (Jam.) ; We wi' winter's dowless days Are chitterin sair wi'
cauld, ib. (ed. 1813) I. 92.
DOWLIEHORN, sb. Slk. (Jam.) A horn that hangs
down. Hence Dowliehorn't, adj. having drooping horns.
DOWLIN PAIN,/>/i^. Cor.2 A dull, persistent pain.
Cf. bedoling pain.
DOWLY, adj., adv. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lan. Lin. Written dowlie Edb. Also in forms
dauly s.Dur. ; dawley Yks. ; deawldy Lan.' [dauli,
dou-li, Sc. also dull.] 1. adj. Dull, lonely, solitary ;
melancholy, sad, dismal. See Dowl, v.^
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.'^ Nhb. This dowly lot's been
Nelly's, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 50; Dowly thowts are mair
wor friends than foes, Gilchrist Sngs. (1824) 17. Dur.', e.Dur.'
Lakel. Yan was tellin' me . . . hoo 'dowly' it was at times in
a gurt toon whar she kent neeabody. It's possible ta be dowly
in a crood, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.' Wm. Summer
is cummin on, yecl git awt a dures, en yeel nit be sae dowly yeel
see, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 58, ed. i8ai ; The old folk at home
are dowly now the bairns are all off to service (B.K.). Yks.
London life in those days must have been dowly enough, Fether-
STON Farmer, 91 ; Eh! ah do feel dawley te-neet! (F.P.T.);
Ah've to tell thee dowly news, Spec. Dial. (1800) 7. n.Yks.
Thoul't ha a hoose ov thy oan sum day, lass, doantee be dowly,
Fetherston Smuggins Fani. 73 ; n.Yks.' ^ ne.Yks.* Ah feels
varry dowly widoot her. e.Yks. Sometimes ah gets a bit low-
spirited an' dowly, Wray Nestleton (1876) 69; e.Yks.' Ah'd a
douly time on't when ah was se badly. w.Yks. Ha war sae
dowly sittin' by mysen, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 3, 1891); Willan
List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.' Williams wor ollas a dowly, swamous,
meaverly mack of a chap, ii. 306 ; w.Yks.* Can't tub come hoam
a bit soiner thinks tub, 'Tom, it's so dowly sitting i' t'house be
mesen theas long neets ? Lan. Dunnot look so deawldy, Waugh
Sngs. ( 1859) Titnt Ritidle ; Lan.' n.Lan. I thought . . . she wod be
dowly be hersel, Lonsdale Ma^. (Jan. 1867) 270. Lin. Streatfeild
Lin. and Danes (1884) 325 ; (W.W.S.) n.Lin.', s.Lin. (T.H.R.)
Hence Dowliness, sb. dullness, loneliness, sohtariness.
n.Yks.2, ne.Lan.'
2. Of places : lonely, solitary, retired, lonesome.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Of a far-away, lone country house, it is said, 'It's
a dowly pleyce i' the wunter time.' A Ilexhamshire rhyme says,
' Dowly Dotland stands on the hill, Hungry Yareesh [Yarridge]
looks at it still.' Dur.' s.Dur. Aw dursent a g'yan and shown my
fyasE'secadaulydismal pl'yas, Watson Poor-bo.x. Lakel. Ellwood
(1895). Cum. {U.V.) ; Cum.' It is a dowly plciice ; Cimi.^ It is a
dowly pleace when winter neeghts growe lang. Wm. A reg'lar
dowly spot et bottom o' t'lang meeda, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 44;
The road is dowly for there is wood on both sides (B. K.). Yks.
A dawley spot was the Rivelin, after the old folk's death, Howitt
Hope On (1840) iii. n.Yks.' It's a desput dowly, dccathly spot
t'won in. ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' It's a varry dowly spot wheear he
lives. w.Yks.i This is a dowly place to live at. Lan.', n.Lan.',
ne.Lan.'
3. Of weather: dull, gloomy, depressing.
Nhb. Gloomy, dowly November, Keehmn's Annewal (1869) 29.
n.Yks.' It's nobbut dowly weather : it owther rawks or rains ilka
deea. On'y a dowly seed-time. e.Yks. If the morning be wet
and miserable, with no sign of amendment, here is * a dowly
leeak oot,' Nicholson Flk-Sp. ( 1889) 4, w.Yks.* A dowly daay.
4. Poorly, in bad health, sickly, delicate.
n.Cy. Grose (1790;. Yks. He looks ever so white and dowly
yet, Hagar (1887) iv. n.Yks. She nobbut leuks dowly, Linskill
Bctw. Heather and N. Sea (1884) lix ; n.Yks.' She's varra dowly,
sir. She've newer mended sen she getten her bed ; n.Yks.*
' Yan o' t'dowly sort,' one of the sickly kind. ' As dowly as deeath,'
very pale. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Aa'v been varri douli dhis week [I
have been very poorly this week] (Miss A.); A sick person is
' varry dowly ' when a friend calls, Nicholson Flk-Sp. { 1889) 4 ;
Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788). w.Yks. (R.H.H.); Ah feel sa
dowly an sa pooerly, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882I 247;
w.Yks. 2 n.Lin.' I feel real dowly ; I've not bed no sleap for two
neets. s.Lin. I'm nobut douly, and ha'e bin for some time laately
(T.H.R.).
Hence (i) Dowliness, sb. a state of sickness or ill-health ;
(2) Dowlyish, adj. rather unwell, poorly. n.Yks.*
5. adv. Dully, sluggishly, feebly.
Edb. [He] yokit to his darg but dowlie, Learmont Poems
('79') 57-
6. V. To indulge in gloomy thoughts.
n.Yks.* * Gying dowlying about,' wandering in a gloomy mood.
e.Yks.' Thoo sudn't sit dowlyin I hoose all day lung, MS. add.
(T.H.)
[L He fell to fe ground All dowly, for dole, in a dede
swone, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 13937.]
DOWLY, DOWMENT, see Dwile, sb}, Doment.
DOWN, adv., prep, and v} Var. dial, uses in Sc. and
Eng. Also in forms daan e.Lan.' ; dahn w.Yks. ; dain
Clis.' s.Chs.'; deawn Lan.' e.Lan.' m.Lan.'; doon Sc.
Bnff.' Nhb.' Cum.' Wm. n.Yks.*; doun Sc. (Jam.) Dur.'
[Sc. and n.Cy. dtin, w.Yks. dan, Lan. den, midl. daun,
s.Cy. deun.] 1. adv. and prep. : Comb, with siibst.. adj.,
&c., meanings : (i) Downalongs, small hills; (2) -bear-
ing, {a) oppression ; (b) the pangs of approaching par-
turition; (3) -bed, a bed on the floor; (4I -bout, a hard
set-to ; a tough battle ; (5) -calving, in calf, and near the
time of calving ; (6) -cast, (a) a 'trouble' or dislocation
of the strata or ' fault' by which a seam of coal and its
associated beds are cast down to a lower level ; {b) see
-cast shaft ; (7) -cast dike, see -cast (a) ; (8) -casting,
(a) grieved, sorrowful ; (b) depression ; (9) -cast shaft,
the shaft down which fresh air passes into a mine; (10)
-come, (a) a heavy fall of rain, snow, &c. ; (b) a descent,
fall, gen. used/iff. of a fall in the market or in social posi-
tion, &c. ; (c) a piece of luck ; (d) of rain : to come down ;
(11) -comely, see -coming (b) ; (12) -comer, the spout
or pipe which receives the collected eaves-drainage and
conveys it down the side of a house to the ground ; (13)
-coming, (a) see -come (b) ; (b) ruinous, likely to fall;
(14) -crying, disparaging, depreciating; (15) -dacious,
audacious, impudent ; (16) -dad, a puff of^ smoke coming
into the room down the chimney; (17) -daggered, (18)
-danted or -daunted, downcast, depressed, out of spirits ;
(19) -dap, ready money ; (20) -digger, an expert or
artful person ; (21 ) -ding, sleet or snow ; (22) -done, over-
cooked ; (23) -drag, anything that brings a person down
in the world : (24) -draught, (a) a blast down the chimney
which sends the smoke into the room ; (b) the swallowing
process with liquids ; (c) a drag, dead weight ; also used
y?^. ; (25) -draw, see -draught (f) ; (26) -drop, see -come
(h); (27) -drug, see -draught (c) ; (28) -fall, (a) a fall of
rain, snow, tkc. ; {h) a declivity in the ground, a slope;
also usedjig. ; (c) the low parts around mountains where
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sheep retire for shelter in bad weather; (d)fig. a reverse,
misfortune ; (e) a disease in cows ; (29) -fally, see
-coming (b)\ (30) -fire, a fire on the hearth; (31) -gang,
(a) a descending path; (il a hatchway into a cellar; (c)
a person wlio has a very large appetite ; (32) -ganging,
descending, going down; (331 -gate, see -gang (a,
b) ; (34) -had, see -draught [c) ; I35) -hadden, re-
pressed, kept down ; (36) -hadding, repressing, holding
down; (37) -haggard, disconsolate; (38) -head, //§. a
pique, grudge; (39) hearten, to feel disheartened;
(40) -house, the back kitclien ; the lower or downstairs
apartment ; (41) -kessen, downcast ; (42) -lie, a grave,
resting-place ; (43I -ligging, ia) a lying-in, a confine-
ment; (b) lying down, bedtime; (44) -ligging-time,
(a) the time of childbirth; (b) see -ligging (b) ; (45)
•lock, see below; (461 -look, a downcast, morose, dis-
pleased countenance; disapproval, displeasure; (47)
■looking, (n) condescending, supercilious ; {b) downcast,
morose-looking ; [c) ill-looking, having a bad expression ;
(48) -lying, see -ligging (a) ; (49) -moot, melancholy, in
low spirits ; (50) -most, lowest; {51) -old, broken down,
of brqken constitution ; (52) -pints, [a) any one fallen down
or brouglit low, esp. in phr. to feel like a or in the down
finis; (b) those who are dead drunk in a carousal ; (53)
-richteous, downright ; (54) -seat or -sit, a settlement,
provision, esp. a settlement in marriage ; (55) -set, (a) any-
thing which produces great depression ; {b) see -come
(b) ; (c) a scolding by which one is rendered mute ;
a sarcastic rebuke which puts to silence ; (56) -sett,
a downward stroke; (57) -setter, a ' settler,' that which
settles or puts an end to anything ; (58^ -sinking, de-
pression, melancholy; (59) -sitting, («) see -seat; (b)
a location, home ; (f ) a sitting down to drink, a drinking
bout, gen. in phr. at a down-sitting, all at once, straight
ofl"; ((/l the session of a court ; (60) -some, {61) -spirited,
low-spirited, depressed, dismal ; (62) -square, (63)
-straight, honest, upright, straightforward ; (64) -sway, a
downward impetus or direction ; (65) -tak, anything that
enfeebles the body ; (66) -throssen, see -thrussen ; (67)
-throw, ((7) the dip or low side of a ' hitch ' or ' dike ' in
a mine; (b) to overthrow, upset; (68) -thrussen, thrust
down, put down by force ; also used Jig. ; (69) -thrust or
■thruch't, (a) a thrust down, pressure ; [b) see -thrussen ;
(70) -thump, see -slraight ; (71) -(s-vein, a bed of stone
in Swanage quarries used for pavements ; (72) -weight,
over-weight ; (73) -writing, a mode of ' slipping' work by
doing it only once instead of twice.
(i) Dev. Grose (17901 MS. add. fM.) (2,0) Sc. Empt5'ing their
power and strength for the down-bearing of the Church of God,
Thomson Cloud of IWitiiesses (1714) 346, ed. 1871. (i)Sc. (A.W.I
(3) Sus.^ If he could put up with a down-bed he might stop all
night (s.v. Dozzle). (4) e.An.', Nrf.^ (5) w.Som.i 25 down-
calving cows and heifers, Advt, of sale. (6, a) Nhb.^ Nhb., Dur.
Gkeenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1888). (A) Nhb., Dur. Greenwell
Coal Tr. Gl. ^ed. 18881. Dur. (J.J.B.) (7- Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (8,fl)Sc. Fleming Scriptures (1726). (i) Sc.
Vou must not want your down-castings and desertions, Thomson
Cloud of ll'iliiesses (1714) 350, ed. 1871. (9) N.Cy>, Nhb.i Nhb., Dur.
Nicholson Cofl/ /"n G/. (1888). (^10, n)Cai.* Nhb.' It's sica doon-
come as aa nivver saa i* me life. Wm. Ther'll be some down-come
yet (B.K.). n.Yks.l, w.Yks.' (61 Sc. I trow her pride got a down-
come, Scott .Sn'(/co/Z.(7;;M i8i9)xxiv. Cai.* Frf.Hercwasabonnie
dooncome to Whitesheafs fancied severance o' the twa lovers,
WiLLOCK Roselty Ends (1886) 151, ed, 1889. Per. It'll be a doon-
come tae him, a'm judgin', Ian Maclaren A". Caniegie (1896) 242.
Fif. Tarn speired hoo she liked the journey [in the balloon]. . . . She
replied, ' Fine. Tammas; but the quick dooncome was thewarst o't,'
M'-'Laren Tibbie (1894) 15. Lth. O, vvaefu' -vvas the douncome,
waefu' was the fa' ; Credit lost, — a bankrupt, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 82. Edb. As things now gang They'll (? there'll] be a down-
come or it's lang, Macneill Bygaiie Tt»ies(iZii) 29. Slk. As we
get ovver hee, we'll get a downcome in our turn, Hogg Tales 1,1838)
295, ed. 1866. N.Cy.' Nhb.* Gen. applied to reduced circum-
stances. ' He's had a sair dooncome, poor body.' Cum.' n.Yks.'
She's had a sair down-come, she hev. Yance she war ower-mich
set cop t'mak' her ain meat ; she'll mebbe be matched t'come by't
noo. w.Som.* Zomebody zeed tlic squire's sou out t'Australia,
VOL. II.
zome place, a loadin of a dung-butt. 'Well ! nif that idn a down-
come vor he, then tell me ! (c) n.Cy. (Hall.") {d) Som. I warn'
in alore it downcome (W. F.R.). (iTi n.Lin.' My hoose is a doon-
cumly ohd plaace. i 12, n.Yks,'^ (13, n', Rnf. There'll be a fine
tumble ere lang; I would glory to see their doun-comin', Bark
Po«"s(i86i)ii5. n.Yks.i2 (i'sw.Lin.i It's a strange down-coming
old place. (14 Lth.Herskeel in a'there's nae doun-cryin'. Lumsden
Sheep-head (18921 151. (15) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); 'Wil.' Her's
a right downdacious young vaggot, that her is! Dor. Gl. {1851) ;
Dor.' Som. SwEETMAN //V«m<i/o;; G/. 11885). w.Som.' A [daewn-
dae-urshus] young ozcburd. (16) Nhb.' (,17) Som. W. & J. G/.
(1873). Som., Dev. In allusion to an exercise called sword and
dagger, Grose (17901 MS. add. (M.) (18) Dev.^ Pluck up like
a man, dawnt be dovvndanted cuz yii can't marry she. There's
plenty more wimmen in the wordle. Cor.' * He's dreadfully down-
daunted,' regularly down in the mouth ; Cor. 2 (19) w.Som.' Neef
aay du buy un muyn, aa*l paa'y vaur-n daewn-daap' [If I buy it,
mind, I will pay ready money for it]. (20) Bdf. Batchelor .-);/<?/,
Eiig. Lang. (1809) 131. (21) Fif. (Jam.) (221 Lin.' That sirloin
was prime, but it was down-done. (23) Bnfif.' That loss, it he hid
wee's freen, wiz a gey .sair doondrag till 'im. (24, a) Ayr, There
was sic a doon dracht in the lum that the swurl of the reek made
Robin boast and beigh trcmendeously, Service /)»■. /);r^;i/</ (ed.
1887) 251. n.Yks.2 yb) n.Yks.^ ' They all had a desperate doon-
draught,' they had a great propensity to drunkenness. (c) Dmb.
A doundraught to the Kirk — a reproach to religion, Cross Dis-
ruption (1844) xxxi. Rnf. Wives, and wives' friends, . . . are at
least a damned down-draught. If they be poor, ^'^Gii.vRAY Poems
(ed. 1862) 70 ; We yield To nae dovvndraught but perfect eild,
PiCKENPofiHs(i8i3)I. 68. Slk. Twa men on ae dovvg [in swimming]
's a sair doundraucht, Chr. North A'octe (ed. 1856) II. 12. (25)
Rnf. 'Neath Poortith's sair down-draw Some o' ye fag your days
awa, PicKEN Poems ( 1813) I. 8r. Rxb. A profligate son is said to be
'a down-draw in a family' (Jam.). (26) n.Lin. He maade a oot-
o'-th'-waay do-ment when he got married, bud he's hed a doon-
drop wi' her runnin' off wi' a tinkler (M.P."). (27) Bnfif. Sae love
in our hearts will wax stranger and mair Thro' crosses and dow'n-
drug, Af. ^H//(/. (1814) 429 (Jam.1. (28,(i)Cal.' Bnfif.' We've hid an
unco doon-fa' o' snaw this winter. Kcd. There followed a doonfa'
The like o' which, sin' Noah's flood. The warl' never saw, Grant
i«vs(i884)2. Lakel. Pf«n//! 06s. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.', Wm.
(B.K."i, n.Yks.2, w.Yks.'^^* Lan. A sawp o' deawnfo 'ud do a
seet o' good just neaw, Waugh Sketches ( 1855) Grislehurst Boggati,
209; Lan.', n.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.' We mun have some sort of a
dainfaw afore it's any warmer; Chs.^ s.Chs.' Th klaaydz bin
loo'kin ver-i laaw'uri : ah daayt it)s fur simi ky'eynd u daaynfau'
[Th' clai'ds bin lookin' very lowery : ah dai't it's for some kcind o'
dainfaw]. Not. (J.H.B.), s.Not. (J.P.K.) n.Lin.' There'll be doon-
fall afoore long ; all th' baacon's ton'd as weet as muck. sw.Lin.'
I doubt we shall have some downfall. Rut.' Theer'll be soom
downfall of soom sort ere long. Lei.' Theer'll be a downfall o'
soom sort to-noight. War.^ Shr.' It's despert coud ; we sha'ii
a a down-fall afore lung. Brks.', e.An.' w-Som.' I zim we be
gwain to zee a dovvnvall vore long, the wind tokenth vor't. (A)
Sc. Ale, being thicker than water, Should in my throat get easy
downfal, Pennecuick Tinklarian (ed. 1810') 5. Slk. We wad be
a great deal the better . . . for a bit downfa' to the south, Hogg
Perils of Man ( 1822) I. 63 (Jam.), (c 1 Feb. The proprietors of hill
land pasturages . . . have obtained . . . the right of winter down-
fall for their sheep upon low lying contiguous arable lands belonging
to other proprietors, vl^n'r. 5<(rf. 127 (Jam. I. Cum.' (rf;Cai.' Lnk.
It's weel for us whiles that we get a doonfa' ; we wadna ken
pleasure if we never fan' pain, Lemon St. Mmigo (1844) 32. n.Lin.'
(e) n.Lin.' Dev. w.Tinus (Apr. 22, 1886) 2, col. 2. [These will
be liable to the downfall either in the udder or foot, Lowson Mod.
Farrier {18m) 217.] (29) n.Lin.' (30) Sus. These ' fire-backs'
are plates of iron placed behind our ' down ' fires or fires on the
hearth, Egerton Flks. and IVays (1884) 103. (31, a) n.Yks.'^,
m.Yks.' i^b) n.Yks.2 (c) Cai.' A person with a great appetite is
said to have a' geed doongyang.' (32) n.Yks.2' That doonganging
geeat,' the downward road of the Scriptures. (33)'*. (34,' "-Sc.,
Fif. It is said of a puny child, who has not grown in proportion
to its years, 'Illness has been a greit downhad' iJam.). (35)
Ayr. I canna say that I was sairly doonhadden at hame. Service
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 30. (36 Per. Aften 'twad break frae the
doun haudinpo'er,EDWARDs5/)a//i'vi)«/.j)!fsi,i889 62. Fif.(jAM.)
(37 ; Wil. Slow C/. (1892) ; Wil.' (38) Ayr. She took adoon-headat
Merryhigen, an' cuist glamour on his kye. Service Dr. Duguid (ed.
1887) 218. (39) Wil.' A be vurrj- bad. but I don't down-hearten
about un. (40) N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum. On one side of this entry is
the door leading into the down-house or kitchen, where they brew,
u
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bake, &c., Clarke Lakes (1787') 20. Wm. The down house had
no second story, and was open to the rafters, which were left
naked. . . . Here the baking, brewing, washing, and such like, of
the wealthier class of yeomanry was performed, Lonsdale Mag.
(1822) III. 249; This apartment was not always separated from
the hallan ; but formed one common kitchen with it. In some
houses we find a second story over the down house, ib. 251 ; An
out-house or down-house with set-pot, and a huge porch, com-
pleted the accommodation, Ferguson Hist. Wm. (18941 292.
n.Yks.2 (41) n.Yks. Thoo leeaks desprit doon-kessen, Tweddell
Clevel. Rhyims (1875'i 84, ed. 1892 ; n.Yks.2 (42) ne.Sc. A couthie
doon-lie it maun hae been for ony corp amang sae mony hamely
kent folks, Grant Kcckleton, 28. (43, a) Cum.i Wm. She's net
far of her time o' doon liggin (B.K.). n.Vks.i, w.Yks.'^, n.Lin.l
(i) ib. Fra doon-liggin' to up-risin' I scarcelins cloas'd my ees, I've
been that pestered wi" faace-aache. (44) n.Yks.' ^ (45) Yks., Lan.
Men engaged on canal-boats on their return journey to Liverpool
from Leeds, or from any intermediate station, are said to be en-
gaged on the back passage or dovvn lock, Gl. Lab. (1894'!. (46)
Bn£f.' He hiz a wile doonleuk, yon fabrick ; he canna be the berry.
Abd. 'Twas not for gear that I my fouks forsook, And ran the hazard
of their sair downlook, Ross Helenore (1768; 92, ed. 1812. Rnf.
These down looks o' yours are standing yevidences against you,
Magofico [_ei. 1836)34. {47, a) Lnk. A wheen o'yer doun-leuking
dominiesinners, WATSONPof;Ki-(i853) 47. (6) Bnff.' (c) w.Som.'
U wuz au'vees u daewn-leok'een oa'zburd — aay bee vuur'ee glad
tu yuur-z u-kaech- tu laa'S [He was always a bad-looking rascal;
I am very glad to hear he is caught at last]. (48) Cai.' Ayr. His wife
was at the doon-lying, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 121 ; The
second Mrs. Balwhidder was at thedownlying with my eldest son,
Galt .<4«H. Pans/j '1821) viii. n.Cy. Grose {1790) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.',
Dur.i Lan. And she expecting her down-lying every day, Gaskell
M. Barton (1848) ix ; Lan.' Hoo's just at th' deawn-lying ; poor
body! e.Lan.' s Not. She were just at 'er down-lyin' (J.P.K.).
e.An.i (49) Bnfl.' (50^ Cai.' Frf. The twa doonmaist panels o' the
door were charred hauf through, Willock Rosetly Ends (i886)
88, ed. i88g. Per. They take the downmost road, Sandy Scott
(18971 50. (51) s.Not. 'E's a down-old man ; 'e wain't last long
I doubt IJ.P.K.). (52, n) Nrf. My husband he felt like a downpin,
Cozens-Hardy Broad N>f. (1893) 41. e.Suf. He seems in the down
pin (F.H.). w.Mid. To a child that has fallen down, 'Hullo!
There's a down-pines'!.' Alsosaid of any one who is lying on a couch
or in bed, through illness. 'You're a regular down-pin^s) to-day,
poor old chap I ' (W.P.M.) (A) e.An.i (53) Rnf. In my case I'd
say that was doonrichteous greed, Neilson Po««s (1877'! 54. (54)
Sc. You have a bein down-set. There's three thousand and seventy-
five acres of as good sheep-walk as any in the whole countryside,
Marriage (1818) I. 20 (Jam.). ne.Sc. Folks warna slack to say
that 1 took him for the sake o' a comfortable doonsit, Grant
KeckUton, 10. Bn£f.' ' He ga's sin a gueede doon-sit, fin he pat 'im
in o' that fairm.' Very often employed to signify settlement in
marriage; as, ' She's gotten a braw doon-sit.' Ayr. The downseat
of the Craiglands was an almous deed to the best-tochered lass at
the time, either in Carrick, Coil [Kyle], or Cunningham, Galt
Sir A. Wylie (1822) Ixxxvii. (55, a) Sc. 'A downset of work,'
such work as overpowers with fatigue (Jam.). (b) Sc. He has
gotten a dreadful downset (ib.). (<r) BnfT.' (56) Fif. To bring
his wappen down wi' beir [force], And cleeve their heads fram ear
to ear. Wi' terrible down-sett, Tennant Papistty (1827) 46. (57)
Slk.' Wasnot yon an awfu' speech?' 'Ay, it wasadownsetter,'HoGG
7"ate(i838i 346, ed. 1866. (58) Edb. Some expressing their fears
and inward down-sinking, MoiR Mansie Wanch (1828) ii. (59, a)
Sc There were girls enough . . . who would think it a fine down-
setting to become Mrs. John Campbell, Keith Prue (1895) 209.
Fif. She'll marry him for the position an' the good doon-sittin', an*
no for his guid looks, Robertson P/-owos/( 1894) 38. Ayr. I doutna
she will grip like a drowning creature at any comfortable down-
sitting, Gai.t Lairds (1826) xxxix. Lth. I could wush a' my bairns
as desirable a doonsittin", Swan Carloivrie (1895) vi. Gall. To be
in danger of missing a down-setting after all, Crockett Bog-Myrtle
(1895)204. N.Cy.' .She wed him just for a down-sitting, (i) Rnf.
I find my new dounsittin, In mony ways, a change richt joyous,
Young Pictures [ 1865 1 168. Lth. Sam's run plenty in his time To
prize a cosh dounsittin', Lumsden Sheep-head {ifigz) 73. Nhb.'
Esp. applied to a place likely to prove of permanent comfort. ' He's
getten a canny doon-sittin.' (c) Sc. (Jam.) ; They drank out the
price at ae downsitting, Scott Old Mortality (1816) iii. Ayr. Who,
like him, could ... do so much justice to the ' Tappit hen ' at a down-
sitting. Ballads and Sngs (1847) II. 10. (rf) Sc. Mr. Gillespie
came home at our first downsitting, Baili.ie Lett. (1776) 261 ;
Sunday . . . before the downsitting of the General Assembly,
Spalding Hist. Sc. (1796) I. 87 (Jam.). (60) e.Dev. I just looked
in at the Bush, because my heart was downsome, Blackmore
Perlycross (1894) viii. (61) n.Yks. She's doon-sperrited, poor
thing, LiNSKiLL //flfc« ///// (1886) xii ; He . . . leeakt az doon
sperritted az a fella weel kud deea, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875)
84, ed. 1893. w.Yks.^ (62) Dev. A down-square man in your
own position of life, Mortimer Tales Moors (1895)21 ; I'm down-
square, anyways. I don't deceive you with a lot of pious talk, /A.
23. (63) nw.Dev. (R.P.C.) (64) Fif. To break the downsway of
his fall, Tennant ylHii'o- (1812) 75, ed. 1871. (65) Sc. (Jam.) (66)
Yks. ' He's a nap [a cheat] heaped up an' downthrossen.' "The
simile is taken from goods heaped up and pressed down in a measure
so as to make it hold as much as possible vT.K.). (67, a) Nhb.'
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. [ 1888). (A) Per. Tak' tent ye
dinna gi'e the deil Occasion to dounthrow ye, Haliburton //or^ctr
(1886) I. (68) Nhb.', n.Yks.2 VF.Yks. He's a roague up met an'
daan thrussen, Prov. in Brighouse News (Sept. 14, 1889) ; w.Yks.^
Shoo said he wur a rascal upheaped and downthrussen, 4. (69, a)
n.Yks. 2 ' Give it a doonthrust,' push it well down, [b) Lan. Pile't
up an' deawn-thruch't, Waugh Tattlin Matty, 22. (70) Cum. He's a
varra decent doon thump keynd ov a chap, Mary Drayson ( 1872)
8; Cum.' (71) Dor. (C.W.) C721 Frf. He aye taen care to gie him
doon weicht when he bocht guids, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886)
141, ed. 1889. Wgt. The weight by which they sell . . . is by the
stone of Wigton; . . . of this they will give you down weight, Fraser
Wigtown {1877) 89. (73) w.Yks. (E.W.)
2. CowA. with ffrfi^Z). and /rc/i. meanings : (1) Down-along-,
(rt) downwards, down the street or road, some little distance
off; {b) in the West country ; (2) -along-folk, the inhabi-
tants of Dorset and the West country as opposed to 'up-
along-folk ' in Surrey, Sussex, &c. ; (3) -lank, (4) -brae,
(5) -broo, downwards, downhill ; also used fig. ; (6)
-by(e, (a) along, near by ; (b) down below, down beside;
(c) yonder, down the way, street, &c. ; (7) -cast, in a down-
ward direction; (8) -dap, quickly; also used as v.\ (9)
-gate, down the river; (10) -hill, (a) of the wind: in a
south or south-westerly direction ; (b) of a line : on the
downward slope; (11) -house, downstairs; (12) -over,
see below; (13) -right, immediately, straight off; (14)
-souse, plainly, frankly ; (15) -straight, straightforward ;
(16) -street, (a) on the lower level ; (6) the opposite direc-
tion in the main road through a village from ' up-street ' ;
(17) -through, in the low or flat country ; (18) — to, down
at or in ; (19) •ward{s, (a) see -hill (a) ; (A) down the hill ;
(20) -ways, downwards; (21) -with, see -ways; also
used as sb. and adj.
(I, a) Glo.', I.W.' Wil. Slow GL (1892). WiL' 'He lives
down-along,' a little way down the street (S. ),as opposed to 'up-
along.' Som. Look at the train going down along there (W.F.R.^.
w.Som.' I zeed'n gwain down 'long (s.v. Along). Dev. A't thee
gwayne down-along or up-along ? Pulman SkdJxes ^ 1842) 91, ed.
1871 ; Reports Provinc. (1877) 130. (A) Wil., Som. Their faces
lighted up at the old password of ' Down along,' for whosoever
knows Down along and the speech thereof is at once a man and
a brother, Kingsley At Last, i. (2) Hmp. (J.R.W.) ; Hnip.' (3)
Cum. It's olas gaan doon-bank, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 62.
Wm. [T'nag] wes liggan fidgean an spraalan wi her heead doon
bank. Spec. Dial. [iW.^) pt. iii. 5. n.Yks.^ w.Yks. When t'chimla
wants sweepin' ah'U goo on t'top o' t'next 'ouse, an' swegp it
downbank, i'stead o' upbank. T'tit's at 'er prime noo, she'll go
downbank next time she's sowld (F.P.T.1. (4"! Rnf. A new day
Micht turn yer coorse doon-brae, Neilson Poems (1877) 24.
(5) Lan. Owd Roddle was now only the shrunken relic of a very
strong man. He had long since begun to grow ' deawn-broo,
like a keaw-tail,' Waugh Besom Ben (1865) vi ; Lan.' [6, a)
Nhb.' 'Will ye be doon-by thi neet ? ' ' Aa's gaan doon-by.'
(6) Sc. They use almaist a' of them the well down by, Scott
St. Ronan (1824) ii. Cai.' Frf. When the news o' the ship on
fire cam', dizzens rushed awa doon-by to the beach, Willock
Rosetty Ends (1886) 165, ed. 1889. Per. He preached among the
whins down by the shore, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 10, ed.
1887 ; It's bushels doon-byc, but it's wecht up-bye, Ian Maclaren
K. Carnegie (1896) 306. Fif I'll awa' doon bye an' come back
about eight o'clock, Robertson Provost (1894)30. Lnk. Ye'll
sune be doon-bye wi' the Fien', Coohill Poems (1890) 149; Auld
Nick had taen him doon by, doon by, Okr Laigh Flichts (1882 "i 54.
Dmf. The laich scep-sabbin' o' the burn doon-by, REiD/-'otf;;;s(i894)
29. (f) Cai.' ne.Sc. Gang doon by to Netherton, Grani A'ec^'/c/t^;/,
III. Fif. No word of a new house-keeper down bye, Wull?
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Meldrvm Margre'del (i8g^) 12a. Dmb. There's twa comin' doiin
by, at any rate, Cuoss Disnif>tio)i (1844"! i. Rnf. May none down
bye appear mair braw. Or yet contcnter, M'Gii.vhay Poniis (ed.
1862) 191. e.Lth. Vv'liat hae they been sayin to ye doun-by?
Hunter J. hncick (1895) 204. (7) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (8) Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. \ (Hall.)
(9) Not. Used of vessels passing down tlie river Trent (J.H.B.).
(10, a) s.Wor. (H.K.) ; s.Wor.' According to the water-men, a
down-hill wind is like a down-stream wind, from the north : but
it is often used otherwise, as, ' The wind is a-gone down 'ill.' i. e.
has gone round to tlie south. Hrf.-, Glo.' (i) s.Wor.' That rail
don't sim just level ; "e falls down-'ill a bit. Hrf.* (11) w.Som.'
Wee waud-n u-goo- tu bai d, wee wuz daewn-aewz haun ut aa-pt
[We were not gone to bed. we were downstairs when it happened].
Dev. We bin fo'ced to zlape down-'ouze 'is vortnight, Reports
Provtnc. (1886) 95; 'How's yer wive, Lewis?' "Er's better,
thankee. 'Er corned down ouze yesterday,' Hewett Ptas. Sp.
(1892I 149. (12) n.Yks. When coals are wet or damp it makes
them burn down-over (I.W.). (13) Cor.^ He did the job down-
right. (14) Cor. He's a rail gen'lmon — down-souse! don't j'ou be
afeard 'bout that, Forfar Pailowan (1859) i ; Cor.* I up and told un
down-souse ; Cor.* (15) w.Som.' Lat s ae-ut aupruyt-n daewn
straa'yt [Let us have it upright and down-straight — i.e. quite
straightforward]. (16. a) Dur. The annual football match between
the ' upstreet' and 'down-street ' inhabitants of Chester-le-street
took place on Shrove Tuesday. The ' up-street ' people, it need
scarcely be said, live on the level, the 'down-streeters' occupying
the banks of the burn, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1884) U. 124. (i) Brks.i
(17) Cld. ' I'm gaun dounthrough,' I am going to the lower part
of the country. ' He bides dounthrough,' he resides in the lower
part I Jam.). (i8) Glo. I 'a heard as you wur down to these parts,
BucKMAN Darke's Sojourn vi8go) xii. Cor. James Wyatt down to
Wadebridge, he was there. Hunt Pop. Pom. w.Eitg. (1865) 140,
ed. 1896 ; There's somethen' amiss down-to bal, I s'pose. Forfar
Peiilouait (1859) i. (19. a) ne.Yks.' As applied to the wind,
signifies westerly. * T'wind's gotten doonwards.' Ken.* The wind
is said to be downward when it is in the south ; Ken.* (b , Ken.
De bosses an ounds are gone dounerds [down the wood or hill]
(W.G.P.). (20 n.Yks.* (21) Sc. ' To the downwith,' downwards
(Jam.); As mickle upwith as mickle downwith, Ramsay Prov.
(1737) ; * A downwith road,' opposed to an acclivity (Jam.). Abd.
Downwith they darena budge. Their safest course seems in the
height to lodge, Ross Hclenore (17681 80, ed. 1812.
3. Phr. (i) down the bonk, (a) towards the grave, de-
clining in years ; (b) becoming poorer; (2) — /he brae, see
— the bonk [a) ; {3) ^ the couiitiy, Dorset and Somerset;
(4) — the gate, yonder, down the way ; (5) — ;'/; drink,
far gone in drinking, drunk ; (6) — in thcmud. see below ;
(7) — in the mind, bankrupt; (81 — a bit, a call from the
shaft in a mine, meaning that the cage is to be lowered
gently ; (9) — o' the price, in reduction or abatement ; (10)
— on to the bottom, a call meaning that the cage is to be
run down to the shaft bottom ; (11) to be down o', to be
distrustful or suspicious of; (12) — o/an eye, to have one
eye nearly blind; (13) — on't, to be much depressed, out
of spirits; (14) to put down, to kill, esp. to mercifully put
an end to a suffering or worn-out animal; (15) to take
down, (rt) to take to pieces ; (b) to reduce the strength of
whisky, &c., by the addition of water; (16) down corn,
down horn, prov. a fall in the price of corn means a corre-
sponding fall in the price of meat or ' horn.'
(i) Chs.' (2) Dmb. Eild is driving me down the brae. ... Nettles
soon will grow upon mj' grave, Taylor Poems (1827) 49. Ayr.
To tell us baith the truth, John, We're creepin' doon the brae,
White Jottings ,1879) 167. Lnk. Doon the brae we a' maun
gang When auld and dune like you, Wardrop /. Maihison (1881)
78. (3) Wil. About Deverill this term always means Dorset and
Somerset (G.E.D.). (4) Ayr. And down the gate in faith they're
worse And mair unchancy, IJurns To Mr. J. Kennedy, St. i. Lnk.
Caps o' yill for richt advice Were swappet doun-'e-gaet, Watson
Poems (1853) 84. (5) Dmb. He's no just sae far up in years as he's
doun in drink. . . . He drinks like a fish, and often canna preach for
the hiccup. Cross Z)isrK/'/ibK (1844') xxxvii. (6) Ken. Towns and
villages in the Weald of Kent are familiarly spoken of as places
'down-in-the-mud,'by the inhabitants of other parts of the county,
A^. & Q. (1850) ist S. i. 237. (7) Der.*, nw.Der.* (81 Nhb., Dur.
Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). {1^ Sc. ' Gie me a saxpence doun
o' the price.' Also used as a sb. ' How muckle doun will ye gie?'
QAM.Suppl.) (to)Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Cort/7"f. G/. (1888). (11)
w.Yks. Ah'mdahn o' yon theear chap 'J.J.B.). (12) n.Cy. (^Hall.)
(13) n.Yks.* ' Desperate doon on't,' very much depressed. (14)
Cum. Poor aud Watch ! he'd gittcn bliiiud and decf an' we were
forced to put him doon last back end (J.Ar. 1. (15, a) Lnk. He's
never contcntit Wi' ochl that he gets till he tak's it a' doun ; He
maun see in the heart o't, Nicholson /dy/ls (1870) 24. (i) Wgt.
A fresh supply of the Bladnoch [whisky] hsd been latelj' added
to his establishment, requiring of course to be taken down to the
proper strength, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 31 1. (16) e.Suf. N. & Q.
(1885) 6th S. xii. 466.
4. In place, laid down ; fastened down, fixed.
Abd. Had got the neeps doon, Alexander Jolinny Gibb ('1871) '•
Kcd. The forebriest o' the laft Faur noo the seats were doon,
Grant Lays (1884") 63. Som. Everything was quiet — and the
bells were down, Ray.mond Tryphena (1895J 36.
5. Fig. Ill, sick, laid up, confined to bed. Cen. in phr.
down with.
Per. I up an' telled her hoo our Davie was down wi' the jandies,
Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 210, ed. 1887. w.Yks. A's fair daan
wi' luv, Littledale Crav. Sng. Sol. (1859) v. 8 ; w.Yks.* My
husband's quite down. n.Lin.* He's doon agean wi' th' feaver.
I remember it was when my missis was doon wi' Martha. sw.Lin.*
' What, is he down again ? ' ' There are several down on it ' [the
small pox]. Sur.' We've got all the children down with the
measles. Sus.* He's down with a bad attackt of brown crisis on
the chest. w.Som.* Uur'z tuur'ubl mudleen. uur-z daewn ugee'un
wai dhu buurn-tuytees [She is terrible middling, she is laid up
again with bronchitis]. Dev. He's been ailing but is now down,
w. Times (Apr. 22, 18861 2, col. 2.
6. Lame ; having one leg shorter than the other.
w.Yks. Mally wor dahn o' one fooit 'at ray ther spoilt her walking,
CuDvvoRTH D:n/. Sketches (1884) 13.
7. In reduction or abatement of price.
Sc. How muckle doun will ye gie? (Jam. Suppl.) Cai.' He
asked twashillins, but made it sixpence doon.
8. Of the wind: in the south, south-west, or west. Glo.'
See also Down-hill {a).
9. On the road towards, in the direction of.
e.Yks.' ' Let's gan doon Pathrington.' The same expression is
used even if the road is up hill.
10. Used as an intensitive.
w.Yks. Ah'mdahn wccl seure they'll niwer leearn't, Yks. JVkly.
Post [Mar. 14, 1896). Lin. I am down shamed o' mysen, Fenn
Cure of Souls (1889) 19; He's a down bad "un, (6. 36. n.Lin.*
Often preceded by ' real.' You're a real doon good hand wi' yer
tung. She's gettin' aaged, but she's not a doon ohd woman yit.
11. Used verbally with ellipsis of v.
Per. [She] down wi' her head, an up wi' her neepkin, Cleland
Inchbracken (1883) 63, ed. 1887 ; I'se doon t'ey minister, ib. 59 ; He
downs on his knees and gies thanks to the God o' Heaven,
Sandy Scott (1897) 33. Lth. The miller aft wad down the sluice,
LuMS,DEtt Sheep-head (18921 105. Edb. FU down three guineas,
Learmont Poems (1791) 333. Dmf. Sud ony stan' ahint his ban",
Boyle doons like a paver, Wi's mell this day, Quinn Tfcat/:er {1863)
189. w.Yks. 'At can dahn as mich lush as a tailor, Sauntcrcr's
Satchel {iB-]8 20. Lan. My fayther jumpt up, un deawn with him
[himself] into th' cellar, Staion Loominary (c. 1861) 113.
12. V. To throw or knock down ; to fell with a blow.
Bnff.i He doont the tinker at the first lick. Rxb. (Jam.) Slk.
She has downed me, the auld roudas, Hogg Tales (1838) 194, ed.
1866. Nhb. We down'd byeth him and Davy-o. A'. Minstrel
(1806-7) pt. iv. 80 ; Nhb.i Cum. Ah could deuh iieah less ner doon
her, Sargisson yof Scoap (1881) 60; I collar'd him, an' then I
doon't him (E.W.P.) ; Cum.* Aa doon't him at t'furst bat. n.Yks.'
ne.Yks.i He doon'd him wiv his neeaf. w.Yks." s.Chs.' Always
of living things. Iv 6e)d u gy'en mi aan'i (in iz ky'im'-ky'aam',
ahy)d u daaynd im [If he'd ha' gen me anny on his cim-cam,
I'd ha' dained him]. s.Not. Ah knocked 'im ower, an' when 'e gor
up. ah downed 'im again (J.P.K.). War.s He soon dounded him.
w.Cor. I've downed Mathew Bent, Joan ! Phillpotts Prophets
(1897) 31. [Ans. Old man Jack wouldn't stand nice about down-
ing her with the waddy, Boldrewood Squatter [iSgo) vi.]
13. Fig. To dishearten, discourage; to tire out, ex-
haust.
w.Yks. If you talk like that you'll down him (S.K.C.). WU.*
That there 'oss 's downed.
Hence Downed, />/>/. adj. low-spirited, depressed.
n.Yks. Ah ma' wecl seeam te be doon'd ! Tweddell Clevel.
/f/n'wfs (1875I 85, cd. 1892.
U 2
DOWN
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DOWSE
DOWN, I'.* Yks. Lan. Written daane.Lan.'; deawn
Lan.* e.Lnn.' [dan, Lan. also den.] 1. Weaving term :
to finish aweb or 'cut ' of cloth, &c. Gf«. usedin/r/>. and//".
Lan. Aw'd deawn't my piece, Waugh Birlhplaie Tim Bobbin
(1858) iii ; When downing on a Friday, Harland Lyrics (1866)
82 ; When my dad's deawn he'll pay yo', Brierley Irkdale (1868)
258 ; Lan.i When the entire piece or web is woven, and taken
offthe loom, the weaver says he has ' deawnt his cut '; that is, he
has taken his finished web down from the loom. So fig. a man
who dies has finished the web of his life. s.Lan. A common ex-
pression among silk-\veavers was ' Wlien art deawnin?' which
meant " When art thou finishing thy warp? ' (S.W.)
Hence (i) Downing, vbl. sb. {a) the act of finishing
apiece of weaving; (b) weaver's work when 'downed'
or taken from the loom ; (2) Downing-day, sb. the day
when a ' cut ' is completed.
(1,0) Lan. Wi'd nowt i' th' heawse, an au're a day off deawnin,
Brierley Daisy Nook (1859) 31 ; He calculated the time of their
downings, &c., ib. Layrock (1864) i. (i) e.Lan.' (2) Lan. It's
very nee th' deawnin' day, an aw should be oppo' th' push like,
Brierley Day Out (1859J 21.
2. Silk-weaving term ; see below.
■w.Yks. A piece is downd, or felled, when several shoits are
thrown across it of different colours of weft, say two rows for the
head-end and one for the tail-end (S.A.B. ).
[A vbl. tech. use of doivn, adv.]
DOWN, sb.^ Wil. Cor. [deun.] In cotttp. (i) Down-
lanterns, heaps of chalk, marking the tracks from one
village to another over the downs. Wil.' ; (2) -park, an
enclosed park or common. Cor.^
DOWN, sb.'^ Nhp. Lace-making term : a length of
the lace pillow.
Nhp. Children learning lace-making whose daily task is one or
more ' downs ' will evade a portion of the task by unrolling down
the pillow a portion of the lace completed at a previous lesson, and
will then say they have * chet ' or ' chit ' a ' down ' (E-S.).
DOWNARG, V. Glo. Brks. Hmp. LW. Wil. Som.
Dev. Written donnarg Hmp." [deuna'g.] To contradict
in an overbearing, domineering manner ; to browbeat,
assert violentlj'. See Argue, v.
Glo. He downarged I (S.S.B.) ; Glo ', Brlcs.i Hmp. He'd don-
narg oon out of con's Christian namei J.R.W. 1; Hmp.' I.W.'; LW.^
He very nearly downarged me out of my own name. Wil. Brixton
Beauties (1825) ; Slow CT. (1892) ; Wil.* n.Wil. Thee's downarg
anj'body out o' that as is right (E.H.G.V Som. He do git that
begrumpled an' down-arg, an' ballyrag, an' holler hiszelf into zitch
a tare, Raymond Gen/. UpcoH (1893! 87; Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Eiig. i;i82"5J ; He 'ood downarg I, W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Sora.'
p. t. daewn-aa'rg; pp. udaewn-aaTg. Ee*d daewn-aa'rg dhu
vuur'ee daevl liz-zuul- [He would down-argue the very devil
himself]. Dev. They down-arg me that they vound the hare out
'pen the common, but I knowed better, Reports Piovinc. (1884) 17.
DOWNDER, see Downdrins.
DOWN DILLY, phr. s.Bck. The daffodil, Narcissus
Pseudo-iiarcissiis. (B. & H.)
DOWN-DINNER, sb. Dun Yks. Also written doon-
n.Yks.''; doun- Dur.' ; and in form dondinner Yks.
(Ray). An afternoon meal or ' drinking ' ; a repast, meal.
Cf downdrins.
n.Cy. Grose Siippl. (1790) ; N.Cy.i, Dur.l Yks. Bailey ('i72i'1;
Ray(i69i). n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' I feel rife for my doon-dinner,'
ready for my tea. ' 'T'doondinner's fit,' the tea is on the table.
Some say that the downdinner is any slight refreshment taken
between the regular meals, but we adhere to the tea signification,
in which the term here is mostly understood. e.Yks. Afternoon
luncheon, Marshall Rtir. Econ. (1788} ; e.Yks.' A mid-day meal
in the field.
DOWNDRINS, .si. />/. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Der. Also in
forms daundren, daunderen (K.); doantons Wm. ;
downder Nhb.' ; downdrens e.Yks. ; downdring Der.
Afternoon ' drinkings.' See Undern. Cf down.dinner.
Nhb.' Make your downder — that is, take a good hearty meal.
' Your downdcr's ready.' Wm. We'll send 'em ther dauntons doon
to t'hay-ficld ( J.M.). Yks. The Beavoir or afternoon's drinking
(K,). e.Yks. They used in times past to have somethinge alsoe
towards thcire downdrens, viz. ; a tempse loafe, a cheese, and a
fiesh pyc, Best liny. Econ. (164 1) 115. Der. Coles (,1677); Ray
(J6gi); Baii.ev (1721) ; Grose (1790) Mi>. add. fP."); Der.' Obs. ;
Der.2
DOWNER, adj. Sc. Compar. of down ; lower, nearer
the bottom.
w.Sc. The upper and the douner man did not move in accordance,
Carrick Laird of Logan (1835! 280.
Hence Downermost, adj. lowest, farthest down.
Feb. (Jam.) Slk. Wi' his back boonermost An' his kyte downer-
most, Hogg Jacob. Rcl. (1819) I. 24.
DOWNIE, DOWNOT, see Dow, 2;.', Donnot.
DOWNS, sb.pt.'- Lon. [deunz.] Tothill-fields prison.
Lon. Having ' larned a few prayers ' in the ' Downs,' Mayhew
Lond. Labour {18^1) I. 315.
DOWNS, s6. /i/.° Lan. In phr. Bowdondowns, potatoes.
Lan. A^. & O. (1877) 5th S. viii. 226.
DOWN-SHARE, see Denshire.
DOWNY, adj Lan. Chs. Not. Lin. War. Wor. Shr.
Hrf Hrt. e.An. Hmp. Dor. Som. and in gen. slang use.
Written dawny Hrf.^ [daiini, deuni ; Lan. deni.J
1. Crafty, cunning, ' knowing.'
Lan. He know the whole ' stud ' were a * downy' lot, Brierley
Red Wind. (1868) 44, Clis. S/ieaf (1885) HI. 207. s.Not. Yer
can't 'umbug 'im ; 'e's too downy (J.P.K). s.Lin. Beware of
him ; he's a downy customer (T.H.R. j. War. I'm as downy as
he is (J.B.) ; War.23, s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr.' A downy trick. Hrf.*
A dawny customer. Hrt. Oh, he's a downy rascal (G.H.G.).
Dor, Do 'ee mind Zimon? — a downy coave, Dorica (1888) 167.
w.Som.' Darned if you must'n get up by time vor to be upzides
way he: a downy son of a bitch. Slang. He was downy iu
manner, as well as appearance, and (according to the slang of the
day) a 'downy cove' in all his actions, Blackmore Kit (1890)
II. iii ; He's the downiest one of the lot, Dickens O. Twist (1850)
xviii ; He is a do'wny bloke, and ought to have ten years,
Sla>:dard (Nov. 4, 1889) 6, col. 4.
2. Low-spirited, dull, down-hearted.
e.An.i, Nrf.' Hmp. I feels terrible downy (H.C.M.B.).
[1. Der. of doivn, adv. You're down to every move,
I see, as usual, Smedley Frank Fairleigh (1850) iv
(Farmer); Down, aware of a thing. Lex Balatronician
(1811).]
DOWNY, see Doney, sb.'^
DOWP, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also in forms
daup Cum. Wm. ; dawp Cum.' ; dope Dur.' Cum. ; doup
n.Yks.'; doupe Wm. Yks. [daup, dop.] The carrion
crow, Corvus corone. Also in conip. Dowp-crow.
N.Cy.', Nhb.i, Dur.' Lakel. Penntli Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
Cuin.(J.Ar.) ; (J. P.) ; Hutchinson //is/. Ciuii. (1794)1.451 ; Cum.'
(S.V.Corby). Wm. T'magpies, an't dowps flew roond an roond im,
Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 11 ; 'As dirty as a daup.' The term is
intended to convey the impression of the most intense Jilth in
habits, person, and surroundings (B.K."). Wm., n.Yks. Swainson
/3»«?s (1885) 83. n.Yks. Science Gossip (1882) 161; (G.E.D.);
n.Yks.'^^, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ, (1796) II. 317.
m.Yks.' w.Yks.' A midden dowp.
DOWP, see Doup.
DOWRY, adj and sb. Nhb. h adj. Of a pregnant
woman : having a rounded shape. See Doup.
Nhb. A dowpy wife wi' borrow'd fat. An' wiv a puggy beak man,
RoBSON Bards of Tyne (1849) 34° ! Nhb.'
2. sb. The youngest of a hatch of birds ; the youngest
child in a family.
N.Cy.' Nhb. Frae the awdest lass, down to the dowpey O,
MiDFORD Coll. Sngs. (1818) 54 ; Nhb.'
DOWRA, DOWRE, see Dovera, Dour.
DOWRY, sb. Lon. Cant, [deuri.] A quantity.
Lon. Will you have a shant o' gatter after all this dowry of parny
[lot of rain]? Mayhew Prisons of London (1862)6. Cant. Life
B. M. Careiv (1791) Gl.
DOWSE, II.' Som. Dev. Cor. Also written dawse,
dawze Som. [deuz.] To use the divining-rod for the
purpose of finding springs of water or veins of metal.
w.Som.' The rod or twig I have seen used is a fork of about a
foot long, cut off just below the bifurcation, and in size each limb
is about as large as a thick straw. The wood, it is said, must be
either ' halse,' or whitethorn, and may be used either green or dry.
The operator holds an end of the twig firmly between the fingers
and thumb of each hand, and with the elbows pressed rigidly
against the sides ; consequently the two endsof the twig are pulled
asunder, with the centre, or juncture of the fork, pointing down-
wards. He then moves very slowly forward, and when over a
spring the twig turns outwards, and twists upon itself into an up-
DOWSE
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DOZED
right position. In some parts of the county the operation is called
Jowsing, and the operator a Jovvser. Cor. And sometimes we do
dowsey, Forfar Feiitoziaii (1859) v; Cor.^
Hence (1) Dowser, sb. (a) one who uses a divining-rod
to discover water or metal ; {/>) the rod of hazel used to
discover water or metal ; (2) Dowsing, rh/. sb. the opera-
tion of searching for water or metal with the divining-
rod ; (3) Dowsing-rod, see Dowser (/)).
(i, a) Som. I should have more faith in the spade, than in the
hazel rods, even though handled by a professional dowser, Hervev
IVednwrc Chron. (1887) I. 24. w.Som.* The power of the Dowser
to discover water is not merely a surviving superstition, but is
believed in by hard-headed, practical men of the world. Quite
recently a Sanatorium was to be built upon a high and apparently
very dry spot, where of course the first necessity was water.
Three professional Dowsers were sent for separately, and unknown
to each other, with the result that all three pointed to the same
spot, where a well was dug and abundant water found. Dev. The
superstition relative tothe dowsing or divining rod, and the dowsers
themselves, is too well known to be noticed here. Bray Desc.
Tamar and Tavy (1836) III. 260. Cor. A dowser laid claim tothe
peculiar gift of discernment of metal and of water, BARiNG-GoutD
An)iiitell (i8go) 409; Cor.'^ (6) Cor.' A forked twig of hazel.
Held loosely in the hand, the point to the dowser's breast, and
is said to turn round when they are standing over metal. {2) Sora.
(W.F.R."!; Still occasionally practised in the mining districts,
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.'
Cor. The term ' dowsing' is slill in vogue in Cor., in which county
the divining rod has always found numerous supporters, N. if Q.
(1890 ! 7th S. ix. 338 ; Cor.i f3) Dev. The superstition relative to
the dowsing or divining rod, Bray Desc. Tamar and Tiivy (1836)
III. 260 ; Dev.3 Cor. The divining rod i^the ' Dowzing Rod,' as it
is called), and its use in the discovery of mineral lodes, Hunt
Pop. Rom. .■(■.£'>/^. (1865)29, ed. 1896; The virtues of the dousing-
rod he wholl3' attributes to the excitability of the muscles of the
wrist. Fox Old Friends {1882) xi ; Cor.*
DOWSE, v.^ n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To rain heavily. (Hall.)
DOWSE, adj. Cum. Yks. 1. BraVe, valiant. n.Yks."
2. Advanced in pregnancy; well-furnished. Cum.^
DOWSE, see Douse, t'."=
DOWSETS, si. />/. Obs. GIo.» The testicles of a deer.
[Dowsets, the stones of a hart or stag, Coles (1677).
Prob. the same word as ME. doucette ; see Doucet-pie.]
DOWSHIE, sb. e.An. [deuji.] A large hoe used for
scraping roads.
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 28.
DOWST, sb. Dev. [deust.] In phr. (i) « dowst of,
the deuce or devil of; (2) — a bit, deuce a bit.
Dev. (i) 'E henned a gert cob at 'er 'ead, an' hat 'er a dowst ov
a whack in tha eye, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 64. (2) Dowst-a-
bit ef I cares who zeeth whot I du'th ! I bant ashamed ov nort I
do, ib. 72.
DOWST, see Douse, t'.=, Dust.
DOWT,s6. Lin. [dut] A dike, ditch, drain. (Hall.);
Lin.'
[Fr. doiiet, a brook or spring (Cotgr.) ; Norrri. dial.
douet (doiiit), ' petit cours d'eau, ruisseau ' (Moisy) ; OFr.
ditit: le duit de Ccdron (Lt's Rois) ; MLat. dticliim.]
DOWT, DOWZER, see Dout, Douceur.
DOWZLE, DOX, see Dozzle, v.^, Doxy.
DOXIE, adj. Sc. [doksi.] Lazy, slow. (A.W.) ;
(Jam.)
DOXY, sA. and (7(^'. In _i^p«. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also written docksy Glo.' Cmb.' ; and in forms dosky
w.Yks. ; dox Rnf. [do'ksi.] 1. sb. A sweetheart ;
a wench, joung girl.
Abd. Trinkets which ploughmen wad buy to their doxies, Ogg
Willie Waly (1873) 60. Rnf. There was Tam . . . Wi' haveral
Jock Hodges . . . Wi' their doxes o' intellects shallow, Webster
Rhymes (.1835'! 4. Lnk. A young blooming doxy, with cheeks
plump an' red. Can only convince them they're still flesh an' blood,
Rodger Poems (1838) 177, ed. 1897. Gall. An inn-yard, a pint
stoup, and a well-cockered doxie were more to their liking,
Crockett Moss-Hags (1895J xxxix. N.Cy.' Nhb. Wiv a kessle
pufTd up to the chin, Went to see yen, a strapping young doxj-,
Newc. Sng. Bk. l'i842) 3 ; Ploughboys and theirdoxeys, Richardson
Borderer's Tabk-bk. (1846; VIII. 200; Nhb.' w.Yks. Bless uz, oa
ivver's that fine doxy? Tom Treddlehoyle Baimsla Ann. (1859)
55 ; Thoo'I wander an' wander aboot wal thco'l git let in wi sum
dosky er other, Nidderdill Ulm. (,1871). Lan.' Tell my doxy that
her son John is tired with living free as a hawk, Collier Wks.
(1768)359. e.Lan.',Not. (J.H.B.), Not.i.Der.' Cmb,' And he goes
out with his docksy on Sundays. Suf. Dick Delvcr the charmer
resign'd, . . . And journey'd, like folks more refin'd, To search for
a doxy again, Garland (1818) 357 ; Suf.'
2. A slattern; an over-dressed woman; a contemptuous
term for an old woman ; an old wife.
Wm.iB.K.) e.Yks.'jI/5. «(/(/. (T.H.) w.Yks. In abaht hauf an
haar t'owd doxey wakkened ageean, Cudwokth Dial. Sketches
(1884)119. Lan.' Thae'rt a bonny doxy — get thi weshed ! e.Lan.',
Not.' 3 s.Not. However smart she is in the afternoon she's alius a
reglar doxy in the mornings (J. P. K.). n.Lin.' s. Lin. Before I'd
be seen wi' a doxey like her I'd knock mi' he'd ofTi,T.H,R.). Glo.'
Look at that old docksy, how her's drawed out ! e.An.'; e.An,*
Here comes the old man, with his doxy. e.Suf. (F. H.) Dev. Used
ironically, as ' Ain't she a doxy? ' w.Times (Apr. 2a, 1886) 2, col. 2.
[Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 415.]
3. adj. Smart, pretty.
Dev.3 Idden 'er a doxy duck, in thickee there new bunnct ? Cor.
A doxy little bonnet, Thomas Randigai Rhymes (1895) Gl.
DOY, sZ).' Yks. [doi.] A term of endearment for
a child ; a pet.
w.Yks. ' Show him hah tha can ride, doy,' cried the carrier,
Snowden Tales IVolds yiBg^) 134; Sittha, doy, that's thy fatther.
Go cuss him, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 31; Come here,
doy (S.O.A,); w.Yks.^; w.Yks.^ Come to me, doy !
Hence Doy-cake, sb. a cake made for children.
w,Yks. Hartley Clock Aim. (i88o) 50.
[Repr, lit. E./'av.]
DOY, s6.* Suf. [doi.] A beetle, a cockroach. (C.T.) ;
(F.H.)
DOYBIL, sb. Pern, [doi'bil.] A pickaxe, a combina-
tion of mattock and hatchet.
s.Pem. A man canna do mootch on the 'ard rock with nor a
dovbil (W,M,M.).
DO YCHLE, sb. and v. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Also written
doichle. [doi'xl-] 1- sb. A dull, stupid person ;
a sloven. 2. v. To walk in a stupid, dreamy state.
DOYL-, see Doll.
DOYLE, V. Glo. [doil.] 1. To squint.
Glo. Baylis Ilhis. Dial. (1870) ; Gl. (1851).
2. Phr. to look a-doylc, to look squintingly.
Glo. Grose (1790) ; Glo.'
DOYT, sA. Lan. [doit.] A finger.
Lan.' Keep thi doyts olf me.
[Fr. doigt, a finger.]
DOYTCH, DOYTE, see Ditch, sb.^, Doit, v., sb.°
DOZ, V. n,Cy. Yks. Also in form doss e.Yks.' [doz,
dos.] Of corn : to shake out of the ear by reason of over-
ripeness. Cf doss, f.' See Durze.
e.Yks. When we led wheeat, it dozz'd oot a seet ti be seen,
Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 33 ; e.Yks.' Hauf o' that wheeat '11 doz
oot afoor we get it heeain.
Hence Dozzins, sb. pi. corn shaken out in carrying the
sheaves home.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Yks. (Miss A.)
DOZE, V. Sc. Also written dose, [doz.] To spin a
top so rapidly that it appears motionless ; also used intr.
to spin round rapidly.
Lth. Whyles dosin' tap, or playin' ba' — Whyles lowpin' mony a
garden wa'. Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 35 ; A , . . bare-footed
urchin ... of the male sex, who was dozing a peerie with the
gravity and air of an embryo statesman, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 276. Edb. It twisted round my neck and mostly blinding
me made me doze like a tottum, Moir Mansie IVauch (1828) xxiii;
Gave him such a gerk ... as made his lugs sing, and sent him
dozing to the door like a peerie, ib. xxvi.
Hence Dozing, vbl. sb. the act of spinning a top so
rapidly that it appears motionless.
Sc. At another (^tirae] dosing of taps, and piries and pirie cords,
form the prevailing recreation, Blackiv. Mag. (Aug, 1821) 34 (Jam.).
DOZE-BROWN, adj. Fif. (Jam,) [Not known to our
correspondents,] Of a snuflf-colour, fox-coloured.
DOZED, ppl. adj. Sc, Irel. [dozd.] Decayed, un-
sound, csp. of wood. Cf. dozey.
DOZEN
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DOZZLE
Sc. A doz'd raip (Jam.). Cai.', N.I.^ Ant. Grose (1790) MS.
add. (C.)
DOZEN, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Wor. Som. Dev. Also
written dowsein Dev. [du'zan, dB-zan.] 1. A quantity,
of varying amount.
Nhb.' A galloway's load of pollings of birch and alder, varyins;
from ten to a hundred in number, Bailey Vu'zv Agrir. w.Yks. A
good dozen or a bad one (E.W.). w.Wor.' Thirteen in selling
plants, cucumbers, and many kinds of vegetables for eating. w.Som.'
In past times, when wool-combers used to take the wool home to
their own houses, the quantity weighed out to them at a time, and
which they used to carry away in a bag on their back, was called
variously a piece, a stint, and most commonly a dozen, although it
actually weighed 30 lbs.
2. Phr. (i) Dosen-of-bread, two half-quartern loaves ; (2)
Dozen-of-herring, twelve herrings ; (3) Fishers dozen,
twenty.
(i) se.Wor.' Probably so-called because loaves used to be sold
at sixpence each, or two for a dozen pence, their size varying
according to the price of corn. (2) Sc. Monthly Mag. (18001 I.
238. (3) Abd. Wet fish, the fisher's dozen of twenty, for 6rf.,
Anderson Rhymes (1867"! 213.
3. pL Obs. A kind of kersey or coarse woollen cloth.
Dev. All Devonshire kersies called Dozens . . . shall contain in
length at the water between twelve and thirteen yards. Act ^ & 6
Edw. K/ (1552) VI. xiii ( N.E.D.) ; Pannus quidam praesertim in
agro Dev. confectus e genere Kerseiorum, Skinner (1671).
DOZEN, V. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin. Written
dosen Sc. N.Cy.' Also in form dozzen Nhb.' n.Yks.^^
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. m.Yks.' w.Yks.^^ sw.Lin.' [do'zan,
dozsn.] 1. To benumb, stupefy, daze; to become
torpid.
Cai.' Bch. For the wile limmer was sae dozen'd an' funied wi'
cauld, Forbes y^;/. (1742) 14. Abd. An' they're clean dozent noo,
Goodwife ( 1867) St. 29 ; His queets were dozen'd and the fettle tint,
Ross Heleiwie (17681 45, ed. 1812. Ayr. My dearest member
nearly dozen'd, Burns Lett, to J. Tennant, \. 6. Lnk. A dish of
married love right soon grows cauld And dozens down to nane, as
fowk grows auld. Ramsay Gentle Shep. (17251 37, ed. 1783. Edb.
The birds o' day Dozen in silence on the bending spray, Fergus-
son Poems (1773') 194, ed. 1785. sw.Lin.' It dozzens her so. I'd
never be dozzened up wi' nowt of that sort.
Hence (i) Dozened, ppl. adj. stupid, dazed, benumbed ;
spiritless, impotent ; (2) Dozening, ppl. adj. sleepy,
benumbing, stupefying.
(i) Sc. Gae 'wa, ye dozent poor body, gae 'wa, Jamieson Pop.
Ballads (1806) I. 349. Bnff. Be gane frae me, ye dozent hawkie,
Taylor Poetns (1787) 57. Abd. Some dowff and dozent fleeps I
ken. Cock Strains (1810) I. 86. Kcd.They are but stupid dozened
gypes, Jamie Muse (1844) 89. Frf. Sic themes were never made
to suit your dozen'd lugs, Beattie Arnhn' (c. 1820) 29, ed. 1822.
Rnf. Dozen'd wi' cauld, an' drivin' sleet, Picken Poems (iSis) I.
76. Ayr. The last of the Monks, a dozened auld man, . . . gied the
first inkling and information, Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 263.
Lnk. His blinkin eye, and gate sae free. Was naething like thee,
thou dosen'd drone, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 115, ed.
1871. Edb. The dozent auld man 'Mang youth ance bore the bell,
M'^DowallPo««s 1839) 221. Rxb. Then wae light on the dozen'd
coof Wha'd wish nae wife aneath his roof, A. Scott Poems (ed.
1808) 65. N.Cy.' Nhb. He'd then be as dozent as dozent cud be,
Bagnall Sngs. (c. i85o'l 24 ; Nhb.' Cum. He knocktme flat, an'
I was fairly dozen't (E.W. P.) ; Cum.' n.Yks. Thou leauks a
dozand leauk, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 441 ; n.Yks.^ (2)
Rxb. And 'mid the deep and dosening pain Can muster neither
power nor will, Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) I. 189. Lan. They're
sitch rackless dozenin' gawbies, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 3 ;
But th' dozning jabbernowt cudnut see, Scholes Tim Gamwattle
(1857) 38.
2. Of persons or things : to shrivel, waste away. m.Yks.'
Hence (i) Dozened (or Dozand), ppl. adj. shrivelled,
withered ; (2) Dozening, ppl. adj. beginning to pine.
(i) n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.' Nhb. Shrunk up to spelks, and
dozzen'd, Wilson Dicky's fFii' (1843) 81. Yks. Grose (1790) MS.
add. n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. 2 A dozzen'd apple. ne.Yks.' Them apples
is sadly dozzend. e.Yks. Marshall /?«»-. E'roH. (1788). m.Yks.'
A dozzened apple is also called a waster. w.Yks.'^ (a) n.Yks. ^^
3. Used imprccativcly for ' damn.'
Abd. Dozen't, min, I never thocht o' that, Alexander Johnny
C/ii (1871) xxxvii; (G.W.)
[1. Mowbray . . . had beyne dosnyt in the ficht,
Barbour Bruce (1375) xviii. 126.]
DOZEY, adj. Nhp. 'War. Amer. [do'zi.] Of wood:
unsound, beginning to decay. Of a fire: dull, not burning
brightly. Cf. dozed.
Nhp.', War.^ f Amer. A dozy post. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 210.]
DOZY, sb. Obs. Dev. A smartly-dressed woman ; a
contemptuous term for a woman. Also used attrib. Cf.
doxy, 2.
Dev. .She luked sich a dozy done up in fallals, w.Timesi^h^v. 30.
1886) 2, col. 2 ; ' Dozy' was used some 40 years ago as a nickname
of one of the street-walkers of Exeter, ' Dozy Moll ' (R. P.C.J.
DOZZEL, DOZZIL, see Dozzle, v}
DOZZEN, DOZZENT, see Dozen, v.. Dare, v>
DOZZLE, sb. and v> Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Not.
Lin. Shr. Bdf. Sus. Also in forms dosil w.Yks.* ; dossel
n.Yks.' w.Yks.' ne.Lan.'; dossU n.Yks.* Shr.' Bdf.;
dozzel N.Cy.' Cum. n.Lin.' ; dozzil n.Yks.'* m.Yks.'
w.Yks.' n.Lin. ; duzzil n.Yks.* [dozl, dozil ; do'sl, dosil.]
1. sb. A kind of faucet; the stem of an elder, cleared of
pith and used as a pipe to insert into the bung of a small
barrel of beer, carried into the harvest-fields, to draw the
beer off. Not. (R.C.B.)
2. A plug of lint or rag for stopping a wound. Bdf.
(J.W.B.)
3. A wisp of hay or straw to stop up any aperture of
a barn, &c. n.Yks.*, w.Yks.'*
4. A shapeless lump, a hunk ; a small quantity.
Cum. My mudder's lost t'weights and aa sell't i' lumps and
dozzels, Dickinson Cumbr. (1875) 205; You've made your bed,
my lass, and you must lie on it ; and if there's more lumps and
dozzels in it than just suits you've only yourself to thank, Linton
Lizzie Lortbn (1867) xxiii ; Cum.', w.Yks.', ne.Lan.' Shr.' 'Er
give 'im a good dossil o' dumplin'. Sus. Onny ge me a dozzle ov
de physical medsin, Jackson Southward Ho (1894) I. 200 ; Sus.^
He came in so down-hearted that I couldn't be otf from giving him
a dozzle of victuals ; Sus.*
5. The unburnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and
placed on the top of the next pipeful. Cf dottle, 56.' 2.
Nhb.' Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle.
6. An ornamental piece of pastry on the top of a pie-
crust ; a small rosette or ornament upon articles of
clothing.
N.Cy.', Nhb.l, Dur.l, s.Dur. (J. E.D.I, w.Yks.*
7. The projecting staff or ornament at the top of a stack.
Nhb.' n.Yks.' A bunch of ears of wheat, selected for their size,
and with their straw sliped (stripped of the exterior sheath), applied
as an ornament or finial at the apex of the completed corn-pike.
n.Lin. If I'd been talkin' to th' dozzil a-top of th' wheat-stack yonder.
Peacock Taales (1890) 88 ; He's aboot as much kindness i' him
as that dozzil hes of heart (M.P.) ; n-Lin.' A staff or pole, which
is stuck into the top of a stack, to which the thatch is bound.
8. A bit of cloth used by tailors for sprinkling or damping
cloth when ironing. w.Yks. (J.T.) Hence Dozzil-pot,
sb. the pot used to hold the water for the 'dozzil.' (ib.)
9. An oddly-dressed, tawdry woman ; a slattern ; also,
a prim, stifl'-looking person.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* A dizen'd dozzil. m.Yks.', n.Lin.'
10. A doll made of a quantity of rags tied up together.
n.Yks.'
11. V. To over-dress, deck oneself out.
m.Yks.' She dozzils herself out like a caravan woman at a fair.
[1. Hii caste awei the dosils, R. Gloijc. (c. 1300) 542.
Fr. doisil (dousil, doiizil), 'trou fait a une barrique pour la
niettre en perce ; . . . broche servant a boucher ce trou ;
syn. faiisset' (Hatzfeld). 2. Dossil, a kind of tent, to be
put in wounds, Phillips (1706).]
DOZZLE, v.^ e.An. Also written dorzle, dauzle.
[do'zl, d9'zl.] To confuse, stupefy. Cf. dozen, v.
Suf. e.An. Dy. Tvnes (1892).
Hence Dozzled, ppl. adj. stupid, heavy.
Nrf.' Suf. The bor forcd wholly dorzled, e.An. Dy. Times (1892);
Suf.'
DOZZLE, v.^ Cum. Chs. Also in form dowzle Chs.'
s.Clis.' fdo'zl, dau'zl.] To drizzle, rain finely.
Cum. * Does it ever rain here ? ' 'Why it dizzies, and donks,
and dozzlcs, and duz,' Lonsdale Mag. (Oct. 1866) 150; Cum.*
DRA(A
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DRAEG
Hence Dowzling, vbl. sb. a wetting.
Chs.' -That child's very wet.' 'Ay! oo'sgetten a bit of adowzlin.'
s.Chs.i Ali)v bin aayt i)dlia rce-n, un gofn u iep;-ililr daawzlin
[Ah'vc bin .Yit i' the reen, an' gotten a rcgilar doiizhn'].
DRAiA, DRAAD, see Draw, v., Dray, sb?, Dread, v.'^
DRAAG. DRAAK, see Draeg, Drawk, v.
DRAAN(D, see Drane, v.. Draw, Drown.
DRAAT, see Drate.
DRAATCH, V. Cai.' To be slow in movement or
dilatory in action.
DRAB, sb} Yks. Ciis. [drab.] A driblet, small
quantity; a small debt. Cf. drib, sb.
w.Yks.' He's gain away for good, and he's left some drabs,
i. 117. s.Chs. ' Wi nev ur aan- u6o blaak'beri jaam" ; dhai gy'et'n
ilm i sich bits On draabz, ahy kun mai' nuwt on um [We never
han noo blackberry jam ; they getten 'em i' sich bits an' drabs,
I con may nowt on emi.
DRAB, v} and sb.'^ Sc. Yks. Lan. [drab.] 1. v. To
spot, stain ; to splash with dirt.
Abd. I Jam.) w.Yks. Lucas Stmi. NidderdaU (c. 1882) Gl. \ Ah
wordrab'diipl'knees. Black ah Poems 1 1867)36; w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
2. sb. A spot, stain. Abd. (Jam.)
DRAB, v? Chs. Ken. [drab, drseb.] To beat, flog.
Cf. drub.
Chs.^s.v. Thrippa. Ken. (K.); Ken.i
DRAB, sec Drabbit.
DRAB AND ORR. phr. Yks. [Not known to our
correspondents.] A game somewhat similar to ' bat and
ball,' played with a small piece of wood, the drab, which
is struck with a stick, the drab-stick. Cf. dab-an'-noor,
trippit and coit.
Yks. The drab is what is elsewhere called a trippit, and the drab-
stick a buck-stick. Brockett Gl. (1846; ; The ore is a wooden ball,
having been perhaps originally the ' knurl' or knot of a tree, ib.
(s.v. Spell and-Ore).
DRAB ANOmXED. />/ir. Wil. A scapegrace, mis-
chievous person ; used only of females.
Wil. 'She's a regular drab anointed.' Occasional rather than
common. The feminine form of the phr. places the adj. last,
perhaps for force as well as for euphony ; the masculine equivalent
' He's an anointed rascal ' follows the ordinary rule (G. E.D.).
DRABBET, sb. Suf. Dor. [dras-bit.] A drab twilled
linen, used for making men's smock-frocks, &c.
Suf. It [Haverhill] has now a silk mill, employingabout 70 hands,
and several manufacturers of drabbetts. Many females are em-
ployed in making up the lalter article into smock-frocks, White
Sttf. Directors i 1855) 799. Dor. Some were, as usual, in snow-
white smock frocks of Russia duck, and some in whitey-brown
ones of drabbet. Hardy Madding Crowd (1874) ix.
DRABBIT, V. In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also written
drabbet s.Pem. Brks. ; drabbert n.Dev. ; drabbut Glo.
Brks. ; drabit w.Wor. ; and in form drab s.Lin. Dev.
[dra'bit, dreebit, drEe'bat.J Used imprecatively for
'damn,' 'confound.'
n.Cy. Grose { 1790 >. Wm. Od drabbit it, noo, but a's wrang,
Wilson Old Man's Talk, 94. w.Yks. Niddcrdill Olm. (1874) ;
Yksman. 1 1878) 7, col. 2. Der.^ s.Not. Drabbit yer buttons I
y'ave bruck the winder! (J.P.K.) s.Lin. Drab the boy, the 3'oung
monkey's shewer to be in some mischief the moment your back's
tuned (T.H.R.). Rut", m.'Wor. (J.C.) w.'Wor. She drabited the
cats with energy, S. Beauchamp Gran/liy Grange (1874) U. 8.
Glo. Drabbut thee, jest thee look at the boots as thee's a-bringing
into th' 'ouse, Buckman Darkes Sojourn (1890) 5. s.Pem. Go
drabbet! this ere owld horse wonna oork at all (W.M.M.}. Brks.
Gl. (1852) ; Brks.*, Sus. (E.E.S.) Dev. An if you kin hannel a
gun, way laurd drab et ! A Rooshin's moar aisy to shet thin a
rabbit, N.vthan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 39, ed. 1858. n.Dev.
Drabbert yer hed. Wy, I'm tryin tu git a lit munny the same as
yerzel, Giles n.Dev. Jnt. (Dec. 23, 1885) 6. Cor. Drabbit the ole
scnibbin'. Parr Adam and Eve (1880) II. 209; Cor.^
Hence Drabbitted, ppl. adj. accursed.
Dev. Awl I can zay vur tha drabbitted little twoad is that 'er
shetten come yer again vur zome time tQ come, I warndee ! Hewett
Peas.Sp. (I892^.
[For 'od rabbit! (i.e. God rabbit (it).) Od rabbit it, girl !
I be onlv chicken-hearted on your account, Colman
Heir-at-law (1808) i. ii.]
DRABBLE, s6.' Bnff.> Also in form drabblich. A
small quantity of any liquid or semi-liquid substance ; esp.
of food of an inferior kind. Cf. dribble, si.' 7.
We jist got a drabblich o' soor inilk-broth t'wir dainner.
DRABBLE, v. and si.= Sc. n.Cy. Dur. Cum. 'Wm.
Yks. Chs. Lin. Nhp. c.An. Also Dor. Also written drable,
draible Sc. (Jam.) [dra'bl, drcebl.j L v. To draggle,
trail in the mud ; to make wet or dirty ; to besmear.
Sc. One is said to drable his clothes who slabbers his clothes
when eating (Jam.V eXth. An' see ye keep oot o' the dibs an' no
drabble your buits, HuiNTEHy. Iinvkk 1,1895) 70. Dmf. She drabbled
themourewi'ablacktade'sblude, Cromek iVl//:sdnlc Siig. (1810 227.
Gall. (A.W.'i, s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Lake\. Pen lil/i Obs. (Dec. 28, 18971.
Cum.' Wm. Put some mear peats tet fire ; . . . thor folks are varra ill
drabbled, Lonsdale Mag. (1821) II. 444; She gat o' her petticut
boddums drabbled ^B.K.). e.Yks.' Vt/S. arfrf. (T.H.) w.Yks. Sitha,
Betty, lift thi frock a bit heigher, ar else it al be drabblin', Binns
Vill. to Town (1882) 10; w.Yks. "5 Nhp. Boys come drabbling
from the tov/n, Clare Village Minst. (1821) I. 135; Nhp.' How
she goes drabbling along. e.An.', Nrf.'
Hence (i) Drabbled, ppl. adj. dirty, befouled, soiled
with mud or dirt; (2) Drabbie-tail, (a) sb. a slattern,
untidy woman ; (b) adj. having the tail of one's gown
dirty; (3) -tailed, adj., see Drabbled; (4) Drabbly, adj.
wet, muddy ; of the weather : rainy, wet.
(i) Gall. Such drabbled stutT is not tor the drinking of a lady,
Crockett G;rvjV/n;! (1896) ii. N.Cy.', Dur.' 'L&kel. Penrith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). w.Yks. S/ieJfield Indcp. (1874 ; w.Yks.s, n.Lin.',
Nhp.', e.An.^ (2, «. w.Yks.', n.Lin.', e.An.' (i) Dor. Barnes G/.
(i863\ (3) N.Cy.', Nhp.' Nrf.' Adrabble-tailed wench. (4) Cum.
It's a lang drabbly rwoad, Gwordie Greenup Yancc a >'(■«>• (1873)
25. n.Yks. It was varry drabbly weather (I. W.~,. Chs.' It's very
drabbly ; Cbs.3 s.Chs.' Very drabbly weather. Suf. (C.T.)
2. sb. A slattern, a person of dirty habits. Bnff.', Gall.
(A.'W.)
3. />/. Spots of dirt, drops of food allowed to fall on the
clothes when eating.
Sc. O fie ! your frock's a' draibles (Jam.).
Hence Draibly, (i) adj. spotted with 'draibles' ; (2) sb.
a child's bib or ' feeder,' used when eating.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) (2) Fif., Lth. lib.)
[1. EFris. drabbeln, ' im Wasser mit den Fussen
herumtretcn ' (Koolman).]
DRABBLICH, see Drabble, si.'
DRABLOCH, sb. Fif. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Refuse, trash.
The smallest kind of potatoes, not fully grown, are called ' mere
drabloch.' The same term is applied to bad butcher-meat.
DRACHLE, sb. Sc. [dra'xl.] One who is slow in
action ; one who moves slowly, a laggard. Frf., Slk.
(Jam.) Cf. drochle, v.
Hence Drachling, adj. lazy, easy-going.
Lnk. I'd better want ye — drachling boddie, Ye're guid for nocht
but drinking toddy, Stewart Twa Elders (1886) 2.
DRACHTED, //>. Cai.' \n ^\\r. fardrachtcd, designing,
artful, crafty.
DRACK, DRACKLY, see Drawk, v.. Directly.
DRACKSTOOL, sb. Obs. Dev. The threshold of a
door. Cf. drashel, sb.^
Dev. Grose (1790J MS. add. (M.) ; Horae Subsecivae (1777).
DRAD, see Dread, v.'^
DRADDURT, sb. Lan. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [dra'dat.] A timid, mean-spirited person.
Lan. The owt draddurt would no' pay his turn, Mellor Uncle
Owdem, 30.
[Drad (see Dread, v.^)-¥-art, as in braggart.]
DRADE, see Draw, v.
DRADGE, sA. Dev. A bush-harrow. See Dredge, sA.^
n.Dev. A veiling plough an' a dradge, Rock Jim an Nell
(18671 St. 66.
DRAED, see Dread, v.'^
DRAEG, V. and sb. S. & Ork.' Also written draag.
[dreg.] I. V. To drag or dredge for shell-fish. 2. sb.
A small grappling-iron used by fishermen in dredging
for shell-fish. 3. A draught, a drink, esp. of milk.
[I. Dan. droeggc, to drag, sweep the ground. 2. Dan.
drag, a grapnel. 3. Dan. drag, a draught, pull.]
DRAEN
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DRAG
DRAEN, see Draw, v.
DRAENG, I'. Sh.I. [dren.] To draw tight, squeeze.
S. & Ork.'
[ON. brpigva (breyngva), to press, squeeze.]
DRAEWN, DRAEWND, see Drown.
DRAFF, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also
in form draft nw.Der.' Cor.^ ; draffe n.Cy. [draf, draef ]
1. The refuse grains of malt after brewing ; refuse of any
description, dregs ; pigs'-wash ; also usedyfg-.
Sc. Nor dribles of drink rins throw the draff, Ramsay Tea-Table
Misc. (1724) II. 134, ed. 1871 ; As the sow iilis, the draff sours,
Ferguson Prov. (1641) 5. Or. I. Jenny Twats' sma' drink, that had
gone nine times through the draff, V£DDER5/lv/(//fs(i832) 20. Cai.'
ne.Sc. Wallace wicht Upon a nicht Took in a stack o' here, An or
the moon at fair daylicht Hid draff o't till's mere, Gregor Flk-
Lore (1881) 19. Abd. The still-sow often eats up a" the draff,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 88. nw.Abd. Fess a queed to haud the
draff, Goodziife (1867) st. 44. Frf. What's i' your laps ye hod sae
sair ? Lat's see, I'll wad it's nae draff, Morison Poems (1790) 17.
Per. The draff is best beloved by swine. Smith Po««s (1714) 19,
ed. 1869. w.Sc. The maister tel't me to ax ye if they'd gi'en ye
ony draff for yer beasts, Macdonald Seltlenient (1869) 26, ed.
1877. Ayr. Ye wad weel deserve to eat draff wi' the swine, Galt
Lairds (1826) x.xxiv. Lnk. The draff's aye sourest to the best-fed
sow, Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 174. Ltli. Mountains o' draff an'
dregg, Smith Meny Bridal (1866) 100. e.Lth. He tell't us . . .
the Hoose o' Lords was juist the draff of the kintra. Hunter
y. /«jf:'(^ (1895) 92. Edb. Keeping it [the cow] upon draff and
oatstrae in the byre, Moir Mansic IVancli (1828) i. Slk. Good
. . . bannocks to be pouched by them that draff an' bran wad better
hae mensed, Hogg Talcs (1838) 74, ed. 1866. n.Cy. (K.^; N.Cy.i
Nhb. He could a brewing stow, And after that sipe all the draff,
Wilson Pitman's Pay ^1843) 8 ; All else is draff (^R.O.H.V Dur.i,
s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Cum. G/. (1851); Grose (1790). Wm. We give
t'kye o' t'draff we hev (B.K.) ; Yan [cow] gat intet weysh-hoose
an naarly brastre-sell wi' draff, S/ifc. Dial.iiW'^) pt. iii. 4. n.Yks.'
Looks fee ! thoo gi'e t'besto' t'draff te thae tweea gilts ; n.Yks.^^,
ne.Yks.i e.Yks. Marshall ifunfco;;. (1788). m.Yks.', w.Yks.ia
Lan. Davies Races (1856) 241 ; Lan.^ We mun get some draff for
these cows. n.Lan.^ Clis.^ Much used for feeding miiking-cows.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 325. n.Lin.', nw.Der.'
s.Pem. Laws iiV//c£'«^. (1888) 420. Suf.', Cor.2 [Draffe is good
enough for swine, Ray Piov. (1678) 129.]
Hence (i) Draffit, sb. a vessel to hold draff, pigs'-wash ;
(2) Draffy, adj. (a) made of draff; of inferior quahty ; (b)
exhausted.
(i) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eitg. (1825'); W. & J. Gl.
(1873). (2, aj Abd. Draffy drink may please the Vicar, Skinner
Poems (1809) 68. {b) Lakel. Ah's as draffy as can be, an sweet
wi' nowt, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
2. Phr. (i) As bad as draff, utterly worthless, cast out as
refuse ; (2) as ivet as draff\ very wet.
(i) n.Yks.>2 (2) Lakel. Ah's as wet as draff, Penrith Obs. (Dec.
28, 1897). Cum., Win. (J.Ar.)
3. Comp. (i) Draff-cheap, very cheap, low in price ; also
wsed fig. ; (2) -pock, (a) a sack for carrying grain or draff;
also used fig. an imperfection, flaw ; (b) fg. a term of
reproach ; (3) -sack, a sack for holding draff or grain ;
also used fig. a lazy glutton.
(i) Rnf. Yet thanks is but a draff-cheap phrase O' little value
now a-days, Tannahill Poems (1807) 103 (Jam,). (2, a) Sc.
Every man has his ain draff pock, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Ayr.
We a' hae our draff pocks — Some firmly stuffed, nae doubt. Ballads
and Sngs. i 1847') II. 91. Kcb.The best regenerate have their defile-
ments, and, if I may speak so, their draff-poke, Rutherford Lett.
(1660J No. 249. (A) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) n.Yks.^
(3) Gall. Cuist me aff his back like a draff sack, Crockett
Siiiiboimet (1895) ix ; Sleep ycr ain sleeps, j'e pair o' draff-sacks,
ib. xxi.
4. The water in which barley is steeped before it is
matted.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
[1. Maiigeaille pour li's poiirceatix, draff, hogs-wash,
CoTGK. ; Y" draftes of winc,y7ocvs, Levins Manip. (1570);
Noli mitlcre margcri-])crlcs Among hogges, . . . draf weore
lum leuere, P.PUmman (n.) x. 11. LG. draf, hogs-wash
(l)i:Kr,iiAi;s) ; MDu. draf refuse, husks (Vi- iidam) ; cp.
Sw. </;'fl/"(SERENIUS .]
DRAFF, see Draft.
DRAFT, sb. and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms draff Ess.' ; draucht Sc. (Jam.) ;
draught Sc. Nhb.' Sus.' Cor. [draft, draf(t.] 1. sb.
Animals selected or drawn out from a pack, herd,
or flock.
Sc. The lambs, dinmonts or wethers, drafted out of the fat or
young stock are sheddings, tails or drafts, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed.
1849) I. 213. Nhb.' w.Som.i Mr. C. Davis supplied us with six
couple of hounds, and with other drafts the pack was set on foot,
CoLLYNS, 107. nw.Dev.i
Hence (i) Draft-ewe, sb. a ewe chosen out from the
flock, either as being one of the best or as past breeding ;
(2) -gimmer, s6. a'gimmer' put aside as unfit for breeding;
(3) -sheep, the best sheep selected from a flock.
(I) Sc. A'. & Q. (1856J 2nd S. i. 416 ; Stephens Farm Bk. (ed.
1849) I. 213; Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Rxb. (Jam.) Nhb.
Cull ewes, generally in this country called draught ewes. Young
Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XIX. 148; Nhb.i, e.Suf. (F.H.) (3)
Sc. A^. & Q. (1856) 2nd S. i. 416 ; Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849)
I. 213. (3; Cum.'
2. A drawing, picture.
Gall. Your mystic draughts, wi' keel [red chalkT and cauk. Gar
mony a cudroch chiel to quak, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1828) 93,
ed. 1897. N.I.' Suf. Children will tell you they have seen a
'draft' of some animal or object (H J L. R.). e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess.
Sich pritty draffs as these, Clark y. Noakes (1839) st. 124 ; Ess.'
Sus.' There was a gentleman making a draught of the church this
morning. "Wil. I've nothin' to give Janny Lake to make a draft
of a peg for I, Ewing ya« Windmill (1876) xv ; (G.E.D.) Cor.
Even the old folk often stopped to look at Billy's 'draughts,'
Mortimer Talcs Moors (1895) 56.
3. The length of staple in wool ; the lengthening or
drawing out, to which an end is subjected in being made
into yarn. w.Yks. (J.M.) ; (F.R.) Hence (ij Drafting,
vbl. sb. the action of drawing out or reducing roving to
yarn ; (2) Draft-wheel, sb. the wheel used in connexion
with the above process. w.Yks. (F.R.) 4. A measure
of coal, varying from two and a half cwt. to a quarter of
a ton. Won', se.Wor.', Glo.' 5. A squirrel's nest. Sur.'
6. A spade of a peculiar shape. Also called Draining-
draft (q.v.).
Sur. (T.S.C); Sur.' Used in draining to take the bottom spits
out of the trench.
7. Camp, (i) Draft-net, a salmon-net for river fishing;
(2) -raked, see below.
(i) Nhb.' (2) Hrt. [A woman] had the assurance to begin
leasing a barley field of mine before it was draft-raked, Ellis
Shepherd's Guide (1750) 196.
8. V. To select or cull animals from a pack, herd, or flock.
Sc. The lambs, dinmonts or wethers, drafted out of the fat or
young stock, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 213. Gall. In
order to improve their sheep-stock, the store-masters are very
careful to draught them properly. 'This is done by selling off all
the lambs that are inferior in form and shape, or in other respects
improper for breeders at the time they are weaned, or at any
time in the course of the autumn, Agric. Stirv. 278 (Jam.). w.Som.'
It is needless to say small hounds should be drafted when the
strength of your pack will allow it, Fortescue Rec. n.Dev. Stag-
honnds, 6.
DRAFT, see Draff, Draught.
DRAG, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. I. v. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense : (i) Dhrag,
(2) Draige, (3) Dreg.
(i) e.Yks.' An elder child will object to having a younger one
dhraggin after it. (2, w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec. 10, 1892);
Dreag, Wright Gram. Wndhll. 1,1892) 102. (3) w.Yks. Wright
Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 102.
2. Preterite : Drug.
Som. He drug un out of the pond, W. & J. Gl. (1873). [Amer.
He drug him out of the house. Dial. Notes (1896) 1. 67 ; Carruth
Kansas Univ. Quar. (1892) I.]
II. Dial. uses. 1. To harrow, to work land with a drag
or heavy harrow.
n.Yks. (I.W.) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Dec. 10, 1892).
sw.Lin.' They're a-gate dragging the far close. I paid two-
sliillings for dragging and harrowing it. Oxf.' Tell Willuni as
soon as it 'olds up 'ce is to goo to drag, MS. add. Hmp.'
DRAG
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w.Som. We've a drag thicky viel' o' groun, dree or vowcr limes,
an' 'e idn no way clain, not eet (.F.T.E.). [Lisle Husbandry
2. To uproot turnips with a drag or special kind of fork.
s.Not. To my mind turnips is better 'acked nor dragged (J.P.K.).
3. To put coping-stones on the top of a wall. Som.
(W.K.R.) Hence Dragging.stone, sb. a coping-stone, ib.
4. To drawl.
w.Yks. Wright Gram. IViidhll. (189a) 102. Cor.' Don't drag
out your words.
5. With up : to bring up children badly.
s.Stf. Do' be hard, remember how he was dragged up, Pinnock
B!k. Cy. Ann. 1,1895^ sw.Lin.' They're not brought up, they're
dragged up. They've been dragged up anyhow. Sur. (L.J.Y.1
Hence Draggings-up, sb. pi. bringing up, education,
rearing.
s.Stf. What con yer expect when yo' knowin' his draggin's up?
Pinnock Bit. Cy. Ann. (1895).
6. sb. A toil, hindrance, encumbrance.
e.Sc The tailor is kept busy ' workin' late an' early,' he says, ' an'
never out the drag,' S^iovn Sunshine (1895) 14. Abd. Washing's
naething bat a drag, We ha'e sae short daylight, BEATriE Parings
{_i8oil 31, ed. 1813. Rnf. (Jam.)
7. Friction (in mechanics), see below.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. The friction of the air on the surface of the
passagesin which it travels, Nicholson Coal Tr.Gl. (1888). w.Yks.
Friction applied to the bobbins to ensure tight and regular wind-
ing (F.R.).
8. A heavy, large kind of harrow; also in comp. Drag-
harrow.
n.Yks. (I.W.) Der. Ellis Mod. Husb. {iq^o) II. i ; Davjs Agric.
(1813). n.Lin.' Before the roads in the Isle of Axholme were
macadamized, drags of this sort were used for levelling them
and filling in the ruts. sw.Lin.', se.Wor.' Oxf.' MS. add. Brks.',
Hmp.', I.W.' Wil. Draigs an jaigs the ear ta scarify an poor
field mice ta terrify. Slow Poems (1881) Zebtembcr Fair; Wil.'
w.Som.' Not used in the sing. A single one is spoken of as [aa-f
u pae-ur u dragz\ half a pair of drags. 'Th' old farmer Passmore
used to work eight gurt bullicks altogether, way two pair o' drags
one avore tother.' Dev. Usually drawn by four or six oxen,
CooKE Topog. 49. nw.Dev.' w.Dev. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796).
9. A fork or rake used for drawing out manure, &c.,
from a cart or cattle-lair; a fork for dragging turnips.
Nhb.' Dur. To pull manure from acart and distribute it in small
heaps upon the ground, Raine C/mrteis, &^c. Finchalc (ed. 1837)
158. Cum.' s.Not. A kind of fork, having two prongs bent back
to a right angle with the shaft. This is used after the sheep have
eaten away the upper part of the root, in order to make the re-
mainder available (J.P.K.\ n.Lin.' s.Wil. So many line with
the drag and so many with the harrow, Marshall Review 1,1817)
V. 217. Dev. Reports Provinc. (1893).
10. A large iron hook, having a chain attached, used for
pulling the burning thatch from a building on fire.
n.Lin.' As thatched houses have now become rare these imple-
ments have gone out of use.
11. A timber bar used for drawing timber out of
workings. Shr.'^
12. A kind of plough ; also in comp. Drag-plough.
Ess. What is called a drag or a drag-plow, an implement which
resembles the Tormentor of Devonshire and the ShutHer-scufiler of
other districts, Marshall Review (1811) III. 523.
13. Mining term : a piece of iron or wood put between
the spokes of a wheel to act as a brake.
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849% w.Yks.
(S.J.C.) ; An instrument attached to a train of wagons [tubs] to
prevent them from running back down an incline (J.H.B.).
14. A fence placed across running water.
Hrf.' Consisting of a hurdle which swings on hinges fastened to
a horizontal pole.
15. The scent of a fox or otter ; any strong-smelling
thing drawn along the ground so as to leave a scent for
hounds to follow.
Nhb.' Cum. T'dogs went roond an gat on t'drag, an up t'Side
wood, Dickinson Lamplngh (1856) 7. Shr. Utterly unable to
restrain himself at having discovered the scent or 'drag' of an
otter, Davies Rambles Field Club (1881) xxxvi. w.Som.' A red-
herring or a ferret's bed are the commonest drags used. [We
struck a hot drag at the withy-pool, . . . and after about an hour's
slow hunting we got on terms with the otter, and killed her,
VOL. H.
Carew Autob. Gipsy (1891) xix ; The tail of polecats, stoats, &c.,
Mayer Sptsmn's Direct. (1845) 143. 1
fS. Dragge or instrument of husbandry with yron teeth
to breake cloddes, ... an harrovve, Huloet (1552).]
DRAG, DRAGE, see Drug, adj., Dredge, si.'
DRAGGE, sb. Nrf. Suf. The darnel, Luliiim temii-
lentiim. (B. & H.) See Drawk, sb.
DRAGGER, sb. Shr.' [dra-g3(r).l A term used by
boys when running a race : a start, advantage, handicap.
The known good runners give the inferior ones a 'start,' varying
in distance according to their powers ; this they call giving
'dragger,' a simple mode of what racing men would call ' liandi-
capping.' The word is confined to the Welsh border.
[Wei. rliagor, ' praecellentia, discrepantia, discrimen '
(Davies).]
DRAGGING-TIME, sb. Obs.> e.An. Sus. The
twilight time, ' when the young fellows at fairs pull the
wenches about.'
e.An.', Nrf. (W.W.S. I, Nrf.' e.Sus. Holloway.
DRAGGLE, v. and sb. Sc. Wor. Hrf. Mid. Stir. Som.
Also in form draigle Sc. [dra'gl, draegl, Sc. dregl.]
1. V. To trail in the mud or dirt ; to soak or soil with
rain, wet, &c.
Sc. I was temptit at Pittempton, Draiglit at Baldragon, Chambers
Pop. Rhymes (1870) 262. Frf. Ye'll draigle a' yer crinoline. My
bonny Nell, Johnston Poems (1869) 200. Ayr. [We] cam oot to
the daylicht so draigled with glaur and dirt, Service Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 60; She draiglet a' her petticoatie, Burns Coming
through the Rye, st. i.
Hence (i) Draggle-tail, sb. a sheep with a ragged tail ;
(2) Draggly, adj. wet, rainy, moist ; (3) I>raig\ed, ppl. adj.
splashed with mud, dirty ; (4) Draigle-tail, («) sb. a
trailing, mud-bespattered skirt ; (b) adj., see Draigled ;
(5) Draigling, vbl. sb. a soaking with rain or mud ; a wet,
dirty condition.
( I ) Som. SwEETMAN Wiucantou Gl. (1885). (2) s.Wor. (F. W. M. W.)
Hrf.2 Sur. A dragly day isadamp, foggy day (T.S.C). (3) Per. I'm
wae to see your waefu' looks Oot ower the fields o' draiglit stocks.
An' fodder, fit to soom, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 53. Fif.
There was Tibbie, dirty and draigled, M'Laren Tibbie 1,1891) 59.
Rnf. PoorTowser shook his sides a' draigl'd, Tannahill Poems
(1807) 38, ed. 1817. Ayr. The vanity of pomp and the poor draigled
look it puts on when it tries to gang doon into the vera grave,
Service Dr. Duguid [ed. 1887I 179. Lnk. My wife an' weans made
hantle fraise, Soon strippet aff the draigl't cI^gs^VJatt Poems '1827)
13. (4, a) Rnf. Ilk door-cheek and close was packit Wi' draigle-tail
and dreepinjacket,YouNG/'(W;(><'5(i865) 127. (i)Sc. (JiAM.Siippl.)
(5) Sc. (*.)
2. To come on or follow slowly at intervals ; to straggle,
drag slowly along.
Sh.I. The lazy man comes draiglan ashore, Stewart Tales (i892>
14. Fif. Ither re-enforcements Strang, That a' that simmer e'enin'
lang Cam' draiglin' in wi' arms, Tennant Papistry (18271 113;
Carters' sleds . . . Came draiglin' down the street, ib. 114. Lth. The
horse draigled on through the sleet an' the dart While Johnnie
lay taking his nap, O ! Ballantine Poems (1856) 113.
3. To moisten meal, flour, &.C., slightly. Bnft'.'
4. sb. A wet, dirty condition ; a soaking with rain
or mire.
Sc. What a draigle ye're in (Jam. Suppl.).
5. An untidy, dirty person ; a feeble, ill-conditioned
person.
Abd. She's a weary draggle o' a cratur. He's a fulthy draggle
o' a bodie (G.W.). Ayr. To her came a rewayl'd draggle, Wha
had bury'd wives anew, Train Poet. Reveries (1806) 64 (Jam.).
Gall. (A.W.)
6. An untidy, ragged cluster.
Mid. Many of his favourite apple-trees . . . were bowed with the
wind and the snow, and hanging in draggles, like so much mistletoe,
Blackmore Kit (1890) II. i.
DRAG-HOME, si. Irel. The home-bringing of a bride.
S.Don. Called ' hauling home' in Munster, Simmons Gl. (i8go).
DRAGON, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in form draygon Sc. [dra'gan, drasgan, Sc. also
dre-gan.] 1. The snapdragon, Aiilinlunnm inajiis.
Dev. The dragon, the daisy, and clover-rose, too. And butter-
cups gilding the plain, Capern Poems (1856) 158; Look lovingly
upon the dragon's gold, ib. 73. [Garden IVi. (1896) No. cxv. 124.]
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DRALYER
2. Comb, (i) Dragon's-blood, (a) the herb Robert, Cem-
niiiin RobnitanuDi; (6) a drug; (2) -bushes, the toadflax,
Linaria vulgaris; (3) -flower, (a) the yellow flag, Iris
Pscudaconis ; (b) the stinking iris. Iris foe/idissiiiia ;
(4) -s' heads, the snapdragon, Aii/irrhiitiiiit niajiis; (5)
•s' mouth, (a) the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ; (b) see
-s' heads ; (6) -root, the enchanter's nightshade, Circaea
hilciiana ; (7) -'s tongue, see -flower (6) ; (8) -wean,
a female fury.
(i,n) Shr.', Hmp. (G.E.D.) (A) n.Cy. It would answer as well
to wrap ill paper some of the drug called dragon's blood, Hender-
son/"W'-Z-oie (1879) V. (2) Bck. Science Gossip (1869) 29. (3)
Dev.'' (4) Bck. (5, a) Sus. (A) n.Lin. (6J Dwn. (^C.H.W.) (7)
Ken.i (8) n.Yks.2
3. A paper kite.
Sc. Thinking o' taps and strings, thrummles and draygons,
Cobban Andaman (1895) viii. Mry. Green was thy gowan'd
sward, Where paper dragons flew, Hay Lintie (1851) 62. Abd.
Dragons a' cover'd wi' pictures sae fine, Cadenhead Flights
(1853) 249. Frf. The tail that at the dragon hang Was nett ae
mile three quarters lang, Sands Poohs (1833) 129. Lnk. I saw her
fleein' dragons, wi' maist a mile o' string, Nicholson Idylls (1870;
53. Lth. Whyles fleein high, wi' pridetu' skill. My bawbee dragon
ou the hill, Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 35. Nhb. He'll spin their
pcerie. Or flie their dragon, Strang Eartli Fiend (1892) pt. iii.
St. 10. Chs.', e.Lan.^
Hence Dragon-flying, vbl. sb. the act of flying a kite.
Chs.'
4. pi. Of lambs : those last lambed.
Hrt. Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) IV. i.
[3. Fr. (Wallon) dragon, ' cerf-volant, papier colle sur
une espece de raquette que le vent enleve ' (Remacle) ;
cp. G. drachei]
DRAG-RAKE, sb. War. Suf. [drae-g-rek.] A large hay-
rake or corn-rake, worked by man or beast, an ' eel-rake.'
War.2 e.Suf. Often corrupted to drag-drake (F.H.). [Morton
Cycle. Agrlc. (1863!.]
Hence Drag-raking day (or week), phr. the day (or
week) when rent is paid. e.Suf. (F.H.)
DRAIBLE, see Drabble, v. and sb.'^
DRAICH, si!». Sc. Also in forms draick- s.Sc; draighie
Sc. (J.^M.) A lazy, useless person. Peb. (Jam.)
Hence Draicky, adj. slow, lazy, wanting in spirit.
s.Sc. They're awfu" draicky, an no like oor Scotch measures,
that mak ye fling your legs about like flails, Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 126.
DRAIDGIE, see Dredgie.
DRAIDILT, ppl. adj. Per. Fif. (Jam.) [Not known to
bur correspondents.] Bespattered.
DRAIG, sb. Sc. Also in form draik, dreck. 1. A
dirty, low-lying place ; freq. in place-names. s.Sc. (Jam.)
2. Phr. in the draik, or draiks, in an untidy, disordered
state.
Sc. Hys hart did quaik, For ilka thyng lay in the draik, Jamieson
Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 288. n.Sc. (Jam.)
DRAIG(E, DRAIGHIE, see Drag, v., Draich.
DRAIGHT, DRAIGIE, see Drate, Draught, Dredgie.
DRAIGLE, sb. Sc. Also in form draiglin Ayr.
[dre'gl.] A small quantity.
Sc. It's no possible that ye can be in a strait for sic a draigle as
forty punds, Campbell iiBig) I. 241 (Jam.). Per.Gie me a draigle
o' water an' a mouthfu' o' whisky (G.W.).
DRAIGLE, see Draggle.
DRAIGLERS, sb. pi. Sc. A term used in the game
of ' het rows and butter baiks ' ; see below.
Frf. All those that had been banished to the outposts came rush-
ing in, attempting to touch number one, who was surrounded by
his legion of bonneters, who smacked and thrashed the invaders.
. . . When the ' draiglers,' as the invading party were called, had
touched number one, they in turn became the defending party,
Ingi.ts Am Flk. (1895) in.
DRAIK, see Draig, Drawk, v.
DRAIL, V. and sb.^ Glo. Wil. Dor. Som. Also in form
drawl Som. [drel, dreal.] 1. v. To drag or trail
along, to walk draggingly.
Dor. Haynes Koc. (c. 1730) in N. & Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366 ;
Barnes Gl. (1863).
2. sb. A notched iron projecting from the beam of
a plough, to which the horses are hitched, and by which
the width of the furrow is regulated ; also in comp.
D rail-ire.
GIo.i Wil. Davis ^^-/iir. (1813) ; Wil.', Dor.> Som. (W. F.R.) ;
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.i Called also drail-ire.
3. A piece of leather connecting the flail with its handle.
Som. W. & J. Gl. 1,18731.
4. A short chain, attaching the ' sull' to the draft or
bodkin ; also in comp. Di ail-chain. w.Som.'
[Due to trait, vb., associated w. the group drag, draw, &c.]
DRAIL, sb.^ Hmp. Wil. [drel.] The landrail, Crex
pratensis.
Hmp. A', dr- Q. (1854) ist S. X. 400 ; Hmp.l, Wil.'
DRAIN, sb. Sc. Yks. Shr. e.An. Dev. Cor. Also
written drane Suf.' ; and in forms dhreean, dhreen e.Yks.'
[dren, dresn, drian, drln.] 1. A canal or open ditch
cut for carrying off superfluous water.
e.Yks.' Sometimes, as in that of Marfleet, attaining the size of
a river. Stir.' Dr'een' and dr'i h'n. A large, deep, wide, open ditch
for draining the Wealdmoors. e.An.' Also the channels that run
through the Breydon mudflats.
Hence Drainer, sb. one who digs field-drains.
Abd. He got himself furnished with a new spade, and a tramp
to save the sole of his boot while operating as trencher or drainer,
Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 188, ed. 1882.
2. A drop, small quantity of liquid; a drink.
Ayr. Their bairns, their hames, and their meals, which had to be
scrinipit for the sak o' 'a drain,' as they ca'd it. Hunter Studies
(1870) 146. w.Yks. And have a drain, Nidderdill Ohn. (1875).
Dev. There's only a drain in the cup, w. Times (Apr. 22, 1886) 2.
Cor.2 A drain o' milk.
3. pi. Brewers' grains ; grains from the mash-tub,
through which the wort has been drained off.
e.An.', Nrf.' e Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787). Suf.'
DRAIN, see Drane, v., sb.^
DRAINING, ppl. adj. Sur. Sus. In comp. (i) Draining-
draft, (2) -spoon, a tool used by drainers in cleaning out
the bottom of a drain ; see below.
(i) Sur. A spade used in field draining; the blade is triangular
with the lower end cut square to about a inches, the whole blade
being about 15 inches long. It is the spade used before the ' goose-
neck ' (T S.C. ) ; A set of wedges, . . . garden-forks, and draining-
grafts [-siV], Times (Dec. 7, 1894) 13, col. 4. (2) Sur. Also called
a gooseneck from its shape (,T.S.C.). Sua.' An iron tool used to
takeout the earth whit h crumbles down to the bottom of the cutting.
DRAISH, DRAISHELL, see Drash, Drashel, sb}
DRAIT, see Drate, Draught, sb.
DRAIVE, DRAK, see Drave, v., Drink, v.
DRAKE, sA.' Yks. Lin. [drek, dreak.] 1. In phr.
to shoot a drake, to fillip the nose. w.Yks.'
2. pi. Comp. Drakes'-feet, the early purple orchis,
Orchis mascula. n.Lin.'
DRAKE, s6.^ ne.Lan.' A kind of curl, when the ends
of the hair only turn up, and all the rest hangs smooth.
DRAKE, V. w.Yks.3 [drSk, dreak.] To drawl.
DRAK(E, see Drawk, sb., v.
DRAKEN-HEN, see Draker-hen.
DRAKER-HEN, sb. N.Cy.' n.Yks. (J.K.) m.Lan.'
Also in fonn (?) draken- m.Lan.' [dri'kar-en, dria'kar-en.]
The landrail, Crex pratensis. See Daker, sb.^
DRAKES, sb. pl> Wm. Dev. [dreks, Wm. driaks.]
A slop, mess; a 'jakes.'
Wm. Ferguson Northmen (1856) 176. Dev. w.Times (Apr. 22,
1886) 2, col. 2; Dev.'
DRAKES, S6./1/.2 w.Yks.» [dreks, dreaks.] The mark
from which boys begin to ' taw ' at marbles ; also called
Dregs.
DRAKESEL, see Drashel, sb.'^
DRALE, sb. Hmp. [drel.] The flower of the oak,
Qiiercus Robur {pediinculata). (H.E.)
DRALE, V. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To drawl. (Hall.)
DRALYER, sb. Cor. [dri'lja, dralja.] Any trailing
plant or weed, but more esp. the wild convolvulus. Con-
volvulus arvensis.
DRAM
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DRANG
Cor. The land it was boiling with dralycrs, mores, pilf, and all
sorts o( muck, 'VnoMAS Raiidigii! Ji/iynies [iSgS) 6 ; iM A.C.) ; Cor.^
In geii. use, csp. in w.Cor. It is goi. applied to the bindweed or
wild convolvulus, but it is also used of creepers which grow loosely
and ' all over the place," such as the clematis or ' old man's beard.'
DRAM, sb} and v. Sc. Yks. [dram.] 1. sb. A
glass of whisky ; a drink.
ne.Sc. If the child was taken to a neighbour's house at a distance
. . . the person first met received bread and cheese and a dram,
Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 13, Elg. Jeems, though he's hninin',
keeps a gey decent dram, Tester Poems (1865) 133. Abd. To the
chaumer the Magistrates cam', Whare they met wi' the Guild, an'
they a' got adram, Anderson /?/n'»/c5(i867) 9. nw.Abd. I ncedna
bid youtak a dram, Goodivife (1867) v. 10. Kcd. Tak' a dram an'
dae yer wark. For I'm seer I've deen mine. Grant Lays (1B84')
II. F.T. Carters now conquer a raw dram. Sands Poems 1 1833)
39. Per. Drams, and sometimes a share of the kitchen dinner,
were among the recommendations, Cleland Itic/ibrae/ceii {1883) 135,
ed. 1887. Fif, Bailie Malcolm . . . translated drntitatis personne as a
* dram for each person,' Mrldrum Alargn'th'l (1894') 66. w.Sc. I'm
rale gled that ye're coming roun' taeoor side. Tak' aff yer drams,
MACD0NALD5f///f);;f;i/(i869"i4O, cd. 1877. Rnf.Tak a dram, to keep
3'our heart, Picken Poems { 1813) II. 79. Ayr. The captain took me
down to the cabin, and gave me a dram of wine, Galt Provost
(1822) vii. Lnk. Gie frichtit Pate an extra drammie, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (iBfi', 27. Lth. Neither sneesh nor dram could ease,
Hut only made him bock an' sneeze, Lumsuen Sheep-head (1892)
153. e.Ltb. To gang an' sell your kirk for a dram ! Hunter y.
hiwick 1 1895) 209. Edb. A dram or sae, ane weel may tak Whan
drifts blaw owr the brae or brak, Learmont Poems (1791) 175.
Dmb. I thoclit ye were treatin' Mrs. Renshaw and me to the
dram. Cross Disruption (1844) xviii. Kcb. To crack ower a dram
an' a farl, Armstrong Ittglestde , 1890^ 220.
2. Coinp. (i) Dram-drinking, whisky-drinking, tippling ;
(2) -glass, a whisky or wine-glass ; (3) -shop, a public-
house.
(i) Frf. Dram-drinking ever makes the evil worse, That terror
of the ' Temperance Society,' S.mart Rhymes \ 1834 ! I2. Rnf. All
such gatherings, having for a basis intellectual research and dram-
drinking, are destined to corrode or wither, Gilmour Pen Flk.
(1873) 15. (2I Lnk. Dram glasses are station'd, for instance. The
waj' the stanes stood on the lade, Watson Poems (1853) 64. (3)
Frf. Tapping at the dram-shops as they go. Smart Rhymes (1834)
23. w.Yks. Poppin inlut dram-shop when aght e marketin', Tom
Treddlehovle Bairtisla Ann. (1852) 28.
3. Phr. to fail on the draw, to get drunk, to go on the spree.
Ayr. I'hej' fell on the dram, and raised a rippet somehow, and
were put up in the steeple. Hunter Studies (1870) 51.
4. V. To drink, tipple.
Sc. Dinna be alwaj's dram-dram dramming, Sc. Haggis, 136.
Abd. They'll jist gae as far the tither gate drammin' thegither,
Alexander Ain Flk. {1875) 122, ed. 1882.
Hence Dramming, vbl. sb. drinking, tippling.
Etb.He became dumfoundered wi'the darknin and the dramming
thegither, MoiR Maiisie IVauch (1828) xiii.
DRAM, si.2 Sh.I. A piece of cloth or wool attached
to a hole made in the ears of animals to distinguish them.
S. & Ork.'
DRAM, sb.^ Cor.'« [draeni, dram.] A swathe of
cut corn.
DRAM, adj. Sc. [dram.] Cool, indifferent.
Abd. As dram and dorty as young miss wad be, Ross Helenore
(1768) 89, ed. i8r2 ; Foi' she look'd wondrous dram. And thought
his shifting Bydby but a sham, ib. it6.
Hence Dram-hearted, adj. melancholy, depressed.
e.Ltb. (Jam.); I was gey dram-heartit, seein the way things
were gaun. Hunter/. Iiuvick 11895) 127.
DRAMACH, DRAMMACH, see Drammock.
DRAMMLICK, sb. Bnff.' [dra-mlik.] A small piece
of oatmeal leaven ; f;eti. in pi.
Applied to the small fragments that adhere to the bossie ; the
fragments after baking.
DRAMMOCK, sb. Sc Irel. Nhb. Cum. Written
dramock Sc. Also in forms dramach, drammach.
drimuck Sc. (Jam.); drummock Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.'
[dra-mak, dra'max-] 1- Meal and water mixed in
a raw state.
Sc. A carefu' man wad have ta'en drammock, Scott Pirate
(1822) V ; L'nfit to mak' me brose or dramach, Allan Lilts (1874)
243. Per. They make what they call a drimuck, resembling thin
wrought mortar. Statist. Ace. IV. 150 (,Iam.). Fif. Ae wee short
canon, fat and fodgel. Gat on his bare pow wi' a cudgel, It garr'd
him yesk his drammach, Tennant Papistry (182-;) 154. Dmb. The
wretch fed me wi' thin drummock, Taylor Poems (1827) 102.
Rnf. Lord watch o'erand bless thee, Jamock,. ..With dainty dawds
o' bread and drummock, Webster Rhymes (1835) 108. Ayr. To
tremble under Fortune's cummock On scarce a bellyfu'o' drummock,
Burns A Sc. Bard, st. 7. Slk. I would give you drammock twice
a-day, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 342. Rxb. With lopper'd milk, or
barley drammock, Ruickbie IVayside Cottager (iSo-j) 73. Uls. As
wet as drammock, Hume Dial. (1878) 27. n.Cy. Grose (1790).
N.Cy.', Nhb.', Cum.'
2. Phr. boiled lo dfaiiwck, over-boiled. Sc. (Jam.)
[1. Cp. Gael, dramaig, a foul mixture, 'crowdie,' said to
be fr. the Sc. (Macbain).]
DRANDERING, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The chorus of a song.
[Cp. Gael, drannd, draixndan, a hum (Macbain).]
DRANE, sb} Som. Dev. Cor. Also written drain
Cor.' [dren, drean.] A drone ; usually applied to a wasp.
w.Som.' Contraction of ' applc-drane.' 'Tissurprisin th' apples
they there dranes'll ate. Dev. The apple-drane, Grose (1790)
MS. add. (M.) nw.Dev.', Cor.' 2
[Drane, fucus. Prompt. OE. dro'n, ' fucus,' Vac. MS.
Colt. (c. 1080) in Wright's Voc. (1884) 318.]
DRANE, V. and sb."^ Cum. Yks. Dor. Som. Dev. Also
written dhreean e.Yks.' ; draan, draen Som. ; drain
Dev. ; draun c.Yks. ; drean(n n.Yks.' Cum.' Dor.' Som.;
dreean n.Yks.^ ; dreen Cum.' ; and in form drany w.Som.'
[dren, drean, Yks. also drian, dron.] 1. v. To drawl
in speaking ; to ' drone.'
n.Yks.' e.Yks. T'parson drauns it oot like a bummle bee,
W RAY Nestletoii {1876; 36; e.Yks.', Dor.' Som. Het came! why
d'j'e drean zaw ? hum, hum, hum, Jennings OOs. Dial. iv.Etig.
(1825) 185; Sweetman Wincaiiton Gl. (1885); W. & J. Gl.
(1873). w.Som.' Spai'k aup shaa'rp, mun ! neet drae'unee zoa*
[Speak up sharp, man ! (do) not drawl so]. Dev. Whotiver be yil
a-drainiug out yer words like that there vur ? Dtiee try tii spake
up peart, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892).
Hence Draning, (i) vbl. sb. drawling, reading or speak-
ing slowly ; (2) ppl. adj. slow-speaking, drawling.
(I) n.Yks.2 (^2) w.Som.' Dhu drae'uneens fuuhur [the drawl-
ingest fellow].
2. sb. A drawl in speaking ; the gratified note of a cow
during milking.
Cum.l, n.Yks.2 Som. Jennings Ohs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825).
w.Som.' He'd always a-got a sort of a drane like, same's oIT the
[jaa'z] jaws o' un was a-tired like. nw.Dev.'
Hence Drane-poke, sb. a drawling speaker. n.Yks.^
[2. The same as draiie, a drone, a continued deep
monotonous sound of buzzing or the like. Ane fule . . .
Cryis ay, Gif me, in ane drane, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510)
ed. Small, H. 84.]
DRANG, sb. Pern. Glo. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som.
Dev. Cor. Nfld. Also in forms dreng Som. ; drong Dor. ;
drun(g Hmp. Wil.' Som. [drffir), dreg, dror), dreij.]
1. A narrow passage or lane between two walls,
hedges, &c.
Pern. (W.H.Y.) s.Pem. Fountain Row in Haverfordwest
was always called 'The Drang' until of late years (W.M.M.) ;
Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420. Glo. (J.S.F.S.), w.Hmp. (H.C.M.B.),
Wil.' Dor. At the back was a dairy barton, accessible for vehicles
and live-stock by a side ' drong,' Hardy IVesscx Tales (1888) II. 14 ;
The waggon-marks in drong, did show Wi' leaves, wi' grass, wi'
groun', vvi'snow, Barnes /^ofwis (1869) 3rd S. 74. w. Dor. Roberts
Hist. Lyme Regis (1834). Som. Go up thicky dreng (^W.F.R.) ;
Used of a roadway with turf banks, generally in a low and
sheltered position, and sometimes used for folding sheep (G. ED.) ;
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Fiig. (1825; ; W. & J. Gl. (1873^. Dev.
(W.H.Y.I ; Grose (1790) ; Dev.' n.Dev. Let un ward in it . . .
Droo iv'ry hole an' drang. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 89.
nw.Dev.i Commoner than Drang-way. s.Dev., e.Cor. ^Miss D.)
Cor. We have a scoop in the cliflf called Scilly Cove and .Scilly
Cove drang, Quiller-Couch//i.s7. Polperro{i8-)i) 31; Cor.' 2 [Nfld.
Trans. Amer. Flk- Lore Soc. (18941; Dial. Notes {i8g6) I. 378.]
Hence Drang-way, sb. a narrow passage between two
walls ; an alley ; a gateway, entry ; a path, drove.
X 2
DRANG
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DRASH
I.W.2 Wil. Slow G/. (1892); Wil.i Dor. (W.C); O whissle
gaji birds, up bezide her, In drong-way, an' woodlands, Barnes
Poems (1869) 3rd S. 14. Som. They passed the drang-way and
kept to the road, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 43;
W. & J. Gl. (1873^ w.Som.* Nobody wouldn never believe
there was so many houses up there, way no comin to, but thick
there drang-way. Dev, We hadn't run ten yards ere we missed
th' drangway, an horrid scared we were thereat, Madox-Brown
Yetli-livitnds 1876) 253; He's jist rinned up the drang-way,
Reports Pi ovine. (18971; Urn up thickee there drangway, Polly;
there's a wild bullick coming awver dru tha straytc, Hewext
Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.', e.Dev. ( F.W.C.)
2. An open drain, ditch, gutter ; a wheel-rut.
s.Dev. Fox Kmgsbiidge (1874). Dev. Monthly Mag. (1810') I.
434. Cor. And crawled into a drang, Thomas Randigal Rliymes
(1895) 24; In a drang, J.Trenoodle Spee. Dial. (18461 34 ; Cor. '2
[1. Lit. a pressure. The same word as OE. prang,
a throng, crowd.]
DRANG, see Dring, v}
DRANGLE, v. Sc. [dra'rjl.] To dawdle, loiter,
linger.
e.Lth. The silly bodies wha had taen the road up the brae cam
dranglin doun again, Hunter J. Iiiwick 1 1895) 33. Edb. Towns-
fowk drangle far ahin' By ane's and Ivva's, Har'st Rig (1801) 30.
DRANGUT, .■;6. Dev. (F.W.C.) [dra2T)gat.] A narrow
passage. See Drang.
[For suff. cp. dringet.]
DRANT, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. e.An. Dor. Also
in forms dra-ant Nrf. ; draunt Sc. n.Cy. Nrf.'; drawnt
Sc. ; drount Nhb. (Halu) ; drunt Sc. (Jam.) [drant,
drant, dr9nt, Sc. also drBnt.] 1. v. To drawl, speak
slowly; also wseA/ig., to pass time tediously.
Sc. Herd Coll. Siigs. (1776) Gl. Ags. (Jam.) Fif. Bagpipes
begoud to drunt and rair, Tennant Papistry (1827I 64. Edb.
Worth gets poortith an' black burning shame, To draunt and
drivel out a life at hame, Fergusson Pocnts (1773^ 182, ed. 1785.
n.Cy. A'o/rferG/. I Co//. L. LB. ) Nhb. (Hall.\ e.An.^ Nrf. Come,
John, read that again; don't drant so (W.R.E.) ; Nrf.', e.Saf.
(F.H.) Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
Hence Dranting, />/>/. adj. drawling, whining.
Ayr. Lest you think I am uncivil. To plague 3'ou with this
draunting drivel. Burns On Life (1796) St. 8. e.Lth. Ye ken
their drantin, grainin way, Hunier/. Imviek (18951 63.
2. sb. A slow, drawling tone ; a slow, dull tune.
Sc. He that speaks wi' a drawnt and sells wi' a cant. Is right like
a snake in the skin o' a saunt, Ra^isav Prov. (1737). Lnk. Nor
wi' your draunts and droning deave me, Ramsay /-*of>;ii- ^1721)
33. e.An.* He reads with a drant. Nrf. (W.W.S.) ; Every one
has heard of the Nf. ' drant "... and the Sf. ' whine,' Ellis
Pronuiic. ( 18891 V. 260. Sut. Wery good sarmon, shockin' ' drant,'
Raven Hist. Sttf. 265.
3. A drawler. e.Siif. (F.H.)
DRANT, DRANY, see Drunt, Drane, v.
DRAPE, 56.1, adj. and v."^ Nhb. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. Also in forms dhrape e.Yks.' ;
dreap n.Cy. ; dreeap Yks. n.Yks.* [drep, driap.] 1. sb.
A barren or 'farrow' cow; a cow not with calf, or one
which gives no milk, and is to be fatted ; also in coiiip.
Drape-cow.
n.Cy. Grose(i79o^ ; Bailey (1721"); NCy.i'' Nhb.l OAs. Wm.
(E.G.) n.Yks. Fetch some hay. And give ilkin o'th drapes some,
Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 376; (R.H.H.); n.Yks.' = , ne.Yks.'
e.Yks. Sha's missed her noit [note], I'l sell her fer a drape (W.H.) ;
e.Yks. >, ni.Yks.> vi. Y^s. Sheffield Indep. (1874); w.Yks.' Two
drapes . . . gat out at yate, ii. 295 ; w.Yks.2345 Lan. Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863); Lan.', e.Lan.' Der.' Obs. Not. (W.H. S.) Lin.
Morton Cyilo. Agric. (1863); .Streatfeild Lin. and Vanes {i8Sn)
325. n Lin.' s.Lln. When that drape cow o' your's is ready for
the knife will you let me have the first refusal of her? (T.H.R.)
sw.Lin.' Why, she's a drape, so we're feeding of her. Lei.', Nhp.'
2. Camp. (1) Drape-ewe, a barren ewe; (2) -sheep, the
refuse sheep of a llock.
(i) n.Lin. Sutton iyds. (1881) ; n.Lin.' Fatten the old drape
ewes on turnips, Young Lin. Agric. (1799)316. sw.Lin.' He was
driving four sheep— drape-ewes, (a) n.Cy. (P.R.), N.Cy.' «, Nlib.',
Yks. K.)
3. Fig. An old woman ; a woman who has never borne
children.
Yks. 'Get in, thouaud driap,'said to a woman in a quarrel (T. K.).
n.Yks. Thou's nobbut but a drape (R.H.H.) ; n.Yks.2
4. adj. Of cows and ewes : dry, not giving milk ; barren.
n.Yks.' w.Yks. Heard near Barnslcy (S.O.A.).
5. V. With out: to cull out the worst sheep of a flock.
e.Yks. Most . . . use to drape out the worst of their lambes and
send them to Pocklington faire, Best Rur. Econ. (1641) 113.
Hence Draping-out, vbl. sb. the act of choosing out the
worst sheep of a flock.
e.Yks. When the worst of the flockc are drawne out, the
shepheards call this draping out of the sheep, ib. 72.
[2. (2) Drape sheep, oves rejkulae, Skinner (1671). Cp.
CoTGR. : Brebis de rebtti, an old or diseased sheep that's
not worth keeping, we call such a one, a drape, or culling.]
DRAPE, v.^ and sb.'^ n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also in
forms draup N.Cy.'; drawp w.Yks.; dreap N.Cy.^ w.Yks.';
dreep Lakel. Wm. n.Yks.' w.Yks.^ ; drepe Cum. n.Yks.'
[drep, driap, drip, drop.] 1. v. To drawl, speak
slowly ; to whine.
N.Cy.' Lakel. Ellwood (I895^. Cum. Ferguson Northmen
(1856) 209. Wm. He wad dreep, dreep, dreep, wi anivver endin'
abool boo he'd bin chissel'd wi t'nag tradin' (B. K.). n.Yks.' Ay,
puir au'd cliap, he gans dreepin' on, bud it's varrey dree discoorss.
w.Yks. (J.B.) ; (T.T.) ; Obsol., Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 3, 1891J ;
WiLLAN List IVds. (181 1) ; w.Yks. '3
2. sb. A melancholy, whining tone.
Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897).
DRAPE, v.^ Nhp.' [drep.] To drain the last drops
of milk from a cow. when milking. See Drip, v.
DRAPISY, sb. N.L' The dropsy.
DRAPPER, sb. Som. Dev. [dr^pafr).] A small
tub from which calves are fed ; it has a handle at one
side, formed by a hole in a longer stave than the rest.
Also called Calves'-dropper.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). n.Dev. Bobby'th vaught 'e . . . A
drapper vor tha calves, Rock Jim an' Neil ( 1867) st. 67. nw.Dev.'
DRAPPER-PIN, sb. se.Wor.' The iron pin or swivel
on which the front axle of a carriage turns.
DRAPPIT, ppl. adj. Bnff.' [drapit] Dropped here
and there, rare, occasional.
' Wiz there mony fouck i' th' kirk ? ' ' Nae mony awa — a drappit
ane here an' there.'
DRAPS, DRASACK, see Drops, Drazack.
DRASH, V. Irel. Hrf. Glo. Brks. Hmp. LW. Wil. Dor.
Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms draish n.Wil. Som. ; drashy
Dor.'; dresh W.xf.' Hrfi= Glo.' Brks.' I.W.' Cor.; drosh
Hrf. [drEBj, draj ; drej, drej; Hrf. also droj.] 1. To
thrash, beat.
Hrf Glo. Grose (1790^ MS. add. (M.) ; Glo.', Brks.', Hmp.
(J.R.W.), Hmp.', LW.' Som. iW.F.R.) ; W. & J. Gl (1873).
w.Som.' Dev. Sae drash an" drash ver moore 'n a nour, Pulman
Sketches (1842) 17 ; Dev.^ n.Dev. Chell drash tha, Exm. Scold.
(1746) 1. 94; I'll drash tha back o' tha crippledy vule, Rock Jim
an' Nell {I86^) St. i83. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D. ) Cor.'
Hence Drashing, vbl. sb. a beating, thrashing.
Dev. [He] was threatened with a glide drashing iv e didn't old
es tung, Burnett Stable Boy (1888) xiii. Cor.^
2. To throw violently, dash something down ; to open
or shut violently.
Cor. He drash'd a gob of slooans afore um oal, T. Towser(^iQ-j^)
82 ; I got quietly hold of a great big stone and heaved it up, and
I dreshed in amongst them all, Baring-Gould Kicof (_i876j vi ;
Cor.2 He drashed open the door.
3. To thresh corn.
Hrf.If ur wuz all droshed uz be inth'born, Lard I dunnerthink uz
they'd vill ur wisket vull {Coll. L.L.B.); Hrf.2 Glo. Horae Subsecivae
(1777). Brks. There's always a plenty of men to dresh, without
setting up those maigrims [machines] (W.W.S. ). Wil. Slow Gl.
(1892). n.Wil. We be adraishingta-daay (E.H.G.V Dor.' Tha got
machines to drashy wi', 198. Som. Doant put a muzzle on tha ox,
as draishes out the corn, Agrikler Rhvmes (1872) 75: Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825). Cor. Quiller-Couch Hist. Polperro
(1871) 171 ; Cor.'2
Hence (i) Drasher, si. a thresher ; a threshing-machine;
(2) Drashin', vbl. sb. the act of threshing corn ; also used
aitrib.
(i) Wxf.^ Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.'
DRASHEL
[157]
DRAUGHT
They be a-go alter th' ingin, and zoon's they comes way im, they
must go back artcr the drasher. Cor.= (2) Glo. The Joos hed
thur drcshin vloors fur thur earn, Leg. I'eas. {,i&^■l^ 63. Cor.=
DRASHEL, sb} Ircl. Hrf. Gmg. Pcni. Glo. Hnip. Wil.
Dor. Soiii. Dcv. Cor. Written drashal Dcv. c.Cor. ;
drashle w.Soin.' Dev.' nvv.Dcv.' Also in forms dhrasel
\V.\f.'; draishell Wil.; dreshel IIrf.=' Gmg. Peni. Gio.'
Som. Cor.= ; dreshol Wil.' [draejl, drajl ; drejl, dre Jl.]
An instrument lor threshing; a flail.
Wxf.' Consisting of three parts, the flail, the handstaff, and the
connecting tie or link, called 'ye bunyane.' made of eelskin or
sheepskin. Hrf.* Gmg. Collins Goiier Dial., Trans. Phil. Soc.
(Mar. 8, 1850^1 IV. 222. Pern. Jago Gl. (1882) 102. Glo.', Hmp.
(J. R.W.I, Hmp.' Wil. 'Twill make a famous capsall [hinge of
the nail] for my new draishells, A', fr Q. (1868) 4th S. ii. 518;
Wil.' ' A pair o'drashells' (or' dreshols") is more commonly used.
Dor. The drashel . . . consists of two staves : the handstaffand the
vlail,— flail or flegel, — . . . connected with the handstaft' by a free
socket called a runnen keaple, or capel, Barnes G/. (1863) ; Dor.'
When, at laste, at the drashel, mother da call us, 171. Som.
(W.F.R.) ; The handstick of a drashle, as tough a bit of ash as
ever man could wish, Raymond Love aiirl Onut Life (1894) 221 ;
]ztitimc% Obs. Dial. IV. Eiig. (i?,2^\. w.Soni.' Dev. Car thickee
drashel upon barn, an' hang up the whymsheet agin tha wall,
Hewett ftrts. S/J. (i892> 148; Dev.' n.Dev. Drashel an' mattick's
all tha zame T' he. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 42. nw.Dev.'
s.Dev. Fox Kingsljiirl^e ^1874). Cor. Saw a little fellow . . .
wielding the ' dreshel ' with astonishing vigour. Hunt Pop. Pont
w Eng. 1865: 1. 131; Cor.'2 e.Cor. A'. & Q. (1869; 4th S. iii.
138; ^Miss D.)
DRASHEL, sb.'^ Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Written
drashle vv.Som.' ; drashold Som. Also in forms drakesel
s.Dev. e.Cor.; draxel n.Dev. Cor.'° [draejl, drajl;
draksl.j The threshold ; the sill of a doorway.
Wil. Slow Gl. 1 1892). Dor. But 1 can walk noo mwore, to pass
The drashel out abrode, Barnes Pof"!ii 1863) 17. w.Dor. Roberts
Hist. LyniePegis(i8s^,. Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; Sweetman tVin-
can/on Gl. (1885). w.Som.' Not used to express the entrance, as
in lit. ' at the threshold.' Please, sir, be I to put a new drashle to
John Gadd's house, or else make it out way a vew bricks? Dev.
Grose ,1790) MS. add. (C.) n.Dev. Tha mux A-tap the draxel's
up ta hux, Rock _//>«(?«' AW/ (18671 St. 2. nw.Dev.' s.Dev., e.Cor.
(Miss D.) Cor. Unaps'd tha dooar, an o'er tha draxel past, T.
Towscr (i8-j3) 108; Cor.'^
DRASHOLD. see Drashel, sb.'
DRASHY, ndj. Dev. [draji.] Trashy.
Dev. Have done wi'your drashy talk ! Baring-Gould /?flr/»;oor
Idylls (1896) 45 ; It's a scandal to say such drashy stuff, ib. 222.
DRASIL, see DrazU.
DRAT, V. In i^eii. dial, and slang use in Eng. Also
in form drot w.'i'ks.* e.Lan.' Not. War. Wor. Nrf. Wil.
[drat, ("rast, drat, drot.] Used imprecatively for ' damn.'
Cf. drabbit.
n.'Vks. Drat it all, Tweddell Clevrl. Rhymes (1875) 38. w.Yk-.
Banks IVkJId. JVds. (1865 1 ; w.Yks.^ ' Droi ' is seldomer used than
' drat I ' and carries a greater amount of emphasis with it. It would
be 'drat' the child, for wandering from home, but 'drot' the
gipsy, who stole it. It \s gen. softened down by 'say I.' ' Drot
that man ! say I.' e.Lan.' Chs.' Drat th' lad ; Chs.3 Drat her,
she's more plague than profit. Not. (W.H.S.) s.Not. Drot yer.
whatarcyera-doin'on? (J.P.K.) Der.* War. (.T.R.W.) ; War.3
Drat that lad — he is always in mischief. m.Wor. Drot your young
limbs (J.C. ). w.Wor. Bein' flustrated she right well dratted 'em,
S. Beauchamp Gran/ley Grange (1874) I. 203. Shr., Hrf. Bound
Provinc. (1876). Hrf.* Glo. Dratted if I didn't seem to see the
road a running away wi' us, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) 61.
s.Oxf. ' Drat the boy ! ' cried his mother, Rosemary Chil/erns { 1895)
74. Brks. Mercy ! drat the girl, what bist thee a doing of with
little Faith, Hughes T. Brown (1856) ii ; Brks.' w.Mid. Drat those
boys, what a mess they a' made traipsin in and out with their dirty
boots! (W.P.M.) Nrf. If the money'sto be found, why drat it, it will
be found. Haggard Col. Quanlch (1888) I. xii ; Drot it, the feller
can hev his owd things, A. B. K. Wright's Fortune ( 1885 1 25. Ess.
Here, drat this pipe, why 'ont it dror' Dow.ne Ballads {i8g5) III.
II. Hmp. Drat that feller in Vleet-Street, for makin' a vool o' nie.
Foresters' Misc. (1846; 164. Wil. Slow Gl. (1892 1. n.Wil. Drot
this here wet weather. Jeffxries Wild Life (1879) 147; Drat the
wench, why cassnt bide wur 'e be put ?( E.H.G.) w.Som.' Dev.
Dratted if I can remember any now, Baring Gould Dartmoor
Idylls (1896) 24. Cor. Drat the boy, I wish he was come, Forfar
Wizard (1871) 23; Cor.3 Slang. Drat the things, Dickens A'.
Nicklcby (1838) viii.
Hence Dratted, ppt. adj. 'confounded.'
■w."ifks. It's that dratted dog after th' cat. Hartley Clock Aim.
(1887) 31. Nrf. It's that there dratted borrowing and the interest,
Haggard Col. Quanlch (1888) I. xii. [That dratted copper flue
has took to smokin' very often. Hood Poems (1862-3) Peport for
Eelow.'\
DRA'T. DRATCH, see Draught, Dretch.
DRATCHATY, rt(r>'. War. [dratjati.] Untidy, dirty.
Cf. dratchel(l.
War. You never see such a dratchaty one (J.B.').
DRATCHEL(L, sb. Sc. Stf. Not. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor.
Also in form drotchell Sc. Nhp.' War." [dratjl.dro tjl.]
1. An untidy woman, a slattern. See Dretch, v.
Stf. What a dratchel she is! (J.A.L.) n.Stf. She'll be a poor
dratchell by then she's thirty, Geo. Eliot A. Bcde (1859) xx. Not.',
Lei.' Nhp.' ' What a drotchell ! ' With us it is restricted to dress
and appearance, and has no reference to character. War. You
never see such a dratchel (J.B.) ; Not nearly so common as ' besom'
(W H.C.) ; War.23, Wor. (J.A.L.)
Hence (i) Dratchelty, adj. untidy, slovenly; (2)
Drotchelling,/ir/>.wal king in an untidy or slovenly condition.
(i) War. Such a dratchelty wench you never see i,J.B.). (2)
Nhp.' How she goes diotclielling along. War.* I sid 'er go
drotchelling past.
2. A sluggard ; an idle woman. Sc. (Jam.)
[Drotchel, an idle wench, a sluggard (Johnson).]
DRATE, V. and sb. n.Cy. Lakel. Yks. Der. Lin. Also
written draat w.Yks. ; draight w. Yks.^ ; drait Der.*
[dret, dreat] 1. v. To drawl, speak monotonously or
indistinctly. Cf. drite, v.^
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.* Wm. He wad dratc yan's guts oot
wi his teeals aboot his brass (B K). n.Yks. What a piti yon
priatcher sad dret it ut sia (W.H.) ; n.Yks.'*, ne.Yks.', m.Yks.'
w.Yks. Nay, lad, don't drate so, it taks tha an haar to tell onybody
what a clock it is (M.N.) ; Ah haate to hear onybody draate when
theh read, Banks Wifld. ll'ds. (1865); w.Yks.'*»«, n.Lin.'
Hence (i) Drated, ppl. adj. of music: mournful, slow;
(2) Drate-poke, sb. a drawler, one who speaks indistinctly ;
(3) Drating, {a) vbl. sb. a drawl, a slow manner of delivery ;
(b) ppl. adj. drawling, prolonged in sound, slow in speech.
(I) Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes {1S84) 326. n.Lin.' (2)
m.Yks.' (3, a) n.Yks. A'm sori Or John's giton saik 3 we a dretin
wenas tokin (W.H.). w.Yks.^ (i) w.Yks. What a draatin' din that
wheel maks {JE.B.). Der. A draiting manner of speaking, Grose
(1790) MS. add. (P.); Der.*
2. sb. A drawl.
Lakel. Penrilh Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897'). m.Yks.i
DRATE, see Draught, Drite, v.^
DRATSIE, s6. Sh.L The common otter, il/wsfe/a /«//-«.
S. & Ork.'
DRATTLE, v. and sb. Brks. Hmp. Wil. [dras'tl,
dratl.] 1. V. To throttle.
Brks.' A pretty nigh drattled L
2. Used imprecatively for ' damn.'
Brks. Drattle 'cm. Thaay be mwore trouble than they be wuth.
Hughes T. Brown O.v/. (1861) xxiii; Brks.' Drattle his neck. Hmp."
No, I'll be drattled if her is. Wil. I'll be drattled if, in an hour,
they wern't clean gone, Kennard Diogenes (1893) vi ; No, I'll be
drattled if I do, Akerman Tales (1853) 3.
Hence Drattled,///. adj. ' confounded.'
Brks. I be nigh caddled to death wi' this drattled old jack-ass,
Hughes Scour, ll'hite Horse (1859) vi.
3. sb. Much talk. Wil. Slow Rhymes (1889) Gl. ; WU.>
DRAUGHT, see Draft, Draught.
DRAUGH, see Droo, Drow.
DRAUGHT, s6.' and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [draft, draft ; dr9t, draut ; Sc. draxt ; also n.Cy.
dret, Lan. droit, w.Cy. drat, w.Som. draf.]
L Dial, forms: (i) Dhraught, (2) Dhreight, (3) Draat,
(4) Draft, (5) Draight, (6) Drait. (7) Dra't, (8) Drate,
(9) Draucht, (10) Drawt, (11) Dreight, (12) Dreyght, (13)
Dright, (14) Droight, (15) Droit, (16) Drought. [For
further examples see IL below.]
(i)e.Yks.' ' 2) Lan. After a long dhreight, CLEGoS/Jf/c/iM (1895)
73 (3) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892;. Som. Sweetman Wincanlon Gl.
DRAUGHT
[158]
DRAVE
(1885). (4~i N.I.i, Wxf.', Cum., w.Som.', nw.Dev.' (51 w.Yks.3
Lan. See us it wur so mich lectin a draight, Scholes Tun Ga>iiwatlle
(1857) 3. (6) nCy. Grose (1790). Dor. Barnes Gl. u868) s.v.
Waggon. (7iI.W.>, Dor.i (8) w.Yks.^ (9: Sc. (Jam.), Abd. (10)
Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Shr.', e.An.' Dor. Barnes
G/. (1863). (.11) s.Lan. (S.B.) (.12) s.Lan. Bamford /);Vi/ (1854).
(13) e.Lan.i (14) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Lan. I . . .
geet a droight o' whoam brewed, Waugh Tufts of Heather, II. 118.
(15I Lan. Sogger . . . begged hewould partake of ' a droit o' charmed
drink,' Brierley Matlocks (.1867) ii ; Lan.i (16) Dur.', n.Lin.'
w.Cy. Grose (1790).
IL Dial. uses. \. sb. The act of drawing breath with
long, convulsive throbs ; difficulty of breathing.
Bnff.' He's unco sair caed wee a draught on's breath.
2. pi. A pair of forceps for extracting teeth.
Shr.i The las' tuth I 'ad out I suffered a martidom ; the drawts
slipt twize, an' it 'ad to be punched out ; SUr.^
3. pi. A salt-making term : the flues under a salt-pan.
Chs.i
4. A stroke with a weapon.
Wxf.' Many a bra drauglit by Tommeen was ce-maate, 86.
5. A thatcher's tool, with which the thatcher drives in the
spars and knocks in the reed ; a heavy hammer with
which a wheelwright drives the spokes into the ' nut.'
Called also Spoke-draft. w.Som.^
6. Fig. That which is to be drawn, a load.
Abd. Ithers sud be layin' their shooders to the draucht, Alex-
ander yo/jwyi G/fci (1871) xliv. Gall. (A.W.)
7. A team of oxen or horses in comlsination with the
cart or plough ; a team of horses ; a pair of horses ; rarely,
the vehicle alone, or a single cart-horse.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Dur.' Lakel. PcKny/j OAs.( Dec. 28, 1897).
Cum. Joe Nobel was flay't he'd lost t'better hoaf ov his draft,
Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) 55 ; Cum.', w.Cum. (S.K.C.), n.Wm.
(B.K.) n.Yks. 1 met ... a stone-waggon with a team— a ' draught'
■we call it. Atkinson Moorl. Parish 1,1891) 39 ; n.Yks.' T'survej'or
wants a' t'draughts he can git t'moorn, to fettle cop t'rooads about
fnewbrigg; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' Sometimes apparently cart only.
'Ah rade iv a draught.' e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788);
e.Yks.i Could ya lend us a draught to fetch a leead o' gravel ?
w.Yks.', Lan.' s.Lan. Bamford Z3iVi/. (1854^ G/. Der.' n.Lin.'
Th' droughts went 'liverin' this mornin'. That roand mare you
boht o' Harry Drury, is as fine a drought as is to be sean e' all
Linkisheere.
Hence (i) Draughter, (2) Draught-horse, sb. a wagon-
horse ; (3) -work, sb. carriage by a team.
(i) n.Yks.2 12) e.Yks.', Shr.i (3) n.Yks. 2
8. Two or more cart-loads of anything brought at one
time.
Cai.' Bnff.' The man's at the shore for a draught o' waar.
9. The bar, ' billet,' or ' spread-bat,' to which the traces
of all the horses are fixed when four are being used at
plough; a rough ' whipple-tree.' Also in cow/i. Draught-
bar.
Ken.' w.Cy. N. &^ Q. (1890) 7th S. x. 473. w.Som.' [Stephens
Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 151.J
10. pi. Cart-traces.
N.I.' Made of chain. e.Suf. Applied to leather ones only (F.H.).
Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863) s.v. Waggon.
Hence (i) Draught-chain, (2) -ire, 5i!>. a chain or iron,
in a plough, attached to the breast and running under the
beam to relieve the latter from the strain of the draft.
(I, 2) nw.Dev.' Never applied to the short-chain by which the
plough is drawn.
11. The shafts of a cart or wagon.
e.An.l Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; Wil.' Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863)
s.v. Waggon; (H.J.M.) Som. Sweetman /{Vj;(-n;(/o» Gl. (18851.
12. Salt-making term : the quantity of salt taken out of
a pan each time the pan is cleared.
Chs. Sometimes, as in the case ofboiled salts, this drawing takes
place once or twice a day ; sometimes, as in the case of coarse
salts, it takes place only every two, three, seven, or fourteen days,
Gl. Lab. (1894).
13. Light grain blown away with the chaff in winnowing.
Gall. The quantity of oats consumed by a work-horse varies
from fifteen to twenty-five bushels if good oats are given ; but as
draughts are commonly given, the quantity is proportionally \n-
KVfuscA, A^i-ie. Surv. 114 (Jam.).
14. The entrails of a calf or sheep, the pluck. Sc. (Jam.)
15. Obs. A plan, scheme, design.
Sc. I ken by thee that draucht was drawn That honest Truth
was so abus'd.PENNECuiKPooH.s (1715) ioq'Jam. ). Ayr.Tliisisthe
draught of God for keeping low those who are humble, Dickson
IJ'ritings (1660) I. 53, ed. 1845. Kcb. The counsells and draughts
of men against the Kirk, Rutherford Lett. (i66oj HI. No. 6 (Jam.).
Hence (i) Draughtiness, 56. artfulness ; (2) Draughty,
ad/, full of plans, scheming; artful, crafty.
(i) Ayr. I then perceived the draughtiness of Mr. Kibbock's
advice, Galt Ann. Pan'sh (1821) xxvii. (2) Sc. The flunkies were
draughty fellows, though they seemed to obey him, Steam-boat
(1822) 189 (Jam.). Ayr. The devices of auld draughty Keclwin,
Galt Entail (1823) xlix ; At his taxing plans just peep, Sae
just, sae droughty, and sae deep, On incomes, tea, and gaudy win-
nocks, Thom Amusements (1812) 20.
16. A feature of the face.
Abd, In her fair face ilk sweet and bonny draught, come to
themsells, Ross Uelenore (1768) 33, ed. 1812.
17. A bundle of long pieces of wood suitable for hurdles
or pea-sticks, bound with a single withe ; in pi. hazel-rods
selected for hurdle-making.
Wil. Davis ^^(vc (1813) ; Wil.'
Hence Draught-faggots, sb. pi. faggots of long under-
wood. Dor.'
18. The full balancing range of steelyards ; that which is
weighed at one balance.
Shr.' My stilyards uuna weigh more than 56 [lbs.] at a drawt.
19. Wool-trade term : the turning of tlie scale ; the
difference between the exact balance and the full weight
when the scale descends.
Sus.'2 w.Som.' In selling wool in the fleece it is customary to
give an actual overweight amounting generally to i lb. on 60, or
4 lbs. per pack, and this allowance is called the draught. The real
meaning is the drawing of the beam in the buyer's favour.
20. Weaving term ; see below.
Rnf. They can describe wi' soupleja'ws. The weaver's trantlums,
nigs, and naws, . . . And draught and cordings in a mass Doth
store their brain, Webster liliymcs (1835) 151. w.Yks. Warps
are run through a dyeing machine in 2's,3's, 4's, 5's,and 6's, accord-
ing to thickness, and are called therefore a 2, 3. 4, 5, or 6 draught
(J.G,) ; A peculiar method of looming, in order to produce a fancy
design from plain healds (R,H.R.).
21. Comp. Draught-gripes, the crop-cut 'gripes' (or
ditches cut through a bog) in a field, meeting the main-
gripes. Som. (W.F.R.)
22. V. To draw the breath in long, convulsive throbs ;
to breathe with difficulty. Sc. (Jam.)
23. To move about quickly.
s.Chs.' A Cheshire housewife, bustling about her domestic duties,
would describe herself as ' gooin draaf'tin ubuwt' [gooin'
draughtin' abowt].
DRAUGHT, sb.'^ Ca.\} A ditch or boundary between
small holdings ; the piece of land in such a holding.
In former times the boundaries of small farms were very often
very crooked, and many had fields quite detaclied. About the
middle of the iglh century the landlords j^en. divided the var.
holdings by ditches, to which the term ' draughts ' was applied
very generally at the time, although not much used now.
DRAUGHT, see Draft.
DRAUGHTY, adj. I.W. [dra'ti.] Windy, outdoors
as well as indoors. (J.D.R.)
DRAUK, DRAUL, see Drawk, sb., v., Drawl.
DRAUN, DRAUNT, see Drane, v., Drant.
DRAUP, DRAUVE, see Drape, v.^, Drove, s6.'
DRAV-, see Druve.
DRAVE, si.' Sc. Yks. [drev, driav.] 1. A drove
of cattle or sheep.
Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. Lambs . . . Gaed nibblin' in a social drave,
PicKEN Poems (1813) I. 17. n.Yks.2
2. A shoal of fishes; a haul, draught.
Fif. Thrang swallowin' wi' their greedy een His drave o' had-
docks clear and clean, Tennant Papistry (1827) 37 ; Gin he drew
but anither drave o' fish up, ib. 13 ; Immense quantities of herrings
were cured for home consumption and for exportation. The
Drave, as it is here called, was seldom known to fail. Statist.
Ace. IX. 445 (Jam.).
3. A crowd, throng of people. Sc. (Jam.)
[OE. drtif, drove, herd, crowd, band.]
DRAVE
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DRAW
DRAVE, sl/.^ Hrf. Glo. [drev.] 1. A truss of
straw, a 'tlirave.'
Hrf.' Glo. 'St carried a dr.nve o' straw, astn't? Gissing B0//1
of this Parish vi8881 I. 104 ; Glo.'^
2. A flack of animals; a crowd. GIo.'^
DRAVE, V. Wil. Dor. Dev. Also written draive
nw.Dev.' [drev.] 1. To toil, esp. in plir. to slave and
drave. See Thrave, v.
Wil.* I be sKiving an' draving for he, nig!u and day. Dor. 'Tis
wrong for a mail of such a high family as liis to slave and drave at
common labouring work. Hardy Tess ( 1891 j 446.
2. With for : to carry on as a business or occupation.
nw.Dev.i 'Ot be you a-draivin' vorc o' now then, make zo boald ?
DRAVE, see Drive.
DRAVEL, I'. Wor. Glo. [dre'vl.] To dribble, drivel.
Wor. I've noticed the cow dravelling hke that, particularly after
she's had some roots ^H.K.). Glo.'
[iVo// mittere niargeri-perles Among hogges . . . Thei
dou hot drauele tlieron, P. Plowman (a.) xi. n.]
DRAVINGIN-HOOK, sb. Chs.» Weaving term: a
houk with which to pick the reed and put the ends
through.
DRAW, see Druve.
DRAW, V. and &b. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[dra, drp, droa, dre, drea.]
I. i>. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense: (i) Dra, (2)
Draa, (3) Drah, (4) Drau, (5) Dray, (6) Drea, (7) Drey,
(8) Droe.
(i) Wxf.' Wm. When they dra up ther cortan, Wheeler Dial.
(17901 113, ed. 1821. Dev. Dra ma, we wull urnartertha, Baird
S>ig. Sol. I i860) i. 4. 1,2) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. Ess.',
I.W.' n.Wil. Draa m', we'll vollur 'ee, Kite Sng. Sol. 1^1860 i. 4.
w.Som. Draa", drae, Elworthy Gram. ( 1877) 46. ^3) w.Yks. Hed
some artist been thaar her likeness to drah, Twisleton Poems {c.
1876) 7. Sus. Drah me ; we wull run ahter ye. Lower Sng. Sol.
(i860) i. 4. (4) s.Chs.' Drau-, 80. (5; e.Lan.', Brks.' (6) Lan.
Whot munneh gi' ye to drea a tush ot pleagues me ? Tim Bobbi.n
Vieiv Dial. (1740) 123. 17) s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854). (8)
w.Yk?. Droo, Wright Gram. IVmihli. (1892; 138.
2. Preterite: (i) Draa'd, (2) Drade, (3) Draed, (4)
Drawed, (51 Drawn, (6) Drayed, (7) Dreuw, (8) Driu.
(II Hnip. He draa'd some beer (^H.C.M.B. '. w.Som. Draa'd,
drae-iid, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 4^- (2) Dev. Wan a min drade
ez zorde, Baird St. Matt. (1863) xxvi. 51. n.Dev. The old Hugh
drade thee out, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 135. Cor. I drade one day
two barruls, Daniel Poems. ^3) Dev. 'E jist spauk ta hur, and
draed up es hand, Burnett Stable Boy i,i8B8j viii. Cor. But
draed out hes money frum the Bank, T. Towser (1873") iii ; The
minister draed a ring out on the floor. Hunt Pop. Horn. w.Eng.
(1865) 139, ed. 1896. (4) s.Chs.' Draud, 80. uLin.' I draw'd
him a pint o' aale. Lei.' 28. War.^ ; War.^ In common use.
s.Wor. The sun drawed water this morning ; we be to have some
rain o' Wednesday (H.K.). Shr.' /'j/rorf. 52. Hrf. ' He drawed
the beautifullest picture as ever I did see. Dev. Bowring Lang.
(1866) I. 26. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 7, 277.] (5) Lei.' 28.
(6) Dev. I drayed you out of the road into the wood, Baring-
Gould /. Herring ii888) 325. (7) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204.
(8) w.Yks. Wright Gram. IVndltll. (1892) 138.
3. Participles, [a) Present: (i) Draen, (2) Droring, (3)
Drying.
(,1) Wil. Slow G/. (1892). (2) s.Hmp. Didn't I catch that there
Davy a-droring his fingers all along, Verney L. Lisle (1870) x.
(3) Som. They zaid ye was out yesterday drying off the zea,
Wilson Dialogues (1855) 13.
(b) Past: (ij Dra'ad, (2) Draan, (3) Drade, (4) Drawed,
(5) Drawn.
(1} Som. To get a cha'm against bein' dra'ad by a chap, Leith
Lemon Verbena (1895) 125. w.Som. U-draad, u drae-ud, El-
worthy Gram. (1877) 46. (2) Sc. Draa'n, dreuwn, Murray Dial.
(1873) ao4 Com. As I see her i' my mem'ry draan, Gilpin
i?a//a«fc (1874) 3rd S. 214. Wm. He isn't fit et be draan e thor,
Lonsdale Mag. ^1821) II. 41a. 13) Dev. Wan stoan thit shil not
be drade down, Baird St. Malt. (1863) x.xiv. 2. (4) Nhb. The
j'oung cheps hes draw'd for the', Robson Bk. of Ruth (i860) ii. 9.
s.Ctis.' Draud, 80. Lei.' 28. War.^a Stir.' hitrod. 52. (5)
ni.Yks.' Draoh'n. Inlrod. 33. w.Yks. Droan, Wright Gram.
IVndhll. (1892I 138.
Hence Drawn-room, sb. a drawing-room.
n.Ir. A pack o' highfliers, the very set that sneered an' sniggered
over her disgrace in the drawn-room at the castle, Mulholland
Adsie s Shoe., 233.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To drag, pull.
Duif. I . . . saw twa men in dreadfu' fury. Pushing, drawing,
striking, swearing, Siiknnan Td/fs ( i 83 i ) 40.
Hence (1) Drawing, fn) vbl. sb. dragging, pulling; (b)
a test of strength to which horses were formerly put; (2)
Drawing match, plir., see Drawing (6) ; (3) Drawing
the sweer-tree, />/"■. a trial of strength.
(i, n) Lnk. Sic liaudin' and drawin', sic daffin', and fun, Nichol-
son Idylls (18701 21. {I)) Suf.'There will be a drawing at Ixworth
Pickarel for a piece of plate . . . and they that will bring five
horses or mares may put in for it, Suf. Mercury (June 22, 1724').
(2 Suf.' 'Drawing matches' or 'a drawing' were frequent in former
days, but are now perhaps wholly discontinued. (3) ne.Sc. They
were amusing themselves in such trials of strength as could be
made within doors — as ' drawing the sweer-tree,' Gu'EOo'R Flk- Lore
(i88i) 57 ; Here prob. one party had to hold the swingle-tree
against the strength of those who pulled, or it might have been
a trial between two only (J.Ar.).
2. Fig. To get on together, 'pull together,' agree.
Abd. What way to draw atweesh thae twa, I'm sometimes in a
swither, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 280. Fif. That was a topic we
didna touch on, like, else we niicht ha' drawn better, Meldrum
Margre'del (1894) 214. Ayr. Thegither frae this hour we'll draw.
And loom the stoup atween us twa, Boswell Poet. IVks. (1803)
10, ed. 1871.
3. To cart, carry or convey hay, corn, &c., in a wagon or
cart.
Dmf. They made me help to draw the lime Up frae Dalbeattie
mony a time, Shennan 7>7/f5 (1831 1 159. N. I.' He's away drawin'
peats. s.Ctis.' Dhu aas- dhut drau-d dhu koa-l [The ass that
draw'd the coal]. Dev.^ Have you draa'd your hay yet? w.Dev.
Marshall Pur. Econ. (1796).
Hence Drawing-home, sb. a bringing in the harvest ;
a harvest home.
Ir. There was a grand drawing home; what we call in Ireland
bringing in the harvest. Lever Jack L/inlon (1844) xxxv.
4. Mining term : to drag or haul coal along the workings
or in the shaft, in the process of removing it out of the pit.
Nhb.' Draa me to the shaft, it's time to gan hyem, Collier's Rant.
n.Stf. (J.T.) [The workmen who fill the tubs at the face and draw
or haul them to the pit bottom or to the place whence a pony can
convey them to the bottom of the shaft, Gl. Lab. (1894).]
Hence (i) Drawers, sb. pi. the workmen who fill the
tubs and 'draw' or drag them to the pit bottom, &c. ; (2)
Drawing-road, sb. a road in a mine driven out of the
main road for the convenience of ' drawing ' the coal ; (3)
-stowce, sb. a small windlass, used by miners.
(i) [07. Lab. (1894).] \2) Shr.' (3) Der. Mawe Mineralogy
(1802).
5. Weaving term : to pull the ends of a warp through
the gear in the loom previous to commencing weaving.
w.Yks. (J.M.) [Women employed in drawing warps through
the combs and reels before they are taken to the loom, Gl. Lab.
(1894}.]
Hence Drawers, sb. pi. (a) women employed in
'drawing' warps; {b) women who put the warp into
'splits' or 'heddles' for the starting of a web in weaving.
CI. Lab. (1894).
6. Curling term : to make a careful throw or shot ; prop,
in phr. to draw a shot.
Lnk. They [curlers] draw, an' guard, an' wick, Thomson Musings
(i88i) 20; They wick, they strike, draw shots, or guard. Watt
Poems (1827) 95. Lth. * Jist drawn-length on the "guard," miller,
it's oor stane ; ' and the miller sent the ' guard ' up within an inch
of being first shot, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 272.
Hence Drawing, vbl. sb. taking a careful shot or throw.
Lnk. Leadin' an' drawin' an' a", Guardin', an' strikin' an' a'.
How social the sport, Watson Poems (1853) 63; Our hinhaun,
unrivalled at drawin', ib. 64.
7. Phr. to draw a stroke, to make a sweeping stroke.
Ayr. Wi' steeket gauntlet Changue drew Ae stroke wi' sic
prodigious strength. Ballads and Sngs. (1847) II. 115.
8. To push forward ; to lift or raise for the purpose of
attack.
N.I.' He drew his fist, and hit him on the face. He drew his
foot and kicked her.
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9. Of a screw or wedge: to hold, bite.
w.Som.* The wadge 'ont draw ; drow in some brick-stuff.
10. To take in air into the lungs ; to strain.
e.Yks. It is a token of recovery . . . with a bull, when ... he
draweth, Best Riir. Ecmi. (1641) 118.
Hence Drawing, vbl. sb. a straining.
e.Yks. Yow may knowe wheather hee bee a close tuppe ... by
his fain drawinge, ib. 28.
11. To take in, to cause to enter, e.g. water into a drain.
Ess. Hollow-drains, for surface-water, are absolutely useless;
they will not draw for a single yard. Young Agric. (tSi-i) I. 23 ;
The ditches are seen to work, or draw, as we call it, as well as
they do at first, Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 21.
12. To take bread, &c., out of an oven.
Chs.', s Chs.i, War.3 Stir.i Han 'ee drawed the bread ? Oxf.'
I shall draa-at four o'clock, MS. add. Sus. At midnight, just as
the drier is drawing the hops, a thunderstorm bursts, Jefferies
Hdgrow. (1889) 82. [In the potting industry to draw an oven is
to remove the contents ; in this case to relieve it of the saggers of
ware which have been placed in it to bake, Gl. Lab. (1894J.J
13. To remove weeds, &c., from a ditch or pond.
e.An.i Them ditches was drawed last year [they had the weeds
pulled out of them with a crome].
14. To remove the props or timber in a pit after having
got out the coal, esp. in phr. to draw ajttd.
Nhb.' In mining parlance, ' draain a jud ' means the removal of
the timber or props after the coal has been taken away in what is
termed a broken lift, and is a dangerous, if not the most dangerous
work that a deputy is called upon to do in his daily duties in the
pit or mine. n.Stf. (J.T.)
15. To select and set apart sheep from the flock, for
breeding or fattening purposes, or for the market ; to
remove cattle from pasture land.
n.Lin.l To cull out such ewes as are not to be put to the ram.
'I'm fair alive wi' fags ; I've been drawin' sheiip all th' mornin'.'
Shr.* To take cattle out of meadow-land that the grass may grow
for hay. ' Yo' mun see to the 'edges round them meadows, they
mun be drawed an' dressed nex' wik ' ; Shr.^ It should be floated
afore the meadow's drawed. Nivir drawed the lond till the middle
o' May.
Hence Draa-beas, sb. pi. cattle collected together,
bought at or taken to fairs. ne.Lan.^
16. To let oft' water from a field, mill-dam, &c., by
artificial means.
Sc. O father, father, draw your dam, Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 54. Slir.' Han 'ee drawed them aids ?
Hence Drawer, sb. the man employed to draw water
from the reservoir by raising the ' shuttle.'
n.Cy. N. ij' Q. (1852) ist S. v. 250.
17. Of land ; to sterilize, exhaust, draw the goodness
out of.
s.Not. It drors the ground so, Icavin' the cabbages in to sprout
(J.P.K.). n.Lin.l They think that flax draws the land more than
woad, 'Young Agric. (1799) 197. w.Som.' Taeudeez du draa' dim
graewn maaynlee [potatoes exhaust the soil mainly].
Hence (i) Drawer, sb. a plant that exhausts the soil ;
(2) Drawing, ppl. adj. sterilizing, exhausting.
(r) Hrt. Great drawers of the ground, Ellis Jl/o</. Husb. ('1750)
V. iii. (2) w.Som.' Mang'-gul-z u tuur-ubl draa'een kraa'p [man-
gold is a very exhausting crop].
18. To extract the entrails of poultry or game.
w.Som.' A hare ought to be carefully drawn, and the body
stuift d out with nettles. nw.Dev.' To extract the entrails of
birds only ; hares and rabbits are always panched [paunchedj.
[Be as quick as possible in drawing the shoulders, Mayer Sptsmii's
Direct. (,1845) 29.]
19. Of young chickens, turkeys, &c. : to clear out the
windpipe : see below.
w.Som.' These are subject to ' the pip ' or ' the gaps,' a disease
caused by a worm in the windpipe. The only effectual cure is to
draw them — i.e. to push a small feather down the windpipe and
twirl it round. One or more worms will be found sticking to the
feather, and the young bird soon coughs out the rest.
20. To castrate lambs.
n.Wm. vB. K.) [There are two methods pursued, one called
drawing, which is done whilst the lamb is from a week to ten days
old ; the other called cutting and searing . . . after ... a month,
Arhatace Slieep (188a) 19.]
21. Of straw, &c. : to pull out from the stack and lay it
straight ready for the thatcher.
ne.Yks.i 'Why have you two men at work tying up straw ?— Yan
on em's dthrawin. e.Yks. For some days, bo3's have been ' dhrawin
sthreeah' (that is, pulling straw out by handfuls from the straw
slack made last thrashing day) and laying it straight in bundles
ready for the ' theeaker,' Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 13. Clis.' To
draw thatch is to separate the short straw from the long before the
latter is used for thatching. The operation lakes place after the
straw has been ' sessed * or * soaked.'
Hence Drawn, ppl. adj. Of straw, &c. : arranged in
lengths for thatching.
Bntf. ' Strae kilns ' were used for drying the corn. A hole was
cut in the face of a hillock, and pieces of trees, with drawn straw,
were spread thereupon, called ' kiln-stickles,' Gordon Chron.
Keith (i88o) 107. ne.Yks.' Drawn-straw is straw sorted or pulled
through the hands until rough pieces are separated from it, and
thus fairly straight and clean straw is the result. [He sees that
the straws are parallel and straight, when he lays down the now
drawn wisp carefully upon the floor of the barn, Stephens Farm
Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 362.]
22. Spinning term : to pull the wool off" the comb to
form a 'sliver'; to draw out or extend a thread.
w.Yks. iJ.M.) ; (.E.'W.) [A number of operations, from combing
to spinning, performed wholly by female labour to reduce the
thickness of the sliver of wool by drawing the warp through the
' reed,' Gl. Lab. (1894).]
23. To picture to oneself; to imagine, conceive. e.An.'
24. To construct, devise a road, used of the breaking up
of the surface of a road, consisting of natural rock. Som.
(W.F.R.)
25. To walk about idly with no particular object ; to
move slightly from a position without actual removal.
Nhp.^ ' I've done nothing but draw about all the morning.' It is
very commonly said of a young man who admires a lass and follows
her about, without any intention of making her his wife, ' He's
always drawing after her, but I don't think he means anything.'
Young girls who are fond of walking about the streets are said
to be always drawing about. Glo. (J.H.B.)
26. To draw near to, come up with, overtake.
Cum.' He's off, bit we'll seiinn draw him.
27. Of water: to filter through, ooze.
Kcd. The sub-soil is so concreted, or hard, that water does not
draw or filter beyond a few feet of distance, Agric, Surv. 368
(Jam.).
28. Comb, (i) Draw-back, (a) a gasp or loud inspiration,
as in hooping-cough, &c. ; also called Back-draught
(q.v.) ; {b) a deduction imposed as a fine ; (2) -bar, the
beam of an iron plough ; (3) -bellie, a hole under each
timber of a boat for allowing the water to run along the
keel ; (4) -board, hatting term : an implement used to
press out of the hat body the superfltious stiffening; (5)
-bone, the ' merry-thought ' (clavicles) of a fowl ; (6)
-bore, in pinning a tenon, to bore the hole so that the pin
shall force it tightly into the mortice; (7) -bore-pin, an
iron pin used by carpenters for drawing tenons tight ;
(8) -box, (a) a tool for cutting the worm or thread in
wooden screws ; ((6) the sucker of a pump ; (9) -boy, {a)
a boy employed by weavers to pull the cords of the
harness in figure-weaving; (b) the mechanism now used
to perform the work formerly done by boys ; (c) a boy
who drags coal-hutches in mines; (10) -breech, (a) a slut,
a slovenly, dirty woman ; (b) to loiter, dawdle, draggle ;
(11) -bucket, a bucket to draw water from a well; (121
•hook, an implement for cleaning out dikes, &c. ; (13)
•kist, a chest of drawers ; (14) -night, the night on which
a portion of the wages are paid in advance; (15) -plate,
a plate through which wire is drawn to lengthen and
reduce the rods ; (16) -quarters, to keep alongside of;
to be on equal terms with ; (17) -rail, a long bar passed
between two posts to serve as a gate, and drawing in and
out to allow any one to pass ; (18) -sheave, a wheel-
wright's drawknife ; (19) -tin, a piece of tin placed in
front of a fire to make it burn up; (20) -to (Drawts), a
home in need or want ; an accustomed meeting-place ;
(21) -water, (22) -water King Harry, the goldfinch
Cardiiclis elegans; (23) -well, (a) an open well with a
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windlass, by aid of which water is drawn up in buckets ;
(6) a hole or well sunk for the purpose of obtaining
chalk.
(i, a) Inv. (H.E.F.) (b) Cld. (Jam.) (a) s.Wor. In the modern
iron plough tlie draught is from an iron bar under the beam called
the draw-bar (H.K.. (3^ S. & Ork.' U) Chs.' (5) SUr.' This
bone gets its local name of draw-bone from the custom practised
by young people of drawing or pulling it in order to determine
\vhich of them will be soonest married. The one in whose hand
the shorter piece remains will be the first to enter the marriage
state, but the other will have 'the lungest cubbert.' (6) w.Som.'
Thick joint idn up tight, mus draw-bore-n a good bit, an' that'll
draa un op. {^) n.Lin. ' I can't remember how many year it is sin',
but it happen'd th' very time as Maason clooted Nichols wi' a draw-
bore-pin. (8) w.Som.i (9, a) Knf. When weaver's drawboys quit
their work, M'GiLVRAYFooHSied. 1862)243. (i) w.Yks. The third
son, William,. . . employed a good number of weavers in theinaking
of 'drawboj's,' the market for which was at Halifax, Cudworth
Braci/orit {IS^6'l Q^8. (r) Ayr. His son had himself served some
time, early in life, as a draw-boy in a coal mine, Johnston Glcii-
biickic (1889I 55. (10, a) w.Cy. A muxy <lraw-breech ; a lazy,
filthy jade, that seems overladen with dirt at her tail, Grose (1790)
Siippl. w.Som.i Burn her face ! I widn keep jish gurt drawbreech
not in my house, nif her was to pay vor bidin — zay nort 'bout no
wages. n.Dev. Thek gurt . . . muxy drawbreech, Exm. Crishp.
(1746) 1. 501. (6) n.Dev. Doant stand drawbreeching to tha durn.
Rock Jim an Nell (.1867) st. 51. (ii)Cor.>= (12) Ken.' An
implement consisting of a three-tined fork, bent round so as to
form a hook, and fitted to a long handle. (13) Nlib. Gyen wi maw
box full o' munny off the draw-kist, CIl.^TEK Tyiieside Ann. (1869)
10. ( 14) Lon. Wednesday night is called ' draw-night ' among some
mechanics and labourers — that is, they then get a portion of their
wages in advance. Mayhew Lond. Labour (1851) I. 53. (15) Shr.
The reducing and lengthening [of the rods] are both accomplished
by drawing the rod through a hole in a piece of steel called a 'draw
plate,' White ff«*"i (i860) xviii. (,16) e.An.' (17) Wor. Grose
(1790! MS. add. (M.) (18) •Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); WiH (19)
w.Yks. (B.K.) (20^1 N.Cy.' His house is a kind draw-to. Nhb.',
Cum. (M.P.) Wm. My father, poor man, has little of this world's
gear, but his house is a kind drawts for his bairns when they stand
in need of a home (J. H.). n.Yks. (I.W.) (2i)e.An.' Nrf. I ain't
perticlar if I can trap a few draw-waters as well, Patterson Man
and Nat. (1895) 91. [(So called) from its being taught, when in
its cage, to draw up water in a bucket, Swainson Birds ( 1885 ; 58.]
(22) Nrf. Cozens-Hardv Broad Nrf. (1803) 44. (23, a) Frf. Man,
I fell into a draw-well ance, an' ca'd the boddim o't oot wi' my
head, Willock Nosetiy Ends i 1886) 68, ed. 1889. Lakel. Penrith
Obs. (Dec, 28, 1897). n.Lin.i (6) Ken.^
29. Phr. fi) to draw bead, to fire, shoot, take aim; (2)
— bit, to draw rein, stop on a journey ; (3) — //ic cork, to
triumph over; I4) — i/ie cozo's udder, to press out any
hard substance that may have been secreted therein; (5)
— cuts, to draw lots; (6| — the door on my back, to shut
the door behind me ; (7) — Jish, (a) to wash fish in the
pickle ; (b) to haul fish on a line ; (8) — a furrow, to
plough; (9) — hides, to put them into and take them out
from the difierent pits, with a long-handled fork; (10)
— the leg, to play a trick on, to fool, trick ; (11) — the nail,
to break a vow; see below ; (12) — one's pass, to give up
the pursuit of; to give over ; (13) — salt, (a) to take salt
out of the pan when made; (6) to raise rock-salt from the
excavation to the surface; (14) — straws, or — a straw
before the cat, fig. to deceive, keep one in the dark ; to
cajole, amuse in order to gain some object ; (15) — the
table, to take away, clear the table; (16) — water, said of
a hazy moon, which betokens rain; (17) — the well dry,
a game of cards similar to 'beg-of-my-neighbour ' ; (18;
— wet, of the sun : to draw water, send out disparted rays
from behind a cloud; (19) — aside with, to frequent,
associate with by preference ; (20) — aivay, to die, expire ;
(21) — before a person's niincles, to summon, take before a
magistrate ; (22) — in, (a) to draw back, retire ; (b) to
economize, reduce expenditure ; (23) — off, see — away ;
(2,|, a) — out, of iron : to hammer out, forge to a point, beat
thin; (b) to compose in writing, draw up; {o to dress
showily ; gen. in pp. ; Id) to clear out, make room ; to thin ;
(25) — through, to filter through, pass through slowly;
(26) — ////, (a) see — to (b); (b) used of the weather; sec
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below ; (27) — to, (a) to take a seat and partake of the
family meal; (b) to approach, frequent, incline to; also
used fig. ; (c) see — till (b) ; (d) in steering: to haul from
the wind, applied to a sliift of wind ; (e) to amount to ;
(28) — up, [a] to come when expected ; to come to a
place and wait ; (b) to increase an offer or bid ; (cj to
become intimate with, keep company with a view to
marriage ; (29) — up a ivatch, to wind up a watch ; (30)
— up luith, see — up (c) ; (31) dreich or drcigh to draiv, of
draiving, or in the draiv, slow in coming to the point about
anything ; see Dree, adj. 3.
(i) Nrf. A mallard comes whizzing past, but we draw bead
upon him, and his fall headlong into the water iullows the report,
Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 113. (2) Nrf. An expression
used on giving an account of the qualities of a horse, and his
capability of bearing fatigue. ' I never drew bit during the whole
journey' (W.W.S.), (3) I. Ma. That's the boy that'll draw their
cork! Brown IVitcli (1889) 127. (4) s.Chs.' (5") Lan. ' Drawin
cuts ' was next mentioned as the fairest method, Brieri-EY Mar-
locks (1867) 84. Lei.', War.3 (6) Ayr. Up she banged in a
moment, and 1 had nae inair than time to draw the door on my
back and win awa. Service Notanduins (1890) 120, (7 ) S. & Ork.'
(8) e.An. (Hall.) (9) Chs.' (lol Per. Jamie's been drawin' yir
leg, says I, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 216. Rnf. Nae
maitter hoo sairly his leg ye micht draw, Ye will ne'er howk a
quarrel oot o' Sawney M'Graw, Aitken Lays (1883) 63. (11)
Clis.^ This very curious expression originates in an equally strange
custom, not perhaps very common, but occasionally practised
about Mobberley and Wilmslow. Two or more men will bind
themselves by a vow — say, not to drink beer. They set ofl'
together to a wood at some considerable distance and drive a nail
into a tree, swearing at the same time that they will drink no beer
while that nail remains in that tree. If they get tired of abstinence
they meet together and set oft' to draw the nail, literally pulling
it out from the tree, after which they feel at liberty to drink beer
again without breaking their vow. (12J Abd. Shirrefs Poems
(1790) Gl. (13, ni Chs.' It is done when the pans are hot with
the tools called skimmers and rakes. It is then put on the hurdles
to drain, and afterwards wheeled to the store-house. [b>ib. (14)
Sc. (Jam. Sitppl.) Sh.I. A'm ower auld a cat ta draw straes afore,
Sh. News ( May 29, 1897). e.Fif. No for the life o' me cud I see hoo
I cud decently draw straes afore the e'en o' the auld folk frae week to
week, Latto Tarn Bodtin U864) ix, (15) Sc. Scotidsms (1787)
27 ; Monthly Ma,i,'. (1798) II. 436. (16) Clis.i (17) Nhp.', Hnt.
(T.P.F.) (18) s.Chs.' Look, we s'n ha' reen — the sun draws wet
's. V. Sunsuckers). (19) Abd. He was aye fond o' beuks, an'
drew aside wi' iiane mair than the dominie, Alexander Ain Flk.
(1875) 244, ed. 1882. (20) Yks. To see his mother who was
drawing-away, Bronte /<»»£■ Eyre (ed. 1875) xxxiv. w.Yks. If ah
wer droin awaj', Lucas Stud. Nidderdale 1 c. 1882) Gl. ; Her oade
fadther drew away Sat in that oade arm chair, Blackah Poems
(1867) 41 ; w.Yks.' Lan. When th' owd lad dee'd . . . he'd a
terrible hard time on't afore he could draw away, Waugh Chim.
Con(f>- (1874) 22, ed. 1879. e.Lan.' (21) s.Chs.' (22, «) w.Som.'
Jim Gamlin was gvvain on, same's he do, 'bout the fullers he've
a-drow'd, hon in come Georgy Stone ! an' you should a zeed how
Jim draad ee-n tho. (i) w.Yks. We had latterly been drawing
in. Porridge made with water is very good eating, but it cannot
be mistaken for porridge made with blue milk, Snowden Web of
Weaver ( 1896) vii. w.Som.' They can't go on so vast now, they be a-
fo'ced todrawin,sure'nough. (23) w.Yks.2 He is drawing off. (24, n)
w.Som.' Thick there pick's a-beat up to a proper dump, he must
be a-car'd in to be a-drawed out. (b) ib. Mr. Greedy in to shop,
draa'daewtabrief vor-n. (c) Nhp.', Glo.' Oxf.' Ers wuz draaed out,
I can tell ee ! MS. add. {d) Brks. The beech woods in this county
are exceedingly well managed, by continually clearing (which they
call drawing out) the beech stems . . . where they stand too
thick, Reports Agric. (1793-1813). (25) Sus. Premisses which
have been leisurely 'draaed through' our native minds, Egerton
Flks. and Ways (1884) i. (26, ai Sc. For as skeigh she looks,
she'll draw till him yet (Jam.). Cat.' (i)Sc.(jAM.i ( 27, «) w.Yks.
Now just draw to, Nidderdale Aim. (1874 . Nhp.', War.^ i) Sc.
She'll draw to him yet tor all she's so skeigh, Keith Bonnie Lady
(1897) 138. Dmf. Ye . . . stay till the cold makes you draw to
the house, Shennan Tate (1831) 153- if; Sc. ' It'll draw to rain,"
a phr. commonly used when the atmosphere gives signs of ap-
proaching rain (Jam.), (rf) S. & Ork.' (e) w.Som.' Aay vraknz
dhai ul drae-u t-an'dee vaawur skaor- [I reckon they will amount
to nearly four score]. (28, a\ n.Yks. Thou use te be vext if Ah
didn't draw up, Tweddell Clcvel. Rhymes (1875) 40. (i) Abd.
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It was thocht that the factor mith' a try't gin the tither man wud
draw up a bit aifter him, Alexander Adi Flk. (1875) 131, ed.
1882. (f) Dmb. I would not be grately supprised to see Stiffriggs
and her draw up, for ... he comes here offen. Cross Disyul>tiou
(1844) ^™- Ayr. I've heard, Jock, that Leezie and you have been
drawing up of late, Galt Lairds (1826) xxxix. (29) Brks., Hmp.
Used instead of wind up' by some country people. It no doubt
originated from drawing up the weights of the old-fashioned
cottage clocks, the chains of which are very long (W.H.E.). (30)
Sc. I was not the kind of lass men draw up with, Keith Bonnie Lady
(1897I 153 Cai.i Ayr. He drew up with that little-worth, demure
daffodil. Miss Scarborough, Galt PmvosI (1822) xxxvii. Lnk.
Ye may do waur than draw up wi' the widow, Watson Poems
(1853) 66. Lth. Wha e'er wad hae thocht, the weel-faur'd honest
man as he is. wad hae drawn up wi' sich a bit hempie, hauflin' lassie
as Miss Fairbairn ? Lumsden Sheep-head {iB^2) 293 ; Hoo daur ye
draw up wi' a dochter o' mine? Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 108.
(31) Abd. The wife, tho' she be dreigh o' drawing, Comes ben
hersel', Beattie Parings (1801) 39, ed. 1873. Frf. Wow me,
Jamie lad, but ye're dreigh i' the draw, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880)
45. Rnf. [Siller's] easy ware't, whiles ill tae spare't, An' aften
dreich tae draw, Neilson Poems (1877) 27. Ayr. He's as dreigh
o' the drawing as a Beith witch, Service Notandums (1890) 125.
30. sb. A tug, wrench, pull.
Rnf. Howbe't I gied an unco draw. An' mann'd to rive mysel'
awa', PiCKEN Poems 1, 1813) I. 60. Lnk. I fell, an' for to break the
fa'. The blanket gied a fearfu' draw, Watt Poems (1827) 93.
31. A sledge. Cf. dray, sb}
Scm. Peculiar to Bristol, Brockett Gl. (1846); In Wales and
such-like hilly countries wheat is often ' tugged ' or ' hauled' in
' draws' or ' drags' (W.F.R.\ Cor. Trying to lift a fallen tree on
to a ' draw,' Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (.1865) 56, ed. 1896; Thomas
Randi^al Rhymes (1895) Gl.
32. Sea term : a halyard. Sh.I. (Jam.), S. & Ork.>
33. An amount drawn up, the depth which a spade goes
in digging ; a spadeful of earth.
n.Yks.i, w.Yks. (C.C.R.) Lin. Morton Cyclo. Agric. {iH6z).
n.Lin.' I fun that theare bell, just a draw deiip e' what's noo
th' eiist end o' th' gardin'. Bill chuck'd a draw o' muck e'
Jim's faace, that was what begun it. War.^ In draining for
agricultural purposes the first spade depth, or graft, or spit, in
cutting the trench is called the first draw, the second the second
draw, and the third the third draw. Nrf. Nrf. Arch. (1B79) VIII.
169.
34. A stratagem, trick, device.
Sus. HoLLOWAY ; Sus.' Whereby a person is caught or drawn
as it were into a trap.
35. A carefully-played shot in the game of curiing.
Ayr. I've gat, said Willie, unco claws, Frae D.D.'s wicks and
Sliffy's draws, White Jot/ings (1879) 239.
36. A smoke of tobacco, a whiff, puff at a pipe, &c.
e.Sc. After making himself quite presentable, sat down for a
' draw,' Setoun Sunshine (1895") 253. Lnk. I'll jist licht my pipe,
an' ha'e a bit draw, Wardrop _/. Mathison (1881I 24 ; This good
old Scottish saint .actually 'took a draw o' the pipe,' Wright 5f.
Life ! 1897) 63 ; Gow fill'd his pipe to tak a draw, Coghill Poems
(1890126. w.Yks. fJ.W.)
3'7. A drive, distance.
Rut.i It's a long draw to Melton.
DRA'W, see Dray, s6.^ Drew, v.''
DRAWD-NAIL, s6. Obs. Nhb.' A flat-pointed nail.
DRA'WERS, sb. pi. Sc. Yks. 1. In comp. Drawers-
head, the top of a chest of drawers.
Fif. The looking-gla=s was standing on the 'drawers-head'
behind a huge Family Bible, Robertson Provost (1894) 136.
2. Phr. a pair of drawers, a chest of drawers. w.Yks.
(J.T.)
DRAWING, sec Drawn, sb.
DRAWK, sb. Also in forms drake ne.Lan.' s.Chs.'
Stf ; drauk N.Cy.* Nrf; droke n.Cy. n.Yks.'^ Ken.';
drooak n.Yks.^ ; drook Chs.' [dr9k,drok, druk.] A name
given to var. species of weeds, esp. (i) the darnel, Loliuni
Icmulentitm and pereiine (N.Cy.° n.Yks.' e.Yks. ne.Lan.'
e.An.' Nrf Suf Ken. Sus.) ; (2) the grass, Bronius
secalimis (n.Yks.^ w.Yks. Chs.' Nrf.) ; (3) a filmy weed
very common in standing water (Ken.').
(i) n.Cy. (K.) ; Grose (1790). n.Yks. ll.W.) e.Yks. Marshall
Rtir. Eciin. { 1 788 . Nrf., Suf. Morton Cyclo. Agric. ( 1 863 ) ; ( F. H .)
Suf. Science Gossip (1882; 214; (G.E.D.) Ken. 'Voung .Imials
/Igric. (1784-1815') XVI. 311. (2) n.Yks.2 A weed-like head of
oats in the corn-fields. Chs.' Plentiful, as a weed, amongst corn,
and popularly believed to be degenerated oats. A labourer once
told me that darnel { Loliitm tentiilentiim) only infested wheat, whilst
drook only infested oats, and that darnel was degenerated v/heat,
and drook degenerated oats.
Hence Drawky, adj. mixed with darnel or 'drawk.'
n.Yks. T'corn's varry drawky \ I.W.). Ken. Seed with which
this is mixed is called droky seed. Young A mials Agric. (1784-
1815) XVI. 311.
[Drake or darnylle, Cath. Angl. (1483) ; Drawke, wede,
drauca, Prompt. Cp. OFr. droe, darnel (Hatzfeld, s.v.
droue).^
DRAWK, V. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Also in forms
draak Nhb.' ; drack Sc. Ant. N.Cy.' Nhb. ; draik Sc.
(Jam.) Peb. ; drak Nhb.' ; drake Sc. (Jam.) ; drauk Dinf
Nhb.'; drayk, dre^k Cum.'; droak Nhb.' [dr^k, drak,
drak, drek, drisk, drok.] To soak, drench, saturate with
moisture. Also usedyjg'. See Drouk.
Sc. Ere the morn, at fair daylight. He drackit draff his meer,
Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 383. Ayr. Folk are nooadays
drakit with owre mony new-fangled drogs, Service Dr. Diigiiid
(ed. 1887) 123. Lnk. I'll ne'er forget . . . How in the loch she did
me drake, Watt Poems 1 1827) 57. Lth. Wi' water cauld they]
hae drakd their meal, Bruce Poems (18131 II. 76. Peb. Get me
some milk to draik this meal (A.C.\ Rxb. And dews the dells
were drackin', Riddell Poet. IVks. fed. 1871) II. 143. Dmf O
dight, quo' she, yere mealy mou' For my twa lips yere drauking,
Cromek Retiiains (1810) 66. N.Cy.' To drack ircal or flour is to
make it into dough preparatory to baking. Nhb. Me heed's drackt
wi' weet, Robson Sng. Sol. (,1859) v. a; Nhb.' Also to absorb any
liquid or dry it up with a dry medium. ' Put a bit o' whitenin on
the oil an' draak't up.' * A finer kind of barley meal, called, by way
of distinction, flour, is sometimes draukcd with milk, and made into
thin, crisp cakes or biscuits,' Oliver Rambles Nhb. (1835) 160.
e.Dur.' A've gotten drawked throu'.
Hence (i) Draket, ppl. adj. soaked, drenched; (2)
Drawky, adj. of the weather : damp, wet, rainy, drizzly.
(i) Sc. The tail o't hang down. Like a meikle maan lang draket
gray goose-pen. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) II. 99 (Jam.). Cum.'
Commonly applied to slaked lime when very wet (s.v. Dreuv't).
(21 Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) N.I.' It's a drawky day. tJls.
(M.B.-S.) Ani. Ballymcna Obs. {iSg2). Owa. Knox Hist. Dwn.
(•875).
[All his pennis war drownd and drawkit [v.r. draikit],
Dunbar Poems (c. 1510), ed. Small, H. 142.]
BRAWh, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Not. Nhp. Hnt. Written
draul Nhp.' Hnt. [dr^l, dr^al.] 1. v. To be slow of
action ; to move slowly, drag along the ground.
Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. Sair clouds the sense, gars drawl an' creep, As
just a-deein. Watt Poems (1827I 72. s.Not. Yer may drawl that
big branch home for firewood. Drawl the perambucot about a bit.
Don't go drawling yer feet like that ; pick 'em up (J.P.K.). Nhp.',
Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Hence (i) Drawlie, adj. slow in movement, slovenly ;
(2) Drawling, ppl. adj., fig. tedious, monotonous, slow, dull.
(i) Lnk. (Jam.) (2) s.Not. It's very drawling sitting alone by
yerself(J.P.K.).
2. sb. A humming, monotonous sound.
w.Yks. Shoe's dreaming o' noises an' drawls, Bill Hoylus Poc^is
(1891) 150.
DRAWL, see Drail, sb}
DRAW-LATCH, sb. and v. Nhp. Glo. e.An. Hmp.
Dor. [drij-, dralaetj.] 1. sb. A sneaking fellow; an
eavesdropper. e.An.^
2. A lazy, idle, loitering person.
Nhp.' Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) e.An.' We do not
impute to a drawlatch any other dishonesty than that of w.isting
the time for which his emploj'er pays him wages. Nrf.' Hmp.
HoLLOWAY.
3. V. To dawdle, waste time, spend much time on
little work.
e.An.' Hmp. Holloway.
Hence (i) Draw-latcher, si. a deceiver, swindler; (2)
Draw-latching, />/>/. adj., (3) Draw-latchy, adj. dilatory,
idle, loitering, dawdling.
(O e.Suf. (F.H.) (2) Nrf. A drawlatchin' sort of a customer,
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 41 ; Waiting about with some
DRAW-LATCH ET
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DRAZIL
evil intention (W.W.S.). Dor. Come along to bed, do, j'ou draw-
latching rogue — keeping a body awake like this ! Hardy Madding
Croud (.1874) xxxvi. (3) Nrf. My chitnbley smoke so — I ha' spoke
to the sweep, but he's such a drawlatchy man W.R.E.V
[1. Draiv talches . . . Master Lamberd calleth them
miching thieves, as wasters and Robcrdsemen mighty
thieves, saying that the words be growne out of use,
CovvELL Interp. (ed. 1637). 2. Traintgain, a draw-latch,
lazy companion, slovenly lowt, Cotgr.]
DRAW-LATCHET, v. Oxf. Dor. Som. Also written
draa- Oxf.' Som. [drg-, dra'laetjit.] To walk lazily ;
to loiter, dawdle.
Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
Hence (i)Draw-latcheting, /i/i/. adj., (2) Drawlatchety,
adj. very slow, dawdling ; dilatory.
(i) Oxl'.' What a draalatchetin 'ooman Jack Adams a married,
MS. add. (21 Som. Sweetman IVincanton Gl. (1885).
DRAWLING, sb. So. Nhb. 1. The bog-cotton,
Eriophoitim vaginatiim.
Twd. Drawling . . . succeeds it in March; so designed, because
the sheep, without biting, seize tenderly the part above ground,
and draw up a long white part of the plant in a socket below,
Pennecuik />«ff. Tud. icd. 1815) 54 1 Jam.). Feb. (Jam.) Nhb.
Cheviots, Young Annals Ag)ic. (1784-1815I XXVIl. 182.
2. The tufted club-rush, Sciipus caespositus.
Ayr. .-igric. Sniv. 485 (Jam.).
DRAWN, sb. Hmp. Wil. Also in form drawing Wil.
[dr9n.] A large open drain in a water-meadow, which
carries the water back to the river, after it has passed
through the various carriages and trenches. Cf drain.
Hmp. The water is turned on and off from the main streams into
the drawns to irrigate the meadows, by means of hatches or
hatch-ways ^H.C.M.B.). WU.' In every-day use about Salisbury,
and along the Avon and Wiley from Downton to Codford, but
rarely heard elsewhere. ' Many of the meadows on either length
[near Salisbury] abound in ditches and " drawns," ' Fislnng Gasclle
(July 18, 1891) 40, col. a. ' I . , . descried three birds, standing
quite still [at Britford^by the margin of a flooded " drawing," ' IVil.
Arch, Mag. XXI. 229.
DRAWN, ppl. adj. Yks. In phr. the drawn picture of,
the exact likeness of
w.Yks. He's t'dravvn pictur of his fatther, Prov. in Brighousc
News (Sept. 14, 1889).
DRAWNT, DRAWP, see Drant, Drape, v.^
DRAWT, sb. Irel. Also Brks. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Som.
Dev. Also in forms dhraat Wxf ' ; draut Hmp.* Dev. ;
droat Brks.' I.W.'^ w.Som.' ; drot Som. Dev. [dr^t,
dr93t, droat.] 1. The throat.
Wxf.i, Brks.', Hmp.i Wil. Slov/ G/. (1892) ; Britton Beauties
(1825). n.Wil. My drawl's that bad as I don' knaw what to do
wi't (E.H.G.). Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig (1825) ; Sweet-
man Wincanlon Gl. (1885. w.Som.' Do ee gee me a drape' cider,
my droat's jisthe very same's a lime-kill — I be jist a chucked. Dev.
Bit twid be es aun vaut If tha munny'd a tnickel'd irt down in es
draut, Nathan Hogg Poc/. /.<«. (1847) 36,ed. 1853 ; Vrem veather'd
drots a chorius pours Ev warbled notes ev love, Pulman Stetc/tcs
(i842U,ed. 1853.
2. Conip. Droat-haps or Droatups, the leather strap
that goes under the lower part of a horse-collar. s.Cv.
(Hall.), I.W.'2 ^
DRAWT, see Draught, sb.^
DRAWTER, 5*. Nhp.' The long slip of parch-
ment or cloth used by lacemakcrs to draw over theu-
lace, as they make it, to keep it clean.
DRAWTS, sec Draw. v. II. 28 (20).
DRAY, sb.' Nhb. Also Hrf Glo. Dev. Cor. Also in
form dree N.Cy.' Nhb.'; dry nw.Dev.' [dre, drl.]
A cart without wheels ; a sledge. Cf draw, II. 31.
N.Cy.' Nhb. Used about 80 years since to carry peats from the
moors and hay from the steep meadow fields (J.H.) ; Nhb.' In the
middle of the i8th century peats from the moors and hay from the
steep meadow fields were drawn on drees by the farmers. The
hollow roads that abound in hilly grounds were all worn by the old
one-horse drees, or those commonly yoked by oxen. Obs. Hrf.
(W.W.S.), Glo.i, nw.Dev.' w.Dev. Marshall Rnr. Eton. (17961!
Cor. For drays, dorsals, and crooks were the common modes of
conveyance, Quiller-Couch IIh,!. Potjierro (1871) 30.
[Tra/ia, a dreye or sledde, drawen without wheeles.
Cooper (1565) ; Tra/ia . . . rotas non habit [aiigtice a
dreye], Tnn. Coll. MS. (c. 1450) in Wright's Koc (1884)
617. The same word as OE. drage, a drag-net ; cp. Sw.
drag, sledge (Widegren) ; Norw.' dial, drag, a sledge to
carry timber on (Aasen .]
DRAY, sb.'' Cum. Nhp. Shr. Brks. Bdf. Ken. Sur.
Sus. Hmp. Wil. Also written drey Cum. Sns. Hmp.;
and in form draa, draw Brks.' Bdf. Sus,' Wil.' [dre,
dra, Shr. also drai.] 1. A squirrel's nest.
Cum. The red-furred squirrels . . . have their 'dreys' in the
angles of the boughs, Watson Nature IVdcraft (1890) xvi. Nhp.'
Slir. Ellis Prominc. (1889) V. 185 ; Shr.', Brks.', Bdf. ( I.W.B.),
Ken. (^W.G.P.\ Ken.', Sur.', Sus.' w.Sus., Hmp. Also" called a
Dodge, HoLLOWAY. Hmp.', n.Hmp. (J.R.W.) e.Hmp. A boy has
taken three little young squirrels in their nest or drey, as it is
called in these parts. White Sell orne (17881 333, cd. 1851. Wil.
Common in Savernake Forest (J.R.W.) ; Wil.'
2. Applied rarely to a large nest, as a hawk's. Wil.'
3. A prison.
Hmp.' Wise New Forest (1883).
[1. While he, from tree to tree, from spray to spray.
Gets to the woods, and hides him in his dray, Browne
Br. Past. (1613) I. 5 (Nares).]
DRAY, sb.^ Ken. [dre.] A place where there is
a narrow passage through the slime or mud.
Ken. N. & Q. (.1852) ist S. vi. 410; Ken.'
DRAY, see Draw, v.
DRAYBLING. sb. Glo.' A dribbling child.
DRAYGON, DRAYK, DRAYSACK, see Dragon,
Drawk, v., Drazack.
DRAYTON DIRTY FAIR, phr. Shr. A fair held at
Market Drayton at the end of October ; see below.
Shr.' The bad weather usually prevailing at the time has given
it its name. Formerly the old-fashioned farmers of the district
were much exercised in their minds if their winter wheat was not
sown by the Dirty Fair.
DRAZACK, sb. and v. Dev. Cor. Also written
drasack s.Dev. ; draysack Dev. [drse-zsk, drse'sgk.]
1. sb. A lazy, easy-going person ; an untidy, slow
person. Also used attrib.
Dev. A dra-zack is an untidy person who drawls in his speech,
Repoiis Provinc. (1893) ; Dev.^ That Jones is a proper old drazack,
he dith'n' seem ta keer nort about 's farm 't all. Cor.^'
2. V. To idle, waste time, dawdle. Gen. used in prp.
Dev. Don't 'e stand there drayzacking. Reports Provinc, (1885)92.
Hence (i) Draysacker, sb. an idler, dawdler ; (2) Dray-
sacking, ppl. adj. (a) slow, lagging behind, stupid, dull ;
(b) of speech : slow, drawhng.
( I ) Dev. Freq. heard on the borders of Dartmoor as well as at
Modbury. A man told me he had often, at Chagford and in
neighbouring parishes, heard an idler spoken of as a ' draysacker,'
Reports Provinc. (1885) 93. (2, a) s.Dev. Fox Kiiigsbridge i 1874).
Cor. 2 (6) Dev. He [the Devonshire man ] is not proud of his accent
— that broad, unmusical, ' drazacking' draw] which fills the foreigner
witli wonder, Vy. leleg. (Sept. 3, 1892) in Reports Provinc. (1893).
[1. If any man mislikes a bullymong drassock more
then I, let him take her, Ward Simp. Cobler (1647) 24
(N.E.D.).]
DRAZE, sb. and v. Yks. Also written draeze w.Yks.'
fdrez, dreaz.] L sb. A bush-harrow, a hurdle laced
with brushwood, used to brush manure into the ground.
w.Yks.' Cf dredge, sb.^, drudge, sb.' 2.
2. V. To brush with a 'draze.'
w.Yks.2 Farmers draze hurdles and bushes across grass fields to
spread the manure and to brush and make smooth the surface ;
w.Yks.3
DRAZIL, sb. and v. Yks. Chs. s.Cy. Sus. Hmp. Also
written drasil n.Yks.' ; drazzil s.Chs.' ; and in form
drossel n.Yks.' [dra-zil, drae'zil, dro'zil.] 1. sb. A dirty
slut, a draggle-tailed person.
n.Yks.', s.Chs.' s.Cy. Grose (1790) ; Ray (1691). Sus. (K;;
(Hall.)
Hence (i) Drazil-drozzle, (2) -tail, sb. a dirty, untidy
person.
(i) Hmp. HoLiovvAY, (2) s.Chs.' Draaz'il teel.
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2. V. To have a wet, disordered, and slovenly ap-
pearance.
s.Chs.' Ai', aay dhii aat- draazild ; ddo goa" un gy'et siim
dif'urunt thing-z on [Eh, hai tha at drazzil'd ; do go an' get some
different things on].
[1. That . . . the drazels For ever may become his
vassals, Butler Hitdibras (1678) iii. i. 988; Paiigit/s . . .
an vnweldie drossell nothing but guts, Minsheu Diidor
(1617).]
DREACH, V. Suf. Ess. Also written dreech Suf.
[dritj.] To drawl, speak in a sing-song manner. See
Dretch, v.
Suf. Dreech it out. boys (Choirmaster) (W.W.S.). Ess.(H.H.M.)
DREAD, sb} and i-.' Irel. Glo. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev.
Also written dreade Wxf.' ; dred Glo.' Dor* Dev. ; and
in form drid Glo.' Wil. Dor.' [dred, drid.] 1. sb.
Thread.
Wxf.', Glo.i n.Wil. Yer lups be lik a drid o" scarlet. Kite Stig.
Sol, (i860) iv. 3. Som. Th' stream looks hke a zilver dread,
PuLMAN Sketches (1842 1 12. w.Som.' Dev. Bowring Lang.
( 1866) I. pt. V. 27 ; Willie, just urn down tu shop an' git a pennerd
of kiise dread, Hewett P<;n5. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. Grose (1790).
e.Dev. Yer lips be laike a scorlet dred, Pulman Siig, Sol. (i860)
iv. 3.
2. V. To thread.
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892).
3. Phr. to thread the old woman's needle, a game played
by children, in which they join hands in pairs, the last
two leading the train under the arms of the others.
Dor.' Ther we da play ' dred the woman's niddle,' 170.
DREAD, V.' and sb.^ Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin.
[dred, drid, driad.]
I. V. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense : (1) Dhreead,
(2) Dreead, (3) Dreed, (4) Dreid, (5) D'rid.
fi) e.Yks.' s. V. Dhrade. (2) Cum.' s.v. Dreed. w.Yks.
Driad, Wright Gram. Wndlitl. (,1892) 46. (3) Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.»
Aa's dreedin the warst, hinney. Cum. Aul' an' helpless — deeth
ay dreedin ! Anderson Ballads (ed. 1840) 45. m.Yks.' D'rih'd.
Heard, but not characteristic, Introd. 34. (4) Sc. Murray Dial.
1873! 204. (5') ni.Yks.' Introd. 33.
2. Preterite : (i) Dhrade, (2) D'raad, (3) Drad, (4) Draed,
(5) Dreeded, (6) Dreedit, (7) Dridid.
( i)e.Yks. He dhrade maister gettin ti knaw, Nicholson /Vj^-S/".
(1889'! 3; e.Yks.i (2) m.Vks.' Introd. 33. (3) Lan.', s.Lan.
(J.A.P.) (4) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. (5) Cum. Nae wind
or weet e'er dreeded she, Gilpin Ballads (1874) 156. m.Yks.'
D'ri'h'did. Heard, but not characteristic, Iittrnd. 34. (6) Cum.'
He niver dreedit sec a thing. (7) m.Yks.' D'ridid. Introd. 33.
3. Pp. : (i) Dlireeaden, (2) Drad, (3) D'rid'u'n, (4)
D'ri'h'du'n.
(I) e.Yks.' (2) Lan.', n.Lin.' (3) ra.Yks.' Introd. 33. (4) ib.
Heard, but not characteristic, 34.
II. Dial. uses. 1. k. To look forward to with anxiety ;
to suspect. Cf. doubt.
Sc. I Jam. ', Cai.' Ayr. I dread ye'll learn the gate again, Burns
IVtia is tliat at my Bower Door, st. 3. Nhb. Thou'll drive me daft,
aw often dreed, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 8. w.Yks. A driad
il kum tamoan fJ.W.).
Hence Dreader, sb. one given to suspect others.
Sc. Ill doers are ay ill dreaders. Prov. (Jam.) Cai.'
2. Phr. to be drad on, to be afraid of.
Lan.' He dings her so that hoo's drad on him killin' hur.
3. sb. Suspicion.
Sc. I hae an ill dread o' yon (Jam.). Cai.'
[1. He dred his kingdom to lese. Cursor M. (c. 1300)
7613]
DREADFUL, adv. Som. Dev. 1. Very ; used as an
intensive.
w.Som.' Draid'fcol kuyn, draidfeol puur'dee maa'yd, draidfeol
geod jaub' [Very kind, very pretty girl, very good job]. Dev.
(Hall.); (R.P.C.)
2. Very friendly, very 'thick' with.
w.Soni.' Dhai zaes uw aaw'ur mae*ustur-z drai'df^ol wai Mu3*
Taa'p tu Pau n [They say how our master is very thick \vith Miss
Tapp of) to Pond i;Farm)\ Missus was always dreadful wai we
maidens, but we never didn look arter her [i.e. did not care
for her].
DREADOUR, DREAGH, see Dreddour, Dree, adj.
DREAM, sb. and v. Sc. Cum. Nhp. Ess. [drlm.]
1. sb. In comp. (i) Dream-bit, a piece of wedding-cake
to dream upon ; (2) -dodging, lost in thought, in a brown
study.
(i) Cum. She was going to send Elsy a ' dream bit' of bridecake,
Linton Lizsie Lorton (1867) xii. (2) Ess. Don't stand dream-
dodging there (A.H.).
2. V. Phr. (i) to dream of the dead, an old superstition ;
see below ; (2) to go dreaming about or along, to move
slowly, crawl.
(i) Rxb. To dream of the dead before day Is hasty news and
soon away (Jam.). (2) Nhp.' You can't make him quicken his pace,
he goes dreaming along. Ess. To goo dreamin' about loike a
hoddidod (W.W.S. ).
DREAM-HOLE, sb. Obs. Yks. Glo. One of the slits
or loopholes left in the walls of steeples, towers, barns,
&c., to allow the sound of the bells to escape, and to
admit air and light.
n.Yks.'2, ne.Yks.', m.Yks.' Glo. Grose (1790) ; Formendynge
of dyuerse of the dreame-holes in the steeple, CInv. Ace. Mincliin-
liatnpton (1558) in Arcli. (1853) XXXV. 425 ; He watched vrom th'
dream holes of the barn, an zeed a lion an a burr, /.rg'. Peas. (1877)
63; Gl. (1851).
[Dream, ME. dreme, music, melody (Owl Sr' N. 314);
OE. dream ; cp. OS. drom, mirth, noise.]
DREAMING, /■>-/>. Sc. In ra;H/>. (i) Dreaming-bread,
(2) -cake, a term applied to a wedding or christening
cake, pieces of which are taken home and laid under the
pillow by those who wish to dream of their lovers.
(i) Sc. Miss Nicky wondered what was to become of the
christening cake she had ordered from Perth. — The misses were
ready to weep at the disappointment of the dreaming-bread.
Marriage (1818) I. 259 (Jam.). Lth. The dreaming-bread was
dealt about Amang the lassies cheerie ; An' iient ane there but
dream't, nae doubt, That night about her dearie, Bruce Poems
(1813) H. 102. {2) Sc. When they reach the bridegroom's door,
some cakes of shortbread are broken over the bride's head. It is
a peculiar favour to obtain the smallest crumb of this cake, which
is known by the name of dreaming-cake, Edb. Mag. (Nov. 1818)
413 (Jam.).
DREAN(N, DREAP, see Drane, v., Dreen, v., Drape, v.'^
Dreep, v.
DREAR, 56. Obs. Sc. Dreariness.
SIk. The kelpy may dern, in drear and dool. Deep in the howe
of his eiry pool, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 375.
[A ruefull spectacle of death and ghastly drere, Spenser
F. O. (1590), bk I. viii. 40.]
DREARISOME, adj. Sc. Yks. Nhp. Also written
dhreearisonie e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) [driaTisam.]
Dreary, tedious, dismal ; lonely, unfrequented.
Per. Thro' the lang winter's drearysome din Ye shivered and
slept in the hert o' a whin, Edwards Strathearn Lyrics (1889)
117. n.Yks.' A lang drearisome road ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' It was a
dhreearisome sahmon [sermon]. A dhreearisome spot, MS. add.
(T.W.) w.Yks.' Nhp.' It's a drearisome road. [Who roams the
old ruins this drearysome night, HAnnAH Ingoldsby (ed. 1840J30.]
Hence Drearysomeness, sb. loneliness.
Bna".' The drearysomeness o' the place is jist something beyon'
the beyont.
DREATEN,!/. HrfGlo.Som. [dre'tan.] To threaten.
Hrf.'2^ Glo.' Som. Jennings Dial, zv Eng. (1869'. w.Som.'
Dear' how his father have a-dreaten thick bwoy — ees, and
a-leatherd-n too ; but tidn not a bit o' good, we can't raake-n go to
school.
DRECEN, v. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To threaten. (Hall.)
DRECK, DRECKLY, see Draig, Directly.
DRECKSTOOL, sb. Som. Dev. Cor. [dre'kstdel.]
The threshold, sill of a doorway. See Drexil.
w.Som.' Usual in the Hill and E.xmoor districts. Dev.' Nor nare
bugg'th o'er the dreckstool tozee any gape 's-nest from week's-end
to week's-end, 5. nw.Dev.', Cor.' 2
DRED AN' DEED AN' DOUBLES, phr. Irel. A saying
used among rliiklrcn to make their promises more binding,
or to affirm strongly the truth of what they say.
Ant. Baltymena Obs. (1892).
DREDDOUR
[165]
DREE
DREDDOUR, sb. and v. Sc. Also Cor. Written
dreadour Slk. ; dreder n.Sc. Also in forms dridder
Abd. Fit. ; drider Sc. ; drither Sc. Cor. [dredar, dri'dar,
dri ^ar, dri->3/rl.] 1. s/). Fear, dread.
Sc. The foul fiend snorted like a wolf, Wi' dreddour an' \vi' fear,
Vedder Poents 1 1842) 227; The aiild wives in drider, Donald
Poems (1867) 187; Threats terrible o' death and drither, Dkum-
MOND Miickomachy (18461 6r. n.Sc. There is a dreder in your
heart. Or else ye love a man, Buchan Ballads (cd. 1B75) II. 203.
Abd. But Bydby's dridder was na quite awa, Ros3 Hgleitoir {i^tQ)
81, ed. 1812. Ags. To dree the drither, to abide the consequences
of a rash or wicked act (Jam.). Fif. Sic dridder drear, sic panic
pale. Took ilkalivin' thing in Crail, Tehnant Pa/>islry(i82i) 45; O
wad Apollo lead the van I'd hae but little drither, Douglas Poems
{18061 71. e.Fif. I had aye a dridder that there micht be some-
thing o' that kind gaun on, Latto Tarn Boilkiit {1864I viii. Slk.
He . . . saw with drc-idour and with doubt A tlame enkindling him
about, Hogg Mora Campbell (1834) 493. Cor. The drither within
her left her powerless to say, Pearce Incoiisiqiieiit Lives, 137.
2. V. To fear.
Abd. Gin we hald heal we need na dridder mair, Ross Helennre
(1768) 18, cd. 1813. e.Fif. Juist at the time whan 1 was switherin'
an' dritherin' ower considerations o' this sort, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864^ .\xi.
[1. He na dreddour takeng of the king sa neir . . . rann
in a furie vpon S"' James Hammyltoun, Dalrymple
Leslie's Hist. Scol/. (1596) II. 214. Dread+Fr. suft". -o«r
(-eicr), as in iialour.]
DREDGE, sb} Stf. Wor. Glo. e.An. Sus. Hmp. Wil. Dor.
Som.Dev. Cor. Also in fonnsdrage Som. ; dredge Wil.';
drudge Hmp. [dredz, drodg, drBdg, w.Som. drasdg.]
Mixed corn of several kinds, as oats, wheat, and barley
sown together.
Nrf.' Nrf., Ess. Grose (1790). Ess. Gl. (1851^; Ess.i, Sus.' =
Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) 193; Hmp.i, Wil.', Dor. (N.B.)
Som. Barley was the drink-corn, . . . drage was the commonest
and best sort for malting, Qiiar. Review {April 1885) in Hervey
IVedmorc Chron. {1887) I. 298. w.Som.^, Dev.*, Cor.'
Hence (i) Dredge-corn, sb. a mixed crop of barley, oats,
and wheat ; (2) -malt, sb. malt made of oats and barley ;
(3) -oats, a mixture of barley and oats ; (4) -wheat, sb. a
bearded wheat, sown formerly in coarse land.
(i) Cor. '2 (21 stf. Of which they make an e.xcellent fresh quick
sort of drink (K.). Stf.' i^'^') VioT., Glo. Evesham Jin. (Aug. 27,
18981. (4) Cor. 2
[Mingled corn or dredge, Bible Job xxiv. 6 (margin) ;
Drage or mestlyon. Prompt, (ed. Pynson). Fr. drage'e,
Melange de pois, vesces, feves, lentilles, qu'on laisse
croitre en herbe pour le fourrage (Hatzfeld).]
DREDGE, s6.2 Sc. Also I.W. Som. Also in form
drudge I.W.' [dredg. I.W. also dredg.] A small tin
box to hold flour ; a flour-box, with holes perforated in the
lid, by which flour is scattered or dusted upon food while
cooking, a 'dredger'; also in comp. Dredge-box. Cf
dridge, v., drudge, sb?-
Sc. I could make no better o't than to borrow the dredge-box
out of the kitchen and dress the wig with my own hands. Steam-
boat (1822) 296 {Jam.). I.W.', w.Som.'
[Dredger, Drudger, the box out of which flower is
thrown on roast meat. . . . Drudge, to throw flower on
meat. Ash (1775); To dredge meat, to scatter flower
on it while it is roasting, Bailey (1755) ; Rosti saiiglant
is made with dredging of hares blood dried unto powder,
COTGR.]
DREDGE, sb.^ and v. Lin. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp. Dor.
[dred?.] 1. sb. A 'bush-harrow,' consisting of a quan-
tity of bushes, chiefly of thorn, bound together and
drawn over meadows. Cf. draze, drudge, sA.' 2.
n.Lin.', Ken.', Sur.', Sus.l Sus., Hmp. Holioway. Hmp.' Dor.
Barnes Gl. (1863I.
2. V. To use a dredge, to 'bush-harrow' a field. Ken.',
Sur.'
DREDGERY, adv. Lei.' [dre'dgari.] Carefully, gently,
'gingerly.*
If you move her aarm iwer so dredgery, it gies her pain.
DREDGE-SUMP, sb. Nhb. Dur. A reservoir through
which water is passed on its way to a pump, in order
that any grit, small stones, &c., may be lodged there and
prevented from entering the pump.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coat Tr. Gl. (1849).
DREDGIE, sb. Sc. Written draidgie Sc. (Mackay).
Also in forms draigie, dregie Avr. ; dreg Edb. ; drigie Sc.
[dre-d^i, dre'gi ; dreg, drigi."] 1. A feast given in
memory of a deceased person immediately after the
funeral service ; also used n//ni!». : ominous, death-betoken-
ing. Cf dirgie.
Sc. And my bit fee — and some brandy and yill to the drigie,
Scott Bride 0/ Lam. (1819) xxiv; In fell the coffin, and out lap
he, . , . And he help'd to drink his ain dredgie. Chambers Stigs,
(1829) I. 125. Per. They drank his dredgie late at e'en, Nicor.
Poems (1766) lor. Rnf. Wee Patie Brydie's to say the grace.
The body's aye ready at dredgics and weddings, Tannahill
Poems (1807) 256, ed. 1817. Ayr. I understood there was no
draigie, which was a saving, Galt Legatees (^1820) v. Lnk. Yon
candle lowe is film'd wi' death. An' burns a dredgie flame, Murdoch
Doi-ic Lyre {18-13) '4- Edb. Let's laugh and sing while we are gleg.
Or while we dow. But still detest the masked dreg, As lang's we
row. Liddle Poems (1821) 174.
2. The burial service.
Ayr. The Bishop in his wee short hat and black daidly, who is to
read the dregie. Service Dr. Dttgiiid {cd. 1887) 182.
DREDGINGHORN, sb. Der.' nw.Der.' A horn for
giving drinks to cattle, a drenching-horn.
DREDGY-ORE, sb. Cor.'^ A stone impregnated or
traversed by mineral veins of ore ; an inferior mineral.
DREE, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Also written drie Sc. Nhb. [dri.] 1. v. To endure,
undergo, suffer, bear (something burdensome or painful).
Sc. Heavysteme dree'd pain and dolour in that charmed apart-
ment, Scott Atitiqjiary (1816) ix. Elg. For days and weeks ha'e
I to drie, Nae glass, nae sang, Couper Tourifications (1803) II.
209. Bn£r. I leave you, lad, to dree the rest, Ye're come to age, sae
stand the test, Taylor Poems (1787) 165. Bch. Greater penance
who could dree? Forbes Z)o;»/;;/c (1785) 43. Abd. Ye hae dree'd
sae meikle cark and care, Ross//tf/^»io;r (1768) 31, ed. 1812. Kcd.
Where is the man, where'er he be. That does not fortune's fierce
frown dree ? Jamie A/iiif (1844) 4. Frf. To dree the water-kcIpie's
ire, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 24, ed. 1882. Per. Wha watched it
fra the wee green breer To Autumn's stately show, . . . Maun
see't noo and dree't noo. Lie rottin' i' the rain, Haliburton
Ochil Idylls (1891) 54. Fif. What tho' I waste ilk hour in care;
An' slighted love be ill to dree, Gray Poems (1811) 141. Slg. My
laddie, gude kens ! gin the waurst we maun dree. Towers Poems
(1885) 77. Rnf. Fash'd wi' pains that's ill to dree, Webster
Rhymes (1835 i 139. Ayr. I maun dree the penalty of man, Galt
Ann. Parish (1821) xxiv. Lnk. If we be seen, we'll drie a deal o'
scorn, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 77, ed. 1783. Lth. 'Tis good
to wish she mayna see The destined doom that he maun dree,
LuMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 18. e.Ltb. Wha wad hae to dree the
dirdum gin ony scaith cam til her. Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 128.
Edb. Making man to dree the sense of his own insignilicance,
Moir Mansie Waueh (1828) xxii. Peb. Think on the ills that
thousands dree. While ye are blythe and frisky, Affleck Poet.
XVks. (1836) 34. Slk. He maun dree penance by a pilgrimage
to Loch Derg, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 328. Rxb.
The touch o' our thistle he dared not to dree, Riddell Poet.
Wks. (ed. 1871) I. 63. Dmf. And never dree the bitter snarl O
scowling wife, Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 14. Gall. We must dree
it apart, Crockett Grey Man ( 1896) xiii. Kcb. There's no a care
or sorrow That a weary soul can dree. But yet may bring a gowden
blink, Armstrong /»^/«/rf« (1890)206. Wgt. What foul fiend's
wark the youth did dree That night, there's nane can say, Fraser
Wigtown (1877) 211. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' =
Nhb. I'll scunner no' the scowl o' tate. Nor envy's sting I'll dree,
Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 135 ; Nhb.' Lakel. Ellwood
(1895). Cum. (H.W.) ; How her buik I dree ! AtiDERSOs Ballads
(1805) 138, ed. 1881. Cum., Wm. Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Soc.
Lit. {1868) IX. w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale {c. 1882)248. Lan.
Thou shalt all its terrors dree, Roby Trad. (1872) II. 121 ; I dree
much (K.). ne.Lan.'
2. Phr. (i) To dree one's dreed, (2) — one's (or a) weird,
to endure one's fate, do penance.
' i) Frf. All he said was, ' I must dree my dreed,' Barrie /l/iHis/f<-
(1891) XXXV. (2) Sc. We're dreeing a sair weird, Scott Antiquary
(1816) xxxii. Mry. The Princely Duke . . . Has dree'd his weird,
An' Moray wept when he was ta'en awa'. Hay Lintie (1851) 54.
DREE
[i66]
DREE
Abd.'I maun dree my weird,' he said, and said no more.MACDONALD
Sir Gihbic, li. Fif. Each ane must dree his weird, Meldrum Mar-
grcdel (1894) 105. Rnf. When»will my bairnie dree his weird?
Allan Poems (18361 24. Ln'i. To leeve alane wad be A waefu'
weird tae dree, Thomson Lcddy May (1883) 4. Draf. The wale o'
hfe's few pleasures — ye maun tyne Afore ye dree the iveird o"
• Auld Langsyne,' Reid Po«hs (1894) 31. Bwk. 'Refto' Hope's last
flickerin' beam, The violets weird they hae to dree, Chisholm
Pofw/s (18791 25. Slk. Lay thy account to dree the weird thou
hast so well earned. Hogg Talcs (1838J 439, ed. 1866. w.Yks.
Lucas Stud. Niddtidah (c. 1882) Gl.
3. To endure, last, hold out, continue.
Sc. So he is up to England gane, And even as fast as he may
drie, Scott Minstrelsy (1802 I. 423, ed. 1848. n.Cy. Grose (1790).
Cum. A mark 'at seems as time drees on, Gilpin Ballads (1874)
3rd S. 87. s.Wm. We feilt better for't an' sea dreed on again,
SouTHEV Doctor (1848) 561. Yks. I'm afeared George won't dree
on so mich longer (F.P.T.). n.Tfks.' She's dreed on sae lang,
rrebbe she'll win thrulT it now [of a person who has had a long
illness]. w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Crtffs (1781) ; ThorEsby Z.f/^
(1703); w.Yks. 1 I wor feaful (laid shoe'd nivver a dreed toth'
uvver side o'th Gill, ii. 288; w.Yks.", ne.Lan.i, Chs.l^^ oer.
Followed after while I might dree, Jewitt Ballads (1867) 25. [I
can never dree [in a long walk] (K.).]
Hence Dreeth or Drith, sb. continuance, duration,
substantiality.
n.Yks. What's roguishly getten nivver hezneea dreeth iri't (LW.);
Ill-gotten gear has nae drith wi't, Atkinson Moorl, Parish (1891)
136; n.Yks.i2, m.Yks.i
4. With out : to last through (time).
Sc. Dree out the inch as ye hae done the span, Henderson Proy.
(1832) 45, ed. 1881. Lnk. There's ither puir mortals, wha dree
oot their life, Just scrapin' for siller, Thomson Musings (1881) 94.
Cum.^ Dree out the inch when ye've tholed the span.
5. To ' spin out,' protract.
n.Yks.i ; n.Yks.2 He dreed a lang drone. m.Yks.' Don't dree
it out so. He dreed so long a talk, it was dowling to hear him.
6. To suffer from anxiety, to fear.
Sc. I dree my Jamie's on the muir an' fechtin' wi' the snaw,
Allan Lilts (1874) 334. Edb. Dreeing the awful and insignificant
sense of being a lonely stranger in a foreign land, MoiR Mansie
Wauch (1828) vi. Slk. They dree nae cauld at a', Geordie. Hogg
Poems (ed. 1865") 362. Nhb. That night Tain's wraith did Betty
warn That cauld nae mair he'd dree, Proudlock Borderland Muse
(1896) 67 ; Nhb.' Ye'U dree the deeth ye'll nivver dee, Nhb. Prov.
7. sb. Suffering.
Edb. Whase with thee leagu'd, Sale [shall] be on brunstane
lowes wi' dree Eternal plagu'd, LEARMONTPoe;;!5(i79i) 80. Nhb.
Ill will it be to bear the dree Till Heaven direct us, Strang frtiZ/j
Fitnd {i8g2) pt. ii. st. 6; Pale with dree, Richardson Borderer's
Table-bk. (1846) VI. 182.
8. A wearisome, protracted melody.
Dmf. Yon weird blink o' sang divine. The weary dree o' 'Auld
Langsyne,' Soughs owre the waefu' wanderer's min', Reid Poems
(1894)259.
fi. Ful lang penance far to drei, Cursor M. (c. 1300) 951.
OE. drcogan, to endure, suffer. 2. In dongoun be don
to drese [>er his wyrdes. Cleanness (c. 1360) 1224, in
AUit.F.']2. 3. To dree, last, a';(/-are, Levins M(7«?^. (1570).
4. Drie furth the inch as thou hes done the span,
MoNTGOMERiE Poenis (c. 1600), ed. Cranstoun, 137.]
DREE, iidi. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. War. Written dhreee. Yks. ; drigh w.Yks."
Also in forms dreagh Don. ; dreech Sc. n.Cy. ; dreegh
Sc. N.L>; dreek, dreich Sc. ; dreigh Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.' ;
driche Sc. ; driech S. & Ork.' MS. add. [dri, drix, drik.]
1. Long, slow, tedious ; used also as adv.
S. & Ork.' MS. add. Elg. Nae mair o' dreich and grievous tasks.
Or langsome days we hear, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 87. Abd. Nor
wi' her answer very blatc or dreegh, Ross Hchnore (1768) 39, ed.
1812. Frf. I stood on many a driech night at the corner, Barrie
Tonuny (1896,1 x. w.Sc. I mentioned my men, and he told me the
first was drcck, the second was unco dreek, and the third was
dreekcr and drccker, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 213. Fif.
A task I dread Sae drcigli and kittle, Douglas Poems (1806I 36.
e.Fif. It was a lang an' dreich road in the best o' weather, Latto Tant
Bodkin (1864) xxi. Knf. Ne'er sinsync wi' her I ween, tho' Drcigh
and dour hae they been pesteil, Clahk Hhynics (1842) 12. Ayr.
An' blableincals at fairs were drcigh, BuiiNS 'J'o Ins Mare, at. H,
Lnk. He's gran' company as lang as he doesna start aboot the
lassies ; but oh, he's dreigh, dreigh, when he begins, Eraser
Whaups (1895) viii. Edb. Roads baith dirty, dreigh, an' lang,
Liddle Poems {i8ai) 158; There's lang and dreech contesting;
For now they're near the point in view. Now ten miles frae the
question In hand, Fergusson Poems (1773) 159, ed. 1785. Bwk.
"Ye're like the dreigh drinkers o' Sisterpath Mill, "Ye'll no flit — as
lang's a stoup ye can fill, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 46. Peb.
(A.C.) Slk. Driche and sair yer pain, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 13.
Rxb. Dour, dour, and dreigh was his essay, Riddell Poet. IVks.
(ed. 1871) I. 193. Bmf. Gloamin' fa's at last On the dour, dreich,
dinsome day, Reid Poems (1894) 2. Gall. His road was dreich,
Harper Bards (ed. i88g) 57. Kcb. The warl's had dool, an' cares
enou, Dreich's been the drivin' o' the ploo, Armstrong Ingleside
(1890)109. N.I.' It's a dreegh jab. A dreegh boy. Don. A dreagh
journey, Simmons Gl. (1890). n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L. L.B.);
N.Cy.'2 Nhb.' Scarce. s.Dur. It's a varradreejob(J.E.D.). Cum.
Six dree years had Susan languish'd, Gilpin Ballads (1874) 48;
Gl. (1851) ; Cum.' It's a dree rwoad 'at niver hes a turn. n.Yks.
It's a dree job this. A niver w's sa tired ov owt i' mi hfe (W.H.) ;
n.Yks.2 A dry dree preachment ; n.Yks. ^ ne.Yks.' It's a dhree
job cutting these beeans ; they're all ankled tigither seea. e.Yks.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Watson
Hist. Hljx. (1775) 536; Leeds Merc. Snppl. (Mar. i, 1884) 8;
w.Yks.' Th' gaite fray'th moor is seca dree, ii. 286; w.Yks.^S";
w.Yks. 5 Du gehr on wi' thee wark — how dree thou art. Lan. It's
a dree road, an' hard to tak when th' snow's so deep, Brierley
JFrtWc/ojj) (1863) 57, ed. 1884 ; Lan.' n.Lan. He's varra dree, he's
bin at wark two days (G.W.) ; n.Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.'^^, Der.'^
nw.Der.' It wera very dree piece o' work. Not. This 'ere \veeding's
a bit dree work (L, CM.) ; Not.' sw.Lin.' A long dree day's work.
Lei.', War.^
Hence (i) Dreely, adv. slowly, tediously; (2)Dreeness,
sb. tediousness ; (3) Dreesome, adj. wearisome, tedious.
(i) Sc. They drank dreichlie about, Laing Po/>. 5c. Poetry (^iZzz)
Rauf Coilyear, B. i. a (Jam.). Frf. I've toiled, while dreichly
dragged the years, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 44. n.Yks.' He
talks very dreely ; n.Yks.^, m.Yks.', ne.Lan.' (2) Ayr. From the
dreighnessof his morning exerceesc. Service Z)?-. Diigitid (ed.1887)
85. (3)Cum.',n.Yks.'2 e.Yks.' TtfS. orfrf. (T.H.) m.Yks.' Lan.'
I fudged away up Gamswell . . . till I began to think it wos lang-
some and dreesome beath. Barber Fo)ness Flk. (18703. e.Lan.'
2. Persistent, continuous, without intermission ; esp. of
rain. Also used advb.
w.Sc. The east is a very dreegh airt [i.e. when rain falls from the
east it generally continues long] (Jam.). Gali. Lang an' dree we
kept our seat. Without the changing o' our liquor, Lauderdale
Poems (1796) 72. n.Cy. A dree rain, Grose (1790J MS. add.
Lakel. Ellwood (1895^. n.Yks. There is them 'ut hes been crazy
eneeaf to set oot for t'Bridestones iv a dree, droppy rain, Simpson
Jeanie o' Biggcrsdale (1893) 122; n.Yks.' ' A dree droppy rain,'
a rain that comes only a little at a time, but continues without its
ever becoming quite fair ; n.Yks. ^ w.Yks. He's very dree ut his
wark. This rain keeps on very dree (D.L.) ; w.Yks.^ Lan. Th'
rain's comin' deawji very dree, Waugh Sngs. (i865) 7, ed. 1871 ;
Hoo'll no' be lung, for hoo's coortin very dree, Brierley Red
IVind. (1868) 264; Lan.' The rain having set in dree, Bamford
Life of Radical (1840) xx. e.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.' He's nora foo,
although he does na look so very breet ; bur if yon eawt do wi*
him, yo'n foind him very dree ; Chs.^a s.Chs.' It)s u veri dree
reen, dhu graaynd)] bi soa'kt [It's a very dree reen, the graind
'uU be soaked 1. Der.2, nw.Der.' Not. It rains verv dree (W.H. S.) ;
Not.' 3 s.Not. A hae to look so dree to read that small print
(J.P.K.). Lin.' sw.Lin.' We've stuck to it very dree to get it
finished. He wears dree at his work ; any one who wears dree
at a thing may often get through a deal.
Hence Dreely, adv. continuously, steadily.
n.Yks. It rains dreely away ( I.W.). w.Yks. (C.V.C.) ; w.Yks.'
Lan. Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854^ 23. Chs. The water's running
down the drain very dreely (E.M.G.) ; Chs.' It rains dreely.
nw.Der.' It rains [or snows] very dreely.
3. Slow, tardy, dilatory; esp. in phr. dreigh o' drawin
( — to draw), slow in beginning. See Draw, II. 29 (31).
Bch. Saul, the lads wis nae very driech a-drawin', Forbes Jm.
(1742) 16. Abd. The wife, tho' she be dreigh o' drawing, comes
ben herscl', Beattie J'arings (1801) 39, ed. 1873. Dmb. She's
courtin* him briskly, but he's unco dreigh to draw. Cross Disruption
(1844) XV. Rnf. [Siller's] easy warc't, whiles ill tae spare't. An'
aften dreich tae draw, Neilson Poems (1877) 27. Slk. None of
your long, stutlicd, drcigh-uf-cuming compositions, Hogg Talcs
DREE
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DREEP
(1838) 283, ed. 1866. Ant. Dreigh o' drawin', Ballymena Obs.
4. Slow in payment ; close-fisted, hard in bargaining.
Sc. Hzv.-a Coll. Sags, {l^^6^ Gl. Lth. He vv.isa bad payer (' unco
dreich') in Scotch phrase, Strathesk il/orc iB(/s (ed. 1885) 151.
Wgt. Debtors who were dreich in malcing him payment of what
they were due him. Kraser Wigtown (1877) 335. n.Cy. Grose
(1790") ; (P.R.); N.Cy.'2 Nhb.' Scarce. Chs.'
5. Dreary, cheerless, dull.
Sc. As dreigh and sober as oursel's, Scott Rride of Lam. (1819)
XXXV. Per. A' hear that they have nac examination in humour at
the college ; it's an awfu' want, for it wud keep oot mony a dreich
body, Ian Maclaren Byier Bush (,1895) 207. Lth. Wat, wat an'
cauld,an' desolate— Oh ! driech was that December day, Luhsden
Sheep-head (1893'! 315. e.Lth. Earth loolcs bleak. An' life is driech
an' hard to dree, MucKLEBACKiT /f/ymw (1885) 65. Dur.' Win.
It's a dree rooad ower I'fell iB.K.). n.Yks. This house is dreer
thanever, Simpson B/gg-fiWd/^ (1893) 154 ; n.Yks.' Ay; it'sadree
life to hve, when yan s parted wiv a' yan's frin's. A desper't dree
bit o' road, yon, for seear. w.'Vks. Days wur nivver sa long an
sa dree, Preston Poems (1864') 24. s.Not. Ah, them wor dree
times wee 's. The wench looks very dree. She thinks all reading
dree but tales an' such-like fJ.P.K. ).
Hence (i) Dreely, adv. sadly, dismally; (2) Dreesome,
adj. dismal.
( O w.Yks. An' 'tisn't them 'at trudge on dreely 'At are last at top
o' th' hill. Hartley Dill. (1873' 61. Lan. Sammy turned it [the
umbrcllal o'er and o'er a toothri times, lookin' at it very dreely.
Wood Hmit. Sketches. 14. (2 ) Chs. It I the church] looked as deadly
an' as dreesome as Bostock's drumbo, Croston Enoch Crump
(1887) 12.
6. Said of a person given to humorous jesting, uttered
in a matter-of-fact tone, and with the appearance of being
unintentional; old-fashioned.
s Chs. He's a dree young shaver (T.D ). Der.' When spoken
of a person it means an arch wag or joker, such a one as brings
a satirical joke out now and then with all the gravity in the world.
7. Wearisome, requiring close attention ; difficult to
work. Also used ndvb.
S. & Ork.' Not. It's very dree work for the eyes (W.H.S.).
s.Not. Such fincsewingby gas-light's very dree. The pellitory has
such a tiny dree flower, yer wouldn't "ardly notice it (J.P.K.).
Lin. My eyes hurt when I look at owt very dree. He can't do no
dree work (R.E.C.).
8. Deceptive, said of a piece of ground when there is
more of it than there at first sight appeared to be, or of a
piece of work which proves harder than was expected.
N.Cy.i, Nhb.', Der.^, nw Der.'
[1. Dree (of a way), loiigus, taedium afferens, Coles
(1679). 2. Elan . . . driet the dropis of hir dregh teris,
Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 3320. Cp. ON. drjTigr, substantial.
lasting. 5. A dreje dale & a depe, a dym & a thestir.
Wars Ale.x. (c. 1450) 4804. 6. Cp. OE. {ge)drcog, sober;
ON. drjtigliga, with an air of importance.]
DREE, see Dray, s6.'. Drew, adj.
DREEAP, see Drape, s6.', Dreep, v.
DREECH, see Dreach, Dree, adj.
DREED, DREEGH, see Dread, v.'^, Dree, adj., Droich.
DREEK, see Dree, adj.
DREEL, V. and sb. Sc. Cum. Wm. Also in form drill
Sc. Wm. & Cum.' [dril, dril.] 1. v. To move quickly,
run hastily.
Cai' Abd. As she was souple like an eel, O'er hill and dale with
fury she did dreel, Ross Helenote (1768) 52. ed. 1812 ; He'll gart
come dreelin' by the coach, Shirrefs Sale Catal. (1795) 20.
Hence Dreeling, vbl. sb. a smooth, rapid motion.
Sc. We also speak of the dreeling or drilling of a carriage, that
moves both smoothly and with velocity (Jam.).
2. To work quickly, smoothly, esp. applied to the
rotation of the spinning-wheel.
Sc. A' the wives o' Corncairn Drilling up their harn yarn,
ChambersPo/i. Rhymes {iZ-ioz68. Cai. ' To dreel through a piece
of work is to execute it speedily. Abd. The lasses . . . are sittin'
at their spinnin-wheels, And weel ilk biythsome kemper dreels,
And bows like wand. Farmer's Ha' (1794) st. 7 ; [She] bids the
taylor haste and dreel Wi' little din, ib. st. 15. e.Fif. I cud hear
the Supervisor dreelin' through the kitchin", Latto Tam Bodkin
(1864) xii. Wm. & Cam.' She satdrillin' Her pund leyne gairn, 190.
3. To scold, reprove sharply.
Cai.' Bnff.' She dreelt him fae nine t'ten, and fae haiven t'hell.
Hence Dreelan, sb. a great scolding, ib.
4. sb. A swift, violent motion ; energy, rapidity of move-
ment.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Sc. And he became a rose-kaim'd drake To gie
the duck a dreel, Buchan Ballads (i8a8) 1. 26, ed. 1875. Bntf.'
He cairries on's wark wee some dreel.
5. A quantity of work speedily done.
Bnff.' That's a rchi dreel o' wark pitten behan' the day.
6. A short time of stormy weather. Bnff.'
Hence a dreel o' wind, phr. a hurricane, blustering,
stormy weather.
Abd. A dreel o' wind or nip o' frost . . . Has aft the farmer's
prospects crost. Skinner Poems (1809) 94.
7. A scolding. Bnff
[1. EFris. drillcn, 'drehend bin u. her bewegen' (Kool-
man) ; MDu. £/r;7/c«, ' motitari' (Kilian). 3. EFris. dril/eii,
' qualen, plagen, turbiren.']
DREEN, V. and adv. Yks. Chs. e.An. Ken. Also
written dhreean e.Yks. ; drean Ken.' [drin, drian.]
1. V. To drip, run slowly, dribble. e.Suf (F.H.), Ken.'
Hence (i) Dreener, sb. a drainer, an oblong wooden
vessel in which the curd is salted and broken before being
put under the press ; (2) Dreening, ppl. adj., (3) -out,
(4) -wet, adj. very wet, dripping wet.
(i) s.Chs.' (2) Ess. He came home dreenin — he was sopped
(S.P.H.). (3) Ken. (G.B.) (4) e.An.' Suf. The heavy land is
' dreening wet,' Macmillan's Mag. (Sept. 1889) 360. Ken.' He was
just dreaning wet when he came in.
2. adv. Drippingly, pouringly.
e.Yks.Watther started ti cum doon dhreean efther teeah, Nichol-
son Flk-Sp. (1 889) 89.
[1. OE. drehnian (drenian), to strain. Ge drehnigea?
{v.r. drenie^) fione gna;tt avveg, Matt, xxiii. 24.]
DREEN, sb. Obsol. Pern, [drin.] A term ot endear-
ment, a 'fill-up' word.
s.Pem. ' Ay dreen,' is used by some at the end of every sentence.
'Ay, ay, my dreen! ' (W.M.M.)
DREEN, DREEP, see Drane, v.. Drive, Drape, v.^
DREEP, V. and 56.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Shr. e.An. Sus. Hmp. Also written dreap N.Cy.'
Nhb.* n.Lin.' ; dreeap n.Yks.* ; dreip Sc. ; drepe n.Yks.'
e.An.' Nrf Sus. Hmp. ; and in form dhreeap, dhreep
e.Yks.' [drip, driap.] 1. v. To drip, drop slowly ; to
trickle, ooze.
Cai.' Abd. Butane I kent natooka claughtof me ; Andfuishme
out, and laid me down to dreep, Ross Helcnore (1768) 44, ed. 1812.
Per. Juist see til the dub ye're stan'in' in ' A' dreepit frae yersel !
Cleland /Hf/iirarfeK (1883) 106, ed. 1887. Fif. "i^e'll better tak
this umbrella an' put it in a basin, for I'm sure it's dreepin',
Robertson Provost (1894") 70. Rnf. Ower ilk rosy cheek Sorrow's
dew's dreepin', Neilson Poems{i&'ii) 57. Ayr. His room, droop-
ing as it was with damp, could not be the most comfortable in the
world, Service Dr. Diigiiid {ed. 1887) 59. Lnk. Dreep like May
dew, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 10. Edb. Into the barn they hie,
And hang their claes to dreep and dry, Har'st Rig (1801) 79.
Dmf. Ilka bit fitroad was dreepin' And droukit wi' dew, Reid
Poems (1894) 43. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). N.Cy.'
Nhb. To see the ship spang, soom and dreep, Coquetdale Sngs.
(1852) 117; Nhb.', Dur.', Cum.' (M.P.) n.Yks.' Can thee, lass,
and hing't oot t'drepe ; n.Yks.* It weeant warzle, it nobbut dreeps
[it won't stream, it only drips]. e.Yks.' Lan. While tears came
dreeping down, Waugh Sngs. (1866) 85, ed. 1871. n.Lin.' Put
th' umbrella outside th' door to dreap. Th' watter's dreepin' oot
o' th' tub side. Shr.', e.An.' Nrf. In addition to the English forms
' drip,' 'drop,' we have ' dreep' and 'drope' ; the former an in-
tensitive of ' drip,' the latter of ' drop,' Gillett Sng. Sol. (i860)
Notes 3. Nrf.', Suf.' e.Suf. 'The moon dreeps,' said of the new
moon, as supposed, from its occasional aspect, to indicate rain
(F.H.).
Hence (i) Dreepie, adj dripping, wet; (2) Dreeping
(or Dreepend), (a) sb. a dripping, drop; also used fig.;
lb) ppl. adj., see Dreepie ; (3) Dreeping roast, p/:r. a
constant source of income, a ' fat ' post ; (4) Dreeping-wet,
adj. very wet, thoroughly soaked.
(I) Abd. Sic spates o' rain, syne mochy, dreepie weather, Giiid-
man Inglismaill (1873) 28. n.Yks. Thy wet cleeas is quite dreepy
DREEP
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DRENT
(I.W.). (2,a)Cai.l ne.Sc. Compelled to drink the drumlydrccpin's
o' the gutters in wet, Grant Keckkton, 79. Rnf. Gude kens we h.ne
teachers and preachers enou', Wha wi' dreepends and steepcnds
are a' het and fu', Webster Rhymes (1835) 16. Dmf. Aye when I
see it [heather] in blossom, tae me it Taks shape like the dreepin' o'
blude in the ee, Reid Pooiis (1894) 98, (6; Sc. Grose (1790) jI/S.
add. (C. ) Abd. When some luckless little ship amang the mud
wad sit. How we wad strive to free't at risk o' mony a dreepin'
fit, Cadenhead F//^/;/s (18531 ^9°' Kcd. The dyster, like a drookit
rat. Escapit . . . Wi' naething save his harn sark Upon his dreepin'
back. Grant Lays (1884) 4. Rnf. Wha are they gangs patt'ring
by, 'Neath cauld and dreeping rains ? Fraser Poet. Chimes (1853.
191. N.I.', Nhb.' (3) Rnf. Stick to the whore — ne'er mind a snuiT,
Nor leave a good roast dreeping. M<^GiLVBAYPofH;s (ed. 1862") 264.
Ayr. A [medical] practice which I think bids fair to be a dreeping
roast to him a' his daj'S, Service Dr. Dtiguid (cA. 1887) 242. (4)
Nhb.i, Dur.l, e.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W."), e.An.', Nrf.l e.Suf. A dreep-
ing-wet day (F.H.). Sus., Hmp. Holloway.
2. In pass, to be drenched, soaked.
Nhb. Maw heed is dreeped wi' dew, an' maw locks wi' the drops
o' the neet, Forster Newc. Sng. Sot. (.1859) v. 2. e.Yks.' Ah's
fair dhreep'd.
3. To cause to drip, to drain (a bottle).
So. ' To dreep the graybeard,' to drain the stone-bottle (Jam.").
4. To drop, descend perpendicularly from a high situa-
tion to a low one ; esp. in phr. to drcip a wa\ to let oneself
down from the top of a wall ; also, to cause to drop
slowly ; to droop.
Sc. Wha'll gang up to heaven wi' me 1 . . . No the doolfu' that
dreeps his head. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (iS-jo) 192 ; (Jam.) Rnf.
Sirs ! how your tail and wings are dreeping, Tannahill Poems
(1807") 43, ed. 1817. Ayr. He would spread panic and dismay by
dreeping from his hiding-place immediately in front of them,
Johnston Kilmallie (i8gi) II. 145. Bwk. Night, her sable mantle
dreeping, Brought Luna o'er St. Anthon's peeping, Chambers Pop.
Rhymes (1810) 182. Dmf. Never herriet mavis dreept sae lane
and chill, Reid Poems (1894) 240. ne.Yks.' If ah tumml'd inti
t'dyke an' gat oot ageean, ah su'd natthrally want ti be dhreeap'd.
Hence Dreepy, (i) adj. drooping, spiritless; (2) sb. an
inactive female.
(I) Nhb.i She's but a poor dreepy crcetur. (2) Cld. (Jam.)
5. To walk very slowly ; to do anything slowly and with-
out interest. Sc. (Jam.)
6. 5^. A wet, dripping condition ; a drip, dripping from
a roast, from the eaves, &c.
Sc. (Jam. Stippl.) Kcd They danced till in a dreep wi' sweat,
Jamie .^/;/j-c (1844") 103. Nrf. You've been into the pit [pond] again
— why yow arc all of a dreep iW.R.E.).
7. ']"he eaves, the spot where drops fall from the eaves
to the ground.
Sc. Yc mun bide within your ain dreep (Jam. Stippl.).
8. A fall, slope.
Nrf.i Suf.' Three inches in a foot is sufficient dreep for pantiles.
9. A game at marbles, in which each tries to hit and
thereby win an opponent's marbles. Per. (G.W.)
10. A term in the game of ' spell and ore.'
N.Cy.' ' The spell has a good dreap ' when it discharges the ore
steadily and to a proper height.
11. Phr. on the dreep, applied to the moon, when past
the full.
Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 86.
[1. In Sc. dreep is mostly a dial, form of lit. E. drip, vb.,
but in some cases it may repr. OE. dreopian (or Angl.
drrapian, Ps. Ixvii. 9, V.P.), to drip, distil. 4. The form
drcip repr. ON. drcypa, to drop, dip. 11. Themoone mutable,
now glad, and now drepyng, Lydgate M. P. (c. 1430) 197
(Matzner).]
DREEP, si.° Cai.' A humiliating disappointment.
DREEPLE, sh. and v. Sc. Also in form dripple (Jam.)
Cai.' [dri'pl.dri'pl.] 1. s6. Asmallquantityof anyliquid.
linlf.' Hence Dreeplick, or DreepHckie, a diminutive of
' dreeple,' a very small quantity of any liquid, ib.
2. V. To fall in drops. Sc. (Jam.), Cai.', Bnff.'
DREETLE, .v/;. and V. Bnff.' [drrtl.] 1. si. A small
quantity of anything.
That siller jist comes in in dreetles till him, an' he'll niver ken
the guecde o't.
a very sinal,
Hence Dreetlick, or Dreetlickie, sb.
quantity of any liquid.
2. V. To fall in drops, or in small quantities.
DREETLING, />/>/. (7n>'. Bnft'.' [drrtlin.] Slow, with-
out energy at work. See Druttle, v.
He'll niver get's wark deen, gehn he keep that dreetlin'
bodie for man.
DREFT, see Drive.
DREG, sb} Sc. Amer. [dreg.] 1. A very small
quantity of any liquid, esp. of spirits.
Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. I . . . think they are tae blame Wha backbite
them that tak' a dreg. An' try tae fyle their name, Thomson
Musings (1881) 176.
2. The refuse of the still from distilleries.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Lth. Mountains o' draff an'
dregg. Smith Merry Bridal (^1866) 100. [Brewers and distillers'
grains called draff, dreg, malt comins, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed.
1849) I. 272.]
Hence Dreggy, adj. savouring of 'dreg' or dredgings;
thick, turbid.
Lth. Soft dreggy fragrance fill'd the Midnicht air, Smith Merry
Bridal 1 1866^99. [Amer. The water's dreggy, Dial. Notes (1896)
I-37I-]
[Cp. Sw. drd^g, refuse, the dregs of liquor.]
DREG, sb.' ^Sc. [dreg.] In comp. (i) Dreg-boat, (a)
a boat or great punt carrying a dredging-machine ; a boat
or punt for carrying away dredgmgs ; (b) a track or canal
boat drawn by a horse. (Jam. Siippl.) ; (2) -tow, the rope
attached to a dredging-machine. S. & Ork.^
[(i) Of ilk dreg-boat and hand-lyne bot cummand in
with fisch, Burgh Rec. Ediu. (Nov. 16, 1471) (Jam. Suppl.).]
DREG, see Dredgie.
DREGGY, adj. Sus. Hot, thirsty ; tired out, dragging
one leg after another.
Sus. When he was tired, the drier said he was 'dreggy,'
jEFFERiEsZ/rfj^rozc. (1889^ 87; ( G.A.W. ) ; (E.E.S.)
DREGIE, DREGISTER, see Dredgie, Druggister.
DREGS, DREICH, see Drakes, sb. p/.', Dree, adj, Droich.
DREID, DREIGHT, see Dread, i;.=, Dry, Draught, sb.
DREIK, sb. Sc. Dirt, excrement. Gl. Stbb. (Jam.)
[EFris. drck, 'dreck, koth' (Koolman) ; Holstein dial.
drck, 'koth' {Idiotiioii}.]
DREIP, DREIT, DREITTEN, see Dreep, v., Drite, v.^
DREMURT, ppl. adj. Slk. (Jam.) Downcast, dejected.
Cf drummure.
[The same word as obs. lit. E demured, made demure.
With demured looke wish them good speede, Uncasing
of Machivils Instr. (1613) 11 (N.E.D.).]
DRENCH, sb. and v. Yks. Glo. Sur. 1. sb. In phr.
a drc>:r/i 0/ cold, a catarrh. Glo.' 2. t/. To make drunk.
Sur. (T.S.C.)
3. To drink, drain off
w.Yks. Watch me drench that pint (C.C.R.).
DRENCHDUBBLER, sb. n.Yks.^ [dre'njdublar,] A
large earthen bowl or ' pankin ' in which linen articles are
steeped before they are washed. See Doubler.
DRENG, i;. Sh.I. [dret).] To recover from sickness ;
to be convalescent. S. & Ork.'
DRENG, see Drang, Dring, v.^
DRENGEN, sb. Sh.I. A man, lad. S. & Ork.i
[ON. drciigr, a young man, lad, fellow.]
DRENGY, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Thick, muddy. (Hall.)
DRENK, sec Drink, v.
DRENT, sb. Hmp. Wil. Also in form drint Hmp.
[drent, drint.] A stain or mark left on badly-washed linen.
Hmp. If clothes are left wet. or too long ' in soak' during the
wash, they will be covered with brown marks where the water
has dried back ; they are then said to have drinted, or to be
covered with drint (W.M.E.F. ) ; (.H.C.M.B.)
Hence (i) Drenty, adj. (a) see Drinted; (6) having the
skin of the palms of the hands, iSc, split and cracked ; (2)
Drinted, />/>. of linen : having stains and marks of dirt left
on it.
(i,a) Hmp. (W.M.E.F.) (A) s.Wil. When I went to th' In-
firmary at Salisbury, I told the doctor my hands were so drenty,
DRENT
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DRESSER
again.
and he says at once to me, ' You've got the right word for it '
(C.V.G.^. (2) Hmp. ' It looks drenty,' said of badly-washed linen
which has the stains and marks of dirt left in it (H.C.M.B.).
DRENT, />/>. Obs. Dor. Drenched, saturated.
Dor. Haynes for. (C. 1730) in N. & Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366.
[ME. dieyitt, drowned (Chaucer), />/>. of liretic/ien.]
DREPE.DRESCEL, see Drape, i'.^ Dreep, Drexil.
DRESH, V. Pern, [drej.] To criticize.
s.Pem. A was dreshed most severe, a wonna want to speak
His work was dreshed iW.M.M.1.
DRESH, DRESHEL, DRESKAL, see Drash, Drashel,
sh}, Drexil.
DRESS, V. and sb. Van dial, uses in So. and Eng.
Also in forms derse n.Yks." ; dhriss e.Yks.' ; driss Cum.*
vv.Yks.' ; druss Cum.' [dres.] 1. v. In phr. (i) to dress
at, to dress up ; (2) — up, to decorate, adorn ; (3) — up
like an old yoive, lamb fashion, of an elderly person : to
dress like a young girl ; (4) — up to the handle, to be very
smart, very much dressed.
(i) Frf. Mistress Ogilvy doesna dress at them in that wy for
naething, Barrie 7V/»-«»<s (1889) ii. (2) Cor. The houses are at
Christmas 'dressed up' with evergreens, Flk-Lore Jm. (1886)
IV. 115. ("3) War.= (4) w.Cor. Auld Ann is dressed up to the
handle, she has on a black gown and a new cap (M.A.C.).
2. To clean, tidy up, repair, set in order.
n.Yks.* ne.Yks.* GfH. with «/■. e.Yks. Marshall /?h»-. Ecoh.
(17881. w.Yks. 1668, Pd. Sprent for dressing leads and spoutts
^"0000. 4, Ace. Bradford Prsh. Chwardens ; w.Yks.', Der.'
Hence Dressing, vbl. sb. (1) a trimming, tidying up;
(2) the act of cleaning out a ditch or drain.
(i) S.Lin. I gave them [hedges, trees, &c.] a good dressing last
year, and that must serve for a while (T.H.R.). (2) n.Lin.' Fir
cones . . . are ye easiest to be met with uppon digging of new dikes
or ye dressing of old ones, Lett. A. de la Prynne (1701) in Arch.
XL. 228.
3. To clean or repair a clock, put it in working order.
Cum. Sent for oald Lott teh druss t'parler clock, SARGissoN/oe
Scoap (i88i) 148. w.Yks.2, nw.Der.i
4. To prepare, make ready for use, as butter for market,
food for eating, &c.
Cum. Some spak o' plu'in', . . . Some drussin butter, some o'
bleerhin' lin, Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 204 ; The Ladies well is
good for dressing butter with, Carlisle J nt. (Mar. 2, 1888) 6;
Cum.' n.Un.* If you've gotten them tonups dressed gie 'em toth'
kye. You mun dress them ducks for dinner. Slir. The adage
arose — ' I am of Shropshire, my shins be sharpe, Lay woode to
the fyre and dresse me my harpe,' White Wrekin (i860) xiv. Glo.
(J.S.F.S.) Brks.* A butcher ' dresses' the carcase of an animal
when he removes skin and offal and prepares it for sale. w.Mid.
A butcher, or other person, is said to ' dress' a carcase of mutton
or beef when he removes the offal, &c. (W.P.M.) Som. (F.A.A.),
Cor.a
5. To iron linen, clothes, &c.
Sc. (Jam.); Monlhly Mag. (iSio) \. 435. Cat.*
Hence Dressing-iron, sb. an iron, a flat-iron for getting
up linen, iS:c. Sc. (Jam.), Cai.'
6. Fig. To scold, punish, beat, thrash, esp. in phr. to
dress down, up, or over. Also used ^^. In ^wj. slang use.
Sc. I had a strong dreed that the beastie wouldna sit till Monday
sae just dressed his dodrum when I had the chance, Ford 7V»'s//f-
rfoa/« (1891) 230. Cai.' Ayr. Though the outmost ring he gain'd,
Changue soon and snodly dressed him. Ballads and Sngs. (1847)
II. 115. ne.Yks.i When his faather corns yam he'll varry seean
dhriss him up. w.Yks. If tha does that agean Ah'll dress t'knots
ofTn tha iS.K.C). s.Chs.' Dres oa-r. s.Not. I took hold o' my
stick, and you may take my word for't I did dress him down
(J.P.K.). War.3 Slang. Give me wot you've got, an' then I'll
dress you down an' go to Jenny, Kipling Badalia Herodsfoot
(i8go) 8.
Hence (i) Dress, sb., (2) Dressing, vbl. sb. a thrashing,
beating, punishment. Also used with down.
(i)ne.Yks.' (2) Cai.l Elg. They'll get a thunderin'dressin' ; I'll
hash them — I'll smash them. Tester Pofms (1865) 129. e.Lth. My
■word, yon wasa proper dressin he gied ye! HuNTERy. Ittivick{i8g^)
195. Cum. Desarvesaguidsoundrissin, Anderson BaWarfi- (1805') 81.
e.Yks. Ah'll gi tha a good dhrissin doon, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889)
25; e.Yks.' Ah'll gl tha a good dhrissin, if thoo dis that ageean.
w.Yks. Shoo ge'd him sich a dressin till he croid haht murder,
Shevvild Ann. (1854) 19; Tha's geen ma my dressin' this sittin',
VOL. II.
Cudworth Dial. Skelches (1884") 116; w.Yks.' Lan. The best
dressin'-daan he ever had in his life, Ackworth Clog Shop (1896)
231. s.Chs.i, Not. (J. H.H.I, n.Lin.i s.Lin. He gev 'im a reight
good dressin' at the last ploughin' match (T.H.R.) ; I will give him
a dressing when he comes home (J.T.B.). Nlip.' If you don't mind
what you're about, my lad, you'll get a good dressing. War.^ He
gave me a fine dressing down. Hnt. (T.P.F.) Dev. Polly got a
dressin' down that night as made her creem to think on for years
arter, Phillpotts Bill Vogwell in Black and While tjune 27, 1896)
824. Colloq. You gives a chap a sound dressing with that there
article, Jefferies Gamekeeper {i88-]) 197.
7. Of land : to manure, prepare for sowing; to apply soot
and lime to seed-wheat or young grass to prevent smut.
Lnk. The healthy an' able pursuin' theirtoil, Improvin' the village,
and dressin' the soil, Watson Poems (1853) 36. n.Yks.' Get yon
heap o' soot an' soil dcrsed ower the grassin'. n.Lin. ' Shr.'
Applied to meadows, this term signifies to break and scatter the
dung upon them ; to pick off stones, sticks, &c. Brks.' Land is
'top-dressed' with manure, when this is allowed to lie on the
surface. Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 131. w.Mid.
(W.P.M.)
Hence Dressing, (i) vbl. sb. the act of manuring soil ;
(2) sb. artificial manure.
(i) n.Lln.' S.Lin. We gev the fen closs a reight good dressin'
a year ago (T.H.R.). (2) n.Lin.'
8. Of horses : to clean, curry, rub down.
Sc. He gave strict charges. . . that thesaddle should notbe removed
until he himself came to see him dressed, Scott Si. Ronan (1824)
ii. Ess. The horses in ploughing are ' about two in the afternoon
. . . taken home, fed, and dressed, as it is here usually called,'
Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 21a.
9. To remove dirty wool, apply lotion, &c., to sheep, for
the purpose of killing parasites. Hence Dressing, sb. a
substance used for destroying vermin in sheep. n.Lin.'
10. To separate corn from chaff; to winnow.
Lan. The wind was dull that I dressed not the oats but got the
chaff out of the most of 'em, Walkden Zl/arv (ed. 1866) 82. Not.*
Tak a sack of ooats to th' lathe an' dress 'em. n.Lin.', Nhp.* Bdf.
Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 131.
Hence Dresser, sb. a winnowing-machine. n.Lin.'
11. To prepare ore for the market.
Cor. Tom said he didn't know how to dress tin. . . . Jack offered
to dress it for the market on shares. Hunt Pq/i. Rom. w.Eng. {186^) '
67, ed. 1896.
Hence (i) Dresser, sb. a person who superintends boys
at stamping-mills, or men, boys, and girls in copper-
mines; (2) Dressing-floors, sb.pl. surface-works where
the tin is first subjected to various processes of crushing.
(i) Cor.3 The man that directs the various manuductions and
lotions of ore for sale is called the dresser. (2) Cor. Cook's kitchen,
mine stamps, and dressing-floors. Burrow 'Mongsl Mines, 15. [G/.
Lab. (1894).]
12. To cheat, deceive.
sw.Lin.' He vvaant try, no-but to dress people. They'd sooner
try to dress people out of their money than not.
13. To soil, make dirty.
n.Yks.' Der.' Doubtful if in use.
14. sb. In comp. (i) Dress-lodger, (2) -maker, a light
woman, a prostitute who is lent dresses by the owner of
an immoral house.
(I) Lon. The dress- lodger gets as much money from her man as
she can succeed in abstracting, and is given a small percentage on
what she obtains by her employer, Mayhew Land. Labour (1851)
IV. 239, ed. 1862. (a) Dev. I cude git a dressmaker weniver Hikes,
Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 11, ed. 1865.
DRESSEL,56. Shr.' w.Cy. (Hall.) [dre'sl.] A cottage
dresser or kitchen sideboard.
DRESSEL, see Drexil.
DRESSER, s6.' In geit. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms drisser, drusser Cum.' 1. A long
kitchen sideboard, sometimes fixed to the wall, on which
crockery, &c., is placed.
ne.Sc. On the one side wall hung the bench, on which were
ranged the plates and spoons and bowls, and under it stood the
dresser, with its row of caps and small cogs, Gregor Flk-Lore
(1881) 51. Frf. His little box was packed and strapped, and stood
terribly conspicuous against the dresser, Barrie 7V;rKMis(i89i)xx.
Rnf. Nae soun' delf on the dresser Stan's, Young Pictures (1865)
121. Ayr. There's no a dish on the dresser that doesna bear the
z
DRESSER
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marksof her honorary surgical skill, Service /)/-. Dttgitui {ed. 1887)
162. Lnk. Whaur is the dresser with its rows of chcei'y plates ?
Wright Sc. Ufe 1897) 55. Uls. Uh. Jnt. Arch. (1853-1862-).
Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892!. s.Don. Simmons G/. (1890). Dur.i
Cum. Pewder plates. . . Set on t'drusser in a row, Richardson Tali
(1876) and S. 57; Cum.i, w.Cum. (S.K.C.) w.Yks. (G.H.", ; In the
simple living room was a dresser, Snowden Tales JVoIds (1894)
vii ; w.Yks.i, Nlip.' Shr.' Obsol. A dresser and a tall clock were
formerly considered quite indispensable to 'tidy' young people
about to begin housekeeping. ' Aye, it begins to look like marr'in'
w'en the clock an' dresser's bought ; I s'pose the nex' thing 66l be
the axin's.' Hnt. (T.P.F.\ Suf.i Cor. No dwelling, however poor,
is regarded as complete without the set of framed shelves and
drawers which constitute the dresser. Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng.
(1865) 210, ed. 1896; Cor.i All over the house, like Aaron's dresser.
' Down with your dresser,' or ' over goes your apple-cart ' ; Cor.3
2. Coiiip. Dresser-head, the rack or shelf on a dresser
or kitchen sideboard ; the surface or top of a dresser.
Dmb. She paid doun my fee [wages] on the dresser-head at
ance, Cross Disruption (1844) v. Lnk. As niuckle delf on the
dresser-head as wad serve a regiment o' sogers, Wardrop /.
Matkisou (1881) 17.
[1. Dressoure or bourde wherupon the cooke setteth
forth his dishes in order, Huloet (1572). Fr. dressoir,
a. cupboard (Cotgr.) ; OFr. dreceiir (Godefroy).]
DRESSER, sb.^ Shr.' [dre-s3(r).] An implement
which combines hammer and ' pick ' ; see below.
Being a hammer at one end, and very sharp, like a ' pick ' at the
other : strong iron clamps secure it to the handle. It is used lor
setting props and general heavy work.
DRESSHEL, see Drexll.
DRESSING, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Chs. Also Dev.
[dre'sin.] 1. Clothes, linen.
n.Dev. Tha hasn't tha sense to stile thy own dressing, E.xni. Scold.
(1746', 1. 273.
2. Weaving term : the preparation of warp for the loom ;
the length of warp which can be dressed at one time.
Ant. A dressin' is the length of the loom, which is all that can
be dressed at a time, and a weaver calculates his work by the
dressin'. He can weave so many dressin's in the day, BaUyniena
Obs. (1892^. w.Yks. Dressing a warp is straightening the ends
and repairing any broken threads (J. M. ). Chs. ' In applying the
sow to the warp, which is done the whole length of the loom at
once, the length so dressed is called a ' dressing.'
3. The flour-paste or size used by weavers in dressing
the yarn.
Fif. The feck o' them hae the smell o' dressin' i' their noses a'
the week, Robertson Provost (1894) 20. Ant. Ballymena Obs.
(1892). [They are also engaged in putting starch or dressing into
the warp and woof in a machine for that purpose, Gl. Lab. (1894^]
Hence Dressing-brushes, sb. pi. the brushes used in
applying the 'dressing' or 'sow' (q.v.). Chs.'
DRESTALL, sA. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A scarecrow. (Hall.)
DRET, sec Drite, v.^
DRETCH, V. Sc. Also in form dratch (Jam.), [dretj,
dratj.] To go heavily and reluctantly ; to dawdle, linger.
n.Sc, Dmf. (Jam.)
Hence Dretched, ppl. adj. loitering, dawdling, dreaming.
S. & Ork.i
[ME. drecchen, to delay, tarry, linger (Chaucer).]
DRETHAN, sb. Cor.' A spot of sand.
Drethen, a sand spot ; a sand area. Good fishing ground beneath
the sea (Mousehole fishermen),
[OCor. iraith (later ttralh), the sandy beach of the sea
(Williams) ; Wcl. /rac///, 'littus' (Davies).]
DRET(T, see Drite, v.'^
DREU, DREUL, see Droo, prep., Drool, v.'^
DREUV(E, DREVE, see Druve, Drive.
DREVEN, sb. Chs. Shr. [drevan.] A person or
thing in a state or condition of dirt ; a draggle-tail.
Chs.' ; Chs.3 What a dreven thou art ! Shr.' Look at that child,
whad a dreven 'er is ! 'er mus' a bin i' the slurry.
DREVY, ad/'. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Dirty,' muddy. (Hall.)
^ DREW, sb.'- Sc. 1. The grass-wrack or weed,
Zostera tiian'iia. See Droo, sb.
Or.I. The narrow thong shaped sea-weed, /hcus lorciis (here
called drew), is abundant on some rocky shores, Neill Tour(i&o6)
29 (Jam.). S. & Ork.'
2. The sea-laces. Chorda Filum. Sc. (Jam.)
DREW, sb.'^ Yks. [driu.J A drop, a very small quan-
tity of liquid.
Yks. She . . . said she was faint and tired, so I gave her a drew
and a sandwich, Fethekston Farmer^ 40; Foaks mun begin with
a drew ere they empty the moog, ib. T. Goorkrodger (1870) 72.
[Of the water I micht not taste a drew, Douglas Pal.
Hon. (1501) ed. 1874, I. 44.]
DREW, adj. Oxf. Brks. Also written droo Brks. ; and
in form dree n.Oxf. [dru, dri.] Inactive, sleepy, drowsy.
Also Mze-Afig.
Oxf. Flies in cold weather in their sleepy state are droo ; also
said of any animal, a horse for instance, when slow, sleepy, or
sluggish (M.A.R.); ' Drew ' is used here [Bladon] of a person
looking worried or sad (E.D.). n.Oxf. The bees are dree (J.I.M.).
Brks. Used to express the condition bees are in just before winter,
N. & Q. (1897) 8th S. xii. 189 ; {Coll. L.L.B.) ; Gl. 1,1852) ; Brks.'
DREWL, DREWTH, see Drool, v.\ Drouth.
DREWZENS, sb. pi. Obs. Dev. Also written drusens.
Dregs, refuse. Cf. drouson.
Dev. (Hall.) ; Grose (1790) MS. add. fM.)
[Drosenes and dregges, drynke for menye beggeres,
P. Plowman (c.) ix. 193. OE. drosna, dregs (^Elfric); cp.
MDu. droesene (Verdam), G. dnisen.]
DREXIL, sb. Hmp. I.W. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
forms drescel Dev. ; dreshel I. W.° Dev. ; dreshol, dreshul
Som.; dreskal s.Dev. ; dressel Cor.^; dresshel Cor.'^
[dre'ksil.] The threshold of a door. Cf. dreckstool.
Hmp. (H.E.) I.W. 2 I can't git over the dreshel. Som. I oodn
crass mi dreshul to see another hang-veier (W.F. R.); W. & J.
Gl. (1873), Dev. Her vall'd right across the drexil. Reports Provinc.
(1889) ; If yer drescel hur shude kross, (Hur'l vend herzel kum tu
a loss), M.Dev. Jrn. (Nov. 12, 1885) 2, col. 4 ; Ef I catch thee awver
tha drexil ov my door again, I'll be dalled ef I dawnt gie thee what
vur than ! Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). nw.Dev. (R.P.C.) s.Dev.
(F.A.A.) ; Fox Kitigsbridge (1874). Cor. First time a parson has
come over my drexil, Baring-Gould R. Cable (1889) 270 ; Cor.'*
[OE. /lerscold (Deut. vi. 9).]
DREY, DREYGHT,see Draw, 7;.,Dray,si!'.',Draught,sA.^
DRIB, sb. and v.^ Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Yks. Nhp. Glo. Lon.
Sus. Wil. Cor. Amer. [drib.] 1. sb. A drop, small
quantity of liquid ; //. dregs, remains. Also used Jig.
Cf. drab, s6.'
Bnff. Wha clauts the laigen o' ilk bicker, Wharein are dribs o'
kail or liquor, Taylor Poems (,1787) 175. Fif. Ill we do deserve to
dine And gust our gabs wi' dribs ol v/ine,TEtiN.\NT Papistry {iSz'j)
172. Lnk. It's not that much I had, but jist The dribs o' twa
gill stoups, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 53. Edb. Whisky gills
or dribbs o' wine, Fergvssou Poems (1773) 148, ed. 1785. Rxb.
Their dribs o' nappy ale, A. Scorr Poems (ed. 1808) 91. n.Cy.
Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) n.Yks.=, m.Yks.' Nhp.' Spoken of
small rain, or the droppings from the eaves of a building.
2. A very small quantity of anything.
Sus.' e.Sus. Holloway. Cor. Mary Anna collects the dribs,
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.'* [Amer. We are
sending such regiments and dribs from here and Baltimore as we
can spare to Harper's Ferry, Lincoln Lett. (1862) in Raymond s
/:./•, 241 (CD.).]
Hence (i) Dribbit, (2) Dribloch, sb. a small quantity of
anything ; a trifle, thing of no value.
(i) S. & Ork.' (2) Per. Sic a wee dribloch as ye've gien me.
There's a heap o' auld iron an orra driblochs afore the smithy
door (G.W.).
3. Phr. Dn'bs and drabs, (i) little by little, small quan-
tities, driblets ; (2) odds and ends.
(i) N.I.' He pays it in dribs and drabs. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-
Sp. (1889) 93; e.Yks.' Ah gets it sartanly, but nobbut by dhribs
an dhrabs. w.Yks.^ Ye'd better mak sure on 'em wal ye've
t'chonce, it's awal 'at we can du to gehr 'em be dribs an' drabs.
Glo.' Lon. None of us save money ; it goes either in a lump, if
we get a lump, or in dribs and drabs, Mayhew Loud. Labour (ed.
1861) III. 190. (2) WiL' ' All in dribs and drabs,' all in tatters.
4. V. To drip ; to draw the last drop of milk from a cow,
milk a cow dry.
BnfT.', ni.Yks.' Nhp.' Drib it well.
Hence (1) Dribban, vbl. sb. the act of drawing the last
DRIB
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of" the milk from a cow. Bnff.'; (2) Dribbings, sb. pi. the
last milk drawn through the fingers in milking a cow.
Nhp.' ; (3~) Drib-end, s/i. the edge or corner of the roof of
a house where rain-water collects and drips down. m.Yks.'
DRIB, i'.° Sc. [drib.] To beat ; to scold, punish.
Cai.', Bnff.' Cf drab, v.^, drub, v.
Hence Dribban, vM. sb. a beating ; scolding.
Cai.* Bnff.* Tlie loons got a gueede soon dribban for haii'ricin'
the craw's nest.
DRIBBLE, V. and sb.^ Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eno;. [dribl.] 1. v. Of water, &c.: to flow slowly, to
trickle, ooze ; to leak.
Cld. (Jam.) se.Wor.' To run with a feeble slender stream.
Shr.' The rayn-tub's lost a 'cop, an's dribblin' all the waiter out.
w.Som.*
Hence Dribbling,//^/, nr//'. Ofwater, &c.: slow, trickling.
Per. There's a hantle main fnshion in that, nor a' yer dribblin'
teapots, Cleland Inchbrackm (1883^ 28, ed. 1887. w.Som.* We
speak of a little dribbling lake of water, i. e. a very small trickling
stream.
2. To drizzle, rain slowly.
ne.Lan.', nw.Der.* n. Lin.' it just dribbles wi' raain. Shr.*, Glc'
Hence Dribbling, />/>/. adj. Of rain : drizzling, falling in
small drops.
Dev.* Thi.s dribbling rain will break up bam by. 19.
3. To pour out in drops ; to deal out or let drop in small
quantities.
Fif. Owr-archit by a rainbow bricht, That o'er her dribblet blobs
o' licht, Tennant Papistry (,1827) 15. Ayr. I had dribbled the
window-sole without observing it. . . . When reaching [the spoon]
far in the tremulous motion dribbled the floor from the side of the
boyne to the window, Hunter Studies (1870) 4. Edb. Maist ilk
han' that docs it [whisky] dribble, Gies it a lick o' some combus-
tible, LiDDLE Poems (1821) 80. Nlip.», Wor. (J.R.W.) Shr.i
Uunna dribble the barley out athatns — gie me a good feed for the
fowl at wunst. nw.Dev.* We speak of dribbling corn or seed,
that is, allowing grains to fall out of one's hand singly along a
straight hne.
Hence (i) Dribbling, vbl. sb. the dropping of liquid ; (2)
Dribblings, sb. pi. the residue or droppings of any liquid,
esp. the last drops taken from a cow in milking.
ti) Ayr. Unless the beast had fa'en into the dish, she couldna
see how the dribbling could tak' place. Hunter Studies (1870) 5.
(a) Lnk. Whiles he stained his white vesture Wi' dribblings o'
the still, Rodger Poems (1838) 15, ed. 1897. Nhp.=, War.^, Shr.i
4. To tipple, drink constantly.
Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gt.
Hence (i) Dribbler, 5/). a tippler ; (2) Dribbling, (n) i;W.
sb., (b) ppl. adj. tippling, drinking, ' boosing.'
(i) Rnf. If ever on earth was a hell . . . There's none who more
feel itthemsellsThan delirious dribblers in drink, Webster Rhymes
(1835"! 139. (2, o") Rnf. Tir'd wi' dribbling and drinking, ib. (b)
Lth. Ilk waly-draiglin' dnbblin' wight, Wha sleeps a' day, and
drinks a' night, Ballantine Poems (1856) 68.
5. To move slowly, do anj'thing in a feeble kind of way.
w.Yks. (J.T.) Shr.* Now Sarah, if yo' bin gwein to milk the
cow, milk 'er, an' dunna dribble at 'er.
6. To cause to move slowly, esp. to roll or shoot a marble
along the ground in small shots.
w.Yks. 2 In the game of marbles a boy is said to dribble his taw
towards the ring when, being a long way off, he shoots it a part
of the way only, and so endeavours to get to the ring by two or
more shots. In football a man dribbles the ball towards the goal
when he pushes it along by his feet, or by gentle kicks, instead
of kicking it a long way ; w.Yks. ^ Nhp.' A term, used in the
game of marbles, for shooting slowly along the ground, in contra-
distinction to plumping ; which is elevating the hand so that the
marble does not touch the ground till it reaches the object of its
aim. Dor. Barnes CI. ' 1863 . w.Som.' In pl.-iying at marbles,
' to dribble [driibl up ' is to shoot the taw slowly so as to make
it stop near some desired point. At skittles, ' a dribbling ball ' is
one that goes slowly up to the pins. [Amer. Dial. Notes (i8g6)
I. 378.]
7. sb. A drop, small quantity of liquid ; //. dregs,
remaining drops.
Rnf. Ye pawky wee red-headed scybil, Wha lo'es like me to
drink a drible, Webster Rhymes (1835) 105. Ayr. They were
waiting on for the dribbles of the bottles, and the leavings in the
bowls, Galt Provost (^1822) xxii. Lnk. Ye ne'er think o' flitting,
While cogie or caup can a dribble supply, Rodger Poems (1838)
63, ed. 1897. Lth. I only took afTa bit dribble, an' brewed anither
bumper, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885 1 226. Edb. Shun ilk
dribble, gill an' soup O' burnin' whisky, Learmont Poems (1791)
170. Uls. (M.B.-S.)
Hence (i) Dribblick, (2) Dribblickie, sb. a very small
quantity of any liquid. Bnff.'
8. Drizzling rain.
Ayr. To thole the winter's sleety dribble, Burns To a Mouse
(1785) St. 6. Lth. Fogs, haurs, hazes, mists, sleets, dribbles,
drizzles, Lumsden 5/«f/i-/;farf (1892) 301. Suf.'
0. A field-drain made of broken stones, between which
the water trickles.
Wil. Stone drains are various ; the most common here are
wall, and dribble or rubble, Jrn. R. Agric. Soc. (1843) IV. 325.
DRIBBLE, s6.2 Obs. n.Cy. Yks. A servant, drudge,
gcii. in phr. a true dribble, a laborious and diligent servant.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; fK.) ; N.Cy.^, w.Yks.'
DRIBBLE, sb.^ Obs. Yks. An iron pin used by
carpenters to drive out wooden pins.
w.Yks. Thoresdy Lett, i 1703') ; w.Yks."
DRIBBLE-BEARDS, sA./Z. Sc. Also in form dribbly-.
Long strips of cabbage in broth ; see below.
Sc. Is na bannocks and dribbly-bcards Guid meat for thee ?
Chambers Siigs. (1829) I. 2; Whole kale or greens boiled in the
broth of fat meat, and lifted out on that side where the fat swims,
so that part of it may adhere to them, Grose [ 1790) AfS. add. (C.)
DRICHE, DRID, see Dree, adj., Dread, sb.^
DRIDBENCH, sb. Obs. Shr.' A wrinkle ; a crease, fold.
Poor Jazey Humphries! 'er's gettin' a nowd COman ; the
dridbenches is beginnin' to shew in 'er for'yed. It wuz a drid-
bench i' the child's shirt as wuz 'urtin' 'im made 'im so frctchit.
DRIDDER, DRIDER, see Dreddour.
DRIDDLE, w.i Sc. Nhb. Cum. [dridL] 1. To
dawdle, linger, be slow in doing anything; to make
little progress. Also usedy?^.
Sc. Geii. applied to the doings of old people, of the lame, and
the lazy. Gipsies and tinkers are said to ' driddle about to get
work, and to driddle at it when they do get it ; ' and of lazy loafers
it is said, ' they winna work, they'll only driddle ' (Jam. Sup/i/.).
n.Sc. (Jam.) s.Sc. Nae use for driddlin owre't, Wilson Ta/es
{1839) V. 85. Fif. Wine-dubs round and round were driddlin',
Tennant Papistry (1827) 118. Ayr. Ye may be sure he didna
driddle owre his wark. Service Notandums (i8gol 63; A pigmy
scraper wi' his fiddle, Wha us'd at trysts and fairs to driddle.
Burns Jolly Beggars (1789) 1. 169; Until you on a crummock
driddle, ib. Ep. Major Logan (Oct 30, 1786;. Nhb.' What are ye
driddlin on there at?
Hence Driddler, sb. an idler, loiterer, lounger.
Lth. Ilk bellows-mendin' tinkler driddler, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 68.
2. To let fall in small quantities ; to let fall through
carelessness, to spill.
Per. He let the ball driddle through his fingers. The milk kept
driddlin' at this hole i' the pitcher a' the way (G.W.). Fif. "To
urinate in small quantities (Jam.). Lth. {ib.) Cum. A girt lang
copper pipe . . . driddlt soat on them. Sakgisso-s Joe Scoap {iQQi) 97.
[1. Thou art . . . dridland like ane foule beast, Mont-
GOMERiE Flyting (ed. 1629) 20.]
DRIDDLE, ZI.2 Obsol. Wor. To wriggle, twist, turn.
Wor. The cart driddled about (W.A.S. ) ; Not heard since 1846,
and then used only by old people i,W. B ).
DRIDDLES, sb. pi. Fif (Jam.) The buttocks ; the
intestines of an animal slaughtered for food.
DRIDDLINS, sb. pi. Sc. Meal formed into knots by
water ; the knotted meal left after baking.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Sweep up the driddlins an' connach naething
(G.W.I.
DRIDGE, V. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin. [drid^.] To
dredge or sprinkle flour. Cum.', w.Yks.', Lan. (Hall.)
Cf. dredge, sb/^
Hence Dridging-box, sb. a bo.x with a perforated lid
used for dredging flour on pastrj', (S:c.
w.Yks. Banks IVkfld. Wds. (1865 >. n.Lin.'
DRIDLE, sb. and v. Dev. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] 1. sb. The instrument with which turners
hollow their bowls or wooden cups. Cf drill, sb.
2. V. To twirl a mop. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
z 2
DRIE
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DRIE, DRIECH, see Dree, v., adj.
DRIER, sb. Sus. The man who treads the hops
down into the sack or ' pocket.'
Sus. Up comes the carter to speak with the ' drier ' — the giant
trampling round in the pocket — and to see how the hops 'be
getting on,' Jefferies Hdgrow, (1889) 79.
DRIESHACH, sb. n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. (G.W.) The
' dross ' of turf, of which a fire is made, when it glows
upon being stirred ; a bright, blazing fire.
DRIFF, sb. Obsol. Cor. A small quantity.
Cor. A'. <&• Q. (1854) ist S. X. 300; Cor.i Now not commonly
used ; Cor.*
DRIFF, see Drive.
DRIFFLE, sb. and v. So. n.Cy. Written drifle (Hall.).
[drifl.] 1. sb. A large quantity of work done with
speed.
Bn£f.' He's gehn through a gueede driffle o' wark the last day
or twa.
2. A drizzling rain ; a short continuance of stormy
weather; fig. a scolding. Bnft'.', Slk. (Jam.)
3. V. With on : to drizzle. Slk. (Jam.)
Hence DrifiBing, sb. small rain. \JseAfig.
Sc. Some jealousies did yet remain, as drilling after a great
shower, Baillie Lett. (1T16) I. 84 (Jam.).
4. Obs.'i To drink deeply. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known
to our correspondents.]
DRIFT, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[drift.] 1. sb. The act of driving horses, cattle, &c., on
an open common or moor, into one place, for the purpose
of counting them, or to ascertain their ownership.
Lin.STREATFEiLDZ.i«. and Danes { 1884^ 326. n.Lin.^ The Lord is
entitled to make one drift of the Commons between May-day and
Midsummer in order to ascertain whose cattle are pasturing
thereon. Persons chosen and sworn by each parish may after-
wards make drifts as often as they think proper, C-Hstotnsof Epivorth
(1766) in Stonehouse Hist. Axhohiie, 145. Hrt. The damage
which a long drift often occasions, Ellis Atod. Hiisb. (1750) V. ii.
Dev. There is a drift of all the ponies and horses in the forest,
Comli. Mag. (Nov. 1887) 514 ; Formerly the practice was to hold
two ' drills' in the fall of the year, for bullocks and ponies respec-
tively, and in each of the four quarters into which the forest is
divided ... to collect the cattle or ponies . . . and drive them to
some spot appropriated to that particular quarter where they may
be claimed by the tenants, Page E.\plo>: Drtm. (1889) ii; Venville
tenants . . . pay . . . threepence a year for as many sheep as they
choose to send, and subject to the drift (s.v. Venville), Agric.
Survey fi783-i8i3) 49.
Hence Drift-pound, 56. the enclosure in which horses,
cattle, &c., are collected at ' drift ' time.
Dev. At * drift' time this road, or rather track, is closed at each
end, making the pound complete. It must be confessed ... a
stranger might pass between the irregular line of its walls times
without number ere- discovering he was within one of the drift
pounds of Dartmoor, Page Explor. Drtm. (1889) v.
2. A drove, herd, flock, &c., of sheep, cattle, birds, &c.
Also used Jig.
Sc. A drift of sheep, Scott Abbot (1820) xvi. w.Sc. You may
be sure that the ministers hae a drift o' their ain to drive, Carrick
Laird of Logan (1835) 59. Ayr. Poor hav'rel Will fell affthe drift,
Burns Halloween (1785) st. 4. Cum. One drift of the sheep was
marked with a red cross, and the other drift with a black patch,
Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 209 ; Anton Shiel, he loves me not, For
I gat twa drifts of his sheep, Gilpin Sngs. (1874) ist S. 102.
w.Yks.i Lan. Duz teaw orsc for t'turn eawt another drift o' thecs
pigs again, Wilson Plebeian Pol. (1801) 5. Chs. S/ieaf {i8-]g j 1.
266 ; Chs.i, nw.Der.", Hmp. (H.E.)
3. A shower of snow, rain, &c., driven by the wind.
Abd. The poor chaplain was plodding on with Bible and book-
board before him,. . . amid a storm of ' blin' ' drift, Anderson Rhymes
(1867) 214 ; Shoo'ers o' drift an' hail scoorin" across the kwintra,
Alexander Johnyiy Gibb (1871) xviii. Kcd. O'er the house the
drift it flew, Jamie Muse (1844) 3. Per. 'Neth stingin' drift oor
hcrts we lift, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 43. Fif. Wha can
bide his surly blenter, Blindin' drift an' rattlin' hail, Douglas
Poems i i8o6j 54. Rnf. Hail showers rush'd by in blindin' drift,
■youNG Pictures (1865) 12. Ayr. It was covered in ae nicht by the
drift, as it were a wreath of snaw. Service Dr. Duguid led. 1887)
252 ; Dim dark'ning thro' the flaky show'r Or whirling drift. Burns
IVmtcr Night (1785)51. i. Lnk. The heavens pour'd thick drift
an' sna'. Watt Poems (1827) 10. Lth. I fear nae the cauld blast,
the drift, nor the snaw, Macneill Poet. Wks. (1801) 216, ed. 1856.
Edb. To paedle back thro' drift and snaw, Whan roads are deep,
Macneill Bygane Times (181 1) 54. Dnif. Ae night a craw flew in
a tift, Wi' a great lade amang the drift, Hawkins Poems (1841)
St. 41. s.Dur. Aw'was varra near blinded wi snaw an' drift as aw
com ower t'fell (J.E.D.). Cum. (M.P.I, w.Yks. (J.W.)
Hence (i) Drifter, sb. (a) a drift of snow; (6) a sheep
that is overlaid in a drift of snow; (2) Drifty, adj.
abounding with driving snow or drift ; also naeAfig.
(I, a) nw.Der.' (b) n.Cy. (Hall.) (2) Abd. Ae drifty night,
'bout crowdy time, Deep lay the driven sna', Cock Strains (1810)
I. 106; I'm wae to see your snout sae cauld and drifty, Beattie
Parings (1801 ) 30, ed. 1873. Ayr. Thro' the ragged roof and chinky
wall . . . piles the drifty heap, Burns IVinter Night (i-jS^) st. 9.
Edb. Whan drifty tempests furious blaw, Learmont Poems (1791)
176. Slk. The most dismal storm on record is the thirteen drifty
days, Hogg Tales (1838) 140, ed. 1866.
4. Sand, &c., washed down the hills or roads into pits ;
road-scrapings.
s.Wor. (H. K. ) GIo. Often made use of with a little lime, for
mortar. Sometimes spread upon stiff clay land to open the pores,
Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.); Gl. (1851); Glo.i
Hence Drift-beds, sb. pi. beds of sand and gravel
washed down by a river.
w.Yks. Rounded stones collected from the riverside, from the
ploughed land and from drift beds, Yks. Wkly. Post (Nov. 7, 1896}.
5. A set of fishing-nets.
n.Sc. A complete drift of nets, which were carried to sea each
season by a crew of boatmen, Miller Leg. (ed. 1853) 260 ; Not a
herring swam so low as the upper baulk of our drift. One of the
fishermen . . . exclaimed, ' Four years ago I startled 30 barrels of
light fish into my drift just by throwing a stone among them,' tb.
Schools ! ed. 1879') 440.
Hence (i) Diift-fishing, sb. fishing by means of a
' drift' or set of nets ; (2) -net, sb. a net from 18 to 20
fathoms in length and 7 fathoms deep.
(i) Cor. Drift-fishing for the pilchard is of much more ancient
date than thesean,asfar asPolperro is concerned, QuillerCouch
Hist. Polperro (1871) 109. (2) Nhb.* ' Drift-net fishermen' are
the sea salmon fishers. Cor. Drift-nets are carried on board a
common fishing-boat, with an addition to her usual crew, Quiller-
Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) no.
6. A private drive or road ; an unenclosed road across
a common, used mainly for driving cattle.
n.Lin. • Oiso/. Lei. (Hall.) Nrf. (E.M.) ; ^«/i. (1879) VIH. 169.
Suf. (C.T.); (M.E.R.); Rainbird Agric. (1819) 291, ed. 1849.
e.Suf. A private road between two fences (F.H.). Ess. Enter the
Drift of the s"". Cows Marsh and proceed therein to the Pack Gate,
Surv. Gtstingthorpe Prsh. (1804) 41. w.Som.^
Hence (i) Drift-road, (2) -way, sb. a cattle-path or
lane ; a right of way for driving cattle.
(i) Cum.', sw.Lln.' Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884)
316. Sur. (T.S.C.) (2) N.Cy.i, NUb.>, Nhp.i e.An.' A cart-w.iy
along an enclosed slip of land. Bdf. (J.W.B.) Nrf. You'll find
him somewhere up that drift-way (W. R.E.) ; ' It's only a driftway
like,' sed 1, Rye Hist. Nrf. (1885) xv. e.Suf. (F.H.) Sus.' Gen.
a greenway from high ground to low. w.Som.' Draef'wai. A drove
leading to ' ground ' or to outlying fields. A path through a wood
is often so called. Mere track is implied, not a made road.
7. A Strip or line from one end of a field to another;
the space between furrows; a trench cut in the ground
resembling a channel dug to convey water to a mill-
wheel.
w.Mid. In ' piece-work ' the worker takes a drift down the crop
for hoeing, or whatever it may be; and when in search of game,
the beaters are said to beat a drift each time they cross a field
(W.P.M.). Som. Pitch it in drifts of 12 'rudges '(W.F.R.). Cor.*
8. Mining term ; a passage or tunnel driven into the
ground either to explore or reach the coal, &c., or to
permit the emission of water, &c.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Usually a pair of drifts are driven
simultaneously for the purpose of ventilation. In stone, sometimes
for the purpose ofexploring, but more frequently rendered necessary
by the occurrence of dislocations in the strata, Greenwell Coal
Tr. Gl. (18491 ; Drivin the drift fra' the law seam, Bishoprick Garl.
(1834) 52; To have a water course or drift, Compleat Collier
(1708)6. Dur. (J.J.B.), n.Yks. (C.V.C.) w.Yks. (Lead mining)
A short horizontal level at head of a rise or foot of a sumph (F.E.j.
DRIFT
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Der. To dial drifts, or take a cope, Furness Mrdinis (1836) 16;
They [the jurors] may cause open'd drills, Manlove Lead Mines
(1653) 1. 159 ; Minerals are extracted by the means of shafts and
drifts, Marshall Review (1814') IV. 94. Cor.2 The level that the
men dris'e underground from one shaft to anotlier, or north and
south out of the lode, in which only one man at a time can work,
it being but a working big, and about five or six feet high, Pryce
Arch. (i79o\
Hence Drift-hole, sb. an underground channel for
conveying water from one drain to another. n.Lin.'
9. Salt-mining term : a miner's length of worlc,
measured out for him. Hence Driftsman, sb. the fore-
man having charge of the miners and setting out their
worlc. Chs.'
10. Fis:- Employment, means of livelihood, a ' berth.'
Wm. Ahs e gay good drift. He gat intul a good drift an' dud
weel ^B.K.).
11. Comp. (i) Drift house, (2I -way, a covered way
leading out of a farmyard, under which a loaded wagon
can be driven.
(i) s.Chs.' Drift-aays. Shr.' Dr'if-t u's. (2) Shr.i Hmp.
The fact of it being covered prevents it from being a ' pitchin '
(W.M.E.F.).
12. A row of felled underwood.
WU. Davis ^^nV-. 1,1813) ; Wil.i
13. A name apphed to var. instruments used for driving
holes, &c. ; see below.
n.Cy. A piece of steel or iron used to back a bolt, or to widen
a bolt-hole, N. tf Q. (1853) ist S. v. 250. w.Yks. A tapered tool
used in bringing iron plates into their proper position to be riveted
together. You can bring that up with a drift (B.K."). s.Yks. A
tool used for forming a true hole in iron or steel (C.W.D.). se.Wor.'
An iron instrument used by coopers for driving hoops on casks.
s.Wor. A hammer with a hole in the end of it, into which the point
of the share is fixed, and then it is struck with a stone, &c., to drive
it in (H.K.). Snf. An iron bar used in driving holes, Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863"). e.Suf. An iron bar used for punching holes in the
ground, when preparing sheep-folds (F.H.). nw.Dev.' The handle
of a turf-paring spade.
Hence Drift-pin, sb. a round iron instrument for driving
pegs, &c., out of holes. se.Wor.'
14. A Mask' or looseness of the bowels. Soni. W. & J.
a. (1873) ; (Hall.)
15. V. To drive away, dismiss, turn off.
s.Not. When the children in the street get too noisy, I have to
go and drift them, or ' drift them away ' (J.P.K.). Lin. The young
squire drifted him, Fenn Cure of Souls (1889) 24. n.Lin.' Drift
them hens oot o' that yew tree. If 1 find oot that ony o' my
laab'rers voates blew I'll drift 'em. sw.Lln.' The officer drifted the
boys.
16. To draw out from, to select, pick out.
Chs. Numbers of young cattle which have been drifted from the
dairy stocks in this country, are slaughtered in London, Marshall
Review ti8i8) II. 123.
17. To let anything fall or slide gently through the
fingers.
Sc Before he had taken a dozen turns at the [porridge] pot, she
had the spurtel out of his hand, and was drifting the meal between
her own white fingers, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 87.
18. To tunnel, excavate.
ii.Yts.2 * Drifting for jet,' tunnelling for it (s.v. Dessing).
[1. Drift of the forest, a driving, an exact view of the
cattel, Coles (1677). 2. A drift of cattell, pecus. Levins
Manip. (1570). 3. In snaw, sleit, drift, wind, froist, hail-
stanis & rane. Sat. Poems (1569I, ed. Cranstoun, I. 91.
14. Cp. use of treiben (to drive) in G. dials. : Appenzell
dial. Triba, ' laxiren,' . . . s' Grcis Iribl, ' das Gras macht
laxiren' (Tobler) ; ^HG. tribe, 'diarrhoe, kolik' (Lexer).]
DRIFT-CO'W, sb. Yks. (S.W.) s.Lan. (W.H.T.) A
cow not in calf, and which gives little or no milk ; a ' drape.'
D RIGGER, 56. Cor.2 Also written driggoe. [drigs.]
The lowest of the tier of pumps of a water-engine.
DRIGGLE, sb. s.Wor.' [dri-gl.] A small-meshed
draw-net used from the river-bank in high water.
DRIGGLE, V. Cor. [dri-gl.] To fall in drops, trickle,
run out slowly, ooze.
Cor. Water driggling down, Thomas Randigal Rhymes
(1895IC/.
DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE, adv. and sb. Soni. Dev. [drigl-
draegl.] 1. adv. In a slovenly, slatternly manner,
applied esp. to women's dress. w.Som.', nw.Dev.'
2. sb. A slovenly, untidy woman.
w.Sora.' ller's a purty old driggle-draggle vor to have in your
house. nw.Dev.'
DRIGGOE, DRIGH, see Drigger, Dree, adj.
DRIGHT, see Draught, sb.^, Drite, v}
DRIGIE, see Dredgie.
DRIGS, sb. pi. Suf. [drigz.] The tea-leaves at the
bottom of a cup of tea, the 'dregs.' e.Sut. (F.H.)
DRILE, see Drill, v.'^
DRILGER, sb. and adj. Cor. In form drilgey Cor.^
[drilg3(r), drilgi.] 1. sb. A great noise; a complaining
speech. Cf. drilsy.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (iSg^) Gl. ; Cor.3, w.Cor. (W.F.)
2. adj. Of sounds: melancholy, sad.
Cor. 3 An old woman spoke of the noise made by water con-
tinually running in an amateur photographer's dark roomas drilgey.
DRILL, sb. and v.^ Dev. (Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [dril.] 1. sb. The instrument with which
turners hollow their bowls or wooden cups. Cf. dridle.
Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
2. V. To twirl a mop.
Dev. (Hall.) ; Grose (,1790) MS. add. fM.)
DRILL, v.'^ Sh.I. Wm. Also Lin. s.Cy. Ken. Sus.
Dev. Also written drile Wm. Dev.'; dryll Sh.I. [dril ]
1. To waste time ; to delay, dawdle.
Sh.I. A lock o' folk comin' dryllin' behint a', Sh. News (July 31,
1897). Wm. Ferguson A^orrtxiCTi (1856) 176. Ken. To drill along
iK.). Dev.' I've a be lolling 'pon the gate, and playing 'pon the
Jews-harp to drill away the time, 37 ; I've a gurt many chures to do
vust, and here be I driling away my time, 10. n.Dev. I don't drill
time in thease gude place, KocKyim an' Nell (186-]) St. 7.
2. To decoy or flatter a man into anything ; to keep in
suspense. Gen. with in or on.
Lin. Thence they drilled me on to the Physic-garden, at Chelsea,
where their lectures on the exotic plants were amusing. Diary of
R. Thorcsby {May 28, iTi3)ll. lo^, in Lin. N. <&■ g. (.Oct. 1891) 249.
n Lin.' Thaay behaaved real badly to Isaac aboot that farm ; thaay
drilled him on and on, and then let it oher his head to this uther
chap. s.Cy. Grose (1790) ; 'To drill a man in,' to decoy or flatter
a man into anj' thing, Ray (1691). Sus. (K.), Dev. (Hall.)
3. To waste away by degrees ; to slide away. Ken.
(Hall.) ; Ken.'
[L We must drill away a little time here, Etheredge
She ivou'd if she coii'd (1668) H. i. (N.E.D.) 2. She has
bubbled him out of his youth, . . . she drilled him on to
five and fifty, and she will drop him in his old age,
Addison Sped. (1711) No. 89.]
DRILL, see Dreel, v.
DRILLATY, arfy. Sus.' [drilati.] Dilatory.
DRILL-DROLLS, 56. /■/. Cor. [dril-drolz.] Trailing
plants ; the wild convolvulus.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895'! Gl.
DRILLEN, ppl. adj. I.W.* [drilan.] Dripping with wet.
[With that, swift watry drops drill from his eye, Hey-
wooD Troia (1609) (Nares).]
DRILLER, sb. Nhb. Yks. [drilar.] One who
minds a drilling-machine ; one who drills holes in iron-
stone or other mineral for blasting purposes.
Nhb.' The Amalgamated Society of Horizontal Drillers, Trades
Union notice. n.Yks. A Cleveland term for those who drill holes
in ironstone or other mineral for blasting purposes. It is not
merely manual skill which is the chief requisite of a good driller;
he must possess much experience in order that he may know
exactly where to drill the hole, and the precise direction in which
to drill it, in addition to the knowledge of how to drill it quickly
and well, Gl. Lab. (1894).
DRILLMAN, sb. Lin. [dri-lman.] A man who goes
with a drill and superintends the operation of drilling corn.
n.Lin.' Wanted, at Michaelmas, a married man, withsmallfamily,
as working foreman. He must be a good stacker, thatcher, and
drillman, Stamford Merc. (Sept. 20, 1867).
DRILLOCK, sb. Glo.' [drilak.] A gutter by a roadside.
DRILLS, 5A. //. Wor. [drilz.] The teats of an animal.
s.Wor. (H.K.) See DUl, sb.^
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DRILLY DRALLY, see Dillydally.
DRILSY, sb. Cor. [dri'lzi.] 1. A monotonous,
continued sound, a low murmuring or hum. Cf. drilger.
Cor.' My dear cheeld, do stop your drilsy. A guck-00 song is
a regular drilsy ; Cor.^
2. Phr. a/l of a drilsy, in a confused state.
w.Cor. My 'ead is queer, lam all cf a drilsy thismorning fM A.C.).
H'RILY , adj. Sc. Of the weather : fine, not raining.
Gall. He bore streekit claith [an umbrella] aboon her face,
Although the day was drily, Nicholson Poel. Wks. (1828) 137,
ed. 1897.
DRIM, V. Dev. [drim.] To press, crowd together,
squeeze. Also usedy5§. Cf dring, v} 2.
Dev. He drim'th iv'rything up to the las' minute, Reports Provinc.
(1893).
[ME. thnmmien, to compress (Stratmann) ; cp. OE.
J'ryinnt, a crowd, and Du. drom, a pressing (Hexham) ;
MDu. droiiieit, ' dringen, druklcen' (Oudemans).]
DRIMBLE, V. Dor. Som. [drimbl.] To loiter,
dawdle ; to move slowly and without energy or' go.' Cf
dringle, v. See Drumble, v}
Dor. Gl. (1851); (Hall.) Som. Here comes the wold man
drimbling along, Sweetman IVincaiilon Gl. (1885).
DRIMMEL, V. Som. Also in form drummle. To
suffer pain. (Hall.)
Hence (i) Drimmeling, (2) Drummly, fl^^'. Of pain:
constant, continual.
Som. (i)W. & J. G/. (1873"). (2) A dull, continuing, aching pain
would be described as ' drummly ' even now by old people, although
it is probably not used by the younger generation (W.F.R.).
DRIMUCK, see Dranmiock.
DRINDLE, sb., v. and adj. War. e.An. [drindl.]
1. sb. A small channel to carry off water, a gutter.
e.An.i, Nrf.i Suf. De yow cut a drindle and let the water off
the rood (M E.R.) ; Suf.i, e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. A drill for receiving corn, seed, &c. Nrf ', Suf.'
3. V. To trickle, run slowly ; also, to make to trickle, to
rinse (a mop).
War.^ Drindling a mop was done by rapidly spinning the handle
between the wrists. ' Now then, Molly Coddle, go and drindle the
mop,' would be the contemptuous reply of an angry housewife to
a venturesome male person intertering with advice as to house-
hold operations. Suf. Yar water butt ha' got a hole at the bottom,
an the water fare all on't drindle awah (M.E. R.). w.Suf. That
tap must be blocked, the water only fare to come dringling(C.G.B.).
4. To dawdle. Suf (Hall.), e.Suf (F.H)
5. adj. Slow.
Suf.' He is the drindlest man I ever did business with.
Hence Drindly, adj. slow. Nrf*
DRINE, sec Drive.
DRING, 2/.' and s6.' Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
in forms dreng Dev. ; dringe Dor.' [drir), dring.]
1. V. To press, squeeze, crowd ; to push.
Dor.' Don't 3'e dringe oone zoo. Som. Drang, pret. of Dring,
\V. & J. Gl. (18731 ; Bit tha zo clooase about en dring'd a cood'n
goo atliin, Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869') 99. w Som.' A farmer,
about to enter a railway-carnage in which were several women,
said, ' Yuur ! uus muus'-n g-een yuur*, uus muus*-n dring aup
dhu lac'udecz ' [Here ! we must not go in here ; we must not
crowd the ladies). Dev. The room wasn't drenged like the time
before, Reports Provinc. (1885) 93 ; Who be yil a-dringing ov ?
Keep back, willee ! Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Maacy wull ! Don't
'ee dringy 20, Pulman Skelc/ics (1842) 92, ed. 1871 ; Dev.' The
tiny pixy went to dring hiszell into the end of the zettle, 19.
n Dev. A thousan' happy fancies dring. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867)
St. 133. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) Cor.' w.Cor. A^. &^ Q. (1854)
1st S. X. 300.
Hence (1) Dringing, (a) vhl. sb. a crowding ; (i) ppl. adj.
sparing ; (2) Dringingly, adv. sparingly, with hard
squeezing.
(i,n) Dev., Cor. Grose (1790) MS. ai/d. (C.) ; Monlhly Mag.
(1810) I. 435. (A) Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) (2) ib.
2. With up : to squeeze, crowd together ; to crush ; also
usedy?^.
Dev. One who leaves work to be done at the last moment * drings
up everything,' Reports Provinc. (1893); That day you was arl
dringed up in the choorch,PEARuA/oM«A/o//y (1889) 89; Whyiver
diiee lundgc about zo vor, diiing ov nort, when yii knaw how I be
adringed up wi' work ? Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 99. Cor.' To be
dringed up is to be much pressed or worried ; Cor.^ Soiled, as
with dirt at the bottom of a..dress.
3. sb. A throng, crowd.
w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis {j8^^). -w.Som.' I h'ant a-zeed
no such dring o' stock's longful time. Dev. Now to the rume, to
zee the king, They all march'd off, a clever dring. Peter Pindar
Royal Visit 1,1795; '"• 37'> ed. 1816. Cor.'; Cor.^ A regular dring.
Hence phr. all of a dring, all in confusion, all crowded
together.
Dev. I can't abear to see the house all of a dring. Reports Provinc.
(1884) 17.
4. A narrow passage or entry. Cf. drang.
Wil. (C.V.G.), s.Wil. (G.E.D.), Cor.2
[1. OK. priiigan, to press, to throng, crowd.]
DRING, v.'^ and sb.'^ Sc. [drir).] 1. v. To roll,
drive forward.
Fif. Down intiU the course, Wi' hirdie-girdie hurly-burly. And
countenances sour and surly, They drang wi' pith and force,
Tennant Prt/Jis/;j (1827J 151,
2. To press tightly, to suffocate by strangulation.
S.(S: Ork.' Hence Dringing, sb. suffocation by strangu-
lation, ib.
3. sb. Obs. A close-fisted man, a miser.
Sc. Evergreen (ed. 1761) Gl. ; Grose (17901 MS. add. (C.)
[2. ON. dreuirja, to bind fast, haul taut to a pole.]
DRING, v.^lsb.^ and adj. Sc. Irel. Also e.An. Also
written dringe Sc. e.An. [drig, dring.] 1. v. To
linger, dawdle, lounge. Cf dringle, v.
Knf. The poor bodies may rin. They may hing, they may dring,
Webster 7?/;_3';;/fs (1835) 170. N.I.' Come on, Joan, an' don't be
dringing behin'. Ant. Come on, what are you dringin there for ?
Bally mena Obs. (1892).
Hence (i) Dringing, ppl. adj., (2) Dringly, adj. slow,
dawdling.
(i) n.Sc. I Jam.') (2) Nrf.'
2. To drizzle with rain. Cf dringling.
Nrf., Suf. lE.G.P.) e.Suf. In everyday use iF.H.).
3. To sing in a slow, melancholy manner ; esp. of
a kettle making a noise before boiling.
Sc. While kettles dringe on ingles dour, Or clashes stay the lazy
lass, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. Dedication, st. 5. Abd. Wi'
dringing dull Italian lays. Skinner Titllochgorum (,1809^ St. 3. Fif.
Richtgladhis fire-hung pat to hear Singin' and dringin', token clear
That merry parridge-time was near, Tennant Papistry (1827) 112.
4. sb. A lazy, dilatory person.
Ant. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
5. The noise of a kettle before it boils. Sc. (Jam.)
6. adj. Slow, dilatory.
Abd. I'll wad her country-lads sail no be dring In seeking her,
Ross //f/fHo»Y (1768) 102, ed. 1812.
DRINGE, see Dring, i/.'^
DRINGET, sb. ♦Som. Dev. Cor. [driggst, dri-qst]
A throng, press, crowd.
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
w.Som.' Dhai wuz au-1 tiie u dring'ut tu fae'ur [They were all in a
crowd at the fair]. Dev. There was such a dringet coodn't zee,
Pengelly I'erbal Pron. (1875) 71 ; J-forae Siibsecivae ( i-jTj). n.Dev.
Stap! Ott's the dringet ta Itiedoor? RocKyim an' A'«// ^i867)st. 64.
Dev., Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434.
[Dring, sb.' S + -et, as in mids^et.]
DRINGINGLY, CTr/ii. Obs. Dev. Also in form dringing.
Sparingly, grudgingly.
Dev. Spoken of a covetous person, or of anything that goes on
heavily, and against the grain, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 133.
DRINGLE, sA.' Dev. [dri-qgl.] A throng, crowd.
See Dring, sA.' 3.
s.Dev. Fox Kins^sbridgc (iQ^^^.
DRINGLE, sb.^ S"^uf A dingle. e.Suf. (F.H.)
DRINGLE, V. Sc. Yks. e.An. [drirjl, dri-qgl.] To
waste time ; to be slow, dilatory ; to waste in general.
Cf drimble, 7>. See Dring, v.^
Sc. (Jam.), m.Yks.', e.An.' [Holloway.]
Hence (i) Dringling,///. adj. lengthy, protracted; (2)
Dringling -complaint, sb. low fever; (3) -pains, sb. pi.
premonitory labour-pains.
(i) Nrf. I don't like them ' dringling' affairs (A.A.G.). (2) Ess.
(M.A.R.) (3) e.An.i Nrf. Arch. (1879) VIII. 169.
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DRINKER
DRINGLING, />/>/. adj. sw.Lin.^ Of rain or snow :
drizzling. Sec Dring, v? 2.
DRINK, I', and sh} Van dial, uses in So. and Eng.
I. I'. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense: (i) Dhrink, (2)
Dreyngk, (3) Drunk, (4I Drynk.
t i)Lan. Never bin use't to dhrink in', Brierley Z,aVTOcA(i864)ii!.
(a"! m.Yks.^ Introd, 34. {31 w.Yks. I'll drunk it w'ile I'm undressing
(F.P.T.). (4) Sc. MijRRAY Dial. (1873) 204.
^.Preterite: (i) Drak, (2) Drenk, (3) Drenked, (4)
Drinked, (51 Dronk, (6) Druck, (7) Drunk.
(I) Nhb.' (21 w.Yks.WidGHT Gtain.lVndhll. 1,189a) 132. (s'jBrks.
How much they vour drenked, Hughes ScoMf. IVIiile Horse (iB^g)
vii. (4) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877I 46. Dev. He niver '
zaid'much about it, more than to axe us why us drink'd more than
did us gude, Burnett ^/di/f iJq>'ii8B8)xxvii. [Amer. Dia!. Noies
11896) I. 277.] (5) Cum. Lang she dronk. an' lood she gruntit,
Gilpin ijrt//<ifl'x 1 1874) S^d S. 93. m.Yks.' D'raongk, /«//W. 34.
(6) Nhb.' He druck half a gallon at a sittin. (7) m.Yks.' Druongk,
In/rod. 34. s.Chs.' Drungk, 80.
3. Pp. : (i) Dhrunken, (2) Drank, (3) Drinked, (4)
Dronken, (5) Drucken, (6) Druckin, (7) Druken, (8)
Drukken, (9) Drunk, (10) Drunken. See Drucken,
DruflFen.
(1 1 e.Yks.l (2) Ayr. They hae ta'en his very heart's blood And
drank it. Burns Joii>i Barleycorn (17811 st. 12. (3) n.Wil. I've a
drinked my wine wi' my milk, Kite Sng. Sol. (i860) v. i. Som.
I have drink'd moi woine wi' moi mulk, Baynes ib. w.Som.
Elworthy Gram. (1877') 46. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 277.]
(4) m.Yks.' D'raongk'u'n, Introd. 34. (5) Sc. Neither kens nor
cares what toasts are drucken, Scorr Bride of Lam. (1819) xxiii ;
Speak when ye're spoken to. Drink when ye're drucken to,
Chambers Fo/). Rhymes (1870) 145. N.Cy.' He has drucken the
mailman's ale, Jacobite Sng. Nhb. But the water he'd drucken it
wadn't run oot. Monthly Chron. ti.Cy. Lore (1887) 39; Nhb.' He's
drucken byeth cow an' calf, Prov. Cum. They'd drucken like
fiddlers in common. Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 388. (6) Nhb. Aw've
druckin ma\v wine wi' maw milk, RoBSON Sng. Sol. (1859) v. i ;
When Booz hid eatin' an' daickin his fill, ib. Beitk Ruth (i860) iii.
7. (7) Nhb. They've druken ale and brandy, Allan Coll. Tyneside
Sngs. [iSgi'^ 8. m.Yks.* Druok'u'n, /»/?W. 34. w.Yks. Wright
Gram. U'ndhll. {1892) 132. (8) Sc. Murray Dial, (1873) 204.
Sh.I. Whin A'm drukken mi cup, Sh. News (Oct. 9, 1897).
Wm. Thaed teean an selt em an drukk'nt'brass, Spec. Dial. (1877)
pt. i. 17. (91 Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. (10) Sc. It is just the
idle, feckless bodies getting drunken that gives it a bad name. Steel
Rowans 18951 82. e.Yks. Ah've drunken it, Wray Nestleton (1876)
303. m.Yks.' D'ruongk-u'n, Intrvd. 34. w.Yks. I'm dhry, I've
drunken all my tea up iF.P.T.). s.Chs.' 80.
n. Dial. uses. 1. v. To cause to drink, to drench.
nXin.' As soon as iver I get hoiim I shall drink all th' lambs.
Nhp., Shr. NoRTHALL Flk-Phr. (1894). [Amer. Go drink them
o^en. Dial. A'o/es (1896) I. 7, 277.]
2. With out: to drink off, swallow the contents of; to
exhaust.
Sc. Drink out your glass, Monthly Mag. (1800) I. 323; A'
Saunders's gin. puir man, was drucken out at the burial o' Steenie,
Scott Antiquary (1816) xl. n.Cy. J.W.)
3. Phr. (i) to drink be/ore some one, to anticipate some
one in what they were about to say; (2) — some one, to
drink the health of some one.
1 1) Sc. ' You will drink before me,' you have said just what I was
going to say, which is a token that you'll get the first drink, Kelly
Prov. (1721) 388. (2^ Ayr. They filled lippies, and in solemn
silence drank their auld frien' for the last time, Galt Lairds
(1826) iii.
4. sb. In conip. (i) Drink-draught, a brewer's dray
with the horses that draw it; (2) -driver, the driver of
a brewer's dray ; (3) -house, a building where beer or
cider is kept ; a small out-house ; (4) -lean, an entertain-
ment given by the lord of the manor ; (5) -meat, ale
boiled, thickened with oatmeal, and spiced ; (6) -silver,
drink-money, a perquisite, vail ; also used /iff.
(i)n.Yks.i2, m.Yks.' (2 n.Yks.'2 (3) w.Yks. (J. J.B.), se.Wor.l,
s.Wor.i Glo. The room was built over the drink-us (S.S.B.) ;
(A.B.) ; Glo.' (4 I Lan. From these entertainments being supported
by the contributions of the tenants, they were derisively called
Drink-leans, Habland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 288. (5)
Shr. Bound Provinc. (1876) ; Shr.' The cowman's got a despert bad
coud ; I'll mak' 'im a stodger o' drink-mate fur 'is supper, an' gie 'im
a good swat ; Shr.2 (6) Sc.Grose (1790) j1/5.arf</. (C.) ; Drink siller
is still the vulgar designation and pronunciation (Jam.). Kcb. I
cannot get a house in this town wherein to leave drink-silver in my
Master's name, save one only, Rutherford Lett. {1666) No. 122.
5. Phr. (i) /;; drinh, drunk ; (2) no small drink, Jig. of
considerable importance, of no little consequence ; (3) out
of drink, sober, not intoxicated; (4) sale-drink, liquor
handed round free at a sale for the general refreshment ;
(5) 'o <?<"' //'« ^''V(>' drink, to be at death's door, to be nearly
dead ; (6) to have had some drink, to be the worse for
drink, but not absolutely drunk.
(i) Ayr. I canna see the sense o' swearin' ava, either in drink
or oot o' drink, Johnston Glenbuckie (i88g) 17. Chs.' (2) Abd.
Helen's nae sma' drink ; It's nae to ilka chiel she'll gie her niece,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 117. Dmb. Mrs. Renshaw thought herself
' nae sma' drink ' when the Laird himself gave her his arm. Cross
Disruption (1844) iv. Edb. Thinking themselves, I dare say, no
small drink, MoiR Mansie ffa!(cA (1828) xiv; Our Johnny's nae
sma' drink you'll guess, Fergusson Poems (1773) 167, ed. 1785.
Slk. Davie was nae sma' drink, Hogg Tales (1838) 47, ed. 1866.
(3) Ayr. I canna see the sense o' swearin' ava, either in drink or
oot o' drink, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 17. (4) Cum. No lower
depth of meanness can be touched than that bottomed by the man
who attends for the sake of this without buying or even bidding
(J.Ar.). (5) S. & Ork.' Don's gotten dy liver drink. (6) Chs.^
'He had had some drink,' one of our commonest expressions.
6. Beer, ale ; beer in the process of fermentation.
w.Yks. Let's hev a pint o' drink, missis, Banks Wkfld. Wds.
(1865) ; (J.T.) ; E one corner theare wor a tub wi some drink
workin in, Dewsbre Otm. (1865) 14 ; w.Yks.' ' Thin drink' is small
beer ; w.Yks.^ Nobbud hed a pint o' drink for a week. Which is
t'better sleek, — drink ur waiter ? Lan. Thou con always find friends
when thou wants a sope o' drink, Brierley Insuniig 1 1886) 13 ;
On wawtit him o'er into th' Gal keen ful o new drink wortching,
Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1746) 35. Midi. Marshall Rur. Econ.
(1796) II. nw.Der.', War. (J.R.W.), War.= Shr.' Common.
' Whadsort o' drink dun they keep at that public!' ' Well, nuthin'
to brag on ; it wunna much better than fresh-drink the las' time as
I wuz theer'; Shr.^ A small jug'le o drink. Glo. (A.B.) ; Glo.'
It's a drop of very good drink ; GI0.2 Wil. Slow C/. (1892). Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Very common. Wiit av-u draap
u dringk ur u draap u suydur? [Wilt have a drop of ale or a drop
of cider?] Cider is never called ' drink.' V-eeguut koa'ldurz nuuf
t-oa-1 dhu dringk? [Have you coolers enough to hold the wort ?]
7- Cider.
War. (J.R.W.l, Glo. (A.B.), Glo.' Wil. Slow G/. (1892). Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873).
8. A drench, draught of medicine for horses or cattle.
Chs.' ' I'll send her a drink ' says the farrier when he comes to
prescribe for a cow. n.Lin.' War. Leamington Courier {Mar. 6,
1897) ; War.2, s. War.' Sus.l I gave the old cow a drink last night,
and she's up again and looking eversmuch better this morning.
Hence Drink-horn, sb. the left horn of a cow, by aid of
which a drench is given to horses and cows. n.Lin.'
8. pt. Refreshments between meals. Cf. drinking.
w.Yks. Scatcherd Hist. Morley (1830) Gl. ; w.Yks.^ Gehring
his drinks.
DRINK, s6." Sc. [driqk.] A lanky, overgrown person.
Per. ' He's gotten a lang drink o' a wife. ' Not uncommon ( G.W.).
Ayr. Stair had grown up into a great lang drink, and would fankled,
as Robin Cummell said, if he fell. Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887)
xvi.
[Norw. dial, areng, a young lad, a man just grown up
(Aasen) ; ON. drengr, a young unmarried man ; cp. Norw.
dial, drengkall, an unmarried man.]
DRINK- A-PENNY, sb. Irel. 1. The bald coot, Fulica
atra. n.Ir. (J.S.) ; N.I.'
2. The little grebe, Tachybaptes fluviatilis.
N.I. ' Dwn. SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 216.
DRINKER, sb. Sus. Som. 1. The moth, Lasiocampa
potatoria.
Som. CoMPTON Winscombe Sketches (1882) 140.
2. Comp. Drinker-acre, the land set apart on dividing
brook-land (which was depastured in common) for
mowing, to provide drink and provisions for the tenants
and labourers. Sus.'"
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DRISK
DRINKING, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Wor.
Also Ken. Som. Dev. 1. Food taken between regular
meals; food taken in the forenoon, either breakfast or
luncheon.
n.Cy. Grose (1790') MS. add. (P.) ne.Yks.' A short meal in the
middle of an afternoon in haytime or harvest, consisting j^cx. of
bread-and-cheese and beer. w.Yks. So much a day an' drinkins,
Leeds Merc. Snp/'l. { Dec. 24, 1892I ; w.Yks.'^ ; w.Yks.^ Gehring his
fornoin drinking. Lan.\ e.Lan.i Not.^ The breakfast and tea of
a labourer taken while at his work. n.Lin.' Beer given to men in
harvest, or when corn is being threshed. Wor. It isn't the drinks
as hurts a man, but the drinkings between the drinks (H.K.).
Ken.GuosE(i79o);LEWis/. Teitet{il36) 5i;Ken.'' Dev. ' Feyther,
don'tee want no drinkings then?' . . . ' Iss fy, my dear, us be keen
for a drop of tay,' O'Neill Dimpses (1893) 27. n.Dev. A zend to
vield withadrenking, £.*-iH. 5roW. (1746JI. 196- nw.Dev.> In some
places called Afternoons or Arternoons.
Hence Drinking-cake, sb. a large flat cake eaten with
beer or tea in the harvest-field during the afternoon.
nw.Dev.'
2. The afternoon or evening meal ; tea.
w.Yks. He'd alius ta wait o' t'kettle boilin' when he wanted his
drinkin. Hartley Clock Aim. (1874) 39; w-Yks-^"; w.Yks.* Am
bown hoam to get my drinking. nw.Der.l
Hence Drinking-time, sb. the time of the evening meal,
tea-time.
Yks. By 'drinking' time all Repton knew that Turners had
stopped again, Taylor Miss Miles (i8go) xxvii. n.Yks.i, ne.Yks.'
w.Yks. Abaht noine o'clock I thowt I'd turn aht, an' get a good
day's wark dun by drinkin' toime, Hallam IVadsley Jack (1866)
viii ; If you can catch him at drinking time, he may tell you some-
thing about his day's labour, Fletcher Wapentake (1895) 238.
3. Comp. Drinking-do, a drinking bout, debauch.
Lan. At th' end of every drinkin' -do He're sure to crack o' deein',
'Waugh Poems (1876) 86.
4. An entertainment given by the master of a school to
scholars on quitting the school.
Lan. Potation penny, paid by the scholars or their friends to
the master to enable him to give an entertainment at some season
of the year (usually in Lent) to the scholars on quitting school.
This is in some counties still continued, and is called ' the drinking,'
'Wharton Hist. Maiich. Cram. School {,i&z&) 25, in A^. t/ Q. (,1890)
7th S. ix. 91.
5. pi. The beer and tobacco provided for farmers after
a rent or tithe feast.
w.Som.' Such an entertainment is always called ' u diin'ur un
dring-keenz ' [a dinner and drinkings].
DRINKY, adj. Som. Having had too much to drink,
but not absolutely drunk.
w.Som.* 'Well, he wadn not to zay drunk, your honour, but a
little bit drinky, merry like ; he knowed well enough what he was
about.
DRINT, sec Drent, sb.
DRIP, V. and sb} Var. dial, uses in Eng. Written
dryp Shr.'' [drip.] 1. v. To drain the last drops from
a cow when milking.
Chs. To sec that the cows are properly dripped, Marshall
Review (1818) II. 44 ; Chs.' It used to be the custom for someone
(frequently a young person learning to milk) to follow the regular
milkers and drip all the cows. Many old-fashioned farmers still
practice it ; but in too many cases the good old custom is given up.
The person who dripped the cows did not sit down, but stood and
milked with one hand, holding the can in the other ; Chs.^ s.Chs.'
After the first milking is over, it is the custom to go round the
cows a second time to obtain the few drops of milk that have
meanwhile been secreted in the udder. nw.Der.', "War.^, Shr.12^
nw.Dev.*
Hence (i) Dripping-bowl, sb. a wooden bowl used to
'drip' into ; (2) -can, sb. a small can used in 'dripping'
cows, being easier to hold in one hand than an ordinary
milk-can ; (3) Drippings, sb. pi. the last milk drawn from
a cow.
( I) Shr.' (2) Chs.i (3) Lan. The term usually heard for th3
second or final milking of a herd of cows is ' the drippings' ; and
the expression would be, ' An yo [or ast u] ta'en (or gotten] th'
drippin's'' Manch. Cily News (Jan. 25, 1896) ; Lan.' Chs.' Much
richer than the first milk. The drippings were generally put into
the cream mug for churning, and not amongst the general milk for
cheese making. They are also considered a potent drink for con-
sumptive people and weakly children ; Chs.^, a.Chs.', War.^, Shr.'*
Shr., Hrt. Bound Provmc. { 1876 . Oxf.' MS. add.
2. sb. Anything that falls in drops; in phv. as wet as drip,
very wet indeed.
w.Yks.' I Tnaad my sark as wit as drip, ii. 295. n.Lin.'
3. A stalactite.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' w.Yks. 'Willan Lisl Wds. (1811).
4. A rut or little open drain in the road. Also called
Grip. Hrf.2
5. A trap to catch rats or mice ; see below.
I.W.* To set a ' drip ' is to take a piece of board about 6 ins.
square, and fix a nail in two opposite corners of it ; then place
this piece of wood {.the drip) in the corner of a room. ... A tub
or large pan three parts full of water is placed directly under the
'drip' and the bait is put on the corner of the 'drip' furthest
from the wall. The rat or mouse, in tr3'ing to reach the bait,
overbalances the ' drip ' and falls into the water beneath.
DRIP, sb.'^ Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Written dhrip
e.Yks. [drip.] Snow, used only in phr. as white as drip,
as white as driven snow.
Cum. (M.P. ) ; Horses as white as drip, Borrowdale Lett, in
Lo»sdale Mag. (.Feb. 1867 ) 310 ; It was cuvert oa ower will a
cleaath as white as drip, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 169; Cum.'
'Wm. If Neddy sed craas wer black, Betty wed threeap doon et
thae wer es white es dripp, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 38; Her bits
o' duds ar as white as drip, Bowness Studies (1868) 5. e.Yks.
Nicholson Flk-Sp. (,1889) 2a ; e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.
(J.T.), ne.Lan.'
Hence Drip-white, adj. perfectly white, as white as
snow. ne.Lan.'
DRIPMY-BIT, sb. Dev. [dripmi-bit.] A threepenny
piece or bit.
Dev. Liikee zee ! 'er'th agied me a drip-my-bit vur doing dree
hours' work, a skinflint old twoad ! Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892); Jist
gie ole Nan a dripmy bit, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 51, ed.
1865. nw.Dev.'
DRIPPER, sb. Dor. Som. [dri-p3(r).] A small shal-
low vessel to catch drippings or take slops.
w.Cy. (Hall.) Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). w.Som. (F.'W.'W.)
DRIPPING, jft/)/. rt<7)'. Hrt. Of the weather : showery,
rainy.
Hrt. If the weather be dripping, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i.
DRIPPLNG-BAGS, sb. pi. Hrf.^ Bags of canvas like
inverted sugar-cones through which cider is passed fresh
from the cider-press.
DRIPPITY-DROPPITY, s6. Lin. The game of ' drop
the handkerchief.'
e.Lin. Many's the time I've played drippity-droppity with the
old vicar and his wife (G.G.W.).
DRIPPLE, 56. Hrf.Wil. [dripl.] A ' thripple,' a mov-
able rail on a cart or wagon.
Hrf.2 Wil.' The dripple is the strip running along the top of
the side of the waggon from which over the hind wheels project the
waggon-hoops, and over the front wheels the raves (s. v. Waggon).
DRIPPLE, see Dreeple.
DRIPPLETY, adj. Sur. Wet, rainy.
Sur. 'We've had such a dripplety summer (T.S.C).
DRIPSHAMS, sb. pi. Cor. [dripjamz.] The last drops
of liquid.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895') Gl.
DRIPSHAN,ii!). Cor. [dri-pjan.] Mother's milk; spirits.
Cor.' A little drap o' dripshan ; Cor.*
DRISEN, see Drizzen.
DRISH, sb. Irel. Also Som. Dev. [drij.] A thrush.
'Wxf.' w.Som.' I know's a drishes nest way dree eggs in un.
Dev. BowRiNG Lang. (1866) I. 27 ; Dev.° What a butivul zinger
tha drish iz. n.Dev. Thees morn I yeard the gladdies zing, And
drishes too. Rock Jim an Nell (1867) st. 53.
DRISK, sb. Cor. Amer. [drisk.] A drizzly mist.
Amer. My calash defended me well from the cold drisk, Sewall
Diary {Apr. 27, 1717).
Hence Drisky, adj. misty, foggy, rainy, wet.
Cor. ACornishmanis never iu such spirits as in drisky weather,
O'DoNOGHUE St. Knighton (1864) Gl. ; The day was ' drisky,' as
they say in Cornwall. A fine drizzle descended i^rom a sky of even
grey, without one rift of blue, and the fern and stunted herb,ige
were saturated with a white dew, Mortimer Tales (1895) 158.
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DRITE,7'.' Ohs. Sc.Nhb. Also written dreitS.&Ork.';
dright- (Hall.) ; dryte Sc. I. Gram, forms. 1. Preterite :
(ilDrate, (21 Dret. Sc. (Jam.) [P^or examples see II. below.]
2. pp.: (I) Drate, (2rDreitten, (3) Drett.
(i)Kcb. ta, 3I S. & Ork.'
II. To void excrement.
Sc. You dre.im'd that you dret under you, and when you rose
it was true. An answer to them that say, Guess what 1 dreamed,
Kelly /Voii. (1721 1 375 ; Gkose ( 1790) il/S. nrf;/. (C.) S.&Ork.',
Cai.^ Kcb. Tiie cock had craw'd day, or the ducks had drate
U|)o' the hallan stane, Davidson Seasons (1789) 7. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
Hence (i) Dret, si. excrement ; (2) Drightups, orDrite-
ups, sh.p/. aboy's first breeches after leaving oft" petticoats.
(z) Sc Grose a79ol MS. add. (C.) (a) n.Cy. iHall.; ; N.Cy.i
[To dryte, cacare, Cath. Aiigl. ON. drita.]
DRITE, t'.* and sA. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Also written dryte
n.Yki.^ ; and in form dhrite e.Yks." [drait.] 1. v. To
drawl, speak monotonously or indistinctly. Cf. drate.
N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', n.Yks.'^a, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall
Rtir. Ecoii. (1788); e.Yks.' Deeant dhrawl an dhrite seeah. pret.
dhrate. />/>. dhriten, ib. MS. add. (,T.H.) ni.Yks.'
Hence (i) Dritepoke, sb. a drawler, one who speaks
indistinctly, or hesitatingly ; (2) Drity.a^'. indistinct, slow
in speaking.
(i) n.Yks.'2, m.Yks.' (2) n.Yks, He Lalks varry drity (I.W.).
ne.Yks.' It's nut drity [said of an old violin!.
2. sh. A drawl, a slow mode of speaking. m.Yks.*
DRITH, sb. Som. A wooden implement used by
thatcliers to fix the straw on the root. (W.F.R.)
DRITH, DRITHER, see Dree, v., Dreddour.
DRIVE, V. and sb. Van gram, forms and dial, uses in
Sc. Irel. and Eng. [draiv, driv.]
I. V. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense: (i) Drahve, (2)
Draiv, (3) Drave, (4) Drayve, (5) Dreeve, (6) Dreve,
(7) Dreyve, (8) Driv. [Forms 3, 4, 5, 6 represent OE.
driefan, to drive.] For further examples see II. below.
' I n.Yks. He drahves up ov a neet, Tweddell CIcvil. Rhymes
(1875)38. ne.Yks.' 33. m.Yks.' D'raav, /)</)W. 34. (a)w.Yks.
Wright Gram. IViidhll. (1893) 129. (3) w.Som.' I dravcs Mr.
Bird's osses. You must drave in some stakes. Thicks on'y fit to
drave away the birds. (4^ Dev. (5) Wxf.' (6) Glo.', Hmp.,
Dor.' (,7) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. Cum.', Chs.' s.Chs.'
Drahyv, 80. (8) Ken.' I want ye driv some cattle. Sur. (T.S.C )
2. Preterite: (i)Draav, (2)Drave, (3)Drayve,(4)Dreav(e,
(5) Dreayve, (6) Dreeav(e, (7) Dreft, (8) Drieve, (9) Driff,
(10) Driv, (II) Drived, (12) Droved, (13) Druv.
(i' w.Yks.' (2 Bnff.Ane drave the cawf, the slot, an stirk, Taylor
Poems (1787) 68. Fif. Down on the yird she drave, Tensant
Pafiisliy (l82^) 16. Dur.', n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.' 33. m.Yks.' Dreh'v,
In/rod. 34. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Dreav, Wright Gram. IVndldl.
(•892) 129; w.Yks.* (3) Sc. Murray Dial. (18731 204. (4^
Cum. Squcelin beam t'two pigs he dreav, Richardson Tall!\ 1876)
and S. 44 ; Cum.' ; Cum.^ We dreave ... to Foster Penrice's, 37.
Lan. Mony a dirty and slovenly woman dreav a man to drinkin',
Eavesdropper I'ill. Life ^1869) No. 4. (5) Wm. A helm rough
and wod Dreaj've back the hulet to his haunts, Whitehead Leg.
(1859") la. (6) Wra. She . . . dreeave Bobby afooar her, secam es
ya drive coves. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. a7 ; When Natty Clarlt-
son's man Dreeav Natty's nag an gig, ib. 37. (7) Ess. Many ov the
Johnnys thote They dreft a pritty stroke, Clark J. Noakes (1839)
St. 121 ; Ess.' (8, Kcd. Kirkton Drieve a chuckie owre the plate.
Grant Lays (1884) 73. (9) Ess. I driff the waggon to Colchester,
Trans. Arch. Soc. II. 178. (10; s Net. (J.P.K.) sw.Lin.' I driv
a many away mysen. Nrf. He driv home. Rye Hisl. Nrf. (1885)
TV. Suf.' Yow driv yar pigs finely i' the night [snored]. (iij
Dev. Bowring Lang. 1S166) I. 26. (12) w.Som. Droa'v(d, El-
worthy Gram, f 1877 i 48 ; w.Som.' I droved home last night long
way Mr. Lock to Beer. (13 N.I.' I dhruv past him. Nhb.' He
druv us ower iv his gig. e.Yks.' Lan. That owd cart as I once
druv yo fro' Manchester in, Westall Birth Dene (1889) II. 258.
Chs.' s.Cbs.' Driiv, 80. nw.Der.' Lin. The heat druv bout i'
my heyes, Tennyson Oiiid Rod 1889 . War. That was a fine
beast you druv in yesterday. Bob, Geo. Eliot S. Marner {iB6i^
38; •War.' I druv 'im theer myself; War.^, Shr.' /H/rarf.52. Glo.'
3. pp.: (I) Dreen, (2) Dreft, (3) Drine, (4J Drove, (5)
Droved, (6) Droven, (7) Drovven, (8) Druv, (9) Druven,
(10) Dryvven.
(i) Sc. Snaw in spitters aft was dreen Amang the air, T. Scoit
VOL. II.
Poems (1793") 323; Dri'en [drecnl, Murray Dial. (1873") 204. ta)
Ess. Sich numbers pass'd um dreft, Clark J. Noakes {iS^^g) st.85.
(3^ Sc. Aft has drine the winter snaw, TiiOM Jock o' the Kiiowc
(1878)53. (4) Sur.' (5) wSom. U droa vd, Elworthy Gra)!!.
(1877) 48. Dev. He ought to h.ave it droved out. Reports Pioviiic.
(1883) 84. (,6) Nhb.' Mony a day hcv aa droven the gin gan.
ne.Yks.' 33. e.Yks.' Dhrovven. m.Yks.' D'rovu'n, Druov u'n,
Introd. 34. (7") Wm. Hoo far hev ye drovven them? (B. K.)
(8) N.I.' I've diiruv tliat horse these five year. Der. He sold
me a keow . . . and he said she were overdruv, Verney Stone
Edge (1868') i. n.Lin.' When I'd druv to Spital, I baaitcd my
herse. Lei.' It's her as has druv 'im tew it. Nlip.' War.^ ;
War. 3 ' 'Ers [her has] druv me to it ' is a not uncommon excuse.
Shr.' I 'ear Medlicott's lost the cow 'e bought at the far, an' I
dunna 66nder at it ; 'er milk 'ad bin pounded so lung, an' 'cr wuz
o'er-druv, an' it brought on the milk faiver. Glo.', Brks.', Ken.',
Sur. (T.S.C), Sur.' Sus.' ' I wunt be druv' is a favourite ma.xim
with Sussex people. [-Amer. The Stone Pike thet's druv thru
Bunker's Hill, Lowell Z>4'/o!£iP«/ic)-5(i866i 255.] (9) Nhb.', w.Yks.
(J.W.) e.Lan.' s.Chs.' Driivn, 80. Shr.^ Inlrod. 52. (loj Sc.
Murray Dml. (1873) 204.
II. 1. Phr. (i) to drive after, to pursue; (2) — atvav, to
carry the sheaves of corn from the field to the farm or
stack ; (3) — a boat, to propel a boat with a pole or paddle ;
(4) — a common, to drive all the stock on a common into
one place ; (5) — an end, (6) — a head, to excavate a level
or gallery in a mine ; (7) — a hedge, to plant stakes to make
a hedge ; (8) — a noise, see — work ; (9) — the pigs through
my game, to interfere, spoil sport; (lo) — ilie pitnd, to
drive impounded cattle and sell them for the fine; (11)
— a spreagh, to steal cattle ; (12) — work, to make a dis-
turbance or noise.
(i) Glc' (2, Ess. (W.W.S.) (3) Hrf.' (4^ n.Lin.' Driving all
the stock on a common into one place that the parochial or manorial
authorities may find out if any of them have infectious disorders,
or if any one holder of a common-right has turned on more cattle
than his 'stint,' or if any 'foreigners' (q. v.) have turned stock there-
upon. ' Some of the inhabitants of Ashby or neighbouring villages
had got into the habit of putting stock into the commons who had
no common-rights, and the process called driving the common was
resorted to,' Ajftd. of J. Fowlerin Beaiichampv. IVinn (i867\ Dor.
Barnes Gl. (1863^ ; Dor.' When the hayward come wi' all his men
To dreve the common, 258. (5) Cor. To drive a end, or slope a
back, Tregellas Tales (18601 62; Cor.' (6) Shr.' (7) Hrt.
There are toomany of these villainous, and commonlypetlyfarmcrs,
who make no conscience of what we call 'driving a hedge' ; that
is, at every making of a foot-hedge . . . they take the opportunity
of driving their stakes further into another man's ground than they
oughttodo, Ellis Mod. Htisb. (1750 III. i. 18 s.Hmp.'You dreve less
noise there,' shouted the jailor, Verney /.. Lisle (i8-]o) xxv. (9) Sc.
This tramper has come hither to drive the pigs through my game,
ScoTT St. Ronan (1824) v. (10) Sc. Grose (17901 MS. add. (C.)
(ii)Sc.They. . . reckon driving a spreagh(whilk is, in plain Scotch,
steahng a herd of nowte) a gallant, manly action, Scott Rob Roy
(1817) xxvi. (12) Hmp. Boys who behave badly and talk in church
are said to' drive work." 'The boys only go tonight school to drive
work' (H.C.M.B.). Dor. Don't ye dreve sich work, i.e. do not
make such an uproar, Barnes CI. (1863) s.v. NaVse. Som. Sweet-
man IVincanion Gl. (1885.
2. Comp. (i) Drive-bundle, see below; (2) -knurr, a
game in which a 'knurr' is driven by being hit with
a stick ; (3) -way, an old eart-road or cattle-path, im-
passable for carriages.
(I) Ken.* A drive-bundle, when a horse first carries one, and
then returns to fetch another ; that is in carrying on double-horse.
(2) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Dec. 24, 1892). (3) Sur.'
3. To attend to a horse or pony when working in a mine.
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
Hence Driver, sb. a boy employed in driving the horses
on the main roads underground.
Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. 1 1849).
4. To put oft" doing anything until the last minute ; to
delay.
Cum. Some lads court fearfu' hard, yet still Put off and drive and
dally, Relph Misc. Poems (1743 "1 118. Wm. They've drovven it
intat'neet(B.K.). n.Yks. She drives milking leeat ! I. W.\ e.Yks.
They must bee driven noe longer. Best Rii>. Econ. (1641 109.
w.Yks. Tha'l drive it while it's too lat, Halifax Conner {May 8,
1897) ; w.Yks.' Thou begins to drive it; w.Yks.* Chs.' Oo ne'er
A a
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DROCHLE
getsher dishes weshed till neet.oo's that driving. nw.Der.' s.Not.
If I go out to tea, then my pigs gets driven (J.P.K.). Nhp.' You
always drive off everything to the last. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
5. To hurry, hasten ; to be overdone with work, so that
one is obliged to hurry unduly.
Abd. They a' drive to the ingle cheek, Regardless of a flan o'
reek, Farmers Ha' (1794) St. 4. Ayr. Down Pleasure's stream, vvi'
swelling sails I'm tauld ye're driving rarely, Burns Dream ^l^&6)
St. 10. Dmf. He dannert and drave for a while nae doot, Reid
/'ofM;s(i894) 79. s.Not. Neverletyour work drive you. Whatever's
driven you so late ? ( J . P. K.) Nhp.i ' I was very much druv ' is a
phrase often used in application either to time or money. War.^
Ken.i ' I want ye driv some cattle ! ' ' Very sorry, but I'm that druv
up I caan't do't ! ' Sur.i'If he don't get on no faster than he's a doing
he'll get drove at last.' I found an old potter's kiln in which the
pots were thrown away in confusion and not completely burnt.
The man who was excavating said, ' I expact how it was, tliat while
he was a -making of them he got drove.' Dev. Ezzul tuk'd up ta
drayve an trapse, Nathan Hogg Poet. Leil. (1847) and S. 42, ed.
1866; Dev.i 1 warnis our vokes wonder what the godger'sa come
o' me. I'll drive home, 20.
6. Of manure, &c. : to stimulate growth, to force.
Wil.i Thur, that'll drive th' rhubub, I knaws !
7. To propel or throw with force.
Per. Still in use. He dreeve a stane through my window (G. W.^.
8. To throw or pile up into a heap ; to pitch with a fork.
Per. Drive up the sheaves or we'll no be finished the nicht
(G.W.).
9. To dig, excavate in a pit.
Nhb.i The pitman drives in as he digs, or hews his way, or gets
the coal. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
10. sb. The act of driving horses, cattle, cS:c., on an open
common, into one place, for the purpose of ascertaining
their ownership.
Oxf. The custom is for the owners to claim their own cattle from
the pound, thus leaving in the pound all cattle belonging to people
who have no right to pasture. Such cattle are either forfeited or
given up to the owners on payment of a fine. Still carried out on
Port Meadow, at Oxford (CO.).
11. A drove. Wxf.i, Ken. (G.B.)
12. Phr.j>'oz<rt/nVe, your horse, trap, and harness. Wxf.
(J.S.)
13. Force, action, gen. in phr. full drive.
Cum.' Our hay knife's square mouth't and hez nea drive wid it.
w.Yks.* Nhp.i He went along, full drive. A common expression
for walking or running with great speed.
Hence to play drive, to come with full force or impetus.
Edb. A dog that, wakening out of its slumbers with a yell, . . .
played drive against my uncle, HoiR Maitsie IVaucli (1828) ii.
14. A push, shove ; a blow.
Per. He gaed me a drive wi' his fist (G.W.).
15. Sleet. Hence Driving, adj. Of weather : sleeting
or snowing.
w.Yks. It was driving weather, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c.
1882) Gl.
16. A broad path in a wood.
Wil. The fawns fed away . . . into one of the broad green open
paths or drives, Jefferies Hdgrow. (1889) 304 ; There comes . . .
the low rushing roar of hundreds of hoofs. . . . There is a block in
the treacherous ' drive,' ib. Hodge (t88o) I. 188.
17. A line or band of sand, esp. with reference to the
direction of the stratum.
Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) 286 (s.v. Shock).
DRIVEN-'WHEAT, s6. Obs. Yks. See below.
e.Yks. If it bee not infected with a wheate called driven-wheate ;
which wheate hath no awnes. Best Ritr. Econ. (1641) 99.
DRIVING, />>-/. and vbl. sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Hrt. e.An.
Cor. 1. /)rp. In conip. (i) Driving-bands, the long
reins used by a ploughman for guiding his horses ; (2)
•gate, (3) -lane, an occupation road ; (4) -line, a cord used
by poachers for driving game.
(I) e.Yks. (I.W.); e.Yks.i (2) e.Lan.^ (3) Chs.i (4) Hrt.
(H.G.)
2. vbl. sb. Fisliing with a drift-net, drift-fishing; long-
shoring for herrings.
e.An.r Nrf. (A.G. i ; Nrf.' Cor. The most successful time for
driving is in hazy weather with some motion of the waves, Quiller-
CoucH Hist. PolJ>erro{i8Ti) iir.
Hence (i) Driver, sb., (2) Driving-boat, sb. a fishing-
boat carrying drift-nets ; (3) -nets, sb. pi. drift-nets.
(I) Cor. Drift nets carried by the drivers, Thomas y?<!/irf/^n//?/ij'i»«
(1895) Gl. (2) Cor.° (3) Cor. Thomas Raiidigal Rhymes (1895)
Gl. ; Cor.2 Nets drawn after the boats, fastened only at one end, in
the meshes of which fish are caught as they try to pass through.
DRIVLIN, /)-/>. Sh.I. [dri-vlin.] Trailing through mire.
S. it Ork.'
[Norw. A\a\.drii>last, to be entangled, confused (Aasen).]
DRIXEY, see Droxy.
DRIZ, sb. Lon. Slang. Also written driss. A term
among thieves and gypsies for lace.
Lon. A bit of driss, MAVHi;w/.o»rf. La6o(i)'(i85i) 1.424 ; Among
street-people the lace is called ' driz,' ib. I. 387.
Hence (i) Drizfencer, sb. a lace-seller ; (2) -kemesa, sb.
a laced shirt.
(i) Lon. Among street-people the lace is called 'driz,' and the
sellers of it ' driz-fencers,' Mavhew Lomi. Labour (1851) I. 387.
Slang. A person who buys or sells stolen lace, Barr^re. (2 j Cant.
Soon then I mounted in swell-street high. And sported my fiashest
toggery, . . . My thimble of ridge, and my driz kemesa, Ainsworth
Rookwood (1834) bk. iii, v. Slang. Barr^re.
DRIZZEN, V. Sc. Irel. Written drisen Ir. To low
as a cow or ox, esp. to make a low plaintive sound when
wanting food. Also used/Zg'. of persons.
Ags. (Jam.) Ant. A hear the coo drisenin ; she's wanting her
tub. Ballvijiena Obs. (1892).
DRIZ'ZLE, V. and sb.^ Sc. Not. Glo. (?) Ken. Cor. Also
written drizel Lnk. [dri"z!.] 1. v. "To let fall slowly
in small drops ; to drip, dribble.
Fif. Down drizzlin' frae his feathers damp His sleepy dew-draps
owr their camp, Tennant Papistry (1827) 123. s.Not. When she
basted the meat, the snuff frum 'er nose uster drizzle on to 't
(J.P.K.).
Hence Drizzling-dour, sb. a small stream.
w.Cor. Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. Gl.
2. Fig. To walk slowly ; to float, drift along.
Abd. Shirrefs PofHJs (1790) G/. Glo.' I hates to see a poor dumb
animal, i. e. a dog, drizzlin after a conveyance. [I cannot be certain
that this word was not invented by the speaker.] Ken, In rather
sharp streams, the latter bait [bread and bran] will float, or 'drizzle,'
down a very long distance. Fishing Gazette (.Sept. 7, 1889) 149,
col. 2.
3. To bowl a ball close to the ground. Ken. (GB.); Ken.*
4. sb. The scanty water of a rivulet, which hardly ap-
pears to run.
Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl, Lnk. Collect the drizel to a
pool, Ramsay Poc;»s (ed. 17331 143.
DRIZZLE, si.2 n.Cy. A very small salt ling. (Hall.)
DRO, DROA, see Drow, v.'^
DROACE, sb. Obs. Wm. A number of people,
a crowd.
Wm. Awt oth yearth rin a droace a' witches, Wheeler Dial.
(1790) 74.
[Norw. dial, drose, a flock, a number of people (Aasen).]
DROAK, DROASE, DROAT, see Drouk, Drose,
Drawt.
DROB, V. and sb. Sc. [drob.] 1. v. To prick, as
with a needle or sharp instrument.
Ags. (Jam.) Per. Drobbin' him wi' prins, an' what no, Cleland
Inehbracken (1833) 232, ed. 1887 ; He drobet his finger wi' a pin
(G.W.).
2. sb. A thorn, prickle. Per. (Jam.) ; (G.W.)
DROCHLE, V. Sc. Also written droghle Sc. (Jam.)
[dro'xl.] To walk with short, uneven steps ; to stagger ;
to dawdle. Cf. drachle, sb.
BnfT.' Per. What are ye drochlin there for? (G.W.')
Hence (i) Drochlan, vbl. sb. the act of walking with
short, uneven steps, staggering ; (2) Drcchling, ppl. adj.
{a) tottering, staggering; puny; (b) lazy, indolent; (c)
wheezing, in phr. droghliiig and cug/iling.
(i) Bnff.' (2,n) Abd. Syne a' the drochlin hempy thrang Gat
o'er him wi' a fudder, Skinner Poems (1809) 46. {h') Per. That
lassie's a drochlin crater (G.W. ). Cld. (Jam.) (f 1 Sc. He's coming
down the close wi' that droghling coghling baillie body, ScoTT
IVaverley (1814) xlii ; CJrose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
DROCHLE, DROCHT, see Droicble, Drouth.
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DROCK, sb} Obs. Glo.' The iron piece to which
the horses were hitched on the old long-tailed ploughs.
(Drock ... is an upright piece of timber . . . belonging to the
right side of the tail. . . . The ground wrist of the plow is fastened
to this, as also is the earth-board. Chambers Cyclop. (1788).]
[OE. proc: Deitlalc, ' aratri pars,' siile-reost iiel Jiroc,
MS. Ilarl. (c. 1000) in Wright's I'oc. (1884) 219.]
DROCK, s6.= and v. Glo. Brks. Wil. Som. 1. sb. A
covered drain under a roadway ; a small watercourse,
a ditch ; also in comp. Drock-way. Cf. druff and
droke.
Glo.' Brks. O.xf. Times (Dec. 23, 1B93'). Wil. Before pipes in
clay were invented, hollow trees were used as waterpipes in
ditches, and served as well for bridges over them — these were the
original drocks. All ways over watercourses covered with earth
or flat stones arc called drocks iW.C.P.) ; The drock there was in
a very bad state, the footpath being such that it was almost im-
possible to get by, IVil. Tiiites (May 18. 1895^ 5 ; Wil.' A short drain
undcra roadway, often made with a hollow tree. Som. In common
use to denote a small stream of water or gully (G.S.).
2. A broad flat stone laid as a bridge across a ditch ;
also applied to the stone-work at the top of a well upon
which the windlass stands.
Wil. (W.C.P.) ; At their wire, set up in a ' drock,' Jefferies
Gaiiiffcaper (i8j8 , i6g, ed. 1889; Wil.'
3. I'. To drain land by means of stone gutters under-
ground. Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M..)
DROD, s6.' Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A short, thick, clubbish person.
He is a drod of a bodie.
DROD, sb.'^ Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A rude candlestick, used in visiting the
offices of a farm-house at night-time.
DRODDUM, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Also written drodum- Lnk.
[drodam.] The breech.
Sc. Swearing this-gate by your droddum, Druhmond Mitcko-
machy (1846) 35. Frf. That's my lum beneath your droddum,
Sands Poems (1833) 95. Fif. Gie the Pape a jerk, And in his
droddum clap the dirk C reformation richt, Tennant Papistiy
(1827) 27. Ayr. I'd gie you sic a hearty doze o't. Wad dress your
droddum, Burns To a Louse, st, 5. Gall. When they saw him
dressing the droddums of the youth of the . . . gang, Crockett
Cleg Kelly (18961 xviii. n.Cy. Grose (1790).
Hence Droddum-skelping, adj. whipping.
Lnk. Still wi' manly front Thro' drodum-skclpin' scaur an' waur
Be aye brizzingyont, Murdoch Done Lyre (1873) 47.
DRODGE, V. and sb. Sc. 1. v. To do servile work ;
to drudge. Lnk. (Jam.)
2. sb. A person constantly behind-hand with work.
Per. A 'drudge' is always kept working ; a ' drodge' is always
working because she cannot get forward with her work j the word
* drodge' implies blame, 'drudge' none (G.W. ).
DRODLICH, sb. Sc. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A useless mass.
Fif. "The elf gae a skriech Whan a' the hale kirnan Tae drodlich
was driven, MS. Poem (Jam.).
DRODS. sb. pi. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Ill-humour ; a pet, fit of sullenness or bad
temper.
DRODSOME, adj. Shr.' [dro-dsam.] Dreadful,
alarming.
DROF, see Drove, sb}
DROFF, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Dregs, refuse. (Hall.) See Draff.
DROG, 5^.* and v. Sc. Also written drogue Ayr.
[dr5g.] 1. sb. A drug.
Abd. Fat dis he mean, Mains, by aye speakin' o' ' feesikal ' force —
is't ony kin' o' drogs ? ALEXANDERyo/j>»y Gi'Ai (1871) xxiv. Kcd.
Lyin' maistly i' the dead-thraw. Past the doctor's drogs an' skeel,
Grant Lays (.1884"! 38. Rnf. A' the doctors' drogs or skill Nae
ease, alake ! cou'dlen' him, Wilson Po«»w (1790) 201 (Jam.). Ayr.
It's a soor drogue, mem ; but the ill and the ail need the dose,
Galt Lairds ;i826) xxxi. Lnk. The doctor gi'es me drogs to ease
my auld and crazy banes, Nicholson Idylls ( 18701 43. Lth. Dor
doctor . . . teuk ill, An' wi' drinkin' his drogs, himsel' sune did
kill, LOMSDEN S/icep-lwad {iBgs) 83. Edb. May the meat and the
drink he has taken off us be like drogs to his inside, Moir Mamie
Wauch (i8«8) viii. Slk. If outher gude fare or drogs will do it,
I'll hae them playing at the pcnny-stane wi' Davie Tail, Hogg
Tales (1838) 59, ed. 1865.
Hence (i) Droggie, (2) Droggist, sb. a druggist; (3)
Droguery, d>. medicines, drugs.
(i) Abd. The usual term. Gae owre to the shop an' tell droggie
to gie ye an once o' salts (G.W.). (2I Ayr. Near to Robin Craig the
droggist's shop. Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed. 1887I 13. (3 ) Ayr. Nane
o' the droguery nor the roguery o' doctors for me, Galt Sir A.
Wylie (1822^ ciii.
2. V. To drug, take drugs.
Sc. To consult the doctors anent my health, with whom I have
been drogging and dressing ever since I came here, Wodrow Ch.
Hist. (1721) II. 113, cd. 1828.
[Hailsum of smell as ony . . . droggis, Douglas Eiteados
(1513), ed. 1874, IV. 84. OFr. drogue (Hatzfeld).]
DROG, sb.'^ Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A buoy sometimes attached to the end of
a harpoon line, when the whale runs it out.
DROGGET, sb. Sc. Irel. Also written dhrogget Uls. ;
drogat, drogit Sc. (Jam. Stippl.) ; droggitEdb. ; drugget
N.I.' [dro'gat, drB'gst.] 1. A coarse woollen cloth ;
a cloth inade of a mixture of flax and wool. Also used
fig. and aitrib.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Edb. Haste ye, bring My braw new droggit
gown, Auld Handsel Monday (1792) 18. Bwk. Huzzies — wha in
my younger days wad hae been glad o' hame-inade stuff, or drogget,
Henderson Pop. Rhymes ( 1856) 83. N.I.' Of the otl'spring of
mixed marriages it is sometimes said, * They're drogget, an' that's
the worst of all cloth.' Uls. Uls. Jrn. Areli. (1853-1862J V. 100.
2. Phr. to speak drugget, to speak with a mixture of
provincial and vulgar language and of pure English ; to
graft a fine accent on a vulgar one.
N.I.' Uls. Uls. Jrn. Areli. (1853-1862) V. 105.
[Fr. droguet, a kind of stuft' that's half silk, half wool
(COTGR.).]
DROGHEDY, sb. Ircl. A quick tune played for jig
dancing; a dance or jig danced to this tune. Also called
Droghedy's March.
s.Ir. A well-known g quick tune played for jig dancing (P.W.J. ).
Wxf. And was taught to bear his part in that relic of the Pyrrhic
or Druidic dance, ' Droghedy's March,' Kennedy Banks Boro
(1867) 231.
DROGHE"5f, adj. Irel. Of weather : rainy, misty,
drizzly. N.I.', Ant. (S.A.B.)
DROGLIN, /i^/. adj. Dur. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Foggy.
Dur. Gibson Up-lVeaidalc Gl. (1870).
DROGUE, see Drog, si.'
DROICH, sb. Sc. Irel. Also written droiche Slk.;
droigh S.Don. ; and in form dreegh, dreich Rxb. (Jam.)
[droix, drlx-] 1. A dwarf, pigmy ; a short, unwieldy
person.
Sc. ' Vile droich.' he said, Scott Minstrelsy (1802 1 IV. 342, ed.
1848. Cai.' s.Sc. Wilson Tales (1839) V. 321. Ayr. The hind-
most Laird of Ardeer was certainly a vera wee droich o'acreatur
himsel', Service Dr. Dngnid (ed. 1887) 253. Slk. Though noo
and then, to be sure, a dowdy or a droich, Chr. North Noetes
(ed. 1856) III. 197. Rxb. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Droichan, sb. any small living animal, some-
times used as a term of reproach ; (2) Droichy, adj.
dwarfish.
(i ) Inv. (H.E.F.) (2^ Sc. Zaccheus was a man of low stature,
that is, a little droichy body, Presby. Eloq. (ed. 1847) 119. Cai.'
2. The worst pig in a litter.
S.Don. Being usually very small and hard to keep alive, [it]
is often given to one of the children for a pet, and it is reared in
great comfort in a warm bed by the kitchen fire, and fed on milk,
Simmons Gl. (1890).
[1. Doe, droigh, what thou dow, Montgomerie Flyling
(ed. 1629) 70. Ir. and Gael, droich, a dwarf (Macbain), by
metathesis of r, fr. Sc. diierch, a dwarf. Duerch, I sail ding
the, Dunbar Flytittg (1505) 395.]
DROICHLE, sb. Sc. Also in form drochle Bnff.'
A stout, dumpy person ; also used of an animal small of
its kind ; also used attiib. See Droich.
Sc. (G.W.), Bnff.' Slk. Up there starts a dioichle man, Hogg
Qiieei Bk. (1832) 212.
A a 2
DROIGHT
[i8oJ
DRONE
DROIGH, DROIGHT, see Droich, Draught, sb.'
DROIL, sb. Obs. Lan. A drudge, servant.
Lan. Though she do never finger soile More huswife is then
painfull droyle, Nnswiues poiiiles in the Farmer MS. (c. 1600),
Chet. Soc. (i873) XC. 140. [(K.)]
[That droile is now your brother's wife, Brome New
Acad. (1659) ii (Nares).]
DROILT, sb., adj. and v. Sh. and Or.I. Also in form
drult (Jam. SuppL). [droilt, drult.] 1. sb. A clumsy
person. S. & Ork.'
2. A heavy burden. (S.A.S.)
3. adj. Weak, feeble, awkward. (Jam. Stippl.)
Hence Droiltie, Drultie, (1) 56. a weak, slovenly person ;
(2) adj. weak, awkward, slovenly, (ib.)
4. V. To walk or work clumsily. S. & Ork." Hence
Droiltit. ppl. adj. ungainly. (Colt. L.L.B.)
DROINE, see Drone, sb>
DROIT, see Draught, sb}
DROITLY, adv. w.Yks. [droi-tli.] An aphetic form
of adroitly, cleverly, skilfully.
w.Yks. Theer, lad ! tha stoppt that horse varry droitly (S.K.C.).
DROITS, sb. pi. Obs. Ken. Rights, dues, customary
payments.
Ken. Grose (1790) ; Lewis/. Tenet (i-j^G) ; Ken.12 [The pil-
ferings of the orchard and garden I confiscated as droits, M arryat
Frank Mildmay (1829) ' (Day.).]
[OFr. droits, dues (La Curne).]
DROKE, sb. Cor. [drok.] A wrrinkle, furrow; a
passage, groove. See Drock, sb.^
Cor. A boss, aw have got a great droke in his cheens [hind-
quartersl, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) 6 ; Cor.*®
DROKE, see Drawk, sb., Drouk.
DROLL, sb., V. and adj. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lin. e.An. Cor.
[drol, drol.] 1. sb. A droll person, a person full of
humour.
Ayr. James Gore, the joiner, was as great a droll as ever leeved
in Kilwinning, Service Dr. Diigiiid ieA. 1887) 144.
Hence DroUashun, sb. a droll person.
sw.Lin.i Mrs. B. she is a dioUashun.
2. A story, tale.
N.I.' Cor. Their only payment being a song or a droll, Hunt
Pop. Rom. tv.Ettg. (1865) 26, ed. 1896 ; Billy Frost . . . used to go
round to the feasts in the neighbouring parishes, and be Well
entertained at the public-hoiises for the sake of his drolls, ib.
(tees') l"lrod. 17 ; Cor.i
Hence (i) Drolleries, si.//, small collections of writings,
&c. ; (2) Droll-teller, sb. a story-teller, esp. an itinerant
newsvendor, story-teller.
(i > Suf. This sort of petty publications had anciently the name
of ' Penny Merriments,' or ' Drolleries ': as little religious tracts
of the same size were called ' Penny Godlinesses,' S;*/ Garl. (1818)
Pref. 12. (2) Cor. They were . . . informed of the active life of
the world beyond them by the travelling historian only^ who, as
he also sought [to] amuse the people, was called the * droll-
teller,' HuntPo/>. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 26, ed. 1896; More than
one tale of meetings on the moor between the Owld Gentleman
and sore-tempted mortals had Aichel heard the droll-tellers whisper
in the chimley, Pearce Esther Petitrectth (1891) bk. 1. ii; Cor.2 There
were two such in Cor. as late as 1829.
3. Phr. to tell the droll, see below.
Cor.i It is the duty of the last man leaving a level part of a
mine to explain to the first man of a relief party coming to it the
state of the end they have been working, i.e. what holes for blast-
ing they leave bored, what fired off, what have missed fire — this is
called telling the droll.
4. A tiresome, long-winded person.
Cor.' He's a regular owd droll.
5. Drollery, humour, oddity, eccentricity.
Fif. Nae doubt he had his drolls. And frailties, as hac you, Gray
Poems{iQli) 77. Edb. He . . . began with some of his drolls, Moir
Mansie Wauch ( i8a8) ix. [Some turn this saying into a droll, Ray
Prov. (1678) 36.]
6. V. To joke.
Gall. ' Ye'll e'en hae to trust the hooSe to me and Quharrie,'
said Silver Sand, still drolling, Crockett Raiders{\Zg^^ xi ; ' Oh ! '
said the Tutor of Cassillis, drolling, il>. Grry Man (i8g6) 186.
7. To put off, amuse with excuses ; to delay, procrasti-
nate, do anything perfunctorily. Ccn. with on.
ne.Yks.^ He dizn't want it, but ah keeps droUin' him on. e.Yks.*
Them lawyer chaps'll dhroU-on till they get all brass Ihcrsens.
e.An.i Nrf. Miller & Skertchly FfH/ai/rf (1878 iv ; Nrf.'
8. adj. Unusual, strange (without any suggestion of the
ludicrous) ; rude, bad, tiresome, unmanageable. Cf.
comical.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.l n.Lin.i A lad threw half a brick at his master's
head, because he was bidden by iiim not to over-drive the horses
working a reaping-machine. A neighbour who was narrating the
circumstances said, ' I hoape you'll send him to Lincoln, sir; he's
a droll lad an' wants correctin'.' The notion that anything funny
or laughable had happened was by no means intended to be con-
veyed by the speaker. Nrf. He offered to come and help me to
get up my hay if I wanted a man, and then when I axed him he
couldn't come nohow. I call that very droll behaviour, don't you ?
(W.R.E.) Cor.^ It was droll to see how high the tide ran.
Hence DrcUities, sb. pi. curiosities, curios, strange un-
usual things.
Rnf. There were drollities of a' dimensions, Warks o' wonnerfu'
inventions, Webster Rhymes (1835) 180.
[1. Mr. Scoggin, the famous droll of the last century,
Steele Taller (1709) No. 9. Fr. drole, a merry grig,
pleasant wag (Cotgr.). 6. To droll ; jest or joke, Kersey
(1702). Fr. drolcr, to play the wag (Cotgr.).]
DROLLY, V. Wm. [dro'li.] Among schoolboys : to
play a disgusting prank on a new boy.
Wm. They tried ta drolly him, but he wad'nt let them (B.K.)-
DROMEDARY, sb. and v. Wor. Hrf Glo. Oxf. Suf.
Wil. Also in form dormedory Hrf [drB madari.J
L sb. Fig. A dull, stupid person, used as a term of
contempt like ' donkey.'
se.Wor.' s.Wor.i O Jim, you dromedary ! to miss that easy
catch! Hrf. Bound Profmr. (1876); Hrf.' A sleepy stupid person
who does not get on with work. Glo.' Oxf.' 'V'ou gret drome-
derry, you ! MS. add.
2. The plant black knapweed, Centaurea nigra, and the
hardhead, C. scabiosa. 'Wil.'
3. V. To dawdle, be slow in action.
Suf. Used by an old nurse in scolding the nursemaids. She
accused them of 'dossicking and dromedarying about instead of
minding their work ' (H J.L.R.).
DRONE, sb.^ and v. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Also Soni.
Dev. Also in forms droine S. & Ork.' ; dron Sc. Frf ;
drune Sc. (Jam.) [drSn.] 1. sb. A low, monotonous
sound or hum ; fig. a dull speaker or preacher.
S. & Ork.i MS. add. n.Sc. There was a big humble-bee, . . . and
I can hearhis homely drone to this day, Gordon Carglc/i (1891)243.
Abd. Blessings come wi' mony a drone, Frae man and wife,
Farmers Ha' (.1774) St. 35; I havemair skeel than your ain regular
drones (confound them!) to act as your shepherd, Ruddiman Sc.
Parish (1828) 134, ed. 1889. Per. Kirsty was installed in the
parlour, and her drone came through the window, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895) 32. s.Sc. Ye never heard the bumbee's drone,
Watson Bards (1859) 197. Ayr. We never had sic twa drones,
Burns OrrfrnflZ/oH (1786) St. 10; The auld man plodded straight
through the Book, a drone or drawl being applied to the reading
such as is heard at no other reading. Hunter Studies (1870) 204.
Wgt. If . . . he happened to lay his hand on a book, he would im-
mediately begin to read it aloud with a drone of a voice, Fraser
IVigtoivn (1877) 232.
2. The low, plaintive sound made by cattle, esp. when
hungry. Also used^^.
Sc. It often denotes the mourning soiind emitted by children,
when out of humour, after being flogged (Jam.). S. & Ork.'-
3. Part of a bagpipe, esp. the bass pipe.
Sc. When the bags are fou the dron gets up, Ramsay Prov,
(1737). Abd. The windy piper sounds his drone, Farmer's Ha'
(1774) St. 23. Kcd. Try gin ye can screw the drone. And gie us
John o' Badenyon, Jamie Mtise (1844) 88. Frf. Sedition's pipe
shall lead uson. And birr shall play each gallant dron, SanIjs Poems
(1833) 19. Fif. His drone did gruntch sae dour a sound, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 55. Rnf. Tho' Rorio's pipes were rude and rough
The drones were dainty, auld, and teugh, Webster yfAvwest 1835)
27. Lnk. He gied his drone anither thraw, MuiR Cld. Minstr.
(1816)24. Lth. I thought ye laid aboot ye vigorously wi' the drones
o* the pipes, Lumshen 6V;rc/>-//rff(y( 1892 1 184. Edb. With his drone
and chanter, Moir Mansie Jl'aiich (1828) ii. Wgt. [He] had the
honour of screwing up his drones and playing ' Highland Laddie'
DRONE
[i8i]
DROOTY
to his Majesty, Frasek IVilg/oun (l8^^) 2gi . Ir. They put the
drone of his pipe into his 'mouth, Bariungton Skelc/ies (1830)
1.83.
4. V. To drawl, speak, or sing in alow, trfonotonous way ;
to buzz.
Frf. Tliis doolfu' ditty he would drone, Watt Pod. Skelc/ies
(1880) 56. Per. On ae side mithcr sat, Droning auld sonnets,
NicoLL Poems (ed. 1843) 82. Ayr. A bunibcc noo and then gaed
droning bye. Service A'o/dHi/ioHs ^ 1890) 63. nCy. ^Hall.) Dev.
DQce read vittee, an' not drone your words like that, Hewett Peas.
S/>. (189a).
Hence Droning;, (i) vbl. sb. a monotonous, humming
sound ; (2) pp/. (u/j. murmuring, monotonous, ' sing-song.'
(i) w.Som.' Miistur 's droancen-z u-nuuf- tu zai'n unee-
baudee tu-zlecup [Mr. 's droning is enough to send anybody
to sleepl. (a Sc. To droning psalms in a gray harled kirk, Keith
Indtntt Uticle (1896' 256. Edb. Anxious to hear the droning croon
O' Meg below, M'DowALL Poems (,1839' 88.
5. Ofacow: to moan plaintively. S. li Ork.', Ags. (Jam.)
6. To play the bagpipes.
Fif. Such a hum of pipe and drone was there As if men pip'd on
earth, and devils dron'd in air, Tennant Aiis/er{iSi2) 54, ed. 1871.
Hence Droner, sb. a player on the bagpipes.
Rnf. Pipers, and droners, and bummers, Webster Rhymes
(■835) 6.
[Cp. LG. dronen, ' langsam, eintonig u. knarrend reden '
(Schiller-Lubben) ; see also Dahnert, 89.]
DRONE, sb.'^ Cor. [dron.] A large wild bee; see
below.
w.Cor. What we countrj- folk call ' drones' are large wild bees
with orange-coloured or red tails, and never the large male bees
of the hive, Bottreli. Trad. 3rd S. 158.
DRONE, sb.^ Obs. ? Sc. The backside, breech.
Abd. With Lindy's coat syde hanging on her drone, Ross//f/f«ore
(1768) 63, ed. 1812. Cld. (Jam.)
Hence Drone-brat, sb., see below.
Cld. In former times females ^o!. wore two aprons, one before,
the other behind hanging down the back. The latter was called
the ' drone-brat' (Jam.).
DRONES, sb. pi. Chs. [dronz.] A steelyard. See
Trone.
Chs.' Hay is always weighed upon drones which are furnished
with long hooks to hook into the bands with which the trusses are
tied ; Chs.^ s.Chs.' Droa-nz.
DRONG, sb. Sh.I. [drog.] A steep rock rising out
of the sea. S. & Ork.^
[Norw. dial, drauge, a small reef of rocks, the point of
a rock rising out of the sea ( Aasen) ; ON. draitgr, a lonely
upstanding rock ; in folk-lore these rocks were thought
to be giants turned into stones (Vigfusson).]
DRONG, see Drang.
DRONK, V. m.Yks.' [drogk.] To drench. Hence
Dronking, ppl. adj. dripping, soaking.
1 got dronking wet.
DRONK(EN, see Drink, v.
DRONY, adj. and v. Sc. Chs. [dro'ni.] 1. adj.
Slow-moving, sluggish.
Lnk. Heirs an' fond lovers account it nae crime To sing or to say,
' Haste awa', drony time," Watson Poems (1853^1 50. s.Chs.' A
farmer complained that his boys were 'drony' in the morning,
when he called them.
2. V. To doze, slumber.
Per. If he took tae dronyin' ye micht never get him waukened,
Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 126.
DROO, sb. Sh.I. The grass-wrack or weed, Zostera
manna. See Drew, sb.^
Sh.I. Hit's [shorn oats] a' maistly blown ower, an' lyin' as weet
as da droo, Sh. Netfs (Oct. 2, 1897).
DROO, adj Oxf.' [drii.] Droll, comical.
He's s'droo [he is so comical].
DROO, prep. Irel. Glo. Brks. Hmp. Wil. Som. Dev.
Cor. Written dreu Dev. ; drough Brks.' Hmp. w.Som.'
Dev. ; drow Glq.; dru Dev. (Hall.) ; and in form draugh
Wxf.' [dru, dru.] 1. Through.
Wxf.' Glo. 'Er touched nar a won o' narrer zide o' ut. But ud
hut a Icane right drow the middle, Buckman Darke' s Sojourn (1890)
xiii ; Glo ' Brks. John Morse . . . grinned agin another chap droo'
hos collars, Hughes Scour. iVhile Horse ('859) v; ' Droo wet' is
invariablyuscdfor' wet through '(M.J. B.); Brks.', Hmp. (H, CM. B.)
WU. Along we goo droo life's rough path. Slow Rhymes {iWg) 24.
Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869). w.Som.' Driie. Dev. Ha
look'th vore at tha winders, shawin eszul droo tha lattice, Baird
Siig. Sol. (i860) ii. g; 'E got es easteate . . . drough a brish— a
vox's! Burnett 57(i6/f ZJty (1888) vii. e.Dev. Ev'ry wan got es
seurd 'pon ez thaigh, Icuking out dreu th' naight, Pulman Sug.
Sol. (i860) iii. 8. Cor. An glaz'd in droo tha chappel dooar, T.
7'ozt'5cr (1873) 106.
2. Phr. drough and out, throughout.
vf.Som.' Aay noad ut au 1 driic" un acwt [I knew it all through
from the first].
DROO, see Drew, adj.
DROOG, v} and sb. Cai.> 1. v. To pull forcibly, to
tug, drag at. 2. sb. A rough or violent pull.
DROOG, V? Cai.' Also in form droogle. To do
dirty, heavy work.
The work of female servants on farms is said to be drooglan, i.e.
messing about in wet things.
DROOJY, DROOK, see Droolgey, Drawk, sb., Drouk.
DROOL, I'.' Nhp. Also Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Amcr.
Also in form dreul Dor. Dev. Cor. ; drewl w.Sorn.' ;
druel Dev. ; drule Dor. Dev. Cor.' ^ [drill, w.Cy. drill.]
1. To drivel or dribble as an infant does when teething.
Nhp.', Dor. (W.C.) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. iv.Eng. (1825) ;
She do drool so I can't keep her dry at all (F.A.A.). w.Som.'
Thick there boy do drewly [driie'lee] zo, he do wet drough all his
clothes two or dree times a day, Dev. Babbies always driiel. an*
yii can't keep um dry about tha ching [chin] unless yu put um on
a glide thick bib, Hewett Peas. Sfi. (1892) ; She'd a quiUaway on
her eye, and was making a pudden vvi' pindy flour in acloam dish,
and her was druling right into thecloam, A^. tfQ. (1866) 3rd S. ix.
320. Cor.' 2
2. Fig. To talk foolishly like an idiot or child.
Dev. Old Pynsant, the mad fool (Beginning, I suppose, to drule),
Peter Pindar lyts. (1816) IV. 213. Cor. There's no cause te be
creening or dreuling, J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 17 ; Cor.'^
[Amer. The slave-holder . . . kidnaps the weak, his mouth drooling
with texts, Th. Parker (c. 1850) in Dean's Life (1877) 159 (Dav.).]
Hence (i) Drooler, sb. a silly person, fool; a driveller;
(2) Drooling, //i/. adj. silly, drivelling, idiotic.
(i) w.Som.' U rig fur oal driieiur [a regular old driveller].
Cor.' (2) n.Dev. Jan Hath bin too gurt wi' drooling Nan, Rock
Jim an' Nell ( 1867 ) St. 120.
3. To waste time.
w.Dor. Roberts I/isl. Lyme Regis (1834). Dev., Cor. Dreuling
away my time. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 434.
DROOL, v.^ Obs. Sc. To sound or trill in a sad,
mournful way ; to cry out sadly.
Rxb. (Jam.) ; Ane ca's a thing like elsin-box [a barrel organ]
That drools like corn pipes, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 83.
Hence Drooling,///, adj. emitting a mournful sound.
Rxb. Thus tune, my boys, your drooling reeds, ib. 26.
DROOLGEY, adj. and sb._ Cor. Also in forms
droojy Cor.^ ; drulgy. [driildgi, drii'dgi.] 1. adj.
Slow, heavy in movement.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
2. sh. A stupid, lazy fellow. Cor.^
DROONED, ppl. adj. N.I.' [drund.] Drowned ; see
below.
When the sky is overcast and dark all round, it is said to have
'a drooned appearance.'
DROONYIE, V. and sb. Cai.' 1. v. To moan or
complain in a murmuring way. 2. sb. A moaning of
cattle; the wail of a child just before ceasing to cry;
a droning song.
DROOP, see Droup.
DROOPER, sb. wCy. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A moody fellow. (Hall.)
DROOPING, ///. adj. In comb, (i) Drooping tulip,
the fritillary or snake's-head, Fritillaria Meleagns ; (2)
— willow, (a) the weeping willow, Salix Babylonica; {bj
the golden chain, Cytisus Laburnum (Dev.*).
DROOSE, V. w.Yks.^ [driiz.] To be drowsy.
DROOT, DROOTH, see Drouth.
DROOTY, adj. Brks.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Downcast-looking, ' droopy.'
DROOZE
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DROOZE, sb. Pem. [druz.] Leaven.
s.Pem. We canna baak to-day, we are awt of drooze (W.M.M.).
[Weh does, in surdoes, 'fermentiim' (Davies), lit. sour
dough ; iocs, dough, see Stokes in Fick* 121.]
DROOZENHEAD, sb. Cor. [druzaned, druzaned.]
A stupid, dull person ; a blockhead.
Cor. A graate ould droozenhead, what dedn't knaw nothin, 7".
Towser (i8-]6) 13; Cor.^
DROOZLIN, adj. Cor." [druzlin.] Stupid, dull ;
mournful.
DROP, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Informs dhrap N.U; drap Sc. (Jam.) Bnft'.' Stf Nhp.^
Glo. Oxf Brks.i e.An.' Nrf.' I.W.'* vv.Som.' nw.Dev.'
[drop, drap, draep.] 1. sb. In phr. (i) a drop in the eye,
(2) — in the head, slightly under the influence of drink,
tipsy ; (3) — in the house, prov., see below ; (4) — of dew,
(5) —of "■ dram, a drop of whisky or drink; (6) — of
drink, see — in the head; ii) — of the right on'f, a dram
of brandy or other spirituous liquor ; (8) — '5 blood,
related by blood ; used with a neg. ; (9) a Midsummer
drop, that portion of fruit which falls at Midsummer ; (10)
the wee drop, whisky, tippling ; (11) drops of Abets blood,
the pendant, unopened flowers of the red fuchsia ; (12)
— ofsnoiv, the wood anemone, Anemone Nemorosa.
(i) Sc. He had rather better than a wee drap in his e'c. Ford
Thistledown (1891) 344. Fif. I've seen a chiel cou'd hardly speak,
Whan ne'er a drap was in his e'e. Gray Pooxs (181 1) 161. Ayr.We
are nafou, .. . But just a drappie in our ee, Bvrks Happy Trio, St. 2.
Lnk. It's but seldom I get spruce, Wae [with] a bit drap in my e'e,
EwiNG Po«»s (1892) 19. (2) Sc. Jock was agae throughither chap
when he got a drap in his head, Scotch Hai;gis, 49. Per. Mony's
the time he [a pony]'s brocht Patey safe hame, an' him wi' a
drappie in's heid, Cleland /«f/i6rairfe« (1883) 12, ed. 1887. (3)
Sc. A prov. phr. used to intimate that there is some person in
company who cannot be trusted, and that others must be on their
guard as to all that they say or do (Jam.). (4) Ayr. When
he tak's a drap o' dew To weet the lump, White Jottings (1879)
223. (5) ne.Sc. Askin him in to a wee drap o' a dram when he wis
on the return frae a lang toilsome shootin' match, Grant Kecklctou
13. (6) e.Yks.' Brks.' I zartney had had a drap o' drink when I
done that ther. (7) Dor. (W.C.) ; (A.C.) (8) Sc. A woman that
wasna a drap's bluid to ony o' the twa o' us, Ford Thistledown
(1891) 236. Bnff.i He's nae a drap's bleed till 'er. Abd. Nae ane
't's drap's bleed to them within reach fan onything gaes wrang,
Alexander Ain Fit. (1875) 33, ed. 1882. (9) s.Cy. (Hall.) (io)
Wgt. The wife had a neighbour and companion of her own sex, who
was also fond of ' the wee drap,' Fraser Wigtown (1877) 384. (11)
Dur. En drops-ev-Abel's-blud as big as j'oung trees, Egglestone
Betty Podkins Visit (1877) n- (12) e.Sus. (B. & H.)
2. A small quantity of liquid ; used in comb, with a sb.
without a connecting 1>rep.
Sc. We'll get a drappie tea, /ofes, ist S. (1889) 38 ; A wean that
took his drop milk as fast as he could swallow it, Whitehead Daft
Davie (1876) 104, ed. 1894. ne.Sc. I sat doon to my drap kail
brose. Grant Keckleton, 32. F.lg. I kent the drap creatur' [whisky]
wad set him a speakin' anent the affairs neist my heart, Tester
Poems (1865) 133. Abd. I've tried the drap drink, Cadenhead
Flights (1853) 215. Per. The powerfu' ca' o' duty garred me lay
by the drap parrich, CLELAND/«c/ii)affe« (1883) 9, ed. 1887. Gall.
To seek a drap milk for a wean, Harper Bards (ed. i88g) 21.
3. pi. Strong drink, intoxicants, esp. in phr. to be fond
of one's drops or to take one's drops, to drink spirits,
&c., freely.
■w.Yks. He likes his drops, Leeds Merc. Sttppl. (Dec. 24, 1892) ;
Fowk are varry ready to say 'at shoo wor fond ov her drops.
Hartley Tales, 2nd S. 23 ; w.Yks.', nw.Der.', Nhp.*
4. A sweetmeat, sugar-plum.
Abd. Sour draps, sugar candy, or rock, frae his pouch, Ander-
son Rhymes (1867) 76. Lnk. He'd baud oot his han' for a drap or
a ball, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 55.
6. pi. Small shot or charge.
Sc. (Jam.) Edb. I loaded with a wheen draps . . . and warily
priming the pan, went forward with the piece at full cock, MoiK
Mansie JVatich (1828) xxv.
6. //. Fruit fallen before sufficiently ripe to be gathered.
e.An.', Nrf.'
7. A diminution or reduction of wages.
Nhb.' Thor gan in at the drop. Chs.' He's had a drop.
8. pi. Window-blinds.
Cor.' I knew he was dead — the drops were down.
9. The arrangement at a coal-staith by which a wagon
is let down to the level of a ship's hatchway.
Nhb.' The coal drops on the Tyne formed a picturesque feature
of the river scenery. They are still retained for shipping 'tender'
coal — that is, friable coal which will not bear the rougher process
of being shot down a spout into the ship's hold. ' At one time wor
ships were all loaded Sae canny and snug by the keels. But now
yor fine drops de the business ! ' Bards of Tyne ( 1849). Nhb., Dur.
'Wiz gen. principle upon which they [staiths] are now constructed,
consists in having a frame upon which the full waggon of coal
rests which is carried down or dropped to the deck of the vessel
by the weight of the waggon, its motion being retarded by a
balance weight, which is sufficient, after the coals have been dis-
charged from the waggon, ... to raise it up again to the level of
the railway from which it descended. . . . I'he staith is called a
'drop,' Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1888.)
10. //. The fuchsia. Nhb.^
11. V. Phr. (i) to drop across, to beat, lay (a cane, &c.)
across a person's back ; (2) — aivay, to die off one after
another ; (3) — into, to beat, strike, assault ; (4) — in with,
to meet witli,find ; (5) — of, (a) to recall, to remind, think
of; {b) see — in with ; (6) — off, {a) to cease, desist ; (b) to
die ; hence Droppings off, deaths ; (7) — on or t4pon, (a)
to take by surprise, to come upon suddenly ; (b) to punish,
chastise, beat; (c) to meet accidentally; (d) to upbraid,
reproach, censure ; (e) to be disappointed, taken un-
pleasantly by surprise ; (/) to fall asleep ; (g) to make
a bad bargain, be overreached; (8) — ottt, (a) to fall
out, quarrel ; (b) to happen, fall out ; (9) — up of, see —
on {a); (10) — through one's stockings, to wear holes in
one's stockings ; (11) — ivith hunger, to die o{ hunger ; (12)
— night, to become dark or dusk; (13) — her salt, salt-
making term : see below.
(i) s.Chs.' I'll drop ray stick across yo. (2) Sc. 'Auld folk are
e'en drappin' awa,' dying one after another (Jam.). (3) Oxf.* I'll
drap into "ee when I gets my belt off, MS. add. Brks.* If 'e zes
any moor I'll drap into 'e wi' this yer stick. I.W.* ; I.W.^ I'll drap
into thee wi' the whip predney. (4) Der.^, nw.Der.l (5, oi Not.'
Lei.t Ah cain't justly drop of his ncame. War.^ (b) s.Wor. I
drapped 'uv a accident last Thursday wik, and I 'arn't done any
work sence (H.K.). (6, a) n.Yks. What's thou threshin' me for ?
Now, drop off (I.W.). (b) Kcb. The soo took the fever, the kye
drappit aff, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 218. n.Yks. (I.W.)
n.Lin.i There's a sight o' droppings off noo, m'm. Sur.' When his
father and mother dropped off, the money came to be divided.
(7,(7) n.Yks. Abiliv if fuaks oles did rit 3t dhe wadant liuk so
dropton if yan kom onam sudenli (W.H.); fl.W.) nw.Der.'
n.Lin. Crookleshaiiks hed dropp'd on t'uther chap, an' was giein'
him a taaste o' his esh-plant. Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886)
95 ; n.Lin.' I dropt on him with his airms roond her neck i' th'
pantry. s.Lin. ("T.H.R.) Lei.' Oi wur nivver so dropt upon i' my
loife. [Aus. There were other places in the gullies beyond that
that father had dropped upon when he was out shooting, Boldre-
WOOD Robbery (1888) I. i.] (A) n.Yks. (I.W.) s.Stf. Comin' from
market he was drapped on by a set o' rough chaps, Pinnock Blk.
Cy. Ann, (1895). Der.'^I'll drop on thee, if thou doos'tna' moind.
nw.Der.' n.Lin. I'm boond to drop on 'em afoor I've dun. Peacock
Tales and Rhymes (1886) 100 ; n.Lin.' s.Wor.' To 'drop it' on
a person, to 'give it'him. Hnt. (T.P.F.) (c i e.Yiis.' Ah dhrop't
on him as he was tonnin corner o" Icean. Nhp.', Hnt. (T.P.F.)
(d) e.Yks.' Ah let him gan on an say all he had to say, and then Ah
dhrop't on him and tell'd him what Ah thowt aboot him ? {c 1 s.Not.
When 'e comes for 'is money 'e'll be dropped on, for 'e waint get
it (J.P.K.). S.Lin. We were dropped on when we found them
waiting for us. He was dropped on, poor little chap, when his
brother couldn't come home for the holidays (T.H.R.). (/) w.Yks.
T'barn'Il soon drop on, Leeds Mere. Siippl. (Dec. 24, 1892). (g)
w.Yks. Then awm dropt on, sed Sammy, Hartley Ditt. (c. 1873)
2nd S. 104. S.Lin. I was dropt on for once in my life (T.H.R. ).
(8, a) Chs.', Der.2, nw.Der.', Nhp.', War.23 s.Wor. Parents often
drops out over their children, and then the children gets folks
(H.K.). Shr.' If that shoot o' clo'es inna done agen the club, yo'
an' me sha'n drop out. Hrf.'^, Glo.' (b) s.Stf. It drapped out
as I just be passin', Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). (9) Lei.' Moy
surs ! A did drop upof 'im 'cavy I do) Lan. No one ever made
an impression on'Matty's heart, though Jack danced till he 'dropped
through his stockings,' Brierley Mailochs (1867) 12. (11) N.I.'
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If I was dhrappin' with hunger I wouldn't ask him for a farden.
(12) Hrf.2 It'll drop night soon. (131 Chs.'The expression is used
when a pan is making salt freely. The crystals form on the surface
of tne brine and sink to the bottom.
12. Coinp. (i) Drop-box, a money-box in which coppers
are dropped through a sHt in the top ; (2) -curls, ringlets ;
(3) -dry, water-tight, not allowing moisture to drop
through ; (4) -dumplings, dumplings made of flour and
water ; (5) -egg, an egg dropped on the ground, not laid
in a nest ; (6) -eye, a boys' game of marbles ; see below ;
(7) -gallows, a toul-mouthed person; (8) -handkerchief,
kiss-in-the-ring; see below; (9) -key, a game played
by children on New Year's Day ; see below ; (loj -nog,
the projection on either side of a cart, upon which it
drops or falls when it is tipped ; (11) -ripe, dead ripe, so
ripe as to be ready to drop ; also used fig. ; (12) -rod, in phr.
logo drop-rod, see below ; (13) -staple, a ' staple ' or shaft
down which coals are lowered from one scam to another.
(i) Lakel. Peniith Obs. [Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. Put it i thi drop-
box, honey ^B.K.\ w.Yks.i (2) Dev.^ Now did e ever? Why
Mrs. Jones wcarth drop-curls now. Why 'er must be party nigli
sebbenty year old. Cor.* (3') n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^ Nhb.^,
Dur.', Cum.i, n.Yks. (I.W.), n.Yks.'^ w.Yks. Makkin t'roof drop
dry, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865). e.Lan.' n.Lin.' Ther' isn't a
bed-room i' th' hoose that's drop-dry in a beatin' raain. (4) Nhp.^
e.An. A spoon pudding, each spoonful of batter being dropt into the
hot water, so forming a dumpling (Hall. ). (5)0. Lin.' (6) Brks.
Played by two persons. One places a marble on the ground, and
the other standing upright and holding a marble close to his eye
trys to let it fall from that height on to the one upon the ground
(W.H.E.\ (7) e.Au.i (8) w.Yks.2 Sometimes called kiss-in-the-
ring. S.Lin. An open air game formerly much in vogue with young
people. All formed in a circle, with the exception of one who
opened the game ; this one, if a male, stealthily dropped a pocket
handkerchief behind a young woman standing in the ring to whom
he wished to give chase. She had then to run out, chased by the
young man. who, if he caught her, gave her a kiss ; and so of the
rest in succession (T.H.R.). Shr. Burne Flk-Lore (1883') 512.
Ken.', Sus.l [In ^g^^;;. use throughout Eng. For further details, see
GoMME Games (1894) 109-112.] (9) w.Yks. Another game is
'drop key.' A key is procured, and any number can play at the
game. Each player drops a pin or two in his turn through the
handle of the key, which is fixed horizontally 5 or 6 inches above
the table. Each player wins only so many pins as his pin or pins
may cover at each drop, and so the game goes on any length
of time, A^. iSr'g. (1877! 5th S. viii. 504. (lo)s.Not. (J.P.K.) (11)
Sc. He was drop-ripe for this change, Wodrow Ch. Hht. (1721)
III. 220, ed. 1828. Lnk. Drap ripe the red strawberries hang to
the view, Nicholson Idylls ti87o) 38. Ir. Larry would keep his
word though his own corn was drop-ripe, Carleton Trails Peas.
(1843) I. 89. (12) Ken.' ' To go drop-rod,* is an expression used
of carrying hay or corn to the stack, when there are two wagons
and only one team of horses ; the load is then left at the stack, and
the horses taken out of the rods or shafts, and sent to bring the
other wagon from the field. (13) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. An interior
pit, sunk upwards by which coals from an upper seam, or from the
same seam thrown up by a hitch, are lowered in a cage, lifting the
cage -A'ith an empty tub as it descends, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl.
(ed. 1888).
13. To rain slightly.
Bnff.', w.Yks. iJ.W. ) w.Som.' Does it rain? — Wuul! du draapee
u leedl beet, but tiid-n noa-urt [Well ! it drops a little, but it is
nothing].
Hence (i) Droppy, adj. rainy, showery, wet; (2)
Droppyish, adj. inclined to be wet or showery.
(i) Nhb.' It's fair yenoo, but still droppy like. Cum. It's varra
droppy weather (E.W.P.). n.Yks. (I. W.) ; n.Yks.' ' A vast o' rain
fa'n lately. Tommy.' 'Ay; its bin a desper't droppy tahm sen
Mart'nmas ' ; n.Yks. 2, ne.Yks.', e.Yks.' w.Yks.' We've had a vara
droppy time o' lat. \2) n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. '^ A droppyish day.
14. To give birth to young ; to lay an egg.
Sc. It's a good goose that draps ay, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 21.
e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Emit. (1796) II. 195. Oxf.' When a cow
shows signs of calving she is said to have dropped, MS. add. Dev.
A tooth as sound as the day it was ' dropped,' Mem. Rev. J. Russell,
381. Cor.3
Hence (i) Dropped, //>/. adj. born ; (2) Dropping year,
phr. the year in which ewes drop their young.
(i) Chs. The 10 first dropped calves at a month old, fetched
from 20s. to 25.9. each, Marshall Revieiv (1818) II. 41. (2)
SIk. She . . . feeds six ewes in a dropping year, Hogg Tales
(1838) 284, ed. 1866.
15. To plant potatoes ; to sow seed at intervals.
Chs.' ' Dropping taters' is putting the sets in the rows at intervals
ready for covering with the plough, or putting them into the holes
made by the dibble. Droppiiig mangold seed is sowing at intervals
inholes. nw.Dev.' This operation isalwaysspoken of as 'drapping
tetties."
Hence (i) Dropper, sb. a woman or child employed to
drop seed or grain into the holes made by the ' dibblers ' ;
(2) Dropping, vbl. sb. the operation of dropping seed, &c.,
into holes made by the dibbler, esp. in phr. to go a-
dropping.
(i) e.An.', Nrf.' Suf. The dibbler generally takes the job by the
acre and the droppers are always women or children, so that the
earning of a family is often considerable, Rainbird Agric. (181 9)
291, ed. 1849; Suf.' (2) Nrf. Why isn't your boy at school? — Wall,
Sir, to tell yau the treuth, he's a gone a-dropping for Mr. Carter
(W.R.E.). Suf. Rainbird Agiic. (1819) 291, ed. 1849; Suf.l
16. To knock down with a blow ; to strike.
n.Yks.' e.Yks. Behave thi-sen, or Ah'U dhrop tha, Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 59; e.Yks.i MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. I will drop
you as sure as ever you were born, Everett S. //('cA (1837) ii. s.Str.
Do' thee interfere, else I'll drap thee one, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ami.
(1895). n.Lin.' It was th' blawo' th' head that dropt him. Colloq.
If Mrs. Boffin hadn't thrown herself betwixt us, and received flush
on the temple — which dropped her, Dickens Mulnal Friend (1865)
bk. I. viii.
17. To put down temporarily.
Cor.^ I do just knock at Missus' door and drop her tea outside
on the table.
Hence Drappitegg, sb. a fried or poached egg.
Sc. Just a roasted chucky and a drappit egg, Scott /?«/§-. (i 824^, x.
Edb. On nice howtowdies, piping hat, And drapit eggs, ilk filled
his wame, Macneill Bygone Times [ 1811) 8.
18. To reduce wages.
w.Yks. (J.W.) Chs.' ; Chs.^ He's after dropping us a shilling.
19. To cease, desist, leave off, gen. in phr. drop it! In
gen. colloq. use.
Ir. (A.S.P. ), Nhb.i, n.Yks. (I. W.), e.Yks,' w.Yks. May be when
aw'm forced to drop it 'At tha'll do a bit for me. Hartley Dill.
(1868) ist S. 15 ; Shoo'd dropped goin' before ahr Tom wor born,
Cudworth Dial. Skelc/ies {1884) 11. Lan. I will . . . then havedone,
or' drop it,' as a Lancashire man would say, Gaskell Leitnies Dial.
(1854)29. Chs.' Come drop that now ; Chs.^ s.Stf. Drap it, wun
yer, I'm tired o' the racket (T. P.). n.Lin.' Noo, then, drop it, or
I'll drop you. s.Lin. (T.H.R.), Lei.' Shr. Not till the procession
nears the churchyard gate are the bells stopped (' dropped ' we call
it here), Burne Flk-Lore (i8&'^) 301. Glo. Nay, drap that, Gissing
Vill. Hampden (1890) I. ix. w. Mid. Now then, drop that, young
'un, I won't put up with none of your sauce (W. P.M.). Slang.
Don't let us have any more of your blarney, mother Kneebone. So
drop it, Besant & Rice Morltboy (1872) xl.
DROPE, sb. Obs. Yks. A crow. Grose (1790).
DROPE, V. e.An. [drop.] 1. To run down like
wax or tallow from a candle ; to drop as viscous liquids
like honey do.
e.An.' Nrf. Yar lips, O my missus, they drope as the honey-
comb, GiLLETT Sng. Sol. (1 860) iv. II ; Nrf.'
2. To have a downward inclination. e.An.*
[1. OE. dropian, to drop, dropa (ME. drope), a drop.]
DROPPER, sb. Som. Cor. [dro'pa(r), w.Som.
drEe'pa(r).] 1. The fuchsia. Also in comp. Dropper-
tree. See Drop, sb. 10.
Cor. 3 w.Cor. Common (G.F.R.); I've a lovely dropper-tree in
my ga'ern. Common (M.A.C.).
2. An earring.
w.Cor. She always wore long droppers in her ears (M.A.C.).
3. A tightly-strained wire, in all kinds of spinnirig-
machines of the Jenny or mule class, by means ot which
the spinner can wind the spun thread evenly on the
bobbin. w.Som.'
DROPPER, see Drapper, sA.'
DROPPING, />/>/. adj. and sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. Der. Lin.
Shr. Wil. Dev. [dro'pin.] 1. ppt. adj. In comb.
Dropping-chair, sec below.
e.Dev. How tar he was out of his proper mind was shown by
his sitting in the sacred chair, the old 'dropping-chair' of the paribli.
DROPPLE
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which had been sent back that morning. ... In country parishes
an easy-chair, for the use of the sick and elderly, was provided
from the Communion offerings, and lent to those must in need of
it. When not so required, it was kept under cover, and regarded
with some reverence, from its origin and use, Blackmore Perly-
cross I 1894 I ii.
2. Showery, wet. Gen. in comb. Dropping time.
Sc. (A.W.), Chs.i, nw.Der.' n.Lin.' That was a dropping time,
that was, we'd raain daay in daay oot for a munth. The seed-time
was dropping, as the farmers call it, Dickson Agric. (1807) JI. 52.
Stir.'2 Wil.' 'A dropping summer,' one when there is a shower
every two or three days.
3. sb. A number of sheldrakes together.
Wil. Smith Biyds (,1887) 384.
4. pi. An early apple.
Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
DRCPPLE, sb> and v. Nhp. [dro'pl.] 1. sb. A
drop of rain, &c.
Nhp. Saw the rings the dropples made, Clare Po«>!S (1821) 132.
2. V. To rain in large drops as in a storm. Nhp.''
[MDu. diopcl, a drop (Oudemans).]
DROPPLE, sb.^ Pem. [cropl.] The threshold
of a door.
s.Pem. Laws LilUe Eiig. (1888) 420.
[EFris. driippcl, threshold (Koolman) ; MLG. dnippd
and dorpel (Schiller-Lubben), durpel (Diefenbach, s. v.
Liinen].]
DRORTLE, see Drottle.
DROSE, i;. Ken. Also written droase Ken.' ; droze,
drowse (Hall.), [droz.] Of a candle: to gutter, to
burn so that the wax runs down the side.
Ken. The candle drozes, Grose (1790) ; (K.); Ken.' ne.Ken.
Still used. * Take that candle out of the draught, see how it is
drozing,' I have heard many a time (H.M.).
Hence (i) Drosed, ppL adj. covered with grease, wax ;
(2) Drosen, adj. made of tallow ; (3) Drcsings, sb. pi. the
gutterings of a candle, dregs of tallow or wax.
I I ") vK.) ; Ken.' The candlestick is all drosed. (3) (Hall.) (3)
Ken.' [The drcsings of wax or tallow (K.).]
[Cp. ME. droivsyn, 'amurca,' Picf. Voc. (c. 1475) in
Wright's Voc. (1884) 808. Cogn. w. OE. dreosaii, to fall ]
DROSH, see Drash.
DROSITY, adj and sb. Nhp. Also written drossity.
1. adj. Weary, tired, languid from fatigue.
Nhp.' A countryman, tired with a long walk, seated himself in
a shop and exclaimed, ' I be so very drosity.'
2. sb. Sluggishness, laziness.
Nhp. 'He'sgotadrossity onhim' wassaid of a lazy, languid fellow
(W.D.S.).
DROSLE, V. Ken. Also in form drosley Ken.'
Of a candle: to gutter. (K.) ; Ken.' See Drose.
DROSS, sb. and v.^ Sc. Yks. Chs. Suf [dros.]
1. sb. Small coal, coal-dust ; the green rock.
Rnf. To hurle yon coals without a stane. An' free o' dross, Picken
Poems (1813') II. 75. Lnk. The coal is emptied out of the ' hutches '
over a large iron screen set at an angle of about forty-five degrees
into waggons, one waggon being placed at the extreme end of the
screen to receive the coal, while another stands underneath to
receive the dross, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 84. w.Yks. Gen.
understood to mean the green rock (P.F.T. \ [G/. Lab. (1894).]
Hence (i) Dross-hill, sb. places near pits, where
dull and almost non-gaseous bits of coal are tipped ;
(2) -lump, sb. the unburnt matter of which dross-hills are
composed ; calcined and other unburnable kinds of
cinders.
(i, 2 w.Yks. Leeds Mere. Siippl. (Dec. 24, 1892).
2. Salt-making term : the refuse or marl left after dis-
solving rock-salt in water. Chs.'
3. V. With out: to winnow out as dross.
e.Yks. Apeckeof chizell drossed out. Best /v'mc. Eco>t. (1641) 105.
Hence (i) Dross-corn, (2) -wheat, sb. inferior corn or
wheat left after dressing.
(i) e. Suf. Common (F H.;. (2) Suf. In constant use(H. J. L.R.).
DROSS, v.'^ n.Lin.' [dros.l 1. To overreach
another in a bargain ; among schoolboys : to win all
a playmate's marbles.
S hcs dross'd R oot o' all his brass.
2. Phr. lo be drossed up, to be broken, ^^. to be made a
bankrupt.
That waggon is fairly dross'd up at last. He's fairly dross'd up
noo, thaay've selld ivery stick and stoan he hes.
DROSSEL, see Drazil.
DROSS'V, fli'i^'. Ags. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Having that grossness of habit which indi-
cates an unwholesome temperament or bad constitution.
DROSTAL, sb. Wxf.' A blackbird.
[The same word as l/irosile.]
DROSTLE, V. Dor.' [dro'sl.] To thrust, squeeze,
jostle.
TtROSTY, adj War. Full of dross.
War. 3 Applied only to coal. The coal is very drosty. nw.War.
(G.F.N.)
DROSY, adj. Nrf.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Itchy, scabby, lousy.
DROT, see Drat, Lrawt.
DROTCH, sb. War.^ A slatternly, untidy woman. Cf.
dratchel(l.
Not heard recently, although my mother used to say of an untidy
servant * She is but a drotch.'
DROTCH, V. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To dangle, be in a pendulous state. Cf
dotch.
DROTCHECKS, s6. War.^ [drotjsks.] A slattern,
a ' drotchell.'
DROTCHELL, see Dratcheld.
DROTES, sb. pi. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A derisive term applied to uppish
yeomen or ' cock-lairds.'
[Norw. dial, droll, also land-droll, a landed proprietor
(Aasen) ; ON. droll, the king's body-guard, 'comitatus' ;
cp. OE. dry/il, troop of retainers.]
DROTTLE, V. Suf. Also in form drortle. [dro'tl,
drgtl] Used imprecatively for ' damn.' Cf. drattle, 2.
Suf. An old Sufl'olk man used to say of his ferret when it seemed
inclined to bite him, ' Drortle his owd hid on him, how ugly he du
fare,' e.Ait. Dv. Times (189s) ; 1 M.E R. I
DROU, DROUCH, see Drew, v.^ Drouk.
DROUD, s6.' Sc. 1. A cod-fish.
Ayr. No bigger than the drouds the cadgers bring from Ayr, Galt
Legatees (18201 iii.
2. Fi'ff. A heavy, lumpish person ; a worthless female.
Ayr. Folk pitied her heavy handful of such a droud, ib. Ann.
Parish (1821) xlii ; (Jam.)
DROUD, s6.2 Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A ' herring-haik,' a wattled sort of box,
used for catching herrings.
DROUGH, adj Obs. Glo.' Thorough.
DROUGH, see Drew, v.^, Tirco, prep.
DROUGHEN, see Drucken, ppl. adj
DROUGHT, DROUGHTH, see Draught, sb.. Drouth.
DROUK, v. and sb. Sc. Ircl. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks.
e.An. Also in forms dhrook Ir. ; droak s.Dur. ; droke
Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) Cai.' n.Yks."m.Yks.' ; drooak n.Yks.'';
drook Sc. Uls. Ant. Nhb.' Cum.^ ; drouch Nrf.' Suf.'
[druk.] 1. V. To drench, soak ; Jig. to cover up,
overwhelm. Cf drawk, v.
Sc. Sair droukit was she, puir thing, Scott Antiquary (1816) ix.
Cai.' Arg. A heavy swirr of rain was drooking the grass, Munro
Lost Pibroch (18961 92. Per. Wae's me, sir, but ye are drouket!
Cleland Inchbrackcn (1883) 103, ed. 1887. e.Sc. He hadseen him
passing over the Cox'l in all the rain, ' drenched and drooket,'
Setoun Sunshine (1895) 240. e.Fif. Drookit like adrooned mouse,
Latto Tam Boelkin (1864) v. Rnf. Whan we're droukit to the
skin, PicKEN Poems (18131 I. 92. Ayr. It was instantly drcokit
wi' the saun', Service Dr. Dugtiid (ed. 1887 i 256. Lnk. Rain fell
in aeimbroken sheet An' drookt me thro' fraeheid to feet, Coghill
Poems (1890) 54. Lth. She droukit her downy wing. Smith
Merry Brtdal (1866) 49. Dmf. Ilka bit fitroad was dreepin' And
drookit wi' dew, Reid Poems (1894) 43. Ga',1. We dowsed them
a'. Hector Faa gat his bonny French coat drookit, Crockett
Raiders (1894) xiii. Kcb. There are twa wee graves in the auld
kirkyaird That arc drookit wi' mony a tear, Armstrong Inglesuie
(1890) 89. Ir. I'm dhrookiii' wid the rain, Carleton Traits Peas.
(1843) 78. N.Cy. ' Nhb.' He wis oot iv aa that rain an' gat
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drooked ti the skin. Cum.^ An' aye she took the tither sook To
drook the stoury tow, 199. n.Yks.' I'm doubtful yon lime's aboot
wasted. It's sair dnnik't wiv all this wet.
Hence (i) Drouking (or Droukan), (d) vbl. sb. a
drenching, soaking; \b) pf<l. adj. drenching, soaking; (2)
Droukit (or Drouked, Diouket), />/>/. adj. drenched, wet
throngh ; (3) Droukitncss, sb. the state of being drenched ;
(4) Drouky, adj. wet, drenching.
ii. <i) Sc. 'I'here's worse things in the world than a drooking,
Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 174. Sh. & Or.I. (Jam. Sii/'fil.) Cai.'
Bnff.' It came on a thunncr-shoor, an' we got an avvfou drookan.
e.Sc. An' twa Rood drookins forbye. Donal'. though ye could get
that an' no trail fanr for it 'e day, Setoun J\. Urquhart (1896; li.
Frf. He held up the babe to the minister to receive a ' droukin ' of
water, B.vriue Liclit (1888) 91, ed. 1893. Per. To lift the watter
like a sleecc An' gie him sic a drookin, Haliburton //oraci? (1886)
8. Cltl. (Jam.) Rnf. Kind Providence loup't in the pat. An' faith,
he's got a drookin', Neilson Poems (1877 ' 69, Ayr. Pate Brogildy
. . . got aff with a few scarts and a drookin in the sump. Service Dr.
Z)»^»irf (ed. 1887) 139. (i) Sc. Grose (1790) il/S. arff/. (C.) Rnf.
The droukin' rain may fluid the stack. An' fa' in pailfu's thro' the
thack, PiCKEN Poems (1813) II. 23. Gall. A' droukin' wi' dew,
Harper Pards (ed. 1889 1 162. Uls. (M.B.-S.) (2) Sc. To drooket
yerbs an' flowers how sweet the sun, T. Scott Poems (1793) 363.
Or.I. (S.A.S.) Elg. Thy wee drouk'd feathers stand on end. Thy
wings hang owrc thy feet, Couper Poetiy (^1804) I. 213. Bch. They
sawhowblubber'd and droukit the peer wary draggels war fan they
came in, Forbes y^K. (1742) 17. Abd. Ye've changed the dew to
the pelting rain, Till your poor droukit leaves are fa'in, Thom
li/iymes (1844) 89. Kcd. The dyster, like a drookit rat, Escapit
fae Dalsack, Grant Lnvs (1884'! 4. Frf. An' soundly sleep beneath
the wave — A droukit German lairdie, Beattie German Lairdie (c.
1820). Per. Wi' kindred bodies there they'll meet, Wi' drookit
gangerels o' the clan, Haliburton Ochil Idylls {i&tji) 22. Rnf.
An auld neebor . . . Bane dry himsel' . . . Spread abune me, droukit
\vicht, His big umbreir, 'Young PiV/»res (1865) 128. Ayr. The last
Halloween I was waukin' My droukit sark-sleeve, as ye ken. Burns
Tarn Glen, St. 7. Lnk. Wat like a drookit craw, Fraser JVhaups
(1895) xiii. Lth. Ovi're the droukit, dreepin yird aye clung a dun
cloud-murky screen, Lumsden Sheep head (1892^ 315. Edb. Gin
ye hae catcht a droukit skin, To Luckie Middlemist's loup in,
Fergusson Poems ' 1773) 124, ed. 1785. Slk. They had seen the
feathers o' them they loved sae weel, wrapt up, a' drookit in death,
in men's plaids, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 159. N.I.' As
wet as a droukit rat. Ant. Ballymena Obs. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll.
L.L.B.) s.Dur. He was a bonny droaked seet (J.E.D.). n.Yks.^
Drooak'd wi' sweeat ; n.Yks.3, Nrf.i, Suf.i (3) Sc. (Jam.) (4)
Gall. A raw drooky air. Crockett Grey Man (1896) xiv.
2. To drip with moisture, to drizzle.
n.Yks.2 It's gcen ower drooaking. m.Yks.*
3. sb. A drenching, soaking ; a drenched, soaked
condition.
Cai.^ ' In a droke o' sweat,' dripping with perspiration. Or.I.,
w.Sc. The beast's in a droke o' sweat (Jam. Siifipl.;. Cld. (Jam.)
4. Oatineal mixed with cold water. Cai.'
[Cp. ON. drniiia, to be drowned (Fritzner).]
DROUND, DROUNT, see Drown, Drant.
DROUP, V. Sc. Yks. Shr. Hrf. Also written droop
Ayr. [drup.] 1. To droop. w.Yks.'
Hence (i) Droupan or Droupen, (a) v. to droop, fade,
wither; (b) ppl. adj. drooping, fading; (2) Droup-headed,
adj. having a drooping head ; (3) Droupit, ppl. adj.
weakly, infirm ; (4) Droup-rumplet, a(^'. drooping at the
crupper, applied to horses ; also used Jis^.
{i,a)Shr. Bound Provinc. (1876); Shr.2 They droupen their
yeds. {b) Shr.i Obsol. Yore cabbidge plants looken rather droupen,
John. (2)w.Yks.'A droup-headed cow. (3 1 Frf., Slk. (Jam.)
(4) Ayr. The sma' droop-rumpl't hunter cattle, Might aiblins waur't
thee for a brattle. Burns To his Auld Mare. 5t. 10. e.Lth. The
Dominie ... is such a whisking, . . . flexile, drouprumplet, bespavined
. . . mortal withal, Mucklebackit i?Aymf.s (1885) 135.
2. To drench.
ne.Yks.^ Ah wer drouped wi wet.
Hence Drouping-wet, plir. dripping-wet, drenched, ib.
DROUSON, s6. Dev. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] A pottage made of bran and the dregs of
ale. (J.H.) See Drewzens.
[Boyling oatemeale . . . with barme or the dregges and hinder
ends of xour beere barrels makes an excellent pottage ... of great
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vse in all the parts of the West Countrie . . . called by the name
of drous.son pottage, Makkiiam Farewell (1625) 133.]
DROUT, sec Drouth.
DROUTH, sb. and v. 'Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms dlirowt e.Yks.' ; dhruft Lan.;
drewth s.Don. ; drocht n.Sc. ; droot Nhb.' Dur.' Chs."^;
drooth Sc. w.Ir. Nhb.^ drought Sc. Cum. Yks. n.Yks.' ^
ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' Hrf.i s.Pem. Suf. ; droughth Won;
drout Cum. Shr.^ Wil. ; drowth Sc. n.Cy. Dor. .Som.
w.Som.'nw.Dev.'; drufift Yks. ; druft Cum. Wm. w.Yks.^
Lan. e.Lan.'; drught e.Lan.' ; druth Ir. [drujj, drut,
droxt, druft, drout, draut, s. and w.Cy. dreuf).]
1. sb. A drought, spell of fine, dry weather.
Sc. They turn their nebs to the south an' clap their wings when
they see rain comin' after lang drouth. Ford Thistledown (1891) 71.
n.Sc. A speecial visitation in thae times o' sair drocht and perplexity,
Gordon Cfli;^/fM (i89i"i 233. Cai.' Frf. It has been a drouth this
aucht days, and the pumps is locked, Barrie Minister {jSgi) iii.
Per. We wha live amang the hills Are a' brunt up wi' drooth, Hali-
burton Ochil Idvlls (1891I 92. Rnf. Some cry for rain, some cry
for drouth, Webster /?/iV"^f5 (1835^1 8. Ayr. There hadna been
such a drooth in autumn for mony a langyear, Johnston A7/;;m///(?
(1891) I. 50. Lnk. Gizzen'd an' dry ilka thrapple an' mouth. Like
cracks in the yird in a het simmer drouth, Hamilton /-'or;;/s (1865)
133. Lth. The Lord did blow on what did grow ; and the drouth
spoilt their corn, an wine, &c. , Strathesk Blinkbonny (ed. 1891)
66. N.I.i S.Don. Simmons G/. 1 1890). N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.', Cum.,
■Wm. (M.P.) n.Yks.i Usually, not to say always, with an intensive
sense ; n.Yks.'^ w.Yks. But aw mun get thease clooas dried wol
ther's a bit o' druft, Hartley Clock Aim. (1872I 34 ; w.Yks.',
eXan.i, Chs.', 'Wor. (H.K.) Shr.2 The quern unna grow as lung
as this drouth lasses. Brks. To rake flower-beds in dry weather
is said to ' let the drouth in' (M.J. B.). Suf. (C.T. ) Dor. Barnes
Gl. (1863). w.Som.i Wee aan u-ae-ud jiis draewth uz nuum bur
u yuurz [We have not had such a drought for a number of years].
nw.Dev.*
Hence Drouthy, adj. Of weather: dry, parching;
breezy, windy, fit for drying.
Lnk. When a drouthy March comes in, Yc'H fin' them aft eneugh
ahin', Watson Poems (1853) 16. Slk. The drouthy dear year,
Hogg Tales (1838) 342, ed. 1866. Nhb.' Cum. A drufty spring
(M.P.). 'Wm. 'Tis sure to be a drufty summer, Gibson Leg. (1877)
50. n.Yks.'; n.Yks. ^ A harsk drouthy time. e.Yks.' Seeason's
been si dhrowty that we've hardlins gettin fothereneeaf for beeas.
m.Yks.' The day's going to be droughty, I think. w.Yks. Wid
sum nais drufti weAs fat tluaz (J.W.); w.Yks.^ Lan. Like rain to
drufty greawnd, Waugh Sngs. (1866) 53, ed. 1871. Chs.'^
2. Thirst, dryness ; also usedyJg'.
Sc. But ye get the blue bowl, Robin — the blue bowl — that will
sloken all their drouth, Scott Redg. (1824) xiii ; Double drinks are
good for drouth, Ramsay Peoy. (1737). Cai.' Mry. A chauther
o' maut the drooth didnadroon O' that guest, Hay Lintic (i85i'i 57.
Bnff. He has a dreadfu' drouth, Whilk slawmin' canna put awa,
Taylor Poenis (1787) 99. Abd. What can she be, that's lov'd by
sic a youth, And winna lout to quench his lowan' drouth ? Shirrefs
Poems {i'}<^o) 105. Kcd. A' weel in mind to hae a drink. To quench
their craving drouth, Jamie Muse (1844) 70. Frf. [He] opened
wide his monstrous mouth To slocken first his scorchin' drouth.
Sands Poems (1833)99. Per. We blithly slack our drought, Nicol
Poems (1766) 38. Fif. It wad a Nazarite provokit To break his
vow and tak a bok o't. Until his hail-life's drowth were slockit,
Te^nant Papistty (1827) 100. s.Sc. In mony a toun I've quenched
my drouth, Watson Baids (1859) 121. Rnf. While he blythly
slacks his drouth Brags o' the feats o' early youth, Picken Poems
(1813) I. 80. Ayr. Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth. Burns
Author's Cry (1786 1 St. 4. Lnk. Tae speak the naked truth O' them
that's muckle fash'd wi' drooth, Thomson Musings ( 1881) iig.
Lth. The ' Red Lion's' fount our drouth maun slake Wi' Genial
Jamie's best ane, Lvmsden Sheep-head {iSgs) 37. e.Lth. Oor drooth
an' dool, we droon an' cool, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 158.
Edb. Small beer, that never seemed able to slocken my drouth, MoiR
Mansie IVaiteh (1828) xviii. Peb. Ye'veheard o' the terrible drouth,
Twa birkics whas throats had been dry, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836)
107. Dmf. May . . . never drink be near his drouth That wcets
thy cheek wi' tears, Reid Poems (1894) 130. Gall. Whyles kept
a bottle for a shift. To slocken drouth, Lauderdale Poems (1796)
60. 'Wgt. He might have taken his place among the best teachers
of dancing in the country had it not been lor an unfortunate and oft-
recurring attack of ' drouth ' which troubled him, Fraser JVigtarn
(1877) 345. Ir. A drink of wather, if it's to be had for love or money,
Bb
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DROVEL
or I'll split wid driith, Carleton Traits Peas. (1843) I. 292. N.I.^,
Uls. (M.B.-S.j S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). w Ir. But you'll die
iv drooth yit, Lover Leg. (1848) I. 101. N.Cy.i Nhb. We'll not
wyest ower drams and drouth, Wilson Pitman s Pay 1^1843) 51 ;
Nhb.* Cum. Their druft was fairly past aw abidin', Farrall Betty
fF//iOH (1886; 153 ; (M.P.) n.Yks.' w.Yks. His druft worawful,
Ptidsey Olm. (1875) 18; w.Yks.' Lan. Aw'd a dhruft on me for a
day or two, Clegg Sketches (1895) 125. Nhp.^ Suf. My mouth
fare sparched with drought, f.^// ZH'. T'njics (1892). Hnip.* Wil.
Slow G/. (1892); BRiTroNiJraH//f5(i825 . Dor. Barnes G/. (1863).
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Erig. (1825). w.Som.' I 'ant a-veel'd
no jish drowth'slongful time, I'd a-gid the wordle vora cupo' cider.
Hence (i) Drouthielie, adv. thirstily ; (2) Drouthiesum,
adj. addicted to drinking ; (3) Drouthiesunilie, adv. in
the manner of one addicted to drinking, thirstily ; (4)
Drouthiesumness, sb. the state of being addicted to
drinking; (5) Drouthy, (a) adj. thirsty, dry; {b) sb, a
thirsty person, drunkard.
(i) Dmf. An'drouthelie pray my Kimmer an' I, Cromek Nilhsi/ale
Siig. (1810') 96. (2, 3, 4) Cld. (Jam.) (5, a) Sc. Hae something
now and then to synd my mouth wi' after sic drouthy work, Scott
Bride of Lam. (1819) v. Cai.' Elg. I'll persuade a' drouthy folk
. . , To ha'e yer stinkin' Greybeard broke. Or labelled ' Poison,'
Tester PofWM (1865I 80. Bnff. Drouthy neighbours sometimes
find their level, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 145. Abd. Syn came
the reaming bicker ben, To wet our drouthy throats, Cock Strains
(i8iOy I. 105. Frf. I'm drouthy, Nanny, . . . and I would be obliged
for a drink of water, Barrie 71/m«/(r (1891) xii. Per. He was
graund on the doctrine o' speeritual independence, and terrible
drouthy, Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) loi. w.Sc. He met a
set of companions drouthy as himself, Carrick Laird of Logan
(1835) 127. e.Fif. I was Ij'in' aboon the claes in my ain bed at
Buttonhole, . . , wi' a fearfu* drovvthie throat, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864) xii. SIg. Landlords o' oor grand hotels Wha cater tae oor
drouthy swells. Towers Poems (1885) 123. Rnf. Aye when we
chance to be drouthy, We hae baithyill and whisky galore, Webster
Rhymes (1835) 121. Ayr. When chapman billies leave the street,
And drouthy neebors, neebors meet, Burns Tamo' Shunter (iigo)
1. 1-2. Lnk. He's maybe gaun, the drouthy loon, To share a stoup
that's fu', Lemon St. Mungo (1844") 4'* Lth. Drouthie cronies meet
to birl Their ora placks at e'en, Bruce PocHis (1813) II. 15. e.Lth.
Bring us a gill apiece, for its drouthy wark crackin aboot meenisters,
Hunter J. Inwick (1895 1 23. Edb. Here canty, drouthy, Jamie
Sleigh, Lies aff the stage at last, M'"DowALLPofM!s(i839') 93. Peb.
It's rare to meet a drouthy wight Can stand a gill, Afixeck Poet.
IVks. (1836) 91. Wgt. A certain drouthy farmer had one night in
particular taken very heavy potations, Fraser Wigtown (1877)294.
Ir.Talking'sdruthy work, Carleton Traits Peas. { 1843) 48, ed. 1881.
N.I.i, Uls. ; M.B.-S.), N.Cy.i Nhb. There's drouthy Tommy in the
nook, Wilson Pitman s Pay (1843)22 ; Nhb.* Cum. He mun ha' been
drufty (E.W. P.); Cuni.^ The well o'life is dribbling dry An' drouthy,
drouthy's kimmer and I, 199. Yks. The rustic politicians would
gather round Philip, and smoke and drink, and then question and
discuss till they were drouthy again, Gaskell Sylvia (1863) xii.
n.Yks.' Week Ah's desper't droothy, Ah's seear. *Seems t'me
there's nae sleek i' t'watter ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' We've had a dcsprit
dhrooty tahm. w.Yks. He wor a drufty sovvl as ivver lived.
Hartley Clock Aim. (1888; 17. Lan. Owd Jack's throttle wuras
drufty as a lime-brunner's clog, Waugh Chim. Corner ( 1874) 8,
ed.i87g; A. Singleton, ye ken, is a drufty customer, seldom stinting
hi.ssel when he begins a rant, Thorneer Penny Stone (1845) 29.
Der. Oh no, thou drouthy smith, Jewitt Ballads (1867) 69. Lin.
(J.C.W.), Nhp.' Hrf. Bound P/oj;!H(-. (1876); Hrf.i s. Pern. Laws
Little Eng. ri888i 420. Brks. Gl. (1852) ; Brks.', Suf. I C.T.) Ken.
Feeling rather drouthy (D.W. L.). Hmp.' s.Hmp. Can't ye give
me a drink o' water? I'm so drouthy, Verney L. Lisle (iS^o) xxv.
Wil. Briiton Beauties (18251. w.Som.' Draewthee wadh-ur aay
ziim [thirsty weather. I fancy]. ib) Lnk. I've quenched the
drouthie's thirsty cry Beneath that roof maist forty years. Hunter
Poems (1884) 8.
3. A thirsty person ; one addicted to drinking, a
drunkard.
Abd. Gie drink to drooths, Ogg lyUlie IValy (1873) ^9- ^rf-
Lookin* the picture o' a drouth ii\ the horrors, Willock Rosetty
£;i(/s(i886) 179, ed. 1889. Fif.An awfu' chokin' to a lot o' drooths,
Robertson Provost (1894) no. Lnk. Auld Blacksmith Rab. . . .
A drooth, but something o' a thinker, Murdoch Doric Lyre {iSt^) 8.
4. Dryness; applied to timber and other articles
requiring to be seasoned.
w.Som.' Lot of board warranted two years drowth.
5. V. In pp. dried up, parched, thirsty.
Cum., Wni. Pastures aw' druftet (M.P.). n.Yks.', m.Yks.'
w.Yks. My throat's sore, I'm drufted up (F.P.T.) ; I was fair
droughted (C.C.R.). Der. I'm clean clammed and drouthed, and
I want my dinner, Verney Stone Edge (1868) ii. s.Wor. They
trees be droughthed out (H.K.).
[1. Forr (latt te land wass dri55edd all And scorrcnedd
jiurrh l^e druhh|)e, Ormiihiiii (c. 1200) 8626. OE. drugad,
dryness.]
DROVE, sb} and v} Sc. Chs. Stf. Lin. Lei. War. Shr.
Glo. e.An. Ken. Sus. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som. Also in
forms drauve Sc. Som. ; drof Ken. [drov.] 1. sb. An
unenclosed road, a road across a common, mainly used
for driving cattle ; a fen-road ; a rough track aftording
access to marsh-lands; a road leading to different
fields; a roadway, not a constructed road. See Drift, si. 6.
Feb. (H.E.F.) Lin. Drains and droves intersect it transversely.
Miller & Skertchly ftH/(7Hrf(i878ji. n.Lin.' s.Lin. A by-road in
the Fens, and so the district through which it passes, as Whaplode
Drove (J.C.W.) ; Gen. long, straight, and with a ditch or 'drain' on
each side. * We wur stalled in the drove. The wheels o' the waggin
wur up to th' axles i' mud' (T.H.R.). Glo. (J.S.F.S.), e.An.'
Cmb. (J.C.W.) ; Cmb.' A raised causeway. In 1571, at a session of
sewers, it was presented that the landholders in Whitemathes
ought to make a drove ; called Giggs Drove, four feet in height and
eight in breadth. Nrf. (A.G F.) Ken. You can go down the drove
as far asthebar ^D.W.L.V w.Sus., Hmp. Holloway. Wil. Slow
G/. (,1892); Wil.' Dor.' I did rove Wi'pryen eyes along the drove,
65. Som. They have put a gate at the bottom of the old ' drove,"
Raymond Misterton's Mistake (1888) 299 ; Jennings Dial. w.Eng.
(18691; Horae Snbsea'vae {iTiT) 137. w.Som.' A httle vurder on
you'll come to a drove — turns away pon your left 'and.
Hence (i) Drove-road, (2) -way, sb. a cattle-road, an
unenclosed road leading from one field to another.
{I, Ken. There's not even a drove-road across it : D.W.L.).
Sus.' 2 Hmp.' Hmp., Som. Cooper G/. (1853). (2) Ken.'
2. A flight of ducks. Cf drift, sb. 2.
Suf. Plk-Loie Jrn. (1883) I. 124.
3. V. To drive cattle or sheep.
Abd. Taking the charge of ' droving ' to the Toon, or elsewhere,
the lot purchased by one of the men, Alexander Ain Flk. (1873)
125, ed. 1882. Fif. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Drofman.si. a drover, herd-boy ; (2) Drovier,
sb. a drover ; (3) Droving, vbl. sb. cattle-driving, the act
of driving cattle or sheep.
(ij Ken. The hog-heard or neat-herd, who looked after the
hogs and cattle agisting in the woods of the weald of Kent, and
kept them within their respective dens or districts (K.). (2) Chs.'
n.Stf. A second cousin of mine, a drovier, Geo. Eliot A. Bsde
(1859) xxii. Lei.', War.^ Shr.' Who'd a thought on a fine cam-
perin' young fellow like that comin' to be a drovier? (3) w.Sc.
'Ladies an' gentlemen, a'm no good at speaking' — 'No, ye're
better at droving,' Macdonald Settlement (1869) 30, ed. 1877.
[1. OE. draf, an unenclosed road, CAar/cr (934) in Codex
Dipl. V. 217.]
DROVE, sb.'^ and v.'^ Sc. Nhb. [drov.] 1. sb A
broad chisel ; the broadest iron used by masons in
hewing stones. Sc. (G.W.); (Jam.)
2. Cump. Drove-work, the manner of facing building-
stones with a chisel as distinguished from broached work.
Nhb.' The face of the stone is first of all squared; 'a drift' is
then made round each edge, leaving a rough square panel on the
stone. Across this panel the mason then ' diives ' a series of hori-
zontal lines with a one-inch chisel, and the surface is thus left
with its clear margin and central-lined panel.
3. V. To hew stones for building by means of a broad-
pointed instrument; to drive horizontal lines on the face
of the stone with a broad chisel.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Per. The stone on the banker or siege is first
ruffed off or cloiired down, then the draught is put on, and the stone
is broached with the puncheon, after which it is scabbled and
tooled or droved (G.W. ).
Hence Droved, ppl. adj. hewn by a broad-pointed
instrument, cut with a broad chisel.
Per. The corners are to be ilressed with droved margin. The
window-soles, droved, weathered, and splayed (G.W.).
DROVEL, V. War. [drovl.] To drivel, dribble. Cf.
dravel. (G.F.N.) ; War.^
DROVER
[^87]
DROWN
DROVER, i-A. Cor. [dr6-V3(r).l A fishing-boat em-
ployed in driving or fishing witli drift or float-nets.
Cor.'; Cor.2 IJsually called driving boat. w.Cor. iV. (y Q.
(1854) ist S. \. 300.
[He woke And saw his drover drive along the streame,
Spenser F.O. (1590) iii. viii. 22.]
DROVE-SAIL, 5*. Sh.I. See below.
Sh.I. To hinder the too rapid motion of the vessel, which would
prevent their lines from taking the bottom, each [dogger] has what
is called a drove-sail, or one which hangs under water, and ifl'cc-
tually stops her way, and they can pursue their business at leisure,
HiBBF.RT Dc<^c. S/i.I. (,i82aj 230, ed. 1891.
DROVY, adj. e.An. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Itcliy, scabby, lousy.
e.An.' A word of supreme contempt, or rather loathing. Nrf.'
[Prob. the same word as dniiy (q.v.), the meanings of
'drovy' being developed fr. the general meaning of ' dirty.' J
DROW, s6.' Sc. A fit of illness ; a swoon, fainting-fit ;
a state of partial insensibility in dying persons ; Jig. a
qualm (of anxiety).
Sc. There was a drow of anxiety overwhelmed her about him,
Walkkr Faieii (1727) 63 (Jam.^ ; The lady confessed in my hear-
ing tliat a tirow of anxiety had come over her, Scott Midlothian
(i8i8)xviii. Ags. (Jam.) Abd. He tyeuk a drow, Alexandek
Johnny Cibb {iB-ji) xii ; He'staen an ill drow 1 Jam.1. Fit. Down he
tummlet in a drow. And owr-and-owr did wreil and row, Tennant
Papistry 18271 175. s.Sc. The puir callant has fa'en into a drow,
an' I'm feared he is gaun to dee. Wilson Talcs '1839) V. 95.
[Conn. w. ME. drowen (OE. drogen), pp. of dre)en (OE.
drfogau), to endure, suflTer ; see Dree, v.]
DROW, sb.^ and v.^ Sc. 1. sO. A cold, damp mist,
a cloud, shower, squall.
Sc. A sort of drow in the air,ScOTT 7?oA i?qy(i8i7) xxii ; It'snae
mair than a Liddesdale drow, Hunter Armigey's Revenge (1897) i.
Cld., Ltli., Rxb. In the higher parts of Lth. it is common to speak
of a sea-drow, apparently equivalent to sea-haar (Jam.),
Hence Drowie, adj. moist, misty.
Lth., Rxb. A drowie day (Jam.).
2. V. With on : to gather in a thick, wet mist.
Ltli.. Rxb. It's drowin' on (Jam.).
DROW, sb.^ Sc. A melancholy sound.
Per. Of one in grief crying out, ' O me, O dear me ! ' some one
might say 'that's a drow,' meaning the lament or complaint (G.W.).
e.Lth. Like that of the dashing of waves heard at a distance
(Jam.).
DROW, v.'^ and sb.* Irel. Hrf. Glo. Brks. Hmp. I.W.
Wil. Som. Dev. Also in forms draugh Wxf.'; draw
n.Wil. Som. nw.Dev.' ; dro I.W.'^ Som.; droa Som.;
drowe Wxf.' [drou, dro.] 1. v. To throw ; to over-
turn in wrestling.
Wxf.' ' Draugh a ooree,' or 'Draugh a thooree ' [throw one
another]. Hrf.'° Glo. [He] drow'd hee's watch into the pond,
Roger Plowman, 15 ; Glo.' Brks. 'Twur only when he got a drap
o' beer a leetle too zoon, as he wur ever d'"owed at wrastlin', but
thy never drowed 'un twice, Hughes Scour. IFhite Horse ■^iB^g) v;
Brks.', Hmp. i H E.i. Hmp.'. I.W.' Wil. Jack . . . drowed down
his rod, Akerman Spring-tide (1850) 48. Som. 'Ee drode down
ihe money, Jennings -/)ia/. a'.A";^_^. (1869); Bleame the boss vor
drawin he, when twere he as coulden ride, Agrikler Rhymes
(1872,2. w.Som.' Joe Hunt [droa*ud-n] threvv him a fair back
vail dree times gvvain. Dev. Used in speakijig of horses or grey-
hounds, to express their peculiar bound. A farmer, upon seeing
Lord Palmerston's horse canter past the grand stand, said, ' Lord,
how her drowth herzel,' Reports Provinc. (1889!. n.Dev, But
chawnt drow et out, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 245 ; They've drawed
a wallage on o' small [They've thrown on a large quantity of
small coal]. Rock Jmi an' Nell (1867) st. 24. e.Dev. Ez raight
han' a-drow'd roun' my waist, Pulman Sng. Sol. (i860) viii. 3.
2. To fell timber.
w.Som.' 13-ee gvvain tu droa' unee oa'k dee yuur? [Arc you
going to fell any oak this year?]
Hence Drowing, vbt. sb. the act of felling, the cutting
down of timber.
w.Som.' Uur chut Stoo-un-v u-teok't ut tu droa'een [Richard
Stone has taken it to felling].
3. To spring a snare or trap, without catching the prey.
w.Som.' They lousy boys 've a bin an' u-droa'ud all mj' want-
snaps vor mirschj'. Dev. I'd a got vower traps one time a zot
for one, and he [a badger] went and drow'd every one o' em, but
never catched a hair o' un. Reports Provinc. (1883) 84.
4. Of corn: to lay, lodge ; also with in: to carry sheaves
together in order to put them in 'hile' (or 'row') at
harvest-time.
Glo. When the kearn's a-drowed yer may knaow as the kearn's
'eavy in the yead on't, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) xxii.
I.-W.I2
5. Comb, with prep, (i) io drow in, to give or accept
a challenge in wrestling or cudgel-playing ; see below ;
(2) —out, (3) — up, (4) — von; to rake up past offences,
to twit.
(i) w.Som.' When the ring is formed, some one throws in his
hat — this is ' to drow in,' and is a challenge to any man present.
He who accepts then throws in his hat. This is ' to drow in agin
un.' ' Aa'll warn our Will's there long way um ; there idn nort he
do like better-n tis vor to drow in gin one o' they.' ^2; w.Som.'
Aay yuurd Joa un Jiim u-droa'een aevvt tu waun ur tuudh'ur, un
Joa droa"ud aewt aew Jijm stoa Id um, un dhoa Baub, ee zad haut
feo'lz dhai wau'z vur tu droa' aewt lig dhaat dhae'ur [I heard Joe
and Jim twitting one another, and Joe threw out how Jim stole
them, and then Bob, he said what fools they were to throw out
like that]. (3)nw.Dev.' Ees, they'mahva^'s drawin' up that aginst'n.
(4) n.Dev. Dcst tha thenk ees ded tell't to tlia to ha'et a drode vore
agen 1 Exm. Scold. (17461 !. 177.
6. Phr. /o drow up tlic liaud, fig. to drink too much, to be
addicted to drinking.
w.Som.' I can t zay how I've a-zecd-n not to zay drunk like's
good bit ; but I be afeard he do drow up his hand more-n he ofl" to.
Very common.
7. sb. A throw.
Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869).
8. A i'elling, cutting down of timber. n.Wil. (E.H.G.)
DROW, 11.^ and m/;'. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written
drou n.Dev. ; drough Dev. [drau.] 1. v. To dry.
w.Dor. Roberts Htsi. Lyme Regis (1834). Som. It do drowy
terble now, W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; The hay do'nt drowy at all,
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.' Shaa'rp een bee dhu
vuyur-n druvv yur-zuul [(Look) sharp, (and go) in by the fire,
and dry yourself]. Dev. Thee must mine to turn the malt That's
droughm in the kiln, Pulman Sketches (^1842) 30 ; Oh, yii tu dear
pilgarlics ! Come in 'ouze dii an' drow yerzels. I be aveard yii'll
catch yer death ov cold! Hewett Pots. S/>. (1892) 112; Dev.' A
countryman, being asked what pilm was, answered, ' Why, mux,
adrow'd to be sure.' n.Dev. Grose (1790). nw.Dev.', s.Dev.
(F.W.C.) Dev., Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435. Cor. Thomas
Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
2. adj. Dry, thirstj'.
n.Dev. I'm drow, 'tes buldering, Dame, ta-day, Rock Jim an'
Kelt (1867) St. 77.
Hence Drowy, adj. drying.
Dev., Cor. Drowy weather, Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
[1. Vnkynde rychesse . . . Droweth vp Do-wel, and
distruyeth Do-best, P. Plowman (c.) xv. 22. OE. drugian,
to dry up.]
DRO'W, see Droo, prep., Trow.
DROWEL, sb. Sh.I. A piece of wood attached to the
keel of a boat for protecting the stem and stern.
S. & Ork.' Fore and aft drowels.
DROWK, V. and (7^; Nhp. Hnt. I. v. Of plants :
to droop from want of water, fade. Nhp.'°, Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Cf. drucken, v.
Hence Drowking, ppl. adj. drooping, fading ; also used
advb.
Nhp. Drowking lies the meadowsweet. Flopping down beneath
one's feet, Clare Poems (1820) 71 ; Bumble bees I wandered by.
Clinging to the drowking {[ov;er,ib.l'illageMinst. (1821) I.133; Nhp.'
2. adj. Drooping.
Nhp. And nodding bull-rush down its drowk head hings, Clare
Village Minst. ;i82i) I. 46.
DROWN, V. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms (i) Dhreawn, (2) Dhroond, (3) Draan, (4)
Draand, (5) Draewn, (6) Draewnd, (7) Dreawn, (8)
Dreawnd, (9) Droon, (10) Droond, (11) Dround, (12)
Drownd, (13) Drund. [drunld, w.Yks. dran(d, Lan.
dren(d; dreun(d.] See below.
(i) Lan. Some wanted to dhreawn it, Clegg IVarp (1890) 5.
(2) e.Yks.' (3) e.Lan.' (4; w.Yks. Ah'd go to't navvy, or to
B b 2
DROWN
[i88]
DRUCK(EN
t'dam, An draand meseln ta neet, Preston Pocxis (1864) 7. (5)
w.Som. Also pres. and pp., Elworthy Gram. (1877) 48. (6) ib.
(7) e.Lan.' (,8) Lan. Aw wanted to gi'e th' lad a ncame asshould
mak' him thankful fur bein' saved from dreawndin' to the last deays
o'hisloife, Banks i/nHc/!.jl/n« (1876, ill. (9)Sc.(A.W.), Dur.i Wm.
I'll gang ... en droon misel, Robison Aald Taales (^1882) 3.
Cum.^ Till o' but it's mudder wad droon't iv a kit, 5^. (10) Nhb.
Mony wetturs cannet sleak luve, nowthor can the speats droon'd
it, RoEsoN Sug. Sol. (1859) viii. 7; Nhb.i Dur. Moore Sitg.
Sol. (1859) viii. 7. n.Yks. (I.W.) (11) nXin. She'll be some
sarvant lass . . , 'at's runned here for to dround hersen, Peacock
J. Markeiifidd (1872) I. 128. (12) w.Yks.s Stf. I fel' ready to goo
an' drownd myself, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Der.i Not.
Are yer going to drownd yerself? Prior /?f;i7> ( 1895) 85. Not.',
n.Lin.^, Lei.', se.Wor,' w.Som.' Very com. Billy, how come you
to drownd our chick ? ' Zucks fill the cup, we'll drown'd all sorrow,'
Collins Misc. (1762) 115. (13) w.Yks.s
1. To flood, inundate.
w.Yks.2 A mine is said to be drowned when it is flooded with
water. Not. The fens in question were not drowned, and there-
fore did need no draining ^L.C.M.). Lin. Much of Kcsteven and
Holland were drowned . . . owing to the neglect of the sea-walls,
Miller & SKERTCHLY/VH/nHrf(,i878) vi. Nhp.^TheNea annually
drowns the meadows near its banks. Sur. Where everything is
either scorched up with the sun or drownded with the rain, Jennings
Field Paths C1884) 141. Wil.'
Hence (i) Drowrned, ppl. adj. flooded, inundated ; (z)
Drowned out, adj. of a colliery : flooded with water ; (3)
Drowner, sb. a sluice-man, one wfio regulates the water
in water-meadows ; (4) Drowning-bridge, sb. a water-
meadow sluice-gate ; (5) Drowning-carriage, sb. a large
watercourse for ' drowning ' a meadow ; (6j Drownings,
sb. pi. fens.
(i) Lin. ' The drownded lands,' as these marshes are called, Yks.
Mag. {May 1813) 3T]. n.Lin.' (2) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (3) Hmp. (H.C.M.B.) Wil. As soon as the
after-grass is eaten off as bare as can be the manager of the mead
(provincially the drowner) begins clearing the main drains, Mar-
shall Review (1817) V. 198 ; On one occasion a short-horned owl
was caught alive in some rushes by the old drowner, IVil.Arch. Mag.
XXil. 193 ; Wil.'. Dor. (C.W.) (4) Wil. Grose (^1790) ; Britton
.S<«»//cs^I825) ; WU.' (,5) Wil.' (,6) Nhp.2
2. To dilute ; to spoil liquor by putting in too inuch
water.
Kcd. Mair nor that, ye've droon't the drink; The fushion o't is
cot, Grant ia)'4- (1884) 20. e.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.) Oxf.'Teathat
has too much water put to it when first made is said to be 'drownded.'
3. To soak clothes. n.Cy. (Hall.)
4. Phr. (i) to droivn miiiler, to put too much water into
the flour, when making bread or puddings ; (2) — the
viillcr, ! rt) to have too much of a good thing ; {b) to put
too much water into the whisky or tea; (c) see — minlcr;
(d) to become bankrupt ; to be out of material for work ;
(3) — the miller's eye, see — minler; (4) — wigs and burn
veathers, (5) — wigs and feathers, an asseveration, an
exclamation of surprise and disapprobation; (6) — on^s
shamrock, to have a drink upon St. Patrick's day ; see
below.
(i) e.Yks. If, in making dough, the good wife should put too much
water.she has 'dhroondid minler '[miller I, Nicholson F//t-S/>. (1889)
5 ; e.Yks.' (2, ajSc.O'ermucklewaterdrowned the miller, 5f. i^cow.,
N. & Q. (1859) 2nd S. vii. 384 ; The hale folk liere have either
gane daft, or they hae made a vow to ruin my trade, as they say
ower muckle water drowns the miller, Scott Antiquary (1816)
xxi ; It obviously alludes to the miller having such an overflow of
water that he cannot carry on his operations (Jam., s.v. Miller).
(6) Sc. Hout, fie ! I have drouned the miller. Just rax me the bottle,
Maister Charles, till I put in a wee drap mair o' the speerit,
Scotcli Haggis, 49. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). w.Som.'
Now you've a-drownd the miller, (c Cum. (J.D.), n.Yks. (I.W.),
w.Yks.2S Der. A^. & Q. (1859) 2nd S. vii. 137. (rf) Rxb. Honest
men's been ta'en for rogues Whan bad luck gars droun the miller,
A. Scott Poems (ed. 1805) 34 (Jam., s.v. Miller). Cum. (E.W. P.)
(3) Oxf.' (4) w.Som.' A common, though cumbrously long ejacula-
tion, is, 'Drown wigs-n burn veathers, hang stockins-n shoes!'
(5) ih. Aa"l niiv'ur diie ut, draew-n muy wigsn vadh'urz neef aay
diie ! (I'll never do it, drown my wigs and feathers if I do ! | (6)
N.I.' On Patrick's day (March 17th) persons arc frequently re-
quested to come and drown their shamrocks. On this day when
anyone is observed in liquor, he is said to have been * drowning
his shamrock.' Aiit. Ballymena Obs. (1892).
DROWND, 5i.' Gmg. Pem. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A greyhound.
Gmg., Pem. TV. & Q. (1852) ist S. vi. 152.
DROWND, sb.^ Irel. Written dhrownd. A glassy
stillness on water ; see below.
Wmh. When there is a dead calm and a glassy stillness on the
Westmeath lakes the peasantry say there is 'a dhrownd on the
water' (W.M.).
DROWNDED-MUTTON, sb. n.Lin.' The flesh of
sheep which liave been drowned.
Often eaten in the farmer's kitchen or sold to his labourers at a
low price.
DROWSE, see Drose.
DROWSYING, vbl. sb. Sc. Sleeping, feeling drowsy.
Sc. Ane, or it may be twa [drams] in the course of the afternoon,
just to keep you frae drowsying and snoozling, Scotch Haggis, 136.
DROWTH, see Drouth.
DROXY, adj Hrf. GIo. Hmp. Wil. Cor. Also in
forms drixey Cor.^; drucksy Hmp.' [droksi, driksi,
drB'ksi.] Dead, rotten, decayed, esp. applied to wood.
Hrf.i, Glo.'z, Hmp.', n.Wil. i^G.E D.), Cor.3 [Druxey, timber
in a state of decay, with white spongy veins, Weale.]
[A der. of dri.v, the decayed part of timber. The
wasp . . . worketh a comb of the utter drix of pales, or
other timber, Butler Fern. Mon. (ed. 1634) 57 (N.E.D.).]
DROY, 56.' Obs. Wil.' A thunderbolt.
DROY, sb.^ Obs. Nrf.' [(K.)] A scullion, servant,
drudge.
[Good droie to serue hog, to helpe wash, and to milke,
TussER Hitsb. (1580) 172.1
DROZE, i;. e.An.' Nrf.' To beat very severely. Hence
Drozings, sb. pi. a sound beating, drubbing.
DROZE, see Drose.
DROZEN, adj. Obs. n.Cy. Fond, doating. Grose
(1790) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.=
DRU, see Droo, prep.
DRUB, sZ).' Yks. Also in form drubby w.Yks.
[drub, dru'bi.] Carbonaceous shale, small coal ; slate,
dross, or rubbish in coal.
w.Yks. Asteead o' being t'best coil an' three-an'-twenty hundred-
weight, they'll be abaht fifteen o' black bedders, an' hawf full o'
drubs, YlismaH. (Nov. 1878) 374; Geol. Suru. Vert. Sect. S/ieet ^3;
(S.P.U.) ; w.Yks.'
DRUB, sb.' s.Chs.' A lot. Cf. dub, si.^
DRUB, V. Sc. Also War. Hmp. Dor. Som. [drub,
drBb.] 1. To beat the ground, to stamp ; to trudge.
Rnf. Get ane [a wife] can drub through dub and mire, Barr
Poems (1861) 158.
2. To beat, throb.
War. (J.R.W.) s.Hmp. She's a rare 'un to nuss . . . My head
did drub finely afore yer came in, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xix.
Dor.' My head da drub. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eug. (1825);
SwEETMAN IVincanton Gl. (1885) ; W. & J. Gl. 1,1873).
DRUBBY, see Drub, 5i.', Drubly, adj.
DRUBLY, adj. Sc. Nhb. Also in form drubby Nhb.'
Muddy, dark, turbid.
Per. That water ye hae gaen me to drink is awfu' drubbly
(G.W.). Fif. They cross't St. Nich'Ias' drubbly rill, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 82. Nhb. (.R.O.H.) ; Nhb.'
[Dirk and drublie dayis, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510), ed.
Small, II. 233; Drobly or drubly, ttirbidiis, Prompt.]
DRUCK, V. and sb. Wil. Som. [druk.] 1. v. To
thrust down, press, fill to overflowing.
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. zti.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873) ;
Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1858) 153.
Hence Drucked, />/>/. adj. filled to overflowing.
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; Wii.'
2. sb. A crowd, throng.
Wil.' A druck of people. Som. He likes his place in the church
because there's not such a druck of people thereabouts (W. F. R.\
[lAE.Jjniccheii, to thrust (Lajamon 19483). OE. /'ryccaii,
to press : cp. Du. drttrken, to press (Hexham).]
DRUCK(EN, sec Drink, v.
DRUCKEN
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DRUG
DRUCKEN, />/>/. mij. Sc. Nlib. Diir. Ciiiii. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Also written droughen w.Yks. ; druken Ayr. ;
drukken Cum. w.Yks.'^ e.Lan.^; dthrucken w.Yks.
[drukon, dnskan.] 1. Drunk; drunken. See Drink, i'.
Bnflf. SliOL'm.Tkors were then a very druckcn set, Smiles Nattir.
(18791 xviii. Abd. An aul' sneeshinie, drucken slype, Alexandpr
Jolitinv Gtbb (1871) xix. Frf. So that a neighbour cried 'You
dnicken scoundrel ! ' after him, Barrie Miiiiiti-r ( 1891) xvii. Fif.
Yc'l! mak' him a drucken weaver like yersel', Roueutson Provost
(1894^ 97. e.Fif. We faun the laird an' twa o' his drucken cronies
... on the green in front o' the hoose, Latto Taut Bodkin ii864)
vii. Per.Themaist ill doin" drucken vagabond e'y parish, Cleland
Iitchhiackiii (18831 213, ed. 1887. Slg. Time's wing might conceal
In liis bonnie, bonnie wee bairn a drucken ne'cr-dac-weel, Towers
Poems (1885) n8. Dmb. If that drucken limmer waken . . . baith
you and me will suffer, Cross Disriiplioii (1844) xxvi. Rnf. I
vvadna just say that she's drucken. But it's either a burst or a starve.
Bark /-"of (MS ',1861 ) no. Ayr. Wae worth that brandy, burning
trash ! . . . Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash, O' half his
days, Burns Sr. Dnnk (17B6I st. 15. Lnk. Drucken wives an'
duddie weans a' day to ruin rin, Nicholson Idylls (1870^ 118.
Lth. Drucken dumbies skirled an' whoopit, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 10. Edb. Whare hae ye been, ye drucken sot? Liddle
Poems (1821 I 167. Bwk. As for the ' drucken wives ' of Paxton,
we candidly conicss that we never met with one of them, Hender-
son Po/>. Plivmes (1856) 13. Peb. There's naething like a drucken
meetin' That I respect, Affleck Poet. IVis. (1836) 90. Dmf. On
hearin' o* ilk drucken mess I had gone through, Quinn Pleathef
(1863) 83. Wgt. ' Whaur hae ye been, ye drucken rascal ? ' the
irate wife would enquire, Fraser JVigtouin (1877) 324. Nhb. For
fear that iv some drucken spree, Scotch Donald chance to myek
cwr free, Oliver Local Siigs. (1824) 7 ; Mind ! he wisn't drucken ;
an he nivver thowt he'd had a drop mair than he owt te'v had,
Haldane Geoidy's Last 1 1878'! 8. Dur.' A sad drucken chap.
Cum. A sad drucken tyke ^E.W.P. ); Durty drukken hoond,
Farrall Bet/v ll'tlson (1886) 46. . Wm. Niwer was sic a drucken
lout, Close 5(7i'ins/ (1833) 155. n.Yks.' = w.Yks. Old Nedll be
droughen in his armchair, Snowden IVeb of Weaver (1896) 54 ;
Drucken as a wheel (L.M.S.); w.Yks.* They thirscls . . . er drukken
an full ov aw mander o' roguery, ii. 298; w.Yks.^ s.v. Druffen.
Lan. He gels blin' drucken amang his mates, Waugh Tufts of
Heather, (ed. Milner) I. n6. e.Lan.*
Hence (i) Druckener, sb. a drunkard ; (2) Drucken-
some, adj. drunken, addicted to drinking.
• (i) n.Yks.'^ (2) Lnk. O wae on the day when oor Bessy Cam'
into this druckensome toun, Nicholson Idylls ti87o) 123 ; (Jam.)
2. Co)iib. (i) Drucken bite, food, dainties eaten to en-
courage drinking; (2) — groat, a groat, fine paid as a
penalty for being drunk ; (3) — one, a drunkard.
(i) Abd. Luckie brings the drucken bite hersel', — Saut beef an
hrc'id, Guidman iHglismaill iiBi^) ^^. (2) Edb. They hail'd him
ben. an' by my saul. He paid his drucken groat For that neist day,
Fergusson Poems (1773) 134, ed. 1785. (3) w.Yks. I wst wast
drukoii an at i iv3 niu (J.W.).
[1. Thay lay all deid drukne in the campe, Dalrymple
Leslie's Hist. Scoll. (1596) I. 276. ON. drukkinn, adj. and
pp. drunken, drunk (Fritzner).]
DRUCKEN, V. Hnt. (T.P.F.) To droop, become ill.
See Drowk.
DRUCK-PIECES, sb. pi. Som. Pieces of wood let
into a wall to support the pipe of a pump, or the pump
itself. See Druck, v.
Som. W. & J. Gl. 1 18731. w.Som.' Druuk-pee-sez.
DRUCKSHAR, sb. Cor.'* A small, solid wheel.
DRUCK-STOOL, sb. Som. Dev. Cor. [drBk-stoel.]
The threshold of a door. Cf dreckstool, drushel.
w.Som., n.Dev. He put her out over the druck-stool of the door.
The child will fall on the druck-stool. Reports Provinc. (1884) 17.
Dev., Cor. Grose (1790) MS. add. i,C.)
DRUCKSY, see Droxy.
DRUDGE, s6.» and v.' Irel. Ken. Sus. Hmp. Dev.
[drudg, drBdg.] 1. sb. A dredge. N.I.'
2. A large team-rake ; a bush-harrow. Cf. dredge, sb.^
Dev. MooRE Hist. Dev. (1829) I. 353. n.Dev. Rock Jim an'
Kelt 1867) Gl. w.Dev. A large teamrake, with wooden teeth,
drawn by oxen or horses to collect tragments of sward loosened
by the plow and harrow, Marshall Rm: Econ. (1796) 1. 125.
[ Jefferies //(/jcotf. (1889)201.]
Hence Drudger, sb. a team-rake.
n.Dev. Rock Jun an' Nell (.1867) Gl.
3. V. To dredge for oysters. N.I.'
Hence Drudger, sb. a dredger, one who dredges for
oysters.
Ken. (G.B.) ; The oyster dnidgers have nothing to do (H.M.).
4. To harrow with bushes. Sus.^, Hmp.'
[3. Drudging, oyster-fishing. Coles (1677).]
DRUDGE, sb."^ and v? Sc. Ircl. Chs. Shr. I.W.
[drudg, drndg.] 1. sb. A flour-dredger, a small tin box
to hold flour. I.W.' See Dredge, sb?-
Hence (i) Dru:1ge box, (2) Drudger, (3) Drudging-box,
sb. a flour-box, dredger.
( I ) Chs.i 2 3^ s.Chs.' (2) Shr.i = Dr'uj -ur'. (3) Sc. A candle and
a drudging-box, Scott Antiquary (i8i6) v.
2. V. To shake flour from a dredger. N.I.'
DRUE, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Dry.
n Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 153.
DRUFF, sb. Glo. [dref.] A covered drain, gen. one
built of rough masonry, a 'drock.'
Glo. In common use round Tewkesbury (E.R.D.); (S S.B.); Glo.^
DRUFFEN, ppl. adj. Yks. Also written druffan
w.Yks. [drufsn.] Drunk ; drunken. See Drink, v.
Yks. *Ye druffen rascal,' said he. Baring- Gould Oddities (1874)
I. 240, ed. 1875. n.Yks. Shoo fun't druffen tyke at shoo calls ur
maister. Why John {Coll. L. L. B.). w.Yks. Yon man's getten
druffen again to-daiiy tF.P.T.) ; (G.H.) ; There's some on yo like
as if yo cuddant think it retght if yo diddant get druffan, Dezvsbre
Olin. (1866) 3 ; w.Yks.^ A druffen man slutters aat on a cheer on
to t'floor.
Hence Drufifeness, sb. drunkenness.
w.Yks.Aw'l niver back up druffeness.HARTLEYi?/rfl^f/ (1869)84.
DRUFFT, DRUFT, see Drouth.
DRUG, sb.^ and v. Sc. Not. Lin. Rut. Nhp. e.An.
Brks. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in form
druge Dev. [drug, dr^g.] 1. sb. A rough or violent
pull, a tug.
Abd. And at his hair loot mony unco drugs, Ross //ir&«o>-^ (1768)
47 (Jam.i.
2. A vehicle for the conveyance of heavy timber, having
usually four wheels in e.An. but gen. only two elsewhere.
Not. (W.H.S.), s.Not. (J.P.K.) sw.Lin.i Sometimes called a
pair of cutts. They haven't no drugs to lead wood with. They'll
never get their drugs and herses in there. Rut.', Nhp.*, e.An.' Nrf.
Grose (1790I; Cozens- Hardy Broarf A';/ (1893; 84 ; Nrf.' e.Nrf.
Marshall Riir. Eion. (1787). Suf. Rainbird ^^/I'l:. (1819) 291,
ed. 1849 ; How heavy them trees are on that drug i^M.E.R.) ; Suf.',
e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence (i) Drug-jack, sb. a machine used in moving
timber ; (2) -way, sb. a roadway for ' drugs.'
(i) Nrf. Rainbikd Agric. (i8ig) 295, ed. 1849. (2) Rut.* No
drug-way here [a notice on a bridle-road].
3. A cart, vehicle ; a handcart.
Suf. A light kind of wagon for corn (C.T.). Dev. I shall zcn'
iny awn break an' A's druge [rhymes with huge]. Reports Provinc.
(,1893)-
Hence Drug-butt, sb. a three-wheeled cart, shaped like
a large wheelbarrow. w.Som.'
4. A harrow. Cf drag, II. 8.
Som. 'W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; (W.F.R.)
5. A drag or shoe placed under a wheel to prevent it
from turning round.
w.Som.' Plase, zir, wants a new drug vor the wagin, th' old
ones a-wear'd out, nw.Dev.', Cor.*
Hence (1) Drug-bat, sb. a drag for a wheel; (2) -chain,
sb. the chain by which the wheel of a carriage is held
when dragged: (3) -shoe, (a) s6. a drag, an iron shoe placed
under a cart-wheel ; (b) v. to put a drag on a wheel.
(i) Brks.' s.v. Bat. Hmp. (J.R.W.); Hmp.' Dev. Reports
Provinc. (1884) 34. (2) w.Som.* (3,(1) I.-yV. (J. D.R.I, I.W.*,
w.Som. (I.'W.), w.Som.* Dev. Reports Provinc. {iW^). (A) WU.'
6. An iron-shod piece of timber hung at the back of
carts to prevent them from running back.
Dor.* To gie the bosses breath, . . . drug, 221. wDor. Used to
prevent a wagon, &c., running back when the horses stop to take
breath going up hill i^.A.R.W.). Som. Used at Cheddar of the
stone-carts (W.F.R. ).
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7. V. To draw timber out of the wood. Also used /iff.
Wil. Drawing [timber] out of the wood under a pair of wheels,
Davis ^^w. (181 3I ; Wil.' w.Som." To drug' timber is to attach
horses actually to the tree and pull it along the ground, often to
the great damage of the surface, while ' to draw ' timber is to haul
it upon some truck or carriage. Aay druug-n aewt. Dev. To haul
it along the ground by main strength without loading it on a
carriage. So also any article trailing or rubbing is said to ' drug.'
'Missus, yer shawl's drug-in 'gin the \v\\ee\. Reports Piovinc. (1884).
8. To put the drag upon a wheel, to drag.
Wil.i Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som. (I.W.~); w.Som.i
The word implies a complete stoppage of the wheel either with or
without a shoe. Baenm ee gwain tu druug, daewn dh-ee-ul ? [Are
you not going to put the drag on, down the hill?] Diis-n zee'
dhu wil-z udruug-d u-radee ? [Dost not see the wheel is dragged
already?] nw.Dev.', Cor.'^
[1. Cp. Sc. drug (vb.), to pull forcibly. The rukis him
rent, the ravynis him druggit, Dunibar Poems (c. 1510),
ed. Small, II. 141. 7. ME. i/riigge, to drag (Chaucerj ;
cp. Douglas Eiteados, 11. 82 : to drug and draw.]
DRUG, adj. and sb.'^ Sc. Also Hmp. I.W. Dev.
[dreg.] 1. adj. Dragging heavily, used of a dead
weight ; slow, dull.
Gall. Things are awful drug, Crockett Stickit Min. (1893) roo.
Hmp. I was that dull and drug the days I didn't get a sight of 3'e,
Gray Heati of Storm (1891) I. 37. I.W. Whatever would gentle-
volks do if they'd hadn't a got no politics? I 'lows they'd pretty
nigh fret the skin off their boans, they'd be that dull and drug, ib.
AnuesUy (1889) III. 22 ; Drug and heavy (J.D.R.) ; I.W.'
Hence (i) Drugeous, adj. heavy, huge ; (2) Druging,
ppl. adj. heavy, clumsy.
(I) Dev. IV. Times (Apr. 22, 1886) 2, col. 2; Dev.' (2) Dev. I
doan' think much o' hees new butt — a gurt drugin' thing as ivver
I did zee, Repoiis Proviitc. (1893).
2. Of ice. See below.
Sc. A curling expression indicating that the ice is not keen, and
that the curling-stone requires more torce in throwing than usual.
This^c;;. happens when there is a slight thaw (A.W.).
3. Damp, moist ; heavy.
I.W.' That wheeat is rather drug; I. W.^ That shower's made
the haay rather drug, you. The roads goos deuced drug to-day.
4. sb. Any heavy and clumsy article.
Dev. Reports Provnic. (1893").
DRUG, sb.^ Sur. [dreg.] A squirrel's nest. (T.S.C.)
DRUG, sec Drag.
DRUGGED, ppl. adj. Sus. [drB-gd.] Half-dried, said
of linen, &c.
Sus. The Hastings fishermen describe their clothes as ' drugged '
when partially dried, Tendall Guide to Hastings, 37 ; Sus. '2
[Cp. Du. drooi^cn, to drie (Hexham).]
DRUGGET, see Drogget.
DRUGGISTER, sb. Yks. Lin. Pern. e.An. Som. Cor.
Also in forms dregister Suf (Hall.) ; drugster n.Yks.^
n.Lin.' e.An.' Suf.' [dru-g(i)sta(r), drB-g(i)st3(r).] A
druggist.
n.Yks.2, m.Yks.' n.Lin. When I goas to druggister's to get
sum'ats fer a bad hand I hev. Peacock Tanles (1890) 2nd S. 18 ;
n.Lin.' s.Pem. Go to th' druggister and git me zix pennart o'
'monial wine (W.M.M.). e.An.', Suf. iC.G.B.), Suf.' e.Suf.
Current among the old (F.H.). w.Som.' Uzfaa'dhur-z udruug'eestur
[his father is a druggist]. Cor. Some ointment which he could git
at the druggister's, Tregellas Tales (1868) 31 ; Cor.^
[A druggister, drogiteiir, Sherwood (1672).]
DRUGGLEY, adj. 'VVor. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [drB-gli.] Wet, rainy. See Drug, adj. 3.
s.Wor. A druggiey summer (H.K.).
DRUGGY, flo>'. Wor. Hrf Of milk: 'draggy,' curdled;
see below.
s.Wor., Hrf. When a cow is being dried off, the teats sometimes
get wedged, and often one cannot start the milk ; the cow's milk
then comes out in clots, as if curdled, and they say that it is druggy ;
' Er mulk be'nt up to much 't be sah druggy like' (H.K.).
DRUGHT, see Drouth.
DRUGS, .sA. />/. Som. Dev. AlsoAmer. Dregs. Also
us,ed jig.
w.Som.' This is purty stuff you've a-zend mc, why 'tis half o' it
drugs. nw.Dcv.' [Amer. The old woman has the rheumatic ;
I reckon hit's the drugs of the fever, Dial. Notes (1895) 371.]
DRUGSTER, DRUIDLE, see Druggister, Druttle.
DRUIDS' HAIR, p/ir. Wil.' Long moss.
DRUITLE, DRUIVY, see Druttle, Druvy.
DRUKE, sb. s.Pem. A crank. (W.M.M.)
DRUKEN, DRUKKEN, see Drink, v., Brucken, ppl. adj.
DRULE, 56.' s.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A sluggard ; a slow, inactive person.
DRULE, sA.= Obs. Sc. The goal or ' dool ' which
gamesters strive to gain first, as at football.
Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790 1 Gl. ; (Jam.)
DRULE, DRULGY, see Drool, v.\ Droolgey.
DRULIE, adj. Obsol. Sc. Of water, &c. : muddy,
troubled, thick. Also used Jig. ■
Per. Hardly ever used now. He's a drulie-heidet ass (G.W.).
Rxb. Commonly used, esp. by old people. ' Drulie water,' when
discoloured with clay (Jam.).
DRULT, DRULYAN, see Droilt, Druyllin.
DRUM, s6.' and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[drum, drBm.] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Drum-bant, the
laelt or band of a drum ; (2) -boy, a drummer-boy ; (3)
•fou, ' chock-full,' as full as a drum ; (4) -stick, (a) the
calixand stalk of the common knapweed, Ccnlaurea nigra,
and of C. Scabiosa ; (b) the fruit of the lime-tree, Tilia
europaea ; {c) } the chaffinch, Fringilta coclcbs.
(i) Lan. Give him a nose-ender, an' tighten up thy drum-bant,
Brierley Cast upon World 1 1886) 48. (2) Ayr. Quicker than the
drum-boy's ruff His horse hoofs clatter'd hard and tough, Boswell
Poet. Wks. (1811) I02, ed. 1871. (3) Lth. The things he sent him
. . . held a' oor hoose drum-fou for better than a fortnicht ! Lumsden
S/:cep-/iead{i8g2) 294. (4, a; Nhp.' The calix being very hard, boys
use it to drum and play with — hence the name. {h) War,^ So
called by children, (c) Chs.'
2. Phr. (i) to send Ihrough the drum, to beat the drum
through the town in order to make public proclamations,
<S;c. ; (2) litck of drum, a public proclamation.
Edb. (i) Not only did Donald send through the drum in the
course of half an hour, offering a reward of three guineas for the
apprehension of the offenders, MoiR Mansie Wauch i 1828) xx. (2)
The reward offered by tuck of drum failed, nobody making applica-
tion to the crier, ib.
3. The cylindrical part of var. machines and engines ;
see below.
Sc. The name commonly given to that part of a thrashing
machine, upon which are fixed the pieces of wood that beat out
the grain (Jam.1. e.Lth. The sheaves were carried between an
indented drum, and a number of rollers of the same description
ranged round the drum, Agric. Surv. 74 {ib.^. Nhb., Dur. A roll
upon which winding or hauling engine ropes are wound or coiled,
Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (18S8). w.Yks. 'The name of the circular
part of a machine which, turned by a strap orbelt, keeps the machine
in motion (J.M.) ; Yo mun moind yer coit-laps dusn't catch t'drum,
Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1877) 20; w.Yks.' Chs.' Salt-mining
term. A large wheel on which the flat-ropes wind up. The wind-
ing is done entirely by steam-engines constructed on the reversing
principle, and so dexterous are many of the engineers that a tub
can be set down to such a nicety as to cause no concussion what-
ever. e.Suf. The ' barnvvorks ' in a threshing-machine (F.H.).
4. V. To make the peculiar sound made by snipe in
the breeding season.
Lan. Snipes are amongst the earliest risers in the morning, and
may often be heard drumming before daylight, Mitchell Birds,
186. [The snipe drumming in its curious somersaults in the air,
Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) U. 14.]
5. To repeat monotonously ; to pore over wearily.
Lnk. To sit drum-drummin' at a dask, Thrang hummin' owre
some threid-bare task, Coghill Poems (1890) 54.
6. To flog, beat soundly. Glo.', Dev.', Cor.'*
Hence Drumming, vbl. sb. a sound beating; a flogging.
War.3, Shr.', Glo.' Cor.' ; Cor.' Gibb'n a good drumming.
7. With up : to collect together as if summoned by a
drum.
w.Yks. We hardly ivver heeard them maddlins 'at drum up to
see fowk wed, Cudworth Dial. Skete/ies (1884) 6.
DRUM, .sb." Obs. ? Sc. A knoll, ridge. Cf drumlin.
n.Sc. Applied to little hills, which rise as backs or ridges above
the level of the adjacent ground (Jam.). Per. There are many of
these singular ridges of nature, called here Drums; perhaps 10 to
la of them within a small space of each other, Statist. Ace. XIX.
DRUM
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DRUMLY
34a (Jam.\ Edb. Hills are variously named . . . Fell, Drum, Tor,
PtNXECUicK iris. (niS'l 50, ed. 1815.
[Gael, (/niiiii, the ridije of a liiil (M. & D.).]
DRUM, sb.^ limp. \Vil. Dor. Soin. Dcv. [drBm.]
1. Weaving term : a ' thrumb ' ; see below.
w.Som.' A ihrumb is an inch or two of cloth attached to the waste
part of a weaver's warp. It is that part where all the threads of
a new warp are tied on to the old. and is not suitable to be woven
on account of the great number of knots. Dev. 1696-7. For labour
wood and drumes to pitch the covering of the great church hatch,
I. 6, East BitdltigU Cltwardcn. Aces.
2. A dishcloth. Wil. (M.A.R.)
3. A twisted ivy-stem, growing round the bole of
another tree ; also called Thrum.
Hmp. Wise Acw Fonsl 1,1883) 282. Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863^
(s.v. Thnimsl.
DRUM, ac/J. n.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Dull, melancholy.
[Gael, /rout, heavj', sad, melancholy (RI. & D.).]
DRUMBA, sec Drumble, sb.^
DRUMBELO, sb. n.Dev. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A dull, heavy fellow. (Hali_)
DRUMBER, see Drumble, sb.^, Drunibow-dash.
DRUMBLE, V.' and s6.' Sc. War. Shr. Glo. Nrf
Hmp. Dev. Cor. Also in form drunimel Dev. ; drummil
War.= Shr.^ [drumibjl, drBmibjl.] 1. v. To be
sluggish and slow in movement ; to go about a thing
awkwardly; to fumble. Cf. drimble, z/.
Sc. You shall know that when old Deb has brought the liquor —
why how she drumblcs, Scott Nigel (1822) xxiii. Shr.^ Obsol.
Come, pluck up yore fit, an' dunna gu6 drumblin' alung as if yo'
wun 'afe asleep. Cor. A person moving lazily or clumsily is said
to drumble (,W.S.; ; Cor.'
Hence ( i ) Drumbledone, (2) -dore, (3) -drane or -drone,
sb. a humble or bumble-bee ; also used fig. of persons ;
(4) Drumbling, ppl. adj. stupid, obtuse.
(i) Glo. Grose 1.1790) MS. add. (U.) (2 i Hmp. (J.R.'W.) ; Hmp.l
(3) Hmp. HoLLOWAY. Dev. Thews drummeldranes can't sting;
they ant agot no spear; theyawnly buzzeth around, Hewett Peas.
Sp. t^i892 ; Yij bant agwaine tii church thease marning, be 'e ? —
No-tany-by ! tidden vvo'th while tii go tii listenee tii sich a old
drummeldrane as 'e is, ib. 107; Dev.' You drumble-drone-dunder-
headed-slinpole, 17; Dev.^ Look at that girt hitchin' drumble-
drane. n.Dev. I 'sure 'e Jim's no drumbledrane, Rock Jim an'' Neil
(1867) St. 42; Grose (1790J. nw.Dev.' A common simile is — 'He
droan'th the very zame's a drumbledrane in a flop ' (i.e. fox-
glove). s.Dev.,e.Cor. I Miss D.) Cor. She were no drumbledrane,
J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 39; Howld thee bal, thee gate
drumble drane, Daniel Bride of Scio (1842) 227 ; Cor.' (4) Cor.2
2. To talk or mutter in a sleepy, monotonous manner ;
to ' maunder.'
Sc. Sic fate to souple rogues impart. That drumble at the common-
weal. Ramsay Poems (1800I I. 376 (Jam.). Dev. The verb to
drumble means to mutter in a sullen, inarticulate, confused voice,
Mirror { 1837J XXIX. 192; Dev.' Cor. I reckon a rope's-end will
double thee up soon, ef thee drumbles any longer, Notley Power
0/ ll:e Hand • 1888 I. xii.
3. sb. A dull, inactive person ; a worn-out person or
horse.
\Var,2 Shr.' Obsol. The poor owd mon's aumust done noiv ;
an' 'e wuz al'ays a poor drumble. I dunna know w'ich is best, mon
or 'orse, fur they bin b6ath poor drummils.
4. Phr. todreaiH dnimbles,tohehal{as\eep. Nrf. (Hall.),
Nrf.'
[1. Go take up these clothes here, quickly. . . . Look,
how j-ou drumble ! Shaks. Merry 11'. iii. iii. 156.]
DRUMBLE, v.'^ and sb.^ Sc. n.Cy. Also in form
drumle^e Sc. N.Cy.'; drumniel Abd. [drumlbjl,
dremibil.] 1. v. Of water, &c. : to make muddy ;
Jig. to disturb, trouble, confuse, stir up.
Sc. i,Jam. ; Lnk. Little weet they o' the cause that drumles sae
my ee, Motherwell O wae be to the Orders (1827) ; The whisky
had your Senses drumelt. Watt Poems \182-ij 58. N.Cy.'
Hence (i) Drunibled, 12) Drumbling, />//. adj. of water:
thick, muddy, disturbed ; 13) Drumly-voiced, adj. rough-
voiced, speaking hoarsely or deeply ; (4) Drummel'd, ppt.
adj. confused, stupefied, muddled.
(I ) Sc. Grose (1790) A/S. add. {C.) n Cy. Theale is drumbled,
ib. I P.) (2) Sc. It is good fishing in drumbling waters, Ray Prov.
(16781 380. (3! Ayr. An armed and mailed soldier, as he had
thought the drumly-voiced sentinel to be, Galt Gilliaize (1823) i.
(41 Abd. The liieadth o't sairly fash'd his drummel'd noddle, Guid-
man Iiiglisniaill 11873) 44.
2. sb. Mud, tkc, raised by disturbing water.
SIk. The water gaed in. With drumble and mudwart impure,
HocG Poems (ed. 1H65) 290.
DRUMBLE, sb.^ Chs. Stf Shr. Also in forms drumba
Chs.' ; drumber Chs.^s.Chs.' ; drumbowChs.^^; drumby
Shr.' [dru'm(b)-, drE-m(b)-.] A rough, wooded dip in
the ground ; a dingle, wooded ravine. Cf. dimble,
dumble, sb.
Chs. It looked as deadly an' as dreesome as Bostock's drumbo,
Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 12; Chs.' A small ravine, generally
overshadowed with trees, and having a little stream or rundle at
the bottom ; Chs.^^ Stf. Ray (1691; MS. add. (J.C.) 22. Shr.'
Obsol.
Hence (i) Drumber-hole, sb. an old pit or hole over-
grown with grass and weeds ; (2) Drumby-hole, sb. a
rough, wooded dingle.
(1 1 s.Chs.' Driim'bur-oad. (2) Shr. Frittenin' in the Drumby
Hole, BuRNE Flk-Lore { 1883) xi ; Shr.' I got to go6 to Lini5a' to-
neet. an' I dunna know 'ow to pass the drumby-'ole near the Cut
bridge, fur the}' sen theer's frittenin theer.
DRUMBOW, see Drumble, sb.^
DRUMBO"W-DASH, sb. Chs. Also written drumber-
Chs.^ ; and in forms drunder- Chs.^ ; dumber- Chs.';
dungow- Chs.°* 1. A sudden, heavy fall of rain ; Jig.
dung, filth.
Chs.' 2 ; Chs.^ When the clouds threaten hail and rain, they say,
' There's a deal of pouse or dungo-dash to come down.' s.Chs.
Dhem'iz dhii tuu'rmits uz wiinsoa'djustaaf'turdhaat' drum'biidaash
u wet [Them's the turmits as won sowed just after that drum-
bowdash o' wet] (T.D.).
2. A smash, breakdown.
Chs. Shea/{i8i8) 1. 37 ; Chs.'
DRUMBY, DRUMLE(E, see Drumble, sb.^ and v.'
DRUMLIE, sA. Sc. In co;h/>. (i) Drumlie-droits, (2)
•drutshocks, bramble-berries.
(I) Per., Knr. (Jam.) (2, Per. >G.W.)
DRUMLIN, sb. N.I.' A mound or ridge of gravel.
See Drum, sb.^
DRUMLY, «rf/'. Sc. Nhb. Also written drumley n.Cy.
[drumli, drBnili.] Also used as adv. 1. Of water, &.c. :
thick, muddy, turbid. See Drumble, i'.^
Sc. And wae betide ye, Annan water. I'his night that ye are a
drumly river! Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861) I. 228 ; Good fishing in
drunily waters, Rajisay Prov. 11737'. Or. I. (S.A.S.), Cai.'
Elg. Drumlie flow'd auld Linky's stream. Tester Poems (1865)
123. Bntr. Drumly streams might slocken fire.T.'^YLOR Pof>«s(i787)
98. Kcd. Silver Dee, Or drumly Don, Grant Lays (1884) 136.
Ayr. Then bouses drumly German water, Burns Ttva Dogs ( 1786)
1. 165. Lnk. The druinl}' stream wi' dinsome sound Is rowin' o'er
the linn, Tennant Musings (1872) 94. Lth. The angry winds roar
lood an' lang, And drumlie looks the ferry, M'Neill Preston (c.
1895; 117. Dmf. My streams are drumly, shunned, an' hated,
QuiNN Heather {1863) 152, Slk. The burn was grown a drumly
dub, Hogg Poems {cd. 1865)279; As lang 's there is anither drap,
however drumly, in the bottom of the bottle, dinna despair, Chr.
North 7Vorf«(eti. 1856) III. 294. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' Nhb.
But let it be late or airly. The water be drumly orsma', Charnley
Fisher'sGarl. (1830) 6 ; I saw A roaring, rowling, drumlie stream,
Pkoudlock Boiderland Mtise 1 1896; 304 ; Nhb.'
2. Fig. Confused, muddled, indistinct, obscure.
Ayr. Ye speak unco' drumly — hae ye bitten your tongue ? Galt
Entail (1823) xlvii ; What the drumlie Dutch were doin'. Burns
To a Gentleman (1790) 1. 6. Lth. He was just a wee thocht flurrid,
may be, but faigs, I hae seen a drumlier mess than he made this
day, LuMSDEN Sheep-head (1892. 293. Edb. Na, na, he's no just
deep, but he's drumly, Ramsay Remin. (1872; 8g ; I was up betimes
in the morning, tho' a wee drumly about the head, MoiR Mansie
Waiich (1828) xxii. Slk. There was a glow of seriousness in his
drumly looks, Hogg Tales (1838) 170, ed. 1866.
Hence Drumliness, sb. a state of confusion, obscurity.
Edb. His eyes of a hollow drumliness, as if he got no refresh-
ment from the slumbers of the night, MoiR Mansie Wauch
(1828) XX.
DRUMMEL
[192]
DRUNT
3. Dark, clouded, gloomy ; sullen. Also used ^^.
Sc. Dismal grew his countenance And drumlie grew his ee,
Scott Mitistielsy (iSoq)!!!. 197, ed. 1848. Elg. Doure thought in
linsey-wonsey dicht, Blink't IVae his drumly ee, Couper Foctiy
(1804") II. 80. Abd. Why should a soldier be drumlie, O? Ruddi-
MAN 5f. Parish (1828) 79, ed. 1889. Rnf. Gusty April showers
drove keen Into my half-shut drumlie e'en. Young Pictures (1865)
127 ; [He] rubs his blinkin', drumly e'en, Picken Poems (1813) I.
91. Lnk. When it comes winter, sae drumlie an' cauld, Orr
Lai'gh Flichts {,1882) 63 ; The pale sun glints ower the heigh black
houses Wi' a hazy brow, an' a drumlie ee, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 22. Gall. His face did glare like the glow o' the West,
When the drumlie cloud has it half o'er cast, Nicholson Hisi.
Tales (1843) 80.
[1. Acheron, With holl bisme, and hiduus swelth
wnrude, Drumlie of mud, and scaldand as it war wod,
Douglas Encados (1513). ed. 1874, iii. 28.]
DRUMMEL, DRUMMLE, see Drumble, v.^^, Drinimel.
DRUMMOCK, see Drammock.
DRUMMOOLICH, adj. Bnft? Melancholy, in low
spirits. See Drum, adj.
[Gael. />-o;«, heavy, sa.A + muladach,soTro\v^u\ (M. & D.).]
DRUMMURE, adj Cai.i Dmf. (Jam.) Grave, serious,
sad ; demure.
DRUMMY, adj Chs. Nrf. [dru'mi, drE-mi.] Misty.
Fig. muddled, gen. in phr. ditssy and dnmmiy.
sChs.i Nrf. Darhngton Flk-Sp. (1887).
DRUMSHORLIN, adj Lnk. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] Sulky, pettish.
DRUNCH, V. and sb. Glo. Oxf. Also in form drunge
Glo.' [drenj, drBng.] 1. v. To drench, saturate with
liquid or moisture.
Glo.^ I were regularly drunched down.
2. To physic or 'drench' cattle, esp. by pouring the
liquid down their throats out of a horn, &c. Also used Jig.
Glo. (S.S.B.) Oxf.' A woman will say to her child, ' If thee
ootn't take thy medcine I'll drunch tha,' MS. add.
3. sb. In phr. a dniiige of cold, a catarrh. Glo.'
4. A dose of medicine or physic for animals.
Glo. I 'ont gie thee a drunch, vur ef so be I should 'a to kill th',
*twud spile the mate, Buckman Darke s Sojourn (1890) 139.
DRUNCH, DRUND, see Drunge, v}, Drown.
DRUNDERDASH, see Drumbowdash.
DRUNDILL, sb. n.Yks.^ [drundil.] A tawdry slut.
DRUNE, see Drone, sb}
DRUNGE, v} and sb. Brks. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som.
Also in form drunch Hmp. [drBng, dr^nj.] 1. v. To
press, squeeze, crowd ; to push. See Dring, v.^
Brks., Hmp. Don't drunge so. How we was drunged
(W.H.E.). Hmp. Wise A'«i»/"o;-ra< 11883) 282; Hmp.i Wil, Slow
Gl. (1892) ; Wil.* Dor. Where the vo'k do drunge So fight's the
cheese-wring, Barnes Poems (1863) 20. Som. Sweetman Win-
canton Gl. {1885 1
2. sb. A crowd, throng, crush.
Brks., Hmp. There would be such a drunge at the station
(W.H.E.). Wil.i n.Wil. Wull, this here is a drunge (E.H.G.).
DRUNGE, v? Glo.'2 [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To embarrass, perplex by numbers.
DRUN(G(E, see Drang, Drunch, v.
DRUNK, pp. and sb. Van dial, and colloq. uses in Sc.
and Eng. [drugk, dr^gk.] 1. pp. In phr. (1) as drunk
as an ass, (2) — as a besom, (3) — as a boiled owl, (4) — as
David's sow, (5) — as a fiddler, (6) — as mice, (7) — as muck,
(8) — as a Perramr, (9) — as a pig, (10) — as a piper, (11)
— as soot, {12) — as a szt);«c,very'drunk, intoxicated ; (13)
— with tiredness, very tired, worn out.
(i) e.Suf. (F.H.) (2, 3) n.Lin.' (4) Stf. Monthly Mag. (1816I I.
494. n.Lin.' (si e.Suf. iF. H.) (6) n.Lin.' It was gettin' laate,
an' hauf onus was as drunk as mice. (7") ib. (8) Cor. St. Perran
communicated his discovery [of tin] to St. Chiwidden. . . . Great
was the joy in Cornwall. . . . Mead and mctheglin, with other
drinks, flowed in abundance ; and . . . ' Drunk as a Perrancr ' has
certainly passed into a proverb from that day ,\\vtir Pop. Rom.
w.Eiig. (1865) 274, cd. 1896. (9) n.Yks. What a fcul yon fella is
to drink till he calit walk — yo' see he's as drunk as a pig (W.H.).
Stf. Monthly Mug. (18161 I, 494. n.Lin.' (10) Stf. Monthly Mag.
ib. (II J n.Lin.' {i-j, S\.f. Monthly Mag. ib. (13) e.Lin. I've gone
into the harvest-field. Sir, when I've been drunk wi tiredness
(G.G.W.).
2. sb. A drinking-bout; a drunken person. In gen.
slang use.
Frf. They m.nk' a better-lookin' an' mair sensible kind o' a drunk,
an' sae they mak' a grab at a' they get the next time they hae the
chance, Willock Rosetly Ends (1886) 177, ed. 1889. Lth. Wi'
mirth they maist do drap Like drunks this nicht, Lumsden Sheep-
head (1892J 45. Dor. Such lovely drunks as I used to have at
that house. Hardy Madding Crowd (1874) viii. Slang. A police-
man showed interest in his welfare. ' Took for a common drunk,'
Kipling Badalia {1890) 9. [Amer. He's getting over a drunk, so
he wanted his beer, Deland J. IVard viSSgj vi ; If you could see
how my mother looks when I come out of my drunks, Howells
Lady of Aristook (1884) xvii. |
Hence Drunksnest, sb. an occasion of drunkenness.
w.Som.' Dhaat-1 bee u puur'dee druungk-s-nas [That will be a
nice excuse for a drinking bout]. Said of a guinea given to the
ringers.
3. The plant darnel, Lolium temulentum.
n.Cy. This name probably refers to the reputed intoxicating
qualities of the plant (B. & H.).
DRUNKARD, sA. Nhb. Also Wil. Dev. 1. In phr.
a drunkard's cloak, obs., a tub formerly worn as a punish-
ment for drunkenness ; see below.
N.Cy.' Nhb. John Willis, of Ipswich, upon his oath said that
he was in Newcastle 6 months ago ; . . . further affirms, that he hath
seen men drive up and down the streets, with a great tub, or barrel,
opened in the sides, with a hole in one end, to put through their
heads, and so cover their shoulders and bodies, down to the small
of their legs, and then close the same, called the new fashioned
cloak, and so make them march to the view of all beholders ; and
this is their punishment for drunkards or the like, Gardiner ^m^^-.
Grievance Discovered in relation to the Coal Trade (1655) 117, ed.
1796; In the time of the Commonwealth, it appears that the
magistrates of Newcastle upon Tyne punished scolds with the
branks, and drunkards by making them carry a tub, called the
drunkard's cloak, through the streets of that town. We shall
presume that there is no longer any occasion for the former, but
why has the latter been laid aside ? Brand Antiq. Newc. (1789) II.
192 note; Nhb.' A tub with holes in the sides for the arms to pass
through, the head appearing through a hole made in the end,
which rested on the shoulders. In former times used in Newcastle
lor the punishment of drunkards and others, who were led through
the streets in this strange guise.
2. The marsh-marigold, Calllia palustris.
Wil.' Probably from the way in which they suck up water when
placed in a vase. The reason assigned by children for the name
is that if you look long at them you will be sure to take to drink.
Dev. I reckon they drunkards will look davered till you put them
in water, Reports Provinc. (1889"! ; The secret of his bunch of
marigolds. . . . ' You know what they are called by the people?"
said Crymes, — * Drunkards,' Baring-Gould Urith (^1891) I. xiii;
Dev.^ s.Dev. I asked, ' Why do you call them drunkards? ' Reply,
' Because they say if you gather them you will become a drunkard.'
Of course the true reason is their fondness for drink (_B. & H.).
DRUNKEN, ppl. adj. Sc. Lin. Som. Dev. Also written
drunking. w.Som.' [dru'ijkan, drBrjksn.] In comb. (1)
Drunken elm, the wych elm, Ulmus monlaua ; (2) — fu',
quite drunk ; (3) — plant, the darnel, Lolium temulentum ;
(4) ■ — sailor, the redspur valerian, Ccntrantlius ruber; (5)
— slots, the cat's valerian, Valeriana officinalis ; (6)
-some, given to drinking ; (7) — Willy, see — sailor.
(i) e.Lin. (J.C.W.) (2) Bch, He's daft, or drunken fu', I'm sure,
Forbes C//)'ss£'s( 1 785) 32. (3)Dev. (4) Dev.* A name in use about
Plymouth, where the motion of the plant in the wind reminds one
of the actions of a sailor when he is unable to control himself. (5)
Som. (6) Dmb. Ye're drunkensomc, quarrelsome, greedy, re-
vengefu', unreasonable. Cross Disruption (1844) xix. (7) w.Som.'
Druung'keen Wee"ulec. Very common.
DRUNKY, adj. Nhb. Ken. Also written drunkey
Nhb. Drunk.
Nhb. The fishermen then gat drunkey, O ! Tyneside Sngs.
[1863) 63. Ken. (G.B.) ; (E,R,0.)
DRUNT, sb. Sc. Irel. [dr^nt] Ill-humour, a pet,
sulk, esp. in phr. to take the drunt, to take offence. Cf.
strunt.
Rnf. Ye nccdna dod nor tak the drunt, Webster /i'/iv«i''s(i835)
149. Ayr. Her leddyship took the drunts and gaed linkin' aff.
DRUNT
[193I
DRY
Service A'otaiidiims (1890") 11; An' Mary, nae doubt, took the
drunt. To be compar'd to Willie, Burns Hti!/o:veai (1785I st. g.
Lth. But drunts aside, I.umsden Slieep-hcad (1892) 51. e.Lth. But
ac lang half-week's constant poo'r We're sure o' ere thy drunt
be past. MucKLEBACKiT Rl:y>iies (1885) 92. Ant. What's the matter
\vi' wee Jamuy tliat he's no taking his breakfast? — Oh he taen the
drunt. Bdllviiieiia Obs. (1892).
DRUNT. see Drant.
DRUNTIN,sA. Sli.I. \n phv. (o wish anyone at Dniiitin,
to wish one ' at Jericlio.' or tar away.
Sh.I. At th.it moment he was wishing Herat ' Dnintin,' being
too good a soul to wish her further, Burgess Tang (,1898) 33.
DRURY, sb. So. Dowry.
Sc. He has ta'en her by the middle sae sma', Says ' Lady,
Where's yer drur^' ? ' M aidment Ballads ( i868^ii?o»»i'r Hoitse o Airly.
[This . . . Suld be thy drowry, and rich gift dotall,
Douglas Eueados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 38.]
DRUSCHOCH, sb. Sc. (Jam.) Any fluid food of
a nauseous appearance.
Rnf. I ugg at sic druschoch. Thou has spoil't the broth, stupid
thing; thou has made it perfect druschoch. Ayr. A compound
drink ; gen. applied to drugs.
[Cp. Gael, draos. filth (M. & D.).]
DRUSE, sb. Nhb. Also Cor. [drius, driis.] The
crystalline matter in a lead-mine. Nhb.'
Hence Drusy, adj. having crystalline matter,
Cor.^ In most veins [lodes] there is a central line or fissure . . .
formed by the close apposition and occasional union of two crystal-
lized, or, as they may be called, drusy surfaces.
[Cp. G. dnisc, ' Hohlung iin Gestein, deren Wande mit
krvstallen bedeckt sind ' (Paul).]
DRUSH. sb. and t'.' Sc. [drej.] 1. sb. Dross,
refuse, scum; fragments, atoms.
Sc. He hit her on the shouder That he dang't all to drush like
powder, Watson Coll. Sirgs. (1706) 1. 44 (Jam.) ; They'd think I
was a bud Frae senseless drush, Tarras Poeins \ 1804) 38 ^ib.).
Enff. The dross of peats (Jam.). Abd. Applied to men (ib.).
2. V. To crumble, crush, fall to pieces ; to spoil, go
wrong, fail. Sc. (ib. Siippl.)
DRUSH, v.'^ Cum. Wm. [druj.] To rush down, fall
down suddenly ; gen. with down.
Cum.i Wm. GiiiSON Leg. {iBt}) 92.
DRUSHEL, sb. Dor. Dev. Cor. Also in forms drus-
sell Cor. ; druxel Dev. [drBjl, drBsl, drsksl.] The
threshold of a door. Cf drashel, sb.'^, dreshel.
Dor. An' when, at last, at the drushel. mother Do call us, Barnes
Poems {i&-g) 85. Dev. Reports Provinc. (1889). w.Cor. A babe
in a house es more use to keep evil sperats out of em than a five-
pointed star fpentagram ! cut on the drussell, and any number of
lios shoes nailed to the lentran, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 14.
DRUSS, 5*. I.W.'= [drBs.] A slight slope or de-
scent on the road.
DRUSSELL, see Drushel.
DRUTE, sb. Sc. A lazy, slovenly, heartless person.
Sc. Shame fa' the fallow that did do't, He's naething but a worth-
less drute. Fisher Foeins (Jam. Suppl.\
DRUTH, see Drouth.
DRUTHEEN, s6. Irel. A small white slug ; see below.
s.Ir. The young girls go looking after the drutheen, to learn from
it the name of their sweethearts, Croker Leg. ( 1862) 296 ; A small
white slug or naked snail sought by young people on May morning,
which if placed on a piece of slate covered "with flour or fine dust
describes, it is believed, the initials of their sweethearts, i'6. 302 note.
DRUTLE, V. Fif. (Jam.) Of a dog or horse: to stop
frequently on the way to eject a small quantity of dung.
DRUTTLE, V. Sc. Also written druitle Per. ; and in
form druidle Lnk. (Jam.) To be slow in motion ; to
dawdle, waste time, trifle.
Sc. fjAM.; Per. Yc're druitlin awa yer time (G.W. ). Lnk.
(Jam.)
Hence Druitlin or Druttlin, (i) vbl. sb. idling, dawdling,
wasting time; (2) ppl. adj. slow.
(i"i Per. Nane o' that druitlin, hurry up (G.W.). (2) Sc. (Jam.)
DRUVE, sb. Cum. Also written dreuv- Cum.* A
muddy river. See Druvy.
Cum. Grose (1790) ; Gl. (1851).
Hence Dreuv't, adj. saturated with water and mud.
Cam.' Commonly applied to slaked lime when very wet.
VOL. II.
DRUVV, adj. Nhb. Cum. Also in forms dreuvy,
drewvy, druivy Cum. [dru'vi, driu'vi.] Turbid, not
clear or transp.Trcnt ; muddy, dirty.
nCy. (K.) ; N.Cy.*'' Nhb. A cockney chap showed me the
Thames' druvy feacc, White N/ib. (1859) 116; Ayont yon dark
and druvy river, Wilson Pitijtnn's Pay (1843) 60 ; Nhb.' Cum.
The roads are varra drewvy after the snow, Caine Shad. Crime
(1885^ 213 ; Gt. (1851) ; Cum.' Water is so called when not quite
clear, esp. from half-melted snow.
[Drovy, tiirbidiis, Calh. Augl. (1483) ; He is lyk to an
hors that seketh rather to drinken drovy or trouble water
than for to drinken water of the clere welle, Chaucer
C.T. 1.815]
DRUXEL, see Drushel.
DRUYLLIN, sb. Sh.I. Also written drollion, droUyin,
drulyan. Acoal-fish, within ayearof attaining itsfull growth.
Sh.I. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; We got thirty sma' pilticks, an' five, or wis
hit sax drOllions? Sh. Neu-s ^July 17, 1897) ; We'll speet da twa
drOllyins, ib. (July 2, 1898) ; (K.I.) ; S. & Ork.'
[So called from its cylindrical shape ; in Norway drylc
means a cudgel, Jakobsen Shell. Dial. ( 1897) 22.]
DRY, adj., sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also written dhry Ir. e.Yks.' ; dreigh Lan. [dri,
drai.] 1. adj. In comb, (i) Dry-ask, a name given to a
lizard or water-newt when found in a dry place ; (2)
-bag'd, empty; (3) -bellied Scot, a child's game; (4)
■cock, a haymaking term : a larger kind of hay-cock ; (5)
■crust, a crust of bread without butter ; (6) — cuckoo, the
white meadow saxifrage, Sa.xifraga grannlala ; (7) — darn,
costiveness in cattle ; (8) -dike or -dyke, a stone wall or
fence built without lime or mortar ; 19) -diker or -dyker,
a builder of stone walls without mortar; (10) — drink,
spirits without water; (11) ■fats, ? 06s., large wooden
vessels ; (12) -gair-flow, the spot where two hills meet
and form a kind of bosom ; (13) -goose, a handful of the
smallest or finest kind of meal pressed very close together,
dipped in water and then roastedamong theashesof a kiln;
(14) -haired, /?§■. frigid, cold in manner, not open; (15)
■hand, a sarcastic person ; (16) ■handed, without weapons ;
(17) -hop, a peculiar appearance of the air; see below ; (18)
— job, a job done without drink; any work tending to
induce thirst ; (19) — kesh, the meadow or cow-parsnip,
Herackmn Sphondyliuni ; (20) ■lander, one who lives on
dry land ; (21 ) ■lip, a teetotaler ; (22) — lodgings, sleeping
accommodation without board ; (23) ■meat, a diet of hay
or corn given to animals ; (24) ■mouth or -mouthed, not
drinking; (25) -nieves, fisticuffs, boxing?; (26) -orf, a
dry scurf; (27) — pipe, a 'smoke' unaccompanied by any
drink ; (28) -rub, an indirect sarcasm ; (29) ■Salter, one
who deals in various articles for dyeing ; (30) ■seat, a
close-stool; (31) ■seek, a three-cornered field ; (32) -sides,
(a) a witty, huinorous man ; (b) a grasping, miserly
fellow; (33) — siller, hard cash, ready money; (34)
•skin, droll, humorous ; (35) — spears, mining term :
pumping-rods, spars which pass down to the top of each
set of pumps; (36) -stone, built of uncemented stone,
without mortar ; (37) -stool, see -seat : (38) -wall or -wogh,
a wall built without lime or mortar; 139J ■waller or ■wo'er,
one who builds walls without mortar ; (40) -walling,
walling without mortar; (41) ■ward,_/?^. dull, prosy.
(i) Nhb. Dry-asks an' tyeds she churish'd, Robson Hamlick,
Prince o' Denton (1849) P*- '' ! Nhb.' (2) Wm. An may their
keayle-potniver swing Dry-bag'd ower the crain, Whitehead ic^.
(1859) 44. (3) Cum. While others start dry-bellied Scot, And
' hotchery cap ' is not forgot fJ.H.). (4) Cum. All the hay is spread
out, 'seanged,' and then put into dry-cocks, which are three or
four times larger than hobcocks ; after standing for four or five days
so as to permit of sweating, it is carried to the stack (E W.P.I. (5)
Brks.' (6) WlLi (7) Abd. (Jam. 1 (8) Sc. {Ja.m.J ; The sensible
beast picking his way with a wonderful gumption among the ruts
and fallen stones of the dry dyke, Keith Bonnie Lady 1 1897) 63.
N.Cy.' Much used round fields. Nhb.' (91 e.Lth. Adam Instant, the
dry-dyker, Hunter/ /«a'!fi6 (1895) 117. (10 n.Yks.^ (ii)Nrf.i
(12) Ayr. (Jam.) ( 13) e.Sc. (i"A.) (i4)Lth. Inallusionto cattlewhose
hair has lost all its sleekness from exposure to the weather (ib.).
(15) n.Lin. He was a real dry-hand, bud his heart was reight enif
(^M.P.); n.Lin.', Nbp.' :, 16; Sc. Ye mauna gang on dry-handed,
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Scott Guy M. (1815) liii. (17) Wm. There was also that meteoro-
logical phenomenon, called the Dry-hop, by the country people,
which gives such a soft and dancing appearance to the landscape,
Lonsdale Miig. (1822) HI. 255 ; The undulating motion of the air
on a sunny day, Briggs Remains (1825') 186. (18) e.Yks.l It's
nobbut a dhry-job waakin for oor paason. Ah can tell ya : you
nivver see a dhrop of owt bud what he hes hissen. w.Som.^
Ter'ble dry-job, maisler ! we be jista-chucked way smeech ; halfa
pint would do anybody a sight o' good. (19) Cum. (B. & H.) (20)
Ltb. Being neither aquatic nor amphibious, but a dry-lander oot-
and-oot, Lu.msden Sheejy-head (1892J 304. 121) n.Yks.^ (22)
Ayr. He advised him to go to the house of a certain Widow Rippet,
that let dry lodgings in the Grassmarket, Galt Gilhaize (1823) m.
[Bkeweu.] 1,23) w.Yks.', ne.Lan.', Der.2, nw.Der.' w.Som.
Dhikee maeur niivur doa'n due- beedruy mait [That mare never
thrives on hay and corn]. (24) Fif. Never may we tout again
A tass o' claret or champagne. But sit dry-mou'd wi' dnnkin'
men, Tennant Papistry 11827) 172. w.Yks. Aw mak nowt o
sittin here suppin' an thee sittin' dry maath. Hartley Tales,
2nd S. 22. 1251 Slk. Either singlestick, or dry-nieves, Hogg
Tales^ia^Q^ 364, ed. 1866. (26) n.Yks.^ (27)n.Lin.i I can't abide
a dry pipe, it's like salt wi'oot ony beaf to it. w.Som.i Mr. Jones,
what'U ee plase to take ? I ax your pardon, I never zeed you was
smokin a dry pipe. (28) Nhp.' (29) w.Yks.i (30) Sc. (Jam.)
(31) Cor.* (32,(1,6) w.Yks.s (33) Abd. Loshtie, man, he'll be worth
a hantle o' dry siller, Alexander AIn Flk. (1875) 16, ed. 1882.
(34) se.Wor.i 'E's a dry skin sart of a chap ; 'e's sure tu make
yu loft' w'en u [he] opens 'is mouth. (35) NUb.i In a forcing
set the whole of the spears are dry spears (s.v. SpearsL Nhb.,
Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. fed. 1888). (361 Sc. Pulling down
the dry-stone fences, Scott Wavcrley(i8iii) xliv. Dmb. He placed
himself behind a dry stone dyke, Cross Disruption (1844 > xv. Ayr.
Rabbits darted in and out of the dry-stone dykes, Johnston
Kilniallie (iSgi") I. 81. Lth. Drystane dykes he affirmed to be a
dounricht humbug — at least they were maistly doun ! — an' sic
erections sid be aye faced an' coped wi' lime, Lumsden S/icep-
fiead (iSg2) 296. n.Yks.' Most of the enclosures in the vicinity of
the moors, and all such as have been taken from the moor in recent
times, are bounded by these walls. (37) Per. 'Ye are more fit dry-
stools to toom. Than to write Elegies, Smith Poems (1714) 88, ed.
1869. '38) Lakel. A fence built wi' cobbles an' neea lime, Penrith
Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.', w.Yks.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', n.Lin.'
Nhp.' Common. Som. Very common for fencing (\V. F. R.).
w.Som.' (39) Lakel. Penrith Ubs. { Dec. 28, 1897). w.Yks. (J.'W. ),
w.Som,' (40; n.Yks., w.Som. 1 1 W.), w.Som.' (41) Sh.I. I tink
he's bit a kind ivadrywardsheeld [of a preacher], ]iuK<:.^s,s Sketches
(2nd ed.) 10.
2. Thirsty. Also in form a-dry.
Sc. She gangs to the water whan she's dry and slokens her
thirst, Scotch Haggis, 50. Abd. Them 'at's dry. Just tak a drink,
as they gae by The cauller water bucket, Beattie Parings (i8oi)
32, ed. 1873. Per. Maiden, I am very dry, Pray let me have some
water for supply. Nicol Poems (1766) 263. s.Sc. If I were dry,
never to think of tasting the loch water, but to come and get a
drink, 'Wilson Tales (1839) "V. 338. Dmb. He vvasbaith faint and
dry, Taylor Pof<«s (1827) 20. Rnf. I think folk should drink
when they're dry, Barr Poems (1861") no. Ayr. I'm unco dry.
It's a wonder o' nature that the mair a body drinks he aye grows
the drier, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) ciii. Lnk. On the ro.-id a chiol
he met As dry as Tarn o' Shanter's crony, WARDRopy. Alathison
(1881) 8g. Lth. On market nichts wlien we drew nigh The
railway brig, forfocht an' dry, 'We'd say, ' in Robin's by-and-bye,
■We'll ease oorsels,' Lu.msden Sheep-head 11892) 142. Edb. Milkto
drink when I was dry, Crawford Pocins{\-jg&) 4. Gall. When
e'er we meet wi' liquor guid, We'll drink an' we be dry, Nicholson
Hist. Tales (1843'; 107. Kcb. Noo. lasses, ye baith maun be dry;
Come in for a glass an' a biscuit, Irving Fireside Lays (1872) 229.
Ir. Your neighbour's dliry, Lever H. Lorr. (.1839) vi. s.Don. He
called for a quart because he was dry. Sing huggamar fain a sowra
ling, Si.MMoNS Gl. (1890). Nhb. When thou feels dry, gan te the
jugs, RoBSoN Bk. Ruth (18601 ii. 9. Dur.' Cum. Od rabbit it
lads, ye'll be dry, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 116; (M.P.)
n.Yks. Ah's dry, giv me a drinktl.W.) ; n Yks.^, e.Yks.' w.Yks.
Ah bud I'm dry, lad ; gi' us a sup o' tea (W.M.E.F.) ; w.Yks.'",
Lan. S.W.), Chs.', nw.Der.', Lin. (W.W.S.), n.Lin.', sLin.
(T. H.R.) se.Wor.' I be a very little yutter [cater] and am sildum
adry. Shr.', Glo. (A.B.) Oxf.^ MS. add. Brks.' I be a-dry, gie
us a drink o' water. Hnt. (T.P.F.) w. Mid. 1 wants a drop o' beer,
I'm a dry. Very common (W.P.M.). Lon. And I used to run
there when I was dry, MAVHEwiowrf. Labour (ed. 1861) III. 247.
Hmp. I be terrible dry (H.C.M.B.) ; Hmp.' -Wil. Slow Gl.
(1892). w.Som.' I be fit to chuck; I sure 'ee, sir, I be that dry I
could'n spat a zixpence. Dev. Aw, diieelet me drink. Innything
'II dii, vur I be dry, jist a chucked, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). Dev.,
Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435.
3. Phr. (1) as dry as a chip, as a fish, &.C., very thirsty,
see below; (2) dry talk. f-aW without drinking, an agree-
ment made without drinking and therefore not binding;
(3) to be no water dry, not to be thirsty for water, but for
spirits, &c.
(I) Ant. As dry as a whustle, Ballymena Obs. (1892). Cum. I's
as dry as a turd-bed— or as a lime-burner's clog (M.P.). n.Yks.
A's 'as dry as a fish; a cud al'es be drinking, amost (WH.). e.Yks.'
Ah's as dry as a chip. w.Yks. I am as dry as a whetstone (J.M.).
nw.Der.' Aw'm ez drey ez a keks. n.Lin.' I m as dry as a fish,
do gieusadrinko' aale. s.Lin. I'masdry as a fish(T.H.R.). Shr.'
Weer'n'ee got the bottle, lads ? fur I'm as dry as a ragman's
'prentice. e.Suf. Dry as iron (F.H.). (2) n.Sc. The other party
averred in his defence that nothing had passed but a little dry talk,
and that could not be called a bargain, Sa.ron and Gael (1814) I. ii
(Jam.). (3) Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892).
4. Undiluted, genuine, unadulterated.
N.Cy.' Dry spirits. Nhb.' e.Yks. A glass o' dry brandy, iffrfs
Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 8, 1892) ; e.Yks.' il/5. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.' He
wars his brass wi nout bud dry drams.
5. Of meat: well-cooked.
w.Som.' Very com. Dee luykut gree-n ur druy ? [Do you like
it under-done, or well done ?]
6. Of a cow: having ceased to give milk.
Sc.(A.'W.), e.Yks.', Chs.' n.Lin.' It would prove asource of profit
to a farmer . . . to have three or more cows dry at one time. Treatise
0/ Lii'e Stock {1810 i 39. Shr.' Oxf.' 'Er's agwain dry, ./1/S. arfrf.
w.Som.' We always likes to have some just in the flush o' milk^
when the tothersbe dry.
Hence Dry-cow, sb. one which is not giving milk.
Bck. A dry-cow. or one stale in milk, might be employed, Mar-
shall/?«'/«« (1814) IV. 505.
7. Fig. Reserved, stifT, cold in manner ; without affection.
ne.Sc. The neist time I gaed to Strypeside, Mary was a little
dry, I thocht. Grant Keckleton, 36. Abd. He hopes to him I mayna
be sae shy, When ance I find that Gcordy's turn'd sae dry,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 88 ; And, mind you, billy, tho' ye looked
dry, Ye'll change your fashions, an' gae sharp in-by, Ross Helenore
(1768) 38, ed. 1812. Edb Neist time I went back again. She didna
seem sae dry, Liddle Poems (1821) 235.
Hence (i) Dry-farand, adj. frigid in manner, not open ;
(2) Dry-like, adv. reser\'edly, without frankness ; (3)
Dryness, sb. want of affection, coldness, a coolness
between friends.
(1 1 Rxb (Jam.; (2) Ayr. I speircd for his family in a friendly
wye. 'Oh, they're weel enough,' he said geyan dry-like, Johnston
Glenbuche (1889) 272. (3) Sc. 'Which was admired by many
country people, that for any dryness was betwixt them the earl
of Murray should have been 30 unkind, and his lady both, in such
sorrowful days, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 17 (Jam.). Cai.'
Ayr. I met several members of my own flock, who passed me by
on the other side. ... I suspected that this distance, or, as I may
call it, dryness, was not altogether due to the measles in my family,
Johnston Glenbntkie (1889) 228. Ant. Johnny's no sae aften in
Jamey's as he used tae be. There's a dryness between them noo,
Ballymena Obs. (1892).
8. Crafty, subtle.
ne.Lan. 1, Wor. (J.R.W.) Ken. 'A dry blade,' a very cunning
fellow (K.).
9. Disappointed, cast down. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Notknown
to our correspondents.]
10. Phr. to let the dry light into some one, to astonish un-
pleasantly.
Lei.' Ah'll let the drny loight in on 'im soom o' these daj's [I'll
astonish him unpleasantly]. 'War.^
11. sb. Drought, a spell of dry weather. Also called
Dry-time.
n.Lin. Th' dry-time to'n'd th' leaves o' them beech-trees quiet
dry an' broon (M.P.). e.Nrf. The crop was caught in the dry,
Marshall Rur. Econ. {il^f). Dev. Reports Provinc. (1889).
12. A shed in which miners change their clothes. Also
called Drying-house.
Cot. Thomas Randigal Rhymes {,\a<)5)Gl.; (M.A.C.) ; The long,
rude shed called the dry— where the miners change their under-
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ground garments for those they usually wear when at grass, Pearce
Esthtr Pfiitreath (1891) bk. i. i.
13. A long, low building used for drying china-claj".
Cor.^ A long, low building jfroni 100 to 150 feet long), with a
tall chimney .it one end and a coal-burning furnace at the otlicr.
There are Hues beneath the tiled floor. On the hot floor the semi-
liquid china clay is dried and rendered fit for shipment. This mode
of drying clay has been used for about 20 or 30 years.
14. A division in a quarry, or stone where it can be
parted; a flaw. Abd. (Jam.), Nhb.'
15. V. Of cows : to cause the flow of milk to cease ; to
cease milking by degrees.
Dur.' w.Yks.' It's time to dry the cow, shoe gives lile milk.
Chs.* Either by milking at longer and longer intervals, or by bleed-
ing the cow, or by giving medicinal agents. n.Lin.', Nhp.' Shr.'
I've done gwein to market now ; the maister's drenched six o' the
cows to dry 'em fur feedm'.
Hence (i) Dry-house, sb. the house or lodge where the
cow is milked dry ; (2) Drying-drink, sb. a drench given
to a cow to stop the flow of milk.
(1I Glo. Hollo WAY. (a) n.Lin.'
16. To clean, wipe.
Der. ' To dry shoes, to clean them, and black them. Obs.
nw.Der.i
17. With up : to melt down the leaf for lard.
Oxf.' Av ee dr3'ed up ycr lard ? MS. add.
18. Phr. to be dried up, to be unable to obtain further
credit for goods or drink supplied without payment.
n.Lln.' Oor Jack's clean dried up, tliaay vveant trust him soa
much as a gill o' aale.
DRY, see Dray, sb.'^
DRYER, sb. Cor. [drai'afr).] A dram or small glass
of spirits taken after drinking beer.
Cor.^We had fewer pints of beer, and haaf a noggin of rum for
a dr^-er.
DRYING-CLAAT, sb. e.Lan.* A towel, lit. drying
clout.
DRYLAND, sb. Irel. 'Wil. In comp. (i) Dryland-
cuckoo, the white meadow saxifrage, Saxifiaga grauitlala :
(2) -scout, the meadow or cow-parsnip, Heracleum Sphon-
dylium.
(i) 'Wil.' (2') Tyr. Hiradmm Sphmidylium is called ' Dryland
Scout ' in the neighbourhood of Rock, Science Gossip (1880) 255.
DRYP, V. Shr. [drip.] To beat, chastise.
Shr. Bound Provinc. (1876J ; Shr.^ Dryp him well.
DRYP, see Drip, v.
DRYSOME, adj. Sc. Insipid, tedious.
Slk. But O ! she's e'en a di-ysome mate Compar'd wi' bonny Jean
O. Hogg Mount. Bard (1807) 201 (Jam.).
DRYSTER, sb. Sc. 1. One who has charge of
turning and drying the grain in a kiln.
ne.Sc. His only occupation was the mechanical and monotonous
one of 'drj'ster* in the meal m\\\. Gra^j Kecklcton,i-]6. Abd.
Dryster Jock, frae's kiln, Fu' blyth that night, Cock Strains
(18101 n. 119.
2. One whose business is to dry cloth at a bleach-field.
Rnf. Dryster Jock was sitting cracky, "WnsoN Poems (1816) 3;
' Done ! ' quo' Pate, and syne his erls Nailed the dryster's wauked
loof. ib. 7 (Jam.\
[Drj'ster, dissicalor, -irix, Cath. Angl. (1483).]
DRYSY, f7fl^'. Wil. [drai-si.] Thirsty.
n.WiL I wur main drysy (G.E.D.).
DRYTE, see Drite, f.'^
DRYTH, sb. Pem. Glo. Brks. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp.
I.W. Wil. Dor. Sotn. Dev. Cor. Also written drieth Ken.
Hmp. Wil.' ; drith Dor.' Cor.'; drythe Sur. Sus.' Hmp.'
I.W.'^ [drai}5.] 1. Drought, dryness, dry air.
s.Pem. This ere dryth have a killed the growth ( "W.M.M.). Glo.'
There's not enough dr3'th in that shed to keep the tricycle from
rusting. Brks. (M.J. B.) ; (W.H.E.) Ken. In consequence of the
dryth (D.'W.L.) ; Ken.'^ Sur. (T.S.C.) ; Sur.' Of trees planted
in a loose soil it is said, ' They must be trod up or the dryth will
get into them.' Sus. (M.B-S.); Sus.' Drythe never yet bred dearth,
Prov. Hmp. If you get the surface of the ground like that it
wonderfully keeps out the drieth (W.H.E.) ; Hmp.', I.W.' 2, Wil.
CW.H.E.) n.Wil. The dryth haven't got down to the taters yet
(E.H.G.). Dor.' The zun . .. had a-drove 'em vrom mowen wi' het
an wi' drith, 72, Som. (W.F.R.) w.Som.' Not so common as
' drowth ' — used by rather a better class than thelatter. Dev.Every-
thing is killed .ilong of the dryth. Still very common. Reports
Provinc. (1889) ; (W.L.-P.) nw.Dev.' There's a fine dryth up now,
zir. Cor. All green things were scorched and blackened by the
dryth, Lowry IVrcckers (1893) 207 ; Cor.' Used by washerwomen
when clothes don't dry. 'There's no dryth in the air'; Cor.* ;
Cor.3 No vvonderthe corn don't grow. See the dryth we'vehad lately.
Hence Drythy, adj. dry. I.W.'
2. A dry northerly or easterly wind.
Dev. There'll be dryth, then they [whistles] sing shrill as larks,
Baring-Gould IdyiUs (1896} ir.
3. Thirst.
Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.' I call cold tea very puity stuff to squench
yourdryth. Sus. He was in the habit of squenching his drythe with
water from any pond, Gait. Mag, (May i8go) 464. Hmp. Squench
your dryth, Holloway ; Hmp.' I.W.'^ Dor.' I bagged some
apples, var to quench my drith, 159. w.Som.', nw.Dev.'
[1. By reason of the drieth of his bodye, Udall Erasmus
(15481 Mark xi. 20.]
DTHONG, sb. Glo.' » A painful pulsation.
DU, see Do, v.
DUABLE, adj. Lei. War. [diuabl.] 1. Due,
payable.
War.^ Are the taxes dnable ' The tithes will not be duable
again before August. Frequently used.
2. Convenient, suitable, proper.
Lei.' The chuich is not served at duable hours.
DUALM, see Dwam.
DUB, s6.' and v.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
I. Ma. [dub, dBb.] 1. sb. A small pool of rain-water ; a
puddle ; a small pond or pool of water. Cf. dib, sb.*
Sc. Standing dubs gather dirt, Ramsay Prov. (1737) ; ' There's
never a standing frost wi' a fow dub,' i.e. frost does not continue
long, when the surface of the ground is covered with rain water
(Jam.). Sh.I. Muiry dubs, an' muckle burns, Sh. Neivs (May 29,
1897). Elg. I found myself possessed . . . of an admirably convenient
goose-dub, CouPER 7"o»<77?ra//o;«{ 1803) II. 137. Bnff. Lassies'Wade
thro' the dubs wi' kiltit coaties, Taylor Poems (1787) 175. Abd.
He's trampet out the e'e O' mony dub. Farmer s Ha'' (1774) St. 25.
Fif. He was plouterin through dubs, Robertson Provost ii&g^)
63. e.Fif. The dubs were bund in icy fetters, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864) xxv. Dmb. For holes and dubs he did na fear, Taylor
Poems (1827) 20. Rnf. Get ane can drub through dub and mire,
Barr Po^;»5(i86r) 158. Ayr. O ye wha leave the springs of Calvin
Forgumlie dubs of your aindelvin. Burns Z^fc/./oCZ/rti/r/Z/o):. st. 10.
Lnk. Hens on the midding, ducks in dubs are seen, Ramsay
Gentle Slicp. (1725) 39, ed. 1783. Edb. Nae ducks in dubs for to be
seen, Liddle Poems (1821) 145. Bwk. Ane can hardly get a bit
dub for a chaunlest,ane rink, Henderson Pop. Rhymes ' 1856) 83.
Feb. Ice on ilka dub \vas seen, Affleck Poet, ll'ks. (1836; 121.
Slk. The burn was grown a drumly dub, HocG Poems (ed. 1865)
279. Dmf. At filthy dubs oor thirst tae slake, Quinn Heat/ur
(1863) 79. Gall. Howks out of every dub with his swine's snout,
Crockett Grey Man (1896) 65. Ir. That was beside the dub before
the door, Carleton Trads Peas. (1843] 88, ed. 1881. Dwn. (C.H.'W.)
n.Cy. Border G/.(€o/!.L.L.'B.): (K.); N.Cy.' Nhb.' He floondered
amangthe dubs. Cum. Theer wad be eight or nine ducks dabblin'
away in laal dubs o' durty watter, Richardson Ta/k (1886) ist S.
72 ; Thy teeth's like a flock o' sheep 'at's ebben shworn, 'et com
up fray t'wesh-dub, Dickinson Sng. Sol. (1859) iv. 2 ; A pond for
cattle in the farmyard, or a watering-hole in a field (J.Ar. ). Wm. To
swirt about in t'bits o' dubs, 'Wiiitehead Lyvennet (1859') 5.
n.Yks. CW.H), n.Yks.s, ne.Yks. Q.C.Y.) w.Yks. Lucas Stud.
Nidderdale ic. 1882) Gl.; Hutton Tour to Caves (1781). w.Yks.'
Mack a dub a gay dipness, ii. 292; w.Yks. ^•', Lan.', n.Lan.',
neXan.' I. Ma. Going to a turf pit, he dipped both hands in the
dub, and brought some water, Caine Alan.xntan (1895) pt. 11. v ; The
dub that was there for the ducks, Brown Yarns (^1881) 211,
ed. 1889.
Hence (i) Dubby, adj. abounding with small pools ;
wet, rainy, dirty ; (2) Dub-hole, sb. a puddle ; (3) -skelper,
(a) a bog-trotter; one who cares not where he goes; (b)
used contemptuously for a rambling fellow ; (c) a horse
that leaps well ; (4) -water, muddy water from a pool or
puddle in the street.
(i) Sc. Saft soughin' win's dry the dubby Howe, Murray //o»?
o' Alford in Black and White (Apr. 18, 1896) 490. Abd. (Jam.)
(2) w.'Tks.* (3, n) Sc. rjAM.) N.Cy.' Applied to the Borderers.
Nhb. And like a dub-skelper he trotted, 'fo many strange village
c c 2
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and place, Ritson N. Gar!. (1810) 56 ; Nhb.i (A) Sc. I'll warrant
it's some idle dubskelper frae the Waal, Scott St. Ronan (1824)
xxviii. Edb. Applied in a ludicrous way to a young clerk in a
banking office, whose principal work is to run about giving inti-
mation when bills are due (Jam.)- C"^) ne.Lan.l 14) Per. In caps
good ale and brandy gade Just like dub-water. Nicol Poows (1766)
100. Edb. As if we had been drinking dub-water, Mom Mansie
Waiich ( 1828) xxiii.
2. Mud, dirt. Gen. m pi.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) CI. n.Sc. And oh ! for the time I
had you again. Plunging the dubs at the well sae wearie [paddling
in the mud at the well-side], Buchan iJ(j//<irfs 11828) I. 115, ed.
1875. Bnff.l Abd. Garring the dubs flee about them like speen-
drift, Forbes yni. (1742) 16; Skirpit wi' dubs to the vera neck o'
's kwite, Alexander yo/!«)!)' Gibb {1871) xiv. Frf. Dubs that wad
ta'en you or nie past knees, Watt Pod. Sketches (1880) 97. Per.
Thou did fall Just like a sow among the dub, Smith Poems (17 14)
36, ed. 1869. Ayr. He was harit through mire and midden dub,
Galt Lairds (1826) xi. N.I.i
3. A pool of deep water ; a deep, still pool in a river.
N.Cy.i Nhb.' In Whittle Dene there is a deep pool called 'the
whorl dub." Popular tradition has it that bottom cannot be sounded
in it. Lakel. Very commonly used as the name of watering-places
near farmhouses, Ellwood (1895). Cum. Girt black fish . . . tha
cum oot oth girt dub, Borrouidale Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. (Feb.
1867) 310 ; The beck we heard thundering by to the watering-dub,
Cortih. Mag. (Oct. 1890) 380. Cum., Wm. (M.P.) 'Wm. I'll gang
tul t'dippin dub i' t'beck en droon misel, Robison Aald Taalcs
(1882 I 3. Yks. A small deep pool in the course of a beck, Leeds
Merc. Snppl. (Dec. 20, 1890). w.Yks. Willan List IVds. (1811) ;
w."ifks.2 Used about Doncaster. ne.Lan.i I.Ma. The Divil is
fishin' in the dubs of hell. Brown Doctor (1887) 56. [When the
waters are low, fish resort to the deep dubs. In such spots comes
abundance of food, and the fish are safe, be the drought never so
long, Spectator {Oct. 12, 1889).]
4. Fig. The sea, ocean.
Cum., Wm. 'Ower t'dub,' means over the deep — sometimes said
of persons going to America (M. P.). Wm. It's clean away ower
t'watter sumwhar an a strange lang way, I don't knaw hoo far, but
awivver it's across t'dub, Taylor 5^«/f/;fs (1882) 7. w.Yks.^ He's
gaan our t'dub. An he wor to come, I wad spangwhew him back
ageean ower t'dub, ii. 306.
5. V. To cover with mud ; to bedaub. Bnff.'
Hence Dubbit, />//. ac/J. covered with mud, mud-stained.
Abd. 1'he lads wi' their nankins a' dubbit an' torn, Anderson
Rliyiiies (1867) 182.
[1. The stretis . . . Full of fluschis, doubbis, myre and
clay, Douglas Eucados (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 75. 3. Mony
dubbis that war bayth deip and wyde, Stewart Cron.
Scoll. (1535) III. 264.]
DUB, s6.= s.Chs.' A lot.
Ey wuz won 0)th diib [Hev was one o'th' dub].
DUB, f.= Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Shr.
Hmp. [dub, dBb.] 1. To dress or prepare flies for
fishing. w.Yks.'
Hence Dubbing, vbl. sb. the dressing of the body of an
artificial fly for fishing; also used of the Bait itself.
Nhb.' If an angler shou'd use allways the same bait, or dubbing,
with his hook — he might return with an empty pznyeT, Joco-Serious
Disc. 11686) Pre/. Der. 2, nw.Der.'
2. To clip or trim a hedge or the branches of a tree.
Chs. Wardens' Ace. Holmes Chapel, 1749. — Pd. dubing and
cording trees in the church yd., 35., in Barlow //;'s/. Co//frfo>( 1853)
I. 78; Chs.' 3, s.Chs.i
Hence (i) Dubbings, sb. pi. shavings ; (2) Dubbing-
shears, sb. pi. shears used in trimming or clipping a
hedge ; (3) Dub-hedge, .sA. a fence made of bushes pegged
with forked stakes to a bank.
(^i) Lan. The awkward, shambling, hobbledehoy, who blushed
when a razor was named, and took sly ■ dubbings ' of his slender
beard when he was sure no eyes were upon him, Brierley
Marlocks (1867) 13. (a) Chs.' s.Chs.* Diibin-sheyurz. Shr.'
(3)Hmp. (H.E.)
3. To trim or cut off the cotnb and wattles of a game-
cock or the ears of a bulldog, &c. Also \ise.AJig.
Lakel. Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897}. Cum. (J.Ar.) ; Cum.'
n.Wm. T'cock was dubb'd an' spurr'd /'B.K.). n.Yks. (W.H.";
w.Yks. ////Cv. Courier (May 8, 1897); (S.P.U.); w.Yks.' Lan.
When cawcr fokc dubb'ut owd Charls shortur beh th' hycd, Wilson
Plebeian Pol. (1796) 29, ed. 1801 ; They used to sell six score to
the hundred but now they are dubbed to five score (S.W. ).
[1. Dubbe lyke as ye shall now here me tell. Treatise
of Fysshynge (c. 1425), ed. Satchel!, 33. 3. To dubbe a
cocke, coronare, Levins Manip. (1570). OFr. doiiber,
' orner, 6quiper' (La Curne).]
DUB, v.^ and sb.^ Nhp. 'Wor. Hrf. Glo. Ken. Sus. Wil.
Som. [dBb.] 1. V. To pelt, throw stones, mud, &c.
s.Wor.i Glo. (A.B.) ; Baylis lllits. Dial. (1870) ; Glo.' What's
thee dubbin at ? Wil.' Just dub that apple down out of the tree,
will 'ee ? Wil., Som. You ' dub down ' apples, &c. out of a tree
(G.E.D.).
2. To strike cloth with teazles in order to raise the nap.
Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777); ^'- ('851) ; Glo.'
3. To bend or pull down.
s.Wor. PoRSON Quaint Wds. (1875) 13; (H.K.); s.Wor.', Hrf.2
Sus. I dubb'd down de stuff ya see, Lower Tom Cladpole (1831)
St. 121.
4. To walk heavily, with short steps.
Nhp.' How he goes dubbing along ! Common.
5. sb. A heavy blow. Ken. (K.|
6. A 'beetle,' a rammer. Glo. (S.S.B.)
[Cp. EFris. dubbcu, to beat, strike (Koolman).]
DUB, t/.*, afi^'. and sA.* Yks. Also midl. and s. counties.
[dub, dBb.] 1. V. To blunt, take the edge off. Also
usedyfg'.
War.2 You'll dub the point o' that knife against the bricks.
n.Dev. Nor dubb tha rapture o' wan kiss. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867)
St. 133-
Hence Dubbed, />/>/. adj. blunt, obtusely pointed.
Nhp.' A slate or lead pencil is said to be dubbed, when destitute
of a nice point, or when it wants ' pikening.' War.^ ' Please, Sir,
my pen is dubbed,* was common when we all learned to write with
quill pens. se.Wor.', s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr.' A dubbit axe. Glo.'
Oxf.'^ MS. add. Hmp.' Wil. Bkitto.n £«<!((/(«( 18251 : Wil.' Dor.
Barnes Gl. (1863). w.Dor. Roberts Hist- Lyme Regis (1834).
Som.W.& J. Gl. (1873); Jennings Dial. ui.Eng. (1869). w.Som.'
Kaa-n drai'v dhai naa-yulz, dhai bee zu duub-ud [Can't drive those
nails, they are so blunt-pointed]. Jim, the pick's ter'ble dubbed,
do ee car-n in and ha-un a-drawed out. Dev. Zee whot dubbed
little vingers her'th agot, HewettF«(7s. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. Grose
(1790J. nw.Dev.', Cor.'
2. adj. Blunt, not pointed, squat.
Der.l, War. (J.R.W.) Sus., Hmp. Holloway. Som. W. & J.
Gl. (1873) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. tv.Eng. (1825).
Hence (i) Dubby, («) nrf/'. blunt, without a point ; short,
thick, dumpy; (b) sb. a short, stout person; (2) Dub-point,
sb. a blunt point ; (3) Dub-pointed, adj. having a blunt
point.
(i, a) Nhp.'2, Glo.', Brks.', Sur.' Sus.' I be dubersome whether
she'll ever make a needlewoman, her fingers be so dubby ; Sus.^
Dubby fingers. Dubby nose. Hmp.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Eng. (1825); W. & J. Gl. (1873). vir.Som.', Dev.', nw.Dev.'
^b) Brks.' An unusually chubby-faced boy is generally nick-named
' Dubby ' by other boys. Sur. ^T.S.C.) ! 2, 3 ) Oxf.'
3. sb. A straight-edged, round-pointed, dinner-knife
blade. w.Yks.^
DUBBED, pp. Chs.' 3 Der.' [dubd.] Adorned,
ornamented. See Dub, v.'^
DUBBERHEAD, sb. Yks. Also in form duberd-.
[dubariad, dubadisd.] A blockhead, thickhead, stupid
person. Also used attrib.
w.Yks. (C.C.R.) ; Duberd head, Yk?. N. &- Q. (i888) II. 114;
Banks IVkfld. IVds. (1865).
DUBBET, see Dobbet.
DUBBING, s6. Hmp. "Wil. [dB'bin.] In ^\\\: a diibbikg
ofdriitk, a pint or mug of beer.
Hmp.' Wil. Grose (1790) ; bRmoN Beauties (182^) ; Wil.'
DUBBINiG, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[dubin, dBbin.] 1. Suet, fat, grease, esp. the prepara-
tion of fat or grease used by curriers, shoemakers, and
others for softening leather.
Sc. Composed of tallow and oil (Jam.). Nhb.' The dregs offish
oil. Cum. (M.P.) ; (J. P.) w.Yks. I was seeking a pot of dubbin
on her top shelf, Snowden JVeb of Weaver (1896) 77; Sheffield
Indep. (1874^ ; w.Yks.'^^ Lan. Davies Races ii&^b) 230; Small
tins of (Uibbiii, Ackworth i'log Shop Chron. ^1896; 31 ; Lan.',
nw.Der.'jNhp.' War.(J.R.W.) ; War.3' Dubbingsoldhere.' I saw
DUBBIN-PIN
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this notice on a small shop for sale of boots and shoes in a bye-
street in Birmingham. Slir.' Maister, we'n got no dubbin for the
gears; mvin I do 'em ii6th gOOze-ile? Glo. Baylis Ilhis. Dial.
(1870V Dor. Good grease — invaluable as dubbing for boots, Hardy
Triiinpel-Major {iS&o) xvi. Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869);
W.&J. G/.vi873\ w.Som.' Also the fat used for dressing leather,
called ■ currier's dubbing.'
2. A kind of paste made of flour and water boiled
together, used by cotton-weavers to besmear the warp.
w.Yks.' 3. A coat of clay, plastered immediately upon
the splints and rizzors of a studwork building. e.An.*
4. //. Evergreens with which churches and houses are
decorated at Christmas. Cf dub, v.'' 2.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes ^1884) 336. n.Lin.', e.Lin.
(G.G.W.)
5. A joint of meat. See Bed, sb. 8.
e.An.' Nrf. Arch. (1B79) VIII. 169.
DUBBIN-PIN, sb. Nhp.' A pin used by lacemakers
to fix the pattern parchment on the lace-pillow.
DUBBLER, see Doubler.
DUBBY, adj. Wil.' [dubi.] Oily.
DUBERD-, see Dubberhead.
DUBEROUS, adj. Nhb. Lei. Nhp. War. Hrf. Glo.
Brks. e.An. Dev. Amer. Also in forms duberloiis Nrf. ;
dubilous Nhp.'; dubous Lei.' [diu'bsras, dii'baras,
dgiibsras.] Doubtful, uncertain, dubious. Cf. dubersome.
N.Cy.', Nlib.', Lei.', Nhp.', War.^, Hrf.' Glo. They 'gins to git
a bit duberus about the matter, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890)
iv ; Glo.', Brks. ' AC.) Nrf. I am very duberlous about [or of J it
(W.W.S.); (.M.C.H.B.) Suf. He fared rather duberous about it
(C.G.B.); t.An. Dy. Times (i892\ Dev. w. Times (Apr. 2a, 1886)
3, col. 2; Dev.' [Amer. Dial. Notes (i8g61 I. 390.]
DUBERSOME, adj. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lei. Nhp.
War. Glo. Brks. Nrf Sus. Hmp. Amer. Doubtful, dubious,
uncertain.
Nhb.' Cum. Aunt Mattie was dubersome, as she called it, about
the whole affair, Linton Silken Thread {iWo) 283. w.Yks. ( J.W.),
Lan.', Lei.' Nhp.' It's a very dubersome day. War. Leamington
Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ; War.^^^ s.War.', Glo.', Brks. (W.H.Y.'),
Brks.', Nrf. (W.W.S.) Sus. I be dubersome ufyur frens ma loike
it, Jackson Soiit/uvaid Ho (1894) I. 200; Sus.' I be dubersome
whether she'll ever make a needlewoman (s.v. Dubby). Hmp.'
[Amer. Dial. Notes (i8g6] I. 382.]
DUBIOUS, adj Sc. Yks. Chs. Lei. Shr. Som. Dev.
Written dubous Lei.' Shr.' [diubias, diibas, d^iibas.]
1. Undecided, uncertain, doubtful.
Sc.i:A.W.),w.Yks.(J.W.),Chs.i,Lei.' Shr."Aye. I'eartheybin
gwein into business, but I'm rather jubous w'ether it'll answer.' An
undecided person is said to be ' jubous-minded.' w.Som.' Word
of very common use, and expresses a negative, or undesirable
expectancy, as — Aay bee jiie-bees dhaatoa'n aa-nsur[I do not think
that will answer]. Dhik-1 vaal-n braik zaumbud'eez aid aay bee
jiiebees [That will fall and break somebody's head, I expect]. The
word would not be employed to express a wished-for expectation.
Dev. They bullocks'll vind their way in, I be dubious. Reports
Provinc. (1882) 12.
2. Suspicious, distrustful.
Chs.' I'm very dubious abait ahr Tom. It's my belief he's getten
agate wi some young woman, for he's donned his Sunday shute
twice this wik. Often pronounced 'dubous' in Macclesfield. Shr.'
I dunna like to 'ave anythin' to do OOth that 6dman, 'er's of sich
a jubous turn ; *er thinks everybody's robbin' 'er.
DUBITOUS, adj. Lan. Glo. Dubious, uncertain. Glo.'
Hence Dubitation, sb. doubt, uncertainty.
Lan. There's no dubitation about that, Clegg Sketches (1895).
DUBS, sb. pi. Yks. Not. Glo. e.An. Sus. Dev. Amer.
Also written dubbs Dev. Also in form dubbings w.Yks.^
[dubz, debz.] 1. A term used in the game of marbles,
in var. senses ; see below.
w.Yks.3 When boys shoot at marbles in a ring and knock out
more than one, they have to put the rest back unless they cry ' dubs ' ;
w.Yks.^ When marbles are won, after the unfortunate juvenile has
been 'scragged' — his pockets or bag entirely emptied, or at any
time when he chooses to give up playing, one out of every three
won from him is counted back into his hand and given him. If
they are won a second time, one out of every six, ■ dubs out o'
dubs,' and so on, doubling the proportion every time. All this can
be avoided by special agreement. ' Ah'll laak thuh at sets an' noa
dubs.' Not. When a player at the game of marbles has obtained
his share out of the ring he is said to have his ' dubs' (L.C.M.).
Glo. When a player strikes two marbles he calls out ' dubs' ; or
when he is by any means entitled to two marbles he calls 'dubs'
iS.S.B.). Suf.' A player knocking two out of the ring cries ' dubs!'
to authorize his claim to both. Dev. No dubbs in this ycr game
of marbles, w. Times (Apr. 22, i886j 2, col. 2. [Amer. In Missouri
. . . 'dubs' means, not doublets, but that the player has blundered,
and by crying ' dubs' is entitled to play again, Dial. Notes (1896)
I. 220.]
Hence (i) Dttbbed up, p/ir. a term used in the game of
marbles ; see below ; (2) Dubstand, sb. a term used in
the game of marbles.
(i) w.Yks. Assuming for example that a lad had been cheating
at ' taws ' or had claimed a ' dub ' on the plea that he had been
'shubbed' while at the same time he had a pocketful of ' stoneys,'
condign punishment was called for by all who had ' dubbed up,'
and ten-to-one the culprit would be ' rannelled,' Cudwortii Dial.
Sketches (1884) log. (2) e.An.'
2. Flat pieces of lead, used by boys to gamble with.
e.SuS. HOLLOWAY.
3. Money. Cf. dib, sb.^ 4.
Ess. [He] down'd with the dubs to pay, CLARKy. A'bflfes (1839)
St. 95 ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.' Dev. Is Joe Strike agwaine tu marry
thickee chaj'nee-eyed baggage? . . . I'm baggared ef I wid, than,
wi' awl tha dubs 'er'U 'ave, Hewett Peas. Sp. (189a) 61.
DUCANDURRAS, see Doch-an-dorris.
DUCE, sb. Irel. Also Dev. Juice.
e.Dev. Ai'd gie thee spaic'd waine o' pomegranate-duce, Pulman
Sng. Sol. (i860) viii. 2.
Hence Ducey, adj. juicy. N.L'
DUCHAL, sb. Lnk. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] An act of gormandizing.
DUCHAS, sb. Sc. The dwelling of a person's
ancestors ; the possession of land in the place of one's
birth.
Nai. Gl. Stirv. (Jam.) Per. The possessioti of land . . . whether
by inheritance, by wadset, or by lease ; if one's ancestors have
hved in the same place (Jam.).
[Gael, diithchas, place of one's birth (M. & D.).]
DUCK, si.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. In
form deuk Sc. ; duke Sc. (Jam.) N.I.'; pL, obs., ducken
n.Lin.' [duk, dek.] 1. In comb, (i) Duck-batch, land
trodden by cattle in wet weather ; a mound overgrown
with coarse grass ; (2) -'s-bill, a boring instrument used
in a stock like a centre-bit, used chiefly by chairmakers ;
(3) -'s-bills, {a) the lilac, Syn>iga vulgaris; (b) the seal-
flower, Dielytra spedabilis ; (c) a narrow-leaved variety of
iris ; (d) a species of apple ; (4) -clump, a place where
wild ducks breed in the reedy margins of a pool or river;
(5) -coy, a decoy for taking wild ducks ; (6) -dub, a duck-
pond ; (7) -foot, to measure a distance by placing the feet
heel to toe one after the other ; (8) -foot barrow,
a barrow with two tires ; (9) -frost, (a) drizzling rain ; a
wet night ; (b) a slight hoar-frost ; (10) -havver, the oat-
grass, Bromus tnollis; (ii) -hawk, the marsh-harrier,
Circus aeniginosHs ; (12) -hearted, faint-hearted, dis-
pirited, 'chicken-hearted'; (13) -legged, having short
legs, knock-kneed ; (14) -('s-meat, (a) the lesser duck-
weed, Leiiina minor ; (b) hardened mucous in the corners
of the eyes after sleeping; (15) -mud, a variety of
Confervae and other delicate green-spored Algae; (16)
-nebs, resembling a duck's bill ; (17) -'s-nest, a kind of
grate or fireplace; see below; (18) -pond weed, see
•('s-meat (a) ; (19) -'s rain, (20) -shower, a slight passing
shower; (21) -skinny, having the chilly sensation usually
called ' goose-flesh ' ; (22) -slide, (23) -slur, to slide crouch-
ing, with the knees bent ; (24) -teal, a small wild fowl of
the duck tribe ; (25) -wheat, red wheat, Triticum saliviim ;
(26) -wine, cold water.
(l)Som. Duck-batches exist constantly in marshy, ill-drained
grass-lands (W.F.R.) ; W.& J. G/. (1873) (s.v. Batch). (2;w.Som.'
(3, a) Dev." (b) w.Som.' Dev. Reports Provinc. (1884) 18. (c)
w.Som.' (rf) Dev." (4) Lei.', War.^ (5) n.Lin.' (6) Sc. There
lay a deuk-dub before the door, Chambers Sngs. (1829) I. 297 ;
I was up to the knees in that necessary receptacle of water, called
the duke-dub, Blackw. Mag. (Oct. 1821) 308 (Jam.). (7) War.^
(8j s.Wor. i.Il.K.) (9, rt) e.Yks. Is it a frost ti-neet!— Hey ! aduck-
DUCK
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fiost ! Nicholson F/t-S/>. (1889) 90. Nhp. N. tr Q. (1879-) 5th S.
xi. 379. War. 2 ; War.^ ' There was a frost last night, I fancy ? ' ' Oh
yes, a duck's frost.' This reply would indicate that the night had
been at least moist. se.Wor.^ s.Wor ^ It'll be a duck's frost afore
themorrow. Glo.(A,B.), Glo.',e.Suf. F.H.) Wil.Uronicallyusedat
Deverill, as, ' Ther'll be a frost to-night.' ' Ah, a duck's-frost,' viz.
none at all. (b) Nhp.^ A slight frost- freezing at night and thawing
in the morning. War.-, Shr.i Wil.i That kind of frost which comes
on in the early morning, and is accompanied with some rime on the
grass — a duck's frost, just sufficienttocheckfox-hunting, Jeffekies
Gamekeeper (i8-l8) vii. 'Wil., Som. N. & O. (1879) 5th S. xi. 243.
(10) Cum.i (11) s.Ir. SwAiNSON Birds (.1885) 131. (12) Nhp.'
(13) Der.2, nw.Der.^- I.W.i (14, n) Sc. Leaves, of Agrimony,
Couch-grass, Duke's meat, St. GERViMrt Royal Physician 11689) 59
(Jam.). Chs.i, s.Chs.', Der.^, nw.Der.i, Nhp. War. The Duck-
weeds are called in this neighbourhood | Birmingham] ' Duckmeat'
or 'Jenny Green Teeth,' Stience Gossip (1865) 258 ; War.^ (b)
N.I.i (15) Cmb., Nrf., n.Ess. (i6jlr. I left him the measure of
my foot three weeks agone, and gave him a thousand warnings to
make them [shoes] duck-nebs, Carleton Traits Peas. (1843) I, 123.
(17) Sus. The immense hearths which were once necessary for
burning wood are now occupied with ' duck's-nest ' grates, so called
from the bars forming a sort of nest, Jefferies Hdgrow. (1889) 88.
(18) sw.Cum. (191 War.3 You may start — it's only duck's rain.
(20) Nhp.i2 (21) Bdf. (J.W.B.) (22) s.Not. (J.P.K.) (23) s. Not.
Look! 'e thinks 'e can ' duck-slur !' I'A. (24) Lakel. Penrith Ohs.
(Dec. 28, 1897'. Wm. They shot a duck teal and gat it stnfl'ed
(B.K.). (25) Ken. Duck wheat (Bled rouge). 'Ordinary red wheat;
[so] called by some Kentish-men,' Cotgr. (26) Wm. We'd newt
but duck wine seea what we wadn't be drunk (B.K.).
2. Phr. (1) to /urn up the eyes like a duck in thunder, to be
greatly astonished or surprised; (2) no more use than
a duck quacking ai^ainst thunder, quite useless ; (3) more
than a duck to muck, something of importance to do : (4) to
walk duck fashion, to walk one behind the other ; (5) to be
nibbled la dead ivitli ducks, see below ; (6) as much sense as
a sucking duck, (7) like a sucking duck, foolish, silly.
(i) N.I.' (2) w.Yks. An one tcH'd another 'at his opinions wor
o' noa moor use nor a duckquackin agean thunner. Hartley Tales,
2nd S. 50. (3) w.Yks.i ' There's more ner a duck to muck,' some-
thing of importance to do, no trifling business to manage. This
curious answer is made to an inquisitive person : * What is to' doin ?'
' Muckin ducks wi an elsin.' (4', Oxf.' MS. aeid. (5) n.Lin.' The
effect of the manners of fidgety people upon those over whom they
have power, is not unaptly compared to the nibbling of ducks. A
girl said of a woman with whom she had been living for a short
time as servant, 'I'd raather be nibbled to dead wi' ducks then live
with Miss P . She's alus a natterin'.' (6) War." (7) w.Yks.
Laik 3 sakin duk (J.W.).
DUCK, sb.'^ In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms ducker Suf. ; duckey Cum.' Wm. Suf ;
ducky- w.Yks.* [duk, dBk.] 1. A stone used in var.
boys' games ; also called Duckstone ; also the name of
var. games played therewith ; see below.
Lth., Rxb. 'I'he duck is a small stone placed on a larger, and
attempted to be hit off by the players at the distance of a few
paces, Blackw. Mag. (Aug. 1821) 32 (Jam.). Ir. Another old Irish
game wasduck-stone. .. Theduckholderscouldcarryintheirducks,
Flk-Lorejrn. (1884) II. 265. Nhb.', e.Dur.' Lakel. Penrith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). Cum.' Wm. A game at marbles, played by one
being placed on a piece of stick, at which others arc thrown to dis-
place it. The stick is the duck, or ducky, also the boy who watches
it and ' tigs ' the other players who touch their marble, and who
then become duck or ducky (B K.). n.Vks. (R.H.H.) w.Yks.
Yks.N. & Q. (1888) II. 114; Can ta laik at duckstone? Wyke
Coksi'hs (1895) 272 ; w.Yks. 2 ; w.Yks ^ Large flat pebbles found
amongst gravel, used in the game of ' Duck and Drake.' Lan.
Tha'd look weel playing duckstone in a top hat, Clegg Sketehe.':
(1895) 72. e.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.' Each boy provides himself
with a paving-stone, and a large boulder stone is required upon
which one of the p,Tving-stones is placed. After arranging wlio
shall be 'down* first, that boy places his stone upon the boulder
and stands near it, and the others, standing eight or ten yards off,
bowl their stones at it. They then run to pick up their stones,
and the boy who is down tries to tick one of them bci'orc he reaches
home. He can only tick another if his own stone is still upon the
boulder. If it has been knocked off, he must replace it before he
can tick. It is a rough and somewhat dangerous game, but is
popular amongst Cheshire schoolboys. s.Chs.' s.Not. Each player
lias a boulder (called a duck) ; one who is out places his on a brick
or stone to raise it from the ground ; the others with theirs aim at
it from a fixed distance. Having thrown they strive to recover their
boulders and get back home before the out-player can tick them
(i.e. touch them with the hand) (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' nw.Lin. A large
stone called the 'duck-stone' or 'duck-table' is placed on the
ground.. .. One of the boys puts his stone on the ' duck-stone ' and
he is called the Tenter, Gomme Games (1894) 116. Lei.' A large
stone called the 'duck-stone' is placed on the ground, and a straight
line, the ' taw' or ' scratch' marked at a distance of some 12 or
15 yards away from it. . . . Each player is provided with a large
pebble or rounded boulder called for the purposes of the game a
' duck.' . . . The game may be played by any number of players
from two upwards. . . . There is another game also played with
boulders, which is also gen. called ' duck.' but more correctly
'single-duck,' or ' follow-duck.' It is played by two players, and
mutatis mutandis is similar to the game of ' follow-taw' at marbles.
There are also several variations of the original game, the most
noteworthy of which is one where a ring marked on the ground
and called the 'duck-ring' is substituted for the 'duck-stone.'
Nhp.' Played with three stones, surmounted by a fourth, which is
attempted to be struck off, by casting another stone at it from a
short distance. Sometimes it is played by a number of boys, when
each one has a stone which he calls a duck, and places it in his
turn on a larger stone, to be thrown at ; he who succeeds in hitting
it off, picks it up and runs to an appointed spot which is termed
home; if another boy, having put his own duck on the stone,
chases the last bo3% and ' ticks ' or touches him before he reaches
home, he is entitled to take back his own duck, and the next in
rotation puts on his. War.'' Another game is played by two com-
panions when on a walk. Each one chooses a stone, and A casts
his ahead. B throws at it. endeavouring to split it. If he be not
successful, A then picks up his own duck, and casts it at that of iS :
and so on ; War.^ Suf. Each player takes a stone, and one stone
much larger is taken about 7 or 8 inches in diameter for the ' duck-
stone,' or 'duckey' as it '\s geii. called. This stone should have a
fairly level top so that another stone can rest on it. One of the
players is chosen for ' old man,' and he places his stone on the
' duckey,' while the others pitch their stones at it iC.G.B.) ; The
stone is called ' ducker' in Suf., Northall Flb-Rhvmes (1892}
356. w.Mid. (W.P.M.^ Wil. Slow G/. (1892); Wil.', s.Wil.
(G.E.D.) w.Som.' Upon a player striking the duck a general rush
and scramble takes place. Dev. zv. Times (Apr. 22, 1886) 2, col. 2.
Hence Duck-holder, sb. the one who throws the ' ducks '
in the game of ' duckstone.'
Ir. One of the duck-holders tried to carry in his duck, Flk-Lore
Jrn. (1884) II. 265.
2. Phr. (i) duck and mallard, (2) — at the table, (3) ducks
and drakes, a boys' game; see below.
(i) Som. A play of throwing slates or flat stones horizontally
along the water so as to skim the surface and rise several times
before they sink. ' Hen pen, Duckan-Mallard, Amen,' Jennings
Dial. w.Eng. (1869). (2 ) N.I.' A boys' game played with round
stones, and a table-shaped block of stone. (3) N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.'
n.Yks.2 A winter pastime in which discs of some flat material are
made to skim or shy along an iced surface. w.Yks. (J. T.) ; w.Yks.'^
Chs.' A favourite amusement with boys, who get flat stones and
skim them along the surface of water. They try whose stone will
ricochet the oftenest or ' make the most ducks and drakes.' n.Lin.'
The following jingle is repeated — 'A duck and a drake. And a
penny white cake, And a skew ball.' s.Lin. (T.H.R.) Nhp.' A
youthful amusement of casting flat stones or slates upon the surface
of a piece of still water, that they may skim along, making circles
as they dip and emerge without sinking : the first time the stone
rebounds from the water, the boy cries out ' a duck '; the second
time,' a duck and a drake ' ; the third, 'a h.ilfpenny cake' ; and the
fourth, ' and a penny to pay the baker.' War.^ Shr.^ The duck,
with us, is a large stone supporting a smaller one called the drake.
The children playing, endeavour to knock off the drake by flinging
a stone at it which is called the 'duckstone,' crying at the same
time, ' A duck, and a drake. And a penny white cake. And a penny
to pay the baker.' Brks.', Hrt. (G.HG.-), w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Hnt.
(T.P.F. ) Sus., Hmp. Holloway. Dev.' A sport which consists
in making flat stones strike and rebound from the water's surface,
exclaiming at the same time ' Dick, duck, drake ! ' or ' Dick, duck,
mallard !'
DUCK, V. and sb.^ Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also in forms daakw.Yks.^e. Lan.'; dawk Lan.;
deauk e.Lan.' ; deawk Lan.' ; dewk Nhp.* ; dock e.Yks.;
dook Sc. (Jam.) Or.I. Nhb.' Dur.' Cum.' ; douck Wm.
Yks. Lan. Lin.; douk Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.' n.Yks.'* m.Yks.'
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w.Yks." n.Lan.iChs." Nhp.' w.Wor.' se.Woi-.' Shr.' Hrf.= ;
dowk Sc. ( Iam.) Cum. Yks. Chs.'" s.Chs.' StC. Der= Not.
n.Lin.' sw'.Lin.' Nhp.'' VVar.^ Bdl". ; duke Rnf. N.I.'
|duk, Sc. and n.Cy. diik, w.Yks. dak, Laii. dek, iiiidl.
douk, dauk, s.Cy. deuk. Nearly all the forms presuppose
aa OE. 't/ilaiii.] 1. v. To dive or plunge under
water ; to dip the head in water. Also nsedji^^.
Sc. 'Gar douk, gar douk,' the King he cried, 'Gar douk for
gold and fee,' Scott Minstn/sy {18021 III. 187, cd. 1848; We began
the night first of all, of course, vvifli douking for apples. White-
head Z)(7//Z)<u'if (1876; 278, ed. 1894. Or.HSA.S. Frf.Hedooked
in the mud, just as if he'd been wud, Wati: Pod. Sieli/iea {1880) 94.
Lnk. Upon Erie Richard being a-mis^ing the lady (very naturally)
advised them to search the Cii'de, where they douked, or divrd long
in vain. Black FoUs of Clyde i_i8o6) 229; Dookin' for apples in
mither's wash-bine [tub\ M'Lachlan Thoughts (1884") 61. n.Cy.
Grose (1790). Nlib.'. Cum.i, n.Yks.'2, e.Lan.', Chs.', Der,^ Hmp.,
Som. HoLLOWAY. nDev. Grose ( 1790. Colloq. He duck'd below
the clothes— and there he lay, Bauham Ingotdsby (ed. 184OJ The
Ghost.
Hence (i) Doucker or Douker, sb. a name given to var.
diving birds, esp. (a) the tutted duck, Fiiligiilacristata ; (b)
the pochard, F./en)ia\ (c) the scaup duck, F. iiiarila; (d)
the golden-eye, CliDigitla glaucion ; (e) the common scoter,
Aedeiitia nigra ; (/) the lesser grebe, Podiceps minor ; ( n)
the great northern diver, Colyinbits glacialis ; (2) Douking,
ppl. adj. diving ; (3) Duck under the water, phr., a game ;
see below.
(I, «) Arg. SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 159. (/)■ Rxb. ib. 160. (c)
Cum. The black ducks eventually prove to be Scaups. The fisher-
men hereabout call them 'dowkers* and * bluebills,' Watson
Nature IVdcrafl. (1890) vii. {d) Rxb. Swainson ib. 161. (e) Wm.,
Lan lA. 163. 1,/) Per. ("6. 216. Dmf. (Jam.) Clis.' ; Chs.^ From its
peculiarity of constantly diving and ducking. Slir.^ g) n.Vks.^,
ii.Laii.^ [Ci] SIk. The bit tlittin and doukin white-breisted water-
pyats, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 207. 131 w.Yks. Also
called duck under the water-kit (J. W.\ Lin.GoMME Gaines{i8g\)
113. S.Lin. Formerly a very popular game with young people,
played in the open air. A young-man and maiden, fronting each
other and standing about four feet apart, grasped a pocket-hand-
kerchief by the corners and held it aloft so as to form an archway
by their outstretched arms. A succession of couples passed under,
each taking their stand like the first until all had passed, and so
forming a long arched gangway. In the end the first couple
became tlie last, and ran through as the others, forming again as
they emerged in the fronti T.H.R.). Nhp.' Formerly, in the northern
part of this county', even married women on May Day played at
this game, under the garland which was extended from chimney
to chimney across the village street.
2. To stoop, bend the head or upper part of the body
suddenly to avoid a blow, &c. ; to bow, bob down.
Sc. Inclming the head or body in a hasty and awkward manner.
To incline the head, for any purpose, in an unseemly manner,
as in drinking, &c. (Jam.) Fif. Some said he doukit down at anes
Betwixt the weil-pav'd causey-stanes, Tenna.nt Papistry i.1827)
52. Rnf. Fu' low she duked, ne'er raise again. For deep, deep
was she fawing, Harp (1819 21 r. Edb. Whiles bobbin up, whiles
doukin' doon. M'Dowall Poems [ 1839) 215. N.I.l n.Cy. Grose
(1790). Nhb.^ Cum. She dook't her heed as naterally as a duck
dus, Farrall Betty VVtlson (1886) 147. n.Yks.'^ w.Yks. Wen
'e med at us wi' 's girt stick, we used to dowk (F.P.T.) ; (J.T.);
w.Yks.3 Lan. Ned seeized a lile stool . . . and threw it at her. but
she dowkin down it missed her. Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869)
81 ; Lan.' I deawk'd deawn an' he misst his aim. n.Lan.' s.Lan.
Bamford Dial. (1854). Chs.' Duck thee dain ; Chs.^^ s.Chs.i
Dhem gy'aaf'ti skoo'-laadz wun chiik'in stoa'nz ut won uniidh'iir,
won tin um kiim ut mahj' yed, tin ahy shud u got-n it reyt bitwey -n
dhu ahyz iv ahy aad'jnii duwkt mi yed daayn prit'i kwik [Them
gafty schoo'-lads won chuckin' stones at one another, one on 'em
come at my yed, an' I should ha' gotten it reight betwein the
eyes, if I hadna dowked my yed dain pretty quick]. s.Stf. I
managed to dowk just as the blow come, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.
Lin. Thompson JTisl. Boston (18561 704. Nlip.' War.^ Dowk your
head, or else the branches will catch you. w.Wor.' You must
daouk yer 'ed to get through that little door. se.Wor.' Shr.' ''E
douks 'is yed like a gonder gwein under a barn door,' is a current
saying. Hrf.^ Oxf.' MS. add. Brks.', e.An.i Dev.^ Mawther
wuz just gwaine tu gie me a dap in tha 'cad but I ducked under
table out o' raytch.
Hence in phr. (i) a douking doorstead, a low doorway
under which one must stoop ; (2) to play douk, to bob
down, disappear.
\i) n.Yks.2 (21 Lnk. As the eerie licht I near'd, It aye play'd
dook, an' disappeared, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 1 1.
3. To bathe, dip.
Sc. (Jam.) Mry. When bairns we were a' douk'd thegither To
take aff the ill ee o' the witch. Hay Lintie (1851) 14. Abd. Ilk
hour, I dookit in her tide, Anderson Rhymes (1867) go. Per. Nor
dip in Devon, whaur a wiel Invites to dook, Halibuuton Ochil
Idylls (i8qI; 64. Slg. We ran aye to douk by thy lowii sunny
banks. Towers Poems (1885) 145. s.Sc. Mony a day has she keepit
me stannin' at some burnside till she dookit hersel' a' ower, Cun-
ningham 5Ap/c/i<?s (1894) xi. Ayr. A laigh seggan bankin' where
we used to dook. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887 8. Lnk. I havena
been at the Gledstane pool since you and I were dookin' there.
Eraser IVhatips (1895) vii. Lth. Water ... To cook wi', to douk
wi'. An' wash the warkman's skin, Lumsden Sheep-liead (1892)
133, Gall. Baudrons likes the trout to eat, But downa think to
douk her feet. Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1828)97, ed. 1897. Nhb.
Amang the foam it dock'd itsel, Proudlock Borderland Muse
(i8g6) 125. Dur.i Lakel. We went ta dook i' t'lum, Pennth Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897). n.Yks.'3 w.Yks. (R.H.H.) ; w.Yks.' Donot
gang an douk 'cm when thiy sweeat, ii. 292. Der.^
Hence (i) Docking or Douking,i'i!i/. sb. the act of bathing,
dipping ; (2) Dooking-pool, sb. a bathing-place.
(i) Sc. To gang to the douking in a night like yestreen, Scott
Antiquary (1816; xv. e.Sc. It's no a day for doukin', Dav, Setoun
5//i(5/imf (1895) 32. Abd. Both for water-drinking and dookin,
Alexander _/o/;)i«v Gibb (1871) v. w.Sc. Willie arrived at Largs,
where he soon succeeded in taking'abitsma' room for the douking,'
C\^-R\cs. Laird of Logan {i8z%\ 155. Lnk. He had doukins in the
Clyde, Macdonald Poems (1865) 38. Edb. Maybe for the benefit
oftheirdouking.MoiR Afa»s!VH''«;(c/i(i828)xviii. Slk. The creature
is in dookin or fechtin in the dream-world, Chr. North Nodes
(ed. 1856J III. 27. Kcb. He's to the dookin' in the Dee, Arm-
strong Ingleside (1890) 140. Shr. Good Frid.iy had its appropri-
ate custom ... in the douking ... of the head in St. Margaret's
Well, Burne Flk-Lore (1883I xxiii. (a) Lth. Jamie pointed out
the ' dookin ' pool at the crook o' the den, Strathesk More Bits
(ed. 1885) 139.
4. To plunge or immerse in water ; to drench with water.
Sc. Folk had a jest that St. Ronan dookit the deevil in the Waal,
ScoTT St. Ronan ( 1824 ) xv ; I would cry up the men-folk, and hae
ye dookit in the burn, ib. Midlothian (1818) xxv. Abd. Her lovers
be held up to shame An' dookit in the burn, Anderson Rhymes
(1867'! 185. Per. Yon wes the best job we ever did thegither, an'
dookin' Saunders, Ian Maclaren Bnf>- ZJHs/i (1895) 295. Ayr.
And had in monie a well been dooked. Burns Jolly Beggars (1^85)
1. 130. Lnk. Gin ye dinna quit your splashing, I may douk ye
ower the head, Rodger Poems (1838"! 134, ed. 1897. Edb. Het's
their claes, and cauld's their banes ; They're sadly doukit ! Har'st
Rig (1801)27 ; 'n 'he water-hole douk him, Fergusson Poems
1 1773) 178, ed. 1785. Dmf. As he approached that fearfu' brook
Plump owre the lugs he did thee dook,QuiNN Heather (1863) 137.
n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' Nhb. Aw'd dook her in
wor engine pown, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) n. n.Yks. Thou
deserves doucking if thou had thy reet, Mekiton Praise Ale i 1684)
1.686. e. Yks. Marshall /?»r. £««. (17S8!. Lin. Streatfeied
Lin. and Danes {i88^) 334. n.Lin.' Oxf.^ MS. add. Brks.' Sus.,
Hmp. Hollowav. Dev.3 Jist duck em in tha watter, will ee?
Hence (i) Dookie, sb. a Baptist ; (2) Docking or
Ducking, vbl. sb. a wetting either with rain or water ; a
plunge or immersion in water; (3) Ducking-pool, sb.
a pond in which witches, &c., were ducked or immersed ;
(4) -steel, sb. a ' cucking-stool ' on which scolds, &c., were
formerly ducked as a punishment.
i.r) Per. *They ca'd him a dookie, but a've heard there's mair
than ae kind; what wud he be, Jamie?' ' Parteeklar Baptist,'
replied that oracle, Ian Maciaren Atild Lang Sy"<? ( 1 895 ) 3 1 8.
1^2) BnfF. Then followed the ' Doukin,' for the orthodox number of
three times ower the head, with occasionally an extra dip to pre-
vent catching breath to yell, Gordon Chron. Keith (^1880) 70. Frf.
A' body made the best time they could to get safe to ' terra, firma'
in order to escape a dookin', Willock Rosttty Ends (1886) 77, ed.
1889. Per. Folk says ye an' him got a terrible dookin' e'y burn,
Cleland Inchbraiken ^I883) 140, ed. 1887. n.Yks. This second
dookin' cured him, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 14. Nhp.',
Brks.' (3) Rnf. And ducking-pools were plenty ; While super-
stition held the torch, Barr Poems (1861; 51. (4; Sc. I threatened
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her in sae mony words that I would have her to the ducking-stool,
Scott Nigel {1822) xiv; They had the douking-stool and the branks
for the punishing o' sic de'ils as Girzie, Scotch Haggis, 78. N.Cy.i,
Yks. (K.l, Der.2
5. To hang the head ; to droop, hang downwards.
s.Not. The plants are dowkin for want o' waiter. The sun does
mek the cauliflowers dowk ^ J. P. K.). n.Lin.^ sw. Lin. ^ The leaves
dowk down completely. s.Lin. Iv'rythink dowks its he'd fu want
o' raan. She dovvked her he'd when I caame up to her, and looked
so ashaamed (T.H.R.). Rut. Plants soon dowk in dry weather
(A.S.-P.). Nhp.' He douked down his head, he could not look
me in the face. The flowers douk in the sun, and perk up their
heads in the evening. In building a wall, when one stone over-
hangs another it is said to douk. ' How that stone douks ! ' Nhp.^
That tree dewks. Bdf. Batchelor yiiial. Eitg. Lang. (iSog) 131.
Hence (i) Dewk-horned, adj. of a cow : having droop-
ing horns ; (2) Dowk, sb. a miserable, drooping object ;
(3) Dowk-arse, sb. a breed of oxen whose spines slant
much toward the tail ; (4) Dowking, ppl. adj. (a) turned
down, hanging down ; (b) see Dowky ; (5) Dowky, adj.
siclcly-looking, drooping, flagging.
(i) Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eiig. Lang. (1809") 131. (2) n.Lin.
'Yon chrysanthemums looks straangc dowks.' Said of flowers droop
ing from the effects of wet, chilly weather (M.P.). (3) n.Lin.'
(4, a) n.Lin. A dowking hat, Sutton Wds. (1881). sw.Lin.' Applied
to a cow whose horns hang down. (6) s.Lin. (F.H W.) (jis.Not.
Them cabbages is ah dowky for want o' wet ( J.P.K.). s.Lin. Yon
chick looks a bit dowkie to-day (F.H.W. ).
6. Fig. Of the day: to decline, come to an end.
Ayr. The short October day . . . had noo dookit doon to a very
wintry-like nicht. Service Dy. Diiguid {ed. 1887) 7; When the
day has, dookin', gloamed, And nicht comes owre the parks, ib. 107.
7. To carry a person under the arms in a suspended state.
Som. 'W. & J. Gl. (1B73). Cor.3
8. To drink. m.Yks.'
9. sb. The act of plunging into water; a ducking,
drenching ; the state of being drenched with rain ; a
deluge. Also usedy?^.
Sc. Aqueesh every douk she flate, an' tauld them that she wad
gar Jamie . . . rue this, Scotch Haggis, 78 ; (Jam.) Bnff. For a
mends we scarce can look, Altho' we shou'd get Noah's dook,
Taylor Poeins (1787) 11. w.Sc. Ye'll be nane the waur o' a bit
dook in the sleugh o' Despond, Macdonald Settlement (i86g) 43,
ed. 1877. Edb. Highlanders ne'er mind a douk, For they're nae
sawt, Har'st Rig (1801) 27. Slk. This warld has mony ups an'
downs, An' douks in chill misfortune's waves, Chr. North Nodes
(ed. 1856) III. 337.
10. A bathe, dip.
Sc. Went down to the Chain Pier and had a dook, Campbell
Dcilic Jock (1897) 87. Ayr. He should aye hae his dook in the
mill-dam baith simmer and winter. Service Notandiitns (1890) 121.
Dmf. This dook is nocht ava t.ie me, Sin 1 can strip, Ouinn Heather
(1863) 226. Gall. It's aboot a raan that got a dook an' then he
could walk, Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) xvi. N.I.' I can take nine
back ducks running. Nhb.' He ye had a dook yit ? s.Dur. Is ta
gannin ti hev a dook to-neet ? (J.E.D.) Cum., Wm. ' Whaur er
yegaun?' 'It's owerhet to gang far. Just to hev a dook ! ' Said to
a riverside walker (M.P.). n.Wm. Let's gang an' hev a dook i'
flum (B.K.).
11. pi. Places or recesses into which one 'dives' for
shelter.
n.Yks.2 ' It rains, let's get under t'douks,' let us squat beneath
the hedge.
12. The quantity of ink taken up by the pen. Lnk. (Jam.)
13. A crease, mark.
w.Wor.' Makcadaouk i' the edge to mark w'ahr you've measured
the stuff to.
DUCK, sb.* I.W. Dor. Dev. Nfld. Also in forms
duckest I.W.*; duckies Nfld. ; duckish Dor. Dev. (Hall.)
[dck.] The dusk of the evening, twilight.
LW. The duck's coming on, Moncrhiff Dream (1863") I. 33;
I.W.'2 Dor. In the duck of the evening, Barnes G/. (1863). Dev.
(Hall.) [Nfld. Between the duckies, twilight (G.P.).]
[A form of dusk, by metathesis of -s^ becoming dn/cs,
and then losing final s, as if the s were the .s plural.
OE.'dosc (ME. dose), dark-coloured ; also OE. do/i.v (do.x).]
DUCK, sb." Yks. Slang. [duk.] 1. A faggot.
ni.Yks.' 2. A bundle of scraps of meat sold to the poor.
Slang. (Barreke.)
3. A cake of minced pig's lights. See Faggot, sb. 5.
w.Yks. Let's have a penny duck (C.A.F.).
DUCK, sA.s Ant. (W.H.P.) A torch or large lamp for
burning in the open air without glass or other cover.
DUCKER, sb. Obs. Yks. A dike on a hedge-side.
Yks. Leeds Merc. Siifipl. (July 11, 1896); (G.R.)
DUCKER, see Duck, sb.'^
DUCKET, sb. Oxf. Brks. [dekst.] 1. A bill-hook.
Oxf. A bill-hook with a broad blade hammered thin at the back,
used for lopping small branches and cutting down underwood
(J.E.); Oxf.', Brks. (M.J.B.)
2. Phr. to rain hatchets and duckets, to rain heavily, ' pour
cats and dogs.'
Oxf.' It rains 'atchuts an' duckuts (s.v. Rain).
DUCKEY, sA. Nhb. Dur.Yks. [du-ki.] Adrink; j?-f«.
used only to or by a child.
N.Cy.' Give the bairn a ducky. Nhb.' Dis thoo want a duckey,
hinny? Dur.', n.Yks.^ e.Yks '
DUCKEY, nr/;'. Sus. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] Soft, rotten.
The pears came off all duckey (J.L.A.).
DUCKEY, see Duck, s6.=
DUCKIE, sb. Sh.I. A young girl; a doll. (Jam.);
S. & Ork.' Cf. doxy.
[Dan. dukkc, a doll ; Norw. dial, dokka (Aasen).]
DUCKING, nW. Si!'. Lin. [dukin.] The act of catching
or shooting wild ducks.
n.Lin. When we was a duckin' in Ferry Flash, Peacock 7?. 5^/r-
laiigh (1870) II. iir; n.Lin.'
DUCKS, sb. pi. s.Chs.i In phr. to chance the ducks, to
run the risk.
Wi)n goa' ob nob- flt u ven'chiir, un chiaan's dhu diiks [We'n
go hob-nob at a venture, an' chance the ducks].
\^Dticks in this phr. seems to_ be the Romany dukk,
whence dttkkcr, to tell fortunes, dukkeripen, fortune-telling;
see Gl. to Leland's English-Gipsy Songs (1875).]
DUCKSEY-DOOSEY, sb. Dev. A term of endear-
ment.
n.Dev. Well, ducksey-dooseys, wher've 'e bin ? Rock Jim an'
Nell{\mi) St. 122.
DUCKUTS, sb. pi. Hmp. A boys' game ; see below.
See Duck, sb?-
Hmp. A game played with bricks or half-bricks or flat stones by
country boys. A pile of bricks, called ' the duckuts,' is erected on
the middle of a straight line drawn across the piece of ground on
which the game is to take place. Each of the players has half a
brick — his ' tile' or ' duckut.' One boy is selected to be 'man'
and keep 'the duckuts.' The others in turn 'chuck' or 'shie'
their half-bricks at the duckuts, endeavouring to knock them down.
If the half-brick of any player falls short between the two lines
without knocking down the duckuts, the boy who is 'man' can
run after the owner of it, and if he succeeds in touching him before
the duckuts have been knocked down by any one else, he himself
becomes a player, and the boy touched becomes ' man' i^W.H.E.).
DUCKY, see Duck, sb?
DUD, sb} and v. Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amer. Also written dudd Sc. Dwn. Nhb.';
and in form dod Cum. [dud,'dBd.] 1. sb. A rag, piece
of cloth ; pi. clothes, esp. shabby, ragged, or dirty clothing.
Sc. Thae duds were a' o' the colour o' moonshine in the water,
Scott Midlothian ( 1818) xvi ; He has no' a dud to his back, Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.) Or.I.Thou has no a whole dud Upo' thy legs
an' croopan, Pacly Toral {1880) 1. 184, in Ellis Pronunc. (1889)
V. 796. Cai.' Bnff. Ye've been wi' yer raggamufiins : yer weet
duds tell that. Smiles Natiir. (1876) II. 24, ed. 1879. Abd. The
tailor winna come. An' mend the bairn's duds, Beattie Parings
(1801) 28, ed. 1873 ; The dud'll baud it fine, Alexander yo/i);>(y
Gib!/ (1871) xi. Kcd. Johnny he crap hame agen . . . An' hang his
dreepin' duds to dry Aroon' the chaumer fire, Grant Lays (1884)
17. Frf. The thing that sae made him a bodie o' note Was a dud
that he wore ca'd Jock Webster's auld coat. Watt Pod. Sketches
(1880) 17. Per. Ye micht just hae dressed up the puir thing in ony
auld duds, Clelakd Jnchbracken (1883) 227, ed. 1887. s.Sc. His
pouches were aye toom, an' his duds like to bid him guid-day,
Wilson Tales (1839) V. 53. Rnf. We'll cast oor auld duds o'
clccdin' awa, Neilson Poems (1877) 18. Lnk. An auld chaff-bed,
an' twa-three duds — That's the deserts o' sin, Murdoch Doric Lyre
(1873) 34. e.Lth. We II ding to duds the ' Flying Scotchman,'
DUD
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MuCKLEBACKiT R/iviiics (1885) 122. Edb. Yc nccdna wag your
duds o' clouts, Feugusson Poems (1773) i99. ed. 1785. Bwk. I
hate to sec thae white dudds, Menheuson Po/>. Khyincs (1856; 81.
Slk. I wad rather be King o' the Beggars wi' a croon o' strae and
coort duds, Cur. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 198. Dmf. Oh, for
the bits o' duds we've pawned, Tae wrap aboot oor skins, Quinn
/ieatlier {1863) 155. Gall. Wi' painted poles and pictured duds,
And aprons new come frae the suds, Nicholson Poe/. IVks. (1828)
93, ed. 1897. N.I.i Dwn. I've n'er a dudd (C.H.W.). n.Cy.
Bonier Gl. [Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.'. Nhb.' Cum. Gl. (1851") ; Cum.'
Bits o' duds. Wro. Ah pack't up mi few bits o' duds ( B.K.) ; Her
bits o' duds ar'as white as drip. Bowness Studies (1868) 5. w.Yks.
WiLLAN List IVds. (1811) ; w.Yks.', n.Lan.', m.Lan.' War.^You
must get those duds washed. Som. \V. & J. Gl. (,1873"! ; Jennings
Obs. Dial. iv.Etig. 1,1825). Slang. Doubled him up, like a bag of
old duds, T. Crib's Memorial ^1819) 20.
Hence (i) Duddies, sb. pi. rags; (2) Duddiness, sb.
raggedness ; (3) Duddy, adj. ragged, shabby, dirty ; (4)
Ducdy-fiiddiel, sb. a ragged fellow ; (5) Dudeens, sb. pi.
ragged clothes, rags ; (6) Dudman, sb. a scarecrow ; fig. a
ragged fellow.
( I I n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.') (2") Sc. (Jam.) (3) Sc. Auld
duddy wrunkl't wives, Stevenson C(7/«'oHrt (1892) XV. Cat' Elg.
Amang a thousand fleas, Ten fernj'ears caff, and duddy claisc, Can
ye lie down, Couper Tourificatimis yiHo^) II. 205. Bn£f. My duddy
sark, three twalmonths sin' 'twas new, Taylor Poems (1787) 4.
Abd. About his shoulders was a duddy cloak, Shirrf.fs Poems
(1790') 145 Frf. A whimsical bodie, wi' cleedin' fu' duddie, Watt
Poet. Stelehes ^i88o) 12. Dmb. The duddy chaps ware ower sly,
Taylor Poems (1827) 12. Rnf. O Willie, Willie, my gudeman !
Look to your duddie bairns, Barr Poems (1861) 173. Ayr. The
very duddiest of them spoke such a fine style, Galt Legatees (1820)
ii ; A smytrie o' wee duddie weans. Burns Tzva Dogs {i']86) I. 76.
Lnk. Gie him a platefu' o' broth or a duddy bane to pyke, Fraser
IVhaups ^1895') 171. Lth. There's wee Tammie Twenty . . . Wi'
Nanny his wifie.sae gudgy an'dudd^^BALLANTiNE Poents (1856) 43.
Edb. It gars your bairnies aft gangduddy. LEARMONT/*o^Hrs(i7gi)
171. Feb. The duddie plaid Pretence. He, laughin', rives in twa,
NicoLL Poems (ed. 1843) 102. Slk. Him that had the gude knife
an' the duddy breeks, Hogg Tales (1838) 26. ed. 1866. Gall. The
Sabbath cloak ... of a truth hides a multitude of old duddy clothes,
Crockett Moss-Hags (.1895) xxxiii. Kcb. His weans nae duddy
signs did shaw, Davidson Seasons (1789^ 65. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Co//. L.L.B.); N.Cy.' Nhb.' He put on his duddiest clothes. Cum.
Me mudder ment me oald breeks . . . An' aye bit they wer duddy,
Farrall 5«//y Wi750K (1881) 44. w.Yks.' (4^ Cum.' (5) Ir.
You've got dacint rags of clothes on you, . . . not the scandeelious
ould scarecrow dudeens that some . . . think good enough to be
makin' show of their childer in. Barlow Idvlls {i8g2) 99. (6)
N.Cy.' Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C. ■. w.Yks. Willan List
IVds. (1811). Nhp.'^j War.3 qiq, Horae Subsecivae (iTTT) ;
Morton Cyclo. Agric. 1,1863); Baylis llltis. Dial. (1870) ; Glo.'
Common. Oxf.' w.Cy. Grose (1790). Wil. Like a Tommy Dud-
man [dirty, ragged] (G. E.D.I.
2. pi. Clothes or apparel in gen.
Sc. It wad set ye better than wearing thae green duds, Scott
Old Alotiality (1816) vi. Frf. James his duds Reekt out frae boles,
and press, and kist. Sands Poems (1833) 70. Fif. My duds'U get
a guid airin' noo withoot bein' obleeged to ony, Mi^Laren Tibbie
(1894) 20. Ayr. I go as soon as my grannie can get my bit pack
o' duds ready, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) ix. Lnk. It strips the
bairnie o' its duds And robs it o' its bread, Hamilton Poe>M5( 1865)
153. Lth. In skin-ticht duds o' flannel soy They loup, and rin the
races. Lumsden Sheep-head (^18(^2) 37. Edb. For his loss auld Scotia
mourns. And rives her duds, Crawford Poems (1798) 109. Kcb.
I'd strip afl" his wee duds, an' put him to cuddly, Armstrong
Jngleside (,1890) 70. Nhb.' Applied gen. to working clothes.
Dur.l Male wearing apparel. e.Dur.' Lakel. Pack up thi duds,
Petirilh Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Cum. He's neycer in his war-day
duds Than others donn'd in aw their best, Anderson Ballads (ed.
1808) 86. n.Yks.^'Yan'sbettermy duds, 'one's Sunday suit; n.Yks.^
ne.Yks.' Ah off wi my duds an' jump'd inti t'watther. e.Yks.'
Almost obs. m.Yks.' Used of two or more upper garments, or a
pair of trousers. w.Yks.' What's thou gotten thy better duds on
to-day! w.Yks." Put your Sunday duds on; w.Yks.s Lan.' Be
sharp and get thi duds off, an' away to bed. n.Lin.' Nhp.' Pack
up your duds and be off. Nrf. The smell o' yar duds is liken onto
the smell o' Lebanon, Gillett S«^. Sol. (1860^ iv. ii. Sus. I'll
see as Grig has your duds, O'Reilly 5ton<?s (1880 1 II. 245. Hmp.'
w.Cy. Grose (1790). Wil. A axed lave to dry's zelf, and tuk ael's
VOL. n.
duds off, Akerman Spring-tide {i8$o) 25. w.Som.' Peold oa-f mee
duudz-n wai-n tu baid [Pulled off my clothes and went to bed].
Dev. Pack up your duds, missie, and be ready to start to morrow,
Baring-Gould /. Herring (1884I 53. [Amer. Largely used for
wearing apparel of any kind i, Farmer).]
Hence (i) Duddery, sb. («) a second-hand clothes-shop ;
(b) a place where woollen or linen cloth is sold ; see
below; (2) Duddies, si. />/. clothes, garments ; (3) Duddin,
sb. a. suit of clothes, clothing.
(r, a) Nrf. (W.W.S.) (i) e.Cy. In this Duddery . . . there have
been sold one hundred thousand pounds worth of woollen manu-
factures in less than a week's time, Defoe Tonrlhrottgh E. Q'. (1772)
166, Cassell's Nat. Lib. ed. Crab. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826)
I. 1306; A square in the centre of Stirbitch fair, where linen cloth
IS sold, is called the Duddery, Grose (1790). s.Cy. Holloway.
(2) Sc. 'Twere o'er lang a tale to be speakin' O' a' the braw duddies
were bought, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 295. Elg. As lean
i' their flesh as they're ragged in duddies. Tester Poems (1865)
107. Frf. His wee duddies war thin, an' sae dirty an' torn. Watt
Poet. Sketehes (1880] 16. Fif. Baith learnit and unlearnit bodies
About them rapplet fast their duddies, Tennant Papistry (1827)
135. Rnf. Some o' them thought on their duddies. And ithers o'
them on their crimes, Webster Rhyjnes (1835 > 4. Ayr. And cuost
her duddies to the wark. Burns Tarn o' Shanter I1790) 1. 149.
e.Lth. They coost their duddies to the — breeks, Mucklebackit
Rhymes (1885) 162. Kcb. I darn an' mak duddies the day by the
length, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 205. Nhb. Fling off their
black duddies, Tyneside Sngstr. (1827I 71, ed. 1889. Cum. In
duddies scant and poor, Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 220. (3J Nhb.
I packed up all my duddin, Gilchrist Sngs. ^1824) 8; Nhb.^
My flannel duddin donned, thrice o'er, My birds are kissed, and
then I with a whistle shut the door,y. Skipsey. Lakel. Pentith Obs.
(Dec. 28, 1897).
3. Phr. (i) Daily dud, a dishcloth ; (2) Duds o' claes,
articles of clothing, garments; (3) lo get the dud and
sacken gown, fig. to do penance.
(i) n.Sc. As it is gen. a tattered cloth, it is in constant use (Jam.).
(2) Fif. What will we do for duds o' claes, Whan this are worn awa,
man ? Douglas Poems (1806) 40. Rnf. Our Lays That ne'er did
fail To bring us biel, an' duds o' claes. Young Pie/tires (1865) 132.
(3) Bch. Our bonny dark, He'll get the dud and sacken gown, That
ugly sark, Forbes Dominie (1785) 41.
4. pi. Workmen's tools ; personal possessions of small
value. n.Lin.' [Amer. (Farmer).]
5. pi. Shoes. w.Yks.5
6. A delicate person easily injured by cold or wet ; a
soft, spiritless person, a term of contempt.
e.Lth. Ay, he's a saft dud yon ; he has nae grup o' the politics
ava', Hunter/. Imvick (1895) 171. Rxb. (Jam.) Cum. Thoo wad
mak two o' ooar Mary, an' she's neah dud, Farrall Betty Wilson
(1886) 146 ; Thoo useless dud, thoo (E.W.P.).
7. V. To dress, clothe oneself.
Lan. That dressy piece at ten, as duds so gay. Allows her feyther
t'live o' parish pay, Doherty N. Barlow (1884) 54.
[1. Binus i. grossiini vesllinenliini, a dudde, Trtn. Coll.
MS. (c. 1450) in Wright's P'oc. (1884) 568.J
DUD, sb.^ Lan. Hrt. [dud, d^d.] 1. A teat.
Lan.' Hoo's a rare elder; an' what duds !
2. A knob of fat on the upper part of a calf's tail.
Hrt. On each side of the upper part of the tail ... in a fat calf
are two knobs or bunches of fat which the butcher commonly calls
duds, Ellis Alod. Hiisb. (1750; III. i.
[1. Dida, a nurses word for a dud or teat, Coles (1679).]
DUD, DUDDER, see Do, v., Duther.
DUDDIE, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) [dB-di.] A dish turned out
of solid wood, having two ears, and gen. of an octagonal
form on the brim.
DUDDLE, sb. e.An.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A bird-snare made of hair.
DUDDLE, v.^ e.An. [dB-dL] To cuddle; with up:
to cover up closely and warmly, to wrap up. Cf. coddle, v.^
e.An.'Howhedoduddlehisself up. Nrf.' Suf.' Of asow,'Aa — she
fare ta stunt em neeeyeow—butshe'llah down an duddie em present.'
DUDDLE, V.'' Yks. Lan. To boil or roast badly; to
cause something to be imder-done, .soaked or sodden.
s.Lan. (S.B.) Hence Duddled, ppl. adj. parboiled, over-
boiled, made lukewarm; of liquor: dead. Yks. Grose
(1790). w.Yks.' Cf. coddle, v.^
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DUDDLE, 1^.3 Glo.'2 [de-dl.] To stun with noise.
[Because the riders were no babies, nor their horses
any colts, they could [with thei-- rattles] neither duddle
the one nor affray the otiier. Patten E.xpcd. Scott. (1548J,
in Arber's Garner, III. 129.]
DUDDLE, v.* Dor. To boil, bubble up, simmer.
w.Dor. How d' duddle (A.R.W.) ; (C.V.G.)
DUDDLED, ///. fl^i^-. OIjs.} Dev. [Not known to our
correspondents.] Draggle-tailed.
n.Dev. E.xm. Scold. (1746) 65, ed. 1879.
DUDDLE(S, sb. Dor. A small lump or dump ; also
usedy/g". of persons.
Dor. Thicky-duddle, flour and water, Barnes Gl. (1863). w.Dor.
I have heard a short little person called 'a little duddles' (A.R.W.):
(C.V.G. 1
DUDDRIE, sb. Sc. [dB-dri.] A quarrel, strife.
Lnk. Up I bang'd, my angry wameWi'perl'eck wrath distended.
The vvifie quately edged awa'. An' there the duddrie ended, Mur-
doch Doric Lyre (1873) S^.
DUDDY, sb. Sc. [dsdi.] A polled or hornless ox or
cow. Cf. doddy, s.v. Dod(d.
Sc. Caterans came frae distant lands, And took what fell amang
their hands, O' sheep and duddies. Ford Tliisiledown (1891) 205.
DUDDY, see Do, v.
DUDEEN, sb. Irel. Also written dhudheen Ir. Wxf. ;
dudheen Ir. ; dudyen n.Ir. ; and in forms doodeen Ir.
Ant. s.Ir. ; doohdeen Ir. A short clay tobacco-pipe.
Ir. The tobacco smoke ascended from the bowl of his doodeen,
Paddiana (ed. 1848) I, 65; N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xii. 98;
The legend ... of old Donnybrook Fair, describing the con-
ventionally pugnacious Irishman as with ' caubeen' adorned with
' dhudheen ' stuck in the band on his head, ib. (1890) 7th S.
ix. 255. n.Ir. (WJ.K.) Ani. Baltyincna Obs. (18921. s.Don.
Simmons Gl. (1890). s.Ir. A dudeen in his mouth, Croker Leg.
(1862) 87 ; A doodeen and some bits of twine were all huddled
together. Lover Leg. (1848) H. 344. Wxf. Their hands went into
their pockets more than once in search of the treacherously-con-
soling dhudheen, Kennedy Banks Bora (1867) 174.
DUDERNOLL, see DunderknoU.
DUDGE, sb. Wil. [dBdg.] 1. A handful or bundle
of anything used to fill up a hole ; a wad.
n.Wil. Fill up thuc hole wi' a dudge o' summat (E.H.G.). Wil.i
2. A barrel.
Wil. Peg the dudge, Grose (1790) ; Britton Beauties (1825) ;
Wil.'
DUDGEON, sA. Sc. A short clay pipe or 'cutty.' See
Dudeen.
Per. Let me light my dudgeon at your fire. Where did you get
that dudgeon ? does it smoke well ? (G.W. )
DUDGY, adj. Obs. Nhp.' Of flannel, &c.: thick,
close with shrinking; of knitting: tightly knitted.
The flannel has been washed so often, it is become quite dudgy.
DUDMUN, sb. Glo. Grease for carts or wagons.
(A.B.) ; (S.S.B.) Cf. dodment.
DUDN, DUDYEN, DU(E, see Do, v., Dudeen, Do, sb.
DUE, sb., adj., adv. and v. Sc. Irel. Yks. 1. sb. In
comp. Due-paper, a pay-sheet, a document authorizing
payment for work done. m.Yks.', w.Yks. (C.C.R.)
2. adj. Owing (money). Cf. endue.
Sc. fie . . . Strives to pay what he is due Without repeated
craving, Ingram Poems (1812) 73 (Jam.) ; I am due you sixpence
(A.W.). Cai.' James is due John ten pounds. Elg. I never loot
on I was due him a fraction, Ye canna ca' that a dishonourable
action. Tester Poems (1865) 108. Wgt. He had an old man-
servant, to whom he was due some wages, Fraser IViglown
(1877) 312.
3. adv. Duly, quite.
N.I.' Due sober, quite sober.
4. V. .'To owe, to be indebted. Abd. (Jam.)
DUFE, DUF(F, see Duff, v.^. Dove, sb.
DUFF,.s6.' Sc. Irel. Cum. Yks. Also Lon.Suf. Ken. Sus.
Cor. Slang, [duf, duf.] 1. A pudding made of flour
and water, sometimes with suet also. See Dough, sb.
S.Don. Apple duff, Simmons Gl. ^1890). Lon. The articles of
pastry sold in the London streets are meat and fruit pics, boiled
meat and kidney puddings, plum ' duff' or pudding, Mavhew Z.o»(/.
Labour (iSs^ } L 195. Suf. Also bread, by sailors, e.An. Dy. Times
(1892J. Ken. If a few currants or raisins are put in it is plum duff
(H.M.). Sus.' Sometimes called hard dick. Cor. Duff is a word
in common use amongst sailors (M.A.C.) ; Thomas Randigal
Rhymes (1895) Gl. Slang. A peculiarity about this plum-pudding
seller was that as fast as he had disposed of one roll of dulf,' it
seemed that by a process of legerdemain he would instantly pro-
duce another, Tit-Bits (Aug. 8, 1891) 277, col. i.
2. The soft, spongy part of a loaf, new cheese, turnip,
&c. Cld. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Duffy, adj. spongy, soft and woolly; (2)
Dufifyness, sb. softness, sponginess, a downy state.
(i ) Cum. They send us their wlieat hard as shot, While ours is
but dutfy an' dull, Dickinson Lit. Rent. (18881 244 ; Cum.* (2)
Cld. (Jam.), n.Yks. (I.W.)
3. A dark-coloured clay. Ken.^
4. Soft, spongy peat ; dry, decomposed moss, used as
litter. Also in coiiif>. Duff-mould.
Sh.I.The wet stratum is. . . covered over with a layer of duffmould,
or dry decomposed moss, Hibbert /)«£■. 5/;./. (1822) i68,ed. 1891; I
crep i' da byre ta see an' I coodna shiil doon fae behint da kye, an'
pit a air o' duff i' der bissies, Sh. News (Aug. 28, 1897J. Per. (Jam.)
5. The posteriors, fundament. w.Yks.*
DUFF, 56.* and t;.' Sc. Nhb. Dun Cum. Yks. [duf,
dBf.j 1. sb. Small coal from which, by means of the
apparatus, thenutshavebcenseparated ; fine coal, coal-dust.
N.Cy.' Nhb. The viewer's son sat back a bit. Beside a heap o'
duff, Provdi-OCK Borderland Muse {ifig6) 100; Nhb,' Nhb., Dur.
Duff is scarce ; good prices are paid for best qualities, Newc. Dy.
Leader Qu\y 6. 1896); Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). e.Dur.^
Hence (i) Duffart, sb. dull-burning coal; (2) Duffy,
adj. (a) powdery, gcii. applied to coal which crumbles
down when struck by the fire-irons ; {b) of sugar : trashy,
cheap and nastj'.
(i) Ayr. (Jam.) (2, a^, Fif. (Jam.), e.Dur.' Cum. Dickinson Li'/.
Rem. (i888j 244. n.Yks.* ' It's varry duffy,' said of an impalpable
powder taken up by pinches, that flies from between the fingers.
\b) e.Dur.'
2. V. To sprinkle over with flour or fine powder, as in
dredging or puffing a burn or sore place.
Nhb.' Duffin' the bairn.
3. With Up : to drift like road dust. n.Yks.*
DUFF, I/.* and 56.^ Sc. n.Cy. Yks. [duf, dsf.] 1. v.
To frighten, daunt. n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks.^
2. To give in, fail ; to turn coward, be afraid ; to change
one's mind, cry off a bargain.
n.Cy. (J.W. ) w.Yks. Nah then, chaps, are ye reddy ? t'rahm's
crahded, an wun chap's been assing if ye've duft, Pudsey Olm.
(1883) 19 ; This word has superseded ' cafife,' Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Jan. 17, 1891) ; w.Yks.^ Tha's duff'd on it.
Hence Duffer, sb. one who gives in, a coward, fool.
w.Yks. Johnny, thar't a duft'er, Hartley Ditl. 1,1873) 2nd S. 85;
w.Yks.^ A comparatively new word in this district ; w.Yks.^
3. To avoid, dodge.
w.Yks. But sumhah or other he dufi"'d trade's mark wi' one leg,
for it wor streight, Hallam IVadsley Jack (18661 iii ; w.Yks.*
4. sb. A coward. w.Yks.* 5. A soft fellow, simpleton.
e.Sc. (Jam.), w.Yks.*
DUFF, v.^ and sb.* Sc. Yks. Also Wor. Cor. Also
written dufe Sc. (Jam.) [duf, def ] 1. v. To throw,
throw off.
w.Yks. Ta neet we'll duff ' dull care,' Yule Clog. 12. s.Wor. I'll
duff you into that ditch. 1 duffed the ball to him. 'E duffed 'is
clo'esoff (H.K.).
Hence Duffing-ring, sb. a kissing-ring, as in the game
of ' dropping the handkerchief.'
w.Cor. Common (M.A,C.).
2. To dive, plunge ; to make a sudden swoop.
s.Wor. * 'E duffed 'is clo'es off, an' duffed in.* Of birds, esp. of
swifts, it is sometimes said, ' Thahy dufl'ed under the tiles o' the
ruff' [roof], or * Thahy dufl'ed into th' 'ole ' (H.K.).
3. To strike, esp. to give a blow with a softish substance.
See Doofff.
Cld., Lth., Rxb. (Jam.) Cor. You're gone for ever in a wink,
Duffeddesmallike, and flat, TREGELLAs7>?/fs( i860) I4,ed. i865;Cor.*
Hence (i) Duffing-bout, sl>. a thumping or beating; (2)
■down, sb. a brushing or cleansing with a soft substance.
(i) s.Sc. (Jam.) (2) s.Wor. Give the oven a good dulling-down
(H.K.).
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4. sl>. A blow, esp. a blow given with a soft substance ;
also the sound emitted by such a blow.
Cld. (.Jam.) s.Wor. 'E gen 'im a dull' o' th' yud (H.K.). Cor.
A blow on a cow's udder with a calf's nose, Thomas Raiidii^al
Rhymes (iBg^) Gl. ; She gove Blondin a duff in the belly, Higham
Dial. (1866} 16. w.Cor. And gove Molly sich a dufl" in the ribs,
Coniishman (Feb. 1887').
DUFF, X'.* and nrft/. Hrf. Glo. \. v. Of bees, wasps,
&c. : to lly stupidly or heavily, as in cold weather. Glo.
(S.S.B.)
Hence Duffy, adj. heavy, stupid. Glo.'
2. adv. Flop, used of a heavy fall or sudden blow.
Hrf.i To fall duff; Hrf.2 The ball struck him duff on the mouth.
Glo.' He fell down duff. He went duff into the water.
3. Of the movement of a saw : slowly, heavily.
Glo. He [the saw] goes more duff than mine (S.S.B.).
DUFF, sb.^ w.Yks.^ [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A hard small pear with a rough brown rind.
DUFF, see Dough, Dowfif, Duffle.
DUFFAN, sb. Cor.'= [dBfan.] A man who praises
himself, a self-righteous hypocrite.
DUFF ART, DUFFEL, see Dowfart, DufT, sb.'^, Duffle.
DUFFER, 56.1 Sus. Hmp. I.W. [dBf3(r).] A pedlar,
gen. a hawker of women's clothes only.
Sus. '2 Sus., Hmp. HoLLOWAY. Hmp.' I.W.^ A pedlar who
^ells tea, cloth, or ready-made clothes, on trust, and calls on his
customers about once a fortnight.
DUFFER, s6.2 e.An. Across-bred pigeon. (E.G.P.);e.An.'
DUFFIE, adj. Or.I. Also written duffy. [dBfi.]
Blunt, blunt-pointed, round-headed.
Or.I. Verv familiar 1 J G.~> ; (Jam. Stippl.)
DUFFIELD, DUFFIL, see Duffle.
DUFFIFIE, I'. Abd. (Jam.) To lay a bottle on its side
for some time, after its contents have been poured out,
that it may be completely drained.
DUFFIN, DUFFIT, see Dutfin, Divot.
DUFFLE, sb. Dur. Yks. Suf Cor. Also written duffel
n.Yks. ; duffil Dur.; and in forms duff Cor.^ ; duffield
w.Yks. [dufl, dB-fl.] 1. The mullein dock or white
mullein, Verbascii>ii T/iapsiis.
Suf. From the softness of its leaves, like the textile material so
called ,B. & H.\
2. A patch of dried grass frequently found on pasture-
land in late season. Cor.^
3. Comp. Duffle-grass, (i) the grass, Holms lanatits; (2)
H. liioltis.
( i) Dur. The grasses chiefly cultivated are rye and dufEl grass,
Reporls Agric. ' i-jg^-iSi'i) Z3- n.Yks. (B. & H.) w.Yks. Repoiis
Agn'c. (J -jQ^ 1813 48. (2) n.Yks. (B. & H.)
DUFFS LUCK, p/ir. Sc. A proverb expressive of
some special good fortune.
ne.Sc, Duff is the family name of the Earl of Fife. The family
has gone on for several generations adding, from a beginning not
at all large, land to land, so that the estates now bulk largely in the
shires of Banff, Aberdeen, and Moray. Hence probably has arisen
the proverb 'Duffs luck,' Gregor Fit-Lore [1881) 117.
DUFFY, sb.' Sc. Yks. [du fi, dufi.] A simpleton.
Sc. I had but ae bairn an' she set her heart on a feckless duffie
o' a Frenchman, Sa.ron ami Gael (1814) II. 35 (Jam.). e.Yks.'
DUFFY, sb.^ Cor.'= [dBfi.j A blunt, outspoken
person ; a happy-go-lucky fellow.
DUFFY, adj. e.Dur.' [dufi.] Ticklish, hard, awkward.
DUFFY, see Doughy.
DVG, sb.' Cor. [dBg.] L A push, thrust, 'dig.' Cor.'^
2. Phr. diig-in-the-back, a game of 'tig' or 'touch,' the
players standing in a ring.
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
DUG, sb.'^ w.Som.' [dBg.] An iron pin ; a dowel for
fastening the bottom end of a durn or door-frame to a
stone or brick floor.
DUG, sb? Glo. [dBg.] A duck.
My dog is good to catch a hen ; A dug or goose is vood for men,
Dixon Sngs. Ettg. Peas. (1846) 201, ed. 1857 ; (J D.R.)
DUG, V.' Irel. Som. Dev. [dBg.] To make dirty,
muddy. Cf dag, ;;.' 9.
Dev. Now dflee lukee zee there ! Yu've a-dugged yer tail purty
fine, I can tellee, Hewftt Peas. Sp. (iSgaV
Hence (i) Dugged, ppl. adj., gen. with up: draggle-
tailed, bedraggled, muddied ; (2) Dugged-arse or -yrse,
sb. a draggle-tail; (3) -assed, (4) -tailed, adj draggle-
tailed ; (5) Duggins, sb. pi. rags.
(i)w.Som.' Dev. Lukee, zee tu 'er gown. Why, e's adugged up
tu her knees, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 135; Dev.' n.Dev. Wi'
tlia dugged clathers, Exm. Seold. (1746) 1. 135; Grose (17901. (2)
w.Som.' Dugged [dagged] ass. n.Dev. E.xm. Scold. (1746) G/.,ed.
1879- (3) w.Som.' s.v. Ass. (4 1 Dev. \u beastly dugged-tailed little
varmint. Zee whot a muck yu be in ! Hewett Peas. Sfi. (1892).
n.Dev. Erm. Scold. (1746) Gl., ed. 1879. (s"; Ant. The waen's
needin' claes ; he's a' in duggins, Ballyiiiena Obs. (1892).
DUG, f.'^ e.An.' [dBg.] Of a cow : to have the udder
fill out when near calving. Cf. ewer.
She begins to dug.
DUG, v.^ Dev. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To stoop, bow, to ' duck.' (Hall.)
DUG, V.'' n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To dress, prepare. (Hall.)
DUG, v.'^ Dev. [dBg.] With up : to gird, tuck up.
Dug up your gown, zy.7"i'»jf5 (Apr. 22, 1886)2, col. 2; Dev.'
DUG, DUGGEN, see Dog, sb., Dig, v.
DUGGLE, sb.' Cor.^ [dBgl.] A quantity.
DUGGLE,s6.= Cor.^ [dB'gl.] A tinner's feast. (s.v.Troil.)
DUGGLE, V.' Cor. [dBgl.j To totter in walking ; to
walk about, like a very young child, with difliculty. See
Doggie.
Cor.' 2 w.Cor. N. & O. (1854) ist S. x. 300.
DUGGLE, t/.2 Glo. e.An. Dev. [dB-gl.] To rain
heavily. e.An.'
flence (i) Duggled, />/>/. adj. wet, draggled ; (2) Duggle-
tailed, adj. draggle-tailed, wet, dirty.
(I) Glo.' (2) Dev. T' goa an' git yer braw spic an' span black
mornin' smock gerrid an' duggletealed an' mucked i' thicka falshion !
Madox-Brown Dwale Bluik (1876) bk. 11. v.
DUGGLE, V? e.An. [dBgl.j To cuddle, caress; to
lie closely, snugly. e.An.', Nrf. (E.M.), Nrf
DUGGYTRATTY, adj. Dev. [Not known to our
correspondents.] Dog-trotting, short-legged.
n.Dev. I doant lick . . . Sal, Nor pimping duggytratty Mai, Rock
Jitn av A'c//(i867} st. 39.
DUGHT, see Dow, v}
DUGON, s6. Obs.'i Sc. A term of contempt for a poor,
weak fellow.
Slk. A man that loot himsel' be threshed by Tommy Potts, a
great supple dugon, wi' a back nae stifferthan a willy- wand, Hogg
Wint. Tales {1820) 1. 292 (Jam.).
[Damysellis . . . That dogonis haldis in dainte, Dunbar
Tiia Mariit IVein. (1508) 458. Fr. dial. (Dijon) doguin,
' mal gracieux, hargneux ; mauvais caractere ' (Cunisset-
Carnot).]
DUIL, DUIR, see Dole, s6.^ Door.
DUKE, sb.^ Ess. Sur. A children's game ; see below.
Ess. Flk-Lore Rec. (1880,1 III. 170. Sur. The children all take
hands, except one, who is the 'duke,' and who advances towards
the children, while they commence singing, ' Here comes the duke
a-riding hansermer, ratlermer, tiezer.' The 'duke' replies, * My
intention is to marry,' &c., &c. He finally takes the child he has
selected as his bride away with him, and this goes on until all the
children have been brought over to his side. A very common game
among small children at Sunday school treats, &c. (M.R.Y.)
DUKE, sb? and v. Yks. e.An. Dev. [diuk, duk.]
1. sb. A simpleton, fool.
Dev. Her mother must be a regular old duke. Reports Provinc.
(1884) 18.
Hence Duke's-headed fool, phr. a stupid fellow.
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy ZJ/ortrf A'l/ (1893) 85.
2. V. To dupe, make a fool of m.Yks.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
DUKE, sb.^ Cor.3 A tea-kettle.
DUKE, see Duck, sb.' and v.
DUKE-MA-LORDIE, sb. Sc. A nobleman.
Lth. He whirl'd the lassie roun' an' roun' Like ony duke-ma-
lordie, Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 20.
DUKERY-PACKERY, sb. Sc. Irel. Written -pockery
S.Don. Trickery.
Per. There's nae dukery-packery aboot Burnbrae, Ian Maclaren
Auld Lang Syne (1895) 26. s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890).
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DULSE
DUKIN-TIME, sb. Som. The time of the Duke of
Monmouth's rcbelhon.
w.Som. Alheiiacinii i Feb. 26, 1898").
DULBAD, 0ULBAT, see Dulbert.
DULBERHEAD, sb. Yks. [dulbariad.] A block-
head, stupid person. See Dulbeit.
w.Yks. Doesn't ta gawm me, yo'dulberheead (S.K. C.) ; Scatcherd
Hist. Morlev ( 1874) 169.
DULBERT, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dun Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Also written dulbad e.Yks.' ; dulbard N.Cy.i Nhb.'
n.Yks.' w.Yks.'; dulbart Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.' e. Yks.'; dulbat
e.Yks.' ; dullbirt N.Cy.^ ; and in forms dolbert Sc. (Jam.) ;
dowbart Sc. [du'l-, dB'lbsrt, -bat, -bad.] A stupid, dull
person ; a blockhead, dullard, dunce.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Gall. Though as great
a dulbert as there is, Crockett /?oi,'-A/v>-//c {1895) 227. N.Cy.'
Nhb. A feat that dulbarts cudn't de, Wilson Pilnian's Pay (1843)
57; Nhb.l, Dur.l Cum. If he's nobbet a dulbert, ouroald Tom says
we'll hev him meadd a priest on, Dickinson Cunibr. (1875^ 192.
Wm. Yan at t'biggest dulberts varra nar ye ivver saw (B.K.).
n.Yks.', e.Yks.', m.Yks.', w.Yks.i Lan. Thornber Hiii. Blackpool
(1837) 107. neXan.^, n.Lin.', sw.Lin.'
[Very flockpates, dullberds, Robertson Pliras. (1693)
510 ; Dagone, dowbart ! Dunbar Flyting (1505) 66.]
DULCE, see Dulse, sb.
DULDERDUM, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Confused, in a state of stupor ; silenced
by argument.
DULDIE, sb. Sc. (Jam.) In form dulder n.Sc. A
large piece of anything.
n.Sc. Ags. 'A greit duldie,' a great piece of bread, meat, &c.
DULE, sb. Cor. Also written dool Cor.' [dtil.]
Comfort, consolation. See Dole, sb?
Give her dole. Hunt Po/>. Rom. w.Eng. (1865') II. 245; Cor.'^
[The same word as Fr. deuil, sorrow, OFr. dcid,dol (La
CuRNE) : cp.OYt.doleance, 'compliment dedoleance' (/6.).]
DULE, see Devil, Dole, sb?-
DULENCE, int. Dmf (Jam.) Alas, woe is me !
[Fr. doleance, a wailing, waymenting (Cotgr.).]
DULESKIN, see Devilskin.
DULESS, adj. Sc. Also written dulis. [diilss.]
Feeble, indolent, incapable, inert. See Dowless.
Sh.I. Whaur ill vaige is du been a' day, du piiir, simple, diiless,
saft-headed sniiol, dat du is, Stewart Fireaide Tales 11892) 41;
I want nae tanks, doo duless brat, Sh. News (Mar. 12, 1898) ; In
everj'day use (K.I.).
DULGET, sb. Sc. A small bundle or lump.
Abd. My sark's gaithcr'd itsel' into a dulget on my back. She's
nae big ; she's jist a dulget o' claes (G.W.J.
DULK, 56. Sh.L [Not known to our correspondents.]
A worsted nightcap. S. & Ork.'
DULKIN, sb. Glo. Also in form delkin Glo.'^^ [dB'l,
delkin.] A dell or dingle, with water at the bottom ;
a ravine.
Glo. f H.T.E.) ; GI. (1851) ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) ; GI0.12
DULL, sb. Irel. A horse-hair noose or snare for
catching trout.
Ant. (W. H.P.) ; Still in use. Also applied to a noose on a rope
or cord ; the phr. ' put a dull on the rope ' is freq. heard (W.J.K.).
[Ir. did, a snare (Foley) ; cp. Wei. dot, a noose.]
DULL, adj. and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Written dooll Lei.' [dul, dBl.] L adj. Deaf, hard
of hearing, csp. in phr. dull of hearing.
Sc. A poor Trojan . . . was ... so dull that he could not hear a
word, S<:o/iosHi5(i787) 118. Cai.' Elg. I'm dull kin', ye ken — Nae
wonner, I'm noo in my four score an* twa. Tester Poems (1865)
141 ; Gar the dull gowk hear . . . For he's dead-deaf they say, ib.
194. Per. He's turn'd terrible dull o' the hearing, Sandy Scott
(1897) 27. Rnf. Our Collie is baith dull and doiif, Webster Rliyntcs
(1835) 178. Lnk. She's rather dull o' hearin', Frasek IVIiaiips
(18951 i. e.Lth. I'm gey dull o' hearin, Hunier J. Inwick (1895)
251. Edb. Fu" dull, indeed, maun be the pate That can in peace lie
still To sleep that morn, M'Dowall Poems (1839) 41. N.Cy.',
Nhb.',Dur.', w.Yks.i, Der.2,nw.Der.', Not.', n.Lin. • Lei.' 'Rayther
dooll,' generally means as deaf as a post. Nhp.'', War.^ Som.
Gent. Mai;. (i793) '083 ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (,1'.) Cor. Monthly
Mag. (1810} I. 435 ; Cor.' He's very dull of hearing to-day ; Cor."^
2. Foolish, silly.
s.Pem. Very common, Laws Litlk Eng. (1888) 420.
3. Slow, wanting in force.
Lan. The wind was dull that I dressed not the oats, Walkden
Diary (ed. 1866) 82.
4. V. To make blunt, take the edge off.
Ken.l As for fish-skins — 'tis a terr'ble thing to dull your knife.
5. Phr. to dull down, fig. to pass out of mind, be for-
gotten.
Bnff.' Used only of a piece of news, or a ' fama.' The feelish
laddie's dcen an unco ill-gaitit trick, bit, gehn he dee weel noo,
it'll seen dull doon aboot "im,
6. To soothe, lull.
e.Suf. 1 dulled the child off to sleep (F.H.).
DULL, see Dowl, v.^
DULLACK, sb. Sh.I. Water leaked into a boat.
S. & Ork.'
DULLAH, DULLBIRT, see Duller, Dulbert.
DULLEN, i^. Nrf. [de-lan.] To make dull or dim.
The smoke an' the steam ha' kinder dullened it [a bit of looking-
glass], Patterson Man and Nat. (18951 5°-
[His glossy locks were now dullened and mixed with
grey. Hunt Sir R. Eshcr (ed. 1850J 464 (N.E.D.).]
DULLESH, see Dulse, sb.
DULLING, ppl. adj. n.Yks.'' [dulin.] Lowering,
threatening, as when the sky darkens for rain.
DULLION, sb. Sc. [di3lian.] 1. A broad thick
cake or loai of oat- or barlcy-mcal, baked eitherin the oven
or on the hearth. (G.W.) Cf derrin. 2. A large
piece. Fif. (Jam.)
DULLIS, see Dulse, sb.
DULLIVE, sb. Lin. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A remnant. (Hall.)
DULLOR, sb. and v. e.An. Also written dullah Suf. ;
dullar Ess.' ; duller Cmb. Nrf Suf [dBla(r).]
1. sb. A dull, moaning sound ; a loud, continuous noise ;
a row, ' shindy.' See Dolour.
e.An.' ; e.An.^ An old woman, rather deaf, would go to hear
Parson H., for she could understand hiin, he made ' sich a duUor.*
Nrf. Tell them there bo-es [boys] not to make such a duller
(.W.R.E.); Stop that duller(W.H.). Suf. Used of loud monotonous
oratory. Raven Hist. Siif. (1895)265. e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. Oh !
there is sich a dullar here ! Clark /. Noakcs (1839) St. 153 ; Ess.'
2. V. To make aloud, moaning sound; to cry out in pain.
Cmb. Keeps on duUerin (W.M.B.). Nrf.' Suf. She laa and
duUered all night, <7.^;i. Dy. Times{i8g2); Used often of a person
with pneumonia. * She seem to dullah more to-day ' i^H.J.L.R.).
e.Suf. He dullcred with pain the whole night (F. H.).
DULLSOME, see Dulsome.
DULLUN, sb. Pern, [du-lan.] A fool.
s.Pem. Laws Lit/le Eng. (18S8) 420.
DULLYAC, sb. Sh.I. Also written dulyack.
[dB-ljak.] A small tub ; fis!'. a dumpy woman. {Coll.
L.L.B.), S. c^ Ork.'
DULLYEART, adj Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Ola dirty, dull colour.
DULSE, 56. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lan. Written dulce Rnf.
Ant. N.Cy.'; and in forms dilce N.Cy.' Nhb.'; dillisk
N.I.i; dilse Abd. Frf ; duUesh In; duUis N.I.' [dBls,
duls, dils.] A species of edible sea-weed, Rhodymenia
palinata.
Sc. Scrapt haddocks, wilks, dulse, and tangle, Ra jisay Tea- Tabic
Misc. (1724) I. 87, ed. 1871. S. & Ork.' Mry. There's dulse an'
daberlicks for bairns, Hay Lintic (1851) 53. Abd. A gweed han'fu"
o' caller dilse, Ale.xander Johnny Gibb (1871) v. Frf. Beyond
the scart, on a bunch o' dilse, Sand Ponns (1833) 74; Dulse is
roasted by twisting it round the tongs fired to a red heat, and
the house was soon heavy with the smell of burning sea-weed,
Barrie Thrums (1889) iv. Rnf. Wha'U a* my bonnie shore dulce?
Fraser Chimes (1853) 62. N.I.' Eaten, or rather chewed, after
having been dried for a few days in the sun. Ant. A kind of
sea-weed which people buy at fairs or markets for eating or
Slicking, /Jo//>';</fH« Obs. ^1892). N.Cy.', Nhb.' Lan. Nancy used
to gather dulse, Waugh Craig Dhn, 29.
Hence (1) Dulse-man, (2) -wife, a seller of dulse or
edible sea-weed.
(i) Frf. Now and again the dulscman wheeled his slimy boxes to
DULSE
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the top of tlic brae, Barrie T/iniiiis (i88g") iv. (2) Bnff. Sweety
wives, and buckie dulse-wives, Gordon C/iioii. Keilli (1880) 74.
[ Ir. and Gael, diiilcasg; cp. Wei. dylusg, what is drifted
on the shore (Macbain).]
DULSE, V. and adj. Sc. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [dtJls.] 1. V. To make dim.
Dmf. A'. I'V Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 143.
2. adj. Dull, heavy. n.Sc. (Jam.)
DULSHET, sb. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A small bundle. See Diilget.
DULSOME, adj. Lin. Nhp. Written duUsome Nhp.'
[dui-, dB'lsam.] Dull of colour; dull, not cheerful;
heavy-hearted.
n.Lin.' It's dulsum weather for August. He looks dulsum noo he's
cum'd hoiim. Nlip.^ Used either of persons or of tilings.
DULT, sb. Sc. Also in form dults. [delt.] A dolt,
stupid person ; a dunce.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Per. To the dult please, Sir, direct, To Kinnaird
straight,NicoLPof;;/s^i766' 102. Rnf.The schulemates at their play,
, . . Ca'd me * dultic doun the brae,' Young Pnfitres (1865') 150. Lnk.
The seholar at the foot of the class, ' dults ' he was called, Fraser
W7;«K/>5 ( 1 895) iii. Edb. As nobody could suppisethat anonly bairn,
born to me in lawful wedlock, could be a dult, MomMaitsie IVaucli
(18281 xxvi.
Hence Dultish, adj. stupid, doltish.
Rnf. Yet, Sandy, tho' dultisli, had that meikle sense To be greedy
o' gear, Webster Rhymes (1835) 56.
[Same word as ME.diil/, blunt (Anc.Rmile {c.122^) zgs).]
DULWILLY, sb. e.An. The ringed plover, Aegialilis
hiaiiciila.
e.An. (Hall.) [Montagu Birds (1866) 253 ; Swainson Birds
(1885) 182.]
DUM, see Dome, sb}
DUMACK'D. />/-. Yks. Put to confusion, foiled, beaten.
w.Yks. A youth, caught in the act of orchard-breaking by the
owner, said, ' Nay, Mr. John, dooant be nasty wi' mc an' Ah'll coom
dahn ; Ah'm dumack'd, an' Ah've shitten mi britches' (B.K.).
DUMB, adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in
form doom, dume Dev. [dum, d^m, Dev. diim.]
1. In coitip. (1) Dumb-ague, a species of ague not accom-
panied by the usual shaking fits ; (2) -cake, a special
cake prepared on St. Mark's, or sometimes on St. Agnes'
Eve, by unmarried women who would see their future
husbands ; (3) -dolly, a Twelfth-night game; see below;
(4) -drift, mining' term : a drift by which the return air is
carried into the upcast shaft without passing over the
furnace ; (5) -nettle, the white dead-nettle, Lamiuni
album ; (6) -peal, a peal rung in memory ol a deceased
bell-ringer; (7) -sauce, impudence, resentment; (8)
-saucy, sulky; (9) -screen, a mining term: a screen
through which the small coals will not pass ; (10) -show,
an exhibition, sight, show of any description ; (11) -well,
a well sunk below the surface of the ground to carry oft"
surface-water in the absence of drains or sewers; (12)
•wife, a fortune-teller, wise woman.
(I) Wil.' 'Tis what 'ce do caal the dumb-agey. (2) n.Cy. At
niglit they are to make together their ' dumb-cake,' so called from
the rigid silence which attends its manufacture, Monthly Pkt. (Feb.
1862) 136 ; N.Cy.* Nhb. After fasting in silence a day, each girl
takes an egg, extracts yoke, fills with salt, and eats shell and all ;
walks backwards invoking in rhyme St. Agnes; future husband
will appear in a dream. Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) ii. Yks.
Andrews Yks. in Olden Times (1890) 136. Nhp.° On St. Mark's
eve it is still a custom about us for young maidens to make the
dumb cake. Nrf. Cakes made in silence, makers walk backwards
to Iheir beds, lay garters and stockings cross-wise, shoes ' going
and coming,' then sitting on bed, eat cake. All in silence.
Future husband will appear in a dream, Henderson Flk-Lore
(1879) ii ; A';/ Giu/. (,1872) i. [St. Mark's Eve, I am told, was a busy
time with them : . . . and they even ventured upon the solemn and
fearful preparation of the dumb-cake. This must be done fasting,
and in silence. The ingredients are handed down in tradi-
tional form: — 'An eggshell full of salt, an eggshell full of malt,
and an eggshell full of barley meal.' When the cake is ready, it is
put upon a pan over the fire, and the future husband will appear ;
turn the cake, and retire ; but if a word is spoken, or a fast is broken,
during this awful ceremony, there is no knowing what horrible
consequences would ensue ! Irving Bracebridgc Hall, Love Charms;
It should be made by four persons, and each must supply ... of
sand, flour, bran, salt, and brickdust, each a thimbleful; the parings
of their own nails, and some hair from the back of the head, cut
up fine, . . . mixed to a stilV paste on a sheet of writing paper, which
must be gilt-edged, . . . transferred to a clean sheet of paper, and
marked with a cross by the four persons, each of whom must take
no more than her own share ; . . each must mark her own initials
in one of the four quarters, and also the initials of the man she
hopes will be her husband. Not a word must be spoken . . .
during the whole process, which. .. should begin at eleven o'clock.
. . Each takes a corner . . . and carries the cake to the front of the
fire, where they must have a pan ... to receive it. . . At intervals
take it in turn to . . . turn their own initials to the fire, until each
corner is done. . , For the last quarter of an hour before midnight
no one must move ; . . as the clock strikes twelve, if she is to marry
the man whose initials are on the cake, he will suddenly appear
and speak to her, N. & Q. (1890) 7th S. ix. 67.] (3) Hrt. A
source of amusement was dressing a boy up as what we called
' dumb dolly,' to represent an Egyptian mummy, his legs being
swaddled with counterpanes and blankets: . . and being placed on
the door . . . was questioned by the bo3'S as to what . . . , which he
signified by lifting his immense leg, Wickham Recolleetions of Hrt.
5^/100/(1841) XV. (4) Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl.
(18881. (5) s.Wor. iH.K.), s.Wor.i, G1q.>, Hrt. Ess. Monthly
P/t/. (1862) 435. Wil.' (6) Nhp.' With one side of the clapperof
the bells bufled or mufHed with a piece of felt or leather, producing
alternately a cheerful and melancholy intonation, War.^ The
muffles are made from the last felt hat worn by the deceased ringer.
(7) w.Yks. Shoo showed her dumb-sauce i' sendin' that frock back
'at Ah'd gi'enheriS.K.C). (8) Hrf.2 (glNhb.i Nhb., Dur. Nichol-
son Coal Tr. Gl. (i888j. (10) Dev. Doomshaw, or Dumeshaw.
Well, I tellee I wuz up tii Lunnon last week, jist in time tii zee
tha Lord Mayor go out in his carridge, and a brave ol' dumeshaw
'twuz sure nuff, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Whot's gapping at ? I
banta doomshawmadevuragapsnest! /i 81. (ii)War.^ (i2)Lakel.
An idea formerly prevailed in Cum. that dumb pcopk- had the power
of foretelling the future. Hence, any old dimib woman in a parish
became a sort of wise woman, and as such was consulted in the
case of stolen property, or future events, or telling fortunes : such
wise women were not always dumb. , . Gen. however, they were
dumb, and marked their predictions with initial letters upon a
board wilh chalk, Ellwood (1895). Cum. The Dumb vveyfe was
telling their fortunes . . . Wi' chalk, on a pair o' auld bellows,
Andeuson Ballads (ed. 1808) 17 ; (E.W.P.) ; Cum.»
2. Phr. Dumb folk heirs iiae laud, said when anything is
to be or has been obtained by speaking. Cum. (E.W.P.)
3. Of windows : built up, but painted on the outside to
look like windows.
Frf. It was also remarkable for several ' dumb ' windows, with
the most artful blinds painted on them, Barrie Tommy (1896) xiv.
DUMBA, sb. Sh.I. [dB'mba.] The refuse, fine dust
of corn after it has been dried. (W.A.G.) ; S. & Ork.*
[Norw. dial. du»iba, the fine dust of corn after threshing
(Aasen).]
DUMBARTON YOUTH, fi/ir. Sc. A person of at
least more than thirty-six years of age.
Sc. Perhaps borrowed from the circumstance of the castle of
Dumbarton being generally inhabited by invalided soldiers (Jam.).
Ayr. She had been allowed to reach the discreet years of a Dum-
barton youth in unsolicited maidenhood, Galt Entail (1823) vi.
DUMBER-, see Drumbow-dash.
DUMBFOUNDER, v. Sc. Yks. Nhp. War. Brks. Sus.
Hmp. Dev. Also written dum-founder Sc. m.Yks.' ; and
in forms dumfooner, dumfouner, dumfuner Sc. ; duni-
vounder Brks.^ [Sc. d3mfii"n(d)3r, s.Cy. d3mfeu'nda(r).]
To confuse, stupefy, stun ; denoting either the effect of a
fall or blow, or the result of a poweriul argument. Gcri.
in p/>.
Sc. .She was so dumbioundert with the strange sights and sounds.
Whitehead Daft Davie (1876) 208, ed. 1894. Sh.I. I wis a kind
o' dumfoondered ta see sac mony tings o' lambs livin' eftir a', Sh.
Neu's (May 29, 1897''. Or.I. To such perfection did he arrive at
length in controversial divinity, that he fairly dumfoundered the
dominie, Vedder S/tf/f//(?s (1832 18. BnfT. When 1 was first asked
this question, I was completely dumfoundered. Smiles Natur.
(1876) 150, ed. 1893. Elg. I've sat and I've ponderd . . . Till I'm
fairly dumfounder'd wi' ae thing an' a' thing, Tester Poems (1865) 5. ■
Abd. Gave me sic a skelp on the gash, that almost dumfoundered
me, Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 35, ed, 1889. Frf. I crossed the
DUMBIE
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fields to dumfounder Waster Lunny, Barrie Miin'ski' (i8gi) v\.
Per. I'm just fairly dumfoundered to see the brazen effrontery o'
3'e, man! Cleland Iiichbracken (18831 224, ed. 1887. Fif. Crash
cam' something ower his cranium which completely dazed and
dumfoundert my auld frien', M'Laren Tibbie (1894) 59. Slg.
Amazed, and dumbfoundered, I fell on his breast, Towers Poems
{ 1885) 151. Rnf. [They] Maist dumfunert the feelings o' droll Will
Dunbar, Webster /?//VH!fs (1835) 143. Ayr. I jaloose that he was
mair than a little dumfoun'ert, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 89.
Lnk. I ne'er was sae muckle dumfouner'd, Tho.'vison Musings
(1881)232. e.Lth. There was some o' them fair dumbfoon'er'd
whan they heard the jow o' oor bell, Hunter /. Inwick (1895) 14.
Edb. Nanse . . . was a thought dumfoundered, MoiR Maiisie IVaiich
(1828) 37. SIk. Sir, I'm dumbfoundei ed and haena a word to throw
to a dowg, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 61. m.Yks.i, w.Yks.s
War.3 When I told him that he had been seen he was completely
dumb-foundered. n.Dev. She stay ed where she was, dumbfoundered,
as the truth it came upon her. Chanter Witch (1896) x.
Hence (i) Dumbfoundered, ppl. adj. stupefied, amazed,
perplexed; (2) Dumbfounderedly, adv. amazedly, in per-
plexity; (3) Dunibfoundering, />/)/. n^^'.amazing, confusing;
(4) Dumbfounderment, sb. confusion, bewilderment.
(i) ne.Sc. Puir Bella sat like a person clean dumfoonert, Grant
Kecklelon, 141. Lnk. The bride, dumfounert, kentna whaur to
look, Nicholson Idylls (1870) iii. Lth. A-tap the cairt-loads wives
an' weans Crouch'd, eerie an' dumfoun'ert, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892)71. n.Yks.2, Ntip.i, Brks.i Sus. , Hmp. Holloway. (2)
Lth. He . . . dumfounderedly stared me all over, Lumsden Sheep-
head (iHg2) 220. {31 Mry. Ne'er a sang I hae to sing, Which is a
most dumfoundrin' thing, Hay Lintie (1851) 25. Ayr. It's just as
weel ye should ken what to expect beforehand — for a proposal
is a most dumfoonering thing, Johnston Kihnnllie (1891) I. 122.
(4I Lth. Mrs. Barrie . . . looked into her face with a smile of intense
delight, to the dumbfounderment of poor Bell, Strathesk Blink-
bonnv (ed. 1891) 165.
DUMBIE, DUMBY, see Dummy, 56.'
DUMBIT, />/>/. r7(//'. Sh.I. [dBmbit] Applied to any-
thing which has lost its sheen. S. & Ork.'
[For diiinbcd, pp. ; cp. dumb, adj. used of colour, lacking
brightness, dull, dim. Her stern . . . was painted of a
dumb white, or dun colour, De Foe Capi. Singleton (1720)
xviii (N.E.D.).]
DUMBLE, sb. n.Cy. Chs. Der. Not. Lei. War. Shr.
Also written doomble War. [dumbl, dBmbl.] A wooded
valley, a belt of trees along the bed of a small stream ;
a ravine through which a watercourse runs ; sometimes
in pi. form. See Dimble.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Chs. Hartshorne Sal.
A iifiq. {iS^i). Der.2, Not. (J.H.B.), Not.'3 s.Not. Let'sgo to the
dumbles an' gether some primroses (J.P.K.). Lei.' War. B'tiam
Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; 'War.' 23
2. Conip. (i) Dumble-hole, (2) -pit, a hollow, a pit usually
overgrown with trees and bushes.
(ij War. That doomble hole is full o' thorns and briars (J.B. ) ;
■War.3 Shr. A'. & Q. (1893) 8th S. iv. 132 ; Shr.' Thee'st better
mind them dumble-'oles ; it's a comical r6ad ; Shr.^ A pit of water
partially choked up with mud and vegetable life. Its application
invariably is confined to a piece of stagnant water, in a wood or
dell. f2)War.3
DUMBLE, V. e.An. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] [dB-mbl.] To mufile, wrap up. Nrf.\ Suf. (Hall.)
DUMBLE, see Dumbledore, Dummel(l.
DUMBLEDORE, sb. Glo. Brks. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hmp.
Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written doombledore
Wil. ; dumbledar Wil. ; dumbledor Dev.; and in forms
dunible Wil.' ; dumbledary Som. w.Som.' ; dumbledory
Som. Cor.'2 [dBmbldoa(r).] 1. The humble- or
bumble-bee; a drone.
Glo.' ' Like a dumbledore in a pitcher' is said of a person whose
voice is indistinct. Brks.', Ken.', Sur. (T.S.C), Sur.', Sus.' Hmp.
(H.E.); His [a prosy preacher's") voice is like a dumbledore in a
warming-pan, Blackley IVord Gossip {i86g) 166; Hmp.' s.Hmp.
David prosecuted his researches into the natural history of the dum-
ble-dore, 'Verney^. Z,is/«(i87o) xiii. I.'W."' w.Cy. Grose (1790).
Wil.Um likes a good vat bait, too; 'specially a dumbledore, Akerbian
5/.m<^-/irfc(i85o)56;(K.M.G.);A'. 1&--Q. (i88i)6thS.iv. 106; Wil.'
Dor. (C.W.); She no longer spoke of 'dumbledorcs' but of 'humble
bees,'HARDYil/«)'0»o/Cn6/t;AnflJjc^ed. i895;i54;Dor.' Som.Krome
dumbledores.Beckington bees. Road wopses, Pray. . A'. &Q.(i6-]6)
SthS.vi. 277. w.Som.' Duum-ldaeuree. A large kind of wild bee,
but not the very large humble bee, which is called bum'le. Dev.
Grose (1790) MS. add. Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435 ; Cor.^
2. The cockchafer, blackbeetle.
I.W. Ye gurt zote vool, casn't zee tes a dumbledore, Moncrieff
Dream (1863) 50; (G.B.R.B.) Cor. I'm knacked in rags, and I'm
blind as a dumbledory, Tregellas Tales (i86oj 9 ; Grose (1790)
MS. add. (P.); Cor.' Sometimes called Spanish dumbledory. No
more heart than a dumbledory. w.Cor. (A.L.M. )
3. Fig. A stupid fellow, blockhead.
Glo. I J.S.F.S.) : Horae Subsecivae (1777) 139. n.Wil. (G.E.D.)
Som. (M.A.R.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eitg. (1825) ; W."& J. Gl.
(1873V w.Som.' Get 'long, ya gurt dumbledary.
4. The bee-orchis, Ophrys apifera. Sur. (B. & H.)
DUMBLEDRANE, sb. Cor. Also written dumble-
drain, and in form dunibledrone Cor.^ [dB mbldron,
■dren.] A drone ; a cockchafer.
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.^
DUMB-MULL, see Dummel(l.
DUMBOY EATING, phr. Yks. A custom observed
at Gawthrop Feast ; see below.
w.Yks. It is a custom at Gawthrop Feast to hev a gam at what
they call dumboy eitin. They set a table fair it taan gate, an puts
a loaf at top on it w^eel thickend wi trade, an onnybody snatches
at it like a dog wi ther hands teed behind em, Dewsbre Ohn.
(iSes") 10.
DUMBUR, sb. Pem. [dBmba(r).] A rumble.
s.Pem. Did yea hear that dumbur last night ? (W.M.M)
DUM-DOLLY, sb. Cor.'= [dBm-doli.] A misshapen
marble.
DUME, see Dumb.
DUMFOONER, DUMFOUNDER, DUMFOUNER, see
Dumbfounder.
DUMFOUTTER,!^. Sc. 1. To bewilder, 'dumbfounder.'
Cai.' Abd. I dumfouttered him fairly when I said his side had
lost the game. The hor.se was dumfouttered wi' the thunder and
lightning I G.W.I. Ags. fjAM.)
2. To tease, make game of, irritate, annoy.
Per. I tauld him his daughter had eloped, jist to dumfoutter him
(G.W.).
DUMFUNER, DUMLE, see Dumfounder, Dummel(l.
DUMMAS,s6. Sh.I. A dull, taciturn person. S.&Ork.'
DUMMELIL, sb. and adj. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Rut.
Lei. Nhp. War. Won Shr. Hrf Glo. Oxf. Brks. Hmp.
Wil. Dor. Also written domel Glo. Wil.'; dommel Cum.
Glo.; doomle Wil.; dumbie Hmp.' Wil.'; dumb-mull
Glo.; dumle w.Yks.; dummil(l Nhp.'^ War.^ se.Wor.'
Shr.2 Wil.' ; dummle Lakel. Glo.= Brks.' [du'ml, dBniL]
1. sb. A dolt, blockhead, sluggard; a slow animal; a
useless, awkward thing.
Rut.', Lei.', War.23 Wor. They also call any poor, slow, stupid
and ugly animal a dummel, Allies Antiq. Flk-Lore (1840) 224. ed.
1852. s. Wor. Porson Q«o/»/ nWs. (1875) 13 ; s.Wor.' se.Wor.'
A stupid or mischievous child is often called a ' young dummill.*
Shr.2 A slow, stupid, worn-out jaded horse. Hrf.^ Glo. Alius do
yer dooty, an never be sich a dommel as to take to guzzling. Leg.
Peas. (1877I 64 ; Gl. (1851) ; Horae Subsecivae (1777) 139.
2. adj. Of persons: stupid, dull, spiritless. Of animals:
slow to move, torpid.
Nhp. 2 Glo. Ur've got more and more dummle e\'ery day, Gissing
P'tll. Hampden {iSgo) W.iW; Grose 11790); Glo.' Common. As
dummel as a donkey. As dummel as a bittle; Glo. 2 Oxf. ' She's
deaf . . . and dummel,' said of an oldish dog (A.G.B.): Oxf.' A
donkey is said to be dummel from ill usage. Brks. {Coll. L.L.B.) ;
And us thinks as hisn's a dummell zowl As dwont care for zich
spwoorts as theze, Hughes Scour. IVhite Horse (1859) 71 ; Brks.',
Hmp.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Also of bees in wintertime
(K.M.G.) ; Severe weather . . . makes all wild animals ' dummel,"
in provincial phrase, Jefferies Gamekeeper {iB-iH) v\\; Wil.' Dor.
Many's the time thee'd be that weary an' dummel I've a-knovved
'ee go straight off to bed an' never touch a bite o' zupper, Hare
Vill. .Street (1895) 150.
Hence (il Dummel-head.si. {a) a blockhead; a clumsy,
awkward fellow; (b) the female verenda; (2) Dummel-
headed, adj. stupid, foolish.
(i, a) Lakel. Thoo gurt dnmmule heed thoo, Penrith Obs. (Dec.
28,1897). Cum.' Wm.T'dummel-heead paid his two pund fifteen,
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spec. Dial. (1880") pt. ii. 34. w.Yks. Mind what tha'rt dewin, tlia
gurt duinlciicead, tha'U breck o' t'pots e' t'hoil (^B.K.). Lan. ' It's
a fair sham,' she said, ' a girt diimmel-heead it hes a feass for owtc,'
V\K.ii:^Mi Foniess Flk. (1870)32; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' Hmp.
In constant use ^H.E.). (Ai Cum. G/. (1851). (2) Wil. (G.E.D.)
3. Of corn or hay : damp, not well made.
Oxf.' This hay wunt pitcli, 'tis very dummul. Brks.^
[1. A dumel, sttipuhis, Levins Maiiip. (1570). LG.
duniincl, 'cin Zustand der Bctaubimg, dor Schlal'trunkcn-
heit, dcs Taumclns, Wirrseins ' (Bergiiaus).J
DUMMERHEAD, sb. Sus. Hmp. A blockhead. See
Dunimel-head, s.v. Dummelll.
Sus. In fairly constant use still (E.E.S.). Sus., Hmp. Holloway.
DUMMET, sA. Cor.^ [dB-mat] A meal of the nature
of ' high tea,' consisting of meat, &c., the beverage being
usually tea.
DUMMET, DUMMUT, DUMMIC, see Dimmet,Dunnock.
DUMMOCK,5A.' Yks.Lan.StfWar. [du-nisk.] 1. Oat-
cake. Stf.' 2. pi. Clay marbles of inferior quality, ' pots.'
War.* 3. The fundament. w.Yks.'' 4. A small heap of soil
or dirt. Lan.'
DUMMOCK, sb? and v. War. Wor. e.An. Also
written dummuck Nrf.'; and in form dommock Wor.
[difni-, dB-m-, dcmak.] 1. sb. A blow or stroke.
War.* Dumniocks, legitimate blows given in certain games.
e.An. (Hall.I, Nrf.'
2. V. To knock about, bruise.
s.Wor. Thahy ducks on't get sah dommocked about, if a sends
'em in thur feathers iH.K.).
3. Phr. /o go a-diiinnwcking; see below.
War.^To go a dummocking is to divide into two parties, one on
each side of a liedge, to drive any birds or small animal (such as a
stoat) back into the hedge as escape is attempted, until the object
pursued has been killed with a stone or stick.
DUMMOCK, sb.^ and adj. Not. War. Won [du-m-,
dE-mak.] 1. sb. A fool, blockhead. War.^, se.Wor.'
2. adj. Deaf. Not. (J.H.B.)
DUMMY, sb.^ Sc. licl. Nhb. Dur. Lakel. Yks. Chs.
Not. Oxf. Brks. Mid. Suf. Ess. Also written dumbie,
dumby Sc. [dumi, dBmi.] 1. A dumb person, one
who is speechless ; a deaf mute.
Sc. Dummie canna lie, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 10. Cai.' ne.Sc.
(J.Ar.) ; Wonderful were the stories current, . . . how this friend
never returned, for the dummy always blew him away and shook
his head with a look of sorrow when his return was spoken of;
how this one died, for when consulted by anxious friends about
recovery the dummy shewed signs of sorrow, scraped a little hole
in the earth, or in the ashes on the hearth, put a straw or a chip
of wood or some such thing into it, and covered it up, Gregor
/7>t-Locf (1881) 28. Abd. Wha'll tak the trible needfu' to the learnin'
o' a puir dummie, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xxv. Frf. By that time
- . . Hendry Robb, the * dummy,' had sold his last barrowful of
'rozetty' (resiny) roots 'for firewood,' Barrie Lic/it (1888) iv.
w.Sc. Such persons were supposed to possess great gifts of fore-
sight and frequently visited at different houses and villages in order
to answer questions by paper and pencil, Napier Flk-hore (1879)72.
Ayr. Standing at the bar like a dumbie, and looking round her like
a demented creature, G alt Prozjos/ (1822) ix. Lth.Drucken dumbies
skirled an' whoopit, Ballantine Poems (1856) 10. Lnk. To be a
dummie ten years running, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 172. Ir.
Dummies having lost two senses, have the other more acutely
developed, /7/t-Z.o>f Rec. (1881) IV. 115. Nhb.i, Dur.' Lakel.
Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). w.Yks. J.W.) ; w.Yks.i
2. Conip. (1) Dummy-nettle, the white dead-nettle,
LainiuDi album ; (2) -stag, a game of touch '; see below.
(i) Oxf. I B. & H. ), Brks.i : 2J s.Not. One player with clasped
hands pursues the rest until he touches one. Those two join
hands and attempt to catch a third ; the latter when caught takes
hands with the other two ; and so on until all are caught. If
the players not yet caught can break the chain of their pur-
suers, they chase them home with knotted handkerchiefs, caps,
&c. Each time on starting from the goal they chant, ' Dummy
stag, in a bag ; one, two, three. The first man that I catch will
have to go with me ' ;J.P.K,).
3. Phr./!>j('o;(r(/H«!;«jt', hold your tongue. Suf. (R.E.L.)
4. A landing-stage erected or moored on the river-side
to facilitate landing. Mid., Ess. Grose (1790) MS. add. (S.)
5. Hatting term : a wooden or iron implement used to
press down the curls of hat-brims. Chs.'
6. A mining term : a nickname for a tram, a colliery
carriage ; also in conip. Dummy-tram.
Nhb. Aw ncist took Dummy by the lug, Wilson Pi/man's Pay
(1843) 30; Nhb.' A dummy tram was one moved by two boys, or
by a man and a boy.
DUMMY, sb? War. [dB-mi.] A candle.
War.*; War.^'The people living in the houses by me don't want
gas — they can do with a lamp or a half-penny dummy, as they
always liave.' Very common.
DUMP, sb} Sc. Yks. Chs. Nhp. Glo. Hnt. e.An. Ken.
Wil. Dev. Cor. Also Colloq. [dump, dBmp.] 1. A
marble, a small leaden counter; pi. a game of marbles, any
game in which marbles, counters, and such-like are used.
S. & Ork.' A term used by boys playing at ball. Frf. She was
pla3-ing at dumps in the street, Barrie A1 itiister ^iBg-^) iv. Rxb.
A game at marbles or taw, played with holes scooped in the ground
(Jam.), s.Chs.' A small round piece of clay, hardened and
whitened, for use in the game of marbles. Nhp.' A game at mar-
bles, played by placing them in a horizontal line, instead of a ring.
. . . The last marbles that a boy stakes are termed dumps ; he
would say, * I've put in my dumps,' i.e. all the marbles he had
left. Hnt. (T. P.F.) e.An.' A clumsy medal of lead cast in moist
sand. ne.Ken. Leaden counters for boys to play pitch and toss
with (H.M.'). [They were shyed at witli dumps from a small dis-
tance agreed upon by the parties, generally regulated by the size or
the weight of the dump, and the value of the cock. Brand Pop.
Aiiliq. (ed. 1848) I. 82 ; Our tops are spun with coils of care, Our
dumps are no delight. Hood Poems (ed. 1865) 92.]
Hence to be dumped up, phr. to lose the last of one's
marbles, to lose the 'dumps.' Nhp.'
2. A small worthless coin, esp. in -phr. not io care a dump,
not to care in the least ; Jig. cash, money.
Nhp.' Half-pence beat up at the edpes. Hnt. (T.P.F.) Cor.
They don't care a dump what the day is. Parr Aciain and Eve
(1880) II. 271. Slang. Now she doesn't care a dump For ancient
pot or pan. Hood Poems (ed. 1862-3) •'""' ""' " Single Man.
3. A dumpling.
m.Yks.' Pudding and beef's the staff of life, but a dump for a
long day. Glo.'
4. A kind of coarse sweetmeat.
Wil.' A treacle dump. e.Dev. The big Tom Waldron supplied
the little Phil Penniloe with dumps and penny-puddings. Black-
more Perlycross (1894) i.
5. A short, fat person.
Nrf. A little dump, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 84.
Hence Dumpling, sb. a little fat child or person. w.Yks.'
6. A pollard tree.
Wil.' Ash-dump, willow-dump.
DUMP, s6.* Sc. Yks. [dBmp, dump.] 1. A deep
hole or pool of water.
n.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). [Feigned at
least to be bottomless, Grose (1790).]
Hence Dumpy, adj. having deep holes of water.
n.Yks. T'beck's varry dumpy (I.W.).
2. A place where rubbish, taken out of a quarry, coal-
pit, &c., is shot or thrown down. Cf. dump, v.^
Gall. Most of these spouts of stones fell on great tails that spread
down the mountain steep, like rubble from a quarry toom (or dump,
as they call it in the sea-coal district), CROCKEiTy?rt/rfi?r5 (1894) xxvi;
(A,W.)
[1. Norw. dial, dump, a deep hole (Aasen) ; cp. Bavar.
dial, dump/, a deep place in flowing or standing water, an
abyss (Schmeller),]
DUMP, sb.^ e.Lan.' [dump.] A game in which the
players feign dumbness.
DUMP, z;.' and sb.* Sc. Ire!. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Not. Lin.
War. Nrf Ken. Dev. Anier. N.Z. Slang, [dump, dBmp.]
1. V. To set down heavily, throw down with violence.
Gen. with down.
Cai.' Frf. As a result he was dumpit doon twa miles an' a half
frae Crowdiehowe about eleven o'clock at nicht, Willock Roselly
Ends (1886) 125, ed. 1889. Gall. The gunners were dumping round
shot on the boards, and the grape and cannister were coming up
from below, Crockett Raiders (1894) x. Ir. A block is sometimes
just dumped down on the roof. Barlow IdylL (1892) 7, w.Yks.
(J.W.J Not. Dump it down on the table (W.H.S.). War.^ He
DUMP
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DUMPY
left the coal just as he dumped it down. Ken. Where shall I dump
my basket ' (D.W.L.) Dev. Moiil/i/y Mag. {1810) I. 1^35 ; Dev.^
[Amer. And so j'ou know that immortal idiot is actually going to
dump those mackerel overboard. Max A DELER£"/6oz('/?oo/»,xxii. N.Z.
Two or three men were engaged in pointing the stakes and dumping
and malleting them into the ground, Hay Brighter Bntain, I. 191.]
Hence (i) Dumper, sb. (a) an outdoor game; (b) a
'driver' or 'raminer' used in paving roads with stones;
(2) Dumping, sb. a method of catching eels; (3) Dumping-
place, sb. a place where rubbish may be deposited.
(r, «) Nhb.The winter games were' Warney,' ' Dumper," Moont
the Cuddy ' — local games difficult to describe, Dixon WJnIlingham
Vale (1895) 269. (il Ayr. He brocht doon his beetle o' a nieve on the
buird wi' a daud like Sanny M<:Atee's cause'y dumper, Service
No/aiidiiiiis (1890) 12. (2) Lin. A net is placed across a dyke,
then the water is beaten, so that the eels are driven into the net,
Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 326. (3) Cai.'
2. To thump, beat, kick, knock. Of a cow: to butt.
Ags. (Jam.) Fif. A term used at taw, to denote the punishment
sometimes inflicted on the loser. He closes his fist and the winner
gives him so many strokes on the knuckles with the marbles, iO.
Ayr. Getting my knuckles dumpit at the taw, Service Dr. Dnguid
(ed. 1887) 185. Lth. He dumpit the butcher, wha ran for his life,
Ballantine Poems (1856) 55. Nhb. But the maistorman thumpt
us, he doost an' he dumpt us, Rodson Evangeline (1870) 346.
Cum. Theer a cow dumpt her down, and she's kilt, Dickinson
Cuntbr, (1876] 259; Cum.i
Hence Dumpy, adj. Of cows : given to attacking people,
fond of butting. Cum.'
3. At Winchester School : to extinguish a candle.
Slang. Shadwell IVykc. Slang (1859-1864) ; (A.A.H.)
4. To walk heavily, stump.
Cai.', Fif. (Jam.) Nrf. Kit had been working about vigorously,
dumping about with her short, heavy steps, Gibbon Beyond Com-
pare ! 1888) I. xii. Dev.i Just then zombody dump'd to door, and
in stump'd the old kicking Winkingham, 14.
5. sb. A blow; a stroke on the knuckles sometimes
given to the loser in the game of taw.
Fif. (Jam.) Edb. Pate next unto the gun did jump, Thinkin' the
mark to gi'e a dump, Forbes Poems (1812) 61.
6. A game ; see below.
Yks. in vogue about half a century ago, but now believed to be
nearly obs. The lads . . . place their fists endways, the one on
the other till they form a high pile of hands. Then a boy, who
has one hand free, knocks the piled fists off one by one, saying
to every boy . . . 'What's there. Dump?' He continues this pro-
cess till he comes to the last fist ; . . . [after a fixed dialogue has
been recited] every one endeavours to refrain from speaking in
spite of mutual nudges and grimaces, and he who first allows a
word to escape is punished by the others in the various methods
adopted by schoolboys. In some places. . .the children pile their
fists in the manner described above: then one and sometimes all
of them sing : 'I've built my house, I've built my wall; I don't care
where my chimneys fall ! ' The merriment consists in the bustle
and confusion occasioned by the rapid withdrawal of the hands,
GoMME Games (1894) 117.
[1. And dump {)e deuls [v.r. deueles) ))ider in. Cursor M.
(c. 13001 22643.]
DUMP, v.'^ and adj. Hmp. Wil. Som. 1. v. To blunt.
Wil.^ I've dumped my scythe against a stone.
Hence Dumpt, />/>/. adj. blunted, blunt. Hmp.'
2. adj. Blunt.
Som. P'rhaps th' hook Es dump. No, no; es like a dart, Pulman
Sketches (1842) 17.
DUMPED, ppl. adj. Irel. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Disappointed and taken by surprise.
Ant. Bnllymena Obs. 1 1892).
DUMPEST,(7rf/. Sc. Also in form dumpees'd. Stupid,
dull, heavy, without animation.
Sh.I. Foo lang is doo gaun ta sit stoorin' i' da fliiir lack ane
dumjiest? Sh. News (July 17, 1897) ; We'll shurely no gcng aljoot
da flCiir i' da ncrvies lack a dumpest fulc fir want o' a smok, fir a
while noo, ib. (July 12, 1897) ; Like a dumpees'd fiile. Burgess
Sketches (and ed. ) 28.
DUMPH, sb. and adj. Sc. 1. sb. A dull, stupid
person ; a ' sumph.' Per. (G.W.)
2. adj. Dull, insipid. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Bell. He surely is a heartless sumph That lolls about the ingle
dumph On sic a day as this, Tauras Poems (1804) 14 (Jam.).
DUMPHEAD.sA. Dev. [dB-mped.] 1. The miller's-
thumb or ' bull-head,' Cottns gobio.
Havee got any fish. Bill? — No ! Nort but tii or dree dumpheads,
Hevvett Peas. Sp. (1892).
2. A fool, blockhead, stupid person.
Us can't zay much vur she ; 'er's a bit ov a dumphead, *er is, ib.
DUMPISH, i;. Obs. Sc. To depress, make despondent.
Frf. How happy the laddie that love ne'er beguiles, Ne'er
diimpish'd with frowns, or the sly maiden wiles, MORISON Poems
(1790J 187.
DUMPLE,s6. Sc.Nhp. [dB mpl.] l.Adumpling. Nhp.»
2. A quantity, bundle ; a lump.
Per. He has a dumple on his bacli [a hunchbackl (G.W.). Slk.
And some brought dumpies o'woo, Hogg Tales (1838) 318, ed, 1866.
DUMPLE, V. e.Lan.' [du'mpl.] To crumple, crush
by folding up.
[He was a little man, dumpled up together, Scott Diary (Jan.
17. 1827) in Lockhart's /.//(■ (ed. 1845) 654.]
DUMPLING, sb. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin. Hrt. e.An. Dor.
fdumplin, dBmplin.] 1. In ro;«/i. (i) Dumpling-dust,
ilour ; (2) -eater, a Norfolk or Suflblk man; (3) -head, a
blockhead, fool, stupid person.
(i) w.Yks. Sum wor heads witiiaht maaths or else thead a been
a deal a dumplin-dust wanted. Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann.
(1874)40. e.Lan.^, n.Lin.' Hrt. ' What have you there, my boy ? '
' Some dumplin-dust from the Mill' (^H.G.). Nrf. Cozens-Hardy
Broad Ntf. (X&g-i) 8^. e.Suf. (F.H.) (2) e.An.= Spoken of in con-
tempt. (3) Lan. The doekins un dumplinyeds uv society, Staton
Loominary {c. 1861) 75.
2. A small, heavy mass. Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
3. A particular kind of bait used in barbel fishing.
s.Not. I always found chandlers' greaves a more killing bait than
the worm, and in baiting 1 deposited the stuff in the shape of a ball
in the river, intermixed with muddy earth, or better still, portions
of scalded barley-meal. This ball on the Trent is known among
barbel anglers as the dumpling, Not, Guardian (Aug. 19, 1895) 7.
4. An ill-grown lamb.
e.Yks. [Lambs] that fall to grasse oversoone proove short runtish
sheepe and are of the shepheardes callede dumplinges. Best Piir.
Econ. (1641) 5.
DUMPS, sb. Dor. Som. Dev. Also written dumpse.
[dB*m(p)s.] Twilight, dusk. See Dimps.
w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis (1834). Som. Dumps of the
yavening, W. & J. Gl. (18731; Under a growing moon, just at
the dumps o' night, Raymond Sum; (iHrfSaAmn (1894) 151. w.Som.'
7"wu2 jis lau'ng een dhu duum'S luyk [it wasjust along in the
twilight]. Dev. Monthly Mag. (1810) 1. 435.
Hence (i) Dumpsky (or Dumsky), (2)Dumpsy, adj.
dark, dusky, gloomy ; also used advb.
(i) Som. 'S/ery common (W.F.R,). (2) Som. I can't see my
prayer-book. Sir, in the Church, now it gets so dumpsy {ib.);
Sliart dumpsy days an' longful nights, Pulman Sketches (1842) 57.
w.Som.' Not used for early dawn. Jis ee'ns twuz git"een duura-see
luyk [just as it was getting towards night]. Ter'ble dumpsy, Izim,
can't hardly zee. nw.Dev.' s.v. Dimps.
DUMPS, 5*. //. Rxb. (Jam.) Mournful, melancholy
tunes.
DUMPTY, adj. Cum.' Nhp.' sc.Won' [du'mti,
dBmti.] Short and thick ; also used subst. a thick,
short, stumpy person or thing.
DUMPUT, sb. Wil.' A dung-pot.
DUMPY, adj.^ In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc. and
Eng. [du-mpi, dBmpi.] 1. Short and thick, squat,
awkward ; also used siibsl. a short, thick-set person.
Sc. She was a short, fat dumpy woman, quite a bundle of a body,
as one may say, Blaeiiv. Mag. (Sept. 1819) 709 (Jam.1 Lnk. In
makin' ane humpy, anither ane dumpy. Lemon 5/. Mungo (1844)
62. Lth. Dumpy Jock Dalyell, Smith yl/f>-)yiJ>Wrt/(i866)3. Gall.
Hepulledout twodumpylittlered-covered Bibles, Crockett .ffaiV/ws
(1894I xlv. Cum.'s.v. Dumpty. w.Yks.', Not.', Lei.', Nhp.', Brks.'
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); Britton Beauties (1825). n.Wil. A dumpy
wench (E.H.G.). Dor.' When tha had the dumpy heap unboun',
'E veil to pieces, 128. Som. Monthly Mag. (1814I II. 126. CoHoq.
She was a dumpy woman, tho' Her family was high. Hood Poems
(ed. 1862-3)7. Trot.
Hence Dumpiness, sb. shortness, the state of being
thick and short. Sc. (Jam.)
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2. Blunt-pointed, having a rounded end ; also used as adv.
Brks.' w.Som.' Dliik stae-iik oa'n goo, ee-z tu duumpee
taapud [That stake will not go, it is too blunt-topped].
3. Of cloth : coarse, thick. Cld. (Jam.) Hence Dumpi-
ness, ^A. Of cloth: coarseness, thickness, (ib.)
DUMPY, (uij."^ Nhb. Yks. e.An. Dev. Amer. [du'mpi,
dB-mpi.J Sullen, discontented, low-spirited.
N.Cy.*, Nlib.^ w.Yks.^ 'Shoo't come rarnd nobbiid lolirher alOan.*
' Noan shoo; shuli's dumpy be naatur.' e.An.', Dev.' [Amer.
Heavy, stupid, as of a chicken with some disease, Dial. Notes (1896)
I. 236]
DUMPY-WULLY, sb. Cum. A pet lamb.
Burn Bonier Btilhuls {i&'n) Gl.; A dumpy-wuUy, meddl'd vvi',
Hcs shown thf- lady fight, lO. Poiitis (,1885 281.
DUMSCUM, i6. So. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A children's game, similar to Hopscotch
or Beds, q.v.
DUMSIFIED, adj. Suf. Stupid; stupefied, 'dumb-
founded.'
Suf. ( C.T.") e.Su'. Rarely used, and only by the old (E.G.?.).
DUM TAM, p/ir. n.Sc. (Jam.) A bunch of clothes on
a beggar's back under his coat.
This seems to be a cant phrase denoting that although this is
carried as beggars carry tlieir children, it is a mute.
DUN, sb. Obs.} Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. A hill, an
eminence ; a hill-fort.
Arg. Duns are very numerous ... in all parishes in the Highlands.
They are a row of large stones put together, ^f». in a circular form,
on the top of conspicuous hills, not far from, and always in sight
of, one another. . . They are supposed to have been used for
kindling fires on, for the purpose of warning the country, and
summoning the people to assemble for the common defence, on
the sudden appearance of an enemy. Statist. Ace. XIV. 256 (Jam.).
Kcb. There are four or five motes in difl'erent parts of the parish ;
one of which the Dun of Borelandj is very remarkable, ib. XV. 40
{ib.^. N.Cy.' Cum. Linton iai^Cy. (1864) 315. n.Yks. Hesees no
difficulty in assuming the former existence of a hill fort or dun upon
the height, Atkinson IVhitby (1894) 85.
DUN, V. Sc. Yks. [d-en, dun.] To din, stun with
noise ; to make a great noise ; to thump, beat.
Sh.I. It juist resoonds oot troo da open o' mypuir head, da sam'
as ane wis dunnin' apo' a empty saut watter kig ! Sh. News ( May
15, 1897). Edb. Duns my ears Wi' what was thought could maist
defame The Volunteers, Crawford Po«i»s (1798) 22. Yks. Yks.
IVkly. Post (1883).
[Norw. dial, ditna, to thunder, give a hollow sound
(Aasen).]
DUN, adj} Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[dun, dBn.] 1. Of a j'ellowish-brown colour ; brown,
tanned ; of a greyish colour.
Dmf. Impudent midges got under herclaise . . . And bit her dun
haffits, Shennan Tales (1831) 154. Nhb.' A dun horse, a dun
mare. Cum. March wind and May sun maks cleas white and
lasses dun, Frov. (M.P.) Suf. (M.E.R.)
2. Comb, (i) Dun-bird, («) the female pochard, Fn/irriila
ferina ; ib) the scaup, Fuligtda mania ; (2) -cow, a free-
stone bed in Swanage quarries ; (3) -crow, the hooded
crow, Corvits cormx; (4) -diver, the young and female
goosander, Mergtts merganser; (5) —earth, a stratum of
earth, so named from its colour; (6) — horse, in phr. to
ride the dun horse, to dun a creditor ; (7) — John, var.
species of the grass ^^ros/fs ; (8) -pickle, (9) -piddle, the
marsh-harrier or moor-buzzard. Circus aeruginosus ; (10)
•row grains, the second parting of the ironstone; (11)
-stone, a variety of rock ; (12) -stone land, a kind of soil.
(i, a) Dmf., Ir., Ess. [So called] from its colour, Swainson Birds
(18851 160. Nrf. Cozens-Hardy i?roarf TV)/ (1893)46. (A) Ess.
The contrivance for taking dun birds was new to me, Marsiiall
Review (181 1) III. 526 ; From the dusky brown of its head, neck,
breast and rump, Swainson ib. 159. (2) Dor. C.W.) (3) w.Yks.
[So called] from the colour of the back and under parts, Swainson
ib. 85. Oxf. Aplin Birds{\HSg) 214. Snf.e.Ait. Dy. Times (i8g2\
Ken.' (4) [The females and young males are of a dull greyish
brown ; hence they are called dun divers, Swainson ib. 163 ;
The females and young birds of the Goosander and Merganser
are popularly called Dun-divers, Johns Birds (1862) 527.] (5)
Shr.' (6) w.Yks.' (7) Chs.' Probably so called from the colour
which, when plentiful, it gives to the fields. A labouring man once
VOL. II.
told me, however, that he supposed the name was given to it
because it indicated that the land was 'done' or run out, i. e. im-
poverished. s.Chs.' A species of fine grass, verv difhcult to cut.
(.8) Wil. Obs., Swainson ib. 131 ; It is said in Wiltshire that the
marsh harriers or dun pickles alight in great numbers on the downs
before rain, ib. IVeallur Flk-Lore (1873) 242. (9} Dor. Barnes
Gl. ; N.tf Q. (18771 5th S. viii. 45. (10) Stf.' (11; Hrf. Towards
the east the soil is loose and shallow, covering stone of small value,
provincially termed the dun-stone, Marshall Review (1818) II.
30. (12) Dev. Good land might be deemed the best definition of
dunstone, ib. V. 560.
DUN, adjP- Cum. Shr. [dun, den.] 1. Dumb. Cf.
dunny, adj?
Cum. And Jen was deef, and dun, and daft, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 64.
2. Comp. Dun-nettle, the red dead-nettle, Lamium
purpureuni. Shr.'
DUN, DUNAGAN, DUNAKIN, see Do, v., Dunnekin.
DUNBAR WEDDER, phr. Tev. (Jam.) A salted
herring.
DUNCAN-DYEL, see Donk, sb. 2.
DUNCE-HOLE, s6. Shr.' [dens-ol.] Akind of store-
room or small granary within a larger one, into which
grain can be put in bulk after it is threshed.
Yo'd'n better get the dunce-'ole clierd out ; we sha'n want
it w'en we throshen to-morrow.
DUNCH, V. and sb} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf Glo. e.An. Also written
dunsch Fif. ; dunsh Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' Ant. N.Cy.' Nrf.'
Suf.' ; and in form dunge Per. [dunj, denj.] 1. v. To
nudge, push, jog with the elbow, &c. ; to knock against,
push, jostle ; to bump, strike on.
Sc. Whatgies her titles to dunch gentlemans about? Scott Mid-
lothian (i8i8;xxi; The cooper admonished his mother-in-law with
his elbow. . . ' Ye needna be dunshin that gate, John,' ib. Bride
of Lam. (1819) xxvi ; The boat dunched on the rock (Jam. Siippl.).
Cai.' Per. A' hed tae dunge Jeems wi' ma elbow, Ian Maclaren
Bonnie Brier Bush (1894) 208. Fif. Bellies, the heicher they were
and fatter, Were dunschcd in and grus'd the llatter,TENNANTPrt/>;s/^
(1827) 86. Ayr. I dunshed ane or twa beside me wi' my fit, and
tellt them o' the ploy, Service Notandums (i8go) 29. Lnk. He
instantly dunched me wi' his elbow, Roy Generalship (,ed. 1895 ") 25.
n.Ir. 'She dunshed against me.' Very common (M.B.-S.). N.Cy.'
Nhb. Somebody dunched his airm, H A.I.D kVE Geordy's Last (i^iR; 9;
He'll dunch agyen foaks that he passes, Tyneside Sngs. (i8go) 414 ;
Nhb.',e.Dur.' Cum. She dunch'd and punch'd, cried ' fuil let be,'
Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 12 ; Cum.' n.Yks.^ To crush with the
heel. War.3 ' Please, Sir, he dunched me '— an excuse forablot in
a copy-book. se.Wor.' Hrf.^ The pole goes dunching agen it.
Hence Dunching, vbl. sb. the act of pushing or knocking
about.
Dmf., Gall. (Jam.) Kcb.Theunco brute much dunching dried [the
strange beast suffered much knocking about], Davidson Seasons
(1789) 49-
2. To push against or butt with the head.
Old., Dmf. (Jam.) N.I.' That cow will dunch you. Ant. Ba/ly-
MifHfl 06s. (1892) ; Patterson /)/«/. 23. Dwn. (C.H.W.) Lakel.
Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897). Wm. T'auld billy-goat hes dunshed
me 'at guts (B.K.).
Hence (i) Duncher, sb. a hornless or 'moiled' cow
which has a habit of knocking people down with its head ;
(2) Dunching, ppi. adj. butting, pushing with the head.
(i) Ant. Ballymena Obs. (18921. (2) Cld., Dmf. A dunshin bill
(Jam.). Ant. ' A dunching stirk ' — a steer or young bull that
begins to butt before he has got horns, Grose (1790) MS. add. {C.)
3. To knock, thrash, beat.
War.2 I have dunched him well.
Hence (i) Dunch, adv. with full force ; (2) Dunched,
ppl. adj. knocked, bruised ; (3) Dunching, vbl. sb. a beating,
thrashing.
(i) Hrf.2 He hit him dunch on the ribs. (2) Shr.' Look, 'ow that
drawer's dunched ; that wunna done by no far manes. (3) War.^
4. sb. A nudge, push, poke with the elbow, &c. ;
a shove, push, thrust ; a crash, bump, shock.
Sc. A bit dunch with the foot will made [malie] them comedown,
Ford Thistledown (1891; 175; It [the ship] struck the reef with
such a dunch as threw us all flat on the deck, Stevenson Kidnapped
(1886) xiii. Cai.' sSc. I gave her brother a sly dunch with my
DUNCH
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DUNDERHEAD
arm, Wilson TVifo (1836) II. 324. Ayr. (J.M.); [He] suddenly
gied my arm a dunsh, Service ZJ>-. Diigiiid {eA. 1887) 31. Lnk.
I took the first opportunity o' giein' John a bit dunsh in the side
wi' my elbow, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 10. e.Lth. I gied An'ra
a dunsh wi' my elbow, Hunter J. Imvick (1895) 26, Slk. You
stoiter against your fellow-creatures or rin yoursel' wi' a dunsh
again' the wa', Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 328. Gall. Gin
I hadna gi'en ye that dunch, ye micht hae preachen nane at Cauld-
shaws this nicht, Crockett Stkkit Min. (1893) 71. Nhb. Ane gat
a dunch o' the wame, Richardson Bordetcr's Tnble-bk. (1846) VII.
405. Cum. Ben . . . gev Libby a dunch wid his elbo', Farrall
Belty Wilson (1886') 91. War.^ s.Wor. 'E gen mah a smortish
dunch o' the yud (H.K.\ Glo.', Nrf.i, Suf.i
[1. pat tai Jie dunchen and firasten Jie for¥ward, Hoin.
(c. 1175) ed. Morris, I. 283. 3. Dunchyn, tiiiido, Pronipt
Cp. Sw. dial, duiika, to push, strike (Rietz).]
DUNCH, sh? Sc. Written dunsch Bnff.' [dBnJ.] A
bundle or truss of rags, straw, &c. ; fig. one who is
short and thick. Sc. (Jam.), Bnff.^ See Dunschach, 2.
Hence Dunchy, adj. short, squat, thick. Sc. (Jam.)
DUNCH, sb.^ ne.Wor. [Not known to our other
correspondents.] A kind of drink ; punch. (J.W.P.)
DUNCH, adj. Yks. Chs. Also Lei. Hrf. Glo. Brks.
Ken. Sus. Hnip. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Also in form
dunce Yks. ; dunse- Wil.' [dunj, denj.] 1. Deaf,
hard of hearing.
Chs.'°^, Hrf.i Glo. Ur mustn't be dunch when the man be a-
talking, Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890) III. i ; (H.T.E.); (A.B.) ;
Horae Sitbsecivae (1777) 139 ; Glo.'^ Brks. 'Hullo, my man, can't
you hear me V ' Ees, I beant dunch,' replied the constable, Hughes
7". Brown 0.i/. (1861) xxxii ; Brks.', Sus.' 2 s.Hmp. I can't think
what ails ye, child. . . Are ye grown dunch all of a sudden? Verne y
L. Lisle (1870) viii. I.W.' He's as dunch as a doour-poost ; I.W.2
The wold man's got quite dunch lately. w.Cy, Grose (1790).
Wil. Ah ! Molly, ye purtends to be as dunch as a bittle, Akerman
Tales (1853'! 81 ; Britton Beaulies (1825'! ; Wil.' Now rarely so
used. n. Wil. Still so used occasionally (W.C. P.). Dor. He's quite
dunch, Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. Sneaks is quick, but an adder's
so dunch as a bei-tl (W.F.R.); My owld'ooman's dunch and parlatic,
Agrikler Rliymes (1872) 22; Very common (W.P.W.) ; W. & J.
Gl. (1873) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). n.Dev. I be dunch
to all 'e zay, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 91.
Hence (i) Dunch-dunny. (2) Dunchy, adj. deaf
(ij Glo. 'Common. (2) Wil.' Frequently used in s.Wil. instead
of * dunch.'
2. Stupid, slow of comprehension, dull, heavy.
Glo. William Stretch be a trifle dunch in some of his faculties,
Gissing So/// of Ihis Parish (1889) I. 324; Punch pulls the string
an' Ketches him An makes un veel so dunch. Leg. Peas. (1877) 24.
Sns. They were too dunch loike ter ge un he's rite name, Jackson
Southward Ho (1894) I. 288; Sus.' ^ Hmp. I'd rather die a old
maid than put up with such a dunch chap, Gray Heart of Storm
(189IJI.35 6; Holloway; Hmp.' I.W. He was dunch as a plock,
MoNCRiEFF Z)(ra«i (1863) 17. Wil.' Now the common use. 'The
wapses gets dunch ' in late autumn. A labourer who can't be made
to understand orders is ' dunch.*
Hence (i) Dunch, v. to get mopish or dull ; to get
stiff with long sitting; (2) Dunch-dunny, adj., (3) -headed,
adj. dull, heavy, stupid ; (4) -nettle, the red and white
stingless nettles, Latniuni purpureiini and album.
(I j Ken. (A.E.C.) (2) Glo.' {3) Som. Sweetman rKmra«/o« G/.
(1885. (4) Hmp. (J.R.W.) Wil. Slow G/. (1892); Wil.' Dor.
w. Gazette (Feb. 15, 1889) 7, col, i.
3. Obs. Blind.
Som. 1 was amozt blind and dunch in mine eyez, Halliwell
Zttmnieset Pieces {iS^^) ^.
Hence Dunch-passage, sb. a blind passage, ' cul de sac'
Brks. Grose (1790); G/. (1852); Brks.'
4. Of bread, &c. : heavy, stodgy, doughy.
Wil.' n.Wil. Priding herself that [the batch of bread] is never
' dunch ' or heavy, Jefferies IVild Life (1879) vii.
Hence (i) Dunch, si. (n) a stodgy pudding made of flour,
currants, and water ; (/;) the dough from which ' parkin '
is made ; (2) Dunchdumpling, (3) -pudding, a plain
pudding made only of flour and water.
(i, a) Lei.', Brks. (A.C.j (b) Yks. LeedsMerc. Siippl. (Nov. 15,
1884) 8; A paste made of oatmeal and treacle, with or without
caraway seeds and other spices (Hall.). (2) Glo. Usually eaten
with salt, Northall Gl. (1896); Glo.', Hmp.' Wil. Britton
Beaulies (1825) ; Wil.'2 (3) Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863V
[2. He was deafe and moste dunch, Hellowes Fam. Ep.
(i574)75(N.E.D.).]
DUNCICAL, adj. n.Lin.' [du'nsikl.] Dunce-like.
[Indocile, dull, blockish, dunsical, Cotgr.]
DUNCKLE, DUNCLE, see Dunkle.
DUNCUS, sb. Lin. Written dunkus Lin.' A kind
of weed.
Lin. (Hall.) ; Lin.' [We have not met with the name elsewhere,
and cannot identify the plant (B. & H,).]
DUN-DAISY, sb. Som. The ox-eye or field-daisy,
Chrysanthenimn Leucaiithemiini. See Dunder-daisy, s. v.
Dunder, sA.' Friend Gl. (1882).
DUNDEE, sb. Bnft'.' Also in form dundeerie. A
great noise or tumult, either of people quarrelling or in fun.
DUNDER, s6.' and v.^ Obs. Irel. Som. Dev. Cor.
1. sb. Thunder.
Wxf.', w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. The dunder clo gaily [affright] the
beans [beans shoot up fast after thunderstorms], Ray Prov. (ed.
1813) 44. Dev. White Oymans Conductor {i^qi) 127.
Hence (i) Dunderbolt, sb. a celt or fossil belemnite ;
(2) Dunder-daisy, sb. the white ox-eye or field-daisy.
Chrysanthemum Leiicanthemiim.
( I ) w.Cor. For the ' reumatis ' boiled dunderbolt is the sovereign
remedy. I knew an old woman who used to boil a celt i^vulgarly
a ' dunderbolt ' or thunderbblt) for some hours, and then dispense
her water to the diseased, Polwhele Trad. (18261 II. 607 (Dav.);
Flk-Lore Jrn. (1883) VI. 191. (2) Som. W. & J, Gl. (,1873).
2. V. To thunder.
Dev. Vor w'^'' those guns . . . Do dunder and spett vire-a, Stroud
Sng. (c. 1640) St. 5.
DUNDER, sb.'^ Sh.L The devil. S. & Ork.'
DUNDER, v? and 5*.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also in forms
dundher N.L' ; dunner Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' Ant. Nhb.
[dBndar, dB'nar, du'n(d)3r.] 1. v. To rumble, give out
a loud thundering noise ; to knock or strike with a loud
noise ; to partially paralyze with a blow.
Sc. It gard the divots stour aff the house riggins and every caber
dunner, Edb. Mag. (June 1820) 533 (Jam.). S. & Ork.', Cai.'
Lnk. Noo winter dunners doun the lum, Nicholson Idylls (1870)
43. Rxb. And thunners dunnered o'er ye, Riddell Poet. Wks.
(1871) I. 131. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). Nhb. (M.H.D.)
Hence Dundering, (i) ppl. adj. making a rumbling
noise like thunder, rumbling, reverberating ; (2) sb. a
loud thundering or rumbling noise.
(i) Sc. [They] wad aften in a jiffie to auld Nick Sen' ane anither
dunnerin' saul an' hool, T. Scott Poems (1793) 365 ; A ' dunnerin
brae ' is one which gives a peculiar sound as if it were hollow, when
a conveyance drives on it (A.W.). Elg. The buzzing fly hangs on
the chace, Oure a' the dund'ringglen, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 112.
Fif. Till erthlins wi' a dunderin' rattle Tummlet the tow'rso' Troy,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 4. (2) Rnf. Big trains . . . are birlin'
Wi' deavesome dunnerin' and dirlin'. Young Pictures (1865) 169.
2. sb. A loud rumbling noise like thunder ; a reverbe-
rating sound ; a violent, noisy blow.
S. & Ork.'. Cai.' Cld. 'The dunner of a cannon,' the noise of
a cannon heard at a distance (Jam.). Lnk. Wild winter's win' . . .
howls lood an' lang Wi' mony a deafnin' dunner O' fearsome din,
Thomson Musings (1881) 47. Dmf. Wi' mony a dunner, Auld guns
were brattling afflike thunner, Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 45. Gall.
A dunner, That lickit the plates at Whiteha', Lauderdale Poems
(1796) 74. Kcb. Although his Maggy on his mind Did sometimes
gie a dunner, Davidson Seasons (1789) 18. N.I.' A dundhercame
to my door. Ant. Gie the door a dunner, Ballymena Obs. (1892).
[1. Norw. dial, diindra, to make a rumbling sound, for
diiitra, see ditiia (Aasen) ; see Dun, !>.]
DUNDER-CLUGS, sb. Sh.L A facetious name for a
Dutchman, so called from the wooden shoes worn by him.
Hit's a peety 'at dunder-clugs dusna come dis wy aftner, Clark
Gleams (i8g8j 49.
DUNDERCLUNK, sb. Bnff' A big, stupid person.
DUNDERHEAD, sb. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in
Sc. and Eng. Also in forms donderyed s.Chs.' ; dundher-
heead e.Yks.' ; dunner- Fif. A fool, blockhead, simple-
ton; adull,stupidperson. Also used f7//;-/6. Cf dunder-knoU.
Sc. While dunderhead sages Who hope for good wages Direct
us the way, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) II. 107, ed. 1871.
DUNDER-KNOLL
[2Ill
DUNGERING
Sh.I. Naething iver haes da affeck apo' dunderheads da lack o'
him, S/i. JViU'S .May 8, 1897). s.Sc. The best-formed head may
be but a dunderhead a' its days, Wilson Ta/cs (1839") V. 379. Rnf.
Go, sir, sit duun, ye silly, dounricht dunderhead. Young Pictures
(1865)150. Nhb.' What's the dunderhecd myed on't ? s.Dur.
Thou greet dunderhced iJ.E.D). Cum.', n. Yks.i, e.Yks.', m.Yks.i
w.Yks. Dal thy fla^. ... it runs atween thee and thy wits, thou
duxideTheail,Jiibe3 O/ip/iau/ (^1870) bk. i. ii ; Can't thou speak, thou
great dunderhead? Yks>iia>i. (1881) Summer No. n ; w.Yks.'^ Lan.
Davies Races (1856) 230 ; Lan.' s.Chs.' Dhaa nuwd dondiiryed
[Tha nowd donderyed]. s.Stf. He's a dunderhead. . . . The man's
a fool, pure and simple, Murray yo/i« Vale (1890) xxxi. n.Lin.',
Hrt. (H.G.) Suf.' Probably in Suf. it would be 'dundahid' or 'dun-
dahiddid." Hmp. Why cain't the wold dunderhead up and say,
*Will ye hae me, Sarow ? ' and ha' done wi't ? Gray Heart of
S/o>»i (1891) I. 193 ; (H.C.M.B.I w.Som.i Dev. Bowring i«H^.
(1866) I. 36 ; Also Dunderpoll, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
Ilence Dunderheaded, adj. stupid, dull, heavy.
Fif. Just what I thocht ; that dunner-headed grocer's forgot to
gie me the sugar, M'Laren 7>Mk' 1,1894! 54. s.Chs.', Not. (J.H.B.),
Suf.' Dor. My man is a poor dunder-headed feller, Hardy
Truinfiet-Major{iS8o) ii. Dev.' You drumble-drone-dunder-headed-
slinpole, 17. Cor. You dunderheaded old antic, — lave that to the
musicianers, 'Q.' Three Ships (1890! i. [At that day a great deal of
this sort of chaff was current so that the most dunderheaded boy
had plenty on the tip of his tongue, Hughes T. Brown O.xf.
(18611 xi.]
[Recover, dunder-head, Massinger Picture (1629) 11. i,
ed. Cunningham, 292.]
DUNDER-KNOLL, sb. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Also written
•knowl n.Yks.^ ; -noil n.Yks.' ; -nowl ni.Yks.' ; dundher-
knowl e.Yks.'; and in forms dudernoU m. Yks.' ; dunder-
noddle Dur.' [dundarnoul.] A blockhead ; a stupid,
silly person. Cf. dunderhead.
n.Cy. Grose ,1790). Dur.'. n.Yks."^ e.Yks. Marshall /?«/•.
Econ. ( 17881 ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.'
DUNDER-NODDLE, see Dunder-knoll.
DUNDERPATE, sb. Cum. Lan. Som. A stupid,
silly person ; a blockhead, fool. Also used altrib.
Cum. Once more I must sing to learn folks what a lot Of dunder-
pate Bobbies old Cockermouth's got, Denwood Cuckeryiioulh Bobbies.
Lan. But oh, thou gull, thou dunderpate, Roby Trad. (1872) II. 298.
w.Sora. '
DUNDICK, sh. Der. [du'ndik.] A slaty substance
found in coal, which will not cinerate.
Jackson Wd-bk. :i879) s.v. Bass.
DUNDIEFECKEN, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) A stunning blow.
Cf. dandiefechan.
DUNDUCKITY, adj. N.I.' Of an undecided, dull
colour.
Dunduckity mud colour, the colour of a mouse's diddy.
DUNDUCKYTIMUR, sb. Nrf, Suf (Hall.) A dull,
indescribable colour.
DUNDY, adj. Yks. Lin. e.An. In form dunty n.Lin.'
[du'ndi, dB-ndi, du'nti.] 1. Of a dull colour, dun-
coloured ; gen. in comb. Dundy-grey.
w.Yks. The cloaze o' thowtless dab-weshin wimmin are alias
good ta tell be t'dundy grey colour on em, Tom Treddlehoyle
BairHsla Ann. (i86i) 5 ; w.Yks.^ Used about Doncaster. n.Lin.',
e.An.', Nrf.'
2. Comp. Dundy-cow, the lady-bird, Coccinella septem-
puiictata. ne.Yks.'
DUNE, see Do, t'., Doon, adv.
DUNELM OF CRAB, phr. Obs. N.Cy.' A dish of
gouty complexion.
It takes its name from an ancient city in the north of England,
where 'good eating' and 'good living' are clerically considered
as synonymous terms.
DUNG, sb.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. [dun, dBg.]
1. In cojiib. (i) Dung-barging, clearing barges of London
refuse ; (2) -belly, a coward, craven ; (3) -butt, (4) -cart, a
heavy, two-wheeled cart, used for carrying dung ; (5) -cart
raves, a framework fitted on to a cart to accommodate an
extra load ; (61 -crone, a bent dung-hook ; (7) -crooks, part
of the gear of a pack-horse used when carrying manure ;
see Crook, sb.^ 8 ; (8) -drag or -drug, an instrument used
for drawing manure from a cart or from a dung-hill on to
the field; 19) -evil, a dung-fork; (10) -farmer, a jakes-
cleaner; (11) -flee, a fly which feeds on animal excre-
ment ; (12) -gate, a passage or drain forlilthy water ; (13)
•heap, a dung-hill ; (14) -hill, sec -belly ; (15) -hill (dung-
gul) bred, low bred or born ; (16) -niaxel or -maxtole, see
-heap ; (17) -meer, a pit where weeds, leaves, &c., are
left to rot ; (18) -mixen or -niexon, see -heap ; (19) -pick,
(20) -pike, see -evil; (21) -pot, (a) see -cart; (b) a tub in
which manure, &c., was carried ; see below ; (22) -pown,
the walled enclosure of a dung-hill ; {23) -putt, see
•cart ; (24) -stead, see -heap ; (25) -teazer, the Arctic
skua gull. Skua loitgicaudus.
( I) Ken. The men have gone dung-bargin' (D.W.L.\ (2) w.Som.'-
Much the same as dung-hill, but rather more conveying awkward-
ness of size. Guurt duung-buul'ee ! wai u chee'ul ud draiv-m
[Great coward I why a child would drive him]. (3) w.Som.' A
heavy cart on two broad wheels ; made to tip ; used chiefly for
carrying manure, and hence very commonly called a duung-buut.
14) w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Ken. (D.W.L.) (5)Sus.' (6) Suf. Light
tumbrel and dung-crone, for easing Sir wag, Suf. Garl. (1818) 347.
(7") w.Som.' (81 Oxf.' MS. add. w.Mid. It has a wooden handle
fitting into an iron socket, with two iron teeth branching out on
eitherside,and turned downwards at the ends( W.P.M.). (gjShr.'^
(10) n.Cy. (Hall.) (i i) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. Backbiters, like dung-
flees, is fond o' scabs an' ulcers, Preston 7"«/fs( 1882) 363. (121 e.Cy.
(Hall.) (13) nw.Dev.' ( 141 w.Som.' Well, I never didn think Joe
Stone wid bejish dung-hill's that is. (15) Oxf.' f 16) Ken.! D.W.L.);
(G.B.) (IV Y\is. (G.R.); Leeds Merc. SuppH]u\y 11,1896). (18)
War. (J.R.W.), I.W.' Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). (19) w.Som.»
(20) Lan. (Hall.) ; Lan.' (21, a) I.W.'^, Wil.' (6) w.Som.' A
kind of tub having a hinged bottom, one of which is slung on each
side of a pack horse, for carrying earth, stones, or other heavy
material. Dev. Dung-pots were ... in use in past times for the
removal of . . . manure to the fallows, RowE Ditiiir. in Notes and
Gleanings (Feb. 15, 1890 32. nw.Dev.' Cor. Monthly Mag. ( 18101 I.
435. (22)I.W.(J.D.R.);I.W.' (23)G1o.' Som.SwEETMAN (fVHcaM/on
G/. (1885). (24 1 Edb. Peat . . . laid under as a bottom to the dung-
stead, and then mixed with it, Pennecuik Wks. (1715) 73, ed.
1815. (25) Nhb.'
2. Mud, dirt in general ; the soil, earth.
Cor.' Sweating like dung; Cor.^; Cor.^ I was forced lo pick
the best of the chrysanthemums. The rain beat them down so,
they was all lying 'pon the dung. Dung upon a man's overcoat
or iDoots, and even upon the table-cloth in a cottage.
Hence (i) Dung-cart, sb. a dust or rubbish-cart; (2)
Dunged, pp. manured ; dirtied, messed ; (3) Dung-men,
sb. pi. dust-men ; (4) -pit, an ash or rubbish-heap ; (5)
Dungy, adj. dirty, muddy.
(il w.Cor. Common I M.A.C.). (2) Cor.^ (3) w.Cor. Common
(M.A.C.). (4) Cor.3 Always so called. (5) Cor.' What dungy shoes.
DUNG, sb.^ Lon. An operative who works for an
employer who does not give full or ' society ' wages.
Lon. Operatives are moreover divisible, according to those by
whom they are employed, into — ' Flints ' and ' Dungs'; 'Whites'
and ' Blacks,' according as they work for employers who pay or
do not pay 'society prices,' M.whew Land. Labour (.185IJ IV. 15,
ed. 1862.
DUNGAL, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Extremely noisy. (Hall.)
DUNGE, see Dunch, v.
DUNGEON, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. [dnndgan, dundgan.]
1. In phr. a dungeon of or for, a great hand at, lit. a mine
or receptacle for anything.
Sc. Before Dr. Johnson came to breakfast. Lady Lochbuy said,
' he was a dungeon of wit,' a very common phrase in Scotland to
express a profoundness of intellect, hoswELLjnt. ! 1785) 48 f Jam.).
n.Yks. T'publican's a dungeon for wattering yal [ale] (I.W.) ;
n.Yks.' ' She is a dungeon at breaking," of a careless, crockery-
breaking girl ; n.Yks. 2 ' A dungeon o' wit,' a deep-knowing one.
' A dungeon at eating,' profound in that capacity.
Hence Dungeonable, adj. shrewd, possessing some
depth of thought.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Bailey (1721) ; N.Cy.'; N.Cy.= 'A dun-
geonable body,' a shrewd personoradevihsh fellow. Nhb.', n.Yks.'^
2. A scolding woman.
n.Cy. So of a scolding furious woman, ' shee is a dungeon, a
meer dungeon ' (K.) ; (Hall.)
DUNGERING, sb. Obs. Sc. A dungeon.
Sc.And cast her in his dungering, AvTOUNBo/Zorfs (ed. 1861 1 1 87.
E e 2
DUNGIL
[212]
DUNNY
DUNGIL, sb. War. [dBndgil.] A dungeon.
War.2 There was the dungil down and gone — What, no rogues
in Brummagem ? O/d Siig.
DUNGL, sb. and v. Sh.I. 1. sb. A lump, clod. S. & Ork.'
2. V. To pelt. ib.
[Cp. Norw. dial, dimge, a lump, a heap (Aasen).]
DUNGOW-, see Drumbowdash.
DUNGY, adj. Hmp. Wil. Dor. [dB-ijgi.] Tired;
downcast, dull ; covvardlj'.
Hmp. The horse was quite dungy, Holloway. WU. (Hall.)
Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863).
DUNIWASSAL, sb. Sc. Also written donnawassel,
duinhe-wassel, duin-wassal, duniwessle, dunniewassel.
1. A nobleman, a cadet of a noble house among the
Highland clans ; a gentleman of secondary rank.
Sc. Who . . . claimed the rank of a Dunniewassel, or clansman of
superior rank, Scorr Leg. Mont. (1818') -Ni; His claim to be treated
as a Duinhe-wassel, or sort of genUeman, ib. IVaverley (1814) xvi;
The king and his donnawassels Came to see the Scots gentry, and
all his vassals, Pennecuik Tiiiklayian (ed. 1810) 10; Mac had
been Borrisdale's ain dunniwassel, Vedder Poems (1842) 81 ;
He was born a duin-wassal, or gentleman ; she a vassal or com-
moner of an inferior tribe, Garnet Tour (1800) I. 200 (Jam.).
Gall. Nae gutterbluid he, but a brave duniwassal. Harper Bards
(ed. 1889) 43.
2. The lower class of farmers.
Ayr. Used gfn. in a contemptuous way (Jam.).
DUNK, adj. and sb.^ Not. Lin. Rut. e.An. Also in
form dunky Not. n.Lin.^ sw.Lin.^ [dut)k, d^qk.]
1. cdj. Short and thick, applied to a pig of that shape.
Not. For pork the Chinese dunky or swing-tailed sort, Marshall
Review (1814) IV. 182 ; I want to go to Hickathrift's to see his
dunky pigs. Fenn Diek o' the Fens (188B) viii. sw.Lin.i Many
would call yon pig dunky.
Hence (i) Dunk-horn, sb. the short, blunt horn of an
animal; (2) -homed, adj., fig. pitiful, mean, sneaking,
shabby ; (3) -sheep, sb. an inferior breed of sheep.
(i) e.An.', Nrf.' (2) e.An.' One of the numberless and merciless
jests on cuckoldom ; applied to the poor cornuto, with an insinua-
tion that he would be glad, if possible, that his horns should escape
observation and ridicule. Nrf.' (3) Rut. They are a kind of dunk
sheep, Marshall Review (1814") IV. 279.
2. sb. A breed of short, thick-set pigs.
Lin. Miller & Skertchlv />»/«»!(/ (1878) iv. n.Lin.l sw.Lin.'
Many would call yon pig dunky, but I don't reckon it's a real dunk.
DUNK, s6.° Rxb. (Jam.) A mouldy dampness. See
Donk.
DUNK, see Donk.
DUNKANS, sb. pi. Irel. Drawers worn by children.
S.Don. Simmons GL (1890).
DUNKLE, sb. and v. Sc. Written dunckle Dmb. ;
duncle Rnf [dB-rjkl.J 1. sb. A dint, hollow, or depres-
sion caused by a blow, fall, &c. ; a dimple. Also used^^.
Sc. He fell in with her on her return from her great adventure
with the Duke of York at London, — which, but for open-hearted
innocency, would have left both doors and dunkles in her charac-
ter. Steamboat (1822) 159 (Jam.). w.Sc, Cld. (Jam.) Rnf. Tho'
twall years tauld I've kenn'd your case — An' time leaves mony
duncles, Picken Poems (iSis') I. 149. Ayr. It [his hat] had got
some dunkles wi' his fa'in'. Hunter Studies (1870) 296.
2. V. To make a hollow or depression in anything.
Also used yTg-. Gen. m pp.
Rnf. Some odd freak in nature had dunkl'd his skull, Clark
Rhymes (1843) 22. Ayr. We think his harnpan's [skull] surely
dunkled, Galt Sir A. ll'ylie (1822) x; The gude forgie me if I wasna
tempted to dunkle the side o* truth, ib. Lairds {1826) xiv.
Hence Dunkled, ppl. adj. dinted, damaged.
Dmb. The trouble o' flittin' a cartfu' o' roosty, dunckled clam-
jamphrey every time ye move betwixt this and Embro, Cross Dis-
ruption (18441 xxxvii. Ayr. His auld beaver hat, ancc shining
and soon' as the back o' a craw, but noo dunkled, broon, and as
rough as a badger's back, Sekvice Nolaiidums (1B90) 19.
DUNKLEHEAD, sb. Lin. A stupid, silly person.
e.Lin. More than won chep is a straange dunklehced, Lin.
N. &'Q. 11.33.
DUNKY, see Dunk, adj
DUNN, 5A. Sh.I. Fine dust of meal. S. & Ork.'
DUNNAGE, sb. Yks. Lon. Dev. Slang. [dun-,
dB-nidg.j 1. Odds and ends of things ; baggage,
clothes, &c.
n.Yks.^ • Ship's dunnage,' bits oi timber from repairs, &c., for
fire-wood. Lon. If they can meet with the ' Burerk ' ^mistress), or
the young ladies, they ' put it on them for dunnage ' (beg a stock
of general clothing), flattering their victims first and frightening
them afterwards, Mayhew Land. Labour (.1851) ]. 244. Slang.
Not only was the chest more than half empty, but the articles it
did contain were of the coarsest materials. . . . ' What is to be
done with all this dunnage?' Cooper 5ra Ljohs (1849 . v (, Farmer).
2. A tool-basket and other impedimenta carried in a
parcel on the back by navvies or workmen when setting
out to their work. Dev.'
[1. The same word as dunnage, a tech. term for the
light material, as brushwood, mats, and the like, stowed
among the cargo of a vessel to keep it from injury.]
DUNNAKEW, see Dunnekin.
DUNNE, sb. Irel. The knot, a kind of sandpiper,
Tringa canutus.
N.I.i Ant. The sober tints of its feathers in winter have caused
it to be called dunne. Swainson Birds (1885) 195.
DUNNECK, DUNNIC(K, see Dunnock.
DUNNEKIN, sb. Cum. Yks. Not^ Lin. War. Suf. Som.
Dev. Cant. Also written dunakin Lin.' Dev. ; dunnecan
Cum.' ; and in forms dannakew Cant ; donnican Cum.' ;
donnick w.Som.' ; donnykin War.^; dunagan Lin.'
Dev. ; dunnakew Cant, [dun-, dBnakin.] A privy ; an
open cesspool.
Cum.i, w.Yks.2, Not.', Lin.', War.^, e.Suf. (F.H.), w-Som.'
Dev. w.Times (Apr. 22, 1886) 2, col. 2. Cant. Life B. M. Carew
(1 791) Gl.
DUNNER, DUNNET, seeDunder, v.'^, Dunny, adj.'^,Do,v.
DUNNIE, 56. Nhb. A mischievous sprite or goblin.
This sprite is called the Dunnie ; he appears to be of the
Brownie type, and is located at Haselrigg, Henderson Flk-Lore
(1879) vii.
DUNNIES, s6. />/. Hmp.' The water-docken, Pftos/'/fs
vulgaris.
DUNNOCK, sb. and adj. Yks. Lan. Chs. War. Won
Nrf I.W. Dor. Som. Dev. Also written dunneckw.Yks.^ ;
dunnie Som. ; dunnick I.W.^ Dor. ; and in forms dinnick
Dev. ; dummic Som. [du'n-, dB'nak.] 1. sb. The
hedge-sparrow. Accentor modularis. Also call Dicky-dun-
nock (q. v.), s.v. Dicky, sb}
w.Yks. Swainson Birds (1885) 29; (E.G.); Hareton has
been cast out like an unfledged dunnock, Bronte Wuther-.tig
Heights (1847I iv ; Wegtails, dunnocks, yolly youldrings, an'
bull spinks, Yksman. (1881)315; So called from its dun colour,
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 169; w.Yks.2''5 Lan. Whilst
he was as dark as a dunnock, she was of an excessively fair com-
plexion, Bamford Walks (1844) 39; Swainson ib. 29; Lan.'
Lan., Chs. (F.R.C.) Chs. Science Gossip (1865) 36 ; Clis.'s ; Chs.^
From its dark and dusky appearance. s.Chs.' Also called blue-
dunnock, from the colour of its eggs. War.^ w.Wor. Perrows
Jrn. (Mar. 3, 1888'. Nrf. Cozens-Hardv Bivad Nrf. (iBg^,) 51.
LW.2 Dor. (C.V.G.); N. if Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 146; Barnes
Gl. (1863). Som. W. & J. GL (1873) ; Swainson ib. 29. [The
hedge-sparrow or dunnock is . . . one of the most harmless of
British birds, Sat. Revieiv (1889) LXVII. 65.]
2. The wryneck, Jynx torquilla.
Dev. [So called] from its brown plumage, Swainson ib. 104 ;
A small bird said to follow and feed the cuckoo, N. & Q. (,1850)
ist S. ii. 512.
3. A sweetheart.
w.Yks. 2 Used only of a woman.
4. adj. Of a dun colour. e.Lan.'
fl. Verdon, a dunneck, . . . hedge-sparrow (Cotgr.).]
DUNNOT, see Donnot.
DUNNUK. sb. Shr.'2 A dung-hook or fork.
DUNNY, sb. N.I.' The skate. Raia balls.
DUNNY,rtfl>.i Nhb. Yks. [duni.] Dull, drab-coloured;
smoke-beclouded, dingy, dark.
Nhb. Tynesidc scom'd clad wiv bonny ha's, An' furnaces sae
dunny, Marshall Sngs. (1819) 4 ; Nhb.'
Hence Dunny, sb. a cream-coloured horse.
w.Yks. What ! drive to Tosside wi' that dunny ! (F.P.T.)
DUNNY, adj? n.Cy. Chs. Nhp. Wor. Hrf Glo. Oxf
Brks. Bck. Hrt. Lon. Hmp. Also in form dunner Bck.
DUNSCH
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DUNT
[du-ni, de-ni.] 1. Deaf, hard of hearing; dull, stupid,
slow of apprehension. Cf. dunch, adj.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Chs.' Not in common use.
Nhp.i Not of frequent occurrence. w.Wor.' s.Wor. Noane bean't
so dunny as thahy as o'n't 'earkcn, Vig. Moii. in Bcrrotvs Jnt.
(1896) xvii ; PoKSON Quaint IVds. (1875) 13; s.Wor.' Hrf. Ray
(1691) MS. add. (J.C.) 96; (H.C.M.); (J.B.) ; Hrf.' = Glo. G/.
(185^. Oxf. (.K.i; Oxf.' MS. add. Brks. Gl. (1852); {.Coll.
L.L.B.) ; Brks.' Bck. A friend, obser\'ing to a woman how active
her boy was, [she] answered, * Ah, sir, it bcant no use bringing: up
lads too dunner,' M & Q. (1859) 2nd S. viii. 483. Lon. What the
devil, are you dunny ? Won't you give me no answer? Grose Olio
(1796) 105. Hmp. HoLLOWAV. [The dunniest heard it — poor old
Mr. F. Doubted for once if he was ever deaf, Hood Poems (ed.
1863-3)^ Blow Up.]
2. Comb, (i) Dunny-leaf or -leaf weed, the coltsfoot,
Tussilago Far/am ; (2) -nettle, (n) var. species of dead-
nettle, csp. Lanuiiin album and Galcobdolon ; {b} the black
horehound, Ballota nigra.
(i : Hrt. E1.1.1S Mod. //hsA.(i75o) III. i. (2, a) Brks.' Bck.
Various species of Lattiiitiu, especially Z,. album, are known as
Dead, Blind, Deaf, and Dumb (or in Bucks, Dunny) Nettle, Science
Gossip 1 1849) 30. s.Bck. (b) s.Bck.
DUNSCH, DUNSE, see Dunch, v., sb.'^, adj.
DUNSE-HOOK, sb. Oxf. A brushing-hook with long
handle, used for lopping hedges. (J.E.)
DUNSEPOLL, sb. Dev. A thick-skulled fellow.
Horae Subsecivae (1777) 139 ; (Hall.)
DUNSH, see Dunch, v.
DUNSHACH, 56. Bnflf.i 1. A strong, heavy, soft blow.
2. A big, untidy bundle of anything, chiefly rags.
Ge' me doon that dunschah o' cloots oot o' the hehd o' the press
till a' see an' get a bit to row up ma finger.
DUNSHEUGH, sb. Per. A midge. (G.W.)
DUNS-PICK, s6. Glo.> A dung-fork. See Dinchpick.
DUNSTANBOROUGH-DIAMOND, sb. Nhb. The
crj-stals occasionally found near Dunstanborough Castle
on the coast. Also usedyfg-.
Nhb.' Applied proverbially to the younger branches of females
belonging to that locality, Denham Flk-Lore (1858) 44.
DUNT, sb> and v)- Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Nhp. Glo.
Also Suf. [dunt, dent.] 1. sb. A blow, stroke, knock,
thump, esp. a blow causing a dull, heavy sound ; a wound
caused by a blow. Also usedyf^'. Cf. dint.
Sc. If she comes to dunts I have twa hands to paik her with,
Scott Nigel (1822) xxxvii. n.Sc. There shall be dunts ere
we twa twine, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. iii, ed. 1875. Cai.'
Bch. Your heavy neives Guid muckle dunts can deal, Forbes
Ulysses (1785) 36. Frf. The ship had got a sair wrench, an' . . .
the smoke, getting vent at the nooks an' crannies opened by the
dunt, WiLLOCK Rosetty Ends (1886) 186, ed. i88g. Per. Auld-use-
and-wont Did give her knee a hearty dunt, Nicol Poems (1766)
157. Fif. Aye droon your salmon before ye land it . . . for the
dunt on the held spyles the quality of the fish, Gra^t Si.x Hundred,
vii. Ayr. It was a merciful thing his head was so strong as to
withstand the dunt that stunned him, GaltS;V^. I Fylie {1822)
ciii ; I'll tak dunts frae naebody. Burns Naebody, st. 3. Lnk. It's
a dunt on the big nose ye oucht to get, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885)
21. Lth. Auld streets and closes, wynds and houses, . . . Wi'
sacrilegious dunts an' bruises. Are fa'ing fast, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 8. Edb. A good round sum wi' interest ont For mony a
year, was sic a dunt. That in a blink this scoundrel brack, Macneill
Bygane Times (i8ii) 39; [The clock struck ten] Every chap
went through my breast like the dunt of a forehammer, Moir
Mansie IVauch (1828) x. Rxb. Put up wi' mony a dunt, A. Scott
Poems (ed. 1808) 13. Gall. Birsie's dunts are, so to speak, gra-
tuitous, Crockett 5K»Ao««f/ 11895) viii. N.I.' Ant. A sudden
shock given by the elbow or some other joint, Ballvmena Obs.
(1892); Patterson Dial. 23. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) ;
N.Cy.^ Nhb. The gudeman bauchlin' Gets a sair dunt that sends him
sprachlin', Strang Earth Fiend (1892 1 13. Glo. A tidy yammer
wi a peckid ind to un as makes some djoused okkurd dyunts — in
stwuns, Cheltenham E.xam. (Feb. 12, 1896; 8, col. 5. Suf.' A stroke
or blow — especially on the back of a rabbit's neck to kill it. e.Suf.
(F.H.)
2. The sound caused by the fall of a hard body ; a
heavy fall ; a knock.
Sc. (Jam.) Elg. Baith o' ye notice it be carefully done, An' no
lat me doon wi' a dunt to the grun, Tester Poems (1865) 134.
Fif. Hoc cud she play sic a dunt on her ain drawin'-room flair?
Meldrum Margredel (1894) 103. s.Sc. I'm unco sair wi' the dunt
o' the saddle, Cunningham Sketches (1894) vii. Edb. I went a
dunt on the causey that made the gun go off, MoiR Mansie Wauch
(18281 XXV.
3. A thump, beat, throb, palpitation of the heart.
Abd. For fear she cowr'd like niaukin in the scat, And dunt for
dunt her heart began to beat, Ross ilclenoic (1768) 67, ed, 1812.
e.Fif. A cauld shiver cam' owcr me, an' my heart ga'ed dunt upon
dunt, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) vii. Lnk. Losh ! what a dunt my
bosom gied, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 34. Ayr. Never shall
I forget the dunt that the first tap of the drum gied to my heart,
Galt Ann. Parish ^ 1821 i xxxvi. Kcb. Ilk rowt the twa gave thwart
the burn Cam' o'er her heart a dunt, Davidson Seasons (1789J 52.
4. Phr. rt/ rt rf/r;;/, suddenly, unexpectedly. Slg. (Jam. )
5. A gibe, an insult ; a slanderous falsehood. Ayr. {ib.)
6. V. To beat, strike, knock, thump ; to fall or strike the
ground with a dull, heavy sound. Also usedjig.
Sc. It dunting on the stanes, Stevenson IVeir (1896) v. Or.I.
Nae sic divot had dunted at their door, Scott Pirate (1816) xxiv.
Cai.i Abd. I'll get you pitten faur ye'U get time to dunt yer heels
at leasure, Alexander Ain Flk. (1875) 4. ed. 1882; (W.M.) Frf.
They dimtit wi' their paws the ground, Beattie Arnhd' (c. 1820)
50. ed. 1882. Per. Upon the Duke of Athol's hunting, Where men
with swords the deer were dunting, Smith Poems (17 14) 60, ed.
1869. w.Sc. Up streets and doun streets, dunting and jingling we
brattled like mad, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 276. Slg. He
wore a . . . Scottish bonnet on his head That dunted on his shou-
ther, Towers Poems (1885) 64. Rnf. Caf5f beds rowed up in sheets
like ba's Gaun aye dunt duntin' 'gainst the wa's, Young Pictures
(1865) 166. Ayr. They got awfu' fou, and cam duntin' wi' the
coffin against the corner o' a hoose, Service Notandiims (1890)
Il5. Lth. Better creepin' cannie, as fain' wi' a bang, Duntin' a
your wee brow, Ballanti ne Poems {18^6) 63. Edb. The door dun ting
to again, it being soople in the hinges, Moir Mansie IVauch (1828)
XXV. Dmf. While dunt, dunt, dunting, Crispin pursues, trips up
his heels, Mayne Siller Gun f 1808) 71. s.Don. To butt with the
head, as a cow or goat, Simmons Gl. (1890). Nhb.' To strike or
give a blow on the backside. This was a favourite custom among
schoolboys, who held up the victim by legs and arms and struck
the nether part of the person against a stone.
Hence (i) Dunt-about, sb. a piece of wood driven about
at ' shinty ' or similar games ; also used fig, ; (2) Dunting,
vbl. sb. a continuous beating, causing a hollow sound.
(I) Sc. Anything that is constantly used and knocked about as
of little value ; as an old piece of dress used for coarse or dirty
work. Sometimes applied to a servant who is roughly treated, and
dunted about from one piece of work to another (Jam.). Rxb, {ib.)
Nhb.' Aye, poor thing, she's a fair dunt-aboot. (2) Sc. Such as
thatproducedby awoodeninstrumentorby astrokeon wood (Jam.);
The clacking of their culverins and pistols, the duntingof mells and
hammers, Melvill Mem. (1683) 197 {ib.).
7. Phr. (i) to play dunt, to come with a thump; (2)
dune and duntit on, completely finished or done for.
(i) Rnf. My muse . . . gangs staumering about like a staumeral
gowk Till her head it plays dunt on some critical rock, Webster
Rhymes (1835^ 163. (2) Sc. Applied to a person greatly worn out
by fatigue. The same idea is often expressed, in reply perhaps to
the question, ' Is such a person dead ? ' * Dead ! aye, he's dead and
dunted on ' (Jam.).
8. With out : to drive out with repeated strokes ; to
thrash out or settle a question or disputed point.
Sc. To go over the grounds of dissatisfaction that one has with
another, and make an end of it (Jam.). Abd. Johnny's principle
of action as regarded differences between himself and others, was
always to 'dunt it oot' as he went along, Alexander Johnny Gibb
{ i87i)xiii; Wesud dunt out the boddomo't ere lang, Ross Lfelenore
(1768) 115, ed. 1812. Ayr. Fearing the wrathful ram might dunt
out the bowels, or the brains . . . of the young cavalier, Galt Gilhaizc
(1823) II. 220 (Jam.).
0. Of the heart : to throb, beat, palpitate.
Sc. My heart a' dunts when I recal Thy greatness i' the days o'
aul', T. Scott Po^o/s (1793) 350. Cai.' Abd. My quakin' heart was
duntin' sair, Cock Strains (1810) I. 115. Kcd. Mair an' mair my
heart did dunt, Grant Lays (1884) 86. Frf. His heart duntit, for
hethocht the placehauntit, Watt /'oc/. Stetches{i8So)g5. Fif.Their
hearts... Werestapt frae dunlin' and fraebeatin', Tennant Papistry
(1827)102. e.Fif. Wi'oor hearts duntiu'sair against oor ribs, Latto
Tarn Bodkin (1864) iii. Rnf. A loud and a bonny strain Made
something dunt within her breast, Webster Rhymes (1835) 38.
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Ayr. And while my heart wi' life-blood duntcd, I'd bear't in mind,
Burns To Mr. MitchelK 1795I St. 2. Lnk. My heart will ne'er gi'e
o'er to dunt, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 106, ed. 1783. Lth. His
proud heart it dunted, And strack 'gainst his side as if bursting in
twa, MACNEiLLFoi-/. /{'7«. (1801) 218, ed. 1856. Edb. Wi' thoughts
hke thaeyour heart may sairly dunt, Fergusson Pocn« (1773) 180,
ed. 1785, Dmf. Although yer hearts afore ne'er dunted, Wi' fear
ye'U shake, Quinn //ra//;fr( 1863) 59. Gall. His proud heart duntit
back wi' grief, Nicholson Porf. Wks. (1828) 65. ed. 1897. w.Yks.
My heart dunted woefully, Snowden Web of Weaver (1896) 71.
Hence Dunting, ppl. adj. beating, throbbing, palpitating.
Frf. Wi' duntin heart and ruefu' face, Beattie Ariilia' (q. 1820)
41, ed. 1822.
10. Phr. to play dunt. Of the heart : to beat, throb,
thump, palpitate.
Sc. His heart play'd dunt wi' mony a dowie thought, Ghaist, 3
(Jasi.) ; The minister's heart played dunt an' stood stock-still,
Stevenson Merry Men (iSSt) 148. Slg. Guess ye how my
heart played dunt. When first I heard aboot her marriage, Towers
Poems (1885") 178. Rnf. My heart plays duntere I'm aware. Harp
(1819-I 163.
11. To mark or indent by striking; to compact, shake
together by striking on the ground.
Sc. Ye've duntit the lid o' the tin can (Jam. Suppl.) ; To dunt a
sack of grain (16.). Nhp.i (s.v. Dent).
[1. Nor as cowartis to eschew the first dunt, Douglas
Encados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 3.]
DUNT, s6.= Sc. Nhb. [dunt, dBnt.] 1. A lump,
a large piece of anything.
Or.I. She dealt largely in dunts o' kebbuck, teats o' woo', Vedder
Skelehes (1832) 30. Rnf. A dunt o' scowthert cheese Stuck on a
prong, PicKEN Poems (18 13) I. 66. Ayr. (Jam.) Lth. Thou dauds
him up, a moving fright Wi' dunts o' glaur, Ballantine Poems
(1856)68.
2. Bad coal, mineral charcoal; any imperfection in the
quality of a seam of coal. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
DUNT, z'.2 and adj. Yks. Lan. Lin. e.An. Ken. Dor.
Dev. [dunt, dent.] 1. v. To confuse, stupefy or
deafen with noise ; to benumb, paralyze with cold, &c.
e.An.i, Cmb. (W.W.S.) Suf. ' How you dunt me !' says a mother
to her noisy child, Cullum Hist. Hawsted {1813). Ess. The noise
... Oh ! it was duntin' quoite, Clark/. Noakes (1839) St. 85; This
ere child's crying regler dunts me to death (J.F.); I'm dunted with
cold. The boots are too short, they dunt my toes (H.H.M.) ; Gl.
(1851) ; Ess.i
Hence (i) Dunted, />/>/. adj. stupefied, confused, dazed ;
benumbed with cold ; (2) Dunty, adj. (a) see Dunted ;
(b) of wood : in an advanced stage of decay.
( t) e.Suf. (,F.H.), Ess. (H.H.M.), Ken.> (2, aiSnte.An.Dy. Times
(1892). (A) e.Suf. Implies more than 'doated' (F.H.).
2. To make blunt ; to dull the edge of a knife or tool.
n.Yks.i Dor. Barnes G/. (1863).
Hence (1) Dunted, ppl. adj. blunted, dull-edged; (2)
Dunty, adj. stunted, dwarfed, stumpy.
(i) n.Yks.i; n.Yks.^ ' A sword-end dunted.' A pointless sword,
as an emblem, is carried in our civic processions. Dev.^ Tools are
said to be dunted when the keenness of their edges is worn off. (2)
n.Yks.i ; n.Yks.^ ' Dunty-hoorn'd kie,' short-horned cattle. w.Yks.' ,
ne.Lan.', n.Lin.', Ken.'
3. adj. Stupid, dull, dizzy ; stupefied, deaf
e.An.' A dizzy calf with water in the head is said to be dunt. Cmb.
Sheep ' dying dunt (as the shepherds term it) , that is dizzy,' Reports
Agric. (1793-1813) 33. Nrf. A dunt sheep ; one that mopes about,
from a disorder in his head, Grose (1790) ; Nrf.> A dullboy is said
to be ' kiender dunt hidded.' Suf. ' I have such a pain in my head
and ears that I am almost dunt.' . . Spoken also of a sheep, that goes
moping from a disorder in the head, Cullum Hist. Haivsteci (1813) ;
(C.T.) Ess. MoHlhly Mag. (1815) I. 125.
DUNT, see Do, v.
DUNTER, .s6. Sc. Nhb. 1. The eider-duck, Sowa/enVz
mollissima. Gen. in camp. Dunter-duck or -goose.
Sh.I. Swainson Birds (1885) 162. S. & Ork.' Or.I. They have
plenty both of land and sea fowls ; as eagles, hawks, ember-goose,
claik-goose, dunter-goose. Brand Uesc. Or.I. (1721) 21 (Jam.).
2. The porpoise, Parens mariiitis.
Tev. Apparently a cant term (Jam.). N.Cy.', Nhb.'
DUNTY, sb. Sc. [dB-nti.] A sweetheart, ' doxy.'
Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. Per. Lu.st drove thee right far
. . . To see thy concubins and dunties, Smith /'o('rt;s (1714) 12,
ed. i86g. Lnk. Ramsay Foe'ms (ed. 1733) G/. Edb. Jamie's healthy,
hale an' livin'.Lookin'out for dunty clever, Liddle /-'oi'«;A^(i82ij39.
DUNTY, see Dundy.
pUNYEL, i;. Lnk. (Jam.) To jolt, with the idea of its
being accompanied with a hollow sound. Cf dindle, v.
DUNZE, see Doon, adv.
DUOY, sb. Sh. & Or.L In form duie-oye (Jam.
Suppl.). 1. A great grandchild. S. & Ork.' 2. A
great-great grandchild. Or.L ( Jam. Suppl.)
DUP, i<.' War.Wor. Hrf Glo.'Wil. [dBp.] 1. To open.
"Wor., Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) Glo. Dup the door
(W.H.C.); Dup the yate, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 129; Glo.'=i
■Wil. (K.) ; -Wil.' Obs.
2. To shut, fasten.
War. Wise SImkespere (i86r) 152. Hrf.', Wil.'
[1. Then up he rose, and donned his clothes, And
dupped the chamber-door, Shaks. Hamlet, iv. v. 53.
Contr. fr. do up.]
DUP, v.^ Sus. Som. [dBp.] 1. To walk quickly.
Cf. dap, 1.
Sus. Heard very occas. now. ' He do dup along main sharp,
surely' (E.E.S.); Sus.' You was dupping along so, I knew you
was late.
2. To dip, dive, duck ; used of the wind swooping down
a chimney. Som. (W.F.R.) Cf dap, 4.
DUPLY, sb. and v. Obs. Sc. 1. sb. Legal term : a
second reply, a defender's rejoinder to a pursuer's reply ;
also in a controversy, the rejoinder that comes forth in
order after the original assertion.
Sc. The justices repel the defence, duply, and quadruply proponed
for the pannels [prisoners], Wodrow C/i. Hist. (1721) II. 47, ed.
1828; Answers, replies, duplies, triplies,quadruplies followed thick
upon each other, Scorr Abbot (1820) i. Per. July, Glenshee, the
fourteenth day, I got the reply and gave duply, 1710 . . . Sir, Smith
Poems (1714) 94, ed. 1869. Edb. A . . . lawyer, studying his hom-
ings, duplies, and fugle warrants, MoiR Mansie Watich (1828) xxiv.
2. V. To make a rejoinder.
Sc. My lord advocate replies. . . Mr. William Maxwell, for the
pannels, duplies, Wodrow Cli. Hist. (1721) II. 42, ed. 1828.
DUR, s6. Der. A yearling sheep. Cf header, ree-dur,
sheeder.
People speak of a ' he dur ' or of a ' ree dur ' when they mean
a male yearling sheep, the female being called a ' she dur.' I was
corrected when I spoke to a man of a 'sheder' as though it were one
word. He said, ' You mean a she-dur,' emphasizingthe last syllable.
People call young sheep ' durs,' Addy Slieffield Gl. (i8gi).
DUR, see Door.
DURABLE, adj. Dur.' Capable of continuing long ;
applied to one who is in the habit of sitting long and late
for the purpose of conversation.
DURANCE, si!'. Obs. Nhb. A stout, durable cloth
or other material.
An upper body of durance, ... a new apron of durance, Will
William Grey (Oct. 11, 1585) in Welford's Hist. Newc. (1887) III.
32 : Nhb.'
[Is not a buff jerkin a most sweet robe of durance ?
Shaks. i Hen. IV, i. ii. 49. OFr. durance, ' dur(£e ' (La
Curne).]
DURCRATCH, sb. Chs.'^ The side of a cart. See
Cratch, s&' 17.
DURDACK, sb. Sh.I. A lump. S. cS: Ork.'
DURDAM, DEN, -DOM, DRUM, DUM, see Dirdum.
DURE, V. Wor. Hrf Glo. To endure, last ; to wear
well for a long time.
w.Wor.' I buy'd this 'ere weskit ofi" a groom as were a goin' to
leave house. 'Ee've dured mC a many years. 'Ee do dure,
sure-lie. s.Wor. (H.K.) ; s.Wor.' Hrf. Duncumb Wii/. //?/. (1804);
Hrf.2 Glo. It do dure well (A.B.^ ; Glo.'
[Yet hath he no rote in him selfe, but dureth for a
season, Cranmer (1539) Matt. xiii. 21.]
DURE, DURG, see Door, Dour, Darg, sb.
DURGAN, si.' Irel. Wni. Glo. Ken. Amer. Also
written durgen Amer. [daTgan, da'gan.] 1. A short,
undersized person or animal, a dwarf Cf durgey.
N.I.' Wm. Ferguson Northmen (1856) 176. Glo.' A name for
an undersized horse in a large team ; GI0.2 A stocky, undersized
DURGAN
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horse in all large teams. [He is a durgan. A mcer durgan (K.).
Anier. Old horse worn out by use, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 330.]
Hence Durganly, adj. short, of low stature.
[A durganly I'ellovv vK.i.]
2. A kind of pig. N.I.' Cf. dunk.
3. Comp. Durgan-wheat, a bearded wheat, Triticuin
salh'uiii. Ken. (K.), Ken.'
[A durgen, nanus, pumilio, Coles (1679). Prob. a der.
of OE. dzvcors;, dwarf.]
DURGAN," sb? N.I.' [daTgan.] Oatmeal fried in
dripping and sometimes flavoured with leeks, &c.
Dwn. This dish is called in Ant. ' mealy-crushy.'
DURGEY, sb. and adj. Se. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Cor.
Also written dergy Hrf.' ; dirgy ne.Wor. ; dourgy Cor.^
[dagi, Wor. also dadgi, Sc. dargi.] 1. sb. A short,
thick-set person, a dwarf. Cf durgan, sb}
War.2 Wor. Allies Antiq. Flk-Lore 1,1840) 438, cd. 1852. Hrf.
(J.B.\Cor.i =
2. A small turf hedge. Cor.*
3. adj. Short, thick-set ; undergrown, small.
Lth. (Jam.) ne.Wor. He doesn't lose any of his height, and he
needn't, for he's a dirgy little fellow (J.W.P.l. Shr. A durgey
little man, Northall Flk-Phr. 1 1894). Shr.', Hrf.i
DURGIN, sb. Sc. Ken. Som. Also written durgeon
Ken. ; durgon Sc. [da'gan, Sc. dargan.] A big, ill-
tempered person, a stupid fellow.
B.iff.i, Ken. (W.F.-S.) Som. W. & J. GL (1873).
DURGON, see Durgin.
DURING, ppl. adj. N.I.' In phr. (i) Dtirin' ash, (2)
— oak, for ever.
DURK, sb. and adj. Sc. [dark.] 1. sb. A short,
thick-set person ; anything short, thick, and strong.
Bnff.' A durk o' a stick. A durk o' a carrit. He's a stout durk
o* a chcel.
Hence Durkin, sb. a short, thick-set person ; anything
short, strong, and thick.
Bnff.' A durkin o' a knife. A durkin o' a club,
2. adj. Thick-set, strongly made. Rxb. (Jam.)
DURK, V. Sc. To spoil, ruin.
Sc. iJam.) Abd. I've durket niysel*. He's durket that job.
Not uncommon (G.W. ).
DURK, see Dark, adj.. Dirk.
DURKE, V. Obs. Nhb.' To laugii.
DURKEN, lA Cai.' Witho«: to become disheartened,
discouraged.
DURMANT, see Dormant.
DURN, sb. n Cy. Yks. Not. Nhp. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som.
Dev. Cor. Also in forms darn Dev.' ; dean w.Yks.^;
deam w.Yks. ; dearne w.Dor. ; dern Not. Som. Dev.'*
s.Dev. Cor.'; doom Wil.' n.Dev. ; dorn Wil. n.Dev. ;
durne Cor.' [darn, dan, dian.] A door-post, gate-post ;
the wooden framework of a door, esp. the sides ; the jamb
of a window. Gen. in pi.
n.Cy. Grose (1790'. w.Yks. 'Watson Hist. Hlfx. (1775) 537 ;
(G.H.) ; w.Yks.^ A ' yate dean ' [stone gate-post] ; w.Yks.* Not.
(W.H.S.) ; Unum par de dyrnes (a pair of door-posts\ Not. Rec.
(1408), ed. Stevenson, H. 58. Nhp.' I have only the authority of
the poet Clare for the use of this word. Hmp. Rare (H.C.M.B.).
Wil. Slow Gl. (iSga) ; (K.) ; Wil.' At Warminster applied only to
the sides of a door-frame. Dor. (C.V.G. l w.Dor. Roberts Hist.
Lyme Regis {iB'iH). Dor.' Som. 1 M.A.R.) ; i F.A.A.) ; Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (18251. w.Soni.' The frame of a door in situ ;
called * u pae-ur u duurnz,* while being made or when detached
from the building. ' I want to bide home a Monday, vor to fix the
durns, eens the masons mid go on — an' I've a-got two pair o' durns
more vor to make.' Dev. Ragging an' scanting rowze th' darn,
Madox-Brown Dwale Bluth (18761 bk. i. i; 'E'th ahat 'is 'ead
agin tha durn ov tha door, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.' Out a
murch'd muttering, and slam'd the door arter en as thof a wid a
tore down the darns, 5 ; Dev.* The stable derns want painting ;
Dev.^ n.Dev. Grose i 1790 ; Lick the dooms of a door, E.iin.
ScoW. (1746 1.274. nw.Dev.' s.Dev. Fox A'i«^56nV/g'f (1874 . Cor.
I were squabb'd 'gen the durnes, J. Trenoodle Spee. Dial. 1,1846)
20: Cor.'* w. Cor. Common (G.F.R.V
Hence (i) Durnblade, sb. a jamb or door-post detached
from its fellow ; (2) -head, sb. the cross-piece at the top
of a door-frame.
prepare,
(t") w.Som.' Called [u duurn], simply, when fixed in the wall
opening. The terra would be applied to a pieceof timber sawn to
the proper size for the purpose ' This here'll do vor a durn-blade
—he idn long enough, I don't think, vor to make two.' nw.Dev.'
(2) w.Som.' Praps can get a durn-head out o' un. nw.Dev.'
[Baliente de pitei/a, the doornes of a doore, Percival
Sp. Did. (1591). Prob. of Norse origin; cp. MSw. rf)'r«;',
a door-post, see Rietz, 106.J
DURN, see Darn, adj."^
DURNAL, V. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Used to denote the motion of the cheek
when a flabby person runs or walks fast.
DURNED, adv. Nrf. 'Very, exceedingly. Cf. darned.
I'm durned glad on it, that I am, Haggard Col. Qiiaiitch 1 1888)
III. xii.
DUROY, 5^. Obs. Dev. A kind of coarse woollen fabric.
Disappeared with the disappearance of the woollen trade,
Bowring Lang. (1866) I.pt.v. 15 ; Those [manufactures] formerly
carried on at N. and .S. Molton, consisted chiefly of duroys, serges,
and other light cloths, Vancouver Agtic. Dev. (1813) 385.
[Fr. ditroi, ' etofle de laine, rase et seche, dans le genre
de la tamise, mais moins large et plus serree,' Gl. to
Encyclopedic Metliodique (1790) II.]
DUR(R, see Dirr, sb?^, v.
DURRACKS, sb. s.Peni. A thicket, a place over-
grown with furze, bramble, and thorns, with a brook
running through. (W.IVI.M.)
DURREH, see Dare, v}
HURRIED, ppl. adj Glo. Also in form derried. Con-
fused, bewildered. Cf derruck.
Not common. I am so derried over that business (H.S.H.); Glo.'
DURSE, V. Yks. [das] 1. To dress,
make ready. See Derse.
w.Yks. To durse the house or horses, Thoresby Lett. (1703) ;
w.Yks.*
2. Phr. to durse the ing, to spread the mole-hills and
dung over fields, ib.
DURSE, DURSENT, see Durze, Dare, v.^
DURSH, sb. Dev. [daj.] The thrush.
Th' dursh 'pon th' elcm high, Pulman Sketches (1842) ar, ed.
1853 ; Th' blackbird, dursh, an' lark up-vlyin', ib. 27, ed. 1871.
DURSIE, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) Obdurate, relentless, hard-
hearted.
DURST, see Dare, v.^
DURTMENT, sb. Cum. A bauble, useless article;
jig. a useless, good-for-nothing person.
Their feathers, their durtmcnt and leace, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 17; ' They are lazy, idle folk, regular durtment.' More
freq. used of persons than things (J. A.) ; Still used to signify
refuse of any kind (J-P.).
DURZE, V. n.Cy. Yks. Written dorze N.Cy.* n.Yks.' ;
durse n.Cy. e.Yks. ; and in form duz n.Yks.* e.Yks.
[daz, duz, doz.] Of corn : to fall from the ear through
over-ripeness, either from the shaking of the wind or of
the reapers. Cf. doz.
n.Cy. fo durse out, spoken of corn, that is so dry, that it easily
drops out of the ear upon being the least handled, and sometimes
even by the blowing of the wind, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 140.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* T'coorns beginning to duz. e.Yks. Marshall
Riir. Ecoit. (1788); If [the mowersj shoulde . . . goe with the
winde, the oates would slipe and durze extreamely with the cradles.
Best Rtir. Eion. (1641) 50.
Hence Durzed, ppl. adj. scattered, fallen, applied to
corn shaken from the ear ; sometimes with old.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.* e.Yks. Fey up dursed corne, Best
/?»>-, £'fOK. (1641) 52. [(K.)]
DUSH, V. and sb. Obs. Sc. Nhb. 1. v. To move
with violent impulse or with velocity ; to fall with a thud.
N.Cy.' [' To dush down," to fall down, to squat down (K.).]
2. To push violently ; to thrust, strike.
Sc. And round and round about Dushit him coist and bak,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 346; (Jam.) Ayr. I glowr'd as
eerie's I'd been dusht In some wild glen. Burns Vision, st. 8.
N.Cy.i Nhb.' Obs.
3. sb. A blow, stroke.
Sc. And dushes, swithe, vvi' heavy shog 0' bargane fierce they
DUSHILL
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DUST
hear, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 245. Fif. Lichlin' on the
robber-bird, \Vi' peck and straik, and dusche and dird, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 62 ; Heav'n rattles wi'the dunnerin' dusb, ib. 144.
[1. Such a dasande drede dusched to his hert, Cleanness
(c. 1360) 1538, in Allit. P. 81. Swab. dial, diischen, ' in
einander, zusammenfahren ' (Schmid). 2. Aust. dial.
diischen, ' ausschlagen ' (Hofer). 3. [Thai] with axis sic
duschis gaft', Barbour Bruce (1375) xiii. 147.]
DUSHILL, sb. and v. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. sb. An untidy, slovenly worker.
2. V. To disgust, app. from the display of slovenliness.
DUSHN'T, see Do, v.
DUSK, sb. and v. Sc. Yks. Lei. Glo. Also in form
dosk n.Yks.^ w.Yks.' [dusk, dosk, d^sk.] 1. sb. In
comb, (i) Dusk-hour, (2) — o' dark, (3) — o' t' evening, late
evening, twilight, tlic faint light just before night; (4)
•time, evening.
(I) Lei.' Ah shouldn' Hke to mate his oogly mug upo' dusk-hour
in a daa'k ieane. (2) w.Yks.^ (3) w.Yks.' I gat hame just at
dosk o' t'evenin. (4; Glo.'
2. V. To dim, shadow, darken ; to grow dim, cloud over.
Lth. Let love dispel your brow for aye, And dinna let your brow
be duskit, Ballantine Poems (1856) loi. w.Yks. iC.C.R.)
Hence (i) Dusk'd, ppl. adj. overcast, dimmed ; de-
preciated ; (2) Dusking, vbl. sb. the act of clouding over
for the night, diminishing in point of lustre. n.Yks.''
DUSKISS, sb. Irel. [dB'skis.] The dusk, evening,
twilight.
N.I.' Uls. Ulster Jin. Arch. (1853-1862) VI. 41.
[About duskish we know there is a house on fire,
Sevvall Diary (Oct. 25, 1696), ed. 1878, I. 436 (N.E.D.).]
DUSONS, sb. pi. Sus. [Not known to our other
correspondents.] A particular kind of apple. (G.A.W.)
See Deusan.
DUSSENT, see Dare, v.^
DUSSET, sb. w.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A blow, stroke. (Hall.) Cf dush, 3.
DUSSIE, adj. Obs. Sc. Docile, obedient.
Ayr. Rather sit down, as a dussie body, at God's feet, so shall
thy head be settled, and thy confusion shall go, Dickson Sel.
Writings {1660) I. 55, ed. 1845.
DUSSIFF, sb. Obs. Yks. Baize, a thick material.
w.Yks. 10} yards green dussiff [for curtains], Bradford Par.
Accts. (1745 .
DUSSY, see Dizzy.
DUST, sb. and i'. Var. dial, and colloq. uses in Sc.
and Eng. Also in forms dist Abd. ; douse Dev. ; dousee
Cor.'^ ; doust Shr.' Glo.' Sus. Dev. n.Dev. Cor.'^; dowst
se.Wor.' Glo. Wil.' Dor. Soni. w.Som.' Dev.^ nw.Dev.'
Cor. [dust, dBst ; deus(t, w.Yks. dast.] 1. sb. In cojiip.
(i) Dust-hole, a chamber in which is collected the dust
tlirovvn oft' in the process of shaking material, &c. ; (2)
-web, a spider's web ; (3) -worni, a term of reproach, a
mean despicable person.
(i) w.Yks (J.M.) (2) n.Lin. You'll be wantin' them dust-webs
sweeping doon, I expect (M.P.V (3) n.Yks.^
2. Chaff, the husk of grain, esp. of oats ; the refuse
blown out of grain by the process of winnowing ; also
used atlrib.
Sc. Some of the dust and sheeling seeds, but not much of the
sheeling seeds, is left at the mill, Abstract, Proof, Mill of Invcrain-
say, A. (1814) 2 (Jam.^ ; The particles that fly from the flax when
itisdressed(jAM.). Abd. As gwecd hens as ever swally't black dist,
Alexander Jo/iniiy Gibb 1 1871^ xii. Ayr. Robin's wife Bell . . .
got a bag of dust from Miller Kennet, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed.
1887)62. w.Yks.', Wil.', Dor. (C.W.) w.Som.' Distinguished
rt-stiectively as waitn daewst [wheaten chafTJ, wiifn-daewst
[oaten I'han"', barlej'-dowst, &c. The husk of the oat is still used
in some farm-houses, to make beds for servants. Dev. Yii can't
use barlcy-dowst vur bedties, 'cuztha iles wid urn intii 'e, Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892 I 50 ; Dev.' I've a good doust bcd-tye, 47. n.Dev.
Yer's Jim an' Nell ! (all auvcr doust). Rock Jim an Nell (1867)
St. 40. nw.Dev.' s.Dev. Fox Kingsbridgc (1874). s.Dev., e.Cor.
(Miss D.") Cor. May be 'twas a dowst waun like ours, Tregellas
Tales (1860J 184, c<i. 1865 ; Used in baking bread on the hearth,
w.Tinies (Apr. 22, 1886) 2, col. 2 ; Cor.'^ w.Cor. A', tr Q. (1854)
1st S. X. 300.
Hence (i) Dust-bed, sb. a ' bedtick ' mattress stuffed
with chaff; (2) -coob, sb. the chaff cupboard in a stable ;
(3) -house, sb. a chaff-house ; (4) to go to dowst, p/ir. to
go to bed.
(i) Dor. (C.W.) Dev. By small tenant-farmers, and the peasantry
generally, dowst-beds were not long ago more commonly used than
feather-beds, Hilwett Peas. Sp. (1892). (2) Wil.' (3) Som. Ellis
Prominc. (1889) V. 155. (4) Wil.' Heard at Huish occasionally,
but not traced elsewhere.
3. Small coal, blacksmith's slack. Sc. (A.'W.), n.Lin.'
4. A slight mould or growth on hay, stacked before it is
sufficiently dry.
Mid. All such hay as is put into the stack without being skin dry,
universally becomes coated with a stinking mould ; or, as the
Middlesex farmers call it, dust, Middleton Agric. (1798) 249.
Hence Dusty, adj. Of hay : slightly mouldy.
Mid. Hay put into barns is apt to be dusty on the side next the
boards, Middleton Agiic. {1798) 242. w.Mid. It would have been
a good rick of hay if it hadn't been a bit dusty a-top CW.P.M.).
5. A small quantity.
e.An.' A dust of coal (or tea, or seed). e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. I had
not a dust left (M.A. R.).
6. Money, esp. in phr. down ivilh the dust.
Abd. He must deny tliem trust, But we'll give bargains for thcdust,
SiiiRREFS Sale Catal. (1795) 7. Rnf. Still does Taylor hold the
money? Has he charge of all the dust? M'Gilvray Poems (ed.
1862) 166. Ayr. If this sells, as sell it must, I soon shall touch,
again, your dust, Boswell Poet. IVks. (1811) 106, ed. 1871. N.Cy.'
Cum. ' I'll lig six to four!' 'Done! come, down wi'the dust.'
Anderson Ballads { 1805} 96 ; They bed niver hard soverans coa't
dust afooar, Sargisson Joe Scoop ( 1881 1 28 ; Cum.', n.Lin.', s.Lin.
(T.H.R.), War.2 Brks.' Down wi' yer dust if 'e wants to buy un.
Som. Jennings OI>s. Dial. w.Eng. (1825^ Dev. zu.Trmes {Apr. 22,
1886) 2. Slang. Talking of heavy wet puts me in mind of coming
down with the dust, Ssiedley H. Coverdale (1856) 302.
7. A disturbance, tumult, uproar ; a quarrel, fight ; esp.
in phr. to kick up a dust. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc. I dinna ken, sir — there's been no election-dusts lately, Scott
Guy M. (1815) xxxvi; I'll no permit you to kick up a dust in my
shop, Scotch Haggis, 94. Cai.' Lnk. To kick up . . . The awfu'est
dust that deil or man Has kicket up since world began, Deil's
Halloween (1856) 11. Peb. Then began a skirry-wirry ; — Sic a dust
ye never saw, Affleck Poet. Wis. (1836) 127. N.Cy.' Cum.
Parlish dusts they hed, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 16: Cum.'
n.Yks. They kicked up a dust about nowt (I.W.), e.Yks, Thomp-
sotiHist. Welton (1869) 170; Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 26; e.Yks.'
MS. add. (J. U.) m.Yks.' w.Yks. Aw shouldn't be capp'd if ther
wor a dust here in a while. Hartley Budget (,1867) 25 ; w.Yks.';
w.Yks.^ A bonny dust atween 'em. He's as sure to kick up a
dust if he goas, as sure as owt. n.Lin.' He kick'd up a dust all
aboot noht. s.Lin. Hedn't we a dust on last night! We wor all
ina dust ovver it(T.H.R.). Nlip.',Shr.= Brks.' Dwo-ant'emaayke
zuch a dust about ut. Ken., Sus. HoLLOVifAY. [Aus. The next
dust we got into was . . . one of the worst things we ever were
mixed up in, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) III. x.]
8. A bout, contest.
Lan. [That] he was younger . . . could be proved by a ' dust' at
either running, jumping, or wrestling, Brierley Layrock{i&6^) xii.
9. A blow, thump. Cf douse, sb.^ 5.
se.Wor.' Glo. BAYLis////(i. ZJ/rt/. (1870). Cor.'^
Hence Duster, sb. a heavy blow.
Shr.' It fell sich a douster. Cor.' ; Cor.^ A regler douster.
10. V. To beat, strike, thrash, esp. in phr. to diisl one's
coat OT jacket. In gen. colloq. use.
Dmb. When he met us he maist provokit me at the first word to
dust his coat till him, he curl't his brows at me, Cross Disruption
(1844) xxiv. Wgt. [He] boldly challenged the big Bailie to come
out, if he was a man, and he would dust his jacket for him in a
couple of minutes, Eraser (Fi^tojt'/j (1877) 292. Cum.' e.Yks.
Nicholson Ftt-Sp. (1889) 26; Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Mar. 15, 1884)
8. m.Yks.' Dust him his hide. w.Yks. A'U dust thi jacket for thi
when ah cop hold o' thi, wait an' see (H.L.). Lan. I'll dust your
jacket for you (H.A.B.). Nhp.', War.3 Shr.' Doust 'is jacket for
'im, Surrey ; Shr.^ Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Glo. Baylis///"5.
Dial. (\ii-io\ s.Oxf. 'Dust 'is jacket ! I should think so !' said Mrs.
Nutt, Rosemary Cliillcrns {iSg^) 32. Brks.' w.Mid. I'll dust your
jacket for you, when I ketches you {W.V.M.). Som. I'll dust the
jacket o' un, R\ymond Love and Quiet Lifr (1894'! 167. w.Som.'
Aa'l diis dhu jaakut udheel shuur mee? [I'll dust the jacket of thee.
DUST
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DUTFIN
dost hear me 1] Dev.^ I'll dowst thy jacket vor thee. Slang. Old
Shylock was makiiiR a racket, And threatening how well he'd dust
every man'sjackct.BAKHAM/i/^o/rfsAy ^ed. 1864 Merchant of Venice.
[Amer. Carruth Kansas Univ. Oiiai: 1 1892) I.]
Hence Dusting, vb/. sb. a thrashing, beating.
Nhb.' Aa'll gi' ye sic a dnstin as'll gar ye scart where it's not
yiicky. S.Lin. I'll gieye a dustin'afoor I've done wi' you (T.H.R.).
War.3 I'll give you a dusting if you are not quiet. Glo.', Brks.'
Sur.' 'Twas the same fox as they found in the niornin' part, and
they give him a pretty good dustin' then. Dor. (T.C.P.), Cor.^^
11. To pelt, throw stones at ; to fling with violence.
Dor. Barnes 67. Rises'). Dev., Cor. Guuse ( 1790) MS. atld. (C.)
Cor. To doust 'am weth stoans, \. Tup.noodle Spec. Dial. (1846)32 ;
Cor.12 w.Cor. A'. &= Q. (1854) ist S. x. 300.
12. To cheat.
n.Lin.' He dusted him wi' that badly coo.
13. To raise a tumult. Fif. (Jam.)
14. To trudge, plod on.
Sus. Not heard tor many years (E.E.S.) ; We dousted on, dey
after dey. Lower _/(ii; Cladpole (cd. 1872) st. 53.
[9. A dust [blow], colaphus, Coles (1679) ; CoUcc, a dust,
thump, or blow in the neck, Cotgr. Perh. in this sense
a distinct word fr. dust (pulvis).]
DUST, DUSTNO, see Dare, f .', Do, v.
DU-STONE, 5i. Shr.' Written dhu-stone. Basalt of
a black or very dark colour quarried at Titterstone Clee.
DUSTY, adj. Sc. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Chs. Lin. Nhp. I.W.
Wil. Som. Dev. Slang. Also in forms disty Sc. ; dowsty
Dev. nvv.Dev.' [dusti, desti.] 1. In coiiip. (i) Dusty-
husband, (a) the woolly mouse-ear chickweed, Cerastiitin
ionieii/osiDii ; (h) the white alysson, Arabis alpina ; (2)
■nielder or -nieiller, the last quantity of meal made from the
crop of any one year ; fig. the last days of one's life ; (3)
-miller, {a) the common Auricula, Primula Auricula \ {b)
see -husband {a); (c) var. kinds of insects ; see below;
(d) a kind of rude farce performed at the harvest supper ;
(4) -milner, see miller («) ; (5) -poll, a head covered with
flour ; sec below.
(i, a) Chs.i Frequently used for the edgings of flowerbeds, (i)
Chs.i From the masses of white flowers; Chs.* (2) Sc. (Jam.) Bch.
I began to think be this lime that my disty-meiller was near made,
FoREEsy/-«.(i742 i 4. Abd. Shirrefs Poems \ 1790) Gl. (3, a) Cai.*
Ayr. Sweetmary, tanzy, tlie dusty miller, mint, daisies, and roses,
Hunter Studies \i8'^o\ 155. Lth. So denominated from the leaves
beingcoveredwithawhitish dust (Jam.). Nhb.i.Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks.
(6)Lin. (B.& H.) (0 Nhb.' A humble bee that leaves on the hand,
when taken hold of, a light dust. w.Yks.^ A large brown beetle.
"Wn. Any large white or light-coloured moth (G.E.D.'). (d) Nhp. 2
(41 Lin. From its white powdery appearance ( B. & H.^. (5>Dev.
Miller, O miller, O dowsty poll ! Howminnyzackshastthcea-staw] ?
Hewett Peas. Sp. (18921. nw.Dev.^ In the children's rhyme,
'Millerdy,millerdy. dowsty poll. How many pecks hev you a-stole?'
Ihaveneverheard the word with this meaning except in this rhyme.
2. Fig. Mean, worthless, as though soiled or stained
with dust; gen. in slang phr. not (none) so dusfy.
ra.Yks.* That's none so dusty, now. w.Yks. That's none so
dusty! (C.C.R.) I.W.(J.D.R.) Som. [Of the singing of a hymn] he
whispered that it wasn' so very dusty, Raymond Love and Quiet Life
(1894) 57. Slang. Three red clocks, two pusses. . . I ain't done so
dusty! /"//xcA BarrEue .
DUT, sb. n.Sc. (Jam.^ A stupid fellow.
' Auld dut ' is a phr. applied to one enfeebled by age, esp. if the
mental faculties be impaired.
DUTCH, adj., sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. 1. adj. In comb, (i) Dutch arbel, the white
poplar or abele-tree, Populus alba; (2) — barn, a barn,
consisting of a roof erected upon pillars; (31 — cheese,
the fruit of the dwarf-mallow, Malva roiundifolia ; (4) —
concert, a discordant noise, a confused babel of sounds ;
(5) — cousins, great friends; (61 — doll, a jointed
wooden doll ; (7) — elder, the gout-weed or ground-ash,
Aegopodium Podagraria; (8) — flax, the gold-of-pleasure
or oil-seed plant, Caineliua saliva; (9) — Morgan, the
white ox-eje daisy, Chrysanthemum Leucanlhemum ; (10)
— nightingale, a frog; (11) — oven, a tin hastener, in
which food is roasted in front of the fire ; (12) — plaise,
VOL. II.
the fish, Pleuronectes Plalessa; (13) — plough, an ordinary
plough ; (14) — pound, a weight of 28 oz.
(i)Hrt. The low country-men sometimes call it Dutch arbel,
Ellis Mod. Hush. (1750) VII. i. (3) n.Yks. The most economical
structure, a Dutch barn (a roof upon pillars), is rarely to be met
with out of the yard of agentleman,TuKE ..4_g'n'c.(i8ooj 177 Der.^
Hrt. Hay is usually brought into a bay formed in the manner of a
Dutch-barn, Marshall Review (1818) II. 343. (3^, Chs.' (4)
w.Yks.^ The laughing and crying of children mingled is so called.
n.Dev. Plovers added their screams also to that Dutch concert,
KiNCSLEY Westward Hoi (1855) 116, ed. 1889. (5) Sus.' Only
used along the coast. ' Yes, he and I were reg'lar Dutch cousins ;
I feels quite lost without him.' (6) It. (A.S.-P.) {f) Wil.' i 8)
Nhp. (9) I.W. (lo)e.An.'; e.An.^ From its melodious note in
the spring. Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 47. (11)
w.Yks. (J.'W.), w.Som.' (12) e.Sc. Plaise. This is one of the most
common of our flat-fish. When small they are called Fleuks ;
when large Dutch plaise, Neill Fishes (1810) 11 (Jam."). 113)
n.Yks. The plough generally used throughout the North Riding is
called the Dutch plough (but why so named does not appear),
TuKE Agric. (1800) 83. (14) Abd. Butter was bought by the Dutch
pound of twenty eight ounces, Anderson Rhymes { 1867I 213.
2. Unintelligible, difficult to comprehend; a\s,o used advb.
■w.Yks. 3 The native was foiled in his attempt to understand the
gentleman who spoke Dutch ; w.Yks. ^ Naa barn, thah tawaks
Dutcli, ah can't understand thuh. Wah it maad a body feel as
gaumless as a fleg, furit wur Dutch to muh. n.Lin.' What he said
was all Dutch to mc. Brks.'
3. Fine, affected in language.
w.Yks. As dutch as a dog in a doublet, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan.
17, 1891). s.Chs.' S.Lin. Mi ! wasn'nt she dutch, and didn't she
try to be mi' lady (TH.R.). Shr.'
4. Phr. (i) As Dutch as a mastiff', said of one who
assumes an air of innocence after having done some mis-
chief; (2) to talk as Dutch as Daimport's (Davenport's)
bitch, see to talk Dutch (a) ; (3) to talk Dutch, (a) to speak
in a more refined tongue than the ordinary dialect ; (b) to
speak angrily.
(i) w.Yks.* (2) s.Chs.^ Oo wuz Oz ruf uz gauTS wen 60 went
Livurpool, un sea* bin dhu oo'ul dub on um ; tin naay 6o)z drest
iip lahyk u leedi, un tau ks uz Diich uz Dai-mpurts bich [Hoo
was as rough as gorse when hoo went Liverpool, an' so bin the
hooal dub (lot) on 'em ; an' nai hoo's drest up like a leedy, an'
talks as Dutch as Daimport's bitch]. (3, a) w.Yks.* (ij Chs.'
If tha does that again, I'll talk Dutch to the.
5. sb. Tobacco.
Sh.I. Dey drew in der shairs ta da fire, an' lighted der pipes o'
Dutch, J. H. Da last Foy (1896) 4 ; I shot da pockie wi da Dutch
i' William's haand, Sh. Ncus (Aug. aS, 1897).
6. The white clover, Trifolium repens.
Dor. (B. & H.) w.Som.' I do like to zee the Dutch come up —
showth there's some proof in the ground.
7. V. To talk mincingly, aflectedly, without provincial
accent.
w.Yks. See her screwin' up her maath an' dutchin', Hartley
Puddin (1876^ 133.
DUTCHMAN,s6. Glo.Ken.Dev. Also Colon. Incomb.
(i) Dutchman's breeches, the seal-flower or ' locks and
keys,' Dielytra spectabilis ; (2) -"s corner, the front of the
fire ; (3) -'s pipe or pipes, the broad-leaved birthwort or
pipe-vine, Aristolochia Sipho.
(I) Dev." (21 Ken. (H.M. ) (31 Glo. The Aristolochia Sipho is
a better-known climber with large heart-shaped leaves and curious
flowers, Dutchman's pipes, Ellacombe Garden (1895) xvii. [Colon.
Clematis, Dutchman'spipe, vines, and climbers are most luxuriant.
Roper Track and Trail ii8gi) xxviii.]
DUTCHY, sb. s.Not. A toy marble, made of white
earthenware with a checked pattern upon it. (J.P.K.)
No doubt the name comes from the times when nearly all our
coarse earthenware came from Holland.
DUTE, V. n.Sc. (Jam.) Also in form dutt. [Not
known to our correspondents.] To dose, slumber, be in
a sleepy state ; gen. in phr. to dutt and sleep.
DUTFIN. sb.^ e.An. Also written dutfen, dutphen
Suf. ; and ' in form duffin Nrf [dB'tfin, -fan.] The
bridle in cart-harness.
e.An. Morton Cyclo.Agnc. (1863) ; e.An.'; e.An. 2 A Suf. word,
in Nrf. called simply a bridle, Nrf. Fetch a dutfin and show the
animal off, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893; 3 ; Nrf.' Su.'. In
F f
DUTHE
[2l8]
DWALE
the articles of bridles, stirrups, cart-whip, and other whips, diit-
phens, collars, Strickland OWf>7>«rfs{ 1 864) 16 ; (E.G. P.); (C.T. );
RAiNBiRD.<4.g-«'c. (1819) agi, ed. 1849 ; Suf.i e.Suf. A bridle with
Winkers (F.H.).
[The first element prob. repr. OFr. diiit (don/), a
halter; MLat. ductus, ' capistrum quo equus ducitur '
(Ducange) ; the second element possibly repr. Yr.frein,
a bridle.]
DUTHE, adj. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Substantial, efficient, nourishing, lasting.
CI. Sum. Nairn.
DUTHER. V. and sb. Sc. Lin. Nhp. Wor. Hrf. Glo. Brks.
e.An. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Also in forms dudder
Sc. S. c^ Ork.i Nhp.= Glo. Brks.' e.An.'= Nrf.' Suf. Wil.'
Dor. Som. n.Dev. ; dutter Wil.' [du'Safr), ds-dar,
dB-dafr).] 1. v. To confound with noise, deafen, con-
fuse, bewilder; also intr. to make a loud, disagreeable
noise. Cf dother, t'.' 4.
Nhp.2, e.Suf. (F.H.i, Hmp.' Wil. Slow G/. (1892) ; Britton
i?,'(7»//.s (1825) ; Wil.' Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). Soin. Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1835) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). n.Dev. I'll dudder
en wi' noise, Rock Jim an Nell (1867) St. 118.
Hence (i) Dutherdy, adj., (2) Duthered, ppl. adj. con-
fused, stupefied, bothered ; (3) Duthering, sb. a noise,
confusion, a confused feeling in the head; (4) Duthery,
adj. muddled ; dim, indistinct.
(i) Wor. He seems so dutherdy in the mornings and I think
it's his lessons. The examination is coming on (A.S.-P.). (aj
Hrf. Ray ii69i) 71/S. add. (J.C.) Glo.' Duthered up. Common.
Brks.i Wil.A'. .S-Q. (i88i)6lhS.iv. 106. (3) Hrf.2,Glo.l (4) Glo.i
2. To deaden, soothe (pain).
Wil.i It sort o' dudders the pain. n.Wil. ' When I do rub these
here oils in they do kind o'dudder the pain.' The commonest use
now is that of ' deadening ' pain (E.H.G.).
3. To shiver, shake, shudder ; to tremble with cold or
fear. Cf. dather, dither, v.^
S. & Ork.' As a sail in the wind. Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and
Z)««cs (1884! 324. n.Lin.i, e.An.'^ Nrf. They stood duddering at
the gate ( W.H.) ; Why, lor, bor, we tree kinder duddered, Cozens-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 16 ; Nrf.' Suf. Raven Hist. Suf. (,1895)
265. e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence (i) Dudder-grass, sb. the maiden-hair grass,
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris ; (2) Duddering, ppl. adj. of the
wind : rough, boisterous ; (3) Duddry, adj. disorderly,
rough, shaken into disorder.
(I) Nrf. To have a bunch of the grass called maiden-hair, or, as
it is termed in Nrf., ' dudder-grass,' brought into the house, is sure
to bring ill luck, TV. fy Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 58. (2) Sc. Send us
not a ranting, tanting, tearing win', but a thuddering, duddering,
drying ane, ib. (1868) 4th S. i. 163 ; A duddering wind is a wind
that ravels the corn as well as * thuds ' and dries it (G.W.). (3)
Abd. A duddry head ; a duddry laddie (G.W.).
4. sb. Phr. all in a dudder, in a maze, confused, be-
wildered.
Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) Wil.i
5. A loud, disagreeable noise. e.Suf. (F.H.)
6. A shudder, shiver; fit of trembling.
Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) Nrf. It hull me into a regular
dudder (R.H.H.) ; I put the child into a cold bath every morning,
and the rogue fare to like it ; he go in without a dudder (W.R.E.).
DUTIFY, V. Sus. To impose as a duty, appoint.
A job as He hath dutified for me to do, Blackmore Spring-
haven {18861 xxi.\ ; Still in use, but gradually dying out (E.E.S.).
DUTTER, see Duther.
DUTY, sb. Irel. Nrf. Suf. Cor. 1. An expression of
respect due to a superior.
Suf. My duty, and thank your mistress kindly (M.E.R.). [She's
pretty well, And sends her duty to you, Halliwell Nursery
Rhymes '1842^ 316, ed. 1886.]
2. Cunip. Duty-hens, fowls of which a tenant has to give
a certain number to his landlord each year. N.I.'
3. Attendance at the confessional.
Ir. This is done to give those who live within the district in
which the station is held an opportunity of coming to their duty,
as frequenting the ordinance of confession is emphatically called.
Cari.eton Trails Pens. (1843) I. 148. w.Ir. Goto your duty reg'lar.
Lover Leg. (1848) 1. 43. Wxf. And say my pr.nyers, and go to my
duty, Kennedy Evenings Dtiffrcy (1869) 347.
4. Occupation, calling.
Nrf. What's his duty? Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 27.
e.Suf. He has no duty at present (F.H.).
5. The estimatedwork done byaminesteam-engine. Cor.^
Hence Duty-paper, sb. a paper on which the amount
of duty' is registered and issued, ib.
DUV, see Dive, v., Do, v.
DUXY, adj. Sc. Lazy, slow. See Doxie.
Frf. Ye duxy brute, Beaitie Amha' (c. 1820) 29, ed. i88a ; Ye
duxy lubber, ib. 49.
DUZ, see Durze.
DUZZ, V. Cor. [dBz.] To buzz.
Thomas Randis^al Rhymes (1895) Gl.
DUZZ-, DUZZIE, DUZZY, see Dizzv.
DUZZIL, see Dozzle, sb.
DWAAL, DWAAM, see Dwall, v., Dwam.
D'WABLE, adj., sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Also written
dwabil Abd. ; dwaible Sc. Kcd. ; and in forms dwebble
Abd.; dwebleSc. (Jam.); dweeble Abd. Frf Fif ; dwible
Ant.; dwybal Bnff. ; dwyble Bntf.' N.L' [dwebl,
dwe'bl, dwibl.] 1. adj. Flexible, yielding, loose,
shaky ; weak, infirm, feeble. See Dwaffil.
Sc. Whilk maks me richt dweble, Donald Poems (1867) 264;
The limbs are said to be dwable when the knees bend under one,
or the legs have not strength to support the body (Jam.).
Bnff. It gar her guts sae dwybal grow, Taylor Poems (1787) 131.
Abd. He had grown as dwebble an' fushionless as a ^valiant leaf,
ALEXANDERyo/i;;j/i' Gi*6/» f 1871I xlvii ; As water weak, and dweeble
like a bent, Ross Helenore (1768) 24, ed. 1812; But wi' a yark Gib
made his queet As dwabil as a flail, Skinner Poems (1809) 44,
Kcd. Legs aneath 'im turned as dwaible As an autumn salmon's tail.
Grant Lays (1884) in. Frf. His dweeble shanks kept him oot o'
ill pranks. Watt Poel. Sketches (1880) 94. Fif. In this county,
'dwable' strictly signifies destitute of nervous strength (Jam.'.
e.Fif. But noo I am douce, dowie, dweeble an' skair, Latto Tani
Bodkin (1864') xxi.
Hence Dwaibly or Dwibly, «£^'. feeble, shaky, tottering,
infirm.
Sc. She was a dwaibly body from the first, Stevenson Weir (1896) i.
N.I,' Ant. She's a poor dwibly thing, Ballymena Obs. (1892 .
2. sb. A weak, overgrown person or child ; anything
long and flexible, with the notion of weakness.
Bnff.' Cld., Lth. He's just a dwable o' a bairn. Still used (Jam.).
3. V. To walk with weak, faltering steps ; to totter,
walk feebly.
Bnff.', N.I.' Ant. A'm hardly able tae dwible on my feet, Bally-
mena Obs. ( 1892).
D'W ADDLE, V. Sc. Chs. Written dwadle Kcb. To
waste time ; to dawdle, linger, lounge.
Kcb. The lordlin' dwadles by his leddy's bo'er, Armstrong
Ingleside (1890) 153. s.Chs.' Lc5ok shaa'rp ugy'eii-, tin diilnu
dwaadl yilr tahym uwee [Look sharp again, an' dunna dwaddle
yur time awee].
DWAFFIL, adj Fif. (Jam.) Weak, pliable ; opposed
to what is stift" or firm. Cf dwable.
As dwaffil as a clout.
D"WAIBLE, D'WAIN, see Dwable, Dwine, t;.'
D'W AIRS, sb. pi. Sus.' [dwesz.] Strong cross-bars
in the floor of a wagon.
The one in the centre is called the fore-dwair, the one at the
back, the hind-dwair. They are also called the cuts.
DWALDER, V. Cor. [dw9lda(r).] To speak tediously
and confusedly. See Dwall.
N. if Q. (1854) ist S. X. 300; Cor.»2
D"WALE, sb. Sc. Yks. Also Dev. Also written
dwal(e Dev. [dwel.] 1. sb. The deadly nightshade,
Atropa Belladonna. Also in comb. Dwale-bluth or -flower.
Frf. A wolfs-bane, or a deadly dwale, Or drowsy, dreamy man-
dragora, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 152. Dev. She's Leddy Helen
Thurlstone, th' Waters-Meet wetcli, we' th' dwal flewrs till her
hair! Madox-Brown Dwale Bluth (1876) bk. iv. ii ; The tendrils
of the * dwale bluth,' as she would have called it, fell within the
shelter of an old cucumber-frame, ib. bk. in. ii.
2. The woody nightshade, Solamim Dulcamara.
Yks. Hakte Ihisbandry (1770) p. iii (B. & H.).
[1. Belle-dame, a kind of dwale or sleeping nightshade,
CoTGR. ; The frerewith hus fisik this folkehath enchaunted
And doth men drynke dwale, P. Plowman (c.) xxiii. 379.J
DWALL
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DWANG
DWALL, V. and sb. I.Ma. Glo. Soni. Dev. Cor. Also
written dwaalGIo."; dwale I.Ma. Dev.Cor.; dwaulew.Cy.
[dw9l, dwel.] 1. v. To wander in mind, to tallc in-
coherently or deliriously.
I.Ma. Then her senses dwaled away and the carriage drove on,
CAiXE^/rt«.vi"o«Vi895 pt.iv.xiv. GIo.'^ w.Cy.DualleeorDwanlee
[ii'i:], Grose {i-jgo^Suf>f>l. w.Soni.'Here,JimI let'staketh'old I'viller
home and putn to bed ; tidnnogoodtolet'nbide here and dwallyall
night. Dev. A woman said of her sick child ' He was dwalling all
night,^ Jif/>otis Proi'iuc. i' 1877) 130 ; 'Er is mortal bad, I'm aveard : *er
antaduednortbut dwalee awl driitha night, HEWETTPfrts.S/>.( 1892);
Dev.^; Dev,^Spa3'ke up kissent, Idawn'tknaw whot yiizeth whenyu
dwalee like that there ! n.Dev. Lock ! dest dwallee or tell doil ?
ExHi. Scold. 1I746') 1. 137. Cor. Theould wemmenbcdwalingand
druling, J. Trzhoodlz Spec. Vial. (1846; 31 ; Cor.'; Cor.^ It is often
said of a sick person that he has been ' dwaHng all night.'
Hence Dwaling, (1) ppl. adj. delirious, wandering in
mind ; (2) I'b/. sb. a delirious muttering, or incoherent
talking.
(i) Dev. A dwalin drumble-drone i' th' rewts. An apple-dreane
aboo, Mado.'C-Brown Dwale Bliilh (1876) bk. iv. ii. (2") Dev. If
Margery had been an expert in ' outlander talk,' or 'dwaling,' as
she otherwise termed it, she would have recognized . . . a language
which differed considerably from her usual speech, ib. bk. i. i.
2. Fig. To waver about, flicker, move to and fro.
Dev. Her shadow dwaling up an' down th' wearl ahint her — like
a desolate ould witch's as it was ! Madox-Brown Yetii-houitds
(,1876^ 251.
3. sb. Phr. (i) to have a Jit of the dwalls, to be delirious,
to be not quite right in the head ; (2} to tell dwale, to talk
or mutter incoherently.
(1I Dev. 'Mymulhersaysshe'savito'th'dwallson she,' exclaimed
one shrilly, Madox- Brown Z)r(WfB//;//i 1876 bk. iv. ii. (2iDev.'
[1. Cp. EFris. dwalcn, ' irre gehen, umher irren ' (Kool-
man).]
DWAL(L, sb. and v. Sh.I. Nfld. In form dwell Nfld.
1. sb. A light slumber or doze ; a state between sleep-
ing and waking.
Sh.I. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; Ae night last ook I happn'd ta faa upun a
dwall, atween da stangs oot frae mi j-ackle . . . an' I dreamt. S/i.
News (May 15, 18971. S. & Ork.i [Nfld. I got no sleep last night,
1 had only a dwoU, Trans. A»ter. Flk-Lore Soc. (1894).]
2. V. To slumber. S. & Ork.'
[1. Norw. dial, dvale, trance, torpor (Aasen).]
DWALLOW, V. and adj. Cum. Wm. Written dwalla
Cum.' [dwala, dwola.] 1. v. To wither ; to turn
yellow with decay. Cum.'
Hence Dwallowed, ppl. adj. withered, faded, dried.
Cum. Sweet is this kiss as smell of dwallow'd hay, Relph Misc.
Poems (1743) 16 ; If it sud rain on St. Swithin's day We're feckly
sarrat wi' dwallow'd hay, Prov. (E.W.P.' ; Gl. (1851).
2. adj. Of a sickly, jatmdiced appearance; also used _/?§-.
Lakel. A chap said he'd a nasty dwallow tiast in his mooth, siam
as if he'd bin eaten rotten eggs, Penrith Obs. (Dec. 28, 1897 1. Wra.
He leuks dwallow at t'feeace (.B.K.i.
DWAM, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.Cum. Yks. Lan.
Also Glo. Dev. Cor. Also written dwaam Ayr. Edb.
n.Cy. ; dwalm Sc. (Jam.) Edb. N.Cy.' Nhb.' n.Yks.' ;
dwame Per.; dwarm Ant. N.Cy.' e.Dur.'; dwaum Sc.
(Jam.) N.I.' N.Cy.'; dwawm Slk. Cor.; and in forms
daum m.Yks.' ; dualm Sc. (Jam.) [dwam,dwam.] 1. sb.
A swoon, faint, sudden feeling of faintness ; a sudden fit of
illness, &c. Also xxstdfig.
Sc. He was but in a kind of dwam, Scott ..4«/ii'/Kflry(i8i6) viii ;
The wife took a dwam and lay down to die, Ramsay Tea- Table Misc.
(1724)11. 134, ed. 1871; Whenachild is seized with some undefinable
ailment it is common to say, ' It's just some dwaum ' (Jam.). Or.I.
^S.A.S.) Bch. He look'd sachaave as gin a dwam Had just o'ercast
his heart, Forbes ^y'n.r (ed. 1785)8. Abd.Common'G.W.'i ; At I.nst
the dwaum geed frae her bit by bit, Ross Heletiorc (1768) 25, ed,
181 2. Kcd.Wi'face as fyte as ony cloot, Naedead, but in a dwaum,
Grant Lays (1884 1 31. Frf. Shou'd some sick dwam turn o'er tiiy
heart, Morison Poems (1790) 96. Per. While in a groufling easy
dwame He slept to rest, NicoL Poems (1766) 100. Fif. A man . . .
fell down intill a dwam ; He lay an hour ere back he cam ! Tennant
Papistry {1B2-1) 157. Dmb. She said it was just a passing dwam she
had taken. Cross Disruption (1844') xxiv. Lnk. Brosy was in a
poetic dwaum, Fraser ll'liaups ',1895) viii. Lth. She sank on the
swaird. In a leefu'an'sleepy-like dwam, LuMSDENS/iff/i-//rarf(i892)
146. e.Lth. Me gang to the kirk? No likely ! The verra thocht o't
brings a dwam ower me. Hunter/ Inwick (1895) 69. Edb. Or
ony inward dwaam should seize us, Fergusson Pof;»s(i773) 145,
ed. 1 785 ; As if the heart of the world had been seized with a sudden
dwalm, MoiR Mansie IVaucli (1828) xv. Slk. It's only a bit dwam,
it will soon gang afi, Hogg Tiri/fs (1838) 211, ed. 1866 ; Afore she
yielded to the dwawm o' that sleep, Chr. North Aoc/cs fed. 1856)
II. 9. Dmf. In a deep dwaum 'tween sense and sleep I spiel your
hichts again, Reid Poems 1,1894) 85. Gall. Suddenly there came
upon me a dwam and a turning in my head, Crockett Moss-Hags
ii895) xxxviii. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. (i8g2\. s. Don. Sim-
mons G/. (1890^ n.Cy. Bonier Gl.iColl. L.L.B.); N.Cy.' Nhb.' He
tyukakindo'dwam, like. Cum.'-, n. Yks.' 2, m.Yks.' Lan. Yo're sure
and certainshe's dead — notin a dwam or faint? Gaskei.l North and
South, x.xviii. s.Dev. Abit of a dwam, Fox Kmgsbridge (1874). Cor.
More than one woman among them lapsed heavily into a dwawm,
Pearcz Esther Pentreath (1891) bk. 11. iv.
Hence (i) Dwaminess, sb. a faintness, swooning; (2)
Dwamish, (3) Dwamy, adj. faint, inclined to swoon;
languid, sickly.
(il Gall. She has been troubled with a kind o' dwaminess in her
inside for near three weeks, Crockett 5fe/.7/71//«.^i893) 249. (2)
Sh.I. I began ta fin' a dwaamish kind o' wy aboot my ain head,
Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 263. N.I.', Ant. (S.A.B. ), n.Yks.'^
m.Yks.' It was noaght very bad, but it was a daumish feel, like. (3)
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (1891). Nhb.' Bet torned dwamy, like to fall,
RoBSON Betty Beesley. e.Dur.'
2. Phr. (i) a dram of drink, a drunken stuper; (2) a dwam
of thought, a reverie, dream; (3) to tahe the diva/iis, to swoon,
feel faint.
(i) Ayr. She was in a dwaam of drink. Service Dr. Dii^uid (ed.
1887) 115. Slk. Chr. North Nodes led. 1856' Gl. (2, Ayr. The
auld man scartin" his held pow and lost in a dwaum o' thocht.
Service Notandmns {iBgo) 18. (3) Edb. 'Twad gart ane laugh tho'
ta'en the dwams, Liddle Poems (1821) 53.
3. V. To faint away, swoon; to fall ill. Also usedfg.
Sc. When the breath o' the wun' has dwamed awaj', TnoN Jock
o' the Knowe (1878) 4. Per. He begood to dwam in the end of the
year, and soughed awa' in the spring, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush
1, 1895 31. s.Sc. He kind o' dwamed, Cunningham Sif/f/!« (1894) viii.
Ayr. I think I dwaumed wi' fricht in Davie's arms. Service Dr.
Dugiiid {cd. i88-i) 222. Lth. He dwaum'd away (Jam.). Edb. We
. . . lifted the poor lad, who had nowdwalmedaway, upon our wife's
handbarrow,MoiR71/n«s/c/FnHc/i(i828;ixvi. Gall. I dwamed away,
Crockett Gin' ./1/(7H (1896)318. n.Ir. (M.B.-S.) Nhb.' Dwalmoff,
to doze off to sleep, to go off into a faint. Cum.', m.Yks.', Glo.'^
Hence (i) Dwaming, (a) ppl. adj. swooning, fainting;
[b] vbl. sb., fig. Uie fading or disappearance of light; (2)
Dwaming-fit, sb. a fainting-fit, swoon.
(I, a) Dmf. Ilk sicht and soun Turn'd unco tae my dwaumin' brain,
REiDPof;;is (1894) 60. (6iAbd. Ae evening, just about dwauming
o' the light, As I was sitting in the house alane, Shirrefs Poems
(1790) 144. (2) Fif. As he in dwalmin'-fit lay there, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 162.
[1. Sic deidlie dwawmes . . . Ane hundrithe tymes hes
my hairt ouirpast, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510), ed. Small, II.
245. Cp. MHG. twalm, ' betaubung, ohnmacht ' (Lexer).]
D'WANG, V. and sb. Sc. [dwaij.] 1. v. To oppress
with too much labour ; to harass, worry ; to vanquish,
overcome ; to toil, labour.
n.Sc. Dwang'd with wark (Jam.). Abd. Think-nae, billy, ye" re to
dwang Fowk wi' a sham, Farmer's Ha (1794) st. 31 ; Shirrefs
Poems {i-igo I Gl. Frf. Hence frae me, nae mairwi you I'll dwang,
I'se in anither warl' be e'er lang, MoRisoN Poems (1790) 176. Per,
An old schoolmaster on a hot summer's afternoon twent^'-five years
ago used to ask his pupils, * What are ye dwanging owreyer slates
[or books] for?* or, ' Do ye think ye'll ever mak' scholars ? Na, na;
ye dwang an slunge owre muckle, I wat' (G.W. ).
Hence Dwanged, ppl. adj. bowed down, decrepid.
Bch. The lyart lad wi' years sair dwang'd, Forbes .^ya^r (1742) 8.
Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790) CI.
2. To draw or bear a burden unequally.
n.Sc. One horse in a plough, or one ox under the yoke, is said
to dwang another (Jam.).
3. sb. Toil, labour, that which is oppressive or tiresome ;
a rough shake or throw.
Sc. My days were aye a dwang, DonaldPo«ks(i867) 245. n.Sc,
Abd. (Jam.) ; At length when dancing turn'd a dwang, Beattie
F f 2
DWARF
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DWINE
Payings i 1801) 14. Frf.Wi'gleesome speed last week I span a tike;
To mak it out my wheel got mony dwang, MoRisoN Poems (1790)
157. Per. (,G.W.)
4. A large iron lever or turn-key, used for screwing nuts
for bolts.
Abd., Rxb. (Jam.), Per. (G.W.)
5. Phr. to turn the divang, a trial of strength among men ;
see below.
Rxb. The person who attempts to turn the dwang, holds it by
the small end, and endeavours to raise the heavy end from the ground,
and to turn it lound perpendicularly (J.\:\i.,i.
6. A stout club or bar of wood used by carters for
tightening ropes. Cld. (Jam.)
7. pi. Transverse pieces of wood between the joists,
used to strengthen a floor and prevent swinging.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' [Price to include for dwangs and wall plates
at 3s. grf., Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 535]
[3. Cp. EFris. dwang, ' Zwang, Gewalt, Druck' (Kool-
m.\n).]
DWARF, sb. Cum. Chs. Hrf. Ken. Hmp. I.W. Dev.
1. In comb, (i) Dwarf-elder, (a) the ground-elder, Sani-
buciis Ebiiliis ; {b) the ground-ash, Aegopodiuin Poda-
graria ; (2) -'s money, ancient coins.
(i, a) Cum., Dev." (6) Hmp.' Common throughout Hmp. I.W.
(2) Hrf.2 Ken.' So called in some places on the coast.
2. A deformed person, not necessarily a diminutive one.
Cbs.' Occasionally applied.
DWARG, adj. Sh.I. Large, great. S. & Ork.^
DWARM, see Dwam.
DWARSBAUK, sb. Sh.I. A cross-beam, a supporting
plank to the roof of a house, &c.
He [a byre] needs new wid tu. Da couples, dwarsbauks, an'
ovey is a' gaen, Sli. News (Aug. 14, 1897) ; Da waiter mills is no
run aboot , . . an' da maist o' demye can see da hOns o' da couples,
an' da dwarsbauks oot trow da pones, ib. ^Mar. 12, i8g8\
DWAUB, sb. Sc. In form dwybe Rnf A feeble
person. Cf. dwable.
Ags. Gen. applied to one who has not strength in proportion to
size. ' She's well grown, but she's a mere dwaub ' (Jam.). Rnf.
PiCKEN Poems 11788, Gl. (Jam.")
DWAULE, D-WAUM, DWAWM, see Dwall, v., Dwam.
DWEBBLE, DWEEBLE, see Dwable.
D'WEEDLE, V. Not. [dwl'dl.] To wheedle, cajole.
s.Not. She wouldn't tell at first, but A soon dweedled it out on
'er. He pretended to be so friendly ; and that's how he dweedled
yer (J P.K.-.
D'WEEZLE, V. Nhp.' [dwizl.] To dwindle or waste
away.
DWIBLE, see Dwable.
DWILE, sb.^ e.An. Also in forms dowly, dwil(e)y
Suf.' ; dwiling e.Suf ; dwoile Nrf e.Suf. [dwail, dwoil.]
A coarse house-flannel, any coarse rubbing rag ; a mop.
e.An.' Cmb.' Wring out the dwile and swill round the pail.
Nif. He . . . put his [the hawker's] brumes an' pails, and dvviles
an' sitera, in a box built behind-like, Patterson Man and Nat.
(1895) 141 ; I must get some dwoile (D.W.L.) ; Though I . . . hev
used no end o' dwiles, I never could git my kitchen nor yit the
dairy to luke like this, Spilling Molly Miggs (1873) ii ; Have you
spilt the ink ? run and fetch a dwile ( F.P'T.) ; Nrf.' Suf. Suffolk
housemaids use 'dwile' to swab wet floors, e.An. Dy. Times (1892);
(C.L.F.) ; Suf.i, e.Suf. (F.H.)
[Du. diveyl, a clout to wash the floor, siok-dweyl, a mop,
dweylen, to wash with a mop (Sewel) ; dweylcn, to wash
floores of houses (Hexham) ; cp. G. zivehle, towel.]
DWILE, s6.2 e.An." A refuse lock of wool.
DWILE, i;. Nhp.' To dribble as a child when teething.
Sec Drool, !).'
DWIL(E)Y, DWILING, see Dwile, sb.^
DWIMISH, V. Sh.I. To taper, diminish in size
towards the top.
Sh.I. Heich and dwimishin' awa ta a sma trointie at da tap like a
flossiecapo, Stewart Fireside Tales (^iBg2) 8g.
DWINDERED, ppl. adj. Shr.' [dwi'ndad.] Wasted
in .'ippcarance.
DWINDLE, sb} nw.Dev.' The field-fare, Turdiis
pilaris. Cf windle.
' Kumpcd up like a dwindle' signifies 'shrugged with the cold.'
DWINDLE, V. and sb.'^ Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Lin. Hrt. Ken. Dev. Also in forms dwinnal
Lakel. ; dwinnel Cum.' n.Yks.° n.Lan.' n.Lin.' ; dwinnil
Sc. (Jam.) BnlT.' [dwindl, dwi'nl.] 1. f. To pine away,
waste by degrees, consume away. Also wstAfig. of time.
Cf. dwine, i;.'
Bnff.' The aits a' dwinnilt awa afore they ripent. Ayr. She
dwined and dwindled, and moaned, Galt Entail (1823") Ivii ; I'm
dwindled down to mere existence. Burns Ep. Ii. Parlier. Lakel.
Ellwood (1895) ; Penritli Obs. (Dec. 28, 18971. Cum.' Wm. He
dwinnalt awae ta nowt, an then deet. Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 23.
w.Yks. (J.W.), n.Lan.' Chs.' It is considered very unlucky to
bid money for anything which is not on sale. Someone put a price
upon a woman's pig at Little Budworth. ' After that,' she said,
* it began to dwindle, and would never do no good.' s.Chs.' Gen.
used of time. Ah)v noo pee-shunswi foa'ks stop'in ut dhu pub'lik
tin dwin'dlin tahym uwee' [Ah've noo patience wi' folks stoppin' at
the public an' dwindlin' time awee]. n.Lin.'
Hence (i) Dwindled, /i//. adj., fig. degenerated; (2)
Dwindle-straw, sb. any weak or puny creature ; (3)
Dwindly, adj. pining or wasting away by degrees.
(i) Elg. I'he dwindl'd sons of ancient fame. Peep forth right
poor and sma', Couper Poetry (1804/ I. 79. (2) s.Chs.' fie iz sich-
ii lit'l dwin'dl-strau* ; ahy dij)nu noa" aay wi)sn ree'ur im [He is
sich a little dwindle-straw ; I dunna know hai we s'n rear him].
(3) n.Yks.2 'She's in a dwinnely way,' in a declining condition.
2. With out : to deprive or prevent from obtaining
possession of anything by means of cozenage. Gen. in pp.
Rnf. Dwinnilt out of a thing (Jam.).
Hence Dwindler, sb. a swindler. n.Cy. (Hall.)
3. sb. A poor, sickly child.
Ken. (K.) ; Ken.' Ah! he's a terr'ble poor little dwindle, I doant
think he wun't never come to much.
4. A disease of hops.
Hrt. The mould or dwindle, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) IV. i.
DWINE, z;.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin. Won
Shr. Hrt. e.An. Sus. Also written dwyne Sc. (Jam.)
S. & Ork.' ; and in form dwain e.An.^ Nrf Suf [dwain.]
1. To waste away, languish, pine, decline in health from
sickness, sorrow, &c. ; to dwindle.
Sc. She always dwined and looked shilpet in the hot weather,
Keith Z.«Ai-//) (1894) xxiv. S. & Ork.' i)/S. arfrf. Cai.' ne.Sc. If
the child became cross and began to dwine, fears immediately arose
that it might be a fairy changeling, Gregor Ftti-Lore (1881) 8.
Abd. 'Twad grieve me sair to see thee dwine An' droop by me,
Still Cottar's Sunday (1845 ) 89 Kcd. His health began to dwine,
Grant Lays (1884) 53. Frf. They dwyned awa', sweet Nell an'
Tarn, When autumn bared the beechen tree. Watt Poet. Stetc/ies
(1880) 63. Ayr. Poor bodie, but he's dwining, and he's no ill
cither, Galt Lairds (1826) i. Lnk. Kindly he'd laugh when sae
he sa\v me dwine, Ramsay Poems (1721) 177 ; Ever since that
mournful time her form has dwined away, Stewart Ttua Elders
(18861 136. Lth. Our laird has baith honours and wealth. Yet see
how he's dwining wi' care, Macneill Poet. IVtis. (1801) 193, ed.
1856. Edb. The poor wretch who is dwining in the jaundice, MoiR
Mansie IVaiicli (1828) Conclus. Slk. I fearsome will dwine and die,
Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) 111. 80. Dmf. See yer dochters
sickly dwinin', Factory victims late and sune,QuiNN Heat/ier {186;^)
240. Kcb. I dwine, I die, and he seemeth not to rue on me, Ruther-
ford Z-r//. (1660) No. 116. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. {i8g3). Dwn.
Patterson Dial. 23. n.Cy. She dowed na mair, she dwined away,
and did na mair good, Denliam Tracts (ed. 18951 II. 69 ; N.Cy.' 2
Nhb.' Cattle dwining away under the power of witchcraft, Wilson
Newc. Railway (1838). Dur. (K.) LakeL Ellwood (1895). Cum.
Thy fuilish ailment maks ta' dwine away, Gilpin Pop. Poetry {i8-j^)
205 ; Cum.^ He dwined through t'winterdark an' dree ; I't spring
was tean away, 51. Wm. He dwined away to nothing (B.K.).
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' He dwined tiv an atomy,' he pined to a skeleton.
ne.Yks.',m.Yks.' w.Yks. His horses an beas dwined away an deed,
neabody knew how, Guainge Pedlar ( 1866) 24; w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.*
Dwined awaay wal thcr wur nowt left on him. n.Lin.' Poor lass,
she's dwinin* awaay all to noht. sw.Lin.' She just seems to dwine
away. Shr.', Hrt. (H.G.)
Hence (i) Dwain, (2) Dwainy or Dwaina, adj., see
Dwiny ; (3) Dwined, ppl. adj. of corn : shrivelled ; (4)
Dwining, («) ppl. adj. sickly, wasting away, pining, de-
clining in health ; (b) sb. a wasting illness, a decline,
consumption ; (5) Dwining-like, adj., see Dwining (a) ; (6)
Dwiny, «(//'. puny, sickly, ill-thriven, feeble ; small; (7)
DWINE
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Dwiny-voiced , fffl^'. weak-voiced, speaking only in feeble
tones.
(i) e.An.>, Nrf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) (2) e.An.> Nrf. Don't put them
plants so near the glass ; dii, they'll draw up and get dwalny
(W.R.E.1 ; (P.H.E.) e.Suf. Used of plants i F.H.). (3) e.Yks.
RIaushall Kiir. Ecoii. (1796) II. 14. al Sc. Being up early and doun
late . . . \vi' his dwining daughter, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819)
xxxiv. Abd. Is tliat the bairn 't's been sae lang in a dwynin'wye '
Alexander ..4i;i Flk. < 18751 197, ed. 1882. Ayr. Mrs.Balvvhidder's
health, which from the spring had been in a dwining way, Galt
Ann. Parish (1821 ) iv. Edb. In the search of health for a dwining
laddie, Moir Mansie U'aiich (1828) xv. Slk. A servant in the
family — that was rather dwinin, Chr. North Nocles{i&^6) IV. 26.
n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. Wreaked her fury on milk,
butter churns, and dwining babies, Richardson Borderer s Table-
bk, (,1846) VII. 374. Wm. A nanny pet lamb maks a dwining you,
GlBSONic^.(i877')5o. (iiSc.Agreatchangehadcomeoverher.. .and
many folk thought that Gavin J. was to lose his only daughter in
a dwining, Whitehead Dti// Davie 1, 1876I ; (Jam.) Bch. Sheet
him st3'th that he might na dee o' dwinin, Forbes Aja.x 117421 16.
w.Sc. I had taken what was called a dwining, which baffled all
ordinary experience ; and therefore, it was surmised that I had
got 'a blink of an ill e'e,' Napier Flk-Lore (1879) 36. Bwk. We
put this water amongst this meal For lang dwining and ill heal,
Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856; 61. N.Cy.' Nhb.' She's tuk a
dwinin, poor thing. (5) Sc. Aye sae pale and dwinin'-like, Rov
Horseman's Wd. (1895) xxxix. (6) Cai.'. N.Cy.' Nhb. There was
dwiney little Peg, not se nimmel i' the leg, Midford Coll. Sngs.
(1818) 54; (W.G.); Nhb.',n.Yks.'2 e. Yks.' A dwiny bit. Adwiny
chap, MS. add. 1,T.H.) m.Yks.' s.Wor.' I don't say but what 'e
might be a very nice gen'leman, but I niver seed sich a dwiny
pair o' legs. Suf. Mothers lament over a dwiny child, e.An. Dy.
Times (1892^ ; (^C.G.B.J Sus. She was but a dwiny pale-faced
thing, O'Reilly Stories (1880) I. 249. (7) n.Yks.12
2. Fig. To fade away, disappear, dwindle, decay ; to con-
sume.
Elg. E'en Nature bed-rid dwines, Couper Toitrificalions (1803)
I. 164; What though the rose dwines on its stalk, ib. Poetry {z^o^)
1. 165. Bch. But name Ulysses to it anes, The worth quite dwines
away, Forbes Aja.x ,17421 4. Ayr. When cant and fashion dwine
ootricht. And a' their kin, VVhite Jottings (1879) 198. Lth. The
day dwines awa', and the night comes on, Ballantine Poems (1856)
34: Heavily dwined the last nicht o' the year, Smith Merry Bridal
( 1866) 113. Edb. Tho' lairds tak toothfu's o' any warming sap, This
dwines nor tenant's gear, nor cows their crap, Fergusson Poems
(1773) 1 82, ed. 1785. Rxb. I wad grow hairse and dwine into asqueak,
Allan Poems [ 187 1) Rustic Bard. D uf. Ere life shall dwine To
its last scene, Mayne Siller Gun (18081 30; The hinmaist whaup
has quat his eerie skirl, . . . Din dwines athort the muir. Reid
Poems (1894) 29. Nhb. The auld year dwines fu' fast awa. Proud-
lock Borderland Muse (1896) 296. n.Yks. It a soort o' dwinied
away, Atkinson j1/oo;-/. Pdjii/j (1891) 54; n.Yks.' w.Yks. Mah
Seoul dwined when a spak, Littledale Sng. Sol. (1859) v. 6.
Hence (i) Dwine, sb. the waning or decline of the
moon ; (2) Dwining, [a] ppl. adj. fading, drooping, de-
clining ; (6) vbl. sb. a fading, dwindling.
(1} Sc. But I hae a darg i' the dwine o' the moonTo do, S/«ffou.
Mag. (June 1820) 280 (Jam.). (2,0) Per. With every daily dwin-
ing hope, Haliburton Oehil Idylls {iSrji) 88. Edb. Dwynin Nature
droops her wings, Wi' visage grave, Fergusson Poems (1773) 116,
ed. 1785. Nhb. Nae dwining welcome bring ye, Nae pithless music
sing ye, Proudlock Borderland Mtise (1896) 264 ; May music's
sel' watch thy repose. An' cheer the at life's dwining tide, ib. 308.
(i) Edb. Ding awa' the vexing thought O' hourly dwyning into
nought, Fergusson Pofois (1773) 138, ed. 1785. Kcb. Longing,
and dwining, and greening of sick desires would cause it to bide
out the siege, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 85.
3. To cause to waste away or dwindle. Also used
imprecatively.
Sh.I. Hit [clipping] be dwin'd ! Sh. News (Aug. 7, 1897).
S. & Ork.' Dwyne thee ! Gall. I will dwine your flesh on your
bones, Crockett Raiders (1894) xlii.
[1. Sche dwined awaie bofie dayes & nijtes. Win. PI. fc.
1350) 578. OE. dwinan, to waste away. 3. His deidly
drouth, Quhilk pynis him, and dwynishim Todeid, Mont-
GOMERIE Cherrie ( 1597) 753-]
D-WINE, v.'^ s.Cy. (Hall.) I.W.' To pull even.
DWINGE, V. Lei. e.An. Also in form dwingel- Lei. ;
dwingle Nrf [dwindg.] To shrivel up, shrink, dwindle.
LeL' A feace loike a Bess-Pule apple, all dwinged o' wan soide.
e.An.' Apples are dwinged by over-keeping. Nrf. A shrivelled
apple is said to be dwinged all up (W.R.E.) ; (W.W.S.) ; Nrf.'
Hence Dwingeling, adj. shrivelled, dwindling. Lei.'
[Cp. MLG. dweiigen, to press, squeeze (Schiller-
Luhben) ; G. swdnc^en.]
DWINGLE, V. Sc. To loiter, tarry, linger.
Rxb. Ahin' the lave oft did I dwingle To patch the weel wi'
eident pingle, A. Scott Poems (1805) 106 (Jam.).
D'WINGLE, see Dwinee.
DWINNAL, DWINNEL, DWINNIL, see Dwindle, v.
D WITHE, V. Wxf ' To look on, behold.
DWIZY, adj Nhp.2 [dwi-zi.] Sleepy.
DWIZZEN, V. Yks. Nhp. Bdf. lint, [dwi-zan.] To
shrink, dry up ; to have a parched appearance, as
withered fruit or the skin of old people. m.Yks.'
Hence (il Dwizzened, />/>. wrinkled, wizened, withered
like an over-kept apple, &c. ; (2) Dwizzen-faced, adj.
thin-faced ; having a wizened face.
(I) n.Yks.'2, Nhp. 12, Hnt. (T.P.F.) n.Bdf. Batchelor Anal.
Eng. Lang. (1809) 131. (2) n.Yks.' ^ m.Yks.' A skinny-looking
person is dwizzen- or wizzen-faced.
DWOILE, DWOLL, see Dwile, sb.\ Dwal(l.
DWYBAL, DWYBLE, DWYBE, sec Dwable,Dwaub.
DWYES, s6. ;!./. LW. [dwaiz.l Eddies.
From the dwyes of the withy-bed when they dived, Moncrieff
Dream i 1863) 1. 47 ; I.W.'2
DWYNE, see Dwine, v.^
D'YA, DYAL, see Do, v., Dial.
DYE, v.^ Sh.L To indulge in, partake of
Da oonwholesom' aetables 'at folk dyb intil, Sh. News (Jan. 29,
1898^
DYB, Z).2 Sh.L To work patiently. S. & Ork.^
DYB, see Dib, sb.*
DYBALL, sb. Nrf [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] Difficulty. (A.G.F.)
DYCHE, DYDDER, see Ditch, 5*.', Dither, v}
DYD, sb. Sh.L A meal, repast.
/^"m seen fower hungry boys 'at widna 'a' left a bane o' ane
o' dcm twa unpaekit [unpicked] for wan dyd, S/i. News (Oct. 9,
1807).
DYE, sb. Nhb. Shr. Also written die Nhb.' In conip.
(i) Dye-earth, a pale-coloured species of clay ; cf die-
earth ; (2) -sand, ochraceous sand produced by pulveriz-
ing a soft sandstone, used for scouring floors.
(i) Shr. Marshall Review (1818) II. 244. (2) Nhb. We'll sell
. . . Black pepper, dye sand, an' sma' yell, Midford Coll. Sngs.
; 1818) 16 ; Nhb.' Its bright colour makes it a favourite article for
washing over stone floors or steps.
DYED r THE WOO', p/ir. Knr. (Jam.) A proverbial
phr. signifying naturally clever.
DYEL, see Deal, sb.''''
DYER'S NEAF, p/ir. Yks. A small, dark cloud
betokening rain.
n.Yks. That little dark cloud like a man's hand which Elijah saw
is still a recognised forerunner of wet weather. When Michael
spoke of it as the ' dyer's neaf ' he was using the language of the
district, LiNSKiLL Haven Hill (1886; xvii ; 'A dyer's neaf an' a
weather gaul Shippards warn 'at rain '11 fall.' This saying is still
heard in Wensleydale.Swaledale, &c.,but it is not common (R.B.).
DYESTER, see Dyster, sb.'-
DYET, DYKE, see Diet, s6.'=, Dike, sb.
DYKEY, sb. Sc. A game of marbles ; see below.
Per. Each boy puts a marble into the 'caup' and stands back,
say 8 or loft., at 'the butts.' He throws, and if he hit any out
they become his property. He loses his marble if he 'plunks'
it (if it remain in the hole) (G.W. ).
DYKIE, DYL'D, see Dicky, sb.\ Doiled.
DYLING, sb. Lin. A small excavation for drainage
purposes ; a mark used by navvies, a cutting.
Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 704 ; Lin.', e.Lin. (G.G.W.)
DYLT, see Doiled.
DYM SASSENACH, p/ir. Chs. A Welsh phr. mean-
ing ' I don't understand English,' used proverbially ; see
below.
Chs.' If a man is slow to take a hint, we say, ' It's Dym Sas-
senach with him.' It seems to be equivalent to the proverb ' None
so deaf as those who won't hear.'
DYMONITE
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[Wel. dym Sassenach, (I have) no English, i.e. I don't
speak or understand Enghsh.]
DYMONITE, sb. n.Yks. (I.W.) n.Lin.' [dai'manait.]
Dynamite.
DYMOX, sb. e.An. Also in form dimmock Nrf. A
champion, a sturdy combatant, pugilist.
e.An.^ Nrf. Treesc6re dimmocks are about it, o' the waliant o'
Isra'l, G I LLETT Sh^. Sol. (i86o) iii. 7; Nrf.i From Dymoke, the
name of the hereditary champion of the sovereign.
DYNDERS, see Binders.
DYNE, V. Lan. Used imprecatively. Cf. dwine. v} 3.
n.Lan. Dyne thi', what's two or three snaps ta our lives, Morris
Sie^e o Biotiion 1 1867) 5. s.Lan. (S.W. )
DYNLE, DYNNA, see Dindle, v., Do, v.
DYOK, sb. N.I.^ A drop, a small quantity of any liquid.
A wee dyor is the same as ' a wee sup,' ' a wee drop.'
[Ir. dear, a drop (O'Reilly) ; Olr. de'r, a tear (Macbain,
117).]
DYORRIE, adj. Irel. Dwarfed, small ; also used as sb.
N.I.i There's a dyorrie pig in every Utter. Ant. If a young pig
in a litter is smaller than the rest it is called a wee dyorry, Bally-
ttieua Obs. (1892).
[Prob. a der. oC dyor (above).]
DYRDUM, DYRLL, see Dirdum, Dirl.
DYSE, V. Sc. Used imprecatively for ' damn.'
Per. Dyse yer skin ! Dyse ye for a muckle ill-gaitet tawpie !
(G.W.^ Lnk. Dvse you ! (Jam.)
DYSEL, DYSHEIGHTEN, see Disle, Disheighten.
DYSON, sb. Hrf.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
The flax on a distaff.
[The same word as discn, to put flax on a distaff; see
Dize.]
DYST, sb. Sc. Also written dyste S. & Ork.' ; and
in form deist Abd. (Jam.) A dull, heavy stroke ; the dull
sound produced by the falling of a heavy body. S. & Ork.',
Abd. (Jam.)
DYSTAR, DYSTE, see Doister, Dyst.
DYSTER, s6.' Sc. Cum. Yks. Also written dyester
Sc. n.Yks.2 [daistar.] A dyer.
Sc. That dyester's pole is good enough for the homicide, Scott
Midlothian (1818) vii ; Sco/uisms (1787") 13. Cai.l Kcd. The
dyster . . . lost his shop an' a' his claith. His bowies, pots, an' lit
[dj'eT, Grant Lays (1884) 4. Ayr. Dyster Care, wi' his darkest
lilt, keeps dippin awa'. Ballads and Sugs. (1847) II. II. Cum.'
n.Yks.^ A cloth dyer. ' A dyester's swatch.'
[pis diestere with oute blame Of {"is childe haddegame.
Childhood of Jesus (c. 1350) 1158 (Matzner). Dye, vb.+
-sler.]
DYSTER, ii^.'^ Ken. 1. The pole of an ox-plough.
Ken.' ne.Ken. OAm/. (H.M.)
2. The pole attaching a horse to a 'jigger' (q.v.).
ne.Ken. The 'jigger ' consists merely of two wheels, a small frame
and a pole called a ' dyster' for fastening the horse to it (H.M.).
DYTCH, see Ditch, sb.'^
DYTE, V. and sb. Sc. 1. v. To walk with a sharp,
short step, geii. applied to persons of short stature.
Hence (i) Dytan, vbl. sb. the act of walking with a sharp,
short step ; (2) Dytin', ppl. adj. having a habit of walking
with a sharp, short step. Bnff.'
2. To walk crazily, as one stupefied.
Bch. Nae mair whare Winter's cv'nin's come, We'll hear the
gleesome bagpipes hum ; Now ilk ane dytes wi' fient a mum,
Tarras Poems (1804) ii, 12 (Jam.).
Hence (i) Dytit,//'/. a(/;'. stupid. Bch. (Jam.); (2) Dytter,
V. to move in a tottering way, to walk stupidly. Bnff.'
3. sb. A short, quick step. Bnft'.' 4. A person of
small stature, ib.
DYTHE, sb. Cor.» The subsoil.
Whin tha mores [roots] git entu tha dythe they well du.
DYTHING, sb. Lin.' A small drain cut for drainage
purposes.
DYUGGINS, s6. />/. Irel. Rags, tatters, shreds.
N.I.' Uls. My breeches in dyuggins an totthers, Ulster Jrn.
Arch. (1853-1862) VI. 42. Ant. Tear him into dyuggins in no time,
Hume Dial. (1878) 23.
DYVOUR, sb. and v. Sc. Also written diver, divor,
dyver, dyvor. 1. sb. A debtor, bankrupt.
Sc. He hes cryed himself diver, Ray Frov. (1678) 376; Thief,
beggar, and dyvour were the saftest terms, Scott ^frf§'.( 1824) Lett,
xi. s.Sc. No man could have acted the dyvour better than he,
Wilson Tales (1839) V. 354. Rnf. Toiling like a slave to sloken
you, ye dyvor, Wilson Puems ^I8I6| iVaity and Meg. Ayr. He
was obligated to take the benefit of the divor s bill, Galt Provost
(1822) vi ; An' rot the dyvors i' the jails! Burns Address Beel-
zebub, 1. 40. Lnk. What can we say Hut what we're dyvours
that can ne'er repay, Ramsay Gentle She/). 11725) 35, ed. 1783.
Lth. He'll thoosands turn to peasant lairds, Wha noo are dyvour
bodies, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 160. e.Ltti. A miracle could
save us not ! The dyvor's coort we bud gae throo ! Mucklebackit
Rhymes (1885! 92. Slk. Like ane that's just gaun to turn dyvour,
taking on a' the debt he can, Hogg Tales (1838) 12, ed. 1866.
Kcb. I am as deeply drowned in his debt as any dyvour can be,
Rutherford Lett. 1 16G0) No. 76.
2. A ne'er-do-well, a troublesome, restless person,
a rascal. Also used attrib.
Cai.' Dmb. A papist preist or a bishop, or sum wild dyvor of that
kind, Cross Disiitption (1844 1 xiii. Rnf. He could paint Craigielee
and his divors, A'dancin' through ither blin' fu', Barr Poems, 1861)
1 19. Ayr.Thedyvour'spappin'twainto the moolh o'mfor every ane
that goes into the dish. Service Notandunts (1890) 14 ; He was,
to say the God's truth of him, a divor body, with no manner of
conduct, saving a very earnest endeavour to fill himself fou as often
as he could get the means, Galt Provost (1822) xxxii. Lnk. That
auld dyvour — Nickie-ben, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 75.
3. V. To impoverish, make bankrupt.
Per. They cannot have sufficient beasts to plow. This dyvers
both your honour's land, and them, Nicol Poetns (1766) 74.
[1. Dyvour . . . quha being involved and drowned in
debts, and not able to pay or satisfiethe same, ior eschew-
ing of prison and uther paines makis cession and assigna-
tion of all his gudes and geare in favours of his creditours,
Skene Expos, (ed. 1641) 49. Prov. deveire, a debtor
(Mistral), Romanic *debetor, Lat. debitor, see Thomas
Philologie Frangais (1897) 25.]
DYVOUS, see Divus.
DYZE-MAN'S DAY, phr. Obs. n.Cy. Nhp. Also
informs dyzemas Nhp.' ; dizimusNhp. Holy Innocents'
Day, Dec. 28 ; also called Dizimus Sunday.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (,P.) Nhp. ib. (M.); Nhp.' A festival
of great antiquity, though the observance of it, and the name, are
now obs. A sexagenarian on the southern side of the county
informed me that within his remembrance this day was kept as
sacred as the Sabbath, and it was considered particularly unlucky
to commence any undertaking, or even to wash, on the same day
of the week, throughout the year on which the anniversary of
this day last fell ; and it was commonly said, ' What is begun on
Dyzemas Day will never be finished.'
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E
EIn the modern dialects there is no longer any dis-
. tinclion between OE. e (Germanic e) and OE. q
(arising from i-umlaut).
I. Apart from the influence of neighbouring sounds, the
normal development of OE. e, e in closed syllables is : —
1. e (a mid front wide vowel like the e in standard Eng.
men) in Or.I., Arg., Cai. (also ae). mn. Lowland Sc. (also as),
Kcb. (also a), s. Lowland Sc, Nhb. (see 2), Cum. (see 2),
\Vm., Yks. (see 2), se.Lan., nw.Der., Glo. (see 2), Brks.,
Bck. (also ae), Hrt. (see 2), Cmb., LW., w.Dor.
2. ae (a low front narrow vowel in quality like the n in
Swedish Inra, see Ellis E. E. Pr. V. 80*, 711) in Sh.L,em.,
wm., and sm. Lowland Sc, s.Nhb., Dur., parts of Cum.,
w.Yks. (Doncaster, Huddersfield, Keighley), Lan. (see 1),
LMa., Chs., Fit., Dnb., Stf, Dcr. (see 1), Not., Lin., Rut.,
Lei., Nhp., War., Wor., Shr., Hrf. (also ae), parts of Glo ,
Oxf, Bdf, parts of Hrt., Hnt., Nrf., Suf., Ess., Ken., Sur.,
Sus., VVil., e.Dor., Som., Dev., Cor.
H. The normal development of OE. e, § in originally
open syllables is :—
1. Long 1 in Kcd. (also ei), Frf., Arg., em., wm., sm., and
s.Lowland Sc, Nhb. (also ia), Dur., Cum. (also ia), w. and
s.Chs. (also e), Stf (see 2, 4), Not., Lei. (also e, ia), War.,
Hrf., Hnt. (also ia), nw.Nrf., n. and e.Ken., e.Sus. (also e),
e.Dor (also ia). Cor.
2. Long close e in w.Yks. (Doncaster), LMa., Fit., Dnb.,
nw.Stf., Der. (see 7), Rut. (also 1 and ei), Nhp. (also 1 and
ei, see 5), Wor., Shr., Glo. (also |). O.xf., Brks., Bck. (also
1 and ea), Bdf (also 7, ia), Cmb., Nrf, w.Suf., Sus., Sur.,
Wil. (also ea), w.Dor., Som., Dev., Cor.
3. Long open e in Sh.L, Or.L, Cai., mn. Lowland Sc.
4. ei in nw. and w.Yks., s.Stf.
5. aei in Lan. (see 7), e.Der., m.Nhp.
6. ea in e.Yks. (also ia), e.Suf.
7. ia in Nhb. (also Ii, Cum. (also 1), Wm., n., ne., m.Yks.,
ne. and se.Lan., nw.Der., Lin., Hrt.
8. iia (also aea) in Hmp.
III. The normal development of OE. e (i-umlaut of 5)
is : —
1. Long I in Sc. and most of the dialects of Eng. 2. Long
close e in n.Wor. (also I), e.Sus., sw.Dev. 3. ei in Nhp.
4. ei in n. and nw.Yks. 5. sei in s.Chs., nw., em. and
e.Stf, Der., Lei., ne.Shr. 6. ea in e.Suf. 7. aea in Hmp.
8. ia in s.Lin., s.Bck., Wil.
IV. The normal development of OE. ffi (Germanic ae)
is : —
1. Long 1 in Sc. and most of the dialects of Eng. 2.
Long close e in nw.Stf, n.Wor., ne.Shr., e.Dor., w.Som.,
n. and sw.Dev. 3. ei in Lei., Nhp. 4. ei in n. and
nw.Yks. 5. aei in s.Chs., e.Stf, Der. 6. ea in e.Suf. 7.
iia (also aea) in Hmp. 8. ia in m.Yks. (also i), ne.Lan.,
n.Lin., s.Lin. (also 1), Oxf, e.Som.
V. The normal development of OE. se (i-umlaut of a)
is: —
1. Long 1 in Sc, Nhb., Dur., Cum., wm.Stf., Der. (also
aei), Rut, n.Hrf , e.Lon., n. and e.Ken.
2. Long close e in LMa., nw.Stf, w. and s.Wan, Won,
Shr., Glo., Oxf, s.Bck., ne.Nrf, Ess., LW., e.Som. (also
ia), w.Som., Dev., Cor. 3. ei in Lei., Nhp. (see 8), n.Bck.
4. ei in n. and nw.Yks. 5. aei in s.Chs. (also aeia, ia). 6.
ea in e.Suf. (also 1). 7. asa in Hmp. 8. ia in ne., m. and
w.Yks., Lan., Lin., m.Nhp., Bdf., Wil. (also ea), e.Dor.
(also I), e.Som. (also e).
VI. The normal development of OE. eo is : —
1. Long 1 in Sc. and nearly all the dialects of Eng. 2.
Long close e in sw.Dev. 3. ei in Lei., Nhp. 4. ei in n.
and nw.Yks. 5. aei in s.Chs. (also 1), nw. and e.Stf,
w.Der., ne.Shr. 6. aea in Hmp.
VII. The normal development of OE. ea is :^
1. Long I in Sc, Nhb., Dur., Cum., nw. (also e), wm.Stf,
nw. and s.Der., Lei. (also e), ne.Nhp., e.War., s.Wor. (also
e), n.Shr. (also ia), ne.Shr. (also e). Ess., n.Ken., e.Dor.,
e.Som. (also e). Cor. 2. Long close e in LMa., s.War.
(also ia), n.Wor., Glo., m.Cmb., ne. and s.Nrf, n. and
sw.Dev. 3. ei in Nhp. (see 6). 4. aeia in s.Chs. 5. ea
in e.Suf., Hmp. 6. ia in Yks., Lan., s.Chs. (see 4), Fit,
Dnb., s.Stf, e.Der., Not., Lin., Rut., m. and sw.Nhp.,
m.Shr.,n. Hrf, Oxf, Bck.. Bdf, Hrt,Sur.,Sus., Wil., w.Som.
Note : The quantity of the first element of the diph-
thongs in II-VII varies between medium long and long.
The stress is always on the first element.
EA, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Lin.
Nhp. Hrf e. An. Also Som. Also in forms a, aa, ay Sc.
(Jam.) S. & Ork. ; eaa Lakel. n.Lan.' ; eau n.Yks." Not.^
n.Lin.' sw.Lin.'; eay Nhp.^ ; ee Chs.^ Lin. Cmb.'; ey
Sc (Jam.) S. & Ork.' Wm. ; eye Chs.^ Hrf ^ ; ie Sc.
(Jam.); oe S. & Ork.'; yeo e.Som. [i, ia ; ai.] 1. A
river or the channel of a river ; a watercourse ; also
applied to water gpii.
n.Cy. Grose ("17901. Lakel. 'Hows t'eaa ? ' i.e. How is the
water running? Ellwood (1895). Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864)
315. Wm.' w.Yks. A river along the sands on the sea shore,
HuTTON 7"o;i) to C(7OT5 (,17811. Lan.' n.Lan.' ' How's t'eaa '' how
is the channel, is it good crossing? ne.Lan.' Not.^ Proper
name of a certain drain. 'Th' aud e^' [the old eauj. Lin. The
Fen-men still speak of Bourn Ee, Risegate Ee, Popham's Ee, &c..
Miller & Skertchly Fcii/aiiii (,1878) i ; Used to indicate the
feeders of some of the great drainage channels and rivers in the
Fens, eg. Gosberton and Risegate Eau, Lin. N. Cj* Q. II. 149;
Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 705. n.Lin. Sutton IVds. (1881);
n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' When the Withern Eau was ditched. Nhp.'^
e.An.' Found, with some variety of form, in the proper names of
places in all parts of East Anglia ; but in its own proper form,
perhaps only in the fen-country, at the south-eastern angle of the
county of Norfolk, and the adjoining part of the Isle of Ely.
Popham's Ea. and St. John's Ea, are water-courses cut for the
drainage of different parts of the Bedford level into the Ouse above
Lynn. Cmb. There was a certain sewer called South Ee, but
anciently Old Ee , whereby the water ought to passe unto Dowesdale,
DuGDALE Imbankiiigl 1662) 329; Cmb.' Nrf. That a dam be made in
Dunstall dike, so that the waters . . . may run into Bush fen Ea,
DuGDALE ib. 295. Som. (Hall.) e.Som. Main drain of a level,
■W. & J. Gl. (1873-).
2. Coiiip. Ea- or Eau-course, a water-channel. n.Yks.*
3. A well-watered piece of land ; a meadow or piece of
groundnearariverpartlysurroundedwithwater; anisland.
Sc. A term used in the formation of the names of many places ;
signifying an island (Jam.V S. & Ork.' Wm. Kirby Stephen
Monthly Messenger (Apr. 1891). Yks. Yks. VVkly. Post (Nov. 17,
1883'! 7. . Clis.' ; CI1S.3 y\t Chester, we find the ' Roodee '
and the 'Earl's Eye.' Hrf.'; Hrf.^ An old saying, 'Blessed is the
EA
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EAN
eye That's between Severn and Wye.' This seems to refer not
to the human eye, but rather to the well-watered country between
Severn and Wye.
[1. OE. ea, a river ; cp. ON. a. The spelling can in the
fen-country is due to assoc. w. Fr. can, water. 3. Ay,
eye, a watery place, Coles (1677). ON. e_y, an island,
Norw. dial, ^y (Aasen) ; OE. leg (Jg), Merc, eg (Sweet
O.E.T. 608).]
EA, EACE, see Aye, nr/v.'', Easse.
EACH, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also in forms eads Nhb.' ;
eatche Sc. ; edge N.I.' Nhb.^ ; eetch Cai.' ; eitch Sh.I.
[itj, Tdz, edg.] An adze.
Sc. Let me hae a whample at him wi' mine eatche — that's a',
Scott Bride 0/ Lam. (1819) xxv. Sh.I. Ae nicht he wis gaein'
hame frae his wark wi' his fit eitch apon his shouder, Stewart
Fireside Tales {iSgz) 2Si- Cai.' N.I.' ' Foot cdge.'afootadze. Nhb.'
[OE. adesa, an adze, Merc, eadesa (V.P. Ixxiii. 6).]
EACH, at/j. Van dial, forms in Eng. [ItJ, etj, oitj.]
(i) Aich, (2) Etch, (3) Eych, (4) Eyche, (5) Oich, (6)
Oitch, (7) Oych, (8) Oytch, (9) Yeach.
(i) e.Lan.' (2) Ess. Four tits, at las, they mounted wor — To
beat etchridermeant, Clark/. A'oa&,s(,i839 st.io9;Ess.' (3)Lan.
Obut being o bit gloppent eych neaw un then, Ormerod Fellev
/m' liaclide {1864) Pref. 7. (4^1 e.Dev. Eyche man wasta paay verth'
freute w^i' a theusan zeelver bits, Pulman Sng.SoL (i860") viii. ii.
(5) e.Lan.' (6) Lan. An' oitch begins to nod its yed, Harland
Lyrics (1866) 144 ; They partin', an' go'n oitch ther own way,
Bbierley Red Wind. (1868) 10. (7) Lan. Oj'ch morn to get ready
for th'schoo',5H,g'5.rt««/Pof)H5 (1867) aS. ^8) Lan. Peg ud ley d oytch
thing reddi for mi, Scholes Tim Gamtvntlle (1857) 13 ; Lan.' (9)
Glo. 'Bout two men to yeach varm 'twill be soon, and the country
will be sad lonesome, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) x.
Hence Eachon or Ichon, pron. each one.
e.An.' In speaking of two individuals we commonly say eachon
[each one]. '1 gave eachon of them half a crown.' 'Ichon on'em.'
Sus. Holloway; Sus.* Ichon 'em ; Sus.^
EACLE, EADLY, see Hickwall, Eardly.
EADS, EAG. see Each, sb.. Egg, v.
EAGER, ac/j. and v. n.Cy. Chs. 1. acfj. Angry,
furious. n.Cy. ( Hall.)
2. V. With on : to incite, hark on. s.Chs.'
[2. The nedy povertee of his houshold mighte rather
egren him to don felonyes, Chaucer Boethiits, bk. iv. vi.]
EAGER, see Aigre.
EAGERLESS, adj. w.Som.' [egalis.] Headstrong,
eager, excited.
You did'n ought to zit yerzel up zo, take it quieter like, and not
be s'eagerless [ai'gurlees], A groom said of a horse, ' So zoon's
ever he do zee th' hounds, he's that eagerless, can't do nort way un.'
[Eager + -less ; the suff. prob. due to assoc. w. restless.]
EAGLE, s6.' War. [I'gl.] An icicle. See Aigle.
I was puzzled by my old washerwoman calling my attention
... to the ' eagles on the spout.' The word eagle is here in
common use as applied ... to the pendant stalactitic teeth of frozen
water, A^. & Q. (1887) 7th S. iii. 166.
EAGLE, sb.^ Nrf. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] A small bag, a reticule. (M.J.I.C.)
EAGLES, sb. pi. Chs. Dev. [i'glz.] The berries of
the hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacautha. See Bird, sb.^ 5 (3).
Cf eggle-berry.
Chs. ( B. & H.) Dev. w.Times (Apr. as, 1886^ 2, col. 2.
EAGRE, sb. Yks. Not. Lin. e.An. Also in forms aeger,
ager n.Lin.' ; aiger ne.Yks.' ; aigre e.Yks.' sw.Lin.' ;
eager Not. Lin. e.An.'; eger n.Lin.'; egor e.Yks. (K.) ;
eygre, hygre n.Lin.' [Ig3(r), eg3(r).] A tidal wave or
'bore'inariver,esp. in the rivers Trent, Ouse, and Severn.
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796) ; Any sudden
inundationof the seals called an Egor at Howden(K.); e.Yks.' Not.
They'll get caught by the Aigur, if they don't look out when they
cross (L.C.M.); (J.H.B.) ; To this day, on our river Trent, as I
learn, the Nottingham bargemen, when the river is in a certain
flooded state, . . . call it Eager ; they cry out, ' Have a care, there
is the Eager coming 1 ' Carlyle Heroes (,1841) 30. Lin. The state
of the river, the state of the tide, and the consequent impetus of
the eager, Marshall Revinv ( 1811) III. 112 ; Sic etiam nobis ap-
pcllatur violentus illc acstus Trcntae lluvii. Skinner (1671); Until
at last it . . . rushed up the tortuous channel to Boston as a bore
or hygrc, Miller & Skertchly Fciiland (1878) vii ; This usually
means the high tidal wave of the Trent and Ouse. A girl at East
Stockwith, tells me, however, that there she frequently heard the
ordinary tide called 'ager' as well as 'tide.' The large tidal wave
was the 'warager' (M.P.). n.Lin. He would . . . get on a pink and
go up wi' th' Ager apiece, Peacock R. SItirlaiigh (1870) II. 87 ;
n.Lin.', sw.Lin.', e.An.'
[An eagre rode in triumph o'er the tide, Dryden
TJircnodia (1685) iv.]
EAIRTS, sb. pi. Hmp.i L Stubble. 2. That
which is refused at meals.
[Cp. Bremen dial, ort, ' was das Vieh vom Putter ilbrig
gelassen hat, . . . ort-stro, ' das Stroh welches das Vieh
ilbrig lasset' (Wtb.) ; Nth. Fris. arte, ' beym Essen etwas
(ibrig lassen, was man nicht mag, von Menschen u. vom
Viehe' (Outzen) ; MDu. arte, remains of a meal {Teut/io-
nista).]
EAKE, see Eke, s6.'
EALAND, sb. Yks. [rland.] An island.
Yks. Yks. IVkly. Pos/ (1883) 7. w.Yks. Still in daily use (J. W.\
w.Yks.' A nice birk ... at grew atop o' th' Ealand, ii. 290.
EALD, V. Not. Nhp. Shr. Written eild Shr.'^ [Hd.]
To yield, bear fruit, produce.
Not. (L.C.M.) Nhp.2 Apples eald well this year. Shr.^ The
wheat dunna eild well.
EALD, EALDREN, see Eld, Eldern, adj.
EALE, sA. Nhb. [Tl.] Low, flat, marshy ground by
the side of a river ; a ' haugh.'
N.Cy.' Nhb. A considerable tract of haugh-Iand, which had once
been a series of eals.or islets, and was liable to be flooded, Bates
Thomas Bates (1897) 18 ; Nhb.' ' Eales ' is the name of a hamlet
on the Tyne, at Knarsdale, and of a portion of the haugh at Cor-
bridge. There is a place called Wyden Eels in Haltwhistle.
Wide-eels and Bridge-eels are places on the East Allen. On North
Tyne there are the Eels, near Wark, Bellingham Eels, and Eels in
the parish of Greystead, and Eels-bridge on the Derwent, Hodgson
Nhb. (1827) pt. ii, I. 86, note.
[Kale, synonymous w. ' haugh ' (OE. healh), repr. OE.
heale, dat. of the same healh, a nook, corner, see N.E.D.
(sw. hale and haitgli).']
EALE, see Ail, v. 3.
EALIE, wi. Sc. An exclamation of woe.
Rxb. And I must bid this earth farewell ; Ealie, ealie, oh fare-
well, Oliver Last Fairy.
[OE. ea, la, alas !]
EALING, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. In form eyling n.Yks.
1. A shed set against another building ; a ' Ican-to.'
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. Scatcherd Hist. Morlcy (1874) Gl.\
w.Yks.'; w.Yks.^ Anything reclining, or at an angle, as the'aaling,'
or roof, of an house. Lan.'
2. Obs. ? The bay of a barn.
n.Yks. Claudius Best, who was suspected to be murdered and
buried in an eyling of a barn, or some outhouse in Broughton,
Ouaiier Sess. Rec. (Jan. i66i) in N. R. Rec. Soc. VI. 51.
~ EAM, sb. Obs. or o'bsol. Sc. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Slir. Also written eeam n.Yks.^ ; eeni Sc. ; erne Sc.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' w.Yks.' Shr. ; emm Sc. ; and in form neam
w.Yks.'; neem n.Yks.^ An uncle by the mother's side ;
a familiar friend or neighbour ; a ' gossip.'
Sc. And Rob, myeme,hecht me a sock. Chambers Sh^s. (1829)
II. 352; Many aunts, many emms, many kinsfolk, few friends,
Kelly Prov. (1721 ) 251 ; Didna his erne die and gang to his place
wi' the name of the Bluidy Mackenyie ? Scorr Midlothian (1818)
xii. n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.);N.Cy.'2 Nhb. (J.H.) ; Nhb.'
Still (1824) used. Wm. Only used in the expression ' Eam and
aunt,' Sedgwick Mem. Cozvgill Chapel (1868) 108. n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' Ois. m.Yks.' Not much heard. w.Yks. Thoresby Z.f«.
(1703); w.Yks.'" Lan. Hearne Gl. P. Laiigloft (cd. 1810) j
Blount (x68i). Shr.^ All but extinct.
[Orestes . . . shuld wed Ermonia, the maydon, his owne
myld cosyn, His Ernes doghtcr, Dest. Troy (c. 1400)
13101. OE. Ham, an uncle ; cp. G. ohciiii.]
EAM, see Aim, adj., Eem, v.
EAN, V. Sc. N hb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Nhp. War. Wor.
Shr. Hrf Rdn. Glo. Hrt.s.Cy.Som.Dev. Also in forms yan
Dev.; yawnnw.Dcv.'; yean Sc. n.Yks.^n. Lan. 'Chs.' Shr.'
Glo. ; yenny w.Som.' ; yeon Dev. ; yun se.Wor.' [in,
ian, jTn, jian.J Of ewes: to lamb, bring forth young. Also
used Jig.
EAND
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Slk. One of the ewes . . . yeaned on a wild hill, Hogg Talcs
(1838) 403, ed. 1866. Nhb. March yeans the lammic, And buds
the thorn, Chambers W/m/Jcs (1870" 367. n.Yks.^, n.Lan.', Chs.',
Der,^, nw.Der.',Nhp.^, War.^ Wor. Extra [pa^-ment] for ewe caning,
Ei'tshiini Jrn. (Aug. 13, 1896) Advt. se.Wor.', s.Wor. (H.K.),
s.Wor.i Shr.' Wc'n got four an' twenty lombs aoth ten yeows,
an' theer's eighteen to can yet. Hrf.^ Rdn. Morgan fFr/s. (1881).
Glo. ' Hrt. Wlien the ewe has lately eancd, Ellis Mod. Hiisb.
(.1750) IV. i. s.Cy. Ray (1691'. Som. She stamps like an ewe
upon yeaning, Ray Proif. (1678') 344. w.Som.^ Used mostly in
p. t. and p. part, [ai'nud, u-ai nud]. I know her've a-ean'ed some
place, but I can't zee no lamb. Thick yoe ont eany-z dree or
vower days, ller'll yenny vore moniin'. 'Dev. Repoits Proviiic.
(1881) 20. nw Dev.'
Hence (1) Eaning- or Yeaning-tide, (2) -time, sb. the
lambing season.
(I^ Nhp.2 !2) n.Yks.2, Hrf.= Dev. I couldn't get for to go till
. . . yeaning time were over, O'Neill /</>'/5 (18921 25 ; They could
. . . nurse the sheep in 'yeoning time,' Baring-Gould Idylls
(18961 108. nw.Dev.i
[So many days my ewes Iiave been with young; So
many weeks ere the poor fools will ean, Shaks. 3 Hen.
VI, II. V. 36. OE. mniat!. to yean.]
EAND, EANY, EAPNS, see And, sb., Eeny, Yaspen.
EAR, si.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in form year w.Som.' nw.Dev.'; yer e.Lan.' [Ir, iair),
jai r).] 1. pi. In phr. ( i) not to hear one's ears, not to be
able to hear oneself speak ; (2) to warm the cars, (a) to get
more than enough to drink ; (b) to strike or box the ears.
(i) N.I.' There was sich a tar'ble noise A couldn't hear ma ears.
Ant. Be quate, weans, A canny hear my ears for you, Ballyjitetta
Obs. (1892). (2,(1; n.Lin. ' I'll uphohd it thaay've gotten their ears
warmed rarely. (A) w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.' I'll warm thy ears for
th', if ta duzn't cum oot o' that muck.
2. Comb. 1 1) Ear-aches, the field-poppy, Papaver Rhoeas ;
(2) -bob, an earring; (3) -bosoms or -bussums, (a) the
tonsils or glands of the throat ; (b) the orifices behind the
gills of a conger; (4) -breed, (5) -brig, the cross-bar or
projecting beam at each end of a cart on which the body
of the cart rests; (6) -burs, a swelling behind the ears;
(7) -bussas or -busses, see -bosoms [a) ; (8; -buz, a soft
formation between the ears of fowls ; (g) -buzz or -Ijuzzer,
the spinning or brown cockchafer; (10) -droppers, ear-
rings; (11) -drops, {a) see -droppers ; (A) the flowers of
the garden fuchsia; (12) -finger, the little finger; (13)
-hole, the ear; (14) -keekers, see -bosoms {a) ; (15) -lap,
the lobe of the ear ; (16) -leather-pin, an iron pin formerly
used instead of a hook, on each end of the shaft of a cart,
for fastening the chain by which the horse draws; (17)
•mark, (a) a hole or notch made in the ear of any animal
by which to distinguish it; (b) to mark an animal by
making a hole or notch in the ear; (18) -punch, see
-mark {b) ; (19) -ring flower, the common fuchsia; (20)
-rings, the golden chain, Cytisiis Laburnum ; (21} -sore,
easily offended.
(i) Der., Not. The popular name for field poppies, as well as
cultivated ones, in this district is ' ear-aches.' ... It is said that
if they are gathered and put to the ear a violent attack of ear-ache
will be the result, A'. & Q. (1878) 5th S. ix. 488. (2) s.Wil.
(G.E.D.) Som. Tha shade By thy light, quiverin', earbobs miade,
AGRiKLER/f/iv«if5 (1872) 72. (3.0) Cor.' ; Cor.2 When swollen,
it is said, * My ear-bosoms are down.' (6) Cor.^ (4) m.Yks.',
w.Yks.'*, Not. 2, n.Lin.' (5) Cum. T'ear brig was sooa rotten at
t'corner staps steead oa ajy, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 217 ;
Cum.' (6i Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873^ w.Som.' Yuur--buurz. (7)
Cor.' 2 (8) nw.Dev.' (9) Cor.* (10) n.War. There's nothing
awanting to frighten the crows now I've got my eardroppersin,Gto.
Eliot 5. Marntr (1861) 146. ( 11, «j w.Som.' Her'd a-got on gurt
ear-drops, same's a half-moon like, so big's a crown-piece. Dev.
(R.P.C.i (A Sus. (B. & H.) w.Som.'. Dev.", nw.Dev.' 112)
[ K.) ; Brewer: 1870 .1 fi3) w.Yks. Ah'llclaht thee thiear-hoils
if I git hod on thuh, Leeds Merc. Sitppl. (Jan. 8, 18931 ; An happen
they'll warm thi ear-hoil for thee, Bickerdike Beacon Aim.
(1873') ; w.Yks.2 Lan. ' Hit him o'er chops this toime wl thi fist,'
whispert Bowzer in his yerhole, Wood Hum. Sketches, 21. Not.*
s.Not. The snowball hit him in the ear-hole (J.P.K.). War.^ Quite
common 35 or 40 years ago. ' He hit me in the ear-hole.' Wor.
Said he would hit him in the ear-hole, iTi/fs/inHiyra. (July 16, 1898}.
VOL. 11.
(14) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' The ear-keckers o' un be a
zwelled out so big's two hen-eggs. (15) n.Yks.* (16) Flf. (Jam.)
(17, n) w.Yks.*, w.Som.' (6) w.Som.' I always ear-marks my
wethers way a snotch outside th' off ear, and the ewes outside the
near ear. (18) Cum. We sometimes take a little piece out of the
middle of the ear. and we say it has been ear- punched, Helvellyn,
in Con//i. jl/«g-. (Oct. 1890) 387. (19) Lin.' (20') Chs.' (21) s.Not.
A told 'im whot a thought on 'im, and 'e went away lookin' very
ear-sore (J.P.K.). Der.* nw.Der.' Spoken of any one who takes
offence at trifles ; as a farmer who is annoyed at small trespasses
from his neighbour's sheep, &c.
3. The handle of a cup, jug, pitcher, &c.
n.Cy., Yks., Der. Grose (1790) MS. add. ^P.) sw.Lin.' She
kep' moving the mugs and looking if their ears were clean. 'A
two-eared kit,' a wooden vessel with two handles, used in milking.
Nrf. The ear of the cup is broken, Cozens-Hardy Bioad Nrf.
(1893) 72.
4. pi. The staples or upright wooden handles into
which the 'bail ' or handle of a bucket, etc., is fixed.
s.Not. (J.P.K.) Nlip.' is.v. Bale.) Sus.'
[3. Oreillon, the handle or ear of a porrenger, Cotgr.]
EAR, sb?- Yks. Shr. Also Som. Dev. In camp, (i)
Ear-apron, (2) -bag, an apron turned up at about half its
length and stitched at the sides, thus forming a pocket,
into which the short ears of corn are put as gathered by
the gleaner ; (3) -brat, a child's pinafore made in the same
way and used for the same purpose as the 'ear-apron';
(4) -picking, gleaning ; (5) -pitching, a method of pre-
paring wheat for threshing ; see below.
(i) Shr.' Eeh'r' ap-ur'n. (2) ib. {3) ib. (4) s.Dev. (G.E.D.)
(5) Som. Wheat is seldom threshed with the straw, but the ears
are cut off, and the straw bound in sheaves tied very tight. . . Ear
pitching is the provincial term for this management, and the sheaves
thus prepared are called reed sheaves, Marshall Review (1818)
II- S'S-
Hence Earing-time, sb. harvest-time.
w.Yks. (G.R.) ; Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 11, 1896).
[Earing-time, harvest, Bailey (1721).]
EAR, sb.^ Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Suf. [Ir, ia(r).] A
kidney. See Near.
Lth., Dmf. (Jam.) N.Cy.' The ear of veal. Nhb.', Dur.', Cum.', Suf.'
Hence Ear-fat, s6. the fat surroundingthe kidneys. Cum.'
EAR, sb.* Som. A place where hatches prevent the
influx of the tide.
Known, but not in common use now (W.P.W.) ; (Hall.)
EAR, V. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lei. Hrf Ken. 'Wil. Som.
Also in form are N.Cy.* ; ayre e.Yks. [ir, i3(r).] To
till or plough land.
Per. They need not sow, nor could they ear. If I should absent
be, NicolFo«(«s(i753) 79, ed. 1766. N.Cy.* Yks. In Yks. the verb
to earland [sic'\ is still a living expression, N. ir' Q. (,1851) ist S.
iii. 252. n.Yks.* e.Yks. [The Closes] have been ayred from St.
Andrewe-day, Best Rur. Ecoit. (1641)82. m.Yks.', Hrf.(W.W.S.),
Ken.'* Wil. (K.); KEtitiETX Par. Antiq. (1695). Som. Those
ridges of hill seem as if ' eared with a sull,' Yonge Cuniii)ig IVoDian
(1890) 105.
Hence (i) Earable, adj. arable, suitable for ploughing;
(2) Earing, sb. a day's ploughing; the time of ploughing.
(1) Yks. A Yorkshireman,who hasmoreSaxonthan Latin in him,
will not write ' arable land ' but ' earable land.' A'. & O. (1851 ) ist
S. iii. 252. Lei.' (2 i Ken.' Wil. Kennett P<i>-. W^/iy. (1695).
[The king . . . will set them to ear his ground, and to
reap his harvest, Bible iS(7;«.viii. 12. OE.(»n'rt«,toplough.]
EAR, EARB, EARD, see Ere, adv.\ Year, Herb,
Earth, 5/;.'
EARDLY, adv. and adj. n.Cy. Lin. Also written
eadly c.Lin. ; and in forms eadily Lin.' ; heedly Lin. ;
yeardly N.Cy.* [ia'dli.] 1. adv. Very, exceedingly.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.* Yeardly much, yeardly great. Lin.
Gen. coupled with big, large ; ' heedly big,' StreatfeildZ.i>;. and
Danes (1884 i 337. e.Lin. Not ower eardly big (G.G.W.).
2. Powerfully, forcibly.
Lin.' He preaches eadily.
3. adj. Unusually large, unwieldy.
n.Lin.' A gret eiirdly tonup.
[OE. heardllce sorely, excessively ; cp. ON. hariliga
(also hardla, hai'Sa), very, exceedingly (Fritzner).]
EAREY
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EARNEST
EAREY, sb. I. Ma. [e-ri.] A hill-pasture, moor.
He won't be home till late, he's gone to see after the sheep on
the earey (S.M.V
[Gael, airidh, a place where cattle are, a hill pasture
(Macb.ain).]
EARFE, see Argh, adj.
EAR-GRASS, sb. Som. [j5--gras.] The annual or
biennial grasses sown upon arable land ; grass after
mowing.
Som. \V. & J. Gl. (i873\ w.Scm.i Yuur- graa'S.
EARIDGE, see Arrish.
EARING, vbl. sb. Obs. Hrt. Of corn : the act of
forming ears or shooting.
Theshootoreaiingofyoungwheat,ELLisiI/orf.//M5A. (1750. III. i.
EARL, V. Sc. To bind to a bargain by payment of
money, &.c. Also used/ig. See Arle, v.
Rnf. The heavenly vow I got, Thatearled hermy own,TANNAHiLL
Poems { iSo-]) My Mary. Lnk. Wha ance unconsciously were earled
In some drink den, Wardrop/. Malhison (1881) 80.
EARL-DUCK, sb. Sc. The red-breasted merganser,
Meygiis scrrator.
e.Lth. SwAiNsoN SiV(/s(i885) 164. [Johns Birds (1862).]
EARLS, see Aries.
EARLY, adj. and adv. Var. dial, forms and uses in
Irel. and Eng. [eTli, es'li, ali, jali.]
I. Dial, forms : (i) Airly, (2) Arly, (3) Ayerly, (4)
Earely, (5) Heearly, (6) Yarely, (7) Yarly, 181 Yearly.
(i) Ir. II ye came airlier, Paddiaiia (ed. 18.(8 ) I. 67. Dub., A.S.-P.)
w.Ir. It was him that ownded the churches in the airly days, Lover
/.«§•. (18481 1. 3. N.Cy.i Nhb. Glistering in the airly sun, Charnley
Fishers Gnrl. (1825) 7. Dur. ' Cum. Let us get up airlie tui the
veyneyards, Rayson Sh:;. Sol. (1859) vii. 12. Dev. Let es git up
airly ta tha vmyird, Baird ib. (i860). (2) Nhb.i ' Arly bord, sor?'
Newspaper street cry. n.Yks. Arly te bed, an' arly te rahse, Twed-
DELL Cleiel. Rhymes (1875) 63. n.Lan,', Brks.', Ess.' {3) w.Sora.'
How be off vor ayerly taties ? [Aeurlee] birds catch the worms.
(4)w. Yks.i (51 n.Yks. Frae heearly youth, tehoaryage, Tweddell
Clevel. Rhymes iiB-js) 53. (6)Glo. Grose (1790) 71/S. add. (M.) (7)
Chs.i ; Chs.^ It's the yarly bird as gollaps th' wurm. s.Chs.', Der.^,
nw.Der.', se.Wor.' Shr.' They bin mighty yarly folks, them new-
comers at Arscott. Glo. I wurked away yarly an' leet, Roger Floiv-
man, 2-]. Som. Jennings Dial. iv.E>ig. (i86g). (8) LW.' w.Som.'
You be come to yearly. I baint in order vor-y, not eet.
II. Dial. uses. fliV/'. Info;«A. (i)Earlyhearts,mature,enrly
cabbages ; (2) — marlet, a species of apple-tree ; (3) —
note, used when speaking of a cow expected to calve soon.
(I, Dwn. Knox //is/. ZJiwi. 1^1875). (2^ Hrf. Nature has endowed
some apple trees, such as the redstreak, foxwhelp, early marlet, . . .
with the power of maturing their fruits earlier in the season than
others, Marshall Review (1818) II. 289. 13) Chs.^
EARLYINGS, A-6. //. n.Yks.^ Early produce.
EARM, see Yirm.
EARN, I'.' n.Cy. Yks. Also written ern. [ian.] To glean.
n.Cy. (,Hall.\ m.Yks.' [Kennett Far. Aniiq. (1695).]
Hence Earns, sb.t>l. ears of corn scattered on the ground.
•w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (July 11, 1896) ; (G.R.) [Kennett
Par. Antiq. 1 1695).]
[Cp. MHG. amen, to reap (Lexer).]
EARN, z;.= Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin.
Nhp. Also in forms eirn- Der. ; irn- n.Cy. Lan.' ; yearn
Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.' n.Yks.'* m.Yks.' Nhp.': yen- n.Yks.'^
yeren Nhb.' Yks. ; yern Sc. Dur.' e.Yks.' m.Yks.' ; yirn
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. ; yurn Dmf. (Jam.) [irn, isn, jirn, jisn.]
To coagulate, curdle ; to cause milk to coagulate with
rennet in making cheese.
Sc. It sail be my faut if a better was ever yearned in Lowden,
Scott Midlothian 1 1818) xxxix ; Hang it up — for three weeks to-
getlier, in which time it will be earned by the bladtler. Maxwell
Sel. Trans. (1743) 275 'Jam. I; Morten Cyclo. Agric. (,1863).
Sh.I. [Coll. L.L.I3.J s.Sc. If I tried to 'earn the milk it was either
owre het or owrc cauld when I pat it in the "earning, Wilson Talcs
I 1839) V. 58. Lnk., Feb. (A.C.) n.Cy. Grose (1790J ; (K-); N.Cy.'^
Nh.).' Send me a cheese, but it must not be hard yearned. n.Yks.' ^,
ne.Yks.i, m.Yks.', w.Yks.'^', 11. Lin.'
Hence ii) Earning or Yearning, sb. (a) rennet used in
cheese-making ; (b) cheese-making ; (c) the stomach of a
calf, used /;^'-. of persons ; (21 Earning-bag, (3) cloot, .>-/'.
a calfs stomach or 'kcslup' enclosed in a cloth and
used in cheese-making ; (4) -grass, sb. the common
butter-wort, Pinguicnla vulgaris ; (5) Earnings, sb. pL, see
Earning (a) ; (6) Earning-skin, sb. the stomach of a calf
used as rennet in cheese-making ; (7) -tub, sb. the tub in
which the milk is placed for curdling ; (8) Yirned, ppl.
adj. curdled, coagulated ; (9) Yurn, sb., see Earning (a).
(I, a) Sc. Mrs. MacCIarty then took down a bottle of runnet,or
yearning, as she called it, Cottagers 0/ Glenbiirnie [c. 1820) 202
(Jam.). Sh.I. {Coll. L.L.B.), Inv. (H.E.F.) e.Fif. Guid, fresh whey
it was too, juist aflrthismornin's'earnin', Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864)
viii. n.Cy. Grose (1790 ; N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' n.Yks. Lend me
a little earning, For we mun mack some cheese, Meriton Praise Ale
{1684)1.627; n.Yks.' =,ne.Yks.',ni.Yks.i e.Yks. Marshall /?!(>-.
Econ. (1788). w.Yks.i, Not.' Der. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863I;
Der.' Ae'rni^n, uu'rnin. n.Lin.' sw. Lin.' Earning ? why, that's
what they inak' crud or cheese wi'. Nhp.' (i) w.Yks.* Lan.' A
farmer when he has begun to make curd for cheese is said to have
begun irnin*. (cj Abd. I thocht aw wud rive my yirnin lauchin at
'im, Alexander yoAHH_v Gibb (1871) xxxiii. (2) Sc. (Jam.), Nhb.'
(3) Nhb.' (4) Lnk. (Jam.) N.Cy.' A plant used in North Tynedale
for the purpose of curdling milk is called 'yerning grass.' Nhb.'
(5") e.Yks.Yerens,oatemeell and onions. Best /?/(»-. £'fO«.( 1641) 172.
w.Yks.** (6) ne.Yks.'. m.Yks.', w.Yks.* n.Lin.' A calf-head and
apieceof earningskin, Family Ace. Bk. (1778). [The fourth stomach
is the maw, which is what the butchers sell for yearning-skins, so
much used among farmers, Knowlson Cattle Doctor 1 1834) 134.]
(7) Lan.' (8) Sc. Great dishes of yirned milk, Cobban Andaman
(1895) xxxii. (9) Dmb. (Jam.)
[To earn, to run as new cheese does, Bailey (1721).
The same word as ME. emeu, to cause to run, OE. arnaii,
the equiv. of rentian, cans, of rintiait, to run ; cp. OE.
>yiim>!g, ' coagulum ' (^Elfric). Earning, runnet where-
with they convert milk into cheese, Worlidge Z)/c/. Rusf.
(1681).]
EARN, v.^ ^ Obs. Dev. To give earnest.
Dev. Monthlv Mag. (1810J I. 435; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
n.Dev. Rock Jim an Nell (1867) Gl.
EARN, see Erne.
EARN-BLEATER. sb. Sc. Also written earn-bliter
(Jam.) ; ern-bleater Swainson ; yern-bliter Bch.
1. The common snipe, Gallinago coelestis. Cf. bleater,
and bog-bleater, s. v. Bog, s6.' 1 (3).
n.Sc. (Jam.) Bch. The niest morning they had me up afore the
sky, an' I believe afore the levrick or yern-bliter began to sing,
FoKnES^j-Aj. (1742) 9. Abd. Sh I R REFS Pofms ( 1790) GL; Theearn-
bleaterjOrthemuirfowI's craw, Was like to melther heart awa, Ross
Helowre (1768; 62, ed. 1812. [Swainson Birds (18851 192.]
2. The curlew, Ntiiiienius arqiiala. Abd. (G.W.)
EARNDER, see Undern.
EARNEST, sb. In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also in
forms arenest I.W.' ; arnessShr.'; arnest Nhb.' n.Lan.'
Brks.' I.W.' ; yarnest se.Wor.' Shr.' Brks.' w.Som.' ;
yarnst s.Chs.' ; yearnst I.W.' ; yernest Nhp.* [5nis(t,
a'nisit, janis(t.] Money given to fasten a bargain,
esp. money given to a newly-hired servant. Also in
conip. Earnest-money.
Nhb.' w.Yks. 1721 — Paid of earnest, being 2 bargaines, is. bd.,
Bradford Prsh. Accts. n.Lan.' Chs.' The custom in hiring
farm servants was, and no doubt still is in many places, for the
servant to call at the farm where he or she wanted a place, a few
weeks before Christmas, and gen. at night, and if the bargain was
struck the farmer gave the man or woman a shilling, and this was
understood to fasten the servant for a year. If anything occurred
to break the engagement the shilling was sent back, and if accepted
there was an end to the engagement. When cattle-dealers buy a
beast which they agree to take away at some future time they
always leave a deposit, gen. a sovereign, as a security for the com-
pletion of the transaction, ... in order to fasten the farmer to his
share of the bargain ; indeed they always at the same time make
use of the expression, ' Well now, I'll fasten 3'ou.' s.Chs.' Eeur)z
ij shil'in yaarnst [Here's a shillin' j-arnst], Lin. Hollowav.
n.Lin.' Rut.' A hansel or customary payment of first fruits or
' footing.' Nhp.' A shilling is the customary sum given to ser-
vants; and if the master or mistress repent of the engagement, the
servant is told to drink the earnest, implying that the bargain is
void, and the money may be retained ; Nhp.*, War.^, se.Wor.'
Shr.' Obsol. ' I thought yo' wuu 'ired at the Bonk.' ' Aye, so I
wuz, but I send my yarnest back.' Oxf.' Brks.' The 'arnest' or
'arnest money' is a shilling given on hiring a servant; it completes
EARNSTFUL
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EARTH
the contract. Hnt. (T.P.F.), Suf.' I.W.' I bote a pig un, and
ghid un a crown in yearnest. Wil. Britton Bcaittifs (1825^
n.Wil. I \.\\k a sliillin 'earnest inoncy ' (K.II.G. 1. w.Som.' You'll
buy un then, willy t Well then, I must 'ave a suvreign in yarnest
[yaar-nces] else I 'ont stand word.
Hence Earnested, />^. having received money to bind
tiie bargain.
War.^ At Statute Fairs, when servants are hired for the coming
service year, the hiring is not completed until they have been
carncsted.
EARNSTFUL. adj. Lan. Also in forms yearnsful ;
yearnstful Lan.' [ia'nstful, jisnsful.l Earnest, with
great longing or yearning. Also used advb.
Lan. An' how yearnsful lie lookt as he lee, Ramsbottom Cy.
irWs. (1866' 40; Lan.' Oytch body lookt wi' sich yearnstfo een as
iv thi lipp'nt o' summut lectin' eawt o' th' cleawds, ScHOLEsya»K/
(.1857) 42. s.Lan. (S.IS.'I
HenccEarnstfully,(7rfj;.carnestly, wistfully, yearningly.
Lan. Bodle begun o' lookin' very j-earnstfully at th' fire-hole,
Waugii Sketches ^1855! 28 ; Lan.' s.Lan. Working with hand and
foot as ycrnstl'ullj' as if he were weaving by the mile, Bamford
IValks (18441 152.
[Thar-for he ansuerd ernystfuUy, Barbour Bruce (1375)
vni. 144.]
EARNY-COULIGS, sb. pi. Or.I. Tumuli. (Jam.);
S. & Ork.'
EAROCK, sb. Sc. Irel. Also in forms eerock Rnf. ;
eirack, erack, erock Sc. (Jam.) ; errack Sc. (Jam.) Frf. ;
errock N.I.' ; yearock n.Sc. (Jam.) [I rak, e'rak.]
1. A bird a year old ; used attrib.
Sh.I. A erok [Eerok] goose, Jakobsen Norsk in Shell. (1897') 107.
2. A hen of the first year, one that has only just begun
to lay; a pullet.
Sc. ' An earock's egg,' one of a small size (Jam.")'; ' What ? hae
you ony eggs to sell?' 'No ane. I wat our tappet erock laid
but twa,' Donald and Flora. 84 (16), Frf. He has a clunker on
his crown, Like half an errack's egg, Piper of Peebles (1794) 18.
Rnf. Three fat eerocks fastened by the legs, Wilson Poems
(1816) Laurel Disputed. Ayr. Byde till the eggs were clockit, and
the 'earocks of some sonsy and sappy size. Service Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 133. Slk. What'n a bonny, broon, basted, buttery, iley,
and dreepin breast o' a roasted earock ! Chr, North Nodes (ed.
1856) II. III. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892).
[Cp. Norw. dial, aating {cering}, a yearling (Aasen).
For the dim. sufi". -^k see Jakobsen (/. c.).]
EARSH, see Arrish.
EART, ac/z'. Obs. Dev. At one time.
Dev. Eart one, eart another. Moore Nist Dev. (1829') I. 353 ;
Horae Subsedvae (1777) 145. n.Dev. Eart wan, I zem, an' eart the
t'ither, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. iii ; Tha wut roily eart upon
«one and eart upon another, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 225 ; Monthly
Mag. (i8iOi I. 435.
EARTH, sb} and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
I. Dial, forms: (i) Aath, (2) Arth, (3) Ath, {4) Eard,
(5) Eath, (6) Eird, (7) Eord, (8) Eorth, (9) Erd, (10) Erth,
(11) Eth, (12) Hard, (13) Yar, (14) Yarth, (15) YaUi, (16)
Yeard, (17) Yearth, (18) Yeath, (19) Yerd, (20) Yerth,
(21) Yeth, (22) Yird, (23I Yirth, (24) Yurth, (25) Yuth.
(I) Som. Jennings Z)/(j/. j«.£H,g-. (i86g). (2 Nhb.' n.Lin, Who
on arth would ha' expected to see you here ? Peacock R. Skirlaugk
(1870) II. 104. 1,3) Yks. Deep i' cawd ath, Spec. Dial. 15. e.Yks.
Nicholson Ftk-Sp. (1889; 47; e.Yks.' He's genniest [most repin-
ing | awd chap upo' ath. w.Som.' Droa u lee-dl aeth- oa'vur-t
[Throw a little soil upon it]. Noa soa'l pun aeth- kcod-n diie ut
[No soul upon earth could do it]. nw.Dev.' (4^ Sc. Whan shook
the eard, and all about A goustie murmur spread, Jamieson Pop.
Ballads (1806) I. 241. Ayr. The guid wichts [i'airies! . . . cam
oot o' Cleevcs Cove, ' to ride in middle eard,' Service Notatidunis
(1890)99. Wxf.', n.Cy., Dur. (K.l, n.Yks.2, n.Lin.l (5) n.Lin.',
Hmp.', I.W.'2 Wil. Britton Beauties (1825I. (6) Sc. Let the
eird bear the dyke, Henderson Prov. (1832) 130, ed. 1881; Grose
(1790) MS. add. iC.) (7, 8) Wxf.' (91 Sc. Fleming Scripture
(1726). Gall. Frost binds up the e'rd like flint, Lauderdale PofJJis
(1796) 45. NUb.', Yks. (K.) (loi Wxf.' (11) e.Yks. I' the
heavens above, and i' the e'lh beneath, Linskill Exchange Soul
(1888) vi. nw.Der.', Nhp.^, Dor.' w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme
Regis (1834). Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. iv.Eng. (1825). w.Som.'
(I2J n.Yks.« (13) w.Yks.' (14) w.Yks.', Chs.'^a, Lei.', Brks.'
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (i825\ (15) e.Yks. He tell'd
ma there was fooaks at tuther sahd o' yath, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(i88g) 94 ; e.Yks.' (i6"i Ayr. She has stamped on the grassless
yeard, Boswell Poet. ]Vks. 1.1803) 120, ed. 1871. Nhb.' (iq) Abd.
It was na its usual way to go roun' the yearth, Ruddiman Sc.
Palish (18281 120, ed. 1889. Per. I've ta'en a firmer grip i' yearth,
Haliburton Oehil Idylls (1891) 89. Lnk. There's nane on yearth
that lo'es a man sae well, Black Falls 0/ Clyde (1806) 134. Lth. A'
the blasts o' yearth an' heaven, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 40.
Nhb. The flooers cums oot o' the yearth, Roeson Ncivc. Sng. Sol.
(18591 ii, 12 Cum. The floures appear on the yearth. Rayson ib.
Wm. An fairly ovvcr-ran the yearth Wi' o' his men, Whitehead
Leg. (1859) 41. Yks. Hawf yearth, wi'oot a sign ov a tree,
Fetherston T. Goorkrodger (1870) 121. w.Yks.'^, Lan.', e.Lan.',
Stf.', n Lin.', Nhp.' (18) Hmp.' I.W.' Noobody upon the feyace
of the yeath, 52 ; I.W.^ Wil. Britton Beauties (1825). (19) Sc.
He that counts a' costs will never put plough i' the yerd, Ferguson
Pfoj;. (1641) 14. Or.I. (S.A.S.) Bch. Wi' glowrin een and scoulan
brows He lookit on the yerd. Forbes Ulysses (1785) 13. Abd. To
tice them oot o' the yerd, laddie. The worms, for my daily food,
Macdonald Sir Gibbie. xxx. Ayr. Spadefuls of yerd cast upon
them, Galt if^nfees (1820) vi. Nhb.' Cum. G/. ; 1851). n.Yks.^
(20) Fif. Ow'r the great waist o' mither Yerth, Tennant Papistry
(1827) g. Nhb. As if ycbcn and yerth was coming together,
Richardson Borderers Tablc-bk. (1846) VI. 89. Dur.', Cum.',
Wm. (B.K.), w.Yks.2, n.Lan.', Chs.' Shr.' Whad bin ee cartin'
yerth fur, Dick~is dirt sca'ce at yore place? e.An.' (21) Yks.
Ah fills oop tay hole wi' yeth, Macquoid Doris Barugh (1877) xx.
n.Yks. They lift our thowts away fra t'yetii, Tweddell Ctcvel.
Rhymes (1875) 28; n.Yks.'; n.Yks. ^ ' Sadden'd yeth,' compact
soil. ne.Yks.', m.Yks.', Chs.' (22) Bnff. Down aneath the yird,
Taylor Poems (1787) 7. Abd. I'll be laid aneath the yird, Caden-
head Bon-a(Cord 1 18531 '87. Kcd. Feed wi' yird faur soil was
sandy, Grant /.rtvs (1884 ) 68. Frf. Rais'd baith 3'ird and stane up-
right, BEATTiEv4/7i/;n c. 1 820) 54, ed. 1882. e.Fif.Icudhaelaindoon...
an' kissed the very yird, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) vi. Rnf. Now,
to the yird I e'en commend ye, Picken Poems (1813) I. 34. Ayr.
Straught or crooked, yird or nane. They roar an' cry a' throu'ther,
Burns Halloiveen (1785) st. 5. Lnk. Cracks in the 3'ird in a hot
simmer drouth. Hamilton Poems (1865) 133. Lth. Him wha cauld
in yird docs lie, BuucePochw (1813'j II. 107. Edb. On the naked yird,
Fergusson Poems (1773) 107, ed. 1785. Bwk. I like the bare
sleek yird, Henderson Pop. Rhymes ;. 1856 83. Feb. He's lying
cauld in the yird (A.C.). Slk. A black thing new risen out o' the
solid yird, Hogg Talcs (1838) 23, ed. 1866. Kcb. This held will
be aneath the yird.ARMSTRONG/«_^/^5/rff (i8go 50. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. They twist and thraw frae wast to east. A'
filed wi' yird, Strang Earth Fiend (1892) 13 ; Nhb.' w.Yks.
'T flowers appear upov 't yird, Littledale Crav. Sng. Sol. (1859)
ii. 12. (23) Abd. I have seen them bite the ground and the cauld
yirth too, Ruddiman Sc. Pans/i (i828;59, ed. 1889. Rnf.Numerous
NignawsfromNewZealand, The clean tithcrsideo'theyirth, Webster
Rhymes (1835'! 195. Lnk. What power on yirth can them enslave?
Thomson Musings (1881) i6. Edb. A da3' o' joy, sae free frae wae.
Is seldom seen on yirth, M^Dowall Poems (1839) 42. Dmf. This
vice, doon-trodden J'irth, Quinn Heather', 1863) 79. Gall. Twa waefu'
outcasts on the yirth, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (^1814) 72, ed. 1897.
Lan.', Hmp.' Wil. Briiton BraJf/ics ; 1825). (24) Cum. Sweearan
fit teh oppen t'yurth, SARGissoNyof Scoap[iWi) 11 ; Cum.' ; Cum.^
A man isn't wurth hevin if he hesn't a bit o' t'feace o' t'yurth, 32.
(25) se.Wor.'
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Earth-back, a
mound ; (2) -bare, unpaved ; (3) -bark, the roots of the
plant Tonnentilla officinalis; (41 -bobs, tufts of heather;
(5) -bun, earth-bound ; (6) -burn, an intermittent land-
spring; (7) -cave, a natural cave; (8) -clowed, having
mud stuck about the feet ; (9) -dike, an earth-bank thrown
up as a boundary or defence ; (10) -din, thunder ; thunder
in the earth; an earthquake; (11) -dole, a portion of
ground for a grave ; (12) -drift, snow or hail driven
violently bj' the wind from off the earth; (13) -eldin, fuel of
peat or earth ; (14) -fast, (a) deep-rooted in the earth ; (b)
a stone or boulder enclosed in a bed of earth ; (15) -fast
stone, see -fast {b) ; (16) -foist, mouldiness and decay
from contact with the ground ; the smell proceeding from
it; (17) -ful, greedy as tlie earth ; (18) -gall, the centaury,
Erythraea Ceiitaiirimn\ (19) -grub, an earthworm; (20)
•houe, an earth-mound ; (21) -houses, habitations formed
under ground; (22) -hunger, fig. the keen desire for
food sometimes manifested by people before death ;
Gg 2
EARTH
[228]
EARTHLY
voracity for land ; (23) -hungry, voraciously hungry ; (24)
•laigh, as low as earth ; (25) -mawk, see -grub ; (26)
■meal, earth-mould, churchyard dust ; (27) -nobbles, large
lumps of clay ; (28) -pots, holes and hollows in the upper
surface of the chalk ; (29) -quake, asocial gathering ; (30)
•quakes, the dodder-grass, Briza media ; (31 ) -ridge,
a narrow strip of ground round the sides of a field ; (32)
-smoke, the common fumitory, Fitmaria officinalis ; (33)
-srew, the common shrew-mouse ; (34) -stopper, a man
whose duty it is to stop the holes or likely ' earths ' of
a fox early in the morning before the hunt begins; (35 1
■stopping, stopping up foxes' holes before the hunt
begins; (36) -sweat, a state of great anxiety in which
one sweats a great deal ; (37) -swine, a fearsome beast
supposed to haunt churchyards and feed upon the
corpses ; (38) ■titling, the meadow pipit, Anthtispratensis ;
(391 ■•worm,Jig. a miser, a covetous, grasping person.
(i) s.Pem. Go on top of the earthback, an' yca'l be able to see
am (W.M.M.S (2) n.Yks.2 A yethbare rooad. (3) S. & Ork.i
Used as a substitute for bark in tanning leather. (4) Lan. Folk
'at's bin brought up o' yirth-bobs . . . are noan so soon kilt, Waugh
Siteck-Bant (1868) i ; Heaw arte gettin' on among yon yirth-
bobs upo' Lobden Moor ? A. yett-Bofo (1869, i; Lan.i (5) n.Yks.2
(6) Sur. TV. tT- Q. (1852) ist S. V. 173. (7,8, 9)n.Yks.2 (10) n.Sc.
Pretty gen. through ;;. counties (Jam.). Bnff.' (11) n.Yks.^ A
rich man at last, like a poor man, nobbut gets his yeth-dooal. (12)
Abd., Rnf. (Jam.) (13) Bwk., Slk. (li.) ( 14, a) n.Yks.^ ' It isn't
yethfast eneeaf,' the foundations are not deep enough. (6) Nhb.'
Wm. Niver mind that — that's a yerth-fast (B. K.). w.Yks. These
boulders, or ' earthfasts,' have been cut up for building stone. Cud-
worth Bra(i5(^orrf(i876' 29; (S.P.U.) n.Lan.i (15) Sc. An earth-
fast stone, or an insulated stone, inclosed in a bed of earth, is
supposed to' possess peculiar properties. It is frequently applied
to sprains and bruises, and used to dissipate swellings ; but its
blow is reckoned uncommonly severe, Scott Miitstyelsy (18021 II.
404 >ioi€ (Jam.). n.Sc. In the midst of Clyde's water There stands
a yird-fast stone, Buchan Ballads (ed. 1875) II. 31. n.Yks.^,
w.Yks.' (i6)n.Yks.2 (17) Cum.' (18) w.Cy. (B. & H.) (19,20)
n.Yks.2 f2i) Abd. At the same place. . . are what the country
people call eird houses. These are below ground. . . The sides of
these subterraneous mansions are faced up with dry stones, to the
height of about 5ft., they are between 3 and 4 ft. wide and covered
above with large stones laid across, Stafist. Ace. XIII. 182 (Jam.).
(22) Sc. If he has such an card hunger we 'ill stuff his stomach
with English land, Scott Nigel (1822) ix ; Viewed as a presage
that the yerd, or grave, is calling for them as its prey (Jam.). (23)
Sc. (Jam.) (24) n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) (25) n.Yks.2
(26) Bch. Ye wou'd hae thought that the j'erd-meel had been upo'
their face, Forbes /to. (1742) 17. Abd. Shirrefs Poems (1790)
Gl. (27) n.Yks.^ (28) Nrf. The chalk is worn away into pipes
and hollows — called 'earth-pots' in Norfolk, and sometimes 'sand-
galls,' Woodward Gfo/.£/;^.aiirf Il'alA 1876)409. (29) [These multi-
tudinous meetings were knov^n by the names of assemblies, routs,
drums, tempests, hurricanes, and earthquakes, Horne Olla Podrida
(1820)1.66.] (30) Nlip.2 (31) w.Dev. Earth-ridgesare formed in
the field, either with mold hacked from the borders of it, or with
the soil of the area raised with the plow, Marshall Rm: Eroii.
(1796) 158. Cor. A fewfeet of earth roundafield,whichis ploughed
up close to the hedges, and (sometimes after having produced a
crop of potatoes) is carried out into the field for manure, and there
mixed with dung, sand, &c.. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435 ; Thomas
Raitdigal Rliyiues (1895) Gl. (32) n.Cy. (B. & H.) w.Yks.
(■W.M.E.F.) (33)Ntib.' (341 w.Som.' (35) Brks.' (36) n.Yks.2
(37) ne.Sc. A mysterious dreaded sort of animal, called the yird
swine, was believed to live in graveyards burrowing among the
dead bodies and devouring them, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 130.
(38) e.Lth. Swainson Birds (1885) 45. n.Yks.'^ e.Yks. What
wisdom and philosophy there is in styling one who spends his
whole life in hoarding riches, a yath worrum, Nicholson /"//fe-S/i.
(1889) 5 ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.'
2. Phr.j'/Vrfrt^f/.stowc, the symbols of formal investiture
in ownership of land. Usedy?,"-.
Ayr. The labours and ministration of John Knox were testimonies
that he had verily received the yird and stane of an heritage on
high, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xii. [The symbols for land are earth
and stone, Erskine Instil, bk. ii. tit. 3 (Jam. s.v. Happer).]
3. V. To bury; to put into the ground, inter. Also
usedy?^.
Sc. Nabody ever kenn'd whare his uncle the prior carded him.
Scott Antiquary (1816) xxiv ; For which, gude saul, she sainted
was. And yirdit in that place. Ballads and Pocnts (1885) 51. BnfF,
He rests in the old churchyard, where he himself assisted to yird
so many ' rude forefathers,' Gordon Citron. Keith (1880) 72; Bnff.'
Yird the pleuch. Bch. The gou'd which he himself Had yerded
in his tent, Forbes .<4;Vi.v( 1742) 7. Abd. The neighbours colleckit
to yird him, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 38. Frf. Wha Has buskit
him, fan dead sae brae? I saw him yerdit, I can swear. Piper of
Peebles (1794) 17. e.Fif. There they lie yirdit on the banks o' the
Bannock till this very 'oor, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxx. Rnf.
Lauchlan did dee, and was welcomely yirdct, Webster Rhymes
(1835) 79. Rxb. ' Fairly yirdit,' dead and buried (Jam.); By
Aaron's beard, I'll shoot an' yird them, Ruickbie IVayside Cottager
(1807) 112. Slk. What's come o' my hare now? Is she sautit, or
yerdit? Hogg rote (1838; 70, ed. 1866. Cum. (J.W.O.), n.Yks.*
e.Yks.' We yath'd awd woman yestherday.
Hence (i) Yerd or Yird, ///. at^'. buried; (2) Yirding,
sb. burial, interment.
(i) Ayr. They may hook a yerd taid on the brae, G\L.r Sir A.
IVylie (1822) xxxiv; When we came to the spot it was just a yird
toad, ib. Ann. J'atish (1821) x. (2) e.Sc. What's the use o' the
Foond [the Funeral Society Fund] if ye'reto cheat Tammas o' the
yirdin'? Setoun Sunshine (1895) 32.
4. To cover with earth ; to turn up the ground in ridges
to cover or protect the roots of plants, potatoes, &c.
Sc. Potatoes put into a pit under ground, that they may not be
injured by frost, are said to be erdit, or yirdit (Jam.). Lnk. To
knit up dollers in a clout And then to card them round about,
Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 100. Nlib.' Wm. Ye mun yerth up
t'taties (B.K.). n.Yks. A man with a double-boarded plough,
drawn by one or two horses, earths up the drills, Tuke Agric.
(1800) 147 }tote. n.Lin. ' You mun set all ban's on to earth th'
taaties tomorra'. "War. Leeimington Coun'er yMar. 6, 1896); War.*;
War.^ The ground must be earthed up for the turnips. s.War.'
Ken.' I've earthed up my potatoes. Snr.' It's time they taters
were earthed up. n.Wil.' Them taters wants y eathin' up ( E. H. G.).
5. To turn up the ground as a mole does. Sus.'^ 6.
To knock with violence to the ground. Bnff (Jam.), Bnfl'.'
[3. Cum hame, and hing on our gallowis pf Aire, To
era the vnder it I sail purchas grace, Dunbar Flyting
(1505) 372-]
EARTH, si.= Sc. Also Suf. Sus. Hmp. Som.
1. Of land: one ploughing.
Kcd. Next year it is sown with barley, or Chester bear, after
three earths or furrows. Statist. Ace. XI. 109 (Jam.). Suf. Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863) ; Rainbird .<4^nc (1819) 291, ed. 1849, We
give our fields sometimes another earth, e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ;
Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H. ), Hmp.' w.Som.' Wee niivur doa-n gee wai"t
bud wau-n aeth [We never give wheat but one earth, i.e. we sow
after once ploughing]. You can break 'em up and put 'em to com
all to one earth. [To one, two, three, earths; to plough the ground
once, twice, or thrice ; to sow after one, two, or three ploughings,
Lisle Husbandry (1757).]
2. A furrow ; a ploughed field or stubble land. e.Suf.
(F.H.), Sus.i
[1. Such land as ye breake vp for barlie to sowe. Two
earthes at the least er ye sowe it bestowe, Tusser Husb.
(1580) 84. O'E.yrjy (icrp), ploughing.]
EARTHFUL, adj. Oxf Ken. In form yethful Oxf •
In phr. (i) eaiilifiil thing, earthly thing; (2) what in the
eaiilifitl xvorld ? what on earth .' what in the world .'
(i) Oxf.' Uuy sets yuur in muuy dis ubilzugluvin frum vvun daiz
ind tl unudh'uur, un dhee asnt dun u yeth'fl thing dhis3'uur bles'id
dai [I sets yer in my dis'abilles aglovin' from one day's ind til
another, an' thee asn't done a yethful thing this yer blessed day].
(2) e.Ken. ' What in the earthful world do you mean ? ' A common
expression of surprise (M.T.).
EARTHLINS, adv. Obs. ? Sc. Written erthlins
Fif. ; and in form yirdlins Abd. Fif Earthwards, along
the ground, towards the earth or ground.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Sometimes the ba' ayirdlins ran, Sometimes in
air was fleeing. Skinner Poems (1809) 43. Fif. Wi' a dardum and
a dirdum Yirdlins he daddit him and birr'd him,TENNANT /'rt/is/yy
(1827) 148 ; Erthlins wi' a dunderin' rattle Tummlet the tow'rs o'
Troy, ib. 4.
[Eailh 4 -limr.s. For suff. cp. arseling(s.]
EARTHL-Vr, adj. Yks. Ilrf In form yathly e.Yks.»
1. In phr. earthly ivorld, the world, earth.
EARTH-NUT
[ 229 ]
EASIN(G
e.Yks.' He minds nowt i yathly wold, bud scrapin nuiiiney
tcgither, MS. add. yT.H.)
2. Pale or lifeless as earth.
Hrf.2 Dear, dear, how earthly the old man do look.
3. Rough, austere. w.Yks.'
[2. A precious ring . . . Doth shine upon the dead
man's earthly cheeks, bHAKs. Titus A. 11. iii. 229.]
EARTH-NUT, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. In forms arnot Sc. ( I.\m.) Cld. ; arnut Sc. (Jam.)
Jr. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Wm.' w.Vks. ; arrnut N.I.' ; a'unut
n.Yks.'^ ; awnut N.Cy.' ; ear'nit Ayr. ; emit svv.Sc. ;
er-nut R.\b. Dmf ; yannut e.Yks.'; yar-nut N.Cy.'
w.Yks.' n.Lin.' ; yennet e.Yks.'; yennut n.Yks.^ ; yer-
nut n.Yks.''^ e.Yks. m.Yks.' Chs.' = ^; yeth-nut Chs.' ;
yowe-yonut VVm. 1. The pig-nut, Bmiiwn Jle.vnosiim.
Sc. The poor had not been reduced to the necessity of living on
arnots, myles, or the like, Maxwell Set. Traits. (1743) 226 (Jam.).
sw.Sc. Garden IVk. (1896) No. cxiv. 112. Cld. Kennedy /Vorai 1878)
72. Ayr. Fugieingtheschuletoherry nests . . . orgather ear'nits or
rasps in the Craw-wood, Service Dr. Diiguid {cd. 1887) 43. Rxb.
* Ar-nut,' or ' er-nut,' is a corruption of ' earth-nut,' Science Gossip
(1876)39. Dmf. A^.iS^Q. (1872) 4th S.ix. 534. N.I.' Ant.,Dwn.,
Don. (B. & H.) n.Cy. Grose ( 1790) ; N.Cy.i Nhb.i The edible
root o{ Buniuiii fle.xtiostim. Wm. Len' us thi jacki-legs ta howk
some yowe-yonuts up wi (,B.K.) ; Wm.*, n.Yks."^ e.Yks. Mar-
shall Rur. Econ, (17881 ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. The roots
are gathered and eaten by children, ///^v. JVds. ; w.Yks.', Chs.'^^
n.Lin. He'd hed two sides wi' his feyther aboot which was reight
waay o' grubbin' up yar-nuts. Peacock Tales (i8go) and S. 59;
n.Lin.' w.Som.' Aeth*-nut.
2. pi. The tubers of the meadow-parsley, Oenanthe
pimpiitclloicles.
Hmp. Children eat thetuberclesunderthis name (B.&H.) ; Hmp.'
[1. Apios is called ... in Englishe an ernute or an earth
nute. Turner Names of Hcrbes (1548) 14. OE. earp-
hiuitii, earth-nut.]
EARWIG, sh. Var. dial, forms in Irel. and Eng.
I. (i) Alliwig, (2) Arrawig, (3) Arrawiggle, (41 Arry-
wiggle, (5) Arrywinkle, (6) Arywiggle, (7) Earvrig,
(8) Earwag, '9) Earwiggle, (10) Earwike, (11) Earwrig,
(12) Earywig, (13) Errewig,(i4) Erriwig, (15) Erriwiggle,
(16) Harry wig, (17) Yarwig, (18) Yerriwig, (19) Yerwig.
(i) e.An.2 1^2) Rut.', LeU, Nhp."^ Shr.i I conna bar them
nasty arrawigs. (3") Nhp.', e.An.', Suf. (F.H.), Suf.' (4)Cmb.',
Suf.(G.E.D.) (5,1 Suf. i,F.H.) {6) Sui. Science Gossip {iB?,s) 215.
(7) w.Som.l Yuur--vrig. ^8) War.^ (9) Nrf. It [a bird] throwed
up a couple of earwiggles in the cage, Patterson Man and Nat.
(1895) 92. (10) Som. (Hall.) (ii) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Eng. (1825V (i2'i N.I.' w.Mid. Drat it! I've got a earj^vig in
my ear (W.P.M.). (isOxf.i (14) Chs.', War. = , se.Wor.', Brks.i
(15) n.Yks.^, e.An.' Cnib.' There's a great erriwiggle a-running
up your arm. Nrf. Often used in rural parts (J. H.) ; Known, but
not prevalent (H.C.H.). (16) Nhp.S Cmb. (J.D.R.) (17) Brks.i
(18) Shr.* ' Mother, does a yerriwig bite or sting ? ' ' Ne'er-a one,
dunna yo' see as it's gotten pinsons fur a tail ? — so it pinches.' Shr.,
Hrf. P>ow«c. (1876). Brks.i Wil. BRnT0NBfa«/if5 (1825). (ig)
e.Lan.*
II. Dial. use. In phr. to stare like a throttled earwig,
a common simile. s.Chs.*
EASE, sb. andf.' Sc. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. e.An. Som.
[iz, iaz, w.Som. ez.] 1. sb. In phr. (i) to be at ease, to
wait patiently ; (2) to give one an case tip, to assist, give a
helping hand.
(I) s.Not. Yo mun be at ease for a bit longer, whilst ah find
means to pay yer (J.P.K.). (2) Gall. Maisie . . . cast an eye up
at the roof of the well-house. . . ' Give me an ease up ! ' she said
quietly, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxviii.
2. V. refl. To relieve the bowels, to evacuate. n.Lin.',
w.Som.' Hence (i) Easings, sb. pi. the dropped dung
of animals on the pasture. n.Yks.^, w.Yks.' ; (2) Easement,
sb. evacuation. n.Lin.'
3. To cease operations ; to slacken, abate.
Lnk. At length quo' he, an' eased his speed, Coghill Poems
(1890 12. n.Yks.2 Train's boun to ease a bit.
4. To lower gently from an elevation.
e.An. 2 Ease it down.
5. With up : to make room.
s.Chs.i Kiim, ee'z iip upii dhaat' bensh [Come, ease up upo' that
bench].
[2. If thou wilt ease thyself, Bible Deut. xxiii. 13;
Esyn, stercoriso. Prompt. ; To do one's easement, alvum
levare. Coles (1679).]
EASE, i'.2 Yks. Also written eaze n.Yks.= [Iz, iaz.]
To bemire, splash with mud. Gen. used in pass. Cf. ease,
V.'' 2.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ You hae gotten sair eased (ed. 1855). e.Yks.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). m.Yks.'
EASEFUL, adj. Yks. e.Cy. Easy, unoppressive ;
comfortable.
n.Yks.'^ ' His tether's a varry easeful yan,' his ties or obligations
are very light. e.Cy. i,Hall.)
[Aiser, to be lazie, easeful, Cotgr.]
EASEMENT, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Lin. Shr.
Som. Cor. In form yeasment Lan. [rz-, ezmsnt, -ment.]
Ease, relief of all kinds, esp. relief of or alleviation from
pain ; a remedy which relieves pain.
Sc. (A.W.), Ant.(,W.H.P.) n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^Can ye geme onny
soorto'casementfort'teeathwark? e.Yks.' j1'/S.flrfn'.(T.H.) m.Yks.'
There's a drop of easement in that bottle yet — let me have it. Lan.
Un awd konstitushun ut ud stond o deyl o' kumfortable yeasment,
' ScHOLES 7'i;;;6"rt;7iM'rt///i?(i857)8. Chs.' s.Not.'EweighedtheappIes
for me, an' I thanked 'im for that easement (J.P.K.i. n.Lin.' I've
taa'en poonds wo'th o' doctors' stuff, but can't git noa easement.
sw.Lin.' Id tak' anything whereby I could get some easement.
Shr.' It's a great [ai'zmunt] to my mind as the Maister's got that
corn lugged at last. w.Som.' Nif you could vind me a job vor the
'osscs now and again, zir. 'twid be a easement o' the rent like.
Cor. Thom.\s Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor. 2 w.Cor. I'm in
great pain ; turnwhichevcrway I will lean get no easement (RI. A. C).
[An easement, c.xoneratio, Icvamen, Coles (1679).]
EASEN, see Easin(g.
EASE-POLE, s6. Chs.'3 Also in form aize-pow Chs.'
An eaves-pole or triangular piece of wood placed above
the wall-plate of a building to raise the first course of slates
to the proper angle.
EASER, see Ezar.
EASILIER, flrfi'. Oxf. Comp. degree of fasf^.
Still in use (M.A.R.); ^Hall.)
EASILINGS, adv. m.Yks.' Easily.
{Easy + -lings ; for suff. cp. earthlins.]
EASILY, arfy. Yks. e.An. Slowly. Also/^. of speech:
distinctly, softly.
w.Yks. Sliefficld Indep. (1874); w.Yks.' My daam mends easily;
w.Yks.'* e.An. 2 A mother cautions her child, when learning to
walk, ' Go easily.' e.SuF. Why don't you talk easily? (F.H.)
[Blow hit so That through the world hir fame go Al esely,
and not to faste, Chaucer Hous F. 1675.]
EASIN(G, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and n. and
midl. to Won Shr. Also written aishin Sh.I. ; aisin Sh.I.
Shr.'War.^; aizin N.I.' Chs.'; azin Irel. Chs.'; easen Nhb.
Wm.w.Yks.^War.'^^; eazens.Don. ; eazinChs.'; eeasin
e.Yks. ; eesin Cuin. ; eezin s.Chs.' ; eisin Sc. (Jam.) ;
eizin Cai.'; ezin Cum.'; and in forms eiz Cai.' ; eize
e.Yks.; yeasing m.Yks.' ; yesin Lan. ; yezzin Lan.'e.Lan.'
[rzin, ia'zin. | 1. The eaves of a house or other building,
or of the thatched roof of a rick, stack, &c. ; gen. in pi. form.
Cf. eavings.
Sh.I.Icaimaloupafro'daaishinso'dabarn,S/;.A'fa's(Aug.27,i898);
Lay her inunder da aisin', ib. (Aug. 21, 1897); Robbie ...climmsup
ipo da aishins, an' crawls alang till he wins ipo da ruf o' da hoose,
Clark Gleams (1898) 56. Cai.' Frf. Rax me here your twal-foot
trap. And let me frae the easin drap, SaNds Poems (1833) 96. e.Fif.
I scrammledupa trap that was lean in 'against the easin' and mounted
uptothe riggin'.LATTo Tarn Bodkin (1864) x, N.I.' Ant. Ballymena
Obs. (1892J. Dwn. Hume Dial. (1878) 44. s.Don. Si.mmons Gl.
(1890;. n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.i; N.Cy.', Nhb. ^M.H.D. !, Nhb.',
Dur.', s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Lakel. Ellwood ( 1895). Cum. Willy gat
a car reap roond it, just below t'eesin', Farrai.l Sf//)' lVtlson{ 1886)
134 ; You wad tak in waiter varra fast about t'easin, Dickinson
Cumbr. (1876) 267; Cum.' Wm. When the easens drop it's a sign
of thaw (B.K.). n.Yks.' =3, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1788) ; Lyinge out of a stack to the eize, Best Rur. Econ.
(1641)59; e.Yks. ', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Hutton 7o»rto Cafes (1781);
w.Yks. '25 Lan. His long white hair dripping like an * easing,'
Brierlev Irkdale (1868; 248; Lan.' Hearken heaw th' rain's
EASINGS
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dhrippin' off tli' casins [or yezzins]. ne.Lan.', Chs.'^s^ s.Chs.i
Midi. Marshall Rui: Econ. (,1796) II. Der.'^, nw.Der.', n.Lin.'.
Lei.i War. B'haui Wkly. Post (June 10. 1893); War.'^^ Shr.>
'Them Jacksquailcrs bin buildin' under the aisin agen, I see.' The
sing, and/)/, forms of this word are used indiscriminately for *eaves.'
2. Co;H6.(i)Easing-birds, sparrows and Other birds which
build their nests under the eaves of a house ; (2) -butt, the
water-butt filled with the drainings from the eaves ; (3)
■drop, [a) that part of the roof of a house which juts over
the wall, and carries off the drops ; [b] water dropping
from the eaves of a house after rain ; gen. in pi. ; (4) -gang,
(5) -sheaf, the beginning of the roof of a rick or stack,
■where the sheaf is made to project beyond the wall of the
rick, so as to throw the rain off, instead of its trickling
down the side ; (6) -sparrow, the common house-sparrow,
Parus domesticiis ; (7) -spout, a spout from the eaves of
a house; .(8) -swallow, the martin, Chelidon urbica; {9)
-trough, a gully or trough to carry off the rain at the eaves;
(10) -wa's, the eaves on the inside of a house ; (11) -water,
water which has drained off the eaves and been collected ;
rain-water.
(i) n.Yks.2 (2) Sh.I. I cam back wi' a bit o' clift 'at I fan stickin'
abune da aisen butt, Sli. Neivs (July 13. 1897). (3, a) Sc. (Jam.)
(6) Cai.i, Nhb.i, s.Dur. iJ.E.D.), w.Yks.sss (4) cld. (Jam.) {5)
Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Ee zin-shof. Also called 'kitlin.' (6) Lan.' It's nowt
but an easin'-sparrow. ne.Lan. 1, War.®, Wor. (J.R.W.) Shr.
SWAINSON B/Vrfs (1885) 60; Shr.'2 (7) w.Yks. (J.R.) ; (J.T.) [8]
w.Yks. SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 56. > g) w.Yks. (J.T.) Lan. On
t'yezin-throff aw seed Th' owd swallows dhrop, Clegg Sketches
(1895) 479. (10^ Cai.lln the old small country houses which were
rarely cumsiled [ceiled] or beam-filled, the eiz-wa's ser\'ed for
stowing away small articles not much in use. (i i ) Sh.I. Shii wis
in wan green ladder frae da fore knee an' aeft. no taspacko' aesin'
watter, Sh. News i Sept. 24, 1898). w.Yk8. {}.T.)
3. The roof of a house.
Chs.i m. and 5. Ar Johnny's thrown his cap on Foster's azin.
Tha'll faw off th' azin if tha dusner mind, mon, Mancli. City News
(Mar. 5, 1881).
4. That part of a stack where it begins to taper towards
the top.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. A 'rick' was in process of building. It was well
on toward the 'easin' when Saunders who was a top of it. .. desired
the ' forker ' to slacken his hand, Alexander Rur. Life (1877) xv.
5. pi. The drops of water which fall from the ' easing '
or eaves of a house or stack.
w.Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post {Apr. 18, 1896). e.Lan.', War.' Shr.'
* iWother, 'ere's our Turn standin' under the aisins o' purpose to get
wet.' 'Oud yore clack, I amma, for theer's none spottin'.'
[1. Severonde, the eave, eaving, or easing of a house,
CoTGR. ; An esynge, /('c/«««, C(7/A.^«^j^/. (1483) ; Easing (or
older evesynge {Prompt.) ; der. oi evcse, eaves (ib.).]
EASINGS, sb. pi. w.Yks.2 Sparks or smuts from a
chimney. Cf aize.
EASLE, sh. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also Ess. Also in forms
aizle, eizel Sc. (Jam.); essel Eig.; ezle,isel,isilSc. (Jam.);
isle n.Cy. (K.) ; izel Slk. Cum.' ; izle Slk. Nhb.' [rzl, i'zl,
ai'zl.] A hot cinder, a live coal or ember. See Izles.
Sc. The phr. 'brunt to an eizel,' is used as to any body that
leaves a residuum possessing some degree of solidity (Jam.) ;
Mackay. Elg.Amang the essels crouse ye heat, Your taes sae lang
and sma', Couper Poetry (1804) I. 242. e.Fif. The auld sorra
banged up the remains o' the rock, wi' the aizles o' the lint still
stickin' till't, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) iii. Ayr. Ye wad observe
them burn to a white aizle lovingly together, Galt Lairds (1826)
xxxii ; She notic't na an aizle brunt Her braw new worset apron,
Burns Hallniveen 1 1785 1 st. 13 ; Fra Ihe hill we saw the licht in
the windo like a bricht far-awa aisle (Jam. Sufpl.). Edb. They
were reduced to a heap of grey aizles, Moir Mansie fFaiich {182S)
XXV. Bwk. Fenders to hinderthe aizles frae spangin' out, Henderson
Pop. Rhymes (1856) 83. Slk. Were burn'd unto an isel shell, Hogg
Queer Bk. (1832) IVife ofEsdel-More; Till that hard and cruel heart
of yours be nealed to an izle, ib. Tales (1838) 300, cd. 1866. Dmf.
A spark of fire, gen. from wood (Jam.). n.Cy. ! K.), Nhb.' Cum.'
Dead fire of wood in an oven. Ess. We in Essex use easlcs for
the hot embers, or, as it were, burning coals of straw only, Ray
(1691) Pre/. ; A distinction is, however, sometimes made between
the burning relics of straw and wood ; as ' easles of straw.' and
' embers of wood ' (W.W.S.); |,K.) ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.'
[Isylof fyre,/aw'//fl. Prompt. OY^ysle, 'favilla' (jElfric);
cp. ON. ttsli, a glowing cinder (Fritzner).]
EASSE, sb. Glo. Ken. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Also
written eace I.W." ; eass Wil.' Dor.; eeas I.W.' ; ees
Hmp.' ; ess(e Ken. (Hall.) Ken.' Dor. ; and in forms isse
Hmp.^; yeaceHmp. ; yeassSom.; yeesWil.'; yes Som.
Hmp. ; yess(e Glo. w.Cy. Dor. Som. [is, jis, jes.] A
large earthworm.
Glo. (J.S.F.S.) Ken. N. & Q. (1852) 1st S. v. 251; Ken.' Hmp.
(H.C.M.B.); Hmp.' I.W. A feast on the long earth-bred eaces,
MoNCRiEFF Dream (1863) 1. 48 ; I.W.'^ w.Cy. Particularly those
called dew-worms, Grose (1790). Wil.* Dor. w. Gazette (Feb.
15, 1889) 7, col. I ; Haynes yoc. (c. 1730) in A'. & Q. (1883I 6th
S. vii. 366. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. 1^1825;; (F.A.A.j ;
(W.F.R.) e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
[Liimbrici, little easses or carthwormes (Florid, ed.
1598). The same word as ME. ees, bait. Ees, fyschys
mete on a hoke or boyght for fisshes. Prompt. OE. as,
food, meat; cp. Du. aes, a baite for a fish (Hexham).]
EASSEL, adii. and adj. Sc. Also written easel s.Sc.
(Jam.); eassil Rxb. (Jam.); eissel Slk.; and in forms
eassilt Lth. (Jam.); eastilt Sc. {ib.); eastle Rxb. (ib.)
[I'sl.] 1. no't'. Eastwards, towards the east. Also used sis/.
Sc. Ye should hae hadden eassel to Kipplctringan, Scott Guy
M. (1815) i. s.Sc, Lth. (Jam.) Rxb. 'Eastle to know,' to the
east of the knoll (li.). Slk. The air was gane to the eissel, Hogg
Brownie of Bodsbeck (ed. 1865) vii.
Hence Easselward, adv. towards the east, in an
easterly direction.
Sc.Now weizeyoursel'aweeeassilward, Scott .^«/i'j. (1816) vii.
2. adj. Easterly.
Slk. He cam j-ont to stop the ewes aff the hog-fence, the wind
htm%e\%%it\,VLOGC Brownie of Bodsbeck ^\8i8^\. 121 J am.}. Rxb. (Jam.)
EASSILT, EASSIN, see Eassel, Eisin.
EAST, adj. Sc. Irel. Also Cor. [ist, Ir. est.] 1. In
comb, (i) East-by(e, see -lins; (2) — eye, a squint, cast in
the eye; (3) -land, eastern, belonging to the east; (4)
•lin, easterly, east; (5) lins, eastward, in an easterly
direction ; (6) — Neiik, Fifeshire.
(i) Frf. Ae ootlyin' cottage that was built in a hollow eastby
abittie,WiLLOCKy^o5f//v£/irf5(ed. 1889)71. Fif. He'll land j-e east-
bye before an hour, Robertson Provost (18941 113. (2' Cor.^ A
person with a squint is said to ' have an east eye ' or ' to be east-
e3^ed.' (3) Sc. Which made some of the easl-Iand soldiers half
mutiny, Baillie ifW. (1775) I. 176 (Jam.'). Fif, Dan Phoebus in
his eastland bow'r, Tennant Papistry (1827^ 41. Rnf. Till eastlan'
breezes hither bring The cuckoo. Young Pictures (1865) 29; The
Sin, frae yont an eastlan' bight, \Vas up the ether slidin', Picken
Poems (1813) II. 87. Lnk. Frae westlan' Clyde or eastlan' Forth,
Coghill Poems (1890) 29. (4) Sc. He glances owr the eastlin'
braes, T. Scott PofOfs (1793) 363. Elg. Unbar yon eastlin gate,
Cot;pER Poetry (1804) I. 37. Ayr. How do you this blae eastlin
wind' Burns Lett, to J. Tennant, \. 3. Lnk. This shields the other
frae the eastlin blast, Ramsay Poems (18001 II. 84 (Jam.). Lth.
The eastlin' wind blaws cauld, Smith Merry Bridal {i866' 71 ; The
eastlin' wind blew cauld an keen, Lumsden Sheep- head yi8g2) 84.
(5) Abd. To the gate she got ; Ay hadding eastlins, as the ground
did fa', Ross Helenore (1768I 62, cd. 1812. Fif. The rabble. . .
eastlins.. . Ran down the South-street whirrin', Tennant Papistry
(1827) no. Lnk. I'se try your win' a bittock eastlin's, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (1873) 23. (61 s.Sc. Every outlycrand rinner-about in
the East Ncuk has been this day at the head-quarters of Prelacy,
Wilson Talcs (1839; V. 322.
2. Used in describing the direction or situation of places,
things, &c. ; see below. Also used sbst. and advb.
Sc. I was wunnerin' if ye wadna gang east to Auchtermairnie
wi' me. Swan Gates of Eden (1895) v. e.Sc, My next-door neighbour
after calling will leave, saying, ' I maun be steppin' east ; it's gettin'
late.' A husband in bed gave his wife a dig in the ribs bidding her
lie east an* gie him mair room. A ploughman went to a tailor and
asked him to shift this coat button ' a wee east.' Tiiis usage pre-
\'ails all along the Forth basin (G.W.). Frf. The Earl's son gaed
east the toon lauchin' like onything, Barrie Thrums { 1889) v.
w.Crk. There are some peculiar expressions, such as the use of
the words ' cast ' and 'west.' If a person wants you to stop a horse
he will say ' Will you get to the east (or west, as the case may be)
ol the horse ?' instead of asking you to go before him ; or if they
are asking for directions as to where they are to go, it is not for
Ihe place they ask, but 'Am I to go west ! ' or ' Am I to go east ■ '
EAST
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but they never mention the north or south, Flk-Lore Rec. (1881)
IV. 118.
EAST, s^' Obs.'i s.Cy. w.Cy. Soni. A kiln for drying
hops. See Oast.
s.Cy. Ray ^I69I). w.Cy. Grose (1790). Soni. i^P.R.) [Wor-
LiDGE Did. Rust. (1681). 1
[Du. (ViV, oast, inalt-kiln ; est (Kilian) ; see Schuermans
Flem. Did. (1870) s.v. Ast.\
EAST, sb?- Lin. Brks. e.An. Anier. [ist.] 1. Dial.
form of r(V7.<^/.
n. Lin. '.Brks.', Suf.', Ess.' [Amer. Kansas Univ. Quay. (1892^) I.]
2. Co>iip. East-duniplings, plain dumplings of boiled
dough, cut open and eaten with sugar and butter. Brks.'
EASTER. ,s-/;.' Var. dial, uses in Eng. Also in form
aister- Lan.' Nhp.°; aisther- Lan.'; hasterWil. [rst3(r),
iastair), est3(r).] In conip. (il Easter-ale, an extra
allowance of ale given to the labourers at Easter, and
other great festivals of the Ciiurch ; (2) -ball, a pudding
or dumpling made for Easter Sunday ; (3) -bell, the great
starwort, S/e//ana Ho/os/ea; (4) -book, a book containing
an account of ' Easter dues* ; (5) -cake, a cake made and
offered to friends at Easter-time ; (6) -dues, Church rates,
paid at Easter; (7) -flower, ((/) see -bell; (l>) the wood
anemone. Anemone Neniorosa ; (8) -giant, the bistort,
Polygonum Bis/or/a ; see also Easter-magiants ; (g)
•ledger, (10) -ledges, see -giant; (11) -lily, (12) -rose, the
Lent lily, Narcissus Pseudo-iiaycissus; (13) -shells, peri-
winkles; (14) -tide, Easter-time.
(i) Nhp.2 (,21 Lan.' Well, mother, it's Aister Sunday t'morn ;
yo'n mak us some Aisther-bo's aw reckon. (3) Dev. From its time
of flowering and the shape of the half-expanded blossoms i;B. & H. ;
Dev.* {4) w.Yks.2 (5 Sus. Cake somewhat like Twelfth cake,
or plainer. U is made in the parishes of Slinford and Rudgwick,
near Horsham. Itis said to be lucky to eatit S.P.H.). (6) w.Yks.
iJ.T) War.^ They were collected by the Parish Clerk on the
Monday and Tuesda3' in Easter Week. ' Easter dues ^ci. for a man
and his wife, and ^d. for each single person above the age of 16,
and 2d. from each housekeeper,' Tenicr of St. Marlins Ch.^ Birnt-
ing/iam n8.\8) in Bunce Old St. Alarlin's (i8-j~i\ (7, a) e.Sus.
(6) Dor. The Wood Anemone, at Whitchurch, [is] Easter flower,
Sarutn Dioc. Gazette (Jan. 1891) 14, col. 2 ; (G.E. D.) (^8) sw.Cum.
(9) Wm. Science Gossi/> (\8-jt) 116. (10) Cum.' Wm. [This] was
the usual herb for what were called herb puddings, Lonsdale A/aj^.
(1822J 111. 326 ; Briggs Remains (1825) 236. w.Yks. Lees Floia
(1888 796. (11) w.Som.' Arstur liifee. Dev.* Only heard in one
locality, Topsham. (121 w.Som.' (13) n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ Peri-
winkles, Easter shells, or the edible sea-snail abounding on the
Whitby rocks. ^14) WiL Slow Gl. 1,1892"!.
EASTER, acij. and sb." Sc. Also Dev. In form
aester- Sh.I. 1. adj. Eastern, towards the east.
Per. Easter shades now usher in the night, Nicol Poejns (1753)
180, ed. 1766. nw.Dev.' Always. Fields are frequently dis-
tinguished as Easter and Wester, e.g. Easter Good vor-nort and
Wester Good-vor-nort.
Hence (i) Easterlings, sb. pi. inhabitants of the east of
England ; (2) Aester-side, sb. the eastern side.
(i) Dev. One west country man can figlit two easterlings,
KiNGSLEY IVestivard Ho (,1855) 4. (,2 , Sh.I. Shu's apo' wir aester-
side, Sh. News (Sept. 10, 1898J.
2. sb. The east wind.
Lth. In the full sweep of the freezing easier, Lumsden Slieefi-
head {iSgs) 269.
[1. The dawning brake, and all the Easter parts were
full of light, HARiNGTON^n'osto, 0.^.(1591) XXIII. vi. Prob.
compar. of ra5/.]
EASTER, see Astra.
EASTERLING, sb. Lon. The male wigeon, Mareca
penelope.
Latham says that the young males were sold in London under the
name of ' Easterlings," and the females under that of ' Lady fowl,'
SwAiNSON Birds (1885I 155. [Easterling, a name given to the im-
mature male Smew, Mergus albellus, ib. 165. Cp. Montagu, 83.]
EASTER-MAGIANTS, sb. pi. Nhb. Cum. "Wm. Yks.
Also in forms magions Nhb.' ; -man-giants Cum. Wm. ;
-may-giants Cum.'; -ment-gions Wm. ; -mer-gients
Cum.; -month-gions Nhb.'; more giants w.Yks. ; -mun-
jiandsCum.'; eastern-giant sw.Cum. The bistort, Po/v-
goiiiim Distorta.
Nhb.' Cum. Seein' a nice bed ov Easter-mer-gients, Ah pull't
two or three han-ful, Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) no; The
Bistort is called by the strange name of Easter man-giants, Science
Gossip 1 1865) 36; HurCHiNSON/y/s(. Chhi. (1794'! L App. 41. Cum.',
sw.Cum. Wm. Ther's some Easter-man giants bi noo (B.K.) ; A
mess made of the tender leaves of Alpine bistort, Viviparnni Poly-
gonum, called here Easter-ment-gions, . . and groats mixed with a
small portion of young nettles, . . all boiled together in a linen bag
with the meat, was accounted a delicacy to eat with veal in the
spring, Hodgson Beauties of Eng. (c. 1812) in (B. & H.i ; Eaten
when boiled with chives, groats, itc , as an accompaniment to
veal and bacon 1 J.H.\ w.Yks. Lees Flora (1888) 391.
EASTERN-SUNDAY, sb. e.An.' Easter Sunday.
[Eesterne, Pasc/ia, Prompt.]
EASTICK,sA. Sh.I. Cold, showery weather. S.&Ork.'
{Eastick repr. *islek, Is-t-ek, comp. of ON. iss, ice-f-?>&,
dim. sutT. in Shell, dial.; see Jakobsen Norsk in Shell.
(1897) 105.]
EASTIE-WASTIE, sb. Ags. (Jam.) An unstable
person, one on whom there can be no reliance.
[Der. of east and ivest; prop, of one undecided as to the
direction of his path.]
EASTILT, EASTLE, see EasseL
EASY, adj. and adv. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also in forms aisy Irel. ; aizy e.Lan.' ; asy
Irel.; eeasy m.Yks. ; yezzey Lan.; yezzy e.Lan.' Oxf
MS. add. [I'zi, ia'zi, ezi. je'zi.] 1. adj. and adv. In
comp. (I) Easy-melched,ofacow: yielding milk easily; (2)
-milker, a cow that yields her milk easily ; (3) -osie, or
•ozie, easy-going. Also used as sb.
(i) Chs.', s.Chs.' Shr.' Obsol. I like to milk Daisy, 'er's so
aisy melched, an' gi'es aumust a cantle o' milk ; Shr.^ (^2) Oxf.'
MS. add. (3) Sc. She's one of the easy-osie kind that you can run
into any shape you like, Keith Indian Uncle (1896; 161 ; He was
what is known in Scotland as an easy-osie bodie, a kind of ' we've-
aye-been-providit-for-and-sae-will-we-yet' sort of man, Wright Sc.
Life (1897) 64. Cai.' Mostly used of fat, indolent women. Dmb.
A dizen or twa o' saft kind o' easy-osey men. Cross Disruption
(1844) xxxvii. Rnf. Twa easy-ozies, Who never kok, e'en through
their specks, beyond their noses, M' Gilvrav Poems (ed. 1862)
387. Ayr. He was just one o' the easy-ozie kind o' men that
would do onything for the sake of peace, Johnston Glenbuckie
(1889) 175 ; Oot o' nae easy ossey saft stock had he sprung, Aitken
Lays {1883) s8.
2. adj. Phr.A(??nsv,be calm, don't hurry,takethingseasily;
Jig. don't exaggerate, ' draw it mild.'
Ir. Oh, be aisy ; why, how could they do that? Lover Leg. (1848)
II. 278 ; Arrah, Catty, now, can't you be asy ? Lever C OM alley
(1841) xci.K. Qco. Arrah, be asy, my lady! Barrington Sketches
(1830') I. ii.
3. Free from pain or stiffness ; supple.
Sc. I'm stepping on in years, and not so easy in the joints as
once on a day, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 69. Per. Ducking me
in burns till I haven't a dry stitch on my back, or an easy bone
in my body, Cleland Inchbracken (1883J 88, ed. 1887.
4. Slow, easy-going ; indolent.
n.Yks. He is varry eeasy about it [very backward]. They are
eeasy about it J. W.). e.Lan.'
Hence Easyful, adj. placid, indolent, easy-going,
complacent.
w.Yks. Ah nivver saw a chap Sa easyful an fat, Preston Pofws
(1864) 8 ; Sitch a easiful body shoo is ; shoo's t'easifullest woman
I ivver saw, Leeds Merc. Sitppl. I ]an. 8, 1893) ; He's t'easifTst chap
ah ivver seed (^.B.) ; w.Yks.' Shr.^ Mr. Smith is very easiful
under his troubles.
5. Feeble-minded, idiotic, silly.
Oxf.' Tha bist a yezzy poor crater, wi' unly jest sense enough
to kyar theeself about, MS. add. Cor.'^ [Amer. Easily hood-
winked or defeated. 'You are easy,' Dial. Notes (1896) I. 416.]
6. Moderate, not costly or extravagant ; without much
display. Also used advb.
Sc. Now, mak your price easy. They're bein folk, but they
live quite easy (Jam. Suppl.]. n.Yks. We hev a varry canny farm,
at a eeasy rint, Tweddell Clevcl. Rhymes (1875) 56. w.Yks.' I
gat it at an easy end.
7. adv. Easily.
Sc. Your motive is easy kent, RoBB Poems, 194. Abd. Common
(G.W. ). Gal. That story is asy twold, Barrington Sketches {18^0 }
EASY BEEF
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EATAGE
III. xvii. w. Yks. Easy learned, sooin forgotten, Prov. in Bng-
house News \ Aug. 10, 1889). Lan. He'll swallow th' bait as yezzey
as he con sup a pint o ale, Wood Hum. Sketches, 9 ; Con yo spare
me so yezzy, then ? Cl^gg Sketches {i&g^) Q ; Thou'rt yezzy led off,
Waugh Hennit CohbUr, iii. Chs.l Tak it aizy, mon. Oxf.^ MS.
acid. Hmp.i Gen. used. He'll easy walk that far. That can easy
be mended.
8. Gently, softly. Cf. easily.
Ir. 'Whisht, whisht, spake aisy,' implored the girl, 'till I tell
ye,' Lucas Romatitic Lover '\x\ CliapinaiC s Mag. (Oct. 1895) ; Can't
ye sit down aisy where ye are ? PaddiaHa (ed. 1848) I. 4. [Amer.
Talk easy ; walk easy. Dial. Notes (18961 I. 18.]
EASY BEEF, //;r. Yks. Cattle not perfectly fat ; thin,
lean beef.
w.Yks. Leeds Mere. Suppl. (Jan. 15, 1893); w.'Yks.'
EAT, V. Var. gram, forms and dial, uses in Sc. Ireland
Eng. [it,i3t,et,eit,e3t,jlt,jet.] I. Gram, forms. \. Piesent
Tense: (i) Aet, (2) Ait, (31 Ate, (4) Ayt, (s) Ayth, (6) Eeat,
(7) Eet, (8) Eht, (9) Eight, (10) Eit, (11) Et, (12) Eyt, (13)
Hayt, {14) Height, (15) Heit, (16) Heyet, (17) Heyt, (18)
Hit, (19) It, (20 ) Ite, (21) Itt, (22) Yeat, (23) Yet, (24) Yit,
(25) Yut.
{\^ Sh.I. Doo . . . cutted aff da legs o' da hardest anes an' gae
wis taaet, S/;.7Vf!fs(July 17, 1897V (2) Glo. (E.D.) w.Som.' Thick
bwoy wid ait us out o' ouse and 'ome, let-n have it. Dev. Let ma
beluvid kom inta es gearden, an ait es plesint vrewts, Baird Sng.
So/. ( 1 860 ) iv. 16. (3) nw.Abd. John 'ill be like to ate himsel that he
hasna won in, Goodwife (1867) St. 50. Lan.i Canto ate this bread ?
Dev. Dev. grace: 'Some's got mate that they can't ate, Some cude
ate, but they've no mate, We've got mate, andstummicks t'ate, So
let's be thankful for't ' (W.W.S.). 14) Lan. Aytina bit o' dumplin,
BRiERLEYZ.a>'TOC/t(i864) iv. Dev. I ant ad nuthin taayt ta-day, zur,
BuRNETTS/aWf Bov (i888)ii. (5) Wxf.' (6j Cum.i (7)Nhb. Eet
o' the breed, RoBSONe*. /?«('/! (i860) ii. 14. s.Chs.' Ee't, 80. (8)
ne.Sc. There wiznaither door norwindowT'latmeintoeht, Ghegor
F/k-Lore {1881)-]^. (91 Wxf.' Lan. Summat t'eight, Clegg ZJiit/irf'^
Loom (1894) ii. n.Lan. Let me belov'd come inta hiz garden, an
eight hiz pleasant fruit, Phizackerley Sng. Sol. (i860) iv. 16. (10)
Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll.
(1892) 36; Sum thinks at fowk at eits like Sal, Is far moar flayed
nur hurt, Preston Poems (1864) 19 ; w.Yks.* Der.* Aeyt. (11)
Oxf.* ' Et yer bread and smell yer cheese.' Said when the piece of
bread is very large and the cheese very small, 71/5. add. Brks.' A'
wunt et nothin'. (12) w.Yks. My missis wor a bit of a screw, an'
cudhardly thoilmeenuff to eyt.CuDWORTH Dial. Sketches (188^) 15.
e.Lan.', m.Lan.' (13) n.Dev. Doo haj-t if 'e be ibble, KocK Jim an'
Nell (1867) St. 15. (14) w.Yks. Findin stuff ta height for all them
chaps, Rogers A'n« /Jhh/ (1839) ig. Lan. Th'owd chap's horse that
geet fat wi' heightin i' th' neet-time, Waugh Siieck-Bant, ii. (15)
w.Yks. Where are we to get summat to heit, thinks ta? Bywater
Sheffield Dial. (i8'j,c)\ ill. I i6)Lan.Aw wish tha had toheyetbones,
too, tha greight glutton. Wood Hum. Sketches, 16. (17) Yks. A man
mud as weel heyt the divil as the broth at he's boiled in, Holroyd
Prov. an Speyks. Lan. They made him heyt his neet-cap, Waugh
Snowcd-up, iii ; Yo met nevvur o had naut to heyte ov o day, Orme-
rod Felley fro Rachde (1864) i. (18) w.Yks. It'sajob to gitsummat
ta hit, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale{c. 1882) Gl. Lan. Moll Eves was to
steeal a red-herrin' . . . which she was ta hit. Eavesdropper Vill.
Z.i/e (1869) 9. (19) Wm. Left t'kye naarly a heealdae wioot a bite
aowttait, S/>cc. jDin/. (i885)pt. iii. 6. e.Yks.' (20) Der. Ite, mon,
ite! HowiTT /f«>-. Z.!/«;(i838) I. 150. (21) w.Yks. I've plenty to itt,
an' to drink, Twisleton Poems i^i86-j) Sng. 0/ Old Maid ; w.Yks.*
(22)Lan.Oi'venowtfort'yeat,GASKELL7l/. Z}a)/oH(i848)iv. sw.Lin.'
Bring the brambles hotm, but don't yeat a many. (23) Glo. A man
as cancookersownvittles andyet'emtoo, Buckman Darke'sSo/ourn
(1890) xvii ; Glo.', Brks.* "Wil. Our grammer used to zay yettin'
too much was wus than drenkin' too much, Akerman Spring-tide
(1850) 58. (24) m.Yks.' Yi-ht, Inlrod. 34. w.Yks. Lucas Stud.
Nidderdalc Ii:. 1882) 292. (25") se.Wor.' 'Er caunt yut nulhin' ; un
we knaows ui 'cr caunt yut 'er fittic, there must be summut wi-ong
2. Pret.(\) Ait, (2) At, (3) Ayth, (4) Eated, (5) Eaten, (6)
Eet, (7) Et, (8) Ete, (9) Etted, (10) Uit, (11) Yatt, (12J Yet,
(13) Yetted, (14) Yit.
(i) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. w.Som. Elworthv Gram.
(1877) 46. (21 Wxf.'Ichat inee dhree mealcs [I ate my three meals].
(3)16. (4 SIk. He houghed the calf and eatedthecow,IIoGGPoe;))s
(ed. 1865) 160. (5) War.' I eaten th'opple. (6)Lan.' Aw eet [oret]
whatthacganmi. e.Lan.* (7) Lan.* s.Chs.' 80. War.' I et th' cake.
Shr.' Inlrod. 52. (8; Chs.' Shr.' The bajly ete it fur 'is supper
las' night. (9; Brks.' (10) Sh.L Doo . . . cutted aff da legs o' da
hardest anes . . . an' (iit dem d3'sel, Sh. News O'lly '7i '897). (11)
Wm. They yatt ther meat, an drank ther drink, Wheeler D;a/. (17901
III, ed. 1821. (12) m.Yks.' Ye-ht, Yet', /)j/rorf. 34. (13, Brks.'
(14) m.Yks.i Yif.
3. pp. (i) Aeten, (2) Aten, (3) Eetn, (4) Eiten, (5) Et, (6)
Ete, (7) Etten, (8) Etn, (91 Eyte, (10) Hetten, (11) Itten,
(12) Yeat, (13) Yet(t,(i4t Yetted, (15J Yetten, (16) Yitten,
(17) Yut, (i_8)U-ait.
(i) Sh.I. A'm no sayin' but a'm aeten hoes mony a time, Sh. News
(July 17, 1897). (2)Sus.Idon'tlookatwhathehathaten, Blackmore
Springhaven (1886) vi. {3) Lan.' (4) Sc. Murray Z>ia/, (1873) 204.
(5) War.2 (6) Shr.' /ji^orf. 52, (7 i w.Yks. I'd etten ivery morsel
up'att'owdlassputaht,CuDWORTHi?/«/.S/('c/(r/i« I 1884)15; w.Yks. 2^
Lan. Awve etten my honeycom wi' my honey, Staton Sng. Sol.
(1859) V. I ; Lan.' He's etten o' the lot, e.Lan.', Chs.' (8) w.Yks.
\VRiGHTGra;H. JFHrf/j//,( 1892)33. s,Chs.' Et n, 80, (9)e.Dev.Ai've
eyte my honeycwome wi' my honey, Pulman Sng. Sol. ( i860) v. i.
(10) w.Yks. Thah's hetten all that tommy, Bywater Sheffield Dial.
(1877) 224. Lan. Aw no noshun o bein hetten wi bulljoans un jack-
sharps, Ormerod Fcllcy fro Rachde (1864) ii. (11) Wm. I've itt'n
ray himeycooam' wi' my huney, Richardson Sng. Sol. (i860) v. i.
e.Yks.' w.Yks.Ye'veittenan'ye've liquored, ya/^fs Oliphant ( \8'}o)
bk.i.v; w.Yks.'Shoe'snutittenhauf't'booko'mykneeaf sin Monday
cum a sennight, ii. 291. (12) n.Wil. I've a yeat my honey-cwoamb
wi' m3' honey, KiTES«,g'. Sol. ( i860) v. 1 . Som I have yeat moi honey-
quomwi'moihoney, Baynes/^. (13) I.W.Howbeumtoburyhe,if so
be as he's yet b^' a elephant ? Gray Annesley {\8Sg) \. u\. n.Dor.
(S.S.B.) (i4)Brks.' I ent a-yetted nothun'zence isterdaay marnin'.
(15) m.Yks.' Yet'u'n, Introd. 34. (16) ib. Yit un. (17 Glo. The
liuns aint a-yut me up, Roger Plozvman, 59. (18) w.Som.' Uuraa-n
u-ai't noa'urt ziinz uur ai't dhai dhae'ur tae'udeez [She has not
eaten anything since she ate those potatoes].
II. Dial. uses. 1. In phr. (i) fo eat out, (a) to corrode,
eat away with rust ; (b) of land : to absorb, swallow up ;
(c) fig. to supplant by underhand means ; (ci) coal-mining
term : used when a level coal-drift is turned to the ' dip,'
in order to take advantage of a ' rise hitch ' ; (2) — up, to
be severely afflicted with a disease ; (3) — the calf in the
cow's belly, to forestall ; to obtain money in anticipation of
earnings; (4) — oneself, to be very much vexed or annoyed;
(5) — poryidge, to live, dwell, reside; (6) eaten and spued,
used contemptuously of an unhealthj', dyspeptic person.
(I, a) w.Som.' I've a vound one o' the knives a drow'd out way
the rummage, and now he's all a ate out way rist. {b\ ib. Ter'ble
field o' ground 'bout aitin out o' dressin — 'tis a-go in no time, (c)
w.Yks.Z.fcrfs71/f)r,Si(/)/>/. (Jan. 15,1893); w.Yks.' 'rflNhb.' Nhb.,
Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (18491. (2) Sus.' I was quite entirely
eat up with the rheumatics (s.v. Byste). (3) w.Som.' I never don't
like vor to draw no money avore I've a sar'd it, I zim 'tis aitin the
calve in the cow's belly. nw.Dev.' (4) nw.Abd. John 'ill be like to
ate himsel, that he hasna won in, Goodwife (1867) st. 50. (5) Lan.
He should want Jauimie to gooa-livin wi' him when he'd doneatin
porritch here, Brierley Marlocks{i86-j) 30. (6) Sc. True, Johnnie,
'eve lost Moff. but what needs 'e tae look sae etten an' spued ower't?
Tweeddale Mojf (1896) 213. Ayr. The Reverend Mr. Godsneuaffs,
a kin' o' eaten and spued leukin body. Service Notandums { 1890) 26.
2. Cotnp. Eat-meat, one who is idle and lives on others.
Abd. Having previously had one or two of hersonsat hame during
the winterseason. ' Mere ate-meats tillCan'lesmas. I'm seer fowk
hae's little need o' that,' Alexander Ai>i Flk. (1882) 212.
3. intr. To taste when eaten.
s.Not. Them apples eats a sight better nor they look (J.P.K.).
w.Mid. Good meat is sure to eat well if it is hung long enough. ' Eat
short,' of food, to be easily masticated. 'The mutton eats very short
and nice '(W. P.M.). [Amer. Of wood-chuck: 'It eats like bar' (bear).
Dial. Notes (1896) I. 371.]
Hence Eat, sb. taste, the act of eating or tasting.
n.Sc. It is said a thing is 'gude to the eat,' when it is grateful to
the taste (Jam,).
4. To drink.
w.Yks. 2 People speak of water for ' aitin ' instead of for drinking.
Hence Eating-water, sb. water fit for drinking; drink-
ing water.
w. Yks.3 Chs.' ; Chs.^ In contradistinction to carry water, some
of which is only fit for swilling purposes. s.Chs.' Ee'tin wai'tiir.
EATAGE, 56. Obsol. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. In form eatish
N.Cy.' Grass available for grazing; the aftermath or
growth of hay after it is cut ; the right of pasturage upon
grass after it is mown.
EATEN CORN
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EBB
N.Cy.* Dur. There is no grass that will bring so heavy a crop
of liay [as clover and rye-grass], and that after an early spring eat-
agc ; and likewise an excellent foggage after the hay, YovKG^liiiials
■^gric. (1784-1815). e.Yks. Letten . . . the hey . . . without the
eatage, Brsr Rur. Ecoii. (1641') 129.
EATEN CORN, phr. Cai.» Growing corn partially
eaten by trespassing domestic animals.
In former times, when there was little or nofencing,such damage
to corn crops was very common.
EATH, adj. and adv. Obs. or obsol. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.
Cuin.Wm. Yks. In forms aeth S.& Ork.'; aith Edb.; eefe
Wxf.'; eeith Cum.; eeth Abd, Nhb.' Cum. Wm.; eith
Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.' Cum. ; eth Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.i 1. adj.
Easy.
Sc. It is eith crying yool on anither man's stool, Ramsay Prov.
(1737); Dryest wood will eithest low. Ramsay Tea-Table Misc.
(1724) I. 24, ed. 1871. Abd., Per. Ois. (G.W.) Wxf.' n.Cy.GuosE
(1790); Bonier Gl. Xoll. LL.B.); N.Cy.i ; N.Cy.= It is eath to do.
Nhb.' Cum. E'en yet it's eith to trcace A guilty conscience in my
blushen feace, Relph jt/i'ic. Pofwis (1743 1 6; G/. (1851). Cum.jWm.
NicOLSON (.leev) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. n.yks. Whore'th
hedge is law, it's eath gitting o're there, Meriton Praise Ale
(1684) 1. 494 ; n.'KTts.2, m.Yks.'
Hence (i) Eathful, adj. comfortable; (2) Eath-kent,
rtf^'. easily known ; (3) Eathlins, (:\) Eathly, arfii. easily,
readily ; (5) Eathy, adj. easy.
(i) n.Yks.2 (2) S. & Ork.' Applied to animals that have some
distinguishing mark either in colour or in shape. (3) n.Yks.^ I
might eathlins hae tummel'd. (4) Sc. Can do is eithly born about,
Ramsay Proi'. (1737); It howks sae eithly. Scott .^H</j»arv (1816)
xxiii. Abd. That wi' which he wad sae eithly part, Shirkkys Poems
(1790) 74. Frf. A signal eithly understood, BEATTiE^rH/;a'(c. 1820)
16, cd. i88a ; Such sights, w-ould gar him jump. And eethly claw
3'on birkie's rump, Morison Poetits (1790) 106. Per. They As
eithly believe them, since Jamie's away, Nicol Poems (1753) 25,
ed. 1766. Rnf. Eithly may we see, The like has happen'd baith to
you an' me, Picken Poems (1813) I. 21. Ayr. Wars horrific rage
Might eithly fill a bardling's page, Tho.m Amttsentents (1812) 19.
Lnk. Ye have not a heart And downie eithly wi your cunzie part,
R.\MSAY Gentle SJiep. (1725; 21, ed. 1783. Edb. Thinking on't
[wine] When aithly she can find the theme Of aqua /out, Fer-
GUSSON Poems U773' I44' cd.1785. Slk. The rein-deer can eithly
run. Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 14. Rxb. Wi' stocks or stanes they'll
eithly crack, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 55. Dmf. Eithly tentit
e'en and morn, Reid Poems (1894) 147. 1^5) Dur. ^K.)
2. adv. Easily, readily.
Sc. An unlucky man's cart is eith tumbled, Ramsay Prov. (1737V
Abd. I find she's mettle to the teeth. And is nae like to be put aff
sae eeth, Ross Helenore (1768) 115, ed. 1812; I eith cud see, it
ga'e him meikle pain, Shirrefs Po^;>/s! 1790 88. Rnf. He made it ay
his constant care, As eith he coud. To see I prosper'd in my lair,
Picken Poems (1813) II. 38. Lnk. Sic troubles eith were born,
Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 88. Edb. Eith can the plough- stilts
gar a chiel Be unco vogie, Fergusson Poems (1773) 151. ed.1785.
Gall. What in point o' sense is lackin. He'll eith supply, Nicholson
Poet. IVks. (1814) 94, ed. 1897.
[1. Parfay ))at ys bot e|)e to rede, Cursor M. (c. 1300)
597. OE. cape, easily ; cp. lepe, easy.]
EATH, see Earth, s6.i
EATHEET.sA. 'Wxf.' Also written eatheit. Evening.
EATHER, EATISH, see Edder, Eatage.
EAU, EAVE, EEAVEN, see Ea, sb.. Eve, v., Even, adj.
EA'VE, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] "The nave of a cart or carriage wheel.
EA'VE-BOARDS, 51!'. /■/. e.An. Boards put upon dung-
carts to make them carry more.
e.An.' Nrf. Still common (M.C.H.B.). Suf. (E.G.P.)
[Eave for Eaves (q.v.) is here used for the edge of a cart.]
EAVELONG, adj. Cum. Yks. e.An. Elliptical, oval,
oblong ; oblique, sidelong. See Avelong.
Com. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 302. w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Apr. 4, iSgiX e.An.^ Along the edges, skirts, or eaves of inclosed
grounds, particularly when they deviate from straight lines. Hence,
' eave-long work ' is mowing or reaping those irregular parts in
which the corn or grass cannot be laid in exact parallel lines.
EAVER, sb} Glo. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms
aiver Cor.'; aver w.Som.'; ayver Dev. Cor.; eever
Glo.* Dev. ; ever Dor.' Dev.* n.Dev. Cor."^ ; every Glo.'
Dor.'; hayver Dev.^ w.Dev. Cor."; hayvor n.Dev.;
VOL. II.
heaver Dev. Cor.'' ; hether, hever, hievre Dev. ; iver
Dev.''Cor. [rv3(r). e-v3(r).] 1. The darnel or rye-grass,
Lolium perenne. Also in comp. Eaver-grass.
Glo,', Dor. (C.W.), Dor.i Som. Reports Agnc. (1793-1813)
157. w.Som.' Usually called Devon-eaver. I don't care vor none
o' these here new farshin'd things, I always zeeds out way nort but
clover and eaver. Dev. Ray-grass, or hievre, would also flourish
very soon after the second or third crop of cole-seed. Moore Hist.
Dev. (1829) I. 337 ; Wanted, up to 600 bushels Devon eavcr,
Monting News, Plymouth, in Reports Provinc. {1885) 93 ; Young
Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXVIII, 636; Dev.^ Farmers sow it
conjointly with clover-seed when the crop is meant to last onlj' a
year or two: Dev.* nw.Dev.' This name is also given to 'a weed
which grows with wheat, makes the flour dark, and is supposed
to make people who eat it sleepy.' In the green stage it is
similar in appearance to the wheat, and the seeds are small
grains, something like rye. w.Dev. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796^
Cor. Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 33 ; Cor.' Eaver, so called in Paul
parish, is the darnel principally found in red wheat ; Cor. 2 ; Cor.^
Still used [1896].
2. The seeds of any of the lighter grasses.
w.Som.' A man in a barn who was sifting clover-seed, said to me,
' -Aay du puut ut driie* dhu ruyveen zeev, vur tu tak aewt aul
dh-aivur [I put it through the riving sieve to take out all the liglit
grass seeds]. Dev. Used for all grass seeds other than clover,
Reports Provinc. (1881) 11.
Hence Hayvor-seed, sb. grass seed.
n.Dev. An' girts, a guidestrap, hayvor-seed, Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St. 74.
[The etym. form appears to be best preserved in every,
borr.fr.OF.ei'rrti'g (mod. iZTrt/f), darnel, see Hatzfeld (s.v.).]
EAVER, s6.2 Obsol. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also
written eever N.Cy.' Cum. w.Yks.' ne.Lan.' Chs.'^^ ; and
in forms ether Lan.' ; haever Lan. A quarter or corner of
the heavens ; the direction from which the wind blows.
N.Cy.' Cum. Grose (1790) ; The rainy eever, Linton Lake Cy.
(1864) 302; Gl. (1851). w.Yks.' The wind's in a coud eever.
Lan. Thornber Htst. Blackpool (1837) 107 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.'
e.Lan. *A lucky hsever ' is a fortunate or desirable direction. It
is still in common use among some of the farmers in e.Lan. and
was much more freq. used 30 or 40 years ago. 'What hsever is
the wind in this morning? ' . . . ' I don't expect much rain, the wind
is in a good haever,' Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 149.
Chs. Ray (1691) ; Bailey (1721) ; Chs.'^; Chs.^ The wind is in a
rainy eaver.
EAVES, 56. /i/. e.An.' The edges or skirts of enclosed
grounds.
EAVE(S, sb. Yks. Not. Won Wil. 'Written eve- Not.
[iv(z.] In comp. (i) Eave(s-sparrow, the house-sparrow.
Passer domesticiis; (2) -swallow, the martin, ChcUdon iirbica.
(i) s.Not. It's the eve-sparrer as does themischief (J.P.K.). (2)
w.Yks. SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 56. w.Wor. B«70ii;'s />«. i Mar.
3, 1888). Wil. The white-barred eave-swallows came down the
arid road, and rose again into the air as easily as a man dives into
the water, Jefferies Hdgrow. (1889) 50.
EAVINGS, s6. />/. Not. Lin. [Iv-, iavinz.] The eaves
of a house or other building. Cf. easin(g.
Not. (J.H.B.) n,Lin. Th' swalla's twitterin' under th' eavin's,
Peacock Tales (18901 2nd S. 29 ; n.Lin.'
[Severondc, the eave, eaving ... of a house, Cotgr.]
EAW, EAWL, see Ewe, Owl.
EA'WT, pron. Chs.' Anything. See Aught, proii.
If we wanten eawt and conna pay, we done bight.
EA'WT, EAXE, EAY, see Out, Ax, s6.', Ea, sb.
EAZE, V. m.Yks.' [iz.] To wheeze.
EAZE, EAZEN, EAZIN, see Ease, i'.', Easin(g.
EBB, sb. and v. Sc. Also Yks. [eb.] 1. sb. In comp.
(i) Ebb-bait, shell-fish used as bait by fishermen ; (2)
-mother, the last of the ebb-tide ; (3) -sleeper, the dunlin,
Tringa alpina ; (4) -stone, (?) a stone or rock exposed at
ebb-tide.
(i, 2) S. & Ork.' (3") SI1.I. [So called] from these birds resting
themselves in the shallows— ebbs ; or from their posting themselves
on the sand exposed by the ebbing tide, Swainson Birds (1885)
194. S. & Ork.' (4) Sli.I, He wis pickin [limpets] at da side o'
a muckle ebb-stane, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 32.
2. Phr. lo go to the ebb, to gather shell-fish at low water.
S. & Ork.'
Hh
EBB
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EDDER
3. The foreshore ; the part between high and low water.
Sh.I. Ae simmer mornin', whin he wis i' da ebb, Stewart
Fireside Talcs (1892) 32. Cai.l
4. V. To gather fish-bait.
e.Yks. 'So termed because of itsbeing done whilst the tide is ebbing,
EBB, adj. Sc. Nhb. Lan. Chs. Stf. Der. Shr. [eb.]
1. Shallow, not deep ; used both of liquids and of vessels
containing liquids. Also xxseAJig.
Rxb. The good apostle's whisliey cask Would flow but little ebber,
RuicKEiE Wayside Cottager (1807) i6g. Kcb. We so narrow, so
pinched, so ebb, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 226. Lan. There
is still a Lan. prov. 'Cross the stream where it is ebbest,' Trench
GL (ed. 1859) in Jackson JVd-bk. (1879). e.Lan.i Applied to
vessels, nottheircontents. Chs.iShallowwateris ebb. s.Chs.Dheez
ches-fits bin a jel too eb fur aa-r maik u chee'Z [These chesfits bin
a jell too ebb for ahr make o' cheese] (T.D.). Shr.''Will this dish
do to make the fitchock pie in ? ' ' No, it's too ebb ; we sha'n be
'avin' the jessup runnin' all under the bread i' the oven.'
Hence (i) Ebb-minded, adj., fig. shallow, frivolous; (2)
Ebbness, sb.,fig. shallowness.
(i) Lnk. These * muckle ebb-minded callants' . . . would seize
the book, Fraser Whaups (1895) iii. (2) Kcb. Their ebbntss would
never take up his depth, Rutherford Lett, i 1660) No. 137 (Jam.).
2. Near the surface, not deep in the ground.
Sc. A warlock's grave shouldna be an inch more ebb, Scott Bride
of Lam. (1819) x.\i; Cause plow it in August . . . with a narrow
ebb fur, Maxwell Set. Trans. (1743) 102 I Jam.). e.Lth. Ye see
noo it's no sic ebb pleuchin as ye coonted, Hunter/. Inwick (1895)
120. Nhb.i An expression referring both to the depth of shafts
and strata. 'The coal lies very ebb,' Miller Geol. Otterburn. Lan.
Ebb of soil, thin of soil, Grose U790) MS. add. (C.) Clis.i A
drain cut not very deep is said to be ebb. Stf. Applied to marl
when it lies near the surface (K.). nw.Der.* Shr.' 1794. Nov.
I am convinced that it is too ebb plow'd, Bailiff's Diary, Oswestry,
in Byegones (1877 1 342.
HenceEbb-shallow,a^'.nearthesurface. Der.=,nw.Der.'
[1. This apostle . . . drew from too full a spring to be
ebb of matter, Leighton (1693) i Ptier v. 8 ; A meane
forowe, not to depe nor to ebbe, Fitzherbert Husb. (1534)
39. 2. Cumin . . . hath a qualitie to grow with the root
very eb, Holland Pliny (1601) H. 29.]
EBBAT, EBBEM, see Aye but, Even, adj.
EBBEN, V. Wm. [eban.] To intend, propose. See
Avenless.
n. Wm. ' I ebbened ta co' an' see ye at heeam.' Used now mostly
by the older generation (B.K.).
[ON. efna, to prepare for a thing, make arrangements ;
cp. Sw. dinite, to mould, shape (Widegren) ; Norw. dial.
entna, to prepare, contrive (Aasen).]
EBBEN, EBBET, see Even, adj, Evet.
EBBLE, sb. e.An. [e'bl.] The aspen-tree, Popidiis
tremula. Cf. abbey.
e.An.^It is avariation, scarcely amounting to corrupt ion, of 'abele,'
the name given by Evelyn and all our botanists to the white poplar,
another species of the same genus. Suf. Seienee Gossip (1883) 113
[Awbel or ebelle tre. Prompt. Du. abeel, white poplar.]
ECALL, see Hickwall.
ECCLE-GRASS, sb. Or.I. The butterwort, Pingtiicula
viilgans.
P. vulgaris, or common butterwort, in Orkney is known by the
name of ecclegrass, Neill 7o!1>-(i72i) 191 (Jam.). S. & Ork.'
ECCLES, si. />/. Nhp. [e'klz.] In phr. bmldiitg eccles
;■« ///c «;>, building castles in the air. Wright; Nhp.'
ECCLES-TREE, sb. e.An. Also in form ecclester
e.Suf. An axle or axle-tree. e.An.',Suf (C.T.),e.Suf (F.H.)
ECH, !)!/. Sc. [ex-] In phr. (i) ff/z wo^ Of//, the smallest
word or sound ; cf. eec/iie nor ochie ; (2) ech, ay ! an ex-
clamation of wistfulness or longing.
(i) Abd. Nae ech noroch ken I what nowt are feshin', Gutdinaii
Inglisiiiaill (1873) 29. (a) Frf. Ech, ay! Whar was I? — ou ay,
weel, Sands Poems (,1833) 106.
ECHE, see Eke! si.'
ECHE-HOOK, sb. Nhp.' A hook attached to the
' forbuck ' of a cart or wagon, through which the rope
passes in binding on a load.
ECHIE, see Eechie.
ECHT, pp. Sc. Possessed of See Aught, pp.
Abd. Fa's echt the beast? (Jam.)
ECK, /«/. and si. Lan. Chs. Also in form heck s.Chs.';
hek Lan. [ek.] 1. int. An exclamation of surprise ;
a warning cry used by street boys on the appearance of
a policeman.
Lan. The boy stood on the burning deck . . . Eating roast pota-
toes by the peck. While another stood and kept Eck, Eck (A. C.) ;
Gen. as regards police (^T.R.C). s.Chs.'
2. sb. In -phr. ivhat the heck, whsAihe deuce. Cfecky, si.^
Lan. Theau bloomin foo, says Ben, what the hek art trying on?
Clarke Sketc/ies (1892) 31. s.Chs.' Wot dhu ek u yu up too?
[What the heck are y6 up to ?]
ECKABUDS, see Equipage.
ECK-BERRY, ECKER, see Hag-berry, Hacker.
ECKLE, V. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Written eccle Dur.'
[e'kl.] To aim, intend, design. Cf ettle, v.^
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Bailey (1721) ; (P.R.) ; N.Cy .2 Dur.'
Very rarely used. Yks. (K.) w.lfks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Mar. 27,
1897); w.Yks.5 He eckles o' going ah reckon. What's tuh eckling
after now like ?
ECKLE, see Hickwall.
ECKLE-FECKLE, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. Cheerful, merrj^, gay. 2. Applied
to one who possesses a sound and penetrating judgement.
ECKTH, ECLE, see Height, Ickle.
ECKY, sb.'^ War.= Also in form acky. [e'ki, aki.]
A boys' game ; see below.
A flat, smooth stone, called the 'ecky-stone,' or 'duck,' is placed
on the foot of a player, and he kicks it as far as he can. He and
his companions run and hide, whilst the guardian of the stone goes
to fetch it and place it in a small shallow hole made for the purpose.
He then seeks the hidden players. Should he see one, he calls
* I ecky — ,' mentioning the boy's name, and rushes to place his
foot on the stone : for, should the one discovered reach the place
before him, and kick away the stone, he must begin over again.
Any player may steal to the stone, and kick it away during the
absence of the guardian, and so release any players previously taken.
ECKY, sb.^ Lan. Also written ecki, ekky ; and in
form hecky. [e'ki.] A mild oath or rather meaningless
expression, used esp. in phr. tlie ecky, go to ecky, &c.
Lan. Hooa the ecky con act whoile yoar gooin on o that road?
Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 92; Whoy them's nooan kats, ar they?
ekky uz loike, they're nowt but o' bunch o' owd rags [referring to
some mummies], Ferguson Preston Eggsibislntn (1865) vi ; Well,
aw'll go to ecky, he cried, as he stood scrattin his yed, ib. 88 ;
Will he ecki us loike ? Scholes Tim Gamivattle (18571 39- e.Lan.
Where the hecky could he go to ? Almond JVate} cresses, 21.
ECKY, adj. Nhb. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Sorry.
N.Cy.l Aw wad be ecky. Nhb.l
EDDARD, EDDAS, see Edder, Eddish.
EDDER, sb. and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also written eder Chs.''^^ Sus.'^ ; and in forms eather
N.Cy.2 Glo. Ess. s.Cy. ; eddard Oxf (K.) ; eddow Hrt.;
ether Bntf. Abd. ( Jam.) w. Yks.' Nhp.'^ War.'^a se.Wor.'
s.Wor.' Shr.' Hrf = Glo.' Brks.' Mid. e.An.' Suf.' Ess.' Ken.
Sus.'2 Hmp.' I.W.'^Wil.'; heather Hrf.= Glo.= ; hether
w.Wor.' Shr. Hrf Glo.' Som.; yeather N.Cy.'* Nhb.'
Cum. Wm. w.Yks." ; yedder Nhb.' Cum.' n.Yks.'^n-. Yks.'
m.Yks.' w.Yks. ne.Lan.' Chs.* ; yedther Wm. ; yether Sc.
(jAM.jDur.'Cum.'n.Yks.^e.Yks.'m.Yks.'w.Yks.'; yither
Cum.' [e'd3(r, e'tS3(r, je'da(r, je'(53(r.] 1. sb. A long,
pliant stick or rod made of hazel, osier, &c., used as a
binder for the top of a newly-made hedge or fence. Also
used attrib. Gen. in pi.
n.Cy. Grose(i79o); N.Cy.'*, Nhb. (K.), Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. They
whack wi' their yedders, Dickinson Cumbr. (1876) 242; ( E.W.P,);
Cum.' Cum. ,Wm. NicoLSON (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (18681 IX.
Wm. Shced teean a girt ycdlher, wi her, an dreeav Bobby afooar
her, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 27. n.Yks.'* ne.Yks.' ' Nowther a
stake nor a yedder,' i.e. ' neither one thing nor another,' is used
of a person of whom nothing can be made, and who succeeds in
no kind of work. e.Yks. The stake-and-edder hedge prevails in
this district, Marshall 7fK)-.£coH.( 1 796) 1. 196; When cutting thorns,
a hedger v/ill say 'If that weean't mak a steeak, it'll mak a yether,*
Nicholson /'/*-5/>. (1889) 30; (Miss A.) m.Yks.' w.Yks. Hutton
Tour to Caves (1781) ; iR.H.H.) ; w.Yks.', ne.Lan.', Nhp.* Glo.
Horae Subsecivae ( 1777) 145; Glo.'* Oxf. Those binders which are
wattled on the top of stakes to bind and strengthen the hedge
EDDER
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EDDISH
(K.). Brks.' Bdf. Batchelor yJcn/. £'>;^. /.(J"^. (1809') 131. Hrt.
A good workman will twist his eddows against the plashes, Ellis
Mod, Hitsb. (1750) I. 9a. Mid. A very thin stake and edder hedge
is formed, Makshall Review (1817) V. 127. w.Mid. I likes black-
thorn best for making ethers of. Common (W. P.M.). Snf.' Nrf.,
Ess. Grose (1790). Ess. Then takes his eathcrs, as they are here
styled (for I believe it is merely a provincial term signifying the
longer boughs in his cut down wood, or obtained elsewhere, as it
may happen, in size about as large as a man's finger), yovticAgric.
(1813) I. i8[ ; Gl. (1851): Ess.' Ken. Stakes and ethers arc cut
out before the faggots are made, Marshall Review (18171 V. 430.
Sus.'2 Hmp. Holloway; Hmp.» I.W.'; I.W.2 The wold man's
aater'n wi' a ether. Wil. Brittom Beauties (1825) ; Wil.' An eldern
stake and blackthorn ether Will make a hedge to last for ever,
IV tits say in i^.
Hence Ether-winders, sb. pi. long, pliant rods or wands,
used as binders' to strengthen a newly-made hedge or
fence. Nhp.'
2. A hedge. Chs.•=^ Nhp.^ Sus.' 3. pi. Binding
bricks or stones, put in a wall with the heads or ends
outwards. Chs.'
4. V. To strengthen a newly-made hedgeorfencebyinter-
twining long, pliant rods or sticks between upright stakes.
N.Cy.'^j Nhb.i Cum. 'Can te styak an'yedder?' Sometimes
asked by old masters of servants offering themselves (M.P.).
n.Yks.^2 m.Yks.' To yether and dyke is to hedge and ditch,
w.Yks.l Bdf. Intertwisted among the stakes sufficiently to main-
tain their position without eddering the top, Batchelor Aghc
(1813) 274. Hrt. The next work is to eddow the hedge, Ellis
Mod. Hush. (1750") I. 92. w.Mid. Blackthorn's best for etherin
with. Common (W.P.M.). e.An.' Suf. Rainbird Agiie. (1819)
291, ed. 1849; Suf.' Mind you ether it right strong. s.Cy. Ray
(169 1 ). Hmp. The hedge which he has been ethering, Wise New
Forest (1883) 193 ; Hmp.'
Hence (i) Edderer, sb., fig. a very tall, thin man ; (2)
Eddering, {a) vbl. sb. the act of making a hedge with
'ethers' and stakes; (b) ppl. adj. long and slender, pliant,
supple, lithe, powerful ; (3) Edderings, sb. pi. long, pliant
rods of hazel, &.C., used to bind and strengthen a newly-
made hedge.
(I) "Wm. iB.K.) (2, a) N.Cy.2, m.Yks.i, Suf. (K.), e. Suf. (F.H.)
s.Cy. Ray(i69i). (6) Cum. Bit yen tharc was some yetherin dogs
At owr the leave laid the capsteane, Stagg Mise. Poems {1805) 132.
Wm. Girt yedtheran hagwerms fower er five yerds lang. Spec. Dial.
(1865-14. (3)Chs.(K.SCh5.>23^Nhp.' War.(J.R.W.); S'//n<« IVkly.
Post I June 10, 1893) ; War.'^^ w.Wor. Some trous and hetherings
to fill the gaps, S.Beauch.\mp Gra»//fv Cra«^f( 1874) 1. 172; w.Wor.',
se.Wor.* s.Wor. (H.K.^ ; s.Wor.^ Also used for bean-sticks, and
for making crates. Shr.' Shr.,Hrf. Bound Pcootkc. (1876). Hrf.'^,
Glo.' Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809') 131. Som. An
old fashioned word, but still well understood (W.F.R,).
5. To interweave with twigs, as in basket-making; to
bind firmly. Rxb. (J,\m.), n.Yks.*
Hence ( 1 1 Edderware, sZ<. (?) wicker-work ; (2) Yether,
sb. the mark left by tight binding as with a small cord ;
{3) Yethered, pp. tied as faggots with twigs or twig-bands.
(i) Chs.' One medder Edder-ware, 4s. Chorn Edder-ware, 5s.,
Acet. in Township Books of Pownall Fee (1767). Medder may pos-
sibly mean a measure, and if so 'one medder Edder-ware' would
be a bushel measure made of basket work; but at the same time it
is difficult to understand how a churn (if 'chorn' means 'churn') could
be made of the same material. (2) s.Sc. (Jam.) (3) n.Yks.*
6. To twist ropes round a stack, or fence it with ropes.
Abd. (Jam.)
Hence Etherin, sb. a short straw rope ; a cross-rope of
the roof of a thatched house or stack of corn. Gen. in pi.
Nai. Eitheren, the straw rope which catches, or loups round the
vertical ropes, in the thatch of a house or corn-stack, forming the
meshes of the netting, Surv. Gl. (Jam.) Bnff. Morton Cyelo. Agrtc.
(1863). Abd. (Jam.)
7. To flog with a long rod or ' edder' ; to lash with a whip.
Slk. Some o' them that fought the deil hand to fist . . . and dang
him at the last — yethered him and yerked him till he couldna mou'
another curse, Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck (1818) II. 130 (Jam.) ;
Weel done, little hawkie! Yether him up, pink him weel, il>. Perils
of Man (1822) 111. 417 (16.). Dur.i Wm. & Cum.i Some
there war 'at clash't their keytes Till they were fairly yether'd,
143. Yks. He yether your sides (K.). e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(1889) 30; e.Yks.' w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.''
Hence ( i) Yether, sb. a discolouration of the skin caused
by a blow ; (2) Yethering, vbl. sb. a beating, thrashing,
flogging.
(I) e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 30: e.Yks.i (2) Slk. I like
nae yethering ahint backs, Hogg Perils of Man {iSzz) I. 247 (Jam.).
n.Yks.'^ A good yethering.
[1. Edder and stake, strong hedge to make, Tusser
Htisb. (1580) 73. OE. eodor (edcr), enclosure, fence, hedge ;
cp. ON. jadarr, edge, border; MHG. e/cr, ' gellochtener
zaun ' (Lexer).]
EDDER, see Adder, Either, Elder.
EDDER-COP, sb. Yks. Lan. Also in forms eddicop,
eddicrop, eddycrop, hedikrop Lan. [e'da-kop.] A spider.
See Attercop.
Yks. (Hall.) Lan. The Lan. ' eddicop,' more commonly ' eddi-
crop,'GASKELL/.f<r/H/-fsZ)/a/.( 1854)30; Cover'twi' dust an' eddycrop
neests, Clegg Sketches (1895) 36; Edder-cop! An some'at fro' th'
back o' th' clock co'de out, Waugh Heather (ed. Milner) II. 285 ;
T'jaw-bwon uv o hedikrop, Sam Sondnokkitr^ pt. iv. 16,
EDDERIN, see Eitherens.
EDDERO, «!««. «(//■. Obs. Yks. Three, used in sheep-
counting.
w.Yks. Lucas Stud. NidderdaJe (c. 1882) ri.
Hence (i) Eddero-dix, num. adj. thirteen; (2) -obumfitt,
nniit. adj. eighteen, ib.
EDDGREW, EDDGROUTH, see Ed grow.
EDDICK, sb. Chs.' [e'dik.] The bur or burdock,
Arctium Lappa. Cf. errick.
[The same word as ME. edokke, ' lilium aquaticum'
(Sin. Bartli. 28) ; OE. ca-docca (iELFRic) ; lit. water-dock.]
EDDICOP, EDDICROP, see Edder-cop.
EDDIGE, EDDIS, EDDITCH, see Eddish.
EDDISH, sb. and v. In gen. dial, use in Irel. and Eng.
Also written edish Der.^ Dor.; and in forms addish Yks. ;
eddas Irel. ; eddige Der. (Hall.) ; eddis Irel. ; edditch
Lan.' e.Lan.' Chs.'^; etch Ess.' Som.; ettidge n.Lin.';
hedditch Lan. [e'dij.] 1. sb. The aftermath or second
crop of grass, clover, &c. See also Arrish.
Ant.,Dwn.(C.H.W.) n.Cy. (P.R.) ; Grose (1790). Yks.(G.R.)
nw. Yks. You have plenty of good addish in your meadows (W. A. S.).
w.Yks. Piper Dial. (1824) ig ; Sheffield ludep. (1874); w.Yks.^"
Lan. T'heawscther hedditch, Brierley Daisy A'ooi( 1859) 52; Lan.'
This rain 'ull fotch th' eddish up. e.Lan.' Chs. 5/ira/(i878) 1. 87 ;
Chs.' The word by itself is confined to the second growth of meadow
grass, and is not applicable to clover. The aftergrass of clover is
gen. spoken of as the ' second crop,' but if pastured it is sometimes
distinguished as ' clover eddish ' ; Chs.^, s.Chs.', Stf.' Der. The
hay had just been carried, and the bright green of the ' eddish ' was
fair to look on, Verney Stone Edge (1868) xxv ; Der.'^^ nw.Der.'
Not. (S.A.K.) ; I shall turn the cows into the eddish next week, if
1 live (L.C.M.) ; Not.', Lin. (W.W.S.) n.Lin.' Twenty-one acres
of eddish to be stocked with beast and sheep, until the i3lh day of
November next, Gamsburgh Netvs (July 6, 1867). sw.Lin.' Rut,
The eddish will be ready at a time when the other artificial grasses
are going off, Marshall Review (1814) IV. 275 ; Rut.' Let N. & Q.
(1853) ist S. viii. 103; Lei.', Nhp.', War.3 Shr.' The young bcas
han broke into the clover eddish — run for yore life ; we sha'n 'ave
'em swelled as big as 'ogshits [hogsheads] ; Shr.'^ Not unfreq. used
advb. In speaking of the sjiringing after-grass : ' It looks pretty
eddish like.' Glo.', Hnt. (T.P.F.). e.An.' Cmb. A'. <&■ Q. (1853) ist
S. viii. 103 ; (W.M.B.) Nrf. (A.G.F.), e.Suf. (F.H.), I.W. (C.J.V.)
Dor. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 145. Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add.
(M.) [Roughness or after math in meadows (K.).]
Hence (i) Eddish-cheese, sb. cheese made of the milk
of cows fed on ' eddish ' ; (2) -hay, sb. hay made of the
after-grass or 'eddish.'
(i) Chs.'3 Lei. N. & Q. (1853') ist S. viii. 103 ; LeL' Nhp.'
Much esteemed for its peculiar richness. Many villages are cele-
brated for it, in the northern part of this county. Cmb. N. if Q.
(1853) ist S. viii. 103. I.W. (C.J.'V.) (2) Chs.'
2. The Stubble of corn or wheat ; the after-crop sown on
the stubble. Also used attrib.
N.Cy.2 Chs. The ofl -going tenant is entitled to two-thirds of the
fallowwheat,andgeneraIlyby agreement to half the eddish, orbrush
wheat which maybe growing at the time of his quitting, Marshall
Review (1818) II. 127. Gmg. Collins Gower Dial, in Trans. Phil.
Soc. (1848-50) IV. 222. Gmg., Pem.A. & Q. (1852) istS. vi. 152.
Pern. Jago C^/. (1882) 102. Glo.' Ess. The bean etche well cleaned
H h 2
EDDLE
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EDGING
in the autumn, and sown again with wheat : a small portion of these
etches are occasionally sown with tAres, Reports Agric.{i']g^-i8i^)
50 ; Every farmer perhaps in the [Rooding] district has what is
called etch (that is, after) crops, Young ^^nc. (1813) I. 6; Eddish-
crop is a grain crop after grain, IVIorton Cydo. Agric. (1863) ; Ess.'
The culture of oats is much the same as barley. The "ustom of
making this grain an after, or, as it is called here, an etch crop, is
universally reprobated, and rarely practised, Wright Essex, I. 2.
Som. Etch grain was the oats or beans sown after ploughing the
stubble of the wheat, Hervey IVedinore Cliroii. (1889) I. 181.
3. Grass land after the hay-crop has been taken off; a
stubble-field after corn, flax, beans, &c., have been grown.
Nhp.i In 1762, I find an advt. in our local paper, of ' Saintfoin
eddish to be sold, and to be eaten on the eddishes.' Lin. Holloway.
n.Lin. Sutton /Krfs.(i88r\ Hrt.ELLis il/orf.//»sA. (i75o)V.i. Nrf.,
Ess. Ground whereon wheat or other corn has grown the preceding
year, Grose (i7go\ Ess. Trans. Arch. Soc. (,1863) II. 184 ; The
wheat and barley etches which are not filled with clover, being
previously dunged in the winter, are sown early in the spring with
beans, MARSHALL/ff»(«t/(i8ri) III. 481. Hmp. Holloway. w.Som.'
Not applied to grass after hay, but after any crop which has been
allowed to mature its seed, the land until again ploughed is an
eddish.
4. A crop taken out of due course. Gen. in comb.
Eddish-crop.
Glc' Suf. Rainbird Agric. (1819) 291, ed. 1849 ; Suf.', e.Suf.
(F.H.) e. & w.Cy. A crop taken out of due course is called an
* eddish' crop, or a stolen crop, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
5. V. To sow an after-crop. Hence Etching, vbl. sb.
Ess. Crops and fallow is better than etching, Young Agric.
(1813") I. 210.
[1. Eddish, eadish, etch, ersh, the latter pasture or grass
that comes after mowing or reaping, Worlidge Diet.
Rust. (1681). OE. edisc, pasture (Earle Charters, 488).
For the element ed- cp. MDu. cd- iet-) in ctgras (edgras),
the aftermath (Verdam) ; Du. elgroen, the latter hay
(Hexham) ; Holstein dial. etts;r6de, ' Nachgras ' (Idiotikon).]
EDDLE, EDDOW, EDDUN,see Addle, v.^, Edder, Be, v.
EDDY, 56. Chs.123 [e-di.] An idiot. Also called Neddy.
EDER, see Edder.
EDGAR, 5/). Or.I. The half-roasted, half-ground grain
of which 'buistin' (q.v.) is made. (Jam.); S. & Ork.'
EDGE, sb. and v.^ Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written ege Sc. (Jam.) ; and in form etch Sus. [edg.]
1. sb. In comb, (i) Edge-ends, weaving term : special
threads of yarn prepared for the edges or sides of the
warps; (2) -growed or -grown, of barley, corn, etc.:
grown and ripened irregularly ; (3) -hook, weaving term :
a hook used to keep the 'edge-ends,' or lists, square with
the 'sley' to prevent friction ; (4) -learns, edge-tools.
(i) w.Yks. (F.R.) (2) w.Mid. Corn is said to be ' edge-grown '
when a young stem springs from the root a little before harvest-time.
This happens freq. when the corn is beaten down by bad weather
while it is yet unripe (W.P.M.). Hmp. (H.E.) ; I.H.C.M.B.) ; Hmp.'
Wil. Barley is edge-growcd or in two shares twi-ripe. Barley coming
irregularly from a want of rain after first sown, of course ripening
unequally, Damis Agric. (1813) ; Wil.' The result of a want of rain
after it is first sown. (3) w.Yks. (J.M.) (4) n.Cy. Grose (1790).
Wm. Razors is varra awk'ard edge-leeums fer barns ta lake wi
(B.K.\ w.Yks. HuTTON Tour to Caves (i-]8i).
2. Phr. (i) t/ie edge of dark, twilight, dusk, nightfall ; also
ws&Afig.; (2) — of daylight, (a) morning twilight ; (ii) see
— of dark ; (3) — of evening or evening's edge, (4) — of
gloaming, (5) —of night, see — of dark] (6) — of a time,
from time to time, occasionally ; (7) on the edge, tipsy.
(i) Cum. It's just t'edge o' dark . . . wilt thoo fetch the cannels?
Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 47 ; Cum.' w.Yks. It wor just at t'edge
o' dark when he coom tosee muh, Leeds Merc. Sii/>pl.(]nn. 15, 1893);
Bats go to thcr wark At t'edge o' dark (S.K.C.) ; w.Yks.12 Lan.
Th' edge o' dark fellahs were as reel as bobbins, Clegg Sketches
(1895) 49 ; Lan.' e.Lan.' Applied also to persons of swarthy com-
plexion. Chs.',Stf.' (2,0) Cum. He left me this morning at t'edge
o' t'daylight, Caine S/ia(/. Oimc (1885) 179. (i i Lan. (S.W. ) (3)
Ayr. This hour on e'enin's edge I take. Burns EpJ. Laprail; (Apr.
21, 1 785) St. r. Cum.T'mainfun duddent begin till t'edge o' t'ibnin',
Dickinson Cumhr. (1875) 6; T'tudder neet— or rader, ah sudsay,
towarst t'edge eh I'ihbnin mebby, Sargisson /oi? 5rort/i (1881) 5 ;
Cum.' [Amcr. Dial. Notes (1896; I. 231.] (4) Abd. I' the edge o'
the gloamin', some hunners wad meet . . . An' pass aff the time till
the evening grew dark, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 9. (5) Lnk. I
cam' in at the edge o' nicht. My droukit duds tae dry, Thomson
Musings (1881) 58. s.Chs.i Wor. E'll be 'ere, ... at th' edge o'
night, Berroivsjrn. (Mar. 9, 1895) 4, col. 3. se.Wor.' s.Wor. The
doctor 'ad sin 'im at the edge of night, and said as 'e didn't think
'e'd last out not to-day (H.K.) ; s.Wor.', Shr.', GIo. (A.B.), Glo.'
(6) Sh.I. He wid slip oot a wird at da edge o' a time 'at wis barley
tabeluekid fori' da inootho'a Scotchman, Clark Gleams {i8g8) go.
(7) e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. The ridge or summit of a hill or range of hills; a
steep hill or hillside.
s.Sc. The highest part of a tract of elevated moorland, ^f«. lying
between two streams. Used both byitselfandincomposition(jAM.).
Edb. Hills are variously named, according to their magnitude, as . . .
Tor,Watch,Edge, Know, Pennecuik IVks. \ 1715)50, ed. 1815. Bwk.
The range of hills called Buncle Edge, Henderson Pop. Rhymes
(1856:2. N.Cy.'.Nhb.' w.Yks. Phillips /?/ot;5 (1853") ; w.Yks.',
Chs.'3, Stf.' Der. They came to the 'edge' itself. Ward David
Grieve (1892) I. v; Der.' Not applied at or near Whittington; Der.^,
nw.Der.i, Shr.'2 Ess. Trans. Arch. Soc. (1863) II. 184 ; (W.W.S.)
4. Appetite, hunger, gen. in phr. good or bad edge on.
Wm. Ah've a poor edge on fer mi dinner this het weather (B.K.).
e.Yks.' Leeak hoo he digs inti pie ; he's getten a good edge on.
5. Fig. Principle, disposition.
Cor. A good edge, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) C-
6. Conceit, self-importance, swagger, ' side.'
w.Yks. If a chap wants ta be successful he mun have sum edge
ov hissen, Hartley Clock Attn. (1894) 5 ; Tha's getten some edge
o' thisen coss tha's made a bit of a almanack, ib. (1869) Pre/. ; He's
a fearful deeal o' edge ov hissen (.lE.B.) ; He's getten some edge
ov his'sen (J.T.) ; w.Yks.'^ ' He's too much edge about him.' This
word is common not only in Sheffield, but also in Der.
7. V. In phr. to edge one's teeth, to set one's teeth on edge.
n.Wm. Give up that skrotchin, thoo fair edges mi teeth i mi
heed (B.K.). n.Yks. It edges my teeth ( I.W.V w.Yks. A saand
'at edged ivvery tooith i' my heead. Hartley Tales, ist S. 25.
8. To move a little on one side, to make room ; to en-
croach or advance by degrees. Also nscAfig.
Abd. The droothy cronies will be edgin' hame, Ogg Willie IValy
(1873) 17. Lnk. The wifie quately edged awa, Murdoch Doric Lyre
('873) 52. Dmf. Thy face, O Lord, edge roun' tae me, Qcinn
Heather (1863) 63. n.Yks. As he edged off she edged teea (I.W.).
w.Yks. 'Edge you, brethren,' make room, give way, Thoresby Lett.
{1703); Tha'sjustedgedthroo,HARTLEYZ3;//.(c. 1873)56; w.Yks.'*
Chs.' Canna thee edge a bit? Chs.^^^ Not. (LC.M.), Not.' Lei.'
' Don't you edge' — by sliding — "into the middle of the pond.' Nhp.^
Oxf. 'Edge' is an exclamation commonly in the mouths ot boys who
are up to any kind of mischief, and who wish to give warning to
theircompanions in order that thej' niaymake good their escape, not
only from policemen, but also from the hands of others. When a
policeman appears in sight it is usually 'Edge, Bobby!' Often used
with ' up' (G.O.). Hnt. (T.P.F.) w.Som.' When two boys are
sitting together and one pushes the other to make him move a
little, this would be called aej-een oa un [edging of him]. Dev,
Edge up along, ple3'ze, Pulman Sketches (1842) 94, ed. 1871.
Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435. Slang. Some persons called
out ' Edge ' (slang for running away), and Wallace made ofT,
Standard {Dec. 6, 1890) 2, col. 6.
[1. (4) An edgelome, culler, Levins Manip. (1570). 2.
(3) La pipe'e du soir, the edge of the evening, when the
weather freshes or grows cool, Cotgr.]
EDGE, v.'^ n.Cy. Lin. Dor. Also in form adje n.Lin.'
1. Obs. To harrow.
n.Cy. (Hall) ; N.Cy.2 Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. & Q.
(1883) 6th S. vii. 366. [Worlidge Diet. Rust. (1681).]
2. To ' pick in ' the ruts of a road, and hence to roughen
any smooth surface.
n.Lin.' Middle o' th' road was as slaape as a lookin'-glass till
th' bosses adjed it up wi' the'r shoes.
[1. To edge [harrow], ocro, Coles (1679). OE. ecgan,
to harrow.]
EDGE, see Each, sb., Egg, v.
EDGET, sb. Sur. Sus. Also in form idget. A horse-
hoe ; see below. See Nidget.
Sur.' An implement used in the cultivation of hops. It is drawn
by one horse, and passes between the rows to clean the ground. Sus.'
EDGING, sb. Dev.* [e"dgin.] A name given to var.
plants suit;iblc for borders or edgings, esp. (i) London
EDGLING
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EEL
pride, Saxi/iaga uiitbrosa; (2) Sweet Allison, ^J/v'a-s««/
n>anti)iuiiit ; (31 tlie sea-pink, Anmria maritiiiia.
EDGLING, adv. War. [Not Icnown to our corre-
spondents.] Standing on one edge. (Hall.)
[A dye that stands edgling, so as its doubtful what
chance it will yield, Cotgr. (s. v. Az).]
EDGROW, sb. Lan. Chs. Shr. Also in forms edd-
g^ew, eddgrouth Chs. (K.) ; edgrew Chs.' s.Chs.' Shr.' ;
edgro, etgro Lan.' ne.Lan.' [edgrou, -gru.] The after-
math or second crop of grass after the hay-crop. Cf.
eddish.
Lan.' So mitch for t'gress and soa mitch for t'etgro. ne.Lan.'
Chs. Sheaf {i&-iS) I. 87 ; (K.) ; Chs.' The word ' Edgrew' is still
in use at Mow Cop. s.Chs.' Ed-gr6o. The most common word
in use. Eddish is rare, and considered as refined. ' Them key
kcep'n raungin' o'er the hedge after my bit o edgrew' (s.v. Raunge;.
Shr. Grose (1790) ; Shr.'
[Edgrow, ngcniicn, Prompt. Cf. OE. cdgrowung, a re-
growing.]
EDGY, adj. and v. Sc. Yks. Not. Lei. Nhp. War. Suf.
Written edgey Nhp.' ; edgie Sc. (Jam.) [edzi.]
1. adj. Eager, anxious, desirous, ' keen.'
e.Yks.', Not.' s. Not. She didn't seem very edgy about coming. A
didn't feel very edgy when a furst sat down to ma dinner (J.P.K.).
Lei.' He's very edgy to go there. Nhp.' He did not seem very
edgey to go ; Nhp. 2, War.^
2. Quick-tempered, easily provoked, ' peppery.'
Abd. Ye needna be sae edgie wi' me ; I meant nae ill. Fat
mak's ye so edgie the day ? (G.W.) Old. Still used (Jam.).
3. Tipsy. e.Suf. (F.H.) 4. v. To be quick or alert
in doing anything. Rxb. (Jam.)
EDISH, see Eddish.
EDLEY-MEDLEY, adv. s.Chs.' Confusedly.
A man told another, ' Yo'n mixed [ed'li-med'li] two different
persons. '
EDWARD, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Also in form yedward.
A dragon-fly. Grose (1790) Siippl.
EE, see Ea, sb., Eh, Eye, s6.', He, The, Ye.
EEA(H, EEAM, see Aye, adv.'^, Aun, adj.
EEAN, sb. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A one-year-old horse or mare.
EEAS, EEAZE, EECH, see Easse, Hoose, Eke, sb.'
EEBREK CRAP, phr. n.Sc. (Jam.) The third crop
after lea.
EECHIE, s6. Sc. Also written echie Per. ; eeghieAgs.
(Jam.) ; ichie Abd. In phr. ecchie iiorochie, not a sound ;
neither one thing nor another, nothing. See Ech, »;/. (i).
Abd. Ichie nor ochie now ye winna hear, Ross Helenore (1768)
56, ed. 1812. Ags. I can hear neither eeghie nor oghie (Jam.).
Frf. Neither eechie nor ochie had a single creatur to speak aboot,
WiLLocK Rosetty Ends (1886) 4, ed. 1889. Per. (G.W.)
EECHWALL, EECLE, see Hickwall, Ickle.
EEFE, EEGfflE, see Eath, Eechie.
EE-GRASS, sb. Lan. Also Glo. Hmn. Wil. Dor.
Som. Also in forms ay- Glo.' ; ea- Wil.' ; eye- Glo. ;
hay- Lan. w.Cy. (Hall.) ; hee- Hmp.' [r-, e'gras.]
1. Aftermath or after-grass.
Lan. Thee moind oth stuk breyken thru yon gap intuth hay gerse,
ScHOLES Tim Gaiiiwattle (18$-]) 19. Glo. Old grass, that has been
long upon the ground without being eaten by the cattle, or grass
of longstanding, //oracS«isfo'i/ac(i777 146. Hmp.' Wil. Davis
Agric. (1813) ; Wil.' Lammas grass as well as after-math. Dor.
When the mowen is over. An' ee-grass do whiten wi' clover,
Barnes Poems (1869-70) 3rd S. 44 ; Gl. (1851) ; Dor.' When
white clover wer a-sprung Among the eegrass, 131. Som. Sweet-
man IViitcaiilon CI. (1885).
2. Old pasture land which has not been eaten down for
a long time. Glo. Gl. (1851); Glo.'
[Eddish ... or eegrass, the latter pasture, Worlidge
Diet. Rust. (1681).]
EEK, int. Wor. Also written eke. [Ik.] A call to
ducks. ne.Wor. (J.W.P.), se.Wor.' Hence Eke-eke,
sb. a child's name for duck. ne.Wor. (J.W.P.)
EEK, see Eke, sb.\ Yeeke.
EEKFOW, rtrfy. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] 1. Blythe, having an affable demeanour.
Ayr. 2. Equal ; just. Ags.
EEKLE, sec Hickwall, Ickle.
EEKSIEPEEKSIE, adj Sc. Equal, on an equality,
with nothing to choose between.
Ags. Applied to things compared to each other, when viewed as
perfectly alike (Jam.). e.Fif. I saw my faither an' his brithren o'
the eldership, rakin' at their e'eholes, showin' very clearly that
we were a' eeksie-peeksie for aince, Latto Tam li'odkiit (1864) x.
EEL, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. [il el
el, jel.] I. Dial, forms, (i) AU, (2) Ell, (3) Eyle, (4)
Hell, (5) Yel.
(0 Dev. Tu chaps urn'd in za limp as ails, Nathan Hogg Poet.
Lett. (1847") 5, ed. 1865. (2) Abd. The laddies catch't bandies an'
ells i' the burn, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 2. Hmp. (J.R.W.)
(3) Cor.' (4)n.Lin.' (51 Som. Jennings OAi. Z)/n/. w.^h^?-. (1825).
e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
n. Dial. uses. 1. In comb, (i) Eel-babber, an eel-
catcher ; see Bob, v? ; (21 -backit, applied to a horse of
a light colour, that has a black line along its back ; (3)
-beds, the water crowfoot, Ramtnculits aqualilis; (4)
■bobbing, catching eels with worms tied on to worsted ;
see Bob, v.'^ ; (5) -driving, eel-spearing ; (6) -drowner,
/ig. used iieg. of any one who is not clever or acute ; (7)
•gad, a spear for catching eels ; (8) -hutch, a fixed iron
trap for catching eels or other fish ; (9) -ketch, a punt or
boat in which one goes eel-catching; (10) -leap, an eel-
trap made of wicker-work ; (ii) -oil, oil from eels, used
as a cure for deafness ; (12) -pick, (a) to catch eels with a
spear; (b) the instrument used in catching or spearing
eels; (13) -pit, see -leap; (14) -pout, (a) the burbot,
Lata vulgaris ; [b) the viviparous blenny, Zoarais vivi-
panis; (15) -scrade, (16) -set, an eel-trap; (17) -shear,
a three-pronged spear for catching eels; (18) -shearing,
catching eels with a spear; (19) -skin garters, garters
made of eel-skin and worn as a remedy for cramp ; (20)
•skins, used as bandages for sprains; (21) -spear, see
-shear ; (22) -stang, see -gad ; (23) -stank, an eel-pond ;
(24) -sticher, see -shear ; (25) -tows, lines laid in-shore
for eels, to be used as fishing-bait ; (26) -trunk, a box
with holes in it, in which eels are kept alive until wanted
for the table ; (27) -ware, the plant Ranunculus jluitans.
(11 Nrf. Pass we eel-babbers on their way to some favourite
babbing-ground for the night's fishing, Patterson Man and Nat.
(1895)67. (2)Sc.(jAM.) (3)Rxb.Sa«!«Go5S!>(i876)39. Nhb.
Dragging eels from amongst the eel-beds, Dixon IVhtttingham
F«/«(i895) 269; Nhb.' I have raked out many an eel with a garden
rake from off the surface of the Aln,at Whittingham, at spots where
there were dense beds of water crowfoot ; hence the name ' eel-
beds.' (4) Lan. Don't j-ou remember the time we went eel-bobbing?
Francis Daughter o/Soil [iSg^) 59. (5") Nhp.2 (6) Rxb. Atweel,
he's nae eel-drowner mair than me (Jam.). (7) n.Lin.' (8)
w.Som.' Eeul-uuch, yael'-uuch. (9) Nrf. Josh fastened his eel's
head to a hook over the primitive fire-place of his eel-ketch, Fish-
ing Gazette [Nov. 22, 1890) 270. (10) n.Lin. Tackin' up eel-leaps,
Peacock J. Markenjiild {iS^z) I. 114; n.Lin.' (ii)N.I.' (12,0)
Nrf. A little ecl-pickin' when the watlicr's open, Patterson Man
and Nat. (1895) 22. (b) Nrf. We go a' pickin' for sich eels as
have buried theersclves in the mud... Here's aeel-pick, 16. 51. (13)
w.Som.' (i4,rt)N.Cy.',Nhp.2[SATCHELL(i879V] (i)Sc.Thisspecies
sometimes gets the name of Eelpout and Guffer, Neill Fishes
(1810) 8 (Jam.). [Satchell (1879).] (15) Wil.' A trap used to
catch eels, placed near a weir. Tlie water is turned into the scrade
when high, and the fish washed up to a stage through which the
water finds an outlet, the fish, however, being retained on the
platform by a piece of sloping iron. ( 16) e.An.' Nrf. The eel-
sets are suffin like a big trawl net, with the mouth athwart the
river ; into it the scrigglers swim, and down tu the poke end they
wriggle, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 51 ; The fact that the
net was his own, and was found on his eelset, gave them no alter-
native but to fine him. Dale Noah s Ark fiSgo) vi. (17) Ken. G.B.),
Ken.' Sus.' An iron instrument with three or four points, fastened
to the end of a long pole, by means of which it is thrust into muddy
ponds and ditches for the purpose of catching eels. e.Sus. Hollo-
WAY. (18) Ken., e.Sus. HoLLOWAV. Sus.' You gave over eel-shear-
ing for this year (s.v. E'en-a'most). (19) n.Yks.' (20) N.I.'
Supposed to possess a curative property ; they are bound round the
hurt wet and slimy, just as they are taken off the eels. (21) w.Sns.,
Hmp. HoLLOWAY. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).
w.Som.' An instrument having many barbed blades set closely
EELA
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EENS
together in a row and attached to a handle. (22) Lin. Streatfeild
Lin. and Danes (1884) 337. n.Lin.* (23) Cum. Hutchinson ///s^.
Cum. (1794) I. App. 43. (24) Wil.' Fishing one out from under
the water between the spikes of his eel-sticlier, as it was diving
under the water. (25)8. &Ork.' (26) n.Lin.i Nrf. What's them
holey boxes outside for? — Them's eel-trunks, Patterson Man and
Nat. (1895) 50, (27) Nhb.'
2. Phr. a nine-eyed eel, a lamprey, Pctromyson fluviatilis.
Sc. The popular name nine-e3'ed-eel arises from the spiracles
being taken for eyes, Neill Fishes (rSio) 30 (Jam.).
[1. {2) Eel backt [horses], such as have black lists along
their backs, Bailey (1721).]
EELA, sb. Sh.I. Also written iela (Jam.) ; and in form
ella. 1. A fishing-place or ground for small fish near the
shore; the afternoon fishing for young coal-fish, with boats.
Ir ye no geen ta da ella yet ? Man, da men frae da Sooth Week
is lyin' apo' da ba' drawin' her noo at wi' cam alang da banks,
Sli, News (July 30, 1898) ; It was at the eela one night in the early
spring. ..t hat Bartle referred to the subject, Clark <j/cfl«i5( 1898) 29;
Up as da Laverock rave da dim, first at da eela for bait, Stewart
Fireside Tales (1892) 13 ; {Coll. L.L.B.) ; (Jam.) ; S. & Ork.l
2. Cow/i. Eela-stone,the stoneanchorofaboat. S.&Ork.'
[2. Norw. dial, i/e, a stone-anchor (Aasen) ; ON. tli, a
stone sunk to the bottom of a lake, and fastened to a boat
with a rope to prevent it from drifting (F"ritzner). For
Shetl. form in -a, see ] akobset^ Norsk in Shctl. (1897) loi.]
EELANS, EELD, see Eeldins, Yield.
EELAT, sb. Bnff.' The fish myxine or glutinous hag,
Myxiiie glittinosa.
EELATOR, sb. Nhb. Also in forms eelea, eeleite ;
eely-eelyator, -ite Nhb.' A small eel. Also used y?^.
by children.
N.Cy.' Nhb. All that he fund, an' as deed as a nail, was a small
*eelea' wiv a queer brocken tail, Allan Tyneside Sngs. (ed. 1891)
482 ; Nhb.* A boy who puts off his clothes, but fears to bathe, is
contemptuously called an eely-eely-ite. ' Eely-eely-ator, cast your
tail in a knot And I'll thraw ye into the waiter,' Rhyme.
EELDINS, sb. pi. Sc. Irel. Also written eildins Sc.
(Jam.) ; and in forms eelans N.I.' ; eelins Ant. ; eillins,
yealins, yeildins Sc. (Jam.) [ildinz, rlinz.] Equals in
age. See Eld, sb.
Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. Oye,mydear-rcmember'd ancientyealins. Burns
Brigs of Ayr (1787) 1. 150. Lnk. For you, a species by your sell.
Near eeldins with the sun your god, R a MS A vPofiMs (ed. 1733) 289.
N.I.i We're eelans. Ant. Two persons born in the same year would
be said to be eelins, Ballyniena Obs. (1892).
EELIE, adj. Sc. [Mi.] In comb, (i) Eelie-dolly, an
old-fashioned iron oil-lamp ; see Dolly, sb.'^ ; (2) -lamp, an
oil-lamp ; (3) -pig, an oil-jar.
(i)ne.Sc.Thislamp was formedoftwo parts called 'shalls.' Both
parts were alike in shape and somewhat resembled certain species
of bivalve shells . . . and had a long spout. The parts fitted into
each other, the one being a little smaller than the other. The under-
parthadahandlefixedperpendicularly to the side oppositethespout,
.which was for affixing it to the wall. . . On the inner side of this
perpendicular handle was a knob with notches on which was hung
the smaller 'shall, 'which contained the oil and the wick. The notches
in the knob were for regulating the supply of the oil, Gregor/"/*-
Lore (1881) 54, 55. (2) Kcd. She fill't the eelie lamp wi' oil. Grant
Z,«v.s (1884) 19. (3)Cai.> Kcd. The eelie pigs an' woo Were ruint,
smasht, or sweelt awa'. Grant ib. 8.
EELIE, EEL-THING, see Ail, v., Evil-thing, s.v.
Evil, 56.'
EEM, s6.' Yks. [im.] The eve ornight before a saint's
day, &c. See Eemin.
w.Yks. It's Christmas e'em. Senior Smithy Rhymes (1882) 36 ;
w.Yks.'^ People often speak ofChristmasecm,Halloweem, not 'even'
or 'eve.' More importance is attached to the 'eem' than to the day
following it ; w.Yks.^
EEM, V. and sh.^ Obs. or obsol. Cum. Lan. Chs.
Written eam Chs.'°^ 1. v. To spare time, to have
leisure ; to find an opportunity.
Cum. Grose (1790). Lan.^ Aw'vc tried mony a tim(r but aw could
never cem to do it. If aw wur thee aw'd ecm to do that or clze
aw'd see what it sticks on. e.Lan.' Chs. I cannot eem, RAy(i69i) ;
Chs.' Obs. ; Chs.a
2. sb. Leisure.
Cum. Linton AoifO'. (1864)302; BrocklttG/.(i846); G/.(i85i).
[1. To eem, non occupari. Coles (1679). Norw. dial.
emna, to find an opportunity (Aasen) ; ON. efna, to make
arrangements. For the form cp. ME. em-, repr. of
older even-.^
EEM, see Aim, adj.
EEMIN. sb. Yks. [T-min.] Evening. See Eem, sb}
w.Yks. Won awtum eemin afther Sal Ad hedafeaful baht. Preston
/'of;;is(i864)2i ; Shoo tunes up i' t'eeminsatop o' myknee, SflHH/f/fj-'s
Satchel {i8tj) ^4; I't'eemin a man com into t'cabin, Yisman. {i8-]8)
59, col. I ; Murk i' th' eemin, Thoresby Lett. (1703).
EEMOCK, see Emmet.
EEMOST, adj. Sc. Also in forms earnest Abd. Kcd. ;
umist n.Sc. (Jam.) ; yimostMry. (Jam.) [rmast.] Upper-
most.
n.Sc. In common use (Jam.). Cal.', Mry. (Jam.) ne.Sc. Three
feeteemist, cauldan deed, Twa feet nethmest, flesh an bleed, Gregor
Flk-Lore (1881J 79. Abd. Sawney's latfn Muirton get the eemost
grip wi' 'im, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 151 ; O'er fell he, maist
like to greet. Just at the eemest ga'ill. Skinner Poems (1809) 44.
Kcd. Gin there be safety i' the hoose [from a flood] It's i' the eemest
lal't. Grant Lays (1884) 21.
[OE. yinest, highest, cp. Goth, auhmists; see Sievers
OE. Giant. ^ 222.]
E'EN, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Lin. [In.] Even,
evening ; the eve or vigil of any feast or saint's day.
Sc. Drunken at e'en, and dry in the morning, Ramsay Prov,
(1737) t Whare hae ye been sae late at e'en? '^zoit Midlothian
(i8i8) X. Ant. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) n.Yks.* To moorn at
een ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' Seldom used except in Kess'mass E'en,
S. Mark's E'en, &c. e.Yks. Easter een, Whissen een, Marshall
Rur. Econ. (1796); e.Yks.' m.Yks.' ' Good-e'en.' This form is
restricted in use to salutation in parting. w.Yks.* Lan. Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.) n.Lin.l
Hence E'enshanks, sb. pi. an evening meal.
Sc. TentomynocketImaunhae,Ten to my e'enshanks. Chambers
Pop. Rhvmcs (^1870) 131.
E'EN, adv. Sc. Yks. Stf Glo. Brks. Ken. Sus. Hmp.
Som. Dev. Amer. [in.] Even ; even so, in such a manner
as ; just so, nevertheless.
Sc. So he e'en took a wager rather than be shamed, Scott Leg,
Mont. (1818) iv. Rnf. Though . . . The fare at times is gey an scant,
E'en dab awa'. Young Pi'rfKrfs (1865) 173. Gall. He'll e'en be
minister o'Earlswood withoot it,then, Crockett Stickit Min. (1893)
109. n.Yks.2 w.Yks. As they brew een so let them bake, Prov. in
Brighouse News (July 20, 1889). Stf. We'll e'en do that (E.F.).
Hence (i) Een a'most, adv. almost, nearly ; (2) Een to,
E'ensto, or Into, adv. excepting, almost, all but.
(i) Brks. Gl. (1852); Brks.' I een-a'mwoast ketched a young
rabbut,but a slipped into a hawle. Ken. 'GcH.used with some emphasis;
Ken.'^ Sus. ''Tise'en-a'most time you gave over eelshearing for this
year ; Sus. 2 I ha'e e'en-a'most done wimming [winnowing]. Hmp.'
[Amer. Eenamost enuf brass, Lowell Biglow Papers (18.^8) ^^.^
(2r Glo.' Som. There were ten e'ensto one or two, W. & J. Gl.
(1873). w.Som.' Dhur wuz dree skoa'ur ee'n tu dree ur vaawur
[There were three score, wanting only three or four]. Hon I come,
all the vokes was ago, een to 'bout of half a dizen. nw.Dev.'
EEN, see Eye, s6.', Oven.
EENABIE, n(//'. Sh.I. Small, diminutive for one's age.
S. & Ork.'
EENACH, sb. Bnff.' [rnsx-] The natural greasiness
of wool.
EEND, adj. Rxb. (Jam.) Even, straight.
EENDER, see Undern.
EENE, s/;. Chs.' The long part of a spade-handle.
[Hean, the hilt of any weapon, in Howell (Hall.).]
EENIE, 56. Sc. [ini.] T)imin. of een, pi. of eye (q.v.).
Abd. Her blue eenies 's as like yer ain as they can be, Mary,
Alexander ..4i'« /"//('. (1882") 59. Lnk. Bricht lauchin' eenie, sparks
o'love,M'LACHLAN Thoughts (1884) 41. L'.h. "V'er eenie saftly close
at last. Smith Meny Bndal (1866) 51.
EENIL, see Eyndill.
EENKIN, sb. Dnif (Jam.) Kindred in all its extent.
[We sal make a specialle prayer for ... all oure euen-
kyn saules. Lay Folks Mass Book (c. 1450) 72.]
EENLINS,s/)./'/. Per. (Jam.) Equals in age. Cf. eeldins.
EENS, adv. and conj. Sc. Also Dor. Som. Also in
form ain(e)s Dor. Som. ; anes w.Som.' [Inz, enz.]
1. adv. Even as, in such a manner as ; just as.
KENT
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EERIE
Sc.(Jam.) v/.Dor.RoDERTsIlist. Lyme Regis {1824). Som.W.iSr J.
G/. (18701. w.Som. ' Ee-ns miid zai- [as one may say], is one of
the commonest endings of any kind of sentence.
2. How, in what manner.
w.Som. Aai tuul ee ee'iis taiz, might mean either ' I'll tell you
how 'lis,' or ' even as it is,' or more rarely, ' I'll tell you what 'tis,'
Elwokthy Gram. (1877) 65 ; w.Som.' Aa 1 shoa ee eens kn diie'ut
[I'll show you how (one) can do it].
3. Why, wherefore.
w.Som. Aa'l luul^e ee'ns aay diic'd ut. means, according to in-
tonation. ' I'll tell you how I did it,' or * I'll tell you why I did it,'
Elworthy ib. ; w.Som.' Nobody never ont know eens her do'd
it vor.
4. But that.
w.Som. Yiie kaa'n zai ee'nsuur oa'n ab-m aa'dr au'l [You cannot
say but that she will have him after all], Elworthy ib. ; w.Som.'
Maister didn think no otherways ee'ns he was all ready vor to go
to work.
5. coiij. That, so that.
w.Som.' You told me ee 'ns you wadn gwain : else I should a- went
too. Iwantvortofixthedurns, eensthemasonsmidgoon(s.v. Durns).
EENT, acfv. So. [int.] A contraction of even it, used
to give additional emphasis.
Sc. Common. Used in affirmation. If it be said 'That's no what
I bade you do,' the answer is ' It's eent' (Jam.). Fif. I will eent
so,justassune as I throw on my duds, RobertsonPtoz/os/{ 1894) 31 ;
I was thinkin, as I was eent so, that he micht be aboot that, ib. 32.
w.Fif. Used to emphasize a declaration or a promise (A.W.).
EENY, adj. Nhb. Yks. Written eany Nhb.> [ini.]
Cellular, having small hollows or eyes.
Nhb.' ' Eany and light,' a term applied to bread when the interior
has a glazed appearance and is full of holes. n.Yks.* 'An eeny
cheese.' Small hollows, or ' eyes,' are found inside that product.
[Een (eyes) +-_)', adjl. suff.]
EER, f. and si. Sh.I. Also written eir. [Jr.] 1. v.To
squeak as a pig ; to scream, shriek, bawl out. See Beerin.
William yokid da gaut [hog] ower da trunnie wi' sic a grip 'at
he eir'd fil [till] Sibbie clappid her haands ower her lugs an' fled in,
Sh. News (Aug. 20, 1898) ; (Coll. L.L.B.) ; (Jam.) ; S. & Ork.'
2. sb. A piercing scream, as that uttered under the
influence of terror. S. & Ork.'
EER, see Year.
EEREST, sb. Sh.I. In phr./or the eerest, for the mean-
time. S. & Ork.i
EERIE, rtrfy. Sc.Irel. Nhb. Also Oxf.NrfDev. Also in
forms airy s.Irel. ; eiry Sc. (Jam.) Edb. Slk. ; erie Edb. ;
errie Lnk. ; ery Sc. (Jam.) Slk. ; yeery Rxb. (Jam.) [iri.]
1. Apprehensive, frightened, in dread of spirits.
Sc. When I sleep I dream. When I wauk I'm eerie, Chambers
Sngs. (1829) I. 113. Cai.' Kcd. Fat tarry then maksyou sae eery?
BuRNESS Thrummy Cap (c. 1796) 1. 147. Fif. Lang he rade, baith
tir'd an' eery, Douglas Poems (i8o6) tor. Rnf. An' sae, Friend
Hodge, as I'm right eerie. Let's hear ye sing, my 'Apron Dearie,'
PiCKEN Poems (1813) I. 121. Ayr. Something . . . That pat me in
an eerie swither. Burns Dr. Hornbook {i-jS^) st. 6 ; I got a gliff o'
something whi te before me, 'That put me in an eerie s wither, 'Service
Notandiims (1890) 19. Lnk. He's peeous and he'sguid ; but it's a
shame To be sae eerie. Black Falls 0/ Clyde (1806) 134 ; A story
is told, 'twill make you feel errie, Stewart Twa Elders {1S86) 150.
Edb. I was terribly frighted and eerie, Moir MaiisieWauch {i8z8jx;
How erie I hae been hame comin' If fled day-light, Liddle Poems
(1821) 200. Slk. It was weak and silly for ony true Christian to
beeiry for the Brownie, Hogg Tnfes (1838)45, ed. 1866. Kcb.John
sten'd the burnie by himsel Wi' eerie brow, Davidson Seasons
(1789)68.
2. Dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful.
Also used advb.
Sc. Our young an' bonnie bairns ha'e gane. An' left our hame fu'
eerie, NicoLL/'of>«s(ed. 1843)223; Usedina^«!. sense, assuggesting
the idea of sadness or melancholy, affecting the mind from the in-
fluence of something which, though not preternatural, is yet out of
the ordinarjxourse, and tends toexcitethe feelings ortoawake painful
recollections! Jam.); It is an eery thing to me, to seemy poor bairns
submitting that way to pleasure a stranger in a' her nonsense,
Cottagers of Glenburnie, 260 (ib.). Abd. While boldly, not coldly,
I try each honest plan. And cheery, not eery, Ay do the best I can,
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 363. Fif. The sky sough'd wi' an eerie
bum, Tennant Papistry (1827") 144. Rnf. December wins, in eerie
moans,His[theyear's]end seemed to be wail, Young PiWm/ts (1865}
9; What gars ye greet, my bonnie lass? What maks ye look sae
eerie? Barr Poems (1861) 39. Ayr. One by one they took their
eerie way into the unknown and inscrutable eternities. Service
Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 8. Lnk. Peaseweeps' wae an' eerie cry,
Wide-echo'd thro' the vacant sky, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) "5-
Ltli. Few hearts can send them [beggars] away Unserved frae their
doors on siccan an eerie day, Ballantine Poe>ns (1856) 23 ; A-tap
the cairt loads, wives and weans Crouch'd eerie an' dumfoun'ert,
LuMSDEN Stieep-head (1892) 71, Edb. They glour eiry at a friend's
disgrace, FergussonPoc»is^I773) 180, ed. 178,5. Dmf.The laverock
hapsfu'eerieThatusedtae hail therosydawn,QuiNNi/ra//i«-(i863)
208.
Hence (1) Eeriely, adv. dismally, drearily, in a fore-
boding way; (2) Eeriesome, adj. dismal, dull, sad,
melancholy.
(I) Rnf. How eerily, how drearily, how wearily to pine. When
my love's in a foreign land. Harp (1819) 280 ; Kirkton Burn, thro'
rocky channel, Burden't nicht sae eerilie, Neilson Poems (1877)
38. Ayr. The nicht as 1 hear the wind crying eeriely in the
plantin'. Service No/andums (1890) 48 ; The wind was soughing
eeriely through the plantin', ib. Dr. Dugiiid {ed. 1887) 130. Kcb.
The win's souchin' eerily, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 158. (2)
Frf. Tae weave jute in darkness is eerisome toil, Johnston Factory
Girt (1869) 127. Dmf. Looking, puir sauls, on your eeriesome lot,
Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 46.
3. Weird, uncanny ; haunted by spirits. Also used advb.
Elg. Eerie wins at midnicht blaw Amang the stanes, Tester
Poems (1865' 155. Abd. Lanely greetin' by the ingle At the eerie
midnight hour, Still Cottar's Sunday (1845) 41. Frf. It was an
eerie marriage that, Petey, Barrie Tommy (1896) 74 ; An ancient
dame kythed eerie through the twilight beam, Beattie Artiha'
(c. 1820) 20, ed. 1882. Per. 'Mang seggs sae eerie soughin', Hali-
BURTON Horace (1886) 75. Frf. Eerie the sughin' o' the wind,
Robertson Provost (1894) 143. Rnf. Nothing else is heard in the
darkened room till the eerie turn o' the nicht, Gilmour Pen Flk.
(1873)33, Lnk. Awed by the lull o' endless death. The eerie fiends
scarce daured to breathe, Deil's Hallowe'en { 1856) 32 ; She had an
eerie dream, Eraser IVhaups (1895) xii. Bwk. The win' . . . sighs
wi' an eerie sough, Calder Poems (1897) 70 ; The spectre forms
o' care and want. Our earthly homes that eerie haunt, Henderson
Pop. Rhymes (1856) 172. Feb. Eerie night drew on apace, Affleck
Poet. IVks. (1836) 40. Slk. You even hear the Grey Mare's Tail —
Whuskin through the wild, wi' an eerie sugh, Chr. North Nodes
(ed. 1856) III. 175. Rxb. And eerie is travel when light is away,
RiDDELL Poi"/. IVks. (ed. 1871) I. 97. Dmf.The hinmaist whaup
has quat his eerie skirl, Reid Poems (1894) 29. Gall. In the mirk
eerie midnicht, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxiii. Wgt It was an
eerie nicht, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 209. Ir. The peasants gather
round their hearths on eerie winter evenings. Barlow Idylls
(1892") 243. s.Ir. The place had always before the name of being very
airy, Croker Leg. (1862) 253. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb.
To make the scene mair awesome still. An' gar ane feel an eerie
chill, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 91. s.Oxf. An eerie
figure in her light cotton dress, her grey hair blowing about in the
puffs of air, Rosemary Ctiiltcrns (1895) 222. Nrf. 'What an eiry
horse!' said an old lady, of a tall handsome animal at which she was
somewhat scared. Common (A. G.). Dev. As one eerie thought led
to another, I recalled the maid who lost her identity, O'Neill Idyls
(1892,1 22.
Hence (i) Eerieful, adj. weird, uncanny, foreboding evil,
portentous ; (2) Eerieness, sb. fear excited by the fear of
an apparition ; (3) Eeriesome, adj. ghostly, weird, awe-
inspiring ; (4) Eeriesomeness, sb., see Eerieness.
;i)Frf.There,wharWill-o'- the- Wisp sheds his eeriefu'lo we. Watt
Poet. Sketches (1880) 74. (2) Sc. Debar then, afar then, All eiriness
orfear,AYTOUN Ballads (ed. i86i)II. 387. Abd. It was with a certain
feeling of hesitancy, and even of eeriness, that Saunders Mai-
colmson slowly lifted the latch, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882)42.
(3) Frf. The rude winter wind wails through the eeriesome wuds,
\\Iatv Poet. Sketches {1880) 116. Slk. Yon chill and cheerless winter
sky.Troth but 'tis eerisome to see, Chr. North Noctes{ed. 1856) III.
335; And sang on the wynde with ane eirysome croon, Hogg Poems
(ed. 1865) 287. Nhb. The night grows eerysome to see, Richard-
son Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VIII. 165. (4) Sc. The eeriesome-
ness of the sleeping world, had no terrors for her as she stepped
out, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 60.
[1. And to his cave hym sped vvyth ery spreyt, Douglas
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 166; Joseph fiat was jian ful
eri For \e. child, he cald mari, Cursor M. (c. 1300) 12433.
OE. earh (gen. earges), timid, cowardly.]
EERIF
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EGG
EERIF, EEROCK, see Hairif, Earock.
EERVAR, s6. Irel. The last pig of a litter.
Mun. Simmons Gl. (1890).
EES, EESE, EESIN, see Basse, Use, Yes, Easinfg.
EESK, V. Or.I. Also in form weesk. [isk.] To
squeak. (S.A.S.)
EET, inl. s.Not. (J.P.K.) War.^ [It.] A call to a
horse to turn to the right.
EET, EETCH, EETH,seeEat,Ett, Yett, Eke, si.', Eath.
EETION, sb. Bnff.' A living creature.
Very commonly applied to persons of small stature.
EETNOCH, sb. Sc. A moss-grown, precipitous rock.
Ayr. Echo't ainang the auld grey eetnocks [leg. eetnochs],
Blackw. Mag. (Apr. 1821) 352 (Jam.).
EETTIE, sb. Sc. [I'ti.] In phr. eeltie otiiefor a tottie,
&c., a boys' game ; see below.
Abd. Play at " Burry,' . . Or ' Eettie ottie for a tottie, where shall
this boy go? ' Cadenhead Bon-accord (1853) iBg ; One of two boys
might be called the prosecutor, and the other the doomster. The
prosecutor brought other boys, one by one, to the doomster, who,
to prevent spite or partiality, was not allowed to see the boy
brought to him. The prosecutor, while he twirled his finger about
the boy's palm, repeated the words, 'Eettie ottie for a tottie, where
shall this boy go ? Shall he go east? or shall he go west ? Or shall
he go up to the crows' nest ?' The doomster then sent the boys,
one after another, to such and sucli a door or corner. When all
were disposed of, a signal was given, and whosoever reached the
goal first won the game (W.C.).
EEVENOO, adj. Obs. or obsol. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not
known to our correspondents.] Very hungry.
EEVER, adj. Cai.' Of places : upper, higher.
EEVER, see Eaver, sb}^
EEVERAGE, sb. s.Chs.' [I varidg.] Carting and
other work of the kind done by a tenant for his landlord
without paj'ment.
The Cheshire farmer stillspeaks ofdoingeeverageforhislandlord.
[Arage, vtherwaies Average . . . signifies service quhilk
the tennent aucht to his master be horse or cariage of
horse, Skene Expos, (ed. 1641) 9. OFr. average, ' un droit
paye pour I'exemption des corvees de charrettes ' (La
Curne) ; der. o{ aver, a beast of burden ; see Aver si.]
EEZIN, see Easinfg.
EFA, s6. Nhb. A small, diminutive person.
He's nowt but an efa. Still used, but seldom (R.O.H.); Nhb.'
EFFEIR, sb. Obs. Sc. Appearance, bearing, ' pomp
and circumstance.'
Arrayed in effeir of war, Scott Waverley {iBi^') Ixx ; This rising
in effeir of war . . . will prove little better than perduellion, ib.
Midlothian (1818) xii ; This was no knight, but the Maid herself,
bodin in effeir of war, Lang Monk of Fife 1,1896) 143.
[Thai persauit be his spekyng. And his effer, he wes
the kyng, Barbour Bruce (1375) vii. 126. OFr. afere, de-
portment, appearance (Vie S. Alex. 31) ; cp. Norm. dial.
afaire (affaire, afire), ' mine, air, conduite, condition '
(IVIoiSY).J
EFFEIR, V. Obs. Sc. To pertain to, to fall by right,
to be proper or fit. See Affeiring.
Sc. In sic state and grandeur at the ball as effeired to their
station in society, Sc. Haggis (i8mo. ed.) 150 ; Ten jackmen at
his back . . . bodin in all that effeirs to war, Scott Monastery
(1820) xxxiii. Sh.I. There is an ancient law in Shetland, ' that
none have more swine than effeiring to their landlabouring,'HiBBERT
Desc. Sh.I. (1822) 177, ed. 1891. Fif. He . . . gaif command That
his hail companie should stand, Andhonour, as it did effeir, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 80. Slg. The people animated, as effeirs, partly
by the Word.and violence of the course, took arms, Bruce Sermons
(c. 1631) 49, ed. 1843. Ayr. I hold the spiritual charge of the parish,
with the manse, glebe lands, and other temporalities effeiring thereto,
Johnston Glcnbuciw (iS8g) 179.
[Our pra;decessours . . . appoyntet sik magistratis
efieiring to the lawis to teiche tiiame, Dalrymple Leslie's
Hist. Scotl. (1596) I. 125. AFr. affcrir, to belong, pertain
(La Curne).]
EFFIE, sA. Wor. [efi.] The marsh-tit, Paras /a/ws/m.
w.Wor. licrrow'i Jrn. (Mar 3, 1888).
EFFIGY, sb. Hrt. Suf. Cor. Also in form effij Suf '
[e'fid^i.] A likeness, image, picture, counterpart.
Hrt. She wur the verry efhgy of her mother (H.G.). Suf. (C.T);
Suf.i He is the very eflij of his father. Cor.^
EFFRAYIT, pp. Sc. Frightened. Cf. afraid.
Fif. The fient a body that had feet. That didna skirr into the
street, Effray't, and out o' breath, Tennant Papistry (1827) 49.
[Thai effrayit war suddanly, Barbour Bruce (1375) vii.
610. Fr. effrayer, to aftVight (Cotgr.).]
EFT, EFTER, see Haft, After.
EFTEST, adj. 'War. "Won [eftist.] Soonest, quickest,
most convenient.
War.^ We must take the door back to the shop to alter it — it will
be the eftest way. w.Wor.'
[Yea, marry, that's the eftest way, Shaks. Much Ado, iv.
ii. 38.]
EFTSITH, flrfz;. n.Yks." [e-ftsi{>.] Often.
[ME. eftsith, once more, another time. Noe . . . sent J>e
dofe eftsith. Cursor M. (c. 1300) 1901.]
EFT-STOOL, sb. Sc. A newt or lizard stool.
Lnk.Eemocks, eft-stools, birds an' bees, Nicholson /rfjV/s (1870)33.
EGADLINS, see Egodlin(s.
EGAL, adj. Obs. Sc. Equal.
Rnf. In shape and size that were most egal, Meston Poems
(1767) 116 (Jam.).
EGAST, EGE, EGER, see Agast, Edge, v}. Eagre.
EGG, si.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. [eg.]
1. In comb, (i) Egg-bag, a meaningless argument ; (2)
-battle, see below ; (3) -bed, the ovarium of a fowl ; also
used fig.; (4) -bound, preparing to sit and lay eggs; (5)
•cap, see -hat ; (6) -cheese, a cheese made with eggs and
curd ; see below; (7) -clock, a cockchafer; (8) -cratch, a
frame made with holes in it for holding eggs; (9) -cups,
red cup-moss, Lecanora tarlarea ; (lo) -doup, a woman's
cap, with an egg-shaped or oval back; see Dowp ; (11)
•doupit, shaped like theend of an egg; ( 12) -eater,the cuckoo,
Ciiciilus catiorus ; (13) -feast, the Saturday before Shrove
Tuesday; (14) -gull, the herring-gull, Lams argeiitatus ;
(15) -hat, a boys' game ; see below ; (16) -hog, (17) -hot,
a hot drink made of beer, eggs, sugar, nutmeg, &c. ; also
called Eggy-hot; (i8)-laters,personswho used to go about
among neighbouring villages to buy up the eggs to send
off on market days ; (19) -peg bushes, the plant Prunus
spinosa ; (20) -plant, (a) the plant, Solaiium Melongeua ;
(b) the snowberry, Symphoricarpus raceitiosus ; (21) -wife-
trot,an easyjog-trot,suchapaceasthatwithwhich farmers'
wives carry their eggs to market ; (22) Eggs-eggs, the fruit
of the hawthorn.
(i) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 22, 1893X (2) Cor. At St.
Columb, . . on Shrove Tuesday, each child in a dame's school was
expected to bring an egg, and at twelve o'clock the children had an
egg-battle, Flk-Lore Jm. (1886) IV. 131; Children struck the eggs
together over a plate held by mistress, the contents of which became
her perquisite for her pancakes. Antiquary (Mar. 1884). (3) Sc.
(Jam.) Ayr. I'll no say what's intheegg-bed o' my brain, GALTZ.fl»(/s
(1826) vi. (4) Suf. [A pair of Turtle-doves.] At last one of them
began to show signs of cradle-making, and I was told that she was
manifestly egg-bound, Blackw. Mag. i^Nov. 1889) 620. (5) w.Yks.
A game played by throwing small stones intoa cap placed at the foot
of a wall (A.C. ). (6) n.Cy. Farmers in the northern parts of Eng-
land make egg cheeses, which are famous for toasting. After the
curd is thoroughly prepared, they make this cheese by putting five
yolks of eggs to every pound of curd, mixing the whole properly,
and putting it into the cheese press as usual, Young A>malsAgric.
(i784-i8i5)XXXVIII.504. (7 )n.Yks.= Sometimes called egg-clocks,
as being oviform and hard-cased (s.v. Cock-clocks). Lan.' Prov.
Kill a egg-clock an' it'll rain to-morn. ne.Lan.' (8) w.Yks. Banks
IFkfld. IVds. (1865). (9) Hmp. (W.M.E.F.) (lol Abd. She seems
to clutch At FirhilTs clean, new-pipet mutch. . . It's no an egg-doup
like her ain, Cadenhead Bon-accord (1853) 170; Your runkled
venerable face, Your egg-doup mutch undecked wi' lace, Ander-
son Rhymes (1867) 57. (11) Abd. Wi' a blue-spotted wrapper, an
egg-doupit mutch, ANDERsoN/?/i)'«;fs(i867)i3. (i2)Som.(W.H.Y.)
(13) Oxf. In the Oxford Almanacks, the Saturday preceding this
day [Shrove Tuesday] is called the Egg-feast, Brand Pop. Antiq.
(ed. 1813) I. 56 ; For neither the Papists, nor those of the Eastern
Church, eat eggs during Lent, but at Easter they begin to eat them.
And hence the Egg-feast formerly at Oxford, when the scholars
took leave of that kind of food, on the Saturday after [5<'c] Ash-
Wednesday, ib. 146. (14) [It is a sad pilferer of its neighbours'
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goods, and is sometimes called the ' Egg-Gull' from its habit of de-
vouring the eggs of other sea birds, Smith Biiils (1887) 535.] (15)
Mid. (.A.B.C) w. Mid, The players place their caps in a row. One
throws a stone into another's cap. The owner picks it up and
throws the cap at the other, and if he hits him a stone is put in the
cap of the latter. When one boy has five stones in his cap 'he is
a flier,* and pays a forfeit — passes between a double line of his
companions, wlio ' sock at him with their caps ! ' (W.P.M.) (16)
Ant. Adrink with beaten-up eggs boiled in (\V.H.P.\ (i7)War.°^,
w.Wor.', Glo.', Brks.', Oxf.', Dev.^ Cor. At the plentiful supper
always provided on that night, egg-hot or eggy-hot, was the prin-
cipal drink. . . . made with eggs, hot beer, sugar, and rum, and
. . . poured from one jug into another until . . . covered with froth,
Fit-Lore Jill. ( 18861 IV. 116; The mug of eggy-hot passed from
hand to hand as steadily as usual, 'Q.' T/iree S/iifis (i8go) vii;
Cor.'23 (18) Cum. (M. P.) (19) Glo. > (20, o) w.Som.' (i;Chs.i3
(2i)w.Yks.l (22) Wil.'
2. Phr. (i) egg ami bird, from youth to maturity, from
first to last ; (2) a bad egg, an unfortunate venture or
speculation ; (3) to break an egg, curling term ; to play
one stone so as to touch another very gently ; (4) lo peel
eggs with any one, not to stand on ceremony ; {5) to be off
your eggs, to make a mistake, be on the wrong tack ; (6)
to be off eggs, on potatoes, to wander abruptly from one
subject to another ; (7) eggs and bacon, {a) the yellow
toadflax, Linaria vulgaris ; (b) the bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus
corniciilatus ; (c) the daffodil, Narcissus incomparabilis
and bicotor ; (8) — and butter, (a) see — and bacon {a); (b)
the buttercup. Ranunculus acris and bulbosus ; (c) daffodils
of var. kinds; (9) — and collops, (a) see — and bacon; (b)
fried eggs and bacon or ham.
(i) Myo. Bad luck to her sowl, egg and bird! Barrington Stelcties
(1830) III. xvi. (2) War.^ ne.Wor. A girl, whose supposed lover
had fallen oft' in his attentions, summed up the matter by remarking
•Well, that's a bad egg!' (J.W. P.) (3) Ayr. A well-delivered stone
from a smart driver 'broke an egg' on the enemy's front, Johnston
Kitiiiallie (1891) II. log ; The ice is gleg ; Aim for the guard, and
break an egg, Boswell Poet. IVIis. (ed. 1871) 196. (4^ Mon. Such a
one is not a person that you would peel eggs with [stand on cere-
mony with], A^. (y Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 396. (51 Sc. Ye're aft'
yours eggs and on cauld chuckie-stanes (Jam.). Sh.I. Na, boy,
doo's aff o' dy eggs for wance, Sh, News ^Sept. 18, 1897). Fif.
'Woman, your education's been sairly neglected.' '"Ve're aflfyour
eggs there, guidman, for C. Mitchell . . . gied me as guid a schulein'
as his abeelities wad allow,' M'Laren Tibbie (1894) 62. Dmb. Ye're
afifyer eggs there, mistress ; for except Jean Broun, I wadna gi'e
a smoke o' tobacco for a' the women betwixt this and Jerusalem,
Cross DisiupUoii (1844^, xi. Rnf.Ye're afifyer eggs there, mistress,
Neilson Pvenis (1877; 52. (6i Cai.' (7, a) w.Yks. (W.M.E.F.),
s.Not. (J.P.K.), Rut., Glo.', Nrf. -Wil. The resemblance of the
yellow toad-flax flower to a puppy-dog's mouth is not very
striking ; neither doe5 * Eggs and Bacon ' very happily describe
its yellow and orange blossoms, Saniiii Gazette (Jan. 1890) 6, col.
I ; Wil.^, w.Som.'. Dev.*, nw.Dev.' (i) Rut.' A common name.
Nhp.', Sus. ic) ■War.3, SUr.' (8, a) n.Wil. Eggs and butter, a
curious name for a flower, will of course be there, Jefferies Wild
Life [i8jg) 4g. w.Som.', Dev." ii)Chs.'3 (c) w.Som.', Dev."!, Cor.3
(9,(j: n.Cy., w.Yks.', Lan.' (i| w.Yks.'
EGG, sb.^ W.Yks. (W.H.V.) [eg.] A flag, fixed on
edge, on which a workman prepares the slates ready for
the slater. Cf edge, sb. 3.
[ME. egge, edge, rim (Paston Lett. I. 468).]
EGG, V. and adj. In gen. dial, and colloq. use in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Also in forms agg War.° Shr.' ; aye
se.Wor.' ; eag Sc. Chs.' Shr.' Hrf. ; edge e.Lan.' s.Chs.'
Lei.' War.^ Glo.' w.Som.' Cor. '^ ; eke Abd. ; heg(g Dur.'
Wm. ; heyh e.Lan.' ; igg S. & Ork.' ; yeg e.Yks.' [eg,
edg.] 1. V. To incite, instigate, urge, encourage, esp.
to incite to mischief or wrongdoing. Gc«. with o« or ;//.
Sh.I. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; Try a' 'at dey can ta igg da taen up
again' da tidder, Sii. News (May 28, 1898). S. & Ork.' Abd.
Aul' Dykeside, 'er fader, aiven ekeit 'er up till't, Alexander yiin
Flk. (1882) 179. Frf. She's egging my laddie on to fecht, Barrie
Minister (1891) iv. Dmb. Wha was to ken that the Deil had eggit
on Dr. Snapperdudgeon again? Cross Disiuplioii (1844) xxviii.
Ayr. I'll be there next Lord's day and egg my neighbours to be
likewise, Galt Ann, Parish (1821) i. Lnk. It'll keep her frae
egging up her father to put ye away for impidcnce. Eraser IVIiaiips
(1895'i viii ; Now when nae sep'rate interest eags to strife, Ramsay
VOL. II.
Poems (cd. 1733') 134. Lth. Sleely egg up Agnes to veesit a' her
acquaintances, Lumsden Sliecp-head {i&gz) 264. Edb. I used aye
to egg him on to tell me what he had come through, Moir Maiisie
Waiicli (1828) i. Ant. He egged up the boys to fight, Ballvtiiciia
Obs. (1892). S.Don. Simmons G1. (1890). N.Cy.' Nhb. And egg
wor men of news Their cause to stigmatize, Tyneside Siigstr.
(1889) loi. Dur.' Cum. Thoo's a bonny fella teh be a policeman,
sez ah, eggan [fwok] on teh feight, SARCissoNyoc Scoap (1881) 74;
Cum.' 'Wm.The screaming curlews i'the air Appear'd to heg beayth
houndanhare,WHiTEHEADZ.f^. (i859"l37. n.Yks.'^, e.Yks.' m.Yks.'
He was egged to it. w.Yks. ^-i ; w.Yks.^ He'll egg him on till he'll be
duing him an injury. Lan.' He eggs him on to o' sorts o' mischief.
e.Lan.', Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Dhem Naantwej'ch men kiim un faach t iip
sich'iiky'er'i i th meytindhun noobdi kiid gy'et in uwuurd;burah
noa' oour it woz egd um on [Them Nantweich men come an' fatclit
up sich a kerry i'th' meitin' than (till) noob'dy could get in a
word ; bur ah know hooar (who) it was egged 'em on]. s.Stf.
They'd never ha fought if yo' hadner egged 'em on, Pinnock BIk.
Cy. Ann. (1895). Der.^, nw.Der.' Not. His wife was allust egging
him on to it (L.C.M.); ^W.H.S.); Not.', Lei.', Nhp.' WaT.B'/iani
ffyt/y. Pos^i June 10.1893); War.'23 se.Wor.' Ayed him on. Shr.'
W'y 'ow can I blame the lad w'en yo' bin al'ays eaggin 'im on ?
'E didna want to fight, on'y they agged 'im on, Hrf. Bound Pi ovine.
(1876). Oxf.', Brks.', Hnt. (T.P.F.), Sus.', I.W.' w.Som.' Ee
eod'n u diie'd ut, necf uur ad-n u-aej'-n au'n [He would fiot have
done it, if she had not urged him on]. Cor.'^
Hence (i) Edgement, si. incitement, urging, persuasion;
(2) Eg-battle, sb. a person who urges on others to quarrel
and fight ; (3) Egging, vbl. sb. (a) see Edgement ; (b)
ppl. adj. urging, persuading, inciting ; (4) Eggings, sb. pi.
temptations, inducements ; (5) Eggs, sb. pi. bumps on the
hinder parts given with the knee.
(i) w.Som.' Ee-d bee soa bur nuuf, uun'ee dhur-z au'vees zaum
aej-munt ur nuudh'ur [He would be sober enough, only there is
always some temptation or other]. (2) Cum. He was a rare eg-
battle, bit he teukk gud care to keep at ootside his-sell, Dickinson
Cimibr. (1S75) 7. (3, (T) n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' Thoo taks a deeal o'
eggin to get tha started. m.Yks.', n.Lan.', Not. (L.C.M.'I [III
egging makes ill begging, Ray Prov. (1678J 131.] (i) n.'Sfks.^
' Egging brass, 'the money reward ofifered for anything lost, to induce
restoration. (4) »'6. (5) s.Not. (J.P.K.)
2. To tease, irritate ; to importune, find fault continually,
to ' nag.'
n.Yks. Sha's awlus yeggin at ma i^I.W.). e.Yks. Daun'tyeg!
(E.F.) ; e.Yks.' War.^ Er aggs that poor mon till I wonder 'e don't
do for 'er. Agg ! agg ! agg ! I don't get any peace o' my life for j^er
clack. Glo. Baylis llliis. Dial. (1B70). n.Dev. Tamzen and tlice
be oiweys wother egging or veaking, E-xin. Seold. (1746) 1. 307.
3. adj. Keen, eager; used with o«.
s.Chs.' Ey i)nii veri egon aatit [He inna very eggon at it]. Glo.'
[1. ME. cggen, to incite (Chaucer), (i) ME. cggement,
incitement (/6.) ; O'H. eggjai]
EGGALOURIE, sb. Or.L A dish of eggs and milk
boiled together. (S.A.S.) ; S. & Ork.'
EGGED ALE, //;/■. Chs. A drink made of ale mixed
with eggs, &:c. See Egg-hot.
Chs.' Drunk at Easterin the neighbourhood of Wilmslow. s.Chs.l
A concoction made by beating eggs up in ale, and boiling the mixture.
EGGER, EGGES, see Aigar.
EGGIN, adv. s.Chs.' ' Back again ' ; a word used to
horses. See Again, adv. 3.
Kiim eg-in [Come eggin], as used by a ploughman, means 'Turn
back again to the left,' at the end of a furrow.
EGGING, vbl. sb. Nrf. Birds'-nesting, esp. applied to
taking eggs of game.
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 47.
EGGLE, V. Bnft'.' [e'gl.] To incite, instigate, stir up,
esp. to incite to evil, iS;c. See Egg, v.
EGGLE-BERRY, sb. nw.Dev.' Also in form aggie-.
The fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus O.xyacantha. See
Eglet.
EGGLER, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Oxf 'Written egglar Sc. (Jam.)
A hawker who collects eggs through the country for sale;
a poulterer. See Egg-laters, Egg, sb.^ (i8j.
s.Sc. The numbers and ages, as taken in 1791, are— Pendiclers,
10-Egglers, 2, Statist. Aec. XIV. 589 (Jam.\ N.Cy.', Oxf.'
EGGTAGGLE, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) The act of wasting
time in bad company; immodest conduct. See Taigle.
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EGHIN AND OWIN, /An Sc. ' Humming and hawing.'
s.Sc. [Elocution is] the way the gentry speak, eghin an' owin, an
sichin an sabbin, an' makin yer voice gang up an doun, like daft
Jock playin on the fife, Wilson Tales (1836) III. 28.
EGISTMENT, see Agistment.
EGLANTINE, sb. ne.Yks. The honeysuckle, Lonicem
Periclymemim. (B. & H.)
[IVlilton prob. uses this word for the honeysuckle : The
twisted eglantine, L' Allegro (1632) 48. But it is prop,
the sweet-briar.]
EGLET, sb. Dev. Cor. Also written egglet Dev. Cor. ;
and in forms aglet Cor.i; eaglet, heglet, heglut Dev.
[e-glit.] The fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus O.xyacaiitlia.
Dev. Thaim heer es theck es hegluts, mothur, Daniel BnJc oj
Scio (_i842) 189; It will be a hard winter; there are so many
eaglets in the hedges (M.H.R.); (F.W.C.); (W.L.-P.); Dev.", Cor.'
Hence Eglet-blossom, sb. the flower of the hawthorn,
Crataegus Oxyacantlia. Dev.*
EGODLINiS, int. Yks. Lan. Der. In form egadlins
Lan.' A mild oath or expletive.
w.Yks.' Lan. Egadlins ! but they'n getten a ruck o' hinsects,
CiiAP.iiAN Widdcr Bagsliaw (c. i860) 7 ; Egodlins, e sheavvtud
ogen, ScHOLES Tim Gmnwattle (1857) 23; Egadlin, aw think yoar
after summat uts noane good, Staton Looniinaiy (e. 1861) 34;
Lan.' Egadlins ! wi mun bi sharp eawt o' this pleck or they'n
catch us. nw.Der.'
EGODSNAM, m/. Lan. A form of oath, a contraction
of in God's name.'
Heau's lat e Godsnum? Collier Wlis. (1750) 36 ; Lan.'
EGOW, ;■;//. Yks. [rgou.] An exclamation or mild oath.
w.Yks. Egow! it ud be a fine niarlake to wakken him up, Snow-
DEN Web of Weaver {18^6) 54 ; Egow ! aw'U find him some horns,
il>. 41.
EGREMONT, int. ni.Yks.' An exclamation or mild
oath.
The egremont ! He's going the egremont yonder.
EGYPT-HERRING, sb. Sc. The saury pike, Scoiit-
beresox Satiriis. Also called Egyptian herring (q.v.).
e.Sc. Almost every autumn it enters the Frith of Forth in con-
siderable shoals. Here it is named Gowdnook or Gowdanook . . .
and sometimes Egypt-herring, Neill Fis/ies (1810) 17 (Jam. s.v.
Gowdanook).
EGYPTIAN, sb. and adj. Sc. Chs. Also I.W. Wil.
1. sb. A gyps}', vagabond.
Bnfr. He formed the resolution of trj'ing to give a check to the
lawless proceedings of the * Egyptians ' by bringing their leaders
to justice, Gordon Chron. Keith [ 1880) 37. Frf. The mistress maun
have saved some siller that spring through the Egyptians keeping
awa, Barrie Thrums (1889) xi. Ayr. Sturdy gangrels, Egyptians,
and ither lowse persons, Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887 ) 259. Edb.
Commanding to banishment such sorners as were known by the
name of Egyptians orgypsies, Pennecuik fF;ts.(i7i5) 182, ed. 1815.
2. The water avens, Geiini rwale. n.Wil. (G.E.D.)
3. adj. In fo/;;Z). (1) Egyptian frog, a toad ; (2) — herring,
the saury pike, Scoiiibereso.x Snurtis; (3) — rose, the
scabious, Scabiosa arveiisis and atropurpiirea ; (4) — thorn,
the evergreen thorn, Crataegus Pyracantha.
(i) I.W. tHALL.) (2) e.Sc. (Jam.) [Satciiell (1879).] (3)
I.-W. (4) Chs.i
[A company of Egyptians, or as they are vulgarly called,
gipsies, Fielding Tom Jones (1749) xii. Fr. Egypcien, a
gipsie (Howell).]
EH, /«/. Sc. Nhb. Dur.Wm.Yks. Lan. Der. Shr. Also
in form ee Nhb.' [e, i.] An expression of delight, wonder-
ment, surprise, &c. Often used in comb, with some other
word ; see below.
Sc. With a shrill exclamation of 'Eh, sirs!' uttered with an
accent between modesty and coquetry, Scott Waverley (1814') ix.
Abd. Eh ay, here's twa korters, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871)
viii. Nhb.' e.Dur.' Eh! aa din-aa, 'Indeed, I don't know.' The
coninioncst of expressions. 'Eh !' [ae] is a true n.Cy. exclamation,
capable of var. meanings, according to intonation and context.
Wni.' e.Yks.' Eh mon, or mun. An exclamation preluding start-
ling or pleasing news. ' Eh mon ! maisther's gin ma a shillin to
spend at fair.' w.Yks.^ Very common. When used to express de-
light or surprise it is pronounced ee\ If a flight of rockets went
up, the general exclamation would be 'Eece-ee!' Lan. E- law,
Ah ! Lord, Motilhty Mag. (1815) I. 127 ; Eh, iv that blanket could
talk, Ailse, it could oather make folk laugh or cry ! Waugh Owd
Blanket ( i86-]) iii ; Lan.', e.Lan.' s.Lan. Eh, good Katty i_S.B.).
nw.Der.' Shr.' Eh, gonies !
EHINT, prep. Cum. [s-i'nt.] Behind. See Ahind.
A stomach fit to eat t'horse chint t'sadille, Borroudale Lett, in
Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 312.
EI, see Aye, adv.'^
EID, s6. Sh.I. A tongue of land. S. & Ork.'
|Norw. dial, eid, a tongue of land, promontory (Aasen);
ON. eid.]
EIDENT,fl^'. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also written eydent
Sc. Cum.'; ident Edb. ; and in form aiden n.Yks. [ai'dant.]
1. Diligent, industrious, busy, hardworking. AXsonsedadvb.
Sc. The curate is playing at dice wi' Cornet Grahame. Be eident
and civil to them baith, Scott Old Moiiahty {1816) iii. Elg. Ye're
ahin wi* the wark, a lang wauy behind, Haud the eidenter at it,
Tester Poems (1865) 134. Bnff. Gregou Notes to Dunbar, 266.
Ech. I hae been sae eident writing journals, Forbes Jrn. (1742)
13. Abd. We was steppin' on as eident 's we cud, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xviii. Frf. The bee commenced her eident tour,
Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) i, ed. 1882. Fif. Ilk bodie as eydent as
mid-summer bee, Gray Poems '1811) 159. e.Fif. AeSabbath-nicht
we were a' eydent at oor lessons as usual, Latto Tarn Bodlcin
(1864) iii. Slg. His eydent faither, lately gane, Had left him gear
and Ian', Towers Pooj/s (1885) 171. Rnf. For fortune thraveaneath
our hands, Sae eydent aye were we, Tannahill Poems (1807)
200, ed. 1817. Ayr.Mindtheir labours wi'an eydent hand, Burns
Colters Sat. Night (1785) St. 6; Yours has been an eydent and
industrious life, Galt Entail (1823) xlii. Lnk. Eydent baith be
night and day, Ramsay Poems (1721) 23. Ltli A sturdy eident,
canty wight, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 164. e.Lth. I've been an
eident wumman a' my days. Hunter J. Intvicli (1895 56. Edb.
Ident, and snack, the chiel gat on, Mac^zili. Bygone Times fi8ii)
30 ; As an eident scholar he had his reward, jVIoir Mansie Waucli
(1828) xxviii. Bwk. I've enough to dae my turn An' help theeydent
puir, C alder Poems (1897) 245. Dmf. Search wi' eident care frae
pebbled strand tae strand, Reid Poems (1894) 5. Gall. He's a
carefu' man, an 'in some things baith eident and forehanded, Crockett
Stickit Min. (1893) 129. Kcb. The eident lass Draws frae the teaz-
ing comb, Davidson Seasons (1789) 173. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll.
L. L.B.) Nhb. Wi' eydent e'e aboon the craigs, Coquctdale Sngs.
(1852) 96; Nhb.', Cum.'
Hence (i) Eidence, sb. industry, diligence ; (2) Eidently,
adv. diligently, industriously, attentively.
(i) Bwk. A' temptations stoutly spurnin'. Keep the wheel o' ey-
dence turnin', Calder Poems (1897) 218. l2jKcd. Eidently for
wives an'lasses Mantie-mackcrs shaped an' shewed^sewed], Grant
Lays 11884) 69. Ayr. It'll take us a' to be eidently on the watch
tower to protect the doctrines o' the Kirk, Johnston Glcnbiich'e
(1889) 27. Lnk. A herd wha eidently will tent and feed ye, Rodgf_r
Poems {J838) 120, ed. 1897. Gall. Gin ye get a guid minister . . .
listen eidently to the word preached, Crockett Haiders 1^1894)
ii. Kcb. Tarn was gey eidently smoothin' his pow, Armstrong
Inglcside (i8go) 217. Nhb. The trouts they lap sa eydent!}',
Coqiietdale Sngs. (1852) 88.
2. Used as an opprobrious intensive : thorough, arrant,
'regular'; also used advb.
n.'Yks. He's a aiden rogue. He's a aiden lang tahm in comin' back.
He's a aiden leer (A.L.M.); (I.W.)
3. Of rain, snow, &c. : steady, continuous, unceasing.
Kcd. The eident rain kept peltingon. Grant Z.«vs (1884) i. Elb.
Now it turns an eident blast, An even-down pour ! Ha'rst Rig
(1794) 27, ed. 1801.
[Cp. obs. Sc. ythand (diligent, continuous) found in
Barbour and Dunbar ; see Gregor Notes to Dunbar, 266.
Throuche thair ydan, still, and continual preichengs,
Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (1596) L 233. ON. idinn,
eager, zealous (Fritzner).]
EIE(N, EIGH, see Eye, ii.'. Aye, adv'^
EIGHMER, EIGHT, see Aim, adj., Eat.
EIGHT, adj and sb. Sc. Niib. Lan. Nhp. Ess. Written
aught Rnf. 1. adj. In comb, (i) Eight-some, having
eight dancers in a reel ; (2) -square, having eight sides.
(i) Abd. They . . . caper through the ' eightsome' figure with
louder ' hooLli hoochs ! ' than before, Alexander Ain Fill. (1882)
246. Bwk. Wlien eight-some reels, an' liecl an' toe, Made time flee
fast awa', Calder Poems (1897) 122. (2) e.Lan.'
2. Phr. (1) Thursday, &^c. was eight days, a week ago on
Thursday, &c. ; also used of the future ; (2) eight hours'
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hell, a bell rung every eight hours ; (3) — o'clock hell, the
curfew bell; (4) — pence drink, a name given to a strong
or ' nappy ' ale.
(i) Sc. (A W.) Ayr. Didn't your reverence marry me on Tluii s-
day-was eight-days ? Hunter Studies (1870) 151. (2) Nhp. In (lie
adjoining village of Geddington, what is tlierc known as ' the eiglit
hours* bell ' lias for centuries been rung at four in the morning,
at noon, and at eight in the evening. The four o'clock bell was to
call up ' the horse keepers an' cowmen,' N. Cj* Q. (1890") Tth S. ix.
313. (s"! Lan. The curfew bell is still rung . .. in most of the older
towns and many of the villages of Lan. . . It is now merely called
' the eight o'clock bell,' Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Loie (1867)
44. (41 Rnf. O' aughtpence drink ! thou saul o' grain, Thou maks
the Bardie blyth an' fain, Picken Poems (1813) II. 24.
3. adj. and sb. Eighth.
Nlib. How monny bayrnes hes thee muther now, Andia ?— Aw
dar say this is theseevent or eight, Bewick Tynesiilc Tides (1850)
1 1 ; Nhb.i
4. sb. pi. Ploughing term : eight furrows ; see below.
Ess. In most of the western part of the county, wet land is laid
on the two-bout ridge, or four-funow work ; a scattering of these
is to be seen everywhere; but on the strong land in the maritime
district, eights, as they call them, stitches of eight furrows, are
general. Young Agiic. (18131 I. 199.
EIGHTEENER, sb. Lin. An eighteen-gallon cask.
n.Lin. There he finds capt'n and our Steven wi' two eighteeners,
Peacock /?. Sl;ii!aiigh (1870) 117 ; n.Lin.'
EIGHTEEN PENCE, phi: s.Chs.' Conceit, show of
importance.
A consequential person is said to have a deal of eighteen pence
about him.
EIGHTINDOLE, see Haughendole.
EIGH-WYE, adv. Nhb. An expression used to denote
indifterence or regret, 'well, well,' 'yes, yes.'
N.Cy.' A careless way of assent. Nhb.i Eigh-wye ! it canna be
helped. Eigh-wye! tyek yor aan way wi'd.
EIK, sb. Sc. Nhb. Written eeke, eke Nhb.» [Tk.]
The natural grease or perspiration that oozes through the
skin of sheep ; the liniment used for greasing sheep ; the
dressing or oil in woollen cloth. Cf. eenach.
n.Sc. Jam.) Kxb. Often called sheep-eik (ib.). Gall. (W.G.)
Nhb. (Jam."); Nhb.' The eeke's no'oot.
[The eik and filthines of the samene [wooll] is a great
prejudice to the workeris thairof, Pail. Proc. (Sept. 8, 1641)
in Acts Charles I (ed. 1814) V. 392 (Jam.). LG. ekk,eek,
'die schleimige Absonderung in den Augenwinkeln '
(Berghaus) ; MLG. eck [ck, dk), ' Eiter, sanies ' (Schiller-
LiJBBEN).]
EIKEND, sb. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The short chain which attaches the 'theets '
or traces to the swingle-trees in a plough.
EIK, EILD, EILDING, see Eke, sA.', Eld, Yeld, Elding.
EILDRON, (7(i)'. Sc. Unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny.
See Eldritch.
Slk. The Brownie . . . wi' its eildron form and gray beard, Hogg
Talcs (\'&-i'&) 54, ed. 1866.
EIMER, see Aim, adj.
EIN, I/. Sc. 1. Tobreathe, whisper; to devise, imagine.
(Jam. Suppl.) See And, v.
2. To make a tryst with, appoint a meeting-place with.
Gall. He eined wi' the denty wee lass to meet him at the Myre-
stane black-j-etts, Crockett Raiders (1894) xlvi ; ' We'll ein to meet
at the White 'i'ett after the kye-milkin',' is what Galloway sweet-
hearts might say and have said (S.R.C.).
EINATTER, sb. Cum. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A serpent. (Hall.) ; G/. (1851).
EIND, EINDOWN, see And, v.. Evendown.
EINYAREE, sb. Sh.I. Grass-sickness or diarrhoea
among sheep. S. & Ork.i
EIR, sb. Ags. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Fear, dread.
EIR, EIRACK, EIRD, see Eer, Earock, Earth, sb}
ElREN,sb.pl. Obs. Ken.'^ Eges.
EIRN, see Earn, v.''
EIRY, sb. and adj Glo. 1. sb. A sapling tree.
(H.S.H.) 2. adj. Used of a tall, clean-grown timber
sapling. GIo.' =
EIRY, see Eerie.
EISIN, V. Sc. Also written eassin (Jam.) ; east- Twd.
Of a cow : to desire the male ; fig. to desire strongly.
Sc. A cow is said to be eassenin (Jam.).
Hence (i) Eassint, /■/>. having taken the bull; (2) East-
ning-wort, si. the name of a plant ; see below ; (3) Eisning,
vhl. sb., Jig. a strong desire or longing of any kind ; (4)
Eissnan, sb. the copulation of a cow and a bull.
(OFif., Ltli.,Twd. (,1am.) (2) Twd. In the parish ofCalder, the
country people call this plant [^Morsus diaioli Jloic a/ho] Eastning
wort, which they affirm makes cowes come to bulling, when they
get of it amongst their meat, Pennecuik Twd. (1715) 15 (Jam.).
(3) Edb. Ye'll weet mony a drouthy mou',That's langa eisning gane
for you,Withouten fill, O' driblcs frae the gude brown cow, Fer-
GussoN Poems (1773) 147, ed, 1785. (4) Bnff.'
EISIN, EISSEL, see Easin(g, Eassel.
EISTACK. sb. Obs. Sc. Also written eestick Abd.
(Jam.) a dainty.
Abd. (Jam.) Edb. Ah ! willawins for Scotland now. Whan she
maun stap ilk birky's mow Wi' eistacUs, grown as 'tware in pet
Inforcign land, orgreen-house het, FekgussonPo««s (1773) 187,
cd. 1785.
EIT, EITH, see Eat, Eath.
EITHER, adj., pron._ and coitj. Var. dial, forms and
uses in Sc. and Eng. [e-tjafr), ai-(5a(r), r(5a(r), 9-tS3(r).]
I. Dial, forms : (i) Aather, (2) Ader, (3) Aether, (4)
Aider, (5) Aither, (6) Ather, (7) Auther, (8) Awther, (9)
Ayder, (10) Ayther, (ri) Edder, (12) Eidder, (13) Ether,
(14) Idder, (15) Ider, (16) Gather, (17) Outher, (i8j Owder,
(19) Owther, (20) Uther.
(I'lw.Yks.Thacan tak aather on 'em, Leeds Mere. Siipfil. {]unei5,
1889) 8, col. 5 ; w.Yks.5 Ah tcU'd him he wur aather a roague ur
a foil. (2) Wm. Ader he'll kill me.er I'll kill him, Roeison Jia/d
Taales (1882) 6. (3') ne.Yks.i (4) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
Cum. Ov aider side, Bonoifdalc Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. ( Feb. 1867)
312. (5)Dur.i,Cuni.,n.Lan.',e.Lan.',War.2 w.Som.i Quite distinct
from 'either,' in the phr. 'either one.' Aither you was there, oryou
wad-n. (6) w.Yks.^ (7) w.Yks. Niverspeakinga word auther to
chick or child, Jabes Olip/ianl (1870) bk. i. v; w.Yks.^, ne.Lan.'
(8 w.Yks. T'warkhaase poar, At awthur wurks or lakes, Preston
Poojjs (1864) II. (9) Cum.3 T'shore of ayder side, 40. Wm. Ef
you want ayder ov oos, you jest call oot, Ward R. E/siiiere (i888)
bk. I. X. w.Yks. 1 (10) w.Yks.' Lan. Most on 'em isa3'ther kiiock-
knee'd or bow-legged, W est all Diicli Dene [i88q) II. 58. w.Som.*
(11) Sh.I. Dey winna tak' edder paece or rest, S/t. News (July 16,
1898). S. & Ork.i Edder the tane or the tiddcr. Abd. It's nae
lang till Gushets gi'e ye edder alms or answer, ALEXANDERyo/;K;y
Gibb (1871) xlv. (12) Sh.I. Tinkin little eidder aboot da sheep or
Black Eric, Stewart ^(Vfirff 7Vi/c5 (1892) 121. (13) Cat.' I. Ma.
They're not angels azackly, nor divils ether. Brown }'«n;s(i88i)
1 1 7, ed. 1889. nw.Der.i (141 Sh.I. Niver ax for idder pay or tanks,
Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 6. (15) Cum.i (16) Yks. Thou'rt
not called much of a man oather,GASKELL5>72'iV!( 1863 T.v. w.Yks.',
Lan.', e.Lan.' Chs.' Gather on em'll do. (17) Dur.', w.Yks.i (18)
Cum.^ I niver owder seed nor heard, 4. Wm. Owder on ye'll deea
B.K.). (19) Abd. Owthersingorsay, SHiRiiEFsPocoi-s (1790) 100.
Rnf. At kirk ormarket owther, Picken Poems (1813) I. 97. N.Cy.'
Nhb. In debt Or want for owther claes or scran, Wilson Pitman's
Pny (1843) '4- Cum. Tou's owther full or font, Anderson Z>'(7//rtrfs
(1805)2. n.Yks.'^ At owther end o't'day. ne.Yks.' Lan. It's owther
our Isaac or me, Hamerton JVeiiderliolme (1869) xliv. Chs.^, Der.*,
nw.Der.' (20 Lan. He's alius at uther him or me, Burnett Z,ozfn'c'«
(1877) iv. Suf. (H.J.L.R.)
II. Dial. uses. 1. adj. anA pron. Each of the two.
Cum. A quart in ayder hand, Dickinson Lampliig/i {1856) 4 ;
Linton Lake Cy. (1864I 295. Wm. He tuk oot a cupple a glassis,
en weed ader on us a gay Strang dose, Kendal C. News (Sept. 22,
1888). ne.Yks.' He gav aetheron usyan. w.Yks. A pickald onion
it socket a awtheree, To.mTreddlehoyle /?(r/W;5/rt /^;;;/. (1857) r6;
I'd rayther keep awther on ye a week nor a fortnit, Cudworth
Dial. Skeli/:es (1884) 21 ; w.Yks.i, e.Lan.>
2. Phr. (i) Either of both, either of the two. e.An.' ; (2)
— syne mak, not a pair, of different kinds. Cum.'
3. conj. In comb, (i) Eithermore, (2) Eitherways,
either, in any case, however.
(i) Dev. Eithermore, these yer are the facts o' the case, Ellis
Pronune. (1889) V. 163 ; Eithermore zend mun over to 'Meriky in
oneovBillin'sestimberships, Pasmore Stories (1892) 5. (2) w.Som.'
Aitherwaysyou must goto once,orelse tidn no good vor to go 'tall.
I i 2
EITHERENS
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ELBOCK
Eitherways you can zend the wagin home when you've a-doned
o' un, or else you can let'n bide gin I do zend vor'n. nw.Dev.'
4. After a negative, used as an expletive.
Hnt. We have had a mort of wet, yet the roads are not washed
clean either (T.P.F.).
5. Either — either, either — or.
Sc. By no means would we admit them either judges in his cause,
either auditors of the same, Knox Appell. 43a (Jam.). Ags. Still
occas. used (Jam.).
[These forms repr. two distinct primitive types, whereof
No. I appears in OE. ctghwceSer (contr. agder), ME. ayper
(either), and No. 2 in OE. ahwa:der,diuder, aSor, M'E..owper,
oper. The owthcr forms became obs. in lit. E. in i6th c]
EITHERENS, fo«y. Sc. Also written aithernse.Fif.;
etherans Rnf. ; etherins (Jam.) ; and in form edderin
S. & Ork.' Either; rather.
Sh.I. We wir fishin' her i' da saxren at five shillin's a cran — nae
Government baskets dan edderin', Sli.News (Aug. 13, 1898). S. &
Ork.' e.Fif. My mither besocht Mr. Gowlanthump no to say ocht
aboot the business to my faither . . . nor to let on to Dauvit Souter
aitherns, Latto Tain Bodkin (1864) xiii. Dmb. As for the cockit
hat, I'm no verra sure about it eitherens. Cross Disruption (1844)
xiv. Rnf. He needs or wants to be sacred, etherans, Gilmour
Paisley Weavers (1876) 119. Bwk. (Jam.)
EIZE, see Easin(g.
EKE, sb}, V. and adv. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dun Cum. Wm.
Yks. Der. Lin. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Bdf. Hnt. Ess. Ken.
Som. Also written eake Som. ; eeck BnfT.' ; eek Sc.
Cai.' w.Yks.* se.Wor.' ; eekeShr.^; eik Sc. ; and in forms
ac n.Yks.^; eche Der. Nhp.' Ken.'; eech nw.Der.';
eetch Ken. (K.) ; eken Cum.; etch Nhp.' Ken. (K.)
[Ik, ItJ.] 1. sb. An addition, increase of any kind, esp.
an addition to a building, an additional half-glass of
drink, &c.
Sc. I maun speak to Lord Evandale to gie us a bit eik, or outshot
o' some sort to theonstead, Scott 0/rfjl/o>-/n/i/v( 18 i6)xxxvi. ne.Sc.
He made a ^ey guid eke to his income by actin' as a sort o' doctor.
Grant KeMeton, 29, Cai.' Bnff. Byrena-Quarries stanes afford
To put an eik to Reikie [Edinburgh], An' gar new houses speel the
lift, Taylor Poems (1787) 20; Bnif.' Gehn ye dinna tak a hail
tumbler, tack an eeck [oftener eeckie] an' keep me company. Kcd.
Fat were thesebut sportive trifles, Ekes an' aids to further fun? Grant
Lays (1884) 73. Frf. Wee), vveel, jist tak' an eik, it'll no hurt ye,
Inglis Am Flk. (1895) 11. Per. My heart fu' sair needs that blyth
eek To mend my dool, NicoL Poems (1753) 19, ed. 1766. Ayr. It's
no possible to let in a gushet or gore and to make an eik, Galt
Entail {iQz^) xv; By an eik to his test, he left to Peter Searle the
soom of five shillings. Service Notandiims (1890) 13. Lnk. Ye'd
think their tongues had got an eek, — O' half an inch, VJ An Poems
(1827)109. e. Lth. There 'snaneo' us taksowermuckle — juistagless,
an' whiles an eke. Hunter /. Imvick (1895) 58. Slk. It standeth
in a land overflowing with milk and honey, and wanteth but an eke,
Isaid, Chr. North A'of/«(ed. 1856) IV. 146. Nhb.' Cum. Another
eken to your fifty, As tho'by stap an' stap twad lift ye Clean owr the
deyke, Stagg Mise. Poems (ed. 1807) 47. n.Yks.'' ' They had all
maks o' shifts and ekes,' all kinds of excuses and contrivances.
w.Yks. To lengthen a staff'by adding a portion, is to put an 'eke' on
(C.C.R.). Ken.' An additional piece to a bell rope.
Hence (i) Eke- or Ek-name, s6. a nickname ; (2) Ekes
and ens, phr. odds and ends, fragments.
(i) Or.I. (J.G.) ne.Der. AddyG/. (1891). (2) N.I.' Ekesan' ens
rise to something if you just put them together. Between ekes an'
ens I've managed this.
2. An additional ring of plaited straw, &c., placed either
on the top or underneath a bee-hive, to give more room
for the honey.
Sc. Concerning the removal of thislarger eek, you shallbe advised,
when I come to speak in general of the removing eeks. Maxwell
Bec-Masler [1-J4,-]] 52 (Jam.). nw.Abd. The bees hang at the skep-
mooTill Lammas, fan theygat aneke, Goorfi«7/f (1867) st.29. N.Cy.',
Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. (J.Ar.; ; It was sometimes necessary to takeoff
an eke, when it was known to be empty. ' We mun put an eke on.
That hive's full, an' ther'saw t'ling-bluim to come yet' (MP,). Wm.
We must put an eke on that hive (O.K.). w.Yks. Yhs. N. (jf Q.
(1888) II. 115; Banks IVtc/ld. fKr/s, (1865). Nhp.' Bdf. Haifa hive
added on to another hive, by Way of enlargement, is called 'the eke.'
Rare (J.W.B.). Hnt. (T.P.F.)
3. V. To enlarge, add to, increase, augment ; to supple-
ment, make up a deficiency.
Sc. Bitterly did his mother complain when forced to patch and
eke [clothes], 'WimhHEAD Da/t Davie (i8-j6) 113, ed. 1894 ; Now,
lads, eke up, and lct"s drink a guid wife tae the laird, Tweeddale
^0^(1896)37. Cai.' Bnff. 'Twouldeikbutlittle to my fame, Taylor
Poems (1787) 173. Abd. I saw my Bess wad ne'er approve . . .
that but eeks my pain, Shirrefs Po«;<s (1790) 108; Fame of late's
begun to eke it, \Vi' the luck o' Bonnie Bell, Still Cottar's Sunday
(1845) 58. Frf. The truth's a thing, despite o' rank, That sudna be
curtailed nor eekit. Watt Poet. Slielches (1880) 31. Ayr. These
former sins are aggravated by eiking-to other four sins, Dickson
Writings (1660) 78, ed. 1845. Edb. Black be the day that e'er to
England'sground Scotland waseikit by the Union'sbond.FERGUSSON
Poems (1773) 195, ed. 1785. Dmf. Nae matter tho' the cloot that
eeks Is black or blue, tAAytiz Siller Gim (i8o8j 11. Gall. To dream
o' glebes and stipen's eekit, Nicholson Poet. Wis. (1814) 90, ed.
1897. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) Dur.' Cum. They o' eek't
a share for ould Cummerlan', Gilpin Ballads (1874) 3rd S. 200;
To add to a beehive a few rounds to afford space at the bottom for
more honey. A petticoat could be eked out in the same way, under
a tuck. The v. is not used in any other instances locally (M.P.) ;
There is a teyme to big and eke, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 26 ;
Cum.' n.Yks. We'll eeak out wi bacon (I. W.); n.Yks.= ' What do
you think of eking it out with?' of adding to it. w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks." Der. Cans't eche it out wi' ovvt? (S.O.A.)
nw.Der.' We mun eech-out wi'abit o" that tother calico. Nhp. Then
ekes his speed and faces it again, Clare Poems (1827) 91 ; Nhp.i
My gown's too short, I must eche it a bit ; Nhp.^ sw.Lin.' I mun
eke her petticoat. I've eked her little shimmy twice. Shr.2 Bdf.
Common (J. W.B.^. Ken. (K.) ; Ken.' [All ekes (or helps) as the
Geni-wren said, when she pist in the sea, Ray Prov. (1678) 131.]
Hence (i) Eiking, vbl. sb., (2) Eikrie, sb. a lengthening,
increase, addition to ; support, prolongation.
(i) Frf. The doctor e'en deemed his bit life worth the eckin',
Watt Poet. Sketclies (1880') 34. Slg. Without eiking, without pair-
ing, without alteration of the meaning or sense of the word, Bruce
Sermons (c. 1631 ) iii. (2) Ayr. He took up the meal-pock for eikrie
of life, Galt Lairds (1826) iv.
4. To parcel out, to divide or use sparingly and with
care. Ceiu with out.
N.Cy.' Nhp.' There's only a small piece of cake, but I'll try and
eke it out, to give you all a taste. War. 3, se.Wor.' Ess. Monthly
Mag, (1814) I. 498; When makin' these nice cakes, folks shud
Much more eke out their spice, Clark y. Noakes (1839) st. 152 ;
Gl. (185 1).
5. adv. Also, in addition to, besides.
Sc. Jeanie had a voice low and sweetly toned, and eke besought
her Leddyship to have pity on a poor misguided creature, Scon
Midlothian (1818) xxxvi. Mry. Preached at Stotfield and eke Los-
siemouth, Hay Liniie (1851) 23, Elg. Ye bonny boys, and eke
your dames, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 79. Bnff. You eke keep up
your doleful strain When bright Aurora gilds the skies, Taylor
Poems (1787) 29. Abd. I ha'e lent it aft afore, To Beattie, Ross,
and eke some more, Shirrefs Poems (1790) xi.x. Frf. Their
hobby this, and eke their only care, Smart Jihymes (1834) 2. Per.
I'll compliment you wi' a pair o' doves . . . And eik a pipe I gat
frae Pan langsyne, NicOL Poems (1753) 178, ed. 1766. Slg. And
eke upon the frichtsome tryst, She hiddlins held yestreen. Towers
Poems (1885) 57. s.Sc. Bringe the crvike, an' eke the links, Doon
frae the rannel trie, Watson Bards (1859) 109. Rnf Two millers'
thumbs, and eke an otter, Webster Rhymes (1835) 181. Ayr.
And eke the lines ye wrote to Burns, Thom Amusements (1812)
25. Lnk, To fill our hand. And eke our hearts, with joy, Watson
Poems (1853) 37. Lth. And eke her ilka sunnj' brae Wi' flowers
o'erspreadjMACNEiLL Poc/. If'^s. (i8oi)xiii. Cum. And eke the shift
before thehearth, Gilpin S«//flrfs (1874) Brougham Castle. n.Yks.*
Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869).
[1. An eke, additameniitm. Levins Manip. {1^16). OE.
eaca, increase, addition. 3. I etche, I increase a thynge,
Palsgr. (1530); Al this bet to eche, Chaucer Tr. 6-= tV.
I. 887. OE. ecan (tecaii), to increase. The eie forms are
partly due to the sb., and are partly dial, (northern) forms,
equiv. to ME. eche.]
EKE, sb.^ n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A male salmon.
n.Cy. It [a salmon] was a male fish, or what is known in the
north of England among fishermen as an ' eke,' Pall Mall Gas.
(Aug. 22, 1887).
EKE, EKKLE, see Egg, v., Eik, Yeeke, Hickwall.
ELAN, ELBOCK, sec Eldern, sb., Elbow.
ELBOW
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ELBOW, si), and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms elbock, elbuck Sc. (Jam.) 1. sb.
In comfy, (i) Elbow-chair, an arm-chair; (2) -crooking,
tippling, constant drinking; (3) -grease, snuft', brown
rappee.
(i) Elg. Like my granny's elbow chair, Couper Poefiy (1804)
ILa23. Fif. Jolinnyg.ne'm his elbow-chair, DouGLAsPofiHs(i8o6)
102 ; Heigh at ae end in clbuck-chair He sat, Tenn'ant Papistiy
(1827) 24. Dmb. There's the elbow chair, lay by yer kent, Taylor
Poems (1827) 49. Lnk. A weel redd-up housie, a snug elbow chair,
Rodger Poems (18381 92, ed. 1897. Lth. An auld tidie wifie . . .
Sits at the cot-door in an auld elbow-chair, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 13. (2") Cor. There's too much elbow crookin' 'bout that
story for me, Pakr Adam and Eve (1880) HI. 156; Cor.* ^3)
Ags. (Jam.)
2. Phr. (i) elbocv and collar wreslliiig, a mode of wrestling;
(2) to have a crooked elbow, to be a drunkard ; (3) to have
one's land out at clboivs, to have one's estate mortgaged :
(4) to break an elboio at the church door, said of a woman
who becomes lazy and indolent after marriage ; (5) more
power to your elbow ! an exclamation of encouragement,
good luck to you !
(i) Brks. I wur a good hand at elbow and collar wrastling my-
self, Hughes Scour. Wltite Horse (1859) v. (2^ Glo.^ He always
had a crooked elbow. (3) w.Yks.' Common. He's gitten his land
out at elbows. (4) Sc. She brake her elbuck at the kirk door, Ram-
say Prov. (1776) 61. Chs.'; Chs.^ 'She has broken her elbow at
the church door,' said of a woman who, as a daughter, was a hard
worker and did not spare her elbow grease, but who, after marriage,
became lazy and indolent. (5) w.Ir. More power to your honour's
elbow, Lover Leg. (1848) I. 138. s.Ir. Morepower to your elbow,
Maurice, and a fair wind in the bellows, Croker Leg. (1862) 216.
2. pi. The shoulder points of cattle.
Glo.MARSHALL/?!<r.£t'o«.(i789) I; GKosE(i7go); G/.(i85t');Glo.i
4. Applied to var. things, resembling an elbow in shape ;
see below.
w.Yks. 2 A bend in a stream. Lin. It requires a considerable area
of netting at the elbow [the bend in a decoy pipe]. Miller &
Skertchly /■£■«/«»(/ \ 1878) .xii. n.Lin.' An angular turn in a bar
of iron. The conical hollow in the bottom of a wine-bottle. It is
commonly believed that these hollows are formed by the glass-
blowers putting their elbows into the bottom of the bottle while the
glass is soft.
5. V. To raise oneself on the elbows from a recumbent
position.
Ayr. A gleam o' cunning shot across the deein' man's face, and
he kind o' elbowed himsel'up in bed, Service No/andiims{iSgo) 117.
ELBO'WIT grass, //;r. Lnk. (Jam.) The foxtail grass,
Alopeairus pratensis.
[So called from its stems, which bend at the joints (B. & H.).]
ELBUCK, ELCONE, sec Elbow, Ilk.
ELD, sb., adj. and v. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Nhp. Al.so
in forms ealdN.Cy.'^Nhb.'; eild Sc. n.Yks.= ; yeeld Abd.
[eld, ild.] 1. sb. Age, period of life.
Sc. For his eild and my eild can never agree, Ramsay Tea-Table
Misc. (1724) I. 60, ed. 1871. Abd. Wad speer her name and after
that her eild, Ross Heleuore (1768) 33, ed. 1812 ; As the billy had
the start of yeeld To Nory he was ay a tenty beeld, ib. 11. Frf.
Butwhar's the wean, though twice yer eild, That's half assmeddumfu'
as you? Watt Poel. Sketches (1880) 62. e.Fif. The birth, eild,
upbringin*, vices an' virtues o' her youthfu' progeny, Latto Taut
Bodkin (,1864) xxiii. Edb. Whene'er they reach the eild o' nine,
Learmont PofHzs 1791 64. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' ; N.Cy.°
He is tall of his eald. Nhb.> Obs. n.Yks.2
2. Old age ; antiquity.
Sc. Decrepit eld, and babes alike, Are to the carnage given,
Vedder Poems (1842) 38. Elg. Your youth, your eild, Your love,
your care, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 37. Abd. Eld proves us feck-
less carls still, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 190. Per. Like some
patriarch of eld, Halieurton Ochil Idylls{i8gij 140. Fif. Ye were
far advanced in eild, Douglas Poems {1S06) 73. Dmb. Cranreugh
hours o' eild come on, Taylor Poems (1827) 25. Rnf. We yield
To nae down-draught but perfect eild, Picken Poems (1813') I. 68.
Ayr. Wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn. Burns Brigs of Ayr (1787')
1. 109. Lnk. I that underneath baith eild and poortith bow, Ramsay
Gentle Shep. (1725) 49, ed. 1783. Lth. To cheer his gouty eld with
love's sweet meed, LuMSDEN5/j<-f/)-//fa(/(i892) 123. Edb. Wi' eild
_our idle fancies a' return, Fergusson Poems (1773") 163. ed. 1785;
A picture of hoary and venerable eld, Moir Mansie IVaiich (1828 i.
Kcb. Upon her mother eild and poortith had Usurp'd their rudest
sway, D.wiDSON Seasons (1789) 98 ; In eild I sing to toddlin'
bairns, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 136. n.Cy. Border CI. (Coll.
L.L.B.) n.Yk3.2
Hence (i) Eild-encumbered, f7(^'. burdened or overcoine
with age ; (2) Eilds, sb. pi. elderly persons ; (3) Eld-grown,
adj. grown old ; (4) -like, adj. beginning to look old. .
(,i)Fif. Auld Saunders Clerk, a man o' echty, Though eild-en-
cuniber't now and wechty, TEHttAKT Papistry (1827) 49. (a) Ayr.
Wedded eilds, to rest inclin'd, Thom Atnusements (1812) 43. (3)
Nhb. Come ye wi' eld-grown wrinkled brow, Proudlock Border-
land Muse (1896) 307. (4) n.Yks.2
3. adj. Old, aged, advanced in years. Also used advb.
Edb. Eld soon, an' held soon, They'll sing anither sang,M*DowALL
Poems (,1839) 222. Gall. Every blaw [blossom] Does Stan', until
the year grows eild, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 45. Nhb.' Obs.
Lan. If they wod wait till she was a few years elder, Lonsdale Mag.
(Feb. 1867) 298. e.Lan. Commonly used [around Hurstwood] for
'age,' as 'he is gettin eld now an dotes,' Wilkinson Spenser{i86j),
4. V. To grow old.
Sc. Aye to eild, but never to wit, Henderson Prov. (1832) i,
ed, 1881 ; To eild by night and day, Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861)
II. 397. Nhp. 2 Gaffer .Snelson is som eldin.
Hence Eildit or Elded, ppl. adj. advanced in years, aged.
Sc. (Jam.) ; An the eildit puir are thiggin', Murray Spiing in
Black and mite (Apr. 18, 1896) 490. n.Yks.2
[1. Ich wasofswuche elde, /i«oc« /^. (c. 1225) 318. OE.
elei, yld (icldo), age. 2. Sir ysaac })at dughti man, Vnfere
and eld a-pon him ran. Cursor M. (c. 1300J 3556. 3. Elde,
vcttisfiis, invetcratiis, Pro)npt. 4. Thow hast eeldid, and
art of loong age, Wycuf Josh. xiii. i.]
ELDEN, see Eldin(g.
ELDER, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Rdn. Glo. w.Cy. In
forms adder Abd. (Jam.) ; hilder n.Lin.' [e'ldar, e'ld9(r).]
1. sb. The udder of a cow, horse, orotherdomesticanimal.
Abd. (Jam.) If. A cow, with her poor elder so full that it was
trailing on the ground, KzNiiEDY Fireside Stories (1870) 34: Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863I. N.I.' Ant. Btillymena Obs. (1892). n.Cy.
Grose (1790); N.Cy.^ w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781);
w.Yks.'" Lan.l When thaer't milkin', Nancy, thae mun' bi gentle
wi hur, hur elder's a bit sore. ne.Lan.', e.Lan.', m.Lan.', Chs.
(E.F.), Chs.' 3 s.Chs. Billy Billy Bolder, sucked the cow's elder,
Children's rime, Globe (Apr. 21, 1890) ; s.Chs.', Der.', nw.Der.',
Not. (J.H.B.), Not. 2 Lin. Elder, pro udder, vox inagro Line, oppido
frequens, Skinner (1671); MortonC3'c/o.^^;/c(i863); (K.) n.Lin.'
Poor senseless cauves bunches the'r muthers' elders. sw.Lin.' Her
elder is as hard as hard. Lei.', War.^, Wor. (J.R.W.), s.Wor.
(H.K.), s.Wor.' Shr.' The. mar' ninted alung t6ert wham at a
pretty rate ; 'er wuz glad to see the cowt, for 'er elder wuz as 'ard
asastwun; Shr.'', Hrf.', Rdn.', Glo.' w.Cy. Morton Cj-c/o. .<4^iic
(1863).
2. The breast of a woman.
Abd. Used by the lowest classes (Jam.'),
3. V. To have the udder increasing. s.Wor. (H.K.)
[An elder [udder], uber, Coles (1679). Du. elder, ateate,
a mammc, or a dugge (Hexham) ; so MDu. (Oudemans).]
ELDER, see Helder.
ELDERLY MAN, phr. Obs. Cum. (Hall.) Wm. (K.)
A chief, principal man.
ELDERMER, adj. Wm. Also in form eldermerly.
Aged, growing old.
What he's tied ta be gitten an eldermer body frae t'time yan's
kent him. That's nin a bad darrack fer an eldermerly chap like
my fadder (B.K.).
ELDERN, sb. In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also in forms
elan s.Wor. ; ellarn Shr. ; ellen w.Yks.^ ; ellern War.*
w. Won' s.Wor. Shr.' Hrf.'= Glo.' Dor.; ellun se.Won' ;
elren n.Cy. ; hellin w.Yks. [eldan, elan.] The elder-
tree, Sanibucus nigra. Also in comp. Eldern-tree. Also
used attrib. See EUer.
n.Cy. (B. & H.) w.Yks. Banks Wk/ld. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks.3
Not. Folks say it's not lucky to burn eldern. My missis wouldn't
like the eldern brought into the house, thank you (L.C.M.).
Lei.' Ah'n picked a few eldern-berries. Nhp. The village dames,
as they get ripe and fine, Gather the branches for their eldern wine,
Clare Shep. Cal. (1827I 85; Nhp.'^, War.S", w.Wor.', se.Wor.',
s.Wor. (H.K.), s.Wor.', Shr.', Hrf.'^, Glo.' Oxt.' MS. add.
ELDERN
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Brks.' n.Bck. Have some eldern wine (AC). e.An.l, Ken.*
Sus ' An eldern stake and blacktliorn ether Will make a hedge to
last forever (s.v. Ether). Hmp.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825).
n.Wil. I see a robbot but now under thuc eldern stowl (E.H.G.).
Dor. (C.W.) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873. w.Som.' I zim eldern
nettin-neels be always the best like.
[ludas . . . heng hym hye on an ellerne, P. Ploivman
(c.) 11. 64. OE. ellcern (ellen), 'sambucus' (Corpus).]
ELDERN, adj. Sc. Nhb. Also in forms ealdren N.Cy.'
Nhb.i; elderen Lth. ; elderin Abd. ; eldren Per. N.Cy.' ;
eldrin Sc. (Jam.) [eldarn, eldrin.] Elderly, advanced
in years.
Sc. His excellency is a thought eldern, Scott Rob Roy (1817)
xxxiv; She was an eldern woman, Whitehead Daft Davie '1876)
199, ed. 1894. n.Sc. Out it speaks an eldern knight, Buchan
Bal/ads{i828il. i,ed. 1875. Abd. Theanean elderin man, the neista
lad, Ross Heleimre (1768) 73, ed. 1812. Per. The eldren men sat
down their lane, NicoL Poems (1753) 48, ed. 1766. Rnf. I've heard
my eldrin mither say, Harp (1819) 163. Lth. The elder'n fo'k
sae sweetly smil'd To see their bairns, an' oe's now, Spring through
the dance, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 68. e.Lth. He's an eldrin man
noo, an' gettin gey doitit. Hunter J. Iitwick (1895") 45. Slk. She
met an eldrin dame, Hogg Focms (ed. 1865) 330. N.Cy.' Nhb.' OAs.
[ME. eldern (Onmihim).]
ELDER-ROB, sb. Der.'^ nw.Der.' n.Lin.' [eldarob.]
A preserve made of elder-berries.
ELDERS, sb. pi. Sc. Lan. 1. Ancestors, parents.
Lan.', ne.Lan.'
2. Phr. elders' hours, respectable, seemly hours, such as
would be kept by the 'elders of the church.'
Rnf. I rarely interpose between the [servant] lasses and their
joes, Sae lang'swi' decent chiels they're seen. An' keep to elders'
hours at e'en, Young Pictures (1865) 149.
ELDERTROT, see Eltrot.
ELD-FATHER, sb. Obs. Nhb. Dur. Yks. 1. A
grandfather; an ancestor. Dur. (K.), n.Yks.^^
2. A father-in-law.
Nhb. In the parish church of St. Nicholas as neare my eld-father
Charles Slingsbye as possible may be, r-K;// (1634) in Acts Durham
High Cointrn'ss. Court (1857) 17 note; Nhb.'
[1. Eftir his gude eld-fadir [he] was Callit robert,
Barbour i?r«« (1375) XIII. 694. 2. Rlfadyr, socer, Proinpl.;
Moyses . . . was sett to kepe All his eildfader scepe,
Cursor M. (c. 1300) 5730.]
ELD IN, 5^. Nhb. Cum. [e'ldin.] L The common
butter-bur, Petasites vulgaris.
Nhb. Called in Northumberland an eldin, in Cambridgeshire a
butterbur, Turner Herbal (1562) II. 83 ; Nhb.' Cum.' In n. and
e.Cum. this term is applied to the butter-bur, which is used for
lighting fires.
2. Comp. Eldin- or Elldocken, (i) the common butter-
bur, Petasites vidgaris ; (2) (.') the water-dock, Ritmex
aqiiaiicHS.
(i) N.Cy.', Nhb. (J.H.), Nhb.' (2) Rxb. Found by the sides of
rivers, often cut, dried, and used as eldin or fuel by the lower
classes (Jam.).
ELD1N(G, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin.
Also written eilding Sc. (Jam.) Lan.' ; elden N.Cy.''
w.Yks. Lin. ; and in form ellion Nai. (Jam.) [e-ldin.]
1. P'iring or fuel of any kind, esp. peat, turfs, sticks,
brushwood, &c. Freq. in comb. Fire-elding.
Sc. Good elding for our winter-fire, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc.
(1724) 1. 1 75, ed. 187 1 ; Ye'll be wanting eilding now, or something
to pit ower the winter ? Scott Guy M. (1815) xlv; Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863); Gunpowder is hasty eldin, Henderson Prov.
(1832) 112, ed. 1881. Nai. Gl. Smv. (Jam.) Edb. Our cldin's
driven, an' our har'st is owr, Fergusson Poems (1773) no, ed.
1785. Wgt. The daylight ... is spent by many of the women and
children in gathering elding, as they call it, that is, sticks, furze,
or broom for fuel, Statist. Ace. IV.147 (Jam.). n.Cy. Grose (1790);
Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.'=, Nhb.', Dur.' Lakel. Fire elding,
as applied to chats and peats, is the most general name for fuel in
Lakel. Cum. For eldin, peats they bed, Richardson Talk (1876)
57 ; Dry thissels mak capital eldin for fire, Dickinson Cumhr.
(1876)245. Cum.,Wm. ' Firc-eldin' included peat, turf, ling, whins,
wood, — all vegetable products for kindling a fire, or heating an
oven (M . P.). Wm.This seek is elding to keep us fra starving, II utton
Brail New IVark (1785) 1. 344 ; Dessin dry eldin ontct fire, Sf>cc.
Dial. (1877) pt. i. 29. n.Yks. Iv yoh donna pool eldin on a fcer,
it'll gooa oot o' itsel, Fetherston Smuggins Fam. 50 ; n.Yks.';
n.Yks.2 If they try to burn him for a fool, they will nobbut weeast
their eldin ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' Noo, Bobby, gan an' late some
eldin. e.Yks. Known by a few old people, Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Dec. 20, 1890); e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Vks. Hutton Tour to Caves
(1781) ; This is to give notice, that John Smith will yett t'ewin
[heat the oven], te-neet, te-morn, an' te-morn at neet, an' then nae
mair w'ile Tuesday week, because there's nae mair eldin, Ripon
Bellman s Cry ; -w.Yks,' In Craven it always means fuel, which is
procured from the moors ; hence it is known by the name of nioor-
eldin ; w.Yks.^ A aamful o' eldin fraat gaath, Introd. 13. Lan.
Up blazed the inflammable eilding with a crackling sound, Waugh
Skctelies (1855) 154 ; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' Lin. Vox in agro
Line, praesertim Insula Axholm usitata pro quovis ignis Alimento,
Skinner (1671). n.Lin. Fire-wood thaay calls it noo, bud i' my
yung daays it was alus eldin (M.P.); n.Lia.' 'It isn't fit fornaaither
hedge-staake nor eldin,' said of something quite worthless. s.Lin.
Obs. (T.H.R.)
2. Brushwood used in making fences.
N.Cy.' Yks. The term has been extended from the brushwood
used for firing to that for mending fences, Yks. IVkly. Post (Nov.
17, 1883) 7. Lan.1
[1. Eyldynge or fowayle, focale. Prompt. ; Ysaac |;e
elding broght. Cursor M. (c. 1300) 3164. Norw. dial.
elding, fuel (Aasen).]
ELDRAKE, ELDREN, see Heelrake, Eldern, adj.
ELDRICH(T, ELDRICK, see Eldritch.
ELDRIN, see Eldern, adj.
ELDRITCH, adj Sc. Nhb. Dur. Wm. Also in forms
alrisch, airy Sc. (Jam.) Slk. ; eldrich Rxb. ; eldricht Ayr.
Gall. ; eldrickWm. ; eldrish Slg.; ellerisch N.Cy.' Nhb.';
elric(h Sc. (Jam.) Dur. ; elricht Gall. ; elrisch Fif. ; elritch
Sc. Frf. Lnk. ; waldritch Elg. ; yellerish, yellish Nhb.'
[eldritj, e"lritj.] 1. Unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny ;
dreadful, ghastly, frightful. Also used advb.
Sc. The fallow set up an elritch screech, Scorr A'rg-c / ( 1 822) xxx;
It's mony a fearfu' sicht I've seen, And mony an elrich hour,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 235. Elg. Nae friend sought out
thy devious path, Nanc heard thy waldritch sang, Couper Poetry
11804) I. 172. Abd. Some elrich fearfu' thing I saw. Cock Strains
(1810) I. 115. Kcd. Oot it cried wi' eldritch scream, GRAN"r Lays
(1884) 103. Frf. Wi' an elritch tone aft sneer'd To fright poor
foak, MoRisoN Poems (1790) 37. Per. An eldritch scene that licht
display 'd ! Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891:1 64. Fif, A truce to
elrisch fricht ! Tennant Paf>istry 11827) 100. Slg. Loud rose the
eagle's eldrish screech, Towers Poems (1885) 55. s.Sc. This
silence is gousty and elric, WiLSON Tales (1839) V. 323. Rnf.
Stichlin', whistles thro' their nose, The eldritch snore, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 37. Ayr. The creature grain'd an eldritch laugh,
Burns Dr. Hornbook (1785) st. 24; The very welkin dirl'd Wi'
eldricht din, VJHiTE Jottings (1879) 205. Lnk. Wi'an elritch laugh
they vanish'd quite, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 106, ed. 1783.
Edb. They . . . mock at Satan's elric paws, Learmont Poems
(1791) 60. B-wk. Elrich elfs and brownies, Henderson Pop.
Rhymes (1856) ^o. Feb. Through the roof the demon flew — Wi'
eldritch skirl departed, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836) 36. Slk. They
set up eldritch screams in frolic, Hogg Tales (1838) 388, ed. 1866.
Rxb. Johnny heav'd an eldrich grane, Ruickbie Wayside Cottager
(1807) 197. Dmf. He'll raise sic an eldritch drone, Cromek Remains
(^i8io) 152. Gall. The crying of an elricht wind about the house-
tops, Crockett Raiders ^1894) xiv ; The tod screamt eldricht frae
the cleugh, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 66, ed. 1897. Kcb. Was
heard an eldritch cry, Davidson Seasons (1789) 121. Wgt. He
gave a succession of the most eldritch yells, Fraser IVigfown
(,1877) 350. N.Cy.' An ellerish cry. Nhb.', Dur. (K.) Wm. She
crcuned oot an eldrick laugh, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 38.
2. Surly, severe in temper and manners. Of weather :
chill, keen. Sc. (Jam.)
3. Of a sore or wound : painful, fretted.
Ags. Ane airy sair (Jam.).
[1. Scho wanderit, and 5eid by to ane elriche well,
Dunbar Poems (c. 1510), ed. Small, IL 52. Prob. a der.
ofr//(q.v.).]
ELDROOT, ELDROP, sec Eltrot.
ELECTION, sb. Wor. c.An. A chance, likelihood,
prospect, esp. in phr. in elcclion.
s.Wor. My John is very , bad, , and there is no elections of his
I getting better, Porson Quaint li^ds. (1875) 22; Is there any clfcp- '
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tion of his coming down? (H.K.) e.An.> Nrf. We arc in election
to have a bad harvest this year, Grose (1790). Suf. Things are
in election to be very dear, Cullum Hisl. Hawslcd (iSis).
[This was orig. a term used in astrology, meaning the
choice on astrological grounds for undertaking any parti-
cular business, hence the dial. mg. prospect, chance. See
Skeafs note to Chaucer C. T. b. 312. What is astrology
but vain elections, predictions ? Burton Aiiat. Met. (1621)
ed. 1896, I. 421.]
ELE'ER, m/t/. Cor. Also in form ale'er. Just now, lately.
Horae SitOst'tivae ('i']']']'\ 71.
ELEET, sb. Ess. Also written elite, [illt.] The
point at which four roads meet. See Releet.
The term elite or elect is in Ess. constantly employed by the
peasantry to denote the point at which four roads meet, and the
word is pronounced ' four-to-Ieat,' that is to say a traveller who
arrives at such a place. will find roads to lead to four different
localities, E. Anglian (Apr. 1863I.
[OE. geldt, a meeting of roads [Matt. xxii. 9).]
ELEKAR, see Alegar.
ELELEU, int. n.Yks.* A joyous exclamation when
unexpectedly meeting a companion.
ELEMEN, see Elmen.
ELEMENT, sb. Sc. Irel. Wm. Yks. Also Wil. Dor.
Soni. Dev. Cor. Written alliment s.Wm. [eliment,
•mant.] 1. The sky, atmosphere, firmament, heavens.
Sometimes in pt. form.
Sc. (Jam.) Wm. The earth trembles, th' element opens, Hutton
Bran New JfafA ^ 1785) 193 ; A reglar rumpus there was held I n't
elements abeune,WHiTEHEADZ.(?g'. H859) 12. s.Wm.Th' streamers
shot quite to th' middle of th' alliment, Hutton Dial. Storlli and
A rnsiiie {f]6o)]. 60. w. Yks. There's a bit o' scug [mist] coming
ovver t'eleraent (J.N. L.") ; Ah could na more do it ner ah could fly
into t'clement, Prov. in Brighouse News (Aug. 10, 1889); (C.C.R.);
w.Yks.' It is a very common expression here, 't'element looks
feaful heavisome'; w.Vks.^ Wil. Slow CI. (1892). Dor. The
element is all full o' snow (C.W.B.) ; The element looked nice and
blue this morning, A'. & Q. ^I866l 3rd S. x. 245. Som. W. & J.
Gl. (1873). w.Som.i Dhu vuyurziim tu lait aupau'l dh-uul'eemunt
[the fire appeared to light up the whole sky]. A man describing
a thunderstorm said, * Th' element was all to a flicker.' We do
not use the word in the/>/. Dev. There's a sight ov snaw in tha
elements, Hevvett Peas, Sp. (1892) 55. Cor.' The lightning went
all across the elements ; Cor.^
2. Fig. An appropriate sphere of operation or sur-
roundings.
Don. ■ That's the element.' Intended to indicate that what is
going on is above the common ; . . specially when describing good
music, Flk-Lorejrn. (1886) IV. 362. Wmh. He has a great element
for shooting (A.S.-P.). Wxf. If he happened to have reached the
quarrelsome stage of his element, Kennedy -SauisSora (1867) 262.
[1. I took them for a faery vision. Of some gay creatures
of the eletnent, Milton Coiiius (1634) 299.]
ELENGE, artj. Sc. n.Cy. Also Ken. Sun Sus. Also
written ellench Ken. (Hall.) ; ellinge Ken.'^ Sun' Sus.*;
ellynge Sus.' ; helange Sus. ; and in form alang N.Cy."
[e'lind?.] 1. Weary, tedious, irksoine. N.Cy.'
2. Solitary, lonely ; dreary, weird, uncanny.
Ken. Grose (1790); A thunderstorm at night is so ellinge, much
ellingerthanin the daytime (W. F.S.) ; Lewis/. Tenet (i-]^6); Ken.'^
ne.Ken. 'I couldn't live there; it is so ellinge.' Said commonly,
and frequently with a shudder. Very common (H.M.). Sur.' It's
a nice pleasant cottage in summer, but in winter it's cold and
ellinge. Sus. His barn stood in a very clenge lonesome place, a
goodish bit from de house. Lower 5. Doivns (1854) 161 ; (M.B.-S.) ;
(W.H.Y.^; Portions of the village would be at night exceedingly
helange, as the Sussex people call a weird or dismal outlook, Ten-
DALL Guide to Hastings^ 74 ; Ray (1691) : Sus.' 'Tis a terrible
ellynge lonesome old house ; Sus.'^ e.Sus. Holloway.
3. Obs. Foreign.
Edb. Her sons gane ither whares for bread To elenge parts,
Learmost Poems (1791) 213.
[1. OE. ateuge, tedious, tiresome, lit. ' very long.' 2.
Povert is ... A greet amender eek of sapience ... al-
though it seme elenge, Chaucer C. T. d. i 199. 3. Elenge,
strange, foreign. Coles (1677).]
ELET, sb. Ol>s. Wil.' Fuel. Cf. ollit.
[pai fette wode and elet, Sir Beues (c. 1350) 3264.]
ELEVEN, «(//■. Sc. War. Som. In'phr. (i) eleven hours,
(2) — o'ctocl: or o'clocks, a slight meal or refreshment taken
by labourers, &c., in the forenoon. Cf elevener, elevens.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) (2) War.a w.Som.' Come on, Soce ! Let's ha
our [lab-m uklau-ks], vore we begins another load.
ELEVENER, s6. Sc. Also Sus. Dev. Con Nfld. Also
in form levener Cor.^ A luncheon or light refreshment
taken by labourers, &c., about 11 o'clock in the morning.
Cf. elevens.
s.Sc. I'll be a' the better of an elevener, Wilson Tales (1836) II.
274. Sus.' e.Sus. HoLLOWAY. Dev. We'll stay and have a
'levener here, OWc/;or;(s (A. L.M.\ Cor.3 [Nfld. (,G.P.)]
ELEVENS, sb. Won Glo. Suf. Ken. Dor. Also in
form elevenses Suf Ken.' A luncheon or slight refresh-
ment taken by labourers, &c., in the forenoon. Cf
elevener.
s.Wor.', Glo.' Suf. Rainbjrd Agric. (1819) 296, ed. 1849;
(C.T.) e.Su.'. iF.H. >, Ken.', Dor. 1 W.C.)
ELF, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. In form awf- n.Yks.'^
[elf.] 1. In comb, (i) Elf-arrow, (2) -belt, see -shot (a) ;
(3) -bore, a hole in a piece of wood, out of which a knot
has been dropped or been driven ; (4) -cups, small stones
perforated by friction at a waterfall ; (5) -hill, a fairy
knoll ; (6) -mill, a ticking sound in timber, viewed as a
warning of death ; the death-watch ; a sound like that of
a mill, heard when listening at a hole in the ground ;
(7) -shoot, to bewitch, enchant ; (8) -shot, (a) an arrow-
head of flint ; (b) shot or cast at by fairies ; (c) a disease
in persons or cattle, supposed to be caused by the evil
agency of elves or fairies ; (9) -shotten, see -shot (b) ;
(10) -stone, see -shot (a) ; (11) -stoned, see -shot (b) ; (12)
■switches, elf-locks, tangled masses of hair.
(i)Sh.I. [When] the Trows of the hills .. . would regale themselves
with good beef or mutton, they repair to the Shetlander's scat-
holds or town-mails, and employ elf-arrows to bring down their
victims. . . When the Trows are so successful as to shoot one of
the best fallings that is to be met with, they delude the eyes of its
owner with the substitution of some vile substance possessing the
same form as that of the animal which they have taken away, and
with the semblance of its sudden death, as if it were produced
either by natural or by violent means. It is on this account that
the bodies of animals which have perished by accident are con-
demned as unlawful food, HiTiTiERT Desc.Sli.I. (1822) 191, ed. 1891 ;
If they [fairies] wanted a cow . . . they went invisibly to work,
and aimed an elf-arrow as near 'Crummie's' heart as possible,
Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 66. Dmf. Ye maun plow't a' wi' a
braid elf-arrow, Cromek Remains (1810) 117. Nhb.' w.Yks.
Leeds Merc. Siippl. {}\x\y 11, iQg6). (2) n.Yks.^ w.Yks. So you do
seek elf-bolts to hurt us, Bronte JVutliering Heights (1847) xii.
(3) Sc. If you were to look through an elfbore in wood . . . you
may see the elf-buU — butting with the strongest bull in the herd,
N. Aniiq. (1814) 404 (Jam.). (4) Dmf. Elf-cups were placed under
stable-doors for the like purpose [as a safeguard against witchcraft],
Cromek Remains (1810) 290. (5) Abd. .Set watchers on your tap-
mast hight — Nigg's auld elfhiU, or Girdle licht, Cadenhead Bon-
accord (1853) 144. (6) Sc. Also called the chackie-mill (Jam \
Cai.' At a few places, on listening at a hole in the ground a sound
is heard which imagination thinks that of the clapper of a mill. I
have often listened to the most celebrated of the elf-mills, and the
sound is that of running water. (7) Lnk. He coud shake the ripe
vittleand elfshoot the kye,WATSONPo«Hs^i853)32 ; You'll . . . elfe-
shoot our ky, an' smoor'mang drift our sheep, Black Fallsof Clyde
(1806) 120. (8, fl)Sc. EIf-shots,i.e. the stone arrow-heads of the old
inhabitants, , . . are supposed to be weapons shot by fairies at cattle,
to which are attributed any disorders they have, Pennant Tour
(1769) IIS (Jam.). Sh.I. When a beast was wounded with elf-
shot, the saining or blessing witch would find out the hole, in-
scrutable to common eyes, in which the arrow entered, and would
wash the place withforespoken water, Hibdert/)«c Sh.I. (1822)
272, ed. 1891. ne.Sc. One sovereign guard against their power in
every form was a stone arrow — a fairy dart or elf shot, Gregor
FiliLore (i88r) 59. Abd. A never-failing charm Of adders' stone
from Appin's height. And elf-shot from the hill, Anderson /?/ym«
(1867)97. Ayr. Pappin' elf-shots at their heids wi' ill words and
curses forbye, Service Nolandums (1890) loi. N.Cy.', Nhb.',
n.Yks.2 (6) Sc. Cattle which are suddenly seized with the
cramp, or some similar disorders, are said to be elf-shot ; and the
approved cure is to chafe the parts affected with a blue bonnet
which . . . often restores the circulation, Scott Minstrelsy {1802) II.
ELFER-STONE
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ELLWAND
225; Brand Po/). ^»/;y. (ed. 1813) II. 338. Cai.^ Drub. Hawkie
and Brakie met a sudden death, Ignorant bodies said they ware
elf-shot, Taylor Poems (1827) 57. Rnf. He gied a spring, and
doun he fell, . . And cried, * Lord, pity me and mine ! Oh, Lizzie!
I'm elf-shot,' Barr Poems (1861) 50. Lnk. Nine braw nowt were
smoor'd, Three elf-shot were, Ramsay Po«;is (ed. 1733) 119. A'ofe
When elf-shot the cow falls down suddenly dead, no part of the
skin is pierced, but often a little triangular flat stone is found near
the beast, as they report, which is call'd the elfs arrow. Edb.
May I be elf-shot, gif I had come'd here, Learmont Poe;«s (1791)
334. Ir, If a man had a sick cow, she was elf-shot, Carleton
TiaitsPeas. (1843") I. 383, Nhb.Whithur elf-shotor no', nit yincould
tell, Richardson Borderer's Tahk-bk. (1846) VII. 136. (cj Sc. That
the sickness of William Black was an elfshot. Trial Sc. Witches,
398 (Jam.); Pop. supposed to be produced by the stroke of an elf-
shot, Z)«;/ia;« Tracts i^ed. 1896) II. 113. (9)n.Yks.^CattIesuddenly
excited, were formerly supposed to be shot at with these imple-
ments by the fairies ; and to cure an ' awfshotten ' animal, it must
be touched with one of the arrows, and the water administered in
which an arrow has been dipped. (10) Bwk. Arrow points of flint,
commonly called elf or fairy-stones, are to be seen here. Statist.
Ace. I. 73 (Jam.). s.Ir. You took and put the elf-stone under her
udder, Croker Leg. (1862") 300. (11) s.Ir. The cows were elf-
stoned, ib. 299. (12) Slk. Her hairs were hanging in elf-switches,
Hogg Tales (1838 379, ed. 1866.
2. Fig. A term of contempt or opprobrium.
Sc. The silly elf's lost his grund lang syne. Ford Thistledoimi
(1891)73. Rnf. The ill-judging, unforgiving elf. Blames, in another,
what he does himself, Picken Poems (1813) I. 41. Edb. Poor
senseless elfs, Macneill Bj'gane Times (i8ii) 20.
[1. (8, c) OE. yifagescot, the name of a disease, see Lccdi-
doms (c. 1000) III. 54.]
ELFER-STONE, sb. Cai.^ A chipped flint, supposed
to have certain magical properties.
ELGINS, sb. pi. Lth. (Jam.) The water-dock, Rtimc.x
aqualiciis. See Eldin.
ELICOMPANE, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also Cor. Also
in form allicampanew.Yks.''Lan. Chs.' 1. Elecampane,
the plant Horse-heal, Inula Helcitiiiiii.
w.Yks.'^ Chs.' Considered a remedy for toothache.
2. A sweetmeat, hardbake. Lan. (J.L.), Cor.'^
ELICOMPANIE, sb. Cor. Also written ele- Cor.'';
and in forms ailycompaly Cor.^ ; allecampagne Swain-
son. The blue titmouse, Pariis caeriileiis.
SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 34; Rodd Birds (1880) 314; Cor.'
There is a vulgar tradition that the elicompanie is a bird by day
and a toad by night ; Cor.^; Cor.^ Uncommon.
ELIDE, V. Sc. Obs. To annul, quash, rebut.
Whilk uncertainty is sufficient to elide the conclusions of the
libel, Scott Mtdlothian (1818) xii.
ELIGNY.si. Pem. ThecoiTimonguillemot,/.o;«i';'a/ro;'/('.
Peni. (W.W.S.) s.Pem. Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 420; Swain-
SON Birds (18851 217 ; Science Gossip (1874) 142.
ELISHA'S TEARS, ///;-. Dor. The flowering nut-
meg, Leyceskria fonnosa. (B. & H.)
ELK, sb. Irel. n.Cy. e.An. [elk.] The wild swan,
Cygnus musiciis.
N.I.', N.Cy.^ Nrf. In hard winters elks, a kind of wild swan,
are seen in no small number, Browne Nrf. Birds (1664') in Wks.
(ed. 1893) 111.313. [In severe winters, flocks of Hoopers, Whistling
Swans, or Elks, as they are variously called, come farther south,
Johns Birds (1862) 487 ; Swainson Birds (1885) 152.]
[Swanne, some take thys to be the elke or wild swanne,
HULOET (1552).]
ELL, ELLA, see Eel, Eela.
ELLAN, sb. Cai.' A very small island in a river.
ELLARN, see Eldern, sb.
ELLECK, sb. Cor. Also in forms illeck Cor.^ ; illck
Cor.' [e'lak.] Tlie red gurnard, Trigla cucitlus. Also
called Denneck (q. v.).
Cor.' The red gurnard, called soldiers at St. Levan ; Cor." [Sat-
chei.l (1879).]
ELLEED, adv. Lin. (Hall.) Lin.' [Not known to our
correspondents.] [e'lid.] All together.
ELLEMS.A-i./i/. Nhb.> [e'lamz.] The bars of a gate.
See Selm.
ELLEN, sec Eldern, sb.
ELLENA-GHOU, sb. Irel. The elder-tree, Sambucus
nigra.
Wxf.' A kraaneberry-bushe an a ellena-ghou, 106,
ELLER, sb. n.Cy. Wm. Yks. Chs. Der. Lin. Nrf. Ken.
Sus. Also written ellar Ken. Sus.'"; iller Lin.; and in
forms hellar Lin. ; hilder Nrf. [e'lar, e-l3(r).] 1. The
elder-tree, Sambucus nigra. Also used attiib. See Ellet.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) Stippl. Wm. Eller wood is nine better Ner
esp or yack for under watter, Gibson Leg. (1877) 50. n.Yks.^,
m.lfks.', w.Yks.2 Chs.'^ ; Chs.^ It is supposed to be unlucky to use
the elder for kindling or lighting a fire. Der."', nw.Der.' Lin. The
Elder-tree or Iller, as it is usually called. . .A friend living near Slea-
ford oflered an old man who was flashing his hedge a log of iller
to take home for kindling, but it had been at once refused on the
ground that some mischief would happen to him. Shortly after we
chanced to visit a house to enquire after a sick baby, and were told
tliat it was quite well again. ' You see, Sir, one of the rockers of
the cradle were made of iller, and in course the old woman did not
like that, and she would not let the wean alone till we took it ofi",'
Lin. N. fi'Q. 1,56; Skinner (1671^. n.Lin. Buried anean th' eller
busks at no'th side o' chechyard, Peacock Tales (i8go) 2nd S.
48 ; n.Lin.' I ewscd to hev a eller that grew white berries at th'
Moors, bud it's dead noo. Nrf. Cozens- Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893)
33; Grose (1790). e. Nrf. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1787). Ken.,
e.Sus. Holloway. Sus.'"
2. Conip. (i) Eller-gun, a popgun; (2) -pile, an arrow-
point made of elder.
(i) s.Chs.' So called because usually made of eller. (2) n.Lin.l
ELLER, adj. Yks. Sour, bitter.
w.Yks. Used in Cononley when I was a lad. ' This ale is quite
eller' (M.F.).
ELLER, ELLERISCH, sec Aller, sb}, Eldritch.
ELLERN, see Eldern, sb.
EhhKRS, sb. pi. Wm.' [elarz.] Tops made of the
wood of the alder-tree, Aliius gtulinosa. See Aller, sb.^
ELLET, 5*. Sus.i" Written ellot (B. & H.). [elit,
e'lst.] The elder-tree, Sambucus nigra.
ELLFIT, sb. Obsol. Shr.* The crested foam on ale
when fermenting in open vessels.
I think we sha'n be lucky in 'avin' plenty 0' barm this time —
theer's a beautiful ellfit.
ELLIESON, ELLISHIN, sec Elsin.
ELLIKER, see Alegar.
ELLINGE, ELLION, see Elenge, EIdin{g.
ELLOCK-RAKE, sb. Shr. A small rake used for
breaking up ant-hills.
N. & O. (1851) 1st S. iv. 192 ; Shr.'" A small rake having four
broad teeth in the head ; sometimes called a ' oont-rake.'
ELLOOK, int. Brks.' Look here !
ELLRAKE, see Heel-rake.
ELLSHINDERS, sb. Nhb.' Tlie plant ragwort,
Senccio Jacobaea. Also called Stinking Alisander. See
also Alexander(s.
ELLWAND, sb. Sc. Also written elwand ; and in
forms elvant, elvint Frf. 1. A measuring rod, an ell
measure; a yard measure. Also used _/?§■. as a measure,
standard.
Sc. I took the ellwand an' the pack. An' roamed the kintra side,
Vedder Poc/HS (1842) 90. Cai.' Per. I see na hoo yer ain ell-
wand can be an inch shorter nor ither folks, an' ye no ken o't,
Clelakd Jiiclibracteii (1883') 173, ed. 1887. Frf. She frae a skelf
an eh'ant drew, Morison Poems (1790) 109; One arm stretched
out before him straight as an elvint, Barrie Tommy (iSg6) 175.
e.Fif. Whaur perfection is the ellwand it's nae mervel gin ordinary
mortals come scrimply up to the standard, Latto Tani Bodkin
(1864) ix. Rnf. Ane spurtill braid, and ane elwand. Harp (1819)
TOO. Ayr. He had been a year or twa in England, some said
indeed with the ellwann' and the pack. Service Dr. Dtiguid (ed.
1887^ 124; Let me see a book that you would mak your ellwand,
and I'll maybe can then make a guess at the estimate of the cost,
Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822) xxviii. Edb. Whysoud tirrans, sic as we.
Send our scrimp ell-wand owrthe sea, To measure laws, Learmont
Poems (1791) 47. Gall. Such burghers of Ayr as had a soul beyond
the ell-wand, Crockett Grey Man (1896) 166. Kcb. God's ell-
wand, whereby he incasurcth joy or sorrow to the sons of men,
Rutherford Z.r//.( I O60) No. 233. n.Yks." Incorrectly used forthe
j-ard-measure. m.Yks.'
ELLY
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ELT
2. The constellation, called Orion's belt; t^at. in phr. //le
King's or Liiciy's ellwand.
n.Sc. Our Lady's clwaiid (Jam.). Cai.' Cld., Rxb. Tlie King's
elvvand (Jam.). Slk. The King's Elwand— now termed the Belt
of Orion.HoGC. Talcs ^I838) 344, cd. 1866 ; The se'en starns had
gacn oiirc the lum, an' the tail o' the king's elvvand was pointin'
to the Mnchrah cross, ib. 23.
[1. ME. eleimmid (Not. Rcc. (1403) II. 24). 2. The
Charll wane. The elwand, Douglas Eiicados (1513), ed.
1874, in. 147.]
ELL'V, 56. n.Cy. Wm. Lan. [eli.] A goal or boundary
in the game of football. Also in conip. Elly-mouth.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Wm.When the bailor 'orr' is driven over the clly
without touching it, from a distance agreed by the players, the game
is complete. When the ball falls within this prescribed distance
from the elly it is said to be in the elly-mouth (J.H.) ; That's our
ellv (B.K."). Lan.' [We have got two ellies to your one ;,K.).]
ELLYNGE, see Elinge.
ELM, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
An ell in length. (Hall.)
ELM-CAP, sb. e.Suf. (F.H.) Fungus on the bared
roots and boles of trees, esp. the elm. Cf. cap, sb} 9.
ELMEN, adj. Nhp. Hrf. Glo. Suf. Hmp. Wil. Dor.
Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms alnien Nhp.''; elemen
Dor.' w.Som.' ; elmin Hmp.' Wil. Cor.; aiming Dev.
[e Inian.] Pertaining to or made of the elm-tree.
Nhp.°, Hrf.' Glo.' An elmen tree. Suf. They each on 'em
flourished out a good tough elmen swackerfrom under their cloaks,
Strickland Old Friends (1864) 245. Hmp.' w.Cy. Morton
Cyclo. Agtic. (1863% Wil. Elmin bowl, Briiton Beauties (1825);
Them elmin trees yander,AKERMANS/;v"5-/i'rff (1850) 12; (K.M.G.);
Wil.* n.Wil. I bin an give th' arder fur a elmin cawfin lE.H.G.).
Dor. Gl. (1851); Dor.' n.Dor. An elmen board (S.S.B.). Som.
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825); W. & J. Gt. (1873); A number
of people seated on 'a spray of a gurt elemen tree' (W.F.R.).
w.Som.' Uul-umeen plan-sheen [elm flooring]. Dev. A'. & Q.
(1869'' 4th S. iii. 159. Cor. Thomas Ra>idigal Rhymes (1895) Gt.
ELMOTHER, sb. Obs. Nhb. Cum. Also written
ellmother N.Cy.' Cum. A stepmother. Cf. eld-father.
n.Cy. Grose 1790) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum. Ray (1691) ; Bailey
(1721); (K.-) n.Yks.'2
[An el-motlier, novcrca. Coles (1679).]
ELM-'WYCH, sb. Nhb.' The wych-elm, Ulmtis
molilalia.
ELPHAMY, sb. n.Cy. The plant bryony. (Hall.),
(B. & H.)
ELRIC(H, ELRISCH, ELREN, see Eldritch, Eldern, sb.
ELSE, adv. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Not. Lei. "War. "Won
Glo. Som. [els.] 1. Otherwise.
Abd. I wad pit the best o' the kye an' the nowt intil the parlour.
. . . I'm thinkin we'll lowse them a' else, Macdonald Sir Gibbic,
xxxiii. Edb. I tell'd you else, on black an' white, Crawford
Poeitts (1798) 13. w.Yks. (J.W.), Not.' s.Not. Be a good gell ;
yer'll be whipped else (J.P.K.). Lei.' A's leame o' thray legs,
an' bloind o' wan oy, an' a bit tooched i' the wind; a's a foine 'oss
else. War.^ s.Wor. Pity he's so random — a niceish boy, else.
Used when no qualification is implied. 'A tidy wench, else,*
Porson Quaint IVds. (1875) 9. Glo. Baylis //fas. Dial. (,1870).
w.Som.' Thee stap along s'hear, I'll help thee else !
Hence (i) Elsehow, or Elsehows, adv. anyhow else;
(2) -ways, adv. otherwise ; (3) -whither, adv. elsewhere.
(i) Lei.' Ah cain't dew it noohow elsehow. [We do not like
'elsehow' for otherwise. Standard (Sept. 18, 1889) 2, col. a.] (2)
Lei.', War.3 (3) n.Cy. (Hall.)
2. At another time, or at other times ; before, already.
Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. He's diine enough o' dat else, as ye ken ta
your cost, Sh. News (July 31, 1897') ; Da tatties canna be boil'd
else, ib. (Jan. 15. 1898). Ayr. Dod! John, are ye there 'is mornin'
else? Service Dr. Duguid ^ed. 1887) 199. n.Cy. Grose (1790);
N.Cy.' ; N.Cy.2 I have done that else. Nhb.' ' Hoc quick ye've
been ! He' ye been there else ? * Also used for ' in the mean-
time.' ' There noo ; that'll dee, else.' But frequently as we use
'ehV when an interrogative is meant. 'Wait ye war there, else?'
is thus. ' Is it not a fact that you were there, eh ! '
3. Rlielorically=' If it's not believed.'
w.Som.' I'll warnt thick's too big, try un else [i.e. if you don't
believe me].
4. Phr. nte and me else, me and others like me.
Uls. Also you and you else. Not common (M.B.-S.).
VOL. II.
[1. Beter ist laten hem vt-pharcn, AI sal egipte elles
for-faren, Gnt. &= E.\: (c. 1250) 3072. 2. Contrar hys
kene dartis ellis stand haue w-e, Douglas Eneados (1513),
ed. 1874, IV. 31. 3. The fire is dead with grief, . . . See
else yourself, Shaks. K.JoIiii, iv. i. 108.]
ELSH, adj. Dev. [elj.] New, fresh. Fig. raw, uncouth.
Dev. 'An elsh maid,' an uncouth girl, Moore Hist. Dm. (1829)
I- 353 ; Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435. n.Dev. An elsh vourpost wi'
vittings prapper. Rock Jim an' JVe/l {i86-]) st. 69.
ELSIN, sb. Sc. Ircl. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Also written elsen Dur.' Cum. w.Yks.^ ; elsyn Sc.
(Jam.) ; and in forms alison S. & Ork.' ; alshin Edb. ;
alson Abd. ; eilshant S. & Ork.' ; ellieson BnfT.'; ellishin
Sh.I. ; elshin Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.' ; elskin Nhb.' ; elson Sc.
(Jam.) N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum. n.Yks.'^ w.Yks.' Lan.' e.Lan.' ;
helsin w.Yks. [e'lsin, e'lsan.] 1. A shoemaker's awl.
Also used jig.
Sc, D'ye think I was born to sit here brogging an elshin through
bend-leather? Scott Midlothian (1818) v; The height o' nonsense is
suppingsour milk wi'an elsyn, Henderson P;-o?/. (1832)22, ed. 1881.
Sh.I. He sat an' cofTed an' lookit ellishins at Arty, Bvrgess Slutihes
(2nd ed.) 79. S. & Ork.', Bnff.' Abd. They .. .sutors alson nimbly
streekTo mend their shoon, Keith Farmer s Ha' {1TJ4) st. 4. Lnk.
Nor hinds wi' elson and hemp lingle Sit soleing shoon out o'er the
ingle, RAMSAYPofiMs(i8oo) II. 203 (Jam.). Edb.Wi'amuckle alshin
lang He brodit Maggie's hurdies, Fergusson Poems (1773) i6g, ed.
1785. Ayr. He had his elsin and linyel for sewing of leather,
Dickson IVritings (1660) I. 196, ed. 1845 ; (J.M.) Slk. As it had
been bored wi' red-het elsins, Hogg Tales (1838) 306, ed. 1866.
Gall. Gleg wi' the knife as a souterwi' his elshin, Crockett TJoiV/f/s
(1894) vii. N.I.' Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Co//. L.L.B.); N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. He ootwih his elson, his
wax an his threed, Sargisson Joe Swap (1881) 219; Grose (1790);
G/.(i85i). Wm.(K.) n. Yks. '; n.Yks.=As sharp as anelsin; n.Yks.^
ne.Yks.' Sometimes corrupted to * nelsin.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur.
£co«. (1788). m.Yks.' w.Yks. T'warkmen ov all soarts threw
daan ther hammers, saws, needles, helsins, shuvals, an' maddocks,
ToMTREDDLEHoYLES<ji''-;;,<i/rt^HH. (185S) 8 ; You are throng grind-
ingelsins, I see, Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) 63: w.Yks.' ELsons,
hammers, picks, an wedges, ii. 323; w.Yks. 2^, Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.' Lin. Awl, etiamnum Lincolniensibus an Elsin, Skinner
(1671). n.Lin.'
2. Comp. (i) Elsin-box, a box for holding awls; (2)
•heft, an old name of a jargonelle pear.
(i)Rxb.Aneca's a thing like elsin-box That drools like corn pipes,
A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 83. (2) Sc. From its resemblance to
the 'haft' of an awl (Jam.).
3. pi The plant, Scandix Pecten-Veneris. Also called
Devil's darning-needle (q. v.). Nhb.'
[1. Elson for cordwayners, alesiie, Palsgr. (1530) ; Elsyn,
sibitla. Prompt. Cp. MDu. elscne, an awl (Verdom).]
ELSK, V. Sh.I. [elsk.] To love. S. ^ Ork.'
[Norw. dial, elska, to love (Aasen) ; so ON.]
ELSKIN, ELSON, see Elsin.
ELT, sh} Wor. Dor. Som. Dev. [elt.] A young pig
or spayed sow. Also in comp. Elt-pig. See Yelt.
s.Wor. Porson Quaint Wds. (1875) 13; (H.K.) Dor. Barnes
Gl. (1863). Som. Yorkshire elts (five), in farrow, forsale, w. Gazette
(1895); W. Sc J. Gl. (1873). Dev.' n.Dev. Grose (1790).
ELT, sb.' Sun' [elt.] A handle.
He struck me on the side of the head with a mattock elt.
ELT, V. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Lin. Nhp. [elt,] 1. To
knead dough ; to stir the dough previously kneaded to a
proper consistency for baking.
Sh.L {Coll. L.L.B.) S. & Ork.' MS. add. Or.I. (S.A.S.), Cai.'
n.Cy. (K.); Grose (1790); N.Cy.'^ w.Yks. Thoresby if//. (1703');
w.Yks.'When oat-cakes are baked, it is a common practice to knead
the dough the preceding evening, which ferments during the night.
In the morning, previous to baking, if the mixture be too thin more
meal is added, but if too stiff, milk and water or butter-milk are
applied to reduce it. This is to elt the dough, or, as it is frequently
called, 'elting.' Both in kneading and citing the person performing
it never fails, on the completion of the work, to make a cross with
the finger on the surface of the dough, doubtless as a charm to pre-
vent the witches from approaching the knead-tub ; w.Yks.« Lan.
DAViEs/?ncfs(i856 274 ; Lan.', e.Lan.', ne.Lan.' Nhp.' Nearly oAs.
Hence Elt, sb. dough ; also in phr. (i) a carrie elt,
a thick, ill-baked oatcake ; (2) a muckle elt, fig. a stout,
clumsy woman. Cai.'
K k
ELTHER
[250].
EMERANT
2. To injure anything by constant or rough handling.
S. & Ork.' Injuring the nap of cloth, or disordering the fur of a
cat or other small animal by handling it roughly.
3. To become soft or moist, as earth when damp. Nhp.^
Hence (i) Elted up, ///r. bedaubed, covered with dirt;
(2) Elting, ppl. adj. of soil : moist, damp ; (3) Elting-
moulds, sb. pi. soft ridges of new-ploughed land.
(i Lin. He'seltedup with dirt, Thompson //is^.Boste« (1856)705;
Lin.' If you trapass across the miry ramper you'll be elted up. (2)
Nhp. Winter . . . round the ploughmen, on theelting soil, Will thread
a minute's sunshine, Clare Poems{i^2-]) 27. (3) Nhp. O'erelting-
moulds of fallow grounds, ib. Vill. Miiist. (1821) 74 ; Nhp.12
4. To slave or toil at working in the ground. Also used
Jig. to meddle with, interfere.
Sh.I. It'll no du for wis dat has ta fecht i' da face o' da sea, an'
elt i' da dirt o' da eart for a meal bannock or a tatie skin, Stewart
Fireside Tales (1892) 17 ; Sae boy, I hena time ta fash. Besides, I
dunna elt in clash, Sh. Neius (Oct. 16, 1897).
Hence Elted, pp. bemired, covered with dirt from work-
ing in the earth or dirt.
Sh.L 1 wis a' elted i' da gutters, as we rowed afif o' da brig-stanes,
Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 263.
[1. ¥e men . . . ¥og holden ¥e tigeles tale, And elten and
eilden, Gen. &= E.x. (c. 1250) 2892. ON. ella, to knead, to
tan, to mix lime (Vigfusson). 2. Norw. dial, ella, to
handle roughly (Aasen).]
ELTHER, see Haider.
ELTROT, sb. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som. Also in forms
altrot Wil.i Dor. ; eldertrot s.Wil. ; eldroot Wil. Dor. ;
eldrop Dor. ; heltrot Hmp.' ; hilltrot Hmp. Wil.' ; hiltrot
Hmp.' [eltrot.] 1. The cow-parsnip, Heracleum Sphoii-
dylinm.
Hmp.' Wil. Slow G/.(iB92);WU.l Altrot at Zeals. s.Wil. Hil-
trot is the common name in s.Wil., but is not used in this part of
s.Wil. (Wootton-Bassett) (E.H.G.) ; Altrot, in common use at
Deverill ; Elder-trot at Durrington (G.E D.). Dor. (ib.) ; (C.W.)
Som. Sweetman Wineanton Gl. (1883).
2. The water-parsnip, Sn^^aw^r^/Z/b/mw. Dor. (G.E.D.)
3. The wild or cow-parsley, Anihriscus sylvestris. Also
used allrib.
Wil. Kennard Diogenes (1893) xv ; Wil.' Dor. I used to make
trumpets of citrot stems. Hardy Trumpet. Major ii^Qo) ix ; The
stalk and umbel of the wild parsley, Barnes G/. (1863.1 ; Dor.' Wi'
eltrot flow'r An' robinhoods a-drest, 121.
4. The water-hemlock, Oenanlhe Crocala.
Wil. 'Hill Trot' . . . [is] given in two lists as the local name for
Oenauthe erocata, Sarnni Dioc. Gazette (Jan. 1890) 5, col. a; Wil.'
5. The wild carrot, Daiictis Carola.
Hmp. Wise New Forest ( 1883) 283 ; Hmp.'
6. The stalk of the wild barley. w.Cy. (Hall.)
ELVAN, sb. Dev. Cor. [e'lvan.] Blue porphyry,
veins and beds of the porphyritic felsite.
Dev. The veins and beds of the porphyritic substance provincially
termed clvan, Moore Hist. Dev. (18291 I. 219. Dev., Cor. A term
used in Cornwall and Devon for a crystalline rock, generally of a
whitey-brown colour, formed of quartz and orthoclase. It occurs in
veins or dykes which proceed from the granite, and is often nearly
identical with it in mineral composition. Woodward Geol. Eng. and
Wales (1876) 379. Cor.' Applied sometimes locally and ignorantly
to coarse sandy beds of killas ; Cor.^
ELVANT, EL VINT, see Ellwand.
ELVEN,s6. War. Won Ken. Sus. Written elvinKen.'^
[elvan, elvin.] The elm, Ulintis campeslris.
War.3, se.Wor.' Ken.' Still used, though rarely ; Ken.2 Sus.'
There's a man walks under them gurt elvin trees o' nights (s.v.
Ellynf;e1.
ELVER, sb. Wm. Dor. Pem. Glo. Wil. Som. Also in
forms eelver, yelver Som. [e'lv3(r).] A young eel ; pi.
the fry of eels.
Wm. Ferguson A'o)V/iH)f« (1856I 209. Der.*, nw.Der.' s.Pem.
Laws Lillle Eng. (1888) 420. Glo. It is not legal to sell elvers now
(A.B.) ; Ba VLis Illtis. Dial. (1870) ; Glo.' These come up the Severn
in great shoals with the flood tide, and are in season in March and
April. Fried with fat bacon and flour, they are a favourite dish in
Gloucester; GI0.2, Wil. (G.E.D.) Som. Elvers, a kind of grigs or
small eels, that at certain times of the year swim on the top of the
water about Bristol, and are skimmed up in small nets, afterwards
bak'd in cakes, fry'dandservedupattable, Bailey (1755) ; Whaur
elvers too in spring time plad, Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869) 132;
W. & J. Gl. (1873); (W.F.R.); Grose (1790). w.Som.' They are
about three inches long, and the size of a fine straw. [It had been
long known that large eels pass from rivers into the sea at certain
seasons, and that diminutive young eels, called in this country
elvers, ascend the rivers in enormous numbers, Dy. Chron. (Dec 8,
1896).]
[Repr. an older eel fare (a brood of young eels) ; see
Bailey (1755).]
ELVER, V. Rut.' [e'lv3(r).] To grow soft.
Her bag elver'd, and her milk-pokes came down [of a sick cow].
ELVISH, adj. e.An. [e'lvij.] Irritable, spiteful, mis-
chievous.
e.An.' Suf. The bees are elvish to-day, Cullum Hist. Hawsled
(iSis); Suf.i, e.Suf. ^F.H.)
[Elvish, froward, Coles (1677).]
ELY, V. Sc. Written eely Rxb. [Mi.] To disap-
pear, vanish ; to disappear one by one as a company does
that disperses imperceptibly.
Slk. Thebairnieshad elyit away, Hogg Q»fffZ?i. (1832) G^-owsome
Carle ; It elyed away o'er the brow and I saw nae mair o't, ib. Tales
(1838) 53, ed. 1866. Slk., Rxb. Always suggesting the idea of
gradual disappearance (Jam.). Rxb. Winter eeliet frae our land
As spring peeped o'er the mountains, RiddellPo^/. Wks. (ed. 1871)
II. 162.
EM, proii. In grn. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written aam Wxf ' ; um m.Yks.' Lei.' Brks.' [am.]
1. Unemphatic form : them.
Wxf.' Wm. [They] waent ga naar t'feeld ageean, an nowt can
meeak em, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 10. n.Yks. What's cumm'd
on em ? Castillo /-*0£'«;s (1878) 25. e.Yks.' m.Yks.' Unemphatic,
by rule, but in some slight use otherwise, * Whether it's um or
them, there's no counting,' /»/;'0(/. 25. w.Yks. (D.L.); Shoo'll
Icvvk queer at me if I tell her I'm one on 'em, Cudworth Dial,
Sketches (1884) 2; am, m, Wright Gram. IVndhtl. (1892) 116.
n.Lan. Soa he head em i t'toppinmow, LoA/firfrt/f^^^g-. (Jan. 1867)270.
s.Chs.' Thai" knows nowt abowt 'em, 65. Der. (J.B.), Der.^,
nw.Der.' Lei.' ' Did 'em ! ' ' Noo ! um didn't,' 26. War. 2, Shr.'
Glo. Lysons Vulgar Tongue (1868) 47. Brks.' Um, 6. Ess.'
Sur. They are none of 'em five years old, Jennings Field Paths
(1884) 212 ; Sur.' Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). w.Som.' The literary
' them ' is unknown in this dialect. I 'ont zill em vor the money,
but I'd let 'ee take the pick o'm in my prize.
Hence (i) Aamzil or Amezil, (2) Emsels, pron. them-
selves.
(i) Wxf.' Aamzil cow no stoane, 84. (2) Cai.'
2. In interrogative sentences : they.
Som. Did 'em zee 'en ? Monthly Mag. (1814^ II. 127. -w.Som.'
Zoa dhai-v u-kacch' JiJm tu laa'S, aa'n um ? [So they have caught
Jim at last, have not em ?] Can em get'n a-do'd gin tomarra?
[OE. Iiiui. hcoill.']
EM-BARN, V. Ken. Also in form in-barn. To put
store in a barn, to garner.
They em-barn as much as they can of their corn, '^'oung Annals
Agric. (1784-1815).
EMBER, sb. Sc. Irel. Also in forms ammer, emmer
SwAiNSON ; imber Sc. In ; immer Or.I. (Jam.) S. & Ork.'
[e'ni(b)ar.] The great northern diver, Colynibiisglacialis.
Also in comp. Ember-diver, -goose.
Or.L The immer, which is the ember, or immer goose of this
country, Barry Or. 7.(1805)304 (Jam.); The Imber-goose,unskill'd to
fly, Must be content to glide along, Scott Pirate ( 1822) xxi ; Swain-
soN i3;>rf5 (1885) 213. S. & Ork.' Alid., e.LtU. Swainson lA. Slk.
The imbers from broad Ale-more lake, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865)
154. Ir. Swainson ib.
[Norw. dial, imbre (ymnur, hymber, hymmer), the
northern diver (Aasen); ON. Iiiiiibiin (Fritzner).]
EMBRANGLEMENT, sb. Lei.' Nhp.' Embroilment,
confusion. See Brangle.
EME, see Aim, adj.
EMER, sb. Obs. Lin. One who rescues another
from any danger or difficulty. (Hall.) ; Lin.'
[The angell . . . The which was emer of Tundale, Tun-
dale's Vision (c. 1450) 224 (N.E.D.).]
EMERANT, sA. Obs. Sc. The emerald ; also used a//r/A.
Slk. The stillness that lay on the emcrant lea, Hogg Poems (ed.
1865) 33;Thou canstsweep the emerant deep, ib. Queer Bk. {1832) 102.
[O precius Mergreit . . . Moir gudely eik na is the
EMERTEEN
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emerant grcync, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510), cd. Small, II.
275; Ruby, topas, pcrle and emerant, Dovclas PaL /Ion.
(1501), ed. 1874, I. I.]
EMERTEEN, sb. So. In form enanteen Abd. (Jam.)
An ant, ' emmet.'
ne.Sc. The ant was called Emerteen, and when on being dis-
turbed it was seen carrying off its eggs it was supposed to be its
horse, and the following words were repeated : ' Emerteen,
Emerteen, laden yir horse, Yir father and yir mither is ded in
Kinloss,' Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 147. BnfT.', Abd. (Jam.)
EMERY, sb. Obs. Irel. A bed of iron ore.
An irregular bed of iron ore called emery by the inhabitants.
Mills Strata 1789) in Trans. Phil. Soc. LX.\X. 97.
EMESKINS, see Emess.
EMESS, int. Obs. Wm. Also in form emeskins.
By the mass. See Maskin.
Wm. Emess its enough naw a days to pay ivveryman [h]is awn,
HunoN /JdiiJ AVa' ITark (1785") 1. 123. s.Wm. Whick emeskins
it baad us killing, il>. Dial. Stortlt ajid Aritside (1760) 1. 40.
EMM, EMMACK, EMMER, see Earn, Emmet, Ember.
EMMER, sb. Or.I. Also in form amer. In comp.
Amer- or Emmer-tree, a beam of wood or bar of iron
built in the chimney, or set over the fire, to which is at-
tached a chain for suspending pots, &c. (Jam. Siippl.)
[Cp.Da. onmer, ' amphora,' LG. einnicr{aiiiii!er),awater-
vessel (Berghaus) ; Bremen dial, ainnier, ' ein Einier'
{lVlb.).\
EMMET, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written ammut Ken.' Bus.' ; enimot Nhp.° ; eniniut
Brks." Sur.' I.W.' ; and in forms eemock Rnf Lth. ;
eemuch Lnk. ; emmack Edb. ; emmak Pern. ; emmock
Lth. Rxb. (Jam.); emock Rnf; emothee Wxf ' ; imniie
n.Cy. m.Yks.' ; yammet w.Som.' Dev. [emat, e'nisk,
i'niak.] 1. The ant.
Frf. Up frae an emmet to a whale, Beattie Arnlia (c. 1820)
39, ed. 1882. Frf., e.Per. (W.A.C.) Rnf. Rebels in ilk land are
thick. As eemocks in a clod, Webster lihyiitcs (,1835) 67; The
odds from emocks up to whales, M*^Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 174.
Lnk. A' 'bout trees, an'ferns, an' mosses, Eemocks. eft-stools, birds an'
bees, Nicholson Idylls {ii-}o] 33; The mossy banks where the wild
bee has its bj'ke, and the eemuck its populous den, Watson Poems
(1853) xi. Edb. He taught auld Tam to hale the dules. And eident
to row right the bowls. Like ony emmack, Fergxjsson Poems
(1773) 189, cd. 1785. Wxf.' Broughet ee stell, ing a emothee
knaghane [broke the handle in a pismire hill], 88. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. LL.B.) m.Yks.i, w.Yks. iJ.T.) s.Pem. Emmaks are
busy'l things, they be neveridle (W.M.M.). Glo. (J.S.F.S.),Glo.',
Brks.l, Ken.'2. Sur.i, Sus. (F.E.\ Sus.', Hmp. (J.R.W.), Hmp.',
I.W.l WU. (K.M.G.); Slow G/. (1892); Wil.i 'Ant' is never
used. Dor. Oh! emmets, oh! ooh, ooh, Barnes Poems (1869-
1870) 3rd S. 134. Som. Wi nubbudy a hikin' on, but emmets,
vrogs, and fishus, Agrikler Rhytiu's (1872) 69. w.Som.' The
yammets be making work sure 'nough way th' abricocks, de year,
they be wis-n wapsies, hon they takes to it. Dev. Canee tell
me 'ow tu git urds ov yammets? They be awl awver tha place,
Hewett Peas. Sp. { 1892) ; The ' ant ' has driven the ' emmet ' out
of the field, Bowring Lang. (1866, 1. 17 ; Dev.', s.Dev, (F.W.C.1
s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.j Cor. I seed mun 'pen the road, a minute
back, like emmets ninnin, 'Q.' Three Ships 1,1890) i; Cor.^ [Never
was there such a place for ' ammuts' ' nests. Standard (Aug. 23,
1887-) 3 ]
2. Comp. (i) Emmet-batch, (2) -but(t, (3) -cast, (4)
•heap, (5) -hill, (6) -hump, an ant-hill ; (7) -hunter, the
wryneck, Jvnx iorqitilla.
(I) Som.^W.F.R.j; Jennings Obs. Dial. zv.E>tg.(i825); W. & J.
Gl. (1873). (2) Dor. (N.B.); (C.W.) ; Dor.i I used to hop The
emmet-buts. vrom top to top, 257. Som. The common green wood-
pecker is often seen on the ground searching among the 'emmet-
butts,' CoMPTON IVinscombe Sketches (1882) 120. m.Som. (C.V.G.)
(3) Ken. (H.M.) ; Ken.' Sus. Ketched he's fut in a liddle pet full
ov bavins wud an ammut caste, Jackson Southward Ho (1894) I.
433 i It was nowt but a field covered with ammut castees, Jen-
nings Field Paths (1884^ 37 ; Sus.' Peck up them ammut-castcs
(s.v. Amendment). (4) Wil.', w.Som.' (5) Brks.', Sur. (G.L.G.),
Snr.' (.6) GIo.l, Brks.', Hmp.' (7) [Swainson Birds 1 1885) 103;
The bird is engaged at an ant-heap extracting those insects and
their larvae which form its favourite food. Hence another of its
names, 'emmet-hunter,' Smith Birds ('1887) 257.]
3. Fig. A lively person. Nhp.^
[Emottis, the blak rowt That ithandly laubouris and
byssy be, Douglas Encados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 191. OE.
ainette, an ant.]
EMMIS, fl^^. Sc. Also in form inimis. [e-mis, i'mis.]
1. Of the weather : changeable; dark, gloom j'.
Bnff. (Jam.) Abd. A dark cloudy night used to be called an
immis nicht (G.W.). Ags. (Jam.) Rnf., Ayr. Used as signilying
chill and having every appearance of rain. Pronounced ' yeem-
mies ' by very old people (I'i.).
2. Of land or seed : variable in its productive results.
Ags. Applied to seed that is difficult of culture, or is frequently
unproductive. Ground which often fails to give a good crop is
called immis land (/6. ).
3. Insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety.
Ags. That stcen stands very eemis (/6. \
[Norw. diaX. yinis (-pV. ymise, ymse, emse), changeable,
various (Aasen) ; O'^.ymiss, various, alternate; cp. S\v.
ynisa, to change, to alternate (Widegren).J
EMMLE-DEUG, sb. Sc. Also written emmeldyug.
Butcher's ofi'al, scrap or carcase paring. Fig. a loose,
flying piece of anj'thing ; a rag or tatter flying from
a dress.
Sc. (Jam. Sh/I//.); I wonner what ye made o' the twa grumphies,
. . . snoukin' for a sappy cmmeldyng [sic'] about the harigals o'ye,
St. Patrick (1819) 11. 243 (Jam.). Gall. (Jam.)
EMMOCK, see Emmet.
EMMUT, sb. Dev. Cor. [e-mat] Stroke, full force,
used of the wind.
Dev. (Hall.) Cor. Right in the emmut of et. Monthly Mag.
(1810) I. 435; Cor.'2
[Repr. lit. E. even-might, the adj. eivn being used in the
sense of directly in front, as in Shaks. : In plain shock
and even play of battle. Hen. V, iv. viii. 114.]
EMONY, sb. Lin. Som. Dev. Also in form enemy,
[eniani, e nami.] The anemone, Anemone coronaria or
Nemorosa.
Lin. Fo' they fun 'um theer a-laaid of 'is faace Down i the
woild 'enemies, Tennyson N. Farmer, Old Style (1864) st. 9.
w.Som.' We can put in they eraony roots in there. We be mid-
diin off vor racklisses, but 'tis a poor lot o' enemies. Dev.^
EMP, EMPASSY ON, see Empt, Ampersand.
EMPEROR, sb. Nhp.' The large bone at the end of
a sirloin of beef which unites with the rump.
EMPLOY, sb. Sc. In form imploy Sh.I. [eniploi.]
Employment.
Sh.I. Da want o' idder imploy dra\'e wir young men ta da sea,
Sh. News (Nov. 5, 1898). Rxb. The Kirk cannot afford a plack For
sic employ, Ruickbie IVayside Cottager (1807) 133; To see the
thoughtless sons of men's employ, ib. 164. ■ Dmf. He was oppress'd
with grief and want — By Indolence got no employ, Hawkins
Poems (1 841) V. 15.
[Peter put these bulls upon several employs. Swift
Tale Tub (1704) iv, ed. 1747, 70. Fr. emploi, ' imployment '
(Cotgr.).]
EMPSPIECE, sb. Obsol. Lin. The best, choicest
piece of food, a tit-bit.
Vox usitatissima, significat autem portionem cibi eximiam et
non vulgarem, Skinner ( 1671) ; Lin.' If thou'rt a good lad I'll cut
thee the emps-piece at andrew.
EMPT, V. Stf Nhp. War. Won Hrf Glo. Oxf Brks.
Sur. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form emp w.Wor.' Glo.' w.Som.' Dev.^ nw.Dev.' [empt,
emp.] To empty, pour out. Cf ent, z'.'
Stf. As quick as thought they empt' the well, Hone Every-day
Bk. (1826) II. 995. Nhp.' Freq. used with the prefixes, or tin,
when employed agriculturally, as ' on-cmpt that load of hay.' War.^
w.Wor.' The people about Tenbury always speak of ' the plaayce
w'ahr Severn emps into Teme.' se.Wor.', s.Wor. (H.K', s.Wor.',
Hrf.'=, Glo.(A.B.;,GIo.' Oxf. A'. (&0. (1880) 6th S. i. 204. Brks. i*.
(1871) 4th S. viii. 441; Brks.' Sur.Yes.you'dbettereinptit, A', ef 0.
(1878 5thS.x. 222. Su5.,Hmp.HoLLowAY. Hmp. (H.E.); I told her
toemptthe slops (T.L.O.D.) ; Hmp.' I.W. (J.D.R.) ; LW.i Wil.
Slow G/. (1892) ; BRiTTONSfflHCi« 1 1825). n.Wil. (E.H.G.) Dor.
I'll empt my pocket o' this last too. Hardy Greemvood Tree (1872)
1.32; Dor.' Som. (W.F.R.); Empt the bucket (F.A.A.) ; Jen-
nings Obs. Dial. w.Eng.{iB25); W. & J. Gl. (i873\ w.Som.'
Plai-zr, aay kaa-n aimp dhik saes'turn bee meezuuh [Please, sir,
I cannot empty that cistern by myself]. 'Vou must'n emp nort
K k 2
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down thick there zink. Dev.^ Willee plaise tu go out in back ouze
and emp all the dirty vvatter yu can vind in the tubs and buckets.
nw.Dev.^ Cor. Dosmery Pool amid the moores ... no streams It
empt, nor any fill, Hunt Pop. Rom, w.Eng. (1865) 142, ed. 1896.
Hence (i) Enipt, adj. empty; (2) Emptin cloani, phr.
drinking to excess.
(I) G13.1 (2) w.Sora.i Wuul, Jan! haut-s dhu maafr? Biin
ai'mteen tloam ugeeun, aay spoa'uz ! [Well, John! what is the
matter? (,You have) been emptying cloam 1 crockery, i.e. the cup)
again, I suppose !] Work ! the work he likth best is emptin o'
cloam, and he'll work to that way anybody. nw.Dev.'
[Ther-by shal he nat winne, But emptc his purs,
Chaucer C.T. g. 741.]
EMPTY, adj. and sb. Irel. Chs. Oxf. Also in form
empy- Irel. [e'mti, e'mpi.] 1. adj. In coitip. (i) Empty-
grass, the reed-hke canary-grass, Phalaris antndinacca ;
(2) -rods, the dried stems of the common reed, Anindo
Phragmiles.
(i) Tip., Lim. (B. & H.) (2") Ant. Used when cut into lengths of
2} or 3 inches forquills to wind linen yarn upon for weavers, Grose
(i'79o) MS. add. (C.)
2. Of a cow : not in calf. Oxf.> MS. add.
3. sb. Weaving term : the bobbin on which the ' pin ' is
wound. Chs.'
EMPUS-AND, see Ampersand.
EMPY, adj. Nhb. [e-mpi.] Empty.
Divent gan away empy, RocsoN Bk. Rulli (1860) iii. 17; Nhb.'
He put his hand iv his pocket ; it was empy, Ceordy's Last (1878)
16 ; Anempy cairt.
-EN, stijf. e.An. w.Cy. A suffix added to all sbs. to
denote the material of which anytliing is made.
Brks.'6. e.An.^ A birchen broom. Wil.' Harnen, made of horn ;
stwonen, of stone ; 'adirten floor, 'afloormadeof earth, beatenhard.
'There's some volk as thinks to go droo life in glassen slippers.'
' Almost as universal too is the transformation of the substantive
into an adjective by the same termination, as ... a leatheren shoe,
an elmen board, &c.' Dor.' Yarbs a-stowed in piapern bags, 219 ;
In ther tinnen cups ther draps o' cider, 123. w.Som. The termin-
ation 11^ £*«, or cen, is very common with us, and is almost invariably
added to a noun to denote the material of which the article de-
scribed is made, and it may be used with an3' constructive substance
whatever, as a klaa'thgen koa'ut, pae'upurn kaa'p, Elworthy
Cram. (1877) 18; w.Som.' Employed in the dialect with the name
of every material capable of use. U stee-ulecn pwauynt [a steel
point]. U coleen au's klau'th, te*neen-pan, weob een brae'usuz.
EN, proii. Lei. Hrf Fern. Glo. Brks. Hrt. Sur. Sus.
Hmp. I.W. VVil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms bin
Hmp.' ; hyn Wil.' ; In Pern.; in Brks.'; un Lei.' Hrf
Glo ' Brks.' Sur. Sus. Hmp.' I.W.' Wil.' w.Som.' Dev. Cor.
[an, Pem. in.] Unemphatic form : liiiii, her, it. See He
Lei.' A very gen. substitute for ' him.' Whoy doon't ye stick up
to un then? Inlrod. 26. Hrf. ObsoL, Ellis P;o»ji»r. (1889) V. 73 ;
Hrf.' Pem. Ellis, 33. Glo. 'Em be a going to put un on the
barrel, Gissing yd/. Hampden (1890) I. ix ; Lysons Vulgar Tongue
(i868j 27; Glo.' Brks. He've a been and feeld un all over,
Hughes 7". Brown O.xf. (1861) xviii ; Ellis, 94; Brks.' I g'n 'in
wernin'. Hrt. Ellis, 201. s.Cy. This ' Bn ' for ' hine,' the true
accusative of 'he,' is very widely spread in the south, and is also
used where * it' is said in received speech, on account of the^f«. use
of 'he ' applied to inanimate objects, Ellis, 43. Sur. That vvor
a marriage ring, and I sold 'un a week after I had 'un, Bickley
Sur. Hills (1890) II. i. Sus. Do 'ee take great care wi' 'un for she'll
hatch soon, Egebton Flks. and Ways (1884) 21. Hmp.' I put un
in my pocket. Poor zowl on hin. I can't aupen hin, maester.
I.W.' I.at un alooan. Wil. Ellis, 45 ; I put un in my pocket. Gie
tir prong to un, Britton Beauties (,1825) ; Wil.' I seed un a-doing
on't. Poor zowl on hyn ! (s.v. Pronouns). n.Wil. A meade th'
pillars on un o' zilver. Kite Sng. Sol. (i860) iii. 10. Dor. Let en
kiss ine wi' the kisses ov his mouth, Barnes I'i. (1859) i. 2; (A.C. );
Dor.' w.Dor. I told en so, Roberts ///s/. /._)'/;(£ /?*'^/s (1834). Som.
A zid'n,W. & J. Gl. (1873) ! ' have put off moi quoat; how zhall
I put un on? Baynes Sng. Sol. (i860) v. 3 ; A zid en, Jennings
Obs.Dial.w.Eng.{i825); Did 'em zee 'en? |didtheyseehim?] Monthly
Mag. '1814) U. 127. w.Som. Our objective ' him ' is always 'un,'
'n,' unless it is emphatic, when it is ' ee,' Elworthy Gram. (1877)
36 ; w.Som.' When the construction relates to an animal or any
definite object except a person it is feminine as well. Thus in speak-
ing of a cow, it would be said, ' I gid-n the drench, but he didn
likc-n.' The same sentence applied to a woman would be, ' I gid
'er the dose, but 'er did-n like-n.' Tell ee hot I should do way en
— why I'd take'n nif I was you, and gee en a darn'd good hidin.
Thick 20W 'II varrow purty quick, mind and gee un plenty o' mate.
Dev. When old faythcr died . . . we couldn't carry un toTavistock to
bur3^ un : and so mother put un in the old box, and salted un in,
Bray £)«c. Tamar and Tavy (1836) I. 32 ; I think he'd stand nif
was vor to put up a bit of a battery agin un, Reports Proi'inc. fi88i)
19 ; Yu must vamp eight stitches in tha ca've ov yer stocking ef
yu want'th tu make'n a glide shape, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 141.
n.Dev. Whan tha hads't a cort en by tha heend legs o' en, Exm.
Seold. (1746) 1. 213. Cor. Wherever I could catch un, Tregellas
Tales (i868; Trcmnan ; Cor.' I don't think much of 'n, Introd. 12.
e.Cor. Ellis, 168. w.Cor. ib. 172. [If the parson had nut had his
petticuoats on, I should have lent un o stick. Fielding T. Jones
(1749) bk. V. ii.]
fOE. hine, ace. of A?, he.]
EN, conj. Cum. V/m. Not. Also in form end Not.
[an, and.] Than. See An, coiij.'^
Cum.' I's gittan mair en I es't. Wm. Maare sarvants en yan,
RoBisoN Aald Taales {1882) 47. Not. I'd soon hev this end th'
other fJ.H.B.).
[Cp. Norw. dial, en (end), than (Aasen), Dan. e)id. ON.
en (cnn), for older an, than, formed by dropping the orig.
f; cp. OE. donnc, than.]
ENACT, V. Obs. Sc. Used reflex. : to pledge oneself.
Lnk. They oblige him to enact himself to depart the kiqgdom,
and never to return without license, Wodrow Cti. Hist. (1720) II.
195, ed. 1828.
ENAH, see Enow, adv!^
ENANTEEN, ENAUNTER, ENCENSE, see Emerteen,
Anaunters, Incense.
END, sb} and v} Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng
Written eend Lan. nw.Der.' Ken.' ; and in forms een
Ken.; ent Wil.' [end, ind.] \. sb. In phr. {1} /hejirst
end, the beginning ; (2) a good end, a good use ; (3) /he
/(75/ f«(/, the conclusion, finish ; (4) at end or at the end on if,
at last, after all ; (5) at an idle end, (6) — a louse end, in a
state of thoughtless, uncontrolled dissipation ; (7) by tlie
end, at the commencement; (&) front end to one, through
and through, from one end to the other ; (9) in another end,
see below ; (10) on the better end, in fairly good health ; (11)
endj'or end, the reverse end ; also used as v. ; (12) an end's
errand, witli an especial object or intention, on purpose ;
(13) end on. straight forward, right ahead ; with speed, in
a great hurry ; (14) — tiveea, both ends, throughout; (15)
all ends and sides, in excess, too great abundance ; also
used jig. ; (16) bout end or side, without limit ; in abund-
ance ; (17) to eat against the end, see below ; (18) to make
neither end nor side of, to make nothing of, to fail to under-
stand ; (19) to lose alt end of, to lose all trace of; (20I to
make end and even, to be extravagant ; (21) to set an end in,
to commence a piece of sewing ; (22) not to care which end
goes first, to be utterly reckless or extravagant.
(i i n.Yks. (I.W.) (2) Sli.I. See 'at doo mak'sa guid end o't, an'
spends it no' in foally, Buugess Skete/ies (2nd ed.) 33. (3) n.Yks.
(I.W.) (4) n.Yks. Fairly tired out, at end (I.W. 1. w.Yks. Lucas
Stud. Nidderdale {c. 1882) 249. (5, 6) w.Yks.' (7) Slk. Dinna fiee
... ye hae a guid cause by the end, Hogg Tales 1, 1838) 7, ed. 1866.
1,8 N.I.' I've cleaned the hedge from end to one. The story's known
from end to one through the whole place, Uls. Uls. Jrn. Arch.
(1853-62) VII. 176. (9) nw.Der.' A phr. denoting that something
has occurred or is done which is not agreeable. ' I'lia's brok'n that
pot in another eend.' (10) w.Yks. T'wife's on t'better end just
nah (S.K C). (ii) s.Stf. The parson said 'reverse the corpse,'but
till I said 'end for end the coffin' they dai guess what he meant,
PiNNocK />/lt. Cy. Ann. (18951. w.Mid. Turn the beam end for end,
praps it'lfit that way (W. P.M. 1. (12) w.Sc.I went up an end's erran
till his hoosc, Macdonald Settlement (1877) 84. Ayr. Send to the
neighbouring town an end'serrandon purpose forthem,GALTw4>m.
Parish (i82i)vi ; When I got the copies, 1 directed one to every in-
dividual subscriber, and sentthetown drummeran end'serrandwith
them, /7;. P/'oi'os/ (1822') XXV. N. I.' On one end's erran'. (13) Cum.'
e.Yks.' He wasgannin alaang end-on, helther-skelther. Sus.' He
went at it end on, as though he meant to finish aforehcbegun. (14)
n. Yks. 2 Rusted frae ends tweca. (15; w.Yks. He'sdrinkingallends
andsides(S. K.C.); Stufi'd me all endsand sides, Hallam IVads/eyJac/i
(1866) xviii. n.Lin.' What he likes is to hev foiiks waaitin'onhim
all ends an' sides, bud he wciint get it. (16) w.Yks. They've im-
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pidencc baht end or side (J.T.). (17) e.Suf. ' He is eating against
his end.* This is said of one who cats voraciously when in the
article of death (F.H.V 1 18) ne.Yks.' They meead nowthcr end
norsahd on't. e.Yks.' MS. adJ. (T.H.) e.Lan.i Lei.i She [a
mare] was a blundering: goer altogether ; I couldn't make ends nor
sidcsofher. (10^ n. Lin. We seem to ha' lost all end o' Bin i^M. P.).
(20) n.'Yks. (^I.W."), w.Yks.i (21) n.Lin.^ 'Set my end in,' is a
common request of little girls of their mothers. (22) n.Yks. (,I.W.)
w.Yks. He doesn't care which end goes first (J.T.) ; w.Yks.', n.Lin.'
sw.Lin.* They seem as if they did not care which end went first.
She's a sore woman; she does not care which end goes first.
2. Comb, (i) End-all, an act of completion ; a finishing
stroke ; (2) -board, see -door ; (3) -day, a termination,
end ; (4) -deck, (5 1 -door, a tail-board or movable end of a
cart; (6) -fare, success ; (7) -heck, see -door; (8) -hole,
a ventilating hole in the peak of a barn or other building;
(9) -hooping, the ring of iron tliat surrounds the bottom
of a wooden vessel ; also used fig. ; (10) -ladder, the
movable rails at the back of a cart; (11) -less, (a) con-
stantly, for ever, without end ; (b) pertinacious, long-
winded; (c) blind gut. iiiUs/iiiian cacciDii ; (12) -less chain
or rope, a system of haulage by which the tubs in a mine
are carried along by a rope or chain running always in
the same direction ; (13) -pan, the boiler on the side of the
kitchen fire-range or grate ; (14) -pickle, a head of corn ;
{15) -pudding, the rectum; (16) -wards, forwards, onward;
(17) -wedge, a fire-brick.
(il m.Yks.i (2) n.Wm. (B.K.) (3) n.Cy. (Hall.) (4) ne.Yks.i
(5I n.Yks (T.S.) ne.Yks.' More commonly called end-door. (6)
n.Yks.^ What was their end-fare? * A poor end-fare,' an unfortunate
termination. (7iDur.i (8) Cum.^ (9) Ayr., Rxb. (Jam.) (10)
Nhp.' (11, (i) w.Yks. He may call [scold] him endless without
being any better for it (CC.R.). (A) Ayr. Never surely was such
an endless man created, Galt Provost (1822) xxvi. (c) e.An.'
(i2) Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (13) w.Yks. (J.T.)
(14) Lnk. Slie that pu'ed the luckless ear, Whare nae end-pickle
did appear. Had lost, DeiPs Hallowe^cii (1856) 34; On Halloweve,
the presence of an end-pickle, or a head of corn, drawn at random
from a stack, is considered a proof of virgin purity, ib. 59. (15)
n.Yks. (T.S.) (16) n.Lin.' 'Goa endards, sir, goa endards,' said
when one man gives place to another in entering a door. (17)
Nhb.' gin. long by 4I in. wide, made 2] in. thick at one end, dimin-
ishing to ilin. at the other.
3. A room in a cottage, esp. the parlour or sitting-room.
Frf. It had been the ordinary dwelling room of the unknown
poor, the mean little * end '—ah, no, the noblest chamber in the
annals of the Scottish nation, Barrie Toiimiy (1896) 178. Gall.
Then wad he kindly lead her ben, And seat her in the parlour en',
Whar tea and trockery a' war ready, Nicholson Poet. Wis. [iBin)
58, ed. 1897. Nhb. There was only one outer door which opened
into one of the 'ends' called the 'entry,' DixoN ll'/iiltiiig/iaiit Vale
(1895^ 71. s.Dur. People speak of the fore-end or back-end of a
house in much the same way as the Scotch say butt and ben.
'This is a nice little end' [parlour] (J.E.D.).
4. The backside, posterior, esp. in phr. to sit tip on cndor
oher end.
w.Yks.' I sat reight up an end. Lin. The fellers as maakes them
picturs . . . sattle their ends upo stools to pictur the door-poorch
theere, Tennyson 0-j.'d Rod (^iSSg). n.Lin.' ' He hes rot been
oher end thease three weaks,' said of a person confined to bed.
5. pi. The stems of a growing crop.
e.An.' Here is a plenty of ends, however it may fill the bushel.
6. Place, position, situation.
w.Yks. 2 I can't be at every end.
7. A 'bout' in ploughing; two ploughed furrows;
see below.
Suf. (C.T.) Ken. Having proceeded along the field making one
fu rro w,it is turned about and brought back again.t bus makinga second
furrow parallel with, and beside, the first. I am informed that the
two furrows constitute an 'een,' and that it is called thus (D.W. L.);
Ken.i I ain't only got two or three eends to-day, to finish the field.
Wil.l When the 'lauds' have been all but ploughed, there remains
between them a strip, two furrows wide, still unploughed. This
is ' the Ent,' and is halved by the plough, one half being turned
up one way, and the other half the other way.
8. Mining term : the end of a level as far as it has been
driven. Also in form ending.
Nhb. Two ends are considered a day's work [in a colliery],
Prouolock Borderland Muse (1896 90. w.Yks. Rough irregular
joints at right angles to face joints, working to end H. or «. (T.T.);
Ending, a narrow road driven ' on the end,' i.e. along or parallel
to the cleavage of the coal (S. J.C.) ; End driving is a term used
by coal miners when they are getting a coal from the end— that is,
when they are working parallel with the main seams (W.H.V.).
Cor. In this ' end of ground ' the banded structure of the lode is
very plainly illustrated. Burrow ^Moiigst Miius, 32 ; In every
part of the mine their 'knockings' were heard, but most especially
were they busy in one particular ' end,' Hunt Pop. Pom. w.Eiig.
(1865I 90, ed. 1896 ; Cor.' To drive an end is to excavate a level
[a gallery] in a mine.
9. Shoemaker's term : a length of thread, &c., waxed at
the end ; also in phr. ends and awls, fig. belongings, odds
and ends.
Sc. Laden with tackle of his stall, Last, ends, and hammer,
Meston Poems (,1767) 98 (Jam.1. Ayr. Packing up my ends and
my awls I left the ship, Galt Provost (^1822) vii. Shr.2 Pack up
your ends and alls and be off with you. Ken. Twine with the
ends waxed are ' wax-eends' (H. M. ) ; A cobbler's ' waxed end ' (G. B.).
10. Weaving term : a thread of yarn, silk, &c. ; a single
piece of cloth, about 27 ins. wide and gen. about 50 or 60
yds. long.
Abd: Ye heard the reely chack, By some wrang cadge she ga'e
her hand. She's tint her end [lost her threadl, and wark maun
stand, SiuRREFS Poems (1790) 131. w.Yks. (F.R.) ; (J.M.) ; To
have an end down is when one thread of the warp is broken and
ceases to be woven in (S.A.B.). Glo.' A factory makes so many
ends of cloth a week.
Hence (i) Ended, adj., see below ; (2) End-lapper, sb. a
young boy or girl whose work it is to break off and ' lap '
in neatly the end of the yarn after being spun on to the
bobbin; (3)Endy,«(//'.ofawarp; slightly broken throughout.
w.Yks. 1,1 ) When warps have been fed up more atone end than
the other, one end is darker than the other, and the warp is
then 'ended' (J.G.). (2) (F.R.) (3) A warp that is slightly
broken throughout, i.e. a few threads broken here and there, from
one end to the other, is called ' endy ' ( J.G.).
11. The finishing game of a rink in curling.
Frf. As end after end was finished, ony advantage gained by ae
party was balanced the next time as sure as could be, Willock
Rosclly Ends (1889) 75.
12. A part, division ; proportion.
Cum.' It's a girt end of a year sen. w.Yks. T'fore end o' summer
(J.T.) ; (J.W.) ; w.Yks.' Shoe'd been a feafull ill liver a girt end
of her time, ii. 347. ne.Lan.' It cost me a girt end of a pound.
s.Not. The best end of a mile (J.P.K.). Nhp.' He had the worst
end of the bargain, and it cost him the best end of twenty pounds.
e.An.' He has the best end of the staff. It cost me the best end
of an hundred pounds.
13. A class, generation of people, esp. in phr. older,
younger, or better end, &c.
Wm. While t'younger end, amang thersells. Mead fun ez young
uns will, Wilson Kitty Kirkie, 104. w.Yks. Aw've heeard some
o'th older end o'th sperits say, Hartley Clock Aim. (1891) 33 ;
While the younger end fill up their leisure . . . The ' older end '
are fast dying away, Binns Vill. to Town (1882) 11; w.Yks.^
People speak of ' the older end ' when they mean the older inha-
bitants of a place. Lan. A ' pot'll o' drink' was always expected
of the ' better eend o' folk,' Brierley IVavcrloiv (1884) 6; Sum o'
th' wizer eend o' foke think'n ot tis peeoss'l stond lunger, Wilson
Plebeian Pol. (1796) 34, ed. 1801. s.Lan. (S.W.)
14. A beginning, origin, original source.
w.Yks. Ah can mak' no end o' that tale (J.T.).
15. Price, rate.
w.Yks.' I bout him in at seea heigh an end, ii. 289.
16. V. To set upright, to set on end ; to stand or sit upright.
Ayr. There's aj'e a wheen loom barrels endit up and waiting to
be filled. Service Notandums (1890J 72. Lth. Ye auld . . . rascal
. . . hunkerin' there in a corner. . . End up, I say, this moment,
LuJiSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 287. Nhb.' 'Upend' is often used
similarly, and ' end it up,' or ' up end it,' are indifferently spoken
with the same meaning. Cum. (M.P.); Cum.' End him up, lads.
w.Yks.' Come, my lad, end this stee.
17. To spoil, finish, make an end of; to kill, commit
suicide, &c.
Abd. Waes me ! I'll be en'it noo : This comes o' gain frae hame
an' getting fou, Giiidman Inglisinaill (iS-]^) 58. Gall. Oor maister
near ended him as soon as he laid hand on him, Crockett Standard
Bearer (1898^ 294. Lin. It all ended my starch, cruddlet it up i'
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lumps (H.L.)- nXin.' I ewsed to hev sum carved oak pannils wi'
men an' bo'ds on 'em, but th' bairns ended 'em all by makkin'
rabbit-hooses on 'em. I knew he wodn't last long, but I didn't
think he'd end hissen e' this how. sw.Lin.' The bairns are that
rough, they're fit to end one. No man should end her money.
S.Lin. (T.H.R.-)
Hence Ending-stroke, sb. a death-blow, finishing stroke.
Sh.I. If puir Girzzie is gotten her endin' strake da day he's [it's]
a job at t'll no be hale o' man,ta da grave, S/j. Nrws (Aug. 28, 1898).
END, sb.' n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Pleasure, delight. (Hall.)
END, v.'^ War. 'Wor. Hrf. [end.] To put corn, hay,
&c., in a barn or stack.
War.3 Wor. Hay average [crop] and ended well, Evesham Jrit.
(July 24, 1897). s.Wor. People say when the corn is ripe, 'it is
time to end the corn." If an incoming tenant will not take the
crops of standing corn, it would be said that the former tenant
must 'end 'em 'isself (H.K.). Hrf. Still used by agricultural
labourers (J.D.).
Hence 'Well-ended, adj. well-harvested or garnered.
s.Wor. In advts. and auctioneers' catalogues we often meet with
the expression 'a rick of well-ended hay' (H.K.). Hrf. Three
well-ended hayricks, ... a rick of well-ended hay, Hrf. Times (Jan.
23, iBsBj in Dyce's Shots , note on Cor. v. vi. 37 ; (J.B.)
[The corn That ten day-labourers could not end, Milton
L' Allegro (1632) log.]
END, ENDAS, ENDA'WAY, ENDAYS, see En, conj.,
Endway(s.
ENDE, sb. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A blue colour. (Hall.)
[Fr. inde, 'couleur bleue que Ton tire de I'indigo, . . .
couleur bleue tiree de la guede' (Littre).]
ENDEAVOUR, sb. and v. Irel. Yks. Der. Lin. Nrf.
Also written endayvour Ir. ; endeevour Der. ; indeaver
Nrf. [ende'v3(r).] 1. sb. An attempt ; one's utmost.
Ir. I'll do my endayvour. Lever H. Loyrequer (1839) xiv. N.I.l
He come in, an' they done their whole endeavour to get him out.
Make an endeavour to do it. w.Ir. All his endayvours was no
good. Lover Leg. (1848) I. 42.
2. V. With/or : to work, labour.
n.Yks.' n.Lin.' He's endeavoured for his livin' well; thaay saay
he's saaved fifty pund.
Hence (i) Endeavouring, ppl. adj. industrious, hard-
working ; (2) Indeaverance, sb. an attempt ; one's utmost.
(i) Yks. They're a varry endevrin' family (Miss A."). n.Yks.i
He's a stiddy endivverin' chap, but he's hard set t'mak' a living.
Der. She hadn't a lazy bone in her body. She were a very en-
deevouring woman, Verney Stone Edge (i858) xi. n.Lin.' I've
been a real endeavourin' man all my life. (2) Nrf. I'll du my
indeaverance for a living (W.W.S.).
[1. Doynge my endeuoure to plucke out of hys mynde
the causes of vice, Robynson Move's Utopia (ed. 1556),
ed. Lumby, 49. 2. A bloody king endeavoured for his
destruction, Jer. Taylor GL Exetnp. (1649) i. viii. 113
(N.E.D.).]
ENDEW, w. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To give, bestow. (Hall.)
ENDILOPE, sb. Som. Dev. An envelope.
w.Som.' I couldn post my letter 'cause I had'n a got nothcr
endilope [ai'ndeeloap] vor to put'n in. Dev. A vew lines pin tha
cndilope praps I kin scral, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 46.
END- IRONS, see Andirons.
ENDLONG, prep., adv. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks.
Lin. Lei. War. Also in forms endlang Sc. N.Cy.' Cum.'
n.Yks.2 w.Yks.i; enlang Sc. Bnft.'; endslang Slk.
[e'ndlor), -lar).] L prep. From end to end of, along, by
the side of.
Sc. Her walk was endlong Greta side, Scott Rokeby, Note 3 B.
Lnk. Lay them enlang his pow or shin, Ramsay Poems (1800) I.
272 (Jam.).
2. adv. At full length, lengthways along. Also used
as adj.
Sc. But for our admirable sitting I promise you we would have
been laid cndlang on the causew.iy, Scott Nigel (1822) v. Slk.
I was lying endslang at anc dor, Hogg Tales (18381 no, cd. 1866.
Kcb. He — cocking, takes An enlang aim, to hit baith lugs and tail,
Davidson Seasons (1789) 27. N.Cy.i m.Yks.'A position in which
a body would be at whole length. Not necessarily used on every
occasion, unless the object referred to is inanimate matter. LeL',
War.3
Hence (i) Enlangwyse, adv. lengthwise ; (2) at endlang,
phr. at full length, lengthways.
(i) Bnff.' (2) Elg. Tammy's honour forthwith lay At end-lang
on the green, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 83.
3. From end to end ; right along, directly forward.
Fif. Up then, as fast as they were able, They bangit endlang
frae the table, Tennant Papistry (1827) 125. n.Yks.'^^ w.Yks.'
n.Lin.' Go for'ads endlong an' you can't get oot o' th' road. Th*
ramper runs endlong stright awaay fra Appleby to Lincoln.
Hence phr. to make neither end-lang nor side of, fig. to
make nothing of, not to understand or comprehend.
Cum. Wid a thing he could nowder mak end-lang nor side on't,
Dickinson Cumbr. (1875 1 233.
4. Consecutively, continuously, without intermission or
interruption.
Sc. He never could preach five words of a sermon endlang,
Scott Guy M. (1815) xi. Cum.', w.Yks. 2* sw.Lln.' They pro-
mised to continue it endlong whilst he lived. I'hcy behaved end-
long the same.
5. V. To harrow the ridges in a field from end to end.
Cld. (Jam.)
Hence Endlangan, vhl. sb. the act of harrowing a field
along the furrows. Bnff.'
[1. Wallinde breas . . . urne endelong hire leofliche
bodi, Juliana (c. 1225) 30. 2. Everything in his degre
endelong upon a bourde he laide, Govver C. A. (c. 1400)
iL 233. 3. Endlang furth held thai thar vay, Barbour
Bruce (1375) xvi. 548. In the dial, endlong (endlang) two
words originally distinct appear to have been mixed up
together: (i) OE. andlang, along, by the side of, see
Along; (2) O'H. endilangr (in advbl. phrases), from one
end to another.]
ENDRACHT, sb. Sh.L Purpose, object in view, in-
tention. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.'
ENDRIFT, sb. Obs. ? Sc. Snow driven by the
wind. Cf youden drift.
Abd. Or if perforce of endrift styth He is obliged to seek a lyth,
Beattie Parings ( 1801) 24 ; The first thing meets him is a dose Of
styth endrift and hail, ib. 34.
[Prob. the same word as earlier eivindrift. Their fell
such ane extream tempest, ewindrift, sharp snow, and
wind, full in their faces, Gordon Hist. Earls Siitherl.
(1650) 246 (N.E.D. s. v. Ewden-drift).']
ENDUE, adv. Irel. In form indue N.I.' Due, owing.
N.I.* He was indue me a year's wages. Ant. You're endue me
sixpence, Ballytnena Obs. (1892).
[Repr. in due, in debt.]
ENDURABLE, adj. Sc. Der. Suf. Ken. Som. Written
in- Ken.° w.Som.' Durable, lasting.
Sc. He proposed I should buy winter-hosen from a wife in the
Cowgate-back that .. . made them ' extraordinarendurable,' Steven-
son Cn/noim (1893) i. nw.Der.', Suf.',Ken.2 w.Som.i Tid'n no use
vor to put'n (the hedge) up like that there, tid'n no waysindurable
[eendeo-rubl] ; he'll be all down again in no time. Whatever d'ee
buy jish stuiT as that fur, t'ont wear no time ; you ought to a had
somethin indurable like, for a gurt tear-all boy like he.
ENDWAY(S, adv. In. gen. use in Sc. and n. counties
to Stf Shr. Also in forms eendway(s Lan.' ; eendwey
Lan. ; endas w.Yks.' Lan.' ; endaway w.Yks.''; endays
w.Yks.'; endiirs(e Nhb.' n.Yks.^; endwis Nhb.'; endwye
Sh.L; hendus w.Yks. [e'ndwe(z,indwe(z, endas.] 1. In
phr. endways on, with the end turned towards the spectator.
w.Yks. (J.W.), Chs.i Shr.' The house stanoing endways-on to
the street.
2. To the end or finish ; at the end.
Lan. Aw've done seventy odd year beaut bein' drawn like adobby-
hoss, an' aw meean to do cend-way, Brierley Reel IVind. ( 1869)
xiii; Weed'n fast uppo' fast, an geet'n nout eendwey, Wilson
Plebeian Pol. (1795) 60, ed. 1801; Lan.'
3. Continuously, successively ; without end or interrup-
tion.
Cum.' ; Cum.^ This he maddel't aboot ebben endways away As
lang as he brcath't, 164. w.Yks. He wur off drinkin three days
endaway, Sheffield Indep. (1874) ; w.Yks.* He won six games end-
away. Stf.'
ENDWIS
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ENGLISH
4. Phr./or endways, endless, without number, continuous.
Wm. Tlioear's tlircoscooar queens, an' fowerscooar concubines,
an' virgins for endways, Richardson Sag. Sol. (1859) vi. 8 ; Sum
ga ta London en lor endways gaas on't Continent, Taylor Sketches
(1882I 7.
5. Forward, onward, straight ahead ; at once, henceforth.
Also uscdyVg'.
Rxb. To get endways with any piece of work, is to get pretty
well through with it, to succeed in any undertaking (Jam.). N.Cy.'
NUb.' Co' bye, let me get endwis wi' me wark. He taaked even
endwis. Dur. Gibson f//i-II'V(i»(/n/f G/. (1870); Dur.' s.Dur. Now,
say grace and set us endways [an expression heard at a funeral
feast] (J.E.D.). n.Yks.l Weel ! Ah's getting cnd'uswi't noo ; bud
its bin a parlous lasty job ; n.Yks.*' They've got bravely end-ways,'
they have prospered well. 'Get end- ways,' go ahead; n.Yks.^
ne.Yks.* Aye, ah heard he'd gitten endways. m.Yks.* He came
straight endways to meet me. w.Yks. ' To come endways ' is, to
hasten the step, Scatcherd//i's/. Morhy(^iS-}n)Gl.; Nowgethendus
with you, or you'll be late to school (M.N.) ; w.Yks. ^ I pray'd
on her ... to git endays as fast as shoe could, ii. 288 ; Mind to gang
... straight endasowerHowgill.i'i. 295; w.Yks. ^ Lan. Geteendwey,
its prime rime efeath, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 14, ed. 1806;
I kept eendway thro' th' lone, Dixon 5«^5. Eng. Peas. (1857) 213;
An' scuttert off eendway to my aunt's. Axon Sketches (1867) 15.
e.Lan.^ s.Lan. Th' foke theer win sho yo th' road eend-way,
Bamford Walks (1844) 52. Shr.2 Miles endways.
Hence Endwye, sb. progress, headway.
Sh.I. I couldna mak' muckle endwye. Da legs o* me buits wis
dat hard, Sh. News (June 18, 1898).
6. Phr. to stand eitdivays, to remain in office beyond the
usual time. n.Cy. (H.\ll.)
[1. Set obliquely like a pack of cards, endways or edg-
ways, Plot Staffordsh. (ed. 1686) 193. 5. Hartes which
have bene hunted, do most commonly runne endwayes
as farre as they have force, Turbervile Venerie (1575J 86
(N.E.D.).]
ENDWIS, ENDWYE, see Endway(s.
ENDY, fl(//'. Sc. Nhb. Written endie (Jam.), [e'ndi.]
Attached to one's own interest, selfish ; full of schemes,
fertile in expedients.
Bwk. (Jam.) Rxb. ' An endie man,' a man of devices (i'A.). Nhb.i
An endy fellow is one who is always trying to control matters for
his own emolument.
ENE, ENEAF, ENEF, see Eye, sb.'^, Enough.
ENEL-SHEET, sb. Obs. Sc. A winding-sheet.
The enel-sheet was a double sheet of fine linen which thrifty
females selected and carefully preserved in fold ready to be used
as a covering for their dead body before it was put in the coffin.
It was a special requisite of a bride's outfit and decked her bed on
the marriage night (Jam. Siippl.) ; Forbye a dainty enel-sheet, Twa
cods, whilk on the bouster meet, Watson Poems (1877) 59 {ib.).
ENEMMIS, coiij. Obs. ? e.An. Also written an emis
Ray; enemis e.An.' In form enanimous Wilkin. Lest.
e.An.' Quite extinct. Nrf. Spar the door, enemmis he come, Ray
(1691); ib. N. Cy. IVds. (16911 s.v. Spar; T. Browne Tract viii
(c. 1680) in IVks. ed. Wilkin, III. 233; The word is not extinct,
Wilkin, note to Browne {I.e.).
[The same word as Anent (see 2) ; cp. the use of
' against ' in the Bible : Urijah the priest made it against
King Ahaz came from Damascus, 2 Kings xvi. 11. For
the ending -is oi enemmis cp. ME. aneniis (Wyclif).]
ENEMY, 56. Sc. Shr. [e'nsmi.] 1. A name forthe
devil ; a person of an evil disposition.
Sc. 'The peasantry . .. having astrong impression of the necessity
of decency of language . . . have employed a variety of denomina-
tions [for the devil]. . . He is sometimes called the 111 Man, the
Fiend, . . the Enemy (Jam.) ; I could whiles wish mysell a witch
for his sake, if I wcrena feared the Enemy wad tak me at my word,
Scott Waverley (1814) Ixvii. Sh.I. Foo ta da enemy dus do ken
whatlhaetapay mairdendarest? Sh. News (Nov. zi, 1897). Cat.'
2. An insect ; an ant.
Fif. (Jam.) Shr.' Obsol. ' Theer's a enemy o' the child's night-
gownd !' ' Whad a good job yo' sid'n it afore 'e went to bed ! '
ENEMY, see Emony.
ENENST, prep. Same as Anent (q. v.).
ENEW, ENEWST, see Enow, adj., Anewst.
ENGAGE, V. Sc. Nhb. To attract.
Sc. Fifteen years since He engaged me wonderfully to Him,
Thomson Cloud of IViliiesses (1714) 430, ed. 1871. Nhb.' Maw bed
wad engage ony duchess, Robson Bards Tyne (1849) 237.
[This humanity and good-nature engages everybody to
him, Addison Sped. (1711) No. 106.]
ENGINE, sb. Sc. Ircl. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Also Som.
Cor. Also written eengine w.Som.' ; engyne Sc. ;
enjain N.I.'; ingine Ayr. ; injain N.I.' [indgan, ingsn.J
1. Obs. or obsol. Intellect, genius, mental capacity ; dis-
position, character.
Per. O Phoebus, master of the tunefu' nine, Exonerme, and polish
my engine! NicoL Poe»;s (1753"! 174, ed. 1766. SIg. Some men
. . . employ their ingyne and wit tothuliurtofChristand hisministry,
Bruce Sermons (c. 1631) 52, ed. 1843. Ayr. A' that kcnt him rouml
declar'd He had ingine. Burns Ep. J. Laptaik (Apr. i, 1785) st.
5 ; A true good fallow Wi' right ingine, ib. To Mr. J. Kennedy, st. 3.
Edb. Mony adeep.andmonyarareengyneHaesprungfrae Herriot's
Wark, Fergusson Poc;»5 (1773) 197, ed. 1785 ; If . . . [he] disna
cultivate's engine, [He] commits a crime, Liddle Po(;>«5 (1821) igg.
2. An ingenious invention or thing.
N.I.' That's a great enjain.
3. Comp. (i) Engine-bank, an inclined plane in a col-
liery, where wagons are hauled by a rope and stationary
engine ; (2) -pit, the shaft of a colliery in which the pumps
are worked ; (3) -plane, a level main road in a colliery on
which the tubs are hauled along by ropes from a stationary
engine ; (4) -seam, the name given to a seam of coal on
Tyneside ; (5) -stack, the lofty chimney of a mine engine-
house ; (6) -tenter, a man employed to attend to the
working of an engine; (7) -weights, long, thick wire
weights attached to a loom or other machine.
(i ) Nhb.l (2) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (i888\
w.Yks. (S.J. C.) (3) Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Nicholson (A. (4) Nhb.'
In 1649 Gray wrote : ' Master Beaumont, a gentleman of great in-
genuity and rare parts, adventured into our mines, who brought
with him many rare engines.' The memory ofthese'rare engines'
survives in the name of the seam which he appears to have dis-
covered, still called the 'engine seam' or' Beaumont.' (5) Cor.* (6)
w.Yks. (F.R.) ; (J.M.) (7) w.Yks. (J.T.)
4. A hinge.
w.Som.' Maister 've a-zen' me arter a pair o' T eengines, vor
t 'ang the door way.
[1. Vthiris ascriue vnto our people subtilitie of ingine,
Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scot/. (1596) I. 105. Fr. engiii,
understanding, reach of wit, subtilty (Cotgr.).]
ENGLISH, adj. and sb. Sc. Lin. Glo. Oxf Nrf. Wil.
[ir)(g)lij.] 1. adj. In comb. (1) English fulfer, the
missel-thrush, Tiirdiis viscivorus ; (2) — hay, meadow
grass hay ; (3) -man, the partridge, Perdix cinerea ; (4)
— parrot, the green woodpecker. Picas viridis ; (5) —
weight, avoirdupois weight.
(i) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 52. (2) Glo. As dis-
tinguishedfromthe temporarycrop of clover, ryegrass, &c. (S.S.B.)
Oxf.^ MS. add. (3)Nrf.CozENS-HARDYfirao(/ A')/ (1893)44. (4)
Wil.' s.Wil. Near Salisbury, it is known as ' the English Parrot,'
Smith Birds (1887) 251. (5) Sc. Thus denominated because the
pound in England contains 16 oz. (Jam.)
2. sb. In phr. English and Scots, a children's game ; see
below. Also called England and Scotland.
Sc. The English and Scots used to be played by parties of boys,
who,dividedby a fixed line, endeavoured to pull one another across
this line, or to seize, by bodily strength or nimbleness, a ' wad'
(the coats or hats of the players) from the little heap deposited in
the different territories at a convenient distance, Blackw. Mag.
(Aug. 1821) 35 ; The company is parted into two bands. . . The
baggage, or object of spoil, lies behind the line. . . On the signal
being given, the opposite parties rush forward, and endeavour to
seize the spoil. He who is taken within the line, is carried off as
a prisoner . . . and obtains no relief from captivity unless one of his
own party can touch him . . . unmolested by his assailants (Jam.).
Dmf. It [an old tree] never was the ' dools,' nor the ' bult ' ; nor
were the ' outs and ins,' nor the hard fought game of ' England and
Scotland ' ever played about it, Cromek Remains (1810) 10.
3. Coloured snail-shells or butterflies, as distinguished
from those that are white.
n.Lin.' A schoolboy's term. During the long war with France,
children used to kill all the white butterflies they could find, looking
on them as symbols of the French.
ENGLISHER
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ENOW
ENGLISHER, sb. Sc. Also written Inglisher.
[i'rjlijar.] An Englishman.
Frf. Rintoul's so little o" a Scotchman that he's no muckle better
thananEnglisher, BARRiEA/HH's/«-(i89i)xxvi. Dnib.Theinglishers
preach vvi' a sark abune their claes, Cross Disruption (1844) xiii.
Ayr. TheEnglishersaresoobstinatein their own way, Galt Lega/ees
(1820) vi ; You Englishers that are brought up in the darkness o'
human ordinances in gospel things, ib. Gilhaize (1823) xvii. Slk.
For the Englishers I hae ever held to be the best race o' leevin men
except the Scotch, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 60. Gall.
Thae Englishers that barely can understand their ain language,
Crockett iJo^-7l/vi'//c (i8gs') 173.
ENGMENT, ENGMOND, ENGMONT, see Hangment.
ENGRAGE, v. Obs. ? Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] To irritate, esp. by satire.
[Cp. early Sc. eiigrege, to increase the importance of, to
aggravate. Ye wald Tufe it. And not engrege the case sa
hie, Dial. betw. Clerk &^ Courtier (c. 1600) 4 (Jam.). OFr.
eiiirrenier. to aggravate (La Curne).]
ENGYNE, EN JAIN, see Engine.
ENJOY, V. Dur. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.
Glo. Hnt. Nrf. Ken. Hmp. Som. [indgoi'.] 1. To endure,
experience, esp. in phr. to enjoy bad health. In ge)i.
colloq. use.
e.Dur.i, w.Yks. fJ.W.), Chs.^ Not. She's enjoyed bad health a
many years (L.C.M.") ; Not.', n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' They say there's
one on 'em enjoys bad health. Lei.', Nhp.', War.^ Glo. He do
enjoy bad health, he do (A.B.). Hnt. (T.P.F.) Nrf. He's never
well. He's a man that enjoy werry bad health (W.R.E.). ne.Ken.
(H.M.) w.Som.' Poo-ur blid ! uur d-eenjauy shaukeen bae-ud
uulth [Poor thing! she enjoys very bad health].
2. Of plants : to thrive, grow freely.
Hmp.' They oaks do seem to enjoy the'selves.
ENLARGER, sb. Sc. An expositor or expounder;
one who explains or enlarges on anything,
Edb. He preaches weel I do admit, And is a good enlarger,
FoRBFS Poems (181 2) 29.
ENLIGHTEN, v. Obs. Sc. To fill with light.
The light that came frae fair Annie Enlightened a' the place,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads u8o6) I. 29.
f His lightnings enlightened theworld,BiBLEPs.xcvii.4.]
ENNER, adj. Lnk. (Jam.) Nether, having an inferior
place. Hence Ennerraair, Ennermaist, conip. and
siiperl. of ' enner.'
ENNY, adv. L'W. fa'ni.] Only. (J.D.R.) ; L'W.'
ENOCH, sb. Obs. Yks. A name given by the Luddites
to the hammer used by them in their risings to destroy
the machinery.
w.Yks. The great hammer used by the Luddites in breaking the
frames was always called * Enoch ' after the leading partner in the
firm chiefly engaged in their manufacture in this locality, Peel
Luddites (1870) jo.
ENOOF, ENOOGH, ENOU, see Enough, Enow, adj
ENOUGH, adj. and adv. Var. dial, forms and uses in
Sc. Ircl. and Eng. I. Dial, forms : (i) Aneaf, (2)
Aneeaf, (3) Aneuch or Aneuwch, (4) Aneuf(f, (5)
Aneugh, (6) Aniff, (7) Anoch, (8) Anoff, (9) Anoof, (10)
Anough, (11) Anuff, (i2)Eneaf, (13) Eneeaf, (i4)Enef, (15)
Eneuch, (16) Eneuf, (17) Eneugh, (18) Enif(f, (19) Enoof,
(20) Enoogh, (21) Enuch, (22) Enuff, (23) Enugh, (24) Inif.
[anuf, anBf, snia'f, anif, Sc. anu'x.] See Enow, adj.
(I) n.Yks. He's oad aneaf to know right fra wrang, Linskill
Bctw. Heather and N . Sea (1884) xxv. (2)n.Yks.Ah've brass aneeaf,
TwEDDELL Clevcl. R/:yn'es (i8-]$) 22. e.Yks.' {3) Sc. Aneuwch
{sing.) is used for quantity, aneuw (f>l.) for number. Ye've aneuw
o' pootches, yf ye'd aneuwch tui fyll them, Murray Dial. (1873)
175. Abd. It's aneuch to gi'c 'ini a mischief, Alexander ./ii« Flk.
(1882) 88. Slk. Simple allirmative or denial should be aneuch
atwecn man and man, Chk. North Nodes (ed. 1856) HI. 19. (4)
Cum. Mebby reet aneulT, Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 4 ;
Cum.', Cum.3 8. (5) Cum.' [Saturday's change and Sunday's prime,
Ance is aneugh in seven years' time, Swainson Weather Flk-Lorc
(1873) 192.] (61 n.Lin.' (7) Sh.I. Gie dem anoch ta mak' dcm com-
fortable, J. II. Da LcislFoy{iag6)T. (8) Sh.I.It'spublicanoff, Bur-
gess 7ViM,g' ( 1 898 1 30. '9) n.Stf. Thee might know that well anoof,
Geo. Eliot A. Bede (1859) I. 61. (10) ne.Lan.', Ess.' (11) Qco.
Right, a'nulT, Barri ngton Sketches (183O; 1. 30. Wm. Theear's nowt
ct dow afooar ma ta dac, an fcr lang anuff, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt.
iii. 3. n.Yks. Thoo can talk fast anuff, Linskill Betw. Heather and
N. Sea (1884) i. Dev. And looked it round and round anuflT, Peter
Pindar Royal Visit '1795) 157, ed. 1824. (12) w.Yks. It's reeteneaf,
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale {c. iSa2) Gl. (13) n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' (14)
Nrf. That's right enef, that es, Jessopp Arcady (1887) iii. (15^1 Sc.
Gi'e them tow eneuch and they'll hang themsells, Ramsay Prov.
('737). Kcd. T'will be eneuch. Grant /.rtjys (1884) 4. Dmb. I can
see weel eneuch, Cross Disruption ( 1844) ii. Lnk. We've had this
weather lang eneuch, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 59. Dmf. That's
eneuch, QuiNN Heather (1863) 126. Der. There's eneuch o' them,
Verney Stone Edge (1868) ix. (i5) Nhb. They'll hev eneuf to dee,
man, Oliver Sngs. (1824) 6. Cum., Wm. Mair nor eneuf (M. P.).
Wm. Quite Strang eneuf, Whitehead Leg. (1859') 19. (17) Sc.
They a' laughed and rowted loud eneugh, Scott Nigel (1822) iii.
Or.I. Ye hae siller eneugh, Vedder Sketches (1832) 19. Per. He's
a likely chield eneugh, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 113, ed. 1887.
Dmb. Thy mechanics find eneugh to do, Taylor Poems (1827) 94.
Gall. He's ill and ill eneugh, Nicholson Poet. Wlis. (1814) 46, ed.
1897. N.I.' Nhb. Drink eneugh, O beluived, ForsterMwc. SK,g'.
5o/. (1859) v. I. Dtir.',e.Dur.', n.Yks.', e. Yks.' (18) w.Yks. Ah've
swallud doctor stuflfeniff, Preston Poems (1864) 21 ; Banks IVtfld.
/Frfs. (1865); w.Yks.' Oliver war ill enifjii, 306. s. Yks. He's couth
eniffat abargain, A'. 6" Q. (1867) 3rd S. xii. 538. n.Lin. Weepers
an' craape enif to bury a fam'ly wi', Peacock Tales (1890) 2nd S. 41;
n.Lin.' (19) Lan. Booath on us had enoof, Brierley Layroek
(1864) X. e.Lan.' (20) Lan. It's soon enoogh for that, Brierley
/.rtv'ori (1864) xiii. (21) Sc. Grose (1790)^1/5. add. (C.) (22)
w.Yks. Next mornin' wor man enuff for owt, Hallam Wadsley
Jack (1S66) viii. Lan. It's true enuff, Laycock Sngs. (1866)34.
S.Lin. We've got enuff hay (J.T.B.). War. (J.R.W.) (23I e.Lan.'
{24) w.Yks. EJ3 briad inif? [have you enough bread ?] Wright
Gram. IVndhll. (1892) 126.
II. Dial. uses. 1. In phr. eneugh between melts and
rounds, between one thing and another.
N.I.' The allusion is to the milt and roe of herrings.
2. Used elliptically for 'enough cooked,' 'sufficiently
done,' said of any article of food.
n.Yks.' w.Yks.It's too muchenough (S.P.U.'); T'puddin'seemed
to me short of enough (F.P.T.); w.Yks.' T'beefs enough. Lan.
The land-lady called me aside to tell me that my cheese, which I
had previously ordered, was enoof, Brierley Tales (1854) 28.
n.Lin.' Gcntlefoaks likes the'r meat rear, bud I like mine to be dun
till it's enif.
ENOW, adj. and adv} In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms aneuw Sc. ; anew Sc. Dur.' Cum. eYks.'
Stf.' Not. Lin. Rut.' Lei.' Nhp.= War.=3 Shr.'^Cmb.' Dev.' ;
anoo ne.Lan.' nw.Der.' War.; anew Shr.' Hrf. ; anuw
Dev.'; anew Lth. Rnf. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur.' Wm. n.Yks.^
w.Yks.i= s.Stf. Not.' n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' Rut.' Lei.' War.*
s.War.' w.Wor.' Sus.' Dev. ; enou Sur. ; inow n.Lin.'
[aniu% aneu', snu', iniu', ineu', inij', w.Cy. also ance.]
1. adj. Enough, sufficient in quantity, used indiscrimi-
nately for sing, or pi.
ne.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.^ Enoo's a feeast. Stf. That's physic
enow for me, Saunders Z)/fl»;0Ht/5 (i888j 29; Stf.' Not. Used
promiscuously (L.C.M.). s.Not. (J. P.K.) n.Lin. SurroN Wds.
(1881). Lei. There won't be anew to finish it I C.E.). Nhp. ^^ With
us used promiscuously. War. I've had eiioo of that (J.B.); War.**
s.Wor.' 6, Shr., Hrf. Bound Pioi'iHC. (1876). e.An.' Nrf. That
will be enow (D.W.L.). Ess.' Ken. Have ye got enow? Sus.'
e.Sus. HoLLOWAY. s.Hmp. The ground haven't had richment enow,
Verney L. Lisle (iS'jo) vi. Som. Ther were tiaties and cabbige
enow, Agrikler Rhymes (^iS^2) 12. n. Dev. We've yarned anew
vor [IJeetle Bob, Rock Jim an' Nell{i&6-}) st. 43. w.Som. Unuuf ,
uneo', seem to be spoken indiscriminately. . . They do not now re-
present the sing, and pi. After a verb, and v.'hen the noun, adj.
or adv. is not expressed, the usual form would be uneo', but this
is not invariable, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 26. w.Som.' Come, Bill!
I sh'd think thec's a'-ad enow by this time.
2. Sufficient in number, used only of articles in the pi.
Sc. Aneuwch o' syller bryngs aneuw o' freinds, Murray Dial.
(1873) 175. Bnff. I had baith horse an' kye anew, Taylor Poems
(1787) 54. Fif. Enow o' trees he might hae found, Gray Poems
(1811) 86. Dmb. I canna get enow o' names, Cross Disruption
(1844) xxxvii. Rnf. Whytens and speldens enew, Sempill Bridal,
St. 7. Lnk. There are causes enow, Kodger Poems (1838) 117, ed.
1897. Lth. Perlins, and breast-knots enew, Macneill Poc/. IVks.
(1801) 196, ed. 1856. Edb. She's brung hame accomplishments
anew, Learmont /'ochw { 1791) 296. Gall. He's fraiks enow with-
out ye, Nicholson Poet. JFfa. {1814) 51, ed. 1897. N.Cy.' Nhb.'
ENOW
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We've boniiie lasses enew, Bessy of Blyth (1826). Dur.' Cum.
(MP.); Cum.3 We've anew o' sec as thee, an' aneuf o' what thou
brings wid thee, 163. Wm. There's fwoak enew to feed black
fautes,WHriEHKADZ.(y. (1859) 14. n.Yks. Izata gan an' all ? — Ne,
thar'z enew on om withut thee iW. H.I ; n.Yks ^ I've bread eneeaf.
I've apples enew. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Banks (F/y7</. ;F(/4-. (1865);
w.Yks.' Apphed to numbers, not to quantity. ' I've cake enif an
apples enew ' ; w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.^ Enew and Anew has regard
more to number, although not bearing an exclusive restriction to
this. Thus a man says in respect of poor preachers, that there are
' enew on 'em," and that he hatl had ' enift'on 'em.' He would never
think of cither c.\changingthe words or employing duplicates in this
case. Lan. There were folks enow who would give something,
Gaskell M. Billion (1B48) v. Chs. Aw'st ha' muck enuf for my
graind, an' aw think aw'st ha' pralas enoo for set it (E.F.); I have
money enough and friendsenoo,C/;5. n/u/Z,rt«. ///5/. Co//. (1853)1.60.
Stf.^ I shanna peel ony more turmits. theer's anew theer fur a
regiment. s.Stf. Do' bring any more, vve'n got enew, Pinnock /?//:.
Cy. Ann. 11895). nw.Der.* n.Lin. I've dun it mysen times enew.
Peacock Tults and Rhynus (1BS6) 76; n.Lin.' We've enew craws
to stock Manby woods wi'. sw.Lin.' He didn't make holes enew.
S.Lin. We shall have enew potatoes 1 J.T.B.). Rut.' I suppose we
shall have seed potatoes anew this turn. Lei.' War.^ We've got
anew of 'em. w.Wor.' I'll warn'd yu [warrant] 'e's got friends
enew ! se.Wor. ' You be enow on yu to yut [eat] that pig, much
m6i5re to carry 'im. Shr.' Han yo' done anew o' tatoes ? Shr.2
Thire bin anew on 'em. Bdf. (J.W.B.) Cmb.' One boy asked
another to give him some 'cherry-cobs,' and as they were being
doled out to him singly he said : — ' One's none, two's some, three's
a few, four's anew, five's a little hunderd.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy
Broad Nif. (1893") 58. Suf. We h'aint got cowcumbers enow, I
doubt, to year, e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ; Suf.' Mostly referable to
number. ne.Ken. (H.M.) Cor. Thou mayst bear apples enow.
Hunt Pop. Rom. ic.Eiig. (1865) 387, ed. 1896.
3. adv. Enough, in a sufficient degree.
Yks. A'se deep an' fause enow wi' simple folk, Gaskell Sylvia
(1863I v. Lan. Hoo be so ceawnted, sure eno, Ainsworth IVitelics
(ed. 1849) Inlrod. i. ne.Lan.', Ctis.' n.Der. He's harmless and
quoiet enow. Hall Hatltersage (1896' iii. Lin. He's rich enew
and don't want it, Fenn Cure of Souls (^1889^, 24 ; Pretty anew when
ya dresses 'em oop, Tennyson Spinster" s Su'eet-arts (1885). Lei.',
s. War.' Glo. Well enow I dun't doubt, Euckman Darke's Sojoiii n
(1890)5; Glo.', Hrt- iH.G.),Cmb. (J.D.R.) Nrf. He gnawed who
done it well enow, jESS0PP^;rarf)'(i887) ii. Ken. (A. E.G.) Sur.
That's true enow. Bickley Snr. Hills (1890) I. v; Thursty enou' to
drink a town down, ih. 8. Som. I've ztood his airs an' his manners
lang enow, Leith Lemon Verbena (1895) 81. Dev. Ould Time wull
whitten vast anew The locks o'um, Peter Pi NDAR/^iyn/ Visit {i-jg6)
156. ed. 1824; Dev.' Hot, dida zure anew^ 13; l-ike;inuw,sure,:/j 3.
ENOW, adv.'^ Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin.
Also in forms een-neaw Lan.' ; e'ennow Ltii. ; eeno(o
Sh.L Abd. Dmf. ; e'enow Sc. ; enah vv.Yl;s.^ ; enoo
Wgt. N.Cy.' Nhb.' n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' ; eve'noo Ayr. ; even
now Sc. ; ey noo Cai.' Per.; in'naa e.Lan.'; in na'i
s.Chs.'; in'neavv w.Yks. e.Lan.' ; in now Chs.' nw. Der.' ;
inoo n.Cj'. Cuni.^ n.Yks.'^ e.Yks.'; i'noo n.Lin.'; inow
ne.Yks.' ; i'now n.Yks. w.Yks.; yenoo Nhb.'; ye'now
Rxb. [i'nu", w.Yks. ina", Lan. ine'.J 1. Just now, just
this minute ; a moment ago.
Sc. It didna come before our een till e'enow, Scott Antiquary
(1816) xxiii ; Was it indeed yourself whom I saw even now \ ib.
SI. Ronan( 182.il ix. Cai.' Abd. Fat's been adee eeno? Alexander
Johnny GiOh [iQ-jt) viii; We wissairneedin' a skeely body likeyou
eenoo, Abd. IVkly, Free Press (June 25, 1898). Per. What ye said
ey noo about the bawbees an' the plennissin' bauds true yet, Cle-
LAND Inchbrnekcn (18831 60, ed. 1887. s.Sc. Hae ye a young
chield in 3*ourhauns enow about some bill oranitherthat hecanna
pay? Wilson Talcs (1839) V. ig. Rnf. There's rowth o' steer
and botheration Enow about my new location, Young Pictures
(1865) 170. Ayr. I ken Thoo couldst ca' this toure dyke owrc on
me eve'noo for my sins, Service Dr. Diiguid i ei.iBBi) 282. Lnk.
They're kickin' up a stour e'enow At niakin' Parliamenters, Wat-
son Poems (1853 2. Lth. Although the times are hard e'ennow,
they soon may lak a turn, Ballantine Poems (1856) 275. Edb.
E'en-now they look right bluff, Fercusson Poems (1773) 171, ed.
1785; It's no easy . . . E'now to fork for back and belly, Ck/^wford
Poems ( 1793 1 88. Rxb. Nor haply been sae weel ye'now, Riddell
Poel. Wks. (ed. 1871) I. 198. Dmf. Tae sic men as sang e'cnoo,
Reid Poems (1894) 30 n.Lin. Bud i'noo he's by th' bedside,
Peacock Tales (1890) and S. 24.
VOL. tl.
2. Sliortly, very soon, in a moment, presently, by and by.
Sh.I. I'll be in eenoo, Sli. News (Aug. 20, 1898). Wgt. A'll be
there enoo. Eraser IVigtotm ^1877) 324. n.Cy. Grose (1790);
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Aa'll be there yenoo. Cuni.2 n.Yks. I'now a sees
t'aud cat come parslin along, Frank Fislnng (iSg^) 31 ; Enoo he
turns up his hands iv a sort o' despair, Linskill Haven Htll{i886)
vi; n.Yks.' Gan thee, honey, an' teU'im Ah'll be on inoo; n.Yks.^,
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788); If tha dissn't
mahnd [take care] Ah sail be givin tha a fell inoo, Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 26; e.Yks.i, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Ses Johnny, Lcet
thee pipe ageean, Shool coom abaht enah, Preston Poems (1864)
8 ; w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.^ Wa, o'st cum enah ; ger hooam wi' thee ;
w.Yks.s 'Daddy, my mother wants yuh.' 'Tell her I'll come enow.'
Lan. There'll be no stirrin for Rachels e'eneaw, Clegg Sketches
(1895) 22 ; Inneaw wi seed .suminat ut glittliurt, Brierley Daisy
Nook (18591 49; Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.' s.Chs.' Ahyjl gooCi (in doo
it in naay [I'll gooa an' do it in nai]. nw.Der.' n.Lin.' I'm just
goin' across to th' Horn ; I shall be by agean enow. Waait a
bit, I'm cumin' i'noo.
[Short for ecu {=even) now or in the now.']
ENQUIRE, V. Sc. 1. To ask, used impersonally.
It has never been enquired, whether the present measure be
agreeable to the people. Monthly Mag. (1800) I. 324.
2. Phr. to enquire for, to inquire after.
I enquired for Mr. A.'s health, ib.
ENS(E, co;{/. Sc. Also written enze CJam.). [enz.] Else.
Lnk. He maun get a new pair this very nicht, or ense he'll no
be out to his wark on Monday, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 26. Lth.
(Jam.) e.Lth. A' the pairish kirks wad be sell't by auction, or ens
pu'd doun an' cairted awa'. Hunter J. Imeick (1895) 158 ; I no
think I'm daein wrang, or ens I hope 1 wadna dae't, ib. 58.
ENSNARL, V. n.Yks.^ To entangle, get into knots.
[They would closely him ensnarle, Spenser F. O.
{1596) V. ix. 9.]
ENT, v.^ Glo. Brks. Dor. Cor. [ent.] 1. To empty ;
to pour out. See Enipt.
Glo. 2 8. Brks.' Two on 'e be to go entin dung-cart. Dor.
(W.C.) ; (A.C.) Cor. Ent me out some beer, Tregellas Tales,
11; Cor. '2; Cor.3 Ent the water into this pitcher. w.Cor. (H.D. L.)
Hence Enties, sb. pi. empty bottles, ' empties.' Cor.'*
2. With down : to rain heavily, pour in torrents.
Cor. Thohias Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. w.Cor. You caan't
go out, it's enting down in buckets. Common (M.A.C.).
ENT, w.^ Sh.I. [ent.] 1. To regard, notice ; to
obey. (Jam.) ; S. & Ork.' See Ant, w.'
2. To answer. S. & Ork.' MS. add.
ENTAILS, si. ^/. Obs. n.Cy. Midi. The ends of lands.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Midi. When the reapers come near to the finish,
they cut off each other's entails, or ends of the lands : the whole
finishing together, Marshall Ru>: Econ. (1796) II. 143.
ENTANY, sb. se.Wor.' Glo.'* Written enteny Glo.'*
[e'ntani.] An ' entry,' main doorway of a house ; a narrow
passage or by-street.
ENTEETE, sZ>. Obs. Wxf A siesta or sleep at noon.
ENTER, V. Sc. n.Cy. War. Som. [e'ntsr, entair).]
1. To begin, engage upon, undertake, enter on or upon.
SIg. Happy am I that I entered to sci-ve him, Bruce Sennons
(c. 1631) 138, ed. 1843. Ayr. Noo, Tarn, thou's enter at the term,
Be sure and come at ony fee, Service A'otnndums (18901 86.
Hence Entering, ///. adf. propitious, suitable for en-
gaging or entering on.
Abd. Fa ees't to be first o' the feedles gin screik o' day fan there
was the chance o' an enterin'mornin', Alexander ^m/^i. (1882) 67.
2. Phr. to enter the laiv, to go to law, to litigate.
Abd. To perfect the curse My gran'father enters the law, Ander-
son Rhymes (1867) 67.
3. Hunting term : to train or break in a dog, hound, &c. ;
to admit into the regular pack ; fig. to initiate persons into
the art of venery.
n.Cy. I had them a' regularly entered, first wi' rottens— then wi'
stoats or weasels — and then wi' the tods and brocks, Scott Guy
M. (1815) xxii. War.3 -phe hound 'was considered slack and un-
likely to enter well,' Mordaunt & Verney IVar. Hioit (1890: I. 20.
w.Som.' Ayoung hound is said to be unentered till he has taken his
part in the runningof the pack. He may be taken out with them, but
if he does not join in their working on his own account, it is said
he does not enter — but when he finds the scent for himself, and
joins in chorus with the others, he is said to be entered. 'Several
Ll
ENTERCOMMON
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puppies were entered this year in the spring at ten months old ;
this may do for hare-hunting, but staghounds should be fourteen
or fifteen months old before entering,' Collyns IVilil Red Deo; 206.
The quarry having been brought to ground, the hounds are kept
off, . . and as soon as the ' field ' has come up, the throat is cut.
Then if any novice is present, some old hand dips his finger in the
blood and draws it across the face; and thus the novice is said to be
duly entered. 'The Prince receiving the knife from the huntsman,
gives the coup, and is duly entered by Mr. Joyce,'/)/. News (Aug.
23, 1879).
Hence Entry, sb. a young hound just fit for work and
for the first time taking his part with the pack.
w.Som.' Joe in an evil moment had drafted out some of his best
entries to give them blood, Collyns IViUi Red Deer, 66.
4. Phr. to enter upon, to go on, be put on.
Sh-I. Jimp i' da barn for da auld bijits, alto' I faer, deil bit o'
dem 'ill enter apo' me feet. Dey'U be dat wye harn'd be dis time,
Sh. News (June 18, 1898).
ENTERCOMMON, rtn^'. e.Dur.^ Common to everybody.
Hetton Hall grounds, being presumably private, during the strike
were 'enter-common,' roamed over at will, used by anybody.
ENTERLEAN, adj. nw.Dev.* [e'ntalin.] Having
alternate layers of fat and lean meat.
Usually applied to bacon, which is always classified as fat and
enterlean.
ENTERTAIN, v. Sc. Yks. [entarte'n.] 1. To re-
ceive, welcome.
Lth. Blinkbonny, on its social and 'soft' side, was ready to
' entertain ' Mr. Walker [translated to the parish church there],
Strathesk Blinkbonny {ed. 1891) 83.
2. To occupy the attention of an audience by preaching
or serious speaking.
n.Yks.i Ah wur at D — church last een an' Ah's seear Ah wur
weel entertained.
\l. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, Bible Heb.
xiii. 2.]
ENTERTAINMENT, sb. N.I.' Lodging and food.
' Entertainment for man and beast,' a notice.
[Lands for the intertainement of them and their horses,
Knolles Hist. Turks (ed. 1621) 1391.]
ENTI, rt(fo. Cor. Inform anti Cor.' [antar.] Indeed.
Always used with neg:
Cor. No enti, THOMAS^Randiga! R/iymes {i8g$) CI.; Cor.' I caan't
say anti. w.Cor. I waan't do et anti (M.A.C).
ENTIRE, (iiij. n.Lin.' Also written intire. Inde-
pendent, retired from business. Also used advb.
He maade a pile o' munny oot o' taaties, an' noo he lives intire
a Cleethorpes. Wark! him wark! bless ye, he'll noan wark; he's
an entire gentleman noo.
ENTIRELY, adv. Irel. Used at the end of a sentence
or phrase to give additional emphasis.
They could easily imagine his Reverence riding home to report
in the town what a wonderful great scholar entirely they had
stopping above at Lisconnel, Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 135; It was
to be a great let-out entirely, Yeats Flk-Tales (1888) 188; He
was a desperate villian entirely. Lover Leg. (1848) I. '42.
ENTRAMELLS, A-6. /■/. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] Bondage, the chains of slavery ;
prisoners of war.
ENTREAT, v. e.Suf. To treat, use.
' He entreated me very civilly.' Still very common here (F.H.).
ENTRY, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Chs. Not. Also
Ess. [entri. J 1. An entrance or approach to a house ;
a narrow passage, entrance-hall or lobby to a house.
Also used altrib.
Elg. The pillars of the small entries on each side of the gate,
CouPER Toityijieaiions (1803) II. 120. Abd. Two doors .. . one for
the kitchen in the rear, the other the front or 'entry' door, Alex-
ander Ain Fill. (1882J 49. Rnf. Ye'U find it on a plate i' the
entry, Picke.s Poems (1813) I. 63 ; If what is ca'd gentry, should
call at your entry, Webster Rliyiiies (1835) 213. Ayr. The chairs
have a' to be carried into the entry. Service Dr. Duguid (ed.
1887, 161 ; Stoovin' awa fiirrit through entries and upstairs, ib.
Nolandions (i8go) 24. Lth. Is nae that his witty head Comes
nodding ben the entry? Bkuce Poems (1813) II. 85. Nhb. In
hinds' cottages it was customary in the last century to keep the
cows in the entry of the dwelling house (M.H.D.); There was only
one door, which opened into one of the ' ends ' called the ' entry,'
Dixon Whillijigham Vale (1895) 71 ; Nhb.' Leave yor dorty shoes
i' the entry. Dur.^ n.Yks. Ah's watchin' him frev a nighber's
entry, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 38; n.Yks.'^^ ne.Yks.'
e. Yks. Marshall ivHC.£ro«.( 1788, ;e.Yks.',m.Yks.', Ess. (H.H.M.)
2. An alley or narrow passage between two houses
or walls.
Rnf. Through an entry of renown. They called the Goosedub
Close, M'GiLVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 133. Lth. I was jogging nicely
down the entry, slyly chuckling to myself, Lumsden SIteephcad
(1892) 235 ; Slinks doun an entry — sees there's naeane near. Smith
Merry Bridal (1866) 66. Nhb. Ov lanes, an' chares, an' entries, te,
Bagnall Newcastle Streets (c. 1850) 29 ; Nhb.' The narrow lanes
in the suburb of Sandgate were nearly all called ' entries,' whilst
those on the Quayside were generally known as 'chares.' n.Yks.^,
e.Yks.' w.Yks.^Who tell their fond talesatanentryend; w.Yks.*,
Chs.3, Not.i, Ess. (H.H.M.)
3. Comp. Entry-mouth, the end or entrance of a narrow
lane or passage.
Lth. Slip into the dark entry-mouth, And stap up ae story,
Ballantine Pof«is (1856) 121. N.I.i
ENTY, sb. Lan.' ne.Lan.' [e'nti.] The last furrow
in a ' rigg.' Cf end, s6.' 7.
ENUCH, ENUFF, ENUGH, see Enough.
ENUNTY, adv. Glo. [anB-nti.] Directly opposite.
See Anent, 1.
Enunty, or Over anent, directly opposite, Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 145; 01. (1851).
ENVY, V. e.An. [e'nvi.] To wish for, desire.
e.An.' Not to envy a dish, not to care about eating it. Nrf. I
envied my church (A.G.).
[Poor soul, I envy not thy glory, Shaks. Rich. Ill, iv. i.
64. Fr. envicr, to desire earnestly, to long for (Cotgr.).]
ENVYFOW, adj. n.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Invidious, full of malice.
[Aduerse fortoune hes bene inuyful, Compl. Scoil.
(1549) 7I-]
EPHESIAN, sb. Gall. (Jam.) A pheasant.
An Ephesian cam into the kirk the day.
EPIPHANY, sb. Cor.2 The hell-weed, Cuscuta
Epitliyiiiiim.
[A contam. form of Fr. epithin, ' the weed Dodder, esp.
that kind thereof, which grows twining about the branches
of Time' (Cotcr.). MLat. epit/iiinnni (Alpliila), Gr. eiridviion
(Diosc.).]
EPISCOLAUPIAN, 56. Sc. An Episcopalian,a member
of the Church of England.
Ayr. There's no fear o' her, so lang as she gives the go-by to the
Episcolaupians and the Romans, Johnston Clenbiukie (1889) 29;
Thae English . . . are either Romans or Episcolaupians, i'6. 31. [A
vulgar mispronunciation (A.W.\]
EPPING, EPS, EPSEAND, see Hipping, Aps, Amper-
sand.
EQUAL, adj. and adv. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also Som. Dev.
[ikwl, w.Cy. ekl.] 1. adj. In comb. Equal-aqual, (i)
equally balanced ; alike, similar ; also used as adv. and
sb. ; (2) to balance accounts, make all equal.
(i) Sc. They say that a' men share and share equal-aquals in
the creature's ulzie, Scott Pirate (1821") xvii. Lth.. Dmf. (Jam.)
Slk.Thinkabout the plan of equal-aqual that I spoke of, Hogg Tales
(1838) 340, ed. 1866. Nhb.i, n.Yks.^ (2) Sc. If I pay debt to other
folk, I think they suld pay it to me — that equals aquals, Scott
Midlothian (1818) viii.
2. adv. Equally, quite as.
w.Som.' Muy tae"udeez bee ai'kul zu geod-z eez [My potatoes
are quite as good as his]. I'd [aikulj so soon g' ome as bide here.
nw.Dev.i
[2. He is equal ravenous As he is subtle, Siiaks. Hen.
VhT I. i. 159-1
EQUAL, EQUAW, see Hickwall.
EQUALIZE, V. Obs. Sc. To equal, make equal or even.
Per. Who is't tliat thou can equalize ? Smith Poems (1714) 34,
ed. 1853. Edb. These are the Muses' darling sons indeed, Yet
equaliz'd by those benorth the Tweed, Pennecuik IVks. (1715)
39, ed. 1815 ; I wish my worth did equalize my will, ib. 40.
EQUIPAGE, sb. Obs. Sc. n.Cy. Also in form ecka-
buds n Cy. Utensils of all kinds, but esp. of china, glass,
or earthenware.
Ayr. The gentry had their own handsome glass lanterns, with
two candles in them, garnished and adorned with clippit paper —
EQWAL
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an equipage wliicli he prophesied would soon wear out of fashion,
Galt Provost (1822) xxvi. n.Cy. Cups and saucers (Co//. L.L.B.)-
[I had no sooner set chairs . . . and fixed my tea-
equipage, Steele Ta//er (1709) No. 86. Fr. equipage,
furniture, store of necessaries (Cotgr.).]
EQWAL, ERACK, see Hickwall, Earock.
ERC, sh. Or.I. A small quantity. S. & Ork.'
ERCH, ERCHIN, scs Argh, Urchin.
ERCLE, sb. Wor. Shr. [akl.] A small swelling,
a watery blister ; a pimple, sore place.
■w.Wor.* Shr. Bound Piovinc. (iS'je) ; Shr.' Our John's got a
despert bad leg ; theer come a little crcle on it, an' 'e scrat it, an'
it turned to the 'sipclas, an' it's swelled as big as my middle [waist];
Shr.* Rose up in ercles.
[Cp. Wei. archoll, ' vulnus' (pl.erchyll)^
ERD, adj. Som. Dev. Also in form hurd. [ad.] Red.
w.Som.' S'uurd-r u fau'ks [so red as a fox] is our usual super-
lative of redness. Dev. Th' trout . . . Wi' a bright zilver belly, an
hurd sparkid zide, Pulman Sketches (1842) 14,
Hence Hurdy, adj. ruddy.
w.Som.i I spose they be burnin the hill again, the sky lookth so
hurdy thick way like. Dev. Ez hurdy light . . . Da tinge the fiel's,
the trees, the road, Pulman Sketches (.1B42) 23.
ERD, see Earth, sb}
ERD S, 56. War.* Tow.
Gie us a dollop of erds, and I'll stuff our dad's chair in a jiffy.
ERE, adv}. prep, and conj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Also
written air Sc. (Jam.); ear Sc. Wxf.^ Nhb.; ey- Cai.' ;
yare n.Yks.^ [er.] 1. adv. Early, esp. in phr. rar<j«rf
late. See Air, adv.
Sc. Ear onthemorn,whan night was gane, Jamieson Po/i. Ballads
(1806) I. 221. Abd. Ye michtna be up ear eneuch to get yersel
shaved afore kirk time, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, iv; • Leern ear',
leern fair,' they say, Alexander yo/;«Hy Gibb (1871) x. Frf. Ye're
i' my arms baith late and ear. Watt I'oct. Sketches (1880)9. Per.
Baith ear at morn, an late at e'en, NicOL Poems (1753) 97, ed. 1766.
Rnf. Thostiffas a slate, yet it [an apron] 'son ear and late, Webster
liliyiiies (1835) 45. Ayr. Killie's bard, then, Should be happy late
an' ear', Ballads and Sugs. (1847) II. 78. Lnk. Ba's an' bats She
plays wi' ear' and late, Nicholson Idylls i 1870) 53. Lth. Baith car
and late Will in briny grief lay steeping. Mourning o'er his hapless
fate, Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 156, ed. 1856. Edb. The Muse
Scuds ear' an' heartsome owr the dews, Fu' vogie, Fergusson Poems
(1773) 137, ed. 1783. Bwk. Believe me. late and ear'. Your trusty
frien', Chisholm Poems (1879) '°4' Dmf. Spitefu', doggin' late
andear' Happy swain or virgin fair, Quinn Heather {1863) 117. Slk.
I tauld3-e ear, I tauld ye late, Chr. North A'oc/cs(ed. 1856) II. 51.
Nhb. Baith ear and late, Strang Earth Fiend (1892) 3. n.Yks.*
Hence Erish, adj. rather early. n.Yks.*
2. prep. In phr. (i) ere da streen, the night before last;
(2) — yesterday, the day before yesterday ; (3) — yestreen,
see — da streen.
(i) Sh.I. I hedadrameere da streen, J. H. Da Last Foy {iBg6) 4;
As I wis sayin ere-da-streen. Burgess Rasmie (1892) 91. Cai.^
Eydi-streen. (2) Cai.^ Eydi-yesterday. Bnif. (Jam.), N.I.i Uls.
ills. Jm. Arch. (1853-1862). Ant Ballymeiia Obs. {iSgz';. Cav.
(M S.M.) (3) Gall. (Jam.)
3. con/. Before, previous to, rather than ; it. See Or.
Abd. Ere that I my humour tyne, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 17;
I'll stand between 3'ou and reproof : And ere his bidding warna
dune, Ca' me a coof, ib. 338. Lnk. Just ony body ere I want, I'll
e'en be thankful gin you grant That I may get a weaver, Rodger
Poems (1838) 17, ed. 1897. Wxf.', n.Yks.*, w.Yks.i
[1. Are and late i will 5U mon, Cursor M. (c. 1300)
25419. OE. dr, early (Mark xvi. 2).]
ERE, adv.'^ Irel. Sur. Hmp. Wil. Written ar Hmp.
Wil. [i3(r).] Ever, at all.
Wxf.' Sur. If nuews be ere so baad folk must cat, Bickley Siir.
Hills (1890) I. i. Hmp. If it's ar cold (H.C.M.B.). Wil. Well,
mother zays I'm but a child, Specially when she's ar bit wild. Slow
Hhymes (1870) 33.
EREST, ERF(E, ERG, see Erst, Argh, adj., v.
ERG ANE, ppl. adj Sc. Overflowing.
Dmf. Ye chase wi' fricht fouks 'yont the heicht Back frae the
ergane river, Quinn Heather (1863) 189.
ERGER, ERGH, see Argue, v., Argh, adj., V.
ERIGE, s6. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Straw, stubble. (Hall.) See Arrish.
ERIST, adv. Sh.I. Most easily, most probably.
S. & Ork.' See Ere, adv}, Erst, adv.
ERKLE, ERLES, see Hurkle, Aries.
ERLISCH, adj. Ol/s. Sc. ' Eldritch,' uncanny, weird,
unearthly.
SIk. That hallo so erlisch and shrill, Hogg Pofms (ed. 1865") 291.
ERLSLAND, sb. ? Obs. Or.I. A division of land, the
eighth part of a markland. Cf erysland.
The entries are first by islands and parishes, then by towns
and villages, and lastly by marklands, erislands, or ouncelands,
Barry Or.I. (i8o5122o(Jam.) ; Each division of this denomination
paid to the Earl money or produce to the value of one ounce of
silver, Proc. Aiitiq. Soc. (1884) 258 (ib. Stippl. s.v. Ounceland).
ERN, V. Abd. (Jam.) In phr. uac sae niuckle as ivould
em your ee, the least drop, smallest particle. See Earn, v.^
[Water for wikked werkes, Egerlich ernynge out of
mennes eyen, P. Plowman (b.) xix. 376.]
ERN-, see Iron.
ERNE, sb. Sc. Nhb. Also written aern Sh.I. ; earn,
eirne Sc. (Jam.) [ern.] 1. The eagle, esp. the white-
tailed eagle, Haliaetus albicilla ; also applied occasionally
to the golden eagle, Aqiiila cluysaetos.
Sc.See there is an earn, which you Southrons call an eagle, Scott
lVaverley(\8i^'):x.v\. Sh.I. (W.A.G.) ; Da first at I saw lavin' right
abiine dem [lambs] wis da aern, Sh. News (Apr. 30, 1898) ; The
natural enemies of the young lambs are eagles (named Ernes),
Hibbert Desc. Sh.I. (1822) 183, ed. 1891. Sh. & Or.I. Swainson
Birds (1885) 136. S. & Ork.' Abd. Watchin' the earn's majestic
flight, Cadenhead Bon- accord {1853) 197. Slg. The golden eagle
used formerly to build in our rocks. . . They are commonly known
among the shepherds by the name of the Earn, Statist. Ace. XV.
323 (Jam.). Ayr. Ye cliffs, the haunts of sailing earns. Burns £/.
Capt. Henderson, St. 3. Edb. Here does the eagle nest, and haunt,
but it is not the Chrysactos. but that sort called the Pygargus Hin-
tiidatiiis Tnnteii, or the Ern, Pennecuik IVks. (1715) 103, ed.
18 15. Slk. A sight that scared the erne away, Hogg 0((««'s IVake
(1813I 97 ; The howling fox and raving earn, ib. Poems (ed. 1865)
76. Gall. I had scouted the corbie, but I was in the erne's claws,
Crockett Raiders (1894) xxvii ; Even the erne's cousin is no a
canny bird to meddle wi', ib. Moss-Hags (i8g5) xxxi. N.Cy.', Nhb.*
[The white-tailed eagle or erne compared with the golden eagle is
— as a vulture to a hawk. Smith Birds (1887) 62.]
2. Comp. Em-fern, the brake fern, Ptcris aqiiilina. Sc.
(Jam.)
[1. Jovis foule, the ern, Douglas Eneados (1513), ed.
1874, IV. III. OE. earn (Matt. xxiv. 28).]
ERNFUL, rtrf/'. and ^n'l'. s.Cy. Ken. Sus. Also written
erneful Ken. [5nfl.] Sad, lamentable, pitiable ; sorrow-
ful, melancholy.
s.Cy. Ray (i6gi) ; Bailey (1721). Ken. Grose (1790) ; Erneful
sick or bad, Lewis /. Tenet' 1736) ; Ken.' ' Ernful bad,' lamentably
bad; 'ernful tune.s,' sorrowful tunes; Ken.^ Sus. Won fine marnen
he ups and goes out ernful an e\\yt\ge,J ACKSOii Soiilliward Ho(\8g^)
I. 289; (K.); Sus.'
[Ernful, moestns, Coles (1679). Cp. obs. E. erne, to
grieve. My manly heart doth erne, . . . for Falstafife hee
is dead, Siiaks. Hen. V, 11. iii. 2 (see ed. 1623).]
ERNIT, ERNUT, ERRACK, see Earth-nut, Earock.
ERP, V. Sc. Written irp Sh.I. To grumble, repine.
See Orp.
Sh.1. Dey . . . began at ence tairpan' flite Ipa da folk, Sh. News
(Jan. 29, 1898). Fif. (Jam.)
Hence Erping, ppl. adj. grumbling, repining.
Sh.I. His vexin", irpin' tongue, Sh. Neivs (May 15, 1897). Fif.
' An erpin thing,' one that is still dwelling in a querulous mode
on one point (Jam.).
ERRAND, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Lan. Chs.
Not. Lei. Wor. Shr. Oxf. Also Som. Also written
arrand Lan. Not. Lei. w.Wor.'; arrant Chs.' w.Wor.*
Shr.' Oxf w.Som.' ; eerand Nhb.' Cum. ; and in form
arnt Lan. [erand, irand, ia-rand, a'rand.] 1. sb. In phr.
(i) once errand, a journey made with an especial object in
view ; (2) to go of an errand, to go on an errand ; (3) to
make an errand to your face ; see below.
(i) Sc. I'm here, once errand, to ask if you . . . can hear tell of
another lassto take her place, Keith BoHHwinf/y (1897) 66. Nhb.'
' He went ance eerand for'd' — he went a special journey or errand
for it. (2) Chs.' Oo's gon of a arrant. ' Of is always used before
l 1 2
ERRICK
[260]-
ESS-COCK
the word. s.Not. Ah'mgoin' ofan arrand ; ah can't play (J. P. K.).
Lei. Shi goos uv arrandz fur thu fa'adhur [She goes of errands for
the father] (C.E.). w.Wor.l Our Bill's a good li'le chap ta run uv
a arrand, 'e dunna laowse [lose] much time o' the waay. (3) N.I.'
' If A mak an erran' tae yer face, it 'ill no be tae kiss ye,' said in
anger.
2. A message, parcel, &c., entrusted for delivery ; busi-
ness, occupation. Fig. need, ' call,' occasion for.
Sc. The husband's eerans or turns are his daily work or round
of duties (Jam. Siippl.). Sh.I. A man . . . ax'd me if I wid tak'
heim twartree errands till his folk, an I coodna very weel say no. . .
I wis ta lave da things aside a wummin in Lerrouk, Clark Gleams
(1898) loi. Cum. That's may be what maks him ga rakin aboot
the fell o' neets without ony eerand, Caine S/iad. Crime (1885) 21.
Lan. There's nob'dy i' this cote need don theirsels up for that arnt,
Brierley JVai'eilow i'i884') 244 ; Weed'n no arnt fort' meddle wi'
theese French, Wilson Plebeian Pol. (1798) 29, ed. 1801 ; Oi had
no arrand wi' eawr waving chaps but to keep 'em fro' worse mar-
locks. Kay-Shuttleworth Seaisrlalc (i860) II. 285.
3. />/. Marketings,articlesbought at market or from shops.
Sc. The wife's eerans are her messagesorpurchases{jAM.S;//'/)/.).
Sh.I. He's [it's] a braw piece o' gaet frae Jeemson's ta wir hoos.
Here's your errands, S/i. Neivs (Apr. 2, 1898). Abd. Mrs. Birse,
by her messenger bought in return ' an unce o' spice, a pennyworth
o' whilet broons,' . . the girl having got her 'erran's,' Alexander
Johimy Gibb (1871) vi. Shr.' I've agood tuthreearrants [ar'-unts]
to tak' wham i' that basket as I've soud the fowl out on. w.Wor.i
' Fetching an arrand' is always the expression used. ' The folks
nextdoorbe goin' to market, an' thaay be agoin' to fetch my arrants
far m6.' w.Som.' I heard a woman complain of some boys : Tu
au'lur aadr lin'ee bau-dee ee"ns dhai bee gwai'n au'm wai dhur
aa-runs, taez shee-umfeol ! [To hollow after (i.e. to mock) one, as
one is going home, with one's marketing, 'tis shameful!]
4. V. To go on an errand. Used in prp.
Oxf.' They comes to Oxford two or three times a wik a arrantin'.
ERRICK, sb. Chs.'^ [e'rik.] The burdock, Arctium
Lappa. See Eddick.
ERRIE, ERRIF, ERRISH, see Eerie, Harif, Arrish.
ERRIWIG, WIGGLE, ERROCK, see Earwig, Earock.
ERSE, ERSH(E, see Arse, sb., Arrish.
ERST, adj. and adv. Sc. Yks. "Written erest n.Yks."
[erst. J 1. adj. First in order.
n.Yks.2 ' T'erest road,' the first that leads to the place.
2. adi<. In the first place.
Edb. We erst will tine the dialect O' auld Scots tongue, Liddle
Poeins (1821 } 136.
[1. pes wes )ie aereste king, Lajamon (c. 1205") 2646.
OE. (rrcs/, superl. of cpr, see Ere. 2. Ertovvcome losiane
to feche ? Erst ))ow schelt pase j^ourj min hond, Sir Beues
(c. 1350) 49.]
ERT, V. Sc. [ert.] To urge onward, mcite ; to irri-
tate ; gen. witli on or up.
Cld,, Gall. (Jam.) Kcb. The herd . . . Erts on the tir'd tyke with
' sheep awa aa 1 ' Davidson Seasons (1789) 24.
[Ertyn, irrito, Prompt. ; Envy, [lat Euermore ertis to
skathe, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 2725. Norw. dial, crta, to
tease, irritate (Aasen). ON. crta, to taunt, tease.]
ERTHLINS, see Earthlins.
ERTIENIG, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Ingenious, having the power of laying
plans.
ERUDITION, si. Obs. Sc. Politeness, respect, courtesy.
Ayr. Allliuugh he returned very civil answers to all letters, he
wrote to me in the cordial erudition of an old friend, G alt Piovosl
(1822 I xxviii.
ERUPTION, sb. Suf [irB-pJan.] An incursion, out-
break, entrance into.
I see his bullocks make an eruption into Mr. Brown's clover
field (C.G.B.).
ER'WUTS, .<;«. //. Dor. Wild oats.
Still in use (H.J.M.); (W.C.)
ERYSLAND, sb. ? Ob.s. Orl. A division of land, the
eighth part of a markland. Cf erlsland, ounceland.
Remains of Popish chapels are many, because every crys-
land of 18 penny land had one for matins and vespers, S/(?//5/. ./lee.
XIV. 323 (Jam.).
[Sw. drcsland, the eighth part of a markl.nnd (Iiire 86.| ) ;
tirf, the eighth part of a mark (Rietz) ; O'^.cyrisland, land
giving the rent ofan ' eyrir,' eyrir, an ounce of silver, the
eighth part of a mark (Vigfusson).]
ES, pron. w.Som.' Also written ez. [az, -z; -s after
p, t, k.] This, these, in the sense of during, or for the
space of; applied to time, either past or future.
Wherever have ee bin? we bin awoitin vor ee liz hour-n more.
I thort he must ha bin dead; I han't a-zeed 'n-z twenty year.
Aay aa*n u zee'd noa jis wai't uur'eesh tuur'muts, naut-s yuur'z
[ I have not seen any such wheat errish turnips not's (these) years].
ESCAPE, sb. r Obs. Sc. An omission, oversight.
I come now, in short (desiring ye may pardon escapes) to
let you know what I testify against, Thomson Cloud of Witnesses
(1714 ' 330, ed. 1871.
[The printer thinkes it the best instance of pardon if
his escapes be not laid upon the author, Jer. Taylor
Episc. (1642) To Reader.]
ESCAPED,/'/'. Cor. In phv. to be just escaped, saxA of
a person when his understanding is only just sufficient to
preventhisbeingkeptinrestraint. ^.£-'^.(1854) istS.3CXD.
ESCHAR, 56. n.Cy. A newt. (Hall.) See Asker, s6.'
ESH, sb. Sur. Roughings, aftermath. See Arrish.
Horae Siibseeivae (1777) ; (K.)
ESH, ESHIN, see Ash, v., Ashen, v.
ESK, sb. and v. Or.I. Also in form eesk. 1. sb. A
slight rain or drizzle. See Ask, sb.^
Still common (J.G.).
2. V. To rain slightly ; to drizzle. S. & Ork.'
ESK, see Ask, sb.\ Yesk.
ESKEP, s6. Obs. Cum. A kind of basket, a ' skep.'
Saving to the prior and convent yearly three eskeps of oatmeal,
and two eskeps of malt, Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I. 120.
ESKER, sb. Irel. [e'skar.] A ridge of land ; see below.
Esker is the name given to a peculiar form of mound or ridge
on a plain, caused by gravel cropping up. These occur rather fre-
quently in bogs. They are described, according to their formation,
as bar-eskers and shoal-eskers ; but these seem to be technical
terms, not commonly used ( J.B.) ; A sunbeam, glinting across
some little grassy esker, strikes out a strangely jewel-like flash of
transparent green, Barlow Idylls (1892) 2 ; Sheltered by a sharp
esker or land-ridge lay the long, low farm-house, Carleton Far-
doroHglia (1848) i.
[Ir. eiscir, a ridge (O'Reilly).]
ESKING, sb. Lin. [e'skin.] A sloping roof. (Hall.) ;
Lin.^
ESKLETS, sb. pi. n.Yks. (T.S.) n.Yks.'' The inland
feeders of the river Esk.
ESLING, sb. Lan. [e'slin.] A young salmon, spawned
in the autumn, which has not yet been to the sea.
(R.H.H.), Lan.i, nc.Lan.»
[The pi. form estins is wrongly explained in Lan.'
ne.Lan.']
ESP, see Asp.
ESPIBAWN, sb. Irel. The ox-eye daisy, Chrysanthe-
mum Leuca)ithei)ium.
N.I.i, Ant. (B. & H.), Uls. (M.B.-S.)
[Ir. easpuig-bdn, ox-eye daisy (O'Reilly), lit. the white
bishop ; Ir. casbog (Olr. espoc), a bishop -I- io;/, white. Cp.
Gael, casbuig-bdn, ox-eye daisy (M. & D.).]
ESPLIN, sb. Rnf (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A stripling, young man.
ESS, sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. Lin. Shr. Oxf. Also written
esse Ayr. [es.] 1. A hook or link in the shape of the
letter S-
Cai.' n.Lin.i 2 links Sc 3 hesses, Blacksmit/i's bill.
2. Coinp. (1) Esshook, (2) -link, an iron hook or link
shaped like tlie letter S, used for repairing chains, &c.
(i) s.Chs.' Lin. Lin. N. ti" Q. (Oct. 1891) 249. Shr.' A hook
at the extremity of a waggon-horse's traces. A hook of this kind
is also used to unite the two ends of a broken chain. Oxf.' AIS.
add. (2) n.Yks. (I.W.), Chs.'
3. //. Links for traces in the shape of the letter S-
4. Obs. In phr.fi.se «;«/ o'ofAc/, the ends of a curb-chain.
Ayr. If aught did esse and crochet strain, 'Twas hand unhallow'd
drew the rein, Boswell Poet. VVks. (1811) 102, ed. 1871.
ESS, see Ash, ,<;*.' =
ESS-COCK, sb. Sc. The dipper, Cinclus aqualicus.
Abd. Swainson Birds (1885) 30.
ESSCOCK
[261]
ETTLE
ESSCOCK, sl>. Sc. (Jam.) Also in form arsecockle.
A hot pim]ilc on tliefaccoranypartof'thebody. n.Sc, Abd.
ESSiE, ESSEL, sec Easse, Easle.
ESSEX, sl>. Ess. In coiiih. (i) Essex lion, a calf; (2)
— stile, a ditch.
(i) Ess. (S.P.H.) ; Ess.' Calves, a great number of which are
brought ahve to the London market, were formerly called Essex
lions, (a) Ess.'
EST. s/>. Sc. Cum. [est.] A nest.
Sc. Wliarethc burds mak thair ests, Riddell Ps. (1857) civ. 16.
Rxb. A bird-cst (Jam.). Cum. (I.Ar.) ; Cum.>2
ESTAMIN, adv. Nrf. Also in form estaminly.
[e'stamin, -li.) Wonderfully, surprisingly, ' astoundingly.'
He is an cstamin bad boy. She is most estaminly ill (^W.W.S.).
ESTATE, sV Cum. A farm belonging to the occupier.
Cf statesman.
When grass land was broken up, it was sown with black oats,
all the .-ivailable manure of the little 'estate' being bestowed upon it
for tlie succeeding barley crop, Watson Nature Wdcraft. (1890) vi.
ESTEN, sh. Sh.I. The east. S. & Ork.'
ESTIT(E, adv. pin: Sc. n.Cy. As soon, rather. See
Astite.
Ayr. Our Girzie was now threttie sax, Tho' some estit mair did
her ca'. Ballads and Siigs. (1847) II. 82. n.Cy. (Hall.)
ESTLER, sb. Ohs. Sc. Ashlar, hewn or polished
stone. Also used attrib.
Sc. Buildings of such we call estler work. Herd Coll. Sh^s. (1776)
Gl. Lnk. And houses bigget a' with estler stane, Ramsay Poems (ed.
1733^ 139.
ESTLINS, adv. Obs. Sc. Rather, ' as lief.'
Rnf. H.id 1 the power to change at will, I'd estlins be a Rattan
still, Ptcken Poems (1813) I. 68.
ESTOVER, sb. Nhb.' A hedge-stake. Cf stower.
[In law eslovcr is a 1. 1. for ' necessaries allowed by law,'
in various specific applications, esp. wood which a tenant
is privileged to take from his landlord's estate for re-
pairing his hedges. Estovers, certain allowances of wood,
Phillips (1706J. AFr.fs/owrs, 'necessaries ' (La Curne) ;
Estovers en autruy soil, ... si come de bois pour edifier
pour clore, pour arder, Britton (1292) Ixxi (La Curne).]
ET, see At, prep, and conj.
ETCH, sb. Cor.s [etj.] A small pond.
ETCH, see Each, adj., Eddish, Edge, sb., Eke, sb.^
ET(E, see Art, sb., Eat.
ETEN-BIRD, sb. Hmp. [i'tnbsd.] In phr. the Lillle
Etcn-bird, the wryneck, ^';;.v torqitilla.
(J.R.W.); Hmp.' Known in the New Forest as the 'Little
Eten-bird,' and from its cry the ' Weet-bird,' Wise New Forest
(1883) 310.
ETERIE, adj. Sc. Also written etrie. [e-t(3)ri.]
1. Of the weather : keen, bitter.
Rxb. For a' the bitter etrie blasts he's bidden, A. Scott Poems
(ed. 1808) 37; Angry gusts wi' eterie blaw, ib. (ed. 1811) 106.
Dmf. An etrie sky (Jam.).
2. Ill-humoured, ill-tempered ; hot-headed, fiery, angry-
looking. Rxb., Dmf. (Jam.) See Attery, adj. 2.
ETERNAL, adj and sb. Irel. e.An. Cor. 1. adj
Used to express extreme abhorrence.
N.I.' He's an eternal villain. e.An.' Oh, he is an eternal rogue!
2. sb. pi. Everlasting flowers, immortelles.
Cor. Hanging ' eternals ' on the tomb, Hunt Pop. Rom. m.Eiig.
(1865) 379. ed. 1896.
[1. There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd
The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome, Shaks.
J. Caesar, i. ii. 160 ; Some eternal villain, ib. Olh. iv. ii. 130.]
ETGRO, ETH, see Edgrow, Earth, s6.', Eath.
ETHE, sb. Hrt. [rt5.] The edge of an axe produced
by grinding.
A good 'ethe' to an axe will bring the chips out of a deep
cut, making them (ly out, whereas if an axe ground round-ethed
would not so easily cause the chips to fly out at each stroke (J.C. K.).
ETHEN, adv. phr. Irel. And then.
Ir. But airth was at pace nixt mornin', an' Hiven in its glory
smiled, . . . Ethen — she stept an the chapel-green, Tennyson To-
morrow (1885). Wif. 'Ethen,' says I, ' I think it's myself that
ought to get leave to do that,' Kennedy Banks Boro (1867) 180.
ETHER, sb. Sc. Chs. Lei. Also written hether Chs.'
Lei.' [eSsr, e-t5alr).] The adder (q. v.).
s.Sc. Like serpents they bite, an' like ethers they sting, Watson
Bards (1859) 166. Rnf. There the nerve is jagged as if wi' an
ether's stang, Aitken Lays (1883-1 40. Ayr. Badgers tae, forbye
whuttorocks, an" etthers, an' siclike. Service Dr. Dugtiid (ed.
1887 1 230. Slk. ' Have eaten nothing but a few wretched trout,
eels, and adders,' 'Ethers! man, take care how you eat the ethers,'
Hogg Tales (1838) 9, ed. i866. Chs.', Lei.'
Hence Etherish, adj. adderiike, venomous in temper.
s.Chs.'
ETHER, see Adder, Eaver, sb.^, Edder, Either.
ETHER, ETHERINS, see Nether, Eitherens.
ETION, sb. Obs. Sc. Kindred, lineage ; descent,
genealogy.
Sc. GnosE (l^go) MS. add. (C.) n.Sc. (Jam.) Bch. But thus in
counting o' my etion I need na mak sik din, Forbes y4/'(?.i: (1742) 5.
[Cp. ON. ff//, kindred, pedigree, extraction.]
ETNACH, ETRIE, see Aitnach, Eterie.
ETT,s6. Sc.(Jam.) Alsoinformeet. [et.] Habit,custom.
Ags., Fif. More gen. used in a bad sense, as ' ill etts ' or ' eets.'
[Norvv. dial, a'/t, mark or trace upon a thing (Aasen).]
ET(T, int. se.Wor.i Glo.' [et.] A call to a horse to
go from the driver.
BTT AW, sb. Cor.'" Also in form etterCor.^ [e't9,
e'ta(r).] A shackle or link with a movable bolt used to
fasten two chains together.
ETTED, ETTEN, ETTER, see Eat, Ettaw.
ETTER, V. Sc. Lan. Chs. In form itter e.Lan.' Chs.'
[e'tar, i-t3(r).] 1. To fester, emit purulent matter.
Also used/ig. Sc. (Jam.) ; (A.W.) See Attar, v.
Hence Ettering, pp/. adj., jig. festering.
Ayr. If a stop could be put to such an ettering sore and King's-
evil as a newspaper, Galt Provost (1822) xxxix.
2. Of dirt : to eat into, become engrained into the skin,
&c. Grii. in pp.
Lan. Hoo's so itter't wi'dirt that yo meh set potitos in herneck-
hole, Waugh C/iim. Comer (1874) 27, ed. 1879 '• 'f ■' wur no' for
wimmen lookin' after yo', yo'd be as ittert an'as leawsy asowd Moll
Hollant, Brierley Traddlepin, iii. e.Lan.', m Lan.' Clis.' Rust
or blood would be said to be ettered into a knife blade.
ETTERCAP, ETTERCROP, see Attercop.
ETTERLIN, sb. Per. Rnf. (Jam.) [e-tarlin.J A cow
which has a calf when only two years old.
ETTIDGE, see Eddish.
ETTIN, 5(!'. Nhb.' Also in form yetun. [e'tin, je'tan.]
A ' boggle,' a hobgoblin.
[The same word as ME. elen, a giant (Matzner). OE.
eoten, O'H.jftitiin.]
ETTLE, s6.' Nhp. 'War. Wor. Hrf Glo. Hmp. Wil.
Also written hettle Glo.' [etl.] A nettle.
Nhp.2, War.(J.R.W.), Vifar.S" Wor.The white and red flowering
nettles are called nettles, ettle being used only for the smaller
stinging-nettle (E.S.). se.Wor.', s.Wor.' Hrf. Bound Provine.
(1876); Hrf.i2, Glo. (A.B.), Glo.'2 Hmp.' Out 'ettle, in dock, Dock
shall ha' a new smock ; 'Ettle zhant ha' narrun ^s.v. Dock). Wil.
Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.^
ETTLE, 2^.' and sb.^ In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
n. counties to Lan. Also in forms airtle n.Yks.' ; attle
Bnff.' [etl.] 1. V. To intend, propose, have in mind,
purpose, design. Freq. with at.
Sc. Drees the doom he ettled for me, Scott Rob ,/?oy (1817)
xxxiv. Sh.I. Dis is no what I wis ettlin ta speak o', Stewart Fire-
side Tales ( 1892 I 23. Kcd. The point at whilk she ettled, Burness
Garroii Ha' (c. 1820) 1. 195. Fif. 'Twas ettled for nane ither, Ten-
KAKT Papistry {iBe-]) 26. e.Fif. He ettled aye to creep in aboot
Buttonhole i' the gloamin', Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) iv. Dmb.
I ettled at only a puir ploughman's fee. Cross Disruption (1844)
xxix. Rnf. A' the silly gom'ral ettled Was jist to keep his muscles
fettled. Young Pictures (1865) 141. Ayr. Every body kens, and
I ken too, that ye're ettling at the magistracy, Galt Provost {1822)
ii. Lnk. Far mair 1 had ettled to say, Nicholson Idylts (^i8-]6) 65.
Lth. 1 did ettle To try my beastie's farther mettle, Smith Merry
Bridal (1866) II. e.Lth. I ettled to pit the maist pairt o' my land
under gress, Hunter/. Inivick {i8g5) 12. Edb.They ettle for to lout
The pease to shear, Ha'rst Rig(iTg^) 31, ed. 1801. N.L' UIs. He
ettled to be home to-night (M.B.-S.). Ant. A ettled that yin forme,
Ballymena Obs. (1892). n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Dur,' A ettled to
ETTLE
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gan to Hetton. n.Yks. Ah wes ettlin' t'win tiv it, Atkinson Lost
(1870)278; n.Vks.'; n.Yks.'" Ettlingyan way, an' dainganothcr,'
proposing one thing, but acting the contrary. ra.Yks.' What's
tliou etthng at with that stick, pray thee ? w.Yks. I've been ettling
after a new place (F.R.R.\ Lan.^ e.Lan. saying : He's ready to
ettle but never to do. ne.Lan.^
Hence Ettlement, sb. intention. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ;
Nhb.i
2. To aim ; to take aim at.
Sc. Wae to the knicht he ettled at. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) I.
126; Aft ettle, whiles hit, Ramsay Prov. (1737); She . . . with a
scream ettled at liim, intending to have fell'd or floor'd him, Drum-
MOND Muckoiuachy (1846) 37. Frf. They did mony a Icrrup athim
ettle, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 51, ed. 1882. Fif. Smite ! Ettle at
the life 1 Tennant Papistry (1827) 30. Ayr. Wi' yer crutch ding
doon the Church, Tho' ettl'd at our Lordie, Wanz Jottings (1879)
a86. Lnk. Elastic-heel'd, an' licht as air. They ettled for me het
abiding, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 23. Lth. The cripple now
with crutch upraised, Ettled at dumbie's head, M'Neill i^)rsto;< (c.
1895) 45. Edb. Their bellam at it ettle ... To ding in flinders the
curst kettle That brews the whisky, Learmont Poems (1791) 173.
Kcb. The blow was ettled at a tall ane, Davidson Seasons (1789)
113. w.Yks. Willan List IVds. (181 1).
3. To direct one's course towards.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Yks.^ Aiming or intending to proceed in a given
direction ; n.Yks. ° 'I'll ettle for yam,' I'll turn my steps homeward.
4. To attempt, endeavour ; to strive after, struggle hard
to obtain.
Abd. He ettl't sair to get some o' 's awa', Alexander Johnny
Gibb ,1871) xxxviii ; I s' tell ye what I think I wad ettleafter, Mac-
DONALD Sir Gibbie, xxvii. Kcd. He ettled to get free, Or droon
his riders i' the Dee, Grant Lays (1884") 103. Frf. Gangrel bodies
wha gang stravaigin' through the country ettlin' to reap whaur they
didna sow, Willock Rosetty Ends (ed. 1 889) 32. Fif. "The following
adverteezement was ready for the public prints if she ettled to
gang ony further, M'Laren Tibbie (1894! 91. Slg. Again I ettled
to her aid. But couldna move or speak. Towers Poems (1885) 56.
Ayr. I ettle as well as 1 can for a morsel by working stockings,
Galt Entail (1823) ii. Lnk. If I but ettle at a sang or speak They
dit their lugs, Ramsay G«;Wf5/<f/>. (1725, 20, ed. 1783; Shecleaned
her newest specks, Then settled doon to ettle notes O' ither folks'
effects, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 33. Lth. If I ettled so much
as to touch my friend's knee with my hand, the jealous dog would
go all but mad with vexation and rage, LuMSDEN5/;<'f/>-/i('arf(i892)
178. e.Lth. Hoo wad it gang, think ye, gin he ettled to pu' doun
the kirk? Hunter/. /Hra'ci (1895) loi. Edb. Siccan crooks lay
i' the way Whare'er I'd ettle, Crawford Pof;ns(i798) 47; Dowie
be his days, Wha ettles thy sweet life to kill, Learmont Poems
(1 791) 9. Rxb. To set them aff as weel 's they can The crafty
sellers ettle, A. Scott Poems 'ed. 1808) 81. Dmf. To bell the cat
wi'sicascrowSomeswankiesettled,MAYNES///f>- Gm!( 1808":. Slk.
Ettlin to toss it out o'the door, Chr. North Noctesfed. 1856) 1 1 1. 98.
Gall. I am ettlin' to be a minister, Crockett Bog-Myrtte (i8g^) 268.
Hence (i) Ettler, sb. one who makes great efforts or
strives after anything ; (2) Ettling, (a) vbt. sb. an effort,
strong endeavour; (b) ppL adj. ambitious, pushing, striving.
Ayr.( i)His father, throughall the time of the First King Charles,
an eydent ettler for preferment, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xx. (2, n)
After a long, faithful, and undaunted effort . . . she saw that all
her ettling was of no avail, ib. viii ; My grandfather, with a worl'
of ettling and pains, had toiled late and air at his lume. Service
Dr, Diigiiid (ed. 1883) 83. (b) Mr. Kilsyth, an ettling man, who
had been wonderfully prosperous in the spirit line, Galt Provost
(1822) XXX ; Geordie will be to us what James Watt is to the
ettling town of Greenook, ib. xxxi.
5. To plan, arrange for, contrive to the greatest advantage ;
to deal out in small quantities, to use sparingly and stingily.
N.Cy.' Nhb. There to ettle how muckle per heed they can get,
Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) 'VIII. 199; .Se weel
she ettles what aw get, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 14 ; Nhb.'
Always meaning some action that has been thought out before-
hand. 'Aa'll ettle to be there, 1100, if I can.' Nbb., Dur. Green-
well Coa/ Tr. Gl. (1849'). Dur. I'll ettle it. He ettles to do it
(A.B.); Dur.' s.Dur. We maun try to ettle it out some how
(J.E.D.). Cum.' Wm. She will ettle out her wage to go as far
as anybody. Ettle the load all over the cart (B.K.) ; A snoory
April and a snizey May Macks farmers ettle out their hay.GinsoN
Leg. (1877) 50 ; He ettles well, i.e. has a good notion liow to do
it (J.H.). w.Yks. Almost obs. He mun ettle it out for thcr's no
more on it when that's done (A.C.) ; w,Yks.', ne.Lan.'
Hence (i) Ettle, adj. stingy, grasping; (2) Ettler, 5Z>. a
manager, contriver.
(i) Lan.' Hoo's varra ettle to-day, an' gi's next to nowt, (2)
■Wm. One good ettler is worth two big eaters (B.K.).
6. To prepare, make ready ; to rake together into
a heap. Also used rejl. \v\t\\for.
e.Ltb. His plan had been to ettle an' clean the turnip bit as weel's
he could, an' let the rest o' the farm gang, Mucklebackit Rhymes
(1885I 176. Wm. Ettle up t'amers [embers] (J.H.). Lan. He
pricked his ears ... an' ettle't hissel for after it, Waugh Cltim.
Comer (.1874) 116, ed. 1879.
7. To show great eagerness to do or begin anything ; to
hanker or yearn after.
Sc. My fingers was ettlin to open it, Campbell Z)«//fyoci (1897)
II. 52. Bnff.' The horse wiz attlin' t'be lattcn oot, an' fin he wiz
latten oot, he geed aff at fuhl splinnre. Ittle is used when a greater
degree of earnestness is manifested. Abd. My itching fingers ettle
just to smash the rusty metal, Ogg Willie IValy (1873) 160. Frf.
Young Kinnordy's ettling to come out, Barrie Tommy{i8g6) 245;
I can call to mind not one little thing I ettled for in my lusty days
that hasna been put into my hands in my auld age, ib. M. Ogilvy
(1896) 180; My mother's feet were ettling to be ben long before
they could be trusted, ib. 2. Per. A' wes ettlin' tae lay ma bans on
the whup-ma-denty masel, Ian Maclaren Bn'er Btisli (1895 191.
8. To suppose, conjecture, imagine, guess ; to reckon,
compute, count on.
Fif. Little ettlin' that a storm . . . was sae near at haun', M Laren
Tibbie (1894) 39. Old. I'm ettlin' he'll be here the morn (Jam.).
Ayr.* I ettle the gun's no often in use, 'ventured Haplands. Johnston
Glenbtickie (1889) 28 ; I ettle, the feck o' them are abune my figure,
ib. Kilmallie (1891) I. 85. Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf. He, wha ettlet hera'
his ain. Was seldom fasht wi' the lover's pain, ReidPo^wis (1894)
78. Gall. I ettled ye for a keeping quey, Crockett Raiders (1894)
v; I ettle that'll no be the way ye kiss a bonny lass, ib. xxxii.
9. sb. An attempt, effort, endeavour, design, aim, intent.
Bnff.' 'A' wid like t' hae an attle at it. Adinna think it wad beast
ma.' Also a trial of strength. Frf. He was workin' hard for a
sergeantship, an' as he is noo ane, it may be supposed that he got
hisettIeoot,WiLLOCKi?05c/(y£'«(/5(ed, 1889)170. s.Sc.(A.C.) Rnf.
What for Mother Nature's pains. Her fondest ettles, FuASERC/n'mes
(1853) 182, Ayr. [She] flew at Tam wi' furious ettle, Burns Tain
o'Slianter (i^go) 1. 213; Till Death the loon, wi' deadly ettle, Gi'es
me a dig, White Joltings (1B79) 190. Lnk. Whaur wad ye gang
in the ettle to fin A bard that your uncle regardet as ane ! Watson
Po^wis (1853') 45. Edb. In wooing an' cooing, Scotch folk wi' eident
ettle. Keep tweezing an' teasing, M'Dowall Poems (1839) 217.
10. Chance, opportunity.
Abd. Fainness to be hame, that brunt my breast. Made me to tak
the ettle when it keest, Ross Hetetiore (1768) 123, ed. 1812.
[1. An aunter in erde I attle to schawe, Caivayne (c.
1360) 27. ON. dila, to intend, purpose. 2. He auntrid
vpon Ector, atlit hym a dynt, Dcst. Troy (c. 1400) 6399. 3.
Ontill Itale we ettill, Douglas Eiieados (1513) ed. 1874, 11.
33. 4. I etill neuir Athenes with amies for to entre,
AKnrs.^/M-. (c. 1450) 2419. 8. Alysaundrinea-nonattlede
alle here }iou3tcs, IVm. Pal. (c. 1350) 941. ON. alia, to
guess, conjecture.]
ETTLE, v.'^ n.Cy. Cum. [e'tl.] To earn, acquire by
labour. See Addle, v.'^
N.Cy.i Cum. Gl. (1851) ; Cum.' (s.v. Aydle).
Hence Ettlings, sb. pi. earnings. N.Cy.', Cum.'
EUGHT, see Owe.
EUPHIE, sb. Sh.I. A smart blow on the side of the
head. S. & Ork.'
EURNASKEP, sb. Sh.I. An ear-mark used to dis-
tinguish animals belonging to different owners.
S. & Ork.i In one case both ears are cut half through from point
to middle behind, and in the other in front ; vernacularly, ' half
ahint and half afore.'
[Norw. dial, ^ynmskap, a mark on the ears (Aasen) ; cp.
ON. eyma-inark, an ear-cropping of animals (Vigfusson).]
EUTE, V. Dev. Also written ewte and in form eutrir.
[eut.] To pour out or pour from one vessel to another.
Dev. Moore /^k/. Dev. (1839) I. 354; Horae Siibseeivae {X-JT})
146. n.Dev. Eute all a mug o* ale, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867J St.
93 ; Grose ( 1790I ; Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435.
Hence Ewted lime, /lAn hot lime watered and imme-
diatelyused asa cement. Dev. Horae Siibsccivae [i']-ji) 146.
EUTIE
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EUTIE, sb. Not. Nhp. Also in forms ewe-tick Not.;
yeutie Nhp.' The whinchat, Molacilla riibclra.
s.Not. So called from its cry (J. P.K.I. NUp.l
EUTRIR, EVA', see Eute, Ava.
EVANGEL, sb Sc. Also written evangale, evangil.
[iva-nd7l ] The Gospel.
Per. \^ preached the evangel o' Jesus. Ian Maclaren Brier
Bush (1895J 99. SIg. Mr. Robert Bruce, Minister of the Evangel,
Bruce 5rt»io«i(c. 1631I 17, ed. 1843. Ayr. Abominations, where-
with he would overwhelm and bury the Evangil, Galt Gilhaize
(1823) xiii ; He kissed the four Evangels, Then vow'd the deil he
dochtna fear, Bu'laJs itnd Siigs. (,1847) II. 113.
EVANGELETT-VATS.si./'/. 0*5. Suf. Cheese-vats.
So called from being charged with the images of the saints
which were to be imprinted on the cheeses (Hall.). [One old
man tells me he remembers hearing his grandmother say : 'Jesus
Christ won't let his angels help us to make good cheese this time,'
the reference being to the images of saints on the bottoms of the
cheese-vats (F.H.J.]
EVANISH, V. Sc. [iva'nij.] To disappear, vanish.
Lnk. Cares evanish like a morning dream, Rahisay Gentle Shep.
(1725) 60, ed. i8o8. Wgt. They only stayed a day or two, and
then evanished, Eraser IVigtoimt {i&TJ) 85.
EVE, sb} Sc. Sur. Sus. Hmp. Written heave- Sur.
[iv.] In cornp. (i) Eve-churr, the mole-cricket, Grylhis
Grylhtalpa ; (2) -clcke, (?) the evening beetle ; (3) -jar, the
nightjar, Capri)jiiilgus europaeus.
(i) Hmp. People call them fen-crickets, churr-worms, and eve-
churrs. White Selbome (1789) 176, ed. 1853. (2) Per. When
Midges dance, an' ev'-cloke bums, Nicol Poems (1753) 54, ed. 1766.
^3) Sur. That giant swallow, the fern-owl, or heave-jar, Blackw.
Mag. (iSgo) 466. Sus. iS.P.H.) Hmp. The fern-owl, or churn-
owl, or eve-jarr. White Sclbonie (1789) 321 ; (H.C.M.B.) ; Hmp.'
[(I) An eve-churr, or churr-worm. Kersey (1702).]
EVE, sb?- War. In phr. to be on the eve 0/ doing, going,
&c., to be on the point of, be about to. (W.S.B.)
EVE, 5i.^ Som. Slang. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A hen-roost.
Som. (Hall.) Slang. Grose CI. Diet. (1823X
EVE, sb.* Wm. Yks. Shr. [Iv.] In comb, (i) Eve's
apple, see -'s scork ; (2) -'s cushion, the Sa.xt/raga hyp-
noides ; (3) -'s scork, the larynx or projecting part of the
throat ; also called Adam's apple.
(i)Wm. What's that lumpi'thi neck? — It's mi Eve's apple (B.K.).
w.Yks. Also called Adomzapl (J. W.). (2) Yks. (B. & H.) (3)Stir.l
EVE, V. Glo. 0.xf Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
written eave Glo. Wil. Dev. nw.Dev.' Cor.'^; eeve Glo.'
Dev. Cor. ; heave Glo.' Oxf.' Wil.' Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. '^;
heeve w.Som.' ; and in form yeave w.Som.' Dev. [Tv,
w.Cy. also ev, jev.] 1. Of stones, walls, &c. : to exude
or condense moisture ; to sweat or become damp on the
surface.
Glo. (J.S.F.S.) ; Horae Subsecivae (1777) 145; Glo.', Oxf.' "Wil.
Slow Gl. (1892) ; WU.' Dor. (C.W.) ; Dor.' We shall ha rain :
the stuones da eve, Gl. w.Dor. (C.V.G.) Som. The vlags do
heave, Raymond Gent. Upcott (1893) 174 ; (F.A.A.) ; W. & J. Gl.
('873) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.' Before a
change of weather it is very common to see flag-stones and painted
walls become quite damp. When this condition appears it is said
'to eavy.' The kitchen vloor d'eavy, we be gwain to zee a change.
Dev. It will rain because the stones are eaving. Reports Provinc.
(1891). Cor.' A stone floor is said to eve before wet weather. A
good hygrometric mark among country folk ; Cor. 2
Hence (i) Eving or Heaving, ppl. adj., (2) Heavy or
Yeavy, adj. damp, moist, exuding moisture.
(i) Glo.' Dev. Heweit Peas. Sp. (1892). Cor.2 (2) Glo.'
Oxf.' This bacon's 'eavy; it gives on account of the weather.
Wil.' w.Som.' Dye zee how heevy 'tis ; 1 be safe we be gwain
to have rain, else 'twid'n heevy so. n.Dev. And thee art a . . .
yeavy.. .chockJing baggage, i'.vo;. Scolti. (1746) 1. 43; Grose (1790).
2. To thaw.
Dev. (Hall.) ; Dev.' The wind was ago lye, and 't had a' eved,
zo that I was a stugged in the mux, 30. nw.Dev.' I have freq.
heard ' The vrost is eavin',' never ' The stones be eavin'.' Dev.,
Cor. (1790 Grose MS. add. (C.) ; Cor.'^
Hence Heaving, ppl. adj. said of ice beginning to thaw.
Cor.=
[1. Fr.fz/^r, to water, to moisten; fw; moistened (Cotgr.) ;
OFr. aiver (Godcfroj', s. v. Aigtier), der. of OFr. aii'e
(?w),'aqua'(LACuRNE,s.v.£'rt!<)'; cp. Moisier(s. v. £zw}.J
EVE, adj. War. Even, esp. in phr. odd and eve, a
boys' game ; see below.
War.2 ; War.3 'Eve' is only used now in the game of 'odd and
eve,' played by boys with marbles ornutsor other boyish valuables
held in the closed hand. At the question ' Odd or eve ? ' the op-
posing player guesses one or the other, and if he is right takes one
from the hand, or if wrong adds one to it.
EVE-EEL, sb. Sc. The conger-eel, Conger vulgaris.
Also called Evil-eel.
Frf. Conger eel;., the name seems familiar even to the common
people; they call it Eve-eel, ^^r/cSHn'. (Jam.) [Satcuell(i879).]
EVEL, EVELEIT, EVELIT, see Heddle, Evleit.
EVELING, sb. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in form yeave-
ling n.Dev. [e'vlin, jevlin, rvlin.] Evening.
w.Som.' I'll look in umbyc in th' evelin. Dev. As I wa'kcd out
wan eveling, H-ewrtt Peas. Sp. (1892) 38. n.Dev. In tha desk o' tha
yeaveling, Exui. Scold. (1746) 1. i66; Grose (1790). Cor. In the
eveling, arter work, I went to Lawyer Mennear, ' Q.' Troy Town
(1888) xi.
EVEMEN, sb. Dor. [ivmin.] Eve'ning.
I might a stood A chance that evemen down to wood, Dorica
(1888) 166 ; Gl. (1851); Dor.' Dey da zing der zong At evemen in
the zunshecn, 53.
EVEN, sb. Cum. Wm. Shr. In form ebbm Wm. ;
eb'm Cum.* [e'bam, Shr. Ivan.] A character ; always
used in a bad sense, esp. of a dull, slow, stupid person.
See Aven, Avenless.
Cum.' A bad eb'm. Wm. It [t'teeap] thowt bettre ont, fer thoo
dus leeak a sad ebbm. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 10. Shr.* ''Ow
does yore girld anse ? ' ' Oh ! 'er's no good, 'er's as big a even as
ever wuz in a 'ouse.'
EVEN, adj., adv. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms aiven Dev. ; eaven w.Yks.* ; ebbem,
ebben Cum. ; ebbm, ebbn Wm. ; eben Dur. ; eb'm Cum.'
Wm.; e'enw.Yks.^: evven w.Yks.'^ Lan.'; eyn Sc. (Jam.)
e.Lan.'; ivven w.Yks. [Ivan, e'vsn, in, ebam, e'bsn.]
1. adj. and adv. In comb, (i) Even-anenst, directly
alongside, directly opposite ; (2) -dipt, evenly cut or
dipt ; (3) -endways, in a straight course, without inter-
ruption or obstruction ; from end to end ; continuously,
without intermission ; (4) -flavoured, uniform, unvaried ;
(5) -fcrnenst, see -anenst ; (6) -forrard or -forrit, directly
or straight forward ; in even succession ; also used fig. ;
(7) -handed, see below ; (8) -hands, an equal bargain, on
equal terms ; (9) -on, (a) uninterruptedly ; (6) close to
the mark; (10) -shorn, see -dipt.
(i) Cum. Ebben anenst it was Coblership hoose, Ritson Boj-raiv-
dale Lett. (1866) 5 ; Cum.', m.Yks.' (a; Wm. Thy teeth is like a
flock o' sheep 'at'sebm-clipt, Richardson S;;^. Sol. (1859) iv. 2. (3)
Cum. ' He mendit eb'm endways ; Cum.^This he maddel't aboot ebben
endways away, 164. n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^Theyspent all they had even-
endways. m.Yks. 'Achild that is notwcll able to walk, will maintain
its balance with the aid of its hands, and shullle along even-end ways by
the wall side. And so a person squanders all he has, even-endways.
(4) e.An.'CurrentlyusedabovethirtyyearsagoinHighSuffolk. 'An
even-flavoured day of rain,' meaning a day of incessant rain. (5)
Cum. But I hed it frae yen 'at was ebben fornenst him, Gilpin
Ballads 1,1874) 161 ; Cum.' It's eb'm fornenst yon ould smiddy.
(6) s.Sc. An even-forrit, silly, simple lassie, Wilson Tales (1839)
V. 62. w.Yks.' Lan.' He went evven-forrud an' nowt could stop
him. (7) w.Som.' In making any 'chop' or exchange, when there
is no money to pay by way of adjustment on either side it is said
to be even-handed [ai-vm-an'dud]. You must gee me vive pound,
then I'll chopvor your little mare. — No, I on't chop even-handed.
(8) Slk. I'll be even hands wi' them an' mair, an'then I 11 laugh at the
leishest o' them, HoGG PcMVio/AfdH (1822) I. 325 (Jam.). w.Yks. I'll
swop ivven hands, an' ye will, Ingledew Ballads (i860) 161;
Banks Wkjld. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks.s To be even with a person,
too, is to be 'at evven hands wi' him.' e.Lan.' (9, o) Inv.
(H.E.F.) (6) Lan.' That wur evven-on t'hoyle. (10) Dur. Thee
teeth er leyke a flock uv sheep at er eben shovvrn, Moore Sng. Sol.
(1859) iv. 2. Ciun. Thy teeth's like a flock o' sheep 'at's ebben
shworn, Dicki.nson ib. Dev. Thy teeth are like a vlock uv zsheep
thet are aiven zshorn, Baird ib. (1860).
2. Phr. (i) even and eyn, earnestly, really, in good
earnest; (2) —fair fall, see below; (3) — foot forrit.
EVEN-DOWN
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regularly in a line forward ; (4) to greet even out, to cry out
loudly ; (5) an even up back, straight, upright.
(i) Kcb. Till even an' eyn he took thoclit o' a wife, Armstrong
I}igleside : 1890) 216. (2) w.Yks. Equivalent to ' make the best of
it,' that which would have been better not being at hand. Een
fair fall [befall] what we have, Banks Wkfld. IVds. ( 1865 ,; w.Yt s.s
Very common. If a man has a bad master, e.g., which causes him
to quit him and go to another, if this one proves a still worse, he
says to a companion, or neighbour, — 'E'en fair fall t'owd un onny
daay'— meaning that his old master was better to work for than
his new one. ' T'owd shop ' is kept by one man, and 't'new un'
by antther, 'just started.' A woman goes to the new one in hopes
of cheapening her purchases, but finding it to her loss to go there,
she says, — ' E'en fair fall t'owd shop, al goa thear no more.' (3)
Ant. Ballymeiia Obs. (1892). (4^1 Slk. The body was like to gar
me greet even out, Hogg Tabs (1838) g, ed. 1866. (5) Frf. He
[a policeman] apparently believed that the haill system of juris-
prudence in the country was in danger if he failed to keep an even
up back on the auchteen shillin'.s a week allowed him by the
authorities, Willock Bosct/y Ends (ed. 1889) 169.
3. adj. Uniform in quality, good all round.
Oxf.^ They be as even a litter o' pigs as ever I see, MS. add.
Sur.' I call Mr. — a^ even a farmer as any you've got.
4. aiiv. Straight, direct. Fig. upright, straightforward.
Cum. They beath glower't ebben at meh, Farrall Bc^fy IVilsoii
(1886) 107; She glowers ebbem at me whativer I say, Lonsdale
71/a^. (Nov. 1886 188; Beebbenanreet (M.P.); Cum.^ Away weset,
t'oald lang nwos't man and me, ebbem up t'deal, 2. Wai. I teenk
aim at it ebbn atvveen t'een, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 41.
5. V. To compare, put on a level by comparison ; to
liken to.
Sc. Me and Miss Lilias even'd thegither! Scorr Redg. (1824)
Lett, xii; You will not be evening these two, Stevenson Cattiona
(1893) X. Abd. Wad ye even my hoose to Jock Thamson's or
Jeemie Deuk's ? Macdon.^ld Sir Gib'tv, iii. Per. I wadna be sae
piesumptious as even mysel wi' the like o' him, Cleland Inch-
bracken (1883) 50, ed. 1887. Lnk. Jock was prood aboot Beauty,
and wadna hear anither dog evened wi' her, Eraser IVhaups
(1895I xiv. e.Lth. What business had the minister to be evenin
us wi' the like o' the Jews ? Hunter /. Imaick (1895) 247. Nhb.
Like a corby! Heevens me to a corby! Clare Love 0/ Lass {iSgo)
L 20. n.Yks.^
6. To match, equal.
w.Yks. Tha thinks thisen clever, but Ah can even tha (J.T.).
Hence Evens, sb.pl. equals, quits.
Frf. Ay, Martha, . . . you and Jean Myles is evens now, Barrie
Toniuiy (1896) 73.
7. To divide equally, share.
w.Som.' Mother zaid we was t'even [ai'vm] it 'mongst us.
8. To speak of one person as a match for another; to
suggest as a suitable husband or wife.
Sc. The wind will blaw a man till her ; But gin she want the
penny siller, There'll ne'er a ane be evened till her. Chambers
Pup. Rhymes (1870) 390 ; We'll not even her to a Standring; but
we'll find a man for her when Efiie's off my hands, Keith Lis'clli
(1894) xvi ; It sets ye ill To even me wi' your daft servin' Will,
Shepherd's Wedding ( iiHg) 9. Ayr. Me even mysel' to j-our dochter!
Galt £H<ai7 ( 1 823 ; iv ; Three months ago Meg told that she had
evened the merchant till her, Johnston Kiliitallie{i8gi) I. 91. Lnk.
Evenin' our bairn to onybody so unlike hersel' as his civic chief,
Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 150.
9. To bring down to a level, lower, demean.
Sc. God . . . would not even you to a gift of dirt and clay,
Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 70 ; ' I wud na even myself to sic
a thing,' I would not demean myself so far (Jam.) ; Even your
heels to your arse, Kelly Prov. (1721) 98.
10. Phr. to even one's wit, to condescend to argument.
N.I.' I wouldn't even my wit to you. Uls. Uls. Jrn. Arch.
('1853-62) VI. 44. e Lan.' I'll not eyn mi wit wi thi. nw.Der.'
That fellu is no' wo'th taukin' to, dunna even thy wit with 'im.
IL To impute, suspect, suggest, hint at or charge with
anything, used in a bad sense. To think entitled to, or
deserving of, used in a good sense.
Sc. It would have turned my mother in her grave if we had
evened ourselves to a fire in the living room in May, Keith Lisbclh
(1894) xii ; Lang before Isabella evened herself to a carriage, tb.
xxiii. Sh.L Hit's little 'at's no spok'n o', alto' we're no ecvnin' dat ta
Mr. M'Leod, jantleman, Sh. News (Aug. 7, 1897;. Per. Didna I
hear ye evenin' my doclitcr t' ey cuttic stule afore Jean, wi' my
ain lugs? Cleland Inchbrackcn (1883) 273, ed. 1887. Dmb. I'll
gaur ye baith repent, if ye daur to even ought like dishonesty to
me, Cross Disruption (1844) xviii: Do you mean to even ought of
the kind to me ? ib. xl. Ayr. Without ever evening the thing to
him, Johnston Kihnallie (1891) I. 175. Lth. He's a nice man an'
a gude cracker, but he never evened marriage to me, Strathesk
Blinkbonny (ed. 1891) 160. N.I.' Would you even the like of that
tome. Uls. Nobody ever evened such a thing about you. I always
evened that would happen (M.B.-S. '. Ant. To think of you evenin'
such a thing to me (J.S.). Some one will say to a listener after
having made a pretty general imputation, ' No evenin' onything o'
the kin to you hooever,'i?a//)';;i«;aOis.(i892); Patterson Dial.z^.
[5. To whom licneden jee me, and eueneden and com-
parisounden me, Wyclif (1382) Isaiah xlvi. 5.]
EVEN-DOWN, adv. and adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum.
Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin. Nhp. Also in forms ebben-doon
Wm. ; ebmdown Cum. ; eeavendoon e.Yks. ; eindown
Slk. ; ev'n-dotin n.Lan.' ; evvendown w.Yks.' 1. adv.
Downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely.
Ayr. Man, Robert, that's an even doon good shot, Johnston Kil-
ntallie {i8gi) II. 114. Slk. I even-doun deny the propriety, as
weel's the applicability, o' the apothegm, Chr. North Nodes (ed.
1856) III. 275. Cum. 'At wasreet ebm down like oald Cummerlan',
Gilpin Ballads (1874) 3rd S. 199. Wm. Len wes olaz ebben-doon.
natrally daft. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 41 ; That's even-down just.
e.Yks.' He's even-doon fond, is that lad. w.Yks. Ye're evvendown
dangerous, Jahez Olipliant (1870) bk. i. viii.
2. adj. Perpendicular, straight down, downright, used
esp. of a heavy continuous rain, iwphr.a)! even-doiunpoiir
or rain. Also used advb.
Sc. There had been an even down-pour of rain in the night, Keith
Bonnie Lady (1897) 46. Cai.' ' An even doon pour,' a heavy rain
without wind. Fnf. Heaviest rain, in even-down drench, PicKEN
Poems (1813) I. 78. Ayr. He returned with the intelligence that
it was ' an even-down pour !' Ballads and Sngs. (1846I I. 5. Edb,
Now it turns an eident blast. An even-down pour, Ha'rst /?i^( 1794)
27, ed. i8or. N.I.' There was an even down pour. N.Cy.^, Nhb.'
Dur.' An even doon wet day, a very wet day, when there is no
prospect of its altering. Wm. It's raining ebben doon (B.K.I.
n.Yks.', ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Mr. Oliphant war an evven-down hard
hitter, Jabez Oliphant (1870) bk. v. vi ; w.Yks.' Lan.' I gavhim a
evven-down blow. Nhp.'
3. Direct, plain, unalloyed, without reserveor qualification.
Sc. To tell ye the even doun truth, Ford Thistledown (1891) 244.
Cai.' Dmb. They 're the evendown truth, every word o'them, Cross
Disruption (1844) xxiv. Lnk. To dwell in the glances that dart
frae thine e'e, O Jeanie ! it's evendown rapture to me, Rodger
Po«>«s(i838)5i, ed. 1897; Mair through the help o'sleight-o'-haun
Thanevendoun inspiration, Watson Poi-hi£(i853) 8. Slk. I trowed
aye that even-down truth bure some respect, Hogg Tales (1838)
24, cd. 1866; An evendown waster an' profligate, i'6. 318. Nhb.'
Evendoon-thump is a blunt, straigl.tforvvard statement.
4. Downright in a good sense, honest, straightforward,
sincere.
Ayr. I whyles may have lost a little by the evendoon bluntness
of my ootspoken nature, Service Dr. Duguid {cd. 1887) 128. Ln'.:.
An even-doon, dacent woman, Gordon Pyo/i//fla'(i885) 39; It was
best to be plain even down, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895 ) 37. w.Yks.'
An evven down honest man. n.Lin.' You maay believe ivry wo'd
he says ; he's a punct'al man , an' eavcn doon to the grund as can be.
5. Sheer, utter, downright, ^fM. used in a bad sense.
Sc. Ye are speaking even doun nonsense. Petticoat Tales (1823)
I. 291 (Jam.). Abd. His gardies stounin' wi'aiven doon ill-eesage
like that, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882 j 88. Rnf. The tongue o' that
woman is shamel'u', An even-doun perfect disgrace, Barr Poems
(1861) 109. Ayr. But gentlemen, an' ladies warst, Wi' ev'n down
want o' wark are curst, Burns Twa Dogs {■i']B6)\. 206 ; It waseven-
downmadnesstothrowourselvesintothe lion'smouth, Galt Provost
(1822) xxxvii. Lnk. The tae half are coofs, if no even-doun fules,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 26; The maist o' them are fair even-doon
scoun'rils, Fraser IVhaups (18951 xiii. Slk. A hirscl o' eindown
lees, Hogg Tales ( 1838) 26, ed. 1866. e.Yks.' He's a eeaven-doon
feeal, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.' An evven down lie. n.Lan.' An
ev'n doun sham.
6. Confirmed, habitual.
Sc. I may hae said that Andrew likes a drap drink, but that's no
just an even doun drinker. Petticoat Tales (1823) I. 288 (Jam.).
EVENING, sb. Won Shr. Suf [ivnin.] 1. The
afternoon of the day. A Iso in comb. Evening-time or -part.
w.Wor.' A wom.in lately wished me ' good marniii' 'at 1.30 p. m ,
then, having passed, turned back to apologize : ' Good evenin'.
EVENINGS
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EVERLASTING
ma'am, I should V said.' Shr.l The day is divided into morning,
middle of the day, and evening:. Night begins about six o'clock.
2. Coiup. Evening-lightning, sb. heat or summer light-
ning. e.Suf. (F.ll.)
EVENINGS, i/^/>/. Obs. Oxf. See below.
The delivery, at even or night, of a certain portion of grass
or corn to a custumary tenant, who performs his wonted service
of mowing or reaping for his lord, and at the end of his day's work
receives such a quantity of the grass or corn to carry home with
him as a gratuity or encouragement of his bounden service. So
inthemannor of Burcester, — virgata terrae Integra cjusdem tenurae
habebit liberam ad vesperas quae vocatur Evenyngs tantam sicut
faloator potest per falcem levare et domum portare per ipsam,
Kenneit Piir Aiiliq. (1695^ cd. 1816.
EVENLESS, see Avenless.
EVENLINESS, sb. So. Composure, equanimity.
Ayr. He would pass the contemplative night wandering over the
familiar grassy mounds with a fair degree of mental evenliness,
Johnston Gkiibuckie ^^1889) 256.
EVENLY, adj. Sc. Ircl. Written evinly Sc. (Jam.)
Of ground, roads, &c. : smooth, even, without inequalities,
level. Also usedyf§-.
Sc. We speak ... of an evinly course, both as respecting progress
in a journey, and the tenor of one's conduct (Jam.). Lnk. These
evenly roads, That lead to dwellings of the gods, Ramsay Poems
(cd. 1733) 241.
Hence Evenlier, adj. more even. N.I.'
EVENLY, rtrfi/. Dur. Lan. Also in form evenye.Dur.^
[I'vanli.] Even ; probably, likely.
e.Dur.i Prob. a Tyneside word, as it is apparently unknown in
or about Hetton. Freq. heard from a Tynesider. Lan. Flour an'
pepper an' candles, — ay, an' evenly pins, Waugh C/iitii. Conur
(i874> 32. ed. 1879 ' But, evenly, if there wur ghosts, ib Titfts of
Heather^ I. 36 (ed. Milner), e.Lan.' Would not evenly speak.
EVEN NOW, see Enow, adv?
EVENT, sb. s.Wor.* [ive-nt] Ainount, quantity.
There's any event of jiotatocs in the bury.
EVER, adv. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in form iver n.Lin. Glo. ; ivver n.Yks.^ e.Yks.'
fe'var, e'var), ivar, i'v3(r).] 1. adv. In comb, (i)
Ever-green cliver, the wild madder, Riibia peregrina
(I.W.) ; (2) Ever-white, the pearl cudweed, Antennaria
marsaritacea (Nhp.).
2. Phr. (i) Ever and end, (2) — and on, for ever, continu-
ally ; for a very long time ; (3) — anons-while, at frequent
intervals ; (4) — noiv, just now ; (5) — so, (a) very much, in
great quantity ; (b) in any case, under any circumstances,
esp. in phr. not if it ivere ever so ; (6) for ever, see — so (a) ;
(~i)for ever in a day, ' for ever and a day,' a very long time.
(i~) n.Yks. He's for iwcr an end i getlin deean (I.W.). (2) Cai.^
(5) se.Wor.t Not often used now. (4) Inv. I lI.E.F.) (5,«)Der.2
Sauced me ever so iS.v. Sauce). Not. He called me everso (L.C.M.);
Not.* s. Not. It rains ever so. It's ever so pretty (J. P.K.). n.Lin.*
She fret ever soa when Harry 'listed. Lei.' A mauled 'im ivver soo.
* If shay could oonly ha' got toopence a dozen fur 'em, shay'd a
thought as it wur ivver so,' i.e. altogether astonishing, Nhp.' He
drinks ever so. Oxf.' E' leathered 'n ever so. MS. add. Sus.
Evcrs'much water caunt squench love. Lower Stig. Sol. (i860)
viii. 7. w.Som.' Aay eod-n diie' ut. gi mee livur zoa [I would not
do it, give me any amount], {hj n Yks. Ah wadn't deea't, if it was
ivver seca ( I.W.). e,Yks.' Ah wadn't a deean it was it ivver-seea.
Chs.' I would na give it him, if it was ever so. Not. My son wouldn't
getonahorse,notifitwaseverso(L.C.M.). n.Lin. Doan'tletnoiibody
oot, notifit'siversoa, Peacock Tales and Rhymes {iW6) loi. Lei.',
Nhp.', War.'^s w.Wor.' I wunt ax 'im for bread, not if it was ever
so ; I'll clem first. se.Wor.', s.Wor.', Hrf.2 Glo. 'Ver dussn't lay
a vinger on a bouoy now if er's iver zo, Buckman Darke's Sojourn
(1890) vi. Oxf.' I oodn't [uod-nt] do that if twuz ever so, MS. add.
(6) w.Yks.' There's apples for iwer. (7) nw.Der.'
3. sb. In phr. (i) the days of ever, for ever, for all time ;
(2) at all evers, at all opportunities ; (3) for all evers, a very
long time.
(1) Lan. I'd leifer shut th' heawse up for th' days of ever, Lahee
Trot Coffie, 4. (2) n.Yks.2 Reading at all iwers. (3) n.Yks. He's
for all iwers o' gettin deean (I.W. ).
EVER, V. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To nauseate.
EVER, see Eaver, sb.\ Heaver, Iver.
VOL. II.
EVER A, phr. Sc. Irel. Chs. War. Hrf. Glo. Brks. Mid.
Sur. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Cor. Also in forms ar a I.W. ;
ara Hrf ^ ; are a Brks. ; arra Glo. Brks. ; arry Som. Cor.' ;
e'er a In War.* Sur.' Sus. ; ere a Glo.' Any, any one at all.
Sc. (A.W.) Ir. She'll be very apt to not get e'er a chuck or
chucken ofi' of me, Barlow Ltsconnel (1895) ^ t D'tl you see e'er a
cow you'd like? Croker Leg. (1862) 306. Chs. Go an' see if thea
con foind ever a nail as'll do, wilt ta, Sammy ? (E. F.) ; Chs.' Have
you ever a shilling as you could lend me ? The word is in constant
use, but seems to add no force to a sentence. "War.^ Will you have
ever a piece of bread-and-butter! Shall you calle're-a day this wik?
ih.Inlivd. 14. Hrf.^Thec han't met arabwoy? Hast got ara copper?
Glo. I puts mj' hand on Willum's showlder to see if I cowd git up
arra waj-s, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) vii ; Glo.' Have you
ereaknifc? Brks. Hev'ee got arra loose tooth, Sir? Hughes Scour.
IVIii/e Horse {i8^g) vi ; The Doctor . . . said as how he heer'd as
highacharactero'thee .. .as of are' a man in the parish, I'A. T.Brotvn
Oxf. (1861) xix ; Brks.' Hev 'e zin ever a rabbut to-daay ? w.Mid.
' Got e'er a loight ye could give us ? ' Very common among the older
country people (W.P.M.). Siff.' Sus.Theclerkship 'as been in my
family ever since the year 1738 without e'er a break, Jennings Field
Paths (1884) 40 ; Have ye got e'er an old p'r o' boots you could
giveme? (S.P.H.) Hmp. Have you gotere' alucifer? (H.C.M.B.)
I.W. You med get into church if you'd got ara kay. Gray Anncsley
(1889") cxiv. Wil.' If 'ee ses arra word to 'em they puts 'ee in
the Noos, 213. Som. Oi look'd to zee if arry mark wur oi had lied
ood zhow, Frank Nine Days (1879) 25 ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). Cor.
1 cud wrastle weth arry man in the parish, Tregellas Tales, Luke
Martin's Cowld; Cor.^ CoUoq. I now carries my head higher than
arrow private gentlewoman of Vales, Smollett//. Clinker {i-j-ji)
I. 126.
EVER ALACK, phr. Sc. Alas !
Ever alack ! my master dear. For I fear a deadly storm, J amieson
Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 158.
EVER A ONE, phr. Der. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Glo.
Oxf Brks. Sus. Sur. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som. Cor. Amen
Also in forms airn Nhp.°; ar-a-one War. Som.; am
Den* Glo. Oxf Brks.' Wil.' Dor. Som. ; ar one Wil. ;
arra-one Nhp.= Brks.' Hmp.' Wil.'*; arrun Nhp.= Brks.';
arry waun Con* ; ary one Amen ; ern Glo.' ; errun
se.Wor.' Any one, either of two, whichever one.
Der.* Nhp.* You may have arrun. He have airn. War.(J.R.W.);
War.'; War.^ 'Which will you have?' 'Oh, ever-a-one.' se.Wor.',
Shr.' Glo. Thur wur two or dree on 'em arter I then, , . . an' I'd
'bout as lief go to 'arn on 'um, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) vi ;
If ern on us had to bide to whoam fur a bit, ib. ix ; Glo.' Oxf.'
Dhee midst av aa-rn an um [Thee medst 'av arn an 'em]. Brks.'
Sus. Oh, e'er a one you like, Sir,EGERTON /Vis. awrf {K«vs(i884)38.
Hmp.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; An out comes Zue, an she
did zay, Is there ar one vor I ? Slow Rliynies, 4th S. 116. Dor.
Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. The ladies wur zo zivil too wen we to
arn o'm zpoke, Frank Nnte Days (1879'! 33 ; You never spoke to
ar'n o' 'em in j'our life, Raymond Gent. Upcott yiBg-^) 33 ; W. & J.
G/. (1873). Cor.* Colloq. If e'er a one of you was to meet this
young lady alone, Smollett Sir L. Greaves (1762) iii. [Amer.
' Lend me a dime.' ' I haven't got ary one,' Bartlett.]
EVERILK ONE, />/ir. Obs. Sc. Also in form everilk-
on. Each single one, every one.
Fif. Markin' the faces, cverilk one, O' them by wham the wark
was done, Tennant Papistry (1827) 5 ; Thir weirlike wabsters
everilkon Had ane Kilmarnock nightcap on, ib. 92.
EVER1N(G, sb. I.Ma. [i-vrin.] Evening.
The everin very still. Brown Doctor (1887) 83 ; Good everin', I
must be gettin home (S.M.).
EVERINGES, 56. //. Gbs. Yks. The ' rounds ' of a
wagon.
e. Yks. These rammers are made of old everinges, Best Rur. Econ.
(1641) 107.
EVERLASTING, adj., adv. and sb. Sc. Yks. Nhp. Oxf
Mid. Suf Som. 1. adj. In comb, (i) Everlasting-grass,
the common saintfoin, Onobrychis saliva ; (2) — oak, the
evergreen oak, Ouercus Ilex.
(i) Oxf. (B. & H.) (2) Suf. e.An. Dy. Times (189a).
2. adv. Continually, perpetually. Also used subst.
Ayr. Garring it [a dog] loup for an everlasting after sticks and
chucky-stanes, Galt £'«/ni7(i823) xx. Nhp.' A country servant
said of a dissatisfied mistress, ' She's always finding fault, she's
everlasting on.' w.Mid. When a farmer has only one wagon and
team at work in a hay or harvest field, he is said to be ' at ever-
M m
EVERLY
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EVIL
lasting cart' (W. P.M.). Suf. He goon for everlastin' about it, c.An.
Dy. Times {i8<}2) ; (F.A.A.)
3. sb. A flower which does not wither, esp. the carhne
thistle, Carlina vulgaris, and the pearl cudweed, Gnapha-
liiim luaygaritaccutii.
w.Yks.LEEs/^/o((j(i888)a8i ; w.Yks.^ w.Som.'Uvurlaas'teenz.
Applied to several varieties.
EVERLY, adv. Sc. Cum. Wm. Also written everlie,
evirly Sc. (Jam.); and in forms e'erly Dmf. ; ivverly
Cum.^ [e'varli, i'varli.] Constantly, perpetually, fre-
quently, continually.
Sc. To hae't reel'd by a chieldie That's everly crying to draw,
Chambers Sugs. (1829) II. 361. n.Sc, Ags., Fif. (Jam.) e.Fif. I
was everly i' the gait, never oot o' mischief, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864) iii. Lnk. It's everly preachin' an' prayin', Coghill Poems
(1890) 149. Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf. Pray that blessin's e'erly Play roiin'
yer ingle side, Quinn Heather (,1863) 202. Cum.^ T'burnin an'
bworin' wer' iverly t'sejim, 140. Wm. & Cma.' They everly full
their weak stuff full o' jalop, 316.
EVEROCKS, sb. Obs. Sc. The cloudberry, Rubus
Chainaciiioriis. See Averin.
Here also are evcrocks, resembling a strawberry ; but it is red,
hard and sour. Papers Antiq. Soe. (1792) 71 (Jam.).
EVERY, adj.^ Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms evy Lth. ; iv'ry Cum.' w.Yks.' Nhp.' ;
ivvery n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' Dev.^ [e'vri, i'vri.] 1. In
comb, (i) Every-days, week-days; (2) — deal, altogether,
entirely ; (3) — each or etch, (a) every other, alternate ;
(b) each, every single; (4) -how, in every way; in any
case ; (5) -like, (a) from time to time, every now and
then; ib) very frequently, on every occasion or oppor-
tunity; (6) — morsel, the whole thing; (7) — otherin or
otherun, see — each ; (8) — taste, every bit of anything ;
(9) -when, at all times.
(I) w.Som.' Au ! aay keeps dhai' vur Ziindecz, aay doa'n puut
um aun pun uvurce-dai'z [Oh ! I keep those for Sundays, I don't
put them on upon week-days]. We talk of ' Sundays and every-
days.' nw.Dev.' (2) Ken.'^ (3. (i)e.An.i Suf. He didn't take all
the trees away ; he took every each one (C.G.B.); (C.T.); Suf.' Ess.
Asevery Etch Sunday ded cum roun',CLARKy. i\'b(ifes(i839) st. 159;
Every each day (S.P.H.); Ess.i (A) Hrt. Every each day, every
day (H.G.), Nrf. Every each man have his swad on his thigh, in
case o' fear i' the night, Gillett Siig. So!, (i860) iii. 8. Ess.
Trans. Arch. Soe. (1863) II. 184. {'4) Hmp. (H.E.) (5,0) Cuni.i
n.Yks.'; n.Yks.'^ They pla3'ed their music ivvery-like. e.Yks.'
He cums ti see ma ivverylike thoo knaws. m.Yks.i (b) w.Yks.',
Nhp.* (6) Oxf. Sum a thay foks 00 went throo evre mossel an't
from the fust, IVhy John yCoH. L.L.B.). (7) s.Wor. (H.K.), Glo.',
Oxf.' (8) I. Ma. That's the place they had the row. and every taste.
Brown Yains (1881) 289, ed. 1889. (91 Hmp. (H.C.M.B.)
2. Phr. (i) every day like, frequently, constantly ; (2)
— foot anon, see — once while ; (3) — hands while, see —
day like ; (4) — once while, every now and then, at intervals ;
(5) — one week, every other week ; (6) — so oft, at regular
intervals; (7) — thing something, all sorts of things, a
variety or confusion of things ; "(8) — to-day, every alter-
nate day ; (9) — while stitch, (10) — nihip and trip or turn,
(11) — whip and while, (12) — whip's while, (13) — whips now
and then, ( 14) — imkc and jit, see — once while ; (15) —
year's laud, land which bears a crop every year.
(i)n.Lin.' I see her o'must ivery daay like. (2) e.An.' Nrf.,
Suf. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) (3)Nhp.i A person.in the frequent
habit of calling on another, would be said ' to call every hands
while.' Any one, often renewing a subject of conversation, would
be said to be ' talking of it every hands while.' War.2 Mind and
see to the chickens every hands- while! (4 se.Wor, Put the sauce-
pan overthe fire, and stir it every onswhile. Ohsol. iJ.'W.P.) s.Wor.
(H.K.) (5) Cor.' There's a collection at our chapel every one week.
(6) w.Yks. Every so oft I could hear him say a word or two, Snow-
den Web 0/ Weaver (iSg6) s.. (7 1 Ken. (G.B.) ; There were all the
things everything-something (D.W.L.) ; Ken.'She calledme every-
thing something [she called me every name she could think of].
(8) Gall. (W.G.) (9,Chs.i3 (10) nw.Dev. (R.P.C.) (ii)nw.Dev.'
(12) w.Som.' Tak-n diie' un aup fuurm- luyk, naut vaur-n tu kaum
tu diie-ccn livuree wuops wuyul [Take and repair it up firmly, not
for it to come to repairing every now and again]. Dev. The head
of a broom that is loose) comes off ' every whip's while.' Very
Qommon, Repot tsProvim. (1891). (13) Dev. 16. (1889). (14) Dev.^
Darn 'es ol' pictur', e's yer arter my maid ivvery woke an' jit, an' I'm
burned if I'll 'a 't. (15". Glo. Grose (1790) ; In the neighbourhood
of Gloucester are some extensive common-fields. They have been
cropped, year after year, during a century, or perhaps centuries ;
without one intervening whole year's fallow. Hence they are
called every year's land, Marshall Riir.Ecoii. (1789) II. 65 ; Gl.
(185 11; Glo.'
3. Each of two, both.
Sh.I. Sibbie cam' in wi' a daffock o' watter i' ivery haand, Sh.
News (Dec. 11, 1897). Slk. 'Wi' a son in every hand, Hogg Tales
(1838) 351, ed. i856. N.I.' There's a chimley on every en' o' the
house.
EVERY, adj'.^ Sc. Also written eevery Ayr. (Jam.) ;
evrie Dmf. (ib.) ; and in form yevery (ib.). Hungry. See
Aiverie.
Ayr. (T.M.) ; Gl. Surv. 691 (Jam.). Rxb., Dmf. (ib.)
Hence Yevrisome, adj. hungry, having a perpetual
appetite. Dmf. iib.)
EVERY, see Eaver, si.'
EVERYSTREEN, sb. Gall. (Jam.) The evening be-
fore last. See Yestreen.
EVET, sb. (?) n.Cy. Glo. Brks. Hrt. Lon. e.An. Ken.
Sus. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written
evat Dev. Wil. ; evvet Cor.' Wil.' ; and in forms ebbet
Dev. Cor.'" ; ebet w.Som.'; effet Glo. Brks. Hrt. Lon.
e.An.' Ken.''' Sus.' Hmp.' Wil.'; efifock Glo.'; effort
Hmp.; emmet Cor.'^^; heffut Wil. [e'vst, e'fat, e'bst,
e'nist.] A newt, eft, lizard.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Glo. Baylis Illus. Dial. (1870); Glo.'
Brks. G/. (1852). Hrt,(H.G.) Lon. I am a seller of birds'-nesties,
snakes, slow-worms, adders, *effets' — lizards is their common name,
Mavhew Loud. Labour (ed. 1861) II. 72. e.An.', Ken. '2, ne.Ken.
(H.M.) Sus.' Those found in the earth under hedge banks are
said by the country people to be poisonous. Hmp. Efforts have a
way o' creepin' into folks' ears (W.M.E.F.) ; Hmp.', I.W.' Wil.
Britton Beauties (1825) ; There was a pond a little way beyond
our house with hcfl'uts in it (W.H.E.) ; (K.M.G.) ; She peered into
the sage-bush to look at the' efl'ets,' Jefferies Gt. Estate > 1881)25;
Wil.i Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873); All
kinds are apparently so called — whether land or water lizards
(W.F.R.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; 'What is called the
dry evett, is believed to be highly noxious, Sweetman IVineanion
Gl. (1883). -w.Som. 1 The newt is called a wau'dr ebut [water
ebet]. Dev. He is but a poor little starved evat ! Kingsley West-
wardHo! (1855) 19, ed. 1889; Dev.'^^ nw.Dev.', Cor.'^^
[OE. efeta, an eft, newt.]
EVIL, sb} and adj. Lei. Nhp. War. Glo. Ess. Som.
Dev. Cor. Also in forms eel Ess.' w.Som.' n.Dev. ; ivvel
Lei.' [I'vl, i'vl, ial.] 1. sb. An ill, complaint, illness ;
a swelling on the neck or other local affliction.
War.3 1683. Elizabeth * Dickens was certified in orderto obtain
his Majesty's touch for her evil,' Trans. Arch. Soe. (1871). w.Som.'
Any local affection of the flesh has this word gen. suffixed — as
poa-I ee'ul [pol-ill], uud'ur ee-ul, briist eeul, kwaur-tur ee-ul
[udder-ill, breast-ill, quarter-ill]. Cor.^ The cure for it was to pass
the hand of a dead man (or of a dead woman, if the patient were a
man) over the place, then touch the place with a handkerchief.
The handkerchief was dropped into the grave in which the corpse
was buried.
Hence Eel-thing, sb. erysipelas, St. Anthony's fire.
Ess. Gl. (1851) ; Ess.' w.Som.' Plaise to gee mother a drap o'
wine. Her 'th a got th' eel-thing a brokt out all over her face.
n.Dev. Grose (1790I.
2. adj. Ill-tempered, cross, ' savage.' Also used advb.
Lei.' When we got there, she looked at us as iwel as ivvel.
Nhp.' He looks evil. She'sthe most evil woman in the village. Glo.'
EVIL, s6.2 and v. Shr. Hrf. Gmg. Peni. Dev. Cor.
Also written eavel nw.Dev.' ; aval Cor."' ; and in forms
heable Dev. ; heavle Hrf.' ; heeval, hevval, hewal
Cor.° ; ivole s.Pem. ; yeevil Hrf. n.Dev.; yewl Cor.'^ ;
yule Cor.' [I'vl, ji'vl.J 1. sb. A three-pronged dung-
fork ; a pitchfork.
Shr.2 Hrf. Morton Cycle. Agric. (1863) ; Bovnd Provmc. (1876);
Hrf.' Gmg. Collins Cower Dial, in Trans. Phil. Soe. (1848-50)
IV. 222. Pem.jAGO 67. {1882)102. s.Pem. Laws Z,i'/«f £«.§•. (1888)
420; (W.M.M.) Dev. She picked up the ' heable ' with a sigh,
anil then stood Icaningon it, Baring-Gould Red Spider (iBBg) xxii;
Where be my heable to? Reports Provinc. (1889); Dev.i ; Dev.*
Plaisc cud you lend vaather your evil ? n.Dev. Aslinnaway stram
EVITE
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vromBalscIcn's evil, Kock Jitu an Nt-/l (186-]) st. 109: GnosE(i7go).
nw.Dev.* Until recently the only sort in nsc. s.Dev. Fox Kings-
bn{igf (iSt^^. Dev.. Cor. Mokton Cyclo. .■'tgn't'. (1863 . s Dev.,
e.Cor. (MissD.) Cor.* Inthcc.^sternInostpa^t.sitis 'yulc/eual; Cor,^
2. V. To turn the ground lightly over with a fork or
'sharevir (q.v.).
Shr.' Get a sliarcvil an' evil tliem beds o'er.
[OE. ffa/oi (gca/l-), a fork.]
EVITE, V. Sc. Written eveat Lnk. [evi't] To
avoid, escape, evade, shun.
Sc. I have evited striking you in your ain house, Scott Nigel
(1822) xxvi ; It was simply impossible to evite a war, Scolicisius
(17871 117; This will evite both, Pitcairn Assembly (1766) 68.
Ayr. The bill [boll] so jinkit and cvitet him, that, though he ran
till he was pechin', he never could win near him ava, Service
Notandiims (i&<jO\ 103. Lnk. It is not possible for me to eveat
heaviness, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1720^ IV. 519, ed. 1828. Edb. It's
good for folks warning [to] take by this mistent, Reflections flagrant
they'll evite, Liddle Poems (.1821) 169.
fFr. f'viter, to avoid.]
EVLEIT, (J(ij. Sc. Also written eveleit Ayr. ; evelit
(Jam.); and in forms olcit n.Sc. ; died Fif; olight,
elite Sc; ollath Per. 1. Prompt, active, nimble; ready,
willing; sprightly, cheerful.
Sc. An evleit mother makes a'sweer daughter, Ferguson Prov.
(1641) 3; An olight mother . . . , Kelly Piov. (1721)22: An olite
mother . . . , Ramsay Prov. (ed, Mackay) 346 ; Hae lad, rin lad,
th.nt makes an olite lad, ib. 29 (Jam.). n.Sc. An oleit mother maks
a dandie dother (16.). Per., Fif. (r'6.)
2. Handsome. Ayr. (Jam.)
|Norw. dial, ovktt, nimble (Aasen) ; ON. q/'/s/Zr, prompt,
ready (Vigfusson).]
EVRIE, see Every, adj.'^
EVVERN, adj. Nhp. Bdf. Also in form eavurn Bdf.
[e'van, Ivan.] Slovenly in dress. See Avern.
Nhp.2 Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eiig. Lang. (1809) 125.
EVY, see Every, nrf/.'
EWDEN DRIFT, see Youden.
EWDER, sb. Obs.-> Sc Also in forms ewdroch,
ewdruch, youther, yowther (Jam.). I. A strong, dis-
agreeable smell or odour.
Sc. ' A filthy yowther,' as that of housed cattle (Jam.). Bch. He
was sae browden'd upon 't 'his tobacco pipe], that he was like to
smore us a" i' the coach wi'the very ewder o't, Forbes y?"/!. (1742)2.
Cld. A mischanter ewder (Jam.).
2. The steam or vapour arising from a boiling pot or
from anything burning.
Mry. The yowther drifted sae high, i' the sky, A^. Antiq. (1814)
271 (Jam.). Bch. When Hector try'd Thir barks to burn an'
scowder. . . . He cou'd na' bide the ewder, Yo\>.nt.^Ajax (1742) 2.
Abd. (Jam.)
3. A dust, collection of small atoms or particles; the
dust of flax.
Ayr. lliere's a ewdroch here like the niottiesin [sun] (Jam.).
EWE, sb} Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel. and
E-ng. I. Dial, forms : (i) Eow, (2) Eu, (3) Owe, (4) Yaa,
(5) Yaw, (6) Yeaw, (7) Yeo, (8) Yeow, (9) Yew, (10) Yo,
(III Yoe, (12) Yoh, (13) Youe, (14) Yow, (15) Yowe, (16)
//. Ewies, (17) Ewis, (18) Yowies. [ou, eu, jo, jou, jeu.]
(i)Wil. Britton />n?»//e-s(i825); (E.HG.) (2) w.Yks. Wright
Gram. IViidtdl. (1892) 36. (3) Der.2 (4) v/.Yks.i The aad yaa,
'i- 273. (s) n.Dev. Mus' . . . kiss a yaw that's ther, Rock /ih; an
A'?// (1867) St. 38. nw.Dev.' s.Dev. V ox Kingshridge {iSt^^). Cor.
Iss. rams and yaws, there ca'antbe twenty found, Tregellas Tales
(1865)46; Cor.i2 (6; n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. Hutton roMc
/o Caws I 1781). Glo.'2 (7iDer.=, nw.Der.i, Not. (LC M.j, Nhp.=,
Sur.' n Dev. Tha cortst tha natted yeo now-reert, Exm. Scold.
1 1746) 1. 210 ; Grose (1790). (8 Shr.' We'n got four an twenty
lombs uoth ten yeovvs (s. v. Yean). Glo. The town-dweller who
hears the countryman talk of 'yeows,' while he himself says'ewes,'
is wont to smile, Buckman J[)rtife's5o/'oK)-K (i89o)xiii. (9) w.Yks.
Thoresby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.« fioJDer.' Som. So pronounced
always by the old people (W.F.R.). (11) s.War.', Hrf.', Sus.',
w.Som.> (12 n.Lin.' (13) Bnff.' (14) Nhb." ' Haud yows,' a bye
name used in North and South Tyne by a certain portion of the
natives against their brethren of the hills, the sheep farmers on
those wild and dreary fells, £)ch/i(7>k /"j/jr/s I ed. 1892)273. Wm.
Weevegitlan . . . sum yows an lambs festcdoot,5/><'c./5;ii/.i 1880, pt.
ii. 22; ' K.) s.Wm.To see he's a yow dead, Hutton Dial. Stortli and
Arnsi'de (iq6o') \. og. n.Yks. (W.H.) ; n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' Swath
yows,' pasture fed ewes, as distinguished from sheep that browze
on the moors. ne.Yks.i, e.Yks.', w.Yks.', n.Lan.i s.Stf. Her looks
like an ode yow dressed lamb fashion, Pinnock B/t. Cv. Ann.
(18951. nw.Der.',Not.vJ.H.B.) Lin.Fourscooryowsuponit^TsNNY-
SONAf./a;7;;«-.OW5/)'/f (i864)st. 10. sw.Lin.n'he yows were pined:
they had not a bit of keep. Lei. ! W.W.S.\ s.Wor.', Hrf.2 Glo.
(A.B.1, Oxf.i, Nrf.iW.R.E.),Suf.(M.E.R.),Suni,Sus.=,Hmp.i'Dev.
White Cj'^/nH'iCo;;^;^^)- (1701) 128. (15) Abd.Herdin'hisyowes,
Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 236. Per. Yowes stcrvin', an' the
lambin' near, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 63. Rnf. Waefu'
bleat o'yowe an' lamb. Young P/rfiocs (1865. 13. Ayr. Anentthe
lambin' o' the yowes. Service Nolandiinis (i8go! 5. Lth. Ilk yowe
surely has lambs twa or three, Lumsden Sheep-head 1.1892) 63.
Bwk. The milking o' the yowes, Henderson Pofi. Rhymes (.1856)
76. Diiif. I had three-score o'yowes, Cromek Remains (1810) 199.
Gall. Keepin' the black-faced yowes alif the heuchs o' Rathan,
Crockett /?(i/'n'c«( 1894)11. Wxf.i n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. I. L.Ti.)
Nlib. .'V flock o' yowes, Robson Sng. Sol. ( 1859) iv. 2. Dur.' Cum.
Ivry yowe bearr twins, an' nut a geld yowe amang them, Dickin-
son Sng. Sol. (18591 iv. 2 ; Cum.' n.Yks. Sike teeaps an' yowes,
TwEDDELL Clenel. Rhvmes (1875) 61. w.Yks. (R.H.H.) ; 1 J.T.F.);
w.Yks.2, Not. (L.C.M.), Not.', s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Woorse nor a
far-vvelter'dyowe,TENNYsoNA'./v7;-);;«',A'fZf5i!y/f (1870)51.8. Lei.',
War.2, Brks.i, e.An.', Cnib.' I.W. I was afeard to goo in and lay
down andleave the yowes, Gray ..^/jjifs/y 1^1889) 111. 173. (Mony
a frost and mony a thowe Soon maks mony a rotten yowe, Swain-
SON Weather Flk-Lore (1873) 8.] (16) Lnk. Gently lead your ewies
gritwi' lamb, Rodger /'o««s( 1838) 120, ed. 1897. Gall. Ewies for
their younglin's maed, Nicholson Poet, Wks. (1814) 42, ed. 1897.
(17) Sc. And some for ky, and sum for ewis, Herd Coll. Sngs.
(1776) I. 51. (18) s.Sc. And his pet yowies on the hill Now shep-
herdless maun stray, Allan Poems V1887) 126.
II. Dial, meanings. 1. In cotnp. (i) Ewe-bucht or
-bught, a shccpfold or pen ; a place in which sheep are
milked; (2) -cat, a she-cat; (3) -chinned, having a re-
ceding chin, like a sheep or ewe; (4) -dyke, a dike or
fence set with hazel or willow rods, to keep sheep from
leaping over ; a row of short stakes forming a fence or
hedge ; (5) -hangs, see -dyke ; (6) -hog(g, a female sheep
at the stage next to that of lamb ; (7) -hung, see -dyke ;
(8) -lease, a grass field or down stocked witli sheep ; (9)
-locks, locks of wool taken from the udder of a ewe ; (10)
-milk, milk from ewes, used to make cheeses ; (11)
-milker, one who milks ewes ; (12) -necked, having a neck
like a ewe ; (13) -tegs, ewes only one year old ; (14) -wal-
nuts, tru files.
(i) Sc. At theendo'yonew-bucht, It's there theybaith sat doun,
KiNLOCH Ballads (1827) 169. n.Sc. The lassie sang In the ewe-
bught milking her ewes, Buchan iJn//(irfs (1828) I. 168, ed. 1875.
Elg. O mind ye the ewe-bughts, my Marion ? Couper Poetry (1804)
II. 269. Gall. In . . . the Duchrae Ewebuchts . . . were kept in
store pitch and oil for sheep dipping and cattle marking Crockett
Raiders (1894) xx, note, (2) w.Som.' Sex of cats is usually distin-
guished as ram-cat or ewe-cat [yoa* kat]. Dev. (R.P.C.), nw.Dev.'
(3) Cum. There's blue-nebb'd Watt, and ewe-chinn'd Dick, Gilpin
B(?//«rfs (1874) 129; Cum.' (4) N.Cy.', Nhb-' (5) Wm. ( J.H.) (6)
Sc. After a lamb has been weaned, until shorn of its first fleece, it
is a tup-hogg, ewe hogg, or wether-hogg. . . When the second
fleece has been removed, the ewe-hogg becomes a ewe if she is in
lamb. A'. V Q. (1856) 2nd S. i. 416. Bwk. Monthly Mag. (1814)
I. 31. Dor. They take the name of ewe-hogs sometime in the
autumn, Marshall Review (1817) V. 280. (7) Nhb.' (8) Dor.
The high, grassy, and furzy downs, coombs, or ewe-leases, as they
are indifferently called. Hardy iVess. Tales (1888) I. 3; Old Stanley
is cooking his supper out in the eulies (C.W.) ; The pasture on the
open downs for sheep is not worth more than zs. td. per acre,
and . . , their best enclos'd ewlees are worth 75. 6rf. or 85. per acre
(W.C.). (9 Cum.' (10) Sc. But maybe ye may like the ewe-milk,
that is the Buckholmside, cheese better, Scott Midlothian (1818)
xxxviii. Elg. The gardener's salad and his ewc-milk cheese, Tester
Poems (1865) 30. Per. Yowe-milk kebbuck. sweet to pree, Hali-
burton Ochd Idylls (1891) 133. (11) Sc. The door opened, and a
half-dressed ewe-milker . . . shut it in their faces, Scott Guy M.
( 1815) xxiii. (12) Cum.' The arch of the neck bending downwards.
Dev. The two raw-boned liacks which, ewe-necked and clean as
Eclipse in their pasterns, bore them to the meet, Mem. Rev. J.
Rnsselli 1883 jiii. nw.Dev.' Thickest along the throat, often applied
to horses by way of disparagement. [Such a courser ... but that he
was a little ewe-necked, faultless in form and figure, Barham In-
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goldsby{ed. 1864) Grey Dolplnit.'\ (i3)0xf. 40 ewe-legs, Marshall
Revkiv (1814) IV. 454 ; O.xf. Times (Dec. 17, 1898, 2. (14) Cun.
(H.W.)
2. Comp. in plant-names : (i) Ewe-bramble or -brimble,
(a) the dog-rose, Rosa canina ; {b) the blackberry, Riibiis
fni/icosits ; (2) -daisy, the blood-root, PoloitiHa Torinen-
titla ; (3) -gan, (4) -gowan or -gollan, the common daisy,
Bdlis peniiuis ; (5) -yorlin(g or -yornal, the earth-nut,
Bimiian flexuosmn ; also in form Yowie-yorlin.
(i, a) Dev. One bearing as much zemblance to t'other as a yew-
bramble bears to th' thorns she grows over, Madox- Brown Yeth-
hoiinds (1876) 256. n.Dev. Yew-brimmel too sa early. Rock Jim
an' Nell (1867) st. 50. (i) w.Som.' This term is gen. apphcd to an
individual specimen, and mostly when of a coarse rank growth.
Brooms made of heath are always bound round with a yoa bruml.
(2') Nhb.i Known also as Shepherd's knot, Flesh-and-blood. 13)
n.'yks.^ (4) Sc. Apparently denominated from the ' ewe,' as being
frequent in pastures, and fed on by sheep (Jam.). Bwk. He wad
watch theweeewe-gowanwaken.CHisHOLM Pof«i5(i879)53. Slk.
Enough to mak the pinks an' the ewe gowans blush, Hogg Tales
(1838) 35, ed. 1866 ; Far dearer to me is the humble ewe-gowan,
ib. Poems (ed. 1865) 273. N.Cy.', Nhb.' 15) Cum.'; Cum.^ In
central Cum. [the pig-nut] is called a yowie-yorlin, 184 (ed. 1873).
3. Fig. An elderly woman.
e.Yks. An old woman who dresses like a young girl, is said to
be ' a awd yow i' lamb fashion,' Nicholson /"ft-S/i. (1889') 4. Cmb.'
And has he married her? Why the old yowe's the same age as
his mother.
4. A stupid, easy-going person. Bnff.*
5. A cone, in comb. Fir ewe, the fruit of the fir, spruce, &c.
Abd. Fir cones were often used by children in play to represent
sheep ' A.\V.\ nw.Abd. Sma scrimpit things Jist leykayoungfir
ewe, Goodivife (1867) st. 27,
E'WE, si.'' e.An. A shelly kind of earth.
e.An. White ewe is a shelly kind of earth in the fens, Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863'. Suf. Rainbird Agric. (1819) 292, ed. 1849.
E'WE, see Owe.
EWEL, int. Slk. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Indeed, really. See Aweel.
E'WE-LOAF, sb. Obs. Lan. A loaf, presented by
bakersatChristmas asagift to their customers ; seebelow.
In mj' own recollection a cake decorated with the head of a
Iamb, named the ' Ewe-loaf,' was the Christmas present of the
bakers at Poulton, Thornber Hist. Blaclipool f 1837) 91.
E'WENDRIE, sb. m.Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The refuse of oats after the grain has
been fanned, weak grain.
E'WER, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. l.Ma. Written ewr n.Yks. ; and in forms ure Sc.
(Jam.) N.Cy.' Nhb.' ne.Yks.' m.Yks.'; yawer Cum.';
yewer Nhb.' e.Yks. ; yooer Cum.' ; yoor n.Yks.; yower
e.Yks. w.Yks.' Lan.' n.Lan.' ne.Lan.' ; yowr w.Yks. ;
yowyer w.Yks.' ; yuer n.Yks.' ne.Yks,' ; yure N.Cy.'
Dur.' n.Yks.^ e.Yks. m.Yks.' w.Yks. [iuar, jiu'ar, jii'ar.]
1. sb. The udder of a cow, sheep, &c.
Rxb., Dmf. (Jam.) n.Cy. Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1858) 178; Grose
(1790) ; N.Cy.'. Nhb.', Dur.', Cum.', n.'Wm. I,B K.) n.Yks. Her
ewr's but swampe, shee's nut for milk, I trow, Meriton Praise Ale
(1684)1.30; n. ■yks. '^, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. To rub the [strange lanibe]
aboute the ewe's yower. Best Pnr. Peon. (^1641 , 7; Marshall A'»^.
Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Hutton Torir to Cnves
(i78i);'WiLLAN ListlVds. (1811); (R.M.H. ; w.Yks.' Heryowyer
is seea hellerd vvi' t'fellon, ii. 290. Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' l.Ma.
Middling fair ewer, good quarter, five calves, Caine Man.xiuan
(1895 pt. V. xiii.
2. Comp. (i) Ewer-joint, the joint near the udder or thigh
ofahorse, opposite the hock or hough. w.Yks.'; (2) -locks,
the locks of wool growing round the udder of a sheep,
which are pulled off when nearlambing-time. Rxb. (Jam.)
3. IK To grow big in the udder ; to swell prior to calving.
n.Yks. T'cow'syoorin' weel, she'll seeancauve(I.W.) ; n.Yks.',
ne.Yks.'
[Norw. cVia]. j'lir, an udder, also juer,jiiver( A asei^) ; Sw.
dial./«r (RiETz) ; ON. */«/>-.]
EWEST,rtrfy. Sc. Also in form yewest (Jam.). Nearest,
most contiguous. Cf anewst.
Sc. To be sure, they lie maist ewest, Scorr IVavertcy (1814) xlii.
Dmf. Still used (Jam.).
E'WHOW, /«/. Sc. An exclamation of grief or alarm.
Sc. Ewhow, sirs, to see his faither's son at the like o' thae fear-
less follies ! Scott Old Mortality 1 1816) ii ; Ewhow, sirs, ony thing
rather than that, ib. BIk. Dwaif (1816) xv. Rxb. Used also as an
exclamation expressive of surprise (Jam.).
E'WIES, E-WK, see Ewe, sb.\ Yewk.
E'WM, 21. w.Yks.^ [eum.] To persuade.
This word is still used, and was used about Ecclesall fifty or sixty
years ago. ' I shouldn't ha' done it, but he fairly ewmed me into it."
E'WN, EWTE, see Oven, Eute.
EX, see Ax. s/;.'. Ask, v.^
EXACTUALLY, adv. Lei. Exactly.
Lei.' It is not cxactuallv his own fault, Round Preacher, 85.
EXCEPPINS./rc/.. " Sc. Except.
They'll ne'er set their fit within the kirk waw, exceppins now
and than, to see and be seen, Magopico (ed. 1836) 34.
EXCEPT, V. Obs. Sc. To take exception to, to object.
Sc. You will not except at my doubling the loading if I double
the fare? Scorr A'<'5'<!/(i822l xxvi. Ayr. They except against God's
dealing, Dickson IVrilim^s 1660) I. 40, ed. 1845.
EXCISE.!'. N.Cy.'Shr.' To extort, exact ; to impose
upon, overcharge.
EXCLAIMIKGS, si.//. Irel. Blamings.
Ant. There will be no exclaimings fS.A.B.).
EXCUMGENT, adj. Nhb. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Smart, extra fine.
'Where are you going, you are quite excumgent?' 'How
do you like my new bonnet?' ' Oh, it is quite excumgent.' Heard
among servants, A'. & Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 5.
EXEEM, V. Obs. Sc. Also written exeme. To exempt.
Sc. The whole Greeks were made soldiers, none were exeemed,
Scotia'stns (i-]8-i) 117; He hath no title to be exeemed from the
obligations of the code of politeness, Scott IVaverlry (i8i4)xii. Per,
Nolivinggreatorsmallcan be Exeem'd or spared from his tyrannic,
Smith Poems (1714) no, ed. 1853. Slg. In so doing, I should not
exeem doubts neither, but raise greater, do no good to the cause,
but great harm, Bruce Sermons (c. 1631) 106, ed. 1843. Lnk. Our
Lord himself was not exemed to be slandered as no friends to
Caesar, Wodrow Cli. Hist. (1720) II. 124, ed. 1828.
[Lat. e.vimere, to exempt ; for the phonology cp. redeem,
Lat. rcdiiiteir.]
EXEMPLIFY, ti. Lon. To underscore words or letters
in addresses, inscriptions, &c., so as to make them stand
out in relief. (F.R.C.)
EXEMPT, ppt. adj. Hrf* Destitute of, without.
I'm quite exempt of damsons this year.
EXEN, sb. pi. Obs. n.Cy. -Oxen. Grose (1790).
[OE. e.veii (as well as oxait), pi. of o.xa, an ox.]
EXERCISE, sb. and v. Sc. Lan. Also written exer-
ceese. [e'ksarsiz.] 1. sb. Worship, prayers, esp. in
phr. fo make e.xcrcise, to hold family praj'ers or worship.
Sc. Their family exercise being ended, Preshy. Eloq. (cd. 1847)
12 ; Her father returned from the labour of the evening, when it
was his custom to have 'family exercise,' Scnn Midlothian (1818) ix;
1 went down stairs again to the parlour to make exercise, Steant-
6ort/(i822) 299 (Jam.). Abd. The exercise concluded witliaprayer
of a quarter of an hour, Macdonald Alee Poibes (1876) 22. Frf.
Fam ily exercise came on early in many houses, Bar rie 7o;;/;;;_^(i896)
341. Per. The moorland overhanging the scene of the 'exercises'
was always dotted over at their conclusion with straggling com-
panies of the worshippers returning home, Cleland Inchbracken
(1883) 61, ed. 1887. Fif. The exercises shall be moderate [presided
over 1 by the Bishops in the meeting of the ministry, Scot Apolog.
(1642) 227, ed. 1846. Slg. I would think this day's exercise well em-
ployed, Bruce 5omoHSvc. 1631 lix. Ayr. From the dreighnessof his
morning excrceese. Service Dr. Dtigiiid (ed. 18871 85. Lnk. The
father rose, and taking down 'the big ha' Bible, '..laid it upon the3'oung
man's knees, with the words, ' Wullj-e mak' exercise ? ' Hamilton
Poems (1865) 200; Minister cam' to inquire what was wrang. He
made exercise, too, an' converst wi' her lang, Watson Poems
(1853) 32. Bwk. One of the decent neighbours . . . was called upon
to make an exercise on the occasion, Henderson Pop. Rhymes
(1856) 97. Lan. In a little time I laid open the nature of the
exercise, and prayed for a blessing. Then the exercise was carried
on by John Parkinson, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 88.
Hence Exerceesing, sb. public worship.
Abd. My legs can carry me twal miles to the laigh kirk of F — ,
even though I ambereavedof the forenoon's exerceesing, Ruddiman
Sc. Parish (i8a8) 40, ed. 1889.
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EXTRAVAGE
2. Phr. exera'se and athiitinn, the critical explanation of a
passage of Scripture, which a divinity student has to pre-
pare before he is licensed or ordained as a minister; also
such an explanation at a meeting of the Presbytery ; see
below.
Sc. The critical explication of a passage of Scripture, at a meeting
of Presbytery, by one teaciiing presbyter, succeeded by a specifica-
tion of the doctrines contained in it by another; both exliibitions
tobejudgedof, andcensured if necessary, bytherest of thebrethren.
The second spealcer is said to add (Jam.); Ol)SoL ' Exercise and
additions ' is the name given to a prescribed exegesis, with ex-
pository remarks and paraphrase, of a portion of the original texts
of Holy Scripture, which a divinity student has to prepare as one of
his 'trials' for licence to preach, and as one of his college dis-
courses. In old times the presbyterial ' exercise ' was an essaj- or
paper by a member of Presbytery on some theological topic (A. W.) ;
The Presbyterial Exercise and Addition : the Exercise gives the
coherence of the text and context, the logical division, and division
of the words. . . The Addition gives the doctrinal propositions or
truths, Stewart Co//. (1700) 30 (Jam.).
3. V. To pray, hold a prayer-meeting.
Lan. Common. ' He exercised in prayer' (S.W.l.
EXERCISES, sb. pi. Yks. A child's game of ball ;
see below.
n.Yks. Throw the ball up three times and catch it, doing an exer-
cise (the same each time) between each throw (if you don't catch
the ball you are out) ; when you have gone through all the exercises
thcgame is won. Clap hands once each time to the first three throws
of the ball ; next clap hands twice each time to three throws ; then
clap thrice to each throw ; next clap i, a, 3 behind the back to
each ball, &c. (I.W.)
EXHORT, sb. Sc. An exhortation, address.
Rnf. He finished his ' polished exhort,' as brother Craw called
it, GiLMOUR Pen Fik. (1873) 29.
[Everywhere he breathed exhorts, Chapman Iliad
(i6n) XI. 183.]
EXHOUST, ppl. adj. Sc. Exhausted, worn out.
Ayr. Shusy and Sannock were lyin' heids and thraws on the
(lure, in a very exhoust and fo] foiighten condition. Service Nolan-
dttws (i8go) 119.
EXIES, see Access.
EXONER, V. Obs. Sc. To relieve of a burden ; to
exonerate, free from responsibility.
Sc. This I have done to exoner my conscience in the sight of a
holy and jealous God, Thomson Cloud of IVitiiesses (1714) 334, ed.
1871. Frf. Great Murray, your faith will exoner, If you try, just,
and swallow your aith, Sands Pof«i5( 1833) 193. Per. O Phoebus,
. . Exoner me, and polish my engine ! Nicol Poems (1753) 174, ed.
1766. Slg. The ground must be exonered of this iniquitie, Bruce
Sermons (c. 1631) xiii. Lnk. When we have exonered ourselves,
we must leave that business on the Lord, Wodrow Ch. Hist.
11720) I. 39, ed. 1828.
[ Fr. exoiierer, to relieve from a burden.]
EXPECT, V. n.Cy. Dun Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Hnt. Ess. [ekspekt] To
suppose, assume, take for granted ; to conclude, infer.
n.Cy. Grose ( 1790); N.Cy.', Dur.i s.Dur. I expect he'll be here
to-morrow (J. E.D.). Cum.' I expect it's reet. n.Yks.i ne.Yks.'
Ah expect there's boun ti be a stir i t'toon. w.Yks. (C.C.R.) ;
Almost equivalent to American ' guess,' Banks Wkfld. Wds.
(1865; ; w.Yks.i ; w.Yks.^ Ah expect ye're barn yonder to-morn
John ? If it raans ah expect ye'll put it off? Lan. Aw expect
ye'll not be long afoor ye come ageean, Ackworth Clog Shop
Chron. (1896) 186. Chs.' 2; Chs.^ Rather an extended sense of
the word,— a sort of a cross between expecting and hoping, with
a dash of imagining and believing. Der.^, nw.Der.' n.Lin.i'Well,
I expect I hev' han's, but I can't tell 'em by th' fealin',' said by a
person whose hands were 'perished 'by cold. Lei.''Oi doon't expect
a did,'^f«. means' I am perfectly certain he did not. Nhp.' Applied to
things past, not future, as ' I expect he went to town yesterday.'
War. B'ham IVkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War.' ; War.'^ I expect
you're pretty tired ; War.a Shr.2 I expect you have had a pleasant
journey. The polite expect things that are in the future, the vulgar
... expect things that are past. HntT.P.F.l Ess. She (I expect)
for lunch, some cake, Or suffin gud had had, Clark/. Noakes
(1839^ St. 66.
EXPECTANT, sb. Obs. Sc. A candidate for the
ministry who has not yet been licensed or ordained.
No expectant shall be permitted to preach in publike before a
congregation, Act. Ass. Glasgow (Aug. 7, 1641) (Jam.).
EXPEDE, V. Obs. Sc. To dispatch, expedite, further.
Sc. The publication to be expede by the moderators of ilk presby-
tery, Spalding ///VY. Sc. (1792) II. 25a (Jam.). Lnk. He had been
expeding some of his private business in Cheapside, 'Wodrow C/i.
Hist. (1720) III. 443, ed. 1828.
EXPENSE, I). Bdf.e.An. [ekspe'ns.] I. With wM:
to make use of.
Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 150.
2. With with: to dispense with, do without.
Nrf. Oh ! we can expense with that worry well (VV.R.E.). Snf.
(C.G. B.) e.Suf. I can expense with your help after to-night.
Heard constantly (F.H.).
EXPERIENCE, sb. Suf. An experiment.
Suf. To try the experience (C.T.) ; (C.G.B.) e.Suf. I mean to
make an experience of my new plough to-morrow. I will give the
horse an experience when I take a ride this afternoon (F.H.).
EXPIRY, sb. Obs. Sc. Expiration, termination.
After the expiry of a year. Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 436; If
they could amuse themselves by strolling for an hour, a bell would
summon to the house at the expiry of that time, Scott St. Ronan
(1824) XX.
EXPLOIT, sb} Wor. [eksploi't.] An experiment,
asp. in phr. to try an exploit.
s.Wor. I've tried most hevery exploit I be up to to get this roof
right, PoRSON Oiiaint Wds. (1875) 29; (H.K.)
EXPLOIT, s*.* Irel. A hurry.
Crk. Going off on an exploit (S.A.B.).
EXPRESS, sb. Sc. A special errand or business.
Per. ' Tom was sent awa an express ' would readily be under-
stood that he was sent an express journey or errand (G.'W.). Slk.
■Willie's wife had occasion to cross the wild heights ... on some
express, Hogg Talcs (1838) 296, ed. 1866.
EXPRESSIONS, s6./'/. s.Wor.* Coarse language.
EXTERICS, sb. pL Sc. (Jam.) Hysterics.
EXTORTION, V. Chs. To cheat, charge exorbitantly.
Also used i)itr. with on.
Chs.' I would not give it him, for I thought he only wanted to
extortion me. s.Chs.' Ahy kud sey ey waan-tid ekstaurshun on
mi, bur ah soon let im noa' ah wuz iip til sniif [I could sey hey
wanted extortion on me, bur ah soon let him know ah was up to
snuffj. [A bed and a breakfast ... for which they extortioned me
three shillings and saxpence, Marryat P. Simple (1833) viii.]
[For such [meat] as they got they were extortioned,
Spalding Trottbl. Clias. I (1663), ed. 1792, I. 124.]
EXTRACT, 56. w.Yks. A woollen material, separated
from mixtures with cotton (usually as rags) by means of
acids, and afterwards dried in a hot room. (H.H.) ; (M.F.)
EXTRANEAN, sb. Sc. An outsider, stranger, one
not belonging to a household.
Abd. No adult stranger of the male sex should again be permitted
to occupy the position ofanextranean, even, in his household, Alex-
ander Ain /"/*. (1882) 4; In the Grammar School at Aberdeen the
'extranean' was one who had not gone through the regular curri-
culum from the lowest to the highest classes, or attended a whole
school year in the highest classes, but had come from other schools
for the last quarter in order to get a final drill or finishing touch
before going to compete for the University bursaries or scholar-
ships (A.W.i.
EXTRAORDINAR, adj. Sc. Written exter- Abd. ;
extraordinaire Ayr. Extraordinary. Also used advb.
e.Sc. If I was you, I wouldna let on about sic an extraordinar'
likin', Setoun 7?. Urqiihart (1896) xviii. Abd. It's exterordinar'
foo they've marriet throu' ither, Alexander Ain Flk. (188a) 151.
Per. It's maist extraordinar hoo the seasons are changin' ! Ian
Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) 209. Rnf. A dour man, wi' an
extraordinar' grip o' gospel truth, Gilmour Pen Flk. (1873) 19.
Ayr. That's verra extraordinaire, Galt Entail ! 1823) ii. e.Lth.
Nae dou't he had spoken extraordinar weel. Hunter J. Inwick
(1895) 178.
Hence Extraordinars, sb. pi. unusual or extraordinary
events.
Edb. Anxious to inquire ... if any extraordinars had occurred
on the yesterday, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xxii.
[Fr. extraordinaire:, for the Sc. -aire (-ar) cp. contrair.]
EXTRAVAGE, v. Sc. To wander about ; fig. to de-
viate in discourse; to speak incoherently.
Sc. The Duke of Albany desired, that he might be permitted to
EXTREME
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speak, where he extravaged so that they inclined ... to find that
he deserved to be put in a correction-house, Fountainhall (cd.
1759) 1- '37 (Jam.). Wgt. To keep their children from extravaging
and committing abuses on the Sabbath days, Fraser Wigtown
(1877) 177.
EXTREME, adv. Obs. Lon. Extremely, exceedingly.
The best of us gen. use the adj. for the adv., where there
is any degree of comparison to be expressed. ' How extreme cold
the weather is,' Pegge Eng. Lang. (.1803) 240, ed. 1844; Quite out
of date now [1843], ib. note.
EY, adv. Cum.' In phr. ey and away, right away.
See Aye, adv.'^
EY, EYAMS, see Aye, adv.'^, Hames.
EYCH(E, EYDENT, see Each, adj., Eident.
EYDONS, sb. pi. Obs. Dor. Harrows.
Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in A^. & Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366.
[Cp. ME. eyihe, a harrow {P. Plowman, c. xxii. 273), the
pi. of which eythes is prob. repr. in the Wil. ais, harrows ;
see A, sb. Eydons is prob. a double pi., fr. OE. egeSe (orig.
a wk. sb ?), a'harrow, OHG. egida.]
EY(E, see Ea.
EYE, sb.^ and v. Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. [ai, 1, oi.] I. sb. Dial, forms. 1. sitig. (i)
E, (2) Ee, (3) Eie, (4) Oye. [For further examples see II
below.]
(i) Sc. (Jam. Sh/1/i/.) Cum.l (2) Sc. Murray Z>ja/. (1873") 158.
Cai.', Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. Gl. (1851). Wm. A thowt a wed just
oppm t'teea ee, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 9. n.Yks.= ^, m.Yks.',
e.Yks.', w.Yks.'3, Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.', nw.Der.' n.Dev. Cassent
zee a sheen in thy reart ee, E.xni. Scold. (1746) I. 128. (3) Bnff.
Tho' floods o' tears gush frae their eie, Taylor Poems (1787) 13.
Edb. Sic sorrow now maun sadden ilka eie, Fergusson Poems
(1773) no, ed. 1785. (4~) Ess.'
2. pi. (i) Aies, (2) Een, (3) Ees, (4) Eien, (5) Ein, (6)
Ene, (7) Eyen, (8) Eyn, (9) Eyne, (10) Heen, (11) lean,
(12) In, (13) Uyn, (14) Yees.
(i) e.Dev. Yer aies be laike 'eud-culvers' aies, Pulman Sng.
Sol. (i86q) i. 15. (2) Sc. To see motes in ilka other's een if other
een see them no, Scott Poh Roy (1817) xxiii. Cai.', N.I.', Wxf.'
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' e.Dur.' ' Aa'll put thee
een out!' Only used in this single expression, and that by old
people. Cum. Heedless I glim'd, nor could my een command, Relph
Misc. Poems (1743) 4 ; Cum.' Wm. Her sawcy een were ticing
fools, Uv-rroN Bran New Wark (1785) 1. 145. n.Yks.'=3, ne.Yks.',
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.TnoRESBY /.£«.( 1703); w.Yks.'^"*; w.Yks.s
Roaring her een art ommast, 78. Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.'^, nw.Der.',
n.Lin.' (3) n.Yks. He maks me e'es wi' tears te swim, Castillo
Poems (1875) 21. e.Yks. His ees was reet blocked up, Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 36; e.Yks.', n.Lin.' Dev. White Cyman s Conductor
(1701) 136. (4) Bnff. Frae their eien gush'd tears o' bluid, Taylor
Po«Hs (1787) 38. (5) Sc. Murray £>;«/. (1873) 158. Edb. Nature
has afore your ein A' things for your impruivcment gien, Lear-
wont Poems (1791) 3; The modest glances o' her ein, Fergusson
Po«ms(i773) 107, ed. 1785. Wxf.' (6)Sc.(Ja,m.) (7')Sc. (iA.) Per.
Afore ony man I hae e'er clappit me eyen on, Clel and Inr/i bracken
(1883) 76, ed. 1887. Nhb.' In common use as late as 1824, now
scarce. n.Yks. Remmon [5!c]thaaneyen fraemah, Robinson Whitby
Sng. So/, (i860) vi. 5: n.Yks. 2 m.Yks.' A refined and seldom
used plural. w.Y'ks. On the evidence of his * own eyen,' Banks
Wooers (1880) I. 17. Shr.' They'n the frummest tatoes as be,
an' more'n that, they'n the ebbest eyen. (8) s.Chs.' 56. (9)
n.Sc. There's black eyne in Carglcn, Gordon Carglen (1891) 200.
Fif. Uprose to Maggie's stounded eyne the sprite, TENNANT^Hs/fj-
(1812) 10, ed. 1871. Nhb. With her eyne on an ancient book,
Richardson Borderer's Tahle-bk. ( 1846) VI 11. 73. Yks. His feyther's
never clapt eyne on him yet, Gaskell Sylvia (1863) I. ii. Lan.
His ballad mongering to these eyne alone, Roby Trad. (1872) I.
256. Chs.', Der.' Dev. If there mine eyne had not it zcene,
Stroud Sng. (c. 1640) st. 4. (10) Lan. Come, dri thi heen, Ailse,
Harland Lyiirs (1866) 197; The printur meshurt mi wi iz heen,
Scholes 7"nH Ga»iie<d//fe 11857) 3. (ii)WxfJ (12) m.Yks.' On
the part of old people, ih'n, i h'n. w.Yks. In, Wright Gram.
IVndhll. (1892) 108. (13) w.Som. Uj'n . . . used in this district
quite within 'the memory of the oldest inhabitant,' Elwortiiy
Gram. (1877) 7. ((4) n.Dev. Grose (1790).
II. Dial. uses. I. {a) sing. In comb, (t) Eye-band,
a covering placed over the eyes so as to blindfold any
one ; (2) -bite, obs., io bewitch or charm by the influence of
the ' evil eye ' ; (3) -bree, (a) the eyebrow ; a\sofg. ; {b) pi.
eye-lashes; (4) -brek crop, the third crop after lea; (5)
-brekes, see -bree (b) ; (6) -bright, (a) the germander
speedwell, Veronica Chamaedrys ; (b) the plant Euphrasia
officinalis ; (c) the cat's-eyes, Epilobittm angiistifolium ; (d)
the alkanet, Anchusa officinalis ; (c) the great starwort,
Stellaria Holostea ; (7) -bruff, see -bree (a) ; (8) -clout, a
pocket-handkerchiel ; (9) -feast, (a) a rarity, curiosity ;
(A) a satisfying glance, a long look; (10) -ful, observant,
intent, watchful, careful ; (11) -hole, a depression in a
potato from which the buds spring; (12) -leet or -light,
a bright look or glance ; (13) -list or -last, [a) an eyesore,
deformity, that which offends the eye ; a flaw, fault,
offence ; (b) a cause of regret ; (14) -mote, a dust particle
or atom in the eye ; used fig. ; (15) -piece, [a) that part of
a slaughtered pig's head which contains the ej'e ; {b) to
scrutinize, observe closely ; (16) -proof, ocular demonstra-
tion ; (17) -sconner, a dark look, glance from an 'evil eye';
(18) -seeds, a plant whose seeds, if blown into the eye, are
said to remove bits of dust, cinders, or insects that may
have lodged there; (19) -servant, T^g-. a screw cheese-
press which, if not constantly watched and turned, will
not work ; (20) -sight, vision, sight; (21) -sore, see -list
(a); (22) -stone, a pierced ball of pebble, supposed to
heal diseases of the eye ; see below ; (23) -sweet, pleasing
to the eye ; also ustA/ig. ; (24) -teeth, in phr. to have all
one's eye-leelh about one, to be shrewd, capable, wise ; (25)
-tiller, the top of the handle of a spade ; (26) -vang,
a strap or stay to which the girth of the saddle is buckled ;
(27) -warrant, see -proof ; (28) -water, (a) an eye-lotion ;
(b)fig. weak ale or beer; (29) -wet, tears; (30) -wharm,
(31) -winker, an eyelash.
(i) Lan. Meh hewr war clottert wi' gore, boh t'eebond an t'gog
wur gone, Ainsworth Witches (ed. 1849) Introd. iii. (2) n.Cy.
(Hall.), w.Yks.' (3, «) Frf. Heavy shnggy e'ebroos an' a lang
moustache, WiLLOCK /i'o5f«j'-^"''^(^<^- '889) 113. Per.The gouden
hair waved roon her classic e'e bree, Edwards Lyrics (1889) 52.
Rnf. Her bonnie e'ebree's a holie arch Cast by nae earthlie han'.
Harp (1819) 161. Ayr. Ye'U ken her by her dark e'ebree. Service
Notandnms (1890) 88. Lnk. The lane star that hings on the e'e-
bree o' morn Grew pale, Hamilton Poems (1865) 22. Lth. Twa
three-neukit ee-brees aye loupin' wi' glee, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 99. Edb. His e'e-bree . . . became as green as a docken
leaf, MoiR Mansie Waiich (1828) xxiv. SIk. Down comes a great
. . . eagle . . . frae about the e'e-bree of the heavens, Hogg Talcs
(1838) 69, ed. 1866; Let's blacken his ee-brees and gie him
mistashes, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 299. Dmf. Her
bonnie eebree's a holie arch, Cromek Remains (1810) 12. Nhb.'
w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl. Laa. Mee ecbrees
. . . wur dawbt un barckult wi it too, Paul Bobbin Sequel
(1819) 19; Lan.' He's a fause un, aw con tell bi his ee-brees.
n.Lan. 3 man wi' blak ai-brias (W.S.). e.Lan.', nw.Der.', s.Wor.
(H.K.) (6) N.Cy. ^ Wm. Thoo's swing'd o' thi e-breeas offwi'
t'can'nle (B.K.). (4) n.Sc. (Jam.) (5) n.Cy. (Hall.) (6, n) Ant.,
Dwn., ne.Yks., Midi., Shr.,w.Som.' (i) n.Yks., Chs.', w.Chs., Dev.*
(c) Dev.* (rf, e) w.Som.' (7) n.Yks.^ (8) w.Yks. Theaze white
ee-claats cud tell a fine tale abaht tears if they cud nobbat tawk,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1873) 54. (9, a) Ayr. (Jam.)
kJ}') Rnf., Ayr. {ib ) (lo) n.Yks.^ 'He's varry eeful ower his brass.'
' Be eeful,' mind what you are about. (11) Chs.' Skerries is wasty
taters, they'n gotten sich deep eye-holes. s.Chs.' (12) ne.Lan.
' There's nought like sunleet in a woman's face.' 'Thaa means cye-
leet,' Mather Idylls (1895)260. (13,(1) Sc. I'veoutsight andinsight
and credit, And i'rae ony eelist I'm free, Chambers Sh^s. (1829) II.
604. Fif. Such eyelisls and offences . . . were the occasion of just
discontentment to his majesty, Scot Apolog. (1642) 181, ed. 1846.
Slg. The second eye-last that appeareth in this denunciation is this,
it appeareth to be superfluous, Bruce S«'oto»s (c. 1631) vi. (6)
Dmf. (Jam.) (14) n.Yks.^ It isn't worth an ce-mooat. w.Yks.
Leeds Merc. Snppl. (Jan. 15, 1893). (15,(1) War.2 (A) i4. Just
eyepiece this sewing over, and see if the stitching's done well.
(16) n.Yks.2 I had ec-preeafon"t. (17) I'A. (18) n.Lin.' [Probably
Salvia Verbcnaca (B. & H.).] (19) Chs.' (20) Lnk. Nor mune
nor star Blink't on the eesicht near or far, Murdoch Doric Lyre
(1873) II. e.Dur.' Never abbreviated into * sight.' We always
ken folk by 'eyesight.' (21) N.L', Cum.', n.Yks.", w.Yks.'*
Ken.' A dissiglit ; a detriment. 'A sickly wife is a great eyesore to
a man.' (22) ne.Sc. A small perforated ball made of Scotch pebble
which has been in the possession of the present family for at least
six generations has the virtue of curing diseases of the eye It goes
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by the name of the Eestehn,and is thought to contain all the colours
of the eye. It must on no account be allowed to fall to the ground.
When put into a mixture of milk and water a lotion is formed
capable of curing every kind of disease of the eye, Gkegor Flk-
Lore {iSSi) 39. (231 Sc. It is not so soon made cye-swect for
Christ, RuTHERFOiU'i Lcll. {1660) No. I78(Jam.). n.Wm.Trimt'dike
an' mak thi job eyesweet (B K.). (24) w.Wor. He seems to have
all his eye-teeth about him, S. Beauchamp Giaiil/ey Grange (T874)
I. 169. (25) Suf. Rainbird ^^nc. (1819) 294, ed. 1849. (26) Dev.
Horae Subiecivae (1777) 146. (27) n.Yks.^ (28,(11 Ayr. A flask
of eye-water which she had herself distilled, Galt Gilhaize (1823)
ix. (A) Lan. Brierley IVaneylow (1884) 89. (29) Lan. A sym-
pathisin hanketchcrful ov e'e-weet,CLEGG S/tf /</;«( 1 895 ) 376. (30)
Sh.I. (.Jam-). S. & Ork.' (31) Sc. (Jam.) [Amer. 1 would prefer
a Pitman without an eye-winker, or fuzz enough on him to make
a camel's-hair pencil, Adeler tlurly-Biirty (1878) xix.]
(b) pi. (i) Eenbright, bright to the ej'cs, shining, lumi-
nous : (2) -holes, the sockets of the ej'cs ; (3) -nointment,
eye-salve or ointment.
(i) SIk, Standing thick o' eenbright beaming drops like morning
dew, WoGC Perils vf Man {1^22) II. 90. (2) Lnk. In their een-holes
shin'd a licht That glinted thro' the gloom o' nicht, Thomson
Musings (1881) 63. n.Yks.'=, ne.Yks.', m.Yks.i (3) n.Yks.2
2. Phr. (i) the Eye of Christ, the germander speedwell,
Veronica Chamaediys; (2) — q/'//(f (7(7)', noon, midday ; (3)
— 0/ the needle, a name given to a tree which has a double
trunk united ; (4) — of summer, the middle of summer,
midsummer; (51 (7for/(7C('(?orfj'^, a darling, apple of the eye;
(61 an eye! an exclamation ; (7) wliat an eye ! what a view !
what a vista ! (8) a clear eye, a clear road or passage ; (9)
(T_/7t)ui(«^ (Te, a mark, spot, or hole in a drinking-vessel,
be3'ond which it could not be filled ; (10) a light eye, a
break in the clouds; (11) black is the eye or black is the
ivhite of the eye, see below ; (12 1 within lialf an eye, almost
right, not quite exact ; (13) to have one's eye on, to approve
of; (14) to judge by the rack of the eye, to measure anything
with the eye ; (15) to please the eye if it plagues one's heart,
see below ; (16) to put anything in the eye and yet see no
worse for it, said of anything very small and insignificant ;
(I-]} to put out the eye, to get the advantage of ; {18) to put
an eye into drink of any kind, to put a small quantity of
spirit into drink ; (ig) eyes and limbs, used constantly in
imprecations ; hence to eye and limb any one, to anathe-
matize the eyes and limbs ; (20) to bang among the eyes,
to hit between the eyes ; (21) to have the eyes in the tnirli-
goes, to see things indistinctly or blurred ; to imagine one
sees something which is not there ; (22) to have eyes like
Iwo burnt holes in a blanket, said in derision; (23) to see
between the eyes, to set ej'es on, see ; (24) to wet both eyes, to
take two glasses of wine, spirits, &c.
(i) Wal. Welsh names of flowers are often pretty. .. Germander
Speedwell has won for it the appellation of the Eye of Christ,
Monthly Pkt. (Dec. 1863) 683. (2) Sc. How daur ye come at the
ee o' day. To tread the fairy lea? Edb. Mag. (Oct. 1818) 327 (Jam. ^;
An' ay we flew ... In the glowan ee o' day, ib. (July 1819) 526.
Fif. It was the vera ee o' the day, what time the carefu' kinimers
keekaneath the kail pat's lid to sey The boilin'o' Ihebeef, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 75. (3) Ker. In the island of Innisfallen, Killarney,
is a tree called the eye of the needle. The name was given to the
tree owing to its double trunk uniting, Black Flk-Medicine (.1883)
iv. (4) Sh.I. Dark ! Man, doo's doitin'. As fir dark i' da e'e o'
simmer, Sh. News (July 23, 1898). (5) Abd. (Jam.) Rnf. My
lad was my mither's tae e'e, Neilson Poems (1877) 59. (6) Cor.
Dancing ... in an out . . . the now low burning tar-barrels, crying
out, 'An eye, an eye,' Flk-Lore Jm. 1 1886) IV. 236. (7) n.Yks.^
(8) n.Yks.i ; n.Yks.^ ' Go in when there is a clear eye,' no crowd,
but a ready dispatch. (9) Ayr. He took the glass from the dra-
goon's hand and held it to his wife, who again filled it to the flowing
eye, Galt GiY/iaiic (1823) xxvi. (10) Hmp. (J.R.W.), Hmp.l (11)
Sc. No man should be a minister o' a parish if the folk jist say they'll
no ha'e him, wi'oot gien rhyme or reason, . . wi'oot sayin' black's
e'e or ought against him, Crack aboot Kirk (1843) 3. Per. I'll no
say black's yer e'e [I'll say nothing] (G.W.). Dmb. Wad ye offer
for to go for to insinuate onything against my character ? . . I
defy you to say black is the white o' my e'e. Cross Z):i»-M/i<ic>«( 1844)
xix. n.Cy. There is a vulgar saying in the North, . . ' No one can
say black is your eye,' meaning that nobody can justly speak ill of
you, Brand Po/. .^«% (ed. 1813) 11.399. w.Yks.' (i2)n.Yks.2
' It's right within half an eye,' that is, a little further observation
would have hit the point exactly. (13) Snr. N. &^ Q. (1874) 5th
S. i. 361 ; Sur.i (s.v. Have). (14) w.Yks. He judged bi t'rack ov
his ee wo'd be twelve feet high, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 15, 1893).
(15) Oxf.i A saying often used by young men who greatly admire
beauty and yet are conscious that a pretty girl is not necessarily
constant or wise, MS. add. (i5) e.Yks.' Aa cuod puot it i mi ee
an see na' waas for't (Miss A.). w.Yks. 1 Of a miser it is common
to say, ' You may put what he will give you in your ee, and
see naa warse for't.' (17) Lnk. A sailor's dear she'd been. But
while he was at sea. Wee Mungo, who cam' on the scene, Put oot
the sailor's e'e, Orr Laigh Flichts (1882) 30. (18) n.Lin.' 'It'll do
. . . very well when I've just put an eye into it,' and he took a flat
bottle from his waistcoat pocket and poured the eye into his cup,
M. Heron (1872) III. 13. (19) Sus.^ He eyed and limbed me.
w.Som.i Uyz-n liimz. (20) ne.Yks.' Bang her amang her een.
w.Yks. ^ Chs.s ' Bang her amang her e'en,' cried one drover to an-
other driving a refractory or terrified cow. (21)8.80. Can it be you,
Mary, or is my een in the mirligoes ? Wilson Tales (1839) V. 308.
(22) N.I.^ (23) Sc. I wish I had never seen them between the een,
Scott Leg. Mont. (1818) iv. (24) Nhp.* ' Come, wet both eyes,' is
a common country invitation to take a second glass.
3. An orifice or opening in var. instruments, &c., esp. an
opening or passage, from which water, &c., issues, or for
the introduction or withdrawal of material ; see below.
Abd. He's trampet out the e'e O' mony dub, Keith Farmer's Ha'
(1774) St. 25. n.Cy. A spout (Hall.) ; N.Cy.i The mill-ee. Nhb.i
Ee is also applied to an orifice, such as the hole in a pick or ham-
mer, or a grindstone. The mill-ee, the orifice in the casing of mill-
stones where the flour is conveyed into the spout ; or the channel
hole by which water passes on to the wheel of a water mill. ' The
mousey she cam to the mill ee.' Nlib. Rhyme. Well-ee, the mouth
of a well. Kiln-ee, the orifice in a lime kiln from which the lime
is drawn. n.Yks.' T'meeal fa's ower het fra t'mill-ee. Chs.' A
small cesspool built at the mouth of a drain to catch the sediment
or wreck, which would otherwise choke up the drain. e.An. An
outlet for water from a drain (Hall.).
4. Mining term : an opening into a shaft.
Ayr. Laird Colville had opened twa new pits. . . There was an
ingaun e'e at the Goldcraig, and so mony wild Eerish cam aboot
the toon to work. Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed. 1887) 168. w.Yks.
The top of a pit shaft is called the mouth, the bottom the eye, Leeds
Mere. Siippl. (Feb. 25, 1893). [Opening into a shaft either at bottom
or part way up. Reports Mines ; The mouth or top of the shaft in
coal mines (K.).]
Hence Eye pillars, //jr. coal left to support the shaft at
a pit's 'eye.' w.Yks. (T.T.)
5. pi. Rabbit-holes, gen. in comb. Rabbit-eyes.
Nrf. They say these birds [coney-suckers] enter the ' rabbit eyes'
in the dunes and suck the milch-does, Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 14;
If a mouse-hunter gets into a sandpit full of rabbits' eyes, ib. 349.
[In warrens they trap rabbits at the mouths of the eyes, Mayer
Splsman's Direct. (1845) 114.]
6. A hole or hollow seen in bread or in badly-made
cheese. Gen. in pi.
Chs.' Farm servants, when not satisfied with the food that is given
to them, are accustomed to say — ' Brown bread and mahley pies,
Twiggen Dick full o' eyes. Buttermilk instead o' beer; So I'll be
hanged if I stay here'; Chs.3, s.Chs.', War.^* Shr.i I like
. . . bread full of eyes, cheese without any, an' ale as '11 make yore
eyes star' out o' jore 'ead. Hrt. You may expect it to be full of
holes and eyes, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i.
7. pt. Holes made in the sand by cockles.
Lan. The fish [cockle] is buried about an inch below the surface,
and its place is known by two little holes in the sand called ' eyes,'
Waugh Rambles in Lake Cy. (,1861) 76.
8. The cavity beneath the arch of a bridge.
s.Wil. (G.E.D.) Som. (W.F.R.) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
9. The centre of a wheel.
w.Som.' The wheel was a-tord limbless, there wadn on'y the eye
o' un a-left.
10. pi. Spectacles, eye-glasses.
e.An.', Nrf. (E.M.), e.Suf. (F.H.)
11. Fig. A regard, hking ; a desire, craving.
Sc. A kindly ee, a lang ee, a constant ee (Jam. Siippl.).
12. V. To look at closely or minutely; to perceive, discern,
n. Yks.2 ' I was gleg at eeing on't,' quick in perceiving it. w.Yks.
(J.W.) Ess. Gl. (1851); Where toddlers ollis haut to eye The
proper pritty wicw, Clark/. Noakes (1839) st. i ; At length, our
pair . . . Wor so nigh home, . , Ov loight they eyed a shimmer,
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ib. St. 178. Som. They are coming. . . I thought tliey might wlien
I eyed them out in street, Raymond Tiy/i/wna (1895) 13.
13. To glance at or over.
s.Wor.' Her on'y eyed the letter, and giv'd it me back. Hrf.2
Her only eyed the letter. Glo.' Oxf.' MS. add.
14. To regard with ill-will. s.Wor.'
15. To love, respect. n.Cy. (Hall.)
16. Fig. Of liquids : to ooze, well up.
Bnff.i The water's eein' out at that holie.
[II. 1. (a) (2) Our English people in Ireland were much
given to this idolatry in the Queen's time, insomuch that
there being a disease in that country they did commonly
execute people for it, calling thcni eye-biting witches, Ady
Candle in the Dark (1656) 104 ; The Irishmen . . . afiirme,
that not onelie their children, but their cattle are . . . eye-
bitten when they fall suddenlie sicke, Scott Discovery
Witchcr. (1584) III. XV. 50 ; see Brand Pop. Antiq. (ed.
1813) II. 401 ; CoTGR. (s. v. Eiisorcelcr}.']
EYE, sb.^ Chs. Der. Lin. Glo. Brks. e.An. Som. [ai.]
A brood of pheasants.
Chs.' 3, Der.2, nw.Der.> , n.Lin,' Glo. ' ' I never got an eye,' used
of a hen which has failed to hatch a sittingof eggs ; Glo.^, Brks.',
e.An.' w.Som.' I zeed a fine eye o' pheasants, z'mornin. [When
you have found an eye of pheasants, Worlidge Diet. Bust. (1681) ;
Ma\kr SptsHtaii's D: I cct. (1845) 77.]
[Eye [of pheasants], the whole brood of young ones,
the same as covey in partridges, Coles (1677) ; so E. K.
Class. Spenser's Kal. (1579) Apr. 118.]
EYE, see Aye, adv.'^
EYEABLE, adj. Chs. Stf Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp.
War. Wor. Shr. Bdf Cor. Also written eyable Chs.'^
Rut.' Lei.' War.* Bdf ; and in form oyable. [aiabl,
oi'abl.] Pleasing or agreeable to the eye, sightly.
Chs.'; Chs.^ Th' garden is more eyable than it were. Midi.
Marshall /?»>-. £iok. ( 1796) II. Stf.' s.Not. Y'ave made the
garden look eyeable (J.P.K.). n.Lin. If I was settin' up anything
o' that kind, I'd pick it oot a bit moore eyeabler, Peacock Tales
(1890) and S. 125; n.Lin.' ' Ther's a many things that's eyeable,
but isn't tryable, or buyable ; but thease things is eyeable, an' try-
able, an' buyable an' all,' said by a man selling ready-made clothes
at Brigg Market. Rut.' Lei.' Ah want some'at a bit moor oyable
loike. Nhp.' Anything very neatly and nicely put in order, as a
bed of flowers, is said to 'look more eyeable' when so arranged
than when in disorder. War.*; War.^ He must be told that the tank
must be a sound and eyable job ; War.* War., Wor. She's not waste-
ful in her dress, but she's always eyeable (W.B.T.). w.Wor.' Owd
JackMaundnow, 'e'sthe rightsartav cobbler ; 'e taks adillo'paayns
wi' 'is wark, 'tis alius eyeable, and summat like. Shr.' This gownd's
pijt together despert slim ; jest made eyeable an' nod to las' too
lung. Bdf. Wrought stone is ' more eyable ' than when rough
from the quarry. Of two specimens of pillow-lace, one is said to
be ' more eyable ' than the other. This word, common at Turvey
(at the w. extremity of Bdf.), is unknown in the centre of the county
( J.W.B.). Cor. Ould Wounds looked at the woman ; an' 'tis to be
thought he found her eyeable, ' Q.' Noughts and Crosses (1891) 77 ;
Cor.' Make it eyeable.
EYE-GRASS, EYEH, see Eegrass. Aye, adv."
EYEM, ad/. Yks. Even, equal, not odd.
w.Yks. Leedi Mere. Stippl. (Mar. 30, 1889) ; Not heard for many
years (M.F.).
EYEMERS, sb. pi. Dev. In phr. my eyemers .' an ex-
clamation of surprise, astonishment, &c.
A tom-cat having brought a rat into the kitchen, the boot-
boy said : ' Lukee zee tii 'er, 'er'th agot a rat ! My eymers, 'ow
'er shak'th 'nl' Hewett P^a5. S^. (1892) 88 ; My eyemers ! yer's
a go ! ib. 8.
EYEN, see Eye, s*.'
EYEY, adj. Chs. Nhp. [ai i.] Specky, full of eyes
or hollows. See Eeny.
Chs.' Badly made cheese is said to be eyey when it contains
holes full of rancid whey. Nhp.' The potatoes are not good : they
are so very eyey.
EYGRE, EYLE, see Eagre, Ail, s6.«, Eel.
EYLEBOURN, sb. Ken. Also in form nailbourn
Ken.' [eilbon.] An intermittent brook or stream.
Such ... as in this county they call an eyicbourn (or vulgarly
a nailbourn), which is a spring that rises all of a sudden out of the
ground, runs a while like a torrent and then disappears, Harris
Hist. Kent (1719) 174; Ken.'^
[Other wateres . . . one at Lavesham in Kent, and
another byside Canturbury called Naylborne, Wark-
woRTii Cliron. (c. 1480) (Camden) 24.]
EYLING, EYN, EYND, see Ealing, Even, And, sb.
EYNDILL, V. Obs. Sc. Also written eindill (Jam.
Siippl.) ; eindle S. & Ork.' ; and in form eenil Fif (Jam.) ;
einil (ib. Siippl.). To be jealous.
Sc. (Jam. Suppl. ) ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) S. & Ork.' MS.
add. Fif. Applied to a woman who suspects the fidelity of her
husband. She is said to eenil him (Jam.).
[Scho will not eyndill on me now, And I sa aid, Mait-
LAND Poems (1576 1 in Pmkerton, II. 310. Cp. OE. anda,
grudge, envy, jealousy, andian, to envy, andig, envious,
jealous.]
EYN(E, EY NOO, see Eye, sb}, Enow, adv.'^
EYOT(Y, see Ait, sA.'
EYPER, sb. Or. I. Mud.
Very familiar, esp. as applied to mud associated with sewage
or drainage from farmyards, &c. (J.G.) ; Mud at the bottom of a
stagnant pool (.S.A.S.).
EYSEL, sb. Obs. Lan. Vinegar made from the
juice of the wild crab.
I have not heard the word for some thirty years. . . I have
heard Lan. people formerly make use of the expression 'as sour
as eysel,' Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 12 ; Lan.'
[And bed him galle & eysel to drynke. Cursor M.
(c. 1300) 16769. OFr. aisil, ' vinaigre ' (La Curne).]
EYVE,s6. s.Chs.' [eiv.] An axe- or mattock-handle.
See Helve.
EZAR, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written easer. Maple-
wood ; used altrib.
Till siller cup and ezar dish In flinders he gard flee, Percy
Reliques (ed. 1887) III. 97 ; Cared silver cup an' easer dish In
flinders flee. Child Ballads (1898) IV. 315.
[Prob. fr. some Fr. form of Lat. acer, the maple, cp.
OFr. *aisarbre (Romanic *acerarborem), whence esrable,
mod. Fr. e'rable, the maple.]
EZIN, see Easin(g.
EZOB, sb. n.Yks. Also in form ezop. [e'zab, e'zap.]
The herb hyssop, //ysso/ws q^cwa/w. (I.W.); n.Yks."
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FA, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Very fast. (Hall.)
FA, see Fall, sh., v., Fay, sb., Who.
FAA,s6. Sh.I. The intestines of an animal. S. & Ork.'
FAA, see Faw, sb., adj., Fowl.
FAA-BUIRD.s/i. Sh.I. Thelee-sideofa boat. S.&Ork.^
FAAGS, FAAIGHE, see Fags.
FAAL, see Fall, >A., v.. Fool, Foul;
FAAN, see Fain, cidj.^, Fall, v.
FAANG, sb. Bnir.' A person of disagreeable dis-
position.
FAANTICKLES, sec Fern-tickles.
FAAR, sh. Sh.I. [far.] An epidemic occurring
among men or animals.
S. & Ork.' An epidemic distemper that attacks sheep. ' Wlien
a disease becomes general and yet is not supposed to be infectious
it is called a Faar,' ib. MS. add.
[Norw. dial./(7(7r, sickness, pestilence (Aasen) ; ON./ar,
plague.esp.of animals ;;(z?f/rt-/(7r, cattle-plague (Vigfusson).]
FAARASHUN, FAARD, see Fairation, Favoured.
FAASE, FAATER see False, Faulter.
FAB. sb. Sc. A fob, a small pocket ; a tobacco-pouch.
Lnk, The very last shilling that's left in his fab He'll share \vi'
the needfu', Rodger Poems (.1838 32, ed. 1897. Rxb. When fabs
an* snishin-mills rin toom Then dool and dumps their place resume,
A. Scott Poems (,1805) 30 .'Jam.) ; O swe.t when fabs do fill the
fist Wi' pig-tail pang'd or ladies twist, ib. (ed. 181 1) loi.
FAB, V. Yks. [fab.] To ' fob,' to cheat, deceive, esp.
by flatterj'.
w.Yks. (J.W.j; w.Yks. ' He then . . . gat agait o' fabbin me, ii. 293.
FABALA, s6. Sc. A trimming for petticoats, a flounce,
' furbelow.'
Abd. Foreign fabalas o' claise To mak' them bra', Cock Strains
(iSio) I. 135. [I have got my face wrinkled like the falbalas of a
petticoat, Carlyle Fred. Gt. , i865> xx. v.]
{Fr.falbala [Diet. Acad, ann.1718); alsoSp., It. and Port.]
FABES. see Feaberry.
FABRIC, sb. Bnflf.i [fa'brik.] A person or thing of
large, ugly appearance ; a big, clumsy animal.
[Of persons] commonly with the notion of a somewhat disagree-
able temper. 'A dinna care aboot that ill-faurt fabrick o' a cheel.'
' Sic a fabric o' a hoose is the doctor's biggit.'
FAC, see Fack, sb.^
FACE, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms feace N.Cy.' Cum.^ ; fe^ss Cum.'; feeace
Lakel. n.Yks.^ ; fyes Nhb.' [fes, fess, fias.] 1. sb. In
comp. (i) Face-card (or Faced-card), a court-card in a
pack ; (2) -strap, a strap of a horse's bridle, hanging down
over the face ; 13) -weft, yarn used for the face or front
part of cloth ; (4) -wyse, facing.
(i) N.I.», Dur.', Cum.', w.Yks.2, Chs.', War.3, Slir.12 w.Som.'
Fae'us-kec-urd. (2) Nhb.i A strap suspended from the ' heed ' of a
horse's bridle, hanging down the face just above the ' nosepike,' and
generally ornamented with brass. 131 w.Yks. (J.M.) (4) Edb.
Green slopin' braes, lyin' face-wyse to the sun, Learmont Poems
(1791)283.
2. Phr. {j) face and hood, the pansy, Viola tricolor; (2)
— in hood, the monkshood, Aconitiini Napelliis ; (3) in the
face o'jlcsh, in the flesh, in the body ; (4) not to haveaface
but the face one looks ivith, to have nobody's countenance
or help in one's endeavours; (5) out of the face, inces-
santly, straight through without stopping ; (6) out of the
/a«o'/, bewildered, stupefied, demoralized; (']) the face of clay,
(«) any living person ; (b) a solid, immovable countenance;
(8) to have a face for ought, to have assurance, impudence,
enough for anything; (9) to have one's face one's worst
limb, to look ill ; (10) to hit in the face and eyes, to hit in the
face ; (11) to stare somebody in the face, toclosely resemble ;
(12) to wear two faces tinder one hat, to practise deceit.
(ilCmb.,Nrf.,n.E5s.From the markings in the petals bearing some
resemblance to a human face, and the dark hood like appearance
of the upper part of the (lower in some eases (B. & H.). (2) Nrf.
From the upper petals forming a hood, the stamens and pistils,
with the lower petals, bearing some fanciful resemblance to a face,
ib. (3) Slir.' Obsol. Eh, dear ! but I'm reet glad to see yo' in the
face o' flesh agen after all this lung time. (4) n.Yks.^ I hadn't a
feeace but t'feeace I leuk'd wi. (5") UIs. This last lock o' weeks
the weeds has just grown out of the face (M.B.-S.). (6) Per.
Common. He gaed fair cot o' the face o't. He knocket him oot
o' the face o't. She got frightened an' oot o' the face o't (G.W.).
(7, a) Edb. I'll make a pair o' breeches with the face of clay, MoiR
Mansie U'auch (1828) ix. Ir. That wouldn't give sixpence to the
face of clay, Carleton Fardoroiigha (1836)6. Cum.^ An' I defy
t'feace o' clay ... to say 'at any on us iver dud owte we need sham
on, 12. (i) Lakel. Ellwood (1895). (8) Cum.' He hez a feass for
ought. (9) w.Cor. (M.A.C.) (lo) Ken. I'll hit you in the' face and
eyes' (G.B.). (11) Ltli. His pap o' a wee mouth is his mither's,
a' the rest stares the daddy in the face, Lujisden Sheep-head {i6ga)
279. (12) Der.2, nw.Der.i
3. Appearance.
War.3 The grass has a very good face on it.
4. A clean, sharply-defined surface or divisional plane
perpendicular to the stratification.
w.Yks. (T.T.I ; The line indirection of the cleavage (P.F.L.).
Hence Facing, sb. a 'cleat'; the vertical joint or
cleavage of a stratum.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
5. The solid coal or stratum at the end of a working
place in a mine.
N.Cy.' Nlib. For thirty yards back frae the face It's hanging
like a cloud, Proudlock Borderland Muse (i8g6) 100 ; Nhb.' Nhb.,
Dur. To the end or face of their boards, Compleat Collier (^i-jo8) 18;
Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). e.Dur.' War. The perpendicular
face of marl at the end of the marl-pit (J. R.W.).
Hence Faceairing, sb. the current of air passed round
the extremity of the workings.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
6. The edge of a knife or sharp instrument. Sc. (Jam.),
Cai.'
7. V. To show a bold face, to dare with effrontery.
w.Yks. At if yo don't meean to do it, yo mun cut, for yo cahnt
face to sayyo weeant, Shevvild Amt. (1851) 24; (J.W.)
8. To meet face to face, to answer an accuser.
e.Suf. I'll face out that scandal (F.H.). w.Som.' Very common.
Aay kn fae'us ee- ur lin'ee uudlrur bau'dee [I can answer his
accusation or any other person's].
9. With on : to venture upon, summon up courage to
face anything.
s.Chs.' lt)s a ok'ut job, un meebi wi mun)fl fec-s on it tudee*
[It's a okkart job, an' mecbe we munna feece on it todee].
10. With up : to put in an appearance, to show oneself.
s.Chs.' Ey)z fritnt u)th Misiz, fln daa'rnii fais iip [Hey's
frittent o'th' Missis, an' darna face up].
N n
FACEABLE
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FACEABLE, adj. and adv. Sc. Nhb. Yks. [fe's-, fea's-,
fia'sabl.] 1. adj. Fit to be seen, pretty, fitting.
Per. ( G.W.) Gall. I ken brawly it's no a faceable story ava'.
It's only a distrakit woman's dream, Crockett Raiders (1894)
xxiii : I was thinkin' o' takin' a wife, gin I could get a guid laceable-
like yin, ib. Bog-Myrtle (18951 204. Nlib.'
2. adv. Visibly, face to face.
w.Yks. O thah't here, faceable, ahrta ? ShevvUd Aim. (1854) 18.
FACEN, i;. Ken. [fSssn.] To face.
The house facens this way (D. W.L.I.
FACHED, FACHUR, see Fetch, v., Feature.
FACK, s6.i and int. Sc. Nhb. Also written fac, fak
Sc. [fak.] 1. sb. Fact, truth, reality.
Sc. It's fak, and I'll prove't upon j'ou and your professor baith,
Magopico {s.i. 1836135. Elg. Dreams are but fables, it's a fack,
Tester Poems (1865) J43. Abd. He said it was fack, That ance
he had rode on an elephant's back, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 11.
Per. Ye maun just face the fac's, Sandy Seott (18971 81. s.Sc.
Murray Z)/a/. (1873"! 128. Dmb. The fack is.everybody aboot the
hoose kens, Cross Disruption (1844) ii* Lnk. Wha never could
admit the fack, That black was white, or white was black, Rodger
Poems (1838) 143, ed. 1897.
2. int. Indeed, really ; also in phr. in fack.
Sc. Did they fac' ? Crack aboot Kirk (1843 1 I. 4. Per. In fack he
is a wiselike lad, Haliburton//o;-(7c<'( 1886) 75, Ayr. Na! fack, na!
"Ve maun *Gae fa* upon anither plan,' Service Noiaudutns { 1890) i.
3. Phr. (i) As fac as death, as much a fact as death, cer-
tainly, surely ; (2) as fac as some one is living, as truly as
some one is living.
(i) Sc. (G.W.) Frf. Weel, as fac as death, Tammas had juist
seen them tvva or three times, Barrie TItrums (1889) xv ; Weel,
as fac's deith, Doctor, I got the whusky for her, Inglis Ain Flk.
(1895 1 159. Ayr. ' No possible, laird ! ' 'Ay! I thocht you would
say that, but it's as fac's death !' Service Notandiims (1890) 14.
Nhb.i Very common. (2) Frf. As fac's am leevin'. he would speir
the vera guts out o' a wheel-barrov^, Inglis AIji Flk. (1895) 30.
FACK, sb."^ Ken. [faek.] One of the four stomachs
of a ruminating animal, the rumen or paunch. Cf. fadge,
sb.'', fag, sb.''
Ken.^ ; Ken. 2 That stomach that receives the herbage first, and
from whence it is resumed into the mouth to be chew'd, when the
beast chews the cud.
[Cp. EFris. /a^, a division, compartment (Koolman);
G./rtrA.]
FACK, sb.^ Irel. [fak.] A quantity, load.
Uls. (M.B.-S.) Ant. Used occas. (A.J.I.)
FACK, sb." Irel. [fak.] A long-handled spade.
Morton Cyclo. Agric. 11863); Used esp. for a turf-spade for
cutting turf or peat ; P.W.J.).
FACKiS, FACKENS, see Faix, Faikins.
FACKET, see Faggot, sb.
FACKLE, sb. Cor.'^ Also in form feckle Cor.^
[faekl. fe'kl.] An acute inflammation in the foot.
FACTION, sb. Sc. Irel. [fakjan.] 1. pi. Certain
mutually hostile associations among the Irish peasantry,
consisting usually of the members of one particular
family and their friends and relatives.
Ir. To this fair resorted sundry factions, Barrington Sketches
(1830) III. xviii.
2. A school bench.
Sc. Maintaining his position in the first faction or bench, — each
faction containing only four boys, Brown LifeofJ. Duncan (1872)
II. 14. Abd. In the Abd. Grammar School the 4th and 5th classes
were divided into factions of four, the number of boys on a desk.
' I'm third of the fourth faction' [15th from dux] (G.W).
FACTOR, sb. and v. Sc. [fa-ktar.] 1. sb. A land-
agent ; the steward, manager of a landed estate, who col-
lects the rents, lets the lands, &c. Also used attrib.
Sc. It bored him to talk to his factor, or listen to complaints from
his tenants, Swan Aldersyde (ed. 1892) 165. Cai.' Bnff. When
the landlords or their factors are rigid in exacting their dues
[they] sink to poverty, Gordon Citron. Keith (1880) 14. Abd.
Sawney hcd gotten the banker to pit in a word for 'im vvi' the new
factor bodie. Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 131. Frf The factor
has a grand garden, Barrie Minister (1891) xvii. Per. Bosty
handed Drumshcugli the factor's letter with the answer to his oiler
for the farm, Ian Maclaren Brier Jinsh (1895) 21. Dmb. To get
mysel' in to be a kind o' factor to Mr. Bacon, Cross Disruption
(1844") xxvi. Rnf Lairds an' their factors were as keen As new-
honed razor on the chin, Young Pictures (1865) 152. Ayr. Poor
tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash,
Burns Twa Dogs {iq86) 1. 95. Lnk. The auld laird's dead, and the
new factor dosena ken me, Roy Getteralship (ed. 1895, 23. Dmf.
Low tyrant factors, Quinn HcatJier f'1863) 74. Gall. Ye had better
see the factor aboot pitten up a meetin'-hoose, Crockett Bog-
Myrtle (1895) 171.
Hence Factorship, s6. the office of a factor, stewardship.
Per. He offers us the factorship, Sandy Scott 1897) 48.
2. A person legally appointed to manage sequestered
property. Sc. (Jam.)
3. V. To act as factor or agent.
Abd. He's factor't a hantle "imsel' in's time, as weel's a' ither
thing, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 131.
FACTORY, s6. Obs. n.Yks.'' The parish workhouse ;
also used attrib.
Owing probably to the employment of different kinds given to
the inmates. *A factory burying,' a pauper funeral. 'Factory
brass,' out-door relief in money from the authorities. ' Factory
cess,' the poor rates.
FACULTY, sb. Wm. Lin. Won L A quality or pro-
perty of the body.
Wor. The mare's lame, and that's not her worst faculty fW.A.S.').
2. Phr. (i) Faculties of the head, the brain, the intellectual
faculties ; (2) faculty stritcken, deprived of the use of one's
senses, weakened in intellect.
(i) n.Lin.^ You can do it if yd like, but I till y6 it'll injure the
faculties of her head. (2) "Wm. He was fc-nd o' his own childer,
and fond o' Dorothy, especially when she was faculty strucken,
poor thing, Rawnsley Retniti. IVordsworth (1884) VI. 167.
TACY.adf Sc^Nhb. Chs. Also in forms feaci- N.Cy.' ;
feyacy Nhb.' [fesi, fi3"si.] 1. Possessed of courage to
' face ' an enemy.
Rxb. A sheep is said to be facie when it stands to the dog,
when it will not move, but fairly faces him (Jam.).
2. Insolent, impudent.
Rxb. (Jam.), Nhb.' s.Chs.' Ahy shud ii thuwt nuwt ut ddoin
siimut for im iv ee aad' niir ii bin sii fai'si [I should ha' thowt
novvt at doin' summat for him if he hadnur ha' bin s6 facy].
3. Conip. Facy-gate, (i) a brazen-faced person ; (2)
impudent, brazen-faced.
(I) Nhb.i (2) N.Cy.' A feacigate jade.
FAD, sb.^ and v.'^ Sc. N hb. Cum. Yks. Der. Not. Lin. Lei.
Nhp. 'War. "Won Shr. Hrf. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Hrt. Mid. Sur.
Sus. Som. Dev. Also written fadd Dev.^ ; and in form
vadd- Biks.^ [fad, fsed, fad.] 1. sb. A whim, fancy,
hobby, crotchet. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc.(A.W.),Nhb.i,Cum. (J. P.), Der.2,nw.Der.i,Not.', n.Lin.l Lei.>^
It'sallafad. Nhp.' He's full of fads. War.(J.R.W.),'War.23 s.-War.i
Her's always so full of her fads, I've no patience wi' her. w.'Wor.'
'What are those railings for, John ? ' ' Oh, 'tis just a fad o' 'is lard-
ship's, naowt but a fad o' 'is'n, yii knaows.' s.Wor. (H.K.\ s.Wor.',
se.'Wor.i Slir.i Common. Shr., Hrf. Bound P)ow»c. (1876). Glo.
(A.B.), Hrt. (H.G.), Mid. (A.B.C.), Sus.l Som. Sweetman IVin-
canton Gl. (1885). w.Som ' Maister 've a-got a fad now'bout warshin
o' pigs, but Lor! I zim 'tis on'y time a-drowed away. Dev.^ Er's
zo vuU o' fadds as a ol' maid.
Hence (i) Faddish, adj. shallow in point of intellect ;
whimsical; (2) Faddy, adj. (a) fastidious, fidgety, over-
particular; full of crotchets, whims; (i) frivolous.
(iin.Yks.2 '2,(i)Nhb.' He'savarry faddybody. Der.^, nw.Der.',
Not.' Lei.' A's a very faddy man. War.^^, w.Wor.', s.Wor.
(H.K.), s.'Wor.',se.Wor.', Glo. (A.B.), Glo.' Oxf.' You be faddy,
MS. add. Brks,', Sur.'. Sus.' Dev.^ 'Ers zo faddy's a fiile. (i)
Der. 2, nw.Der.', w.Cy. (Hall.)
2. A game, joke.
Not. 'We'd such a fad wi' th' lasses (J.H.B.). Oxf. Holloway.
3. A fussy, over-particular person ; a milksop.
Der.°, nw.Der.' Lin.' He fidgets me, he is sich a fad. n.Lin.'
War.'' He is such a fad. Shr.' Ever3'bpdy toud me as I should
never stop 66th sich a noud fad. Oxf. (G.O.)
4. V. To busy oneself about trifles ; to look after affairs
in a quiet way. Gen. with about.
War.2 Common. w.Wor.' 'E caunt do much ; 'e just fads about
uv a niarnin' like. se.Wor.' Shr.' Maister canna do much now —
on'y fadabout a bit ; but, as the sayin' is, ' one par o' eyes is wuth
two par o' 'ands,'
FAD
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FAD, sA.^ Lin.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
A coloured ball.
When you go up to town buy me a fad.
FAD, t'.* Yks. [fad.] To deceive, 'take in' by
flattery ; grii. with up, to ' stuff up.'
Yks. Sheea'll be fadded and set oop lahke her mudher, Macquoid
D. Banigh (1877I xviii. w.Yks. If a flatterer, he is spoken of as
'able to fad a cliap up,' Binns Vill. to Town (1882) 92 ; I tliowt he
wor fatldin' me, /";'o^/a»rf O//;/. 1,1856)29; w. Yks. ^ Started on an'
teld muh a long paddynoddy abart what he use to du when lie wur
tliear, bud ah expect he wur fadding muh. He'll fad onnyboddy
fur a pint o" aal.
FAD, see Favoured, Fawd.
FADDERLESSSTE'W, sb. Cum.> Potatoes stewed
without meat ; lit. f'atherlcss-stew.
FADDLE, V. and sh. Cum. Yks. Lan. Not. Lin. Lei.
Nhp. War. Wor. Slir. lint. Sus. Hmp. Som. [fadl,
fasdl.] 1. V. To make much of (a child), pet, humour,
indulge.
Not.' Lei.i His mother had use to faddle him a deal. War.^
Don't faddle the child so ; War.^
2. To make sport of.
w.Yks. H.\MiLTON Nitgae Lit. (1841) 340.
3. To trifle, play, ' toy ' ; to waste time; to dawdle, walk
slowly.
e.Yks. Ah can nobbut faddle aboot a bit wi' me slashin'-knifc,
Wray AVirtVox (1876) 226; (C.A.F.'i ; e.Yks.' Ah'll be faddlin on.
an thoo'll owertak ma, MS. add. (T. H. ) War.^ It's a pity \'0' ain't
got suuiat better to do than faddle after them pigeons. Wor. It
doesn't do to faddle with them [i.e. little pigs, in feeding them] for
fear of hurting them (H.K. 1. Shr.' Bessy's a rar' plack up at the
owd 'all ; nuthin 'ardly to do but faddle after the Missis, draw the
drink, an' sich like. Sus., Hmp. Holloway.
Hence Faddling, />/>/. adj. trifling, over-particular,
fastidious.
Nlip.' You are so very faddling, j'ou're more nice than wise. War.^
4. sb. Fussiness, fastidiousness.
■War. (J.R.'W.) Som. Sweetman IViticanton Gl. (1885').
5. A fussy, over- particular person ; one full of whims
and fancies.
Not.',Lei.i Nhp.i What a faddle j-ou are! War.23,Hnt. (T.P.F.)
6. Nonsense, trifling.
Lan. Davies Races 1 1856) 274 ; Lan.' Usually used with the
addition of the word * fiddle.* Come, no fiddle faddle ; out with it
.at once, mon. Der. Mermaids is just faddle and nonsense. Ward
David Gncve (1892') I. ii. Lin.' The French have landed at Wain-
tlect haven ! what faddle.
Hence (i) Faddle-de-dee, int. nonsense, rubbish ; (2)
Faddlements, sb. pi. trifles, novelties.
( i) Nhp.' (2) Cum. Aw maks o' cookin' an' faddlements, Rigby
Midsttmwei- to Martinmas ( 1891) v ; We can mannish widout aw
t'new faddlements, ib. viii.
7. A slow pace in walking. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.)
[1. To faddle, or dandle a child, Kersey (1702). 3. To
faddle, to trifle, to toy, to play, Johnson (1755). 6. Fadle,
fadaiscs, Miege (16791.]
FADDLE, FADDOM, see Fardel, Fathom.
FADDY, sb. and v. Cor. Also written fad6 Cor.^
1. sb. A dance danced by the people hand in hand
through the streets of Helstone on the 8th of May, Furry-
day (q.v.) ; also a name given to Furry-day.
Cor.' w.Cor. About the middle of the day they collect together
to dance hand-in-hand round the streets to the sound of the fiddle
playing a particular tune ; this is called a ' Faddy.' . . In the after-
noon the gentility go to some farm-house to drink tea, syllabub, &c.,
and return in a morrice-dance to the town, where they form a
Faddy. . . After supper-time they all Faddy it out of the house,
Gent. Mag. (i-jgo) LX. 520, see Gent. Mag. Lib. cd. Gnmme, Maimers
and Customs, 216, and Brand Pop. Atitici. fed. 1813) 1. 187 ; The
8th of M.iy is at Helstone given up to pleasure, and is known as
Flora-day, Flurry-day, Furry-day, and Faddy. . . Servants and their
friends went to breakfast in country to return laden with boughs,
f/i-Lore Jrn. {1886 IV. 230.
Hence Fad6-tune, sb. the tune played at Helstone on
the 8th of May to accompany the dance. Cor.^
2. The sycamore-maple tree.
w.Cor. Common (C. F. R.) ; In May-time the young people pro-
ceed to the country and strip the sycamore-trees of all their young
branches, to make whistles ; with these shrill musical inslrumcnls
they return home, Uv NT Pop. Rom. w.Eitg. (ed. i8g6) 382.
3. V. To dance from town to country, and through the
streets of Helstone, on Furry-day.
Cor. And beginn'd for to skeyce and to fade so friskis, J. Tre-
KOODi.F. Sftcc. Dial. (1846) 19; Cor.'2
FADE, s6.' Yks. Lan. Chs. [fSd, fead.] The mould
in cheese.
Chs.' More frequently called Green-fade ; Ctis.^ s.Chs.' BIuc-
fade, grein-fadc.
Hence Faded, ///. adj. Of cheese : tainted, decayed,
mouldy.
w.Yks.' The cheese is faded. ne.Lan.' Chs. S/!ra/(i89i) 1. 14.
FADE, sb.^ w.Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) Also written faid.
[Not known to our correspondents.] A leader, guide ;
applied to the chief or director in games, sports, &c.
The word was not uncommon in the west of Sc. some years ago
and may still be used.
[The formest [ship] . . . doth fuir before with lantern
and flag, as fade whom the rest should follow, Birnie
Klr/.'-nt(nall {1606), ed. 1833, 25 (N.E.D.).]
FADE, V. War." With otil : to clean or clear out.
Maister, when be you agoin to fade out them ponds?
FADE, see Faddy.
FADED, adj s.Wor. Delicate-looking. (H.K.)
FADERIL, s6. Sc. An odd or loose end of anything;
pi. paraphernalia, apparatus.
Per. What faderil is that trailing at your coat-tail? I was tangled
wi' a faderil o" a rope (G.W. \ Lnk. Though she was flowerin',
she fiang by her faderils, and sprang on the floor to my fiddle and
me. Lemon St. Mnngo (1B44) 88.
FADESOME, adj. Dor. Apt to fade.
Still merry, but beauty's as feadesome 'S the rain's glowen bow
in the zummer, Barnes Poems (1869-70) 43.
FADGE, sb} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Nhp.
Glo. e.An. Wil. Som. Also in form fodge Nhp.' Glo.'
Wil.' w.Som.' [fa'dg, fo'dg.] 1. A bundle, burden ; a
part of a horse's load ; a heap, a quantity of anything.
n.Yks.' A burden in which thickness predominates over length.
w.Yks. CuDWORTH Horton (1886) Gl. ; w.Yks.' Lan. Ye're not at
the end of your fadge yet, 'Waugh Craig Dim, 37 ; Lan.' s.Lan.
A fadge of potatoes ; a fadge of beef (S.B.). Chs. A great fadge,
S/;ra/li879') 1. 190; Chs.', Der.=, nw.Der.' Glo. A little bundle
carried under the arm, a fardel, Horae Stibsccivac {im} 159; Gl.
(1851); Glo.i, e.An.'
2. A bundle of sticks, a faggot. Dmf. (Jam.), N.Cy.', Nhb.'
3. A loosely-packed sheet or sack of wool, or raw material.
N.I.' A bale of goods of an irregular shape. Yks. There were
piled up large numbers of combers ' fadges,' Yi's. N. & Q. (1888)
1. 77. w.Yks. A small sheet of wool, consisting of one or more
' lathers,' Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Feb. 25, 1893) ; A small sheet used,
especially when skewered up (E.W. ) ; w.Yks.^ A bundle of cloth,
wool, &c. , fitted into apacksheet and fastened with skewers ('pack
pricks') usually 4ins. long. The cloth was folded in 'cuttles ' ; and
four or five such pieces in one fadge were placed across a horse,
and tied round the animal with a rope called a ' wantey.' Nhp.'
■Wil.' Fodge (rarely Fadge!. In packingfleeces of wool, when the
quantity is too small to make up a full 'bag' of 240 lbs., the ends
of the bag are gathered togetheras required, and the sides skewered
over them. w.Som.' The only difl'erenee between a bag of wool
and a fodge, is that the former is a full, stuffed-out, plethoric article,
while the latter is a partly empty, limp, shapeless one. ' There was
zix bags an' a fodge 'pon the little wagin.'
FADGE, sZ).= Sc. Nhb.Wm. Yks. [fadg.] 1. A short,
thick- set person ; a fat, clumsy woman. Cf. fudge, sb.
Sc. And 1 sail hae nothing to my sell, Bot a fat fadge by the fyre,
Lord Thomas and Fair Amiet{e. 1750) in Percy's /ff//i7»cs (ed. 1887)
III. 236. Bnff. To fish for fadges frae the Night As Phoebe frae
the Sun thigs light, Taylor PocHis (1787) 176. N.Cy.' A great
fadge. n.Yks.' 2, m. Yks.'
Hence Fadgy, (i) adj. corpulent, unwieldy, short and
thick-set in person ; (2) sb. a stout, thick-set little person.
(i) N.Cy.' Having a shuffling gait. n.Yks.'^ (2) Nhb.' 'Wm.
What can a lal fadgy like thee deeaat runnin' ? (B.K.)
2. In proverbial saying; see below.
n.Yks. We had a saying to a person who acted fondly or foolishly,
' Thoo's as fond as Fadge 'at laid iz pooak doon ta fart.' ' Fadge ' is
the name given to a mythical, half-witted fellow, who was once
n n 2
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FAEN
sent by a nobleman with a live hare in a poke ; nothing being handy
to fasten the sack, he was cautioned to hold it tightly. All went
well until he wanted to fart, when he laid the sack down and so
lost his hare ^R B.).
FADGE, sb.' m.Yks.' [fadg.] A person jaded in ap-
pearance. Cf. fag, v.^
FADGE, sb.* Dor. [fasdg.] The third stomach of a
ruminating animal, the oiitasmii or manyplies ; also
called Bible-tripe. Cf. fack, sb.'
The stomach from which the food passes on to the ' read,'
Barnes Gl. (1863) s.v. Read.
[Cp. obs. Y.. feck, the omasum. Three stomachs: the
panch, the read and the feck, Grew Cosmol. Sacra (1701)
I. V. 29 (N.E.D.).]
FADGE, 5A.5 and t;.* Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lan. Also written
fadje Nhb. [fadz.] 1. sb. A thick cake or loaf, made of
vvheaten flour or barley-meal, varying in shape and quality
in different parts of the country.
be. A large flat loaf or bannock ; commonly cf barley-meal and
baked among ashes, Gl. Sibb. (1802) (Jam.). Rnf. There will be
fadges and bracken, Sempill Bridal, St. 7. Lnk. A Glasgow capon
and afadge, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 105 ; A fadge, a course kind
of leaven'd bread, used by the common people, ib. note. Lth. A
kind of flat wheaten loaf baked with barm in the oven (Jam.). Edb.
I'll ay be vockie To part a fadge or girdle farl Wi' Louthian Jockie,
Fergusson Poems (1773) 226, ed. 1785, Bwk. Ilka fadge, and
ilka cake, Ilka bannock had its make, Henderson Pop. Rhymes
(1856; 46. Slk. And a fadge o' the flour sae sma', Hogg Poems
(ed. 1865)321. Ant. A thick cake of an oval shape made of wheaten
meal and water, and baked upon a griddle, Grose (1790} 71/5. add.
(C.) S.Don. Simmons Gt. (1890). n.Cy. A spongy sort of bread,
in shape of a roll, Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.» Small flat loaf,
a thick cake. Nhb. She m'ykes hor fadjeso' breed, Keehtiin's Ann.
(1869 14 ; Nhb.i Generally the little cake or loaf made up from a
bit of dough left over from a baking. It is not baked in a bread tin.
Near the Border, a fadge is an oval bannock, or scone, about two
or three inches thick ; made of pease meal, often with an admixture
cf bean meal, and fired very hard on a * girdle.* Lan. The delph-
rack was covered with piles of fadge, Waugh Craig Dim, 24.
2. A kind of bread or cake made of potatoes and flour
or meal baked on a griddle.
N.I.' An\. Ballymena Obs. {i?,<j2\. Ldd. (M.S.M.)
3. A large piece broken off a thick cake.
Ir. It was now that the bride's cake was got. Ould Sonsy Mary
. . . broke it over her head, giving round a fadge of it to every
young person in the house, Carleton Trails Peas. (1843) I. 79.
4. Phr. to cat fadge, to partake of hospitality on New
Year's Day.
Nhb. There is much visiting at this season throughout the North
of England, and much hospitality in the matter of rich cake and
wine, but the name applied to this practice in Nhb. is singular.
They call it ' fudging' or ' eating fadge,' Henderson /7*-i.o>r( 1879)
ii ; Nlib.^ At Warkworth at the season of the New Year there is
provided a rich cake with its usual accompaniment of wine. Great
interchange of visiting takes place. It is called' fadging,' or 'eating
fadge,' Dunn Hist. Bwk. Naliir. Club { 1863) V. 56.
5. V. To eat together, partake of hospitality given at the
season of the New Year.
Nhb.' ' Come and fadge with me ' is as much as saying 'Come
and break bread with me and taste wine, in token that bygones
shall be bygones,' Dunn Hist. Bwk. Natur. Club. ( 1863) V. 56.
Hence Fadging, sb. hospitality given at the season of
the New Year.
Nhb. Henderson Flk-Lore (1879") ii ; Nhb.'
FADGE, 7-.2 and si.s Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin. Hrf.
Also Cor. [fadg, fsedg.] 1. v. To trot gently ; to go at
a pace between walking and trotting ; to walk with diffi-
culty owing to corpulency.
Cum.' n.Yks. He wasn't trottin', he was just fadgin' (T.K.) ;
A worn-out old cab-horse is said to fadge when it trots in a slow,
lifeless manner. A tired or lazy man fadges alongthe road (R.S.).
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ Fadging along ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' All's just
fadgcd on wi' t'au'd meer. e. Yks. ' Dceant canther, bud just fadge.
m.Yka.' Thou fadges like an old horse. Lan. I set oflbyt'Gillbanks,
an' fadged away up Gamswell, R. Piketaii Forness Flk. (1870) 3;
Lan.' Hrf. ' To fadge it,' to go on, to proceed, DuNCtJMB Hist.
//>/ (1804 I, Cor.2 Fadging along.
2. sb. A jog-trot, a slow, irregular pace ; also in comp.
Fadge-trot.
Dur.' Applied to the walking of a child. n.Yks. To go a little
faster than a walk is ' to gan on a fadge' (W. H.); (T.K.j; n Yks.^
ne.Yks.' Sha kept him at a fadge. e.Yks.', Lin.'
Hence Fadge-te-fadge, int. an exclamation expressive of
a slow-trotting motion.
Cum. Fadge-te-fadge, like t'market trot, CAiNE//ogrtr(i887) III.
20 ; Fadge-te-fadge, gang out of my gate, ib.
3. One who trots slowly, a child who toddles along.
Cum.' Applied to a child as accompanying some one. * Come
on, leyl fadge.'
FADGE, V? Yks. Nhp. e.An. Ken. Dor. Som. Dev.
Cor. [fadg, fsedg.] 1. To fit, suit, agree.
Yks. Ellen an' him don't fadge well, Farquhar Frankheaii, 260;
Yks. Wkly. Post (1883). Nhp.' They don't fadge well together.
e.An.' Twro persons, two things, or two parts of the same thing
fadge well or ill together. Cor. He and she don't fadge (W.S.).
[He cannot fadge with his wife, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)]
2. To succeed, thrive.
e.An.' Ken. As things fadge well or ill. That won't fadge
(K.). w.Dor. How do it fadge wi' ye ! Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis
(1834'). Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev. How do it fadge wi'
ee ! Pulman 5fe/c/!« (1842) 95, ed. 1871 ; How d'ye fadge ?71/o«/A/y
Mag. (1810) I. 435; MoORE Hist. Dev. (1829) I. 354. n.Div.Well,
how d'ye fadge, Nell ? — better? hoy? Rock //w ««' A'f//i 1867) St.
58. nw.Dev.' Rare. ' 'Ow dee fadge ? * Cor. How do'ee fadge,
royal feyther? J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 18; That won't
[or rather wain't] do, it esn't filty, it don't fadge (W.S.) ; Cor.'
That 'ull never fadge ; Cor.^ How will it fadge ? Fadging along.
3. To make things fit, to adapt means to ends.
Cor.' 'Those who can't fadge must louster ' is another form of
the proverb 'Those who can't schcmy must louster,' said of people
who increase their physical labour by want of foresight.
4. Phr. iofaa'gce and find, to work for one's daily bread.
Dev.' We shall fadgee and find without et [money], 22.
5. To do a piece of work ' anj'how ' ; to repair tem-
porarily ; to ' fudge.'
n.Yks. Almost 06s. Ah'U fadge it up seea ez't '11 ho'd tigether
foor t'neet (R.B.).
[1. Let men avoid what fadgeth not with their stomachs,
Robertson Phras. (1693) 708. 2. How will this fadge?
Shaks. Tivelfth N. 11. ii. 34. 3. Mouldie . . . Let him that
cannot fadge in one course fall to another, Cotgr.]
FADGE, t^.* Suf With out: to ascertain, discover.
e.Suf. (F.H.)
FADGE, v.^ n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To beat, thrash. (Hall.)
FADGE, see Fage, v}
FADGY, adj. Cor. [fasdgi.] Faded, soiled.
Tno:\iAS Randigal Rhymes (1895I Gl.
FADLE, V. Ags. (Jam.) Frf. (D.N.) Also in form
faidle. To walk in a clumsy manner. Cf faddle, v. 3.
FADMELL, see Fodmell.
FADY, adj. and v. Won Dev. Cor. Also in forms
vadde, vadee, vadey Dev. ; vady Dev.'* nw.Dev.' Cor.'^
[fedi, vedi.] 1. adj. Damp, musty ; covered with per-
spiration ; of the weather ; damp, sultry, close.
Dev. I saw the face was Vadey, and then I knew it would not
live long. Reports Provinc. (1882) 24 ; The w^eather is so vaddee
that all my flesh is wangery, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) ; Dev.'
I'se can't zay I'z much leek to walk in such vady, hazy weather,
ri ; Dev.'^, nw.Dev.' Cor. I be as vady as the inside of a winder,
' Q.' Three Ships ti89o) v ; The grass was too ' vady ' for him to
sit down upon. Parr Adam and Eve (1880) ii ; Cor.' 2
2. Of meat: tainted, stale, ' high.'
Dev. Vady meat (W.L.-P.) ; I sim the mait's got a bit vady.
Tainted meat is often the effect of damp, Reports Provinc. (1895);
Us can't ayte thisyer mayte, 'tcz za vady, HEWETrPra*. Sp. (1892).
3. Flabby, as the flesh of a drooping child.
a.Wor.' Why 'is dear little arms be as fady as fady.
4. V. To decay from damp, to mildew. Cor.^
FAE, prep. Sc. [fe, fe.] From, away from. Cf fro.
Cai.', Bnff.' ne.Sc. 'Fae'is far more common than ' frae' (A.W.).
Abd. Fae Wednesday till Saturday, Alexander yo/ooiv GiZii(i87i)
vi ; I order ye fae my toon, Sir! ib. Ain Fit. (1882 3. Frf. Jist
like a ball fae a gun, Inglis Atn Flk. [ 1895) 73. Cld. Far fae hame.
He ran fae me (Jam.).
FAE, FAEBERRY, see Faw, sb., 'Who, Feaberry.
FAEL, FAEN, see Fail, sb.\ Fain, adj.^
FAERDA-MEAT
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FAERDA-MEAT, FAERDY, FAERING, see Ferd,
Feerdy, Fairing.
FAFF, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. [faf.]
1. z'. To blow in sudden gusts, 10 putT; to move gently,
fluctuate.
n.Cy. Grose (17901. n.Yks.' As when a person blows chaff
aw.ny I'rom corn held in his hands, or the wind when it causes brief
pulTs of smoke to return down the chimney ; n Yks.', ne.Yks.'
c.Yks. Mahshall Rtii: Econ. (1788). m.Yks.i Of a light bieeze
it will be said, ' It hardly fatTs a flower.' w.Yks. An then fafTt it
away wi' his wing, Preston Poems (1872) Owd Moxy ; Banks
IVkJld. IFcls. ( 1 865) ; w.Yks.s A person ' fails ' the chaff from wheat
as he turns it over in his hands.
Hence (i) Faffer, sb. a flapper, an instrument for fan-
ning the air ; (2) Faffy, adj. gusty, apt to blow about.
(i) Lth. Shakes his glancin' wings . . . they're no bad faffers
after a', Smith Merry Bn't/al ( 1866I 55. (2) n.Yks. T'wind's varry
faffy. T feathers is varry fatly i I.W.).
2. Fi!^. With about : to make a fuss, waste one's energies
in empty breath ; to gossip.
Yks. T'clockmaker . . . fizzled an' fafTd aboot her, but nivver
did her a farthing's worth o" good, Baring-Gould Oddities {iS'j.i)
I. 179, ed. 1875. n.Yks.2 ' Kaffing about,' gossiping.
3. 5^. A puff; a breath of air, smoke, &c.
m.Yks.' It came in my face like a faff of chimney-smoke.
4. Fig. Swagger, pretence ; show, useless adornments.
Cum. A flay-crow wench, aw feathers an' faff, Dalby Mayioyd
(1880) III. 99, ed. 1888. e.Lan.i
Hence Faffment, sb. nonsense, balderdash. Lan.',
n.Lan.'
5. One who uses more breath in talking than is neces-
sary. m.Yks.' 6. A j'oung, frisky child, zb.
FAFF, see Faugh, sb.. adj.'-, Feff, t;.*
FAFFLE, V. and si.' Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. [fa'fl.]
1. V. To stammer, stutter ; to be inconsistent in speech.
n.Cy. Gkose (1790;. Nhb.i, Cum.' w.Yks. Hutton Tour to
Cfli'fs (1 781). ne.Lan.'
2. To saunter, trifle ; to fumble, work dilatorily.
N.Cy.', Nhb.', Cum.^ Wm. A feckless body, barn 'at can nobbut
(affle aboot vB.K.V ne.Lan.i
Hence (i) Fafifled,/'/'/.rtrf/'. entangled, bothered. n.Yks.^;
(2) FafHement, sb. trilling and unnecessary work. Cum.'
3. To flap gently in the wind. Cf faff, v.
n.Yks.' As a sail when there is not wind enough to fill it, or a
loose garment, &c., just stirred by a momentary breath of air;
n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796).
4. sb. A light intermittent wind, blowing in gentle puffs.
n. Yks.' ; n.Yks.* The boat will not sail without a regular breeze,
there is only a puff and a faffle.
[1. To faftle, or stammer, Baret (1580).]
FAFFLE, sb?- Cum.' [fa'fl.] A spring fallow for a
barley crop; an imperfect fallow. Cf fallow, sb}, faugh, sb.
FA'FFNECUTE, see Fefnicute.
FAG, sb} Nhp. Wor. Shr. Hrf Dev. Cor. Also in
form vag Dev. [fseg.] 1. Long, coarse grass ; tufts of
old grass ; also in comp. Fag-grass. Cf feg, sb., fog, s6.'
Nhp.i s.-Wor. Nothirgbutoldfag(F.'W.M.W.1; (H.K.); s.Wor.'
Generally ' old fag.' Tufts of last year's grass not eaten down.
Hence Faggy, adj. abounding with coarse grass at
mowing time. Nhp.', Shr.*
2. Dried peat, turf cut for fuel.'
Dev. In the winter he may turn many an honest penny by the
sale of ' vags,' i.e. dried peat, in the streets of Tavistock, Portfolio
(Jan. 1889) II ; You can cut as much vag— or peat, as you calls it
up country — as you'm a mind to, Mortimer Tales Moors (1895) 224.
w.Dev. Marshall Ritr. Econ. (1796).
3. A cheap cigar or cigarette ; the fag-end of a cigar or
cigarette.
Hrf. V F.G.A.) Gor.3 Here [Redruth] we are often asked by
youngsters to 'chuck' them 'a fag'— and whole cheap cigarettes
arc also often called fags. Slang. They burn their throats with
the abominable ' fag," with its acrid paper and vile tobacco, Sat.
Review (1888) 786, col. a.
FAG, s6.* andt^.' Sc. Lin. [fag.] 1. A sheep-fly, or
tick, a parasitic insect found on sheep.
Arg.Fags or kadesare destroyed bya mixture of soapand mercury,
Agric. Suru.2-li{'iKt\.'). Lin. Brookes Trac/s GA ; Lin.' n.Lin.'A
sheep fag. sw.Lin.'
2. Comp. (i) Fag-wash, (2) -water, a liquid used for
killing fags on sheep.
(i) S.Lin. Soft soap, tobacco, &c., are materials used for ^his
purpose (T.H.R.). (2) Lin. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (,I863^. n.Lin.'
sw.Lin.' 'Water mixed with mercury (arsenic) and soft-soap, in which
sheep are dipped to kill the ticks.
3. V. To dip sheep or dress their skin with 'fag-wash '
to destroy the vermin.
S.Lin. We fagged the ship yisterdaa. The yows want faggin'
bad ; the're eaten up wi' lice (T.H.R.).
FAG, sb.^ Nhb.' [fag.] The fresh-water fish, the
loach, Cubilis barbulala.
FAG, sb.* Nrf One of the four stomachs of a rumi-
nating animal, the rumen or paunch. (W.W.S.) Cf
fack, s6.*
FAG, W.2 Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Not. Nhp. e.An. Cor. Also
in form feg N.Cy.* [fag, fseg, feg.] L To grow weary,
flag, droop.
Edb. Mony a strange tale they tell now. Of ilka thing that's rare
or new They never fag, Ha'rst Rig (1794) 14, ed. i8oi ; The
strongest chiel' maun fag ay, Tho' ance the victor, Forbes Poems
(1812I 6. Rxb. Thro' dub or syke she never faggit But ran wi'
speed, RuiCKBiE Wayside Cottager (1807) 178. n.Cy. Grose ( 1790);
N.Cy.* Cum. Auld Brammery suin began to fag, Gilpin Sngs.
(1866) 280; Cum.'
Hence (i) Faggie, (2) Fagsum, adj. fatiguing, weari-
some ; (3) Fagsuniness, sb. tiresomeness.
(i) Slg. A faggie day, one that tires one by its sultriness (Jam.).
(2, 31 Per. (ib.)
2. To labour, struggle, spend one's energy in toil ; to
devise ; often with away, out.
Rnf. The' 'neath Poortith's sair down-draw Some 0' ye fag your
days awa, An' aften hae your ain ado, Picken Poems 11813) I. 81.
Cum. I fagg't away doon till I gat aboot hofe a mile fra t'station,
Richardson 7n/* (1871) 35, ed. 1876; An' fat Aunt Ruth ... Fag't
an' brow't a peck o' cworn, Dickinson Lit. Rem. (1888) 177. Cor.
To cure sich trecks, faggied out a plan, T. Towser (1873) ^7 ! 've
faggied out a plan, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
3. 'With out : to fray out. e.An.'
Hence Fagged out, ppl. adj. frayed, ravelled, worn at
the edge.
Nhp.' My gown is fagged out.
4. To pursue, to hunt.
Not. Bird fagging (J.H.B.).
FAG,v.3 War.Wor.Glo.Oxf Brks. Mid.Sur.Sus.Hmp.
Wil. Also in form vag Brks.' Wil.' [faeg, fag, vag.]
To cut corn or stubble down to the ground ; to reap by
means of a sickle and hooked stick. Cf bag, w.*
■War.^ It ent often you see a parson fagging wheat. Wor. (E.S.),
Glo.', Oxf.' Brks. CW.H.Y.) ; Brks.' Not applied to reaping wheat.
' When the straa be long, vaggin' wuts be better'n mawin' on um.'
w.Mid. In 'fagging' the reaper works to and fro across ihe 'cant'
or strip of corn he has undertaken to cut, pushing against the stand-
ing crop with his left arm, and severing portions of it by dealing
sharp blows with the hook held in the right hand. ' There isn't
much fagging done now about here. We only fagged one bit of
wheat, this year, that the machine wouldn't cut' (W.P.M."). Sur.
She's been out fagging all day for her father. A'. & Q. (1878) 5th
S. X. 222. Sus.' Hmp. (J.R.W.); N. & Q. (1854) istS.x.400;
Hmp.' Wil. Jefferies Hdgrow. (1889) 140; Wil.' True reaping
should be done with the hand instead of the crooked stick.
Hence (i) Fagging, sb. a method of reaping corn so
as to leave no stubble ; (2) Fagging-hook, sb. {a} a hooked
stick with which corn is drawn towards the reaper in
' fagging' ; also used in trimming hedges, &c. ; (b) a reap-
ing-hook, bill; a sickle; (3) -stick, see -hook {aj ; (4)
Fag-hook, (a) see -hook {a) ; (b) see -hook (b).
(i) Brks. A methodof cutting corn with a reaping-hook or sickle,
but quite distinct from the method known as ' reaping' ( W. H.E.).
w.Mid. (W.P.M.) Sur. Fagging is when you do not gather in the
grain but go swiftly on, hacking it down with the sickle, and letting
itlieasitfalls, A^. 6-p. (i878)5thS.x.222. Hmp.(W.H.E.) Wil.
All the present reaping is ' vagging,' with a hook in one hand and
a bent stick in the other, and instead of drawing the hook towards
him and cutting it, the reaper chops at the straw as he might at an
enemy, Jefferies //rffTOw. (1889)140. (2,0) War.3,Glo.iS.S.B.)
Brks. Used by the leu hand for holding aside nettles, &c.,in clearing
a ditch, while the right hand cuts them with an iron 'hook' (M.J. B.).
FAG
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FAID
Wil.i (i) s.Oxf. Her father and mother . . . both worked with the
faE;giiig-hook — a blade in the shape of a half-moon set into a wooden
handle, Rosemary Chiltcnis (1895) 68. (3) Oxf.i, Wil.i (4, a)
Brks. (M.J.B.) (A) Sus.' A hook or bill fastened on a long stick
for trimming hedges, or for fagging corn. Hmp. A sickle for lopping
branches oft' trees ; also used to cut corn that is too beaten to be cut
vWth a reaper (W.M.E.F.).
FAG, FAGALD, see Fig, si ', Faggald.
FAGE, v} and sb. Yks. Lan. Lei. Also Som. Also in
forms fadge Lei.' ; feeag Lan.' n.Lan.^ ; vage w.Som.'
[fedg, Lan. flag, w.Som. vesdg.] 1. v. To flatter, coax,
' toady ' ; to ' cram ' or ' stuff' "a person. Cf. fodge, v.
Lei.i w.Som.' 'Tis right, I 'sure 'ee ; I widn vage [vaeujj 'ee
'pon no 'count.
Hence (i) Fageing, />/>/. adj., (2) Fagey, adj. deceiving,
flattering. w.Yks.*
2. sb. A flatterer. Lan.'', n.Lan.'
[1. To fage.adii/ari, blaiidiri,palparc, Caih. Ani;l. (1483) ;
Fagyn or ilateryn, Prompt. ; Dauid come him to i'age,
Cursor M. (c. 1300) 7622.]
FAGE, v.'^ Yks. [fig] To sell bad meat.
w.Yks. (J.S.) ; w.Yks.2 A butcher is said to be 'gone a fagin.'
FAGE, v.^ Yks. Also in form fey. To scratch, as a
dog does.
w.Yks. (J.S.) ; w.Yks.2 Get out wi' thee, fagin' and scratchin'
thysen.
FAGERRY, sb. Irel. A 'vagary,' a whimsical notion,
fancy.
Ant. Whut sort o' a fagerry's this you hae taen in your heed ?
Baltyttjena Obs. (1H92").
FAGEY, adj. Yks. [fe'gi.] Thin, poor, ill-nourished.
w.Yks. (J.S.) ; w.Yks.2 {Suppl.) Applied to meat. ' It's a fagey-
looking horse.'
Hence Fagey, sb. (i) a puny child ; (2) an over-sharp,
cunning person. w.Yks. (J.S.)
[Flosche, faggie, weak, soft ; as a boneless lump of flesh,
COTGR.]
FAGGALD, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written fagald. A
faggot, a bundle of twigs or heath tied with straw ropes.
Also us^d fig.
SIk. Ony o' them's worth a faggald o' thee, Hogg Tales (1838)
363, ed. 1866 ; Used for shutting up the doorway under night when
there was no door. . . [This was] in use within the memory of man
(Jam.).
[Gret fagaldis tharoff thai maid, Barbour Bruce (1375)
XVII. 615.]
FAGGOT, sb., v.'^ and adj. Van dial, uses in Eng.
Also written fagot Nhp.' e.An.' Nrf. Sus.' Wil. e.Dev.
Cor.^ ; and in forms facket Som. w.Som.' Dev.' ; fagget(t
Nhp.= Hrf.' Sur. Dev.'; faggit Nhb.' w.Wor.' se.Wor.'
s.Wor.' Shr.i Mid.; fakket War. Wil.' Som.; vaggot
Brks.' Wil. [fagat, fae'gat, faekst.] 1. sb. A bundle
of brushwood used for fuel ; a large bundle of ash-wood
burnt instead of the Yule-log on Christmas Eve, some-
times called Ash- or Ashen-faggot (q.v.). Also used aZ/nb.
War. (J.R.W.) Shr.i A bundle of sticks, or of heath, for fuel.
' Dun 'ee want any yeth this evenin', Missis ? ' ' How much have
you ? ' ' On'y about 'afe a dozen faggits ; yo'd better lak' 'em all.'
Brks.i Containing branches of larger size than those in a ' bavin.'
Ken. A large bundle of brushwood, about five feet in height and
one foot diameter (D.W.L.). Hmp.' A 'trimmed' bundle of fire-
wood. The word faggot is never used in North Hants. Wil.
Britton Beauties (1825). n.Wil. A bundle of firewood tied with
one withe. ' I wantshalfascore o' faggots, plaze' (E.H.G.). Som.
We've a got a famous fakket 1 ashen faggot) to year, Ray.mond Sam
and Sahiiia [i&ijn, II. w.Som.' Faak'ut eo-d (faggot woodj. The
large faggot which is always made of ash to burn at the merrymaking
on Christmas Eve — both old and new. The faggot is always
specially made with a number of halse binds or hazel withes (s.v.
Ashen-faggot). Dev. Out comes a feller wi a lackit, Hare Brilher
y(j«(i863) 6, ed. 1887 ; Ks darter Mariar Ad ashuv'd thaash-vacket
pin tap uv tha viar, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. 1 1847 1 51, ed. 1858.
S Faggot, of wood, 3 feet long, 24 inches round, Morton Cyclo. Agric.
1863X]
2. Phr. a fagol above a load, too much of a good thing.
Sus.' Weil, I do call it a fagot-above-a-Ioad, to have to go down
to Mr. Barham's twice a day.
3. A bundle of straw, a ' bolting,' ' batten.' War.^
4. A term of contempt or reproach applied to women and
children ; a slattern, a worthless woman. Cf. besom, sb.^
Nhb.' Ye impitent faggit. Cum.' An oald faggot. n.Yks. She's
a mucky saucy faggit (T.S.). e.Yks.', Lan., Cbs. (F.R.C.), Lei.'
Nhp.' ' Like a one-banded fagot,' a comparison for a loosely-dressed
slatternly female ; Nlip.'^, War.'^,w.Wor.', s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Shr.'
A false hypocritical woman. ' That Soman's a reg'larowd faggit —
'er imposes on the paas'n shameful.' Hrf.'^ Glo. (S.S.B.) ; (F.H.) ;
Glo. '2 Oxf.' You little faggot, you. Brks. To a stray cow : 'Come
out o' that, ye old faggot ' ^M.J.B.) ; Brks.' Generally preceded by
•awld.' Mid.(F.R.C.),Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.',Nrf. (W.W.S.) e.Suf.
She's a lazy, gossiping, and idle fagot (F.H.). Ken. Where'v ye
bin, ye little faggot? (W.F.S.); (G.B.) Sus.' Hmp. Now then, ye
little faggot, get along with yer work (W.M.E.F.) ; Hmp.' LW. A
onbelieven young vaggot I I never zee such a mayde vur mischief.
Gray Annesley (1889) I. 163; I.W.' Chit out, ye faggot; I.W.2
Come here, ye young faggot. Wil.^ A woman of bad character is
' a nasty stinking faggot ' (or vaggot). Often used in a milder sense,
' You young vaggat ! what be slapping the baby vor?' Dor. (C.W. )
w.Som.' U puur-dee oa"l faak^ut, uur ai-z [A pretty old fagot, she is].
Dev.' Lazy faggett. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) Cor. You know the
wasting illness that's fallen on all that cruel faggot. Dame Tredray's
children. Hunt Pop. Roni. w.Eng. (1865) 319, ed. 1896 ; Cor. '2
5. A dish, usually a small cake or rissole, made of the
fry, liver, or inferior portions of a pig or sheep.
s.Stf. PiNNOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Nhp. Composed of the
liver, lungs, and other internal parts of a pig or sheep, chopped
small, and made up in a square form, Markham Piov. (1897)
1 1. War. 2 Sometimes called a ' savoury-duck ' in n\v. War. ; War.^
I believe they are square or nearly square in shape, and not so
thick as the Shropshire form. w.Wor.' se.Wor.' Minced liver
seasoned with herbs. s.Wor.' A cake, or small pudding, of spiced
mince, made from pig's fry, &c. Shr.' A kind of sausages made of
the liver and lights of a pig, boiled with sweet herbs, and finely
chopped ; then covered with the veil of the pig and baked on an
oven-tin. The faggits are oblong in form and about an inch and a
half thick. Glo. ' Hot faggots every night. ' Signboard of a Chelten-
ham eating-house ;A.S.-P.) ; (A.B.);Glo.i Oxf.(L.J.Y.) ;Oxf.'The
pluck or lights of a pig chopped very fine and mixed with sage,
onions, and suet, and put into a skin like sausages. Brks.', Hnt.
(T.P.F.) Lon. He then made his supper, or second meal, . . .
on 'fagots,' Mayhew Z.OK(/. Labour {eA. 1861) U. 227, col. 2. Ken.
(D.W. L. ) Sur. Small pies made from portions of a sheep's head
and seasoned with herbs (T.T.C.). Sns. The faggots which they
had had for supper, Sus. Dy. Neivs (Jan. 11, 1899 . Hmp.' A
savoury mess of liver and onions. Wil ' Also known as Bake-
faggot. Som. We'll hev fackets, hot, for supper too, Agrikler
Rhymes (1872) 70 ; Sweetman Wincanton Gl. (1885).
6. A secret and unworthy compromise ; in wresthng :
a man who bargains not to win. Cor.'*
7. V. To make up wood into faggots.
Wil. A sack of twigs turned out on tlie turf, such as thehedgers
rake together after fagoting, Jefferies Hdgroiv. (1889") 295.
Hence Faggoting the lop, phr. bundling faggot-wood.
Sus. Faggoting the lop, and scraping and hatching the bark are
diff"erent operations, Heath Eng. Peas. (1893) [85.
8. In wrestling: to 'sell one's back,' to bargain not to win.
Cor. Doan'tee go for to faggottee weth nobody, let me beg of ee,
Forfar Pcngersick Castle (1862, 2 ; Cor.'
9. adj. Useless, contemptible. Dur. (P.P.)
FAGGOT, v.* War. To suppose, conclude.
B Iiam IVklv. Post 1 June 10, 1803).
FAG-MA-FUFF, 'sb. R'xb. '(Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A name given to a garrulous old woman.
FAGOGHE, sb. Obs. Wxf A faggot.
FAGiGjS, FAGUE, see Fegs, Feag.
FAHLIDAH, sb. Not. A rigmarole.
s.Not. He wrote out a long fahlidah an' axed me to sign it. It
don't want all this fahlidah to tell me what yer mean (J.P.IC).
FAHN, FAI, see Fain, adj.. Fay, sb., Foul.
FAIBERRY, FAICHLESS, see Feaberry, Feckless.
FAICHT, V. Sh.L Also written feicht. To flutter,
palpitate.
Whin I saw her comin' troo da gait my hert began ta faicht,
Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 257.
HenceFeichting,i'W.s6. the act ol fluttering, palpitating.
It maks my flesh creep, and sets a feichtin' ta my hert, ib. 121.
FAID, V. Sh. & Or.L [fed.] To frown. Or.L (Jam.),
S. & Ork.'
FAID
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FAIL
FAID, FAIDLE, see Fade, sb.", Fadle.
FAIGER, sb. Sh.I. The sun. S. & Oik.i
FAIGH, .sA. Shr.' [fe.] An ironstone measure with
ironstone ore in it.
FAIGH, FAIGS, FAIHIL, see Fay, v.'^. Tegs, Fail, sb.^
FAIK, aA.' and i'.' Sc. Yks. Also in forms feake Sc. ;
feeakn.YlvS.^: feaukAbd. (Jam.) |fek,fiak.] 1. ii. Aplaid.
Nai. ^4j^n'c. Siov. GL (Jasi.) Bch. I had nae mair claise but a
spraing'd faikie, Forbes Jrn. (1742) 8. Abd. (Jam.) nw.Abd.
Fling that fool faik awa. Goodivife (1867') St. 15. Per. To every one
it is a great shame That wants a Highland Feake, Smith Poems
(1714) 80, ed. 1853.
2. A fold of anything, as a ply of a garment.
n.Sc. (Jam.) n.Yks.^ Folds of draped linen.
3. That part of a sack which, when full, is drawn to-
gether at the top by the rope with which the sack is tied.
Rxb. (Jam.)
4. V. To fold, tuck up.
Sc. The sack containing oats is faiked when the upper empty
part is rolled down towards the outside. A man was emptying a
bag of cement and spilling not a little of the contents. His master
ordered him, ' Faik the sack, sir ' (G. W.1 ; A woman is said to faik
her plaid when she tucks it around her (Jam.).
6. To fondle, caress.
Per. Still not unfrequently used here (G.W.). Cld. (Jam.)
FAIK, sb.'^ Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A stratum or laj'er of stone in a quarry.
FAIK, I/.2 Obs.i Sc. Also written faick. 1. To
abate the price.
Per.. Ltli. Will ye no faik me ? He will not faik a penny (Jam.).
Ayr. I'll no faik a farthing o' my right, Galt Entail (1823) xx.
2. To excuse, let go with impunity.
Ayr. Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit, Be hain't wha like,
Burns ziid Ep. to Davtc, st. 3. Lth. (Jam.)
[1. Thar sal be chosin four discrete persounes to faik
the tax of men that has tholit skath oft, Burgh Records
Aberdrcn (1445) (Jam.).]
FAIK, V? Sc. To fail from weariness, to cease moving.
Sc. Her busy hands were faikit, Donald Ponns (1867) 57. n.Sc.
My feet have never faikit (Jam.). Abd. Her limbs they faiked under
her and fell, Ross //e/o/o;? ; 1768) 152, ed. Nimmo ; The lasses
. . . faiked ne'er a foot for height nor how, 16. 79, ed. 1812. Bwk.
The trusty goodwife o' Whitecornlees She never faiket — she never
faiUet And ne'er took a minute o' rest or ease, Henderson Pop.
Rliymes (1856) 75.
[Cp. MDu. vake (vaicke), 'somnolencia,' vaken, 'nutare'
{Teullionista).'\
FAIK, FAIKES, FAIKS, see Faik, Faix.
FAIKINS, sb. pi. Sc. Cum. Wm. Lan. Also written
faickens Sc. ; faickins Wm. Cum.^ ; and in form fackens
Lan. [fe'kinz.] Cen. in phr. tfaikms, in truth, verily.
Sc. r gude faickens, it sets you weel indeed, to gee sic treet-
ment to yin it's better nir the hale crew o' ye, Magopico (ed. 1836)
13. s.Sc. Gude faikins (Jam.). Cum. I' iaikins I hae' miss'd it,
Gilpin Sh^s. (1866) 55. Wm. & Cum.' An' nin behin', I faickins, sal
gang bye ye, 140. Lan. Ay i' fackens ; but where is it? Roby
Trad. (1829^1 II. 297, ed. 1872.
[/v7V (faith) q.v. + -X'/«, dim. suff.]
FAIL, sb} Sc. Nhb. Also written fael Sh.I. Fif. ;
faile Bwk.; faill BntT. ; fale Sc. (]am.); and in forms
feald Sc. (Jam.) S. & Ork.i Or.l. Cai.' ; feil Sh.I.; fell
Abd. ; felly Sh.I. [fel, fisl.] 1. The surface of a smooth
field ; a flat sod, covered with grass cut off from the rest
of the sward ; also turf, as a material.
Sc. Rights of pasturage, fuel, feal, and divot, Scott IVavcrley
(1814) xlii. Sh.I.They [pones] differ from another species of turf,
recognised in Shetland as well as in Scotland, under the name of
Fails. . . Fails are the thickest portions of turf that are cut, being
used for the construction of walls and dikes, Hibdert Dae. Sh.I.
(1822 ': 21, ed. 1891 ; Withoot tinkin' what he wis diiin', he rave a
feil oot o' da side o* da vent, and sent hit doon ipo dem wi' a slash,
Clark C/fa«is( 1898 I 56; Itisqucstionable if he knew . . .whether
it was with ' faels ' or peats that he filled his kishie, NicoLSON
Ailhslin' Hedder 1898 30. n.Sc. She sawnaa seat to sit down on.
But only some sunks o' green feall, Buchan Ballads (1828 11. 103,
ed. 1875. Cat' Inv. The turf used for the walls of the building
(H.E.F.). Elg. Helook't na east, he look't na west, But pcy'talang
the fail, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 82. Abd. Though the hoose be
fun't upo' a rock, it's maist biggit o' fells, Macdonald Sir Gibbie,
xxxiii ; A caller heather bed, Flat on the floor with stanes and feal
was made, Ross Hclenore (1768) 83, ed. 1812. Ags. Fail is used
in building the walls of an earthen house and divot for covering it.
The fail is much thicker than the divot and diflers in shape. . . In
building a wall or dyke of fale and divet it is often the custom to
set the fale on edge and lay the divet flat over the fale (Jam.). Frf.
Owre dykes and ditches, feal and broom, James stalks as big's the
Pope o' Rome, Sands Poems (1833) 83. Lnk. Fail and bog-rashes
protecket the loof, Watson Poems (1853) 30; Fell down like
flaughtered fails, Ramsay Poems (1721) 48, ed. 1733. Rxb. They
Lived in a house was maistly feal, RiddellPoc/. Wks. (ed. 1871) II.
126. n.Cy. (J.H.), N.Cy.S Nhb.i
Hence Fealy-gable, sb. the gable of a house built with
turf. S. &: Ork.>
2. Conip. (1) Fail-delf, the place from which 'fails' or
turfs have been dug ; (2) -dyke, a wall or fence built of
turf; (3) -housie, a small house built of turf; (4) -roofed,
roofed with turf; (5) -wa', the wall of a cottage or hut built
of turf.
(i) Cai.' (2) Sc. Auld Edie will hirple out himsell if he can get
a feal-dyke to lay his gun ower, Scott Antiquary (1816) xx ; Like
draws to like, as an auld horse to a fail-dyke, Henderson Prov.
(1832) 7, ed. 1881. Sh.L The stane and felly dyke aforesaid was
rebuilt to its present altitude, Sh. News (Mar. ig. 1898). Or.l. He . . .
fenced it around with a ' feal dyke,' Vedder Shetches (1832) 30. Abd.
In auld fell dykes an' mossy braes We'll search for bummers' bykes,
Anderson Rhymes (1867) 146. Frf. An auld feal. dyke, Wi' bum-
bees buzzin' round their byke, Smart Rhymes (1834) 88. e.Fif.
Loupin' a feal-dyke into a bit clumpie o' trees, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864) vi. Bwk. The gean-trees stand by the auld fade dyke, Calder
Poems (1897) 120. SIk. An auld fail-dike round the corn, Hogg
Tn/cs (1838) 45, ed. 1866. Gall. What the country folk call a fail
dyke, Crockett Grey Man (1896) xxiv. Kcb. Not so good as fail-
dykes, fortifications of straw, or old tottering walls, RtrrHERFORD
Ac//. (1660) No. 187. n.Cy. (J.H.),N.Cy.i, Nhb.i (3) Elj. Robbie's
feal housie stood far up the hill, Abd. IVkly. Press (June 25, 1898).
(4) Sh.L Close to this well was a cottage in my young days, which
was ' felly roofed,' Sh. News (Jan. 15, 1898;. (5) Cai.'
3. Phr. io cast feal, to cut the surface of the common or
pasture ground and carry it to the land intended for corn.
Cai. There is a prevailing mode in this neighbourhood of casting
feals, as they are called, Young Ann.Agrie. (1784-1815) XX. 305.
Bnfr. Thou forbiddis to cast faill or divett thereon, Gordon Chron.
Keith (1880) 55. s.Sc. The inhabitants . . . got the power of casting
feal and divot on the surrounding muirs, Wilson Tales (1836)
II. 120.
[1. Euery faill Ourfret with fuljeis of figuris full diners,
Douglas Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 82. Gael./n/, a sod
(M. & D.).]
FAIL, sb.'^ Der. Mining term : a stemple or small
timber used to support the ground in lead-mines.
Marshall Reports A gric. (1814') IV. 132.
FAIL, v., adj. and sb.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lakel. Cum. Yks.
Der. Sun Sus. Also in forms faihil Der.'; feal Cum. ;
feeal Lakel. [fel, feal, fiaL] 1. v. To decline in strength,
grow weak ; to break down, become exhausted. Gen.
in pp.
Sc. My mother, failed as she is, thinks nothing of carrying a gang
ofwaterupit,WHiTEHEAD£ia//Z)nw«(i876) 132, ed. 1894. Elg.The
dewless lip, the feature fail'd.They shrink and shiver sair, Couper
Poetry {lio.^) I. 123. Abd. Nor was he fail'd, tho' hegrewaul'. His
blood wasnowther freez'd norcaul', ShirrefsPo«hs ( 1 790) 24 1 . Frf.
Ah,meenister, I'm clean dune, sir — I m clean failed, liiGi.\sAinFlk.
(1895) 145. Per. I vves sorry to see the Doctor sae failed, Ian
Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 64. Rnf. He's auld and fail'd and
wants his sleep, Harp (1819I 131. Ayr. When the marquis
is a little mair failed, ye 'II be called up to the House of Peers, Galt
Sir A. IVylie (,1822) Ixxviii. Lnk. Although my sight is greatly
failed, I can work for twa-three bawbees yet, Roy Generalship (ed.
1895) 23. Edb. Ye're sairly failt at baith blank verse an' prose,
Learmont Poems (1791) 218. Cav. Yon man was stout, but he's
failed (M.S.M.). Nhb. He'sfailed a bit these last two years, Clare
Love 0/ Lass (,i8go) I. 26. Lakel. He's fecalin fast, Ellwood (1895).
Cum. An' for me, fealit an' feckless, I'll lait nae new biel, Powley
Echoes Cum. (1875) 15 ; Thoo's faded varra sair o' leat, GwoRDiE
Greenup A nudder Bateh (1873) 14. n.Yks.' T'au'd man's not lang
for this world : he's sair failed of late. w.Yks. (J.W.)
Hence (i) Failed, ppl. adj. broken down, worn out,
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FAIN
decrepit ; (2) Failing, ppl. adj. showing signs of bodily
decaj', becoming wealv.
(i) Sc. If I weren't an old failed wife, it's not standing by the
window or sitting at the door-cheek would content me, Keith
Bonnie Lady (1897) 22. Shi. O ! wir dey ever fail'd aald man,
BunGESS Rasiiiie (.1892) 45. Abd. Peter Birse's growin' an' aul'
fail't stock, Alexander Jo/t)iny G/'Ai(i87i) xxx. Ayr. The dyvor's
bill can do nae gude to a failed and broken-hearted auld beggar-
man, Galt Lairds (1826) xxxi. Edb. Her devious steps weak,
weary, fail'd, The storm with double rage assaird,LEARMONT Poems
(1791) 36. N.I.' (2) n.Yks.i He's a failing man and has been for
lang.
2. With off: to show signs of approaching dissolution,
to grow wealc.
n.Yks.i He's failed off desper't sharp sen last back-end.
3. To die. Cum.'
4. With of. with : to fall ill with, to sicken With, gen. used
of infectious diseases.
Sur.i Sus.' He looks to me very much as though he was going
to fail with the measles.
5. adj. Frail, in a weak state of health, wanting in physi-
cal power. Rxb. (Jam.)
6. sb. Decline. See below.
Sh.I. He wis a man apo' da fail o' life, Sli. Ncivs (Apr. 9, 1898}.
7. Obs. One that fails or disappoints. Den'
FAILE, FAILL, see Fail, sb.'-
FAIN, V. and iut. Chs. Stf Glo. Brks. Som. Dev.
Slang, [fen, fean.] 1. v. To forbid, refuse, used by
boys in their games ; to claim a truce. Cf. barley, /;//.
See Fen, v."^
Chs. Fains or Fain it, a term demanding a truce in a game,
N. & Q. (,1870) 4th S. vi. 415. Str. A boy who had killed another
at marbles, that is hit his marble, would call out ' Fain it,' meaning
'you mustn't shoot at me in return'; or if a boy was going
to shoot and some inequality of surface was in his way which he
would have cleared away, his antagonist would prevent him by
calling out ' Fain clears,' N. £y Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 517. Brks. If
a prefect wants anything fetched for him and does not say by whom
those who wish to get off going say ' Fain I,' ib. w.Som.' Fain
sliips 'at marbles), fain peepeen (at hide and seek). Slang. N. & Q.
(1870I 4th S. vi. 517 ; Farmer.
2. int. Obs. Only with ueg. : No, fain ! No, verily !
See Fay, sb}
Glo., Dev. Horae SubsecivacCiiT]) i^g; GR05E(I^go) AfS. add.Clil.)
FAIN, «//' and adv. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lan. Chs. Dcr. Lei. Nhp. War. Hnt. e.An. Also
written fane w.Yks. Lan. ; feign n,Lan. ; feyn e.Yks.'
Lan. ; and in forms faan w.Yks.^ ; faen S. & Ork.' ; fahn
e.Yks.'; fene Lan.; fine e.Yks.' [fen, fean.] 1. adf.
Glad, happy, well-pleased.
Sc. If your honour's Grace wad but accept a stane or twa, blithe
and fain and proud it wad make us, Scott Midlolliiait (i8r8) xxxviii.
Abd. I was fain To hear him say, ye'll try't again, Shirrefs Po«/«s
(1790) XX. Frf. And, if we've got Lord Ormelie, Oh ! wow
but I'll be fain. Sands Poems (1B33) 207. Per. I'll warrant we
were a' right fain . . . When we got housesof our ain, NicolPo«;;5
(1766) 49. Rnf. He [Cupid] filled her heart brimfu' o' love, And
Jock was dancin' fain o't, Barr Poems (1861I 42. Ayr. We baith
were unco fain, John, To hear their prattling din, White Jottings
(1879) 281. Lnk. There's something aboot it [home] that makes
the heart fain, Thomson Musings (1881 ) 6. Lth. I'm fain an' prood
to hear ye say what ye say o' oor candidate, Lumsden Slieepliead
(1892 , 263. Edb. Myain dear Meg, ye've made me fain, Mi^Dowall
Poems (1839) igg. Dmf. I'll tell you something Some fowk wad be
fain tae ken, Reid Poems (1894) 148. SIk. Oh! never was man
sae delighted and fain, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865 i 287. Gall. His
hopes were high, his heart was fain, Nicholson Poet. lVt:s. (1814)
45, cd. 1897. Kcb. Aye unco fain, When daddy comes hame at e'en,
Akmsykonh Inglcsidc {iBgo 205. n.Ir. Swainson IVcalber FlJi-Lore
(1873226; ' An cast rain makes fools fain,' common saying, Uts.Jm.
Arch. ( 1853-1862; IX. 78. N.Cy.' ; N.Cy.2 Fair words makes fools
fain, Prov. Nhb. Which made our Englishmen fain, Richardson
Borderers Table-bk. {iB^bjVl.^^T . Dur.>,s.Dur. fJ.E.D.; Lakel.Wey
Gcordie aws fain To see thee again, Lo.al Sng., Ellwood (1895).
Cam.Our Sally wud be fain, Should Lantybut comeback, Anderson
Ballads (cd. 1808) 39. Wm.To watch her maks yan fain, Whiie-
HEAD Leg. (1859) 6 ; (E.G.) n.Yks.' There's many'll be fain if it
ho'ds fairower t'moorn, ne.Yks.' Sha's fain ti be wiv lier muthcr
agcean. e.Yks.' Fcynan-glad. m.Yks,' w.Yks. Ah's faner ta
meet ye ner he'd be ta meet them, Nidderdate Oln^t. (1871) Preface;
w.Yks.' I dare say, thou wor fain enif to get shut on him, ii. 294;
w.Yks.^^ ; w.Yks.s Monny a one ... ad be glad an faan o' t'job,
44. Lan. Aw^ am fane to see thi, owd lad, Sam Sondnotiliur , pt.
vi. 24 ; Aw'm some an' feyn tosce't. Standing £("Aofs(i888j 6; I'm
fene t'hyeor it, Walker Pleltcian Politics (1796) 5, ed. 1801; Lan.'
n.Lan. We'll be feign an rejoice in tha, Phizackerley Sng. Sol.
(\%(x>]\. i,. m.Lan.' Chs. He were some fain when aw towd him
th' rebels had gone back, Croston Enoch Cnmip (1887) 15 ; Chs.'
Au were rare and fain as he got th' job an' not me ; Chs.^ Breet
a — rd rain makes foos fain ; that is, when a rainy cloud is succeeded
by a little brightness in the sky, fools rejoice, thinking it will soon
be fair weather ; Chs.^ s.Chs.' Ahy ,m fai'n tfi sey yu [I'm fain to
see yO]. Not common. Der.^ I'm fain to see thee. nw.Der.',
Nhp.' e.An. If you give me a shilling, I shall be fain, Davies Swan
and her Crew (c. 1870) 233; e.An.'
Hence (1) Fainly, (a) adv. gladly, eagerly, excitedly;
[b) adj. pleasant, welcome, gladsome ; (2) Fainness, 5^.
gladness.
(r, «) Sc. While fainly they fidgit at ilka tale. Jamieson Pop.
Ballads (1806) I. 303. Abd. I'd own you asabrither fainly. Still
Cottar's Sunday {iB^c,] 163. Ayr. I'm far frae her I fainly loo. Brown
Ballads (1850) 173. (b) Sh.I. Hits sklcnder croopeen an' fainly
vind,5/!. I\'e;vs (Nov. 6, 1897!. 12) Sc. For fainness, deary, I'll gar
3'e keckle, Ramsay Tea-Table Mis:. (1724I I. 35, ed. 1871. w.Sc.
The young things nearly grat for fainness, Carrick Laird of Logan
(1835) 272.
2. Desirous, eager. Also used advb.
Sc. Yon's the gate to heaven, that ye are sac fain of, Scott Mid-
lothian (1818) xxix. Enfif.' He's unco fain o' the drap dram. Abd.
Waltie wis fidgin' fain ; ' an* aye', quo' he, ' Some canty bit lass I'll
mak' my bride,' Gnidman Inglismaill (1873) 39. Fif. Jamie cam' to
me A' fidgin'an' fain, Rocertson P)Ofos/( 18941 12. Edb. Beingas
fain to have his curiosity gratified as myself, MoiR Mansic IVaneh
(1828) xvii. N.Cy.', Dur.' n.Yks. He is fain towards mc, Robinson
Whitby Sng. Sol. (i860) vii. 10; n.Yks.' Ah's fain for my dinner,
any ways ; n.Yks.2 ' I'm nut fain o' my meat,' I have no desire for
food. e<Yks. We're desp'rate fain te get ya' te cum te Nestleton,
V^RAV Nestteton (1876 ) 36. w.Yks. I'm fain to hear plenty o' news,
y,^5«;rt;:. XXXVI. 678. Lan. I'm none so fain o' goin'rainpa^in'about
the country, Fothergill Hcaley (1884) xv ; I ha' a trouble as I'm
fain to hide, Burnett Lowrie's (1877) xli ; Lan.' Let' Anybody
'ud suppose 30' was feen o' a black oy to hear yo talk a-that'n.
War.3 Hnt. i,T.P.F.)
Hence Fainness, sb. desire, liking.
Bnff.' He hiz an unco fainness for the drink.
3. Fond, affectionate ; in love. Also used advb.
Elg. They say ye're fain o' laird and lord, Couper Poetry (1804)
II. 221. Bnff.' He's gey fain o' ir noo. Abd. Were she o' me as
fain, I'd nae be cauld nor shy, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 99; Ye're
sae singin'-fain — I'll try a sang en a forbear o' mine ain, Gtiidman
Inglismaill (1873"! 38. Kcd. Now Sandy is come back again, Of him
I am right fain, Jamie Muse (1844) 19. SIg. I've come to my dearie,
To tell her I love her. and love her as fain. Towers Poems (1885)
205. Rnf. We baith gat fu',an' syne grew fain, PiCKENPof;;is(i8i3)
II. 3. Lnk. I claspit her sae close to me, an' kissed her aye sae
fain, Coghill Poems (1890) 164. Ayr. Nae doubt but they were
fain o' ither. Burns Twa Dogs (1786'! 1. 37. Lnk. Lovers young
an' fain, Wha meet thcgither in the glen, Thomson Musings (1881)
115, Lth. Loot owre me wi' smile sae fain, Listen to thy
callant's strain, Lumsden Sheep-head (18^2) 4. Kcb. I am not twice
fain (as the proverb is), but once and forever, Rutherford Lett.
(1660) No. 303. Lan.'
Hence (i) Fainfu', (2) Fainly, (rt)(Trf;. affectionate, kind,
amiable ; (b) adv. fondly, affectionately ; (3) Fainness, sb.
love, affection, fondness ; (4) Fainsome, adj. fond.
(i) Or.I. (Jam. Si(/)/;/.) (2, n) S. & Ork.' (i) Kcb. She wad toss
on her couch and fainly wad think O' the laddie that never wad
come, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 80. (3I Bnff.' Dmb. Fainness
wadna let me thole, TayijOr Poems (ed. 1827) 67. Rnf. I hae a
sneakin' fainness too To woo the muse in Tartan, Picken Poems
I iSis^ II. 163. Ayr. It was viewed with awe, as a thing done under
the impulses of fraud, or fainness, or fatality, Galt Gilhaize {iS2^)
X. (4) n.Yks. 2 They're fainsome o' tcean t'other.
4. adv. Gladly, willingly ; fondly.
Frf. The women they would fain have left behind them, Barrie
Lirht (1888) V. Rnf. I've been through fancy's fairy beams, Sae
fain's I hae been fidgin', Webster Rhymes (1835) 68. Feb. To
Elsridge hill I've trudged fu' fain To beg the wale o' gospel fare,
Affleck/'oc/. Wks. (1836) 28. Dmf. Whan struttin' up sae fain His
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tae took Nelly's corner stanc,QuiNN//<(i///f»'(i863') 226. Nhb.We're
fidgin a fu' tain, Charnley /-'isJier's Gail. (1824) 7. Cum. We'r
suer he'd fain . . . Iia' gone vvid thee. Gwordie Greenup Vance a
Year (iSvs"! 6. ne.Yks.', w.Yks. iJ.W.) Lan. An' aw'd fain do
summat for Mester Clegg, Banks Maiuh. Man (1876I .\Ivi. Chs.*
I'd fain do it. Der. Kor when you would fain it will not be, Jewitt
Ballads (1867) 19. Nhp.' I'd fain have you stay. Shr.' I'd fayn
goo to the far o' Thursday on'y fur gettin' them turmits in afore
theer comes rayn. Nrf. He fain would Iiave had me to do it
(M.C.H.B.1. Suf.' He'd fain have had her.
FAIN, adj.'^ Sc. Also written fane Cai.' [fen.]
1. Of grain : damp, not thoroughly dry, not fit to be taken
in from the field. Rxb. (Jam.) 2. Of meal : of bad
quality, made from grain insufficiently ripe. Cai.'
FAINAIGUE, V. Shr. Hrf. GIo. Wil. Dor. Dev. Cor.
Also in forms feneage Cor.'; feneague Glo.* Cor.^ ; fe-
nege Wil. ; fenigy w.Cor. ; fernaigue Glo.' ; fernig Dev.^
Cor.*; finagueShr.^; finegDor.'; finegueHrf.'; funeague
Cor.*; furnaig Shr.'; furiiig(g Dev.* Cor.'*; venaig
w.Cy. (Hall.) [faneg, fanl'g.] 1. To revoke at cards.
Cf. renege.
Slir.i Obsol. ; Shr.2 He's finagued shute [suit]. Wil. A'. & O.
(1890 7th S. xii. 54. Dor.i You fincgcd. Dev., Cor. When Mr.
Simpson , . . had said ' fainaiguing' (where others said 'revoking'),
we had pretended not to notice it, ' Q.' Tioy Tozvn ( 1888) xii. Cor.'
2. To fail of a promise, to pla}' truant, to shirk work.
Hrf.' Glo.' If two men are heaving a heavy weight, and one of
them pretends to be putting out his strength, though in reality
leaving all the strain on the other, he is said to feneague. Dor.'
Dev.* He said he would come, then he fernig'd. Cor.' He agreed
with the boy for a month at ^4 a-year, and he went away and
feneaged that boy, and never took him nor paid him ; Cor.^ w.Cor.
Most freq. applied to cases where a man has shown appearances of
courtship to a woman and then left her without any apparent reason,
A'. & Q. (1854) ist S. X. 300.
3. To deceive by flattery ; to obtain by improper means,
to cheat.
Cor. But a maiden came one day And feneaged his heart away,
Thomas Raiidigal Rhymes (1895) 25 ; Cor.'*
Hence (i) Fainaiging, ^i//. adj. cheating, deceiving; (2)
Fainaiguer, sb. a cheat, deceiver.
Ci"l Cor.' A fainaiging vellun [villain]. {2) ib.
[Cp. OFt. fonu'er, ' nier, denier' (La Curne) ; Lat.
/oris + negare. For the dial. form -eagiie (-aigue) cp. reneagiie
(renege in Shaks.), to deny, revoke, and Fr. renter.]
FAINS, adv. Shr.* [fenz.] Of necessity, needs.
Company dropped in, and so I was fains to wait. Instead o'
fettling the hos, he mun fains go off to bed.
fCp. lit. E. construction to be fain to do a thing, to be
obliged. I must be fain to bear with you, Shaks. Two
Cent. I. i. 127. See Fain, «fl)'.']
FAINT, adj. Dev. [fent] Of the weather : close,
sultry, oppressive. Cf. fainty.
The weather be very faint, Reports Provinc. (1885) 93.
FAINT, see Fient.
FAINTLY, adv. Sc. [fi-ntli.] Weak, faint.
Lnk. Her feeble strength began fast to fail ; For want of warmth
she I'aintly grew, Ewing Poems (1892) 5.
FAINTNESS, si. Yks. [feantnas.] A sickly taste;
excessive sweetness.
n.Yks. In recommending glycerine as a cure for a cold, to be
taken inwardly, advice was given to mix it with whisky, which
would take the faintness off(R.H.H.). w.Yks. (J.'W.)
FAINTY, adj Sc. Yks. Chs. War. Wor. Hrf. Glo. Oxf.
Dev. Also written faintieSc. [fenti, fea'nti.] 1. Faint,
languid, weak. Of the weather; close, sultry, oppressive.
w.Yks. It [wind] cumsin varry pleasantly for cooi ling f oaks when
thare ovver warm an fainty, Tom Tbeddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann.
(1849^15. War. A fainty smell (J. R.W.). s.Wor.\ Hrf.'^ Glo.
G/. ;'i85i]; Glo.^ s. Oxf. And me feeling that queer and fainty-Iike,
Rosemary Chillcms (1895) no. Dev. I be wiwery along o' the
fainty weather, Phillpotts Z)or/Hioo»-(i895) 157, ed. 1896; I zim
tha weather is cruel fainty tu-day, zir. There's thinder about,
Hewett Peas. Sfi. (1892).
2. Comp. (i) Fainty-ground, ground when passing over
which it is thought necessary to have a bit of bread in
one's pocket in order to prevent fainting ; also called
VOL. II.
Hungry-grund. Lnk. (Jam.); (2) -haitches, slight indispo-
sition. Chs.'
FAINTYBAG, sb. se.Wor.' A lady's fancy bag.
FAIPLE, see Fipple.
FAIR, sb.^_ and v.'- Sc. Nlib. Cum. Cor. Also written
fare Sc. [fer, feafr).] \. sb. In cow/;, (i) Fair-a-mo lor
Fair-mo), a pig-fair held at St. Ives on the Saturday before
Advent Sunday ; (2) -day dyke, an obstruction made in
the road by boys upon a fair-day, in order to extract gifts
from the passers-by.
(I) Cor. Flk-Lore Jm. (i886"l IV. 113; Cor.'* (2) Cum.i
2. A gift, present from a fair. Cf. fairin(g.
Kcd. So to the fair our lover went . . . To buy some fare to his
ain dearie, Jamie ^Hsc (1844) 5. N.Cy.' Nhb.' What'll ye buy us
for me fair ?
Hence the choice o^ fair, phr. the choice of a gift, present.
Frf. The choice o' fair frae them she'll beg, Morison Poems
(1790) 16.
3. V. To treat at a fair.
Frf. To fair his lass a heart he'll shaw, Tho' he shou'd leg to
France. For want some day, Morison Poems (1790) 20.
FAIR, adj., adv., sb.' and z/.* Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. Aus. and Amer. Also written far Oxf ; fare Lan. ;
and in forms feear Cor. ; vaair Brks.' ; vare Dev.' [fer,
feafr), fi3(r).] 1. adj. In comb, (i) Fair awney, fair
play ; (2) — back, a wrestling term : a fall in which three
points are touched — head, shoulders, and back; (3) —
balls, see — awney ; (4) -days, the goose-grass, Po-
tcnlilla anserina; (5) — death, a natural death; (6) —
dinkuni, fair dealing, that which is just and equitable ;
(7) — dos, see — dinkum ; (8) — folk, a name given to
the fairies ; (9) -fuir-days (or -foor-days), broad daylight
as contrasted with night; (10) -grass, (a) see -days; [b)
the buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus; (11) — gravels, a
term used in playing marbles, see below ; (12) -guid-day,
good morning; (13) -guid-e'en, good evening; (14) —
hair, a name given to the tendon of the neck of cattle
or sheep ; (15) — lady, a kept woman ; (16) — maid (or
maids) of France, (a) a double garden variety of saxi-
frage, Sa.xifraga granutata ; (b) a cultivated variety of
bastard pellitory or sneeze-wort, Achillea Ptannica; (17)
— maids, the snowdrop, Galanthiis nivalis; (18) — mile,
the name given to a road near Blewbury, where it is
perfectly straight and nearly level for the space of
one mile; (19) -rings, circles of green grass in pasture;
(20) -strae death, a natural death; (21) — trade (or
trading), smuggling; (22) -tro-days, daylight; (23) — ups,
see — dinkum; (24) -walling, the level, smoothly-built
masonry or brickwork above the roughly-built foundations.
(i) e.Yks.' Noo ! neeah checatin ; let's he fair awney. (2) Dev.
Now let us finish the weary game with a final turn and a fair back,
Baring-Gould i/(7//i (1891) 372. (3) Abd. Gi'eay fairba's. Your
sangs will ha'e the better sound, The fewer flaws, Cock Strains
(i8io)I. 18. (4) Nhb.i (5) e.Suf. (F,H.) (6) n.Lin. Sutton IVds.
(1881). (7) Wm. Fair-dos amang mates (B.K.). w.Yks. Doant
pawse a chap when he's dahn ; fair dooes, Banks IVkfld. Wds.
(1865). Oxf.' Aul uuy waunts iz -faaT "doo z, un -faaT dooz uuyl
•aa, fuur aul -dhee uur -en*! budi els [All I wants is far dooes,
and far dooes III 'a, for all thee or anybody else]. Brks.' Thess
hev vaair doos an' not try to best one 'nother. Hmp. No cheating!
let's have fair dos (T.L.O.D.). I.W.I thinks it's pretty well fair
do's (J.D.R.) ; I.W.l; I.W.* I got to gi'n vour sacks o' taeties,
and then 'twool be about fair doos booath zides. (8) ne.Sc. The
name of fairy was not pleasing to them and men spoke of them as
the fair folk or the gueede neebours, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 59.
Ayr. The laird's colley. . . helpin" the sel' o't to some o' the fair-
folks brose as they sat oot to cule at the mooth o' the Blair Cove,
was chased into the cove. Service Notandums (1890) 106. (9)
Bch. Fordeilbe-lickethas he done Fan it was fair-fuir days, Forbes
A/a.r (1742) 10. Lnk. Be that time it was fair foor days As fou's
the house could pang, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1800) I. 271 (Jam.).
(10, a) Sc. Garden IVk. (1896) No. cxvi. 136. (A) Rxb. Said to be
denominated from the whitenessof the under-part of the leaf (Jam.).
(ill ne.Wor. When there are a lot down on the ground, a big boy
stoops down and picks them all up, saying as he does zo ' Fair
gravels.' A slightly disguised form of stealing I (J. W.P.) (12,13)
Gall. The two old wives said neither 'Fair-guid-e'en' nor ' Fair-
guid-day,' Crockett Raiders (1894) v. (14) Slg. (Jam.) (15) Chs.i
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(i6,n)Bck. (i) Mid. (i7")Nrf. s.Hmp.Slie sent up a bito' lad's-love
. . . and some 'fair-maids,' Verney L. Lisle (1870) xi. (18) Brks.
A'. & Q. (1852) 1st S. vi. 271. ( ig) Dur.' (20) Sc. You are come
to no house o' fair-strae death, Scott Guy M. (1815) xxvii ; The
loss o* her we could hae borne Had fair-strae death ta'en her awa',
Chambers Sags. (1829') I. 196. Abd. Death is, inadouble sense,
a godsend — such, indeed, is to them a gracious notice, even when
it comes in a 'fair strae ' kind of way, Thom Rhymes (1844) 32.
(21) Or.I. Betts . . . had prosecuted the 'fair trade' from the time
he was the height of a serving-mallet, Vedder Sketches (1832) 61.
s.Hmp. ' Fair trading' — for the ill-sounding word 'smuggling ' was
never used, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xiv. (22) Cum. Linton Lake
Cy.(i864) 302. (23)w.Yks.Lets e fearups [let us have 'fair'dealing]
(J.W.). (24) Lin.', sw.Lin.i
2. Plausible, pleasant.
Sh.1. Da impcdent jaed . . . comes in wi' her fair face an' says ta
me, says shii, 'Peggy, will du gie me a perrie air o' bland?' Stewart
Fireside Tales (18921 42. Lnk- Some folks, when they meet you,
are wonderfu' fair, And wad hug you as keen as an auld Norway
bear, Rodger Poems (1838) 33, ed. 1897.
Hence (i) Fair-calling, (a) sb. address, skill, care; (b)
adj. plausible, smooth-tongued, flattering, wheedling ; (2)
-faced, adj. plausible in appearance, deceitful; (3) -farand,
fl(^'. beautiful to the eye but noxious, hurtful; (4) -fashioned
(or -fassint), adj. having a greater appearance of discretion
than in reality, plausible, fair-seeming.
(r,n) Bntf.' It'll need fair-caan afore he get cot o' that scraip.
(6) Sc. They keepit weel in wi' their masters an' war discreet an'
fair-ca'in to a body, Saxon and Gael {1^1 n) I. 163 (Jam.). Frf..SIg. ,
Lth. (Jam.) (2) Cai.', Bnff.' Gall. A fair-faced, hard-natured, ill-
hearted woman, Crockett Standard Bearer (1898) 103. (3) Ags.
He's owre fair farrand for me (Jam.). Kcb. Fra the fields May
white fair farren frosts keep far awa ! Davidson S^flso?;5 (1789) 8
(Jam.). (41 Sc. Hegh,sirs, sae fair-fashioned as we are ! Mony folk
ca'me Mistress Wilson, Scott Old Moilality (1816) v; Ye are aye
sae fair-fashioned, Maister Austin, that there's scarce ony saying
again ye, St. Johnstotin, II. 195 (Jam.). Ags. Fair-fassint (Jam.).
3. Clean, tidy, set in order; level, even.
Sc. The manse kitchen was fair for the day, Holdsworth How
Dave won back to Lizbeth,m Chapman s Mag. (Oct. 1895). n.Lin.'
Th' taable top duzn't Stan' fair.
4. Of the weather : calm, opposed to stormy.
Or.I. It is fair but rainy (Jam.). S. & Ork.'
5. Likely, having a good chance.
Rnf. I wadna like to cum in his grupSjfor he wad be fairto waur.
Gin he gang into that trade, he U be fair to loss the wee pennie
that he has to the fore (Jam.).
6. Soft; slow. Wm. (Hall.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.]
7. Open to view, plainly to be seen, clear.
n.Yks.' T'rooad's fair to see. It's varry fair to see whilk on 'em
is biggest favourite. ne.Yks.' Fair ti see, fair ti tell. w.Yks. (J.W.)
n.Lin. Thaay was fair to knaw, wi' the'r black ees and bludy heads,
Peacock Tales and Rhymes {1686) S-J ; n.Lin.' Lincoln Minster's
fair to see fra Barton Field.
8. Complete, utter, sheer, thorough.
Sc. He was in a fair panic lest they should see him and be in-
dignant with him, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 17. Per. Chovvin'
awa at the beech-nuts and the acorns for fair starvation, Sandy
Scott (1897) ID. Lnk. I'm sure they're twa fair diverts, Wardrop
J. Mathison (i88i) 98. Ayr. They make a fair bauchle o' God,
Service Dr. Diignid (ed. 1887) 18. Gall. The sichts an' the soun's
that we witnessed, Amaist made me greet for fair shame, Irving
Fireside Lays • 1872; 232. N.Cy.' It's fair swindling. Cum.' It'sa
fair sham. Wm. He gemma a faer sneck posset, Spec. Dial. (1877)
pt. i. 16. w.Yks. Aht o' fair pitty, Binns Orig. (1889) No. i. 6.
s.Not. That gell's a fair treal ; I can't do noat with 'er (J.P.K.).
War. 3 Wor. A fair foul in their opponents' goal, Evesham Jrn.
(Dec. 5, 1896). Dev. (R.P.C.) ; Dev.' I did'n think dame wassuch
a zoft and vare totle, 5.
9. adv. Quite, entirely, completely.
Sc. When ye ken yourself that I am fair incompetent, Stevenson
Catriona (1893) xii. Sli.I. Bi dis time he's fair debaetliss, an' it
tak's him a braa while ta finn oot what end o" him wis mecnt ta
gangforcmist. Burgess Lozvra Biglan (1896I55. Frf. 'I fair forgot,'
Hendry answered, Barrie Thrums (1889) iii. Per. He's fair fozzy
wi'trokin'in his gairden, Ian Maci.\ken Brier Bush (1895) 206. Fif.
He isabonnie drawer, an' fair daft aboot it, Robertson P»-ot'os/( 1894)
67. a.Sc.Ye've fair dammered her leddyship. She's a face like snaw,
Snaith Ficrcchearl (^iHgf) 4a. Ayr. I'm fairsurprised, Sillar Poems
(1789) 38. Lnk. It fair cowes the gowan a' thegither, Wardrop/.
Mathison' i88i)g. Lth. I'm fair sick o' the very name o' the election,
Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 263. e. Lth. My breath was fair taen
awa wi' the way he had opened oot upon me, Hunter/. Iitwick
(1895) 195. Gall. Till I was fair driven out of my breath, Crockett
Moss- Hags (i8g^) y^i-x.. Nhb. Whisky disn't agree wi' me ; it mak's
me fair mozled, Clare Love of Lass (1890) II. 184 ; Aa's fair sick
o' love, RoBSON Sng. Sol. (1859) v. 8 ; Nhb.' Cum. I'se fair
perished with cold. Rea Beckside Boggle (1886 1 285. Wm. This lass
a Dixon war fair pinean fer Tomson, RoBisoN.,4r7W Taales (1882) 3.
n.Yks.' Ah nivver seed sikan a lahtle cat for laking : its fair wild;
n.Yks.2 It fair ilang him. It fair capp'd me [it quite cured me; said
of medicine]. ne.Yks.' T'maisther wer fair ranty when he seed
what t'lad had deean. e.Yks. ' It fair beeats me to knaw hoo they
live. w.Yks. It were fair like what they say heaven is, Fletcher
IVapentake (1895) 26; They wer fare capt with gittan lost, Lucas
Stud. Nidderdale fc. 1882) Gl. ; There is 'at says they're fair feared
on him, YiRoriiK Agnes Grey (1847) xi ; w.Yks.' It's fair shameful;
w.Yks.^ Lan. Aw wur fare fast, Sam Sondnokknr, pt. iii. 13 ;
Lan.' Aw wur fair shuddering wi' cowd. nw.Der.' Not. I'm fair
stifled. Prior Renie (1895) 224. n.Lin. He begins to get fair stall'd,
Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 67 ; n.Lin.' Lops! why he's
fair wick wi"em, an' he's that idled he weant pick'em off. She was
fair ohcrsetten when she heard her lad was run'd oher by th' traain.
Sus. (E.E.S. ) [Aus. My dog — he goes fair mad when I come back
to the station, 'Tasma In her Youth (1890) x.]
Hence (i) Fair-capping, sb. a name given to a kind of
stove-poHsh, manufactured in Bradford about 1890-91 ; (2)
Fairleens, adv. almost, very nearl}', not quite.
(I ) w.Yks. It was advertized under that name t SK.C). (2) Sh.I.
Bi dis time it wis fairleens dark, Burgess Lozvra Biglan (1896) 56.
10. Truly, really, actually ; used as an intensitive.
Nhb.' In earnest, in reality. e.Yks. I fair pines sometimes to
hev another look at his dear face, Wray Ncstlelon (1876) 283.
w.Yks, Ye fair couldn't feshion to charge three guineas, Yksnian.
(1875I 93. col. 2 ; He wor a nice seght . . . wi' t'mud fair siting oflT
him, Jabez Oliphant (1870) bk. i. v. Lan. Fair singin' for thee to
seawk at it, Waugh Tufts of Heather^ I. 29 (ed. Miluer). ne.Lan.
Thaa fair maks me shamed, Mather Idylls (1895^ 96. s.Not. I fair
had to putmy fingers in my ears. Prior Renie (iSg^) 24.
11. Plainly, easily, distinctly ; frankly, downright.
Cum. Noo just tell me fair.GwORDiE Greenup Yance a Year (iS"]^)
24. n.Yks. I can hear the knapping o' that crutch as fair as owt,
Linskili. //«;.'f>i //i// (i886) li. e.Yks. Yer can see oor granny's
'ouse se fair (F.P.T.). w.Yks. A kad sit az fear oz out [I could
see it as plainly as anything] (J.W.). s.Not. I'll thrash j'er if yer
do. I've to'd yer fair ( J.P.K.). n.Lin.' We can see Kidby lamps
very fair to-neet fra th' top o' Yalthrup Hill.
12. Straight, exactly, evenly, just.
Sc. She sat down fair in front of him, Swan Gates of Eden (1895)
xxi. Gall. He looked the dragoons and wild riders fair in the face,
Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) ix. Nhb.' He hit him fair on the heed.
Fair i' the middle. Cum.^ Wasn't set varra fair atvveen t'een, i.
w.Yks. He fell fair on his face {JE.B.) ; They set a table fair it taan
gate, DciVsbre Olm. (186^) 10; She was fair in front of me, Snowden
JVeb of Weaver (1896) 30. Lan. Deawn come th' hat an let fair o'
th' top o' Lolly wife yed. Standing £'c/;ofs (1885; 8. n.Lin. He was
set plaayin' fair i' middle o' th' road, Peacock Tales and Rhymes
(1 8861 79.
13. Phr. (i) Fair and bet, completely beaten, exhausted ;
(2) — and clear, plainly, clearly; (3) — and moderate,
fairly and moderately; (4) — and softly, softly, gently; (5)
— and tidy, fair and square, equitable ; (6) — to middling,
tolerably.
(i) Yks. I's sewer I were fair an' bet wi' it all, Baring-Gould
Oddities (1874) I. 234, ed. 1875. n.Yks. Thoo's fair and bet wi'
this lahtle bag, Monby Verses (1865) 54. (2) Cor. Now I'll pitch
into un feear and cleear, Tregellas Tales {\8(iOMi. (3) Ayr. We
drank fair and moderate, Johnston A'i7»i«//k (1891) I. 39. (4) Sc.
Nay, nay, but let us go fair and softly, Scott St. Ronan (1824)
xxiii. (5) Glo.' (6) Lan. I guess my wallet's fair-to-middling fat,
DoHERTY A^. ZJrtr/oif (1884) 66. [Amer. Common in replying to the
question, 'How are you V Dial. Notes (1896) I. 210.]
14. Comb, with prep., adv., &c. (i) Fair anent, just oppo-
site, close by ; (2) — down, (a) thoroughly ; (b) downright,
thorough, real; (3) -- even anent, exactly opposite ; (4)
— furth, (5) -furth-the-gate, straightforward, honest.
(i) n.Yks. Ligging all is length on t'grund e his Sundy koit fair
anent door ot liaiise, Why John {Coll. L. L.B.I. w.Yks. They sat
fairanent me, Yksman. (Oct. 1878) 266. (2, a) w.Yks. Fair-down
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stalled [right-down tired] (C.C.R.). (/'") w.Yks. Thafs t"fair-
daaii truth abaaght it, Tom Treddlehoyle T/iowfs{!845 3^; This
is all a bit a fair daan, honest Yorkshire truth, ib. Trip ta Loiiilon
(1851I 6. (3') w.Yks. That's Jim Gutterfrog, wot lives fair even
ancnt tha, ib. Baiiiista ^hh. (1858. 29. (4) Bnff.l (5) n.Sc. (Jam.)
Bnft". ' He's a fair-furth-lhe-gate man.
15. sh. Phr. (i) Aff the fair, off the level, unevenly
balanced; (2) Fair fall yox f aw), {a) good luck to, well
betide, blessings on (some one); (b) farewell; (s) for fair
(or -s). in reality, in earnest, seriously.
(i)Lnk.Blin' fortune's wheel is afl'the fair, An' wagglessairasitrins
roon, Thomson Musings (1881) 10. (a, a) Cai.' Bnff. Fair fa' the
sonsy stately three . . . Fair fa" their steeve and sturdy hips, Taylor
Poems (1787I 52. Abd. Fair fa' oor folk ! they've deen their very
best, Giiidnutn Inglisniai/i [^iQi^) 28. Kcd. Fair fa' the guidwivcs
o' Lhanbryd, The comely guidwives o' Lhanbryd, Grant Lays
(1884)144. Frf. Fairfa'ye Kett,ye thump it weel, MorisonPoch/s
(1790) 26. Fif. Fair fa" you, honest dainty chiel', I hear you're now
a laird, Douglas Poems (1806) 50. Rnf. Fair fa' the generous
heart and true I gat j-e frae, Young Piclitres (1865) 134. Ayr.
Fare fa' my collier laddie, Burns Collier Laddie, st. 6. Lnk. Fair
fa' thee, Robin, sweet ye sing, Tho' cauld November's win's do
blaw.TnoMSON Musings (1881) 42. Lth. Fair fa' his guid auld face,
Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 10. Edb. Fair fa' ye, friend ! Accept
our blissen For a' ye've said ! Macneill Bygniie Times (1811) 57.
Bwk. Fair fa' you, Johny Robertson ! Henderson Po/>. Rhytnes
(1856) 6. Slk. 'Fair fa' your heart, Maron,' said he, 'we'll say nae
niair aboot it,' Hogg 7V?/fs (1838) 3, ed. 1866. Dmf. Fair fa' yer
gracefu' lyart pow, Quinn Heather (1863) 103. N.Cy.', Nhb.l
w.Yks.* Our navvy an volunteers, fair faw 'em, ii. 305. Chs.*
' Fairfaw Johnny; he's best lad o' th' two; au con get him to
work a bit,' that is, give me Johnny in preference to someone else
named. In common use fifty years since, but becomingo6s. s.Cbs.
Amothergivesherchild one apple; the child then asks for another;
the mother says * No, no ! fair faw o' one,' i.e. be thankful that
you have got one ,T.D.). (i) Lan, Grose (1790) A/S. «rfrf. (P.) (3)
Nhb.i N3'en o'yorshamin ; gan on for fairs this tiine! ' Aw myest
could wish, for his dear sake, That aw'd been drowned for fair,'
Gilchrist Bold Arc/:y. 'That's nobbut lees; come, speak for fairs,'
CoRVAN Bull Dog o" Shields (18531.
16. V. Of the weather : to clear up, leave off raining,
become fine. Ccn. with tip.
Sc. Ringan was edging gradually off with the remark that it didna
feem like to fair. Smugglers (1819) I. 162 (Jam.). Cai.i Nhb.
When it faired up. White Nhb. and Border yiS^g} 448. e.Dur.'
n Yks.* 'It's been a sharpish downfall while it lasted; but Ah thinks
its boun t'fair now.' ' Ay, its like fairing oop.' ne.Yks.' Ah think
it'll fair up inoo. w.Yks. The day's goin' to fair oop (T.P.F.).
[Amer. Bartlett.]
Hence Fairing, />pl. adj. clearing, ceasing to rain.
e.Lth. A never-fairing shower Comes flickering on the blast,
Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 80.
FAIRANTICKLES, see Fern-tickles.
FAIRATION, sb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Shr. Also
written faarashun Yks. ; fairashan w.Yks. ; fairayshin
Cum. [ferei'Jan.] Fair play, fair dealing; consideration,
fairness ; also used altrib.
Cum. We mun hev fairayshin furst, Sargisson yof S<roo/>(i88i)
26; Cnm.3 Does t'e think o' 's nut fairation, 62. Wm. \Vill thoo
see 'at ah've fairation an ah'll feit him? (B.K.) Yks. He'll say et
poor Ha worth never yet hed faarashun, Hawoiih Railway (ed.
18761 3. w.Yks. Let's have fairation (S.P.U.); ' English ' foaks
like a bit a fairashan, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1861)
39. Lan. ' Goo on, an' get th' tale finisht ; cut it short, an' have
a little bit o' fairation,' said Tum, Wood Hunt, Sketehes, 37. e.Lan.*,
s.Lan. (S.W.) Shr.* ' Let's have fairation' is commonly said when
trickery is suspected. More than thirty years ago, I remember
an old man who used the word oddly, as ' Let's have fairation doos,'
Bvs^ones (1880) 141.
FAIRCE, see Fierce.
FAIKD,sb. Obs. Sc. Also in form ferd (Jam.). A
violent onset, a stir, bustle. Also usedy?^^.
Sc. It was our great surprise to have at once been at handy-
strokes, well understanding that the ferd of our hot spirits could
not long abide in edge, Baillie Leit. (1775) I. 70 (Jam.). Ayr.
When ye see it, and cannot win to it, make not a claite to it, a faird
only to be at it, and leave it there, Dickson IVrilings {1660) I. 188,
ed. 1B45. Lnk. E'en tho' there was a drunken laird To draw his
sword and make a faird, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 16; Let them
alane ; it's but a faird, it'll no last lang (Jam.).
Hence Fairdie, arff (i) passionate, irascible; (2) clever,
handy.
( I ) Ayr. I ablins hac gaen oure far wi' you ; an' giff I hae done
sac dinna grow fairdie, Edb. Mag. (Apr. i8ai) 352 ^Jam.). (2) Sc.
With ane ev'n keel before the wind She is right fairdy with a sail,
Ramsay Evergreen (1724) 67, ed. 1874; Grosi-; (17901^/5. add. iC.)
[He with greit faird of wyngis flaw throw the sky,
Douglas Eiteados (1513), ed. 1874, u. 38.]
FAIRD, see Fard.
FAIR-FA", V. and sb. Enflf.* 1. v. To wrestle.
The twa loons begood to fair-fa' in fun (or fair-fa' ither; or fair-
fa' wee ither) ; but they seen geed t'earnest.
Hence Fair-fa'ing, vbl. sb. the act of wrestling.
2. sb. A wrestling match.
FAIRFLE, si. Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
An eruption of the skin, esp. in phr. to be in a fairfle, to
have an eruption of the skin, to itch.
Slk. (Jam.) Rxb. He's a' in a fairfle, he wad break o'er a stick
('*•)■
FAIRGORT A, sb. Irel. Also in forms fairgarta Don. ;
fairgurtha, feargartha. A 'magic' grass supposed to
produce faintncss, lit. ' hunger-grass.'
Ir. If one treads on hungry grass — which is said to grow up
where persons dining in a field have not thrown some of the frag-
ments to the fairies — he will be seized with what the Irish call
feargartha or fairgurtha, hungry disease, an intolerable hunger
and weakness, Black Ftk-Mediciiie (1883) i. w.Ir. Fairgurtha or
Hungry-grass. Tuftsofapeculiargrassthatgrowson the mountains,
on which if any one tread he immediately becomes faint and hun-
gry and incapable of walking. People found dead on the hills are
said to have had the Fairgurtha. that is, they stood on a tuft of this
grass and lost the power of going on, Fik-Lore Rec. (iWi) IV. 109.
Don. Flk-Lore Jrn. (1886) I'V. 362.
[Ir./t;(r, grass -¥gorla, hunger.]
FAIRIN(G, sb. In geit. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written faering Wm. ; faring Sc. ; and in forms
fairling Dor.; vaairin' Brks.' [ferin, fearin.]
1. A present, gift bought at a fair; a gift of money for
spending at a fair.
Abd. I sought the Fair . . . To coff' what bonny trinkets I mith
see. By way o' fairin' to my lass, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 40. Frf.
Haste draw your purse, an' be nae cross. But gi's a hearty fairin'
This Rood Fair day, Morison Poems (1790 1 17. Per. Ilka man has
some bit fairin' in his pooch, Ian Maclaken Brier Bush (1895)
256. Rnf. Will, buy me my fairing, Webster Rhymes (1835I 5.
Lnk. At Lanrick fair, what fairings frae the men ! Black Falls
of Clyde (1806) 173. Edb. They'll sit down, an' wee-things clap.
An' pit some farings i' their lap, Crawford Poems (17981 45.
Rxb. Lads and lasses . . . fairins kindly nifl'er, A. Scott Poems
(ed. 1808) 85. Dmf. I saw some young anes seekin' fairin's,
Shennan Tales (1831) 33. Gall. They micht be made by the
birds o' the air drappin' fairings on them, Crockett Raiders
(1894) xvi. Ir. They're goin' after fairin's for their sweethearts,
Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 97. N.I.', N.Cy.' Nhb.' If ye gan,
bring'z a fairin hyem, mind I Dur.' Cum. Monny a teasty fairin',
St KGG Misc. Poems {ed. 1807) 17. Wm. She'l liteomma takkin' her
a Lunnan faerin o sum mak. Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 16. n.Yks. If
thoo'l be a good lad a'l bring tha thi fairing (W.H.I w.Yks.
Tha'U hev to buy a fairin. Hartley Clock Aim. ( 1875) 48; w.Yks. '^
Lan. A fairin'it wur at Knutsford last week. Lake Longleal (iS'jo)
I, xviii ; Lan.', n.Lan.', m.Lan.' I. Ma. Have 3'ou got your ("airins
in 3'our handkerchief? Brown ll'ilch { 1889) 6, Lin. I've got some
fairings for our mother, Bkown Lit. Laur. (1890) 18. n.Lin.',
War.3, se.Wor.', Brks.>, Hrt. (H.G.), Hnt. (T.P.F.), Suf.i Ess.
To goo an' buy Har liddle niece a fairin', Clark /. Noakes (1839)
St. 163; Ess.i Ken. Mind you bring me home a fairin' iH.M.).
m.WU. The old-fashioned way which consists in standing in
the streets, buying ' fairings ' for the girls, Jefferies Wild Life
(1879) 104. Dor. Lots of golden money to buy fairlings, Hardy
Tess (1891) 56, ed. 1895; Let I zee if I caiint vind 'ee a penny vor
a vairing. Hare Vill. Street (1895' 151. Dev. She had not been
able to give the children more than a penny each for fairing,
Baring-Gould Sjiider (1887) xiii.
2. A certain species of gingerbread ; a peculiar mixture
of sweets sold at fairs.
Ayr. The last sweetheart I had was a gingerbread faring and I eat
it, Galt Lairds(i826) xxi. Suf. These ginger-breads are the most
ancient relics of the fair. They are the true fairings, being nothing
else originally than representativesof the patronsaint of the church,
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in honour of whose dedication the fair was held. Heath £'«5-. Pfos.
(1893) 106. w.Som.i A peculiar kind of thin, brown cake. Dee
luyk fae'ureenz ur kaum furts has- ? [Do you like fairings or com-
forts ! q.v.) best :] Dev.i nw.Dev.^ Mixed sweets, consisting chieily
of sugared almonds, sugared cinnamon, macaroons, and sugared
candy. This mixture would always be supplied in response to an
order for. say, ' ilb. of fairing.'
3. The holding of fairs; the act of attending fairs.
Frf. Was there in Scotland ever seen Sic fairin' an' sic" rantin*
Sin' Allan's Christ's-Kirk on the green, Mokison Poems (1790) r i.
Dev. You got nothin' to do, and don't kear about fairing, Baring-
Gould Daituioor Idylls (1896) 229.
4. Fig. Deserts, punishment, esp. in phr. to get or give
(any one) liis fairing.
So. Mackay will pit him down . . . he'll gie him his fairing, I'll
be caution for it. Scott Old Mortality (iBi^) xxxvii ; She's been to
the wars, and gotten an unco fairin', Roy Horsewan's IVd, (1895^
X. Abd. Gin ye sail slight our country fouk, I vow ye'se get your
fairin' ! Cock Strains (1810) II. 131. Ayr. Ah, Tarn ! ah, Tam !
tliou'll get tliy fairin! In hell they'll roast thee likeaherrin! Burns
Tatjt o Slianier (1790) I. 201. Lnk. De'il tak' me gin I dinna gie t
a flog: I'll gie't its fairing. Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 171. e.Lth
Ye've got your fairin the day, an' I maun say ye're cheap o't,
Hunter y. /;;z(';'t^ (1895) 195. Dmf. Some chiefs to get his weel-
won fairin' Aince they ootset, Quinn Heather (1863) 58. Nhb.
The Tower . . . where traitors gat their fairins, Tyneside Siigstr.
(1889) 119.
FAIRISH, adj. and adv. Sc. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Not.
Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Glo. Oxf Brlcs. Hnt. Som. Also in
forms feerish Lei.' ; vaairish Brks.' [fe'ri/, fes'rij.]
1. adj. Tolerably good, passable, fairly satisfactory.
Frf. He stood up and examined the photograph narrowly. . .
' Fairish.' said Tammas at last, Barrie T/intuis U889 ix. Lnk.
Whoatoncegotgood engagements at a very fairish pay, M'Lach lan
T/wiigJits{i88.i II- Dur-' Cum. It'safairishroadtotravel(E.'W.P.).
n.Yks.' Thee'd hev a fairish crop, bairn, gin t'swedes wuras rank as
t'fooal-foot. w. Yks.* Shoe's a fairish beost ; w. Yks. ^ A fairish sort
on a boddy be awal accarnts. Lan. Tha's made a fairish jcib on it,
Clecg David's Loom (1894) v. n.Lin.* Oats was fairish to year,
bud noht to swagger on; it's been oher dry for 'em. Nhp.' That
beast's a fairish un. Hnt. (T.P.F.) w.Som.i Dhur wuz u faeureesh
shoa' u bee-US tu faeur [There was a pretty good show of cattle
at the fair]. Som. Herb's chance het wur a purty vairish blow,
Frank Aiiie Days (1879 37.
2. Tolerably well in health.
n. Yks. Hoo 'er va, John ^ — Wi, mi lad ,a've gitten fairish ageean
(W.H.). eYks.'"Hoo is tha?— Oh! fairish. w.Yks. He's fairish,
Banks IVIifld. IVds. (lads') ; w.Yks.s Nhp.i I'm pretty fairish.
Glo.' How be you? — Oh, I be fairish [virish], thankee. Oxf.'
I be fairish. Brks,' I be a-veelin' vaarish now zur, ater my lum-
baaygo, thenk 'e kindly. Hnt. (,T P.F.)
3. Considerable in amount, fairly large ; also used subs/.
a considerable number or quantity.
w.Yks. As itwor gettin on fornooin therwor a fairish company.
Hartley Tales, 2nd S. 42 ; A ' fairish lot,' Banks Wkfld. JVds.
'.1805). Not.' Lei.' Theer's pritty feerish on 'em this turn. A
feerish lot. Nhp.' There's a fairish lot of apples. There's a fairish
crop oi grass. 'War.a, Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. With o^o;;: vvell-off,havinga considerable quantityof
n.Yks. ' Fairish off for brass. He's fairish on for bairns : he's
gotten three mair wiv his new wife. w.Yks. (J.W.)
5. With OH : elderly ; also partially intoxicated. Lan.^
6. adv. Fairly, pretty well.
Sc. A fairish gude lug and a thoroughly sound pair of lung,s,
Ford Thistledown (1891) 107. n.Yks. Thoo can give ower noo,
thoo's deun fairish f r yah day (W.H.). e.Yks.l Ah's gettin on
fairish wi job. Lei.' Surs ! it's feerish waarm.
FAIRIT'Sf , sb. Irel. Amer. Fairness.
Ir. We the on'y people he had to see he got fairity after he was
gone. Barlow Lisconnel 'i8g$) 176. [Amer.£)ia/.A'o/fs(i896) I. 379.]
FAIRLING, see Fairin(g.
FAIRLINGS,m/i/. Yks. [fea'rlinz.] 1. Completely,
thoroughly ; clearly.
n.Yks.' Ah's fairlings bet wiv it ; n.Yks.' We're fairlings for-
wodi n. ne.Yks.' Ah can't ken whan it is fairlins.
2. Moderately, fairly.
Yks. Sheca wur fairlings weel ; fair cneugh while wc coomcd
cop here, Macquoid D. liarugh (1877) Prol. i.
FAIRLOCK, sb. Sh.L A ship. S. & Ork.'
FAIRLY, adv. and int. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Wm. Chs.
[ferli, feali.] 1. adv. In phr. [i] fairly looking, good-
looking; (2) — off in the middle, faint with hunger [not
known to our correspondents] ; (3) — on to the bottom, in
mining: a call from banksman to brakesman tolower the
cage gently on to the bottom.
(i) Chs.i Oo's a fairly-lookin woman, fa") n.Cy. (Hall.) (3)
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
2. Certainly, surely, indeed, used almost with the force
of an i)it. ; see below.
Bch. Will ye come and help me?— I will that fairly. Is it
rainin' ? — Ay is it fairly. Do you understand me? — Fairly
[surely] (G.W.i.
3. int. Obs. A call used by carters and ploughmen to
stop their drawing cattle. (K.)
FAIRLY, FAIRM, see Ferly, Farm, sb.
FAIR-MAID, .si. Cor. Also written fair-made Cor.;
and in forms fermade Cor.'; fumade Cor."; fumadoe
Cor. [fame'd.] A cured (formerly smoked) pilchard,
prepared for the foreign market.
Thomas Raiidigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.; Hunt Pop. Rom.
w.Fiii^. (1865) 436, ed. 1896 : A pilchard prepared by * balking' or
'bulking,' QuiLLER Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) Gl. ; Cor.'';
Cor.^ The old method of curing was to pile the fish in layers with
salt between. The weight of the fish expressed the oil. The fish
were packed in barrels, and conveyed to Italy.
[Their pilchards ... by the name of Fumadoes, with
oyle and a lemon, are meat for the mightiest Don in Spain,
Fuller Worthies, Cornwall (1661) L 194 (Dav.). Sp.
fiiinado, smoked.]
FAIRNEY, adj. Sc. In comb. Fairney cloots, the
small horny substances above the hoofs where the pastern
of a horse lies, but said to be found only in sheep and
goats. See Cloot.
Slk. Here's a tyke wi' cloven cloots like a gait, fairney cloots
and a'thcgither, Hogg Penis of Man \ i8i;2) III. 33 Jam.).
FAIRN-, FAIRNEYTICKLES, see Fern-tickles.
FAIRNTOSH, sb. Sc. The name given to aqua-vitae
formerly distilled in the village of Fairntosh in Ross-
shire.
Distinguished by the strong flavour it has acquired in consequence
of the use of peat-fuel in its preparation (Jam.) ; Inishone it was,
which will never equal Fairntosh in my own mind, Clati-Albin
(i8t5)III. 153 (li.)-
FAIRSHIRE, arff. e.Lan.' Downrightly, used ^f«. in
a depreciatory sense. See Sh're.
Of a notorious action: ' It was lairshire.'
FAIRT. see Feared.
FAIR'WELL, sb. w.Yks. Also in form farewell. A
stone slate about 12^ in. long. (T.H.H.) ; (W.H.V.)
FAIRY, sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
I. Dial, forms. 1. sing, (i) Fairee, (2) Fairish, (3)
Farrisee, (4) Ferisher, (5) Ferrie, (6) Vaairy.
(i) e.Lan. I (2) w.Yks. She had seen a fairish in Fieldhead Hol-
low; and that was the last fairish that was ever seen on this country
side, Bronte S/iiV/fv (1849) xxxvii. (3) Suf.' Pronounced Pharisee.
(4) Suf. (Hall.) (5) Sh.I. Wanderin among da muckle grey
stanes an' ferrie knowes, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 133. Frf.
Ferries in a ring Trip round the green, Piper of Peebles (1794) 11.
(6) Brks.i
2. pi. (i) Faireen, (2) Fairees, (3) Fairesses, (4) Fair-
ishes, (5) Fairisies, (6) Farisees.
(I) e.Lan.' (2) Lan. Swaarmt wi' fairees, Harland & Wilkin-
son Flk-Lore (1867) 53. (3J s.Stf. They sen the fairesses makin'
them rings on the grass, Pinnock B/*. Cy. ^«»<. (1895). (4)Shr. "
(5) Ken.' This reduplicated plural of fairy— fairyses — gives rise to
endless mistakes between the fairies of the story-books and the
Pharisees of the Bible ; Ken.' (6) e.Suf. (F.H.) Sus. If ya luv
Sussex folk ya maun luv de farisees, Jackson So/i///!oa»rf//o 1^1894)
I. 289 ; Sus.' The Sussex country people confuse the ideas of
fairies and Pharisees in a most hopeless manner.
II. Dial, meanings. In comb, (i) Fairies' butter, a soft,
yellowish substance found in the crevices of limestone
rocks, when sinking for lead-ore ; cf. fairy-butter ; (2)
— facen, fossil echini found in chalk; (3) — hair, the
lesser dodder, Cuscuta Epithymum ; (4) — heads, the fossil
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echini, Galerites caslanea; (5) — horse, the common rag-
wort, Senecio Jacobaea ; (6) — petticoats, the foxglove.
Digitalis purpurea; (7) —table (or tables), (a) the common
mushroom, Agaricus canipestris, and other fungi ; (b) the
marsh penny-wort, or sheep's-bane, llydrocotyk vulgaris;
(8) — washing-nights, nights when fairies are supposed
to wash and mangle their clothes; (91 Fairy's bath (or
Fairies' bath), the fungus, Jew's ears or blood-cups, Peziza
coccinea ; (10) Fairy-bell, see — petticoats; (ii) -bird, the
lesser tern, Sterna mitnita; (12) -butter, a species of
{\ingus,Trei)iellaalbi(ia,arborea,!inA»iesc)iterica,o{yc\\o\v\s\\
colour and gelatinous consistence, found growing upon
rotten wood; also called Star-jelly; (131 -cap, see — •
petticoats; (14) — changeling, a supposed fairy child left
in exchange for a human one ; (15) — cheeses, the dwarf-
mallow, Malva rotundifolia; (16) — cups, (a) the cowslip,
Priiuulaveris; (A) see -'s bath; (f) small stones perforated
by friction ; (17) — dart, a flint arrow-head ; cf elf-shot;
(18) -fern, the maiden-hairfern,^(/;V7«/;(;;/ Capillus-l'eiieris;
(19) — fingers, see — petticoats; (20) — flax, the dwarf
or purging (lax, Linuin caiharticuni; (21) — glove, see —
petticoats; (22) — grass, the quaking grass, Briza media ;
(23) — green, a small circle of darker green grass found
in meadows and pasture land, believed to be the spot on
which the fairies hold their dances; (24) — hammer, a
species of stone hammer; (25) -'s heart, the fossil echini,
Spatangus coranguiiimn ; (26) — hillocks, verdant knolls,
which the fairies arc supposed to inhabit ; (27) — kirns,
a name given to some curious perforations in the rocky
channel of a burn ; (28) — lanthorn, the glow-worm, Lam-
pyris noctiluca ; (29) lint, see -flax ; (30) — (or fairies) loaf,
fossil echini, the Aiiaiic/iytesoratiis and the Clypeus orbicu-
laris, found in chalk; (31) -money, («)a treasure-trove,
money or treasure found on or under the ground ; (b) the
seed-spores ofa cup-shaped fungus; (32) -paths, soft evening
breezes; (33) -pipes, small tobacco-pipes found in the
ground ; (34) -pools, pools in which fairies are supposed to
bathe ; (35) — purses, (a) a kind of fungus, found growing
upon sandy land in autumn, shaped hke a cup or old-
fashioned purse with small objects inside ; prob. Nidularia
Campanidata; (b) the egg-cases of the spotted dog-fish,
Squalus caniculus; (36) — rade, an expedition made by the
fairies to the spot where they are to hold their annual
banquet on the ist of May; (37) -ring, see -green; (38)
-sparks, electric sparks or phosphoric light sometimes
seen on clothes at night ; also called Shell-fire ; (39) —
stirrup, a knot in a horse's mane ; (40) — stones, fossil
echini such as eiicriniles, coprolites, and entrochi; (41)
•stricken (or -struck), (a) struck by a 'fairy dart,' which
was supposed to have an evil effect upon whomever it
struck; (6) paralysis; (42) — thimble (or thimbles), (43)
-weed, see — petticoats.
(i) Fit. Called Menyn Tylna Teg, or fairies' butter, Brand Pop.
Antiq. (ed. i&i'^ II. 339. (2) Dor." (3) Jersey. (4) Dor.' (5)
Ir. Henderson Flk-Lore (1879^ vi. (6) Chs.'^ [Village children
call them ' fail ies' petticoats,' from some fancied resemblance to
what they suppose so dainty a garment should be, Girl's Own
Paper (Sept. 1880) 548.] (7, a) n.Wal. (6) Chs.'s (8) n.Yks.^
The fairies are said to mangle their clothes ; and at Claymore
Well, on our coast, the strokes of the bittles on washing nights
have been heard for a mile beyond the scene of their operations
(s.v. Bittle). {g) Sus., Hmp.' (lo') Ir. Science Gossip (1870) 135.
(11) Glw. From its graceful movements, Swainson Birds (1885)
204. (12) n.Cy. Supposed by the country people to fall from the
c\ouds, Denliam Tracts {ed. 1895) II. iii ; N.Cy.' Thought lucky
if found in a house. Nhb. After great rains, and in a certain degree
of putrefaction, it is reduced to a consistency which, together with
its colour, makes it not unlike butter. Brand Pop. Aittiq. (ed. 1813)
II- 339 > Nlib.' n.Yks.' Even yet believed by many to be the pro-
duce of the fairies' dairy. Egton Grange has (as alleged) been
famous within the memory of living persons for the nocturnal pro-
ceedings of the said elves ; one of their pranks being to lling their
butter so as to make it adhere to the gates and dcors of the pre-
mises. ne.Yks.', w.Yks.' Nlip.' Supposed by country people to
fall from the clouds. e.An.i Not very rarely found on furze and
broom. Hmp.' (13) Ir. In Ireland, where it [foxglove] is called
fairy-cap, the bending of its tall stalks is believed to denote the
unseen presence of supernatural beings, Henderson Flk-Lorc
(1879) vi ; Scioice Go.isip ( 1870) 135. s.Ir. A sprig of the fairy
cap, or lusmore, in his little straw hat, Croker Jirg. (1862I 10.
(14) ne.Sc. If the child became cross and began to dwine fears
immediately arose that it might bea'fairy changeling. 'and the trial
by fire was put into operation. The hearth was piled with peat, and
when the fire was at its strength the suspected changeling was
placed in front of it and as near as possible not to be scorched, or
it was suspended in a basket over the fire. If it was a changeling
child it made its escape by the lum, throwing back words of scorn
as it disappeared, Gregor Ptk-Lore (i88i) 8. (15) Yks. (16, a)
Dur. (b) Lin. (c) n.Cy. Believed to be the workmanship of elves,
Dcnhain Tracts {ed. 1895) II. ill. (i7)ne.Sc.One sovereign guard
against their [the fairies] power in every form was a stone arrow
— a fairy dairt or elf-shot, Grecor Ftk-Lore (1881) 59. BnfT.l
w.Ir. Stone celts called soigheds, or *fairy darts,' are used by the
'good people,' and any one that is 'fairy struck' has been hit with
one of them, Ftk-Lorc Jrn. (1884) IV. 260. (18) w.Ir. As slight
and tender to look at as one of those fairy-ferns out there, when
they come up first through the cracks. Lawless Graiiia (1892) I.
pt. II. vi. (^19) Frm., Dur., Cum., n.Yks. (20) Bwk. 5o«i« Gossip
(1878) 68. n.Cy. Dciiliam Tracts (ed. 1895) II. no. (21) Ir.
Science Gossip iii}-io) I'i^. Dor. (G.E.D.) (221 Lim. (23^ Sc. He
wha tills the fairy green Nae luck again sail hae. . . He wha gaes
by the fairy green Nae dule nor pine sail see, Edb. Mag. (July
1819) 19 (Jam.\ (24) So. Fairy hammers are a species of green
porphyry, shaped like the head of a hatchet, and which were
probably used as such before the introduction of iron. They
are . . . preserved among other relics with which the Highlanders
medicate, or rather charm, the water they drink as a remedy in
particular diseases, C/n;; Albiit, II. 240 (Jam.). (25) Dor.' (26)
Sc. The fairies of Scotland inhabit the interior of green hills, chiefly
those ot" a conical form, in Gaelic termed sigtiari, on which they
lead their dances by moonlight; impressing upon the surface the
mark of circles, which sometimes appear yellow and blasted, some-
times ofa deep green hue ; and within which it is dangerous to
sleep or to be found after sunset, Scott Minstrelsy (1803) II. 224
(Jam.X (27) Nhb. Richardson Borderer's Tablc-bk. (1846) II. 132.
(28 I Dur. Dcnhnnt Tracts (ed. 1895) II. 114. (29) n.Cy. Science Gossip
(1878) 68; Denham Tracts (ed. 1895') II. no. Nhb.' (30) GIo.
The Clypeus orbicularis, so extremely plentiful in the Oolite. This
echinoderm very much resembles in miniature the round flat brown
loaves baked on the oven bottom, A^.CJ* Q. (1877) 5th S. vii 56. e.An.'
Nrf. Science Gossip (1873) 206. e.Snf. (F.H.) [A fossil sea urchin,
'WoOD^KARDGeol.Eng. and Urates (1876)439.] (31, a) N.Cy.'. Nhb.'
(6) Nhb.' (32) Ir. Flk-Lore Rcc. (1881) IV. 109. (33 Ir. ISrockett
Gl. (1846). N.Cy.' Nhb.' Some of these have been made to hold
a piece of tobacco or other narcotic about the size of a pill. Yks.
From their small size, A'. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 211. w.Yks.^
Little short-stemmed clay pipes, with a larger bowl than usual,
found in digging. n.Lan.' With very small and peculiar shaped
bowls. These pipes are of various dates, generally from the reign
of Elizabeth to James II. Shr.^ (34) Nhp.* Near the village of
Brington is one so designated, 136. (35, a) n.Lin.' \b) Cor.^ Also
called Mermaid's purses and Pisky purses. (36) Dmf. At the first
approach of summer is held the Fairy Rade; and their merry min-
strelsy with the tinkling of the horses' housings and the hubbub of
voices have kept the peasantry in the Scottish villages awake, Cromek
Remains (1810) 298. (37) Sc. He wha spills the fairy ring Betide
him want and wae, . . . And he wha cleans the fairy ring An easy
death sail dee, Edb. Mag. (July 1819) 19 (Jam.). N.Cy.' Nhb.'
'The circular windings of the spawn or roots ofmushrooms,orsome
other fungi.' The fungus which produces the appearance developes
a widening circle as it grows, and it must exhaust the pabulum on
which itthrivesas its circumference extends, because when twosuch
rings touch, the growth stops at the point of contact, and, instead
of two intersecting circles, they present, in this stage, the appear-
ance of the figure 8, with the mid line gone. Cum.' Caused by fungi
enlarging the circle year by year. These were formerly believed
to be the dancing rings of fairies. Wm. Them dark spots is fairy-
rings, thoo'll find mushrooms theer if any whar (B.K.). n.Yks.
(I.W.), w.Yks.", n.Lin.' Nhp.'; Nhp.= A notable one at Brington,
said to have resisted all the efifortsof the plough to eflfaceit. Village
traditions relate that by running round it nine times on the first
night of the full moon, sounds of mirth and revelry may be heard
proceeding from the subterranean abode. War.^, Shr.* Oxf.'
MS. add. Brks.', Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.', Suf.l, Sus.l.I.W.l (38)
Ken. Ray (1691) : Grose (1790); (K.); Ken.' Otherwise called
shell-fire; Ken. 2, Sus.' (39) Cor. 1 remember the farmer . . . telling
us one morning at breakfast, that ' the piskie people had been riding
FAISE
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FAKEY
Tom again.*. . .The mane was said to be knotted into fairy stirrups;
and ... he had no doubt at least twenty small people had sat upon
the horse's neck, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eiig. (1865) 87, ed. 1896.
(40) n.Cy. Dcnham Tracts (ed. 1895) II. no. Wm. Ah'll show
thi whar we can find some canny lal fairy-stans (B.K.). I. W.i
(41, a) Cla. She was great at cures, especially in the cure of' fairy-
stricken ' children, Flk-Lore Rec. (1881) IV. 116. w.Ir. Any one
that is ' fairy struck ' has been hit with one of them [fairy darts],
FlkLoreJni. (1884) II. 260. {b) n.Cy. Deiihani Tracts (ed. 1895)
11.87. (42) Lnk. Fairy thim'les woo the bees In Tenach's breken
dell, Hamilton Poems (,1865) 51. Cmb., Nrf., n.Ess. (431 Ir.
Science Gossip (18701 135.
FAISE, FAIT, see Fease, v.'^, Feat, adj.^
FAIT, sb. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] In phr. to lose fait of a thing, to lose one's good
opinion of a thing.
FAITH, int. Sc. Irel. Soni. Dev. Cor. Also in forms
fath w.Som.i Dev.> n.Dev. Cor.; feth Sc. N.I.'; vath
w.Som.' Dev. n.Dev. ; veth Cor. [fejj. fe}), vv.Som. faj?.]
A mild exclamation : indeed, truly, really.
Sh.I. Feth ! ye're ower [very] wilcom', Sh. News (June 25, 1898);
There's his preachin'— feth, it's the very same as a grice gruntin'.
Burgess 7'aH^(i898) 211. Bnff. Na faith, I dinna want to be bitten
to death, Smiles iVn/Kr. (1879) II. 43. Fif.' Wad you like to gang,
Tammas?' [up in a balloon]. ' Na, feth ; but I'll be there to see ye
air,' M'Laren Tibbie (1894) 12. Rnf. He has scope in the market,
an' office instate, An, feth, in the Kirk he hasmony a pew, Neilson
/^otf^^/s (1877) 112. Ayr. 'The laddie's saved,' * Feth, and it's a real
guid thing,' Johnston A'j7i«a///>( 1890 1 1. 106. Lnk. Feth, by Virtue's
ravished sigh ! I never was sae awfu' dry, Dcil'sHalloiiwcn (1856}
28. Gall. Professor Robison has nae standing i' the presbytery o'
Pitscottie, an faith, if he had we wad libel him this verra day,
Ckock^tt Siickit M ill. (1893) 26. Kcb. Faith, he whiles thocht that
the licht o' her e'e Said, ' Wha e'er wad marry a gawky?' Arm-
strong Inglesit^e {iSgo\ 217. N.I.' Feth i, faith yes. w.Som.* You
don't say so! Ee'sfaa'th! Dev. All Exter town Was gapin, rcnnin
up and down. Vath, just leek vokes bewitched, Peter Pindar Royal
Visit (1795) II. 155, ed. 1824 ; 'Ess, fath, I be agwaine, Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.' n.Dev. Bet a dedent lost hes labour, fath,
E.xm. Crtslip. (1746) 1. 345. nw.Dev.' Pron. feth. Cor.' Veth ! ' ex-
claimed the farmer, Edna Lvall Donovan (1882) xx.
Hence (1) Faitha, int. by my faith, indeed ; (2) Faith
and troth (or trath), phr. a stronger exclamation than
'faith,' by my faith and troth.
(i) Dmb. Na faitha ! I ken my trade better, Cross Disruption
(1844) xviii. Lnk. I never see ye noddin' at your meal ; Na, faitha !
Black /'a//sq/C{)'rf« (1806) 107. (2)N.I.' Feth and troth, but I won't
let you. w.Som.i Dev. It was too sneaken, fath and troth — A
poor groat glass between them both, Peter Pindar Royal Visit
(1795) in Elworthy Wd. Bk. (1888). n.Dev. Odd ! ee es a come a
long and vath and trath hath a put vore thaquesson, E.xm. Ctishp.
(17461 1. 454. nw.Dev.' Cor. No wonder, fath an trath, I'm so
vexed as a Scot, Henwood Dial.
FAITHFUL, adf e.An.' Used (cp. Prov. xxvii. 6) with
reference to telling an unpleasant truth : frank, outspoken.
' How like you poor John s grave ? ' ' Well, Jane, to be faithful
with you, it similars nothing in the world but a pig's grave.'
FAITTLE, see Fettle, sb.'^
FAIX, int. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Chs. Lin. Nhp.
Glo. e.An. Wil. Dev. Cor. Also written faicks Sc. Wxf.
Nhb. ; faikes N.Cy.' Nhb.' ; faiks Sc. (Jam.) w.Ir. Nhb. ;
fakes Sc. ; and in forms fack Dev. ; facks e.An.'^ Wil.
Dev.' Cor.= ; faik Sc. (Jam.); fake Yks. w.Yks.*; fax
Glo.; feckSc^Chs.'"s.Chs.'; fecks Sc.Chs.'^^ ; fex Nhp."^ ;
fix Lin.' [fek(s, f£ek(s, fek(s.] I. An exclamation
or mild expletive : ' faith,' truly, indeed. Cf. fegs.
Sc. My words they were na mony, feck, Ramsay Tea- Tabic Misc.
(1724) II. 109. ed. 1871. Dmb. Faik. sir, ye were like to tire oot
my patience, Cross Disruption (1844) x. Rxb. Fecks, I've a mind
to try the law, Ruickbie IVayside Cottager (1807) 109. Dnif. Faix
ye Are no ycr lane, Quinn Heather {i&t^\ 94. Ir. Faix, now, it's
glad enough I'll be to get shut of this ould wad that's on me. Barlow
IJsconnel (18951 iv; Faix,. .let Fardorougha alone for knowing
the value of a shillin', Carleton Fardorouglui (i8(0 1 i. w.Ir. And
faiks, the whole breed, seed, and generation tuk after the owld
woman, Lover Leg. (1848) I. 35. s.Ir. Faix, there's no knowing
for sartain, Croker Leg. (18621 41. Nhb. An' so aw even tcuk a
jaunt, Faiks.a'the way to Lunnin, Gii Christ 5»^s. (1824'! 8; Nhb.'
Cum. Faix! she is a bonny yen (E.W.P.) ;Cum.' w.Yks. Tiiokesby
if//. (1703). Chs.''^^, s.Chs.' Nhp. And'fex!apepp'ringday there's
been on't, Clare Poems ■ 1821) 87 ; Nhp.' 2 Glo. 'Aye fax,' yes,
truly, Horae Siibsecivae (1777)21, 149; Aye fax, Grose (1790) MS.
add. (P.) e.Suf. Facks ! that's true enough (F.H.). Wil. BKinoN
Beauties (1825). Dev. Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 149 ; Dev.' I zay no
more than all the parish zeth, 'facks, 3. Cor.2 Aye facks !
2. Phr. (1) a' faix, in good faith, truly; (2J a' faix as, as
truly as ; (3) as faix, see a' faix ; (4) by my faix, by my
faith ; (5) good facks, (6) i' faix (or in faix), see a faix; (7)
my faix, see by my faix.
(I) Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 698 ; Lin.' A-faix it was
so. (2) Lin. I don't a-faix as I'm a being. Brown Neddy (iB^i)g.
(3) Lin.' I tell you it is so as fix. (4 ) Abd. An' aunty's whisky, by my
fakes, Is nae a sham, Beattie Parings (1801 ) 11. Wxf. Kennedy
Evenings in Diiffrey (1869) 284. N.Cy.' Nhb. Midford S//..fs. ' 1818)
68; Nhb.' Bi me faix! (5) s.Chs.' (6) Dmf. (Jam.) w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. (1703); w.Yks.", e.An.2, Cor.^ (7J Lth. My faicks, she made
a happy stroke, McNeill Preston (c. 1895) 76. Kxb. (Jam.)
FAIZART, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) Also in form fesart.
1. A hermaphrodite of the gallinaceous tribe. 2. Fig.
A puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person.
[The same word as older Sc. faizard, a coward. 50U
fai5ardis durst not . . . Cliin vp the craig, Montgomerie
Clurrie (1597) 632.]
FAIZE, t'. Irel. Amer. Also written faise Ant. ; faze
Amer.; and in form fiz N.I.' [fez, fiz.] To take eli'ect
on, to show or make an impression on ; to injure.
N.I.' Drink never fizzes on that man. He took all the medicine,
and it neverfaized onhim. Ant. Drink, cold, heat, &c., never faises
him, Ballymena Obs. ( 1892 . [Amer. He set one [an apple] on top
of his son's head and shot an arrow plumb through it and never
fazed him, Adeler Eiboiv Room (1876) vi ; What's queer about it
is that he seemed just as fresh afterwards as before he commenced.
Didn't faze him a bit, ib. xii ; ' Vou didn't faze him,' you did not
disturb him, did not even attract his attention. Used also of in-
animate objects, Died. Notes (1896) I. 70.]
FAIZE, see Feeze.
FAIZLE, V. Sc. To coax, flatter.
Sc. Obs. (G.W.) n.Sc. (Jam.)
FAK, see Fack, si.'
FAKE, v.^ and s6.' Van dial, and colloq. uses in Irel.
and Eng. Also in form vake Dev.^ [fek, feak.] 1. v.
To patch, alter, make up ; gen. with tip.
Hrt. (H.G.) Ess. I faked my old bonnet up (H.H.M.). Dev.
Annie, wiUee jist urn in ouze an' fake up tha vire ? Hewett Peas.
Sp. (1892).
Hence (i) Faked up, phr., (2) Fakish, adj. dressed up,
made up. Nhb.'
2. To hurt, cause intense pain to ; gen. with up.
s.Not. I got a splinter under my thumb-nail and it did fake me up
for a bit (J.P.K.). Slang. If a man's shoe happens to pinch or gall
his foot, he will complain tliat his shoe fakes his foot sadly, Vaux
Flasli Diet. (j8i2).
Hence Fakement, sb. pain, uneasiness, distress.
Ken.' Walking does give me fakement to-day.
3. With about: to 'knock about,' to waste time, idle.
Uls. (M.B.-S.)
A. sb. Play, amusement ; a joke, freak.
Cum. There war sad fakes comen back, sec gallopen and clatteren,
RiTSONBoMTOrrfa/c Lc//. (1787) 5, ed. 1869. w.Yks. (J. W.) Dev.^
Tez a mad vake at the best. n.Dev. You'll have to put up with my
company, maid, but it's a mad vake at the best. Chanter Witch
(1896) ix.
FAKE, si.'' Cai.' The strand of a rope.
[Fake or Fack, one circle or roll of a cable or rope
quoiled up round, Phillips (1706).]
FAKE, v.^ Or.l. To give heed to, believe, credit.
(Jam.), S. & Ork.'
FAKE, FAKES, see Faix.
FAKEMENT,**. Dev. [fekmant.] Amiiddle.confusion.
I niver did zee sicha fakement in awl my life. I layvcd tha 'ouze
za nayte za new pin, an' now tidden fit tii be zeed, Hewett Peas.
Sp. (1892).
FAKEY, fl//y. Not. [feki.] Out of condition, inferior,
bad. Also used advb.
(J.H.B.) ; Not.' A tramp who has spent the night on the road-
side is said to look fnkcy. Applied to food it means inferior, bad,
and sometimes putrid or rotten.
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FAKKET, see Faggot.
FALAHVER, sli. s.Clis." Unctuous politeness, exag-
gerated civility expressed in words, 'palaver.'
Ey d sich- a lot a fulaa-vur widh im [Hey'd sich a lot o' falahvcr
with him].
FAl.A'LDRA^, f>pl. adj. Wm. [fala-ldrsn.] Affected,
mincing.
Wi' thcr fine falaldran steps, Clarke T'f\evs/i Beiaiiii (:865).
FALARIE, sh. Wil. [faelsri.] Disturbance, excite-
ment, commotion.
Wil.' Look'ee here, there've bin a fine falarie about you, Ziir,
Wood Magic, ii. Used about Wilton, but not so extensively as
its synonym ' rumpus.'
FALAWDGE, FALCAGE, see Fallauge, Falkage.
FALCONER, sb. Nrf. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] (?) The rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopiis.
Not like them rough-legged falconers, Emerson Birds (ed. 1895)
186.
FALD, see Fold, 5*.'
FALDERAL, sh. and v. Sc. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Not. Lin. Nhp. Glo. Nrf. Som.Cor. Also written falderall
Sc. (Jam.); and in forms faldaddle Der.; faldaral Fif. ;
falderdal Wm. w.Yks. ne.Lan. e.Lan.'; faldheral e.Yks.';
faldherdal Lan. ; fal-the-ral Cor.'* ; fal-tho-dal Lan. ;
faulderall Abd.; fol-de-roKl Nhp.'Glo.; foldherdol Lan.;
foldidol s.Not. ; fol-the-rols s.Chs.' 1. sb. A gewgaw,
trille, useless ornament; finery; />/. trifles, 'odds and ends.'
Sc. I canna see her for thae fine falderals on Jenny Bain's new
bonnet. Ford TliislUdoivn (1891) 44. Sh.I. Weemin is weeniin a'
da world ovver ... an j'e maun juist gie dem da bits o' falderals at
dey set dir minds ipun. Burgess S^fA7/c5 (2nd ed.) 109. Cai.' Abd.
A' the doctor's faulderalls Wi' heathen names war in the aumrie,
Anderson Rhymes ( 1 867) 74. Flf. I winna be responsible for ony
faldarals bocht and no' peyed for by Tibbie Mac Crowdie, M^^Laren
Tibbie (iBg^^i 91. Slg. Wi' their debt, and their dirt, and their fine
falderals. Towers Poems ( 1885) 163. Ayr.The laird wanted a cheap
thing, wi' no falderals about it, Johnston Gleiibitckie (1889) 70.
Lnk. Ithadna the falderalsthat Macarthur's had.butwasfar grander,
Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 58. Edb. Or whether the witch of Endor
wore a demity falderal or a manco petticoat, MoiR Maiisie IVaiich
(1828) xxvi. Wm. She's plenty o' falderdals i' her hat (B.K.).
e.Yks. Meeast o' d' young lasses noo-a-days seeam to me to mind
nowt but falderals, an' ribbins, \Vra\ Nes//e/o)i (1876') 20. e.Yks.'
Noo then get thy faldherals on, an let's be off te mahket. w.Yks.
Shoo's putten all makso' falderdals o' this hal{JE.B.); Their last
new falderdals, NtdderdillOhii. (1876) ; w.Yks.^ Lan. Iv thi spare
brass an' fine foldherdols are beaun to make thee stuck up, Clegg
Sketches (1895^ 133. ne.Lan. Short weiglit i' doctrine and falderdals
i' wives, Mather Idylls (^1895'! 334. e.Lan.' s.Chs.' Yoa* loo'kn
u regilurmau'kin . . . wi yur fidh urz unj-urfol'-dhu-rol [Yo looken
a regilar maukin wi' yur fithers an' 3'ur fol-the-rol] (s.v. Maukin).
Der. An her faldaddles, an herjewles an her ribbons, VJaru David
Grieve (1892) I. ii. s.Not. She'd got too many foldidols about her
(J.P.K.). S.Lin. Ye silly wench, spendin y'r waage on them fal-
de-rals (T.H. R.). Glo. An seed the wenches Stan' for hire In aal
thur fol-de-roll. Leg. Peas. (1877 i 22. Nrf. Farmers' daughters . . .
getting their heads full of French falderals. Gibbon Beyoud Com-
pare (1888) I. xii. w.Som.' Faaldiraa-lz, fauldirau Iz. Cor.' Dressed
up in such fal-the-rals.
2. An idle fancy ; conceit, nonsense ; a trifling excuse ;
a falsehood ; also used altrib.
Sc. (Jam.\ Bnff.' Slk. He'll flee frae ae falderal till anither a'
the days o' his life, Hogg Tales (ed. 1866) 239. e.Yks.' Lan, He
made no moor ado, bur muttered some fal-tho-dal stuffbetween his
teeth, Mellor Uncle Owdem (1865) 15, ed. 1867. Cor.'^
3. A pedantic, giddy person. Bnff.' 4. An exclamation
of exultation used by boys in the game of Hop-scotch on
reaching the centre square. Nhp.' 5. v. To make
trifling excuses ; to behave in a giddy, pedantic manner.
Bnff.'
FALDERED, fpl. adj. Lin. Overcome with fatigue,
&c., worn out, exhausted, ^c«. in phr. rnnlfered and faldercd.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 326 ; Lin.' s.Lin.
Nearly 06s. (T.H.R.)
FALDERMENT, sb. Cum.' [fa-ldarment.] Finery,
useless ornaments of dress.
FALE, s6. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A pustule, sore. (Hall.)
FALE, see Fall, sb.
FALFALARIES,*/!'.//. Yks. Tiie fritillary, Fr/WArnrt
I\Iile(is;ris.
w.Yks. Lees Flora (1888) 798.
FALK, sb. Sc. Also in form faik Cai. Heb. The
razor-bill, Alca tarda.
Cai. In the summer months, the swarms of scarfs, marrots,
faiks, &c. that come to hatch in the rocks of Dungisbay and Stroma
are prodigious, Slntisl. Ace. VIII. 159 (Jam.). Heb. Swainson
Birds (1885) 217 ; Neilu 7"o«>-(i8o6) 197 (Jam.). [Morris Hist.
Birds (1857-).]
FALKAGE, sb. Obs. ? Sc. Lin. Also written falcage
Sc. (Jam. Sicppl.) The right of mowing.
Sc. (Jam. Sufpl.) Lin. The number of towns within the Soke
having right of common in the West Fen are 22, with falkage,
turbary, fishing and fowling, Marshall /?TOi««^^nV. (i8ii)III.i9.
[Cp. OFr. /aiicage, 'droit de faucher' (La Curne). See
also Kennett til. (1695), ed. 1816 (s.v. Fakare).]
FALKLAND-BRED, rtfl>'. Sc. Courtly, polished, well-
bred.
Sc. Falkland in Fife having been the favourite residence of several
princes of the Stewart family (Jam.). Dmf. AH the courtly mag-
nificence that some of your Falkland-bred glove-handed bards have
larded their verses with, Cromek Nithsdale Sng. (1810) 5.
FALKY, adj. Cor. Long-stemmed, luxuriant ; also
used as sb. a long-stemmed plant.
Applied to grain when requiring to be cut, Grose (1790) MS.
add. (C.) ; Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435 ; Cor.' 2
FALL, sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Eng. and Amer. Also
in forms fa Sc. Nhb. ; faal Nhb.'; fale Lin. (Hall.) ; fo
Cum.' Wm. ; faw Sc. (Jam.) ; vail Brks.' Wil. w.Som.'
nw.Dev.' [f9l, f9al, fa.] 1. A fall of rain or snow,
a shower of rain, a snowstorm.
Per. When we lookit for a thaw. An' lowser weather. It's
gaitherin' for anither fa'. As black as ever, Haliburton Oihil Idylls
(1891) 63. Oxf.' Fall of rain, snow, &c. Wil. 'Tis a unked road
to kep to in a vail, is the downs road. Ashen Faggot, 279; (G.E. D. )
w.Som.' The bullicks be urning, there'll be a vallvore long. nw.Dev.'
2. Autumn ; gen. in phr. /all o/i/ie leaf , fall of the year.
Kcd. It was in the fall of the year, The weather being calm and
clear, Jamie Muse (1844) 16. Ayr. Both in the spring and in the
fall, Galt Ann. Parish (^1821) viii. Dmf. I' the fa* o' a far afif year.
When the leaf on the beech was broon an' sere, Thom Jock d
Knoit'e {iS-jS) 3. Gall. But in the fall of the year the White Death
came to Dour, Crockett Bog-Myrtle {iSg^) 23. Nhb.' Wm. Auld
Mattha Lound et skif'ted fra oor quarter last to', Spec. Dial. (1880)
pt. ii. 42. w.Yks. Them apples 'ill ripen wi' fall (W.F.) ; w.Yks. 2;
w.Yks.* Spring and fall. Chs.', Stf.' Lin. The fellers as maakes
them picturs, 'ud coom at the fall o' the year, Tennyson Owd Rod
(1889). n.Lin. When boggard cums i' fall. Peacock Tales and
Rhymes{iiiS6,6<); n.Lin.', Nhp.', War.^*, s.War.' Shr.'Ah! poor
fellow, 'e's despert wek ; 'e'U 'ardly see o'er the fall o' the lef ;
Shr.2, GI0.12, Oxf.', Brks.' Sur. Jennings Field Paths (1884) 38 ;
Sur.' Sus.' I have the ague every spring and fall ; Sus.^ Hmp.
(H.E.) ; Hmp.i The time of cutting timber. I.W. (J.D.R.), Wil.
(G.E.D.) Dor.' The leaves . , . So green, in fall be underfoot, 119.
Soni. She purchased it last fall, Raymond Tryphcna (1895) 52 ; To
think as I zhould be courted . . . an' be meanen', an' plannen'
t'leave her come next fall, Leith LewoH F«i«ifl (1895)82. w.Som.'
Dev. Mother spinned the wool last fall, O'Neill D:mpses (1893) 16.
n.Dev. Tu the fall of the year. Chanter IVitch (1896) 4. nw.Dev.'
[Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 341, 343.]
Hence Fall-rains, sb. pi. autumn rains.
Dev, We must have the shed thatched afore the fall-rains come
on, Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls (1896) 227.
3. The falling down of the roof or stone in a pit.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
4. A yeaning of lambs. Cf. fell, sA.* 10.
w.Yks.' I've a fairish fall of lambs to-year. Brks.' A good ' vall
o' lambs ' signifies a good breeding time. Nrf. Have ye had many
lambs ta'year ? — Yis ; anicish fall (W.R.E.). Wil. There's a good
fall of lambs to-year (G.E.D.). Dor. The forward ewes were kept
apart from those among which the fall of lambs would be later.
Hardy Madding Crowd (1874) v.
5. A portion of growing underwood ready to fell or cut.
Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.'
6. Thequantityof treesfelledatonetime in a certain place.
Cum.' Fo' o' wood. w.Yks. TV. & g. (1852) ist S. v. 250. n.Lia.'
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Fall of timber. Lei.', Wa.^ se.Wor.' Shr.' A grand fall theer'll
be fur 'is poor ovvd nuncle 6odna 'ave a sprig touched in 'is time.
7. A valley, ' hanger' ; in pi. the clitl'-sides.
w.Yks. The jay . . . occurs in some of the large falls or hangers,
hvchs Sttid. NidderdaU [Q. 1882) 143. Nrf. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1885)
31. Hrap.'
8. A woman's veil.
w.Yks. (J.W.) ; The women-singers had white falls, Snowden
Web Weaver (1896) ii. Lin. Streatfeii-D Liii. and Danes (1884)
327. n.Lin.i, e.Lin. (G.G.W."! s.Lin. You'd better ha'e y'r fall,
mum, or th' sun'll bon y'r faace (T.H.R.). War.^, Glo.' Oxf.' Put
yer fall down, MS. add. Dor. Pull down your fall first. Hardy
Mayor of Casterbrtdge \cd. 1895) 36. w.Som.> Keod-n zee ur faeus,
kuz uur-d u-guut- u fau-1 oa-vur-n [I could not see her face, because
she had a vail over him (,it)].
9. A necktie. Cf. falling-band.
War.2 When this word occurs in old works it usually means
a kind of rutf or band for the neck. Mid. His red satin fall and
mock-diamond pin, Blackmore Kit (1890) I. iii.
10. The distance over which a measuring-rod ' falls,' esp.
a square measure, gen, = 6 ells square.
Sc. ,|j of a Scotch acre, as the perch is of the English acre,
Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863) ; A measure nearly equal to an E.
perch or rood ; including six ells square (Jam.). Ayr. It was a lang
siller she wanted for the hoose and twa fa' of ground at the back
o't. Service Dr. Diigiiid (eA. 1887) 118; A patch of some five or
six falls of ground for a garden, Galt Sir A. Wylic (1822) i. Lnk.
A fall of ground converted into drills will produce plants sufficient
for transplanting 3 or 4 acres, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1845) II.
68. Lan. Richard Dickinson came and took 20 falls of delving off
me,WALKDEN ZJjVi/y i,ed. 1866) 103; A fall of land varies in different
parts of the country. It is a square perch ; statute measure it con-
tains 30]- square yards; seven yards measure 49 yards, seven and
a half yards measure 56} yards ; and according to the Cheshire
measure 64 y^ards, ib. 30.
11. Mining term: the rope for a set of blocks.
Nhb.i A 'block fall,' or a 'taickle fall.' In a pumping pit a fall is
usedforlifting portions of the pumping arrangementsduring repairs.
12. Mining term : the bucket in a pump, which opens and
shuts to allow the passage of water ; also called Clack-fall.
Mining Gl. Neivc. Terms 1,1852) ; Nlib.'
13. Any kind of trap for catching animals ; a snare.
Sc. Short for fall-trap, faw-trap. Any kind of mouse-trap is still
called a mouse-faw ; of rat-trap, ratton-favv, &c. (Jam. Siippl.) Rnf.
The cat, tho' ane fell in wi' it. They hae a chance by speed o' fit,
To hie them quickly frae her paw ; But hardly ane survives a fa',
PiCKEN Poems (1813) I. 65. Edb. Traps you 'mang the sudden fa's
O' winter's dreary dreepin snaws, Fergusson Poems (1773) 142,
ed. 1785.
14. Coinp. Fall-door, a trap-door.
n.Lin.' w.Som.'Toa new fall-door to seller and fixin,vind inguns,
nals, scrues, two cote pant, i8s., Tradesman's Bill, Jan. 1885.
1.5. Low-lying, wet, marshy land.
Lin.' We shall get no crop off the fall to-year.
16. Lot, fate, fortune.
Abd. O Charlie, man, black be your fa', Robbs Poems (1852)
103. Rnf. I am her father's gardner lad, And poor, poor is my fa',
Harp (1819) 162. Lnk. I'll be thine, gin ye'U be mine, Whate'er
my fa' may be. Lemon SI. Mungo (1844) 15. Edb. Sic be their fa'
wha diik their ben In blackest business nae their ain, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 140, ed. 1785. Dmf. This fa', whatever may befa',
Shall be frae heartan'saul the prayer,THOMyofAo'/L«oa'c (1878)46.
17. Rent ; share, portion.
Sc. There without strife Got settled for life An hundred a
year for his fa', man, Ritson Sc. Poems ( 1794) II. 65 (Jam."!. Abd.
Frae 'mang the beasts his honour got his fa', And got but little siller,
or nane ava, Ross Helcnore (1768) 20, ed. 1812.
18. The divisions of a large arable field, attached to a
village.
n.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 155; N.Cy.' Annually cultivated
in a rotation of crops. Nhb.'
Hence Fa' and fd about, plir. in alternating order ; see
below.
Nlib.'Tlie portions of the holders in a 'field' under the old system
of tillage, in which the strips, called falls, were said to lie 'fa' and
fa' about."
FALL, V. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Aus.
[fpl, fpal, fa, f9.] L Gram, forms. L Present Tense :
(I) Fa, (2) Faa, (3) Faal, (4) Fau, (5) Faw, (6) Fo, (7)
Foa, (8) Foal, (g) Fole, (10) Fuo-h'l, (11) Vaal, (12) Vale,
(13) Vail, (14) Vole. [For further examples see II below.]
(I) Sc. Whose distant roaring swells and fa's, Scott Midlothian
(1818) Introd. Abd. Dinnatak' me up till I fa', Alexander yoA«(iy
Gibb (,1871) xxviii. Ant. A daeny w^ant to fa* oot wi' ye, Ballymena
Obs. ([1892). Nhb. I'm not a bairnto fa', Clare Love of La'-s (1890)
1. 63. n.Yks.i Lan. It's a queer place to fa' asleep in, Westall
Birch Dene[,i&3g)U. 48. (2) Sc. Murray D/n/. (1873) 204. Nhb.iDid
ye faa? Cum.' (31 Nhb.' (4) s.Clis.' 80. Der.', nw.Der.' (5) Sc.
The fint a crum of thee she faws, Rajisay Tea-Table Misc. (1724)
I. 94, ed. 187 1 ; (Jam.) Cum. He couldn't see owt ther was to
hinder t'watterfra iawm' , Gvio'RDiKGv.'e.KKVT Anudder Batch (1873)
II ; Cum.' w.Yks.' Flaid shoe sud faw an breck her neck, ii. 287.
e.Lan. Nine sticks, nine stones, Shall be o' thy bones If thou let
Nanny Cock-a-Thaw faw, TV. (y O. (1866) 3rd S. ix. 87. CUs.'^,
s.Chs.' (6) Nhb.', Cum.' Wm. If she fo a second time her sway
then leads dawn to misery, Hutton Bran New \Vark(ii&^) 1. 448.
Lan. We'st fo together, Brierley Waverlow (1863) 56, ed. 1884.
n.Lan. Mind that barn dusn't fo' off t'chair. e.Lan.', m.Lan.' (7)
Lan. Awn noan feeurt o' foain, Scholes Tim Gannvattle (1857) 4.
Der.' (8) Abd. (9, w.Yks. Foal, WRIGHT(7^n»^. f^jirf/;//.! 1892) 139.
Not.' (10) m.Yks.' Introd. ^4. (11) w.Som. Elworthy Gram.
( 1877) 46. n.Dev. Rock Jim an' Nill (1867 1 st. 120. (12) Wxf.'
Vale a danceen, (13) Wxf.' Wil. Slow G/. (1892). w.Som.', Dev.'
n.Dev. Horae Subscdvae (1777) 449. (14) Wxf.'
2. Pretente: (i) Faad, (2.) Faell, (3) Faud, (4) Fawd,
(5) Fel, (6) Fil, (7) Vaa-l(d, (8) Vau'ld.
(,1) Nhb.' Aa faad clean doon. (2) Sc. Murray/J/o/. (1873) 204.
(3) s.Chs.' 80. (4) s.Chs.' (5) m.Yks. '/H/rorf. 34. w.Yks. Wright
Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 139. s.Chs.' 80. Shr.' We fellen, the
par on us, as we wun runnin' down the bonk. (^6) m.Yks.' Introd.
34- (T) w.Som, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 46. (8) w.Som.' The
forms ' fell ' and * fallen' are unknown.
3. Pp. (I) Faan, (2) Faen, (3) Failed, (4) Fa'n, (5)
Faoh'lu'n, (6) Faud, (7) Faun, (8) Fawd, (9) Fawn, (10)
Felled'n, (11) Fellen, (12) Foan, (13) Foean, (14) Fosln,
(15) Foen, {16) Fon, (17) Fone, (18) Fown, (i9)Fuo-h'lu'n,
(20) Vaa-l(d, (21) Vailed.
(il Sc. Leddy Penfeather had fa'an ill, ScoTT St. Ronan (1824)
ii ; Murray Dial. (18731 204. Nhb.' Aa felt newt till efter aa'd
faan. Cum.' (2)Frf. w.Yks. Shoo's fa'en in, A^. cSfg. (1854^ ist S.
X. 210. (3) n.Lin.' Jim's fall'd doon an' ho'ten his sen. Dev. I fancy
he'sfall'd away. Reports P;-oi>;«<:. (1883)84. (41 n.Yks.' (5) m.Yks.'
Introd. 34. (6) s.Chs ' Trans., 80. (7) Frf. I canna guess how here
I've faun'. Sands Poems (1833) 93. Lnk. He's faun against the
hallen. Watt Poems (1827 1 65. e.Lth. The doug had faun behind
the three, Mucklebackit Rhyines{\bii^') 42, Gall. New-faun snaw,
Nicholson Poet. Wks. (18 [4) 43, ed. 1897. w.Yks. 'T'rain hez faun
seea mich i' planets, ii. 289. Lan. It's faun daun out o' t'sky, an
brokken it little neck, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (i860) 1. 90.
s.Chs.' /x/raKs., 80. nw.Der.', Shr.' (8) s.Chs.' 7">«hs. (9) Cum.
And to their stint the becks are fawn. West Guide to Lakes (1780)
304, ed. 1807. Chs.' s.Chs.' /»/r£7>is. nw.Der.' (10) s.Pem. (E D.)
(II) s.Chs.' Intrans. (12; Cum. I'se o' foan frae my coat six inch or
mair,GiLPiNfc/i./'o<'/ry (1875) 49. (13) Wm. Anudthre chap . . .
hed foean doon yan o' Ihor grikes, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 11.
(14) w.Yks. Wright GraHi. {Fwrf/;// (1892) 139. (15) Cum.! (i6)
Lan. Aw'd sauner th' owd church had fo'n, Clegg David's Loom
(1894) xvii. n.Lan.' (17) Lan. She'd fone into idle and dirty ways.
Eavesdropper Vill /.i/c (1869) 2 ; The'n fone feawly short o' that.
Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 16, ed. 1801. (181 Lan. It got noised
about that Daniel's fairy had * fown eawt ' with him, Bowker Tales
(1882)57. (19) m.Yks.'/H/rorf. 34. (20) w.Som. Elworthy (?»•«>«.
(1877)46. (21) w.Som.'
II. Dial. uses. 1. Of the sea: to grow calm.
Or.I. The sky cleared up, and the sea ' fell,' as 'tis usually termed
when the water becomes less agitated, Vedder Sketches (1832) 26.
2. Of animals: to be born. Cf. fall, 56. 4.
Hrt. The calf is lately fe'l, Ellis Tl/orf. //;/si. (1750) III. i. w.Som.'
How old is he? — Dree year off; he vailed 'pon Mayday day.
nw.Dev.' Only applied to colts.
3. Of lime or clay: to be disintegrated by exposure to
moisture or frost ; to be slaked, reduced to powder.
Kcd. It ... is laid down in cartloads on the end ridges of the
field, where it remains till it has fallen, Agiic. Siirv. 373 (Jam.).
n.Yks.' w.Yks.' Is't lime faun (or ' fallen ') ? Cbs.'^, nw.Der.'
4. Of fruit when cooked : to become soft and tender.
n.Lin. These apples never duz fall (M.P.). sw.Lin. (R.E.C.)
5. To befall, betide ; to happen, occur.
Sc.'Foul faw the liars 1 ' a kind of imprecation used by one wlio
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means strongly to confirm an assertion he has made (Jaui.). Mry.
Wae fa' ye ! 1 canna forgie ye ! Hay Liiitie (1851) 24. Kcd. The
man wha'd misca' them Deserves — an' sae fa' him — A cudgel to
wallop his hide, Grant Lays (1884) 145. Abd. What is to fa' will
neither o' thom skaith, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 139. Frf. Fair fa'
ye Kett, ye thump it wecl, Horison Poems (.1790) 26. Fif. French
brandy is but trash (shame fa't I), Gray Poems (1811) 160. Rnf.
Sonse fa' your honest heart, an' true, Picken /'ofHis(i8i3) I. 146.
Ayr. Shame fa' the gear, and the blethrie o't. Service Dr. Dtigtiid
(ed. 1887'! 258. Lnk. Foul fa' the Auld Thief for that sinning o't,
Rodger Poems (1838) loi, ed. 1897. Edb. Shame fa' his pride,
Forbes Poems (1813') 62. Dmf. I pledged mysoul upon the spot.
Whatever fate micht fa', Reid Poems (1894) 131. Gall. Shame fa'
me but ye ding them a', Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 58, ed. 1897.
Cum. A bulk there is— a bulk — the neame — shem faw't ! Relph
//an/fs/ (1743) I. 77. n.Yks.' Lan. Foul fa' thy busy tongue, Roby
Trad. (1829") II. 144, ed. 187a. e.Suf. A thunderstorm fell on my
birthday (F.H.).
6. To become, turn, change into.
Sh.I. Guid gaird my sovvl, boy ! I link doo's faa'n a fiile, Burgess
Skeiehes (2nd ed. ^ 20.
7. To'fall'withchild, become pregnant. Sc. (Jam.), N.Cy.'
8. To be under the necessity, to ' have to,' to be obliged ;
to be due ; to fall to one's duty.
Sc. At Mouline (where you may fall to dine) enquire for the
monastery, Balfour Lett. (1750) 84 (Jam.\ w.Yks. The chickens
fall to be hatched next week, Sheffield Indep. (1874). Not.i You
fole to have it. n.Lin. Corn that boggard falls to maw, Peacock
Taiesand P/ivittes{i8ii6'\ 70: n.Lin.^ Mester'ssent fer me. soa I shall
falltogoa. What time duz th'packit fall to cum? When Tom went
to prison, his mother fell to keep his bairns. sw.Lin.' That close
falls to be wheat this turn. That key does not fall to open it. He
fell to come j'esterday. Any goose falls to lay by Old Candlemas Day
— in allusion to the saying : ' New Candlemas Day, good goose
will lay : Old Candlemas Day, any goose will lay.'
9. Used iiitpers. : to fall as a duty.
Edb. To treat her wi a glass o' wine. It weel me fa's, or I'm
mistane, T-un Cuckolds ( 1 796) 10. w.Yks. It falls to be. Piper Dial.
Sheffield 1824) 17; w.Yks.2
10. Of timber, &c. : to fell, cut down.
N.I.i Chs.' We always speak of falling timber; or falling a hedge;
Chs.^ The men are falling trees. s.Chs.' Dhailm fauin treyz ijth
wild [They'm fawin trees i'th' wood]. nw.Der.l, Lei. ' War. 2 We
must fall that tree ; War.^ To go timber falling. s.War.^ We must
fall that tree. s.Wor.^, se.Wor.* Shr.' The young squire says
when 'e comes of age 'e'll fall a sight o' timber. GIo. (A.B.), GIo.'
Oxf.* MS. add. e.An.' I shall fall that tree next spring. e.Suf.
(F.H.) Ess. I've got a brother and his business is falling trees, and
when he falls them his horse is that knowing (F.P.). Ken. (G.B.),
Ken.', Sur.' Sus.' These trees are getting too thick, I shall fall a
few of them next j'ear. Hmp. Holloway. [Aus. By falling a tree
or two across the road they'd have to go slower, Boldrewood
Robbery (1888 II. xv.]
Hence (i) Fallage, sb. a fall of light timber; (2) Falter,
sb. a feller of timber ; (3) Falling-axe, (4) -hatchet, sb.
an axe used for felling trees ; (5) -rope, sb. a rope used in
felling trees.
(i; Hrf. Coppices are usually retained by the owner, and previous to
the sale of their fallage an agreement [&c.],MaR5HALl7?«/;>w.^^w.
(181B) II. 308. (2; Shr.i The fallers bin on Esridge [Eastridge]
coppy agen. (3') w.Som.' In this district we do not now fall or fell
our trees; we always [droa] throw them, but use a falling-axe.
(4) N.I.* (5) Shr. A ' falling rope,' that is, a rope that men attach
to the top of a tree when they wish to cut it down, and so drag it
over in the direction they wish it to fall, Davies Rambles Sch. Field-
Club (1881) viii.
11. To let fall, throw down ; to lower (the market-price).
Abd. Aul' an' crazy though the beastie be, I'se asseer j'e it was
aweers o' foalin' Samie i' the gutters, Alexander Johnny Gibb
(1871) xl. Wm. It's this Irish butter et cums fraeth awt lands, it's
a sham tae let it cum tae foe th' markets soa, Wheeler Dial. ( 1790)
54, ed. 1821. Chs.' Now mind you don't faw it. s.Chs.' Yoa)n
fau- dhaaf miig [Yo'n faw that mug]. Shr.i I should never trust
that child 60th a lookin'-glass, 'er'll be sure to fall it. Hrf.' She fell
the child. s.Pem. She've a felled'n down and broke'n all to pieces
(E.D.) ; Don't (all them eggs (W.M.M.).
Hence Falling-luck, sb. bad luck. Chs.^
12. To beat, excel.
Abd. Sae very few I find can fa' that — At least to me. Still
Collar's Sunday (1845) 136.
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13. To have fall to one's share, to obtain, win, gain.
Sc. How Marstig's daughter I may fa', Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 210. Ayr. Wha in a' the country round The best deserves
to fa' that 1. Burns Heron Ballads, St. i ; The violet's for modesty,
which weel she fa's to wear, ib. Posie, st. 6. Dmf. The brows wad
better fa' a crown, Cromek Remains (iSio") 151 ; Aye baffled here
some ither whare Ye'll hae tae gang tae fa' that, Quinn Heather
(1863) 215. e.Yks. The proctor falleth a whole fleece. Best Rur.
Econ. (1641) 25. Der.' He foes fifty pound [he falls to have £^0 ;
£50 comes to his share]. In use, 1890. n.Lin.i He fell a lot o'
munny when his uncle i' Sheffield deed. You nead not good thy
sen up o' them apples cumin', thoo'U fall noane on 'em. sw.Lin.'
She falls some money in April.
14. In negative sentences : (not) to have fall to one's
share, (not) to put up with, (not) to take in hand.
Sh.I. Folk canna fa ta be geein' him sweet mylk noo, Sh. News
(Jnly 30, 1898). n.Sc. My lady cannot fa' sic servants as thee.
Fair Flower 0/ Nort/iumlierland,ChUd's Ballads {i8g8) I. 116. Bch.
The gentles wis drinkin wine a fouth, tho' I might nae fa that,
Forbes Jrn. (1742) x8. Abd. Tho' ilka day I manno' fa' that, I
dinna vaunt, Beattie Parings (1801) 2, ed. 1873. Edb. To name
ilk book, I manna fa'; There's scores an' dizens in a ra', Forbes
Poems (1812) 14.
15. Comb. -with pfep., adv., &c.: (1) (0 fall aboard, to come
upon, attack; (2} — abotif,o{ a woman : to be confined ; (3)
— abroad, to grow stouter, more sturdy, thick-set ; also
used alln'b. stout, flabby, fat ; (4) — a/iitit, to fall behind in
paying the rent, to fall into arrears ; (5) — away, to grow
thin, weak, to waste away, pine ; (6) — by, to be sick or
affected with any ailment ; to be confined in child-bed ;
(7) — doivn, of arable land : to be allowed to relapse of it-
self into poor, rough pasture ; (8) — in, (a) to sink in,
become hollow, to shrink in person ; (b) of water: to sub-
side ; (c) to become acquainted ; to meet with, light upon,
prove successful in a quest ; (9) — in with, to meet with
by chance, happen upon; (10) — o' {of), to abate; (11)
— on, to begin, set to work ; (12) — over (or o'er), (a)
to fall asleep ; (b) to be confined ; (13) — through, (a)
to bungle, blunder ; to spoil, prevent by mismanagement ;
[b] to lose, come short of; (14) — ////, to assail ; (15) — up,
to advance ; (16) — xipon, to assault, attack violently.
(i) Dev.^ Batt. . , was skulking out o' door wan maesterglimps'd
en and veil aboard en like a bull-dog, 14, (2) Wil.' His wife bin
an' fell about laas' night. (3) Dor. When I come first, they said
I did fall abroad (C.V.G.). w.Som.' Well, how Mr. Chardles is a-
valled-abroad ! twadn on'y but tother day, I zim, a was a poor little
fuller, not wo'th rearin. Guit, slack, knee-napped, vall-abroad
fuller, idn er ? Dev. You'm altered ; terrible fallen abroad, O'Neill
Idyls (1892) 83. n Dev. Hur's vaaling all abroad. Rock Jim an'
AV// (1867) St. 120. nw.Dev.' (4) Edb. The back ga'en tenant fell
ahint. And could nae stand, Ha'rst Rig (1794) 18, ed. 1801. (5)
n.Sc. My puir laddie fell awa' in a decline, Gordon Carglen (1891)
205, n.'^ks.' Ah thinks Ah nivver seen a man sae failed afore ;
he's fa'n awa' to novvght. Oxf.* MS. add. Mid. When no one
came to meet me ... I used to fall away, and feel my heart go dowr,
Blackmore Kit (1890 ■) II. xvi. w.Som.' I an't a-zeed'ce's ever so
long ; how you be a-valled away ! 3'ouan't bin bad orort, *ave 'ee?
(6)Sc. (Jam.) (71 Wil. Some of the land is getting ' turnip-sick,'
the roots come stringy and small and useless, so that many let it
'vail down,' Jefferies Gt. Estate (1880) i; Wil.i (8, a) Sc. His
een'sfa'nin. His cheeks are fa'n in (Jam.). Cai.^ w.Yks. Shoe's
fa'en in, N. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 210. (b) Sc. The water's sair
fa'n in (Jam.), (c) Cum. Fifty shwort years hae flown owre us sin'
furst we fell in at the fair, Anderson Ballads (1805) 163, ed. 1819.
n.Yks.l I hearyour brother's fa'n in weel . He'll be yamm by neeght,
if in case he fa's weel in at Stowsley. (9) Sc. I fell in, among the
rest, with a maist creditable elderly man. Steam-boat (1822) 178
(Jam.). Cai.^ s.Sc. When he fell in wi' Tibby Crawford, some o'
them said if they were her they wouldna tak' him, Wilson Tales
! 1839) V. 53. Cum. Ah fell in wid Dick crossin t'holm (E.W.P.) ;
Cum.' n.Yks. Ah fell in wiv him by chance (I.W.). Nhp.' I fell
in with such a person. War.^ Oxf.i As I wuz comin' from 'Am-
borough I fell in wi' Edderd Brekspur, MS. add. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
(10) Abd. (Jam.) (ii) Abd. Lord bless us an' our meat : Amen.
Now, Sirs, fa' on and eat, Beattie Parings (1801) 7, ed. 1873. Slk.
He'll never be sae daft as fa' on and court anitherane, Hogg Tales
(1838) 336, ed. 1866. (12, a) Sc. Ellen Hesketh came to my door
and wakened me. I had just fallen over, Reg. Dalton (1823) I. 286
(Jam.). Sh.I. I guid ta bed, bit fir lang I couldna get a blind. . . I da
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lang run I fell ower, S/i. Nezvs (Jan. 29, 1898). Cai.* Frf. The
sleepin' dear lamb o' an infant that had juist fa'en owre, Willock
Rose/ty Ends {ed. iS8g) 51. Rnf. Satisfied that I had 'fallen over,' she
tucked the bedclothes round me, Gilmovr Pen FIk,{i8'j^) 12. (6)
Sc. ijAM.) Frf. Cathrine falls o'er, and hame she brings anither
To help the number [of children], Morison/^o«;;5Ci79o) 191. t i.3,rt)
Sc. It is said of a public speaker when he loses his recollection and
either stops entirely or speaks incoherently, ' He fell through his
discourse.' By her foolish airs, she's fa'n through her marriage
(Jam.). Per. The minstrel fairly tint his skill, For he fell through
ilk tune, NicolPo«ms(i766) 51. (6) Sc. It is often said to a traveller,
who has arrived late, ' I fear ye've fa'n through your dinner
between towns' (Jam). (14) Ayr. I fell till him wi' the strap, and
laid on him a' my pith till I was sweatin'. Hunter Studies (1870)
280. (i^) n.Dev. HoraeSiibsccivae (I'm) ^4g; Grose (1790) ^S.
add. (M,1 (16 I Oxf.' Tai-pot Uod'uurd u bin un fel uupun' Puodnee
Gibnz [Taypot 'OOdard 'a bin an' fell upon Pudd'ny Gibb'ns].
w.Som.i Tidn no use vor he to zay nort, her'U vail pon un way the
poker or the bellises or ort. Your dog do vail pon mine so sure's
ever he do zee un.
16. Phr. (i) Fall back, fall edge, come what, come may;
at all adventures ; (2) to fall a-bo)ics of any one, to attack,
assail ; (3) — a-picces, to break in pieces ; (4) — by one's rest,
to be sleepless ; (5) — fiae the gtcd, to be in disorder;
(6) — frae the lift, to tall from the sky, used fig. ;
(7) — heavy, to die rich ; (8) — in hands wf one, to
court, woo ; (9) — in tiua, to be confined ; (10) — off one's
feet, to tumble, fall ; (ii) — on the dram, to take a fit of
drinking ; (12) — over the desk, to have the banns of mar-
riage published in church ; (13) — to pieces, see — in twa;
(14) — to the ground, of lambs : to eat grass ; (15) — with
bairn, to become pregnant ; (16) to let fall, to take notice of,
to make a ground of quarrel.
(i) w.Yks.i Dev.' Now vail back vail edge I'm fixed and quite
another thing, 59. (2"! s.Chs.' (3) Suf. I hadn't no more than put
the rake to the ground when it fell a pieces, e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
(4) Sc. (Jam.) (5) Sc. As a prey dropped by a hawk. Applied to a
slovenly female: 'There's our Jennie as she had fa'n frae the gled'
(Jam. Supply. (6) Sc. Gen. used as an adv. (Jam. Siippl.) (7)
w.Yks. N. & Q. ( 1854) ist S. X. 210. (8) Sc. (Jam.) (9) Rnf. She
fell in twa, wi' little din. An' hame the getlin' carry 'd I' the creel
that day, Picken/'o«h5 (1788) 5o(Jam.\ (10) Ayr. We ... swung
aboot like peeries till our heads were soomin' and we were ready
to fa' aflf our feet, Johnston Glenbttckie (1889I 176. (ir) Ayr. They
fell on the dram, and raised a rippet some how, Hunter Studies
(1870) 51. (12) w.Cy. Grose (1790) Suppl. vir.Som.i Maeuree,
zoa yiie-v u-vaa'ld oa*vur dhu dus*, aan-ee ? [Mary, so you have had
your banns published, have you not?] n.Dev. To have thebannes
of matrimony thrice called — which being done, the minister in some
places was wont to throw the paper over his desk into the clarke's
pew, signifying that they were called out, as the phrase is, and that
the parties had nothing now to hinder the solemnization of their
marriage, Horae Sitbseeivae i^i']']'}) ^^<) ; And vath, nifs do vail over
the desk, twont thir ma, ner yeet borst ma bones, Exnt. Crtshp.
(1746) I. 475. (13) n.Lin.' She was to go to Ann weddin', bud as
it's been puttcn off, braade o' me, she'll fall to peaces her sen afoore
time cums. sw.Lin.' She fell to pieces last night. She'll fall to
pieces before she gets there. (14") e.Yks. Let the ewe goe in a good
pasture . . . five weekes after till the lambe fall to the grounde. Best
Rur. Econ. (1641) 5. (15) Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. Blear-e'ed Kate had
fa'n wi' bairn, Picken Poems (1813) II. 3. n.Lin.' (16) Abd. I'll
swear I winna lat it fa', To see him sae misguided, Cock Strains
(1810) II. 134.
17. Co>«/i. (i) Fall-back, a hindrance, contretemps; (2)
-board, the wooden shutter of a window, that is not glazed,
which moves backwards and forwards on hinges or
latches ; (3) -cap, a stuffed cap for a child's head to pro-
tect it, when falling ; (4) -gate, a gate across a public road ;
(5) -out, a quarrel, disagreement; (6) -sheets, metal plates
upon which tubs are turned when it is required to take
them on another line of rails ; (7) — stile, a peculiar kind
of stile, having the horizontal bars fixed at one end and
movable at the other, giving way to the pressure of the
footandspringingup again afterthe person has passed over;
cf. clap-stile ; (8) -table, a table with a falling leaf or flap.
(i) Glo.' (a) w.Sc. The old woman pulling a pair of fall-boards
belonging to a window instantly opened | it |, Ulackw. Mag. (June
1820) 281 (Jam.). (3) n.Sc. (Jam.) (4) Chs.'s Nrf. Grose (1700).
c.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787). (5) Cum. (F..W.P.), n.Lin '
(6) Dur. (J J.B.) (7) War.3 This form of stile is rare in War. (8)
n.Lin. 1, Lei ', Nhp.'
FALLAL(L, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc.and Eng. Also
written falal(l Sc. Cor. ; and in forms fallol s.Chs.' ; fol-
lol Nhp.'; vallal Brks.' [falal, faelael.] 1. Finery,
trumpery ornaments, trifles, gewgaws ; gen. in pi. Also
used attrib. Cf. falderal.
Sc. Your cockups and your fallal duds, Scott Midlothian (1818)
XXV ; The old lady lay in bed discoursing at length on the ' bit
thing just made up o' fal-lals,' Steel Rowans (1895) 232. Dur.'
Cum. Luik at aw her fallals, they're nowt bit rubbish (E.W.P.) ;
Cum.i ; Cum.3 The'r fallal hats an" veils, 57. n.Yks.* e.Yks. She
was seeah lang getting her fal-lals on, an smartenin her-sen up,
Nicholson /7A-S/>.( 1889) 96. e.Lan.', Not.' Lin. Thompson //i5^.
Boston ( 1856) 705. Lei.' Ya luke loike a pig wi' wan ear, wi' that
theer fal-lal stook upo' the soide o' yer 'ed. Nhp.', War.^, Brks.',
e.An.' Nrf. I can't a-bear to see the mawthcrs now-a-days tricked
out in all them fal lals (W.P.E.) ; I can't abide all their fal-lals,
]ESSOp-p Arcady{lW'l^'n. Hmp.' w.Som.' Faal--laalz rather implies
tawdry finery. Dev.' They wid'n know their own children so
transmogerefied way their vripery, gausy gare, and their fallals to
their elbows, 9. Cor, But in dresses and bunnets, fal-lals and the
like, She's just as intemp'rate as he, Forfar Poems (1885) 74 ;
(F.R.C.)
Hence (i) Fallal'd out, phr. dressed out, decked out
with finery ; (2) Fallalderment, sb. finery, ornaments of
dress.
(i) Nhp.' See how she's fallal'd out. (21 Wm. Thoo mud a hed
meear sense nerbowt sich falalthermant es IhsX, Spec. Dial. [_iHti)
pt. i. 20.
2. A gaudily-dressed woman ; a contemptuous term for
a woman ; also used attrib.
Shr.2 A fallal sort of body.
3. Nonsense, frivolous talk or behaviour, conceit, humbug.
Edb. Now foreign fal-als Cram ilk ane's amery or mawes Wi'
sick'nin* shil-shals, Learmont Poems (1791) 50. s.Cha.' Eejz too
miich fiilol- ijbuwt im tii pleeuz mee [He's too much fallol about
him to pleease me]. War.^ Shr.' I canna believe a word 'e says,
'e 's so much fallal about 'im.
4. The game of hop-scotch; an exclamation used by boys
in the game of hop-scotch. Cf. falderal, 4.
Nhp.' An exclamation of exultation on reaching the centre square.
Hrt. To kick stones into chalked squares on the scantily-occupied
pavement in the game of fal-lal or hopscotch, Tvtler Logie Town
(1887") 21.
FALLANTLY, see Farrantly.
FALLAP, V. e.Yks.' [falap.] To flap, blow about.
As linen hanging to dry, on a windy day, or the sail of a ship in
a storm.
FALLAUGE, adj. Abd. (Jam.) Also written falawdge.
[Not known to our correspondents.] Profuse, lavish.
[Cp. Fr. volage, inconsiderate, rash (Cotgr.).]
FALLEN,//)/, adj. Cum. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also in form
fo'en Cum.' In comb, (i) Fallen angels' bones, the fossil
bones of the saurians ; (2) — meat, the flesh of an animal
that has died a natural death ; (3) — skin, the skin of a
domestic animal dying of disease or by accident; (4) —
star, the sea-nettle. Medusa aeqitorea ; (5) — stars, the
jelly tremella, Tremella nostoc, a gelatinous plant found in
pastures, &c., after rain ; (6) — wool (or 'col, woo'), wool
pulled from the skin of a sheep that has died of disease
or by accident.
(ij n.Yks.2 The fossil bones of the Saurians in the same strata
belong to the angels who were cast out of heaven for their rebel-
lion (s v. Thunderbolts). (2) n.Lin.', S.Lin, (T.H.R.) (3^ Cum.'
(4) Sc. On the sea-coast (Jam.). (5) ib. (6) Cum.' Is said to be
more subject to be worm-eaten than clipped wool when worked into
yarn or cloth. w.Yks.' Articles made of such are said to breed lice.
e.Lan.'
FALLER, sb. Yks. Lan. A straight piece of steel or
iron used in the wool-combing machme ; see below.
w.Yks. The combing machine is composed of a number of straight
pieces of steel, filled with pins, called 'fallers,' Cudworth Wor-
slcdopolis (1888) 45 ; A bar of iron or steel suitably shaped and
fitted with heckle pins used in the gill box, to steady and straighten
the sliver (F.K.); Wires which direct the yarn in building a cop
(J.M ). Lan. Once I happened to stumble over a'slip'and knock
the 'fallor' down, Brierley IVaverlow (1863) 31, ed. 1884.
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Hence Faller-pins,sft./i/. long pins fitted intothe 'fallcrs.'
w.Yks. Long; pins, whose prongs are graduated from coarse to
fine. These form part of the back-wash macliine iS.A.B.).
FALLING, ppl. adj. and sb. Sc. Yks. Not. Lin. Rut.
Nhp. War. VVor. Ilrt. Glo. Wil. Som. Cor. 1. ppl. adj.
In comb.(\) Falling-band, a necktie, an old-fashioned neck-
band ; (2) —evil, epilepsy; (3) -fee, an estate tail; (4)
•ill, see — evil; (5) -post, the front upright post of a gate-
way, against which the gate falls; (6* — sickness, see
— evil; (7) — weather, weather in which rain, hail, or
snow may be expected.
^ i) n.Yks. A neckband worn so as to fall on the shoulders, much
worn in 17th cent. 'One niiTe band, and one falling band,* Quati.
Sess. Rec. (Oct. 162a) in A'. R. Rec. Soc. III. 147. War .2 (2)
n.Lin.^ (3) Cor.^ (4I w.Som.' It is usual when any one is taken
with either a fainting or epileptic fit to say he or she is 'a drapped
away' — the complaint is the falling-ill. * Her d'ave the vallin-ill
sometimes two or dree times a week.' C5) Nhp.* Wil.' Occasion-
ally heard at Huish ; head, however, being the more usual term
there. w.Som.' In hanging of a gate, nif you've a got a good firm
hanging-post, 'tid'n much odds about the valling-post, 'most any-
thing'll do for he. (6) Ayr. To cure the falling sickness wi' pills
o' pouthered puddocks, Service /Jr. /)»^I(/rf^ed. 1887) 280. n.Lin.'
(7) War.^ Common, s.Wor.' Hrf.^ Open weather when the ground
is not bound by frost. Glo. There'll be falling-weather before
night (A.B.) ; Glo.'
2. sb. A downfall of snow, rain, or hail ; a snowstorm ;
g<n. in pi.
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); Wll.' I thenks we shall have some vallen
soon. ' We'm a-gwain to ha' a vallen ' seems to be restricted to
snow ; but when there is some doubt as to what sort of weather
is coming, the phrase would be ' A vallen o' zum zart,' or ' zum
vallen,' thus covering snow, rain, or hail. Som. What, is there
some fallings I I said 't 'ud rain, Raymond Love and Quiet Life
(1894^ 133.
3. //. Fallen fruit, windfall apples.
s.Not. 'E offered me some apples, but they were noat but fallins
(J.P.K.). n.Lin.' Ther's been a many fallin's in oor gardin thriff
yisterdaay's high wind. Rut.' There's a nice mess o' fallings in
3'our orchard. w.Som.' Wee-v u-puut aup u chee'z u dhu fuus
vau'Ieenz [We have put up a cheese (q.v.) of the first fallings].
FALLOCH, sb. Bnff.' A lump, heap, large piece of
anything; gen. of eatables.
GV/r used in a bad sense: 'There's that swab o'acheel cairryin'
something on's back. It'll be anither o's stown [stolen] fallochs.'
FALLOPS, sb. pi. Cum.' [fa-laps.] Rags hanging
about a dress ; an untidy dress. Hence Fallopy, adj.
untidy.
FALLOW, sb. and v. Sc. Yks. Chs. Nhp. "Wor. Glo.
Brks. Bdf Hnt. Wil. Som. [fala, faeia, w.Cy. vala.]
1. sb. Land ploughed and harrowed several times, ready
for the seed-bed. Cf follow, s6.*, faugh, sb.
Wil. A frequent ploughing and pulverizing of land to make it
lighter, and clean from weeds when it is become foul by repeated
crops, Davis Gen. View Agric. (iBii) vii. ■w.Som.' Neef ce muyn
t-aeu tuur-muts, mus maek u dhuur-u geo'd vuul-ur [If you wish
to have turnips (you) must make a thoroughly good fallow].
2. The first ploughing given to a field.
Bdf. These ploughings have even their regular names ; as the
first is called fallow, the second, stirring, and the third is called
laying up, Batchelor Agric. (1813^1 328.
3. Conip. (1) Fallow-field, a field held in common, which
is occasionally fallowed ; (2) -hay, hay grown upon a
fallow; (3) -plough, a plough used for light ploughing.
(i) Glo. In distinction to 'every year's land,' Marshall /?«»-.
Econ. (1789) 1; Gl. (1851); Glo.' (2) e.Yks. Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1788). (3) Bdf. Such as have not a wheel to their fallow-
ploughs, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 165.
4. Comb, in names of birds: (1) Fallow-chat, (2) -finch,
(3) -lunch, (4) -smich (-smish or -smitch), the wheatear,
Saxicola oeitant/te.
(i) Bnfif. Gordon C/iron. Keith (1880") 280. Wil. Unlike its two
congeners, this species avoids bushes and shrubs and seeks the
open field or down. Smith Biyds (1887) 152. [Swainson Birds
{ 18851 10 ; Johns Birds (1862).] (2) w. Wor. Berrow's Jrn. \ Mar.
3,1888). [Swainson BiVrfs (1885) 9; Johns ZJiVrfj (1862).] (3)
I Swainson Birds (1885) 9.] (4) Nhp.' [Swainson Birds (1883) 9 ;
Forster Swallows (1817' 77.]
5. Phr. ape-US o' vallers, a field of ploughed land. Brks.'
6. V. To plough very shallow, so as merely to turn over
the sod ; also called Half-fallow.
Chs.', s.Chs.' s.Wor. Half-fallowing is light ploughing, not of
the usual depth (H.K.).
Hence Fallowing, vbl. sb. the first ploughing.
Nhp.' A bare fallow receives three ploughings; the first is called
' fallowing,' the second 'stirring.' It is then manured and receives
the last ploughing, which is termed 'laying up forthe winter, 'Baker
Essay on Farmings 25. Bdf. Fallowing is generally performed in
dry weather, Batchelor Agiic. (1813) 97. Hnt. (T. P.F.)
FALLOW, see Fellow.
FALLOWFORTH, sb. Lin.' A cascade, waterfall.
There is a pretty fallowforth in the meadows near Tinwell.
FALLOWS, 56. />/. Cor.'^ Boards fastened to the sides
of a cart to make it hold more.
FALLY, see Felloe.
FALLY-LIKE, adj Cum.' Untidy.
FALSE, adj. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written faultz Dev. ; and in forms faase Sh.l. ;
fauce Sc. Wm. w.Yks.' Not. ; fause Sc. Cai.' N.L' N.Cy.'*
Cum.' Yks. e.Yks.' w.Yks.'** Lan.' e.Lan.' m.Lan.' s.Chs.'
s.Stf Not.'s Lin. n.Lin.' Rut.' Lei.'Shr.'*; faussfe Lnn.
sw.Lin.'; faust w.Yks.'' Not.' ; fawse Cum. Wm. Chs.'*^
Lan.'; foace w.Yks. ; foase Som. ; foce Lan. [fols, fps,
f93s,fas.] 1. adj. Deceitful, treacherous ; cunning, sly;
insincere, wheedling.
Or I. (Jam. Supfil.) Cai.' n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.) ; N.Cy.',
Cum.' Cum., Wm. NicoLSON (1677) Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1868)
IX. Wm. He's a gay fauce customer (B.K.). Yks. Now, be deep
and fause, mind thee ! Gaskell Sylvia (1863) I. v. w.Yks. Sheff.
Indep. (1874 ; ;C C.R.); w.Yks.' As fauce as he is, ii. 305; w.Yks.*
Lan. Sam wur just \valkin' off as foce as could bi, Mellor Uncle
Owdent (1865) 15, ed. 1867; Whether to gooa to these fawse fok,
ut wun behund Rachdaw ... or nah, I canno tell thee, Paul
Bobbin 5cyMf/( 18191 4; Lan. ', e.Lan. ',Chs.23 s.Chs.' Her'sas fause as
fause. Der.^Not. (J.H B.) Lin. Brookes rrar/sG/. Lei.'.w.Wor.',
se.Wor.' Shr.' From whad folks sen on 'er, I should think 'er's as
fause as fause ; Shr.* A fause dog. e.An.' He is a false man : he is
tellinglies. w.Som.' Her's that there false, her proper gits over mc.I
never can't z.^y no to her. You can't 'pend'pon un,he'ssofalse asthe
very Old fuller. Dev. That pony is mortal faultz ; she slipped out of
the stables before I could lay hands on her, y?f/>or^s/*?'Ovi'/ic. (1884) 18.
Hence Falseness, sb. flattery.
Lan. ' Be off wi' thi fawseness,' said the pleased woman, Bowker
Tales (1882) 151 ; Nooan o' thy fawseniss, Ackworth Clog Shop
Chron. (1896) 69.
2. In a good sense : sharp, shrewd, clever, precocious,
gen. applied to children and animals.
n.Cy. ( W.T.) ; N.Cy.' w.Yks. It's a little fause coostomer [of
a child] ( F. P.T.) ; Wha, tha sees, tha'rt soa varry foace I'm satis-
foied 'at tha must sleep wi' a fox, Hallam IVadsley Jack (1866) vi ;
w.Yks.2 ; w.Yks.^Of a horse, ' he was as false as a Christian.' Lan.
He're as fause as a boggart, as th' neighbours weel knew. Though,
when he'd a mind, he could look like a foo', Waugh Poetns {iS']6)
10; You weren't fause to leave your brass there, Westai l Birch
Dene (1889' I. 290 : It ud tak' a fawser mon nor me t'tell what it'll
be, Brierley Old Radicals^ 6 ; Lan.' m.Lan.' Id were a fause child
as knew id own fayther. Chs. As fawse as a bag o' monkeys, -S/i^'rt/"
(1879) No. 757, I. 266; Chs.' Oo's a fawse little thing; 00 knows
her daddy's footstep afore ever he comes inside o' th' dur ; Chs.*^
s.Chs.' Aa'r Tiim)z gofn u paar'ut, dhu fau'sist begur ally evur
seyd i au* mi bau'rn dee'z [Ahr Turn's gotten a parrot, the fausest
beggar I ever seid i' aw my born dees]. Not. He's a very fause
dog, he'll run and hide himseli if he thinks I'm going out without
him. You couldn't deceive Mr. D , he was that fause (L.C.M.) ;
If yer don't leave my gell be, George Sharp, as thinks yerself so
fause, I'll come and larn yer. Prior /?^;/r'c (1895) 10; Not.'^ n.Lin.'
Yon little tarrier o' yours is as wick as a flea, an' as fause as a fox ;
ther' isn't noa ^ettin' shut on him when he thinks he wants to goa
wi ye. sw.Lin.' The cows are so false. She's as false as a little
fox. My dog's as false as any man. Rut.' Your little girl [three-
year-old] looked as false at me when I passed her in the road 1
LeL' 'As fause as a Christian,' said of an intelligent animal.
Hence Falseness, sb. cleverness.
Lan. They'n soon show thi what a blj'n't gawmless leatheryed
theaw's bin for o' thi fawseness, Brierley Traddlepin, v.
3. Proud, vain, boastful.
e.Yks.' All's think your fine and fause noo you've gotten a
grandson.
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4. Of a horse : wanting in spirit, not good-bottomed ;
vicious. Of a man: lazy.
Chs.3 Hrf.2 A Calse horse that sweats at the sight of the collar.
I.W.* A horse that gives in at a dead pull. 'That's a deuced false
hoss.'
5. Comb, (i) False-bedding, oblique lamination in a stra-
tum of stone; (2) -blossom, the male flower of the melon,
CucHiuis inelo, or cucumber, Ciiaiiiiis sativus; (3) -blow,
an unfair blow ; (4) -blows, see -blossom ; (5) -face, {a) a
mask ; (b) a hypocrite, deceitful person ; (6) -floor, the
space between a ceiling and the floor above ; (7) -house,
a large compartment in a stack ; (8) -kick, an unfair kick ;
(9) -line, a cord used in ploughing to hinder the fore-horse
from going too far forward ; (10) -loft, the space between
the ceilings of the uppermost rooms of a house and the
roof, an attic, loft ; (11) -loon, a traitor ; also used atliib. ;
(12) — parsley, the fool's or dog's parsley, Aethusa Cyna-
piiim \ (13) — quarter, an ailment of milch cows; (14)
-reed, an arrangement of wires behind the reed or slay for
opening the threads of warp in the loom ; (15) -roast, a
dish or frj' made of bits of meat, liver, &c. ; (16) -roof, see
-loft; (17) -swear, to swear falsely, commit perjury; {18)
-tastedly, with a falfe or bad taste.
(i) Nhb.' (2) w.Som.' Said also of any blossom which fails to
set. (3) w.Som. 1 A blow struck below the knee in cudgel-playing
or below the waist-belt in boxing. (4) e.Ajj. No doubt so called
because they produce no fruit (,B. & H.). e.Suf. (F.H.) (5, «) Sc. I
chanced to obtain agliskof his visage, as his fause-faceslipped aside,
Scott Rob Roy (1817) ix ; Christmas was also preceded by the
appearance of guisards — young men and boys who in antic habili-
ments and masks (called fause-faces) went round the houses in the
evenings performing fragments of legendary romances or religious
moralities. Blactw. Mag. (Dec. 1821) 692 (Jam.). Bnff. The Vultus
has been painted, and looks a ' fause face,' Gordon Keith ( 1880) 34.
Frf. It broke their necks in fifty pieces, And gard them girn like
auld fause-faces, Sands Poems (1833) 109. Ayr. The wee callans
were at it already, rinning aboot wi" their fause-faces on and their
bits o' turnip lantherns in their haun, Service Nolandiuits {iBgo) 40.
Lth. Fause-faces on, and sarks they don Abune their bits o' breeks,
LuMSDENS/;ff/)-/;rarf(i892)44. N.I.i, n.Cy. (J.W.) OxfMIS.add.
{b Cai.^ (6) w.Som. ' Very often in old houses, where heavy beams
are found, two sets of joists have been used ; one to carry the floor
above, and the other to carry the ceiling of the room below, with
a considerable space between them. These spaces "were often very
convenient hiding places. (7) Ayr. Nell had the fause-house in her
min'. She pits hersel an' Rob in, Burns Halloween (1785) St. 10;
When the corn is in a doubtful state, by being too green, or wet,
the stack-builder, by means of old timber, &c., makes a large apart-
ment in his stack, with an opening in the side which is fairest ex-
posed to the wind, ib.Note. (8)w.Som.' Above the knee in wrestling.
(9) n.Lln.' (10) n.Lm.' It is often floored and made into a store-
room. (Ill e.Lth. Now she fa's by faus-loon chiels, Betraj'ed —
dishonoured clearly, Muckledackit Rhymes (1885) 14. (12J Shr.
(13) Som. The yellows frequently affect the udder and bring on a
false quarter that is a deprivation of milk in one teat accompanied
with swelling and inflammation, MARSHALL7?m«t/.^^vh (1818) II.
528. [When the hoof is deformed by the ulcer or quittor and one
part rendered higher than the other, it is called a false quarter,
LowsoN Mod. />j«-iV'r(i844"i 75.] (14) w.Yks. Binns Yhs. Past and
Present, 6<)o. (15) Cor.^s.v. Bits. (16) n.Lin.',e.An.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
17 J Lei.* ' Now the truth you must declare,' But instead of that he
did false-swear. War.^ (18) Elg. Which the fastidious and half-
lliitiking would have decreed over-ceremoniously and false-tastedly
tricked out, Couper Totoificalions (1803) II. 97.
6. V. To cajole, flatter, coax, wheedle.
SIi.I. He widna faase aboot a sowl An mak-a-dij. Burgess Rasmie
(1892; 72. s.Stf. Her'Il on'y fause him up to get a new dress,
VitiKocK Blk. Cy. Attn. (1895). War.^ Only used in the same sense
as to children ; ' Oh, you're falsing me.' Shr.' I want a new gownd
agen the wakes ; I mus' try an' fause my Maister o'er to get me one;
Shr.' lie knows how to fause her o'er. Som. W, & J. Gl. (1873).
Hence Falsing, (i) vbl. s6. wheedling, coaxing, flattery;
(2) ppl. adj. coaxing.
1 1 ) w.Som.' Her can get anything her do want like, out o' th' old
man, way her falsin. (2) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
7. To deceive. Shr.*
FALSET, s*. Obs.> Sc. Nhb. Also in form falshed
Nhb. Falseliood.
Sc. It is such landloupers as you that with your falset and fair
fashions bring reproach on our whole country, Scott A'i]g'('/( 1822) ii.
Ayr. From sinful lusts, drunkenness, falset, pride, worldliness,
Dickson Writings lit6o) I. 178, ed. 1845. Edb. Falset came first,
then Vanity, Pennecuik Wks. (1715) 386, ed. 1815. Nhb. For his
falshed and treason, Kicnwmsoa Borderer s Table-bk. (1846; VI, 241.
[Falset joukis in everie clerkis hude, Douglas Con-
science (c. 1505) in Works, ed. 1874, I. 124. Prob. a form
of WE..fcils)ti'dc [Cursor M. 22865).]
FALSIFY, z). Wor. Wil. \. To sham illness, pretend.
w.Wor.i That 3'oung Jem's a cute little chap. To see 'ow 'e
falsifies when 'e wants to stop at wum from school ! s.Wor. PoitsON
Quaint Wels. (1875, 19; Children don't falsify (H.K.).
2. Of seeds, young trees, &c. : to fail, to come to nought;
not to grow true to kind ; to become bad. Wor. (H.K.),
Wil.' 3. To show signs of failing health. Won (H.K.)
[3. My heart beginning to falsify in this business,
Pepys Diary (Aug. 27, 1668).]
FALT, see Felt.
FALTEN, sb. Arg. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A fillet.
\Gac\.faltaii, a snood.]
FALTER, V.' Wor. Hrf Glo. Dor. Som. Also in form
fa'ter Wor. [f^ltair).] 1. To fail in health ; to show
signs of old age ; to break up in constitution.
Wor. Then the mon 'e begins to fa'ter. Guns Vig.Mon. w.Wor.^,
s.Wor.i.Hrf.', Glo.' w.Som.' Ee du faultureetuurubl. Aa! poour
oal fuul ur, ee oa'n bee yuur vuur'ee laung [He fails rapidly. Ah !
poor old fellow, he won't be here very long].
2. Of a crop : to fail.
Dor.' I be a-feard the teaties wuU falter.
FALTER, t'.2 Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin.
Rut. Nhp. s.Cy. Also written faulter Yks. s.Cy. ; and in
formsfatter Sc. Cum.' ; faughterne.Lan.' ; fauter n.Yks.;
fauther e.Yks.' ; fawter n.Yks. w.Yks.'; foetre Wm. ;
forter, foter Cum.' ; fotr Lakel. ; fotter Cum.' ; foulter
w.Yks. ; fowter n.Yks. [fo Itar, f9t3r, foutair).] To
thresh barley in the sheaf in order to break off the awns
or bristles ; to hummel barley.
Dmf. (Jam.) n.Cy. Grose (1790". Lakel. Ellwood (1895). Cum.
To t'deetin hill carry't, but forter't afoor, Dickinson OfMiA*-. (1876)
240 ; Cum.' Wm. Canta foetre barly ? Egh ses I, Spee. Dial. (1885)
pt.iii.14. Yks. Morton C)'r/o. Agric. (1863). n.Yks.(I.W.),n,Yks.2,
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. I\Iarshall Rur. Eeon. (1788) ; e.Yks.' She [a
machine] both windhers[ winnows] an fauthers it. m.Yks.', w.Yks.',
ne.Lan.', Lin.' Rut. Marshall Review Agrie. (1814) IV. 272.
s.Cy. [Used] when threshers beat over corn again, Ray [1691).
Hence (i) Faltering, vbl. sb. the act of threshing barley
so as to break off the awns, hummelling barley ; (2) -iron,
(3) -tool, sb. an instrument used for removing the awns of
barley.
( I) Lakel. Ellwood I'iSgs). Yks. Morton Cydo. Agric. (1863).
n.Yks. (W.H.) Rut. Marshall i?<?w«w.<4^«'£:.( 1814'!. (2) Lakel.
Ellwood (1895). Wm. (B.K.) ; Tack that foetrein' iran an foetre
while necan, S/'(fr. Z);V?/. (i885)pt. iii. 14. n.Yks. Its form was about
afoot square, v^'ith narrow pieces of iron set edgewayabout one inch
apart and the shaft about two feet long, the handle across the top
for both hands ; when used it was struck into the heap of barley.
It is superseded by the threshing-machine (W.H.) ; n.Yks.' In
form a square iron frame with cross-bars set lattice wise, and a long
vertical shaft or handle. ne.Yks.' An instrument now supplanted
by humblers. w.Yks. (G. R. ) ; Leeds Merc. Suppl. (J uly 1 1 , 1896) ;
w.Yks.3, ne.Lan.', Lin.', Nhp.' (3) n.Yks. He chopt t'barley wiv
a fawterin' tool (I.W. ).
[To faulter. Thrashers are said to faulter, when they
thrash or beat over the corn again, Worlidge Diet. Rust.
(t68i) ; They haue much ado ... to thresli it cleane and
i'alter it from the huls and eiles, Holland Pliny (1601J
xviiL X. OFr.fmdicr, ' battre, frapper ' (Godefroy).]
FALTER, sec J^ elter.
FAL-THE-RAL, FAL-THO-DAL, see Falderal.
FALTIVE, adj. Obs. Arg. (Jam.) Faulty.
[Quhair it beis fundyn faltive, to forbid the samyne,
Seal op Cause (1496) in Pennecuik's Blue Blanket {i']22} 14
(Jam.), yr. paiilli/, faulty (Cotgr.).]
FALTREE, .si. w.Yks.^ A rough piece of timber
placed behind cattle to support the bed.
FAM, see Fame.
FAMBLE
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FANCICAL
FAMBLE, V. Lin. [fa-in(b)l.] To stutter, speak im-
pcrlcctlv, unintelligibly.
Lin. Skinnlr (1671"). sw.Lin.' He famblcs so in his talk. She
seems to Iambic, as if she could not get her words out.
[To I'amble in one's speech, in sciDioiie haesitare. Coles
(1679); Bcffiiawr, to fanible, fumble, niaffle in the mouth,
CoTGR. Dan. /(!«//'■, to fumble, to stammer.]
FAMBLE-CROP, s/>. Ol/s. e.An.' The first stomach
of a ruminating animal.
FAMBLING, vbl. sb. n.Lin.^ [fa'm(b)lin.] Eating
without appetite.
FAME, -<;/). and v. Sc. Also written feim n.Sc. (J.^m.) ;
and in formfam Sh.I. [fem, fam.] 1. sh. A thin pellicle
or film of anything lying or floating on another.
Sh.I. {Colt. L. L.B.) S. & Ork.i Fatty particles floating on the
surface of a liquid.
2. A rage, passion. n.Sc. (Jam.) 3. t;. To be in a rage, (ib.)
[The same word as lit. E./oam, OE.ySw.]
FAMIL(E, see Fammel.
FAMILOUS, aiij. Nhb. Yks. Shr. Also in forms
familious Nhb.' ; faniulous Shr.'^ [familas.] Relating
to a family.
N.Cy.', Nhb.'* w.Yks.'It'safamilouscoraplaint. Shr.^His pride's
a famulous disorder.
FAMISH, see Famous.
FAMMEL, V. War. Wor. Glo. Oxf. Also written famel
\Var.2 s.VVar.i s.Wor. Oxf.' ; famil(e War. se.Wor.' ;
fammil Glo. [faenil, fEemil.] To starve, famish.
War. (T.F.) ; Holloway. s.Wor. A stranger ud a thought he'd
been famell'd to death, Porson Qiiaiul IVds. (1875) 27 ; (H.K.):
s.Wor.i Glo. (A.B.;; (W.H.C.); Glo.' Oxf. I'm half fammel'd
(C.M.G.1; Oxf.'
Hence Fammelled, //>/. adj. hungry, starved, famished.
War.», s.War.', sc.Wor.'
[Norm. dial, faineillcr, 'ctre affame' (Moisy). OF.
fanteiller, 'avoir faim ' (La Curne) ; Romanic * famecilare
for *famclicare, der. of Lat. famelictis, hungry, starved.]
FAMOUS, adj. Sc. Cum. Wm. Yks. Not. Lin. Gmg.
Oxf. and Colloq. Also in forms famish Cum. ; fammous
Gmg. ; faymish Cum.^ [fe mas, feamas.] Used as an
emphatic expression of approval: excellent, splendid,
' capital ' ; also used as adv.
Fif. Twenty mair sic rotten whelps Gat in their haffets famous
skelps, Tennant Pa/o's/ij (1827) 194. Cum. A famish time we hed
on't teu, GwoRDiE Greenup Yaiice a Year {iBf^) 25 ; Gat a famish
black e'e, Gilpin Sags, (1866) 335; Cum.^ It wad be a faymish
job if fadder could sell o* t'steans iv oor fell at five shillin a pwoke-
ful, 6. Wm. Hoo's t'taty crop ? — Famous. He's a famous walker
is my fadder. Hoo er 3'e gettin on? — Oh! famous noo (B.K.).
w.Yks. Some o* th' booans wor a famous size. Hartley Clock Aim.
(1878) 50; Ther wor a famous lot o' fowk at John Hill buryin'.
We like ahr parson famous weel ^.^.B.l. s.Not. It's a famous
good knife (J.P.K."). Gmg. (E.D.) Oxf.' Fun another 'en's nist
uv'ee ? tha's famous, MS. add.
Hence Famously, ct(/i/. very well, splendidly; extremely,
considerably.
Cum. We gat ... to Rostwhate famishly, Richardson Tali
(1876) 3. w.Yks. He was famously set up with it (H.W.) ; They
all laft famously, Hartley Clock Aim. (1878) 29. s.Lin. (T.H.R.)
FAMP, 5*. Nhb. Dur. [famp.] A soft, clayey shale.
Nhb. Borings (1878) I. 185 ; Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. There is a famp
bed about a foot thick, Forster Section Strata (.1821) 102.
FAMP, V. Cor. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To tread heavily, to walk with a firm foot. N. 6^ Q. (1854)
1st S. x. 141.
FAN, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in form van Glo.' Brks.' Hmp.' LW.' Wil.
Dor.' w.Som.' Cor.'^^ [fan, faen, w.Cy. vsen.] L sb.
In comb. Fan-winged hawk, the hobby, Falco subbuteo.
Hmp. SwAlNSON Birrfi (1885) 139; Hmp.'
2. A revolving machine for ventilating by either forcing
or exhausting the air in or out of the mine.
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
Hence Fan-drift, sb. a drift or tunnel connecting the
upcast shaft with the fan. ib.
3. An implement for winnowing corn ; also used in pi.
Kcd. Barn-fans, an' flails, an' fleers, An' canasses an' seeks, Grant
Lays (1884) 3. N.I.' Chs.' It consists of a frame of wood to which
four horizontal rails are fixed, and pieces of sacking are nailed to
the rails. This framework is elevated upon legs, and is turned
round with a handle. The pieces of sacking cause a considerable
wind as they pass quickly through the air. The corn is dropped
through a riddle in front of the machine, when the chalT is blown
away, and the grain falls in a heap below. 1 have not seen a fan,
I think, for nearly twenty years, but there are, doubtless, still
some in use in remote country places. s.Chs.', Nhp.i Glo. Grose
(1790); G/. (1851) ; Glo.' Oxf.' A/5, (irfrf. Brks.' Worked by hand.
Hmp.', I.W.', Dor.' w.Som.' The principle of the modern winnow-
ing machine is the same, only with the addition of various sieves, by
which the inferior or ' tailing' corn is separated. I have seen many
vans used, but they are now almost obsolete.
4. A large basket.
e.An. Wide, shallow wicker-basket, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863);
e.An.' Nrf. Fan, for holdingcorn.used on a threshing floor, Cozens-
Hardy /J)-0(irf7V>/ (1893) 99; .Wrc/i. (1879) VIII. 169. e.Suf.(F.H.)
5. A measure of chaff : three heaped bushels.
Crab. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
6. The process of separating tin ores from the waste by
crushing and washing on a shovel. Cor.' Hence (i)
Fanning, si. the process of trying tin ore by crushing and
washing on a shovel. Cor.°^ ; (2) -shovel, sb. the shovel
used in the process of fanning. Cor.^
7. V. To winnow corn with a fan. Chs.', s.Chs.', w.Som.'
Hence (i) Fanners, sb. pi. an instrument for winnowing,
gen. in phr. apaifoffaiuiers; (2) Fanning, vbl. sb. the act
of winnowing with a fan.
(i) Sc. I have threshed out about half a boll. . . Maggie, here,
can easily put it through the fanners, and fill the sack. Whitehead
Daft Davie (1876) 341, ed. 1894. Cat.' Frf. Whilk made a noise
like corn fanners, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 33, ed. 1882. Per.
[He] is tae send up a single ploo an' a pair o' fanners, Ian Mac-
i-AK'E.ti Atild Lang Syne{iH(j'i) 102. e.Fif. A mixed reel- rail o' words,
whaurin*stots,''queys,' . . . an'' fanners' were the maist emphatical,
Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxv. Ayr. The winnowing machine,
or ' fanners,' as it was and is still called, had been brought into
the parish by Girtle of the Mains, . . but it had been set down by his
neighbours as an implement of the enemy, Johnston G/«i6Hf4i'e
(1889) 6. Lnk. The deil. . . Wad miss a chance o' doin' ill To work
in either barn or mill. As was believ'd by mony a ane Whan fanners
fell a-blawin' win', Watson Pof«i5 (1853) 16. Lth. Discarding even
his urbane manners, An' blawing like oor auld mill fanners, Lumsden
Sheep-head (189a) 153. Edb. My heart flap-flappit in my breast
like a pair of fanners, MoiR Matisie IVauch (1828) iv. [Amer. An
open basket dishing out from the bottom upward. Originally it
was used to separate the chaff from the wheat by tossing it up into
the air and catching it as it fell down, thus allowing the wind to
fan out the chaff'. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 58.] (2) Rnf. Threshing and
fanning. Redding the barn, and all the wark. Ordering and plan-
ning. M'^Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 155.
8. To stir as with a whisk.
Lin.' Fan the yolk of the eggs for me.
9. To whip, beat, punish.
Midi. TooNE Z5iV/. (1834;. Suf.l To whip a horse frequently. 'Fan
um along." Ken. [He] fann'd his hide with heart and will, Nairne
Tales (1790) 53, ed. 1824. Sus.^
10. To tease, banter; to vex, annoy.
Sus. 1 do call it a fagot-above-a-load to fan me in dis way, Jackson
Southward Ho (1894) I. 200; Sus.'^
11. With about : to run or gad about.
Glo.' Wil. Children running riotously about the nursery are
asked, ' What be vannen about so vor ? ' (G.E D.)
[3. A fan is an instrument that by its motion artificially
causeth wind, useful in the winnowing of corn, Worlidge
Did. Rust. (1681). OE. /aim {Luke iii. 17), Lat. vannus,
a fan for corn ; cp. Fr. van.]
FAN, see Fann, Find, When.
FANCICAL, adj. In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also
written fancicle Nhb.' Chs.'; fansical Dev. [fan-,
fae-nsikl.] Fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle.
Nhb.', Cum.' n.Yks.2 As fancical as a bairn'd weean. e.Yks.l,
w.Yks.2, ne.Lan.' Chs.' Oi've no patience wi ahr Emma, oo's sitch
a fancicle piece o' goods. Shr.' I want a playn dacent bonnit— none
o' yore fancical finery fur me. Hrf.i2,e.Sut. (F.H.), Som.(W.W.S.)
w.Som.' Mae'ustur-z u fan-seekul soaurt uv u jiin'lmun [master is
I aparticularsortof a gentleman]. Dev. That's allyour fansical notions,
I Joe, Phillpotts Datimoor (^1895) 8, ed. 1896 ; She's a lady un-
FANCY
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FANG
common fancical about ferns, Rcpotis Provinc. (1886) 95. nw.Dev.'
Cor. I ca-antgelhertoeat,she'safancicalma-aid(M.A.C.); Thomas
Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gt.
[After they have completed their tuning, they will . . .
fall into some kind of voluntary or fancical play, Mace
Mustek's Monument (1676) 128 (Dav.).]
FANCY, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[fansi, fae'nsi.] 1. sb. Inclination, liking, affection, esp.
in phr. to have or take a fancy to, to be in love with.
Rnf. Gloomy clouds may dim the air, But winna make my fancy
gee, Wedster Rhymes (1835) 116. Ayr. He has ta'en a fancy to
the mistress : in fact is coming owre the night to see if she'll have
him, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 121. w.Yks.* w.Som.* They
zaid how Jim Snow-d a-gotabit ofafancy four Liz ; bather widn
ha nort to zay to he. [Of a woman the word is used to express
the longings of pregnane}'. The popular notion is that unless the
fancy of a pregnant woman is gratified, the child will be marked
with an image of the thing longed for.]
2. A lover, sweetheart ; also in camp. Fancy-man, esp.
a married woman's illicit lover.
w. Yks. ( J. W. ) Der. Crokey, and lawn tennis for't young misses
and their fancies, Wkly. Telegr. (Dec. 2a, 1894') 12, col. i. Wll.'
He be Bill's wife's fancy man, that's what he do be. n.Wil.
(E.H.G.) Dor. Though your fancyman was so up about it. Hardy
Tess (1891) 357. [Cant.Whether that old dried-up otomy ... be kith
and kin of such a bang-up cove as your fancyman, Luke, Ainsworth
Rookivood (1834) bk. in. ii.]
3. A legend, fanciful tale ; a whim, idea ; delirious talk.
Gen. in pi.
w.Som.' Some days he's all vull o' his fancies like, and then I be
'most mazed way un. Dev. He shook his white locks, and added,
he now knew nothing about ' they old fancies,' Bray Tamar and
Tavy fi836) L Lett. 15.
4. Phr. To tell the fancy of to account for, give the reason of.
Sur.' I'm sure I can't tell the fancy of it.
5. A riband, prize for dancers. Cum. Gl. (1851).
6. A cylinder of a wool-carding or scribbling machine.
w.Yks. Smallest cylinder on a card ^S.P.U.) ; A cylinder or roller
covered with wire cards containing long teeth, at the end of a
scribbling machine (J.M.).
7. V. To care for, love.
Per. Then Jenny smil'd ; said, You're beguil'd, I canna fancy
thee, NicoL Poems (1766) 27. Rnf. Nae lass o' them a' he could
fancy but me, Picken Poems (1813) L 53.
8. To think, believe.
n.Dev. I fancy 'tis awful chilly. Chanter IVilch {\^gS) 18.
9. Phr. (i) to fancy smninat, (2) — a lot, to fancy some-
thing is wrong ; to feel hurt, neglected.
s.Not. (i) A knowed she'd fancy summat if yer didn't write to
'er (J.P.K.). (2) She wasn't asked to the wedding, and of course
she fancied a lot, ib.
FAND, see Find.
FANDAM,56. Yks. [fa'ndam.] A measure for haystacks.
The distance between a man's two hands when his arms are
stretched out round the stack, Morton Cycle. Agric. (1863).
FANDANGLE, sb. and v. Irel. Cum. Som. Dev. and
Amer. [fandaql, faendcer)!.] 1. sb. pi. Ornaments,
trinkets ; antics, capers, as in dancing about.
w.Som.' Wuy dh-oal maeur-z aul veol oa ur fandang'lz uz
maur-neen [Why, the old mare is all full of her antics this morning].
nw.Dev.^
Hence Fandanglement, sb. a whim, crotchet; gewgaw.
Cum. He wadn't gie the vally of a brass farden for any o't new
fandanglements, Linton Liszie Lor/on (1867) v.
2. V. To hang about, trifle, waste time, to ' fool ' round.
Ir. Over fond of keepin* the lads fandanglin' after her, to be
makin* fools of them, Baulow Idylls ^1892) 198.
Hence Fandangling, //i/. adj. nonsensical.
Amer. Don't fool with anyol those fandangling ways womenhave
of fixing their hair, Max Adeler Elbow Rootn (1876) xii.
FANDANGS, sb. pi. n.Yks.* [fandaijz.] In phr.
fandangs and featliermtnts, trinkets, trifles, personal adorn-
ments. See Fandangle, sb.
FANDGARTH, sb. n.Cy. fNot known to our corre-
spondents.] A farm-yard. See Fold-garth. Grose (1790).
FANE,s4.' Der.^nw.Dcr.' [fen.] Awcatlicrcock,'vane.'
I Fane of a stepylle, vintilognim. Prompt.]
FANE, sb.'^ Obs. ? Sc. An elf, fairy.
Ayr. The story ran to ilka ane How Kate was haunted wri' a fane.
Train Poet Reveries (1806) 23 (Jam.).
[Cp. Sw. dial, fane, a half-mad person (Rietz) ; Sw.
f&ne, a changling, ' fatuus ' (Serenius).]
FANE, see Fain, arfy.'*
FAN-FRECKLED, adf n.Cy. Yks. Not. Lin. Also
written fanfreckald w.Yks. ; and in form fan-feckled n.Cy.
(Hall.) [fan-frekld.] Freckled, spotted with the sun.
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. It faice ad becum fanfreckald all ovver,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Amt. (1859) 23. Not.', Lin.'
FANG, V. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in
form vang s.Pem. Wil. Dor.' Som. w.Som.' Dev.'*
nw.Dev.' Cor.'° ; />>«/. vung Dev. [fag, faeq, w.Cy. vasr).]
1. To lay hold of, clutch, seize.
Sc. He thought the warlocks o' the rosy cross Had fang'd him in
their nets sae fast, Scott Minstrelsy (1802) IV. 102, ed. 1848 ; He
taigles for till fang the feckless. WADDELLPia/iMs (,1871) x. 9. Rxb.
Auld Nick can never fang us, Ruickbie Wayside Coltager {iBo-j 1 161.
N.Cy. 2 Nhb.i To shoot down. Cum. &Wm. Nicolson (1677) 7"r(?;!5.
R. Soc. Lit. (1868) IX. w.Yks. He fanged it out of my hands J.W.).
s.Wor. It [a complaint] fanged about mah every unch-vvhile [caught
me sharply every now and then] (H.K.). Shr.' e. An.' He fanged
holdofhim. Hefangedherbythelhroatand nearlyquackledher. Nrf.
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nif. ( 1893) 27, e.Suf. I fanged him by the
shoulder (F.H.). w. Som. ^ Very com. You vang the head o' un eens
he mid-n bite ; vang un tight, mind. Dev. Her mother had *vanged
her wages,' Reports Provinc. (1885) 114 ; ' Han't a got no goon,'
replied the poacher. . . 'Knows how to vang un,wi'out thiccy,'
Blackmore Perlvcross (1894 ) xxix ; Dev.^ Hold up your basket and
vang these turnips. nw.Dev.' Cor." ; Cor.^ I fanged it when a
wasn't looking.
2. Obs. To reach ; to fetch.
Dor. Vang hither [reach hither], Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in A^. £/
Q. (1883) 6th S. viii. 45. Som., Dev. Go vang the Vicar of Taunton
Dean, Horae Subsecivae i^iTn) 449. Dev. Vang me the bread, Gent.
Mag. (1793) 1084.
3. To bind a limb so tightly as to stop the flow of blood.
Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.'
4. To dam, mop up water.
s.Pem. (W.M.M.) ; Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 422.
5. To receive, obtain, get ; esp. to receive money, to earn.
Dor.' w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis (1834). Som.
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). e.Som. To vang money,
W. & J. Gl. (1873^ w.Som.' Dev. I hope to vang a shilling
to-day. Reports Provinc. (1889); Vor he vang'd more in wooing
than wou'd'n a bought two team of horses. Obliging Husband
(1717) 13; Dev.' I've a proffer'd vive-and-twcnty shillings, and
they stand vor thirty, and zay they want vang less, 58; Dev.^ I've
been vangin' money most of the day. s.Dev. I an't vanged a farden
this month (F.W.C.\ Cor. Thee and I have to fang fowr pound
six and tuppence to-morraw, Tregellas Tales (1865) 164; But
deds't fang any money ? J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 27 ;
O'DoNOGHUE St. Knighton (1864) Gl. ; Cor.' 2
Hence Fangings, sb. pi. wages, earnings, takings.
Cor. For my fangings would look scoy. J. Trenoodle Spec, Dial.
(1846) 17; (WS.); Cor.' Why a spent all hes fangings laaste
Saturda' nite ; Cor.^
6. With to : to stand sponsor for a child in baptism ; rarely
with /or.
Wil. He vang'd to me at the vant (,K.). Dor. Haynes Voc. (c.
1730) in A'. &' Q. (18831 6th S. viii. 45. Som. He vang'd for me
at the vant. Skinner (1671); He vang'd to me at the vant, Ray
(1691). w.Som.' Heard occasionally in the Hill district, huiobsol.
When the paa'sn come there wad-n nobody vor to vang to un.
Dev. I'm agwaine tii OrsewelLike tu vang-to Zue Ridd's babby,
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.' n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777)
449 : Up to Daraty Vogwill's upzitting, whan tha vungst to . . .
Rabbin, £.vm. Scold. U746) 1. 8.
7. To find.
Dev. Vur there j'ou fang the mane an' wemmin, Nack'd hof hin
hal ther Zenday's tremmin, Daniel Biide of Sao (1842) 192;
Munny drap'd intua tub Vul'd chuck vull a wotter... Wich tha chaps
wis ta vang be thare gieing a dips, Naiiian Hogg Poet. Lett. { 1847)
31, ed. 1865. Cor. But vang'd a hempty box, Daniel Poems.
8. To bang. Dev.'
0. Comb, with prep., adv., &.c. : (1) to fang away, (a) to at-
tack violently, fight ; (b) to devour food eagerly and quickly,
to snatch at one's food ; (2) — in, to take in ; see below ;
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(3) — in into, to stick close to, to close with in a tussle ;
(4) — on, to seize, clutch ; (5) — out o', to lay hold of; (6)
— to, (a) to take to, like ; {b) to acknowledge, take notice
of; (c) to take possession of, accept; (7) — up, to receive.
(l,(i~iw.Yks.Wheii I cameback therethcywcre.fangingawayone
at another ;,C.C.R.)- (*) n.Yks." WclI, Ihoo's fangin' awa', oiiny-
wtas,' to a hungry boy. (aDev. The system is to breed part, and vang
in the rest. Young ylim. -^Ign'c. (1784 1815) XXX. 186. (3I Dei/.
Shet 'n up sharp, Bill. Vang'n inta 'e tight, an' ave dued wi 'n,
Hewett Peas. Sp. ( 1892). (4) e.Yks. LeeJs Merc. Suppl. (Feb. 26,
1893). (5) Shr.* W"y didna yo' fang out o* the 'Ind-bwurd [hind-
board] o' the tumbril. (6, a) Cor. I don't fang to her (M.A.C.) ;
Cor.' I don't fang to your notions ; Cor.* (i) Cor. Never fanged
to it, Thomas Ramiis^al Rhymes (1895) Gt. (f) Dev., Cor. I fang'd to
that estate last Christmas, Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435. Cor. I
fanged to his lease, Grose (1790) MS. add. (S.) (7) n.Dev. I'd
rayther awn . . . Than . . . vang up veevety poun', Rock Jim an'
A'(//(i867) St. 32.
10. Phr. (i) to fang a-fire, to catch fire; (2) — a well, to
fill a pump with water in order that it may work properly,
(i; e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). (2) Sc. Blackw. Mag. (Sept. 1819)
654 (Jam.). e.Lth. That's ae thing aboot your Leeberal Govern-
ment th.it I canna awa wi' ; they're aye fangin the well, Hunter
J. Iniiiik (1895') 79.
[6. Seynt Ede was redy ... to fonge to [)e child, Chron.
Vilod. (c. 1420) St. 558. ME. fciiigen was a new formation
from OE. fiuigen, pp. of /uit, to catch ; cp. G./ciitffeii.]
FANG, si. Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. Alsowritten
fange Der. ; and in form vang Cor.° 1. The catch or
grip of a pump in drawing water, the power of suction ;
gen. used in phr. to lose or tine the fang, to cease to work
through want of water, fig. to miss one's aim, fail, be
disappointed in one's expectations.
Sc. (Jam.) Dmb. Friendship now has lost the fang. Since
Willie's dead, Taylor Poems (ed. 1827) 65. Rnf. His tongue,
like to a well-gaun pump. That never wants the fang, M'Gilvray
Poems (ed. 1862) go. Lth. (Jam.) Edb. What needs I mair time
spen'. She's tint the fang, Crawford Poems 1^1798) 47; My muse
has lost the fang, Forbes Poems (1812) 17.
2. A trap, fig. a ' fix,' a ' tight place ' ; esp. in phr. taken
in the fang, taken in the act.
Sc. A thief taken in the fang, Ruddiman Inlrod. (1773) (Jam.);
Gl. SM. (1802) (16,). Frf. The laird was fairly in a fang, An'
naething for him now but hang, Piper of Peebles (1794) 15. Ayr.
God took instruments that he had tane thee in the fang, Dickson
Writings (1660) I. 104, ed. 1845.
3. Spoil, booty, a stolen article, esp. in phr. taken with
the fang, taken with the booty in the thiefs possession.
Sc. A thief taken with the fang (Jam.). Sli.I. If you find any
thing that is stolen, you are to bring the thief and the fang to the
Bailie, HiBBERT£lf5f SA./. (1822) 144, ed. 1891. Ags. (Jam.) Abd.
In quest o' some forbidden fang, Or goods unlawfu', Keith Farmer's
Ha' ,1774) St. 29. Frf.They threw their fangs and flew for shelter,
Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 17, ed. 1882.
4. A twang, an ill flavour.
s.Not. This tater eats wi' a fang (J. P.K.). s.Lin. Theer's a fang
abeaut this meat. Missis : ahm ommost shewerits goiu' bad (T.H .R.).
5. Earnings, takings ; that which is received. s.Dev.,
e.Cor. (Miss D.)
6. A heavy burden, carried in the hands or arms. Cai.*
7. A slice, a large piece cut off from something.
Bch. Nor cuttit a fang frae a kebbuck wi a whittle, Forbes y^H.
(1742) 13. Abd. They a' got a guid breakfast on drinkin'sowansan'a
fang offo' the Yule ceabbuck, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 771. Frf.
Snap went the sheers, then ina wink, The fang was stow'd behind
a bink, Morison Poems (1790) no.
8. An eye-tooth; also in cow/. Fang-tooth. Cum.', Cor.'
9. A claw, hook, talon ; a paw.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. 1776) Gl. n.Sc. He had him in his fangs
(Jam.). Ayr. Cast fangs to catch them, and bring them in their
reverence to nurture them, Dickson ivriltngs (1660) I. 56, ed.
1845. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Shr.^, e.An. (E.G.P.) [Ray (i^i).]
10. A fin.
e.An. (E.G.P.) ; e.An.' From the fancied resemblance of their
pointed ends to long teeth.
11. A finger. e.An.'
12. The prong of a fork of any kind.
s.Chs.' A yelve-fang. War.* A long stall with two fangs of iron
for turnip stocking. Slir.' Jest see'twixt them fangs— theer's dirt
enough to set garrits in.
Hence Fanged, adj. furnished with prongs.
Shr.' Axe Tummas to len' me 'is five-fanged sharevil.
13. A fork or branch of a tree. s.Chs. (T.D.)
14. A runner of a plant.
Lin. Strawberry-fangs is fine an' large this fall (W.M.E. F.).
15. Fig. A lout.
Abd. Sweer fangs o' servan' chiels, Alexander Johnny Gihb
(1871) xxxv; He's an orra fang. Haud aff. ye muckle, stupid fang.
Sic a fang o' a chiel ! Very common (G.W. ).
16. The coil or bend of a rope. Sc. Gl. Sibb. (1802) (Jam.).
17. The thong of a whip. Cai.'
18. A passage or drift formed for the purpose of con-
veying air along the works of a mine.
Der. Till Nicco' hemm'd, . . . fled up the fang, FuRNESS Mcdicns
(1836) 69; Manlove Customs of Lead Mines (1653) '• 272; A
niche cut in the side of an adit or shaft to serve as an air-course ;
sometimes a main of wood pipes is denominated a iangin^, Mining
GL (1854).
FANGAST, adj. Obs. e.An. Marriageable; also
used as sb. a marriageable maid.
e.An.' Not now known. Nrf. Sir T. Browne fc. 1660) in Wks., ed.
Wilkin, III. 233; Ray (1691); Grose (1790); A fangast wench (K.).
FANGER-IN, sb. n.Yks. [fa-qar-in.] A mower who
does not throw his scythe back so far by half a yard as
others but who strikes faster. (I.W.)
FANGLE,s6. andf. Irel. Lan. Shr. Also Som. [fa-ql,
fae'r)!, Som. vae'r)!-.] 1. sb. A conceit, whim.
s.Lan. Whot new fangle has he neaw ? Bamford Dial. (1854) ;
(S.W.); (F.E.T.)
Hence (i) Fanglenient, sb. a contrivance, a personal
adornment; (2) Fangler, s6. a whim, conceit. [Not known
to our correspondents.]
(i)Lan.Awmnotgooin neawtoputsitch newfanglementson my
back, Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 42. s.Lan. (F.E.T.) Shr. She
had on a lot of fanglements (M. L.^. w.Som.' I never don't zee no
good in none o' these here ncw-farshin vanglements 'bout farmerin'
an' that. (2) Lan. Striving to give you 'Rid O Wimmen,' Or some
new fangler, Collins Poems (1859) 21.
2. V. To trim showily, bedizen.
Shr.' Obsol. 'Er bonnit wuz tangled all o'er 66th ribbints like a
pedlar's basket.
3. To entangle. Cf fankle.
N.I.' The cow has got fangled in her tether.
[1. Prob. conn. w. ME. newefangel, fond of novelty
(Chaucer) ; cp. lit. E. newfangled.]
FANGLES, sb. pL' Hrf.* [faeqglz.] The prongs of
a fork.
FANGLES, si.//.^ Irel. Long irregular cones of straw,
tied at short intervals with twigs or slight straw bands.
Ir. The parties returning home, probably by the light of tangles,
Dublin Univ. Mag. (1863) 438 ; The neighbours joined him with
dipped rushes and tangles, Kennedy Fireside Stories (1870) 157.
Wxf. By the light of tangles, 16. Banks Boro (1867) 149.
FANK, s6.' and t/.' Sc. [faqk.] 1. sb. A fold,
enclosure, pen for sheep or cattle.
w.Sc.The church and manse are surrounded by meadows, sheep
fanks, and distilleries, Macdonald Settlement (1869) 15, ed. 1877.
Per.(jAM.) Arg.The shepherds came in from the fanks ... to go on
a search, Munro Lost Pibroch (1896) 176. Slg. In the vicinity of
the farmer's dwelling there is a pen, here called a tank, erected of
stone and turf, Agric. Surv. 293 (Jam.).
2. V. Of sheep or cattle : to fold, pen.
Per., Slg. To tank the sheep (Jam.).
FANK, s6.2 and v.' Sc. Irel. [faqk.] 1. sb. A coil,
noose, tangle ; gen. in phr. afank o' tows, a coil of ropes.
Sc. He is a prince of Bores, but . . . like the giant Pope ... he
can only sit and grin at pilgrims . . . and is not able to cast a fank
over them as formerly, hcoTi Jrn. (1826) I. 255, ed. 1890; (Jam.)
2. V. To coil a rope, to twist, knot ; to entangle the feet,
to impede.
Sc. A line is said to be fankit when it is so entangled and
warped that it cannot easily be unravelled (Jam.) ; As applied to
a horse, to force him into a corner of any enclosure by means of a
rope held by two or more persons that he may be taken ; or if this
cannot be done, to wrap the rope about him so as to entangle him
(li.) ; r the girn they happit is their ain fit fankit, Waddell
FANK
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Psiiliiis (1891) ix. 15. Lnk. (Jam.) Ayr. A horse that has run
long about in the tether, and has fanked himself, is forced to stand
still, Dickson Writings (1660) I. 55, ed. 1845. Slk. We'll fank
the porpy and the seal, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 277 ; They fankit
tows about their necks, ib. Queer Bk. (1832) 197. Gall. Ye wi' yer
tail are like to fank, An' ding me ovvre, Lauderdale Poe;;:s ( i 796 )
18. Wgt. ' The dress is fankit amon her feet.' The word is
applied to any piece of dress that hangs loosely (W.G.). Ant.
Applied to tethered animals (W.H.P.).
[2. Brave Parcy raised his fankit sword, And felld the
foremost to the ground, Death of Parcy Reed (c. 1580) in
Child's Eng. 6- Sc. Ballads (1890) IV. 27.]
FANK,^^^ e.Lan.i [Not known to our correspondents.]
To indulge fancies in love.
FANKLE, w. Sc. [fa'gkl.] To entangle, twist, knot;
to coil, wind ; to disorder.
Cld. A person who has lost the thread of his discourse or has
become confused is said to have got fankled ['Jam.). Ayr. Stair
had grown up into a great lang drink, and would fankled, as Robin
Cummell said, if he fell, Service Dr. Dtigiiid (ed. 1887) 103; Little
by little, he so fankled the laird's affairs, ib. 75 ; He cam warplin'
an' fanklin' owre the muirs by himsel', ib. 255.
Hence Fankled, />/>/. adj. entangled.
Ayr. Clear the fanki'd skenes that's spun In glaik'ry's trips,
■White Joltings (18791 152. Lnk. Sic a fankled held is wrocht,
The deil he couldna louse it, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 96.
[Our Ryal Lord ... is fast heir fanklet in a cord,
Henryson Lyon 6-= Moiis (c. 1450) in Ramsay's Evergreen
(ed. 1761) 196.]
FANN, sb. Sh. & Or.I. Also written fan. [fan.] A
snow-wreath, drift.
Sh.I. ('W.A.G.) ; {Coll. L.L.B.); Hungry sheep in snawed-up
buols Fast in da fans wir stickin', Siewart Fireside Tales (1892) 97 ;
Trou da fannso snaa. Burgess /frtSHj/f (1892 98. S. &Ork.i Or.I.
(Jam. Stippl.)
[Norw. dial, fonn (also fan n), a snow-heap, snow-drift
(Aasen) ; ON. /film (gen. faniiar), a heap ot snow. Cp.
Folge-f^nn, the name of the famous glacier on the Har-
danger fiord.]
FAN-NAIL, sb. Nhp.' A loose piece of skin at the
base of the finger-nail. Cf agnail.
FANNER, sb. Sus. I.W. Dor. Also in form vanner
w.Cy. [f3e'n3(r), vae'natr).] The kestrel hawk, Tinmin-
ciiliis alaiidariiis.
Sus.i, I.W.l Dor. From the way it fans the air when hovering,
w. Gazette (Feb. 15, 18891 7, col. 2. [Swainson Birds (1885) 140.]
FANNICKLY, adj. s.Chs.' [fa'nikli.] Smart in
appearance.
FANNONS, sb. pi. Hrt. Short hnen sleeves as worn
by butchers.
CussANS Hist. Hrt. (1879-1881) III. 320.
[Fr. faiion, a scarf-like ornament worn in the left arm
of a sacrificing priest; also (in Blason) any large bracelet
that hangs down from the arm (Cotgr.).]
FANNY, sb. Yks. [fa'ni.] A term used in the scissor-
grinding industry ; see below.
w. Yks. A local term, a corruption of fanner or fanblower : that
is a wheel with vanes fixed on to a rotating shaft enclosed in a case
or chamber to create a blast of air. It is used to carry away the
dust created by dry grindstones, Lab. Gl. (1894) ; (J.W.)
FANNY-GRASS, i-6. Nhb.^ The couch-grass, Tntow/
rcpeiis ; also called Quicken-grass and Rack.
FANOM- 'WATER, see Fenom-water.
FANPECKLES, see Fawn-peckles.
FANSET, sb. Suf. A faucet.
Suf. Heard 50 years ago(E.G.P.) ; (Hall.) e.Suf. 'Well known
here, csp. in ' tap and fanset.' The tap, either cochleous or plain,
fits into the fanset (F.H.).
FANSOME, adj. N.Cy.' Feeling faint, ' faintsome.'
FANSOME, see Fawnsome.
FANT, f .' and sb. n.Cy. Yks. Also in form fent n.Cy.
[Not known to our correspondents.] 1. v. To coddle,
make much of.
Yks. He was fanted and too much cared-for, said the good-wives,
Howirr Jlope On (1840) ii.
2. sb. Ubs. A darling. n.Cy. (K.), (Hall.)
[2. The same word as ML. /ani, a child, an infant
(IVars Alex. 4629).]
FANT, v.'^ Sh.I. [fant] To famish, starve.
Dem 'at haes naethin' bit frae haand ta mooth, min edder wirk
or dan fant, Sli. News (July 16, 1898). S. & Ork.i
Hence (i)Fantashen,si!i.starvation; (2jFa.ntiQ\ppl. adj.
starving, famishing; (3) Fantit, />//. adj. weakly, starved.
(i) 'Ithoot wark, an' tought about wark we'd shiine be at da
staik o' fantashen, S/i. News (Aug. 27, 1898). (2) S. & Ork.' (3)
A fantit ting o' a grice aboot a hoos is shiirely wan o' da greatest
pushens 'at can be seen, S/i. News (July 30, 1898).
[The same word as lit. E. faint.\
FANTECKLES, FANTICLES, see Fern-tickles.
FANTIGUE, sb. Irel. Chs. Not. Lei. Nhp. 'War. Won
Shr. Hrf. Glo. Ken. Wil. Dor. Cor. Also written fanteag
Chs.»Shr.'2; fanteague Not.' Lei." War." w.'Wor.' Glo.'
Wil.'; fanteeg Ken.'; and in forms fantag Wil.'; fantaig
Shr.' Wil.'; vanteag Dor. [fan-, fasntl'g, -teg.]
1. A state of excitement, a commotion, 'fuss'; a fit of
ill-temper, passion.
Ir. 'We settled he'd fell out wid his sweetheart about somethin',
and run oil' in a fantigue, Barlow Idylls (1892) 71. Chs.', Not.',
LeL' Nhp.' She was in a fine fantigue. War.'^^ w. Wor.' 1 never
seed sich a arbiterry owd chap: 'e's alius on with some uv 'is
fanteagues. Shr.' The IVIissis is in a pretty fantaig; the maister's
gwun to the far an' t66k the kay o' the flour-room 66th 'im ; Shr.^
Put her into a pretty fanteag. Hrf.^, Glo.' Ken.' We couldn't help
laughing at the old lady, she put hei'self in such a fanteeg. Wil.
Slow Gl. (1892) ; 'Wil.' Dor. A great hurry, Cornishina>i (Apr. 7,
1896). Cor. I never did think you could have put yourself into this
unseemly fantigue, child, Wood Edina (1887) pt. i. vi.
2. A vagary, fancy, whim ; a ' lark,' joke.
Ir. Quare fantigues they have for sartin to be sloppin'about wid
the jugs and cans of could wather, Barlow Kerrigan (1894) 66.
■Wil.' Now, none o' your fantaigs here !
3. A flighty, flirting ' lad' or girl. Wil.'
FANTIGUED, ppl. adj. Nhp. Suf. Written fanteeg'd
Suf. Tired, exhausted, fatigued.
Nhp.' e.Suf. I be almost fanteeg'd to dead. Obsol. (F.H.)
FANTOD, sb. and adj. Lei. Ken. Dor. Cor. Also
written fantad Cor.^^ ; fantodd Lei.' [fsentsd.]
1. sb. An hysterical passion, fit of querulousness ; gen.
m pi. fancies, whims, 'fidgets,' 'megrims.'
Lei.' A fit of the sulks or other slight indisposition, mental or
bodily. Dor.' She's always in a fantod about Meary. Cor.I wouldn't
mind his fantods I' do it (IM.A.C.) ; I'd put up with such fantads
from you, Parr Adatn andEve (1880) III. 148 ; Cor.23 e.Cor. To
get into a regular fantod, Cormshman (April 7, 1896).
2. adj. Fidgety, restless, uneasy. Ken.'
FANTOME, sb. and adj Nhb. Chs. Lei. Nhp. Shr.
Glo. Also written fantom n.Cy. Lei.' Shr.'^; and in
forms fantoom Nhb.'; fatome n.Cy. [fan-, fasntam,]
1. sb. An empty, light-headed fellow. n.Cy. (K), N.Cy.^,
Nhb.'
2. adj. Lank, loose, flabby, flimsy ; used esp. of light,
unproductive corn.
n.Cy. (P.R.) ; Fantome corn, Grose (1790) ; 'Fantom flesh,'
when it hangs loose on the bone ( K.) ; N.Cy.^, Nhb.' Fantoom corn,
oats which have the shells empty, or so nearly empty that they
are blown over the tail-board of the ' fanners ' in the process of
winnowing. Chs. Horses are said to be fantome in autumn. Sheaf
(1879) I. 266; Chs.' Fantome hay is light, poor hay from poor
ground, which has very little feeding quality. * We can't expect
'em to milk much on this hay, it's but fantome.' s.Chs.' Dhis ee-
kiimz aayt taerbl 6o-zi iln faan-tiim [This hee comes ait terrible
hoozy an' fantome]. It)s veri leyt un faan-tum, dhaat" mos'-laand ;
it's gild fur nuvvt bu tai'tuz [It's very leight an' fantome, that moss-
land ; it's good for nowt bu' tatoes]. Lei.' Nhp.' Applied to a
sickly child : ' How fantome her flesh is.' Vegetation, that droops
from heat and drought, is said to be fantome ; and light unpro-
ductive corn is called fantome corn. Cattle that dwindle away from
change of pasturage are very fantome. Shr.' It'spoor fantom stuff.
'Er's bin that poorly 'er arms han gotten quite fantom ; Shr.*
Applied to a sickly person : ' He is but fantom.'
Hence Fantomy, adj. faint.
Glo.' I should have gone to church, but felt so fantomy like I
couldn't.
3. Of hay: light, well-gotten.
N.Cy.'^ Chs.2 Fantome hay, light well-gotten hay ; Chs.^
[1, A spec, use of Fr. fantome, ' (1) apparition, (2) ce
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qui n'a d'une pcrsonne, d'une chose, que I'apparence'
(Hatzkkld).]
FANTY-SHEENY, (uij. Dcv. [fe-nti-Jini.] Showy,
fanciful, over-particular.
Dawntee let me zee no more ov j'er fanty-sheeny ways yer,
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Thare vine vanty sheeny goold things
in thare brcst, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett, y 1847) 12, ed. 1858.
[The same word as fantoccini, puppets made to go
through certain evolutions by means of concealed strings
or wires ; an It. word, prop, meaning ' foot-soldiers ' ; see
Florio.]
FAOO, FAPES, see Foul, Feeps.
FAR, adv., adj., sh.^ and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amer. I. Gram, forms. 1. Positive: (1)
Fare, (2) Faur, (3) Far, (4) For, (5) Fur, (6) Var, (7) Vur.
(i) Shr.' It inna-d-'afe as fare across the filds. (2) Sc. He's faur
ower muckle set on her. Swan Gates of Eden (1895' i. Fif. Ae
glass o' whusky's no a bad thing ava, or may be twa, if ye liaena
faur to gang hame, Robertson Provost (1894') 106. Ayr. A faur-
oot freen of John Park's father, Service Dr. Dtigiiid (ed. 1887)84.
(3) w.Yks. S/:eff. Iiidep. ('1874) ; w.Yks.^, Hrf.=, Cor.2 (4) n.Lin.'
(5) n.Cy. (K.\ n.Yks. (I.'W.) e.Yks.i Hoo fur is't ti AwbrulT?
w.Yks. Thoresby /.f//. (1703) ; w.Yks.^24 Lan. An's fur too good
for me, Harland Z.vfK's (18661 88; Lan.', e.Lan.' Not. Will you
go as fur? (J.H.B ) s.Not. Ow fur is it to Nottingham? (J.P.K)
ii.Lin.i, Lei.i, Nhp.i, War.^a. Shr.'. Hrf.^ Oxf.' MS. add. Cmb.'
As fur as The Hockcdock. Sur. Be you goin' to walk fur, Muster
Fenton? Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) III. xvii. Wil. Slow Gl.
(iSga'i. Cor.2 [Amer. It's clear to any one whose brain aint fur
gone in phthisis, Lowell Bigloiv Papers (1848) 136.] (6) Wxf.',
w.Som.', nw Dev.l (7) Hrf.^, Glo. ', Brks.' Hmp. Hollow ay.
Wil. Slow Gl. (iSgzX Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825)
Gl. w.Som.' Used much more commonly than * vaar' in all its com-
parisons. ' Wellj'twas about so vur's I be vromyou,to this minute.'
Dev.*. nw.Dev. '
2. Comparative: (i) Far, (2) Farder, (3) Fardthre, (4)
Farer, (5) Farrer, (6) Faurer, (7 1 Ferrar, (8) For, (9J Fur,
(10) Furr, (II) Furrer, (12) Varder.
(i) n.Yks.' T far side o' yon field. Yon's a hare liggin' o' yon
far land ov a', anenst t'gatesteead. ne.Yks.' He's plewin yonder i'
t'far clooas. w.Yks. The far bank, Thoresby /.««. (1703) ; w.Yks.",
Lan.' n.Stf. Crying fit to break her heart by the far horse pit, Geo.
Eliot A. Bede (1859) 1. 233. Rut.' Far Pan Close, Far Barn Close.
Lei.' Many, perhaps most, farms have their 'far' and 'near' fur-
longs, meadows, closes, pits, &c. War. 3 Oxf.^ MS. add. (2) Sh.I.
By dis I kent it widna be wise ta geng ony farder, S/i. News { May
15, i897'>. n.Sc. Deil be in me if I've got him farder yet than thae
hills o'diffeeculty, Gordon Cfl^g'/c« (1891') 116. Per. Theft without
a farder scruple Gibbet deserves, Smith Poems (1714) 95, ed. i8ii.
Lnk. Nae farder gane nor yesterday, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 52.
Cum. Bitcudgangnae farder,SiLPHEoB/7/yB''a«"fl"; i885')4 ; Cum.'
Wni. He mud a gone farder an' dropt on a war. Spec. Dial. [ 1880) pt.
ii.30. Yks. Sure enough they willn't go nofarder, Taylor 71//5sA///fs
(1890) xviii. n.Yks. Lest wa git farder frev oor track, Castillo
Poems i iS-jS) 45. n.Lan. But wroute-for brass ga's farder Nor
owte 'at's gi'en or fund, Lonsdale Mag. (July 1866) 19. Nhp. I'll
hearno tarderpreaching, mither, Clare 7?eMm/'HSied. 1873^204. (3)
Wm. A lile bit fardthre forrat, S/>ff. ZJia/. (1885") pt. iii. 2. (4) n.Sc.
She was sae sair sunk down wi' shame She couldna come farer ben,
Buchan Ballads '1828) 1. 14, ed. 1875. Rnf. Stap farer oot and see,
Fraser Chimes (18531 50. Ayr. To gang nae far'er, there's your-
self Has wrote. Thom A>nuse»ients(iQi2)2^. Lnk. Example gaes
farer than precept, Watson Poems (1853) 34- Edb. The muse she
manna rin nae farer. Liddle Poems (1821) 121. Dmf. Since the
road cam farer down Frae Galloway unto the town, Shennan Tales
(1831) 79. GaU. Whar she liket best to gang. Unless 'twere a'
the farer wrang, Nicholson Poet. IVks. ( 1814) 63, ed. 1897. n.Cy.
Border Gl. [ Coll. L L.B.) e.Yks.' w.Yks. Its fara nar i Jjout ( J. W. 1.
(5I Cai.' Abd. I'se gae nae farrer nor 'imsel' for preef, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xxii. Frf. She may gang farrer an' fare a
hantle waur, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886 59, ed. 1889. Per. They
ne'er get farrer than the thocht, Haliburton Horace (1886) 38.
Ayr. I'll gang nae farrer the nicht. Hunter Studies ''1870) 245.
Lnk. 'Ve's gang nae farrer the nicht, Eraser IVhaups {iSg$) xii.
Dmf. Ye'd gang farrer and no fin' ocht fairer, Reid Poems (1894)
98. Nhb.' (.6) Fif. A bodie could a'maist see them pushin' faurer
an' faurerooto' theground, Robertson P>'ot»os/(i894) 19. I 7 Slk.
Ihae naething to say ferrar nor whatconcerns the sheep. Hogg Tales
(1838 239, ed. 1866. 8 Lan. We heard a moastterribel skroikin'
abit lor on, Ferguson Preston Eggsibishun ,1865) ii. (9) Lan. Sper
VOL. II.
fur, an' shut th' dur, Waugh Chim. Corner (1874) 31, ed. 1879;
Aw mun clear these brokken pots eawt, afore we gwon ony fur!
I'A. Besom Ben (1865) ix ; Lan.' Stond fur ; i.e. move further
back. nw.Der.' s.Not. It's on the fur side of the village ij P.K.).
Oxf.' MS. add. (10) Lan. Stond furr, an' aw'Il getlier him up,
BRiERLEY/>-Arfa/<7 (i868) 131. e.Lan.' (^11) e.Yks.' Ah went furrer
nor he did. ^I2) w.Soni.' Vaar'dur. nw.Dev.'
3. Superlative. Similarly formed to the comparative (q. v.).
n. Dial, meanings. 1. adv. Greatly.
Sc. Mrs. Kinross saw there was something far amiss. Swan Gates
of Eden (1895) xii. Fif. Ill be faur misteen, Robertson Provost
(18941 114. n.Cy. (J.W.)
2. In comb, with adv., prep., &c. : (1) Far-about, by far,
by much, beyond comparison; (2) — away, (n) see -about;
(b) of distant relationship ; of time or place : remote,
distant ; also used sttbsl. abroad ; (3) -away screed, foreign
news, a letter from abroad ; (4) — ben, {a) intimate ; cf
ben, adv. ; (b) advanced, fitted ; (5) — by, («l compared
with, in comparison with ; {b) far past, beyond ; (6) -forth
(or -fore), far, to that extent ; (7) -hie-an-atour, at a con-
siderable distance ; (8) -off, distantly related ; (9) — on,
towards the end; (10) -out, see -off; (11) -over, too, far
too; (12) — through, (13) — too, far gone, weak, near
death; (14) Farther anenst, opposite, in a further direction.
(i) Lei.' That's the noighest wee, fur-about [much the nearest
way]. War.^ (2, rt) Dur.' Cum.' This is far away better ner that.
n.Yks.' Ear away the best. e.Yks.' Bob oss is far away below
Jack's. Ah wad he Bob oss far away befooar Jack's, ^1/5. <7(/rf. (T.H. )
w.Yks.' My yaud's better noryowers, far away. nw.Der.' n.Lin.'
My coo's betterthen thine far awaay. (A) Sc. Pate's a far-awa cousin
o' mine, ScoTT/?o6y?ojv (1817) xiv; Far-awa' fowls hae fair feathers,
Prov. (Jam.) Frf. A handsome, dashy-lookin' lass cam'. . . to bide wi*
some far-awa friend in the district, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886)
60, ed. 1889. Per. He glowered at a body like the far awa end o'
Willie Cant's fiddle, Cleland Inchbracken ( 1883) 20, ed. 1887. Dmb.
I got the feck o' fifty pound left me by a far-awa' freen'. Cross Dis-
ruption (1884) v. Ayr. A' kinds o* uncos from hereaboot and
farawa. Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 60. Kcb. Spier . . . Gane
they min' o' the far-awa' days, Armstrong Ingleside ( 1890) 107.
(3) Ayr. (Jam.) (4, a) Abd. To think that Geordy had won far'er
ben, Shirrefs Poems {i-]go) 88. Frf. There's a lad . . . That in her
books is farer ben than thee, Morison Poems (1790) 121. Per.
The men who were supposed to be far ben in the Divine fellow-
ship, Ian Maclaren BrierBush (1895) 124. (i) Edb. Ye'U be wiser,
I'se be caution, And farer ben, Forbes Poems (^1812) 11. (5, a)
w.Yks. He was making poorly out far by some others, Snowden
IVeb of Weaver{i8g6) vi; w.Yks.' To-day is finer far by yesterday,
(i) Sc. Sir Arthur'sfar by that, as I'm thinking, Scott .^H/Iy»rt^)'( 181 6)
viii. (6)Som.Vur'vooath,jENNiNGsOAs./)m/. jf.£;(.^. (1825). w.Som.'
I'll tell 'ee all about it so var-voth's I've a- 'ad ort to doin' way ut.
Dev. I'll paay ee's vorevwoth's I can, Pulman Sketches (1842) 155,
ed. 1871. nw.Dev.' n.Dev. Grose (1790). (7) Abd. (Jam.) (8)
Per. We saw them like a far-aff frien', Haliburton Ochil Idylls
(1891) 14. Rnf. He was a far-aff frien' Of the bonny lad Prince
Charlie,'WEESTER/?/ry)H(?s( 1835)36. (9) w.Yks. Eort'otherare getting
far on (sc. coals\ Blackah Poems (1867) 28. (10) Ayr. A faur-oot
freen of John Parks' father,SERviCEZ'j-./>!<jgi(!rf(ed. 1887)84. Gall.
Him and my wife were far-out friends, Crockett Bog--7l/>'>//(?(i895)
232. (11) Sc. I've often said tae oor Tarn that he's faur ower muckle
set on her. Swan Gates of Eden (1895) i. Nhb.' Far-ower cunnin.
Yorfar-ovver late a comin. Ear-owerfar. w.Yks. (J.W.) ( 12) Sc.
I'm no' that faur through but what I can gang there and back,
Shoosan, Swan Gates of Eden (1895) ix. Per. I'm fear'd. Sir, ye
maun hurry, for she's rael far through, Cleland Inchbracken (1883)
II, ed. 1887. Fif. I'm that far through that I'm no able to thraip
wi' 'im, Robertson Provost (1894) 29. N.I.' (13) Wxf.' Yks.
Well ! 'e's no better, they say 'e's far too (F.P.T.). (14) m.Yks.'
3. Coinp. (i) Far-come, foreign, from a distance; (2)
-comer, a stranger ; (3) -faught, far-fetched ; (4) -fetch,
a strained explanation or reason ; (5) -keeker, a slang
term for the eye ; (6) -kenn'd (or -kent), seen a long way
off; well-known; (7) -kenning, knowing, prudent, far-
seeing; (8) -learned, well-educated, well-informed; (9)
•leukit, far-seeing, penetrating, prudent; (10) -regarding,
conspicuous, seen from afar ; (11) -seen, see -leukit; (12)
Farther-fetch, an ultimate gain, advantage.
(i) Lth. [They] bragna yet o' far-come ware, Bruce Poems (1813)
II. 164. (2) Stf.' (3) w.Som.' Vuur- u-vau't, dee'ur u-bau t [far-
fetched, dearly bought]. (4) Nhb.' (5) Slk. The corporeal far-
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keekers indeed, that wi' the aid o' telescopes can look into the
heart o' the fixed stars, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 72. (6)
Kcd. Meg Mill, Far kent as ' Birlin' Meg,' Grant Lays (1884') 13.
Ayr. Far-kend an' noted is thy name, Burns Address lo Deil {^\-i?,^)
St. 3. n.Yks.2 A far-kenn'd body. (7) n.Yks.2 A far-kenning
wight [a knowing one ; a fortune-teller]. (8) w.Yks. If I was only
as far-larned as you (F.P.T.) ; A young chap at Horton 'at reck-
oned to be a Varry far-Ieearned sort of a fella, Saunterer s Satchel
(1875) 17; w.Yks. ^ Far-lent. Lan. One o' th' far-larnt orgins,
Clegg Sketches (1895). .g) Bnff. Bell, quo' Ihey, is nae far-leukit,
She'd need an owk to think thereon, Taylor Pof«i5 (1787) 65.
(10) Gall. Not conspicuous and far-regarding like Newark, Crockett
Grey Man \\Z(^ii)'2.2'2. (niBnff. I'm nae farseen, I'll nae preten' To
saj' what best wou'd suit us, Taylor Poems (1787) 86. Dmb. Far-
seen Jens, that slee auld wife, . . . soon redd the strife, Taylor
Poems (ed. 1827) 76. Rnf. He's far far seen in courtly matters,
Webster Rhymes ( 1835) 31. Ayr. Far-seen in Greek, deep men
of letters. Burns To J. Smith 1,1785) St. 8 ; It was said by some
farer seen than the rest, Hunter Studies (1870) 48. (12) w.Yks.
He's noan so generous ; he's nobbut gi'en yo' 'em for a farther
fetch (J.T.!.
4. Plir. (1) Be far to him, may he be faraway, an expletive,
exclamation of anger; (2) far to seek, difficult to find;
(3) to be far (or farther), to be at a distance, used as an
expletive, expressive of repugnance ; (4) to be far seen into,
to be nearly exhausted, used up; (5) — see some one far
enough first, (6) — see some one farther (or farther first), an
expletive ; (7) — ivisJi some one were or had been far enough,
(8) — ivish some one were or had been farther, to wish some
one were or had been out of the way, at a distance.
(i) e.Lan.i (2) Sc. Courtiers of forty years standing are as far
to seek in the matter as a minnow in the Maelstrom, Scott Nigel
(1822) XXX. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. One of those boys who are
never 'far to seek,' as the Lancashire people say, Gaskell M.
Baiion (18481 xxvii. (3I w.Yks.'^ I'll be far an I do. ne.Lan.'
Chs.' ; Chs.= I will be farther if I do that ; Chs.3 Der. I'll be far
if I do, Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) ; Der.i O 1 bi faar iv ee)z not
eeCir [I'll be far if he's not here] ; Der.^ nw.Der.i Nhp.i I'll be
farther if I do. (4) w.Yks. We'd better hev' a load o' coils this
week ; thease we hev's getten far seen into (S.K.C.). (5) Der.'
Eeur laa'd, jiist gi)uz ulpahynt.— Nai-, o)l see dhi faar- uniifT- fuus-t
[Here, lad, just gi' us a pint (of ale, &c.).— Nay, I'll see thee far
enough first]. (6) w.Yks.' I'll see you farther first. Chs.^ I'll see
you farther before I do it. Nhp.' I'll see you furder first, that I
will. 17) e.Yks.i Ah wish thoo'd been far-aneeaf and then thoo
wadn't hfi brokken that pitcher. w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.' Th' par-
son's alus clartin' aboot oor hoose, I wish he was far enif. (8) Der.
' I wish you were farther,' or ' had been farther,' and then such a
thing would not have happened, Grose (1790) il/5.0(W. (P.); Der.2
5. adf In comp. (i) Far-end, (a) of place: the further-
most end, the point farthest away ; also used attrib. ; (b)
fig. the very end, the last extremity of anything, esp. in
phr. to be at the far-end, to be at the end of one's resources,
patience, life, &c., to be in extremity; (2) -length, distance,
furthest length; (3) -side, («) the furthest part of anything;
(ilthe off or right-hand side of a horse, the left-hand side
of a bullock ; (4) -yaud, a cry to a sheep- dog.
(i,a) Nhb. He went to lie doon at the far end iv a heap o' corn,
RoBSON Bk. Ruth 1 1860) iii. 7. n.Yks.T'far end o' t'field (I.W.).
w.Yks. =, Lan,', e.Lan.' Lin.The time . .. When Molly cooms in fro'
the fat-end close wi' her paails fro' the cow, Tennyson Spiiistn's
Su'cel-aiis (1885.. Oxf.' Dliee put dhis yuur wait straa' u dhil
fuur ind u dhu rik-uurd, uot ? [Thee put this yer whate straa a'
the fur ind o' the rickurd, Oot : wilt thou)?] Brks.i Taayke hawld
o' the vur ind o' the ladder an' help I to car un. {61 n.Yks. He's
about at t'far end [he is nearly dead, or nearly finishing his work,
or almo.^t out of patience] (I.W.) ; n.Yks." 'Almost done your
task, Willy?' 'Aye. Ah's aboot t'far eend o' 't'; n.Yks.^ It's
better to come at the far-end of a feast than at the fore-end of a
fray. ne.Yks.' e. Yks.' All likes ti be at fost end of a fceast and
far end of a fray, MS. add.iJ.H.) w.Yks. A grocer . .. had suddenly
fetched his pigs for debt. Now I knew lie was at the far end,
.Snowden IVeb of IVeaver {i8g6) xv ; w. Yks.^ Ah'm ommast at t'far
end; w.Yks.5 Poor Tom's sinking fast ; he's ommast at t'farend, poor
fellah. He's abart at t'farend wi't by t'lukes o' things. Lan. Some
family being at far end, Buierley Layrock (1864) i; Lan.' Well,
we'n getten to th' fur-end now; an' the Lord only knows what
we mun do for eavvr next meal. n.Lin.' The far end on it'll be
he'll get his sen sent to Ketton. 'i'es, I hev, if you must be gettin'
to knaw the far end o' things. sw.Lin.' I should like to sec the
far-end of her [see her till her death]. I'm sure it was the far-end
of my thoughts. ! 2) sw.Lin.' That is about the far- length he goes.
(3, a ) w.Yks. (J.W. ) n.Lin.' He's goan to live reight o' th' far side
o' 'Merica. (A) 'Wm. Pu' t'nag ta' t'far-side ^B.K.). n.Yks.'
ne.Yks.' Right-hand side. Also of a field, road, &c. Cor.^ The
far side of a bullock is the near side of a horse. (4) Sc. Hoy,
Yarrow, man I — far yaud — far j'aud ! Scott Guy M. (1815) xlviii.
6. sb. Distance, esp. in phr. that's all the far I (he, she,
&c.) got.
w.Yks. (J.W.) I. Ma. The far was nothin to him. Brown Doctor
(1885) 68. [Amer. That's all the far I got. Dial. Notes (1895)388.]
7. Obs. A degree, in phr. by manyfars, by many degrees,
very much.
Abd. He wadna want a score C lasses . . . handsomer by mony
fars than me, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 44.
8. The greater part.
Lnk. The season was simmer, and weel thro' the faur o't, Mur-
doch Doric Lyre (1873) 9'-
9. V. To remove, put far off, in phr. to wish (some one)
were farred.
Yks. I'm sure I wish the man were farred who plagues his brains
wi' striking out new words, Gaskell Sylvia (1863) I. x.
FAR, sb.'^ Sh.I. Also written farr S. & Ork.' [far.]
A boat. (Coll. L.L.B.), S. & Ork.'
[ON./rtr, a ship.]
FAR, see Fair, adj., Where.
FARACK, sb. Sc. [fa'rak.] A small mark on the skin.
Inv. A wider term than ' pluke,' not restricted to something
caused by disease (H.E.F.).
[ON./«r, a mark of any kind, a trace, track, print (Vig-
FUSSON).]
FARANCE, sb. Suf. A pretence, make believe, esp.
in phr. to make afarance.
Suf. (R.E.L.) e.Suf. That is not honest; it is only a mere
farance. He did not really sweep the path ; he simply made a
farance of doing so (,F. H.).
FARAND,si!'. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. A state of preparation
for a journey.
N.Cy.' w.Yks. Willan List IFds. (i8ir).
FARAND-MAN,56. Obs. Sc. Nhb. Yks. A traveller,
stranger ; an itinerant merchant.
Sc. Coles (1677) ; Farandman (in the practick of Scotland) a
merchant-stranger, to whom justice ought to be done with all
expedition, Phillips (1706). Nhb.' v/.Yks. Willah List fVds.
(181.1); w.Yks." [iK.)]
[Farandman, ane stranger or pilgrimer to quhom justice
suld be done with all expedition, that his peregrination
be not stayed or stopped, Skene E.xpos. (ed. 164 1) ^8.]
FAR ANT, adj. w Som.' [fee-rant.] Belonging to
another place or district, 'foreign.'
Faarunt eol [foreign wool]. Aay kaewnt u kaum vrum zanm
faar-unt pae-urt [I count he came from some foreign part]. This
would not necessarily mean from abroad, but simply beyond the
local district.
FARD, V. Obs. Sc. Also in form faird Slg. To
paint, colour, embellish.
Sc. Nor will my conscience permit me to fard or daub over the
causesof divine wrath, Scorr Old Aloiiality (1816) xni. Rxb. 'Twas
ill bestow'd To fard sic silly dunce wi gowd, A. Scott Poems (ed.
1808) 47.
Hence (i) Farded, ppl. adj painted, embellished ; (2)
Farding, sb. painting, embelhshment.
(I) Slg. Mask a feigned heart with the veil of fairded language,
Bruce Sermons (,1631) 107, ed. 1843. Kcb. An itching of heart
after this farded and over-guilded [gilded] world, Rutherford
Lett. (1660) No. 82. (2) Kcb. This overlustered world with all
its paintry and farding, Rutherford Lett. (i66o'i No. 83.
[Fr.farder, to paint, colour, trick up with false beauties
(COTGR.).]
FARD, FARDEEN, see Favoured, Farthing.
FARDEL, sb. Sc. Ircl. Cum. l.Ma. Nhp. War. Ken.
Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written fardele Wxf ' ; fardle
Ken.' Dev.^ Cor.^ ; and in forms faddle Dor.' ; fardil
Bnfl'.' ; vardle Dev.' [fardl, fa'dl.] 1. A small bundle,
pack, parcel, freq. in phr. pach and fardel, a burden, ' bag
and baggage.'
Wxf.' l.Ma. Who would sweat 'neath ' fardels ' wear, Johnson
Jsle-iad, 17. Ken,', Dor.' Som. W. & J. Gl. (1B73). w.Soni.'
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Obs. alone, but in very com. use in the expression paak-n faar'dl
[pack and fardel]. I bundled her out pack and fardel. Dev. Now
then, out ov 'ouze yii goes Ihcase blessed day, pack an' fardel,
Hkwett Peas. Sp. (1892): Bowring Lang. (1866) I. pt. v. 27;
Dev.' Hence the saying, 'Goodbye pack and vardle,' by a person
on leaving his house ; Dev.'' Thar" a go'th wey a fardle under 's
arm. Cor.* [(K.)]
2. A faggot.
War. Wise Shakespere (1861) 152.
3. A quantity, a lot ; in pi. things indiscriminately.
Sc. A whole fardel of lies, Sc. Pic.-.by. Eloq. (ed. 1847) 86. Bnff.'
Most commonlj' applied to eatables. He got a great fardil o' cheese
an' bread. Cum. Theer was cliverer fellas lang sen, adoot steel
pens an fardels o' that swort, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 4 ; A
person * spys fardels ' when inquisitive (^E.W.P.). Nhp.^
4. Tlie cover of a book.
n.Dev. RocKy/;» an' Nell (1866) Gl.
Hence Fardelled, m/J. bound.
A new-fardelled Bible vrom es gaffer, i'j. st. 66.
[1. pai . . . did [lair fardels be vndon, Cursor M. (c. 1300)
5CM4. OVr. fardil, ' fardeau ' (La Curne).]
FARDEL, see Fordel.
FARDEL-BOUND, ac/j. Wor. Costive; in vc/. surg.
aftected, as cattle and sheep, with a disease caused by the
retentionoffood in the manypliesorthird stomach, between
the numerous plaits of which it is impacted.
s.Wor. She's what we call fardel-bound vH.K.). [The fardle-
bound of cattle and sheep is nothnig more than a modification of
the disease in horses called stomach-staggers, Stephens /flfwi Bk.
(,ed, 1840 I I. 298; Armatage Cattle (i&8-2) 166.]
FARDENER, sb. e.Suf. A thing worth or costing
a farthing. (F.H.)
FARDETH, sb. w.Som.' A farthing's worth.
Mau'dhur-v u-zain mee aar'dr u vaar'duth u miilk [Mother has
sent me for a farthing's worth of milk].
FARDINGALE, sfi. Obs. Wil. The fourth part of
an acre. See Farthing, II. 2.
A fardingale or farundell of land, Reiil Roll, temp. Eliz. in
N. &' Q. (1865) 3rd S. vii. 277 ; (K.) ; Wil.'
[Fardiiiffet, quarta pars rei cujusvis, Spelman (1687)
(s.v. Fardi'lla).]
FARDLE, see Fardel, Farl(e.
FARE, sb} and v.^ Sc. Lan. Nhp. War. Wor. e.An.
Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms farry Lan. War.*
s.Wor. se.Wor.' ; ferry Cai.' e.Lan.' Nhp.'; vare Som.
Dev.' Cor.' ; varry w.Som.' Dev. nw.Dev.' ; veer Cor." ;
verr nw.Dev.' ; viare Dor.' [fea(r), fa'ri, fe'ri, w.Cy.
vse'ri.] 1. sb. A young or suckling pig.
Dev. A babby ur a vare es jist yer wite, Daniel Bride of Scio
(1842) 180. Cor.(J.W. !; Some slips and a bosom of veers, Thomas
Raiiili^al Rhymes 11895) 6 ; Cor.'*
2. A litter of pigs, a ' farrow.'
Nhp.' Oh I she's only a young pig, she's had but one ferry.
War.2, s.Wor. (H.K ), se.Wor.', e.An.' Suf. Morton Cyclo. Agric.
(1863); Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. Trans. Ess. Arch. Soc. II. 176.
s.Cy. Ray (1691); Grose (1790). Dor. A weakly sucking pig,
one of a fare often. Hardy Trumpet-Major (iWo) vi; Dor.' Som.
SwEETMAN IVincantoH Gl. (1883). w.Cor. (M.A.C.)
Hence Fare-a-faking, sb. the cottagers' pigs'-straw.
Nrf. The sparrow . . . will eat hog-wash, and is very fond of
'fare-a-faking,' Emerson Birds ;ed. 1895) 102.
3. V. To farrow, bring forth ; gen. of pigs.
Cai.' e.Fif. ' Hoo auld is the beastie? ' ' Farryt at the beginning
o' the ait-seed,' Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) iv. Lan. Aw expect,
in a wick or two, hoo 11 be farryin ! Staton Loominary (c. 1861)
44. e Lan.', War.*, se.Wor.' Ess. Trans. Ess. Arch. Soc. (1863)
II. 176. Dor.' Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873I ; Applied to pigs and
some other animals, Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng.{!82$). w.Som.'
Dev. 'Adden 'e better put thickee zow intii a warm lewze? I zim
'er'll varry avore marning, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). nw.Dev.'
Hence Verrin-zoo, sb. a farrowing or breeding sow.
nw.Dev.'
[1. OE./ear/i, ' porcellus,' Fbc. MS. Coll. (c. 1080) in
Wright's Voc. (1884) 321. OHG./ar/(, 'porcus' (Graff).
2. 1 he loss of one fare of thy sowe is greater then losse
of two calues of thy kowe, Tusser 100 Poiiils //!(s6. (1557)
Iv. 3. Sow ready to fare, ib. Husb. (1580J 74; To fary,
aedere stiein, Levins Manip. (1570) 106.]
FARE, 21.= and s6.= Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Dnb. Der. Not. Lin. War. Shr. Hrt. e.An. Also written
faar Nrf; fair Sc. Nrf. w.Yks.'; far w.Yks.'; farr Cum.;
and in form fear e.An. (Hall.) [fir, fe3(r). Cum. also
far.] 1. V. To go, travel.
Sc. So we fared northwards, through Poitou, Lang Monk of
Fife (1896) 30. Pe.-. To them that on the shaded slope Are faring
down, like me, Halihurton Ocliil Idylls (1891) 88; ' Faring on to
the meeting, William,' said the smith, Johnston kilnuillic (i8gi)
I. 95. Cum. Ferguson Northmen (1856)210. n.Yks.' An' seea
he fared away. ne.Yks.', Chs.*^ Der.' Whither fare you?
2. To approach, draw near; to show symptoms of, seem
likely to, bid fair to ; gen. with o', of.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' n.Yks.'; n.Yks.* His ailment fares to go hard
with him. ne.Yks.' Sha fares o' cau'vin. w.Yks.' T'cow fairs o'
cawvin. ne.Lan.' She fares a cauving. Chs.' Oo fares o' cawvin;
Chs.2 It fares o' raining. s.Chs.' Oo fae-rz u kau'vin [Hoo fares
o' cauvin]. nw.Der.', Not.^
3. To get on (well or ill) ; to experience good or bad
fortune or treatment.
Nhb. Come, tell'showye fared, Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) 13.
n.Yks.' He fares nobbut ill,atwixt his wife an"s maaster; n.Yks.*
How fare ye ? ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' He'll fare varry weel o' that
wage. ne.Lan.' How dusta fare? Chs.' They faren wecl, nah
th' owd mon's djed. Der.' Diiz ,i, fae-r mid-li^ii? [Does he fare mid-
dling?] nLin.' Well, an' hoo did ta cum' on then? — Oh, fo'st
raate ; I fared very well, I can tell the. War. (J.R.W.) Hrt. I
don't fare no great matters this morning, Hrt. Merc. (Dec. 24,
1887). e.An.* I fare queerly. Ess. She fared no better along o'
he, than she did along o' her fust (S.A.B.); They all Axed koindly
how he fared, Clark /. Noakes (1839) st. 75.
4. To ache.
n.Cy. Grose (i79o\ Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1B64) 302. w.Yks.
Hutton Tour to Caves (1781).
5. To behave ; to appear, seem.
n.Yks.' He fares like a feeal; an' a feeal he be. Yon chap fares
fond. Ah think. Lin. There we have a shake-down, and I fare to
want it, as the folk in this part of the world express it, Blackmore
Kit ( 1890) II. xxi. e.An.' She fared sick. They fare to be angry.
Cmb. He fared so down-hearted like (W.H.B.). Nrf. I faar wholly
stammed.A.B.K.;F-;^/(/'s/o//»Hc(i885i5i;(W.H.Y.);Ifaretobeso
short of bratli[breath](W.R.E.). Suf. You faresosilly like ( M.E.R.);
We fare to think it for our good, Garland (1866) 271 ; Suf.' How
do ye fare ? e.Suf. It fares to rain right tidy. I faro to be very
well, thank 'ee (F.H.). Ess. I fare to feel kinder tired like
(H.H.M.); G/. (1851); Ess.i
Hence Fareing (or Faring), sZi. appearance ; feeling;
gen. used in //.
Suf. I did not like his farings, for his colour went and came,
Strickland OldFriends, c&'c.(i864l 264; Suf.' I've had sich fareings
myself. e.Suf. I have strange farings in my head. I think the
child has farings of measles (F.H.).
6. To track footsteps, detect traces.
Clis.' There's bin a lot o' rappits i' th' garden, I can fare 'em i'
th' snow.
Hence To fare road, phr. to trace a hare along the road.
Chs.*^
7. To feed, entertain with food.
Edb. They're no ill sair'd Wha wi' sic halesome food are fared,
M*DowALL Poems (1839) "7-
Hence Faring, sb. food, fare.
Sc. Get fine farin, Cobban Andaman (1895) xxi. Rnf. Baith
humble an' spairin, Atweel, is my fairin, Neilson Poems ( 1877) 23.
e.Lth. I'm no suir they're verra hailsome farin, for a' that, Hunter
J. Inwick (1895) 92.
8. sb. Condition, circumstances; chance, lot.
n.Yks.' Wecl, Ah mun tak' my fare ; n.Yks.* They're nobbut i'
poorish fare. w.Yks. They are in poor fare (C.C.R.).
9. Conduct, behaviour. n.Cy. (Hall.) 10. The counten-
ance, face. ib. [Not known to our correspondents.]
11. A footmark ; the track, trace of a hare or rabbit.
Chs.3 Dnb. I can see the fare of^'ourfeetonthefloori E.F.). Shr.'
FARE, see Fair, 56.', adv., Far, adv.. Fear, Vair.
FARELOOPER, sb. Cum. w.Cy. Also in form far-
looperw.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to ourcorrespondents.]
An interloper.
Cum. Ferguson A'ortlimen (1856) 210. w.Cy. (Hall.)
FARENTICKLES. see Fern-tickles.
Q q 2
FARE-NUT
[300]
FARM
FARE-NUT, sb. Cor.'= Also in form varenut Cor.'
[fea'-, vesnat] The earth-nut or tuberous root of the
Biiiiiuiii flexHosiim.
FAREWAY, sb. Sc. A passage or channel in the sea
or a river.
Sc. (Jam.) Per. The Faraway of the Tay, the steamer's course
on the river between Dundee and Perth G.W.).
FAREWELL, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Wal. Mon. Wil. Som.
Dev. Also in form farweel w. Yks.' 1. In fo;;7/>. (i) Fare-
welldaisy, the Michaelmas daisy, Aster Tripoliuin ; (2)
■rock, the millstone grit of the coal-measures; (3) -summer,
{a ) see -daisy ; (b) the chrysanthemum, Chrysantlmnnm
siiieitse; (c) the common soapwort, Sapoiiaria officinalis;
id) the golden rod, Solidago virgaurea ; (e) the robin red-
breast, Erithacus rubecula.
fi) Wil. Garden Wk. (1896") No. cxi. 76. (2) s.Wal., sw.Eng.
From the circumstance of its being below the coal-measures and
containing in the south-west of England and South Wales no
valuable coal seams, Woodward Geol. Eiig. and Wal. (1876) X.
89. (3, a) Wil.i (i) Wal. Monthly Pkt. (Dec. 1863) 683. (c) Men.
From its flowering in Aug. and Sept.(B. &H.1 (rfj Som. (W.F.R.)
A bunch of farewell-summers, Raymond Tryphena (1895) 90. (f)
n.Cy. Dcnhain Tracts. Dev. A'. &> Q. (1852) 1st S. vi. 589.
2. A taste, relish.
w.Yks.' This drinks a bitter farweel weet.
[2. Deboire, a farewell, an ill aftertaste or twang, Boyer
(1771); The jacke ... leaves a clammy farewell in the
mouth, but addes a double benefit to the stomacke,
Herbert Travels (1634) 183.]
FARF, see Faugh, sb.
FARGE, sb. and v. Chs. [fa'dg.] L sb. A gossip;
an intruder, a spy.
Clis.' Th' mester's a reglar owd farge, he actilly coom i' th' back
kitchen yesterday and cainted up th' rubbin' stones ; Chs.^
2. V. To gossip ; to loiter about, waste time. Chs.'^
TARG\Ll^,sb. Den* nw.Der.' A small load of anything.
FARGOOD, sb. Cor. Also in form vargood Cor.'*
A spar about 23 feet long, used as a bowline to the foresail
of fishing-boats.
Having no fargood and their boat a poor sailor, ours gained on
them. . . The enemy making too near the wind (for want of a far-
good i came to stays several times, Penhallow Hist. Indian Wars
(1726) 53, 54, ed. 1859, in N. & Q. (18931 8th S. iii. 347 ; Cor.' 2
FARISH-ON, adj. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Der. Lin. Oxf.
Also written farrish-on n. Yks.' [farij-on.] 1. Advanced
in years, well on ; well forward in an undertaking.
Nhb.' n Yks.' ; n. Yks.* Parish on in years. w.Yks.', nw.Der.l
n.Lin.' He must be farish on by this time ; I knaw he was born
aofore th'eaghteen hundreds cum in. He's farish on his waay by
noo. Oxf.' MS. add.
2. 'Half-scasover,'nearl3'intoxicated,welloninone'scups.
Nhb.', n.Yks.i, w.Yks.', n.Lan.l
I Far {adv.) + -is/i, as in Baddish.]
F ARL, sb. Nhb.' [farl.] A term of contempt.
Gid away, ye aad farl !
[Prob. the same word as/ardel (a bundle), q.v.]
FARL, see Forrel, Foul.
FARLfE, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also written faarl Sh I. ;
and in forms fardle s.Don. ; farli Ir. ; farrel w.Sc. Ir.
Nhb.' ; farthel Lnk. ; ferle Sc.(Jam.) [farl.ferl] Prop,
the fourth part of a thin circular cake, gen. made of oat-
meal ; a segment of cake ; a cake.
Sc. I have tasted no food since daybreak but a farl of oat-cake,
Scott Leg. Mont. (1818; iii; Few gingerbread farls, Wilson Forms
(1822) Cauther Fair. Sh.I. Milky scones an' soonie scones,
Heat [hot] burstan bread an' faarls, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892)
98. Frf. Whiles she gar't his wallet rax Wi' cast-afT claes instead
o' farlcs. Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 56. w.Sc. A voluntary * far-
rel ■ placed beside iton the server, Carrick Laird of Logan 1 1835)
72. Rnf He'll no want scone or farle Thro' length o'time, Picken
Poems \ 1813") n. 39. Ayr. Wi' sweet-milk cheese, in monie a
whang. An' farls, bak'd wi' butter, Burns Holy Fair (1785I st. 7.
Lnk. I ...but bought a farthel of bread and a mutchkinof ale, Wou-
ROW Ch. Hist. (1721) H. 55, ed. 1828. Lth. He souther'd a' up wi' a
snap or a farl, Ballantine Poems (1856) 38. Edb. A weel-tostit
girdle farl, Fekgusson/^o«»;s (1773) 187, ed. 1785. Bwk. 'I'here'safarl
o' scones on the girdle, Calder Poems (1897) 70. Feb. The farlcs
wi carvy spiced, Nicol Poems (1805) Daft Days. Gall. With some
farles of cake bread in my pocket, Crockett Bog- My lile [iSg^)
229. Kcb. To crack ower a dram an' a farl, Armstrong Ingle.side
(1890) 220. Ir. Joe Denny, the blind fiddler, . . had a drop of poteen
and a farrel of wholemeal cake. Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 198;
Yeats /7A-7a/f5( 1 8881 131. N.I.i The fourth of the circular piece of
oaten cake, which is baked on a griddle at one time. Uls. (M.B.-S.);
Uls. Jtyt. Arch. (^185^-1862) VI. 54. Ant. The cake is cut twice
through the centre, dividing it into four equal parts, Ballymena
065.(1892). Dwn. (C.H.W.) S.Don. Simmons G/. (1890). n.Cy.
Collecting their farls of oaten cake and cheese, Denham Tracts (ed.
i895> II. 95; Border Gl. [Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb.' A farl o' short-bread.
["The same word as obs. ^.fardel, the fourth part (of a
measure of land), see Phillips (1706). OE. Jeor^a dcel,
fourth part.]
FARLEU, FARLEVE, FARLEY, see Farley, Ferly.
FARLEY, sb. Obs. Wil. Dev. Also in forms farlay,
farleu, farleve, farlief, farlieu. A money payment made
at the death of a leaseholder.
Wil. The best piece of plate, bedde or other chattell in the name of
an heryott, or far-leve, Rent Roll{c. 1570 1 \nN.& Q.< 1865) 3rd S. vii.
277. Dev. In the Mannor of West-slapton in Com. Devon, if any
tenant die possessed of a cottage, by custome he must pay six-
pence to the Lord lor a farley which probably may be in Hew of a
heriot ; for in some manners westward, they difference farleu as
the best good from heriot the best beast, Cowell Interpreter (ed.
Manley, 1672) ; N. ^ Q. (1850) ist S. ii. 358.
[For the -leve oi far-leve {-lief) cp. OE. Id'fan, to leave
as a legacy, laf, what is left as an inheritance.]
FARM, sb. and i;.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lei. Brks. Cor. Also
written fairni Cai.' ; and in form verm Brks.' [farm,
ferm, fam.] L sb. In comp. (1) Farm-haading, a home-
stead ; (2) -place, (a) a farm-stead, a farm-house and
buildings; (b) a farm-yard ; (3) -steading (or -stedding),
(«) see -place (a\ ; (Al a house ; (4) -town, see -place {a).
(il Uls., Ant., Dwn. (M.B.-S.) (2, nlLei.' [b, Cot. From Pad-
dington to Pemance^ Ivi. (3, a) Sc. Between the separate hamlets
and farm-steadings of the same parish, Vedder Poems (18421 359:
[He] was suddenly overtaken with a violent shower of rain near
one of his farm steadings, Scotch Haggis, 27. Gall. We could
look down on the farmsteadingofCraigdarroch, Crockett ./?rtiV/frs
(1894) vii. (6) Uls, Ant., Dwn. (M.B.-"S.) (4) Lnk. Spier'd whar
he was, at what farm-town, \^att Poems (1827") 41. Dmf. Couthie
farm toon and herd's lane biel Rentit their hauld frae the Laird o'
the Peel, Reid Poems (18941 76. Gall. Thence was to be seen
the reek of many farm-towns and villages, Crockett Raiders
(1894"! iv.
2. Phr. Farm o' lan', a farm. N.I.'
3. Rent ; the part of farm rent payable in meal or grain ;
also in comp. Farm-meal.
Sc. A man who paj's farm can scarce live in these hard times,
Scoticisms (1787) 36. Cai.' This mode of paying farm rent was
discontinued in Cai. between 1840 and 1850. Abd. Before 1782
the farm-meal was commonlj' paid of inferior oats ; i.e. the land-
lord, in many places of the county, got part of his rent paid in kind
from meal made from this grain, Agric. Siitv. 244 (Jam.).
4. Obs. An old township division.
Nhb. Larbottle Lordship in the parish of Whittingham consists of
sixteen farms and two cottages, Dixon IVhittingham Vale 1 1895") 146.
5. V. Phr. to farm high, to keep a large quantity of stock
and to manure the land well. Brks.'
[3. The rent that is reserved upon a lease ... is called
farm or ferm [Le rent . . . est appelle farme ou ferme],
Termes de la ley(i6'ji) 353 ; Feerme, a rent,y?/-;«a, Proittpt.
Fr. ferme, rent (Cotgr.) ; MLat. firma, ' reditus qui in
elocandis praediis, domino reservatur ' (Spelman).]
FARM, I'.* n.Cy. Nhp. War. Glo. Oxf Bck. Hmp. I.W.
Also in form varm Hmp.' I.W.'* [fam, w.Cy. vani.] To
cleanse, clean out, put in order ; to empty ; gen. with out.
n.Cy. To farm kine iK.). Nhp.* Farm out the stable and pigsty:
Nhp.* Them housen want well faimin. War.^.Glo.' Oxf. (K.l;03if.'
P'aar-m uuwt dim enus, uol ee ? [Farm out th' 'en-us (hen-house),
651 ee ?] n.Bck. Boy, you must f.-irm the pigs out l,A.C.). Hmp.'
Varm out the pig-stj'e. I.W.' Goo and varm out the steyabul ;
LW.* Let's varm out the steyabul.
[I ferme a siege or privy, Jesciire, Palsor. (1530). OE.
fiormiaii (Luke in. 17).]
FARM, FARMATICLES, sec Form, Fern-tickles.
FARMER
[301]
FARRAND
FARMER, 5*. Iiel. Yks. Lin. e.An. Ken. limp. Som.
[fani3(r).] 1. In co/^A. (i ) Farmer arternoon, a slovenly
farmer, one who is always behind-hand ; see Afternoon ;
(2) -'s day, St. Matthias' Day; 13) -'s friend, a material
usedfor dressing seed-wheat to hinder smut ; (4) -'s heart-
ache, anything betokening a hearty appetite ; (5) -'s
plague, the common goutweed, Aegopocihiin Podagraria ;
(.6) -'s ruin, the corn-spurrey, Spergiila afvensis.
(i) w.Som.' Ee-z u praupHir oa'l faa-rmur aa-turneon ; ec-z
au'vecs u-kuut"een haun uudh'ur voaks bee kaaTeen[He is a regu-
lar old farmer afternoon ; he is alwa3'S cutting when other folks
are carrying]. (2I Nrf. Arch. (1849) II. 295. (3) n.Lin.' (4)
w.Som. ^ In reference to the custom of farm-servants being boarded
by the farmer. Showing a large clasp-knife to a keeper he said ;
'Thick's hot they calls a farmer's heart-ache.' (5) Ant, From the
extreme ditEculty experienced in eradicating it (B. & H.). (6)
w.Yks. (li.)
2. Phr. (i) By the holy farmer, an oath ; (2) lo be Jit to
make a fanner's heart ache, to betoken a large appetite ; cf.
Farmer's heart-ache.
(r) N.I.' s.Ir. By the holy farmer, if you say God agin, I'll cut
your throat. Lover Leg. (1848) II. 505. (2) w.Som.' Dhae-ur-z u
nai'v ! dhik lid-n u-shee-umd u noa'bau'deez buurd-n chee*z — ee-z
flit tu maek u faa'rmurz aa-rtae'uk [There's a knife ! that one is
not ashamed of nobody's bread and cheese — he's fit, &c.].
3. The bailiff on a farm. Hmp. (H.C.M.B.)
4. The eldest son of the occupier of a farm.
e.An.' Commonly applied in Suf. He is addressed and spoken
of by the labourers as 'the farmer.* The occupier himself is called
master. A labourer speaking to the son would say, ' Pray, farmer,
do you know where my master is? ' Or one labourer would ask
another, 'Did my master set out that job?' And would be an-
swered, 'No, my master didn't, but the farmer did.' Suf. Rainbird
Agric. (1819) 292, ed 1849. e.Suf. If a farmer has several sons,
the eldest is so called (F.H.).
5. A jesting name for a toad. n.Lin.'
6. Slan^. A hare.
Ken. Reader (1864I Sla>ig IVils. in N.&Q. (1878^ 5th S. ix. 263.
[3. Ther was sum riche man that hadde a fermour (baili,
ed. 13881, Wyclif (1382) Luke xvi. 1. Fr.feniiicr, a bay-
liff, or overseer of another mans husbandry (Cotgr.).]
FARMER, V. Som. Dev. Also in forms farmery
w.Som.' nw.Dev.'; varmer Dev. [fa'm3(r).] To prac-
tise the trade or operation of farming.
w.Som.' It would only be applied to the pursuit or trade itself,
and would never be used in speaking of the manner in which the
pursuit were carried on. No one would ever say, 'He do farmery
shocking bad,' but if asked his business, the answer would be, not
' I am a farmer,' but ' I do farmery.' nw.Dev.'
Hence Farmering, (i) vbt. sb. farming, the occupation of
a farmer; (21 />/>/. actj. farming, engaged in farming.
^ I . w.Som.' Tiiz maus tuym vaur-n tu jaak aup faa-rmureen [it
is almost time for him to jack up farming] (s.v. Farmery^. Dev.
1 asked him if he would not 'a done belter if lie'd stuck to farmer-
ing, Mortimer Tales Mvors {iSgs^ 204. (2) Dev. I wiz owt tu a
varmerin vrends tother day, Nathan Hogg Mai Brown's Crinaliit
in Elworthy IVrd-bk. (S. v. Farmery) ; They'll 'ave tu knaw tha
varmering vokes ef they wants inny company at awl, I tellee !
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 51.
FARMER, adj. Yks. [fain3(r).] Of two persons or
things : the farther one, the one more remote. Also used
advb.
m.Yks.' He's the farmer of the two, however. w.Yks. (J.W.)
[Far (adv.) -1^ more.]
FARMERIC, (7(^'. Dev. In form varmeric. Farming,
farmer-like ; countrified.
n.Dev. Vr'II lia a varmeric loive. Rock Jim an NeIl{iQ€i-j) st. 56.
FARMERY, see Farmer, v.
FARMFRECKLE, sb. Yks. [famfrekl.] A freckle
on the skin. See Fern-tickles.
w.Yks. Farm freckles made a vow wi' t'sun, That on a dull skin
they'd never come, Prov. in Drighoiise News (Aug. 10, i88g).
FARMOST, adj. Sc. Yks. Lan. Also in form furmost
Lan.' [fa-ni3s(t.] Farthermost, furthest.
Slg. He sought the barn's farmost end. Along with Allan,
Towers Poenis (1885I 15. m.Yks.', w.Yks.^ Lan.' He lives at
th' furmost house i' th' lone.
FARM-SPRECKLED, ppl. adj. Yks. [fa ni-sprekld.]
Freckled, having freckles on the skin. Cf farmfreckle.
w.Yks. Shoo is farmsprcckled, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 26, 1893^
Ah mud hae knawn thi if Ah'd nobbut noaticed Ihi farm-spreckled
face, Yks. IVkly. Post ^Sept. 26, 1896).
FARN, see Fern, s6.'
FARNESS,5i^. Sc. Irel.Yks. Hrf Som. Also in forms
furness Hrf ° ; vurness w.Som.' Amount of distance.
Sc.(A-W.) N.I.' Whatfarnessoffdoyoulive ? n.Yks.2 ne.Yks.'
It's sum farncss. Hrf.^ w.Som. * Twaud-n beo* dhu vuur'ness u
yuur* tu dhik dhae'ur tree- [It was not above the distance of here
to that there tree].
[But j'et in the creekcs it is later high flood, through
farnesse of running, Tusser Hush. (1580) 30.]
FARNEY-TICKLES, see Fern-tickles.
FARNHAM-'WHITE, 56. Hrf. A variety of hop.
The Farnham-white, the Kentish-grape, and Redvine require
poles of twentV'One feet, Marshall Reincw (1818) II. 287.
FARNTECKLES, FARNTICLES, see Fern-tickles.
FARNYEAR, see Femyear.
FAROUCHIE, adj. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Savage, cruel, ferocious.
\Ft. farouche, savage, fierce (Cotgr.).]
FAR-PASTURE, si. Yks. Upland moorside pasture.
Yks. Ellwood (1895). w.Yks. The kye are feeding up i' t'Far
Pastoor, Lucas S/iid. Niddcrdale (c. 1882) 31.
FARRACH, sb. Sc. Also in form feeroch, feiroch
CId. (Jam.) [farax, fi'rax] Strength, substance; force,
ability, energy.
n.Sc. He wants farrach, he has not ability for the work he has
undertaken (Jam,). Bnff.' That things o' buns hae nae farrach at
a' i' the moo. Bch. But his weak head nae farrach has, Forbes
Aja.x (1742) 10 : For the wile limmer was sae dozen'd an' funied
wi' cauld, that she had neither farrach nor maughts. ib. Jm. (1742)
14. Abd. (G.W.% Cld. fjAM.l [Grose (1790") MS. add. (C.)]
Hence (i) Farrachie, adj. strong, able, energetic; (2)
Feerochrie, sb. ability, activity, agility.
(1) Abd. A forsy, farrachie chiel (G.W.). '2) Cld. (Jam.)
\Q>^c\. farrach, force, violence ( M. & D.).]
FARRAGH, sb. Wxf* A small cowboy or plough-
boy.
FARRAN, adj. Bnff.' [fa'ran.] Starboard.
In the deep-sea fishing boats the seat, occupied by the first man
on the starboard, is called the farran boo; the second, the mid far-
ran boo; the third, the farran mid-ship ; and the fourth, the farran
hag. Each man receives the name of his seat ; thus, the first is
called the farran boo, or the farran boo man.
FARRAND, adj and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. 'Wm.
Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Also written farand N.Cy.'* Nhb.'
w.Yks. Chs.'^^ Lin.; and in forms farant N.Cy.' w.Yks. ;
farent Irel. ; farrant Sc. Cum. w.Yks.* Lan.' ; farren
Kcb. Cum. [faTand, farant.] 1. adj. In combination
with other adj. : fashioned, conditioned, seeming ; having
a specified disposition. See Fare, v?
Sc. Wullie's ower auld farrant for that, Tweeddell Moff {iBg6)
94. Abd. (G.W.) e.Fif. He was auld farrand eneugh to ken that
the bawbees were rifer at that time, Latto Tam Bodkin {iQ6^)\v.
Ayr. A sore matter for a sinner to be corrected, and yet to go
light-farrand under it, Dickson Writings (1660) I. 88, ed. 1845.
Lnk. Ae cauld nicht an auld farrant carle cam' to the door, Eraser
Whaiips (1895) xiii. e.Ltli. But whan the tither ane preached — a
weel-farrant lad he was. Hunter y. Inwick (1895) 19. Kcb. May
white fair farren frosts keep far awa, Davidson Seasons (1789) 8.
Gall. Snap's a queer auld-farrant doggie, Harper Bards (ed.1889)
29. Ant. Oul' farent talk, Ballymena Obs. (1892). n.Cy. Grose
(1790) ; N.Cy.' lU-farant ; N.Cy> Fighting-farand. Nhb.' Cun.
Let the auld farren laird hae the life of a dog' Gilpin Sngs. (18661
263; Thou still u'ears t'oald-farrant mak o' breetches, Dickinson
Citnibr. (1876) 291. Wm. He's an auld-farrand barn (B.K.).
n.Yks.' Au'd farrand ^s.\'. Farrantly 1. w.Yks. Ainsworth re-built
the farmstead on a new-farrand plan, Snowden Tales Wolds (1893)
i ; Willan List IVds. (1811). Lan. He was ill farrant, and re-
vengeful, Burnett Z-oitr/f's (1877) viii. Chs.'^^Old-farand. n.Lin.
An old-farand man. A strange old-farand dog. Always used in
comb, with ' old ' (E,P.^ ; He is fighting farand (K.).
2. Well-behaved, decent, becoming.
Slk. Mumps . . . Look up like a farrant beast, Hogg Tales (ed.
1866) 321. w.Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Apr. 3, 1897) ; Leeds Merc.
FARRANTLY
[302]
FARTHING
S«pfr!. (Feb. 26, 1893I ; w.Yks.s Lan. Trims. Phil. Soc. {1855)
230 ; Lan.' Applied to action or dress.
3. Deep, cunning.
Lin. (^Hall.) n.Lin. Used also of cunningly-devised things.
'An old-farand consarn ' is an ingenious contrivance, without any
signification of age (E.P.).
4. sb. Manner, custom, appearance ; disposition, nature.
n.Cy. Grose yiigo); N.Cy.' w.Yks. Willan List IVili. (1811).
Chs.' ; Chs.^ To do things in the right or wrong farand ; Chs.^
[i. The maist semyly farrand personage, Douglas
Euemios (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 114. 2. pay wer farande
& fre & fayre to beliolde. Cleanness (c. 1360) 607, in
Allit. P. 54.]
FARRANTLY, adj. and adv. Nlib. Cum. Wm. Ylcs.
Lan. Clis. Der. Lei. Nhp. Slir. Also written farantly
N.Cy '2 Nhb.' n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' w.Yks.^^* Chs^^ Der.'
Shr.^; farently Wm. ; farrantla w.Yks. ; farrently Wm.
w.Yks. Lan. ; farrintly Chs.' ; farruntly Lan. ; and in
forms fallantly Lei.'; farrandlyWm. [fa'r3ntU,fa'randli,
Lei. fa'lantli.] 1. adj. Of persons : comely, handsome,
good-looking ; decent, respectable ; neat, tidy. Cf. far-
rinkly.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.) ; N.Cy.'; N.Cy.^ Fair and farantly.
Nhb.', Cum.2 Wm. Ah's farrandly, thenk ye (B.K.). Yks. He "is
a farrantly bairn, and ye sud na he too rash, Christie, Howitt Hope
On { 1840I xii. n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.° ' Farrantly folks.' genteel families.
ne.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. The qualities of thrift, integrity, good
management, pleasant temper, and perhaps humour, are all em-
braced in this thoroughly Hallamshire adjective, S/irJfirlri Indep.
(1874); Adecent sort of working man is a farrantly man (C.V. C.) ;
Hoo'sasweetfarrantlylass(D. L. ! ; w.Yks. '2^"; w.Yks.^ A farrantly
boddy. Lan. Ye may a farrently May Queen, eymun say, AiNS worth
Lan. Witches ' ei. 1849) bk. i. i ; Theaw'd look a deal farrantlier if
theaw'd somb'dyt'mak'a bit o'trouble o' thi yed,BRiERLEY Traddle-
pin^ iii; Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.'^ s Ctis ' Oo'z u faar-unlli-Ioo'kin
wensh [Hoo's a farrantly-lookin' wench]. Der. To think thee
feyther 'ud be so took up wi' a farrantly wench, Verney Stone
Edge (1868) viii ; Der.'; Der.^ A farrantly body. Lei.' Shay's a
noist farrantly wench. Nhp.^ ' A farrantly body,' When applied
to animals it means strong, vigorous. SUr.^ She's a farantly
looking woman enough.
2. Of things : becoming, fit ; profitable. Of the weather:
bright, pleasant, cheerful.
■Wm. It wod he V been mitch mair farently, 'Wheeler Dial. (1790)
13 ; A gay farrently morning, Clarke Spec. Dial. (1863) T^Reysh
Dcearin. Lan. An' a farrantly bargain he'd be, Harland Lyrics
(1866) 136; Lan.' Yo'ar a ninyhommer t'heed "ur, for there's none
sich farrantly talk abeawt 'ur, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1750) 72.
Chs. 2 You would have a pair of shoes with a farantly toe and a
mannerly heel. nw.Der.' 'A farrantly toothry,' a considerable
number.
3. adv. Decently, pleasantly.
Cum. She . . . could . . . wark as wiselike an' farrantly as an auld
wife, Linton Lizzie Lorton ^i867ixxv. w.Yks. BvviATERSheJfield
/)frt/. (1839) Gl.; In regular or established modes, Willan List
IVds. (1811) ; Height farrently yo sing. Senior Smithy Rhymes
(1882) 44; w.Yks. 2 Lan.'\'on felleyat Barleigh has wrote farrantly
to my naunt, Kav-Shuttleworth Scarsdale {x86o)ll. 158; Lan.'
4. Fairly ; very, exceedingly.
Lan. Any mon moot o' lede me flat o' meh back, weh'th buck'th
un o' farrently greyt pin, Paul Bobbin Sequel (1819) 3 ; That's
reet, Teawser, tha'rt a farrently foine dog, Lahee Acquitted
(1883) iii.
[1. Farantly, tiilidiis, concinmis, Coles (1679).]
FARREN, ah. Sur w.Cy. [fa ran.] 1. A division of
land ; certain rights of pasturage ; see below.
Sur. Farren is used here [at Farnham] for an acre of ground in
the Broadmead, which is a largo piece of land of above 100 acres
let out to various people, they taking as many acres as they like,
cutting the hay for their own use. These ' Farrens ' are let at so
much, and one horse or two cows or six sheep can be turned out
to each acre or farren. Horses, cows, and sheep all go together
(II. B.); From the bill of the annual Cher tscy Mead sale (now posted
at Halliford) it may be seen that ' farrens ' are measures of land
(for some purposes freehold and for some common pasture) on
Chertsey Mead as well as on Cowey, N. i-f (J. (1886) 7th S. ii. 197 ;
In the list of occupiers claiming to vote for the county of Surrey,
and now affixed tu the door of our parish church at Shepperton, is
a farmer whose qualification is stated to be ' farrens,' ib. 168.
2. Half an acre. w.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.]
[Cp. Farundel o/Laitd,the fourth part of an acre, Phillips
(1706). See Spelman (1687) s. v. Fardel/a.]
FARREN, FARRENTLY, see Farrand. Farrantly.
FARRINKLY.nrf/ Chs. Also written faranclv Chs.^^;
farencly Chs. ; farincly Chs.^ [farigkli.] Comely, good-
looking ; decent, clean, orderly. Cf farrantly.
Asoightworth aw tlie rest, his farenclyyoungbroid.WARBURTON
Hunting Sngs. (i86o) 92 ; Chs.' Oo's a farrinkly wench, that 00 is ;
Chs.23, s.chs.'
FARROL, see Forrel.
FARROW, adj Sc. Nhb. Yks. Chs. Pem. e.An. Cor.
Also Amer. Also written farow Amer.; farra Sc. (Jam.
Siippl.) Nhb. ; farraw Nhb.' ; farrer e.An.' ; and in forms
farry (Jam. Sitppl.) ; ferra Sc. n.Cy.; ferrow Cai.'; ferry
Sc. (Jam.) ; verra s.Pem. ; veer- Cor. [fara, fari, fe'ri,
fe'rs.] 1. Of a cow : that is not with calf; gen. in comp.
Farrow-cow; also used as a sb. a milch cow not with calf
See Forrow, adj.
So, A cow giving milk the second year after calving, Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863 .. n.Sc. I would feed you with the ferra cow's
milk, BucHAN Ballads (ed. 18751 II. 208. Cai.' One that for
a season misses having a calf, and continues to give milk some
months longer than usual. Edb. Before the seed 1 sell'd my ferra
cow, Fergusson Poems {iTli) 108, ed. 1785. n.Cy. Border Gt.
[Coll. L.L.B.') Nhb. We hae ney farra cow. Richardson Z?o»</c«>-'s
Table-bk. (1846) VI. 215; Nhb.' n.Yks.= A farrow cow. Chs. (K.)
s.Pem. (W.M.M.); Laws Little Eng. i 1888) 422. e.An.' In Suf.
called Ghast. Cor. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). w. Cor. A cow
which after calving is milked for seven months and then fed to be
slaughtered (M.A.C.). [Amer. Dial. Notes 1,1896; I. 210.]
2. Not yielding milk.
ne.Sc. She [the witch] never wanted milk though she had no
cow at all, or if she had one though she was ferra, GREGOR/7(t'-Z.orff
(1 881') 189. w.Yks,' s.Pem. Them cows is verra, we got no milk
(W.M.M.l.
[Cp. Flem. varvekoe, a cow that gives no milk (Schuer-
mans); WFlem. varwekoe (verzve-, varre-, verrc-), a cow that
has ceased to be capable of producing offspring (De Bo).]
FARRUPS, FARRY, see Ferrups, Fare, si.', Farrow.
FART, V. Wm. To dawdle or mess about in doing
anything ; to attempt a difficult or almost impossible task
without proper appliances.
Go bon tha ! thoo's alius farten aboot, thoo's warse ner a hen
wi' egg. Farten I hoo can yan full muck wi' a thing like this,
it's as bad as suppen soor milk wi' a pitchfork (B K.).
FARTH, 5/^ Lan. Also Som. Also in form varth Som.
w.Som.' [fa)5, va]?.] A farrow of pigs. See Fare, sA.'
Lan. Morton Cyclo. Agric, ^1863). Som. The village of Worle,
near Weston-super-Mare, was in a commotion about the death of
a 'varth o' paigs,' Elworthy £w'/ £vf (1895) 55. w.Som.' Hot
d'ye ax maister vor the zow and varth o' pigs ? Thick zow've
a-reared eight and-thirty pigs to dree varths.
[The young ones of a sow are called a farth, a farrow
of pigs. Holme Arinon' (1688) 134.]
FARTHEL, see Farl(e.
FARTHING, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[faTcSin, fa'tSin ; fardsn, -in ; fa'dsn, -in ; w.Cy. vadan,
•in.] 1. Dial, forms : (i) Fardeen, (2)Farden, (3) Fardin,
(4) Farding, (5) Fardon, (6) Varden, (7 ) Vardin, (8) 'Vurdin.
(I ) Wxf.' (a) Abd. [It] never brocht the laird a farden. Still
Cottar s Sunday (1845) 36. Ayr. They care about Reform Not three
fardens, Boswell Poet. IVks. ( 1821 ) 184. ed. 1871. Lnk. Ilka plack
He'd hae, without ae farden back. Watt Poems (1827) 12. Lth.
Wiirsreturned...Wi'ae leg, andnoae farden, Macneill Port IVks.
(1801) 157, ed. 1856. Edb. I'll wad [wager] a farden, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 225, ed. 1785. Dur.' w.Yks. I don't care a brass
farden, Lucas Stud. Nidderdnle ic. 1882) Gl. ; w.Yks.' He hesn't
a farden to bless hissel. n.Lin.', s.Lin. T.H.R. 1, 'War. (J.R.W.),
"War. 2, s.Wor.', Hrf.^, w.Som.', nw.Dev.' (3I Sc. There's four
shillin's, but I winna gie ye a fardin' mair! Ford Thistledown
(1891)97. Cai.' Abd.He dee'd as he lived.owin'nae man a fardin',
Anderson Rhymes (1867) 38. Nlib.' A lardin candle. Cum. Care
I a fardin, Relph Misc. Poems (1743) 7, ed. 1798. w.Yks.^'',
sw.Lin.' {4) Dmb. No a farding mair, Cross Disruption (1844"! xviii.
(5") Per. For stealing what I think not worth a fardon. Smith Poems
(i 7 14) 92, ed. 1853. (6j Brks.' A3'ent wuth a varden. Wil. Slow
FARTHIN(G-BAG
[3o"3l
FASH
Gl. (1892). Som. SWEETMAN Wiitcmitoit Gl. ( i885>. w.Soni.' Dhik
ed-n ii-waetlr u braas vaardn [that is not worth a brass larthinp;].
Dev. Lflkce zee, Mr. Gammon 'ath agicd me a plat of pins inslid
ov a varden change, HT.\\\iTX Peas. Sfi. 11893). nw.Dev.' (7) Dev.
BowBiNG Lang. u866) I. pt. v. 27; White Cyiiiaii's Coiutuctor
(1701) 128. v81 ib. n.Dev. Grose (i7qo\
II. Dial. meanings. 1. In(:o«;/>.(ilFarthing-compliment,
a valueless, worthless compliment; (2) -pant, obs., a foun-
tain or stand at which water was sold for a farthing
a'skeelful'; (3) -piece, a farthing ; (4) -rot, marsh penny-
wort or shecp's-bane, Hydrocotyle vulgaris; (5) -wedding,
a poor, simple wedding (?) ; (6) -weed, see -rot.
(i)Sc.Sothey each made me a little fa rtliing compliment, Steven-
son Catriona (1893) ^' (-^ Nhb.' These were common in Newcastle
in the times of tlie early Water Company'. (3) s.'Wor.^,Hrf.2 f^")
Nrf. ^B. & H.^ 15) Nhb. A crowd of youngsters bawling at the
utniostpitch of theirvolces 'a fardin' weddin' ! ' — 'afardin' weddin'!!'
'a fardin' weddin' !!!' Di.\ON Whittingham Vale (1895) 287. (^6)
e.An.^
2. A measure of land of varying quantity ; an ancient
division of land ; also in comb. Farthing-land, Farthing-
of-land.
s.Cy. Farding-Iond, orfanindale of land, 4th part of an acre, Ray
(1691). Sus. Occurs in a deed dated 1736. It was a quarter of a
j'ardland (F.E.S.). Cor. Commonly thirtie acres make a farthing
land, Cakew Survey (1602) 36 ; Cor.' Thirty acres ; Cor.*
3. pi. Flattened peas.
■w.Cy. 1 H.\i.L.) nw.Dev. Heard many years ago (R.P.C.).
FARTHIN(G-BAG,56. Chs. Shr. The second stomach
of a cow.
Clis.' Shr.i 'Er's bund i' the farthin' bag ; Slir.* (s.v. Foredale).
[Their first stomach, called the farding-bag. Lisle //((sioHrfry (1757)
249.]
FARTLES, sb. Cum. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents] An inquisitive, troublesome person.
She's an old fartles (J.D.).
FARWEDDLE, sb. Lan. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Farewell.
'Twas there 1 took my last farweddle O' my sweet Heedlian
Maar\% Brier ley Tales (^1854) 18 r.
FARWELTERED, nrf/. Lin. Also written farweltard
Lin. ; and in form farwelted n.Lin.' [faweltad.] Of
a sheep : overthrown, cast on its back. Cf awelt.
Lin. The sheep are often found on their backs, and if not relieved
soon die; this is called far-wel-tard or lifting, and they have dogs
that will turn them, Marshall Review (-i%i\) III. 189; Woorse
nor a far-welter'dyowe: fur, Sammy, 'e married fur iuvv, Tennyson
N. Farmer, A'ew S/yle (1870) St. 8. n.Lin. lE.S.), n.Lin.', sw.Lin.l
FARWELTING, vbl. sb. Lin. Of sheep : the act of
being overthrown, cast on their backs.
How many sheep were lost last summer through farwelting,
Streatfeild Lit:, and Danes (1884) 267.
FARYERING, vbl. sb. Som. Dev. Also in form farring
w.Som.' [f a'jarin, f aTin.] Farriering, the work or trade
of a farrier.
w.Som.^ Nif a cow's a took't way milk faiver, cold steel's the
best doctor ; I ont never spend no more in farrin. nw.Dev.^
FARZE, V. n.Yks.2 [farz.] To blow softly, breathe
upon.
FARZEL, see Fazle.
FAS, sb. Lin.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
An earthen pot or porringer.
FA-SAY, sb. Cai.' A pretence, sham.
For a Fa-say [for a pretence].
FASCAL, sb. Cai.' [fa'skl.] A ' flate ' or straw mat
hung up as a screen from draughts.
FASGUNTIDE, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Nrf Shrovetide, the
commencement of Lent. Cf fasting-tide.
n.Cy. Hollow ay. e. An.' Very little if at all known now. Nrf.
Blount (16811; (P.R.)
[At Fastyngonge, a Quaresine preunant, Palsgr. (1530)
804 ; Fastyngange, carniprivium, Callt. Aiigl. (1483) ; All
the tenawntes ben chargyd to pay al her rent and ferm
be Fastyngong Sonday. It ys told me that the Lord
Moleynvs xuld kepe his Fastyngong att Jon Wynters
plase, Paslon Letters {1450) L 110.]
FASH, si.i Yks. Also written fasch vv.Yks." [faj.]
A roughness upon anything, an uneven surface or edge.
w.Yks.2 Often used of the rouRhness of iron ; w.Yks.* Thin
plates of metal held in a vice and filed, causing a roughness of the
flat side of each — that is the fascli.
FASH, sb.'^ w.Yks.'* [faJ.] In phr. an old fash, used
of a staid and knowing child.
Shoo's a reight owd fash is that.
FASH, sb.^ and v.^ Lan. Chs. [faJ.] 1. sb. The tops
of turnips, carrots, &c. ; waste, rubbish.
Lan. (J. A. P.) ; Davies Races (1856) 231; Lan.' s.Lan. Bam-
FORD Dial. (1854). Chs.' ; Chs.^ I'm agait kfiartlng the fash to
the beasts.
2. V. To pare, cut off; to cut off the tops of turnips, &c.
Lan.', Chs.'^
FASH, si.* and adj} e.Yks.' [faJ.] 1. sb. The long
hair of a horse's legs.
2. adj. Hairy.
His legs is varry fash.
FASH, j;.=, sb.^anA adj.'' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dun Cum. Wm.
Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. War. } Lon. Also in forms faush Sc.
Ant. n.Cy.; fesh m.Yks.' [faJ, fej.] 1. v. traits. To
trouble, afflict ; to inconvenience, vex, annoy by importu-
nity, to weary ; also used re/l. to trouble oneself, bother.
Sc. When the country-side wasna fashed wi' warrants and poind-
ings, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxv. Sh.I. I guess I won't fash you
any longer to-night. Burgess 7rt»_g' (1898) 172. Bnff. A few of the
fishermen did whatEdwardtold themto do: but ttie others 'couldna
be fashed,' Smiles Natiir. (1876) 93. Abd. Maister Saun'ers 'II no
be so easy fash't, ALEXANDERyoA/uiy Gibb (1871) v. Kcd. She said
she never could be fash'd With plays, and balls, and stupid buff,
Jamie Muse (1844) 90. Frf. But O ! he didna fash me lang — He
socht a hame ayont the sea, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 42. Per.
As for sare heart I kenna what there can be to fash ye, Cleland
Inclibracken (1883) 49, ed. 1887. Fif. It's rale guid o' ye conde-
scendin' to fash yersel' aboot Kirsty, McLaren Tibbie (1894) 47.
w.Sc. Take ane out o' his mouth here that has been fashin' him this
fortnight, Carrick Laird 0/ Logan (1835) 136. Sig. I will not
fash your Majesty with many words, Bruce Sermons (1631I Ep.
Dedicatory. Rnf. It's strange we're fash'd wi' sicken strife,
Picken Poems (1813") I. 65. Ayr, I didna ken what it was, and
it fashed me a good deal. Service Nolandiniis ( 1890) 16. Lnk.
His guidwife's no muckle fashed wi' her neebor's hens scartin' up
her ingan-beds, Fraser Whaups (1895^ xii. Lth. Here's may they
lang be hale an' weel. Ne'er fash'd wi' corny pains, Smith Merry
Bridal (1866) 18. Edb. The very landladies . . . could hear, if they
liked to be fashed, Moir Mansie Waiich (^1828) vi. Slk. An' fash
nae shears about the house Wi' cuttin' o' my hair, Hogg Poems
(ed. 1865") 434. Bwk. Night and day they fash'd folk sair, Hen-
derson Po/i. y?/;!'"!^^ (1856) 58. Rxb. The things that puir folk
ne'er wad trow, Or fash themsel's about, Riddell Poet. IVks. (ed.
1871) II. 250. Dmf. He'll no fash them tae count it, Or pouch't
some day, Quinn Litilie (1863) 189. Kcb. Fash Christ (if I may
speak so) and importune, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 150. N.I.'
Don't fash your lug. Uls. I canna be fashed (,M.B -S.). Ant.
Daeny fash yoursel. A canny be fashed, Ballymena Obs. (1892).
n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; Donna fash me, Grose (1790);
N.Cy.' I cannot be fash'd. Nhb. Ne'er pressed wi' doots, or fashed
wi' fears, Strang Earth Fiend ^18921 pt. i. st. 3 ; Now Nan, What
myeks thee fash me here? Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 12; Nhb.'
Dur. I canna' be fashed (A.B.) ; Dur.' e.Dur.' He disn't fash the
hoose rnSOch. Cum. I's sair fash'd wi' a cough, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1808) 94 ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.^ Ye're sair fashed haudin' nae-
thing together, Prozi., Gl. Wm. He nivver fasht hissel wi yer
consarns. Spec. Dial. (1680) pt. ii. 23; Don't fash me (A."!".).
n.Yks. Ah've no need ti fash mesel, Simpson Jeanie o' Biggersdale
(1893)66; n.Yks.' Nivver heed, lad ! Deean't thee fash theesel'
about it ; n.Yks.^^ ne.Yks.' Sha oft fashes hersen when there's
ni 'casion. e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788J ; e.Yks.' Deeant
fash thysen aboot it. m.Yks.' Don't fret nor fesh yourself about
it — you'll get over it. w.Yks. Shoo wor that fashed wi' ourweshin
'at shoo clapped hur dahn i' t'chair (J.T.F.) ; w.Yks.' Wi' runnin
efter t'beease I warquite fashed, ii. 296 ; w.Yks.^ Doan't fashtheesen.
Lan.' Tha' doesn't need to fash thisell abeawt it. Chs.' = 3 Der. I
canna bear to be fashed wi' 'um, Verney Stone Edge (1868J ii ;
Der.2 Dunna' fash thysen. nw.Der.' War. Don't fash yerself
(W.H.) ; War.2 ; War.3 I shall never get my work done if you
children fash me so. s.War.' He do fash hisself so. Lon. Now
the Almighty did not ' fash ' himself about his creatures at all I
Mayhew Land. Labour 18^1) I. 318.
FASH
[304]
FASHION
Hence (1) Fashed, ppl. adj. troubled in mind, sorry,
grieved ; weary ; (2) Fashing, {a) vbl. sb. the act of per-
plexing or teasing ; (b) ppl. adj. troublesome ; (3) Fash-
ment. sb. trouble, bother.
(i) Sh.I. Dir baith first raite, bit kind o' fashed e'en noo, makkin'
ready fur da flittin', Burgess Stelc/ies (2nd ed.) 5. Lnk. My nimd,
sair fasht, impatient grew, Watt PofJiis (1827) 13. n.Yks. (W.H.,;
n.Yks.2 Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool 1 1837) 107. n.Lin.'
(2, n. n.Yks.2 (b) n.Yks. (I.W.I (3) Cum.^ Bringin bodder an
fashment lull oald an lull yung, 165.
2. Phr. (i) To fash one's beard, (2) — one's head, (3) —
one's noddle, (4) — one's thumb, to trouble, concern, vex
oneself.
(i) Sc. 'Never fash your beard, Mr. Bide-the-Bent,' replied
Girder, Scott Bnde of Lam. (1819) xiii. Kcb. For greater wealth
ne'er fash'd his beard, Davidson Seasons (1789'! 65. n.Yks.^
Deeant fash your beard anent it. (2) Sc. I would be idle to fash
my head wi' your clavers, RoY Horseman s IVd. (1895) xii. Abd.
Na,nibour, but ye needna fash your head, ShirrefsPo«>«( 1790) 32.
Kcd.Asforoorfolksabout the manse. Ye needna fash yer head, Grant
Z.avs(i884' 58. Frf. Deed Thimble, wi' my niece ne'er fash your head,
MoRisoN /^Of«!S (1790) 162. Rnf. When folk are lying in the mools,
They needna fash their held, Barr Poems (1861) 12. Lnk. The
preacher didna fash his head Tae rake up failings o' the dead,
Thomson jWKsiKg-s (1881) 41. e.Lth. D'ye think I fash my heid
for what an auld doitit carle like yon says ? Hunter J. Inmck
(1895) 195. Gall. Kash no yer heid, Crockett ShhAohmc/ (1895)
xvi. n.Cy. Till said to Tweed, Dinna fash yer head, N. & Q.
(1869") 4th S. iii. 47. Nhb ' Dinna fash your auld heid. Proud-
lock Bocrffr/az/rfjl/KSf (1896)121 -.Dinna fash yerheedswi' auld wives'
tales, Clare Z.owq/'Z.ass (1890. I 31. (3I Abd. The breath o'l sairly
fash'd his drummel't noddle, GH(rf;;mH/«^&H!«i//( 1873) 44. Rnf. May
canker'd care ne'er fash yer noddle, Clark Rhymes (1842) 26. (4 ) Sc.
Fashna your thumb about that, Annie Winnie, Scott Bnde of Lam.
(1819) xxiii. Elg. Dinna fash mair yer thum aboot Johnny's auld
drum, Tester Poems ,1861) 144. Abd. Deil ane o' me road hae
fashed my thoom about her, M^Kenzie Criiisie Sketches (1894) iv.
Per. The present doesna fash oor thooms, Haliburton Horace
( 1886) 59. w Sc. Ne'er fash your thumb, Bailie, Carrick Laird of
Logan 1 1835I 133. Fif. Tak' my advice, ne'er fash your thum'.
Be frank an' frisky, Douglas Poems (,1806) 45. Dmb. Ye're wrang
to fash your thoom. Cross Disruption (1844) ii. Ayr. Speak out,
an' never fash your thumb ! Burns Author's Eatnest Cty (1-186] st.
5. Lnk. Ne'er fash your thumb, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 24,
ed.1783. e.Ltli. Ne'er fash your thoum about that pairt o't. Hunter
J. Inwick (1895) 23. Edb. Sit down and blaw yer pipe, nor faush
your thumb, Fergusson Poems (1773I 107, ed. 1785. Feb. Wi'
you I'll gang and lead my life, And never fash my thum", O, Affleck
Poet. Wks. I 1836) 139, Rxb. When nations nae mair fash their
thumb. A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 14. Dmf. What wiels the wee
burn popples intae — Ne'er fashes their thoom, Reid Poems \i%g.^)
44. Gall. Never fash your thumb for Linds.iy, Crockett Moss-
Hags (18951 xxxi. Nhb. Aw wadn't fash maw thoom about it,
Wilson Pitman's Pay ^ 1843) 47.
3. To shame, cast down. Chs.^'^^
4. To beat down, dash, spoil.
Chs.^ To fash turnips is to beat down their leaves. The rain
has fashed the flowers; Chs.^
5. inlr. To weary, be annoyed; to bother, trouble oneself.
Sc. At Leith auld meal comes in, ne'er fash, Ramsay Tea-Table
Misc. (1724) II. 110, ed. 1871 ; No, Katie, don't fash, they'll come
back as sin as they get their fill o't, Tweeddale Mojff (1896
188. Sh.I. Du needna fash, Burgess Rasmie (1892) 91. Cai.*
Ye thaurna fash. Bnff. My house an' my little yard, Nae mair
can I fash wi', Taylor Poems ( 1787) 50. Abd. Just to be plain, ye
needna fash. For here I sail remain, Cock Sirains(^iBio) 1. 108. Kcd.To
turn you out we sanna fash, Burness Thrummy Cap{c. 17961 1. 102.
Frf. I assure ye Bell didna fash langwi' them, BarrieZ,i'cA/(,i 888 ) viii.
Per. Ye needna fash to busk yerscl', Haliburton Horace (1886I 54.
Fif. Ye dinna need to fash, M'Laren Tibbie (1894) 63. Ayr. Fash
naemair,SiLLAR/^of»is(i789) 11. Lnk. Why should we fash aboot
trouble an' care, Thomson Leddy May (1883) 171. Ltti. Youth's
vain vagaries past That please a while, but fash at last, Macneill
Poet. Wks. (i8oij 243, ed. 1856. e.Lth. They banged the ghaist.
But there it stood, nor fasht the least, Mucklebackit Rhymes
(1885; 90. Edb. Whan feet in dirty gutters plash, And fock to
wale their fit.staps fash, Fergusson poems (1773) 206, ed. 1785.
SIk. Na, ye needna fash, Hogg Tales (1838) 627, ed. 1866. Dmf.
He shou'dna fasli to ride him by, Shennan Tales (1831) 45. Wm.
Anuddcr fashed an' fowt, Wilson Old Man's Tali, 106.
6. With a/: to get tired of, dislike ; grow angry at.
Ayr. The dinner was a little longer of being on the table than
usual, at which he began to fash, Galt Ann Parish (1821) xvi.
Ant. I would faush at eggs if kept at them (S.A.B.).
7. sb. Trouble, disturbance, care ; labour, hardship ;
vexation.
Sc. Tibbie 'considered all bairns a fash, whether contented or
not,' Whitehead Z)n// ZJiiOTi" (1876) 104, ed. 1894. Cai.' Bnff. Or
what great ' fash ' could it be forthem to keep the cleanings of their
lines for a like scientific purpose ? Smiles 7Vrt/»r. (1879! xiv. Abd.
It disna weel to mak* fash amo' kent fowk, Alexander Johnny Gibb
(1871) XXV. Kcd. Since ye afort got ony fash, Burness Garron Ha'
(c. 1820) 1. 33. Frf. To eat that henny [honey] Had cost them fash.
Sands Poems (1833) 85. Per. Forgetna in the fash o' strife That
a' your days are order'd, Haliburton Horace (i886) 81. SIg.
Their's a' the care, and fash, and toil. Towers Poems (1885) 88.
Rnf. The like o' them gie me nae fash. For what are they? Barr
Poems (1861 I 201. Ayr. An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter
To gie ane fash. Burns Poet's Welcome, st. 3. Lnk. 1 canna help
this wee bit fash, Watson Poems (1853) 97. Edb. Aften leagu'd
wi' mirk Discord, To gie ye fash, LearmontPo^jj/s (1791 1 24. Slk.
They maun aften be a sair fash to their wives. Chr. North Nodes
(ed. 1856) III. 115. Dmf. Debt an' law an' a' its fash, Thom Jock
o' Knowe (1878) 8. Gall. Your testimonial . . . But cost, or fash, it
did come to me, Lauderdale Poems : 1796) 58. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. L.L.B ) ; N.Cy.* Nhb. They revel in luxury obtain'd without
' fash,' Chatt Poems (1866) 29; Nhb.' What a fash aa've had wi'd.
Dur. We'd ha' some fash te git it alang t'fell. Egglestone Betty
Podkin's Lett. ( 1877) 14. Cum. At fash an' care I laugh't, Richard-
son Talk (1^1 1 65, ed. 1876: Cuni.3 Thou'sno'but fash. Wm. Oh !
it is no fash to me (^B.K.i ; Tha set off back an wi a deeal o' fash gat
hceam again that neet, Taylor S^^/r/i^-s (1882) 20. n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^
A fash about nought. w.Yks. Hutton 7"oKr/o Cflfcs (1781). l.an.
Trans. Phil. Soc. 1 1855I 230. n.Lan *
Hence To take the /ash, phr. to take the trouble.
Sc. We have never ta'en the fash to put it by, Hamilton
Cottagers of Glenburnie (1808) 150.
8. A troublesome person. Sc (Jam.)
9. Confusion, shame.
Wxf. HALL/re/a«rf(i84i) II. i6i ; Wxf.'
10. Nonsense.
Chs. Thah'rt agate o' talkingk sitchloikefash.CLoucHB. Bress-
kittle (1879) 8; Chs ' Dunna talk sich loike fash.
11. adj. Shy, bashful.
Ant. She is fash (S.A.B.).
[1. The Veanis war sa faschit be continuall arnbicioun,
Bellenden Ann' (1533) 393. Fr. /ascher (mod. /dcher), to
annoy, trouble (Cotgr.).]
FASH-CLAWT, sb. Yks. A pocket-handkerchief.
Cf. fash-rag.
w.Yks. A twenty years' fashclawt wor nowt to him ! Hallam
Wadsleyjack 1 1866^ vi.
FASHERY, sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. Also in form fashrie
Sc. [fa'J(3)ri.] Trouble, worry, annoyance.
Sc. You kirk-folk make sic a fasherie, Scott Monastery (1820) iv.
Fif. I houp thou'lt think na scorn to take Some fashery to do richt,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 20. Slg. I may perceive that your fashrie
in that is near an end, Bruce Sertnons (1631) 19, ed. 1843. s.Sc.
I've aye been spared the fashery o' bairns, Wilson T'o/f s ( i 839) V.
397. Ayr. That's the very fasherie o' the business, Galt Entail
(1823) xii. Lnk. He's ay taen the fashrie, an' I hae been saird,
Watson PofOTS (1853)32. Edb. Wadnailk warldly fashery flee us ?
Macneill Bygane Times (181 1) 52. Kcb. He costeth meikle black
cumberand fashery to his keepers, Rutherford/.^//. (1660) No. 189.
Cum. Tediously nice wa3-s, Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 302. n.'Yks.^
[With frostis of fashrie frozen is that heet, Montgomerie
Sonnets (c. 1600) v, ed. Cranstoun, 91. Fr./ascherte, annoy-
ance, trouble (Cotgr.).]
FASHION, sb.^ and v. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Nhp. Dev. Also written fashun Lan. ; and in forms
faishion, feshun w.Yks. [fa'Jan, fjE'Jsn, fe'Jan.] 1. sb.
Condition, circumstances ; state of health ; gen. used by
one who does not enjoy good health.
w.Yks.i 'How is to!' 'Is i' my better fashion at present';'
w.Yks. 2 I'm in better fashion than I was yesterday ; w.Yks.^ To be
in better fashion. Chs.^, nw.Der.' Nhp,* I'm a'terapoorishfayshun.
2. Kind, sort ; luck.
Lan. I saigh two rolt'n pynots, hnng'um, that wnr a sign of bad
lashin, Hari.and & Wilkinson Flk-Lort (1867) 144.
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FAST
3. I'hr. (1I For t/ie fiis/iioii, for appearance sake; (2) /o
make (a) fashion, to make a pretence.
(i~l Fif. Sundry are here nominat for the fashion, and rather for
a mock than in good earnest, Scot A polog. (1642) 123, ed. 1846.
Lnk. None of them are troubled, except it be very few, and these
inconsiderable persons, who are fined in some feckless thing for the
fashion, Wodrow Ch. Hist, i^ai) II. 11, ed. 1828. (2) Sc. He . . .
only just pits a bit on the plate to make fashion, Scott Anliqiiary
(1816) xvi. Elg. Gin folk interfere wi' you oot o' respeck, Mak' a
fashion o' stoppin' for decency's sake, Tester Poems (1865) 134.
4. V. To contrive, manage.
Lan. They'd hav as mich flesh as they could weel fashun whod
to do wi, Donaldson Rosseiidel Beef-iieet, 10. Dev. Thee will have
to fend and fashion for thyself when I'm gone, O'Neill Diiiipscs
(1893) 20.
5. To dare, presume, venture ; to have the face to.
Yks. How could you fashion to do so ? Taylor Miss Miles {i8go)
xiv. w.Yks. Ah cudn't fashion to go aht i' a tub hat (iE.B.) ; Aw
wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i' idleness, Bronte
IViilheriiig His. (1847) ii ; Hahiv\'er I cud feshun to luke her i'
t'faace, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 12; w.Yks.'^
6. To grow in resemblance.
Nhb.' If it fashions like its dad, Robson Betty Beesley.
FASHION, sA.2 Shr. Hmp. 'Wil. Dev. [fajan, fae-Jan.]
The farcy, a disease among horses ; gen. used in pi.
Shr. Many a good horse dies of the fashions, TV. 6" Q. (1870') 4th
S. vii. 221. Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.' An old farmer,
when his grand-daughters appeared before him with any new piece
of finery, would ask what it all meant. The girls would reply,
* fashion, gran'vather!' when the old man would rejoin, 'Ha! many
a good horse has died o' th' fashion!' Akeriitan. Hmp.i Dev.
Horde Stibseeivae {i']']']) 151.
[The farcyon is an yll soraunce, Fitzherbert Hnsb.
(1534) 67. Fr. /ai'cin, the farcy in an horse (Cotgr.).]
FASHIONED,/i/i/.n^'. Sc. Fashionable, in the fashion.
Edb.A thoughtless Mither . . . sent her bairn to thae same schools
Whar nought is seen but fashion'd fools, Macneill Bygane Times
(i 8 1 1 ' 22.
FASHIONLESS, nn>'. Sc. Out of fashion.
Kcd. There were stoury trousers dusted, Worn and fashionless
renewed, Grant Lays (1884) 69.
FASHIOUS, adj. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Chs. Also
written fascious Sc. ; fasheous Sc. Dur.' ; fashous Sc.
N.Cy.'Nhb.'Yks.n.Yks.'^m.Yks.'Chs.''; fashusChs.3; and
in forms fashies Sh.I.; fauschious Sc. ; feshous m.Yks.'
[fa"j3s,fej3s.] Troublesome, annoying, vexatious; difficult
to please, particular ; unfortunate, shameful.
Sc. It wad hae been a fashious job that, Scott Antiquary {1B16)
xxi; Some o' thae fauschious chiels warna suitable. Crack Aboot
A'lVi (1843) I. 13. Sh.I. Dernae end ta dishairstwark, hit's far mair
fashies ir da voar, Sh. News i^Oct. 22, 1898). Abd. The animal at
that critical time was always 'fashions' in temper to the last degree,
Ale.\ander Ain Flk. (1882) 200. Per. This fashious toun lifts up
its voice to bless ye, Haliburton Horace (1886) 38. w.Sc. It's a
fashious thing . . . tae gae sic distances to attend meetings, Mac-
T>oltA\.x> Selllemeiit (i&6g) 72, ed. 1877. s.Sc. Nae doot . . . the times
is fasheous, unco fasheous, Snaith Fiercc/ieart (^iSgi) 40. Rnf. By
thee the gleefu' carles a' Float ay their fashous cares awa', Picken
Poems (1813) II. 24. Ayr. (J.M.) ; They'll aiblins fin' them fashious.
Burns Lett, to J. Tennanl, 1. 56. Lnk. Yelping for this or that wi
fasheousding, Ramsay GentlcShep. (1725)38, ed. 1783. Lth. Some
fashious bodies sair me plagu'd, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 172. Edb.
Was't the deil, that fashious birky, Ye had to blame? Liddle Poikis
(1821) 28. Feb. My pony was very fashious to-day (A.C.). Slk.
■They were fashous things, them hooks, Hogg Tales (1838) 63, ed.
1866. N.Cy.' Nhb. Folks is sae fashious and sae haid on a lass
for nobbut a bit fun, Clare /-o;r q/Lfl^s (1890") I. 113; Nhb.' Aa've
hcd a fashous job on't, aa can tell ye. Dur.' He's fasheous. Cum.
Than began tellan about hur fashious journey, Willy IVattle (i8']o)
8 ; Cum.' Becoming annoying through intoxication. n.Yks.' ;
n.Yks.2 A fashous job. A fashous kind of a body. m.Yks.', w.Yks.'
Chs. Aw'U get this mortacious fashious bizness o'er, Clouch B.
Bressktitle (i8-]g) 16; Chs.' = a
Hence Fashiousness, sh. troublesomeness. Sc. (Jam.)
[Fr. fasc/ieux, troublesom (Cotgr.).]
FASH-RAG, s/>. w.Yks.'^ A pocket-handkerchief; a
cloth used for wiping; also usedjj.g'. Cf fash-clawt.
Cutlers are sometimes called fash-rags, owing to the raggedness
of their clothes.
VOL, n.
FASHY, adj. Cum. Yks. [fa'Ji.] Troublesome;
annoying through into.xication. Cum.', n.Yks. (I.W.)
FASKIDAR,.s6. Sc. The northern gull, Z,rtr/(s/'rt/Yi's;'//a^s.
w.Sc. The bird Faskidar, about the bigness of a sea maw of the
middle size, is observed to fly with greater swiftness than other fowl
in those parts, and pursues lessei; fowls and forces them in their
flight to let fall the food which they have got, and by its nimbleness
catches it before it touch the ground, Martin W./i/. (17 16) 73 (Jam.).
FASKING ABOUT, p/ir. e.An.» [Not known to our
correspondents.] Bustling or bothering.
FASS, sb. Cai.' [fas.] A knot, bunch; a truss of
straw or rushes.
FASSAG, sb. Obs. Cai.' A hassock used as a seat
for children.
FASSAL, sb. e.An.i2 Also written fassel e.An.* A
vessel.
FASSIL, i^. Lin.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
[fa'sil.] To loiter, waste time, work lazily.
Don't fassil on your way.
FASSINGS, sb. pi. Lan. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] The hanging fibres of roots or plants. (Hall.)
[Cp. G./asen ((Xm.fdschen,fcislein), thread, fibre.]
FASSY, adj. Wil. [fae'si.] Smart, fine, fashionable.
(G.E.D.) Cf. fess, adj. 3.
FAST, sb. Dev. Cor. [fast, faest.] The substratum
of the earth.
Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) n.Dev. Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) Gl. Cor. Supposed never to have been moved or broken
up since the creation. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435 ; Cor.'^
FAST, adj., adv. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Stf Dcr. Not. Lin. Lei. War. Wor. Glo. e.An. Also in form
fess't, fest Abd. [fast, faest, fast.] 1. adj. Bound, secured
by an agreement ; engaged, pledged ; bound apprentice.
n.Yks. Ah doot thoo's fast wi' some Soothron loon, Munby Verses
(1865) 58. w.Yks. If Ah worn't fast Ah'd leave to-morn (J.T.).
s.Not. We hain't got the land fast yit ; but we're going to sign
to-mcrrer. He can't a got 'em fast, for they wain't coom into
the house after all (J.P.K.).
Hence Fast-penny, sb. a fee paidas earnest of a bargain,
esp. in hiring servants; cf fasten-penny. w.Yks. (J.T.)
2. Busy, occupied, engaged, tied by business, &c.
Sc. Applied to . .. an utensil employed for a purpose from which
it cannot be spared (Jam.). Abd. I was never fess't wi' beasts at
even, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xxxiii ; Something or ither
adee amo' Mains's horse-beasts hed keepit 'im fest at the toon oot o'
oors, ib. Ain Flk. (1882) 199. nw.Abd. Jock's fest wi' the men,
Goodwife (1867) St. 2. w.Yks. Piper Shejpeld Dial. (1825) 17;
Shejficld htdep. (1874) ; w.Yks.^ Lan. Yo seen aw'm fast wi' my
bakin', an' aw'm late, BrierleyTJco; Wind. (1868) 8. Chs.' Der.*
Say I'm fast and conna'come. nw.Der.' s.Not. I can't come on
Tuesday, I'm fast (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.' I'm a real fast woman, I've
a great family. e.An.'
3. Puzzled, perplexed ; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill,
esp. in phr. to be fast for, to be at a loss for, to be in want of.
n.Yks.' ' Why, you don't get on with that job, Henry.' ' Ncea ;
Ah's about fast wi 't.' Fast for want of materials. ne.Yks.' Ah's
niwer fast for a job. He'll lend ya t'galloway hard eneeaf; he
weean't see ya fast. w.Yks. They wor as fast what to do wi* it
when they had it as onybody else, Hartley Budget (1867) 6 ; I'm
not fast for a pound or two, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl. ;
w.Yks.'^ I'm fast for a job ; w.Yks.^ ' Why don't you get on with
your job?' ' Nay, Au'm fast.' e.Lan.', Not.' s.Not. I go to help
'em sometimes when they're fast (J.P.K.). n.Lin. Thaay was fast
becos he didn't cum (M.P.); n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' I won't see you fast.
I reckon they're fast for bricks.
Hence to be (or to get) fast among it, phr. to be em-
barrassed, puzzled, at a standstill.
w.Yks. Ther's thy childer an my childer, feightin wi awr childer,
an awm fast amang it ! Hartley Clock Aim. (1893) 3 ; All seem
fast amang it, ib. Puddin (1876) 83. Chs.' ; Chs.^ I've getten fast
amang it, some road.
4. Obs. Trustworthy, firm.
Fif. We find him wise, fast, and secret, SiCOT Apolog. (1642) 236,
ed. 1846. Lnk. A large meeting named four of the fastest and
honestest to sit on Monday, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) 1. 8, ed. 1828,
5. Very near, intimate; also in -phr. fast and thick.
e.Lth. He's fast and thick wi' Hootsman, Mucklebackit Rur.
Rhymes (1885) 235. Lin. (Hall.)
R r
FAST AND LOOSE
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FASTENS
6. Costive, constipated. n.Lin.'
7. Of soil, ground: solid, firm. Of cake, bread, &c. :
heavy, doughy.
s.Not. This ground isn't fast enough for onions (J.P.K.). LeL'
Tliis 'ere bread cuts so fasst.
8. Constant, fixed.
sw.Lin.i He has got no fast job.
9. Comp. (i) Fast-baud, mining term : the occurrence
of the set getting off the road, and the tubs jammed fast
in a pit, or the cage getting fast in the shaft ; (2) -jenkin,
mining term: a bordways place driven up the middle of
a pillar; (3) -shot, a charge of powder exploded in a pit
without the desired effect ; (4) -side, the side next the
solid coal; (5) -vsrall, a ' sheth wall' in a pit; the wall in
which, at the top or bottom of an air-course, the bearing-
up or bearing-down stopping is placed.
(i)Nhb.> Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coil/ Tr. G/.(i888\ (2") Nhb.'
Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1888). (3) N.Cy.i Nhb.i
Called also ' stannin bobby.' (4) Nhb.l Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coal Tr. Gl. ( i888). (5) Nhb.l jji^b., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr.
CI. (ed. 1888 ;
10~ Phr. Fast by one end. Of hay or corn : uncut.
Chs.i ; Chs.3 ' Have you cut your hay ? ' ' It is fast by one end.'
Which proves that the h.iy is not cut, nor at present liable to injury
by the wet, as the hay is that is mown.
11. Forward, impulsive, pronetorashness; rude, impudent.
Sc. (.Jam.) w.Yks.^ He wer that fast at I could hardly keep my
hands off him. War.^ She's a fast young wench. s.Wor.', Glo.
(A.B.)
12. Hast}' in temper, irascible. Sc. (Jam.)
13. adv. Very nearly. ne.Lan.'
14. Conip.il) Fast-again, (2) -by, close at hand, close by;
(3) -gated, reckless, thouglitless, hasty; presumptuous,
immodest; (4) -hefted, rivetted to its place; legally fixed
or appointed ; (5) -hodden, held fast; determined; (6)
•sure, quite certain, perfectly sure.
(i ) n.Lin. I left that thistle-spud fast agean th' beer barril (E.P.).
(2) Der.', nw.Der.' n.Lin. Occas. but very rarely used now. The
ovvd tree my gran'mother planted the ivine agean is fast by
No'thrup Old Hall vE.P.). (3)Lan. Ay; he comes of a fast-gaited
breed, Waugh Cliim. Corner {1874) 163, ed. 1879; Lan.', e.Lan.'
(4. 5) n.Yks.= (,6) n.Stf. I'm fast sure he'll go, Geo. Eliot A. Bede
(1859) I- 62. Lei.i, War.' 3
15. Phr. Fast and sncll, near, towards, in a straight line.
Gall. We held fast and snell towards the eastward, Crockett
Moss-Hags (1895) xlvii.
16. V. To fasten, make fast.
Lan. He said he must have 8(/. for cutting and fasting together
three little pair of over-leathers, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866; 58.
FAST AND LOOSE, phr. Nrf. [Not known to our cor-
respondents.] The game, prisoners' base. (W.W.S.)
FASTEN, V. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Lin. Shr. Also
written fas'en w.Yks. [fa'san.] 1. To seize with a grip ;
also in phr. to fasten hold, to take hold firmly.
n.Cy. (Hall.), w.Yks. (J.W.) Shr.= Why ivir dostna fasten
houd on it wi' boath honds. The dog fastened him by the leg.
2. Tosetfast,renderunabletomove; to perplex, 'non-plus.'
s.Lan. He put a question to me which fair fastened me for a long
while, but aw made it out at last (S.W.). s.Not. He's so quick at
learning; you can't fasten him at anything (J.P.K.).
3. To attach oneself firmly, to apply oneself to.
Lan, But he could not fasten to it, Fothergill Probation (1879^, v.
4. To hold a man fast to a bargain; to pay earnest-money
to confirm a bargain. Cf festen, v.
w.Yks. Aednt inifbras t.T peo fot wii^'en.sua afasand it wi a pand
(J.W.). Chs.' A butcher, in making what he wishes you to consider
his highest bid, tries to thrust a piece of money into your hand, at
the same time saying, ' Well, now, Til fasten you.'
Hence (i) Fastened, ppl. adj. bound as an apprentice ;
(2) Fastening, vbl. sb. the act of apprenticing.
(i) w.Yks. Banks IVIiJlil. lV<ls. (1865). (2) w.Yks. As fer lads,
an fastening 'em to a trade wi' indentures, ther's noa use for 'cm
nah a days, Bickerdike Doaily Braan, 47.
5. Comp. (i) Fastening-penny, (2) Fasten-penny.carnest-
money, money given to confirm a bargain or hiring. Cf
fast-penny.
(I) n.Yks.* Given by the employer when he hires a servant, as
a token of engagement. w.Yks. '"j sw.Lin.' (2) e.Yks. (T.T.W.) Lin.
(J.C.W.) ; Streatfeild IJii. and Danes (1884) 275.327. n.Lin.'
sw.Lin.' I gcd a shilling fasten-pcnny. He tell'd him he might
drink his fasten-penny. s.Lin. Given on hiring servants at the
Statutes or hiring-day (T.H.R.).
6. With on : to come to a binding understanding or
agreement.
s.Not. They've bin to see the land, but they haven't fastened on
ityet(J.P.K.).
7. To sue at law, to take the law of a person. Chs.'^
8. In pass. : to be held fast by business, to be occupied.
Chs.' 3 I shall be fastened to-morrow, and canna come.
9. In pass. : to be made fast by some tie or bond.
w.Yks. Fastened to t'soil [rooted to the soil], Lucas Sliid.
Niddcrclale (c. 1882) Gl.
10. With out: to turn the moor-sheep out on to the moor
for the season, excluding them from the enclosed land ;
also used fig.
n.Yks.' Of a person whose opportunities for further action in any
special direction are summarily cut off, or who has been desired to
abstain from further visits to any given house : ' So-and-So's getten
hissel' fassned oot. noo, hooivver.'
FASTENMENT, sb. Won Shr. [fae'sanment] A
fastening of any kind.
s.Wor. I H.K.) Shr.' Tell Jones to come upan' put a fas'nment
o' the brew 'us door.
FASTENS, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Also written fassans e.Yks.';
fassens Dur.' Wm.t<: Cum.' w.Yks.' n.Lin.'; and in forms
fas'n Not. ; fassen Not.' ; fasten Sc. Cum.' w.Yks.^ Lin.
sw.Lin.'; faster ne.Sc; fasterns Sc. N.Cy.'Nhb.'w.Yks.^;
fasting n.Cy.; fastrens S. & Ork.'; feersuns Lan.';
festrens ne.Sc. ; fostern Cai.' [fasanz.] 1. In comb.
(i) Fasten's e'en (or even), (2) — Tuesday, the eve of or
day before the fast of Lent, Shrove Tuesday, Shrovetide.
(i) Sc. He says I staid away from the Ba'spielon Pastern's E'en,
for fear of him, Scott Blli. Dwarf (1816 vi ; The barbarous
custom of cock-fighting still permitted in some schools on Fasterns-
een is a relic of the Popish Carnival or Bacchanalian revels which
it was customary to celebrate at this time as a preparation for the
Fast (Jam.). Sh.I. Firtt comes Candlemas, dan da new mun. Da
first Tuesday after is Fasterns E'en, Mansons^ S/i. Aim. (1893).
S. & Ork.' ne.Sc. ' First comes Candlemas, An syne the newmeen,
The first Tj'esday aifter that's Festren's e'en.' Every one must
have a beef dinner on this day,GREGOR /'/^-/.o*^(i88i) 164. Ceii.'
Abd. Fastern's e'en wi' its fun an' its daffin' comes roun'. An'
lasses an' lads meet in some neighbour's toun, Anderson Rhymes
(1867) 85. Ayr. On Fasten-een we had a rockin. Burns Ep. to J,
Lapraik I, Apr. i , 1 785) st. 2. Edb. Seven annual fairs are held, . . .
Fasten's Eve, 1st Tuesday in March N.S..at which ewes, great
with lamb, are sold by character, without being shown, Pennecuik
Wks. (1715) 286, ed. 1815 ; It was the custom for the different
schools to have cockfighting on Fastern's E'en,MoiR MansielVauch
(i8z8) V. Bwk. Drouthy cronies too wad weet Their gabs at Fas-
ten's E'en, Calder /^of);zs( 1897) 114. N.L' n.Cy. Grose (1790) ;
(K.); N.Cy.>2, Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. Till within the last 20 or 30
years, it had been a custom . . . for the scholars of the Free-School
of Bromficld ... at Fasting's Even, to bar out the Master, i. e. to
depose and exclude him from his school, and keep him out for 3
days, Hutchinson //is/. Cum. ( 1794) II. 322, in Brand /"o/i. Antiq.
(ed. 1813I 1.62; Cum.' At Fasten Eb'n neet Ccuks find cannel leet
[after this night the cooking isto be done by daylight for the season,
or the cooks must provide candles]. Wm. & Cum.' To keep up Fas-
sen's-even, 196. w.Yks.^ Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) ; Lan.'
The more recent form is Fasten-een. ' For I should be lose ot
Feersuns-een, on it matter't naw mitch,' Collier Tint Bobbin {11.^0)
68. Der.2,nw.Der.', sw.Lin.' ^2in.Cy.GROSE(i79o). e.Yks.' w.Yks.
Its Fassen Tuesda, yo kno'u, Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) '49,
ed. 1877 ; w.Yks. ^^■' Not. My mester's been poorly ever sin last
Fas'n Tuesday (L.C.M.) ; (J.H.B.); Not.' Lin. It was Fasten-
Tuesday as I saw them pass (R.E.C.). n.Lin.', sw.Lin.i
2. Elliptically : Shrove Tuesday, Shrovetide ; sometimes
regarded as a />/., whence a sing. Fasten is formed.
S. & Ork.' n.Cy. Brand Po/>, Antiq. (ed. 1777) 331. Nhb.',
m.Yks.', w.Yks.3, Chs.' ^
[1. (I) The feist of Fasternis evin, Dunbar Poems
(c. 1510), ed. Small, II. 117. (2) The keper of the wodes
shalle take downeand deface the cockpytte there betwene
thys and Fastens Tuysdaye, Nott. Rcc. (1585), ed. Steven-
son, IV. 211. Cp. G.fastnacht, Shrove Tuesday.]
FASTENS
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FAT-HEN
Fasteninirs
FASTENS, sb. pi. Chs.' s.Chs.' [fassnz
for doors or windows.
FASTIE, sb. Sh.I. Also in form fasta. [fa'sti.]
1. A stone anchor for a boat. Sh.I. (Jam.), S. & Ork.'
2. A rope or cable attached to a stone anchor ; also in
coiHfi. Fastie-band. S. & Ork.' MS. add.
3. A rope, having a stone attached to it, used for the
purpose of keeping a stack firm.
The latter was putting an additional 'fastie' on a screw [stack],
Stew.\ut Fireside Tales < 1892) 197.
Hence Fastied, adj. secured, fastened with a 'fastie.|
It's little a rivin' storm frichtens me whin my hoose is ta'en
aboot, my screws [corn-stacks] fastied, ib. 54.
4. Co;«/i. Fastie-bands, pieces of wood crossing a fishing-
boat for the purpose of strengthening it under the thwarts.
Da watter wis up at da fasta bands, Hiubert Dcsc. Sh.I. (1822)
224, ed. iBgi.
FASTING-PENNY, sb. n.Cy. Lin. Also in form
festing- n.Cy. ; festyng- Lin. [fa-stin-peni.] Earnest-
money, money paid to confirm a bargain or hiring. Cf
fasten-, fastening-penny.
n.Cy. Grose U790) MS. add. (C.) Lin. Festyng-penny is an
older form than Fastcn-penny, Streatfeild Ltn. and Vanes (1884)
266.
FASTING SPITTLE, sb. Sc. Yks. Also written fastin-
spittle Sc. [fastin-spitl.] The spittle of a fasting man,
supposed to possess magical powers of healing.
ne.Sc. A cure for ringrworm. Put a new shilling three times
round the crook, spit a fastin on it, and with it rub the affected
parts. Some in addition dropped the shilling through the patient's
shirt before rubbing with it, Gregor Flk-Loie (188O 47- n.Yks.^
[Theirholyoyle, their fasting-spittle, HERRiCK//fS/)f?r«/cs
(1648) (Dav.).]
FASTING-TIDE, sb. Nrf. Shrovetide, the beginning
of Lent. (P.R.) Cf. fasguntide.
FASTNESS, s6.^ Yks. Also written fasness w.'V'ks.;
fastne's- Yks. w.Yks.* ; and in form feastnes- w.Yks.
[fa'snas.] 1. Lent. w.Yks.^
2. Co«//i.Fastness-e'en (or -eenij-ewn), Shrove Tuesday.
See Fasten's.
e.Yks. Marshall Rtti: Econ. (1796) II. 318. w.Yks. How
many years since I went away ? Thirty come Fasness Ee'ra,
Yksman. Comic Ann. (1876) 7 ; Hutton Tour to Caves (1781);
Thokesby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.' Shoe nobbud left haam last Fast-
ness-een, ii. 296 ; w.Yks."
[Caresme prenant, Shrovetide; Fastness, or Shrove-
tuesday, Cotgr.]
FASTNESS, sb.' Shr.^ A fastening, bolt, bar, &c.
That theer bull's bin 'Tlin the dur o' 'is place an' bruk the fas'ness.
FAT, sb.^ Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Der. Lin. Ken. [fat, fast]
A vat, large tub or vessel.
Sc. The ship . . . laden with 491 fats of potashes. Stair Suppl.
Dec. 168 Jam.V N.Cy.' w.Yks. Guile-fat, Thoresby Z,f«. (1703);
w.Yks.2« Der.' The tub in which ale or beer is work'd before it be
tunn'd, or put into the barrels; Der.^, nw.Der.', n.Lin.' Ken.'
A large open tub.
[In thy fats our. cares be drown'd, Shaks. A. &= C. 11.
vii. 122. OE. /or/ (pl./atit,Jo/in ii. 7).]
FAT, adj}, sb.^ and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also written fatte e.Yks. [fat, faet.] 1. adj. Of soil :
rich, fertile ; subject to mildew.
Edb. O' gude dung we spread a lump To mak' it fatter, Forbes
Poems (1812) 92. e.Yks. Lande may be too fatte for barley. Best
Rur. Econ. {1641) 53. w.Yks. (J.W.) Nlip.^ Land is said to be
tat when subject to mildews.
Hence Fatness, s6. Of land: richness, fertility.
n.Lin.' If he nobbut graws plenty o' taatics he'll soon tak th'
fatness oot on it.
2. Comp. (i) Fat-cake, a cake made of flour, lard, and
water; cf fatty-cake; (2) -coaljan old term for blacksmiths'
coal, a caking coal highlybituminousandfreefromsulphur;
(3) -crowdy, a crowdy made from the skimmings off the
pot which contained meat and broth ; (4) -dabs, a fat,
awkward person or child ; (5) -haws, the finer fruit of the
hawthorn ; (6) -jowl'd. fat-faced ; (7) -lap, the hanging
fat of meat; (8) -rascal, a rich tea-cake; (9) -shag, bacon
[not known to our correspondents]; (10) shive, a slice
of bread soaked in the dripping-pan, or spread over with
fat; (11) -sorrow, sorrow alleviated by riches.
(i) w.Yks. Yo'n getten some fat cake, O see, Bywater Gossips,
13 ; A great pile a muffins an fat-cake browt up at table, Rogers
Kail Bunt (1839) 19. (al Nlib.' (3) When the pot containing the
meat and broth for the Sunday's dinner was boiling, the upper
stratum of water with the fat lloating thereon was used to mix
with the oatmeal of the crowdy, whii-h was thus called a fat-
crowdy, ib. (4) ne.Yks.' Sha's a fat-dabs. (5) Glo. Some of the
older women here say that as. children they used to string the
haws as necklaces, and it was their custom to go round the thorn
bushes looking for ' fat haws,' which were prized as making finer
necklaces (H.S.H.) ; Glo.' i6in.Yks.2 (7 1 m.Yks.' (8) n.Yks.
(T.K.); n.Yks.' Compounded with butter or cream (or both), and
with currants intermingled besides; n.Yks.° If eaten warm, with
the flavour derived from the baking over a country turf fire on
the hearth, very delicious. ne.Yks.' Common in Whitby district,
but not known in East Riding. w.Yks. (C.A.F.) (9)Dev. Agood
dinner is fat-shag an green pays. 'If I'm not mistaken There's nort
like fat-shag and greens,' w.Tiiiics (Apr. 30, 1886) 2, col. 2. (10)
w.Yks.3 (11) n.Yks.2 Fat sorrow is better to bide than lean.
3. Phr. To eat a fat bit before some one, to take the words
out of somebody's mouth, to anticipate some one's words.
Sli.I. Ye' re gaun ta aet a fat bit afore me, Magnus, yon's da
very wirds 'at I wis gaun ta say, Sh. News (Aug. 14, 1897).
4. sb. The oiliness of a smooth sea.
Cor.3 You can see the pilchards when the water's a bit rough
than when there's a lot of that fat.
5. Fat cattle and sheep.
Midi. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796).
6. V. To fatten.
n.Lin.' I shall fat all them beas, an' hev 'em off afoore Jenuerry
puts in. War.2 We're fatting a goose agin Christmas.
[6. To {&t, pins^iiefacio, Coles (1679).]
F AT, adj.^ n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Also Amer. [fat.] A term
used in playing marbles ; see below.
n.Cy. (B.K.) e.Dur.' If a player shoots his marble into the ring,
he is said to have ' spun fat,' and ceases playing. w.Yks. (J.W.);
w.Yks.2 In a game of marbles called Ring each boy puts a marble
into the ring, and they all try to get near it. If a boy's marble goes
into the ring and slays there, it is said to be 'fat.' He has to deposit
an additional marble and bowl over again ; w.Yks.^ Said of a marble
driven up when it lodges on the small ring at ringtaw; w.Yks.*
In any juvenile game where a marked-out ring is employed, as in
the games of ' piggy ' and ' ringy,' if the ' piggy ' in the one case,
or the marble in the other, falls, rolls, or is hit within the ring at
all, it is said to be 'fat.' [Amer. One's marble is fat when in play-
ing 'little ring ' it stays in the ring when it ought to have come
out, Dial. Notes (1896 I. 219.]
FAT, FATAGUED, see Fet, v., Fattigued.
FATAL, adj. Suf. [fetl.] Quite decided, as though
by a decree of fate.
That's fatal [there is no more question about the matter], e.An.
Dy. Times (1892) ; i^C.G.B.)
FATCH, s6.' Won Hrf Glo. w.Cy. [fatj.] The
common vetch, Vicia saliva ; gen. in pi.
se.Wor.l, s.Wor.i, Hrf.'^, Qlo. (A.B.), Glo.', w.Cy. (B. & H.)
[Certayne rounde berries as bygge as a pease or a
fatche, TuRBERViLE Faidconrie {1575) 365- The same
word as lit. E. vetch.']
FATCH, V. and sb.'^ Sc. Yks. [fatj.] 1. v. To excite,
trouble. See Fash, v.'^
w.Yks. Sheffield hide l>. (1874").
Hence Fatched, ppl. adj. troubled in mind, perplexed;
hurried in business. w.Yks.'*
2. sb. Phr. At t/ie falcli, toiVmg, drudging. Abd. (Jam.)
[Not known to our correspondents.]
FATCH, FATCH-PLEUCH, see Fetch, Fotch-pleuch.
FATER, see Feature.
FAT-GUDE, sb. Obs. (?) Sc. A tax levied in kind, the
quantity of butter or oil paid to the donatary, or grantee of
the Crown's revenues.
Sh.I. Balfour Odal Rights (i860) Gl. Or.I. (Jam. Suppl)
FATH, see Faith.
FAT-HEN, sb. Also written fatten m.Yks.' Ken.'
[fa-t-, fa-t-en.] (i) Var. species of the goosefoot, esp.
ChenopodiiiiH album (N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum.' n.Yks.' e.Yks.'
w.Yks."^ Chs.' s.Chs.' Not. n.Lin.' Lei.' Nhp.' Hrf.' Bdf.
R r 2
FATHER
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FATHER
e.An.' Suf.^ Sun' Sus.') ; (2) the perennial goosefoot,
Chenopodiitin Boiuts-Hcnriciis (Chs.^ Brks. Suf.Ken.Sur.');
(3) the red goosefoot, C. riibriiin (n.Yks.) ; (4) the stink-
ing goosefoot, C. Vtitvaria (Nrf.) ; (5) the common orache,
Atriplex patida (Nhb.' Dur.' w.Yks. e.An.) ; (6) the A.
erecta (Hrt.); (7) the buckwheat, Po/ygoiiiim Fagopyniiii
(n.Bck.) ; (8) the ground ivy, Nepcta Glechoma (Bck.) ; (9)
the wild marigold, Clirysaiilhemum scgctum (Hmp.) ; (10)
the shepherd's purse, Capse/hi Bursa-pastoris (Glo.) ; (11)
the mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris (s.Bck.) ; (12) weeds in
gen. (m.Yks.' Ken.')
(I) e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (I'jSS). s.Not. fJ.P.K.) Bdf.
White goosefoot {Chenopodium album) called fat-hen, or wild
spinach, Batchelor ^^nir. (1813) 321. e.An.' It is as good as
spinach if its grittiness be well washed off, and it be dressed in the
same waj'. Nrf. The seed of this weed is favourite food of game
birds and wild fowl, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893)47. [Aus.
On the Ubi I had seen the free selectors use the fat-hen for spinach,
Praed Romance 0/ Slatioit (iBgi) I. ii.] (2) Brks. Druce Flora
(1898)421. Suf.(R.E.L.) Sur.i Called in other places Good King
Harry. (5) Nhb.' Fat-hen is also a name in n.Nhb. for the Atriplex
fattila. w.Yks. Narrow-leaved orache. Banks WItfld. IVds. (1865).
[(i) Cp. Fr. (Norm, dial.) grassc-pouictte (fat-hen), ar-
roche sauvage ; on applique quelquefois le meme nom a
una autre plante, I'anserine (Moisy) ; (2) (Patois de I'Eure)
poute-grasse, ' Anserine Bon-Henri ' (Joret, 163).]
FATHER, sb. and v. Van dial, forms and uses in So.
Irel. Eng. and Amer. [fa?Sa(r), fetSsr, fe'S3(r), fedar,
fe-d3(r), fa-t5ar, fa-(53(r), fa'dar, fe'Sar, fe-tS3(r).] I. Dial,
forms : (i) Faader, (2) Faather, (3) Fadder, (4) Fader,
(5) Fadther, (6) Fadthre, (7) Faeder, (8) Faider, (9)
Faither, (10) Faithor, (11) Fath-er, (12) Father, (13)
Fatther, (14) Fayder, (15) Fayther, (16) Fedder, (17)
Feder, (18) Father, (19) Fethor, (20) Fethur, (21) Fayther,
(22) Fiather, (23) Vaather, (24) Vather.
(i)Ken.(G.B.) (2) n.Yks.=,n.Lin.i Sur. What be your faiither ?
BiCKLEY5»r. //(7/5(i89o)I. xii. Cor.^ (3) Nhb.', Dur.i Cum. What
he sed to ye, fadder, to vex ye seah, Richardson Talk (1874) 76;
Cum.'; Cum.^ At last fadder said middlin sharp like, I. Wm. I was
camplin or snappish tame fadder. Close Sfl/in-s/l 1833) 158. n.Yks.
Me fadder hez neea wark, Tweddell Clevel. /C/;v";« (1875) 67.
w.Yks. 1 He's gaan aboon two howers sin weet fadder, ii. 286. Lan.'
Ye see, my fadder an' mudder lies buried there, Waugh Jannock
(i874')vi. n.Lan.' (4)Sli.I. I haealangback, Faderbe tankit; I can
bear it, Sh. News (May 15, 1897). Abd. It's geyan hard to see yer
peer fader, Alexander ^m F/jSr. (1882)5. Ken.', I.W.' (5)Wm.
'Qp.'iGGS Remains ( 1825) 182. w.Yks. T'buildin occupiedbe'yt'fadther
an son, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 216. (6) Wm. Whatthae
CO mi fadthre an o' aboot it. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. i. (7) Sh.I.
Geng but, faeder, an tak midder wi you, Burgess Tang {iBgQ) 193.
(8) Sh.I. Goes down frae faider ta son, Clark Gleams (1898) 39.
(9) Sc. What for is there na a headstane in the kirkyard to my
faither's memory? VHhitehead Daft Davie (1876) m, ed. 1894.
Cai.' Elg. Dinna forget what yer faither has said, Tester Poems
{1865) 109. Frf. The faithersan' mitherso' the sodgers, Willock
Rosetty Ends (1886) 65, ed. 1889. Per. Ye sune wad mak' a better
faither, Haliburton Ochilldylls (1891) 51. Slg. My mitherflytes,
my faither frowns. Towers Poc<«s (1885) ig6. Rnf. Weel, faither,
yc're the head o' the house, Gilmour Pen Flit. (1873) 37- Ayr.
She didna jalouse who its faither was, Johnston G/<HAi(fi!'f(i889)
104. Lnk. Ma faither's hair, ance raven black, Is streekitenoo wi'
grey, Thomson Leddy May (1883) 8. Dmf. Adie [Adam], faither
o' us a', QuiNN Heal/ier {1863) 117. Gall. [She] slip't hame canny
wi' her faither, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 46, ed. 1897. Nlib.
Worfaithers now are a' thowtfuils, Wilson PiVoinH'sPiry (1843) 55;
Nhb.', e.Lan.i (ro) Nhb.' (11) w.Yks. It'st mooast loike it fath-er,
Byvvater Gossi/<s, 6. (12) w.Yks. =3 (13) w.Yks. Shoo made it reyt
wi' t'fatther, Cudvvortii Dial. Sketches (1884) 4. (14) n.Yks. Ther
fayders kept thersollem voo, Castillo Pwhis (1878) 33. (15) Nhb.
Yerfaytherwas a wise mon, ClareZ.owo/Z,«j.'.(i89o) I. 28; Nhb.'
Cum. Fayther's nit cum back yet (E.W.P.) ; Cum.' e.Yks. Bandy-
legged Dick, Wheeah's fayther was deead, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(iSSg'i 39; e.Yks.' Lan. Are you sure, now, as Bartlett wasn't
you fayther? Westall Birch Dene (1889) II. 15. ni.Lan.', Chs.',
Der.*, nw.Der.' n.Lin. Her fayther is a strange huncht and queer
man, Peacock R. Skirlaugh ' 1870) 48. Dev. Old fayther died, two
weeks agon, Buay fJesc. Tamar and Tavy (1836; I. Lett. ii. 32.
(16) Sh.I. Whin da fedder was biggin' da screws i' day yard,
Stewakt Fireside Tales (1892) 35. (17) Nhb.' (18) Sc. Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.) Abd. As his fether did afore him, Ruddiman
Sc. Parish (1828169, ed. i88g. Wgt. Mi' tether's a mason, Fraser
Wigtown (1877) 266. Nhb.' [Amer. FCSar, Dial. Notes (1896) I.
416.] (19) Nhb.' (20) Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) (21 ) Sc.
"Take the fierce ane first, feyther, Keith Bonnie Lady ' 1897) 24.
n.Sc. It isna the feyther I'm thinkin' aboot, Gordon Carglen (1891)
I ID. s.Sc. My feyther said sae, Watson Bards 1,1859) '94' n.Yks.
They all held in honour ther deead fey ther's name,S»^s. and Sketches
in Broad Yks. 7. e.Yks. What's cum to feyther? V>/ ray Neslleton
(1876) 146. Lan. Smart quarters for a feyther of a family, Waugh
Snowed-up, v. s.Lan. Bamford Z)/a/. (1854). Lin. Feyther 'ud
saay I wur ugly as sin, Tennyson Spinster's Siveet-arts (1885).
n.Lin.', sw.Lin.' Ken. So I told feyther what I thought. Masters
Dick and Sal [c. 1821) st. 15. (22I Wit. Slow Gl. (1892). (23) Cor.2
(24) Wxf.' Brks.' The most common local riddle for children is —
' Vath-er, mother, zister, an' brother. All run roun' the taayble an'
cood'nt ketch one 'nother. ' Sur. Let 'ee words as did vor vather
do vor son, Bickley Sur. Hills ( 1890) II. xv. I.W.' Dev. 'E went
ta work on es vather's varm, Burnett Stable Boy (1888) xi.
n. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Father-better, sur-
passing one's father in any respect ; (2) -'s fiddle, a boys'
game ; (3) -folk, the relations, family of one's father ; (4)
•in-church, he who gives away the bride at a wedding ;
the best man; (5) -in-law, a step-father ; (6) -law, a father-
in-law ; (7) -long-legs, the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs ;
a long-legged spider ; (8) — Mathew's chickens, grouse ;
(9) -of-heath, the bell-heath, Erica Tclraii.v, (10) -waur,
worse than one's father.
(i) Sc. Her glowming son, whom I pray God to bless and make
father-better, Baillie Lett. (1775) II. 138 (Jam.). (2) Elg. One
boy says to another, ' Divv [do] ye ken aboot my father's fiddle ? '
On replying that he does not, the questioner takes hold of the
other's right hand with his left and stretches out the arm. With
ills right hand he touches the arm gently above the elbow and says,
' My father had a fiddle, an' he brook [broke] it here an' he brook
it here,' touching it below the elbow, 'an' he brook it throw the
middle,' and comes down with a sharp stroke on the elbow-joint,
GoMMEGrt;«f5(i8g4) 120. (3)Wm.Tolecv ith auld end with fadder
fowk, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 16. (4) War., Oxf. And elsewhere,
Northall Flk-Phr. (1894); Oxf.' Used chiefly by old people.
(5) Oxf.' (6) War.2 Shr.' Dunnayo* think as I'm gwein to be mar-
ried to live 06th my faither-law. Glo.', n.Wil. (E.H.G.) w.Som.'
Faa*dhur-Iau. (7) Lin. Thompson ///.^^ Sos/o« (1856) 705. Suf.'
Avery long slender-legged spider which appears in July. Other-
wise called harvest-man. w.Som.' A ver3' common cruel pastime
is to take the well-known crane-fly or a long-legged spider and say : ■
* Oai faa"dhur-lau*ng-ligz Wiid-n zai liz prae'urz ; Tak-n buy dhu
laf" lig Un droaun daewn-stae'urz.' At the same time pulling out
his legs by jerking his body away. Dev. w. Times (Apr. 30, 1886)
2, col. 2. (8) Sc. N. & Q. (1853) ist S. viii. 469. (9) n.Yks. {B. & H.)
(10) Old. (Jam.)
2. Phr. The father and the son, a boys' game ; see below.
Abd. ' The Father and the Son," Smuggle the gig,' or loud ' Kee-
how,' Set ilka bosom in a lowe, Cadenhead Bon Accord (1853)
igg ; One boy says, ' I bound my son to be (.say) a grocer, what
will you give him for S (or any other letter) ? ' The other boys have
to guess over the names of groceries that begin with S until they
come to the word premeditated by the first boy (W.C).
3. V. To fix the paternity of a child upon a man ; also
fig. of a magistrate : to fix the duty of supporting a
member of a family upon a person.
Wm. Ah've bin afoor t'magistrates to-day an' they've fadder'd
mi mudder o' mi (B.K.). n.Yks.' Mally Fawcett lays her bairn
on Tommy Stone'us . . . an' she'll get it fathered on him atGisbur'h,
Ah lay. w.Yks. Hes teh fath'er'd thy barn, lass? Banks Wkfld.
IVds. (,1865) ; (J.W.) n.Lin.' She faathered bairn upo' . Foiiks
duz saay 'at gev her a ten-pund noiite notto faather it upo' him.
4. To ascribe anything to a person, to fix the source of
anything on a person.
n.Yks.' Ay, 'twur a mean act, but he fathered it mainly on's
wahfe. w.Yks. Ah'll fatther that tale if it taks mc twelve months
(J.T. ) ; w.Yks.' Don't father it o' me ! n.Lin.' When lees is goin'
aboot it's c.Tsy to fej'ther 'em to th' wrong mooth.
5. Refl. Of a child ; to indicate its paternity by resem-
blance.
Cum.' A child having features resembling those of its father,
' fadders itsel.' Wm. Ey, marry it [a baby] fadthers itsell, Briggs
Remains (1825) 182. n.Yks.' T'lahtle 'n fathers hisself anyways.
There's nae need t'cx whccas bairn he be.
FATHOM
[309]
FAUGH
FATHOM, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
e.An. Also in forms faddom Sc. Nhb.' Cum.'; faddum
Wm.; fadom Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.> e.An.'= [fa'tSam, fadani.]
1. sb. A measure : as much as tlic arms can stretch, six
feet.
Nhb.' A fathom of rope is measured off by seizing the end in
the riglit hand and passing it through the left across tlic clicst.
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (labs'). e.An.' A fadom of bull-
rushes is si.x shows [sheaves], measuring six feet round, not high.
Nrf. Trmis. Phil. Soc. (,1855) 31.
2. Comb. Fathom-tail-bargain, mines let to drive or
work by the fathom. w.Yks.'
3. Full size, full extent of growth, maturity ; ^r;;. applied
to corn or plants.
e.An.' That field has nearly got its fathom ; e.An.^ Applied
sometimes to young stock. ' It has not yet got its fadom.'
4. Fig. Power of comprehension ; feeling.
Nlib.' I hae ne faddom i' my legs.
6. V. To grasp, hold in the arms ; to measure by fathoms;
see below.
Sc. (Jam.) Cam.' Two knitters compete in speed. One says,
' I'll faddom ye,* and they each draw out the yarn as far as the arms
can spread, and making knots as marks, they try which can soonest
knit up the length. Wm. He'd as mich streea as ivver he cud
faddum (.B.K.).
Hence Fathoming a rick (or stack), phr. one of the rites
performed on Hallowe'en ; see below.
oe.Sc. This incantation was performed by measuring or fathom-
ing with the arms round a stack of oats or barley three times
against the sun. In going round the third time the apparition of
the future husband or wife was clasped when the arms were
stretched out for the last time, Gregor Flk- Lore {1881) 84. Ayr.
It chanced the stack he faddom't thrice Was timber-propt for thraw-
ing, Burns Halloween (1785) st. 23; Take an opportunity of
going, unnoticed, to a bear-stack, and fathom it three times round.
The last fathom of the last time you will catch in your arms the
appearance of your future conjugal yoke-fellow, ib. note.
6. To spread, fill out ; to attain full growth.
Nrf. The wheat fathoms well, Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855)31.
FATIFU,^^/ Or.I. Affectionate. (S.A.S.), S. & Ork.>
FATIGATE, v. Som. To weary, fatigue, tire.
Som. She will soon be fatigated with the journey, Fielding
Tom Jones (1749) IV. 197 (bk. xii. ii). w.Som.' Used by those
rather above the lowest class. When we come home I 'sure you
we was proper a fatigated [u faafigee'utud].
[To fatigate, /fl/;^o, Coles (1679).]
FATIGUE, sb. N.I.' Hard wear, rough usage.
FATNESS, sb. n.Lin.' Grease.
FATOME, FATOR, see Fantome, Faytor.
FATTENAN, f W. sA. Sc. Inphr. Fathiiaii an' battcnan
f tlie bairn, a fattening and battening (thriving) to the
bairn. Cf. batten, v.'^ (1).
ne.Sc A toast of ceremony at the solemn tasting of the bread,
cheese, and whisky inevitable after a private baptism, Gregor
Flk-Lorc( 1881) 12.
FATTENED, adj. w.Yks.^ Of a marble : enclosed or
impounded in the ring. Cf. fat, adj.'^
FATTERS, sb. pi. Obs. Yks. Tatters, rags. Cf. fitters.
w.Yks. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 155 ; w.Yks.' Hees riven a par
o' breeks ommost tofatters, ii. 288.
FATTERT, ppl. adj. Lan. [fa'tat] Embarrassed,
unhandy in doing a job.
Lan.' s.Lan. He's quite fattert, Bamfokd Dial. (1854).
FATTIGUED, ppl. adj. Nhp. Brks. e.An. Also in
forms fatagued Nrf. Suf. ; vatty-gued Brks.' [fsti-,
vaetigiud.] 1. Fatigued, tired. Nhp.', Brks.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
2, Annoyed.
Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 88.
FATTLE, sb. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A schoolboy's term: a 'beat' to jump from. (Hall.)
FATTLE, V. Lan. [fa'tl.] To trifle about business,
to dangle after a woman.
Da vies Races (1856; 231.
FATTRELS, sb. pi. Sc. The folds, ornaments, rib-
bons, &c., of a woman's dress. Cf. fewtrils.
Rnf. PiCKEN Poems (1788) Gl. (Jam.) Ayr. Ye're out o' sight,
Below the fatt'rtls, Burns To a Louse, st. 4.
FATTY, adj. Yks. Lan. Oxf Brks. Also in form
vatty Brks.' [fati, vseti.] In comp. (i) Fatty-cake, a
cake made with flour and lard or dripping ; cf fat-cake ;
(2) -left, well-off, left well provided fur ; (3) -yead, a stupid
person.
(i) w.Yks. His rosy face smiled over a tea-table laden with fatty- '
cakes, Snowden Tales Wolds (1893) 114, ed. 1894; Round flat
bread made with butter, dripping, or saim, Dyer Z)/Vi/. (1891)95 ;
(C.A. F.) ; w.Yks.5 Cakes witli ' kneading ' in them, i.e. [knead in
with] lard, or dripping, oven-baked, and served to tea or breakfast.
Lan. What does ta meean wi makkin fatty-kcaks ? Eavesdropper
Vm. Life (1869) 7. Oxf. (G.O.) (a) w.Yks. Sophia Binns had
been a widow for over three years, and she was fatty-left, Leeds
Merc. Su/'pl. (Feb. 5, I893^. (3) Brks.'
FATUR, FAU, see Feature, Faw, sb., v.
FAUCET, s6. Dur. Yks. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.Wor. Shr.
Suf. Sus. Hmp. Also written faucit Suf.' ; fawcett Dur.'
Sus. limp.; fawcit Suf; fosset Shr.'; fossit Nhp.'
se.Wor.' [f^'sit, f93sit.] A wooden tap-screw for a
barrel; a tap for drawing liquor from a barrel, &c. ; see
below. Also in phr. spicket or spiddick and faucet.
Dur.' w.Yks. (J.T.) ; w.Yks.* Ihe narrow tapering end [of
a spigot] fits into a hole made in the barrel. A wooden screw
goes horizontally into the opposite end, by loosening which the
liquor in the barrel escapes from a hole in the under-side. The
screw is'called the faucet (s. v. Spigot). n.Lin.' The outer part
of a wooden tap used for drawing off the liquor from a brewing-
tub. The interior part or screw is called the spicket. ' I've prickt
my sen while blud flew oot like a spicket and faucet.' Lei.' The
faucet is the part which is driven into the barrel, and is bored so
that the hole increases in size towards the front part, which is sup-
plied with a female screw. The spigot is a peg with a male screw
towards the handle, and the water, &c., is obtained by unscrewing
it in the faucet. Now rapidly becoming obs. Nhp.' War.^ I have
usedonewithinthe last7years. se.Wor.', Slir.' Suf. Spoons, dishes,
and faucets. Garland (1819) 360 ; Suf.' Sus., Hmp. Holloway.
FAUCH, see Faugh, sb., v., adj.^
FAUCHENTULIE,5i^.and I*. Rnf. (Jam.) [Not known
to our correspondents.] L sb. A contemptuous argu-
ment. 2. V. To contend in argument.
FAUCONLESS, ffr/y. Bnff.' Without strength.
She's a big fauconless yoll o* a dehm.
FAUCUMTULIES.sA.//. Ags. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] Certain perquisites, such as fowls,
&c., which the tenant is bound to give to the proprietor of
the land according to some leases.
FAUD, FAUF, see Fawd, Fold, s6.'«. Faugh, sb.
FAUF, sb. Chs.' A flea.
FAUGH, sb., adj} and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Chs.
Also written fauch Sc. Bnff.'; and in forms faff Nhb.'
Cum.'; farf Dur.; fauf n.Cy. Dur.' n.Yks.^e.Yks.' m.Yks.'
w.Yks.'^; fawf(fYks.n.Yks.3ne.Yks.' ; foafeYks.; fogh
Chs.'3 ; forth e.Yks. [fof, faf, Sc. fax.] 1. sb. Fallow
land, ground not under crop. Cf. fallow, sb.
Sc. Farmers faugh gar lairds laugh, Ramsay Prov. (1737) ; A
single furrow out of the lea (Jam.). Cai.' Land ploughed at Martin-
mas in preparation for a green crop next year. Abd. The fauchs,
after being five years in natural grass, get a single plowing, . . . the
land continuing without a crop for one year, Statist. Ace. II. 535
(Jam.) ; A bit faugh across the rig, ALEXANDERyo/iK»jv Gibb (1871)
xi, Edb. Starts to see a field o' faugh On the left side, Forbes
Pof »z5 1 1 8 1 2) HI. Bwk. He brought ... the cotter frae the faugh,
Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 134. Rxb. On simmer faugh, in
scorchin heat. A. Scott Pof;i/6' (ed. 1808) 42. n.Cy. Grose (1790).
Nhb. Dixon IVhittingham Vale (1895) 147 ; Nhb.' Dur. A', er Q.
(1871) 4th S, viii. 263 ; Dur.' n.Yks. This field is bare fawfd.W.);
1 heard, a few miles from Richmond, several farmers talking of
the acres they had in ' fauf,' Leeds Merc. Sii^fil. (Dec. 27, 1890) ;
n.Yks.' 23 ne.Yks.' Wa mun start wi t'fawf i' t'morn. e.Yks.
Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788) ; Leeds Mere. Snppl. (Dec. 20, 1890);
e.Yks.' Nearly obs. m.Yks.' w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703);
w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.8 ' A potato fauf,' the land ready for the sets, or
after the crop has been dug ; w.Yks." Chs. (K.) ; Chs.'^
2. Comp. Faugh-riggs, fallow ground.
Sc. Herd CoU. Sngs. (1776) Gl.
3. Phr. To brak faugh, to harrow land ploughed at
Martinmas in preparation for a green crop, before the
FAUGH
[3^°!
FAULTY
second ploughing in April or May. Cai.' 4. Fig. Atcar-
ingtopieces, attacking of someone'scharacter. Ags. (Jam.)
5. adj. Of land : fallow, not under crop.
N.Cy.' Cum.' Nearly 065. Yks. Aweea he went smack ower
t'yat, . . . reeight inte t'foafe clooas, Spec. Dial. (1800) 24 ; (K.)
n.Yks.2 To lie fauf. e.Yks. Clottes from the faugh field, Best
RHr. Econ. (1641) 107. m.Yks.' A fauf field. w.Yks. Common.
Whear's ta been wi' thi booits ? Tha mud 'a walked through a
fawf cloise (S.K.C.); (M.F.); Banks IVk/ld. Wds. (1865);
w.Yks.'34 Chs.2
6. V. To fallow ; to plough land and let it lie fallow ; also
usedyfg-.
Sc.VloRTOitCyclo. Agric.{iZ6'i). Bnff. , Abd. lA. Abd.Apartof
folding ground . . . fauched (a kind of bastard fallow) and manured
by a little compost dung. Statist. Ace. XXI. 139 (Jam.). Edb. His
mailin'thrave, Ay better faugh'd an' snodit than the lave, Fergus-
son Poems (1773] 112, ed. 1785. Dmf. Ye'se faugh our gudeman's
weel-plowed lea, Cromek 7?£'>«(7i«s (1810) 79. Dur.^ s.Dur. That
field was faufed last year (J.E.D.). Yks. Morton Cyclo. Agric.
(1863). n.Yks.' ne. Yks.' It'll be ti fawf ti-year. w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.' If we nobbud keep wer hearts weel faufd,
ii. 314 ; w.Yks.^ To clean land with no crop on it ; w.Yks.*
Hence (i) Fauchan, vbl. sb. a tearing up, ploughing;
(2) Faughed, ppl. adj. ploughed and left unsown ; (3)
Faughing, (a) vbl. sb., see (i) ; (b) sb. fallow land.
(i) BnSf.i Gee the Ian' a gueede fauchan wee the harrows. (2)
n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) (3, a) n.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suf>pl.
(Dec. 27, 1890). (6) n.Yks.'
7. To rub with vigour, to beat soundly ; with up: to work
with speed.
Bnff.' Abd. He faugh'd him well, Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl.
Hence Fauchan, vbl. sb. a constant rubbing, a beating ;
often with up. Bnff.'
[1. OE. *fealh, fallowground; cp. Y.Yv\^.falge (Koolman).
5. Faugh ground, or ground lying faugh . . . the same to
fallow, Holme Armory (1688) 73.]
FAUGH, adj? Obs. Sc. Also written fauch. Fallow-
coloured, dun ; a colour between white and red.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sags. (1776) Gl. Abd. A colour between wh ie
and brown, Shirrefs Poems {i-jgo) Gl.
[The ground fadyt, and fauch wolx all the feildis,
Douglas Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 75.]
FAUGHT, FAUGHTER, see What, Falter, v?
FAUKIMS, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] The fire. {Coll. L.L.B.)
FAUL, sb. Gall. [Not known to our other correspon-
dents.] A circle, halo round the moon. (W.G.)
[Gael. /a/, a circle, a wall, hedge (M. & D.).]
FAUL(D, FAULDERALL, see Fold, sA.>=, Falderal.
FAULT, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also in forms faut Sc. Ir. n.Yks.'' e.Yks.
n.Lin.' War. Shr.'= Som. w.Som.'; faute Sc. ; fowt Suf.
[folt, fat, f9t, fout.] L sb. In phr. (i) at a fault, in
difficulty, in want; (2) it were nae faut, (3) nae faut, an
expression of contempt for an assuming person ; {4) to
come to a fault, to be hindered.
(i) Wor.I won't see you at a fault without helping you (H.K.').
(2) Sc. It warna fau't but dirt were dear, Prov. (Jam.) Edb. The
Embrugh wives rin to a stook, It were nae fau't ; But High-
landers ne'er mind a douk, Ha'nt Rig (1794) st. 81. (3) Abd. Yet
they, nae fau't, maun cast a dash. Ne'er minds fu dear its bought,
Cock Strains (1810) II. 62. (4) Shr.' Comin' to a faut.
2. Camp, (i) Fault-free, free from faults, blameless;
sound, not defective; (2) -sure, conscious of faults, of one's
shortcomings.
(i) Abd. Obliged to re-scll even a ' fau't-free ' beast at exactly
the same price as he had paid for it, Alexander Ain Fill. (1882)
io5. n.Yks.2 (2) n.Yks.2
3. Harm, injury, wrong.
Sh.I. What faut links doo wis a moos gaun ta dii? Sh. News
(Oct. 22, 1898) ; Whinever I tak' cairds i' me haand I aye tink 'at
A'm dOin' a faut, ib. (Mar. 19, 1898J. n.Yks.= ' All maks o' faut,'
all kinds of wrong.
4. 'Want, negligence, hunger.
Abd. And now for faut and mister she was spent, Ross Helenore
(1768) 24, cd. i8ia ; Wi' wac, and faut, and mccthnass of the day,
ib. 26.
Hence /i/;r. {1) for fault of, for want of, for lack of; (2J
to have fault of, to lack, be in want of.
(i) Per. It was for faut o' kirks, Haliburton Fields (i8go) 13.
Slg. For fault of zeale, love, knowledge, the word of the masse is
become customable unto you, Bruce Sermons (1631) ii. Ayr.
We'll ne'er stray for faute o' light, Burns Gane is the day, 1. 2.
Edb. A' for fault o' pith and skill O's glaikit wife, Ha'rst Rig (1794)
22, ed. 1801. Shr.2 Welly clemm'd for faut o' fittle. (2) Sc. He
has faut of a wife that marries mam's pet, Ramsay Prov. (1737).
e.Lth. Ye mindtheauld by-word — he has faut o' a wife that mairries
mam's pet. Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 148.
5. A decayed place in timber ; a place where the scar of
a severed branch has been covered by newly-grown wood.
n.Lin.' Shr.' Theer's a faut i' that beam ; I doubt as it'll never
bar Jack-tiles.
6. A fissure accompanied by a displacement of the strata
on either side ; a dislocation or disturbance of the coal-
field.
N.Cy.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). Shr.';
Slir.2 Ye sin there's a faut, and the coal craps out.
7. Aperpendicular deposit of sand in abed of clay. n.Lin.'
8. V. To find fault with, blame, reprove ; to dislike ; to
charge with an offence, fault.
Abd. I sudna care Gin fo'ks o' lear Alane wad judge and fau't
me, Cock Strains (1810J I. 91. Knf. As the water better gat The
puddock mair did faut it, Neilson Poems (iSt] i 69. Ayr. Pardon
me and faut the miss That mony a time before has driven Me sae,
Laing Poems (1894) 117. Lnk. Bobby asked the dame, ' Gin she
Did faut tobacco reek ? ' Orr Laigh Flic/its (1882) 36. Dmf. Fau't
na thae for moral's glory, Sip tea, na wine, Quinn Heather (1863)
21. GalL I am indeed but a silly lass, poor and ignorant, and you
do well to fault me, Crockett Standard Bearer (1898) 107. Ir.
He's a match no wan can faut, Lucas Romantic Loverin Chapman's
Mag. (Oct. 1895). N.I.' n.Yks. I never heard that he ' faulted '
the witches for the luxuriant growth of the runch, Atkinson
Moorl. Parish (1891) 347 ; n.Yks.'= e.Yks.' Ah fautcd him for
it, MS. add. (T.H.) Der. Whichever way 'twere . . . 'twould ha'
been just the same, he'd ha' faulted it, Verney Stone Edge (1868)
vii. Nhp.' I don't fault him for that. 'War. (J.R.W.), Hrf.' Som.
W. (Sc J Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Mae ustur nuvur doa'n fau't muy
wuurk [Master never does not find fault with my work]. [Amer.
I didn't fault him for that, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 416.]
9. To discover a fault in, find a flaw in anything ; to find
out, discover ; sometimes used with out. Cf faulter, v.
n.Yks. 2 I fauted it efthcr [1 found out its deficiencies afterwards].
e.Yks.' Ah fautcd oss el'ther Ah gat it hceam, MS. add. (T.H.)
w.Yks. I'll fault it out, if I live ! (C.C.R.) 'War.* s.'War.' Canye
fault it? Suf. I faulted her the first time I see her (M.E.R.I ; My
owd dog he fowtcd a rat under yar beet clamp. I shoon't a-fowted
it if you ha'nt towd me, e.An. Dy. Times (1892). e.Suf. (F.H.)
[8. The Lion was faulted by the Lionesse that his
breath stanke, Adams E.\p. 2 Peter (1633) 519.]
FAULTER, sb.'^ Sc. Yks. Also in forms faater
S. & Ork.' ; fauter Sc. n.Yks.^ ; fautor Sc. Cai.' A guilty
person ; an offender, a criminal.
S.&Ork.' Cai.'Fatar. An offender against church discipline.
Kcd. Scared eneuch lest he sud come To fin' the fauters oot. Grant
Lays (1884) 66. Ayr. Tho' he be the fautor. Burns Here's his
litnlth in zi'ater, 1. 2 ; Mr. Cauk, who had seen the whole affair . . .
kent he was the fautor. Service Dr. Dtigiiid (ed. 1887 1 32. Edb.
Tell whase the fau'ter, ere we leave this place, Learmont Poems
('79') 337- n.Yks.2
FAULTER, sA.= Obsol. e.Suf. An unpaired pheasant
or partridge. (F.H.)
FAULTER,!'. Suf. To perceive or discover a blemish
or fault. Cf fault, v. 9.
e.Suf. I have only just now faultered that this dish is cracked.
Used only of things faulty or amiss (F.H.).
FAULTY, adj. Sc. Yks. Chs. 'War. Shr. Brks. L'W.
Wil. Som. Also in forms faaty n.Wil. ; fauty Sc.
w.Yks.^ s.Chs.' War." Shr.'" w.Som.'; vauty Brks."
[folti, fa'ti, f^ti, fou'ti.] 1. Defective, unsound, having
a flaw; rotten, decayed.
Abd. A fau'ty beast is't? Wccanna tak' your word for that, ye
ken, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 103. s.Chs.' Dheyz tai tiiz bin
tuu-rnin iip ver'ifauti these tatoes bin turnin' up very fauty 1. War. 2
Common. Shr.' My shoes bin gettin' fauty, an' this snow 5ol find
'cm out ; Shr.-', Brks.', I.W.' n.Wil. I'he tatursyunt good toycar,
FAUP
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FAW
thurbcsiichalot_oncmfaaty(.E.H.G.); (.G.E.D.) w.Som.' I calls
'n a fauty piece o' timmer.
2. Guilty, blameworthy. ^, u r .u
Liik. When aiice they win a lassie's heart, Oh, then, forsooth,
she's lautie, Lemon SI.Mu„i'o ,1844) 37- SUr.' I knowed 'c wuz
fauty as soon as I sid 'is face. I.W.'
3. Given to finding fault, grumbling, scolding.
War. J.R.W.) Som. W. .*v; J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Uur-z u
braciiv-m fau-tee oa 1 dhing, ur ai-z [She is a brave and (i.e. very)
scolding old thing, she is].
Hence Fautifu", adj. fault-finding, difficult to please.
Or.l. (Jam. 6»/>/'/.) ^ . 1
4. Comp. Faulty-glass, a glass supposed to reveal
faults ; a ' fortune glass.'
w.Yks. Still used, but rare (M.F.) ; w.Yks.* Aye, shoo nivver
sees noab'dv it fauty-glass bud her, nah, 49.
FAUP,FAUR, FAURD,see Whaup.Where.Favoured.
FAUSCHIOUS, FAUSE, see Fashious, False.
FAUSH, see Fash, v.^
FAVSOmE, ai/j. n.Yks.* [f^sam.] Winsome, showmg
aflection. See False, adj.
FAUSS(E, FAUST, see False.
FAUSTED, sb. Der. Also written forestid, forstid.
Refuse lead ore reserved for another dressing. Also in
comp. Fausted-ore.
Ore that is gotten out of earth and dirt that has been previously
washed and deprived of part of its ore, and left by the miners as
rubbish, Manlove Lfad Min.s (1653) Gl. ; Mawe AUimalogy (1802);
Miimiir Gl. (1854). [Weale ( 1873).]
FA'USTEEN, adj. Wxf.' Trembling.
Th' cowlee man, faustcen, zey, 86.
FAUTH, FAUTHER, see Foth, Falter, v.'^
FAUTOR, FAUTY, see Faulter, sb.^, Faulty.
FAUVEL, sb. Nrf. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A light bay horse. ^
'Stop,' says a rustic, 'fauvel, I advise you, hold up a little while,
Descriptio Norfolciensium in Nif. Antiq. Misc. (1873) II. pt. ii. 369.
[OFr. fauvel, a light bay horse (La Curne). Fauvel,
a la fois nom propre et designation par la couleur d'un
cheval conquis par Richard" sur Tempereur de Chypre,
L'Esioiie de la Guerre Sain/e, ed. G. Paris, Gl.]
FAVEREL.'sft. Lin.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] An onion.
IFauerell, Cepea, Gerarde Herb. (1597) App.]
FAVOUR, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also written faver Cum.'; favor Lan. Amer. ;
and in forms favver Yks. w.Yks. Lan. m.Lan.* Chs.' ;
favvor w.Yks.' Lan. ; favvour w.Yks.' Lan.' s.Chs.' ;
fa vvur w.Yks. Lan. ; vaayvour Brks.' [fevar, fe-v3(r),
fea'valr).] 1. sb. Resemblance, likeness.
w.Yks.' Rarely used. Lan. My owd een, then, were not misten,
I knew the ' favvor' of yer face, Thornber Penny Stone (iS^s) 19,
ed. 1886. m.Lan.', Bdf. (J.W.B.), Sus.'
2. Countenance, appearance; comeliness of countenance,
a healthy aspect.
Gall. She was a comely maid— for one that is black of favour,
Crockett Moss-Hngs :i895) xxxv. Bdf. A sick child is said to
have ' no favour ' (J.W.B.).
3. pi. Phr. (I) III favours of, in favour of; (2) in one's
favours, on one's side, in one's favour.
(i)Sc. Constantly used, il/oij/A/yiWa^. ( iBoo'i I. 238; He [Paris]
gave judgement in favours of Venus, Swfiasins (i-]8-j) 115. (2) Sc.
He made an application in my favours, Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 437 ;
To write in his favours, Scoliiisms (1787 34. w.Sc. I think Rory's
inclined tae be in your favours, Macdonald Settlement (1869) 36,
ed. 1877.
4. V. To resemble in countenance, to be alike in appearr
ance or features.
Sc. You've got your grandmother's name . . . But you don't favour
her, Keith Lisbelli (1894) i. Gall. It'll be your faither that you
favour, Crockett Sunbonnet (1895^ vii. N.I.' That chile favours
his father. Uls. He does not favour his father (M.B.-S.). Dwn.
That person favours you very much, Knox Hist. Dwn. (1875V Cav.
Your son does not resemble you, he favours his mother (M.S.M.V
N.Cy.' He favours his father. Dur.' He favours his mother. Cum.
He favours his father, does Ralph, Caine Stiad. Crime (1885) 102 ;
Cnm.' Yks. Wunder which they favver t'moast, A boggard or an
ape, Ikgledew Ballads (i860) 247. w.Yks. Tha fawours thi fatther,
lad I JT.) ; w.Yks.' Thou knaws shoe ollas favvor'd her, ii. 296;
w.Yks.2 He favours the Brown family; w.Yks.« He favours of his
father. Lan. A wattcry vapour ut favvurl a greight big white veil,
Staton B. Shutllf lit Mnnihister, 42 : Wei but, aw sed, yo favvern
him schuzheaw, Ormerod Fdlcyfro /fnc/irff,' 1864) ii ; Lan.', m.Lan.'
I. Ma. James . . . favourin the father. Brown y'n/-H5 (1881) 76, ed.
1889. Chs.'^; Chs.3 What are those birds in tie middle of the
fields? — They favours partridges. s.Chs.' Dhaa rae-dhiir faavflrz
dhi Ungkl Joaj [Tha rather fawours thy Uncle Geo'ge]. Stf.
Sharp G/. (1865). Der.'; Der.' He vastly favours his dad. Not.
He favours his father a deal, does Richard (L. CM.) ; Not.' n.Lin.'
Mary's bairn faavours Bill a dciil. Lei.' Shay fevours 'er moother.
Nhp.' How the girl favours her mother. War.'=34^ s.War.' Wor.
Sharp G/. (1865). Shr.' 'Er's a good-lookin' 66man,an' it favours
'er family strungly; Shr.' Favours the mother'sside. Hrf.(W.W.S.),
Glo.', Oxf.' Brks.' The child vaayvours the mother moor'n the
vath-'er. Bdf. (J.W.B.) Hrt. Bless me, ow she dew favour her
mother, sure-lie, Ellis Pionunc. (1889) V. 202. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
w.Mid. You do favour your brother, I don't hardly know you apart
(W.P.M.). Cmb. (J D.R.) ; He favours his uncle John (W.M.B.).
Nrf. (E.M.) Ess. John! that waiter hinder favours yow, Clark
/. Noakes (1839) St. 141 ; Ess.', Ken.' Sur. A'. & Q. (1874) 5th S.
i.361 ; Sur.', Sus.' Hnip.' He very much favours 'is mother. WU.
' He favours his mother more,' said the Cheap Jack, Y.vi\kg Jan
Windmill (1876) xxxi ; Wil.' Dor. A^. <&- Q. (1878) 5th S. x. 138.
w.Som.' Uur du fae'uvur ur mau'dhur nuzaak'lee [She resembles
her mother exactly]. Dev. Three or four children, all... 'favouring'
their father in their sturdy sense, O'Neill /rfjv/s (1892) 124; Dev.^
All my maidens favours their vather. Cor. A'. & Q. (1874' 5th S.
i 34 [Amer. It favors awfully a wild-cat hide,/>ia/. A'ofc5(i896)
I. 37I-]
5. To have the appearance of; to seem.
w.Yks. It favvers rain (J.T.~i. Lan. An hoo favvertas if hoo're
calkilatin' heawmanycggs hoo'd \a.\A,Ab-o'-lli -Yale's Xnias Dinner
(,i886) 8; Hoo favvors hoo'd gotten a snift o' th' brimstone pot
o' ready, Brierley Marlocks (1867) 31 ; Them as . . . favver'd not
to know me i' their luck, Doherty A'. Barlow (1884) 38.
6. To smell.
Lan. Aw thowt yo favortn ov a yarb, Tim Bobbin View Dial.
(1740I 17.
7. To like, be fond of.
Der. It's a place yo do get to favour somehow. Ward David
Grieve (1892) I. vii.
8. To relieve, help. Of a horse : to bear lightly on, to
ease from pressure.
s.Wor.' Heseems to favourthe off fore-leg. Hrf.' A' favours one
leg more than t'other. Glo. (A. B. ) Hrt. 'E [the os] favours is off
leg wus than yesterday, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 202. Dev. She
favoured me fine all through the winter. We adjust harness to
favour the weaker horse, &c.. Reports Provinc. {i88g).
9. In pass. : in malam partem, to be afflicted.
Hrf.'' With reference to a neighbour who had died of asthma.
' Yes, mam, and her husband be wonderful favoured with it.' The
speaker came originally from Norfolk.
[2. The boy is fair. Of female favour, Shaks..<4s You, iv.
iii. 87. 4. The gentleman favoured his master, Steele
Spectator (1712) No. 398.]
FAVOURED, ppt. adj. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Also in
forms faard Cai.' ; fad n.Cy. (Hall.) ; fard Nhb.> ; faurd
Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.'; faured Sc. ; favvered Lan.; favvord
w.Yks.' Featured, fashioned ; gen. in comb, with adv.,
e. g. ill-, wellfavoured, ugly, plain, unbecoming ; good-
looking, handsome.
CaL' Frf. I dinna deny but what she's weel faured, Barrie
Thrums (1889) ix. Per. Frae bloody wars and ill-faur'd strife His
kingdom aye reposes, NicoLLPo«;;s(ed. 1843) 177. Ayr.Abigill-
faured,coorse-traited man, Service/)/-. Z)K^Hirf(ed. 1887) 64. Lnk.
My bonnie, weel-faur'd lassie. Lemon 5/. Mungo (1844) 15 ; Ay,
ye're a weel-faured cliiel, Fraser IVhaiips (1895) xi. Edb. The
young lad . . . was well enough faured, Uoiii. Mansie IVatich (1828)
xvii . N.Cy .' , Nhb.' w.Yks. Favvord as ill as owd Flew, Hartley
Clock Aim. (1878) 10; She's a well-favoured \2iSS, Sheffield Indep.
(1874); w.Yks.' Lan. An' a fair favvered chap wi' him, Kav-
Shuttlewortii Scarsdale {i860) II. 159.
FAW, sb. and adj. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also
written fau N.Cy.' Nhb. ; and in forms faa N.Cy.' Nhb.'
Dur. ; fae n.Cy. w.Yks. ; feavv n.Cy. [f9, fa.] 1. sb. A
gypsy, beggar, vagrant; an itinerant tinker.
n.Cy. From Johnny Faw, a chief or leader of the gipsies in Scot-
FAW
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FAY
land, Grose (1790') ; Brand Po/>. Antiq. (ed. 1813) II. 439; N.Cy.'
Nhb. And aw the faws wi' Fluckcr Hay, Wilson Oiling (1826) i ;
This man belonged to a family, which was the worst of a bad gang
of faws,' Neivc. Dy. Jrn. (July 11, i8g8) 8, col. 3; Nhb.i Itinerant
tinkers, besom makers, muggers, and such like, were known as
Faas. Cum. Gl. (1851).
2. Coiiip. Fawgang, a gang of beggars, gypsies.
n.Cy. From John Faw this kind of strolling people received the
name of Faw Gang, which they still retain. Brand {!.c.)\ Grose
(1790) ; N.Cy.^ Nhb. A Faw gang is a general name for all sorts
of wandering people, Hodgson AVii. (1827)!. loi ; (W.G.) w.Yks.
HuTTON Tour to Caves {I'j&i). ne.Lan.i
3. Fig. A slovenly woman, a term of abuse.
Nhb.' Get oot, ye clarty Faa. Dur. Get y' face weshed, ye dorty
faa(F.P.).
Hence Faw-Iike, adj. g5T5Sy-like, untidy, slatternly.
s.Dur. She's a varra faw-like woman (J.E.D.).
4. adj. Useless, contemptible. Dur. (F.P.)
[1. For information on the connexion of this word with
the famous family name of Scottish gypsies. Fall (or Faw),
see Brand (/. c), and Child Ejig. &^ Sc. Pop. Ball. (The
Gypsy Laddie) IV. 61. 2. In 1540 there were associated
together in Scotland a gang of gypsies under John Fall,
Lord and Earl of Little'Egypt, Gent. Mag. (1785) LV. 765.]
FAW, V. Obs. n.Cy. Also written fau Nhb. To
take. N.Cy.^ Nhb. (K.)
FAWD, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Also written faud
N.Cy.' Nhb.i n.Yks.^ e.Yks. ; fawde Yks. ; and in form
fad N.Cy.i Nhb.i e.Dur.i [fad, foud, fad.] 1. A bundle,
truss of straw or hay ; as much as can be held in the arms.
Cf. fold, s6.« 4.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' Nhb. A fad or truss of straw lying
in the road, Richardson Bordcrc/s Table-bk. (1846) VI. 60; Aw
was thinkin' on the fad o' straw That Jack gae te wor Dolly, Allan
Tyneside Sngs. (1891) 332 ; Nhb.' The boggle called the Hedley
Kow would sometimes appear like a fad, or truss of straw, lying
in the road, Oliver /fn<;ji/fs ('« A7;i. (1835)99. Cum. Linton Z-n/ti'
C7. (1864) 302; G/. (1 85 1). Yks. (K.), n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Jamme
down fawdes of straw, Best Rtir.Econ. (1642) 18 ; Marshall Rur.
Eton. (1788).
2. A farm-yard littered with straw in which stock is
kept. e.Dur.'
FAWF(F. FAWL, see Faugh, sb., Foul.
FAWN, sb. Slk. (Jam.) A white spot on moorish and
mossy ground.
FAWN-FRECKLES, sb. pi. Lan. Chs. Also in forms
fawn-feckas, fawn-feckles Chs.' Freckles. Cf. fern-
tickles.
Lan.' ' Fawn-freckles han made a vow. They'll noan come on a
face that's fcaw.' Because freckles are usually found on a fair skin.
Chs.' It is said that fawn fcckles come on the face when birds begin
to lay their eggs, as if there were some supposed connexion between
the brown spots on birds' eggs and those on the face.
Hence Fawn-freckled, adj. freckled. Lan.'
FAWNICATE, v. Ken. Sus. To fondle affectionately.
ne.Ken. (H.M.)
Hence Fawnicating, ppl. adj. affectionate, caressing,
fondling.
ne.Ken. ' Bless you, you little fawnicating thing.' Said freq. by
a mother to her child when cuddling up to her (H.M.). Sus. He
was as civil and fawnicating as possible (G.A.W.).
FAWN-PECKLES, sb. pi. Chs. Shr. Also in forms
fan-peckles Shr.' ; fawn-peckas Chs.' s.Chs.^ Freckles.
Cf. fawn-freckles.
Chs. (E. F.) ; Chs.'^ s.Chs.' Fau-mpek'uz wiins mai-d ii vuw, Ee
nevur wild kiim tin ii fai'suz wuz fuw; Fau mpekuz mai-d uniidh'ijr,
Ee nevur wild kiim upiin aani iidh-iir [Fawnpeckas once made a
vow, He never would come on a face as was fow ; Fawn-peckas
made another, He never would come upon anny other]. Shr.'
Fan'pek-'lz.
FAWNSOME, adj Cum. Wni. Yks. Also in form
fansome Cum. Wm. [f^'nsam.] Kind, caressing, loving ;
gently aggressive in manner or desire.
Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 302 ; CI. (1851). 'Wm. A fansome
dog, GinsoN Leg. and Notes (1877) 92. n.Yks.^, m.Yks.'
FAWNY, sb. Ircl. e.An. Dev. Also Slang. A ring.
Ir. N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xii. 1 19. e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Haruv
C)0(i(/ A'//. (1893)27. e.Suf. (F.II.) Dev. Uuce zee 'ow fine Uncle
Tom is? 'E's sporting a fawny, HewettPc«s. Sp. (1892). Slang.
He wears a stunning fawny on his finger, Mayiiew Loud. Lahotir
(1851) I. 423, col. 2. Cant. Fogies and fawnies soon went their
way ... To the spout, AiNswoinii Rookzvood (1834) bk. m. v.
[\r.fdin}ie, a ring.]
FAWS, s6. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.!
A fox. (K.)
FAWSONT, adj Obs. Sc. Honest, seemly; in
comb, with adv. fashioned.
Ayr. There's mony a creditable stock O' decent, honest, fawsont
folk, Burns TwaDogsiiiSb) 1. 141 ; The hizzies, if they're aughtlins
fawsont, ib. Address to Beehebub, 1. 43. Edb. The debtor then maun
hae recourse To some fair fawsont soothing words, Liddle Poems
(1821) 243.
FAWTER, see Falter, v.'^
FAX, sb. n.Cy. Cum. Der. Also written faxe Der.
[faks.] Hair.
n.Cy. Commonly used on the other side of the Trent (K.).
Der. Herfaxethat shoan as the gold wire, ]EV/iTT Ballads (1867) 20.
Hence Faxed-star, sb. a comet.
Cum. Gl. (1851) ; Cum.2 [(K.)]
[OE. fea.v, hair (Luke vii. 38) ; feaxede steorra, ' cometa '
{C/imn. 892, Parker MS.).]
FAX, see Faix.
FAXT, ppl. adj. w.Yks.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] ? Drunk.
It war prim stuff, it mad me faxt, ii. 357.
FAY, sA.' Sc. Yks. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms fa
w.Yks.' ; fai Dev. ; fey Dev. Cor. ; fie vv.Som.' Cor. ; fy
Dev. ; fye Cor. [fe, fea, fai.] 1. Faith ; used as int.
and in assertions and quasi-oaths.
Ayr. * Now by my fay,* said the heir of Linne, Bnllads and Sngs.
(1846) I. 31. w.Yks.' w.Som.' Ees faa'y un dhaat t-ai'z! [Yes,
by my faith, and that it is]. Dev. 'Tis a whist job, fai', Mew. Rev.
J. Russell {iSS^g-j; Vrench be coming! Vrench be coming ! Ees,
fay ! Peard Mother Molly (1889) 74 ; 'No fy,' said she ; ' it's the
right way for we,' O'Neill /(/y/s (1892) 19; Issfy,they'm middling
good children, ib. 32 ; No, fey, I bant agwaine, Hewett Peas. Sp.
(1892) s.v. Fa'th. s.Dev. Iss fay ! (F.W.C.) Cor. ' There's a bad
smell here.' ' Iss [yes] fye, there is ' (M.A.C.) ; (J.W.) ; Thomas
Ratidigal R/iytncs [ 1895 : Gl. ; Cor.^
2. Comb. Fay-and-tray, faith and troth, verily, truly,
nw Dev.'
[1. ' Nay,' quod Arcite, ' in ernest, by my fey ! God help
me so,' Chaucer C.T. a. 1126. AFr./ei, faith.]
FAY, v.^ and sb.^ n.Cy. Lan. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Dor.
Som. Also written fey N.Cy.'^ Lan. ; feighN.Cy.^; and
in forms fie Som. ; vaayl.W.'^; vay Som. w.Som.'; vie
Som. [fe, fea, fai.] 1. ti. To succeed, prosper, to work well.
n.Cy. (P.R.) ; To feigh it, Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^ Lan. Trans.
PJtil. Soe. (1855) 273. Sus.'; Sus.'^ It fays well. Hmp. It does
not fay, Grose (1790) MS. add. (S.) ; Hmp.' It don't fay at all.
I.W.' This job don't vaay noohow ; LW.° Things don't zim to vaay
noohow to-day, to my mind. Dor.' If [we] can't get it to fay we'll take
itdown again, 'said thevillagecarpenter (C.K.P.); In time it came to
pass that for ' fay ' she said ' succeed,' Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge
(ed. 1895) 154 ; Dor.' He 'oont gi'e up when dings don't fay, 281.
Som. Che-ating pl'y'll never fie, W. & J. Gl. (18731 ; Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.' Toa'un niiv'ur faa'y wai un,
un zoa aay toa-ld-n tue uz faeus [It will never prosper with him,
and so I told him to his face].
2. In ship-building, of timber : to fit close.
N.Cy.' Used by ship-carpenters before a piece of timber is placed.
It fays fair [it is likely to fit].
3. sb. Luck, success.
Som. Svveetman Wincanton Gl. (1885).
[2. ME. /fjfw, to adapt, fit, join {Omtuhim (c. 1200)
11523) ; OY..fegan, to join, unite ; cp. G.fiigen.]
FAY, ».* and sb.^ Sc. n.Cy. Dur. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Hnt. e.An. Also written
faigh w.Yks.3 Chs.'"; feigh N.Cy.^ w.Yks."" Lan.
ne.Lan.' Der.' n.Lin.'; fey Sc. N.Cy.^ n.Yks.»» e.Yks.'
m.Yks.' w.Yks."'* Lan.' e.Lan.' ne.Lan.' Chs.^ nw.Der.'
Not.' n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' Lei.' Nhp.' War.^ e.Nrf. Suf.' ; feyh
Wm. ; and in forms faah w.Yks. ; fea Dur. Chs. ; fee N.Cy.^
Chs.' s.Chs.' Der.= Lin.'; feg n.Cy. w.Yks.; few Not.^;
fie Nhp.' e.An.' Nrf. Suf. (Hall.); fow Dur. Nhp.' Bdf.
FAY
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FEABERRY
Hnt. ; fye e.An." Nif. Suf. [fe, fea, fl.l 1. v. To
cleanse, clean out, remove impurities ; to clear, empty,
tidy ; sometimes with out, up.
n.Cy. GuosE (1790^ ; (K.^ ; N.Cy.^ To fey a pond. Dur. (K.)
n.Yks.' Fey out lliae slieep out in t'gartli. e.Yks. Fey up
dursed corne, Best Rur. Ecoii. (1641) 53. in.Yks.' Fey that
hedge bottom out. w.Yks. If ta dusn't, o wisli t'ne.xt toime
Ihah feighs the trow, thah ma breik all tlie gallos button.s oft",
Byw.-kTER Sheffield Dull. (18391 fja, ed. 1877 ; w.Yks.^"; w.Yks.s
Mind an' h.i' t'house I'ey'd up agcan I come back. Feying an'
fettling to t'head on't [up to the neck in house work]. ne.Lan.*
Der.^ Faey*)i/t aayt* [feigh it out] ; Der.^, nw.Der.* Not. Few this
stable out (J.H.B.^ ; Not.'^ Lin. Tlie clearing out of drains is
called bottom-feying, in the precepts of Sewer Commissioners,
Brooke Tracts Gl. ii.Lin.^ George Todd is feigliing cot the sink-
hoale. sw.Lin.i I mun fey out that dyke. Lei.* Nlip,* Fow.
This orthography, which appears to be the most ancient, is the
least gen., and is I believe confined to the eastern part of the
county; Nlip.^, War.^ Bdf. Geii. applied to ponds, BAicnELORy^jm/.
Eiig. Lang. (iSog^i 13a. Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.' ; e.An.^ To fye outthe
pond. Nrf. I ha' been a fieing out my old cupboard this morning
(W.R.E.) ; You'd ought to be fying out your master's ditch,
Jessopp Atcady (18871 iii. e.Nrf. Marshall finr. £'co«. (1787).
Suf. CuLLUM Hist. Haivsled (1813) ; Suf.* e.Suf. Do you fie the
corners of that room out. Also used of a ditch (F.H.).
Hence (i) Fayed-out, ppl. adj. cleansed, cleared out ; (2)
Fayer, sb. one who cleans out ditches, ponds, &c. ; (3)
Faying, vbl. sb. the act of cleaning out.
(i) Nrf. A freshly ' fycd-out ' dyke . . . has had some attraction
for it [the green sandpiper], Patterson Ma)i and Nat. (1895^ 80.
(2) nw.Der.i (3) Nrf. The fying or cleaning out of pit-holes,
Haggard Fainiers Year in Longman's Mag. (^Sept. 1898) 409.
2. To discharge blood.
w.Yks.* Shoe fejs a seet o' bloode.
3. To winnow corn, gen. by hand or with the aid of the
natural wind ; sometimes with up.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790"); (K.) ; N.Cy.', n.Yks.'^
e.Yks. Marshall Ritr. Econ. (1788) ; We're gannin ti i^y cooan,
Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 61 ; e.Yks.*, m.Yks.*, e.An.^ Nrf.,
Suf. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863'). e.Suf. Rare ( F.H.).
Hence (i) Fay-corn, sb. dross-corn ; (2) Faying, vbl. sb.
the act of winnowing ; (3) Feying-cloth, sb. a cloth used
in winnowing ; (4) -machine, sb. a winnowing-machine.
(1) Suf. (Hall.) (2) e.Yks. In feyinge blow away with the
winde, Best Rur. Econ. 1 1641'! 53. Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston
(1856) 705 ; Brooke Tracts Gl. ; Lin.* Nrf. To go a-fyin might
mean to run wheat through the dressing machine, Cozens-Hardy
Broad Nrf. (1893") 3. (3) e.Yks. An old coverlelte or blankctte,
and a feying cloth for to l3'e upon them, Best Rur. Econ. 11641)
115. Lin.* (4") e.Yks. Fills a awd ken wi . . . a krewk off a
feyin-machine, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 45.
4. To spread manure or dung over meadows and
pasture land ; to level mole-hills ; sometimes with in.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.l : N.Cy.^ To fey meadows. w.Yks.
To faah t'muck in. Banks IVIifld. Wds. (1865"!; Scatcherd Hist.
Morley (1830) Gl. ; w.Yks.= 3^ Der.*, nw.Der.*
Hence Feying-in-rake, sb. a rake used to gather stubble
and manure together and spread the latter. w.Yks.^
5. To remove the surface-soil, to clear ; to dig into the
ground, to excavate for foundations ; sometimes with out.
Wm. Thae'd [tTaeries] cum an feyh t'moss er greeave, Spec. Dial.
(1885") pt. iii. 29. w.Yks.*; w.Yks.^ To faigh the groundwork for a
building ; w.Yks.^ Fey that rubbish awaay. Begun feying Manston
Pit Hill. Lan.* To remove the earth over stone or slate. ne.Lan.
Their fathers had fayed out well the foundations, Mather Idylls
(1895) 154; ne.Lan.* Todigturf. e.Lan.*, Chs.'^'^.s.Clis.*, nw.Der.*
Hence Faying, (i) vbl. sb. the act of digging out earth ;
sometimes with otit ; (2) sb. the quantity of earth dug out,
rubbish, refuse.
(i) w.Yks. Hl/x. Co!iner(May 8, 1897). Lan. Feighin', wheeling,
cutting and sniging blocks of rock from the mountain side, Tool/i
Draivin, 5. (2) n.Cy. Grose (i79o\ w.Yks. Earth cut up and
thrown aside in order to get turf, HurroN Tour to Caves (1781).
e.Lan.*, nw.Der.*
6. sb. Loose soil, stones, rubbish, &c., on the surface of
the ground ; the surface-soil above the hard rock or stone
of a quarry; the dross of metals.
w.Yks. kubbish from a ploughed field, or that which is thrown
out in digging a foundation. Obsol., Leeds Merc. Si(f>pl. 'Jan. 3,
VOL. II.
1891) ; (}.T.) ; w.Yks.*3, Lan. iW.H.T.) ne.Lan.* The top part
of turbary which does not yield peats. Chs. Slienf ( i8-]g) I. 330;
Clis."'^ s.Cbs.'Goa'un taak'dhaaf fee- of, uz wi;kn gy'et sdm sond
[Go an' tak that fee off, as we can get some sond]. Der. The refuse
washed from the lead ore, Mavvk Mineralogy (1802) Gl. nw.Der.*
7. A small field or croft ; also used allrib.
Elg. Though aft wi' calfies oure the fey, In a' their gambols daft,
CouPER L'oe/ry (1804) I. 88. Gall, There was a bear-fey or piece
of sand [R. land] allotted for bear, upon which the dung collected
in the fifrm w'as annually laid and laboured from time immemorial,
Statist. Ace. XIV. 491 (Jam.) ; The pliver whistled o'er the fey,
Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 56, ed. 1897. Wgt. Fey-land is that
portion of the farm which, in olden times, was constantly cropped,
and received all the manure of the stock — the best land on the
farm, Morton Cyclo. Agric. 11863).
[1. Escurer, to fey, rinse, cleanse, Cotgr. ; At midnight
trie foule priuies to fie, Tu.sser Husb. (1580) 54 ; pat heo
. . . fae5eden heoren wepnen, LA3AMON (c. 1205) 7957. Cp.
ON./<£gja, to cleanse.]
FAY, v.^ Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To injure, mutilate. (Hall.)
FAY, v.* n.Yks.'^ To work by witching, as in pro-
phesying to the mariner a fair wind for his voyage.
FAYBERRY, see Feaberry.
FAYTOR, sb. Yks. Also Slang. Also written fater,
fator, fayter Slang. A vagabond, a gypsy, a fortune-
teller. Also used altrib. Cf featour.
n.Yks.'* Slang. I'll wager a trille that fire was not lighted for
the fayler fellows to count their fingers by, Ainsworth Rookwood
(1834) bk. III. ii ; Farmer.
[Ffl^fffioMfl', a faitour, earth-planet, gaddingrogue, Cotgr.;
Such false faytours, foul hem fall ! Ploivinaiis Tale (c.
1395) 148, ed. Skeat, 151. OYr.faitor, a deceiver (Moisy).]
FAZEN, adj. Ken. [fe'zan.] In comp. Fazen-eel,
a large brown eel.
A'. & Q. (1872) 4th S. ix. 36; (G.B.) ; Ken.* So called at Sand-
wich in contradistinction to the silver eel.
FAZLE, V. and sb. Wor. Glo. Also in forms farzel
Glo. ; vazzle Glo.* [fae'zl, fa'zl.] \. v. To tangle, twist;
with out: to ravel out.
w.Wor. I conna mend it, the thread fazles so, S. Beauchamp
Gran/ley Grange (1874) I. 30. Glo. (W.H.C.) ; Glo.*
Hence (i) Fazled up, p/ir. well wrapped up; (2)
Fazlement, sb. a tangle. Glo.*
2. sb. A tangle. Glo.*
[1. I fasyll out as sylke or velvet dothe./c raitele, Palsgr.
546. G.fascln, to ravel out, to separate fibres or threads.]
FAZZLE, FEA, see Fezzle, sb., Fay, v.'^
FEABERRY, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lei. War.
Shr. e.An. s.Cy. Also written faberry w.Yks.°; faeberry
Shr.*; faiberry Lan. Shr.* ; fayberry Lan.* Chs.; feberry
w.Yks.'"* Der,' ; feeberry Chs.' Lei. ; and in pi. forms
fabes e.An.' ; fapes e.An.* Suf*; feabers e.An.; feabes
n.Cy. Chs.^ Lei. Suf ; feabsYks.e.An.*; feaps Chs.^c.An.*
[fl--, febari ; fibz, febz, flps, feps.] 1. The gooseberrj',
Ribes Grossularia. Also used altrib. Cf. thapes.
n.Cy. Grose (^1790). w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Sitp/'l. tjuly 11, 1896) ;
w.Yks.2* Lan. Throughout a great part of Lancashire . . . the
gooseberry is always called Fayberry, Science Gossip (1869) 162 ;
Hur promised to make him a faiberry pastit for every ten figgers
he could larn to make, Thraddlepin Sam o Ben (1878) 7 ; ' Well,
heaw arto for gooseberries?' ' Eh, aw ha'not a fayberry-tree i'
th' garden,' Waugh Siieck-Bant 1 1868) ii ; Lan.', e.Lan.* Chs.
Gerarde //c)-A. (ed. 1633) 1324; Ray (1691) ; Chs.* Becoming ois.
A few old people use it about Macclesfield ; Chs.^^ -w. Chs. Now
quite obs. An aged person told me it was in use during the last
century (E.F.). Der.* 06s. ; Der.'', nw.Der.* Lei. (K.)s.v. Groscrs ;
Ray 1 1691). War. (B. & H.) Shr.* Hie away to the faib'ry-bush
an' fatch my 'ankercher as I put theer to w'it'n ; Slir.^ Confined
to the mining district. Colliers talk of a 'faeberry poi,' meaning
a gooseberry tart. e.An.* Applicable in the immature state of the
fruit only. Nobody ever talks of a ripe fape. The e.xcellent mar-
ket of our East Anglian metropolis is well supplied with fapes till
the Guild-day; which is the Tuesday before June 22. On that
day a fape-tart is an indispensable regale at every table ; and after
it, only gooseberries are to be found, whether ripe orunripe. Suf.
(P.R.); Coles (1677); RAY(r69i); Sui.* s.Cy. BArLEY (1721).
2. The whinberry, Vacciniuni Myrtillus. Shr.'
s s
FEABLE
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FEARED
FEABLE, (idj. Lan. Handy.
Thornber Hi^t. Blackpool \ 1837) 107.
FEACI-, FEAD(E, see Facy, Feid.
FEAG, sb. War. l.W. Dor. Dev. Written fague War.;
and in form vaeg I.W.^ ; veag Dor.' [fig, feg ; w.Cy.
veg.] A violent passion, a burst of temper. Cf. veak.
War. (J.R.W.) I.W.2 He got into sich a vaeg about it. Dor.
Tiicn in a veag away he flung His tVock, Barnes Poa/is (1879) 66 ;
Dor.' She whurr'd . . . the wooden bowl In such a vcag, 278.
n.Dev. Rock Jim an' Nell I iS6-j) Gl.
FEAG, V. Obs. w.Cy. Dev. Also in form vag. To
beat with a rod, to thump, thwack.
w.Cy. 7"(YrHs. P/j//.Sof. (1858) 155; Grose ('1790) Sm/>/>/. Dev.i
n.Dev.Chell vagtha, .f:.v;».5foW. (1746,1.80. [HcfeagdhimolT(K.).]
[To feag one, caedere virgis, Coles (1679).]
FEAGUE, sb} n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Written feag ne.Lan.';
feage m.Yks.' [fisg.J 1. A dirty, sluttish, idle person.
n.Cy. Grose (1790". m.Yks.' A female of advanced years and
disreputable character (s.v. Fuge). w.Yks. HurroN Tour to Caves
(1781). ne.Lan.^
2. A tiresome, teasing child. ne.Lan.^
FEAGUE, V. and sb?- Cum. Lin. Pem. Also in form
feeg s.Pem. [fiag, fig.] \. v. To embarrass, encumber.
Cura. Gl. (1851 . Lin. Miller & SKERTCHLY/"i«/««rf(i878) iv ;
Lin.' Unless my bills are paid more regularly I shall be feagued
for want of doits.
2. sb. An embarrassment, predicament, ' fix.'
s Pem. Dave \vas never in sooch a feeg afore in all his life. I
was in such a feeg, I didn' know what to say tW.M.M.).
FEAK, V. and sb. Nhb. Cum. Wni. Yks. Lan. Lin. Shr.
Also written feake Wm. ; and in forms feek n.Cy.
Cum.' n.Yks.'^ w.Yks. ne.Lan.' ; feyke Cum.^ [fiak, f ik.]
1. V. To fidget, walk about in perplexity; to show un-
easiness or restlessness. Cf fike.
n.Cy. Grose ( J790). Nhb.' They feak and cannot keep a seat.
Collier's Wedding [1']^$). Cum. Hut. Jesper ! thou fidges.an' feykes,
Anderson Ballads (ed. 1840") 96. n.Yks. He went feeaking about
(l.W.) ; n.Yks.' He feek'd an' he feek'd wliilehe g.it t'boongoot [of a
hot-water bottle in bed] (s.v. Fick). w.Yks. Hutton ToiirtoCaves
(1781). n.Lan. (C.W.D.), ne.Lan.'
2. To give a sharp twitch or pull.
n.Yks.' He louped t'yat' an' nobbut feek'd a bit wiv his hind
feet [of a pig, which jumped over the door of the sty, all but clear-
ing it]. Shr.' I know w'cn our Maistcr's in a bad 'umour, fur 'c
al'a^'s feaks 'is wcscut down.
3. sb. A fidgety, anxious state ; pi. the fidgets, a state of
restlessness.
Cum.' In a feek. Wm. The good auld deayme was in a feake.
Whitehead Leg. (1859) '3- n.Yks.^ Lin. Gen. applied to the
anxiety of a lover (Hall.).
Jlence (i) Feeknient, sb. a state of restlessness or
fidgeting; also used attrib.\ (2) Feeky, rt^'. fidgety, restless.
(j; Cum. Oh Tainmy, thou's deep vers'd in womankind, Kensaw
their feekment, feikment ways I find, GiLriN Sngs. (i866j 156. (2)
n.Yks.3
4. A sharp twitch or pull. Shr.'^
FEAKE, see Faik, sb}
FEAKS, 5i./>/. Sh.L Fancies. S. ct Ork.^
FEAL, V. Ircl. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Also written feeal n.Yks.^ w.Yks.' ; fele n.Yks.' ne.Yks.';
and in forms felt n.Yks. w.Yks.^ ; field Wm. [fisl, fisld,
felt.] To hide, conceal.
Uls. Uls. Jrit.Arch. (1853-1862)11. 127. n.Cy. CoLES (1677);
Grose (1790J ; N.Cy.", Nhb.', Dur.', s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Lakel. F.ll-
WOOD (1895). Cum., Wm. Seldom heard, but preserved in an old
saying, * Them at feals can find.' Rooks arc so cunning as to
pick up the young growing potatoes with their bill, fly away with
them to the moors, and feal them among the ling, till they want
them 'M. P.). Wm. Whars tlioo fielded mi h.it ? (B.K.) n.Yks.
Tak this key an' feal't an' I'll aks Tom te late [seek] it when he
comes in (.l.J.B.) ; Some's feal'd our backston, Meriton Praise
yl/(r 1684)1. 199; Ah'd felt in t'Bahble to be out o't ro'ard, Browne
Yk. Minster Screen (1834I I. 160: He ate one of the cakes and
felted under a big stone (C.V.C.) ; n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.° ' Feeal your
cen,' as the boys say at play, when the eyes are to be covered with
the hands. 'Gan aii git felt.' ''I'hey felt it '; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.' They
fun' it feltawaay i' t'Bahble. He had it felten undhert'mat. e.Yks.
Marshall /?»>-. /;««. (1788). m.Yks.' w.Yks. Hutton Tour to
Caves (1781) ; A oadc coffee-pot felt up i' t'thak, Lucas Stud.
Nidderdale (c. 1882) 221 ; w.Yks.' I'll nifle 'cm fray him, an aythor
feeal 'em er thraw 'em intot' fire, ii. 299 ; w. Yks. 2, ne.Lan.', Chs.'^
[They that feal (i. e. hide) can find, Ray Prov. (1678J 137.]
Hence (1) Fealins, sb. pi., (2) Feeling and lating, (3)
Felt and late, fhr., (4)Felto,sA.the game of hide-and-seek.
(i ) s.Dur. The common name. Let's lake at fealins (J.E.D.). (2)
w.Yks. That 'ud be a rare place to get felt o' anyone, if one was
laking at feeling and lating, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 18821 Gl.
(31 w.Yks.2 (41 n.Yks. Cum lads on let's ev a lake at fclto (W.H.) ;
n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.'
[To fealc, abscoitdere, Levins Maiup. (isio). ON.fela,
to hide.]
FEAL, adj. Obs. Sc. Faithful, loyal.
Sc. My auld feal friend, the deacon, Scott /Oo4 /fqy (1817) xxviii.
Slk. If she had been as bonny, an' as gentle, an' asfeale as Jenny,
Hogg Tales (1838) 78, ed. 1866.
[OFv./mI, ' loyal ' (La Curne).]
FEAL(L, see Fail, sb.\ Fell, Fool.
FEALTY, 56. Nhb. The razor-hiU, A lea lorda. (R.O.H.)
FEAND, see Fient.
FEANT, 56. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A fool. (Hall.); (K.)
FEAPER, FEAPS, see Feeper, Feaberry, Feeps.
FEAR, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms fare Wxf; feor Lan.; fer- Cai.' Abd.
[fi3r, fi3(r).] 1. sb. In coiiip. (i) Fearfangit, panic-
stricken, overcome with fear; (2) -fickle, dangerous,
uncertain in temper, inspiring fear.
(i) Fif. The farrestatT, as much fear.fangit, Like run-de'ilsboltit
affand spangit, TENNANT/'n/)K/)3/(i827) 158. (2) n.Yks.^ 'A great
fear-fickle horse,' one of rampant propensities.
2. Phr. (i) for fear, (2) lest for fear, lest, for fear that.
(i) Per. For fear she suld tak the cauld, he juist on wi' her til
a pownie, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 105, ed. 1887. (2) n.Cy.
(J.W.) Not.' Ah mun goo now lest for fear 1 miss my train.
3. A fright. Rxb. (Jam.)
4. V. To frighten, terrify, alarm, scare.
n.Sc. The bluidy swords wou'd fear 3'e, Buchan Ballads (1828)
I. 227, ed. 1875. Abd. Ye've fear'd my chiel was in his cradle,
Bz\TTi¥. Parings {iQoi) 42, cd. 1873. Frf. Bogles for fearin' the
craws, Watt Poet. Shctchcs (18801 38. Per. There needs but sma'
estate to ca' Awa' the wants that fear folk, Halibukton Horace
(1886)26. Rnf.Wi' their cudgels in their neivcs . . .They shook them
at us purposely to fear us, Webster /■i'/;r;;/fs (1835) 103. Lnk. Nae
witch or warlock could them fear, VJatt Poems (1827) 62. Lth. If
thy slumber's sweet. Jack, no dangers can fear me ! Macneill Poet.
IVks. (1801) 85, ed. 1856. Slk. There's naething to fear ye ! Hogg
Poems (ed. 1865) 412. Gall. They feared the bit boy, half daffin,
half in earnest, till the wean was blae wi' fricht, Crockett Raiders
{ 1894) xliv; Thinksto fear the French wi' feathers, Nicholson Poc/.
IVks. (1814) 83, ed. 1897. Wxf.'' Dinnafareacaules,' don'tfrighten
the horses. Nhb.' Lan. He'd have him put among his wheat for
t'fear brids with, Brierley Cast upon U'or/d (1886) 80; It feart
me to see it, Burnett //«rc'0)/// (1887) xxxiv ; Aw munna fear thee,
Laycock Rhymes, 108 ; Lan.' Clis. A whistling woman and a
crowing hen Will fear the old lad out of his den, A', if Q. (1873)
4th S. xi. 475 ; Chs.' ' To fear crows' is to frighten rooks off the
cornfields; Chs.^ nw.Der.', Shr.^ Hrf. Duncubib Hist. (1804);
Hrf.'2jKen.'2 Cor.^ The great ugl3'bucca do fear every maid he meet.
Hence (i) Fear-crow, sb. a scarecrow ; any unsightly
object ; (2) -nothing, sb. a rough cloth used for overcoats
or dreadnoughts ; (3) -nought or -newt, sb. (a) a lawless,
reckless person; (b) a thick, white woollen material; (c) a
machine for mixing wool, shoddy, and ' mungo,' before
putting upon the condenser; (4) Feorink, ///. a(^'. terri-
fying, frightening.
(I) Chs.'3 (2) Cai.' Obsol. Abd. That grey fer-nothing o' yer
fader's . . . it's been a richt thrifty coat, Alexander Johnny Gibb
(1871) xxix. (3, a) n.Yks. 2 (i) Ken. Material from which fisher-
men's trousers are made (D.W.L.) ; (A.S.-P.) (f) w.Yks. (J.M.; ;
w.Yks. ^ (4) Lan. They really look't quite feorink, Sngs. IVilsons
(1865) 58.
[4. We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting
it up to fear the birds of prey, Shaks. M.for Meas. 11. i. 2.
OE. fdran, to frighten (^Elfuic Deul. i. 28).]
FEAR, see Fare, v?
FEARED, ppl. adj. and co)t;. In gen. dial, use in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. Also written faerd Sh.I. ; feard w.Yks.'
FEARED
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FEARSOME
n.Lin.' Nhp.' Ess.'; feeahd c.Yks.'; feeard w.Yks.c.Lan.':
feerd N.I.' ; feetird I.W.' ; fyerd Lan. ; veard Brks.'
Dev. ; and in forms fairt ne.Se. ; feart Sc. Lan. Chs.'^
Shr.*; feeart \Vm. c.Lan.' Dcr.; feeit, feeurt, feort Lan.
I.ppl.my. Afraid, frightened ; timorous, cowardly. See
Afeared.
Sc. I am not feared, Scott Midlothian (iSiS) xxxviii. Sh.I. Some
folk is dat I'acrd'at deywid tak'derainslicddowl'urdaDcil, Burgess
Sketches {2nd ed.) 67. Cai.' ne.Sc. Another shouts out, ' Eh.Tam.
man, ye' re fairt at Jock,' Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 21. Frf. You're
feared to say it to his face, B.\rrie Tommy (i8g6) 74. Per. I was
feared o' thae High Scliool lads, Ian MaclarenZJ/w/Jms/j (legs'!
26. Fif. There's just ae man I'm feared may beat me, Rodertson
Fjbi'os/ (1894) 30, s.Sc. We war feared her feelings for Walter
micht hae wrought upon her, Wilson Talcs (1836) II. 31. Dmb.
Oh, I'm fear'd fcar'd, Cross Disnif'/ioit (1844) viii. Rnf. Nae won-
ner ye war gayan fear't, Picken Poems (1813) I. 60. Ayr. An' to
the kiln she goes then,.. . Right fear't that night. Burns /7(i//oi«f»i
(1785"! St. II. Lnk. I'm fear't that ye 'II miss the guid offer, Thom-
son X/ksih^ (1881) 43. e.Lth. I'mnofearedto gieye myopeenions.
Hunter y. /hmiVA 1 1895> 22. Feb. Fear'd her bairns werelyin'
grcetin', Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836I 128. Slk. I was rather sur-
prised than feared, Chr. North Noctcs (ed. 1856) II. 9. Gall. The
bairns . . . feared mostly out of their lives, Crockett Moss-Hags
(1895) ix. N.I.' U1-. t//s.y)-«. yJ)r/i. (1853-1862) "VII. 141. Dur.
They're fear'd o' thcirsels, and their infants tee, Bislwprick Gail.
(1834) 51. Wm. She war feeart et summat wad happen, Robison
Aald Taales (1882) 5; They hed fearful spirits, nowt feard em,
Wheeler Dial. U79o) 52, ed. 1821. n.Yks. I,T.S.) ; n.Yks.i Ah's
feared its te nae youse [use]. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Some fowk are soa
feeard o' what ther naj-bors may say. Hartley Clock Aim. (1806)
5 ; I warnane feer'd onit.tho'it girn'd at me fearfully, Lucas Sc^irf.
Aiddcrdale {c. 1882) 150; Thoresdv /.(•«. (1703) ; w.Yks. 1* Lan.
Aw blasted off as if aw' re feort, Harland Lyrics (1866; 97 ; Aw'm
nobbut fyerd o' one thing, Clegg Sketches ( iSg^) 57 ; Lan.', e.Lan.'
Chs. Hewasas feart asme.CROSTON Enoch C>iiinp{i88'j) 15; Chs.i" ;
Chs.^Oim feart on him. s.Chs.' Bin u yu feeurd Q fau-in? [Binna
y5 feared o' fawin' ?] Der. I'm feeart he'll not stay in the country,
Ward David Gmvc (1892) I. iv. nw.Der.' Not. I was reg'lar feared
(J.H.B.). Lin. They was all on 'em fear'd o' the ghoast, Tennyson
Oivd Rod{i88<)''. n.Lin.' Silly bairn, he's feard to go thrif th' chech
j'ard i' th' daay leet. Nhp.' Two ladies, alarmed at some oxen that
obstructed their path, called a boy to drive them away, when, hav-
ing been rewarded for his trouble, he said, ' Would you please to
be feard of the sheep too ? ' Shr.2, Brks.', Ess.', LW.' Som. The
peasants be mighty fear'd of 'em, Leith Lemon Verbena {i8gs) 97.
Dev. A chap ha com'd in. Looking veard, an moas reddy la
jump vrim es skin, Nathan Hogg Poet. Le/f. (1847)27, ed. 1865 ;
Dev.2
Hence (i) Fearder, adj. more afraid, frightened ; (2)
Feart-like, atij. frightened, like one afraid.
I i) Sh.I. A fearder heart than thine, a more hen-hearted soul.
Dwells not afar, Sh. News (Sept. 10, 18981 ; Shii wid be faerder fir
you or ye could be for hir, ilt. (Oct. 22, 1898). Slk. I grew fearder
than ever an' wistna what to think, Hogg Talcs (1838) 53, ed.
1866. Gall. Whether he's fearder to dee or to leeve, puir Birsay
disna ken, Crockett il/ois-//fl^s (1895) xxiii. n.Cy. (J.W.) (2) Ayr.
■ye look unco feart like for a bonny young marriet woman, John-
ston Glenbiickie {i88g) 172.
2. Phr. {\) feared for, afraid of, frightened at, in terror of;
(2) — upon, frightened into doing anything.
(i) Sc. I'm mair feared for flesh and blood, Oliphant Lover and
Lass, 2 ; I dared hardly face him mj'sell, and there are no mony
folk that I am feared for, Scott St. Ronan (1824) xiv. Kcd.
Feared for cauld upon your head, Jamie Muse (1844) 45. Lnk.
I'm nane feared for him, Wardrop/. Mathison (1881) 22. e.Lth.
In oor young days we were feared for the minister . . . but noo
the lads an' lasses dae juist what they like, Hunter J. Imvick
(1895I 145. Bwk. Feared for a taed, Henderson Pop. Rhymes
(18561 126. Gall. They say that even Mr. Rorison was feared for
her, Crockett Stickit Min. (legs') I4'- s.Oxf. If so be as it's the
rent you're feared for my sister 'ave alius paid that, Rosemary
Chillems (1895) 224. (2 ; Cor. I waan't have en fo'ced nor feared
upon. Ef 'a don't wish to arst me anythin', don't let en say
nawthen, Lee Widow IVoman (1897) 164.
3. coiij. For fear that, lest.
w.Yks. Aw hardly dar to nurse thee. Feared aw'st hurt thee.
Hartley /)///. (1868) 15. Suf. I shall puton my hat feared I shall
catchcold. Used by old folks only (F.H.). Som. Look sharp ! feard
you mid'n catch-n (^F.T.E.).
4. Phr. (i) feared lest, (2] for feared, for fear that, lest.
(i) Lan. An wi' that .nw linkt her arm faster e mine nor ever,
feart lest hood gie mi t'slip, Scholes Abritni o' FInp's Quortin
(1886) 14. s.Chs.' Goa* iin tally n dhem gy'aai:>'S, feeurd lest dhii
ky'ey gy'et'n in Go an' tine them gaps, feared lest the key getten
in]. (21 w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin. Thoo mun go in here and let me lock
the door, I'orfcerd madam should come, Y'eacock R.Skirlaiigh [i8-]oy
I. 185.
[1. I am ferd, by my faith, of ))i frelc yowth, Desf. Troy
(c. 1400) 831.]
FEARFUL, adf and adv. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and
Eng. 1. adj. Timid, easily frightened.
Lnk. The fearfu' bairnie's scream, Cochill Poems (1890) 19.
e.An.' Suf. Robbud he fared kinder fearful, he dussent go paast
th'owd dorg (M.E.R.). Hmp. A fearful man (J.R.W.) ; Hnip.'
w.Cor. Sheep are fearful things (M.A.C).
2. Enormous in quantity, weight, &c. Used as an inten-
sitive.
Ayr. The Piper took a fearfu' waught, Boswell Poet. IVks.
(1803) 116, ed. 1871. w.Yks. His boots were of a fearful weight
and thickness, Fletcher Wapentake (1895) 29, n.Lin.' Ther's a
fearful lot o' apples to year.
3. adv. Extraordinary, out of the common ; very, ex-
tremelj', exceedingly, used as an intensitive.
Lnk. O' a' we'd quickly tyne the grip, An staunin' fearfu' kittle,
Watt Poems (1827) 97. N.Cy.' Cum. Some lads court fearful
hard, Relph Misc. Poems (1743) 76, ed, 1747 ; Cum.' Wm. I wur
fearful fain we hed gitten rid on cm, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 34,
ed. 1821. n.Yks. Less emphatic than 'awful.' It's awful hot, and
even in t'shade it's fearful (R.H.H.); n.Yks.' w.Yks. He'd a
feaful quiat way o' takin' t'sharp edge ofl" a chap 'at wor rayther
to forrad, Yksniait. (1880) 54 ; He's fearful fond o' porridge fJ.T.) ;
Fearful strong, fearful handsome, Watson //is/. Hl/.v. (1775) 537 ;
w.Yks.' It's a feaful coud day ; w.Yks." Lan. Yon tramp to Cowne
has made me fearfu'sharp,KAY SuuTTLEWOKTH5<:a)s<f(jfe (i860) II.
301 ; Hoo favvers t'Lady Mabel fearfu', ib. I. 23. w.Cor. Spending
so much money was fearful in the last degree (M.A.C).
Hence Fearfully, adv. dreadfully, exceedingly, ex-
tremely.
w.Yks. 'Ah'm fearfully fond of a bit o" some'at tasty to eyt,' Wils-
den folk will say, Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Dec. 5, 1896). Lan.T'curate
took to Robert Walker fearfully, Waugh //<■«//;«, I. 129 ed.Milner.
[1. Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful, Shaks.
M. for Mens. iii. i. 216.]
FEARIE, adj. Obsol. Sc. Cum. Afraid, fearful, dread-
ful, frightful.
Slk. iJam. ) Rxb. It makes me dowie, sad, and fearie . . .To
hear them preach, Ruickbie Wayside Cottager (1807'! 91. Cum.
An' uncot feary fray there did At Ren wick yence befa, Stagg Misc.
Poems (ed. 1807) 35.
FEARIN(G, s6. Lan. Chs. Also written feerin, feorin
Lan.' [fisTin.] An evil spirit ; a goblin, ghost ; also used
collect, for ghosts.
Lan. That wur th' only feorin As iwer I saw, Bowker Tales
(1882') 51 ; Aw'm no believer myscl' i' boggarts an' feorin, Axon
Blk. Kt. (1870) 15 ; Favourite promenade of boggarts and feeorin',
Harland & Wilkinson Fik-Lore (1867) 53 ; Lan.' A tribe of
hardy, industrious, old-fashioned, simple-hearted folk, whose
principal fear is poverty and boggarts. They still feed their
imagination with scraps of old legend, and tales of boggarts,
fairies, and feeorin' that haunt their native hills and dales, Waugh
Sketches (1855) 124. Chs. Fortune-tellers are in great repute
amongst them, and Fearings and Buggarts lurk in every dark hole
and gloom v hoi low wav.f7;s. and Lan. Hist. Coll. (1853)1. 122; Chs.'
FEARLOT, see Firlot.
FEARN, 5*. Obs. Lin. A windlass. (Hall.); Lin.*
[Mollette, the ram-head of a fearn, or windlesse, Cotgr.;
The vse of a feme to lode the tymber wyth, Accounts
(1573) in Noll. Rec. IV. 155; Gyncs voc' femes, Accounts
(c. 1320) in Way's note, Prompt. 510.]
FEARCW, sb. Shr. A meadow.
Morton Cvclo. Agric. (1863).
FEARSOME, adj. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also in formsfaersome Sh.I.; furesom w.Yks.; fyersome
Lan. 1. Fearful, terrifying, awe-inspiring, awful. Also
used advb.
Sc. That carline has a fearsome face, Scott Midlothian (1818)
XX. Sh.I. I hoop ye're no gaen taduony fearsome thing, Stewart
Fiieiide Tales (1892) 141 ; Da faersoraist growl. Burgess Rasinie
S S 2
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(1892) 9. Cai.i, Abd. (W.M.) Kcd. Nocht save fearsome tales
o' 'Bonny,' Grant Lajs (1884) 33. Frf. ' Am I so fearsome?'
'You're a sojer, and you would shoot me like a craw,' Barrie
Miiiisler (1891) vii. Per. He's carryin' on maist fearsome, Ian
Maclaren Brier Bush (i895> 76. Fif. Gang you then, and wi'
fearsome dunt Attack Sir TuIlidafT in front, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 172. Slg. She saw descend Twa fearsome ugly hawks,
"Towers Poems (1885) 58. Ayr. When first we saw his fearsome
fae, Smith Poet, Misc. (1832) loi. Lnk. To fill oor streets wi' fear-
some din, Nicholson /rf)7/i (1870^ 114. e.Lth. A curse o' the maist
fearsome kind. Hunter J. Immck (1895) 162. Edb. The whole
appeared very fierce and fearsome, MoiR Mamie Waitch (1828)
xvi. Slk. What a nieve o' airn ! — Unclinch 't, sir, for its fearsome,
Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) HI. 16. Dmf. Pang't wi' fowth o'
fearsome lair, Reid Poems (1894) 56. Gall. The minister turned
on them with such fearsome words, laying the ban of anathema on
them, Crockett Bog-Myjile (1895) 21. Nhb. A fearsome ghaist
Grows on his sicht, Strang Earth Fiend (i8g2) 8. n.Yks. Fear-
some as an army wi' colors, Robinson Whitby Sng. Sol. (i860)
vi. 4; n.Yks.i ; n-Yks.^ 'A fearsome soort of a body,' one of
rough demeanour. w.Yks. Ah, bud boggards is furesom things
(W.JI.E.F.). Lan. A fyersome sound, Clegg Sketches (1895).
ne.Lan. It's some fearsome and dark, Mather hlylls (1895) 216.
n.Lin.' Nrf. Eh, S'lein, he be a fearsome man, 'at he be. Gibbon
Beyond Compare (1888) II. vi. n.Dev. When they looked up
again the fearsome thing had left them, Chanter Witch (1896) iv.
[It was, I trow, a fearsome scene, Barham Ingoldshy (ed. 1840) 29.]
Hence (i) Fearsome-like, adj. frightful, fearful, terrify-
ing; (2) -looking, adj. frightful-fooliing, awe-inspiring; (3)
Fearsomely, adv. frightfully, dreadfully.
(i) Gall. A rattle o' fearsome-like sounds, Crockett Moss-Hags
(1895) xliii. (2) Sh.I. Dey wir a faersomelookin' mark ipun her
cheek. Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 70. Frf. The fearsome-lookin'
chiel wi' the claymore in his hand, Willock Roseity Ends (1886)
161, ed. 1889. Lth. The awfu', fearsome lookin' black man,
Stratiiesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 181. (31 Sh.I. She glowered wi'
her e'en fearsomelie, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 240. Frf. He
was a fearsomely outspoken man, the doctor, Barrie Thrtims
(1889) viii.
2. Timid, frightened, fearful. Also used advb.
Wgt. What gars ilk ane sae fearsome start? Phaser Wigtown
(1877) 2it. s.Stf. You was alw.-iys a bit disposed to be tremorful
and fearsome, Murray John Vale (1890) ii. Dev. Danny, he's a
bit fearsome at times, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 49.
^ FEASE, v} and sh. Sc. Irel. Also GIo. O.xf. Hrt. e.An.
Ken. Som. Dev. Also in forms false Bnfif.' ; feese Som.;
pheese (Hall.); vaise Dev." n.Dev.: vaze GIo.' Som.
nw.Dev.'; vease Som. Dev.' ; veass Dev.' ; veese Dev.;
veze Glo. w.Cy.; vezze Wxf.' [fiz, flaz, fez; vv.Cy. viz,
visz, vez.] 1. V. To drive, drive away, put to fliglit, dis-
sipate.
Sc. There's nane here will hae a-dee wi' you. I eanna guess
what's feasen you back til's, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) xv ;
Gang in amon' a' yon strivin' beasts and fecse out the mare, ib. iii.
•w.Cy. ' Bishop Tubervil recovered some lost lands, which Bishop
Voysey has vezed.' This word he explains in the margin : 'Driven
away, in the dialect of the west,' Fuller Worthies Dorset. 280, in
N. tf Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 553. Som. I'll vease the, Ray Prov.
(1678) 345. Dev. An apprentice girl, that ran away from her
master, whose name was Vesey, and being met by one who knew
her, and questioned why she strayed so far from home, she w"^
perswade him, that her master drove her out of doors, and added
these words — ' Vesey vesed me, and the Devil will vease Vesey,'
Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 450 ; Dev.' Thicca bull yender look'th
zo. I'll go and veass en away, 12. Vease away the pigs from
nuzzling in the corn, 30.
2. To cause to swing about ; also Mr. to swing about in
the wind, to flare (as a candle).
Dev. The win' waz vazin' the door (R.P.C) ; Dev.2 Do 'ee shet
the door, the candle's vaisin' all away. nw.Dev.' The door waz
vazin' to an' fro.
3. Todisturb, annoy, put to inconvenience; to fret, worry,
harass.
Bnfr.' The loss o' a fwa'r three hunner poun' winna false him.
Ken.' Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
Hence (i) Faise, sb. inconvenience, annoyance; (2)
Fease, sb. a fretting, whining child; (3) Feasy, adj. cross,
irritable, peevish, fretful.
(ijBnff.' (a) Ken.i (3) Hrt. She's a feaSy brat (H.G.). c.An.>,
Cmb. (J.D.R.) Ken.i He's a feasy child.
4. To beat, chastise ; to ' do for.'
w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. *I will brecse until I feese your house down.
. . . And the fox at last feesed the house down, and ate up poor
piggy.' Heard from a nurse from the neighbourhood of Shopton
Mallet, N. ty Q. (1870) 4th S. vi. 195, 196.
5. To hurry, pant, run up and down.
Wxf.' Zitch vezzeen, tarvizzeen, 86. OIo. Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 45° ; Gl. (1851). Oxf.' As sun as I sin her a comin'
feasin' down the coort [coo-urt] I know'd thur wuz summut up.
Som. To move about a room, or a house, so as to agitate the air,
Jennings OAs. Z)m/. zv.Eng. (1825). e.Som. W. & J. Gl, (1873).
Dev.' How the volks veased out o' church, 15.
6. sb. A rush, impetus.
Glo. ' To fetch a Vese,' to fetch Trip, i. e. to step back and take
a run to a given spot, Horae Subsecivae {i-]-]-]) 450. Oxf. (M.A.R.)
Som. Commonly applied to the distance employed to increase the
intensity of motion or action from a given point, Jennings Obs.
Dial, w.Eng, (1825). n.Dev. Then ran agen en way a vaise, RocK
Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 115. [Every pease hath its veaze, and
a bean fifteen (a veaze, vescia in Italian, is crepitus ventris. So
it signifies pease are flatulent, but beans ten times more), Ray Prov.
(1678) 78.]
[1. He should be drieuen and ficsed of the deiuil into
deserte places, Udall Erasmus Par. (1548) Luke viii. 29 ;
Powder of er[)e of [lat lond i-sowe in ojier londes vese^
awey wormes, Trevisa Higdeii (1387) I. 339. OE. fesan,
to drive away (Wulfstan). 3. I'll pheeze you, in faith,
Shaks. T. S/i/ew, Induct, i. i. 6. And ther-out cam a rage
and such a vese, Chaucer C. T. a. 1985.]
FEASE, II." Obs. Yks. To cut away the wool under
the tail of a sheep.
e.Yks. Such olde sheepe and lambes as doe shoote are to be
gotten and feascd, Best Pur. Econ, (1641) 97.
FEASE, see Feeze.
FEASIBLE, adj. Sc. Neat, tidy. Also used advb.
Per. When I asked a man what he meant when he said ' Ye come
very feasible,' he answered at once, ' Neat, tidy, well set on and
ready to face you up — faceable, ye ken ! ' (G.W.) Ayr. She has
a feasible appearance (J.F.). Rxb. (Jam.)
FEASILS, s^.//. w.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Kidney-beans. (B. & H.)
[Phasiolus otherwyse called Dolichos, maye be called in
englishe longe peasen or faselles, in duche it is called
faeselen, in frenche phaseoles, Turner Names of Herbes
(1548) 62. Yv.faseoles, fasels, long peason (Cotgr.).]
FEAST, sh. Yks. Not. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Hrf. Brks.
Hnt. Dor. Cor. Also in forms faist Cor.; veast Brks.' [fist,
fiast, fist.] An annual holiday or festival, held gen. on the
anniversary of the dedication of the parish church.
w.Yks. (B.K.) ; w.Yks." ; w.Yks.^ The feast days, or ' tides,' are
days of jollity. As on the fair days, the afternoons of the feast-
days are made generally an holiday. Not.' Rut.' This is not
always the Patron Saint's Day, but more gen, the anniversary of
the church opening, dedication, or consecration. * She'll be
thirteen come Glas 'on feast.' Lei.' Nhp.' A village holiday, com-
mencing on Sunday and continued through the week following
the anniversary of the feast of the dedication of the Church. The
religious observance of these yearly festivals has long since degene-
rated into an assemblage of friends and relatives, from the sur-
rounding villages, for conviviality and amusement. The season of
the year, at which these feasts are held, is sometimes kept in re-
membrance by a proverbial distich, as ' Hardingstone snow feast,
Wootton crow feast.' War.^, Hrf.' Brks. The great times for
backswording came round once a year in each village, at the feast,
Hughes r. Stozw! (18561 ii; Brks.', Hnt. (T.P.F.), Dor.i Cor.
You an' me had a hitch to wrestlin' once, over to Tregarrick feast,
' Q.' Wandering Heath (1895) 105 ; Dost thee main to go hum to
faist? Tregellas Tales (i860) 163 ; Cor.^ Gen, on the day of the
patron saint.
Hence (i) Faisting Eve, phr. the evening before the
yearly festival or holiday ; (2 ) Feasten Monday or Sunday,
phr. the Monday and Sunday on Which the annual festival
is held; (3) Feasting, sb. the small gift in money usually
given to a child at a village feast or festival.
(i) Cor. To-morraw cs our faisten-eve, Tregellas Tales (1865)
163. (2) Cor. Previous to this event Towednack had no 'feasten
Sunday,' which made this parish a singular exception to the rule
in Cornwall, A'//i-Z.o;<>/?('c.(i879,VII. 84; 0'Donoghue5/. Knighton
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(1864I GL: The feasts ... are kept on the nearest Sunday and
Monday to dedication day, called by the people ' feasten ' Sunday
and Monday, FlkLnic J, 11. (1886^ IV. 109 ; Cor.' Madron feasten
Sunday, {y^ w.Yks. Stray sixpences given away as feastings,
FtKrcHEH //■|/>,-i;Aj<-« (1895I 144.
FEASTER, 5/'. iii.Yks.' Also in forms feuster, foster,
fuster. A lluster, tunuilt.
To be ' in a fcasler' is to be in a state of tumultuous haste.
FEASTICAL, adj. Bdf. Festive. Cf". festical, sb.
Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 132.
FEAT, sh. Dor. A business, job, ' trick.'
Took me in completely upon the feat of buying this cask, Hardy
Gneinvd. Tree 1 1872 i ii ; Tiler's a terrble clever feat what Jack v'a
carr'd out ; er've a paid vive shilliii' fur thick wul barril what ain't
wurth dree (,H.J.M.\
FEAT, adj.'^ Sc. Ircl. Nhb. Yks. Der. Lin. e.An. Som.
Also in forms fait Sc. ; faite e.An.' ; fate e.An.'^ Nrf ;
feit n.Cy. n.Yks.^ m A'ks.' ; fett Bnff.' [fit, fist, fet.]
1. Fittiiig, suitable, proper.
Kcb. Noo we're turnin' grey ; But strong an' yall, an' fait to
hail Oor gowden weddin' day, Armstrong IngUside (1890) 165.
n.Yks.'^ n.Lin. Sutton Wds. ii88i).
Hence (i) Featly, adv. suitably, properly; (2) Featsome,
adj. seemly, becoming.
(_i^ n.Yks.2 It was all deean varry featly. m.Yks.^ (s) n.Yks.''
2. Clever, dexterous, adroit, smart. Also used advb.
Edb. Sae feat ye tript it, Learmont Poems (1791) 267. Gall.
My dochter Jean, here, a feat and bonnie bit lass, Crockett Stan-
dard Bearer (1898) 113. n.Lin. A'. V Q. (1852) ist S. v. 375;
n.Lin.' He's a feat hand at oht. e.An.' A fate little mawther. [A
feit felly, a dexterous fellow, Grose (1790'),]
Hence Featly, adv. (l) cleverlj', dexterously, smartly,
adroitly; (2) sprightly, lively.
(i)Frf. Rob the miller wi' an unco phrase, Came o'er to Jean, and
featly did her praise, ^loKiSO'S Poents (1790) 150. Fif. Jigg'd it
on as featly as they could, Tennant Ansler (1812) 92, ed. 1871.
s.Sc. There was na ane could feather bow Unto the bush sae bieldie,
Allan Pofois (1887) 28. Lth. Swallow yer brekfast as featly as
you can, an' be aff an* awa, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 257.
Edb. Aft may they featly trip the grass For monie a year to come,
M'DowALL PofHis (1839'! 41. Gall. But featly and gracefully the
lad wheeled and turned, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) vi. n.Cy.
Grose (1790^; N.Cy.l, Nhb.', n.Yks.', Der."^, nw.Der.', n.Lin.'
sw.Lin.' It's featly done. (2") Ess. Trans. Ardi. Soc. (1863) II. 182.
3. Neat, tidy, spruce ; pretty. Also used advb.
Sc. I wad like to see a' thing feat an' tidy. Ford Thistledown
(1891) 246. Bnff. Her mou' was mim, feat, feat her nose, Taylor
Poems (1787) 61 ; Bnff.' She's a fett bodie. Per. A' things feat as
a new prin, NicoL Poems (1766) 97. Ayr. The lasses feat, an'
clcanij' neat. Burns J/alloween (1785) st. 3. Lnk. She aye gae'd
fait as a new prin, Ramsay Poems (1721') 29. Lth. My Sunday's
claise I gat fu' fait, An' met my queans sae bonny, Bruce Poems
(1813) II. 63. Edb. May they still pursue the way. To look sae
feat, sae clean, sae gay, Fergusson Poems {f]-]^) 146, ed. 1785.
Dmf. Her modest, pure, mild, artless gait, Sae feat, yet unassumin',
QuiNN Heather (1863) 223. Gall. Their dresses fait and snod, and
their linen like the snow, Crockett i?og--yl/)'r//s( 1895) 195; Nor
wad his wifie waste his winnin'. But kept a' feat wi' herain spin-
nin', Nicholson Pof^ rF/ts. (1814') 40, ed. 1897. N.I.' Ant. Snod
it up an' mak it feat, Ballymena Obs. (1892). n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll.
L.L.B.\ N.Cy.'. Nhb. 1, n.Yks.2 Lin. CfH. applied to individuals
of the fair sex. Brookes Tracts Gl. sw.Lin.' Yen's afCat littielass.
Ironically; It's a feat mucky job. e. An.^ Nrf. Oh ! she's a fate
little thing. Yours is a fate little church. Sir (W.R.E.).
Hence (1) Feative, adj. proportionately beautiful; (2)
Feat-looking, adj. good-looking, smart, pretty; {3) Featly,
adv. prettilj', neatly ; (4) Featy, adj. pretty, neat.
(i) n.Yks.2 (2) n.Lin.' She's a feat-lookin' lass. (3) Gall. There
stuff-hung bed, fu' doucely braw, Fringed featly roun' the border,
Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 123, ed. 1897 ; I whyles sat down,
an' calm an' featly' Did reason with them right discreetly, Lauder-
dale Poems (17961 73. Nhb.' 'Graith her featly,' dress her neatly.
e.An.2 (4) Som. 'W. & J. Gl. (1873).
[1. For whoosmakyngye must haue fete fyles, Trealyse
of Fysshynge (c. 1425) 13. Fr.fait, made, /ad pour, made
for, suitable for. 2. Never master had A page so kind, so
duteous diligent, ... so feat, Shaks. Cyiiib. v. v. 88. 3. Look
how well my garments sit upon me. Much feater than
before, ib. Temp. u. i. 273.]
FEAT, adj.' Lin. Brks. Hmp Wil. Dev. Also written
feart. fete, fyeight Brks. ; and in form veart, veat
Brks.' [fiat.] Fairly large; middling, tolerable in quantity;
of considerable size. Cf feti.
Brks. A pretty fete parcel, Grose ■ 1790) ; Gl. (1852) ; (M.J.B.) ;
(VV.W.S.); Brks.' Dev. He had a ' feat corner of titties left to dig,'
Reports Provinc. (1886) 95.
Hence (i) Feartsprank, sh. a tolerably large parcel or
amount of anything; (2) Featish, nr//'. considerable in size,
fairly large; pretty well, tolerable, 'middling'; well in
healtli, active ; sprightly ; also used advb.
(i) Brks. G/. (1852) ; Grose (1790); Brks.' We shall hev a veart
sprank crap o' apples this year. (2I n.Lin.' Ther's a featish crop
o' pcjirs upo' that tree. Ihaay be featish lears e' Svvillin'ton.
sw.Lin.' It's a featish bit of work. Brks. He be a feartish deal (or
a main sight) better to-day (M.J.B.) ; ' I'm glad to see you wearing
so well.' * Yes, I be pretty-feteish, thank God.' Hughes Scour,
While Horse (1859) vii ; ' How big was he. then ? ' ' Auh ! a
fycightish sized 'un,'r'6. vi ; G/. (1852) ; Brks.' Reck'nin um up one
waa3' an' t'other, ther be a ve-atish lot on um. I be got rid o' the
doctor, an' be a-vcelin' quite ve-atish like now. Hmp.' There's
a featish crap of grass j'onder. Wll. Britton Beauties (1825) ; The
farmer proceeded to ask how the children got on at the Sunday-
school. ' Oh, featish, zur,' replied Mrs. Varges, Akerman Tales
(1853) 139; Wil.' Used of health, crops, &c. ' How be 'e ? ' ' Featish,
thank 'e.' * How's your voice ? ' * Aw, featish [fairish]. I zucked
a thrush's e^g to clear un,' Jefferies Greene Feme Farm (1880) i.
FEAT, adj.^ Brks. Also in form veat Brks.' [fiat,
viat.] Having a nasty taste, rank, fetid. A\so used advb.
Nichols Bibl. Topog. (1790) IV. 56; Grose (1796) ; Gl. (1852);
Brks.' This yer mate taaystes ve-at, 'e med gie ut to the dog,
FEAT, see Foot.
FEATH, sb. Chs. Der. [fis}).] The surface-soil in
contradistinction to the subsoil. See Fay, sb.^ 6.
Chs.' Amongst turf getters the hassocks, stake-turf, and other
matters which overlie the turf proper, constitute the feath.
Hence Feath-hillock, sb. refuse of the mines. Der.^
FEATHER, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also written fether w.Yks. ; fethir Abd. ; and in
forms fedder Cum. ; fither e.Lan.' Chs.' s.Chs.' s.Wor.
[fe-S-, fe-d-, fi-tS-.] 1. sb. In comb, (i) Featherbed, (n) the
willow wren or warbler, Phylloscopus trochihts ; (b) the
whitethroat, Sylvia ciiicrea ; (c) a bog quagmire ; (2) -bird,
see -bed (b) ; (3) -bog, see -bed (c) ; (4) -breens, a foolish,
light-headed person ; (5) -cling, a disease among black
cattle ; (6) -edge, a brick thinner at one edge than the
other; (7) -edged, having one cdgethicker than the other;
(8) -fallen, crestfallen, dispirited ; (9) -felled, so weak in
the body that one might be knocked down with a feather ;
(10) -fern, the plant, Spiraea japonica; (11) -foil, the
common water-violet, Holloniapahislris; (12) -fowl, birds,
feathered creatures ; (13) -grass, the duffel-grass, Holcns
laiiatiis; (14) -groom, a man who has charge of poultry;
(15) -head, see -breens ; (16) -legs, Brussels sprouts ; (17)
-lock, a lock, so called from the formation of the end of
the spring, which resembles the hairs of a feather; (18)
-ments, fal-lals, trinkets, fanciful adornments ; (ip) -pail,
a feather pillow; (20) -pated, thoughtless, frivolous;
(21) -pie, a device to scare birds ; see below; (22) -poke,
(a) a bag or sack of feathers ; (b) the long- tailed titmouse,
Aaediila rosea ; (c) the nest of the titmouse ; (d) see
-bed (a) ; (23) -stone, the name of a marble found near
Newton Abbot ; (24) -tye, a feather bed ; (25) -white,
see below.
(I. a) Oxf. Aplin Birds (1889) 214 ; Swainson Birds (1885) 26.
(i) Nhp.' Denominated probably from the habits of the bird ; as the
nest is composed almost entirely of feathers, and built on the ground.
(c, Cor.3 (2) Nhp. Swainson ih, 23. (3) Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810)
I. 435 ; Cor.'2 (4) s.Chs.' (5) Sc. This disorder is occasioned by
want of water in very drj' summers or in the hard frosts of winter.
Essays Highl. Soc. II. 218 (Jam.). (61 Sus. Formerly used in Sus.
on purpose to pen up the brick-pannclls, as they call them in tim-
ber buildings. Neve /)/W. (1786). (7) w.Yks.', Nhp.' Ess. They
do not seem to recollect that if the furrow is feather-edged at top,
it is so also at bottom. Young Agric.w^ti'i) I. 198; The Essexsystem
of laying the furrows feather-edged, ib. 199. (8) n.Yks.'^, m.Yks.l
(9)n.Yks.2 (lo)Dev.'' (11) Cum. From its beautiful featheryleaves
(B. &H.). (12) n.Yks.' i n.Yks.^ We saw all maks o' feather fewl.
FEATHER
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FEATLET
(i3)n.Yks AndIastofall,feather-grass,hardyonaIlsoils,TuKE^jfn'f.
(18001217. (14 .se.Wor." (i5)Lan.' ( 16) Ntip-'Tlicnameisevidently
suggested by tlie mode of growth, as they sprout out thickly all over
thestem. (17) Rxb. (Jam) (i8)n.Yks.2 ( igj n.Dev, An if he
shar'lh yer feather-pail Ye needn't be o'er zad. Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867)51.43. (20) n.Yks.2 (2i)e.An.i A hole in the ground, fdlcd
with feathers fixed on strings, and kept in motion by the wind.
Suf. c.An. N. & Q. (1866) II. 325. (22, a) n Lin.i When it snows
we say, *Th' ohd woman is shakkin' her feather poake.' (6) Nhb.^,
n.Yks. (I.W.) w.Yks. (W M.E.F.) ; To look into a featherpokc's
nest, Shcvvild Ami. (1855) 24. Midi., Not. ' Feather poke ' is the
name by which the long-tailed titmouse is ordinarily known to the
rural population of Not. and the adjacent midl. counties, Science
Gossip {iSi^) Cj. Not. (J.S.H.) sw.Lin.iProb. so called from the
pocket-shaped nest, lined with feathers, which it makes ; or, per-
haps, ' from its way of puffing up its feathers.' (c) W.Yks. Banks
IVt/ltl. IViis. (1865). Lin. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.) (rf)
w.Yks. (J.H. G.); Swainson i'6, 26. w. Vks.^ Thrusten yer handup
to t'wrist into a feather-poke nest. n.Lin ' (23) Dev. Woodward
Geol. Eng. and Wal. {iS-}6) 43g. (24 Cor.12 (25) n.Yks.2 ' All's
feather-white at sea,' said of the surface foaming with the gale.
Suf. The sea was all a feather- white with spoon-drift, A'. & Q. (1896)
8th S. X. 432.
2. Phr. {i) /o use //le/ea/kcr, to flatier; (2) lo lie in tlie long
feathers, to make one's bed upon straw; (3) yard-long
feathers, straw ; (4) to steer one's feathers, to get out of bed,
arise, bestir oneself.
(i) w.Yks. Tha knaws hah to use t'feather, owd lad (J.T.). (2)
s.Chs.^ Mes'tur sez iv wi bin aayt uz lee*t uz wi won la Wen'sdi,
wi)sn aa)tu lahy i)dhu King fidh I'lrz [Mester says if we bin ait
as Icet as we won o' Wensdaj', we s'n ha' to lie i' the lung fithersl.
(3) Lan. His bed of yard-long feathers, Brierley Iikdale (1868)
223. (4) Dmb. It wad be a gay bonnie mornin' that wad bring me
oot frae among the blankets at this hour if I hadna better reasons
or hantle to gar me steer my feathers, Cross Disruption (1844) ii.
3. Fig. Condition, humour, esp. in phr. in high feather,
in good spirits; out of feather, out of sorts or humour.
Cum. Peer Gwordy . . . luik'd leyke a cock out o' fedder, Ander-
son Ballads (ed. 1808) 174. w.Yks. Tobias an' t'wife wor i' hey
fether, Yksnian. Comic Ann. (1890)31. w.Som.' Aewwauz'ur?
wuz ur een mudleen vadh ur ' [How was he ^ was he in a good hu-
mour ?] Colloq. Martin leads the way in high feather, Hughes T.
Diozvn (1856) pt. II. iv.
4. The horse-tail, Eqitisetum.
Oxf. Science Gossip (1882) 164.
5. The Hues and markings seen in polished wood. N.I.'
6. The revolving part of an old spinning-wheel, fashioned
like a horse-shoe having many wire teeth. n.Yks. (I.W.)
7. The thin aide of a plough-sock ; see below. Also in
form feathering.
Nhb.' The far side from near the point to the 'little been,' or
heel. s. Wor. A ' feather' or 'feathering' is a sort of knife about
6 or 8 ins. long, much shorter than the coulter, and it cuts from
below, whereas the coulter cuts from above. This ' feather ' can-
not be used in the modern iron plough. In the old wooden ploughs
the ' feather ' was welded on by a smith, on the land side not far
from the point (H.K.). [Which curv.iture is also carried forward
on the back of the feather of the share (of a plough), Stephens
Farm Bti. (ed. 1849) I. 151.]
Hence Feather, V. to put a kind of knife on a wooden
plough ; see below.
s.Wor. If the ground ploughed is very stiff or very foul, the soil
or 'pelf will ' reeve ' or gather round the coulter and at length
reach the beam and stop the work of it, as it has continually to be
cleaned off. To prevent this, the ploughshare is sometimes ' feath-
ered' (H.K.).
8. A linchpin ; a pin used to keep machinery tight.
n.Lin.'
9. A bed of stone in the Swanage quarries.
Dor. Pond feather bed. Under feather bed I'C.W.).
10. The strip of greensward or 'balk' between two
' lands' in open fields. Sec Balk, sb} 2.
Nhp.' ' Go and plough that feather up.' In inclosed fields, the
feather is the ridge thrown up between two furrows to keep the
land dry ; called also a balk or rood.
11. V. Of a bird : to get its feathers, to become fledged.
Sc. A' safe and wecl about our nest. An' them quiet featli'ring
laid! Wilson Pofjxs ( 1790)98, cd. 1B46. Per. That lien's feathcrin'
(G.W.). Ayr. In common use(J.F.).
12. Of birds : to dust themselves, shake their feathers.
s.Wor. The sparrahs, a comes an fitliers among the sids, Vig.
Man. in Bcirouis Jm. (1896) XVIII.
13. To fly.
Abd. He fethir'd fiercely like a swallow, SkisnerPo^«;s( 1809) 9.
14. Shooting term : to strike feathers froni the quarry
without bringing it down.
w.Som.' Well I thort thick wid a-coinc down, he was purty well
a-vcathered ; but they old cocks'll car away a sight o' shot.
15. Fig. To beat or chastise.
Abd. I'll feather ye (G.W.).
16. To bring a stack of grain, hay, &c., or a hedge,
gradually and neatly to a point.
e.Lan.i So that rain will run off them as off the backs of fowls.
Shr.2, GIo.i, w.Cy. (Hall.)
Hence Feathering, vbl. sb. the act of binding a hedge.
Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
17. To line.
Lan. [A shaving] as mich as 'ud fither a humma-bee's back,
Brierley Marlocks (1866) vii.
Hence Feathering, sb. waste rushes, &c., which make
up the packinginside of the pile or rush-cart. s.Lan. (S.W.)
18. Hunting term : to seek for the scent or trail ; to put
the hounds on the trail of a deer, &c.
War.3 They [the houndsj feathered out for a minute or two,
M0RDAUNT& Verney IVar. Hunt (i8g6) II. 219. Dev. With nose
well down . . . faintly feathering here and there, Mem. Rev. J.
7?»sw// (18831 210; Before his closing eyes passesa vision.. .of Rock-
wood and Reveller feathering with scarce a whimper up the stony
lane, Whyte-Melville /fnto/i/Zo (1875) xxii. n.Dev. If possible
the harbourer takes the huntsman to the actual slot where the
stag entered the wood and the hounds, or 'tufters,' are put at once
on the trail ; this is 'feathering.' The harbourer likes to ' feather* —
to set the hounds direct on the trail, Jefferies Red Deer (1884) vi.
FEATHERED,/.//, adj. and pp. Sh.I. Yks. Chs. Oxf.
1. ppl.adj. In comb. (1) Feathered columbine, Thalictnim
aqtiilcgifotiinn ; (2) — elder, the parsley-leaved elder, Sam-
bttcHS nigra, var. laciniata.
(r) n.Yks., Chs. (B. & H.) (2) Oxf. Found about Charlbury in
Oxfordshire, and there called Feathered Elder, Blackstone Spec.
Hot. (B. & H.)
2. pp. Marked with a feather to serve as a means of
identification ; see below.
Sh.I. I cattle mark, viz., the right lugg half away before, and a
bitt behind the left lugg, feathered on both sides, and a hole on it,
Sli. News (Dec. 18, 1897).
FEATHERER, sb. Obs. Lan. The person who had
the forming of a 'rush-cart' used in the custom of rush-
bearing' in the neighbourhood of Rochdale in the
months of July, August, and September.
It was one of these ' featherers ' who unfortunately lost his life at
the riots in Rochdale on Easter Monday, in April, 1795, Hone Year
-Bj^. (1825), cd. 1841, col. 1106.
FEATHERFEW, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng-
Also in forms feather-bow Cor."^ ; -feuil Yks.; -fewl
Cum. n.Yks.= ; -fold Hrf Glo.' ; -fooly Rxb. Nhb.' ; -fowl
w.Yks.' Dor.' Dev.; -foy Glo.'; -ful Nhb.' m.Yks.';
■wheelie n.Sc. (Jam.); -wold s.Pem. ; feathyfew Dev.*;
fitherfew Shr.' ; veathervaw Dev. ; vethervow vv.Som.'
nw.Dev.' The feverfew, Pyrethruin Paitheniiini.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Rxb. Science Gossip (1876) 39. Nhb.' Cum.
(B. & H.), n.Yks. (I.W.), n.Yks.2, m.Yks.i w.Yks. Banks m/!d.
IVds. (1865"); w.Yks.i, Chs.', War.3, Wor. (H.B.), Shr.i, Hrf.',
s.Pem. (W.M.M.), Glo.', Dor.' w.Som.i Vaedh-ur\'oa-. Dev.
Our gcarden is 'awvcr-rinned wi' veathervaw; tez cabbical stuff tU
rub into tha chillern's necks night-times tu keep away tha vicys,
Hf.wett Fi-ns. S/>. (i892> ; Dev.* n.Dev. Gic'r a few Strang argans
arter. Or else zum featherfowl. Rock y/j« an' Nell 11867; st. 13.
iiw.Dev.i, Cor.' 2
[Aspcrgotitte, the herb fcatherfcw, feverfew, Cotcr. ;
Febrifiiga, 'quasi fugans febres : angl. fether ioye,' A Iphita
(c. 1450) 63.]
FEATHER-WHEELIE, -WOLD, see Featherfew.
FEATLESS, adj. O/w. Sc. Feeble.
Featless folk is ay fain o[ other, Kelly Prov. (1721) 104.
FEATLET, sb. Cum. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Pour pounds of butter. 07. (1851) ; (Hall.)
FEATOUR
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FECK
FEATOUR, sb. Obs. Sc. A transgressor, evil-doer.
Sec Fay tor.
Sc. I J AM. ) Edb. Lord wear aff the fcatour's blow Frae honest fock !
LE.^RMo.Nr Poems (1791) 47.
FEATRIL, si. Der. A traitor, deceitful person. Also
used altrib.
Der." A distinguished Foolow ' Local' described Judas Iscariot
as ' nowt but a featril.' nw.Der.'
FEATURE, V. Chs. Stf. Not. Lin. Lei. War. Wor. Shr.
Ilrf. Glo. Oxf. Bck. Hmp.Wil. Cor. Also in forms fachur
Shr.*; fater se.Wor.i ; fatur Oxf' [f?-, fia'-, fet(J)3(r).]
To resemble in face or features. Cf. favour.
s.Chs.i Dhaat- cliahylt fee'churz ur fai-dhur [That chilt features
her fayther]. ii.Stf. An' ye feature him, on'y yeVe darker, Geo.
Eliot A. Brite (1859 > IL 159. s.Not. All those dresses, fit for a lady !
They won't be much use to his gell, if she features him. Prior
A'(;i/<'(i895^ 65. S.Lin. How the lass features her mother (T.H.R.).
Lei.^ I've had my picture took; doyou think it features me? War.-^
w.Wor.' I'd 'a knaowd 'im anyw'ahis, 'e features 'is brother so.
se.Wor.' That little un faters 'is father, don't a now? s.Wor. The
figures in the window did not feature the old people very strong,
VoRSOK Oiiahit JVils. {lii'i^"' 27; La! 'ow adofeaturthurfather.tobe
suer, OuTis Vig. Alon. in JVor, Jrn.; s.Wor.* Shr.* Ben faichurs
'is faiher, but all the rest favour the mother's side ; Shr.* Lickle
Joiinny fachurs his feaythur. Hrf.* Them do feature one another
like two peas. Glo. You feature your father uncommon, Miss
(A.B.); Glo.i Oxf.' 71/5. nrfrf. Oxf., Bck. (J.W.B.) s.Hmp. She
were a nice, jolly young woman. You features her a good bit,
Verney L. Lisle 11870) ix. n.Wil. 'E do feature 's vether more'n
do 'is mother (E.H.C). Cor.'; Cor.^ An everyday use of the word.
FEATY, ac/j. vv.Som.' [fia'ti.] 1. Applied to wool ;
see below.
When a number of coarse short white hairs are mixed with the
finer wool of the fleece — called also kempy. Used also to express
any bad condition ; such as scabby, stained, or mixed with foreign
matter.
2. Applied to the injury to which wool or woollen cloth
is liable if left long in the damp.
FEAU, see Foul.
FEAUSAN, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Also written fuzzen.
A smell or taste, a strong taste ; moisture (?).
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; Geit. used in a bad sense, ib. AfS. add.
(P. ) n.Yks. Our hay was seay ill gitten this wet year, It hes nea
feausan int' at all, I swear, Mlriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 369.
[Cp. Fr. (Argot )/o/5o««fr, ' sentirmauvais' (Delesalle).]
FEA'W, see Faw, sb. FouL
FEAZE, V. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To sneeze. (Hall.), Lin.'
FEAZE, FEBERRY, see Feeze, Feaberry.
FEBRUARY, sb. In gen. dial, use in weather folk-lore ;
see below. Also in forms Feberwarry Sc. ; Febiwerry
Lei.' ; Februaire Cum. ; Februar Sc. ; Februeer.
Sc. Ail the months in the year causes a fair Februar, Kelly
Prov. (1721) 52. n.Sc. Feb. 12th to 14th. These three days, ac-
cording to a Higliland superstition, were said to be borrowed
from January, and it is accounted a good omen if these days
should be as stormy as possible. Inwards Jyeal/ier Lore (i8g^) 17.
ne.Sc. Feberwarry sud fill the dyke Wi' black or file, Aither wi'
caffor strae Or it gae, Grecor /■/^-Z.oir (1881") 149 ; (J.Ar.) Twd.
February, an ye be fair. The hoggs 'U mend, and naething pair
[lessen"". February, an j'e be foul. The hoggs 'II die in ilka pool.
Inwards /'i. 13. Cum. Janiveer — freezethepoti' th'fire. Februaire —
fill dike black or white (J.Ar.). n.Yks." e.Yks.' February, fill-
dyke ; Fill with either black or white. March, muck it oot With
a besom and a clout. w.Yks.' February fire lang, March tide to
bed gang ; w.Yks.", ne.Lan.', Chs.'^ n.Lin.' 'February fill-dyke,
March muck it oot agean ' ; that is, in February the dykes are
filled wilh snow, rain comes in March and ' mucks them oot.'
Lei.i Febiwerry fill doike Wi' aither black or whoite. Nhp."
Shr.' Now Chris'mas is turned we sha'n be glad to see the end
of owd Janniwerry-fieeze-the-pot-by-the-fire an' Febriwerry-fill-
diche. Hrf. A February spring Is worth nothing, Northall Fii-
yf/iv«i«(i892) 433. Sur. ' February singing Never stints stinging."
If bees get out in February-, the next day will be windy and rainy.
Inwards 16. Sus.' February fill the dick, Every day white or
black. Cor. A February spring is not worth a pin. Inwards iO.
[Febniary fill dike Be it black or be it white. But if it be white
It's the better to like, Ray Prov. (1678' 43 ; Februeer doth cut
and shear, ib. 44 ; All the moncths in the year curse a fair
Februeer, ib. ; The Wclchman had rather see his dam on the bjer,
Than so see a fair Februeer, ib. ]
FECHEN, FECHIN, sec Fight.
FECHIE-LEGHIE, m/J. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] Insipid ; inactive.
FECHT, see Fight.
FECHTERS,s6././. Sc. [fe'xtarz.] The flower-stems
of the rib-grass, Plaiitago lanceolata. See Fight.
sw.Sc. Garden Wk. (1896) No. cxiv. in.
FECK,sA.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.Cum.Yks. Alsowritten
fek Ayr. Edb. ; and in forms feet Sc. (Jam.) ; feek-, fyek
Nhb.' [fek.] L Efficacy, value, worth ; ability, might, zeal,
activity.
n.Sc. Little feck, of little value (Jam.). Ayr. E'en monie a plack,
and monie a peck. Ye kenyouisels, for little feck, Burns El. ouihe
Year 1788, 1. 21 ; Your laddie there's owre young to be o' ony
fek in the way o' war, Galt Gilliaize i iSzs") xxvi. N.Cy.', n.Yks.'
ne.Yks.' Obs. w.Yks. Willan List IVds. (181 1).
Hence (i) Feck, adj. strong, vigorous; (2) Feckfow,
aiij. wealthy, possessing substance ; (3) Feckfowlike, «^'.
having the appearance of wealth ; (4) Feckful, {a) see
Feckfow ; (b) capable, resourceful ; (c) powerful, strong,
able, stout, brawny ; (5) Feckfully, adv. powerfully, effi-
ciently.
(i) Dmf. I trow thou be a feck auld carle, Cromek Remains
(1810) 185. (2, 3) Sc. (Jam.) (4, a) Sc. Ye're sonsie an feckfu' . . .
■y'r back is weel happit, y'r coggie is fu', Donald Poems (1867)
24 ; (Jam.) ib) Frf. He taen up wi' a strappin' feckfu' lass, that
could turn her hand t'> ony thing, Willock Rosetly Ends (1886)
63, ed. 1889. Ayr. Her feckfu' ways are aye the best, White
yo///«^s (1879) 233. Lth. He's a feckfu' laddie, Gordie : he'll show
them a' a dance yet, Strathesk Blinkboniiy (ed. i8gi) 130. Nhb.'
{e) Sc. The auld Hie-Kirk's a feckfu' kirk, Ballads and Poems
(1885) 208. Frf. He was a douce an' feckfu' brute As ever bowft
or ran the rout. Smart /?/y»;« (1834) 119. Rnf. I've fund her
feckfu' fang mysel', Picken Poems (1813) I. 147. Lnk. You Ramsay
make a feckfu' man, Ringleader of a hearty clan, Ramsay Poems
(1800) I. 343 (Jam.). N.Cy.i w.Yks. Willan List IVds. (181 1).
(5) Sc. That great man of God, who hath so faithfully, so fectfully,
and so zealously served his generation, M'Ward Contendings
(1723) 153 (Jam.).
2. A part, portion, esp. the greater or larger part, the
majority, bulk ; abundance, quantity.
Sc. Maybe the feck of three hours, Scott Redg. (1824) xxiii.
n.Sc. What feck of ground ? What feck of siller, has he ? (Jam.)
Cat.' Abd. I've had the feck o' them [frills] new guffreed, Caden-
HEAD Bon Accord {1852) ^9' ! ^^e feck o' 't's settin' for a gey fair
crappie, Ale.xander Johnny Gibb (1871) vi. Kcd. The feck o' baith
their lives. Grant Lays (1884) 56. Frf. The feck o' whilk cash
was squandered on trash, Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 12. Per.
It's dune a feck o' mischief tae, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895)
189. Fif. I trust the feck o' 't's common sense, Douglas Poems
(1806) 82. e.Fif. We communed thegither doon i' the back area for
the feck o' an oor, Latto Tant Bodkin (1864) viii. s.Sc. The hale
road . . . was blockit up for the best feck o' twa months, Wilson
Tales (1836) II. 6. Dmb. Ye hae ... a far better chance than the
feck o' them, Cross Disniplion (1844) v. Rnf. [They] Ca' in the
glib-tongued auctioneer To sell the best feck o' their gear, Young
Pictures (1865) 163 ; The muse Has gathered little feck of news,
Tannahill Poems (1807) 69, ed. 1817. Ayr. Ye, for my sake, hae
gi'en the feck Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day. Burns
Holy Fair (1785) St. 4. Lnk. We're far better fed than the feck o'
puir weans, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 46. e.Lth. The feck o' fowk
. . . Will side wi' Mucklebackit, MucKLEBACKiTif/;j'«/c5 (1885) 59.
Edb. That's the feck o' warl's geer I hae, Learmont Poems (1791)
266 ; A tailor laddie, that got the feck of his small education
leathered into him at Dominie Threshem's school, Moir Mansie
IVatich (1828) Concliis. Bwk. Lees made up the feck o' her pack,
Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 98. Slk. The feck o' them gey
and sickly, CiiR. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 100. Rxb. May come
to lose the feck o't, Riddell Poet. IVks. (ed. 1871) 145. Gall.
That minister preaches the feck o' his best sermons oot o' the
pulpit, Crockett iJo^-Vl/yc/^e (1895) 410. N.I.' Ant. The feck o'
the peats is cut, Ballymena Obs. (1892I. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll.
L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' Nhb.ThefeckO'slavesmayyetescape, Proudlock
Borderland Muse (1896) 46 ; Nhb.' He' ye ony feck ? Aa he' nee
fyek i' me hands. Dur. Maine feck o' mi other bairns gans ted
new booard skeail, Egglestone Betty Podkin's Lett. (1877) 12 ;
GlBSONUp-IFellrdaleGl.{l8^o). e.Dur.' s.Dur.T'fecko'folkbelieves
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FECKLESS
in't (J.E.D). Cum.^ The feck o' t'wark's deiin. n.Yks. The feck
on'ts gripp'd, Meriton Praise Ah{!684)]. 115; n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. 2
He did t'feck o' t'wark. There's a rare feck on't ; n.Yks.^ ne.Yks.'
T'feck on't's deean. m.Yks.' The main feck of Ihem went in. A
feck o' fowk. w.Yks. It's as good a reason as Mr. Kclstone can
give for the main feck o' his notions, Bronte Shirliy (1849) iii.
Hence (i) Fecklins, (2) Feckly, adv. for the most part,
chiefly, mostly ; ahnost, nearly.
(i! Fif. (Jam.) Lnk. The urchins o' Apollo's line Hae fecklins
a' a lib'ral min', Watson Poems (1853) 103. (a) Abd. They were
now feckly gcdder't, Alexander yoAHxjv Gibb (1871) xii ; The
wark, quo' he, is feckly a' byehan', Giiidman luglismaill {i&Ti) 27.
Frf. The mice an' the moths hae them noo feckly eaten, Watt
Poet. Sketches (1880) 45. Fif. I see my papers feckly fu', Douglas
Poemi (1806) 69. e.Fif. The lairds themsel's were in my young
days feckly hard up, Latto Tain Bodkin 11864') i. Rnf. They're
feckly neein' frae the rent, Young Pictures (1865) 164. Ayr. It's
feckly a month sinsyne, Service Notandiims (1890) 46 ; Three
carts, an' twa are feckly new, Burns Inventory (1786) 1. 29.
Lnk. The wee'st thochtie tak's my heid, An' feckly me owrecoups,
Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873') 53. Edb. Auld age maist feckly
glowrs right dour, Fergusson Poems (1773) 136, ed. 1785. Gall.
They're feckly fled, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 99, ed. 1897.
Dmf. Chiels mair quiet a hoose ne'er sat in. Though feckly
numbskulls, Quinn Heather (1863') 58. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll.
L.L.B.); Grose (1790I. Nhb,' It's feckly his aan dcin. Cum.
They'd feckly down'd the kurk, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 36.
3. Phr. (i) liltle Jcck, a small quantity ; (2) the maist or
most feck, the most part, greatest number; (3) iiiony feck,
a great number or quantity; (4) the imtckle feck, see the
tnaist feck ; (5) naefeck, a small quantity ; few in number;
nothing of importance.
(i) n.Sc. (Jam.) (2) Sc. The maist feck of the capital punish-
ment, Stevenson Weir (18961 iii. Frf. He stayed maist feck o'
a week, Inglis Ain Flk. {i8gs^ 202. Per. The maist feck o' them
dinna ken vvliar they're gaein', Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895)
198. Lnk. The maist feck o' the gangrels came in wi' a parcel o'
lees, Fraser IThaups (1895) 184; And the maist feck Wha's
seen't sinsyne, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 99. e.Lth. The maist
feck o' the weemen folk. Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 202. Edb.
They'll hip the maist feko' their lear, Sin Gregory's dead, Fergus-
son Poems {ilTi^ 1 14, ed. 1785. Dmf. Maist feck tho' oil'd to make
them glimmer Hadna been shot for mony a simmer, Mavne Siller
Gun (1808) 18. Gall. The most feck o' my herdin' is done within
sight of the house, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxiii. Kcb. Maest
feck thought he was slain, Davidson Seasons (1789) 121. Yks.
We all hae ti deea summat ti addle wer kiak, onny way t'miast
feck on us (T.K.). n.Yks. Weean's ther' maist feck ov 'er tahm,
Atkinson Lost (1870) xxvi. (3) Sc. My words they were na
mony feck, RitsonSi/^s. (1794'! I. 24 (Jam.). Ags., Per. Commonly
used (Jam.'). Lth. Lang he pray'd, an' sair . . . He blessings mony
feck implores Upo' the happy twa, Bruce Poems (1813I II. 64.
Kxb. But cuffs an' clouts whiles mony feck, A. Scott (ed, 1808)
16. f4j Abd. He lost the muckle feck o' fat he had, Alexander
Ain Flk. (1882) 16. (5) Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. Edb.
Waesuck for him wha has na feck o't ! Fergusson Poems (1773)
126, ed. 1 785 ; To ye o' nae feck o' use, ib. 179 ; Rest o' body hae
nae feck o't Till i' the grave, Learmont Poems (1791) i.
[2. Swa sail we fend the feli off this regioun, Wallace
(1488) viii. 700. The same word as ME. effect, the bulk,
the greater part (Chaucer C. T. d. 1451).]
FECK, sb.^ Bnfl'.' [fek.] 1. Familiar intercourse.
He hiz an unco feck we 'im in a's transaxs.
2. Esteem, affection.
FECK, Ai.a Hinp.' A pointer.
FECK, nfl>; limp.' [fek.] Worthless.
FECK, V. Sc. Irel. Nhb. [fek.] To attain by dis-
honourable means ; to steal.
Lth. A term much used by the boj'S of the High School of
Edinburgh (Jam. 1. Crk. (SAB.) Bwk., Nhb. (A.L.M.)
FECK, sec Faix, Feckt, Fike.
FECKAZ, V. s.Chs.' Also in form feggaz. [fek-,
fe'gaz.j 1. To pull or pick at ; to fidget, pull about.
Very often used of a wound or sore. It wo)nu dliaat* baad* b'l
wot it ud,,u eyuld up in u dee" iir t6o, bur ey kiid)nil bi ten tid of
fck'uzin aat" it [It wonna that bad bu' what it 'ud iia' hocald up
in a dee or two, bur he couldna be tented off feckaziu' at it\
2. To potter, idle about ; to do work in a hall'-hcarted,
lazy way.
Ahy wiin'dur wot dhaat" wensh iz fcg'Qzin aaf'tur; 60 wu)nii
bi dim iigy'en' tee-tahym [I wonder what that wench is feggazin
after; hoo wunna be done again tea-time]. Aay yi dim gy'ct
feguzin i)mi road [Ha'i ye dun get feggazin i' my road]. Wot ii
yu ddoin dheyiir, fek'iizin ? [What are y6 doin' theer, feckazin' ?]
[A freq. oi frak (to fidget), q.v. For the suff. -az see
s.Chs.' (Introd. 8).]
FECKET, sb. Sc. [fekit.] A waistcoat, an under-
jacket ; a shirt.
Sc. Beneath ilk fecket, Drummond Miickomachy (1846 57. Rnf.
Flow'r beds were neglecket . . . Till Will by the fecket dragged
Whisky awa', Young Pictures (1865) 126. Ayr. Grim loon ! he
gat me by the fecket. Burns Poem to Mr. Mitchell (17951 st. 4 ; A
fecket sae fou, and a stocking sae stent. Ballads and Sngs. (1846)
I. 90. Dmf. Jackets, woven of water snake skins, . , . were much
in vogue among the crusading servants of Satan ; and are yet
remembered by the name of warlock feckets, Cromek Remains
(1810) 281 ; Tradition has arrayed the brave persecutor Ciaver-
house in a lead proof jacket. . . . His charmed fecket could not
resist a 'silver sixpence' from the mouth of a Cameronian's
fusee ! tb.
Hence Fir-fecket, sb.,fg. a coffin.
s.Sc. The coffin came— the old woman was put into her fir-
fecket and buried, Wilson Tales (1836; III. 344. Ayr. It would
be a hantle better for the sodger to gang awa and fecht the blakes,
than that Rab Scott should wear a fir-fecket for ouy hizzie in the
kintra-side. Service Notandiims (1890) 41.
FECKFACK, see Fikefack.
FECKLE, V. N.Cy.' Nhb.' [fe'kl.] To entangle.
FECKLE, see Fackle.
FECKLES, sb. pi. n.Yks." Freckles. Cf. fern-tickles.
FECKLESS, adj. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
War. Also written feckliss Sh.l. ; and in forms faichless
Gall. ; fickless Lnk. [fe'klss.] 1. Weak, feeble, power-
less, impotent. Also used advb. and siihst.
Sc. The biggest man in .Scotland shouldna take a gun frae me . . .
though I'm but sic a little feckless body, Scott Guv M, (1815')
xxxii. Sh.l. Dy pot hings bi a feckliss link. Burgess Rasmie
(1892) 77. Abd. E'en misery's cauld and witherin* e'e Fell feck-
less o'er your stately tree, Thom Rhymes (1844^ 82 ; Growin'
feckless and frail, and tormented wi' pain, Anderson Rhymes
(1867) 25. Kcd. Till suns grow cauld, an' Natur's sel' Creeps
feckless o'er a rung. Grant Lays , 1884) 135. Frf. Waesucks that
sic a feckless thing Should ever mint at being a king, Beattie
Lairdie{c. 1820). Per. This warld ... is no for drones. Nor donnart
bees like you to hive in Wi' feckless groans, Haliburton Ochil
Idylls (1891) 49. Fif. Sae shall we, Calvin's feckless fowls, Gie
to the strumpet bluidy dools, Tennant Papistry (1827 ) 63. Ayr. To
think that our God's a Pagan image in need of sic feckless help as
the like o' thine, Galt Provost (1822) xix. Lnk. To shield the
feckless frae the strong, Rodger Po«)is( 1838) 130, ed. 1897. Edb.
Gar their feckless patients lak Their stinkin' potions, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 123, ed. 1785 ; It's time enough to drawl this tune,
Whanfeckless Eild criesout— 'haedoon !' MACNEiLLBv^a«« Times
(1811) 53. Rxb. Men were mad to come sae far Gainst feckless
fouk like you and me, Riddell Poet. IVks. (ed. 1871) I. 211. Dmf.
Was thy bit puny feckless wrist As able's willin' ? Quinn Heather
(1863) 27. Gall. A silly, faichless, beggar bodie, Nicholson Poet.
IVks. (1814) 68, ed. 1897. Kcb. When bans are feckless, powsare
grey, Armstrong liigUside (1890) 135; The little feckless bee,
wi' pantry toom, Davidson Thoughts (1789) i. Cum. Ah've been
nobbut varra feckless sen mornin', Rigby Midsummer to Martinmas
(1891) iii. 'Wm. He was over feckless i' his hands, Rawnslev
Remin. Wordsworth (1884I 'VI. 176.
Hence (i) Feckless-like, adj. feeble ; (2) Fecklessness,
sb. weakness, feebleness.
(i) Cum. A feckless-like, but fcarfu' bee, Relph Misc. Poems
(1743) 54. (2) Cai.' ne.Sc. Oot o' consideration for their laneli-
ness, their fecklessness. Grant Keckleton, 9.
2. Incapable, incompetent, without resource, shiftless,
helpless ; awkward, unhandy.
Frf. That makes ye as daft as that poor feckless creature over
there, Inglis --i/;/ /'"/*. (1895) 125. Per. There's mair ways o' doin'
gude nor juist giein' siller to feckless bodies 'at canna help them-
scls, Clelanu huhbracken (1883) 172, ed. 1887. Fif. I thought
upo' the Liardie clan, Maist feckless o' the sons o' Man, Gray/'ochis
(1811) 46. Slg. The lady he wed is a feckless, silly dame, Towers
Poems (1885 1 177. B.Sc. I wad rather marry a decent [well-to-do]
herd than a feckless farmer, Cunningham /JrooMu'cZiHrH ( 1894) v. Ayr.
A feckless lad, who couldna take a respect.able place in a four years'
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course of study, Johnston Kilmallie (1891": II. 61. Gall. Never
had a feckless lad like me such a friend. CK.ocv.r.TT Mosx-Hags {lig^]
iv. n.Cy. .Sor^rC/. (Co//. L.I..B.); N.Cy.' Nhb.i 'A feckless body'
is one unable to make any elTcctive ed'ort. Much more common
than its opposite, 'fcckful.' e Dur.' Cum. But nought cud feckless
WuUy dui, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 64; (W.K.) ; (J.Ar.^;
Gl. (1851) ; Cum.i Wm. As feckless as a hen, Folk-saw, GinsoN
Leg. (1877)20; He is a poor feckless thing (B.K.). n.Yks.l; n.Yks.2
A feckless creature. w.Yks. Willan List IVds. (iSii); (R.H.H.)
n.Lan.' War.^She'ssummat feckless. [The feckless holiday tourist
blunders blindly into dangers, Standard (Sept. 7, 1889) 2, col. i.]
3. Spiritless, wanting in animation; weak-minded, feeble
in intellect.
Cai.', Ags. (Jam.) Frf. He was a pragmatical, feckless body,
Jamie, Barrie Lic/tl (1888 iv. Lnk. Sae doun i' the mouth an' sae
feckless, Ye ne'er see a smile on their face. Nicholson /rf)'//s( 1870)
63. Lth. That poor half-witted creatur ye've been fechtin' wi'
this hour . . . Ye maunna scaith the feckless ! they're God's pecu-
liar care, Ballantine Poettts (1856^ 48. Cum. Oor Tommy was
daftish, an' feckless teu, Richardson Talk (1876) 140. n.Yks.^
4. Of little value, worthless, useless, valueless, profit-
less ; trifling, weak, insipid.
Abd. This propine For deeds that feckless are, Forbes Ajax
(1742) 10. Frf. Feckless amusements that do naebody nor nae-
thing guid, Willock Rosetly Ends (i886) 23, ed. 1889. Per. The
feckless fushionless vvratch, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) igo.
Fif. But to conclude my feckless song, Douglas Poems (1806) 46.
s.Sc. I aye thocht it an unco feckless sort o' diet, Wilson Tales
(1839^ V. 96. Ayr. Giving him only their fecklessbenisons instead
of white money, Galt Gilliaise (1823) i ; My memory for thae
things noo is but a feckless riddle. Service Notandums (1890) 96.
Lnk. A wean that for some feckless whim will orp an' greet, Ram-
say Gentle Shep. , 1725) 28, ed. 1783. Lth. His cairn shall be Nae
feckless monumental ruckle, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 92. Slk.
A spider's web, feckless even to catch flees, Chr. North Nodes (ed.
1856) III. 131. Kcb. Let others take their silly, feckless heaven
in this life, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 18. Cum. If you could
call it a bridge, but it was a very feckless one, Carlisle Jrn.
(1888) 6 ; It's sec a bit o' feckless wark as ah niver hard tell on,
RiGBY Midsitntnter to Martinmas (1891) xviii. Wm. Though sea
feckless her trunk gat upended, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 6; A
thowt a sud nobbut mak a varra feckless fend if a was witched
sec a pailish lang way frae heeam, Spec. Dial. (1865) pt. i. 10.
n.Yks.2 It's feckless wark. w.Yks. Yer feckless chirping sang,
HowsON Cur. Craven (1850) 117. Lan. Pretty Mis Marg'ret . . . hes
always an awmas for Bess, ranty an' feckless o' body as she is,
Thornber Penny Stone (1845) 15, ed. 1886.
Hence Fecklessness, sb. worthlessness.
Ayr. Pray for open eyes, that ye may see the frivolousness and
fecklessness of these things, Dickson Writings (1660), ed. 1845
Kcb. Love overlooketh blackness and fecklessness, Rutherford
Lett. (1660) No. 163.
[1. The same word as lit. E. effectless (Shaks.). Cp. Fr.
hoiiiiiie de pen deffecl, a weak and witlesse fellow (Cotgr.).]
FECKLINS, int. Lan. An exclamation or mild ex-
pletive.
n.Lan. Fecklins, ansuatheyare,THORNEERP<?«»»yS'/OKe(i845)29.
FECKT, adj. Rut.' Also in form feck. [fek(t.]
Competent, capable, sane. Cf. feckless.
He's not quite feckt [not quite all his wits].
FECT, see Feck, sb}
FED-BED, sb. Obs. or obsol. Lin. A feather-bed.
Lin. (Hall.) sw.Lin. Freq. heard used by a farmer's wife, now
dead (R.E.C.); sw.Lin.i
[Bedmakers, fedbed makers, Cocke Lovelies Bote (c.
1500*, Percy Soc. (1843) 9.]
FEDE, sb. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A sport, play, game.
(Hall.) ; Lin.' We chased the moudy-warp, and itwassuch fede.
FEDGAN, see Foot-gang, s.v. Foot, H. 1 (18, b).
FEDMILL, sb. Sh.I. A clumsy woman. S. & Ork.'
{Fed- repr. ON./«>, fat ; see Jakobsen Norsk in Shell.
(1897) 64.]
FEDMIT, adj. and sb. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. adj. Gluttonous. 2. sb. A glutton.
FEE, sb., V. and adj Sc. Nhb. Also Not. Cor. [fi.]
L sb. Anestateof inheritance in land, freehold property,
a manor. Also used attrib.
Ayr. After my grandfather had taken possession of his fee, Galt
VOL. II.
Gilhaise (1823) ix. Nhb. Lord of the fee of Knarcsdale, Richard-
son Borderers Tablc-bk. (1846) VI. 208. Cor. It's fee land, Thomas
Randigal Rhymes (1890) CI. ; Cor.' Our house is fee.
2. A fixed salary or remuneration in money, wages ;
also the engagement as a servant for wages ; recompense,
reward.
Sc. You have cheated that poor servant wench out of her half-
year's fee and bountith, Scott Antiquary (1816) i ; I have paid m}'
sei-vant his fee, Scotin'sms (1787) 38. Sh.I. I rowed tree year in
ayole fir twenty-five shillins o' a fee, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892)
242. n.Sc. Weel, man, what's yer fee? Gordon Carglen (1891)
68. Cai.' Elg. In ilka loughter, cheery, comes The kirn, and eke
the fee, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 152. Abd. He was a gweed ser-
van' to me. . . We'll mak' it the four month an' a half; nine notes
for the fee an' the lave [rest] confeerin', Alexander yl/« /"/t (1&82)
50. Kcd. They said that they would pay the fee, And that again
he would be free, Jamie Muse (1844) 19. Per. Each year I wan
a certain fee, Nicol Poems (1766) 154. Fif. The shearin's sair,
yet gude's our fee, Douglas Poems (1806) 117. Rnf. I'll tell ye
what happen't his very first fee, Neilson Poems {i&n'i no. Ayr.
I'm come here to seek a fee. Service Notandums (1890 1 85. Lth.
Tho' reared by the fremmit [stranger] for fee unca sma', Ballan-
tine Poems (1856) 4. Edb. They are laith to lose their fees By
broken days, Ha'rst Rig (1794) 30, ed. 1801. Feb. By my faith,
I'm weel deservin'. What I got is a' my fee, Affleck Poc/. IVks.
(1836) 85. Dmf. Even the drunkard comes to see, When he has
done wi' a' his fee, Shennan Tales (1831) 51. Nhb.' He pays us
fee and finds us cleathing.
Hence (1) Feeless, a^'. without remuneration or wages;
(2) Fee-tree, sb. a tree allowed as a reward to a forest
official ; (3) In fee, phr. hired, engaged as a servant.
(i) Edb. Feeless merit lies i' dens of scorn, Learmont Poems
(1791I 279 ; You, ye'resels whiles feeless sent . . , To jails, ib. 171.
(2) Not. His deputy has a fee-tree yearly, Marshall Review {i&n)
IV. 151. (3) Abd. Fovvks believ't ye were in fee To powers for-
bidden, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 60.
3. V. To engage for a fee, to hire, engage (servants).
Sc. One ... in quest of a partner at a ball asked a country belle
if she was engaged. ' Oh, ay, I'm fee'd wi' the sooter,'yo^f5 1889)
2nd S. 106. Frf. Masters who were reluctant to fee a married man,
Rarrie Tommy (1896) 205. Slg. I straightway fee'd me wi' her
father, Towers Pofixs (1885) 178. Ayr. Mrs. Girdwood had fee'd
one Jeanie Tirlet, Galt Provost (1822) xxxviii. Lnk. I'm prood
aye tae see ye, an' fain wad I fee ye, Wardrop J. Mathison (1881)
96. Dmf, Gaun to . . . try to fee a bonny lass, Shennan Tales
(1831) 33.
Hence (i) Fee'd, ppl. adj. hired, engaged ; (2) Feeing,
vbl. sb. the act of hiring or engaging servants ; also used
attrib. ; (3) Feeing-fair, (4) -market, sb. a hiring market
or fair, when labourers, &c., are engaged.
(i) Sc. The fee'd loon sat at his supper. Jokes (1889) 2nd S. 66.
Sh.I. Doo'Il no hinder wiz ta clap oot da sax packies, an' da feed
boy's fower boughts, Sh. News (Sept. 10, 1898). e.Fif. The feck
o' the shearers were fee'd ban's frae Dundee, Latto Tarn Bodkin
(1864) xxix. Ayr. Jenny Hachle was then our fee'd servant-lass,
Galt Provost (1822) vii. (2) n.Sc. There are certain da^'S known
as * feein' Friday,' * hairst Monday,' and such like, Gordon Carglen
(189O 66; Hiring and feeing are, however, serious matters, ib. 67.
Elg. I'll tell ye a' About the Friday's feein', Tester Poems (1865)
127. (3) Cld. The fixed time when farmers and farm servants meet
to make their engagements for the ensuing term (Jam.). (4) Cai.'
Abd. On the feeing market night he had taken Baubie home to
Briggies', Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 220. Frf. During the annual
fair or feeing market, as it is called, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 46;
The tents were those in use at the feeing and othermarkets, Barrie
Licht (1888) iii. Per. The feein' market pits the finishin' touch,
Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 188. e.Lth. Dinna complain if
ye're keepit hingin aboot a gey while on the causey at the feein
market. Hunter y. Inwick (1895) 85.
4. To take service ; to hire oneself-
Cai.' Abd. ' Aw'm nae gyaun to feethiswinter,'oman.' 'Keep
me, man ; fat wud ye dee gin ye didna fee ? ' Alexander Ain Flk.
(1882)187. Kcd. I now was grown a manly loon. And feed amang
the farmers soon, Jamie Muse (1844) 94. Fif. He . . . frankly pays
their wages, An' speers if they will fee again, Douglas Poems
fi8o6) 149. Rnf. I fee'd wi' her ain father. To plough his lan',
Barr Poems (1861) 8.
5. adj. Free as a freehold estate ; usedyf^.
Cor. He's fee there [welcome to come and go at will], Thomas
Randinal Rhymes (1890; Gl.
Tt
FE(E
[322]
FEEDING
[1. Feodum commonly signifies the heretable fee, and
property of ony thing, and specially of lands, Skene
Expos, (ed. 1641)59. 2. /fcw/w/H is taken for the fee, wage,
or stipend, given to ane servand for his service, ib. 60.]
FE(E, see Fay, v.^, Fey.
FEEACEN, V. e.Yks.' [fig-san.] pp. o^ to face.
FEEAG, FEEAK, FEEAL, see Fage, sb., Faik, sb.'^,
Fail, IK
FEEART, see Feared.
FEEAST, sb. e.Yks.* A festered or suppurated
wound or sore.
FEEAT, FEEBERRY, see Foot, Feaberry.
FEEBS, FEECH, see Feeps, Feigh.
FEED. V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
[fid.] 1. V. Gram, forms. 1. Preterite: (ij Feeded, (2)
Fid, (3) Fode.
(i) e.Yks.i MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll.
(1892)140. w.Som.' Feedud O'feedud. (2) m.Yks.* Fid", /«^;orf.
34- (3) Abd. (Jam.)
2. pp. (i) Feden, (2) Feeded, (3)Feec'en,f4)Fid,(5)Fiden.
II) m.Yks.i Fed'u'n, hitrod. 34. w.Yks. Fedn, Wright Gram.
Wndhll. (1892) 140. s.Chs.' Fedn, 75. (21 w.Yks. Wright
Gram. IViidJill. (1892) 140. w.Som.^ Ted-n naut u beet yiie'S vur
tu dhengk dhai dhae-ur faz'unts-l buyd airm, udhaewt dhai bee
u-fee'dud lig'lur luyk [It is no use to thii.k those pheasants will
stay at home unless they are regularly fed]. A keeper speaking
of a petted dog said: 'He's a feeded by all the chillern ; they be
tcr'ble a-tookt up way un.' Dev. Cattle is feeded difierently now,
Reports Provinc. (1885^ 94. (3) e.Yks.' (4) m.Yks.» Fid-, Introd.
34. (51 m.Yks.i Fid u'n, Introd. 34.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To suckle a child.
■w.Som.i Of babies only in this sense.
2. To fatten, make fat by special feeding.
Sc. (A.W.~i, Cum.l, n.Yks.' e.Yks. I mean to feed him, Mar-
shall Riir. Econ. .fi788). w.Yks. (J.W.) Midi. Marshall :b.
(1796) II. Not. (L.C.M.) n.Hn.i He feads five and twenty steers
every summer. sw.Lin.^ We shall begin to feed him next week.
Milk will feed anything quicker than water. s.Lin. We've putten
th' pig up to feed (T.H.R.). Nhp.2
Hence (1) Fed, 5^., see Feeder ; (2) Fed-mart, sb. an ox
especially fatted up to be killed at Martinmas ; used _/?§•. ;
(31 Feeder, sb. an ox, cS:c., being fatted for the market ; (4)
Feeding, (a) ppl. adj. fattening, nourishing; {b) sb., Jig.
food, fare, diet.
(i) Sc. The cattle on a farm being fattened, straw was then car-
ried to the cows, turnips to the fat cattle, . . the feds as they were
briefly called, Haliburton Scotland's Sake ( 1887) 12. (2) SIg.
As for the fed-marts of this world, the Lord in his righteous judge-
ment has appointed them tor slaughter, Bruce Sermons {16^1) vi.
13) Abd. The yalla feeder worriet on a neep, Ale.xander Johnny
Cibb (1871) xxxii; See't the feeders get plenty o' beddin', ib. Ain
Flk. (1882 31. Midi. Marshall Rur. Econ. (,1796) II. sw.Lin.i
(4, a) e.Yks. 1 Whotmeeal's a varry feedin thing. ne.Lan.i Nhp.i
Barley flour is rare feeding stuff. Shr.^ FeedingstufT for children.
( b) Per. The sap winna rise, but gin we hae that, they're fine feed-
ing, Sn»rfv 5fo// (1897) 25. Lth. Bleak thy hame, an' puir thy
feedin', Ballantine Poems (1856) 71.
3. To turn out cattle to feed or graze on land ; to use as
pasture land.
n.Lin.' I doan't knaw which o* them two gress peaces I shall
fead to year, and I o'must think it'll be th' hoam cloas. Land that
is fed in common by the parish. Wil. (E.H.G.)
Hence (i) Feedage, (2) Feeding, (3) Feeding-land, (4)
-piece, sb. grazing land, pasture.
(i , n.Yks. The hay, the turnips, the feedage of leys broken up,
and of young clover after harvest, Tuke Agric. (1800) 75. (2)
Liik. The Glcdshaw hills were uncommon rich feedin', Fraser
IVhaups (1895 , 192. e.An.i ; e.An.^ Almost obs. in Nrf., but more
usual in Suf. 'You turned your horse into my feeding.' Suf.'
e.Suf. I've sent my horse to feeding to-day (F.H.). (3) sw.Lin.',
Nhp.' (41 Blidl. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796) II.
4. To supply a machine with material to be worked,
dressed, &.c. Gen with in.
Sc. (A. W.), Nhb.' w.Yks. ' To feed up,' to pour dye liquor into
a machine or 'bark,' when the cotton is in process of dyeing
(J.G.).
Hence (1) Feeder, sb. (a) a person who supplies a
machine with material ; see below ; (b) that part of the
machinery where cereals are ' fed ' into a mill ; (2) feed
and speed men, plir. workmen of a superior class and
ability, who are thus able to ' set the pace ' for others in
the same employment.
(i, n) Nhb.i Feeder-in. The man who passes in corn to a thrash-
ing or to a winnowing machine is thus called. w.Yks. A person
{gen. a woman) who feeds a scribbler, i. e. puts wool, &c., into it
(S.C.H.); Workers who mind the carding machine in wool-
combing (S.A.B). Oxf.J The man who passes in the corn to
a threihing-machine, 71/S. rtrft/. lijNhb.' (2) Nhb. This firm had
what was called ' feed and speed' men, a kind of under foremen
whose duty it was to watch and press on the workmen. Railway
Review (May 14, 1897'*.
5. To serve in a game, to supply with balls, &c.
n.Cy. (J.W.) Nhb.' The lad who throws aball, or' cat,' towards
the batter, or striker, in a game is said to feed.
Hence (i) Feeder, sb. the person who supplies balls,
stones, &c., in var. games; (21 Feedow, sb. the store of
cherry-stones, from which children furnish their ' castles
of peps.'
(I) Sc. (•Jam.'), Nhb.i (2) Sc. (Jam.)
6. To grow fat or stout ; to put on flesh.
n.Cy. He feeds surprisingly ; he ismuch fed o' late, Grose (1790).
n.Yks.', Der.' Lin.' These stirks, which have not been out long,
have begun to feed. n.Lin. My wo'd, you do feed ; door'U soon
be oher narra' (M.P.) ; n.Lin.' Duzn't he fead just! He ewsed to
be th' sparest lad e' th' toon, an' noo he weighs nineteen stoan.
sw.Lin.' He eats well, so I hope he will soon begin to feed. War.
B'hani Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War."^; War.^ These cows
are feeding fast. Hrf.'
Hence Feeder, sb. one who grows fat.
sw.Lin,' The whole family of them are feeders.
7. To absorb colour. w.Yks. (J.G.)
8. sb. Food, diet, esp. fodder, grass food, or ' keep' for cattle.
Edb. Paritch, a substantial feed, Crawford Poe>ns (1798) 4.
w.Yks. Feed, of course, cannot grow much so long as we have cold
north and east winds, with sharp frost occasionally at night. For-
tunately, stores of roots and hay are still plentiful, and there is no
fear of shortness of keep for live stock, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Mar.
16, 1889) 8; w.Yks.' We've plenty o' good feed. Not.' Lin.
Dubbut loook at the waaste : theer warn't not feead for a cow,
Tennyson A'. Farmer, Old Style (1864) St. 10. sw.Lin.' There's
plenty of good feed this turn. Lei.', Nhp.', War.^ Shr.' I hanna
sid more feed o' the groun' fur many a 'ear than is this time. Brks.'
Green crops for sheep, as turnips, swedes, rape, &c. , are called
ve-ad. Hnt. (T.P.F.) Suf.' Feed is very short ta year.
9. Phr. (i) on the feed, feeding; (2) out at feed, turned out
to graze or pasture.
(i^ Not. The fish are on the feed (J. KB.). (2) Brks.' A horse
is said to be 'out at ve-ad,' when turned into a meadow to graze.
FEED, see Feid.
FEEDER, 5A. Nhb. Dur. [frdar.] A spring or inrush
of water in a mine or pit.
N.Cy.', Nhb,' Nhb., Dur. Where we prick 'd the water feeders,
Compleat Collier (1708) 2; Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849);
Lowered the top feeders. Borings (1881) II, 47,
FEEDING, ppl. adj. and vbl. sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum.
Wm. Yks. Lan. 1. ppl. adj. In comb, (i) Feeding-storm,
(a) a continuous snow-storm ; (b) fig. a stonn that is on
the increase ; (2) -time, warm, showery weather.
(I, fliSc.Yesterday morning we had a pretty copious fallofsnow.
At one time everything seemed to portend what is called a feeding
storm, Caled. Merc. (Dec. 30, 1819) fjAM.\ N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum.
Continued frost and snow, and doesnotimply tempestuous weather
(M.P.). Wm. It's a stiddy feedin-storm is this (B.K.). w.Yks.',
ne.Lan.' [When snow-showers fall, and the sky clears up quickly,
but is again overcome with another shower, it is said to be a
' feeding storm,' Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 143.] (6) Sc.
All things hold out our affairs as if they were not. This is a
feeding storm, Baillie Lett. (177S") I. 296 (Jam.). (2I s.Chs.' It's
u rae'r fcydin-tahym fiir}th tuu'rmits, mes-tur, biir it)s baak-nin
fur dhii ee" [It's a rare feedin'-time for th' turmits, mester, bur
it's backenin' for the hee], Shr,' It's a fine feedin'-time fur the
corn an' turmits, but it maks the 'ay lag,
2. vbl. sb. Phr. a feeding o' drooth, a fine drizzle of rain
in summer.
Ant. A fine mizzle of rain on a summer's evening is freq, char-
acterized as a ' feedin' o' drooth,' or a sign of fine weather, Bally-
mena Obs, (1892),
FEEDLE
[ 323 J
FEER
FEEDLE, sl>. Sc. A field. Also used /iff. Also in
coiitb. outfeedle.
Abd. Fa ees't to be the fust o' the fcedlcs gin screik o' day fan
there was the chance o' an enterin' mornin, Alexander Aiii Flk.
(1882") 67 ; To hcrry craws' nests, an' traik aboot for oors i' the
feedles deein' mischief, i«. 8g ; To graze, . . later in the day, on
the ' oot-feedles,' where arable and waste land alternated in pic-
turesque variety, ib. gr.
FEEGH, see Feigh.
FEEK, V. Yks. Written feeak n.Yks." [fiak.] 1.
To fetch. n.Yks.>^
2. With out: to seek after for the purpose of unravelling.
n.Vks.'
FEEK, see Feak, Feck, sb}
FEEL, ti.' and s6. 'Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in
forms fiel Bwk. ; veel Dev. [fll.] I. v. Gram, forms.
1. Prelcnie: (i) Feelt, (2) Fel, (3) Feld, (4)//. Fel'en, (5)
Fild, (6) Filt, (7) Veeled.
(i) s.Wm. We gat up, and feelt better, Southey Doctor {ei.
1848^ 561. (3) Stf. I fel' ready to goo an' drownd myself, Pinnock
Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895^. Shr.' I fel' so bad all o'er as if I wuz gwein
to 'ave a faiver. (3) Lan.', e.Lan.', s.Chs.' 81. (4) Shr. They
fel'en fine an' glad as they wun got out on 'em so well, Burne
Flk-Lore (1883) 46. (5) w.Yks. Fild, Wright Gram. Wndhll.
(1892) 142. (6) m.Yks.' Filt, Introd. 34. (7 > Dev. He zaid he veeled
vur we vary much, Burnett Stable Boy (1888) xxvii.
2. pp. (I) Feelen, (2) Fel, (3) Feld, (4) Felt, (5) FUd, (6)
Veel'd.
(r e.Yks.' (2) Shr.i (z^ Lan.', s.Chs ' 81. (4) m.Yks.i Felt ,
Int>x>ii. 34. (51 w.Yks. Wright Gram. IVndhll. (189a) 142. (6)
Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869).
IL Dial. uses. 1. In phr. to feci up on, to feel inclined to.
w.Yks. Th' less aw felt up on it, Hartley Giimes' Visit ^1892) 14.
2. To seem, appear.
w.Yks. It felt to do me gooid, Hartley Grimes^ Trip (1877) 24.
3. To understand, comprehend.
Bwk. When we ance gat up to dance, An' step an' figure learn,
We ne'er were blate to fiel the set When dancin' in the barn, Calder
Poems ( 1 89 7 ^ 94.
4. To be sensible or conscious of by taste or smell.
Sc. I feel a smell of tea, Ramsay Remin. (1859) loi : Don'tyou
feel the bitter flavour of the orange? (Jam. Siip/il.) ; Wherever he
went, people held their noses as if they had felt a bad smell, Sco/i-
cisms (1787) 119; Common, Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 436; You
complain much of that tannery, but I cannot say I feel it, Sinclair
Obs. Dial. (1782) 83 (Jam.). n.Cy. (W.T.) ; N.Cy.i Nhb. North-
umbrians ' feel the smell' of anything. Titbits (Aug. 8, 1891 ) 280,
col. I ; Nhb.* * Can ye feel a smell ? ' is a very common expression.
n.Yks.* *I felt the smell's sune's I gat within t'deear,' In constant
use. w.Yks. Eh' doos thou feel that bad smell? I do ( F.P.T.) ;
w.Yks.' I feel a badsmell. Der. Poetry Provinc. in Conih.Mag. (,1865)
XII. 31 ; Der.^ Feel a stink. nw.Der.'
5. sb. Feeling, sensation.
n.Yks. (I.W. ) Stf. He's all feels, is yon lad, where other folks
is stone, Saunders Diamonds (1888; 28. n.Lln.' A straange queer
feal alus cums oher me when I see a toad.
Hence (i) Feeling, ppl. adj. (a) sensitive ; (b) sympa-
thetic; (2) -hearted, adj. tender-hearted, kind-hearted;
(31 -like, flfl). sensitive, tender; (4) Feelless, «(//'. without
feeling or sensation ; (5) Feely, adj., see Feeling (a).
(I, a Lan. He's a very feelin' mon, Waugh Dead Mans Dinner,
346. (A) Nrf. Oh ! sir, Mr. S. is a wunnerful feeling sort of a man
(W.R.E.). (2) ne.Sc. I'm sure Jamie Lott's a feelin'-hairted lad,
an' will mak' a kind doctor. Grant Kectileton, 37. Dev, Much more
he zaid in the zame veeling-hearted way to me, Burnett Stable
£ov(i888) xxvii ; He's such akind-hearted, feeling-hearted gentle-
man. Reports Proznnc. U897). n.Dev. She took anything like
that to heart, did mother, forhcrwas always terrible feeling hearted,
Chanter IVitch (1896) vi. (3I Nrf. Of a horse with tender feet :
' If yow mind, that there boss go wunnerful feeling-like ; he ha got
a rare Under fut ' (,W.R.E.). (4) Sc. My thumbs, they are not very
sore, only they are something feelless, Thomson Cloud 0/ Witnesses
(1714') 42, ed. 1871. CM. I swarft amang his hands, An' feelless
l.iy, Edb. Mag. (May 1820) Marmaiden (Jam.). (5) m.Yks.' He's
very feely ; he soon knows when he's hurt.
6. A smell, odour.
w.Tks. What a queer feel there is about (C.C.R.) ; w.Yks > A
nasty feel.
FEEL, V.' Lan. Preterite of to fell.
s.Lan. PicTON Dial, fieds).
FEEL, see Fell, Fool.
FEELDIN(G, sb. Wil. A feeling, sensation.
n.Wil. 'Tis a dreadful feeldin (E.H.G.).
FEELIMAGEERIES, 56. /./. Sc. Knick-knacks, gew-
gaws, odds and ends, useless trifles.
I dinna ken fat use thaesoshilist triangles an' ither feelimageeries
like lien's taes are genna [going to] be to you, Salmond My Man
Sandy (1894) 62.
FEELTH, sb. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Also in form
felth Nhp.2 War.''^ w.Wor.' se.Wor.' s.Wor.' \i\Vf, fel)>.]
Feeling, sensation.
Rut.' Had his feet any more fcelth in 'em when you seed him to-
day' Lei.* His feet is mortified, an' hasn't got no feelth in 'em.
Nhp.* I can tell by the feelth there's a thorn in my finger; Nhp.^
He's lost his felth. War.234 w.Wor.* I be that stan-en, I 'an't got
no felth in my 'ands nor my fit. se.Wor.* s.Wor. I be that starved
I haven't 'ardly no felth i' my 'onds (H.K.) ; s.Wor.* Er've no felth
uv'cr right 'and.
FEEM, I). Cai.* A term used in the game of marbles:
to lie by.
FEENEEKIN, sb. Bnff.* A person of small stature,
and of a tart, finical disposition.
FE£N(T, see Fient.
FEEPER, sb. Cor. Also written feaper. [frp3(r).]
A whistle made by boys from sycamore twigs, or the
stalks of wheat.
Cor. Young shoots of sycamore, as well as whitethorn, are
known as May in Cornwall, and from green twigs of the former
and from green stalks of wheaten corn children . , . make a rude
whistle, which they call a ' feeper,' Flk-Lore Jrn. (1886) IV. 225 ;
Cor.3 w.Cor, A kind of whistle made by country lads, blown
in May (M.A.C.) ; They were soon disturbed, however, by the
shrill tweeting of feapers, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 92.
FEEPS, sb. pi. Cor. Also written feaps; and in forms
fapes Cor.^; feebs Cor.'^ [f'ps, feps, fibz.] The game
of pitch and toss.
For aw would minchey [play truant] play at feaps, Thomas Ran-
digal Rhymes (1895} 4 ; Cor.* 2 a
FEER,s6.*andi;. Sc. Also Lei. Wor.Shr.HrfGlo.Hmp.
Wil. Also written feir Sc. (Jam.) Abd.; fier Sc. (Jam.) ;
and in form veer w.Wor.' s.Wor.' Shr.* Hrf* GIo.* Hmp.
Wil.* [fir, fi3(r), w.Cy. vi3(r).] 1. sb. A furrow. Wil.*
2. V. To draw the first furrow in ploughing; to mark
out the first ' lands ' or ' ridges ' before ploughing the
whole field.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863); (Jam.) Abd. From the prac-
tice of feering always in the crown of the rig and gathering to the
same point, the tendency was to pile up the ploughed land in a
series of long narrow mounds, Alexander Rtir. Life (1877) 37.
Lei.* To feer land, is to set it out as it is intended to be ploughed.
Hmp. When one piece of the field has been finished the plough-
man veers out a fresh piece (H.C.M.B.). Wil.' To veer out the
rudges. [None but the expertest of the ploughmen are entrusted
to feer land on a farm, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 164.]
Hence (i) Feering, s6. (n) the furrow drawn to mark
out the 'lands' or 'ridges' belore ploughing the whole
field ; (b) a space of ploughed land containing a varying
number of furrows ; cf. but(t, sb.* 1 ; (2) Feiring furrow,
phr., see Feering (a).
(i, a) Abd. Tamson has it, for his feerin's the best, Abd. Wkly.
Free Press (Mar. 26, 1898). Per. As plooman-lads wi' steady grup
Draw oot their feerin, Haliburton Horace {1&B6 67. s.Sc. Make
haste and draw your feerin (A.C. ■). Lth. When a field is to be
plowed, one goes before, and marks off the breadth of every ridge,
by drawing a furrow on each side ot the space allotted for it. This
is called the feering (Jam.), (i) w.Wor.*, s.Wor.* Shr.* Feerings
differ from ' buts ' in being made as level as possible ; 'buts'are
high on the ridge, and correspondingly low in the ' rean ' : 'buts*
are on wet lands — feerings on dry lands. Hrf.' Ploughed land is
said to be laid out into broad veerings when many furrows are
turned up on each side against the same ridge. GIo. Gl. (1851) ;
Glo.* The aggregate number of furrows between every two reens
or water furrows. (2) Abd. At the outset every ploughman has
to cut his feirin furrow in the line of the small wooden pins,
Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 241.
[2. OYi.fyrian, to cut a furrow.]
T t2
FEER
[324]
FEFF
FEER, sb.^ Hrf. Oxf. Also in form vere Hrf. [Not
known to our correspondents.] In phr. /o /ake a /eer, to
run a little way back for the better advantage of leaping
forward. (K.) Cf fease, sb. 6.
FEER, see Fere, s6.', adj., Fier.
FEERACH, see Foorich.
FEERDY, adj. and sb. Sc. Also in forms faerdy
Sh.I.; feirdy, ferdy (Jam.); fierdy S. & Ork.^ Bch.
[firdi, feTdi.] 1. adj. Strong, able-bodied, in good con-
dition, hale, hearty.
Sc. A ferdy man (Jam.). Sh.I. I haena a shaef parteenin' ta me
'afs seed faerdy, S/i.A'«Ui (Apr. 9, 1898); He's a faerdy bairn (K.!.) ;
(Coll. L.L.B.); S. &Ork.i ' Wark fierdie,' fit for work, MS. add.
Bch. I needna' tell the pilgets a' I've had wi' fierdy foes, Forbes
Ulysses (1785) 19 ; At last we, hke fierdy follows, flew to't flaught-
bred, thinkin to raise it, ib. Jrn. (1742) 15. Fif. I'm come to ca'
'Y'our ferdiest to the fecht, Tennant Papistry (1827) 119.
Hence Ferdy-limbed, adj. strong in limb, stalwart, sturdy.
Fif. Men ferdy-limb'd and swank and hale, Tennant Papistry
(1827') 92.
2. sb. A person who wears well in constitution. Sh.I.
(Coll. L.L.B.)
[1. Norw. ^I'BiX. ferdig, strong, hearty, in good condition
(Aasen).]
FEERIE, sb. Sh.I. An epidemic or disease peculiar
to dogs. S. & Ork.'
FEERIE, adj} Sc. 'Written feirie Sc. Ayr. [frri.]
Clever, active, nimble, esp. in phr. feerie o' the feci. Also
used advb.
Sc. To call a man eloquent or feery o' the feet, is to speak of him
in synonymous terms, Doitaldsoniad, 364 (Jam.) ; An' himsel baith
feirie an' crouse at e'en, Jamieson Pop. Ballads • 1806) 1. 348. Ayr.
Tile fient ma care, quo' the feirie auld wife. Burns The Daik's
dang owcr my Daddie. Lth. Gen. with ncg. It is said of one who
is not fit for walking from lameness or otherwise : ' He's no feerie
of the feet' (Jam.). e.Lth. A soond man, hale an' feery o' the feet,
Hunter y. /HzwVi (1895) 113. Dmf. Kimnier can castowre it [the
river] her cantraips an' spells, An' feerie, can cross it in twa braid
cockle shells, Cromek Remains (iBioi 60.
Hence Feerilie, adv. cleverly, actively, nimbly. Per.
(Jam.)
[Als fery and als swippir as a page, Douglas Eneados
(1513), ed. 1874, in. 28. Norw. dia\. fcerig, active, fresh, in
good health (Aasen).]
FEERIE, adp Fif Lth. (Jam.) Looking weakly, in a
bad state of health.
FEERIN, FEERIOUS, see Fearin(g, Furious.
FEERISH, FEEROCH, see Fairish, Farrach.
FEERRICH, FEERSUNS, see Foorich, Fasten's, sb.
FEERY, sb. Sc. Nhb. Also in forms ferie, fiery Sc.
(Jam.) ; firie-, firry- Sc. [firi.] Tumult, noise, bustle,
confusion ; rage, passion. Gen. in coiiip. Feery-fary.
Sc. Still used (Jam. s. v. Farie) ; Argument, flum flams, and
fearie-fairies, could not be treason, Jr)i. Strajford s T}-ictl, Lett. i. 285
(Jam.'); The firie-farie and the fecht, Drummond A/Hffo;«nr/()'(i846);
All folks were in a fiery farrie, Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861 ) I. 65.
Bch. Syne the queans wis in sik a firry-farry, that they began to
misca' ane anithcr like kail-wives, Forbes Jrn. (1742) 17. Per.
(Jam.) ; Peter's in an awfu' feery-farry the nicht, Ian Maclaren
Bi-ier Bush (1895) 141 ; Dinna pit yirsel intae a feery-farry, ib. K.
Carnegie (iSg6) 163. Fif. Sailzie kirk wi' weir and wraith, And
make a fierie-farie, Tennant Papistry (1827) 22. Edb. Yet for all
this heat, and fiery fary. Good honest Kaillie to the last did tarry,
Pennecuik Wks. (1715) 345, ed. 1815. Nhb.i Now what needs
aw this feery-fary ? yoro-Sfr. Disc. 12. Obs.
[Cupido . . . Quha reft me, and left me In sik a feirie-
farye, Montgomerie C/ierrie (1597) 252.]
FEESE, FEESH, see Fease, v.'-, Fetch, v.
FEESHIE, /;;/. Sc. Also written feechie. [fiji.] An
exclamation, holding a person to a point, used in var.
games, &c. ; sec below.
Per. A boy says, ' I'll fight you ' ; the lad threatened says
' fecshie,' which settles matters ; they must fight. Or, in playing
marbles, you aim at one ; 'feeshie ' is called, which prevents you
from changing your mind. Tabled cards are played cards by cry-
ing ' feeshie.' 'Come now, John, feechie' ; or 'feechie doun' [play
at once] (G.W.).
FEESKS, sb. pi. Sh.I. Tufts of disordered hair, &c.
Hence Feeskit, adj. dishevelled, matted, or frizzled, like
hair in disorder. S. & Ork.' MS. add.
FEESS, FEETEN, see Fetch, v., Foot.
FEETH, sh. Obs. ? Sc. Also written feith. A net,
fixed and stretching into the bed of a river. Also \T\comp.
Feeth-net.
Sc. The largest feith-net is 6 fathoms long, 2 fathoms deep at the
river end, and i fathom at the land end. State Leslie of Pozuis,
109 (Jam.). Abd. They set short nets called feeths in some corners
of the river and salmon are often found entangled in the meshes of
these nets, Staliit. Ace. XIX. 218 (16.).
FEETH, adj Yks. Also written feeath. [fiajj.]
Hesitating, reluctant.
e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 61 ; e.Yks.i When Ah gat ti
knaw spot was hanted Ah was varry feeath o' gannin, MS. add. (T.H.)
FEEZE, V. Sc. Also Hrf Glo.w.Cy. Also written fease
Kcd. ; feaze Sc. (Jam.) Hrf ; feese Sc. ; and in forms
faise Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' ; faize Sc. (Jam.) ; vaz(e Glo.' [f iz,
fez, Glo. vez.] 1. To screw, twist, turn. Also used 7?^.
Sc. Gie it [a chain] back, I'll feese you a new tether for your
coo, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) i. Cai.' Esp. applied to the
wooden screw ^vhich regulated the driving-band of a spinning-
wheel. Nai. To turn a screw nail, Gl. Surv. (Jam.) Kcd. He
quickly gied the bags a hease. The chanter round did gently fease,
Jamie Muse (1844) 102 Frf. Hurra'd an' cheer'd an' feez'd his
chanter, Beattie Arnlia (c. 1820) 50, ed. 1882. Fif. I downa laugh,
I downa sing. I downa feeze my fiddle-string, Douglas Poems
(1806) 43. e.Fif. The preen o' her shawl was feezed roon' to her
shoother head, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) xxx ; Tibbie made maist
praiseworthy efibrts to feeze her fingers oot o' my loof as lang as
I held them fast, ib xxii.
Hence Feeze-nail, sb. a screw-nail. Rxb. (Jam.)
2. Of cloth, &c. : to unravel, fray out, become unwoven.
Gen. with out.
Sc. Applied to cloth that has been rent, when the threads
separate from each other, and assume the form of the raw material
(Jam.). Cai.i To become frayed by the woof giving way, so that
only the warp remains. Nai. To have the woof at the end of a
piece of cloth, or ribband, rubbed out from the warp, Gl. Surv.
( J.'^M.) Hrf. To untwist or unravel the ends of twine or rope.
Bound Provinc. (1876). GIc'
Hence Faizins or Feazings, sb. pi. the stringy parts of
cloth when the woof is rubbed out from the warp. Sc,
Rxb. (Jam.)
3. Phr. (i) to feeze abotd, fig. to hang off and on, keep
near one spot ; to shuffle or potter about ; also usedfg. ;
(2) — into, to ingratiate oneself, worm into confidence ;
(3) — off, to unscrew ; (4) — on, to screw ; (5) — upjfg.
(a) to flatter ; {b) to work up into a passion.
(i) Sc. When other ewes they lap the dyke, . . . My ewie never
play'd the like, But feez'd about the barn wa, Ritson5;:^5. (1794)
I. 287 (Jam.). Sh.I. Dis time da ting he's feezed aboot, He dusna
dee, Sh. Nezvs (Feb. 19, 1898). n.Sc. To move backwards and
forwards within a small compass, as when a person wishes to
keep near one point (Jam.). Glo.', w.Cy. (Hall.) (2) Sc. It is
sometimes said that one feezes himself into the good graces of
another (Jam.). Nai. Gl. Surv. {ib.) (3, 4) Sc. (Jam.) (5) Sc.
{ib.), Cai.l
4. Of a razor or sharp instrument : to have the edge
jagged, turned up at the side.
Sc. Get a verrule put to your stafi'; the end o't's a' faiz'd (Jam.).
5. Fig. To rub liard ; to do a piece of work with energy.
Bnff.' Fin a geed in, a got her feezin' up the washan.
Hence Feezan, si. (i) a continuance of hard rubbing;
(2) with at and up : great energy at work. Bnff.'
FEFF, sb.^ Sc. In form fief Edb. [fef, fif] A bad
smell, a stench. Also used allrib. in comp. Fief-like.
Cai.' Applied by mothers to infants troubled with wind. Edb.
I could not refuse to give them a hand down the stair with the
coffin, which had a fief-like smell of death and sawdust, Moir
Mansie Wauch (1828) xxi.
FEFF, v.^ Obs. Ess. To obtrude, thrust or put upon
one, esp. in buying and selling. See Feft.
We inEssexuse fertingfor putting, thrusting, or obtrudingathing
upon one, donum or merces obtrudere, Ray (1691) Pre/.; 'To fefl'
upon,' to obtrude or put upon in buying or selling (K. ) ; Ess.*
[The same word as ME.fi'Jin,to present a person with
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anything. And fcffe False-witnes with floreines ynowe,
P. Plowiiian (B.) II. 146. Fv.Jicffer, to infeoffe, to grant an
inheritance in fee (Cotgr.).]
FEFF, j;.2 Lan. Also in form faff, [fef, faf.] To
flatter, ' butter up ' ; to fawn, play the hj'pocrite.
' Theaurt faffing me.' A common word to-day, Mancli. Cily
Navs (Oct. I, 1898) ; Don't feff me (J.L.).
FEFF, sb.' and v.^ e.Suf. (F.H.) 1. sb. A thief.
2. V. To steal.
FEFFEE DAY, p/tr. Yks. See below.
w.Yks. Folk gether in fra' far an' near when it is feffee day,
Wright Bill Hoyllnis (1867) ; In the case referred to by our local
poet, Isaac Bovvcock was the original devisor or benefactor who
gave a feofTment to certain feoffees or trustees for specified pur-
poses— to apprentice poor boys, to be distributed in benefactions,
and so forth. The day when these doles are given out is ' feoffee
day,' or, to imitate the abbreviated popular pronunciation, ' feffee
day,' Keighley News (Oct. 22, 1898).
FEFNICUTE, sb. and v. Lan. Also written feffnecute
e.Lan.*; feffnicute, fefnecute ; and in forms faffnecute,
fefficute, feffmecute ; thefnicute Lan.' [fe'fnikiut.]
1. sb. A hypocrite, a mean, sneaking person. Cf. feff, 7'.*
What mak' o' lennock faffnecutes are they ? Clegg Sketches
(1895)397; The late Mr. Morgan Brierley said that when a lad
he remembered its constant use by a shrewd and clever woman,
who was wont to apply it to persons of feeble moral and intellec-
tual endowments, but of some cunning. . . A correspondent speaks
of the word fefnicute as if it were obs. It is by no means so. My
mother has frequently used the word in my hearing as designating
a person (generally a child) who uses diplomatic and flattering
phrases to gain some end, Mamh, Cily News (Sept. 24, i8g8) ;
This word I believe originated in the Rochdale district, and it is
still used in the outlying villages of that town, ib. (Oct. i, 1898) ;
' Fefnicute,' or as generally used in Oldham, ' feffmecute,' is not
yet gone out of use. If applied to children it is often used with
the adjective 'little.' If applied to grown-up persons it is often
used with the adjective ' old ' or ' owd.' Asking an ancient Old-
hamer for his description of its meaning he said, ' It's tellin' a foine
tale to get howd o' summut,' ib. This word is used daily in this
village (Milnrow), Applied almost exclusively to children, <4. ; The
word 'fefnicute' has almost ceased to be used in the parish of
Saddleworth. It is still in use by persons who are verging on the
allotted span of life, ib. ; We'n knok thaw dokter'syed hoff theaw
fefnecute, Ormerod Felleyfro Rachde (1864) v; Lan,', e.Lan.'
2. V. To fawn, play the hypocrite; to speak fair to a
person, but revile him to others.
Don't feffnicute (J.L.).
FEFT, V. and adj. Sc. Yks. Lin. e.An. [feft.] 1. v.
To secure to any one in a formal or legal manner ; to
endow. See Feff, v}
n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ He fefted his wife on so much a year. m.Yks.'
Lin. He fefted his wife with ;f2ooayearTHOMPSON//«<.Z?05/0K( 1856)
705 ; Lin.' All the property was fefted to the trustees. n.Lin.i Obsol.
Hence (i) Feft. m.Yks.'; (2) Feftment, si. property
legally secured; an endowment, enfeoffment. n.Yks.'^,
m.Yks.'
2. Obs. To persuade or endeavour to persuade ; to ' put
off' or dispose of wares.
e.An.i Obs. Nrf. Browne (ffe (1684) III. 233, ed. Bohn ; (K.) ;
Grose (1790); RAviiegi). Ess. Gl (1851); Ess.'
3. adj. Bespoken, claimed by right.
Sc. ' A feft seat,' ' a feft place.' Anything is said to be feft which
is particularly claimed or supposed to be held by right, or in con-
sequence of long possession (Jam.'i. Sh.I. ' Na !' says I, 'Aald
Rasmie is feft,' Burgess Rasuiie (1892^ 17.
FEG, sb. n.Cy. Wm. Yks. Chs. Midi. Wor. Shr. Hrf
Rdn. Also written fegg N.Cy.^ ; pheg Shr.^ [feg.j
Long, coarse grass ; dry, dead grass. Also used _/?§-. and
in coinp. Feg-grass. Cf. fog, 56.'
N.Cy.2 Wm. Ferguson Northmen f 1856) 210; N. & Q. (1871)
4th S.vii. 216; Atkinson G/. (1868). n.Yks.' Fegishere.as used with
the indef, article, a single dead grass-stem. Chs.', s.Clis.' Midi.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) II. ne.Wor. Old matted grass in
a field, very hard to cut, and blunting to ascythe (J.W.P.). s.Wor.
Porson QuainI Wds. {i&-j^) 13; (H.K.) Shr. Long or coarse
grass, sometimes applied to coarsegrassgrowing in tufts (W.W.S,) ;
Slir.' Long, rank grass, which cattle refuse to eat unless they have
no other ; Stir.* The bwes un nivir ha any flesh atop on their
bwons when un sich pheg as that to ate. Hrf.' ^, Rdn.*
FEG, i;.' w.Wor.' To scratch.
FEG, v.^ Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] 1. To propel a marble with the thumb from the
curved middle of the forefinger. CId. 2. To knock off
a marble that is lying beside another. Ayr.
T'EG,adj Obs. n.Cy. Lan. Fair, handsome, clean; fine.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; (K.) ; Bailey (iTtai) ; N.Cy.2 Lan. It wur
fegger a dyel ith mornin, Tim Bobbin Vieiv Dial. (1740) 21 ; Lan.'
s.Lan. PicToN Dial. (1865) 16; Bamford /)/«/. (1854).
[Feg, pidcher, nitidus, Coles (1679). Cp. Norw. dial.
fecst, superl. oifager, fair (Aasen) ; Sw. dial./a;^5/, fairest
(RlETZ).J
FEG, see Fag, v}, Fay, v.'^, Fig, sA.'
FEGARY, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Chs. Nhp. War. Shr. Oxf.
Brks. e.An. Cor. Also in forms feegary Dmf ; figairy
n.Yks. ; figary Wxf Chs.' War.^ Shr.' Oxf.' Brks. [fage'ri,
figeri.] 1. A whim, freak, ' vagary ' ; a frolic, antic,
foolish action.
Wxf. I wouldn't mind all your former figaries, Kennedy £'w«(»g's
Diiff'rey{i66g) gi. Nhp.' Let's have none of your fegaries. Oxf.'
When you comes to see I, we'll aa a bit of a figary, MS. add. Brks.
Gl. (1852) ; (Coll. L.L.B.) e.An.'
2. Fig. A wild, excitable temper or humour, a 'tantrum.'
n.Yks. Usr mistris iz varaniar paSt livin wi at taims, sha gat inta
saik 3 figeri owar ne.xt ts naut. A brakt pliu tudar de an yu sad
asTn wat a figeri t'mgstar gat intiu (W.H.). w.Cor. They were
talkan . . . when she got into her fegary with the poor woman she
abused so, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 64.
3. pi. Finery, superfluous adornments, fanciful attire.
Dmf. Grave dames in a' their nice feegaries, Mayne Siller Gtm
(1808) 56. Chs.' War.!" A bow under 'er chin, another atop uv
'er bonit, an' a 'ankicherall th' colours o' the rainbow, with a big
'air broach stuck in it — she was in fine figaries, I can tell yer.
Shr.' 'Er's got all manner o' figaries about 'er.
Hence Figariments, sb. pi. fanciful attire, finery, super-
fluous adornments.
Shr.' I should like it made nate an'plain — no figariments about it.
[A fegary, exciirsio, vaga cogitatio, Coles (1679).]
FEGGAZ, see Feckaz.
FEGRIM, s*. Obs. Sc. A whim, 'vagary' ; finery.
Per. Ladies and a' For foreign fegrims did nae fling Their gou'd
awa'. Nicol Poems (1766) 94.
FEGS, sb. and int. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Also Glo. Suf.
Ken. Sus. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Also written feggs Sc. ;
and in forms faags Frf ; faaighe Wxf ; faggs Ken.'
Dev.; fags Glo.' Suf Ken.'* Sus.« Wil. Dor. w.Som.'
Dev. ; faighe Wxf ; faigs Sc. [fegz, f egz, faegz.]
1. sb. In phr. expressing: asseveration or astonishment :
(i) gidd or gttdefegs, (2) i' fegs or fags, (3) my/egs, (4) by
myfegs, an exclamation or expletive, ' faith.'
(I) Bch. Guid feggs, I was fley'd that she had taen the wytenon-
fa, Forbes yni. (1742) 15. Kcd. Gude fegs, we'll hae the High-
land fling, Jamie .W»s« (1844'; 88. (2) Edb. Our wives, ifegs ! Had
best no green at lambtime killing, Macneill Bygone Times (1811)
7. Suf.' Wil. Britton SfrtM/ifs (1825I. (3)Fif. My fegs ! you're
richt, Mi^Laren Tibbie (1894) 20. Rof. My fegs, ye wad trow she
was something divine, Clark Rhymes (1842) 30. Lnk. ' Ma fegs ! '
quo' he, ' by a' that's great ! ' Deil's Halloween (1856) 30. (4)
Bnfr. Wi' wham I blythely, by my faigs. Can banish ilka care
wanwordy, Taylor Poems (1787) 178. Rnf. Whan I gat clear
o't, by my fegs, I made twa pair o' clever legs, Picken Poems
(1813) I. 60. Edb. Than be' my fegs, The words at the pen neb
hung. Like new peel'd eggs, Crawford Poemi (1798) 48. w.Yks.*
By my fegs! lad, I'll hev hod on thuh.
2. int. An exclamation or mild expletive, ' faith,' truly,
indeed. Cf faix.
Cai.' Elg. Faigs, it's capital rhyme, man. Tester Poems (1865)
141. Abd. Fegs, an' I hed kent ! Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871)
xxvii. Kcd. But feggs, he was a wee o'er late, Burness Garron
Ha' (c. 1820) 1. 151. Frf. Na, faags, it was ower ill to come by,
Barrie Tommy (1896) 196. Per. Faigs, an' that's mair nor I
ken mysel', Cleland Inchbracken (1883I 149, ed. 1887 ; Faigs, it's
no cannie tae be muckle wi' the body, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush
(1895") 76. Fif. Faigs, ye shouldna be cauld if ye've carried that
faur, Robertson Provost (1894) 135. e.Fif. But fegs, my man's
no ae bit better, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) ii. Slg. Fegs, I gat
her on a crack, Towers Poems (1885") 178. Dmb. O fegs, I ken
fine what I'll mak o't, Cross Disruftwn (1844) v. Ayr. ' Feggs,
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he's coming,' replied the intruder, Johnston Gkubuctie {iSBq) 19;
But fegs, the Session says 1 maun Gae fa' upo' anither plan,
Burns Answer to Epistle, st. 5. Lnk. Faigs ! I'll awa hame to
my mither, I will, Rodger Poems (1838) 77, ed. 1897. Lth. Fegs,
he'd better been in 's bed, Bruce Foetus (1813) II. 17. e.Lth.
Fegs, I'll ne'er lichtly the meenister's job again ! HuNTERy. Inwick
(1895) 28. Edb. Fegs, they will ye spulzie, Fergusson Poems
(17731 132, ed. 1785. Dmf. Fegs, Jemmy lad, ye may be glad,
Ye've gat a chance tae quat it, Quinn Heather {iSt^^) 188. Rxb.
But, fegs, or lang ye'll hear our linties sing, A. Scott Poems (ed.
1808) 33; Ay faigs ! fu' mony ane, quo' he, Riudell Poet. IVks.
(ed. 1871) I. 5. Gall. Fegs, I do not ken, Crockett Stickit Min.
(1893) 23. Wxf.' Nhb. But, fegs ! he got an unco start, Strang
Earth Eiend {i8g2) 6. GIo.', Suf.> s.Cy. Grose (1790). Ken.
Willyoudoso?— Faggs I will(K.) ; Ken.'2 Sus.i Why ? you are
smart, fegs ! Sus.^ It rains hard, fegs ! That horse trots well, fegs !
w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme Reikis (1834). Som. Jennings Obs.
Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.* Fagz ! diid-n
ees puut-n ulau'ng [Faith ! did not I make him go], Dev. Fegs,
Sir Humphrey, thee may well wonder, O'Neill Dimpses (1893)
70; Aw fegs! 'tez a brave bad job ! Hewett Peas. S/l. (1892) ; Iss,
faggs ! 'tis true enough, Pulman Sketches (1842) 95, ed. 1871 ;
Dev.' n.Dev. Fegs, they'll be here azoon, Rock Jim ««' Nell
(1867) St. 3.
Hence Faggins,?'w/. an exclamation or mild imprecation.
Dev. And faggins, people leek'd it much, Peter Pindar Royal
Visit (ed. 1824) 157.
FEICH, FEICHT, see Feigh, Faicht.
FEID, sb. Obsol. Sc. Nhb. Also written fead Per. ;
feade Nhb.* ; fede Fif. ; feed Per. Lnk. ; feide Ayr. Edb.
1. sb. Enmity, hostility, hatred. Cf. feud.
Sc. And now we are freid of their feid, Ramsay ^otc^icch (1761)
I. 88. Cai.' Per. So fear'd was for my fead That like a thief thou
ran away. Smith Poeins (1714" 24, ed. 1853 ; Here lies two, they're
both now dead, Of none had neither love nor feed, ib. 84. Fif.
Wrelh, wreth ! and bluidie fede and ill To the vile strumpet on
the Hill ! Tennant Papistry (1827) 77. s.Sc. Whether for ' feid
or favour,' Wilson Tales (1839) V. 164. Ayr. Till coward Death
behind him jumpit Wi' deadly feide. Burns Tam Samson (1787^
St. 10. Lnk. Let all thy Gossies . . . without feed Guess, Ramsay
Poems (1721) 21. Lth. To strive and speed, thro' peace and feide,
LuMSDEN Sheep-head {i8g2) 49. Edb. Be ye at feid with Warldly
Gain, Pennecuik IVts. (1715) 406, ed. 1815 ; Wha lang and weary
bruikt his feid. And douclit nae bell. Lear.mont Poems (1791) 46.
Rxb. An' ilka war fiend gnaw her nails Wi' spite an' feid, A. Scott
Poems (ed. 1808) 231.
2. A cause of quarrel ; an hereditary quarrel between
two families.
Cai.i Abd. Their meittings in visitation of kirks, admission and
deprivation of ministers, taking up feids, Forbes Records of Kirk
( 1606) 357. SIg. Thir oppressions of the poor, thir deadlie feids
with their awin companions, Bruce Sermons (1631) v, ed. 1843.
Nhb.'Theancientbloodfeudcommon on the Border informer times.
3. An enemy.
Sc. Danger my dead is, false fortune my feid is, Aytoun Ballads
(ed. 1861) I. 284. Nhb.i
[1. By force of . . . cruell Juno throw aid ramembrit feid,
Douglas Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, 11. 22 ; A man . . . j-at
haldes wreth in hert and fede. Cursor M. (c. 1300) 27455.
0¥r. /aide, fede, 'haine' (GodefroyJ: of Germ, origin: cp.
G.fehde, OE./«/;/a]
FEIFFLE, V. Or. I. (Jam. Suppl.) Also in form fifRe.
To work in a clumsy or foolish manner. Hence Feifflan
or Fifflin, ppl. adj. clumsy.
FEIGH, /«/. Sc. Also written feech,feegh,feich. [fix.]
An exclamation of disgust. Cf feuch.
Sc. Better cry 'feigh, saut ! ' than 'feigh, stink,' Henderson
Pmv. (1830) 70, ed. 1881. Sh.I. Feech ! Tak him awa', lass.
Yon's da smell o' girse, Sh. News (Nov. 20, 1897). Abd. Feich !
dear be here! I b'lieve I'll spue, Beattie Parings (1801) 30;
Slavcrin' an' kissin' a man she hadna seen nor heard tell o' for
years . . . Feich I Abd. IVkly. Press (June 25, 1898). Frf. Feech,
man, ye're no owre the hog score, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 96
Lnk. Ye stink o' leeks, O feigh! Ramsay Poems (1800) 1. 26a
(Jam.). e.Lth. An' he has the face to come here, an' tak his scat
in the session, rubbin shoutheis wi' honest men— feegh ! Hunter
y. /«!n<:i(i895) '93-
Hence Feighing, prp., Jig. making exclamations and
signs of disgust.
e.Fif. I was dancin' aboot i' the floor, stuifin' my mou' wi' the
sugar, gruein', an' feighin', an' shylin' my chaps like mad, Latto
Tam Bodkin ('1864') viii.
FEIGH, FEIGN, see Fay, ?'.'", sb.'^, Fain, adj}
FEIGNYIE,z;. Sc.n.Cy. Written feinyieCai."; feinzie
Sc. ; fenzie Sc. n.Cy. [f enji.] To feign, pretend.
Sc. Tho' she be fair, I will not feinzie. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776)
II. 44. Cai.' Bch. The king himsell Did fenzie Jove's command.
An' said, he bade him in his sleep Lat Troy's tow'rs still stand,
Forbes Ulysses (1785] 22. Abd. A bonnie story to say that the
peer innocent was feignyin, Alexakder Johnny Gibb (1871) xii.
Edb. Spae-wives fenzying to be dumb, Fergusson Poems (1773)
132, ed. 1785. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
Hence Fenzied, ppl. adj. feigned, pretended.
Fif. They tauld their captive's fenzied plight, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 128.
FEIK, see Fike, v.
FEIL, adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written feal Per.;
feel Rxb. Nhb.' Cum.»; feele Slk. ; fiel Ayr. Dmf. [fll.]
1. Comfortable, cosy ; clean, neat. Also used ad'ob.
Per. Women keep us aye sae feat an' feal, Fergusson Vdl.Poet.
(1897)142. Ay r.That... haps me fiel and warm at e'en, Burns S/):'/////;/^
IVhecl, St. I. Rxb. But snug frae the blast feel and dry, Riddell
Poet. JVks. (ed. 187 1) II. 35 ; The bed ... Is clean and feel as only
lair King ever lay on, ib. II. 139 ; Her blankets air'd a* fcil an'
dry, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808 1 103. Rxb., Dmf. A feil room
(Jam."1 ; One who has thoroughly warmed himself after being very
cold says that he is ' fcil now ' iib.). Dmf. I barr't the ootmaist door,
And hapt me fiel and warm, Reid Poems (1894) 62.
2. Smooth, soft, downy, velvety. Also used^?^.
Slk. If she had been as bonny, an' as gentle, an' as feele as
Jeany, Hogg Brownie of Bodsbcck (1818) II. 185 (Jam. \ Rxb,,
Dmf. (Jam.), Nhb.' Cum. Fine flannel is feel (M.P.) ; Cum.'
Hence Feely, adj. soft, smooth, velvety. Nhb.'
[1. God . . . made t>at lond so feele to be celerof al heele,
Trevisa Higdcn (1387) i. 399. OE. fala, pleasant, com-
fortable.]
FEIL, FEIL-BAG, see Fail, 5^>.', Fillibeg.
FEIM, FEIND, FEINT, see Fame. Fient.
FEIR, FEIRDY, see Feer, Fere, Fier, Feerdy.
FEIRIE, FEIROCH, see Feerie, adj.\ Foorich.
FEIST, si.' Sc. Lan. Also in form foist Lan. A
breaking wind without noise.
Lth. (Jam.) Lan, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
[A feist, crepitus surdus. Coles (1679) ; Fyj'St, stynk,
lirida. Prompt. Cp. OF../7sliitg, G./ist.]
FEIST, sb.^ e.An. A smefl of closeness or fustiness.
Cf. foist, sb.
e.An.' This cask has a feist in it.
Hence (1) Feistiness, sb. fustiness; (2) Feisty, ad/.
close, fusty ; mouldy, injured by damp.
(r) e.An.' (2) e.An.', Nrf. (W.R.E.) e.Suf. Used of flour, cake,
mustard, pepper, cocoa, Ike. (F.H.)
FEIST, sb.^ Suf. Also in form foist. A puff-ball,
probably Lycoperdon Bovista. (B. & H.) ; e.Suf (F.H.)
Cf bu!l-fiest, fiesti-baa.
FEIST, V. and sA." Bnff.' 1. v. To make exertion
with difficulty and little effect. Hence Feisting, ppl. adj.
weak, unable to accomplish much. 2. sb. An exertion
with little effect. 3. A weak person.
FEIT, FEITH, see Feat, adj.\ Feeth, sb.
FEIT(T,sA. Lin. [fit.] A field, paddock. SeeFitty,s6.
Miller & Skertchly Fenland (1878) iv; Lin.'
[Norw. dial./c/ (/er/), a little grass-plot (Aasen, s.v.F;'/).]
FEIVL,.';*. Sh.I. Snow falling in large flakes. S.&Ork.'
FEL, FEL(D, see Fall, v.. Feel.
FELCH, sb. Lin. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A tame animal. (Hall.)
FELDE, sb. Obs. Lin.' A failing or decline in health.
FELE, FELF, see Feal, v.. Felloe.
FELFAA, FELFARiE, FELFER, see Fieldfare.
FELFIT, FELFOOT, FELFUR, FELFUT,sec Fieldfare.
FELK, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. [felk.] The felloe of a
wheel. See Felloe.
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. (S.P.U.); Watson Hist. Hlfx. (1775)
537 ; w.Yks.' They welted t'cart ower yusterday, an brak . . . two
felks, ii. 286; w.yks.^s*, ne.Lan.'
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FELKING-BOARD, sb. Obs. Yks. See below.
w.Yks. A board on which wool, or unscribbled shoddy, was laid,
in order that it might be thoroughly beaten with sticks, generally
by two or four men vM.F.).
FELL, sb} Sc. Yks. Lan. Lin. War. Pern. Siif. Ken.
Sur. Som. In form veil Pem. w.Soni.' [fel, w.Cy. vel.]
1. A skin, hide, csp. in phr. /les/i and fell.
Sc. The horse . . . beloni^s to a person who will make your honour
. . . most welcome to him, flesh and fell, Scott Bride oj Lam. (1819)
ix; I wad hae had yon, flesh and fell, ib. Minslrchy (1802) 1. 356,
ed. 1848. Abd. On a fell Hard i' the nook, he seats himsel', Beattie
Tales (1813) 58 (Jam.). s.Sc. I thocht a' alang it micht belike be
e'en the tell o' a coo, Snaith Fierceheart (1897) 73. Edb. He that
buys and sells the beet. Must give me collops of the cow ; Sic like
I can go o'er the fells Of merchandize, to make abuse, Pennecuik
Wks. (1715") 393, cd. 1815 Rxb. The fell orskin . . . becomes hard,
and sticks closely to the flesh and bones, Agric. Surv. 149 (Jam.
s. V. Fell-ill). Gall. 1 had slapped the poor beast's fell, to put out
the flames, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxi. n.Yks. Aye, . . . stock
an' crop, flesh an' fell thegither, Atkinson Z.os/( i87o)xxvi; n.Yks.'*,
n.Lan.', n.Lin.i s.Vem. Laws Lit/lc Eiig. {i&aS) 422. Suf. (E.G.P.)
2. Co;«i!'. (i) Fell-monger, a dealer in hides ; (2) -monger's
poake, see below; (3) -rot, a species of rot in sheep; see
below; (4) -wool, the wool taken from sheep-skins in dis-
tinction to the 'fleece-wool' shorn from the living animal.
(I) n.Yks.2 w.Yks. Bakks IVtyid. IVds. {i865\ n.Lan.' War.a
Nearly ois. in Birmingham, w Som.' Vuul-, or vacl'-muung'gur.
A man whose trade it is to buy sheep-skins, and to treat them with
lime, so as to get the wool off. He then sells the skins, called pelts,
to the tanner, and the wool to dealers or manufacturers. (2 , Ken.,
Sur. This manure has, for ten years past, been used upon the stiff
grounds in the counties of Surrey and Kent, Hunter Georgical Ess.
inA'. (SfQ. 11887') 7thS.iv. 22. (3; s.Sc. Apparently [so] denominated
from its affecting the skin or fell (Jam.) ; Others speak of many
kinds of rot . . . the felt-rot, the bone-rot, and other rots. Essay
Highl. Soc. III. 465 (16.). (4) n.Cy. (J.W.) w.Som.' In this
district fell-wool [vuul--6ol] is the usual name— in most others it
is skin-wool.
3. The flesh immediately under the outer skin.
Sc. More properly it denotes the cuticle immediately above the
flesh (Jam.). Ayr. See how she peels the skin an' fell, As ane were
peeling onions! Burns Ot dination (i']%t st. 12.
[L U¥..felle, skin {P. Plowman) ; OIL. fel {fell-) ; cp. G.
fell.]
FELL, si.2 Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also
written fel Wm. [fel.] 1. A hill, mountain ; high, open,
untilled ground ; a moor, moorland.
Sc. Two or three claps of distant thunder . . . followed, , . echo-
ing . . , among the range of heathy fells, Scott Blk. Dwarf {t8i6)
vi. Per. Gloamin' . . . Steals slow ower fell an' fountain, Edwards
Lyrics 1889)29. Rnf.Mynati%'eland, ..Her woody dells, herboggy
fells, Barr Pofwis: 1861) 83. Lnk. The towering fell, the cottaged
dell, Hamilton Poems (1865) 54. Ayr. Flee awa owre the muirs
and fells as straes would flee alang a stoory road in June, Service
Notanditms (1890) loi. Edb. Faes cleekt afTthe western fells Wi'
victor's paws, Learmont Poems (1791) 160. Bwk. Not even the
bee's longmurmur Among the purple fells, Chisholm Poems (1879)
59. Dmf. I've seen the morn Breck bonnie ower this lanesome
fell, Reid Poems (1894) 70. Gall. Hills of 300 to 800 or 900 ft,
are called Fells (A.W,). n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N,Cy.' Any moor
or open waste, properly only of an alpine tract; N.Cy.* Nhb.
Ah'se been amang t'sheep on t'fell, 5. Tyiudate S/ud. (1896)
Ruined; Nhb ', Dur.', s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Lakel. In the lake district
it is applied to particular mountains, as Scawfell, Kirkfell, and is
applied to a mountain district generally which is termed 'The Fell.'
The unenclosed upland common is also called ' The Fell,' Ellwood
(1895). Cum. Ah was hardly iver off t'fells, Sargisson Joe Sconp
(1881J 8 ; It's sae neyce to luik owre the black pasture. The fells
abuin aw, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808 1 16 ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.3 If
there were nea fells there wad be nea deals, jPioy., 175, Cum., Wra.
More properly a chain of high steep hills, and high lands fit only
for pastures, Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. Wra.
Loo' the', he cu's lowpin' o' t'fells, Richardson Sng. Sol. (1859)
ii, 8 ; I lost me sel on thor plaguy l^els, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 24.
n.Yks,'*, m.Yks,' w, Yks. Chains of mountains not admitting of
cultivation, Willan List Wds. (1811); Hutton Tour to Caves
(1781); w.Yks.1, n.Lan. (W.S.), n.Lao.'
2. Comp. (i) Fell bloom, the bird's-foot trefoil, Lo/«s cor-
niculaliis ; (2) -country, the hill or moorland country or
district ; (3) -foot, the foot of a rocky hill ; (4) -head, the
top of a mountain, not distinguished by a 'pike'; also
used a/lril).; (5) -header, see -sider; (6) -ousel, see -throstle;
(7) -side, a hillside, a mountain district ; (8) -sider, one
who lives on the hills or ' fells ' ; (9) -slope, the slope of a
hill ; (10) -throstle, the ring-ousel, Tunlns torqualits ; (11)
-yat, a gate opening on to a moor or 'fell.'
ii) Sc. (Jam.) (21 Nhb. A well known character in the fell-
country, Clare Low o/Lnss (1890) 1.83. (3)Slk. In the house at
the fcll-(it, where the burn is a spring. Cur. North Nodes (ed.
1856) IV. 72. (4) Cum.' Wm. Yan o therdeeals up amang t'fells —
a fell-heead spot amackily, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. i; Soa heigh
an' ta, com yan an' o, O' t'fell-heead rank an' file, ib. pt. ii. 37. (5)
Wm. He's a fell-heederthoo can tell bi his twang (B.K.). (6) Lan.
(G.E.D.) (7) Lakel. Ellwood (1895). Cum. If you ax where I come
frae, I say the fell seyde, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 55. Lan.
Comin' up the fellside, Waugh Winter Fire, 15. n.Lan.' London
for riches, Preston for pride, Kendal for poverty on the fell-side,
Local Rhyme. (8) Lakel. Ellwood ^ 1895). Cum. Fell-seyders,
and Sowerby riff-raff, ANDERSONi?a//(irfs (ed. 1840)42; Among real
fell-siders, SARGissONyo^ Scoap (1881) 4. (9) n.Yks.* (10) Cum.
Commonly called Fell Throstle, Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I.
457. (11) Cum. They beaath leevt iv a farm clwose teh Torento
fell yat, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 10.
3. A fairly level field on the top or side of a hill.
Ayr. The partridge loves the fruitful fells ; The plover loves the
mountains, Burns IVeslliu Winds, st. 2 ; By mosses, meadows,
moors, and fells, ib. Tiua Herds (1785) st. 15.
[1. In frith and fell Saul soght dauid for to quell, Cursor
M. (c. 1300) 7697. ON.fJall, a mountain.]
FELL, sA.^ Der. [fel.] 1. Mining term: the lead ore as
first extracted from the mine. Also called bouse (q.v.).
Fell, bous, and knock-barke, Manlove Lead Mines (16531 1. 266.
Hence Fell-heap, sb. minerals, ore, and extraneous sub-
stances, thrown into a heap promiscuously in the state
they are drawn out of the mine.
Mander Miner's Gl. (1824).
2. A district out of the ordinary mining locality.
Manlove Lead Mines (1653) Gl.
FELL, i".' and sb.* In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
1. V. To bring to the ground with a blow or stroke ; to
knock down, stun.
Edb. Ye've felled me wi' your nieve, — ye've felled me outright,
Moir Mansie IVaiicli (1828) xix. Slk. If you do I'll fell you, Chr.
North A'orffs I ed. 1856) II. 260. Nhb.' We didna want to hurt
them, so we just felled them an' flang them oot, Oliver N/ib. (1835)
156. Dur.', Lakel.* Cum. I still cud fell him in my turn, Richardson
Talk (1886) ist S. 30. Wm. I think when he said it, a streea wad
hae fell't me, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 44. n.Yks.' He fell'd em,
stoups, rails, and a'. m.Yks.' w.Yks. I'll fell onny on 'em 'at
does itageean, Cudworth Dial. Sietclics (1884) 3 ; w.Yks.'*, n.Lin.',
Nhp.', War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.)
Hence (i) Fell-dcwn, sb. a fight, struggle; (2) Felled,
ppl. adj., fig. prostrate with illness, &c., overcome with
surprise ; (3) Fell't-sick, extremely sick, so as not to be
able to stir.
(i) Gall. Wading thro' the fields o' gore. Full freely took their
chance at fell-down, pell mell, Lauderdale Poems (1796) 9. (2)
Sc. She was that felled and dowf-like— aye in a kind o' dwawm,
Roy Horseman's IVd. (1895) vi. Cld. (Jam.) n.Yks.* ' Fell'd with
an ailment,' prostrate with sickness. Lan. I'm welly felled wi'
seeing him, GASKELLA'o/V/ja»«/SoH//i (1855) xxxvi. (3) Cld. (Jam.)
2. To kill ; to injure severely or fatally.
Sc. She juist felled hersel at Craigo, Ramsay 7?f>wi'H. (1872) 104.
Sh.I. Hit's a miracle 'at shu wisna fell'd, Sli. News (Sept. 4,
1897). Cai.' Enff. There some fat hens sit o' the bawks, Gudo-
wife, ye maun gae, haste ye, fell ane, Taylor Poems (1787 1 62.
Bch. I wan the vogue, I Rhaesus fell'd, Forbes Ulysses (1742) 25.
Abd. For our Meg, she'll fell hersel'. Cock Strains (1810) I. 104 ;
' Fat's happen't ? ' ' Yer gweed-sin's fell't 1 ' Alexander Ain Flk.
(1882) 36. Fif. To fecht an' fell the Frenches, Douglas Poems
(1806) 25. e.Fif. We happened to hae a lat swine o' twenty
stane wecht to be felled, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) iv. Lnk. I'm
fley't 'twill fell him Sic news to hear, Coghill Poems (1890) 70.
3. Phr. (i) to fell two dogs with one stone, fig. to kill two
birds with one stone ; (2) Vllbe or I'm felled or were I felled,
an exclamation or expletive equivalent to ' I'll be hanged.'
(i) Sc. This, Drudgcit said, 'would be felling two dogs with one
FELL
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stone,' Scott Redg. (1824") i. e.Fif. It wad enable us to fell
twa dogs wi' ae stane, Latto lam Bodkin (1864) xi. (2) Lth. My
mither aye thinks I'm to sit still and spin ; Whan the sogers gae
by, war 1 fell'd I maun rin, Macneill Poet. Wks. (1801) 206. ed.
1856. w.Yks. Then I'm felled if I can tell what they wor, Cud-
worth Dial. Sketches [ 1884) 27 ; wYks.^
4. Fie;. To overcome, ' floor,' do for, do away with.
Abd. Ye bla' my whistle ! It wad fell ye, Ye hinna breath, Shir-
REFS Poems 1,1790) 19. Per. Oh ! I fear I'll fell thy frowns, Smith
Poems (1714) 102, ed. 1853. Cum. He never knew the man who
could 'fell' him in wrestling, in shearing, in dipping, in drinking,
Linton Liszie Loiion (1867) v. w.Yks. This iz t'ninth pen'orth o'
parkin nobbut, an' ah want ta fell t'lot, Binns Vtll. to Town (1882)
17 ; w.Yks.'^ A man not only fells an ox when it is hide-whole,
but fells a crop of it when roasted.
Hence Feller, sb.,fig. a hearty eater. w.Yks.^
5. Weaving term : to finish a 'piece' or 'cut' ; to finish
a warp.
w.Yks. She felled her piece on Wednesday, Bradford Obs. No.
9948, 7 ; Suz\% bring me some moar cops, or I sal nivver have
t'webb fell'd fer a month, Yksman. Comic Aim. (1877) 24; Shoo'd
deed withaat a nooatice, An' shoo had'nt fell'd her warp, Hartley
Ditt. (c. 1873) 22.
Hence (i) Fellers, s6. //. the marl;s existing in the warp
at the end of each ' piece ' ; (2) Felling, vbl. sb. the act of
finishing a warp ; (3) Felling-rod, sb., see below.
w.Yks. (i) Phases of Bradjord Life, 199. ;2) Weaving it up to
the end as nearly as possible (W.T.); (J.M.) {3) A rod that is put
through the end of the warp and held by cords or canvas to the
warp beam, as the warp can be let off and woven till the end gets
almost up to the gear (I'A.).
6. Phr. (i) to Jell out, (a) to finish weaving the last ' cut '
of a warp ; to weave a stripe in the end of a ' piece ' with
weft of a different shade or colour ; [b) of beams : to come
to an end, to become empty ; (2) to fell the web, to cut off
and stitch a 'piece' when woven ; fig. to finish off any-
thing.
w.Yks. (i, a) (R.H.R.) ; (S.K.C.); Cudworth Horton (1886)
Gl. (bi A seet o' beams are fellingaht to-day (W.C.S.). (2) He's
fell'd web (W.T.) ; Ah fried him a pund a steak an' some onions
an' he fell'd t'web (J.T.).
7. Fishing term : to let out or cast a net from a boat.
Also with out.
Sc. Which shot is commonly used by felling or laying the net
up the water, to intercept fish going out by the sea, Leslie ofPowis,
55 (Jam.) ; They did not describe the exact place where they
felled it off, nor where they hauled the net, ib. 197
8. To befall, chance, happen, asp. in phr. well fells me,
ye, &c.
Ti.Sc. Well fell's me now, my ain gude lord, These words do
cherish me, Buchan Ballads (1B28) 1. 199, ed. 1875. Elg. Weel
fells ye, honest carle, Couper Poetry ri8o4) I. 164. Abd. Well
fell's us 'at's in bigget bouns, Beattie Pan'ii^s (1801) 34, ed. 1873 ;
' They tell me he's better up on't nor ever.' ' An' weel fell's 'im,'
Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 130; Well fell me now, my lad I'll
shortly see, Ross Helenore (1768) 86, ed. 1812 Per. Dool fell the
swain that's mang'd wi' love, NicoL Poems (,1766) 19.
9. sb. A knock-down blow.
e.Yks.NicHOLSON Ftk-Sp. (1889) 26 ; e.Yks." If thoo disn't mind
Ah sal be givin tha a fell inoo. m.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.)
10. The fall or ' drop ' of lambs. See Fall, sb. 4.
Suf.i 'Of the first fell,' of the earliest dropping.
11. Weaving term : a breaking of all the threads in
a spinning-mule.
w.Yks. Sometimes the spinner would stop an instant in his work.
The result would be a ' fell,' and all ends down, Binns Fill, to
Town (1882) 15.
12. Lot, fate, destiny.
Ags., Abd. Wac's my fell ! Alas my fell ! (Jam.) Abd. And for
the haddocks ! wac's my fell. They're out o* reason, Beattie
Parings {1801) 41 ; O wae's my fell. Is that ye, Colin ; are ye there
yoursell ? Ross Helenore (1768) 58, ed. 1812; I ne'er can hope,
alas! my fell ! To win his length, Siiirrefs Poems (1790) 9.
FELL, v.^ and sb.^ s.Cy. Dev. Cor. Also in form veil,
[fel, vel.] 1. V. To pare or separate the turf entirely
iVom the soil in grass-land ; to pare or plough thin. Cf.
burn-beat, denshire.
Dev. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863) ; Moore Hist. Dev. (1829) I.
355 ; Dev.' The balk or narrov.' slip which is left in veiling the land,
38. nw.Dev.i Cor. The ground, which is generally a lay from four
to seven years old, having been stripped or veiled, is dragged, har-
rowed, and rolled, Marshall Review (181 7) V. 543.
Hence (1) Felling, vbl. sb. the act of ploughing up the
turf or upper surface of the ground, to lay it in heaps to
burn ; (2) Felling-plough, (3) -zole, sb. a plough used to
pare or separate off" the turf in breaking up grass-land.
(i) s.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Cy. Ray (1691) ; A term used by
the Western burn-beaters, Worlidge Did. Rust. (1681) ; Bailey
(1721). Dev. When veiling is performed, the wing of the share
is turned upward, forming a sharp comb upon its outside angle,
Vancouver s Surv. in Moore Hist. Dev. (1829) I, 296; Horae Sub-
secivae (1777) 450; Dev.' Of the same nature as spading or skirt-
ing, w.Dev. For veiling, the share is made wide, with the angle
or outer point of the wing turned upward to separate the turf
entirely from the soil, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) 143. Cor. If
an old grass field with a thick face is to be taken into culture, the
skimming plough is used, and the process is called felling, Quiller-
CoucH Hist. Polperro (iSt i) 118. (2) n.Dev. A veiling-plough an'
a dradge, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 66. (3) nw.Dev.'
2. sb. Part of a plough.
n.Dev. Bobby 'th vaught 'e vor es sel' Haimses, a hanniber, a veil.
Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 67 ; May sexton's shoul, or plough-
man's veil, Hulve not wan turf where they two dwell, ib. st. 98.
[Prob. conn. w. fell, sb.^]
FELL, adj.^ and adv. Sc Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lin.
Shr. Nrf. [fel.] 1. adj. Savage, fierce, cruel; terrible,
stern. Also used advb. and Jig.
Sc. A fell beast if brought to bay, but otherwise not hurtful to
man, Lang Monk of Fife {i8g6) 41 ; The fell auld lord took the
Whig such a swank wi' his broadsword, Scott Bride of Lam.
(1819) xxiv. Elg. Awn, fell Pride, look owre the wreck Thou
spreadst by flood and field, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 51. Abd.
' What's broucht ye here at sic a time?' ' Fell needcessity, sir,' Mac-
DONALD Sir Gibbie, xxxiii. Frf. Tir'd o' that fell midnight-dance,
MoRisON Poems (1790) 7. Rnf. Ye . . . nurs'd such spite and
rancour fell Against the crew, M*=Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 126.
Ayr. Aft honour droons In fell despair. White Jottings (1879) 188.
Lnk. The puir wee things [birds] were sairly smit Wi' that fell
eastlin' breeze. Lemon S/, Mungo {18^4) 51. Lth. Shouted slogans
of fell foes at jar, Lumsden Sheep-head (^i8g2) 26 ; I sing o' danger,
fire, and sword ; Fell faes are coming near ye ! Macneill Poet.
IVks. (1801) 222, ed. 1856. Peb. Fell author of destruction, Af-
fleck Poet. IVks. 1 1836) 33. Draf. I'd sink as soon in Nith's fell
flood, As you offend, Quinn Heather (1863") 39. N.Cy.i Cum.
Fell memory, like a mirror true, Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 123.
n.Yks. She's timerous to please, and varra fell. . . Nean's yable
to abide her crueltie, Meriton Praise Ale {1684) 1. 600. Lin. Woa
then, wiltha ? dang tha ! — the bees is as fell as owt, Tennyson A'.
Farmer, New Style (1870) St. 10 ; The bees are fell to-day (J.P.F.).
n.Lin.' I shall look as fell as a bull at Scawby man next time
he cums.
Hence FeU-bred, adj. of a vicious kind. n.Yks.^
2. Of disease, illness, &c. : fatal, deadly.
n.Lin. Bud it's as fell as th' black-feaver. Peacock Tales (1890)
and S. 18 ; n.Lin.' It's a very fell complaaint.
3. Keen, pungent, biting in flavour; tasty.
Abd. Pree the cheese, Ye winna fin't that fell, G oodwife {-i86i)
St. 30. Ayr. The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To
grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell. Burns Cotter's Sat.
Night (1785) St. II.
4. Keen, eager, desirous; energetic, striving, busy.
Also used advb.
Ayr. Wi' an appetite on his mind as fell as the hunger of a
rabiator, Galt Sir A. JVylie (1822) xlix. e.Lth. Man, ye maun
hae a fell drouth ! Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 225. Nhb. Moother
was a fell yan for early kirstnins, 5. Tynedale Stud. (1896) Robbie
Annstrong. Cum. She's a gay fell an (E.W.P.) ; Cum.'^ n.Yks.'
T'au'd horse trails mair an hau'f t'draught. He's ower fell by
owght. T'young un's keen ; but t'au'd chap — he be fell. He
weean't be bet wiv a lahtle ; n.Yks. 2 He eats his meat varry fell
[eagerly]. They're quite fell about it. Thoo's mair fell for thy
dinner than rife for a race. Lin. I'm that fell, get out of my way
do! (W.W.S.) Nrf. There's a wonnerful show of these new-
fangled . . . reapers . . . and I'm rarely fell on seeing them.
Haggard Col. Quaritch (1888) II. xiv.
5. Sharp, acute, intelligent, shrewd ; severe, 'cutting.'
Sc. A fell body, an acute person ; sometimes ' wyss and fell '
(Jam.); Sandy, that 'fell' body, one of Edinburgh's 'crusted
characters,' Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 60. Rnf, Some wily lass
FELL
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. . . bauds liini. wi" her Glniimour Rift, sac fell, Picken Poems
(18131 I. 21. Lnk. I'm tliiiikm' wee Brosy will sune be ready for
the schule. They tell me he's a fell ane and terrible like his
father. Fkaser ff7;rt»/>s (18951 xiv ; The fellcst fortune-teller e'er
was seen, Ramsay Geiit/e S/ii-f>. (17251 33, ed. 1783. e Lth. They
a' said I was a fell body, an' that 1 had come ovver Geordie raal
fine. HuNTFR J. Imvick (1895"! 42. Edb. Epitaphs on sumphs and
hashes Right fell an' keen, Forbes Poems (1812) 8. Gall. Sally's
tongue's baith dreich and fell. Nicholson Poef. IJ'ts. (1814^ 116,
ed. 1897 Kcb. There's no a feller loon At coon tin', psalm, or carritch,
But tent ye this, he's feller still at so wens or at p.u ritch, Armstrong
lu^IiistWe \ iQgo) 140. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.^
6. Mighty, strong, valiant, vigorous ; also uscdy?^.
Sc. A bonny terrier that, sir — and a fell chicld at the vermin,
I warrant him, Scott Guy M. (1815'! xxii ; He made a fell spring
from the house door to the cart, Whitehead /?«// Oni'iV (1876)
298, ed. 1894 ; Isn't she a fell singer ? Grey Misnnlhropc's Heir
(1897^ xxii. Fif. In Wallace' days fell deeds were done, Dour.i.AS
Poems (18061 13. Ayr. A' north o' the Tweed are to strike a fell
blow at Embro', Johnston Glenbuckie (1889") 39. Lnk. The lass
was forty, fat, and fair. Sprightly and blythe and fell, Stewart
Tiva Elders (1886) 11. Edb. Aiild Scotia's food . . . That's reared
thumpin queans an' fell, Liddle Poems (1821) 124. Rxb. Her
doughty sons in days langsyne Defied her fellest foemen, Riddeli.
Poel. JVks. (ed. 1871) I. 71. NUb.i ' She's a little fell 'un'— said in
complimenting a servant girl, not robust, who had done more than
could have been reasonably expected. 'A fell bit callant' — a brave,
enduring little body. Dur. Gibson Up-Weardale Gl. (1870).
Cum. He's a fell ane at a brae side (J.Ar.). Yks. A plough goes
too fell when going deeper than is wished, Morton Cyclo. Agric.
(1863). n.Yks.' Of the ploughshare and coulter, when the former
is set so as to enter the earth too deeply, the latter so as to 'take
too much land ' ; n.Yks. ^ I wasn't i' fell order.
7. Grave, serious ; important, momentous ; strange,
extraordinary.
Sc. It's a fell thing, wean, that ye canna stand still a minute.
' He's a fell fallow.' a strange, unaccountable sort of fellow (Jam.).
n.Sc. It was a fell time wi' me, Gordon Carglen (1891) 115. FIf.
It's a fell trauchle. Robertson Provost (1894") 173. s.Sc.A pause
ensued, a moment's breath, Before the last fell tug of death,
Watson Bards (1859^ 201. Edb. It masters a' sic fell diseases,
That would ye spulzie, Fergusson Poems (1773'! 145, ed. 1785.
Dmf. I gat . . . Some business letters sharp and fell, Reid Poems
(1894) 214.
8. Great, exceedingly large.
e.Sc. He gaed back thinkin a fell lot o' himsel', Setoun R.
Urquhati (1896^ XXX. Frf. A fell bit o' me was buried in my
laddie's grave, Barrie Thritttts (1889') vi. Per. There's a fell
puckle left, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895') i r. Fif. Puir lass,
she made a fell steer [stir], Robertson Provost (1894) 26. Dmb.
"Ye needna be in sic a fell hurry. Cross Disruption (1844^1 xxiii.
Ayr. He has a fell sicht o' siller i' the stocks. Johnston KUmallie
(1891) I. 158. Nhb.' ' He'd a fell job on't,' the work took more
doing than was anticipated.
Hence Fell, sh. a quantity, large amount.
n.Shr. He can spare some, he's got a fell of it (E.P.).
9. adv. Very, exceedingly, used as an intensitive.
n.Sc. Liars will lie on fell gude men, Buchan Ballads (1828")
I. 18, ed. 1875. Abd. Meal was fell chape. Alexander Ain Flk.
(1882I 210. Frf. She was 'complaining fell about her back the
daj',' Barrie Thrums (i88g1 xvi ; I think I would fell like it, ib.
Tommy (1896I 119. Per. The auld Scots sangs are fell humorous,
Fergusson Vill. Poet (1897') 76. Fif. To gar the lazy hours slide
by, Fell janty jokes the shearers try, Douglas Poems (1806) 124.
e.Lth. I likit him fell weel, HuNTERy. /iiwi'f/t , 1895) 21. Ayr. The
Laird o' Clumbeith, a fell sturdy auld billy, Service Notandums
(1890) 26. Edb. 'Mang them fell mony a gausy snout Has gusht
. . . wi'blude, Fergusson Fof(«5; 1773) 156, ed. 1785. Gall. They're
baith fell fond o' airin' their waistcoats at the plate, Crockett
Bog-Myrtle (1895^ 409. Yks. Kinraid were just fell again him, and
as for that matter, so was I, Gaskell Sylvia (1863) III. vii.
Hence Felly, adv. exceedingly.
Cum. For a meyle they ran at least Till a' war felly spent, Stagg
Misc. Poems ed. 1807) 37.
[1. For he was proud, fers, and fell, Cursor M. (c. 1300)
2197. OFr./el, ' farouche ' (La Curne).]
FELL, (7(^'.2 n.Yks.2 Flat-shaped, shallow.
' That shovel's ower fell,' i.e. not concave enough.
FELL, FELLEN, see Fail, sb.^, Fall, v., Fellon.
VOL. II.
FELLENLY, adv. Sc. Vigorously ; effectively, ex-
tremely well.
e.Per. Used by an elderly man fc. 1882') in describing the action
of a patent harrow. ' It brok" the clods fellenly ' (W.A.C).
FELLET, sb. and v. Glo. Ken. Also in form vellet
Glo.i'' [fe-lit, ve-lit.] 1. sb. The portion of a wood
felled annually ; a portion of felled wood.
Glo. Horae Subsccivae (1777') 151 ; Gl. (185O ; Glo.' 12, Ken.'^
2. v. To fell a certain portion of a wood annually. Glo.'^
FELLFA-W, FELLFO, FELLFOR, see Fieldfare
FELLICKS,.?/;.//. Lan. The felloes of a wheel. (Hall.)
See Felk, Felloe.
FELLING, />/)/. fl(^'. Lin. Hmp. In cow6. (i) Felling,
axe, an axe with a long and narrow head used for felling
trees ; (2) -bird, the wryneck, Jyiix torqiiilla.
(i) n.Lin.* (2) Hmp.' Sometimes called the stripping bird. It
derives its names from its note, being about the time (April) when
oaks are felled and the bark stripped.
FELLOE, sb. Var. dial, forms in Eng. and Amer.
See below, (i) Fally, (2) Felf, (3) Felly, (4) Felve, (5)
Fillie, (6) Vally, (7) Vellar, (8) Veller, (9) Velly, (10)
Villy. Cf. felk.
(I) se.-Wor.l (2) n.Yks.= e.Yks. The felfes of the waines,
Best Riir. Econ. (1641) 35. m.Yks.t, n.Lin.i (3) Dur.' Cum.
Ivery time t'wheels went roond they [t'spekes] knattlt back an
forret in t'felleys like drumsticks, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881 j 217.
Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks.'2 Lan. Marshall Reports Agiic. '1818)
1.268. s.Chs.i, nw.Der.i Shr. Marshall /?£;/!>«/ ^^n'r. ( 1818)
11. 176. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 330.] (4"', n.Yks.'^, e.Yks.'
(5) Cai.' [The fillies so worn, that the spokes shall be ready to
start outof their sockets, LisLt: If usbaitdrv [ 17571 44.] (6) s Wor.',
Hrf 2, Glo.' (7 1 Dev. Reports Provinc. (1889). (8 ! w.Som.' 'Vuul-ur.
(9) s.Wor. (H.K.I, Glo.l, n.Wil. (E.H.G.) w.Som.' Vuul'ee.
n.Dev. Rock Jim au' Nell (1867) St. 36. nw.Dev.' (10) s.Fem.
Laws Little Eiig. (1888) 422 ; (W.M.M.) -VVil. Slow Gl. (1892).
FELLON, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Der. Lin. Hrf Also Dev. Cor. Also written fellen
Cum. w.Yks. ; fellin Nhb.' nw.Dev.'; felon Bnflf. Ant.
Yks. Der.' ; and in form vellon Cor.* [felan, -in.]
1. A whitlow, boil ; a local inflammation. Also in coiitp.
Bone fellon.
Bnff. Spring whitlow grass, Draha verua. Roadsides. A very
small herb used in whitlows or felons, Gordon Chroii. Keith
(1880)293. Ant. (W.H.P.), Nhb.' n.Yks.' A painful swelling,
frequently in a finger, or other part of the hand, arising from an
abscess, which suppurates and breaks after a time, and very fre-
quently, then, is accompanied by the passage of particles of the
bone. A painful disorder of the hands or other members of the
human body, of the nature of an abscess, n Lan.' Lin.' I have a
fellon coming upon my thumb. n.Lin.'. Hrf.'i^, Cor.'
2. An eruption on the skin, a rash.
Nhb.' n.Yks. 2 A kind of eruptive disorder in children. w.Yks.
Banks IVkJld. Wds. (18651. Der.' The red-gum in children. Obs.
w.Cor. N. & Q. (1854) ist S. X. 300.
3. A disease in cows, caused by cold ; see below.
Ant. A hardening in a cow's udder (W.H.P.). N.Cy.', Nhb.'
Dur.' The primary symptom being a bad cold. Lakel.* Cum.Asfor
grease, or the glanders, reed watter, or fellen, Andhrson Ballads
(ed. 1881) 146; Cum.' Yks. She'll strikefelon if wesign'erw'ile it's
so stormy (F.P.T.). n.Yks.' The udders of cows are frequently
thickened and enlarged in the progress of the disorder, in which
case the term Yuer-fellon is employed ; n.Yks.2 The tightness and
soreness of a cow's skin from cold. ' Cripple fellon, 'the lameness
in the legs of cattle from fellon. ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' A skin disease,
incident to cattle. w.Yks. A gentleman farmer, having some cattle
affected by the foul or fellen, . . . and having heard that an old man
. . . was famous for curing the disease, went to consult him. Hen-
derson FlkLore (1879) v; w.Yks.' Her yowyer is seea hellerd
wi' t'fellon, ii. 290 ; w. Yks. * A disease of the joints in cattle. Lan.',
ne.Lan.', n.Lin.' nw.Dev.' Known by the various names of black-
leg, black-quarter, quarter-evil, and quarter-ill. Setons are fre-
quently emplo3ed as a preventive, because they are supposed to
draw off the impurities of the blood. Cor.'*
Hence Felloned, //>. hide-bound.
w.Yks. T'cah's fellon'd; her hide's as fast as owt, Banks Wkfld.
Wds. (1865).
4. Comp. (i) Fellon-grass, [a] the plant Imperaloria Oslru-
thitiin ; (b)Vneh\a.cV.he\\e.horf:,Hclleborus}iiger; (c)thegreen
hellebore, H. viridis; (d) the herb Robert, Geranium
u u
FELLOW
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FELTER
Robertiaman ; {e) the Angelica sylvestris (?) ; (2) -herb,
(a) the mouse-ear hawkweed, Hieraa'iittt Pi/oseUn ; (l/) the
chickvvecd, Artemisia vulgaris \ (3) -wood, (a) the bitter-
sweet, Solaiuint Dulcamara ; (i) see -grass (a) ; (4) -wort,
see -grass {d\.
( I , «) Lakel.2, Cum.' n.Yks. ° The grass or herb boiled with other
things to cure the feUon, i^i) Cum. The leaves of this plant arc much
used for making setons or setters in cattle (B. & H.). (c) Wm. (rfl
n.Yks. (f) Rxb. (Jam.) (2)Cor.»2 (3, a) Cum.', w.Yks.', Lan.',
n.Lan.l, ne.Lan.' (6) Cum. (4) n.Yks.
[1. Paiiary, a felon or whitlow at the end of a finger,
CoTGR. ; A fcllon or impostumation under the rootes of
the nailes, Baret (1580).]
FELLOW, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in So. Eng. and
Amer. Also in forms fallow So.; fella m.Lan.'; feller
War. Wil. Som. Amer. ; fello e Lan.' ; feller Dor. ; felly
w.Yks.^^ Lan.' e.Lan.' [fela, fell.] L sb. An associate,
companion, comrade, equal.
Lth. Ae douce, mensefu' well faur'd queen [quean] . . . With held
an' hairt sae stock'd to be her lord's fit fallow, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892/ 151. w.Yks.^ Lan. * Fellies,' he added, turning to the
crowd. KAY-SnuTTi.EwoRTHSra'irf«/c(i86o I.60. e.Lan. ',ra.Lan.'
Dor. That I midden be ahemm'd in by the vlocks o' your fellors,
Barnes Sag. Sol. < 1859) i. 7.
Hence (i) Fellow-folks, sb.pl. people of corresponding
character; companions. n.Yks.*; (2) Fellowly, fl^i^'. fami-
liar, free. Ken.'*
2. A man, male person. See Follow, sb.''-
Lakel.2 Lan. These are felly's shoon, aren't they, mam? Waugh
Stteek-Bant (1868 i iii ; Aw's be a felly, soon, shan't aw, mam ? . .
Little lads o' groon into fell3's, don't they mam? ib. Lan.' Sithee,
that first is a felly ; t'other are o' women. m.Lan.'
Hence Fellow-fond, adj. fond of men, amorous; love-
smitten, in love.
n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ ' A fellow-fond lass.' 'A fellow-fond fit,' a fe-
male lo\e-fit. e.Yks.' Said of girls who run coquetting after young
men, 71/5. ndJ. (T.H.) m.Yks.', n.Lin.'
3. A young, unmarried man ; a sweetheart.
Lan. rvebrowttlieeafelly,13RiERLEY IVaverhiv (1884)208; Lan.'
Mam, eawr Mar3'*s gotten a felly neaw ; aw met 'cm i'th lor.e to-
neet. Hrf,' [Amer. A young woman's feller is the particular one
who is ' sparkin" her— p.aying her attention with possible matri-
monial intentions. Dial. A'utcs ',,1896) I. 388.]
4. A husband.
w.Yks. When my felly comes home to his drinkin. Hartley
Clock Aim. (1871) 29 ; Her felly said 'at shoo hadn't lost th' use
ov her teeth, ib. Budget ('869; 82 ; w.Yks.^ Au've lost my felly sin'
Au saw yo.
5. A contemptible person.
Sc. For I see by thy ill colour, Some fallow's deed thou hast
done. Herd Coll. Sags. (1776) I. 92. War. (J.R.W.) Wil. Slow
Gl. ,1892). Som. SwEETMAN IViiicaiitoi? Gl. 11885).
6. //. Servants eriiployed in husbandry.
Hrf. DuNCu.iin Hist. Hrf. (1804).
7. V. To match, find the equal.
w.Som.' Very common. Aa-l bee baewn yue doa'un fuul'ur
dhik dhae'ur duug, neet dheen twain"tee muy-uld u dhu plae'us
[I will be bound you do not match that dog within twenty miles].
8. To swagger about, bluster.
w.Yks. (C.C.R.); w.Yks.3 He fellies about. Lan. Felleyin up
and down, Clegg Sketches { 1895).
Hence Fellying, ppl. adj. swaggering, blustering.
Lan. Yo stuck up, felleyin, ugly thing, Clegg Sketches (,1895) 68.
[L They said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us
cast lots, Bible Jonah i. 7. 2. Moyses was a wonderful
felowe, and dyd his dutie being a maried man, Latimer
Ploughers (1549), ed. Arber, 29.]
FELLO'WSHIP, sb. Lin. Friendly conversation.
Lin.' Agate-house with Bill, wc had some fellowship. sw.Lin.'
We had a little fellowship together.
FELL"Y, V. Nhb. Dur. Yks. In form fello m.Yks.'
[fell.] To break up fallow land ; to plough a ridge to-
wards the 'reen' in contradistinction to gathering up
towards the ' mid-rig.' Sec Fallow, v.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.', Dur.', n.Yks.' *, ne.Yks.' e.Yks.
Marshall Rtir. Eeoii. (1788). m.Yks.' To plough a field in fallow
for the first time, in the spring, is to fello it. To plough it the
second time, is to 'stir' it.
Hence Fellying, vbl. sb. the first ploughing after a corn-
crop. Yks. Morton Cyclo. Agiie. (1863).
FELLY, see Fail, sA.', Felloe, Fellow.
FELS, sb. pi. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
The felloes of a wheel. (Hall.)
[Gantes, the felles of a cart-wheel, Cotgr.]
FELSH, V. Lin.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
[felj.] To renovate a man's hat.
FELT, s6.' Yks. Nrf. Som. [felt, w.Som. velt.] A
skin, raw hide.
w.Yks,' w.Som.' Vult, dried untanned skin of any animal.
Hence Felt-pulling, />;-/>. pulling the hair or fur out.
Nrf. [Hares] fighting on a moonlit night in a rush-marsh . . .
smacking each other in the face, and felt-pulling, Emerson Birds
(ed 1895) 325.
FELT, sb.'^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Stf. Not. Lei. Nhp. "War.
Won Hrf. Glo. Oxf Brks. Bdf. e.An, Wil. Som. Also in
forms fait Oxf ; velt w.Cy. ; vilt Glo.' [felt, fat, velt.]
1. The fieldfare, Turdus pilaris.
N.I.' The fieldfare is here called the large blue felt. Dwn.
(C.H.W.),Stf.', Not. (L.C,M.) Lei.' The cock and hen, being some-
what dissimilar, are sometimes distinguished as ' cock-felts' and
'hen-felts.' Nhp. Swainson Birds fi885') 5; Nhp.' Often called
Cock Felts, in distinction fiom the Redwing, Turdus Iliaeus, with
which it congregates ; Nhp.', War.3, s.Wor. (H.K.), s.Wor.' Glo.
(W.H C) ; (H.S.H.) ; G:o.' Oxf. (L M.R.) ; Oxf., Brks. Seimce
Gossip ',1870) iig. 13df. Commonly called 'pigeon felts ' (J.W,B.).
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad ISrf. (1893) 44. Suf. (C.T.)
Wil. The ploughboys call the fieldfare ' velts,' Jefferies Wild Life
(1879) 301 ; The Fieldfare is perhaps better known as the Velt, a
rustic pronunciation of felt or Pigeon-felt, Science Gossip (1870)
119; Wil.' The usual name for the bird in n.Wil. w.Som.'
Fuult, vuult (rare).
Hence (i) Felty, (2) Velder- or 'Veldey-bird, (3) Velly-
bird, the fieldfare, Turdus pilaris.
(I) Nhb.' (2) Hrf.=, Brks.' (3) Glo.'
2. The missel-thrush, Turdus viscivorus. Also in form
Feltie.
Slg., Bwk. The names of the missel thrush and fieldfare are often
interchangeable, Swainson Birds (1885) 2. Oxf (H.A.E.)
3. The redwing, Turdus Iliaeus.
N.I.' Lei.' A ' hen-felt ' usually means a redwing. Nlip. Swain-
son ib. 5. se.Wor.', Glo.'
FELT, sb.^ and v. Sc. Yks. Not. e.An. [felt.] 1. sb.
A thick matted mass of any fibrous substance ; a thick
growth of weeds, &c.
Bnff.' The lan's a' ae felt o' weeds. That steer hiz a richt felt
o' hair. e.An.' This land is all a felt. e.Euf (F.H.)
2. The couch-grass, Triticunt repens.
Sc. It seems to receive this name, because the ground is matted
by it so as to resemble the cloth called felt (Jam.) ; This soil ... is
apt to be overrun with the creeping wheat-grass, known by the
vulgar name of felt' or pirl-grass. Statist. Ace. XI. 374 iib.),
3. A sod of grass.
Not. It's getting a nice felt on it (L.C.M.).
4. V. To become matted or entangled ; to interlace
fibres of wool, &c., into a compact textile fabric.
Bnff.' ' Up ' is at times added. ' The tatie-lan' is a' feltit up [or
feltit] wee weeds.' [The wool will work or felt much more easily,
Armatage Sheep (1882) 4.]
Hence (i) Felting, vbl. sb. the process by which wool,
&c., is made into a compact textile fabric ; (2) Feltit, ppl.
adj. matted or entangled ; stiffened by wet, &c.
(I) w.Yks. Baines Yks. P«s<( 18581 629 ; (J.M.) (2) Sh.I. Wi
weet an' gutter feltit. Burgess Rasntie {i8g2) 26 ; He an' Betty wis
tyin'her feetaforede3'Sood peel aff da feltit pells o' '00' 'at wis still
apon her, Sh. Neivs (July 31, 1897).
FELT, see Feal, v.
FELTER, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dun Lakel. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Glo. Oxf. Also in forms falter n.Cy. ; filter Glo.
[fe'ltar, fe'lta(r).] L v. To entangle, intertwine, mat
together. Ccn.mpp. Cf. cotter, i'.*
N.Cy.', n.Yks. 1 2, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Tha'U get that kite tail feltered
if ta doesn't mind (J.T.) ; Havin' gotten his hand feltered i' th'
worset, Ykstnan. Coijiic Aun. (1879) 24; It were feltered up wi'
all mako'stufl',SNOWDENlfi;iri/IKi'«i«T(i896) xii ; w.Yks,' Herhair
war seca felter'd an cotter'd wi' elfiocks, ii, 286 ; w.Yks.^s, e.Lan.'
n.Lin.' Glo. To felteronc's hair, //ora^5«6scn'y«c(i777) 153.
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FEN
Hence (i) Feltered, />/>/. adj. matted, entangled ; shaggy,
unkempt, rougli-coated ; (2) Felteringconib, sb. a eomb.
(i) n-Cy. Grose ^l79o">. Nhb.' It's liard to say what arag^j* lad
an" a filtered foal may turn to, I'lov. s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Lakel.^
n. Yks.' As shagpy and rough as a feltered foal ; n.Yks.'^ e.Yks.
[Pease] pull the best when they are the most fclfercd togeather,
Best Rttr. E<ott. (1641^ 57. w.Yks. Used to denote the condition
of a warp, where the threads arc in a tangled or disordered state,
and consequently difficult to weave (W.T.) ; (S.P. U.); w.Yks.'
(2) Oxf.' MS. add.
2. To encumber, cling about. Also used^^. to confuse,
'maze,' stun.
Abd. Wi' Lindy's coat aye felt'ring her aboon, Ross Helmorc
(17681 66, cd. 1812. Edb. Whose main design and chiefest aim's
to feltcr Thy best friends feet, by drinking belter skelter, Penne-
CUIK Wks. liTis") 378, ed. :8i5. n.Yks.^ w.Yks. Aw wor fel-
terin' my brain, Vksmaii. (1876) 36.
Hence Feltered,/'//. adj., fis^. confused, stammering.
Sc. Wi' fclter'd tongue, and llichterin heart, Jamieson Po/>. Bal-
lads (18061 I. 234. Slk. The muckle, duddy, feltered gouk, Hogg
Tales (1838) 73, ed. 1866.
3. To weave any piece of cloth in a faulty manner. I'if
(Jam.)
4. To filter, fall in drops. Also used /ic;.
Rnf. Clear springs felt'riii!; frae the linn, Fraser C/h/j/cs (1853")
85. n.Yks. The wind is said to get feltered by blowing through
a hedge (I.W.).
5. sb. A knot, tangle, tangled mass. Also nstd/jg.
Fif. A' yer felters will be detected, Robertson Provost (1894')
99; A fault in weaving (Jam.I. w.Yks. I got them out of felter,
Sauutcyn's Satchel (1879) 49; Shoo left him to get aht ov his
felter as weel as he could, Yks. IVkly. Post (Feb. i, 18961.
[1. Feltred, entangled, Coles (1677) ; In wardlieeffairis
thay war sa feltired, Dalrymple Leslie's Hist. Scott. (1596)
I. 109.]
FELTH, FELTIFARE, -FLIER, see Feelth, Fieldfare.
FELTRICS, sb. pi. Yks. Lin. Also written feltrix
m.Yks.' ; and in form felteric n.Lin.' [feltriks.] A
disease in horses ; see below.
n.Yks.' Great thickening and hardnessof the skin and the integu-
ments beneath take place, and the hair becomes matted and
staring ; n.Yks.2 Knotty enlargements beneath the hair and skin
of horses. ne.Yks.' A disease in the course of which lumps filled
with watery matter appear underneath the belly. n.Lin.'
FELTYFARE, FELTYFLYFR, sec Fieldfare.
FELVE, FELVERD, see Felloe, Fieldfare.
FEMALE-HEMS, sb.pl. Lin. The common hemp-
nettle, Galeopsis Telrahit. (Hall.), Lin.'
FEMBLE, sb. Lin. e.An. s.Cy. Sus. Also in form
finible n.Lin.' Ess. Sus. [fe'mbl, fi'nibl.] The female
plant of the hemp. Cannabis saliva, often applied erro-
neously by old writers to the male plant. Also in coinp.
Femble-hemp.
Lin. Pull the femble or male hemp about the 20th of August,
VIarsh.ki.i. Review (181 1) III. 154. n.Lin.' Carl-hemp was used
for ropes, sackcloth, and other coarse manufactures ; the fimble-
hemp was applied to making sheets and other household purposes
(s.v. Carl-hempj. Nrf., Suf. In the hemp districts, the stamini-
ferous hemp is called Carl hemp ; the pistilliferous, Femble-hemp.
The Carl never produces any seed, but has a weaker fibre than the
Femble, A'. &^ Q. (1854I istS. x. 292. s.Cy. Ray (1691) ; Bailey
(1721). Ess. Thistle or she-hemp. As distinguished from the
carle, he, or seed-hemp > K.}. Ess. , Sus. The female hemp, soonest
ripe and fittest for spinning, but is not worth half so much as
the carle with its seed, Grose (1790). [The term was constantly
misapplied by old writers, but is now more con cctly used for the
female plant (B. & H.).]
[ Finible hemp, that is the yellow early hemp, Worlidge
Diet. Rust. ( 1681 j ; Item of a wayne or cart load of hempe,
line or fembulle a"*, Nolt. Rec. (1500) III. 451. MDu.
fivide (femdc), ' cannabis brevior ' (Verdam).]
FEMLANS, sb. pi. Obs. e.Lth. (Jam.) The remains
of a feast.
About 40 years ago [c. 1770] when children were invited to
partake of what remained at the tables of their relations, after the
jollities of Handsel Monday, they were asked to come and get some
of the femlans.
FEMMEL, V. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To select the best, at tlic same time throwing
out the inferior articles.
FEMMER, adj. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also in
forms fern, femor n.Yks.^ ; femma Cum. ; fremmer N.Cy.'
[fe-msr.] 1. Weak, frail, slender, slightly made, cranky,
used both of persons and things.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' .She's nobbut fenimer, poor body. Mind hoo ye
gan ; that brig's nobbut femmer. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr.
CI. (1888). Dur. Gibson Up-JVcnrdale Gl. (1870) ; Dur.', e.Dur.'
s.Dur. It'sa varra femmer bit o wark. It's a femmerconsarn^J.E.D.).
Cum. T'bank's that teiring when a body's femma and not joost
sae young as they yance was, Clare Rise of River {iSg-j ] 84;
Ouite unknown except in the Alston district (J.Ar.). n.Yks.
Them chairs is varry femmer (T.K.) ; n.Yks.'^
Hence (i) Femmersome, adj. stiff, not supple; (2)
Femoral, (3) Femcrous, adj. slender, slight, frail.
(i) Lan. (r.R..S.) (2) n.Yks.2 ' Of a femoral build,' said of a
delicate person, or a slight-made article. (3) ib.
2. Effeminate. n.Yks.^
[Sw. dial, femmer, active, light (Rietz); Norw. dial.
fun, quick (Aasen) ; ON.y?;/;r, nimble ( Vigfusson).]
FEMMIL, adj. and sb. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. adj. Firm, well-knit ; athletic. Fif,
Rxb. 2. Active, agile. Rxb. 3. sb. Strength, sub-
stance, stamina.
FEN, s6.' Irel. n.Cy. Stf Lin. Nhp. e.An. Also Dev.
Cor. Also in form venin Wxf'nw.Uev.' Con' [fen, ven.]
1. In CO/;//, (i) Fen-berry, ((7) the marsh-wort, Helosciadiiiin
nodiflontm ; (b) the bog-berry, Vacciiriiim O.xycoccos; (2)
•cock, the water-rail, Ralliis aqiialicus ; (3) -cricket, the
mole-cricket, Gryllotalpa vulgaris; (4) -deek, a dike or
drain ; (5) -man, an inhabitant of the Fens ; (6) -nightin-
gale, a frog ; (7) -oaks, willows ; (8) -slogger, see -man ;
(9) -thrush, the missel-thrush. Tardus viscivonis.
1 1, a) Cor. An herb called saniolus, marsh- wort, or fen-berries,
Hunt Pop. Rom w.Eiig. (1865) 416, ed. 1896. (A) n.Cy., Stf.
[Vaccae Vaccinii Palustris, quae sc. in Paludibus crcscunt, .Skinner
(1671).] (2) nw.Dev.', Cor.' (3') Lin.' [So called, because like
a mole it buries itself with great expedition in the ground, Grose
(1790) MS. add. (M.) ; People call them fencrickets. White Sel-
hontc{i-]8g) 176, ed. 1853.] (4) e.An.' (5) Lin. A Fenman's dowry,
threescore geese and a pelt (asheepskin, which was formerly used
as an outward garment), Thompson J-/isl. Boston (1856) 731. Nrf.
Yon fenman's cott.ige, cosily nestled amid those stunted willows,
Patterson Ma>i and Nat. (1895') 12. (61 Lin. Thompson Hist.
ZJoitoH (1856) 733. e.An.' Nrf. CozENS-HARDYSraflrfA^;/ (1893)
47. Suf. A croaking frog is sometimes so called, but the more
common name for it is March bird, e.An. N. Cy O. (1866) II. 363.
e.Suf. (F.H.) (7) sw.Lin.' (.8) Lin. And so we find the 'Fen
sloggers ' cutting the banks in a wet time and purposely flooding
the country, Lin. Pocket Gi:ide (18-J4) 26. (9) Nhp. Swainson Birds
(1885) 2; Nhp.' Called also Marble-thrush, Gaw-thrush.
2. Mud, dirt. VVxf.'
Hence (i) Venie, adj. dirty; (2) Venn-scrape, sb. a
mudscraper, similar in shape to a large hoe.
(i) Wxf.' 'Venie bogher,' a dirty road. 'Vcniesheardh,' a dirty
gap. (2) nw.Dev.'
3. Peat, a bog. Also used allrib.
Dev. The venn land, being of a spungy consistency . . . such
[peat soils] as are under the \enn,y ovtiG Annals Ag>■ic.{l^^S^-
i8i$] XXIX. 571 ; 'Eef the cock mout'th avore the hen, There'll
be nort else seps [except] mud an' ven.' Although ' Ven ' is very
common on Dartmoor, meaning a fen or bog, and frequently occurs
as a place-name throughout Dev., I have only heard it, except in
the above prov. , in combination with other words, Reports Provinc.
(1893) ; The peat or black earth of Dartmoor is still called 'ven'
or ' fen,' A'. & Q. (1851) ist S. iii. 310.
FEN, i7;.° and z'.' Ken. 1. sb. Mouldiness. See Fenny.
Fen, the name of a very pernicious distemper to which hops are
subject. It consists of a quick growing mould or moss which
spreads itself with great rapidity, and occasions dreadful ravages
in the hop-grounds, Couiplete Partner (1766); The leather was
covered with blue fen (D. W.L.).
2. V. To grow mouldy. (K.)
[1. O'^.fyne, mould (fungoid growth).]
FEN, 1'.=' Oxf Brks. Suf Ken. Hmp.Wil. Som. Amer.
In form ven Brks.' [fen] An exclamation used by boys
u u 2
FEN
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FEND
in van games, esp. marbles, meaning 'I forbid'; see below.
Cf. fain, V.
Oxf.' A word used in play which means you are free, and cannot
be caught. *Fen keeps' means you cannot keep marbles, &c. when
won ; ' fen twos,' that you cannot keep two if won. Brks.' If one
playersays, * ven knuclile-down,' this means that his opponent must
shoot his marble without resting his hand on the ground. Suf.'
A boy at marbles, his taw slipping, cries 'Slips over again ! ' to
authorize another attempt ; which his adversary averts by sooner,
or more quickly, exclaiming ' Fen slips over again.' Ken. Boys
who find money cry ' fen halves,' i. e. 'I forbid you to go halves ' ;
so in any game 'fen' is called for a truce (G.B.) ; Freq. heard in
e.Ken. and common some thirty years since, in and about Canter-
bury, N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 58. Hmp.i In freq. use among
schoolboys, and applied in var. ways. Wil. Britton Beauties
(1825). Som. SwEETMAN JViiicaittoii Gl. (1885) ; A boy at marbles
will say 'Fen pleads,' meaning that a stone, &c. must not be removed
(W. F.R.). w.Som.' Much used bj' boys in their games, [fai'nsliips]
at marbles, [fai'npee-peen] at hide and seek, &c. CoUcq. 'I am fly,'
says Jo, 'but fen larks, j-ou know,' Dickehs Bleak House (1853) xvi.
[Amer. ' Fen heist ! ' don't hoist or raise your hand while shooting,
Dial. Notes (i8g6) I. 6i ; When you said 'fen clearances' your
opponent had no right to clear away the rubbish lying between
his marble and yours. The phr. ' fen everything' deprived your
opponent of all privileges. When boys saw a dead animal they
would say ' fen all round my family and spit out ' and then would
spit, ih. 219.]
[The same word as ME. find, to forbid {Towneley Myst.,
9). Fr. dcfindre, to forbid (Cotgr.).]
FEN, see Fend.
FENCE, sb. and v} So. Also e.An. [fens.] 1. sb.
In coinp. (i) Fence-fed, well-fed, stall-fed; (2) -louper,_/?f.
an intractable person, one who goes beyond bounds.
(i) Frf. She was a sleek an' fence-fed beastie. Made fat an' fair
wi' tit-bits tasty, Smart Rhymes (1834') 123. (2) Sc. I got charge
to take the young fence-louper to the Tower here, and deliver her
to the charge of Lady Mansel, Scorr Nigel (1822) xxx.
2. A hedge.
Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 61. Suf.i, e.Suf. (F.H.)
Ess. Cut that fence down, and fill the gaps in the other with canker
branches (CD.).
3. V. To act as a protection against ; to protect from,
defend.
So. A cup of sack shall fence the cold, Scon Ohl Mortality {1B16)
xix. Edb. Lawyers might flyte, an' strangely fence the plea,
Learmont Poems (179IJ 278. Suf.^ Dew yar butes fence? [keep
the wet out]. e.Suf. That hedge won't fence out the pigs (F.H.).
Hence Fencible, (i) adj. capable of bearing arms for
defence ; (2) sb.pl. the defenders of the country, militia.
(i j Lnk. We cannot be against the raising of all fencible persons
in the land, and permitting them to fight against this enemy, for
defence of the kingdom, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) I. 2, ed. 1828.
(2) Frf. Here he would be met by the doughty fencibles, now in
council assembled, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 41 ; He felt for Britain
and her woes. And joined the fencibles, Sands Poems (1833) 42.
4. To formally open an assembly or court of law.
Sc. Not to own or answer to any court fenced in the name of
Charles Stuart, Thomson Cloiiii of lVit>iesses (1714) 334, ed. 1871 ;
They wunna fence the Court as they do at the Circuit, 'Aeon Mid-
lothian (1818) xxi ; The custom, after falling into disuse in the
courts of law, has been hitherto retained in the service of Brieves
before the Macers (Jam.). Fif. A number sufficient to fence the
Assembly, Scot Apolog. (1642) 147, ed. 1846.
5. Phr. to fince the tables or llie Lord's table, to address
intending communicants, warning off those who are un-
worthy to receive the Communion.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Oh for a Sacrament Sabbath at Kencairn, and Mr.
Fulton fencing the tables, Wright Sc. Life (1897) 15 ; This used
to be an elaborate business, but it is now less common, and less formid-
able (A. W.). Bnff. I also fenced the tables, served three. ..and gave
theconcludingaddress, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 439. Gall. Then
he set himself to fence the tables, Crockett ^o§'-Jl/v^//f (1895) 22.
Hence (i) Fencing, vbl. sb. the act of delivering the
address to intending communicants; (2) Fencing-prayer,
sb. the prayer used at the ' fencing of the tables.'
(i) n.Sc. When the ' fcncin' ' is completed the bread and wine
are handed round, Gordon Carglen (1891) 290. (2) Gall. Mess
Hairry was at his fencing prayer in the Kirk on a Sacrament Sab-
bath, Crockett Staiulard Bearer (1898) 120.
FENCE, v.^ Cmb. [fens.] To mess about with water ;
to let it slop from side to side.
Ernest Giddens is fencing. Sir ( W.M.B.).
FEND, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in form fen Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' N.Cy.' Nhb.' s.Not. [fend,
fen.] 1. V. To defend, protect, guard, shelter. Also
used intr. to escape harm.
S. & Ork.' Abd. Fend her couthie heart frae care, Thom Rhymes
(1844) ro2. Lnk. Hap ye fu' snod in the faulds o' my plaid, To
fen' ye frae the dew, Coghill Poems (1890) 161 ; Ne'er a shoe to
fend their feet, Hamilton Poems (1865) 103. Edb. My trees in
bourachs owr my ground Shall fend ye frae ilk blast o' wind, Fer-
gusson Poems (iTJ^) 137, ed. 1785; Boist'rous winds mayhap
portend That the ripe corn will hardly fend. But shaken be, Ha'rst
•'f'k' U794) 40, ed. 1801. n.Cy. Border CI. {Coll. LL.B.) w.Yks.^,
GI0.2
Hence Fender, sb. a defender. n.Yks.^
2. To argue, altercate, recriminate ; to attempt to prove
or disprove by argument, gen. in phr. finding and proving.
N.Cy.' s.Dur. She's always fenden' an' preuven' [spoken of a
quarrelsome gossip] (J.E.D.). Cum. Grose (1790); Fendin' and
pruivin' [proving] is the old term, still in lively use here, for dis-
puting and altercations among neighbours; short, I think, of
litigation (M.P.) ; Cum.', n.Yks.'^, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Ther wor a
good deeal o' fendin' an' provin'. Hartley Clock Aim. (1875) 46 ;
Fending is also arguing ; almost quarrelling, in the phrase ' fending
and proving,' used of the mutual recriminations of persons who
repudiate personal responsibility for some mishap, and try to throw
the blame on oneanother, Shejfiehi Indep. (1874); w.Yks. '^ Lan.
Another common expression is ' fending and proving,' Gaskell
Lectures Dial. (1854) 17. Chs.' Dunna thee ston theer fendin and
provin, but get to thi wark ; Chs.2 ' You must fend and prove him,'
used when a person is not easily convinced ; Chs.^, Der.^, nw.Der.'
n.Lin.' I niver goa near hand him at 'lection times, he'salus fendin'
an' provin' aboot Mr. Gladstone. Nhp.' It is common to say, ' Don't
stand fending and proving there,' when a person persists in endea-
vouring to make his own case good. Shr.' Obsol. Han they settled
about tiie fiit-way yet ? theer'sbin a sight o' fen'in' an' provin'. Oxf.'
Tliar's gwain t' be a fendin' an' provin' at 'Amboro' about what
Billy 'Arris said 'e yerd Tommy Long say about Polly Lar'ner.
e.Suf. (F.H.) s.Cy. Holloway. Ken. ' To stand fending .and prov-
ing,' denying one thing and asserting another (K.).
Hence (i) Fend-heads, sb.pl. matters of dispute or con-
tention, sources of strife ; (2) Fendible, adj. admitting of
justification, argument, or defence; plausible; (3) Feuding,
vbl. sb. quarrelling, altercation, disputing.
(i) n.Yks. Aye, they're at fend-heeads alriddy (T.S.) ; n.Yks.'^
e.Yks.' Jack an his wife's awlas at fend-heeads, MS. add. (T. H.)
(2) n.Yks. '2 (3) w.Yks. 'He thinks about nothing but fending,'
about nothing but disputing, or vindicating himself (C.C.R.) ; A
varry deal less gossapin, an fendin, than thear wor, ToM Treddle-
hovle Bairiisia Aim. (1869) 53.
3. To ward off, keep back, turn aside. Also usedTfg'. to
guard against, take precautions or preventive measures.
Gen. with off.
Sc. Ye aj'e had a good roof ower your head to fend aff the
weather, Scorr Antiquary (i8t6) xxxvii. S. & Ork.' MS. add.
Frf. Oreverfendit rain or dew, Beattie.^ i-«/ia (c. 1820I I5,ed.i882.
Ayr. Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs, Burns Holy Fair
(1785) St. 9. Lnk. An' feud aff the blast that blew gusty an' dour,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 39. Lth. It'll fend the weet an" stand the
blast better, Strathesk Bliitkboiiiiy (ed. 1891) 183. Gall. She
fended them off, Crockett 5H»icwi«rfi^i8o5') i. N.I.' n.Cy. Grose
(1790). Nhb.' Fend off that keel. n.YJis.^, e.Yks.' w.Yks. He
strake seldom but fended and dodged, Snowden IVeb of Weaver
(1896) i. Not.' If turkey cock runs at ye fend him off wi' yer
stick. Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 153. Brks.' 'E should be
kecrvul to vend aff taaykin' cavvld at this time o' year. Hmp.
Gkose (1790) MS. add. (M.) I.W.' Dor. Ladies know what to
fend hands against. Hardy Tess (1891') xii. [Lap-cocks . . . which
fend olTmuch rain, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) "• 237.]
Hence (i) Fend-caul, sb. anything adopted to keep off
the cold ; also used attrib.; {2) Fend-off, sb. a fender for a
boat ; (3) Fend-off-post, sb. a post set in the ground to
protect an object from injury by carts, &c., coming in con-
tact with it.
(i) n.Sc. To hear them bleatin, Wi' scarce a hap-waim fend-caul
teat on, Tarras /^of;«s (1804)60 (Jam.). (2) War.^ Wor. 4 Fend-
olfs (E.S.). (3) N.L'
FEND
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FEND
4. To strive, struggle, work hard in gaining a livelihood.
Also used /iff.
5. & Ork.' To fend for a liveen, MS. add. Ltli. Sic wark For
laiig I tholed an' fcndit, Smith Merry Dndal (18661 40. Bwk. Sac
lang as I can pay the rent We'll fend thcgither, Cai.der Fooiis
(1897) 283. Ayr. Setnplc-folk maun fccht an' fen', Burns Gaiie is
the Doy. Dmf. Nanc kens howauld Kimmer maun feclit and maun
fen, Ckomek Rniiaiiis 1,1810) 59. n.Cy. (,K.\ N.Cy.', Nlib.', Dur.',
n.Yks.'^ e.Tfks. Marshall y?»>-. £^to»/. (17881. m.Yks.i He may
fend as he likes^-he'll never do well. w.Yks. I'll fend wi' it mesen
(C A.F. ) ; w.Yks.' He fends hard for his living ; w.Yks. ^ A jay is
a bird fonder of stcalin' fruit nor fendin'; w.Yks.* 'Astead o' cronk-
ing thear, gchr up an' fend abart,' — assist in the work of the house.
Lan. Him that fends for his livin'.WAUcn Sags. (1866) 14, ed. 1871 ;
Lan.' n.Lan.' Fendin' fer a lce\'in'. Chs.^ ; Chs.^ In hard times we
must fend to live. n.Stf. I'd make a shift, and fend indoor and out to
give you more liberty, Geo. Eliot A. Bede (18591 I. 45. Der.^
Hence (i) Fendable or Fendible, adj., (2) Fending,
ppl. adj. industrious, hard-working, plodding, laborious.
(i) Cum. An industrious thrifty widow is called a fendable body
here M.P.), n.Yks.*, e.Yks.*, m.Yks.^ w.Yks.' Heeswaxen a gay,
leathewake, fendible, whelkin, haspenald tike, ii. 289. (2) w.Yks.^
5. With/or: to make shift, provide for, keep, asp. in. phr.
to fend for oneself.
Sc. Ane wad hae carried me through the world, and friended
me and fended for me, Scott Midlothian (1818) xx ; I'm a Stewart,
ye see, and must fend for my clan and family', Stevenson Ca/riona
(1893) ii. Sh.I. He's had nane ta fend for him sin him at belanged
ta me wis ta'en. Burgess Sketciie.'^ (and ed.) 31. Per. What ken
a young thing like you about fendin' for a bairnie ? Cleland Iiirh-
bracken (1883) 28, ed. 1887. Fif. Ye maun fend for yersel',
Robertson Provost (1894) 45. e. Fif. As his bairns grew up, they
had to., .fend for themselves, Latto 7am Bodkin (1864) vi.
Ayr. For will there's a way Aj'e to fen' for yersel', White Jottings
(1879) 154. Edb. He could fend for himself, MoiR Mansie Wauch
(1828/ xxii. Gall. It was not our pleasure to be served by any
woman. . . So . . we had to fend for ourselves, Crockett Raiders
(1894) iii. n.Cy. Bailey (1721) ; I have twa bairns to fend for,
Grose (1790) ; N Cy.2, s.Dur. (J.E.D.) 'Wm. But if they sud leev
till they fend for thersels, Bowness Stud. (1868) 16; A want
ta fend fer mi sell, an net be traepan aboot dcwan nowt, Spec.
Dial. (i88,s^ pt. iii. 33 ; (B.K.) Yks. He'll hae tl fend for hissel
(T.K.). n.Yks.3, ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' Ah fends fo' mysen. w.Yks.
I loves her all t'better, 'cos she cannut fend fur hersen. Hartley
Clock Aim. (1874) 50 ; Willan List ll'ds. (1811) ; w.Yks.* Lan.
Nip aw leet fend for hurseln, Tim Bobbin yiew Dial. (1740)21;
Davies Races (1856) 267 ; Lan.' ne.Lan. There's this little un
to fend for, Mather Idylls (1895) 6g. Chs.' Yo seen I have for
t'fend for ahr Emma's three childer, nah oo's djed an gone.
n.Stf. I wanted to ha' lads as could fend for theirsens, Geo. Eliot
A. Bede (1859) I. 163. Der. It's as well to know how to fend
for yoursen. Gushing Voe (1888) II. vii ; Der.^, nw.Der.', Not.
(J.H.B.>, Not.'2 s.Not. A fen* for mysen ; a'm non beholden to
him. He's big anew now to fend for hissen f J. P. K.). n.Lin. ' He's
fended for his sen sin' he was sixteen year ohd. s.Lin. (T.H R.),
Lei.' Nljp,' He has got a large family, and nobody to fend for
them but himself. War. They must turn out and fend for them-
selves, Geo. Eliot Floss (i860) I. 122 ; War.^^ e.Ken. She must
go to the 'Workhouse now that she has no one to fend for her at
home (G.G.). Dev. Thee will have to fend and fashion for thyself
when I'm gone, O'Neill Ditnpses (1893) 20.
6. To get on, fare, esp. in phr. how fend you ? or how do
yoiifend ?
Sc. Asked him how he was fending in the world, Sc. Haggis,
66. Fif. How bauds your health ? how do ye fend ? Douglas
Poems (1806) 88. s.Sc. How do you fend wi' your fiddle? Do ye
mak onything o' a guid leevin' o't ? Wilson Tales (1836) II. 259.
Rnf. My wordy chiel', how fen' ye? Picken Poems (1813) I. 146;
Your better half this letter sen's Informing you howweel he fen's,
M'GiLVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 191. Ayr. He met wi' the Devil ;
says ' How do you fen ? ' Burns Carle of Kellyburn Braes, st. 2.
Lnk. Peace-makers aft times badly fen In rows twi.Nt lad an' lass,
Orr Laigh Fliihls {1S82) 30. Slk. I couldna ken how ye micht
be fennin in the Tent for fish, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) IV.
26. Dmf. I'm fain to ken . . . how ye fen', Quinn Heather (1863)
39. n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.' How fends it ? how are you?
Nhb. Ah'm nobbut luiked in to see hoo ye and t'bairn were
fendin', S. Tynedale Stud. ' 1896") Robbie Armstrong. Cum. Auld
friend, how fend ye? STAGoyi/isc. Poems (ed. 1805 1 47; Wey, Jacob,
how fens te ? Rayson Poems (1859) 21 ; How fens te, rommy i
Anderson Ballads (ed. i8o8) 99. Wm. I'd kna haw they fend
all, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 112, ed. 1821; Hoo docs he fen at
plcwin ? He nobbut fens varra poorly (B.K.). w.Yks. How fend
ye? DvER£)ia/. (1891) 49; How fend you ? Hutton 7"o»r/o CViws
(1781).
7. To subsist, maintain or support life ; to live, exist.
Sc. There is neither bread nor kale To fend my men and me,
Scott Minstrelsy (1802) I. 356, ed. 1848. Abd. The lanely few
that Heaven has spard Fend on a foreign strand, Thom Rhymes
(1844') 129. Frf. I h.Ve a wife an' bairnies three "To feed an' fen',
Smart Rhymes (1834) 96. Ayr. Gie them guid cow-milk their
fill, Till they be fit to fend themsel'. Burns Death of Mailie, 1. 32 ;
A place for him to fen An' roam aboot, Laing Poems (1894) 116.
Edb. If ance I catch j'e, here I vow, Nae mair ye'll fend, M<^Dowall
Poems (1839) 54. Lnk. Gin folk wadna drink, how could Govern-
ment fen'? Rodger Poems (1838) 56, ed. 1897. Lth. She fended
on naethiiig ava, man, Ballantine Po^ois (1856) 85. Gall. Age
and poortith shore [threaten] him, Ere the bairns can fend them-
sel", Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 116, ed. 1897. Kcb. My master
had given the Evil servant the fields to fend him, Rutherford
/.«■«. (1660) No. 157. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) w.Yks.^To
feedquietly and contentedly. They're fending rarely. n.Lin.' Noht
bud a few rabbits can fend o' Alkborough hill sides e' a dry time.
Hence (i) Fending, sb., (2) Fennins, sb. pi. means of
subsistence, sources of livelihood ; provision.
(i) Sc. Fire and fending and meat and claith, Scott Antiquary
(1816) xi. Lnk. Wa'd ye ken my gate of fending My income,
management and spending? Ramsay /'oci»s (ed. 1733 1 174. LtJi.
Her auld sire a humble swain, Wha barely maks a fending,
Ballantine Focdis (1856) 153. (2J Cal.'
8. To manage, get along, maintain or provide a liveli-
hood for oneself or for others.
Sc. There's a difference between fen and fare well, Henderson
Prov. (1832) 15, ed. 1881. S. & Ork.' 1 can fend my way, MS.
add. Rnf. Tho' I hae unca little gear, somehoo I maun to fen'.
Young Pictures (1865I 47. Ayr. We ance could boast a but an'
ben. An' aye in comfort did we fen, Laing Po(r»«(i894') 32 ; They
had hitherto fenn't without it, Galt Gilhaise (182;^) xiii. Lth. I
canna fend at less than seven shilln's an' saxpence, Strathesk
More Bits (ed. 1885) no. Edb. Donald thinks for a' their blaw.
That he will fend, Ha'rst Rig (i-jg^) 11, ed. 1801. Bwk. Bend
aye, to fend aye, The storm will sune blaw past, Chisholm Poems
(1879) 66. Rxb. How shall we get fendit, Whan a' our crop an
kail are endit ? Ruickbie Wayside Cottager (180-j) 109. Nhb. Gie
empty wamcs a stane o' meal They'll fend, Proudlock Borderland
Muse (1896) 260; Poor folks wad nut get fended suin, Wilson
Pttman^s Pay (i8i^^) 46. e.Dur.' ' A man may spend : He'll always
fend, — That is, if the wife be owt.' Lakel. Ellwood (1895).
Cum. The idea of success seems to be included in the word, as
when a thing must be attempted in the expression ' You must
either fend or fail * (M.P.). w.Yks. Aw nursed tha, an fended
tha, Snowden Talcs Wolds (1893) vii ; (R.H.H.) e.Lan.' LMa.
Who can tell how they would fend in the world if we were gone,
Caine Deemster (1889) 225. s.Chs.' Naay, yoa- mun fend aayt
fiir yursel [NaT, yo mun fend ai't for yursel].
Hence (i) Fendable or Fendible, adj. managing, provi-
dent, able to make a living ; (2) Fender, sb. a good
manager, provider ; one who manages to make a living ;
(3) Fending, vbl. sb. management, providence, contriving.
(i) n.Cy. Grose (17901; N.Cy.^ n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ ' A brave
fendable body in a family,' a famous household manager. ne.Yks.'
Sha's a very fendable lass. e.Yks.', ne.Lan.' [A fendable fellow
(K.).] (2) m.Yks.' She's a bad fender for a house where there's a
lot of children. W.Yks. (J.W.) ; w.Yks.^ Said of a horse that
picks out the best or eatable portions of pasture. (3) Edb. So, by
her fending, . . he had grown a strapping laddie, IVIoiR Mansie
Wauch (1828) i.
9. To do anything neatly or adroitly ; to contrive, manage.
Also used fig.
Dmf. I couldna fen' but listen tho' a mist cam' in my een, Reid
Pof»/5(i894) 162. n.Cy. (J. L.); N.Cy.' 'I cannotfen,' lamrestrained
by awe at the presence of some one whom I respect or dread.
Hence Fensonie,o£^'.neat, adroit, becoming N.Cy.', Lan.'
10. To forbid, object to, prevent. Cf. fen, v.^
GI0.12 Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Ee fai'n un vrum
gwai'n pun ee'z graewn [he forbid his going on his land].
11. sb. A defence, protection, guard.
Sc. I e'en grippit at the first thing I could make a fend wi', Scott
Rob Roy (1817) xxviii ; And out I wad be, and out John gat me,
but wi' nae sma' fight and fend, ib. St. Ronan (1824) xx.
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12. An attempt or endeavour at anything ; a struggle or
shift for a Hving, a makeshift, esp. in phr. io make a fend.
Cai.l Abd. Thro' hard times to make a fend, As best he can,
Shirrefs Sale Calal. (1795" 3. Rnf. It . . . seemed to think tliat,
hap what micht, 'Twad aiblins mak' a fend, Young Piclurcs (1865)
ID. Ayr. Wi' sic a braw fellow. In poortith I might mak a fen',
Burns Tciin Glen, St. 2. Lnk. As lang's a bodie mak's a fen,
Murdoch Doric Lyre(iS-]3i 43. Edb. An'stowlens they will mak'
a fen' To prie the lasses' mouthies. New Years Morning (ijgs) 11.
Feb. Late an' soon I've toil'd an' striven, Thinkin' aye to mak' a
fend, Affleck Poel. Wks. (1836) 122. Slk. I howp wi' sic as we
hae . . . you will be able to mak a fend, Chr. North Nodes (cd.
1856J IV. 91. Dmf. Willie wad need make a fen' Tae bide at the
cottage contentit, Reid Poems (1894) 197. Nhb. Ah maun mak'
a fend to get tiv Austin, S. Tynedale Sttiii. (1896) No. 4 ; If he'd
hedden twee wooden legs he felt sure he could he' meyd a better
fend on't, Haldane Geordys Last (1878) 12; Nhb.' Cum. His
fadder had a shop in Liverpool, an' a good fend he mead, Farrall
Betlv Wilson (1886 ! 26 ; We hear of a person making a good fend,
a brave fend, or even a poor fend, for a family (M.P.). Wm. Asud
nobbet meeak a varra feckless fend if a wes witched sick a par-
lish lang wae frae hecam. Spec. Dial. (,1877) pt. i. 10. n.Yks. It's
tahme thou was macking some fend, Tweddell Clevel. li/iymes
(1875^ 9 ; n.Yks.i They make a good fend for a living ; n.Yks.2 A
good fend for a living. e.Yks.' He disn't seem to mak a bit o'
fend. m.Yks.i Thou makes no fend of it, man !
13. Activity, energy ; management, resource.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ Neea mair fend than a new boom bairn.
ne.Yks.' Sha's neea fend aboot her, na mair 'an nowt. e.Yks.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788 . ra.Yks.' He's no fend in him.
w.Yks. ' He has no fend about him,' implies no self-dependence,
Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 3, 1891); Not a bit o' fend for his sen,
Banks IVkfld. Wds. (18651 ; w.Yks.^ He's noa fend in him.
Hence (l) Fendfou, adj. resourceful, full of energy or
activity; (2) Fendless, adj. (rt) without energy or resource,
shiftless; (b) jig.-withoni pith or stamina, insipid, wanting
in flavour ; weak ; (3) Fensome, adj., see Fendfou.
(i) Sc. The sighing gudewife will lack her snawy blanket . . .
else ye're grown less fendfou than I ever saw ye, Blackw. Mag.
(Dec. 1821) 321 (Jam.). (2, a" BnfF.' He's bita fenless bodie aifler
a'. Abd. The peer infant's fen'less, an' tir't oot as weel, Alex-
ander Ain Flk. (1882) 66. w.Yks. She's a poor fendless body
(F.P.T.). (A) BnSr.i It's only a gey fenless crapie o' aits, that,
aifter a' it he's deen till't. De ye like that wine 1 — It's unco
fenless kyne o' stuffie. (3) N.Cy.', Nhb.'
14. Provisions, food.
n.Sc. Nae sumptuous fend, but hamcly food, Tarras Poems
(18041 54 (Jam.).
[Shortened from Defend.'^
FENDER, sb. w.Som.' A sluice.
The only name in use to imply the whole apparatus for control-
ling water- flow, but the fender proper is the door or shutter which
slides in a grooved frame — this latter is called the fender frame.
' You zaid jou'd have the fender a-do'd : can't turn the water into
thick there mead till he's a-put in order.'
FENDER, V. Yks. Lan. Der. Also in form fewnder
Lan. 1. To strengthen or fortify by argument. Used in
pp. n.Yks.''
2. ?To recover, regain strength.
Lan. I geet hop when ut I cud fewnder, Paul Bobbin Sequel
(181937; (S.W.)
3. To strive or struggle for a living. Der.'
FENDFARE,56. Nhb. Also in iorm fendyfare. The
fieldfare. Tardus pilaris.
Nhb.' An abundant winter visitant, Hancock Birds.
FENDY, adj Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also in
form fenny Ayr. Gall. (Jam.) [fe'ndi, feni.] 1. Clever,
resourceful, good at managing, economical, thrifty.
Sc. Alice, who he said was both canny and fendy, ScoiT IVaver-
ley (1814) xviii. Ayr. He's ... a richt fenny chicl, VJiuiEjullings
(1879) 276. Edb. A bang O' Highlanders, a fendy rout, Baith
yawl and Strang, Ha'rst Rigiiqg^) 7, ed. 1801. Gall. (Jam.), N.Cy.'
Nhb. She had been so proud of that carpet, and she was too ' fendy'
a housewife to take its destruction calmly, 5. Tynedale Shid.
{\&<)6) Rohbte Armstrong \ Nhb.' He's a fendy body. Dur. GiiisON
Up IVeardak Gl. (1870) ; Dur.' B.Dur. .She isa fendy budy < J.E.D.).
Lake). Kllwood ^1895}. Cum. Gl. (1851) ; She's a gay fendy lilc
body, PiKETAii Ferness Fill. (1870) 32; Cum.' Yks. He's a rare
fendy little chap, he's always atherfishin' ormendin'hisnet (T.K.).
n.Yks.^, Lan.', ne.Lan.'
2. Convenient, handy, coming at the right time.
Sc. Her blythsome bield, to ilka chicld Wha bare a pack, was
fenny, Wilson Poems (1790) 227 (Jam.).
3. Of boats. Sec. : buoyant, rising to the waves. Also
used of cattle : frisky.
Sh.I. Dy fendy boo doo'd lift wi' pride. An' fling da sprae o'm
far talee, 5/i. A'rais (June4, 1898J. S. &Ork.' Nhb. Fendy cattle,
White 7V/;i. (1859) 34.
4. Healthy, well, in good condition.
Ayr. Common. He is braw and fenny the day (J.F.).
FENDYFARE, FENE, see Fendfare, Fain, m//.'
FENEAGE, FENEAGUE, FENEGE, see Fainague.
FENESTER, sb. Obs. Sc. A window, casement.
Fif. The windocks a' were driven in. And heaps o' ragin' bodies
Cam streamin' throu' ilk fenester, Tennant Papistry [182']) 195.
[Cleir fenystaris of glas, Douglas Eneados (1513), ed.
1874, IV. 85. Fr. feneslfe, a window (Cotgr.).]
FENFIELD, FENGFIELD, FENIGY, see Venville,
Fainaigue.
FENKLE, sb. Nhb. Yks. Written fenkill w.Yks.s
[fe'tjkl.] A bend, angle, corner of a street, river, Sec.
Nhb.' Most of our old towns possess a fcnkle or corner street.
Fenkle streets are found in Newcastle, Alnwick, &c. w.Yks.5
A winding-pathway.
FENKLY, adj. s.Chs.' [fe'qkli.] Smart in appear-
ance. See Fannickly.
FENNEL, s6. Sur.' A female hare when giving suck.
FENNY, adj. n.Cy. Yks. Ken. Hmp. Wil. Also in
form fennery Grose ; venny Hmp.' Wil. [fe'ni, ve'ni.]
IVlouldy, mildewed. See Vinny.
n.Cy.BAiLEY(i72i;. w.Yks.' Ken.It was quite fenny (D.W.L.) ;
Lewis/. 7>He/(i736) ; Fenny cheese, Ray (i6gij ; Grose (1790) ;
Ken.'2 ne.Ken. Applied ^CH, not limited to cheese. 'My preserves
are all fenny' I H.M.~i. Hmp. Holloway ; Hmp.' Blue vennied
cheese. Wil. Venny cheese (K.).
[Fenny, mouldy as fenriy cheese, Worltdge Did. Rust.
(1681). OE. fyiiig (fmie m pi.) {JElfric Josh. ix. 5).]
FENNY, see Fendy, adj.
FENODYREE, 56. LlVla. Also in form Phynnodderee.
A wild man of the wood ; /iff. an awkward fellow.
This useful little old gentleman [the Phj'nnodderee] with his
hairy coat was a fallen fairy who was banished from his brethren
in Fairy-land for having paid his addresses to a pretty Manks maid,
and deserting the fairy court during the harvest moon to dance
with his earthly love in the merry Glen of Rushen, Denhani Trarls
(ed. 1892) I. 201 ; Don't let me see a speck on that coat, ye
fenodyrce, when ye comeback. Brown y^ras (1881) 115, ed. 1889.
[Manx/<'H0^i7rc, a satyr, a ' lubber fiend ' (Kelly).]
FENOM-WATER, sb. War. In form fanom- (Hall.).
The discharge from wounds, both of persons and animals.
War. (Hall.) ; War.^ Well known in s.War. The discharge
from 'angry' wounds, whether human or animal, is commonly
spoken of as the venom, and it is said that they will not heal until
the discharge or ' fcnom-water ' is out ; War.**
FENT, sb.^ and v. Sc. Yks. Wm. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin.
Also in form vent n.Yks.' [fent] 1. sb. An opening
or slit, purposely left in any article of clothing.
Sc. He put his hand into her bosom, and the other hand into the
fent other petticoat, Laiti Case (1814) (Jam.). Cai.', n.Yks.'
2. The binding of the edge of a garment.
n.Yks.', Lin. (Hall), Lin.', n Lin.'
3. A fragment or remnant of cloth, calico, &c.; gen. in pi.
Also used allrib.
S. &Ork.i Remnants of cloth sewed together. n.Yks.'; n.Yks.*
Fents and fag-ends, cloth remnants in varieties. m.Yks.' Applied
to woven fabrics. w.Yks. It wor i' fentsan' cheap, Yksman. 1 1878)
7, col. 2 ; A cut off end of a piece of cloth, sold below usual price
(S.P.U.); w.Yks.'; w.Yks.^ The ends are called the fent ends;
w.Yks.^ A portion woven after the piece is completed. Lan. A
couple of fents of his own weaving, Urierley Irtdale (1868) 77;
At number one a lodger's sto'en some fents, Doherty A'. Barlow
(1884) 54; Aw'm no less a personage than th' King o'th Fent
Thradc. . . . King Dick, at tli" Owd Fent Shop, Acering/on Obs.
(Feb. 16, 1895' 2, col. I. Chs.' Gen. what is cut off a ' piece' of
'cloth' to reduce it to the orthodox length. In the bleaching
process, or rather the beetling process, cloth becomes a good deal
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stretched, and there are thus obtained too many yards, \vliich are
cut ofT. Fents are sold remarkably cheap, and the sale of them
constitutes a distinct trade. They are ^ra. sold by weight. nw.Der.',
nLin.'
Hence Fentlings, sb. pi. little pieces, fragments. Wni.
(J.B.)
4. ficr. A fag end or remnant of anything; see below.
w.Yks. Tlie term has also become \'ulgarized to mean the ' rear ' of
the human frame, the ' breech.' If tha' sez that agen, Ah'll pawse
[kick I thy fent ! (.W.B.T.) Lan. He could only just remember the
' fent ' of his school-days, Brieuley Co//ers, iii ; Un as for th' tother
owd bit of a fent fro Ratchdul, way it isn't wo'th pickin' up for
a hanketcher, Accniigton Obs. (Feb. 16, 1895^ 2, col. 1.
5. V. To bind or sew an edging or binding on to a gar-
ment. n.Yks.', Lin. (Hall.)
6. Fi/;. To cut short, diminish, 'dock.'
Lan. Vo' wouldn't like to ha' yo'r drink fen ted,WAUGHS«oiff(^-w^,ii.
[1. Fent of a gowne,/t'«/(', Palsgr. (1530).]
FENT, FEOFF, see Fant, v}, Fyoff.
FEOR, FEORIN, see Fear, Fearinfg.
FER, V. w.Yks.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
To free pastures of cattle.
FER(-, see Far, adv.. Fear, Fur, v.*
FERACIOUS,rt(!y. Nhb.' Ferocious,dangerous, furious.
FERANDUM, sb. w.Soni.' [farse-ndsm.] A verandah,
porch.
You main, Sir, out by the ferandum.
FERD, sb. Sh.I. Also in form faerd-, fard-. [ferd.]
1. A journey, voj'age. S. & Ork.'
Hence Faerda-meat, Ferdamat, or Ferdin-meat, pro-
visions, food for a journey.
Sh.1. Na, row doo me up a bit o' some kind o* faerda-maet ta tak
wi' me, Sli. Keivs i,May 22, 1897) ; Shu clikkit a piece o' a lof . . .
' Dis'U be faerdimaet, lasses,' ib. (Aug 6, 1898) ; Erty Tamsin wis
'Judas,' an' kerried da bag wi' da fardy maet, Burgess Sketdits
(and ed.) iii ; {^Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.i
2. Food, provisions. S. & Ork.'
3. A rapid pace ; a rush, hurry.
S. & Ork.i He went off wi' a ferd.
[1. Norw. dial./ivt/, a journey, y(VY/ir7;«c;/, food for a jour-
ney (Aasen).]
FERD, see Faird.
FERDILEST, adj. n.Sc. (Jam.) Strongest, stoutest.
Cf feerdy.
FERDY, see Feerdy.
FERE, sb> Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Also written feer Sc. (Jam.)
w.Yks.-* ; feir Sc. ; fier(e Ayr. N.Cy.' [fir, fi3(r).] 1. A
friend, companion, comrade.
Sc. Well be ye met, my feres five ! Scott Miitstrelsy (1802) H.
93, ed. 1848 ; I winna cum in Without my play-feres nine. Herd
Coll. Sngs. (1776) I. 156. Elg. The bairnie in the cradle coost,
Syne caper't wi' her feres, Couper Poetry (18041 H. 85. Per.
Alas! alas! my fellow feres, Haliburton Ocliil Idylls (1891) 87.
Ayr. And there's a hand, my trusty fiere, TiuRKsAiild Lang Syne,
St. 4; But what d'ye think, my trusty fier?ii. To Dr. Blacklock {i-]8g)
St. 4. Slk. There — my trusty fere — you have indeed clapped the
saddle on the right horse, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) II. 244.
Rxb. Let them whom nature ne'er designed A bosom-feir for
womankind, A. Scott Pofz/js (ed. 1808)66. Dmf. Oor only feres the
tods and yowes, Reid Poems (1894) 179. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Co/l.
L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' m.Yks.' This term, though not in use conversa-
tionally, occurs in one of the variations of the Christmas' nomony.'
*Good luck to your feather-fowl, fere ; And please will you give me
my Christmas-box ! ' w.Yks. Willan List IVds. (i8ii).
2. Obs. A spouse, husband or wife.
n.Sc. Come choose a fere, my lassie dear, Aslang as ye hae me,
BucHAN jBnWarfs (1828) I. 175, ed. 1875. N.Cy.' w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. (1703); w.Yks."
3. Obs. An equal, match, esp. in ^hr. fire for fere.
Sc EUinour had ne'er a i^eer. In Bad'nach or Strathspey,
JamiesonPo/i. Z}a//n(/s(i8o6)I. 198; And Besswas abraw thumpin
kittie. For Habbie just feer for feer, ib. I. 294 ; Clock Sorrow Mill
has nae feir. She stands aneth a heuch. Chambers Pop. Rhymes
(i87o'i 247. Abd. They just were feer for feer, Ross //ftoiore (1768)
10, ed. 1812 ; The match is feer for feer, ib. 20.
\\. Ane yngliss man . . . [said] to his feir, I wat nocht
quhat may tyd vs heir, Barbour Bruce (1375) 553. OE.
(Merc.) /ofra (Malt, xxiii. 30) ; \<IS. gifira (Corpus MS.).]
FERE, si.2 Sc. [fir.] A company, troop, band.
Sc. Wi' a' his mighty fere o' men, DRUMHONDj1/Hf*o(;wf/(_v( 1846)
10. Fif. Thron'd gloriouslie amid liis feir O' fellow-bousers braw,
Tennant Papisliy (1827) 25; We'll soon be done; we've a strong
feir [an able set of worlimcn engaged at the work] (G.W.).
[Thai sa mony wcr Of men and women gaderit all in
fcr, Douglas Emados (1513), ed. 1874, n. 115; All the fere
[lat hym folowes, furse men of Arniys, Dest. Troy (c. 1400)
1 132. OE. ffrfrr (JEhFmc Jos/i. v. 13).]
FERE, sb.^ Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A puny or dwarfish person.
FERE, adj. Sc. n.Cy. Also written fear Kcb. ; feer
Sh.I. ; feir Sc. (Jam.) ; fier Sc. n.Cy. [fir.] Strong,
healthy, sturdy ; entire ; gen. in phr. /lale and fire.
Sc. I trust to find j'e baith haill and fere, Scott Aiiliqiiaiy (1816)
xxvii. Sh.I. I mind da day whin du [a fiddle] wis new, An' I wis
hale an' feer, Nicolson Ailhslin' Hcdder (1898) 21 ; Ye see bi
rooin', da '00' is keepit hale an' fere, Sli. News (Aug. 14, 1897).
Frf. We coft her new claes, made her trig-like an' fier, Watt Poet.
Sketclies (1880) 81. Fif. There's Jenny comely, fier, an' tight,
Douglas Poems ( 1806) 22. Rnf. While Heaven preserves us hale
an' fier, Picken Poems (1813) I. 155. Ayr. As lang's we're hale
and fier, Burns Ep. to Davie {1784) st. 2. Lnk. Ye look baith
hale and fere at threescore ten, Ramsay Gentle Sliep. (1725) 49, ed.
1783. Edb. I cannae say but I am hale an' fere, Learmont /^Ofms
(1791) 360; When some are tottering down the brae, That now
are hale and fier, Mi'Dowall Pocihs (1839) 47. Rxb. Whalpies
hale an' fere, R uickbie Wayside Cottager {iBoi ) 1 78. Gall. Though
hale and feir, and routh o' rents, Like Adam still he had his wants,
Nicholson Poet. }Vks. (1814') 44, ed. 1897. Kcb. While hale and
fear wi' his twa ban's He kept the crowdy gawin, Davidson Seasons
(1789) 14. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
Hence Feerly, adv., fig. vigorously, with energy.
Frf. Worth withstood tlie minions vile, And fought his cause fu'
feerly. Sands P«;hs (1833) 16.
[Thai thar lord fand haill and feir, Barbour Bnice(iy]^)
VI. 315; Hal and fere and strong and stelewur¥e, Horn.
(c. 1175), ed. Morris, I. 25. ON. fiirr, fit for travelling,
strong, capable.]
FERIE, see Feery.
FERINESS, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written ferinness.
Adhesiveness, consolidation.
Bnff. These roots . . . being straightened by the ferinness of the
mold, they die away, and leave the whole mass of it very solid,
Agric. Surv. App. 38 (Jam.).
[Der. of obs. Sc. ferine, meal (Jam.) ; Yr.farine^
FERKISHIN, sb. Sc. A crowd, multitude ; a large
quantity.
Sc. I hae hcetet the haill ferkishin o' ill-doirs, Riddle Ps. (1857)
xxvi. 5. Tev. (Jam.)
FERLE, see Farl(e.
FERLY, adj., sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lei. Also in forms fairl(e)y Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Kcd.
N.Cy.' ; fairlie Sc. N.Cy.' Cum. ; farley Kcb. N.I.' Nhb.'
n.Yks.'^ m. Yks.' w.Yks.' ne. Lan.'; farlie Sc. (Jam.) Cum.
n.Yks.'; farly Or.I. 'Wm. n.Yks. Lei.; firly. Wm. w.Yks.'
[fe'rli, faTli, fall.] 1. adj. Obs. Strange, wonderful,
marvellous, surprising. Also used advb.
Sc. It's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose
gang barefit, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxvii. Abd. Nor was it fairly,
for she had na been So far a fieldward, Ross Helenore ( 17681 24,
ed. 1812. N.Cy.', Nhb.' n.Yks. Sedgwick Mem. Coivgill Chapel
(1868) 108. Lei. ' He takes it farly,' he is surprised at it (K.).
2. sb. A wonder, marvel, surprise; a curiosity, novelty,
strange spectacle, used of inanimate things, events, &c.
Sc. See what a fairlie I hae to show you, Roy Horseman's Wd.
(1895) vii ; I . . . cam forth to see what ferlics Heaven would send
us, Lang Monk of Fife (1896) 53. Sh.I, Daa was gaen ta da ella
da night fir a fairly, Sh. News (July 2, 1898). CaL' Abd. It'll be
aperfeckferly gin it dinnaleern to girnmairnoritdoes, Alexander
Ain Flk. (1882) 66. Kcd. Never . . . Cud his tongue describe fat
fairlies Met his een fan up he sat. Grant Lays (1884) iii. Rnt
The langerwebidein this warld o' pine. The ferlies ay girter we're
seein, Picken PofiHs (1813) II. 44. Ayr. For fairlies, new, wha
kens hoo sune Ye'll on a broom, ride to the moon. White Jottings
(1879) 141. Lnk. Sic great ferlies. Sir, my Muse can do, Ramsay
Poems (1721) 183 ; Hoo that cart wasna broken, has aye been a
ferlie to me, Fraser JVhaups (1895) xiii. L!h. Nae ferlie
FERLY
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though I mak my mane For thae black smeekit wa's now gane,
Ballantine Poems (18561 12. Edb. Sair they lang To ken ilk
ier\\c,HarstRigi^i'^g^) 17, cd. 1801. Slk. Wi' her freaks and
ferlies and phantoms of fear, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 287. Dmf.
Foreign ferly or unco sight E'erbragg'd in sang, Reid Pof«:5 (1894)
29. Rxb. Sic ferlies they work, ye wad trow that they Wad the
burns themselvesgar rin up the brae, RiddellPoc/. JVks.ied. 1871)
I. 35. Gall. That had been a ferlie even on a day of miracles,
Crockttt Moss-Hags iiSg^) xxx. N.I.' n.Cy. Bottler Gl. {Coll.
L.L.B.); N.Cy.*, Nhb.i Wm. What saw yee else? onny new farly?
Wheeler Dial. (1790'! 77. Cum. Tha keep seek farlies o' purpos
to freeten fwoks, Boyrowdalc Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867)
312. ii.Yks.1, w.Yks.*, ne.Lan.'
Hence (i) Fairljrfu', adj. surprised, astonished ; (2) in
ferlies, phi: in surprise, astonishment, wonderment ; (3)
Firly-farly, sb. a wonderful thing, a marvel ; also used
contemptuously.
(i) n.Sc. I'm fairlyfu' o' that, Tarras Poems (1804) 2 (Jam.\
(2) Lnk. I . . . thocht ye prood stamniack'd an' wonderfu' blate ;
But, noo, I'm in ferlies to see ye sae free, Murdoch Doric Lyre
(1873) 97. (3I Wm. Giggling and laughing at a firley-farley,
HuTTON Bran New IVark (1785) 1. 142. w.Yks.'
3. Of living things: a strange spectacle, sight, often used
as a term of contempt.
So. But noo, I'm looked on as a ferlie, Allan Lilts (1874') 42.
Fif. Oo she was a big ferlie, ye ken, Robertson Provost (1894)
169. Per. What are ye glowerin' at me for as if a' wes a fairlie ?
Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Syne ( 1895 ■) 290. Ayr. Ha ! whare ye
gaun. ye crowlin ferlie ! Burns To a Loitse, St. i. Edb. Ye nasty
ill-faur'd crawlin' ferlie, Liddle Poems (1821') 45. Gall. War nor
that, ye made a farlieOsonsieharmless Michael Carlie, Lauderdale
/'o«;is (1796) 24 ; Ye low-headed crawlin' ferlie, Crockett Cleg
Kelly (1896) 153. N.I.' Ye farley ye.
4. pi. Sights, 'lions,' show tilings to be seen.
Sc. Spen'in' twa three hours lookin' at the fairlies, we toddled
awa hame again, Wright Sc. Life (1897) 32. Frf. He pleased
Mary by listenin' to her accoont o' a' the sichts an' ferlies she had
seen in Edinburgh, Willock Roselty Ends (1886) 82, ed. 1889.
Ayr. I'll e'en gae out and look at the ferlies and the uncos o'
Glasgow, Galt5;V^. JFylie [1822) x; Are ye fashed wi' seeing
ferlies ? Johnston /irr7;;irt//r'f (1891) I. 38. Lnk. Ithers skelp awa
in gigs. An' see a hunncr ferlies, Watson Poems (1853) 69. Cum.
A thousand fairlies yet unseen ... I' scwores o' tents we hevn't
been, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 141,
5. A trifle, slight peculiarity or eccentricity ; a failing,
foible. Geii. in //. and in phr. to spy ferlies.
N.I.' Now, don't be commin' in here to spy farlies (s.v. Spy).
Ant. Used in the sense of prying or trj'ing to see what you have
no right to see, as, 'Are you spying farley s ?' Ballymena Obs. (1892).
n.Cy. ' To spie ferlies,' to spie faults (K.) ; N.Cy.* Nhb.* To ' spy
farleys ' is equivalent to seeing strange and wonderful matters in
commonplace things. Cum. 'To spy farlies,' to gape and stare at
novelties, Williamson Z.ora/f^i'OT. (1849) 72. Cum., Wm. (M.P.)
n.Yks. I'se come to spy farlies, Sedgwick Mem. Cowgill Chapel
(1868) 112; n.Yks.*; n.Yks. ^ A spyer of other folks' farleys.
m.Yks.* Lan. Yo've some gumption fur sure to spie such ferlies,
Kay-Shuttleworth Siarsddle (i860; II. 154 ; Faithful, frisky, and
full of ferlies, Waugh Craig Dhn, g.
6. V. To wonder, marvel, be surprised or astounded at.
Sc. Nane ferlies mair than fools, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Sh.I.
Hit fairleys me if we diinna hae suntin* efter dat, Sh. News (Feb.
19, 18981. Or.I. His horse . . . What ting he'd gotten upon his
back Did farly mairan' mair, John Gilpin, St. 24, in Ellis Prontinc.
(1889) V. 810. Cai.» Elg. He ferly't at the fiendish day, CouPER
Poetry {iBo^j 11.86. Abd. It's something strange ; ye'll ferly. Sir,
to hear't, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 119. Kcd. He fairlied sair at
what he heard, Rurness Garron Ha' (c. 1820) 381. Frf. Some
ferlie sair, an' doubt the fact, Morison Poems (1790) 104. Fif.
For weeks . . . back I've ferlied whaur a' my bits o' sape . , . gaed to,
M'T.AREN Tibbie (1894) 120. Rnf. I ferlicd ye cou'd do't for shame,
PiCKEN Poems (1813)1. 107. Ayr. An' ferlie at the folk in Lon'on,
Burns Tzva Dogs (1786) 1. 122 ; My mother had been able to do
naething since she saw the ring but ferlie at it on her finger.
Service Notandums (1890) 60. Lnk. I ferly wherefore ye're sae
soon astear, Ramsay Gentle Shcp. (1725) 23, ed. 1783 ; It made us
ferlie 'mang ourselves What body's it had been, I.emon St.Mungo
(18441 50. Lth. Never let 1'he warld at ye ferlie, \iRVCE Poems
(1813) II. 123. Edb. I ferly unco sair. That ye sud musand gae,
Fergusson PoffKs (1773) 153, cd. 1785. Slk. An' sits down but
to ferly, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 420. Feb. See how they ferlie
a' the lot At ane anither, Affleck Poet. Wks, (1836; 93. Dmf. I
ferlied aft tiiat wit and will .Suld smoor aneth the gruesome grave,
Reid Poems (1894) 56. Rxb. Losh man, ye gar me ferley in a
fright, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808 33. Kcb. To prie the new-earn'd
sweets and farley a' To see sic gaucy thighs, Davidson Seasons
(178912. n.Cy. Borrfer G/. (Co//. L. LB.); N.Cy.*, Nhb.* w.Yks.
Willan List Wds. {181 1).
[1. pe fax on his faire hade was ferly to schawe, Wars
Ale.x. (C.1450) 601. The same word as OE./a'/V/f, sudden,
unexpected. 2. The sely hyrd . . . 'Wounderis of the
sownd and ferly at he hes sene, Douglas Eneados (1513),
ed. 1874, II. 86. 6. Thai . . . Farlyit, and jarnyt hym to
se, Barbour Bruce (1375) vi. 323.]
PERM, sh. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A prepared gut, such as the string of a musical
instrument. See Fern, sb.^
FERMADE, see Fair-maid.
FERMENT, v. w.Yks. (J.'W.) Chs.* [fament.] To
foment.
FERM-TREE, 5*. Obs. Suf. A tree or post for a
landmark ; sometimes used for the bounds of a parish.
Gardner Hist. Dttnwich (1754) Gl.
[For halyng up of the Ferme-Tre and other Labor, S*,
Churchw. Accts. Welberswick (1451) in Gardner Hist. Dun-
wich (1754) 148.]
FERN, sb} Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in forms farn Glo.* ; fearn Cum. n.Lin.*; fiern Hrf.'; vern
Hmp. ; viern w.Som.' 1. In fo;«A. (i) Fern-bounds, the
right of cutting ferns ; (2) — brackins, the male fern,
Nephrodiiini Filix-mas ; (3) — buttercup, the silverweed,
Potenlilla Anserina ; (4) -knacker, the wheatear, Saxicola
ocnanthe; (5) -nut, the earth-nut, Bunium flexuosum ; (6)
•owl, (a) the nightjar or goat-sucker, Caprinndgus euro-
paeiis ; [b) the short-eared owl, Asio brachyotiis ; (7) -seed,
in phr. to gather fern-seed, to make oneself invisible ; (8)
-storms, rain caused by the burning of fern or heather;
(9) -web, the beetle, Mclolontha hordeola.
(i) Cum. The tenants . . . had the privilege of greenhue and
fern-bounds, &c., the ancient fernigo ; ferns being much in use
for bedding stalled cattle, Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I. 435.
(2) Cum. (B. & H.) (3) Wil.' (4) Oxf. Gay Lett. Countess
Suffolk (1729) I. 357, ed,. 1824. (5) Cor. Quiller-Couch
Hist. Polperro ( 1 87 1 ) 1 89. (6, a) e.Lth. Swainson Birds ( 1 885) 97.
Nhb.' Called also night-hawk. w.Wor. When he opens that mouth
o' his, it be as wide as a fern-owl's, Berrows Jrn. (Mar. 10, 1888;.
Shr. Swainson ib. ; Shr.* Called Fern-owl, because the bird fre-
quently laj'S its eggs within the shelter of a bunch of fern-fronds :
it makes no nest. Hrf.* Glo. G/. (1851) ; //oras 5«4sca'ia« (1777)
153; Glo.*, Hmp.* Wil. Thurn Birds (1870) 87; Smith Birds
(1885)311. w.Som.* Vee'urn-aewul. Not so common as Night-
crow. (6) Ir. Swainson ib. 129. (7) Sc. I dare say it's nonsense, but
they say she has gathered the fern-seed, and can gang ony gate
she likes, Scott Guy M. (1815) xlv. (8) n.Sc. In the Highlands
where . . . the heather is burned by the shepherds, the belief is^^M.
among the people. A'. & Q. (1852) ist S. v. 301. s.Sc, n.Cy. It
is the practice of shepherds in spring when the heather is dry
enough, to set fire to it. . . It is the gen. belief that this burning
' doth draw downe rain,' ib. 303. Stf. His Majesty taking notice
of an opinion entertained in Stf, that the burning of Feme doth
draw downe rain, and being desirous that the country and himself
may enjoy fair weather, as long as he remains in those parts. His
Majesty hath commanded me to write unto you, to cause all burn-
ing of Feme to be forborne, until his Majesty be passed the country,
Letter (Aug. i, 1636) in A'. &' Q. ib. 243. (9) Dev. The smaller
chafer with green thorax is always called Fern-web, Science Gossip
(1874) 263. n.Dev. A small chafer, injurious to the apple while
very small, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. A'. & Q. (1851)
ist S. iii. 259 ; Cor.**
2. The bracken, Pteris aqitilina.
w.Yks. (J.W.l, n.Lin.*, Glo.' Hmp. There's not a deal o' black
spem about 'ere, buttherebeplentyo'vernon t'common(W.M,E.F.).
w.Som.* In speaking of ' vierns ' generally the common bracken is
meant, of which great quantities are cut for bedding.
FERN, s6.° Sc. Also written fearn. A prepared gut,
such as the string of a musical instrument. Gl. Sibb. (Jam.)
FERN A DOLING,/;/. Cor.^ [fanas-dlin.] Stealing.
FERNAIGUE, see Fainaigue.
TERNARY
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FERNARY, 5/). Yks. Tlie right to cut ferns for
bedding, iS:c. Cf. fern-bounds
w. Yks. With free common of. . . and fernao', Grainge NiMeida/e
(1863) 178.
FERNER, see Fern year.
FERN-FRECKLES, sb. pL Yks. Der. Also in forms
fen-freckles Der.' ; -feckles n.Yks.* Freckles, sun-spots,
resembling the seeds of the fern. n.Yks.^, Der.'
Hence Fern-freckled, adj. freckled, sunburnt. vv.Yks.",
Der.' See Fern-tickles.
FERNIG, see Fainaigue.
FERN-TICKLES, sb. pi. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum.
Win. Yks. Lan. Der. Also Som. Also in forms faan-
e.Yks. ; fairan- Cai.' ; fairn- Sc. (Jam.) ; fairney- Nhb.' ;
fanteckles Dur.' w.Yks.* n.Lan.' ; fan- Wm. n.Yks.'
ne.Yks.'; fanticles Cum.' e.Yks.' m. Yks.' w. Yks. ne.Lan.' ;
faren- N.Cy.' n.Yks.'; farmaticles Cum.'; farney- Nhb.';
fam-teckles w.Yks. ; farn- N.I.' Uls. N.Cy.' e.Dur.'
w.Yks.'; farn-ticles Cum.' n.Yks.'* ne.Lan.' w.Som.' ;
femi- Sc. (Jam.) ; ferny- Slk. ; ferren- Ant. Freckles,
sun-spots, sun-burn. Rarely in siiii^.
Sc. Ilka plouk and fernitickle. Dru.mmond Miickornachyi\^^€i) 46 ;
(Jam.) Inv. (H.E. F.) N.I.' ' Tliefaniticklcs niversayda word but
one, that they wouldn't light on a din skin.' saying. Ant. Ferren-
licklcs niver spok' a word but yin ; They niver lit on a din skin,
liallvmeiia Obs. (1892). Uls. ( M.B.-S.), N.Cy.', Nhb.', Cum.', Wm.',
n.Yks.' =, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Ecoii. (1788) ; e.Yks.'
m.Yks.' Tiiese are popularly accounted for as marks made by the
spurtings of milk from the mother's breast, inevitably occasioned,
so that a face may be marred that is * ower bonny.' w.Yks. Hutton
Tour to Caves 1781V Sc.\TciiERD///i7, il/oWc_>'^i874) Gl.) w.Yks.'^,
ne.Lan.' w.Soni' Faarn'tikulz.
Hence Fern -tickled, (7 (])■. freckled, marked with sun -spots.
Cai.' Slk. A bit fernytickled kintra lassie, Chr. North Nodes
(ed. 1856! II. eg. N.I.' n.Cy.GROSE (1790) ; N.Cy.', Dur.', e.Dur.'
Cum. She's a rcet bonny farmatick l)t lass, Dickinson Lit. Rem.
(1888 1 226. Wm. Lauve in days but thoo is fantickled (B K.).
n.Yks.' w.Yks. Shoo's fanteckel'd, Banks Wkfld. IVds. (1865).
n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', Der.'
[Rocket . . . taketh away frekles or fayrntikles, Turner
Herbal (1551) 169; A Ferntj'kylle (also Farntikylle ', /e«-
ticitla, Cath. Aiigl. (1483).]
FERNY, adj Sc. Also Cor. Also written ferni- Cor.'*
In comp. (i) Ferny-buss, a bush of ferns; (2) -cock, the
beetle, Melolo)itha liorlicola ; (3) -fire, a fire made from
dry 'brackens'; also used fiff.of a quick-tempered person;
(4) -hirst, a hill covered with ferns; (5) -summer, St. Luke's
summer, fine weather occurring on or about Oct. 18.
(i) n.Sc.It's either a tod or a ferny-buss. Piov. (Jam.) (2 Cor.'
Used as bait for trout ; Cor.* (3) Cor.^ Like a ferny-fire, soon hot
and soon cold. w.Cor. (M.A.C.l (4) Rxb. iJam.) (5) w.Cor.
.So called in the parishes of St. Levan and Zennor because at that
time the bracken was cut for winter fuel ! M.A.C.).
FERN.YEAR, sb. Obsol. Sc. Nhb. Also in forms
fairn- Sc. (Jam.) ; farn- Kcb. Nhb. ; ferner Cai.' ; fernyer
nw.Abd. Rnf ; -zear Ayr.; -zeer Feb.; -zier Edb. Rxb.
1. The last or past year; the preceding year. Also used
attrib. and advb. '
Sc. Ye'll get as mickle for ae wish this year as for twa fern year,
Ramsay P;-oy. (1737 ; If I li%'e anither year, I'll ca' this year
Fernyear, ib. Sh.I. If hit no been her sister's deth dey'd been
married ere fern year, S/i. News (May 21, 1898). Elg. Ten fern-
years caff, and duddy claise, Couper Poetry (1804) II. 224. Bnff.
Whan Fairn-year comes for this bad year, Taylor Poems (1787)
6. Abd. The lint was fernyear grown beside the shaw, Giiidmait
IngUsmailt (1873) 32 ; Ye pat awa" yer horseman fernyear, Alex-
ander Johnny Gibb (1871") x. nw.Abd. Wer nain [our own] bees
fernyer never keest, Goodwife 1 1867) st. 29. Kcd. Twa muckle
rucks o' fairnyear's aits Wer' stan'in at Fytestane, Grant Lays
(1884) 6. ePer.Chiefly used in 'a fernyear cheese ' (W. A. C).
Rnf. His breeks war o' plush, that but fernyer had seen, Picken
Poems (1813 II. 134. Ayr. An' fernzear took a trip tae Enbrugh
Town, Sillar Poems 1789,1 i6i. Edb. That bricht sun . . .
[shall] See fernzier's babes wi' savage monsters play, Learmont
Poems (1791) 121 ; Kickshaws, strangers to our view Sin Fairn-
year, Fergusson Poems (1773) 117, ed. 1785. Peb, Fernzeerah,
ah ! ye play'd a plisky, Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836; 124. Rxb. For
fernzier, at our simmer fair, A. Scott Po«ms(ed. 1808) 120. Kcb.
VOL. II.
Auld farnycar stories come athwart their minds, Davidson Seasons
(1789I 5. Nhb. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 155.
2. Phr. (i) fernyear's news, stale news, news known for
some long time previously ; (2) — 's tale, a fabrication, an
invented story.
Sc. (i) (Jam.) (2) And then told him a fern-year's tale, Sir
Egeir, 19 (/i. ).
3. A remote, indefinite period ; a time or date that may
never arrive. Cai.'
[1. Fare-wel al the snow of feme yere ! Chauceu TV. &»
Cr. V. 1 176. OE. /yniffear, a past year ; cp. MHG. vinie,
'alt vorjahrig' (Lexer) ; G./mi (Paul).]
FERNYTICKLES, see Fern-tickles.
FEROKERLY, adv. Or.L For the most part, most
frequently. (Jam.), S. & Ork.'
FERRA, see Farrow, adj.
FERRABIRT,5i. Sh.I. Aprevision, foregoing. S.&Ork.'
FERRAGE, v. and sb. sw.Lin.' [faridg.] 1. v. To
search into, to clear out.
He begins to ferrage into things more'n he did. I've no man,
so I mut ferrage out for mysen. There's plenty of work if they
will but ferrage out for it. They don't ferrage the corners out.
She's always aferraging out the yard.
Hence (i) Ferraging-fork, sb, the iron fork used for
moving about the hot embers in a brick oven ; (2) — out,
p/ir. a thorough cleansing or clearing out.
(2) I've given all my places a good ferraging out.
2. sb. A thorough search or investigation ; a thorough
cleansing.
I like to have a real good ferrage over once or twice a year.
[1. The same word as lit. E. forage, to make a roving
search for. Fr. foiirrager, to forrage, ransack (Cotgr.).]
FERREL, s6. Hmp. Also written ferrol Hmp.' ; and
in form verrel. [farl.] An indurated lump of gravel, sand,
and iron.
Hmp.i These ferrols freq. occur in the heath-lands of n.Hmp.
n.Hmp. At the Burley quarries . . . the so-called Burley rock, a mere
conglomerateof gravel, the 'ferrels'or 'verrels' of n.Hmp. is dug,
Wise New Forest (1883) 82.
FERREN-TICKLES, see Fern-tickles.
FERRER, s6. n.Lin.' [fara.] A cask having iron hoops.
[OFr. ferriere, ' vase a vin ' (Rabelais).]
FERRET, si. e.Suf (F.H.) A pill.
FERRET, V. In geit. dial, and colloq. use in Sc. and
Eng. Also written ferrit Ayr. Nhp.' ; and in form verret
s.Wor. Brks.' [fa'rit.] 1. To search out, pry into, in-
vestigate ; to find out about. Gen. with about or out.
Elg. Old aunt Watson . . . seemed disposed very heartily to
ferret the young officers, or indeed to ferret anything, provided
she could annoy the company, Couper Touri/ications (1803) II,
165. Dmb. If the cash has been prigged by any of our native
gentlemen ... it may be possible enough to ferret them out,
Cross Disruption (1844') xxv, ed. 1877. Ayr. If that's what you
have come to ferrit out, I may tell ye I have ample provision made
for me, Johnston Glenbiickie (1889) 75. w.Yks. Slioo's set th'
poleece on to ferret it aght. Hartley Seets Yks. and Lan. (1895)
X ; Banks IVkJld. IVds. (1865). Lan. Chaps et hev nowt else ta
du but ferret among things lang sen deead en fergittan, Kendal C.
News (Mar. 23, 1889). Chs.' Yo want ferret it aht, dun yo? Not.
What are you ferreting about for? (J.H.B.); Not.' s.Lin. Now
ferrit about sharp, and git it found (T.H.R.). Nhp.' A busy,
careful housewife is said to go ferriting about after her servants.
War.2 Brks.' Certain dogs were * verretin' about* after game.
Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.Suf. Don't come here ferreting about (F.H.).
2. To move about restlessly, to fidget ; to worry, be uneasy.
n.Lin.' He meant it well, but I was soa on it 'at I hedn't been
to see him, I felt quite upset ; it ferretted me all chapil-time.
s.Wor. Th' hull fam'ly on 'em be just the sa-ame ; this un kips
verreting about, and niver is y-lay down comfortable like (H.K.).
FERRICHIE,na>'. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to ourcorre-
spondents.] Strong, robust. Cf feerochrie, s.v. Farrach.
FERRICK, sb."- Sc. [ferik.] A mock sun.
ne.Sc. A mock sun is in some parts called a ferrick and is
believed to indicate the coming weather according to its position
— east or west of the sun, or ' behind ' or ' before ' the sun, Gregor
Flk-Lore (i88i) 152. Bnff.' A ferrick afore, Ayont the score : A
ferrick ahin, Y'ill shortly fin.
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FERRICK, V. and sh.'^ Nhp. War. Oxf. Brks. In form
ferruck War.^ Oxf.' [fa'rik, -ak.] 1. v. To clean out.
Oxl".' 2. To scratch. Nhp.=
3. To fidget or move about restlessly.
War.3 To ferruck about a house dusting corners. To ferruck
about among the furniture for a lost article.
4. sb. A fidget, state of restlessness. Cf. ferret, 2.
Brks. I be all in a ferrick (M.J.B.).
FERRIDGE, 56. e.An.^ A kind of gingerbread.
A common sort of gingerbread, made very thick, and gen. with
some figures imprinted on it before baking.
FERRIESKAERDS, 5A.//. Sh.I. Ferns.
Ye see yun glude o ferries-kaerds. Burgess Rasniie (1892) 73.
FERRULE, sb. Som. Dev. Also in forms ferrel Dev.';
ferrol Dev. ; verdle vv.Som.^ 1. An iron or brass ring.
w.Som.i Vuur dl, seldom vuur-ul. Applied not only to the tube-
like ferrule, but also to the flat ring usually called a washer. Dev.
EowRiNG Lang. (1866) I. 27.
2. The frame of a slate.
Dev. iv.Tiincs (Apr. 30, 1886) 2, col. 2 ; Dev.*
FERRULE, V. Yks. [farl.] To punish with a ferrule
or wooden ruler.
w.Yks. Has ta been ferruled to-day? Obsol., Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Jan. 3, 1891); (J.T.)
[I shoulde tel tales out of the schoole and bee ferruled
for my faults, GossoN Schl. Abuse (1579) 24 (Dav.). Der.
of lit. E. ferule, an instrument for punishing schoolboys.
Fr. ferule, a ferula or paulmer used in schools for cor-
rection (CoTGR.). Lat./fr«</a.]
FERRULE, see Forrel.
■ FERRUPS, sb. pi. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Also in forms
farraps Der.'^ ; farrups w.Yks.^ Lan.; firraps nw.Der.' ;
firrups w.Yks.^ Lan. [faraps, faTaps.] An exclama-
tion or mild imprecation, esp. in phr. bytheferrups! or ivltat
the ferrups .'
w.Yks. What the farrups arta doin'? Well, be't farrups I Hlf.v.
CoiirUy (May 15, 1897) ; w.Yks.'^ By the firrups ; w.Yks.^ What
the farrups are ye at ! Lan. The firrups tak um ! Tim Bobdin
View Dial. (1740, 32; What the farrups! Yo'n see, he'll sattle
down, Wa UGH S^/z/V/.r (1870; III. 259; ' Theigher,'aw sed, 'wheer
th' ferrups has that cum fro ? * Wood Hum. Sketches, 7 ; Lan.* Wot
th' ferrups arto doin' ? e.Lan.* What the ferrups is to do ? Chs.'
What the ferrups are you about? Chs.^ s.Chs.' Wot dhu fer-ips
u yu dooin dheeiir? [What the ferrips are y6 doin* theer?] Der.^,
nw.Der.*
[What a ferrup, will you play when the dance is done,
Dryden Tr. &= Cr. (1679) iii. ii.J
FERRY,A'6.' Dev. Aweasel; a young weasel. SeeVair.
Weasel. . . The young are termed by gamekeepers ' Ferries,'
Bellamy A'a/. //is/. Zlfj). (1839) pt. II. ' '> Reports Provinc. (1885I94.
FERRY, sA.2 and iJ. Or.L Chs. \. sb. \ncowp.{\)
Ferry-boat, a jocose name for the thin, shallow, wooden
bowl, used for skimming cream off milk ; (2)-louper,asettler
or incomer, one who has crossed from the mainland.
(i I Chs.' If cheese is poor it is sometimes said, * Th' ferry-boat
has been too often across th' cheese-tub.' (2) Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.)
2. V. Salt-mining term : to convey rock-salt from the
workings to the shaft. Hence Ferrier,s(!'. one who 'ferries'
orconveys rock-salt from the workings to the shaft. Chs.'
FERRY, see Fare, v.'^
FERRY FAKE, phr. e.An. To pry about in an im-
pudent manner.
e An.' Nrf. What are you ferry fakin arter? Cozens-Hardy
Bioad Nrf. (1893) 56.
FERRY- WHISK, sb. Yks. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Great bustle, haste. (Hall.)
FERSELL, adj. and v. Sc. Also in forms fershell,
firsle. 1. adj. Energetic, active, bustling, ' forceful.'
Abd. A bit gey kibble, ferscll mannie, Alexander Johnny Gibb
(1871) xviii ; Still in use. He's a lershell chiel'. I didna expec' to
see him sae fershell after his lang illness (G.W.).
2. V. To bustle, fuss about, rustle. Also usedy?^.
Abd. Fat arc ye fershellin' aboot at? (G.W.) Gall. As I sat in
the vestry I could hear them firslin aboot the door, Cuockeit
Slickil Min. (1893) 62; Rations firsling among the straw, ib. Guy
Man (1896) 130.
FERSH, adj. and adv. w.Som.' Fresh.
Plase, Sir, Mr. Haddon zess your coat must be fersh [fuursh]
a-lined.
FERSIE, sb. Sc. The farcy, the leprosy of horses.
Fire is good fore the fersie, Ferguson Prnv. (1641) 12 ; (Jam.)
FERS(S, adj. Sc. Fierce ; also used advb.
Sc. Albeit he was a Fennich ferss, Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) I.
53. Fif. As if frae death to save their lives They swallow'd fast
and fers, Tennant Papistry (1827) 115.
FERTER, sb. Obs. Sc. A fairy.
Cai. (Jam.) Bch. Wi' sickness now he's ferter like, Fordes Aja.r
(1742) 7.
FERTH, sb. w.Yks.^ [tap.] Energy, activity. See
Forth-put, s.v. Forth, adv. 1 (7}.
She's not a bit o' ferth about her.
FERTLE, see Firtle.
FERTOR, sb. Obs. Sc. A coffer or casket.
Fif. Fertor in flinders flew around ; The kist, it boundit on the
ground, Tennant Papistry (1827) 150.
[King Alexander . . . conuenit all the prelatis and baronis
of his realme & tuke vp the bonis of his grandame Sanct
Margaret, & put thame in ane precious fertour of syluer,
Bellenden Chrori. (T536) bk. xiu. xvi (Jam.) ; Fertyr,
feretruiu, Prompt. OFr. ftertre, ' chasse, reliquaire ' (La
Curne).]
FERTURE, sb. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Wrack and ruin.
FERVEN', adv. Obs. Sc. Eagerly, readily.
Edb. Doctors, wi' hocus-pocus faith Gie poison, . . . An' whan
they're cramin'ye wi' death Ye pay them ferven', Learmont Poems
(1791) 181.
FERVILLED, pp. Yks. Also written furvilled. In
phr. fervilled up ivith, provided with a superfluity of goods,
e.g. household furniture.
e.Yks. Also used in the sense of hoarding instead of using (B.K.);
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Mar. 5, 1893); e.Yks.' Sometimes Pervilled,
and Purvilled, MS. add. (T.H.)
FESART, see Faizart.
FESCUE, sb. Shr. Hmp. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form vester Som. nw.Dev.' Cor.'° [w.Cy. ve'sta.r).]
1. A kind of grass. Hmp.^
2. A pointer or reed used in teaching children to read.
Shr,' 0!is. I see yo' binna-d-in a 'umour to larn this mornin';
lave the fescue an' the Psalter an' run to Churt'n fur me, yo'n do
it better w'en yo' comen back ; Shr.^ Som. Breng tha hornen book.
Gee me tha vester, Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869) 142. e.Sora.
W. & J. Gl 1 1873). Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) nw.Dev.i
Dev., Cor. Monthly Mag. (18101 I. 435. Cor. Gent. Mag. (^i-jg^)
1083; Cor.' A feather stripped of its vane, all e.xcept the point,
and used by children at a dame's school, to point out the letter or
word they are studying ; Cor.^
[I. Feslu, a feskue, a straw, rush, little stalk, Cotgr.
2. Why mought not he, as well as others done. Rise from
his festue to his Littleton .' Hall 5(7/. (1598) Bk. iv. Sat. ii.]
FESH, FESHEN, FESIL.see Fash, v."", Fetch, v., Fissle.
FESS, nrf/'. Brks. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Also in
form vess Brks.^ [fas.] 1. Of animals : bad-tempered,
fierce.
WIl.' A cat with its back up looks ' ter'ble fess.' n.WiL Of a
ferret with its back up it would be said, ' I doant like to catch hold
on un. he's so fess ' (E.H.G.).
2. Lively, active, strong ; gay, ' smart,' clever. Also
used advb. Cf. chuff, adj.^
Brks. (M.J. B.); G/. (1852); Brks.* Why, 'e looks quite vess this
marnin'. Som. A fess fellow, W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev. Gen. used
ironically, as in the phr. ' A purty fess chap he vor paint a 'ouze ! '
Reports Provinc. (1893); He's terrible fess wi's tongue, Pulman
Sketches (1842) 95, ed. 1871. n.Dev. Rock Jim an Nell (1867) Gl.
3. Conceited, ' cocky,' impudent, over-confident ; proud,
stuck-up.
Hmp. To be fess is to be set up, to be elated, in high spirits
(J.R.W. ); (M.C.H.B.'); Hmp.' Used among schoolboys: ' You are
very fess.' WiL Slow G/. (1892) ; Wil.' Dor. Y'U be fess enough,
my poppet, when th'st know ! Hardy Tess (1891) 22. Dev. Lukee
zee, 'er *th agot a new bunnet. Why, 'er's za fess as a paycock,
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892'); Reports Provinc. (1893); Dev.'^ Dick
Brown's gcttin' winderful fess.
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FET
Hence Fessy, adj. proud, conceited, ' cocky.'
Hmp. Wise Neiv Foicst ^ 18831 283 ; Hmp. '
4. Over-zealous, officious, meddlesome ; fussy.
Dor. Meddling and eager in what is going on ; assuming a high
position in consultation. There's a fess fellow, Barnfs Gt. (1863 ;
i,C.W.); (N.B.) Som. Sweetman IViiicauton Gl. U885 .
Hence (i) Fessed, pp., (2) Fessy, adj. flurried, put out,
' fashed.'
(1,21 Hmp. 'To be fcssey' or 'fessed' is to be put out of the way,
to be flnrried. Wise Nen< Forest \ 18831 282 ; Hinp.'
FESS, V. n.Cy. Also Som. [fess.] To confess.
n.Cy. Grose (17901 iI/5. add. (P.); iJ.W.); (Hall.) w.Som.'
He never widii [faes'l fess who 'twas do'd it, but we all knowed
he'd a-gota hand in the job.
FESS, FESSEN, see Fast, Fetch, v.. Fasten.
FESSING, pip. Ess. [fe'sin.] Forcing, pressing,
obtruding a thing on one. GROSE(i7go); Gl. (iQ^i); Ess.'
FEST, V. and sb. Nhb. Cum. \Vm. Yks. Lan. Lin.
Also in forms feest e.Yks. ; fess Lakel. Cum.' vv.Yks.
n.Lin.'; fesse n.Yks. [fest, fes.] 1. v. To make fast,
to tie, bind, fasten.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Yks. (K.) n.Yks. By reason of certain
marriners and seafaring men mooring and fessing their ships and
vessels to the said bridge . . . this Court doth impose a pain that no
mariner, &c. coming within the harbour at Whitby do moor, fesse
or tye any ship. &c., Qiinit. Scss. Rcc. ("Jan. ri, 1658) in yV. R. Rec.
Soc. VI. 16; Meriton Pniisc Ale (1684 1 Gl. m.Yks.', w.Yks.^
2. To bind to an agreement or contract, esp. to bind
an apprentice by indentures.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' Lakel. Eilwood (1895V Cum., Wm. Ferguson
Northmen (1856). n.Yks.'^, ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Watson Hist. Hlfx.
(1775)537; She was fested out to a cotton manufacturer, Crav.
Herald JizT. 6. 1896 ; Thoresby if«.(i703;; ^S P.U.); w.Yks.'^",
e.Lan.'
Hence (i) Fest, (2) Fested, /yi. bound by agreement or
contract ; (3) Festing- or Fessen-penny, sb. earnest-
money given to bind an agreement, esp. in engaging a
servant ; see Fasten-penny, s. v. Fasten.
(I) Nhb.i w.Yks. OA50/. (J.W.) (2) n.Yks.^ (3) n.Cy. (K.) ;
Grose (1790I ; N.Cy.'2, Nhb.' Lakel. Ellwood (1895). n.Yks.'
If a servant who has been duly hired and received her Hiring- or
Festing-penny wishes to cancel her bargain ; as for instance on
account of an unlooked-for offer of marriage ; she always sends
back the Festing-penny with the notification of her altered plans.
Two instances of the kind have occurred in this parish in the
course of the Spring hiring-time of the present year, 1865. w.Yks.
iffrf5^«r.S»/>/>/.(July I r,i896);w.Yks.i n.Lin.SuirON itf^(!'s.li88i ).
3. To put out cattle, sheep, &c., to grass at a fixed price
per head.
Lakel. Ellwood (i895\ Cum.'* Yks. I com owerto Langton
to fest some beeas, Philip Neville, xi. w.Yks. Quite common
(W.C.S.) : You see Sayger 'ad land to put t'sheep on, but Bray-
shaw's 'ad to be fessed out (F.P.T.) ; (S.P. U.) ; w.Yks.' I'se i' some
meser foarced to fest owte two ousen, ii. 289. Lan. I bid him
enquire if I could fest her to winter at any place near that country,
Walkden Diary (ed. 1866I 78 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.'
4. To put out to board.
Wm. A pleeacewhaar acud fest mesell ootwhileastopti'Lunnan,
Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. n ; A went tet pleeacewhaar a'd fested
mesell oot, ib. (1865) 17 ; En he caant dea wieth barns he mun
fest em avvt, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 15, ed. 1821. w.Yks. Willan
List IVds. {181 1); They fested him out (E.L.) ; A gamekeeper is
said to fest his master's pointer, when he agrees with a farmer to
keep itfora time, N. & Q. (1851) ist S. iv. 42 ; (R.H.H.) Lan.'
ne.Lan.' I agreed to fest mysel for ten shillings a week.
5. To let off any work.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. Hutton 7oH»7oCni'fs(i 781). Lan.',
ne.Lan.'
6. sb. A fastening. Lin. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.]
7. A mooring-place or landing-stage, to which boats, &c.,
can be made fast.
N.Cy.' Nhb. While their keels at the fest, Tyneside Sngslr. (img\
6; Then we row'd away up to the fest, Tyneside Sags. (ed. i8gi)
257 ; Nhb.'
8. The earnest-money given to ratify or make fast an
engagement, esp. in hiring a servant. Also in comp. Fest-
penny.
n.Yks. (R.H.H.); n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' Called also Aries, or God's-
penny. The sum is usually from 1/ to 2/6. This custom only
applies to hiring under the Martinmas system. Also the fine paid
on taking over a leasehold farm. ' Ah wcean't tak t'fest back ; ah'U
gan.' e.Yks. A servant is not considered properly engaged, unless
this ' fest ' be given and received, Nicholson Flk Lore (18901 28 ;
On engaging servants in the East Riding at the Martinmas Statute
Hirings, it is customary to give them a sum of money varj'ing from
two to ten shillings, which is returned by them if they do not fulfil
their engagement. Cole Place Names 1 1879; 29; Lots of good-for-
noughts would get their feest-penny who didn't intend to keep their
agreement, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Jan. 26, 1895) 8 ; e.Yks.' m.Yks.'
I got five shillings for my fest. w.Yks. i R.H.H.), n.Lin.'
[1. We so5t \& forest in al our vvalke for to seke a
maister balke for to fest . . . our werk to-gedir. Cursor M.
(c. 1300) 8797. ON./csIa ; cp. OE. firslaii.]
FESTEN, V. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also written fes'n
Abd. e.Lan.' ; fessen N.Cy.' w.Yks. ; feszen w.Yks.
[fe'san.] 1. To fasten, make fast, bind. Cf. fasten.
Abd. 1 lontit doon to fes'n myspat.ALKXAKDERjohiinyGidb (1871)
xviii. N.Cy.' e.Yks. Thompson ///s^ /f'f//o« (i86q1 170. w.Yks.
' T'wor whcnaw feszend th'doorat neet, Hartley i);//. 30; w.Yks.^
Lan. An' festen't all thi string, Clegg IVarp (.1890) 6. e.Lan.'
2. To settle, bind to a bargain.
w.Yks. If aw dooant festen that nah, it'll be sell'd bi th' time we
come back, Hartley Clock Aim. (1889^ 34 ; There, that'll fessen th'
stakes, Bickerdike Beacon Ahn. (1876').
3. To perplex, puzzle, put in a quandary or ' fix.'
w.Yks. Tha's fesencd me nah. Hartley Clock Aim. (1889) 49 ;
They wor fessened what to do, ib. Pitdden (1876) 46. Lan. Tii'
owd Irishman's a job to festen him wi' 'rithmetic neaw, Clegg
David's Loom (1894) ii.
FESTER, sb. Yks. Chs. Fig. A rankling grievance,
a source of complaint.
n.Yks.2 ' It'll be a fester for 'em,' viz. the loss of their expected
legacy.
Hence Festerment, sb. (i) an old hole, like that made
by wet or age in timber ; (2) a confusion, entanglement ;
fig. annoyance, vexation.
\ 1) Chs. 3 (2; Chs.' A festerment o' weeds; Chs.^
FESTERLOW, sb. Lin. Wor. Also in form festile.
A fistula.
Lin. He'sbeen operaated on for a festerlow( J.T. F. ). s.Wor. (H. K. )
FESTICAL,sA. Sus.' A feast.
There ain't agoing to be anv school festical to-year.
FESTRENS, see Fasten's.
FET, V. In gcu. dial, use in Yks. Lan. Chs. and midl.
and s. counties, [fet, fot.] I. Gram, forms. 1. Present
Tense: (i) Fat, (2) Fet, (3) Fit, (4) Fot, (5) Vet. [For
examples see II below.]
(i) Shr.2 (2) Lan.', Nhp.i, War.'2, w.Wor.', Oxf.' (3) Cor.
(4) w.Yks.3, Lan.', m.Lan.', Chs.^ s.Stf., Nhp.' (5) Dev.'
2. Preterite : (i) Fat, (2) Faught, (3) Fett, (4) Fot, (5) Fut,
(6) Vot.
(i) Shr.'2 (2)Lan.' (3)Lon.,WU.' (4) w.Yks. s, Lan.', Chs.' 3,
Der.=, nw.Der.', Nhp.2, Shr.', GI0.2, Brks.', 'Wil.' (5) Bck. (6)
Glo.l, Wil.'
3. pp. (i) Fet, (2) Fot, (3) Vaught, (4) Vet.
{ i) Lan.' (2) w.Yks.3, Lan.', e.Lan.', Der.^, nw.Der.', Hrf.', Glo.',
Oxf.' (3) Hmp.', w.Som.'. n.Dev. (4) n.Dev.
H. Dial. uses. 1. To fetch.
w.Yks. Here lad, fot mi ahommeran'chisel, wilta (D. L.); w.Yks.^
To a servant, who took a long time to answer the door-bell, ' Yo
bide some fottin, lass.' Lan. Hoo'd fot brass, if lioo wur in a show,
Waugh Chim. Corner {lQ^}.^) 26, ed. 1879; A Lan. man does not
say ... he ' fetched,' but he ' fett ' or ' fott,' Gaskeli. Lectures Dial.
(1854) 24; Lan.', e.Lan.' s.Lan. Picton Dial. (1865). Chs.'^
s.Stf. He fot him a pint o' beer. Shall I fot yer dinner for your?
PiNNOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895". Der.°, nw.Der.' Nhp.' I be just a
guing to fet tlie cows up. A churchwarden in a neighbouring
village, complaining to a clergyman of the quick succession ot the
levies for the repair of the church, said, ' You should not a' been
so hard upon us, you should a' let us fot breath ' ; Nhp.° War.
B'ham Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War." w.Wor.' I'll fet the
arrants i' the evenin', w'en them childern's at school. Shr.' 'E fot
a jug o' eel fur 'em. 'E fat up the 'ackney mar' out o' the leasow
to tak' the owd Maister wham ; Shr.' Fat it from him. I fat it from
the shop. Hrf.' Glo. ! H.T.E.) ; I fot un out of the steable. Lysons
Vulgar Tongae (i868) 27; Bavlis Illus. Dial. (1870J ; Glo.' Our
volkes bin and fot up two casties of cider this mornin' ; Glo.' Oxf.'
X X 2
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FETCH
I ha' bin an' fot a bit a coal. Brks. Varmer Whitfield . . . Fot I out
o' all thuck caddie, Hughes Si oKr. IVkile Horse (1859I vi. Bck.
(J.A.B, , Ken.i=, Hmp.i, I.W.i Wil. Britton Binulics (1825).
n.Wil. A went an vot a pint o' beer ^E.H.G.) ; Th' king ha'vot m'
into liuz cheammurs, Kite Stig. Sol. [ i86oi i. 4. Wil.* Som.
Jennings Obs. Dial. w. Eng. (1825'). e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873"!.
w.Som.' Now only heard in the very common alliterative prov.
Vuur' u-vau't, deeur u'bau't [far-fetched, dearly bonght]. Dev.
Wud vet a party penny, Peter Pindar IVks. (_i8i6) IV. 188 ; Dev.i
I've be to vickrage to vet a book for dame. n.Dev. An Bobby 'th
vaught 'e vor es sel'. Rock Jim an Nell 1867) st. 67. Cor. I went
to fit a dish of tay, Hicham Dial. (1866: 5.
Hence Fattin, sb. a small quantity, esp. in phr. a fattin'
of drink.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Shr.* ' A fattin' o' drink,' that quantity of ale
which is carried out of a public house and drunk snb dio.
2. Phr. (i) to fet a walk, to take a walk ; see Fetch, v. II.
1 (5) ; (2) — out, to rescue, fetch out, used in pp.
(I) Lon. A Cockney . . . will tell them what ' a prodigious pretty
walk he laught' on the preceding Sunday, Pegge^hcc. Eng. Lang.
(18031 no. e<^- 1844 ; The use of ihe pre t. 'faught' is so sacredly
confined to a walk, that they do not extend it to any thing portable,
as in that case they would say ' I fotch it,' ib. 113. (2) Brks.i
3. To recover, improve in health, revive. See Fetch,
V. II. 6.
n.Dev. Her moort ha' vet it, nif zo be tha hadst net let her totee
up and down zo ort, E.xm. Scold. (17461 1. 252.
4. To deal or strike a blow. See Fetch, v. II. 10.
w.Yks.^ A father described striking his girl as, ' Au fot her a
fillip, and then fot her another, and daan her coom.' Lan. Hoo up
wi a ladin' can un fot him such rap on th' yed, Wood Hum.
Skelilus, 7 ; Hoo fot me a leather reet across th' chops, Staton
Loominary (c. 18611 60. m Lan.* Aw'll fot thee a welt o' t'chops.
se. Wor. 1 I fot 'im a paowt o' thcyud 66th my stick.
5. To court, make love to.
Dev.* I wish, Rab, you'd leave vetting me.
[1. Vr cart he schal drawe And fetten vr vitayles,
P. Ploivmaii (a.) II. 155 ; Wei did moises ["at it fand And
dauid als ))at fott be wand, Cursor M. (c. 1300) 21768 ; Two
kides he fette, Gen. &= Ex. (c. 1250) 1535. OE. fetian,
pTet./etode.]
FET, adj. Lin.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
Safe, not easily shaken.
The pancheon rack is fet enough.
FET, see Fit, adj.
FETCH, sb.' Irel. n.Cy. Yks. War. 'Wor. Pern. Hmp.
[fetj.l A spectre, wraith, apparition ; a ghost, spirit.
Ir. I'm afeard, Nellj', that I saw his fetch, Carleton Trails Peas.
(ed. 18431 1. 100; A fetch is the supernatural fac-simileofsome indi-
vidual, which comes to assure to its original [or his friend or relative]
a happy longevity or immediate dissolution. If seen in the morning,
the one event is predicted ; if in the evening, the other, Banim
O'Hara (1825) in TV. £^ Q. 1 1852) ist S. v. 557 ; These apparitions
are called 'fetches' throughout the sister island, Henderson Flk-
Lore (1879) i ; Is it your fetch ye sein ? Yeats Flk-Tales (1888)
III. Ant. It is reported that fetches have been seen, Hume Dial.
22. n.Cy. Grose ( 1790J ; Denhain Tracts (ed. 1895) II. 77.
n. Yks. ^ The fac-simile of a person about to die or just dead. War.^
' Old Fetch will have you ' was a servant-girl's threat to naughty
children. Wor. The peasantry have a fancy, to this day, that they
sometimes either see or hear a * token ' when a peisoii is going to
die, which they call ' Fetch,' and upon such occasions they say
' Fetch is come,' Allies Aniiq. Flk Loie ( 1840") 449, ed. 1852.
Hence Fetch-candle, sb. a supernatural light foretelling
the death, gen., of the person who sees it.
Pern. The superstition . . . appears in the shape of the fetch-
candle, a light seen moving in the air at night, and supposed to be
in attendance on a ghostly funeral, portending the speedy death
of the party who sees it, A'. <5r" Q. (1852, ist S. vi. 17. s.Pem.
Laws Litllc Eng. (i888i 420. s.Hmp. The light went out sudden
— it must have been a fetch candle, Vernev L. Lisle (18701 x;
The light goes out when a soul departs, ib. note.
FETCH, V. and sb? Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [fetj, fatj, fotj; fej, fas.] I. v. Gram, forms. 1.
Present Tense: (1) Fatch, (2) Fesh, (3) Fess, (4) Foch,
(5) Fotch, (6) Vatch, (7J Vetch. [For further examples
see II below.]
(i) Lan, Th' husbant had had a letter to fatch him to Liverpool,
Banks Mamh. Man (1876) viii. =.Chs.', nw.Der.' Lin. John's
gone to fatch her in, Fenn Cure of Souls (1889': 19. War.*^, Cor.'
(2) Sc. And fesh my hawks sae fleet o' flight, Edb. Mag. (July
1819) 526 (Jam.). Fif. Gae wa' to the yaird an' fesh a sybie,
Robertson Prot'ost (1894') 29. (3^ Bnff.* nw.Abd. Rin, Jense,
an' fess a truncher here, Goodwife (1867) st. 26. Per. Rype the
press, An' what ye find o' whisky fess Soberly oot, Haliburton
Ochil Idylls ( 1891) 40. Gall. She went to the door and cried,
'Jen, he's wakkin' ; fess the porridge !' Crockett Raiders (1894)
XXXV. (4) w.Yks. Awl foch em thi in a minit. Hartley Blackpool
(1883) 89. (5, w.Yks. Ah'll fotch a sope o' drink, Preston Poems
( 1864 i 5; w.Yks.* For feear'd Boany's come tofotch him; w.Yks.^^^
Lan. Get eaut an' fotch it, Brierlev Cotters, xi. e.Lan.' Chs.
Thah mun fotch me a pairo' pattens, Clough B. B ressiiltle {i8jg)
5 ; Chs.', nw.Der.i, Glo. (H.S. H.) (6) w.Som.* Missus is a-tookt
very bad ; Joe mus' g'in an' vatch the doctor torackly. Dev. (7)
Brks.* Things be awnlywuth what um 'ull vetch. I.W.',Som.,Dev.
2. Preterite: (i) Fatched, (2) Feesh, (3) Feess, (4) Feish,
(5) Fotch, (6) Fetched, (7; Fctcht, (8) Fuish, (9) Fush{e,
(10) Vatched.
(i) w.Wor. (2) Bnff. Jannet feesh ben some whawkie, Taylor
Poems {\-fi>i) 65. (3) Bnir.i (4) Abd. O waly fa' the chiel that
feish ye. Skinner Poems (1809) 91. (5) Lon. Pegge Anec. Eng.
Lang. (i8o3> 113, ed. 1844. Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) 190;
Hmp.* \_Kn\tT. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 376.] (6) w.Yks. He went
hoam theear an' then, an' fetched it, Ytisnian. (18881 223. Nhp.',
Hmp.* ( 7 ) Lan. Ut fotcht some colour i' my face, Brierley Blacti-
pool [iS,8i) i. (8) Abd. They fuish her hame, Ross Helcnore 1708)
139, ed. 1812. (9)Sc.Whate'er he fush in, Donald Poitns (1867 , 23.
Edb. Marget gaed an' fush a light. Tint Oney (1796) 19. ( 10) Dev.
3. pp. (i) Faitchen, (2) Feshen, Ts) Fessen, (4) Fotch,
(5) Fetched, (6) Fotcht, (7) Fushen.
(I) Lth. Mony a queer gun's faitchin oot, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 36. (2) Sc. (Jam.") Abd. Ye hinna feshn the goodwife wi*
ye, Alexander Ain Flli. (1882) 55. (3) Bnff.* (4) s.Hmp.
There's that rope I lent Edwin to be fotch, Verney L. Tide
(1870) X. (5) w.Yks. Billy Spikkit wor fetched an' his fiddle,
Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 28. (6) Lan. Ha' fotcht a duck
olf th' wayther, Brierley Layrock (1864) v. (7) Sc. Skill was
fushen, and that manie, Kinloch Ballads (1827) 99; I hae nae
just gotten it 3'ct, . . . but Lody tell't me it wad be fushen the day,
Glen/ergiis (1820 II. 161 fjAni.).
II. Dial. uses. 1. In phr. (i) to fetch butter, to churn so
as to raise the cream to a certain consistency; (2) —
errands, to go on errands ; (3) —fire, {a} to enter a house
for a moment and then go out again ; see below ; (b) 'to
see fireworks ' or stars, from a blow, knock, &c. ; (4) — a
vege, to go back a few paces so as to gain impetus for a run
forward ; (5) — a zvatk, to take a walk or stroll ; (6) — off,
(a) to stop work, leave ofl"; (b) to cause to come off; (7) —
?//i,to pull upshort, to pull oneself together; (8) —upon end,
to bring to one's senses, rouse ; to cause to look about.
(I) Hrf.2 Hmp. Wise Neiv Forest (1883) 282 ; Hmp.* Dor. Tha
cooden vetch the butter in the churn, Barnes Poems (1844) 21^
(2) Cor. (B.S.) (3, a Dev. In times of the old tindcr-bo.\ a person
whose fire was gone out would run into a neighbour's house, pick
up a burning ember, and oft' as quickly as possible. A person
who had just entered a house and off again was spoken of as 'just
fetching fire,' Reports Provinc. (i886j 95. (6) Dev. I tellee what
'tez, 'e gied me zich a whop that boath my eyes vatched vire,
Wew^tt Peas.Sp.\iZg2). (4) Dev.* Up arak'd and vetch'd a vege
to thicka plashet, 4. (5) Glo.* Lon. The verb ' fetch ' . . . is . . .
gen. applied by the common people of London to a walk for
pleasure, a promenade. Thus a Cockney will say to his com-
panions . . . ' Let us fetch a walk,' Pegge Anec. Eng. Lang. (1803)
no, ed. 1844 ; A solicitor called at the house of a merchant. On
knocking at the door, he asked the cockney servant if his master
was at home? The servant answered, 'No, sir, master is just
stept out to fetch a walk,' Boston Herald [ Nov. 26, 1839^ 2, col. 2.
w.Cy. Some go to church to fetch a walk, N. & O. (1871) 4th S.
vii. loo. (6, a) Dev. So I fetched oft' work a bit earlj-, O'Neill
Idyls (1892) 49. {b) n.Lin.* This damp weather hes fetch'd all th'
paaperofl'o' th'parlour walls. (7) Mid. My new dodge, for fetching
a horse up before he can think. Blackmore Kit ( 1890) I. xv. Dev.
Wul tha nex thing thay dood wis ta holler out ' Dress ! ' . . . Wat
thay main'd wis ta vetch up a little bit zmurt, Nathan Hogg Poet.
Lett. (1847) 44, ed. 1865. (8) w.Wor. As fatched him hup on ind
immajutely, S. Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) 11. 249.
2. To bring, carry with one.
Sc. Tak the rine [riven] dish and gang awa to the wal, and
fesh hame some water, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 104.
P^ETCH
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ne.Sc. Come our, an fess a'yir oosewi ye, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881)
98. Bnff. Haste ye, fesh, ye lazy sluts, Some meat to me, Taylor
Poems 11787' 24. Bch. He's nae better, for our tears Carina
fesh him again, Forbes Ulysses (1785 14. Abd. What cast has
feshen you sae far frae towns ? Ross Hcleito>e(i-i6&) 84. ed. 1812 ;
The gill that Mains feish owre in 's han', Alexander Johnny
Gtbb ^1871) XX : It tak's time to fess a man like that till's holy
senses, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xxii. Kcd. Although ye sudna fesh
us Either niz or neck to men' ; Ca' an' see us. Grant Lays (1884^
46. Per. To fesh ye back wi' him to see his granny, Cleland
Jtichbrackeit ^1883) 10, cd. 1887. Rnf. As soon's I saw him wake
I fushe a dainty bit o' cake, Picken Poems (1813) II. 62. Lnk.
Her aunt a pair of tangs fush in, Ramsay Poems (i8oo) I. 272
(Jam.). Gall. Fess him on till the bonny braes o' Maxwelltoon !
Crockett Paitlers (1P94 xliv. Nhb., Dur. ' Fetch her up,' a call
from the banksman to (he brakesman to bring the cage to the
surface, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (i888). Cum.i Fetch that chair
this way. n.Yks.' Wants a speead, diz he ? Tell 'im, Ah'll be on
inoo, an' Ah'll fetch }-an wi' me. w.Yks. Ah fetched Sarah along
wi' me as shoo worn't fit to be left by hersen (J.T.); He fun
t'stick an' fetch't it hoam wi' him. Ykswan. Comic Ann. ( 1879^, 48.
Oxf. Hanging like a lump upon his bearers, as they fetched him to
an empty hog-house, Blackmore Cfipps (ed. 18951 xlvi. C.r.
Fetch 'un home, Ken, to the House, Cahill Certainty (1890) 43.
3. To carry oft", take away, steal.
S.Wor. The fox fetched the last duck I had (H.K.).
4. Fig. With iify : to bring up, rear ; to train, educate.
Bnff.' His grannie feess up the bairn. He fcssesup ten caar ilky
year, an' sells thim fin they're ayens. Abd. He's hed a faimily to
fesh up and skweel. Alexander //i»/",'i. (1882)16. e.Dur.' n.Yks.*
*I had 'em all o' fetching up,' I had the bringing up of the family.
[Amer. I was fotch up with the niggers. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 67]
Hence Fessanup, sb. nurture, rearing, training. BnfT.'
5. To plough in one direction only ; to cut grass, corn,
&c., on one side only ; see below.
w.Mid. This is sometimes done when a few furrows have to be
tacked on to a 'land' that has already become joined to that
ploughed next before it. * That land won't be wide enough to finish
the shot. You'll have to fetch a furrow or two.' When the crop
can be cut on one side only ; the machine continually cutting in
one direction, and returning each time to begin at the same corner
instead of making the circuit of the field. ' It does hinder so, when
the corn's down and j'ou've got to fetch it all ' (W.P.M.).
6. To recover, revive; to improve in health. Gen.\\'\\.\\iip.
w.Yks. 2 To gain flesh after having been reduced in weight by
an illness. ' He'll soon fetch it up again.' Dor. I do hope Daisy
will fetch round again now. ... I don't mind breaking my rest
if she recovers. Hardy il/arfi/i';)^ Oowrf C 1874) ii ; Give him another
glass — then he'll fetch up, ih.Jiide ( 1896) pt. 11. vii. Som. 'Surely
those bees are all dead?' 'Oh, no, they'll vetch when I do put 'em
in the sun' (W. F.R. . w.Som.* Her 11 vetchy up again now, I zim,
but her've a- bin ter'ble bad. Cor.^ She'll soon fetch up again.
7. To bring to a decision.
War. (J.R.W.) Som. Sweetjian IVmcanton Gl. (1883).
8. To breathe with difficulty ; to gasp.
Sc. Oftenusedofadyingperson,who breaches with great difficulty
(Jam.). Sh.I. I \vis standin' pechin' an' fetchin'. Burgess Sketches
(2nd ed." 67. Cai.' Kxb.Tam.fetchinfasttogainhiswin'.A.ScoTT
(1805:. 66 (Jam.). n.Yks.'^, e.Yks.' m.Yks." Applied to breathing,
when respiration is a heaving, painful efl'ort. w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.'
I could tell ther was sum'ut bad th' matter, he fetch'd so.
Hence Fetching, {1) sb. a long breath, a deep respira-
tion ; usedyfg-. ; (2) ///. adj. gasping, breathing with diffi-
culty.
(i) Ayr. Obedient to the impulse and deep fetchings of the
tempestuous breath of the awakened winds of heaven, G alt (j/VAa/'sf
(1823) xviii. (s) Sh.I. I hear his fetchin breath, Burgess Rasmie
(1892^ 65.
9. To pull bj' fits and starts ; to jerk, pull intermittently.
Ayr. Thou never braindg't, an' fetch't, an' (liskit. Burns To his
Aiild Mare, st. 12. n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.)
10. To deal, strike a blow. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc. (A.W.) Wm. She fetclit im a cloot undre t'lug. Spec. Dial.
(1880) pt. ii. 27. ne.Yks.' He fetch'd ma a big clout ower t'heead.
e.Yks.i Ah fetch'd him a crack owad [over] heead an that sattl'd him.
w.Yks. T'tuther sweep fetch't me a claat fair across t'faice, Tom
Treddlehoyle Trip ta Lunnan i 1851) 46; w.Yks.' Lan. John
fetched him a clout o' t'heead, Waogh Jannock (1874) vi. Chs.' ;
Chs.s Fetch im a woipe oi th' yed. s.Chs.i 60 faacht im u klingkur
usahyd u th yed [Hoo fatcht him a clinker aside o'th' yed]. s.Stf.
I'd no suncr come up nor he fetched me a smack o' the ycad,
PiNNocK BIk. Cy. Ann. (1895). nw.Der.i Lin. 1 says 'Git awaay,
ya beast,' an' I fetcht 'im a kick an' 'e went, Tennyson Owd Roa
( 1889). n.Lin. He's just fetched this cow o' mine a klink ower th'
head wi' a stone, Peacock /. Markenjield (1872) III. 1 14 ; n.Lin.'
Nhp.' He fetched me a fine thump on th' yed. War. Fetched him
a slap on the side of the head, Bartram People of Clopton 1,1897)
35 ; 'War.2 w.Wor.i 'E upped an' fetched me a crack a the yud
with 'is stick. Hrf.', Glo.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) Cmb.i And she'll fetch
him such a ding with her open hand. Ken. He fetched it such a
crack with the hammer (D.W.L.\ Cor. A great strip of ore-weed
came flying through the darkness and fetched him a slap on the
cheek, like a cold hand, 'Q.' Wandering Heath (18951 8. Colloq.
Mrs. Piper. . . having 'fetched' young Piper a crack, Dickens
Bleak House (1853"! xi. [Amer. I fotch him a slap with my hand,
Dial. Moles (1896) I. 67.]
11. To reach, arrive at, attain to; to pass by in arriving
at. Also used /ig. to succeed, be successful.
Kcb. I doubt not but more would fclch heaven, if they believed
not heaven to be at the next door, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No.
108. Cum. Be t'time Ah fetch't 3'ooar 3'att, Sargisson Joe Scoap
(1881) 10. s.Wm. Wi a man we fetch'd by Warton, Hutton Dial.
Storth and Arnside{i-]6o) 1. 80; That trick'll net fetch raw, >A. 1. 105.
I. Ma. It'd be on the stroke of three when they fetched his lodgin,
Brown Witch (1889) 20. Oxf. I fetched back to the place at last,
Blackmore Cripps (ed. 1895) xx. Som. It d' be about zlarten' now,
for 'tis bound t'fetch Morlaix by mid-day, or thereabouts, Leith
Lemon Verbena (1895) 136. Dev. Aun, aun ess went, laur jayly
cry ! Till Starcrap pleace ess vetch'd, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett.
(1847) H. 18. Cor.' I shaan't be long fatching home; Cor.'
Hard work to fetch hom. w.Cor. If I don't start soon, I sha-ant
fetch home tonight. Common (M.A.C.).
12. To perceive, catch sight of.
Fif. 'What!' quo' Tarn, lookin' up and discernin' naething. 'The
window, yon's it.' . . . Tarn looked again, but his een failed to fetch
ony thing like a window ... to view, M' Laren Tibbie (1894 22.
13. sb. A bundle ; such a quantity as can be fetched
or carried at once. e.Lan.'
14. A trick, device, stratagem, 'dodge'; a pretence,
false tale ; an imposition.
Slg. Dear brother, this is one of Satan's old fetches toward you,
Br.uCE Sermons (1631) 73, ed. 1843. Lnk. This was anotherof the
primate's fetches, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) I.423,ed. 1828. Cum.'
That was a queer fetch, bit it dudn't help him. n.Yks. He hez sike
fetches (I. W.) ; n.Yks.^ w.Yks. It's nobbud fer a farther fotch,
Prov. in Brighotise Nezvs (Sept. 14, 18891 ; w.Yks ' Well, I never
heard of a better fetch in all my born days. Not. It's note but a
fetch (J.H.B.). s.Not. They want to get me out an theirsens in ;
that's their fetch (J.P.K.V n.Lin.' He goas reg'lar to chech an'
chapil, that's a fetch o' his to mak foaks believe in him. sw.Lin.'
It's merely a fetch to get relief. One wouldn't have thought a lady
would make a fetch like that. Sus.' Sus.,Hmp. Holloway. Hmp.'
Dev. She told me Bob took the shoul, but it was all a fetch,
w. Times (Apr. 30, 1886) 2. col. 2.
Hence Fetch, v. to make a pretence ; to deceive, im-
pose upon.
sw.Lin.' There's a many fetches sooner than hardworks.
15. A deep, painful breath or inspiration ; a catch, gasp.
Sc.Thedeepandlonginspirationofadyingperson Jam.). Cum.'
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.'' ' I have a fetch and a catch,' a stitch in the side.
m.Yks.i
16. A pull, tug, jerk.
Sh.I. Bawby lat doo Magnus gie him [it] a fetch, an' dan hit'll be
ower a' da shunner, Sh. News (Aug. 6, 1898) ; Giein him a fetch
oot he cam, ib.
Yl. The distance required, by a body put in motion, to
acquire velocity.
Nhb. ' As the waves of the sea acquire a great fetch when the
wind blows from a far unsheltered direction.
FETCHEL, V. Lei. War. To plague, tease, provoke.
Lei.' I oon'y did it to fetchel 'im. War.^
FETCHES, sb. pi. Shr. Suf. [fetjiz.] 1. Vetches,
I'icia saliva.
Shr.' Everall's got some famous winter fetches i' the Fut-way
fild — they'n 'elp 'is fodder out.
2. Half-grown pease-cods. e.Suf. (F.H.)
FETE, 5*. Lin. [fit.] A large puddle; a pool of
muddy water.
Miller & Skertchly Fenland (1878) iv ; Lin.' Strind over the
fete, or you'll clagyour dress.
FETE
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FETE, FETH, see Feat, adj!^. Faith.
FETI, adj. Dev. [fe'ti.] Great, large, esp. in phr.
feii many. See Feat, adj?^
Should have fcti many beans, if the frost did not cut them,
Reports Provide. (1897 .
FETT, see Feat, adj}
FETTER, V. Chs. Shr. Dev. [fe'tafr).] 1. To tie
together a horse's or a donkey's fore and hind legs on one
side, to prevent the animal from straying. nw.Dev.'
2. To hamper, hinder.
s.Chs.i It feturz u bod-i tii aav ii lot u childurn ubuwt urn wel
dhi bin ddoin dhu wuurk [It fetters a body to have a lot o' childern
about 'em whel they bin doin' the work].
3. To potter about.
s.Chs.^ Yea" wun bi au'viz fet'urin (ibuwt un gy'et'in i foa'ksiz
roa'd [Yo wun be auvaj'S fetterin' about an' gcttin i' folks'es road].
Shr.i The warden wuz al'ays fetterin' i' the church.
4. With at: to meddle or tamper with ; to touch lightly
and inefficiently, to ' tinker.'
s.Chs.i Phiuwd chuurn ud u wuurkt reyt iinuf', iv yi wud*^;nur
u ky'ept fet-urin aat" it [Th' owd churn 'ud ha' worked reight
enough, if ye wouldnurha' kept fetterin' at it]. The word h&s gen.
a depreciatory sense.
FETTERLOCK, sb. Glo. I.W. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor.
Also in form vetterlock. [fe'ta-, ve'talok.] The fetlock
of a horse.
Glo.i. I.W.' Dor. Your meare's in steable wi' her hocks In
straw above her vetterlocks, Barnes Poems ^1869-70 3rd S. 100.
w.Som.* Vat'urlauk, rarely fat'urlauk. w.Dev. Marshall Rur.
Eron. (I^g6). Cor.'^
FETTING, see Footing.
FETTLE, s6.', v.^ and adj. In gctt. dial, use in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also in forms tittle n.Yks.' e.Yks.' ; fottle
Lan. ; veckle, vettle Brks.' [fetl, fitl.] 1. sb. Con-
dition, state ; order, repair ; esp. in phr. in fettle, in good
fettle, &c. ; fg. temper, humour.
Sc. The boat's no in fettle for't ; she's been makin' water this
last week, Rov Horseman's ti'd. (1895) ^v. Frf. The meetings
were only memorable when Tammas Haggart was in fettle, to
pronounce judgments in his well-known sarcastic way, Barrie
Thrums (1889) v. Per. A've cause tae be gratefu' for a guid
memory, and a've kept it in fine fettle wi" sermons, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush 11895) 220. Fif. It's to be hoped oor man will be in
guid fettle, Robertson Provost (1894) 159. s.Sc. Man, ye' re in
gran' fettle the nicht, Cunningham Ske/ lies (1894^ xiii. Ayr. I'll
tak' my stand, tho' oot o' fettle. White Jot/ings i 1879) 190 : What
fettle the day, laird ? Are ye aboot your or'nar ? Service Nolan-
diims (1890) 118. Lnk. They were, na doubt, in gay bad fettle,
EwiNG Poems (1892) 12. e.Ltb. The minister was in gran' fettle
that day an' preached ane o' his best sermons. Hunter y. Imvick
(1895)41. Dmf. (A.C.) Gan. Mistress Slee was in gey guid fettle
last week, Crockett Slickit Min. (1893) loi. Nhb. Weel graith'd
— sair on mettle, Oor harness in fettle, Dixon IVhittingliam Vale
(1895) 192; Nhb.i What fettle? Dur. (A.B.); Gibson Up-Wear-
dale Gl. (,1870; ; Bur.' e.Dur.i As a salutation : 'Well — , what
fettle ?' ' Oh, canny.' Lakel. Ellwood (1895). Cum. Nay, Ah
can sing nin, — Ah's i' neah fettel, Farrall Betty Wilson (1886)44 ;
He's ola's in good fettle (E.W.P.) ; Cum.' What fettle's thy fadder
in to-day? Wm. (B.K.) ; Weest be sartan ta git oor cooarn i'gae
good fettle, Spec. Dial. (18801 pt. ii. 3. n.Yks. ' Good mornin,
sir,' says Frank, 'are ye i' good fettle?' Frank Fis/iing (iBg4)
24 ; n-Yks.' ' Ah's feared he's in bad fettle, poor chap' ; of a man
whose circumstances are supposed to be but poor or bad ; n.Yks. °
In good fettle. ' In very middling fettle,' only in a moderate state
of health. ' Out o' fettle,' disordered. ne.Yks.' Yon far sahd o'
t'clooas is varry sumpy ; ah doot wer stuff weean't be i' ovver
good fettle for leading. e.Yks.' Jack's gannin ti run a race wl
Bob next Sunda ; an he seems to be 1 good fettle fo't. w.Yks.
They started aat at four o'clock one Saturday morning i' furst
rate fettle, Hartley Z)i//. (1868) 132 ; Willan List Wds. (181 1) ;
w.Yks.i Thou looks i gay good fettle, ii. 285 ; w.Yks.^ai. w.Yks.s
Ah lievn't been i'sich good fettle laately, 19. Lan. Thah's nobbut
fit fur t'sit under th' sycymoore tree, . . . an' watch me put th'
garden i' fettle. Banks Manch. Man 1876) xxxv ; Awr ino fettle
for catterwcawin, Tim Bobhin View Dial. (1740) 27 ; Ween a very
good clock at our house but it's out o' fettle, Ballad, Countty-
man's Ramble ; Lan.' Clis. That weather glass canna be in
proper fettle, Wardurton Sngs. (i86o) 134 ; Chs.' A road which
has been recently repaired is in good fettle. A person who is
extremely well is in good fettle ; so is an animal which is fat ;
Chs. 3 s.Chs.' Ahy)m i baad' fet'l fur wuurk | I'm i' bad fettle for
work]. Bin yur toolz i giid fefl? [Bin j'ur tools i good fettle?]
Midi. They were all in prime fettle, Bartram People of Clopion
(1897)138. Stf.' s.Stf. I was in no fettle for fightin'. What a
fettle he's lef his furnace in, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895).
nw.Der.', Not.^ s.Not. Ah left the land i' capital fettle (J.P.K.).
Lin. Brooke Tracts Gl. n.Lin.' His land's alus e' good fettle, let
seasons cum what thaay've a mind. Oh, I'm nobbut e' poor fettle,
thenk you. sw.Lin.' The place is in strange good fettle. Lei.',
S.Lin. (T.H.R.) Nhp.' ' The house is in good fettle ; it's just been
repair'd.' Often used in an opposite sense, as, ' What a pretty
fettle you've brought that horse home in,' when he is returned
jaded, and bespattered with mud; Nhp.^, War.3'',s.War.'.se.Wor.'
Shr.' ; Shr.2 'Yone brought him whoam in a pretty fettle. Hrf.
I've got the piece [field 1 in good fettle (W.W.S.). Glo. Baylis
lllus. Dial. (1870); Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863^ Oxf. 'G.P.);
Oxf.' A little out of fettle this marnin'. Brks.' I be jus' in vine
vettle vor a vight if a wants to't. I beant a-veelin' in veckle this
marnin'. Hrt. If a horse was ready and willing to work, he said
he was in good fettle, Hrt. Mercury {Dec. 24, 1887). e.Suf. (F.H.),
Ken. (G.B.) Sus. Out of fettle, out of gear (J. L.A.). Hmp. How
doyoufeel?— I'm in good fettle (H.C. M.B.I. Wil. , W.C.P,); Keep
things pulled up in goin' fettle, Swinstead Parish on Wheels
(1897) 15. nw.Dev.'
2. Phr. to tyne fettle, to lose the faculty or capacity for
speech, motion, &c.
Abd. His queets were dozen'd, and the fettle tint, Ross Helenore
(1768) 45, ed. 1812; Her tongue for fear tint fettle in her cheek,
ib. 28.
3. V. To clean, tidy up, put to rights.
Yks. Starve, 1 reckon, if they willn't lake to washing floors, an*
fettling grates, an' such like, Taylor Miss Miles (1890) xii.
n.Yks. A houtlandish hignorant place where to tidy up a room
is to fettle it, Fetherston Smiig^ins Fam. 3. ne.Yks.' Wa mun
fettle up wer hoos afoor fbackend. w.Yks. Let's all set too wi
wir sweepin-brushes, mops an dusters ta fettle his hahce dahn,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1868) 20 ; He wesht up pot
an pan. An dahn he went an framed hissen, An fettled like a man,
Preston Poems (1864) 20; w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.^ 'Wat's fuse,
then.' said he, ' o' all this fettlin' o' yor shooin ? ' w.Yks.^ Fettle
up them fire-irons agean I come back. Lan. Has ti done fettlin*
up? (A. P.) ; Aunt Judy came in to fettle up, Ackworth Clog
Shop Chron. (1896) 13. Midi. Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796).
Der.' To fettle the churchyard, to clean it. Not.^ n.Lin. Sutton
Wds. (1881) ; n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' Just fettle it up a bit. w.Wor.'
The gafl'er's fettlin' the gardin' agin the flower show. se.Wor.'
This room's all uv a mulluck, itwans fettlin up a bit. Shr. An'[they]
begunnen to onload an fettle up a bit, Burne Flk-Lore (1883) vi.
Glo.' Oxf. Holloway ; Oxf.' Commonlyapplied to cattle-sheds, &c.
Hence (i) Fettler, sb. a cleaner, esp. a cleaner of
machinery, engines, &c. ; (2) Fettling, vbl. sb. a thorough
cleansing ; gen. with out ; (3) Fettlingday, sb. cleaning
day.
(i) w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.' A rare fctller. (2) w.Yks. Two owd
worthies there thowt it a nice chonce ta gie it a good fetlin aht,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (Feb. 4, 18591. (3) w.Yks,
An' hire a charwoman o' t'fettlin' day, Yksman. (1876) 124.
4. To repair, mend ; to prepare, make ready, put in
working order, set to rights. Also used fig.
Abd. Fettle at guns, either barrels or locks, Anderson Rhymes
ri867) 123. Rnf. But he's ta'en't to the smiddy and 'sfettl'd it rarely,
Tannahill Poems (1807) 256, ed. 1817 ; A' the silly gom'ral ettled
Was jist to keep his muscles fettled. Young Pictures (1865) 141.
Bwk. Spier ' Hoo the guid folks are fettlin' the day?' Calder
Poems (1897) 237. N.Cy.' Nhb. It tuik some time te fettle them,
Wilson Pitman's Pay (18431 24 ; Nhb.' The locks wants fettlin.
Fettle the scythe. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888I.
Dur.', e.Dur.' s.Dur. Be sharp and git tea fettled (J.E.D.).
Cum. How way to t'smiddy and get t'graip fettlet (J.Ar.). Wra. &
Cum.' Wm. We're terble pinch't fer cofe hulls an sic like. We
want a reglar fettlin up. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 40; (B.K.)
n.Yks. Noo sir, you won't be oot this efthernoon, you'll be fettlin'
ycr tunes, Frank Fishing {iQg^) 40; n.Yks.' Ah fun' him fettling 'is
au'dsled. Wellbelcadingtomoorn'smoorn; ganan'get pike-bottom
fettled ; n.Yks. ^^^ e.Yks. Ah'U gan an fittle dinner noo, Nichol-
son Fli Sp. (1889) 61 ; Awd machine wants fitlin up waintly, ib.
93; Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). w.Yks. Ah fettle'd ivvery
button hoal, Blackah Sngs. (1867) 16 ; Bending to fettle the fire,
Snowden IVch of IVeaver (1896) 19; Also used when massing the
FETTLE
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tea. ' Fettle t'tea, Jane' (JE.B.) : Goo, Mearv lass, an' fettle
t'watteroot o't'wcll for werteiis (W.M.E.F.t; w.Yks.^ Come, lass,
fettle the fire. Lan. Fettle this speet for mi, wilt ta ? Bowkek
Goblin Tales (1882) 51 ; Th' chap ut undertook to ' fettle Shake-
spear * only knows. St.vton B. Slnittlt\ 44 ; Lan.*, n.Lan.*, m.Lan.*
Chs.'2; Chs.^ Whether it is a broken gale, a tumble-down barn,
an unwceded garden, an unwashed child, broken harness, a plat
fallen in, &c.,&c., they must all be 'fettled.' s.Chs.' We fettle the fire
when we put fresh coals on, fettle a clock, fettle a road, a bridge,
a gate, a fence, a drain, a chimney, &c., lic. s.Stf. We used to fettle
we furnaces Sunday nights in them days, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.
(1895). Not.', n.Lin.', s.Lin. (T.H.R., Rut.' Lei.' Will you
please to fettle my work lor me. Niip.' Come, see if you can't
fettle this box ; Nhp.*, War.", s.Wor. i H.K.I Shr.> Theer'll be a
meetin' in the vestry ne.x' Toosd'y wik — 'ould, I'm wrung — nex'
Toosd'y as ever comes I mane — to fettle the pews and so forth.
Hrf.>, Hrt. (H.G.)
Hence (i) Fettlements, s6. //. apparattis, appliances for
work ; (2) Fettling, (a) sb., see Fettlements ; {b) vbl. sb.
mending, repairing, putting in readiness for work ; (c) sb.
the mineral used for lining puddling furnaces ; (ci) ppl.
adj. in good order, fitting or in readiness for work.
{i) n.Yks.2 (2, a\ ib. They borrowed our fettling, (i) Abd.
Frae the fettlin' o' watches to men'in' o' sheen, Anderson Rhymes
(1867) 23. n.Cy. In an account of wages disputes in northern pits
it was said some of the colliers declined Sunday fettling, and also
Monday working iM.P.). n.Yks. Who's to pay for t'fettling of
all them clothes? Gaskell Sylvia (1863) I. v. (c) s.Stf. Pinnock
Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). (</) Rut.' It's a nice fettling day, sir; the
road is settling nicely after the storm.
5. To attend to or see after animals ; to groom or curry
horses ; to harness.
Lth. A' the birds aboot the barn I maun fettle noo, M'Neill
Preston (c. 1895I 96. n.Cy. Grose (17901. Wm. & Cum.' To fettle
th' tils. n.Yks. When Ah've been fettlin' t'coos, Munbv Verses
(1865") 66. w.Yks. Horses owtta be well fettald dahn an foddered
wi oats an beans, Toivi Treddlehoyle i)f7/V;/5/fl ^h;/. (1873)45:
Lucas Stud. NidderdaU (c. 1882) Gl. ; w.Yks.' Gang and fettle
t'horse. Lan. Nah then ! get that 'oss fottled up (W.B.T.) ; Lan.'
I think te be an ostler, for I con fettle tits, Tim Bobbin Wks. (1750)
■71. Stf.' Der. Fettle down the tit (H.R."); Der.^ He's fettling
the tits. Not. You might fettle him [a horse] up a bit before any
one comes to look at him (L.C.M.). Nlip.^ War. Go and fettle
th' tits (JB.) ; War.2 w.Wor. His butty . . . had fettled his osses,
S. Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) I. 30; w.Wor.' Tummas,
thee mun go and fettle them bists down at the by-tack ; thee'lt be
back by supper-time. Shr.2 Hrf. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; Hrf^To feed or
'bed up' cattle, &c.
6. To dress, put on garments ; to trim up, adorn, dress
up. Gen. used re/7, and with up.
s.Sc. His honour's far ben ahint the door . . . an' I canna gang
in tae fettle him, Snaith Fierceheart (1897) 195. Lnk. O then how
fondly she'd ye fettle. Your part maintain, Watt Pofws (1827)
49. Gall. 'Nevertheless,' he continued, 'fettle on j'our blue bonnet
and put us on the road to BongiU,' Crockett A^os5-//(7^s (^18951 xlvi.
Nhb. Hismothercanfettlehimupbest(R.O.H.). Cum. Paddyfettel't
it on, an' theear nivver was a peacock prooder ov its finery nor
Paddy was ov his chain, Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) 158. Wm. &
Cum.' Come, we mun fettle up oursells, 140. Wm. (E.C.) Yks.
' Mam'ma, will yer fettle me, to go aht wi' my auntie ? ' 'Eh ! but
ah'm always fettlin' yer' (F.P.T.). n.Yks. Ah'd fettle mesen for a
spree, Munby Verses (1865) 57. w.Yks. Ah'U just fettle mysen
up an' go meet him (J.T.I ; Tha'rt bahn home. Tha needs fettlin'
up, lad,SNOWDEN Taleso/lVolds (iSg-i 127 ; w.Yks. 'I'll fettle myself
up a bit ; w.Yks.^ Ah'll goa fettle mysen up a bit. Lan. Awd no'
greadly wesht an fettlet meh, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 18;
Men and women makkin' sa mich to do about fettlin' their heeads
and bodies to mak' 'em Ink nice. Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869)
112; Lan'lady cum in . . . wi' her yar o' fettled up, Piketah
Fonuss Flk. (1870) 32. Not. (J.H.B.) Lei.' 'Ah mut fettle me,'
wash and change my dress. Nhp.' Fettle yourself up a bit before
you go out. w.Wor.' Fettle thysen, an' thee shalt go to town i'
the gig. Shr.2 Gvvon up stairs to fettle herself; her'I soon be down.
7. To trim, shave, esp. to grind or trim the rough edges
from iron castings or large blocks of stone. Also/ig. to
polish, finish off, get done with.
N.L' Nhb. Ah maun just fettle this basket afore Ah give over,
Tynedale Stud. (1896) Ruined. Wm. To fettle a hedge or fettle
askirtof adress (A.T.). n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' Ah mud as well fettle it
off and be deean wiv it. w.Yks. They'll iettle your fiz, Sheffield
Indep. (1874) ; Chaps 'at's hed ta pay eighteen-pence a quarter for
ther beards takkin' off aforetime, ma ger 'em fettled noo ... for a
penny a go, Yks. Co/z/e/ (1844") No. i. 4, (J.W.) Lan. Put a bit o'
vvark in just under his ear, an' fettle th' angles of his jaw, Brierley
Cast upon World (1886) 48. Lin.' Fettle up your work.
Hence (i) Fettler, sb. (n) a man who dresses or'fettles'
rough metal castingsafterthey are taken out of the moulds;
(b) the workman who sharpens the knives of the fustian
cutters ; (c) a navvy ; (2) Fettling-shop, sb. the place
where the metal castings, which require ' fettling,' go.
(I, alN.I.' w.Yks. (J.T.); (W.B.T.) s.Yks. (C.U.) (6; Chs.'
(c) e.Suf. (,F.H.) (2) w.Yks. (W.B.T.)
8. Weaving term : to remove the short fibres which
clog the cards in a scribbling-machine ; to repair or
rectify any faults in weaving.
w.Yks. (J.M.) ; After the cloth is woven, there is still much to
be done before it comes to the wearer, it still requiring scouring,
' fettling,' and ' perching,' the two latter processes being required
to rectify any mistakes in weaving, Cudworth Bradford (1876)
356 ; Used also of any cleaning process, by scraping, wiping, or
rubbing, as distinguished from washing ( W.T.). Lan. This was an
overlooker,That came oft her loom to fettle, Gaskel5«^5. (1841) 6.
Hence Fettler or Fettlur, sb. a man who cleans the
cards of a scribbling-machine.
w.Yks. (J.M.) ; (W.T.) ; (S.P.U.) Lan. Fettlur Dick is a owd
chum o moine, Sam Sondnokhur^ 3.
9. To attend to, provide for, see after.
e.Dur.' A woman has enough work to do with her children,
' makin', mendin', and fettlin' for their bellies.' w.Yks. Them
Leeds folk mought hae clemmed you ! Bud I's fettle ye oop afore
lang, Banks Wooers (1880) II. 14. Lan. Th' neighbors han
as mich as they can do for t'fettle for theirsels. Lake Longlcat
(1870) II. vi; Tr aw blood un gore, hewe'er hoo fettlet meh soour,
Paul Bobbin Sequel Dial. (1819) 39. s.Stf. A man as has got no
grown-up experienced woman to . . . fettle him up as he ought to be
fettled, Murray yo/z;; VaJe (1890) xxxv. Der. He was a sore un
to drink, so I had to fettle for my sen and him. and the boy too,
Verney S/o«f ^t/i'ir u868) XXV ; How hoo would fettle me, and
tye my bond. Poems (^1668) 30. Not. She fettles him an' looks after
him as well as she can, Norman Abbey, I. 257 ; (L.C.M.)
10. Fig. To beat, chastise, punish ; to kill, overcome,
' do for,' ' finish.'
Ayr. The cruel self-seekers then we'd fettle Wi' little din, Laing
Poems (1894) 124. Nhb. But they fettled ine when they gat me
inte jail, Harrison Tyneside Sngs. 76. e.Dur.' I'll fettle ye up.
Yks. ' I'll fettle thee, lad,' means to be revenged, gen., by physical
force (J.H.B.). n.Yks.' Ah'll fettle 'm an' Ah get grip ov 'im.
' Noo, young un : thou'll fettle t'au'd cock, yit ' ; of two cocks
fighting ; n.'Yks.^ He fettl'd him nicely. e.Yks.' We had a set-to
and Ah seean fettl'd him off. m.Yks.' I'll fettle thy jacket for thee.
w.Yks. ' He's fettled t'hen,' said Weasel, Snowden Talesof Wolds
(1894) 106; Aw could fettle abaat a dozzen on 'em. Hartley Pans,
76; w.Yks.' I paid her, an fettl'd her reight, ii. 288 ; w.Yks.^ I'll
fettle him off fur this. Lan. He cared not for the witch women . . .
he had fettled one of them, Roby Trad. (1872) 1. 304; The soldier
. . . had to confess himself ' fettled ' by Lancashire clogs, Banks
Mancli. Man (1876) xxxiv ; I'm in th' worst mess. . . I'm fettled
now, by the Lord Harry, Burnett //«:c'o;-//('5t 1887) xxxvi. Chs.'
A mother will threaten her child, ' I 11 fettle thee.' s.Chs.' When
a person has received a crushing answer or retort, it is sometimes
said ' Dhaaf)s feflt im.' Stf. If you do them again, my boy, I'll
fettle you for it (J.A.L.). Not.' Lei.' None o'your parvissing, or
i'le fettle your nether end. War. , Wor. (J.A.L.) Glo. Thee ha'
fettled I, Baylis Illus. Dial. (1870).
Hence Fettler, sb. (i) a convincing argument, a 'settler';
{2) fig. a quick, sharp-witted person ; also used ironically.
(i) n.Yks.2 Now that is a fettler. w.Yks.s Lan. His speech
were a fettler for th' woman, Clegg Sketches (1895I. (2) m.Yks.'
Thou's a bonny fettler! w.Yks.5 A good pass upon a person, in
word or act, is declared a ' fettler.' Th' art a bonny fettler, ar'n't
tub nah ? e.Lan.'
11. To mull ale or porter.
Lan. Mally, bring him a pint — an' fettle it, Waugh Chim.
Corner (i8-]^) 55, ed. 1879; We'll have it [drink] some neet at
Lucky Riddles. Fettled ? ... Hot, wi' a bit o' nutmeg in't, Westall
Birch Dene (1889) II. 3. Chs.'
Hence ( i ) Fettle, sb. ale warmed and spiced ; (2) Fettled,
ppl. ac/j. of ale, porter, &c. : heated and sweetened with
sugar, spice, &c.
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(t) Nhb.l {2) Nhb. When he cud cannily get hid beek amang
mulled yell or fettild porter, Kee/iiiin's Ann. (1869) 116. w.Yks.'
Ale mixed with spirits, then warmed, and sweetened. Lan. Hoo
made mi a pitcher o' fettl't drink, Buierley Daisy Nook{i8^g) 32
e.Lan.^ Chs.* Ale mulled with ginger and sugar — much relished
in Cheshire with toasted cheese.
12. To set about doing anything ; to set to work, begin,
commence. Gen. with iit, on, or /o.
Sc. Fettling to the work as if there were nothing by-common
in an Inglis waiting on a Minto, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 66 ;
And knotty points were settled . . . That lang oor wits had fettled,
Ballads (1885) 48. Dmf. To fettle to any work, to set about it
keenly (Jam.). nCy. Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^ Nhb.
If ye dinnet shuvaheed — an' fettle reetly, Wilson Sngs. (1890) 6.
Cum. To set off heamewards fettled, Gilpin 5h^s. (i866j 201. Cum.,
Wm. NicoLsoN 11677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. n.Yks. She
did fettle To git her birds all under the lang-settle, Meriton Praise
Ale (ed. 1697' 56 ; T'would a brossen thee back . . . To fettle mah
looad. MuNBY Ff;-sfs(i865)54; n.Yks.i; n.Yks.^ 'We're justfettling
for off/ getting ready to go. w.Yks. They cut t'soap i' two wi" a
pocket knife an' fettled on. Saiintercr's Saltliil {18751 15; Cum,
Hannah, fettle in ta wark. Garl. PoeUy (1873I 187 ; HurroN Tour
to Caves (■s^^l)■, Willan Z,/s/ /Frfi. (181 1) ; w.Yks. 1 ; w.Yks.^'Nah
then, fettle on,' make a beginning. ' Fettling-on i' earnest,' begin-
ning in earnest.
Hence Fettling, vbl. sb. the act of preparing or setting
about anything.
n.Yks.2 I see neea signs o' fettling.
13. Fig. To manage, bring about, bring to pass; to settle,
arrange for.
Gall. If that be so, we'll sune fettle that, Crockett Raiders (1894')
xviii ; Faith, an' it's my mither'sson that could fettle that, ib. Moss-
Hags (1895,1 viii. Yks. After fettling the affairs of the poor
Carroways as well as might be, Blackmore Mary Anerlcy ;i88o)
bk. III. i.x. n.Yks.i ' Ay, Ah aims we'll fettle it for him,' get some-
thing managed or arranged. e.Yks.* To settle or put an end to
ill feeling. ' Ah'll bring tha a fairin an that'll fettle tha.' Lan.
They'refurfettlin'it their own fashinon, Burnett Hawortli's(i88-i)
xxxvi ; It'll help us to fettle booath nation an' th' laws, Brierley
Irkdale (1868) 18. Hrf.i
14. To furnish, supply;toadapt,suit,make. Also usedy^i^.
Yks. He said 'e'd fettle a box to put the doll in ( F.P.T.). n.Yks.
How are ya fettled fo' cats ? Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes {18-]$) 50 ;
n.Yks. 1 Ah fettled t'lahtle chap a spot i' t'au'd cauT-pen fur's
rabbits ; n,Yks.2 * How are you fettl'd for brass ? ' have you any
change' ' Fettle me that an ye please,' put up the order in the
note presented. Lan. Nothin' ud fettle me but aw mun come. Lake
Longliat {i8-]o> I. xviii.
Hence Fettled, ppl. adj. furnished, supplied.
n.Yks.2 A bravely fettled house.
15. To interfere with. Glo. (W.H.C.), Glo.»
\6.aclj. Neat, trim; well-knit,well-made;y?g'. in good form
or condition ; meet, fitted or well-adapted to the occasion.
Sc. The feck, bereft o' giftie fettle, Snooled aff like sheep, Allan
Lilts (1874) 7 : When Jamie was fettle . . . His mind like a draw-
well was fill'd t' the brim, Donald /'oc;;;s( 1867) 62 ; Short, applied
to one low in stature, but well knit (Jam.). Frf. A winsome
strapper, trim and fettle, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 13, ed. 1882.
[ME./f//?;;, to make ready.]
FETTLE, sb."^ and v.* Sc. Cum. Wm. Lin. Also in
form faittle S. & Ork.' [fe'tl.] 1. sb. A rope made of
straw or hay ; a piece of rope used to fasten a pannier ; a
horse-girth made of straw.
Sh.I. • Here's Magnie's packie,' Lowrie said, as he grippid her
bi da maeshie fettle oot o' da shot an' flang her i" da owse room,
Sh. News (Apr. 23, 1898) ; Da fettle, ye see, wis aboot my craig,
Stewart Fireside Tales ^1892: 24; {Coll. L.L.B.); S. & Ork.'
Or.I. In common use (J.G.,. Cai.i A strap or bit of rope on a
creel or kfiise to enable it to be carried on the back, leaving the
hands free. Cum., Wm. Ferguson Northmen (1856) 2ii. Lin.'
Hence Fettle-strap, s6. the strap which sustains a pan-
nier. n.Lin.'
2. A handle of straw or rope in the side of a large basket.
Cai. Each cassie has a fettle or handle in each side and end, to
carry it by, Agric. Surv. 69 (Jam.). Sth. A short rope of the birch
twigs, or hair, is fixed in the flat side of the basket, as a fettle to
fix the basket in the clubl)ar on the horse's back, ib. 60 (16.).
3. V. To wind a band or strap round anything; to fasten
a ' fettle ' to a creel. S. & Ork.', Cai.'
FETTLES, sb. pi. Or.I. Also in form fatties. [Not
known to our correspondents.] The remainder, what is
left of anything. (S.A.S.)
FETTY, sb. Obs. Der.' A fescue or pointer used in
teaching children to read.
FEU, 56.' and v. Sc. [fiu.] 1. sb. Land held on
payment of a fixed yearly rent.
Sc. A speculative builder took land in feu, Scott St. Ronan
(1824; i ; To possess their farms and feus, ib. Monastery [ 18201 ;.
Frf. A site for a church was obtained on a feu belonging to Mr.
Can-, Inglis Wm Flk. i 1895) 6r. Ayr. Bletheriu'awa to him aboot
tacks and feus. Service Nolandnnis (1890) 29. Wgt. They
experienced considerable difficulty in getting a suitable feu on
which to build a church, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 235. [The feu
system is a custom under which a feu or piece of land is purchased
by a perpetual yearly payment instead of by a lump sum down.
The feuar has all the rights and privileges of a proprietor subject
only to the payment of the yearly sum agreed upon. In the event
of the feu (or payment) not being made, the property can be
claimed as by a mortgagee, Lab. Gl. (1894).]
2. CoDip. (i) Feu-duty, the annual rent paid by a tenant ;
(21 -rights, rights of property in land, held on payment
of a small sum.
(i) Sc. For non-payment of a feu-duty of three peppercorns a
3"ear, Scott IVavcrley (1814) xlviii. Abd. He could claim, gin he
chose. Feu-duty in shape o' a fresh white-blawn rose, Anderson
Rhymes (1867) 15. (2) Sc. The inhabitants . . , had contrived to
get feu-rights, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819' xi.
3. V. To let out land on long leases, gen. for building
purposes.
Sc. They were feu'd by a worthy crofter, Cobban Andaman
(1895) xvii ; Gen. 99 years is the term on which land is feued for
building ; at the end of this the building becomes the property of
the landowner (A.W.). w.Sc. I hae nae intention . . . o' sellin' ony
pairt o' the lands ; but I wadna' objec' to feu. Macdonald Settle-
ment (1877 I 218. Ayr. It was agreed among the heritois . . . that
there should be steadings feued off on each side, according to a
plan, Galt Ann. Parish ^1821) viii.
Hence (i) Feuar or Fiar, sh. one who holds land on a
long lease or in feu ; (2) Feud-out, adj let on very long
lease.
Sc. She's a life-renter, and I am fiar, o* the lands o* Wideopen,
Scott Blk. Dwa>f {1816) x; The grand law-plea between us
and the feuars at the Mussel-craig, ib. Antiquary (1816) ix. Ayr.
There were fav'rites an' ithers ta'en into the fauld. While feuars
an' tenants were left in the cauld, Laing Poems (1894' ill ;
Cottars, feuars, blacksmiths and siclike. Service Dr. Ditgnid (ed.
1887I 13. Lnk. Alexander Buchanan, fiar of Bucklyvie, Wodrow
Ch. Hist. (1721) III. 407, ed. 1828. e.Lth. Maist o' the feuars in
Snawdon village had bits o' kail-yairds o' their ain, Hunter
J. Inuiick (1895) 160. Bwk. Several fours have taken up their
residence, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 102. Slk. He warned
seven tenants and feuars off the estate, Hogg Tales (1838) 197, ed.
1866. (2) Edb. Some lown spot Whare ane might get a feu'd-out
lot, Macneill i5vj'a"f Times [^1811) 50.
[1. OFr. (Norm.)/f», 'fief,' donner a feu, 'infeoder, donner
en fief, dare per feudum ' (Ducange, s.v. Feitdum, 479).]
FEU, sb.^ n.Stf Hollowed tarred rope filled with gun-
powder and used for blasting. (J.T.)
FEUACH, s6. Bnff.' A very short, light crop of grass,
or of oats and other cereals.
FEUCH, int. Sc. [fjux.] An exclamation of disgust.
Cf. feigh.
Cai.' Elg. Feuch 1 fill'd his loof wi' shamble's muck, Tester
Poems (1865) 131.
FEUCH, FEUCHIT, see Feugh, si.'^
FEUD, sb. and v. n.Cy. Yks. [fiud.] 1. sb. A cause
of quarrel. Cf feid.
w.Yks.' There's a feud atween 'em an'hes bin fur a long time back.
2. V. To contend. n.Cy. (Hall.)
FEUD, FEUG, see Foud, Feugh, 56.'
FEUGGIL, sb. Bnff.' A small truss of hay, straw,
grass, or rags, used to stop a hole.
He stappit the broken lozen wee a feuggil o" cloots.
FEUGGLE, V. BnflF.' To beat soundly. Gen. with tip.
Cf. feugh, v.^
Feuggle up the ill-gettit geet. He's sair needin' a' it he's gettin*.
Hence Feugglan, vbl. sb. a severe beating.
FEUGH
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FEUGH. sb.^ and z-.' Sc. Written feuch Bnft".' ; and
in turnis feuchit Fit". ; feug Rnf. |fjux-J 1- sf>- A sound-
ing blow ; a sharp and sudden stroke. Also used Jig. of
a rusliing sound.
n.Sc. ij'\") A'"'. A chiel came \vi' a fcugh, Box'd him 011 the
a — e, Skinner C/in's/iiuis Ba'iiig icd. 18051 iJam.i. Frf. In a trice
I got a bang, Wi' sic a leiigh my twa lugs rang, Sands Poems
(1833) 80; A covey raise, \vi' sic a feugh, O' paetricks grey and
plovers green, ib. 83. Fif., Rnf. (Jam.)
2. V. With lip : to beat soundly. Cf. feuggle.
Bntf.' Feiich liim up : he's an ill-contrivet loon.
Hence Feuchan-up, sb. a sound beating, ib.
3. Kiff. To work hard. ib.
FEUGH, v.^ and sb.^ Obs. Sc. Also written feuch
(Jam.). 1. V. To smoke a pipe.
Sc. They feugh'd the pipe, and argued het, Anderson Poems
(18131 86 (Jam.). Bcli. Deil belickit did he the hale gate bat feugh
at his pipe, Forbes y»7;. (1742) 13.
2. sb. A whift'from a pipe. n.Sc. (Jam.)
FEUGHT, see Fight.
FEUS, V. Nhb.' [fius.] To turn into fibres as the
head of a chisel does bv repeated strokes of the hammer.
FEUSOME, FEUSTER, see Fewsome, Feaster.
FEUTH. see Fouth.
FEUTLETH, iA. Cum. A measure of weight, varying
from J to i of a stone.
I remember old persons using the word, and its meaning well.
Rut for certainty as to quantity I asked the oldest grocer in Penrith,
and was told that formerly old ccnintry people used to ask for a
feulleth of saut, sugar, or line, meaning a quartern (M.P.) ; Four
pounds of butter, a ' feutleth ' of salt, now obs., Sullivan Cum.
(1857 84 : Cum.»
FEUTT-AXE,s6. Cum.' An axe having the edge turned
inwards; an adze. (s.v. Creuk't axe.)
FEVER, sb. and v. Sc. Nhp. Nrf. Som. Written faver
Nrf. ; feaver- Som. 1. sb. In phr. the fever, a. feverish
attack.
Nrf. My poor gal is werry sadly ; the doctor say she ha' gat the
faver (W.R.E.).
2. Cotnp. (i) Fever-largie, (2) -largin, (3) -lurden, (4)
•lurgan, (5) -lurk, idleness, indolence, laziness.
(ij Sc. Two stomachs to eat, and one to work (Jam.). (2) Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873!. (3) Nhp.i You're good for nothing today,
you've got the fever-lurden. (4) w.Cy. Still current. 'You have
the fever-lurgan,' you are too lazy to work ( Hall.). (5) Nhp.'
Now only preserved in the following metrical saw: 'Fever-lurk,
two stomachs to eat. And never a one to work.'
3. V. To become feverish, to catch a fever ; fig. to grow
hot, excited.
Sc. The Trojan soon after fevered, and took the pox, Scoticisms
(1787) 120; Hefevered, Monlhly Mag. (18101 II. 436; Grose(i79o)
MS. add. (C.) Rnf. The bluid in his bouk to his face gan to speel,
An' he fever'd to think upon H — r ^I'H — 1, Picken Poems (1813)
U. 135.
FEVERFEW, sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. In form fever-
fouUie Sc. (Jam.) The plant Erythraea Cenlaiirium.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Yks.^ A kind of tansy used with other herbs in
cattle disorders. Chs.' Mucli used in rustic medicineas a stomachic
or tonic.
[Febrifuga ... in English Fedderfew and Feuerfew,
Gerarde Herb. (ed. 16331 653. IkYx. fevrefiie; see Voc.
(1265) in Wright's Voc. (1884) 556.]
FEVERTORY, sb. Wil.' The common fumitory,
Fumaria officinalis.
From which a cosmetic for removing freckles used to be distilled.
* If you wish to be pure and holy. Wash your face with fevertory,'
Local Rhyme.
T'EW.adj. In ^c«. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also in
forms veo Som. ; vew w.Cy. [fiu, fju, feu, w.Cy. voe,
viii.] 1. Little in quantity, used mostly of certain liquids,
esp. in phr. a/ew broth, &c.
Sc. A few broth, a few porridge. Brookes Tracts Gl. ; A few of
broth, Leigh Gl. (1877). Nhb.' Will ye he' a few mair broth?
s.Dur. Give us a few broth (J.E.D.). Cum. Cuddent ye sup a laal
few poddish' (E.W.P.) Wm. Will ye hev a few mair broth? (B.K.-)
n.Yks.* e.Yks.i A few porridge. w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.s Boiled milk
with bread broken into it is an article of common diet here, and
after the bread has been broken into the larger vessel and the milk
vol.. II.
poured on, we have heard ' a few ' asked for, but never before the
bread was put in. The phr. 'a faew pels sowp ' [peas soup] we
have heard too on different occasions. Lan. If it hadn't been for
your ma's few broth, and sups o' meal, we might ha' been clemmed,
Monthly Pkt. (Jan. 1863197. Chs.' Broth, porridge, furmetry, &c.,
are treated as plural substantives, and so 'few' is prefixed; Chs.^^
Der.' Obs. nw.Der.' Lei.' Av' a few moor broth, lov, thee're
very good to-dee. Nhp.' Our villagers, in speaking of broth or
porridge, say, ' Will you like a few broth ? ' I am not aware that
this word is ever appropriated to any other liquid ; we never say a
few tea, or a few milk ; Nhp.'^ A few broth or porridge. War.
(J.R.W.) Shr. A few soup. White Wrekiii (,1860) xxvii, Hrt.
(H.G.) Bdf. Constantly used with reference to liquid measure
(J.W.B.). Lon. Stay a few while, and I will go with you. Wait
a few, Pegge Anec. Eng. Lang. (1803) 181, ed. 1844. e.An.' We
talk of ' a few broth 'and 'a few gruel.' In all other cases we use
the word like other people ; e.An.^ Cmb. (J.D. R.) Nrf. Have a
few gruel to keep the cold out, CozensHardy Broad Nrf. (1893)
60; Madam E — sent me a few broth (W.R.E.). w.Nrf. The
workhousen, where they. . . feeds 'em off a few broth an' no sauce
'cept taters, Orton Beeston Ghost, 14. e.Suf A few patience (F.H.).
Dor. (W.C); (A.C.) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873); Jennings Obs.
Dial. w.Eng. (18251. w.Som.' ' A few broth ' was always said by
our old family doctor, and still is by all dialect speakers. 'Bill, urn
arter a vew turps — this here paint's to thick by half.' Dev. With
a huge iron ladle dipped a few savoury broth out of the big pot,
O'Neill /</v/s( 1892) 8 ; /fc/ior/sProz/iHC. (1877) 130; Dev.' n.Dev.
A few Welsh flannin' vora flapper. Rock Jim an Nell {i86-]) St. 69.
nw.Dev. Known at Hartland (R.P.C.). Cor.i^; Cor.3 ' Give us
a few sup,' a little supper. Not very frequent.
Hence (i) Fewness, sb. smallness in point of numbers ;
(2) Fewsome, adj. very few.
(i) Sc. (A.W.), n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) (2) Nhb.i
Thor's oney fewsome on us the neet.
2. Moderate in amount, little, gen. used sttbst. with a
qualifying word ; esp. in phr. a good few.
Sc. (A.W.) n.Cy. ' Little few' might be used about almost any-
thing, as ' Put a little few coalson the fire ' (J.W.H.) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.'
Dur.' When used singly or with the article a it denotes a 'small
quantity'; when used with the article, and also an epithet, as gay
good.&c, it then conveys themeaning of a 'tolerably large quantity.'
Cum.' A girt few, a laal few. Cum.,Wm. ' Agood few,'or 'a gay few,'
often means a great many. 'A laal few,' very few (M.P.). s.Wm.
She gave us a few of their poddish, Southey Doctor (ed. 1848)
560. n.Yks. There's a good few on 'em i' t'sack, Munby Verses
(18651 53; n.Yks.' There's a gay few side-aways amang thae
whoats Not a good crop of apples, but a canny scattering few
amang t'trees. Nobbut a labile few; n.Yks.^ ' A good few,' ' A gay
few,' or 'A nice few,' many, or rather the medium between many
and few. ' There was a good tew at church this morning,' or ' a
goodish few.' ne.Yks,' There's a middlin' few on 'em. Ah sec'd
a good few bo'ds amang t'tonnups yisttherda. e.Yks.', w.Yks.
(J.T.), w.Yks.^, Not.', Der. 2, n.Lin.' Lei.' Ah'n a good few apples
this year. Nhp.' ' There wer' a good few at the fair.' The most
common application is to a crop of fruit on a tree. Complaining to
a gardener of the failure of plums in the garden, he replied, ' Oh
no I there's a good few.' War.^ Hrf There were a good few ship
at the fair yesterday. Glo. A good few (E.D.) ; Glo.' Hnt. 'A
strong few,' very few f J.T.F.). e.An.' We brought in a good few
of sprats. Ken.' A good few. A goodish few. Hmp. 'Just about
a few! 'i.e. a good many (H. CM. B.). Wil. Our measter had a man
[main] veaw hurs [hares] under the hnchards,AKERM an Spring-tide
(1850) 79 ; Wit.' ' A goodish few,' or * a main few,' a considerable
quantity or number. Dor. There's a good few wuss off, Good IVds,
(1870)94. w.Som.' Cor. A good few people comed down behind the
hedge to see, 'Q.' Troy Town (1888) xi. [Amer. Dial. Notes {i8g6)
I- 37'-]
FEW, v.'^ Obs. n.Cy. To change.
Coles (1677); (K.) ; Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.^
FEW, V.2 and sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Also written fu(e
Nhb." Dur. Cum.'* [fiu.] 1. v. To attempt, endeavour ;
to strive, struggle.
Nhb.' Aa'll few to be wi' ye the morn. Aa'll fue to di'd. Dur.
Gibson Up-lVeardale Gl. (1870). Cum. She couldn't fue to gang
— she hadn't face for't, Linton Lizzie Lorton (1867) xxi ; Cum.'
' I can't fu ' — I cannot for shame do so ; or, I cannot begin it.
2. To show aptitude, give promise.
Nhb.' He's a hkely leukin chop; he fews weel. Ciun. 'He
makes a poor few,' or ' fews badly for a shearer,' used to be said
in the days of sickles; as, to shape, and offerin like manner (M.P.) ;
vy
FEW
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FEZZON
Fell to wi' poddingers an' cans, An' few't weel to git drunk'n,
Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 277 ; Cum.' ' How does he fu? ' how does
he offer or seem to do?
3. To suit, get on, fit in with.
Cum. Thoo tews t'best iv oot I've hard yet, Richardson Talk
{1876 1 80; They hunted through Holland, an' still didn't fue,
GwoRDiE Greenup Rhymes (1876) 16 ; Ah dudn't fue varra weel
for his notions, Sakgi'^^o^ Joe Scoap ii88r) 161.
4. sb. An attempt, eflbrt ; a method, mode of setting
about anything.
n.Cy. A good or bad feu of doing anything, Grose (1790). Nhb.'
He mved the best fue on't aa've seen. Cum. He makes a good or
poor few iM P.); (H.W.)
fl. OFr. ftiir (ftier), ' fouir, labourer' (La Curne).]
FEW, z;.^ Chs.'=3 Preterite of /oyTy.
FEW, see Fay, vp-
FEWLY, adj. Ess. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] Poorly, delicate. (J.M.)
FEWMOT, see Foumart.
FEW-PENNY, sb. m.Yks.^ [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [fiu'-peni.] A hiring-penny.
FEWSOME, adj. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also written
feusomen.Cy. Nlib.'; fusom Cum.' n.Yks.'^; fusomeN.Cy.'
Nhb.' n. Yks. '^; fusumn.Yks.' [fiu'sam.] 1. Handsome,
comely', shapely, neat. Cf viewsome.
n.Cy. Grose (1790; ; N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum. She was . . . as douc-
and fewsome as ony woman's bairn, Linton Lizzie Lorton (1867)
XXV ; Cum.': Cum. ^ Lai Dinah Grayson's fresh, fewsome, an' free,
37. n.Yks.'s
Hence Fewsomely, adv., fig. in a handsome or becoming
manner.
Cum. They'd oalus behaved varra fewsomely tummeh, Sargisson
Joe Scoap i 1881).
2. Deft-handed, capable, workmanlike. Also usedTfg-.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Gen. in a sinister manner. Cum. Good fewsome,
soond oald fashion'd ways, Gwordie Greenup Y'attce a Year
(1873) 15 ; Ralph dud mak a vara fusome meal, Graham Gwotdy
(1778, 105 ; Cum.' Wm. She seems a varra conny fusom wife,
Wheeler Dial. (1790) 48.
FEWSTER, sb. and v. Soin. Dev. [foe'staCr).] 1. sb.
A fester, gathering.
vf.Som.' Of a lame dog, a keeper remarked two or three times :
'He've a got a fewster [feo'stur] behind the shoulder o' un.' Dev.
Reports Provinc. (1887) 6.
2. V. To fester, gather.
Dev. Ef yu dawnt pull out thickee thern vrom yer vinger 'e'll
fewster. Hewett P('(75. S/i. (18921.
FEV/TRILS, sb. pi. Lan.' Little, trifling things. Cf.
fattrels.
Peg ad hur hoppet ov hur arm wi hur odd fewtrils int,
Scholes Tint Gatinualtle 1 1857) 28 ; Tim Bobbin View Dial.
(ed 1806) Gl ; Grose (1790") MS. add. (P.) ; Lan.'
FEWTY, FEX, see Footy, Faix.
FEY, ndj., sb. and v.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Also written
fay Sc. ; and in forms fe- Ayr. ; fee Sc. (Jam.) ; fi- Ant.;
fieSc. (Jam.) Nhb.' ; fyeSc. [fe,fi.] 1. adj. Fatedtodie,
doomed, predestined to death or calamity; frenzied, mad.
Sc. ' The gaugcr's fie ; ' by which word the common people
express those violent spirits which they think a presage of death,
Scott Guy M. 1 1815) ix ; Fa' on the fayest, the beetle amang the
bairns, Henderson Prov. (1832) 108, ed. i88t. Sh.I. ShU'sshaaen
sae muckle sense trou aa, I tink shu's fey, Burgess Rasntie (1892)
92 ; Is doo fay, Mansie ? Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 257.
n.Sc. Gie me the prisoner on behind And nane will die but he that's
fay, BucHAN Ballads 1 1828) L 113, ed. 1875. ne.Sc. In washing
if the soap did not rise on the clothes there was a fey person's
clothes in the tub, Gregor Flk- Lor£ [,iS8i) 177; In the brewing
of the ale for Christinas, if the wort boiled up in the middle of
the pot there was a fey person's drink in the pot, ib. 157. Bch.
Bat 'las ! his bleed was fey, Forbes -4;'rt.v( 1742 7. Abd. Saun'ers
spak' till 'im mair like a fey body, Alexander ylin Fit. (i88a)
67 ; It seems, they tint the heart, Or else were fay, Siiirrefs
Poems (1790) 261. Kcd. Both ane and a' did think her fey, Jamie
Muse '\8^^ 90. Frf. I'm neither fey nor waur o' licker, Beattie
Aniha ' c. 1820) 31, ed. 1882. Ayr. In this icy man's service
Winterton then was, Galt Gdliaize (1823) x ; She was however
at limes a little unco and fey. and would come to the kirk dressed
from tap to tae in scarlet robes, Service Dr. Diigidd (^ed. 1887)
129. Lth. Wad ye rax his craig When our daughter is fey fur
a man? Ballantine Poems (1856) 207. Slk. They thought their
master was fey the day, Hogg Tales (1838) 305, ed. 1866. Dmf.
Fey as a natcralaneth the mune, Reid Poems (1894) 79. Rxb. Thou
mayst have seen when the wise waxes fee So 'wildered become
one and all, Riddell Poet. IVks. (ed. 1871) I. 13. Gatl. Now
I think we were all fey at this time, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895)
xxv. Nhb.' The word ' ity' was formerly used to express the
state of a person who was supposed to be dying, but who would
rise from his bed and go about the house, conversing with his
friends, as if nothing ailed him. Persons also in health, whose eyes
displayed unusual brightness, and who appeared to act and speak
in a wild and mysterious manner when preparing for battle or foi
a perilous journey, were frequently said to be ^ icy^ \ that is,
doomed shortly to meet with their death, Oliver Nhb. (1835) 108.
Cum. What our Cumberland land folk call being fev, Cornh. Mag.
(Feb. 1890) 128.
Hence (i) Fey-crap, sb. a crop unusually good, regarded
as a warning of the owner's death ; (2) -dom, sb. a pre-
sentiment or warning of death or disaster ; (3) -like, adj.
as if under doom or fated to die ; (4) -ness, sb. (a\ the con-
dition of one under doom or sentence of death ; (b) a
ghost, apparition, spectral likeness ; (5) -token or -taiken,
sb., see -dom.
(i) ne.Sc. A crop more than usually good foreshadowed the
death of the good man and went by the name of a fey-crap,
Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 204. Bnff.' (2) Ayr. I hope it's no
a fedam afore death, Galt Entail (1823) I. 156 (Jam.). Lnk. Aye
ower my heart a dark feydom is hingin', Hamilton Poems (1865)
67. Ant. If a person does anything unusual or contrary to his
customary way of doing things it will be said : ' There's a fidom
before him,' Ballyniena Obs. (1892). (3) Ayr. I saw him rinning
to me . . . waving his arms like flails, and vera raised an' fey-like.
Service Dr. Dnguid (ed. 1887) 246. (4. a\ Sh.I. Lord keep it
sae, if it's no feyness wi' her, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 212.
[b) Sh.I, Lowrie Sinclair! can dis be dee, or is hit dy feyness?
Sh. News (Apr. 9, 1898.; Shijs staandin inunderane o' 3'aur kolls
o' hay wi' Toiny o' da Lees, or dan his fiyness ! 16. Sept. 24,
1898). (5) Sc. When a peevish man becomes remarkably good-
humoured, or a covetous man becomes liberal, it is common to say
' He's surely fey.' Anything of this kind is called a ' fey taikin,'
a presage of death (Jam.). Abd. What iy^ token do ye see about
me? Statist. Arc. XXI. 150 {ib.).
2. Used with respect to corn ; see below.
n.Sc. A fey puckle is a grain that has lost its substance or
become decayed. Still common (Jam.).
3. sb. The warning or predestination to death or calamity.
Sc.The Fye gave due warning by certain signs of approaching
mortality, Statist. Ace. XXI. 148, in Brand Po/). Aiitiq. i^ed. 1813)
II. 542; The Fye has withdrawn his warning, ib. 149. [I thinks
by the fey of his eye, that the captain's time is up to-day, Lytton
Paul Clifford (1848 I 218.]
4. V. To be mad ; to act as if ' fey ' or doomed to death.
Sc. What for fey the far-aft' folk ? Waddell Psalms ( 1891) ii. i.
[1. OE./cvge, fated to die, near to death [Beowulf] ; cp.
O^.feigr, Norw. dia\.felg (Aasen).]
FEY, v.^ Not.* To scratch, as a dog at a rabbit-hole.
Thou moant fey when there's nowt theer.
FEY, FEYACY, see Fay, i;.'=, sb.'^, Facy.
FEYADIN, sb. Sh.I. The whale. S. & Ork.»
FEYAG, sb. Sh.I. Close, warm rain accoinpanied by
wind.
A fjag o' rain, o' snaw, Jakobsen Norsk in Shell. (1897) 70;
S. & Ork.'
FEY ARM, FEYH, see Fiaarra, Fay. v.'^
FEYN, FEYTHER, see Fain, adj.. Father.
FEYT, sb. Shr. A deed, performance ; a bold action.
(Hall.) ; Shr,* Gen. understood in a bad sense. A sheamful
feyt. A pritty leyt.
FEYTLINS, sb. pi. Sh.I. The skin from the legs of
an ox, of wliich ' rivlins ' are made. S. & Ork.'
FEZZLE. sb. and v.^ Rut. Lei. Nhp. Also in form
fazzle Lei.' [fe'zl, fsezl.] 1. sb. A litter of pigs. Rut.',
Lei.', Nhp."^ 2. ik To litter as a sow. Lei.'
FEZZLE, v."^ e.Yks.' [fe'zLJ 'With on : to fall to with
a good will ; to seize eagerly. Cf. fezzon, v.
Ah was varry hungry, an Ah fezzled on at yance.
FEZZON, V. n.Cy. Yks. Lin. [fezan.] To seize
fiercely, fasten on ; to grapple with, light. Gcii. with on.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.' ; n Yks.^ 'They fezzon'd on like
FEZZON
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FIDDLE
faniislicii dragons,' hungry monsters; said of fighting: women.
ne.Yks.' He's fezzonin' intiv it. e.Yks. Marshall Kiir. Earn.
(1788) ; e.Yks ' That's a shaap Iceakin dog thoo's getten ; wad he
fezzon on a rat ' m.Yks.' He struck liim, but, mind you, didn't he
turn again and fezzon on him ! n.Lin.^
FEZZON, see Fizzen.
FIAAG. .<6. Sli.I. [Not known to our correspondents]
Fine nical-dust, farina. S. cS; Ork.'
FIAARM, V. Sh.l. Also in form feyarm S. & Ork.'
To fondle, caress, treat kindly.
Commonly used vK.I.) ; S, & Ork.'
Hence Feyarming, ppl. adj. flattering, fulsome, insin-
cere. S. & Ork.'
FIALGRS, iitt. S. & Ork.' Also written fyalgers. An
exclamation of surprise.
FIANSKIEN, int. Sh.l. An exclamation expressive
of kindness. S. & Ork."
FIAR, see Feu, sb.\ Fier.
FIB, I'. Lan. To hit. strike, 'box.'
TIiL-se two set to, an' had a rare do too, fibbin' away at one
another i' grand stvle, Dottie Rambles 1 1S98 97.
FIBSCH, sb.' Bnff.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] [fibj.] A big person of disagreeable temper.
FICCHES, sb. pi. Lin.' A disease on the tongue of
chickens or fowls; the 'pip.'
FIC-FAC, sh. Sc. Cum. Lan. Also written fick-fack
Sc. (Jam.) ; and in form fig-fag Sc. (Jam.) Cum. A sinew,
the tendonous parts of meat ; the tendon of the neck. Cf
fix-fax. sA.'
Cld. The tough strong elasticligament running along the vertebrae
of the back, the ligamentitnt nucliae (Jam.). Cum. As teugh as
fig-fag E.W.P. ) ; Cum.i, n.Lan.'
FICHER, V. and sb. Sc. [fixsr.] 1. v. To work
slowly and awkwardly; to trifle, delay, fidget, fumble.
Abd. (Jam.) Kcd. Fat ever keeps ye ficherin' there? Grant
Lays (1884) 21 ; It wis nana but Donal' Ficherin' at the sneck,
i». 35. Lth. (Jam.)
Hence Ficherin', (i) vbL.sb. idling, trifling; (2) ppl. adj.
slow and awkward at work.
(i) Abd., Lth. (Jam.) (aj BnfT.' The word conveys the notion
of weakness in the person, and very often insignificance in the
work : * He's a peer ficherin' mannie, he can dee naething richt.'
2. sb. Slow, awkward work; awkward handling, 'toying.'
Baff.' He keepit sic a ficher at a' thing it he tried, it a ga' 'im's
leave.
3. One who is slow and awkward at work. Bnff.'
FICK. see Fike, v.
FICKELTOW, sA. Ois. Nrf. Also written fickletow.
Thefore-tackle or carriage which supports the plough-beam.
Nrf. Grose (1790 "i SitppL e.Nrf. Marshall Rjtr. Ecnn. (1787).
FICK-FACK, FICK-FYKE. see Fic-Fac, Fikefack.
FICKLE, t/. and m/y. Sc. N lib. Nrf. Ken. [fikl.]
1. V. To puzzle, entangle ; to do something which others
cannot do.
Sc. She may come to fickle us a', Scott Anfiqitaty C1816! xxxix ;
The Pharisees teuk rede how they micht ficl^le him in his talk,
Henderson Si. Mall. (1862) xxii. 15. Lth. He has lang 'heids,'
and disna gi'e them ower again in the same \vords, which ficklcs
the young folk, Strathesk Blinifointy (ed. 1891) 78. Edb. Few
could fickle me in the Bible, Moir Mairsie IVatich (1828) iv. Nhb.*
Hence Fickly, adj. puzzling, difficult.
Sh.l. Der's mony fiklie wirds i' da Bible dat I can mak bit little
o', Stewart /"irrarfi' 7o/« {1892) 27. e.Lth. Hoo he killed them
a" sae iiuickly To a' that saw't was problem fickley, Mltcklebackit
Wmncs 1 1885^ 39. Nhb.l
2. Phr. to fickle a person in the head with somethiiiff^ to
put somethmg into a person's head ; used in a bad sense.
Ken.»2
3. adj. Unsteady, unsafe ; treacherous. Also usedyf.?-.
Per. That is an unco fickle scafl"old. Ye've fickle grun' to gang
on i^G.W. ). Edb. Some says I ha'e a fickle job, Baith troublesome
an' fashions, Forbes Poons i 1812"^ 150.
4. Of a trap or spring : set ' very light ' so as to spring
easily.
Nrf. There he sets his springe, as ' fickle ' or ' slim ' as he can,
Emerson Bmls (cd. 1895'! 290; (M.C.H.B.)
FICKLEDY, adj. Hrf.^ [fi-kldi.] Fickle.
FICKLE-PINS, 5/;. pi. Per. Knr. (Jam.) A game in
which a number of rings are taken off a double wire united
at both ends.
fProb. the same as ' Glaiks' (q.v.).]
TICKS, sb. pi. Sc. A disease of sheep. Cf ficches.
The scab, fags or kades, ficks, footrot, and other local diseases
incident to sheep, Campbell Journey (1802) I. 227, note (Jam.,
s.v. Fags).
FID, sb. Ken. Sus. Hmp. [fid.] 1. A thick piece of
anything.
e. Ken. A fid of yellow soap (G.G.). Sus.' Hmp.' A fid of cheese.
2. A thatcher's handful of straw.
Ken, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863); Ken.' Four or five fids are
about as much as a thatcher will carry up in his dogs.
FID, t;.' Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.] To
cause to move one way and the other with quick alterna-
tions, to wag. See Whid.
The sportive Iambs That lightly frisk and fid their tails, A. Scorr
Poems (1805) 135 (Jam.).
FID, 11.' Shr.' [fid.] Of a horse: to chew fodder and
eject it from the mouth when, from being imperfectly
masticated, it cannot be swallowed.
Maister, that owd mar' fids 'er fothcr — 'er's got no tith at all.
FID, v.^ Sus. [fid.] To work hard at anything.
He wur adie an he fidded ower dat purtty commence ower ter
farmer Scanders", so dat he cum in dat roupy an swirmy, Jackson
Sonlhivard Ho (1894) I. 389 ; Sus.'
FID, see Feed.
FIDDABIRD.sA. Sh.L Partof a fishing-line. S.&Ork.'
FIDDACK, 5/;.' Sh.L [fi'dak.] A water-pail. S.c^Ork.'
FIDDACK, sb.'^ Obs. Pern. An apron.
s.Pem. She carr'd it off m 'er fiddack {W.M.M.).
\VJft\.ffedog, an apron ; cp. arjjedog, ' gremiale ' (Davies,
ed. 1632).]
FIDDER, V. Dmf (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To make a motion similar to that of a hawk
when he wishes to remain stationary over a place, or of a
bird in her nest over her young. See Fid, v.'-
FIDDERS, sb. pi. Sh.L A mark, a thin slice cut from
both sides of the ear of an animal to mark it. S. & Ork.'
FIDDICK, V. Dev. Also in form viddick. [fidik.]
To scrape ; to hoe.
Dev.2 The garden's gettin' terrible weedy, it wants viddickin'
again ; Dev.^ Still in common use. Why vor be you fiddicking
there? Why dissent put yer stren'th tii't and hat they gert cobs
abroad? Yu mid fiddick, fiddick all day long an not dil wan mossel
o' gude.
FIDDL, V. Sh.L To humble. S. & Ork.'
FIDDLE, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also written fidel Sc. [fi dl.] \. sb. In cow/i. (i) Fiddle-
diddle or -didel, the music of the fiddle ; also used advb. ;
(2) -doup, a term of contempt ; (3) -drill, a drill or baring
tool used with a bow and string; (4) -faced, long-faced,
solemn, melancholy looking; (5) -father, the bass fiddle;
(6) -jigging, doing anything in an awkward manner.
(i) Fif. Pipe and fiddle. That garr'd resound maist a' thewiddle,
Skrieghin', and screedin' fiddle-diddle, Tennant Papisliy (1827)
140. Ayr. Fidel- didel, fidel -didel, went the fiddlersthree,i?fl//a(/sfl;7fi?
Sngs. (1846) I. 21. (2) Bwk. lll-canker't fiddie-doup, leaving ay
her trail, And slubbery o' filthy stuff, like a black snail, Henderson
Pop. Rhymes (1856) 98. (3) w.Yks. (J.T.) (4'; w.Yks. Aw'venoa
pashuns at o wi fiddle-faced-foak, IVarty Rhymes (1894) 41. (5)
w.Yks. A fiddle fayther withaght strings, Yksman. Comic Ajui.
(1878 1 31. (6) n.Yks. What's ta fiddlejiging that way for, frame
tha i,W.H.).
2. Phr. (i) To jind a fiddle, (a) to come upon something
very amusing ; (b) to find a child dropped by the gypsies ;
{2} to haitg t(p one's jiddk on l/ie dnor-siieck, to be in a bad
temper ; (31/0 hang up one's piddle wheii one gets home, to
be good company abroad but bad company at home.
(i, a) Sc. Gen. applied to a person who is extraordinarily merry
without apparent cause (Jam. Siippl.). (I>) Abd. And Dick thought
now that he had found a fiddle, Wha never brak his shins upon
the cradle, Ross Hclciiore (1768) 139, ed. 1812. Frf. (Jam.) (2)
n.Lin.' He's hing'd his fiddle u p o'th'door-sneck. (3iii. He can tell
sum real good taales when he's upo' his roonds, bud ther's them
'at knaws says he alus hangs up fiddle when he gets hoam.
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3. A jam puff; pastry with jam inside.
sw.Lin.' The ' pasties ' which children bring to school for their
dinner. ' Have you got your fiddle?' ' Mother, do make me a
fiddle to-day.'
4. Comb, in plant-names : (i) Fiddle-cases, the yellow
rattle, Rliiiianthiis Crisla-galli \ (2) -grass, the codlins-and-
cream or cherry-pie, Epilobiiiin hirsiitum ; (3) -sticks, the
water figwort, Scyophiilaria aqaalica ; (4) -strings, tlie
ribs of the plantain-leaf when pulled out ; (5) -wood,
scG 'Sticks
(i)I.W.i '(2)Yks. (B. &H.~) (3,4)Wil.i (5) e.Yks. So called
because the stems are by children stripped of their leaves, and
scraped across one another fiddler-fashion, when they produce a
squeaking sound iB. tt H.).
5. The wild carrot, Daiicus Carota. n.Lin. (B. & H.)
6. pi. The water figwort, Scropluilaria aqtiatica.
Yks. (B. & H.) n.Lin.i The stalks children rub together for the
sake of producing a squeaking sound, which they think musical.
War .2, Dev.*
7. The murrain-grass or knotty-rooted figwort, Scroplui-
laria nodosa. w.Yks. (W.P\)
8. The marsh-marigold, Calllia pahtstris. Bnff'
9. V. To dawdle, waste time, idle ; to make little pro-
gress, move about aimlessly ; gen. with about.
Sc. (Jam.\ Cai.i n.Yks. What's the fiddling at? (T.S.) e.Yks.'
MS. add. ij.n.) w.Yks.Leeds Merc. Su/'pl. iMar. 12, 1893); (J.T.)
n.Lin.'Themmenwesend toParliamentfiddlesaboot wi' Bradlaugh
an' Ireland estead o' gettin' on wi' business. Nhp.' Don't stand
fiddling over 3-our work so. War. It was really very annoying to
see them fiddling about with the ball, B'/iain Dy. GazeUe (Mar. 23,
18961 ; War.3. se.Wor.' Nrf. Thus of a sporting dog when sent
to retrieve a wounded bird, if the dog runs about aimlessly or
plaj'fully without hunting the dog is said to ' keep on fiddling
about' (M.C.H.B.i. w.Som.' I zee thee art gwain to bide fiddlin
about, eens thick job mid least gin Zadurday night ! Dev. I would
rather fiddlee abuut [walk about desultorily at pleasure]. Repots
Provinc. 1^18931.
Hence (1) Fiddling, (a) vbl. sb. the act of dawdling, a
slow, lazy waj' of working ; (h) ppl. adj. trifling, idling,
dawdling; (2) Fiddling and faddling, /An doing anything
in a slow, unskilful manner.
(i,a w.Som.' (/)i Lan. Be honged toyo fura fiddlin', moitherin'
owd foo' ! New Wkly. (Jan. 19, 1895) 7, col. 3. War.'' Yo've got
sich a fiddlin' way o' workin'. Common. (2) e.Yks. Leeds Merc,
Suppl. I Mar. 12, 1893V
10. Comb, (i) Fiddle-fike, {a) a troublesome peculiarity
of conduct. Per. (Jam.); (b) a trifler, a fastidious, over-
punctilious person, {ib.) ; (2) Fiddle-mafyke, see Fiddle-
fike 16). Rxb. (/A.)
IL To scratch, as a dog.
Der.= , nw.Der.i e.An. (Hall.) ; To fiddle for fleas (E.G.P.).
FIDDLE-BAG, sb. Glo. A smock-frock. (S.S.B.)
FIDDLE-FADDLE, sb. and v. In gen. dial, and coUoq.
use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in form viddle-vaddle
Brks.' [fidl-fadl. -faedl.J 1. sb. Nonsense, trifling ;
fancifulness ; />/. trifles, whims ; trifling, idle employments.
Abd. What fiddle-faddle is this ! Anderson Rhymes (1867) 202.
Frf. All their big words and their noise Are nothing but mere fiddle-
faddles. Smart Rhymes (1834) 223. Ir. You've got twenty odd
pounds already for dress and fiddle-faddles, M'Nulty Misthtr
0'/f,vaii (1894) iii. w.Yks.' Lan.' Come, no fiddle faddle ; out with
it at once, mon. Not.' Let's have no more of your fiddle-faddle.
n.Lin.', Nhp.', War.' w.Som." Hot's the good to tell up a passle
o' fiddle r.iddle 'bont it?
2. An idler, trifler, one who makes an appearance of
doing work witiiout much result. Brks.'
3. V. To trifle, dawdle ; to be particular about trifles ; to
be faddy.
Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. What's tha fiddle-faddling aboot at? Leeds
Mete. Suppl. (Dec. 20, 1890'. Chs.' s.Chs.' Au'vi fefilrinubuw-tun
fid'l-faad'lin, 60 wuz lahyk uz iv 60 wiiz nevur reyt [Auvay fettcrin'
abowt an' fiddle-faddlin', hoo was like as if boo was never reight]
(s.v. Fidge ', Der.2 s.Lin. I'm out o' paaticnce seein' yc fiddle-
laddlin' i' this waa CT.H.R.). War.'^ Shr.' I canna think whad
yo'n bin fiddle-faddlin' about all mornin". Brks.' w.Som.' Dhce-t
fud'1-fad-laul dlui dai lau-ng, lat dhce uloann [Thou woiildst trifle
and do no work all the day long (if one) let thee alone].
llcncc Fiddle-faddler, sb. an idler, trifler. Brks.'
FIDDLER, sb. Van dial, uses in Sc.and Eng. [fi-dlar,
fi'dl3(r).] 1. In fo;«6. (i) Fiddler's fare, meat, drink, and
money ; (2) -'s green, {a) an imaginary place, used as an
expletive; (6) a sailor's imaginary paradise ; (3) -'s money,
small change, small silver coins ; (4) -'snews, stale news.
(ij w.Yks.' (2, a) w.Yks. 'Thee goa ta Fidler's Green! ' 'An'
wheear's that, pray thi ? ' ' It's ten miles tother side o' Hell Square '
(B.K.). (i) Cor. Cornish sailors . . . often speak of the ' Green,'
which they frequently call Fiddler's Green amongst themselves.
They describe this place as an ' Isle of the Blest,' Flk-Lore Rec.
(i88r) IV. 196. (3) Yks. A^. tf Q. (1876) 5th S. vi. 536. w.Yks.
I shall have to pay you in fiddler's money to-night (H.L. ). Chs.'
s.Chs.' Ahy aad* fur taak- it aayt i fiddiirz mim-i [I had for tak it
ait i' fiddler's money]. Der. A'. & Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 138. n.Lin.'
Groats, threepenny pieces, pennies, half-pence, and farthings, small
change such as is given to wandering musicians. Oxf., Mid., e.An.,
Sur., Dor. A'. (VQ. (18771 5th S. vii. 138. 'Wil.' w.Som.' Why,
missus! this here's hot mid call [fiid-Iurz-muun'ee]. Dev. Not
exceeding sixpence in va]ue, Reports Provinc. (1877) 130. e.Cor.
Elderly persons restrict it to sixpences, whilst those who are
younger make it include all silver coins from sixpence downward.
I\Iy own belief is that it originated, at least in East Cornwall, in the
fact that a sixpence was the time-honoured coin and amount for
a party of dancers to give a fiddler for playing a three-handed or
four-handed reel at village fairs, A'. & Q. (18771 5th S. vii. 138.
(4) Slg. I hearane crying, ' Fiddler's news ! ' Fiddler's ! or piper's
if ye choose ! Towers Poems (18851 6g.
2. Phr. (i) as drunk as a fiddler's bitch, very drunk; (2)
like a fiddler's elbow, going in and out ; crooked.
(i) War. (J.R.W.) (2) w Yks.^ Chs.' Any very crooked job
or thing is said to be * like a fiddler's elbow,' Sheaf, I. 83. s.Chs.'
00 wijz u reg-ilur ky'aant, dhaat(s wot 60 woz — in un aayt u
foa-ksiz aay-zn lahyk u fid'lurz elbii [Hoo was a regilar cant, that's
what hoo was — in an' ait o' fohks'es haisen like a fiddler's elbow].
3. The common sandpiper, Tringoides liypoleuciis.
Heb. From the manner in which it continually vibrates its body
as if on apivot, Swainson -SiVrfi ^1885) ig6. [ JoHNsSiVrfs (1862).]
4. The angel or shark-ray, Sqnatina Angeltis.
Ken.' ' We calls these fiddlers because they're like a fiddle.'
[Satchell I 1879I.]
FIDDLTIE-FA, sb. and v. BnfF.' [fidlti-fa.] 1. sb.
A trifling excuse ; hesitation.
2. V. To hesitate ; to make much ado about a thing.
He fiddltie-fas aboot it ass lang's ony ither bodie wid dee't.
FIDDY-FADDY, adj. Dur. Yks. Der. [fi'di fadi.]
Fastidious, over-nice ; trivial, elaborate.
e.Dur.' Elaborate, e.g. of fancy work. Not common. w.Yks.
(J.W.), Der.2
FIDED, FIDEN, see Feed.
FID-FAD, sb. and v. Yks. Lan. Der. Lin. Nhp. War.
Hnt. Hnip. Dev. 1. sb. A fastidious person, one who is
over-nice and particular ; a trifler.
Der.2 Nhp.' What a fid-fad you are ! War. She's an old fid- fad
(J.R.W.) ; War.^a, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Hmp. Holloway. Dev. He's
a reg'lar fid-fad, there's no doing ort to plaize un (R. P.C).
2. A slow pace. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.)
3. V. To waste time ; to fuss, trifle, potter about.
Lin.' n.Lin.' She's alus fid-faddin' efter th' chaps e'stead o'
mindin'her wark. Dev. He's constantly fid-faddin arter'n, tv. Times
(Apr. 30, 1886) 2, col. 2; He was up there fid-fadding about as
usual (R.P.C.) ; Dev.^ Yu dawnt du nort but fid-fad all the blessed
day, there idden nort tii shaw vor yer work.
Hence Fid fadding, (i) sb. trifling, petty conduct.
e.Lan.' ; (2) ppl. adj. frivolous. w.Yks.'
4. To go slowly. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.)
FIDGE, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Not. Nhp. "War. Shr. Hrf Also written figeSc. [fidg.]
1. IK To fidget, move restlessly ; to kick with the feet,
sprawl, waddle ; to perform busily. Cf fitch, v., fig, i».'
Sc. He . . . fidged in his seat, Mngopico (ed. 1836) 16. Sh.L
Spaek ta da jantleman, an' no geng fidgin' aboot da boose yon wy,
Stewart Fireside Talcs (1892) 210. Cai.' Elg. He hotch'd, he
fidg'd — the foul fiend leiigh, Coupfr Poetry (1804) II. 72. Abd.
1 fidg'd, an' flct, an' sobb'd, an' sigh'd, Cock Strams (1810) I. 99.
Per. When I shall fidge so devoutlie IJusk'd in her arms, Nicol
Poems ( t']66) 20. Fif. It began to dance spontaneously, and fidged
and frisked in strange inquietude, Tennant Aiislcr (1812) 139, ed.
1871. Rnf. Tam coudna pit up wi't, he fidg'd an' he flang, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 132. Ayr. Ne'er claw your lug, an' fidge your
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back, An' hum an' haw, Burns Aiilhor's Eanirst Cry (1786) st. 6.
Lnk. Ho fidgcd aboot and twirled his hat, Stewart Tua Elilos
(i886^ 12. Lth. Theanld man fidgcd, syne bhmt his mind He spak'
richt howc. I.umsden S/ii-i-/> lutiJ i^iBga) 150. Edb. He never mickle
spake himsel; but (idg'd at ilka clever tale, LEARMOfiT Poti»s{i-]gi)
57. Peb. Ilk ane fidgcd an' clue his crown, Affleck Pod. IVks.
(1836) 128. Dmf. Noo wi' joy I'm like tac (lee, Tae hear ye fidge,
my Nelly, QuiSN Heather \iS6-i\ 224. Gall. He has got a shot,
Clean through his hlp,Whilk gars him for to figean'scart, Lauderdale
Poems (I'jgt) 36. Kcb. An social mirth Sits fidging on ilk turf
throughout the hill, Davidson Sinsons (1789"! 70. n.Cy. Grose
(1790^. Nhb. But what wi' the taikin' aw'm fidgin fu' sair, Aitid
Fisher's CracA ( 1 886) ; Nhb.^ Cum. Weel fidg'd, my sonsy Sally,
Stagg il/i'sir. Po«<;s i^ed. 1807") 140. Wni. The barns of the nebber-
raw carrol the story of the Cherry tree with other godly Ballads ;
and lasses fidge their parts, Hutton Bran New Work (1785)
'■ 35; |T'nag] wes liggan fidgean an spraalan we her heead doon
bank, Spec. Dial. (1885I pt. iii. 5. n.Yks.^ e.Yks.i Can't tha sit
still an not (idge aboot i' that wayl w.Yks. Shoo . . . screamed
an' fidged like a divvil in a ratton trap, Ykstuatu (1877) 4, col. 2;
(J.T.) ; Hutton Tour Io Caves (1781) ; w.Yks.'^^ ne.Lan.^ Nhp.'
Sit still ; don't fidge about so. War.^ Shr.' 'Er's al'ays fidgin'
about — 'er canna be still 'erself'nor let other folk be. Hrf.^
Hence (i) Fidging, (a) vhl.sb. fidgeting, restless moving;
{b) ppl. adj. ; (2) Fidgy, adj. restless, fidgety.
(i, a) Ayr. 'Fidgin',' simply means sitting botching in a happy
mood, working her auld carcase within her claes, a wee snutTo'
animal heat being also essential. Hunter Sttidies ^1870) 38. [b]
Sc. A fidgingmare should be weel girded, Henderson Pcow. (1832)
98,ed.i88i. Dmf. Fidgin Davie, CROiiiEK7?«iirt/)is (1810) 105. (2)
Edb. Yon ill corn'd wives an' lassies fidgy, Liddle Poems (1821) 39.
Nhb.' n.Yks.T'bairn'svarryfidgy ; helikclyhez Iops(I.W.). e.Lan.'
2. To be anxious, troubled, to worry ; to be eager, ex-
cited, esp. in phr. to Jidge fain or full fain, to be restless
with eagerness.
Sc. They were ne'er fain that fidg'd, nor fou that lick'd dishes,
Ferguson Prov. (1641) 31. Abd. I've seen a dozen fidgin' for
their fate, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 124, Fif. Scotia's sons may
fidge fu' fain While they hae routh o' barley bree, Gray Poems
(l8n) 160. Rnf. I've been through fancy's fairy beams, Sae fain's
I hae been fidgin', Webster Rhymes (1835) 68; Slaves like us,
wha fidge and fret Without acause.M'"GiLVRAYPof;»si ed. 1862) 188.
Lnk. Your just sittin' on nettles fidgin' to hear hoo I got to Glasgow,
FRASERrf'7:rtH/'s(i895^2o6. Lth. They' re a' bees o' the same bike, Fond
to gar Bardies fidge an' fike, BRUCEPof«(s(i8i3') II. 184. Nhb.^To
* fidge and fyke,' to be restless and uneasy. Cum. Will just seem like
croniesyen's fidgin to see, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808)57. e.Yks.'
Hence (i) Fidging, {a) sh. restlessness, uneasiness ; (b)
ppl. adj. restless, anxious, esp. in \>\\v. fidging fain or f 11'
fain, anxious, eager, excited ; (2) Fidgy, adj. uneasy.
(I, a] Elg. A dram an' religion eas'd my heart o' its fidgin'.
Tester Poems (1865) 144. \b) Sc. Nor wonder in hopes they
mith catch him. They a' were fidgin fain ! Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 293. Abd. Helen gae on ; We're a' fidging fain. How
came she here ? Shirrefs Pociws (1790) 173. Kcd. The Laird at
this was fidgin' fain, Burness Thrummy Cap (c. 1796) 409. Ayr.
It pat me fidgin-fain to hear't. Burns Ep. J. Lapratk (Apr. i, 1785)
st.5. Lnk.Wowshe was cadgiean' fidgin' fu' fain, Hamilton Pof;;;s
{1865) 293. e.Lth. Mr. S., there, is fidging fu-fain an' shaking with
eagerness to say something, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 201.
Edb. The sutter he was fidgin' fain. An stuck like roset till the
mane, Forbes Poems (1812) 162. Dmf. Dear scenes o' youth, wi'
fidgin' fit . . . I spiel your hichts again, Reid Poems (1894) 85.
Gall. Whilk made me blythe, ay fidgein' fain, Lauderdale Poems
(1796)87. N.Cy.^ Nhb. We're fidgin a fu" fain, CHARNLEviw5/?i'r'5
Garland {162^) 7; Nhb.' Lan. The gentleman looked ' fidging fain'
to be gone, Gaskell M. Barton ( 1848; xxiii. (2J e.Lan.'
3. sb. A shrug, twitch, restless movement; a fidget,
mental agitation.
Sc. Whan night comes on No ane gi'es e'er a fidge or fyke,
Macaulay Poems. 129 (Jam.). Abd. He shrugs his shoulders with
a careless fidge, Ogg IVillie IValy (1873) 23. Frf. He gae a fidge
and naithing said, Morison Po«»i5 (1790)9. Edb. 'Dog on it,'
said James, giving a fidge with his hainches, MoiR Mansie Wauch
(1828^ xxiii. Gall. ' Gin ye are in sic' a fidge! ' quoth Alick, Crockett
Cleg Kelly (1896'i xxviii. a.Not. We was in a bit of a fidge at 'im
bein' so late (J.P.K.). Nhp.i I was in a fine fidge. War.^ Hrf.2
The wriggling or twisting about of a child.
4. A fidget, a restless person. ,
w.Yks. (J.T.), n.Lan.*, Chs.' s.Chs.i Oo wuz dhu auf iilst uwd
fij- ah ev iir seyd [Hoo was the awful'st owd fidge ah ever seidj.
Shr.' A reg'lar owd fidge.
[1. Renntfr, to move, stir, fig, fidge, Cotgr.]
FIDGEFADGE, s6. and j^. Yks. 1. 56. A slow, easy
pace in walking or riding ; a motion between walking
and trotting. ne.Yks.' (s.v. Fadge), e.Yks.' 2. v. To
go along slowly, sluggishly, at a pace between walking
and running. e.Yks.'
FIDGEON, FIDGET, see Fitchan, Fitchet(t.
FIDGET, adj. w.Yks.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Restless, impatient, uneasy.
FIDGIPS, sb. Nrf. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] Achildishboys'play oramusement. (W.W.S.)
FIDGLE, V. War.^ [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] [fidgl.] To fidget.
FIDLIN'-MONEY, sb. s.Chs.» Small change. Cf.
fiddler's money.
Wot fiddin miin'i it iz, tu bi shOour [What fiddlin' money it
is, to be sure].
FIDOM, see Fey, adj.
FIDTHER, V. se.V'V'or.' [fi'cS3(r).] To make a slight
rustling sound, as a mouse or a rat does among straw, &c.
Cf. fitter, V.
FIE, V. Nhb.' [fai.] To signify.
What fies taakin' ?
FIE, FIEF, see Fay, t;.'*, sb}. Fey, adj , Feff, sb.
FIE-GAE-T0,s6. Obs. Sc. Much ado, a great bustle.
SIk. Saw ever ony body sic a fie-gae-to as this ? Hogg IVint.
Even. Tales (1820) II. 135 (Jam.) ; Sick a fie-gae-to as yon I saw
never, ib. Perils of Man (^1822) II. 149. Rxb. (Jam.)
FIEKIK, s6. Sh.I. A lag, tassel; an ornamental ap-
pendage to a dress. S. & Ork.'
FIEL, see Feil.
FIELD, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms fylde ne.Lan.'; fild Shr.' ; veel Som.
[f lid, fild, w.Som. vial.] \. sb. In co;;;/. (i) Field-daisy,
the ox-eye daisy. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum ; (2)
■gear, gala attire ; (3) -kale or -keall, the wild mustard,
Sinapis arvensis ; (4) -lark, the tree-pipit, Anthiis trivialis ;
(5) -lily, the stinking iris. Iris foetidissima ; (6) •marigold,
the corn-marigold, Chiysanlhemum segetutii; (7) -pussy,
the woolly bear, the hairy caterpillar of the tiger-moth,
Arclia Isabella ; (8) -reeve, see below ; (9) -sparrow, the
hedge-sparrow. Accentor modularis; (10) -teg, a sheep
under twelve months old ; (ii) -titling, see -lark; (12)
-ware, corn and other products of husbandry ; (13)
•wench, a woman employed in the fields.
(i) Dev." 1 2) Lth. All in field gear and grandeur of bright ribbons
and clean caps and aprons, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892} 277. (3)
Cum.' (4)Nhb.' [SwAiNSONBHri's(i885) 46.] (5) Dor. (G.E.D.)
(6) Shr. (B. & H.) (7) War.» (8) Cum.' A person having charge
of a stinted pasture belonging to different owners. Cmb. The open
field-land is kept very well drained by a wise regulation ... of
appointing field-reeves who have the authority to order any drains
to be opened. Marsh all Review {tSi i) HI. 237. (9) Rxb.SwAiNSON
Birds(i885) 28. Nhb.' (10) Oxf. Best pen of five fat field tegs, 0^/.
Times (Dec. 17, 1898) 3. Brks. lA. (11) v/.V/ot. Benow's Jrn.
(Mar. 3, 1888). (12) Hrt. The farmer's com, and other of his field-
ware, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) II. ii. (13) Gall. He might have
beheld fifty field- wenches breaking their backs among the sheaves,
Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 30.
2. Phr. (i) a field of ground, (2) — of land, an enclosure,
field.
(i) w.Som.' Aan ee u-fiin'eesh dhikee vee'ul u graewn naut
ee't ? [Have you not finished that field not yet ?] (2J Shr,'
3. A stretch of unenclosed arable land, as opposed to
pasture.
n Lin.' Unenclosed land under plough, as Haxey Field, Scotton
Field. GIo.', Suf. (C.G.B.) Som. Corn land uninclosed, Jennings
Obs. Dial. w. Eng. (1825). [Before the enclosures, all the arable
land of a village community lay in one, two, or three fields (this
word meaning just the opposite of our field, that is, it meant a
great stretch of unenclosed arable land). Arthur Young, in the
last centur}', still used field-land in contradistinction to enclosed
land. Trans. Phil. Soc. (Apr. i, 1898) s.v. Furlong.]
4. A parish or lordship; common-land belonging to
a parish.
FIELD
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FIENT
Nhb.' A division of land consisting of many separate holdings,
grouped togetherin the ancient systemof cultivation for the purpose
of a rotation of crops. Rut.^ I us'd to manage Bisbrooke Field.
Lei.* The last man as he killed Keeps pigs in Hinckley field. Nhp.*
Wheere's that beast gone? — Wi'over the bruk, into Mooreton field.
War.!!" s.War.' That bit lies in Alkerton field. Hnt. Confined
chiefly to an enclosed parish (,T.P.F.).
5. Low, marshy land. ne.Lan.*
6. A sloping hillside.
e.Yks. FimberField, Sledmerc Field, CoLEP/(i«-A'rttt(fs(i879) 32.
7. The space or bay between beam and beam in a barn.
Wil. A barn of four fields, Davis ylgn'c. (1813) ; Wil.*
8. V. To sink a margin round a panel of wood.
Sc. (Jam.) Per. Still in use. A joiner told me that old-fashioned
doors were all ' fielded ' (G.W.).
Hence Fielding-plane, sb. the plane used in sinking a
margin round a panel.
Sc. fjAM.) Per. A joiner told me his fieldin'-plane cost him 16/6
(G.W.), .
FIELD, FIELDERT, see Feal, v., Fieldward.
FIELDFARE, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. I. Dial, forms: (i) Feldefare, (2) Felfaa, (3)
Felfar, (4) Felfare, (5) Felfaw, (6) Felfer, (7) Felfit, (8)
Felfoot, (9) Felfur, (10) Felfut, (11) Fellfare, (121 Fell-
faw, (13) Fellfo, (14) Fellfor, (15) Feltifare, (16) Feltiflier,
(17) Felty fare, { 18, Feltyflyer, (191 Felverd, (20) Fildefare,
(21) Fildevare, (22) Fildifire, (23) Filfare, (24) Fulfar, (25)
Fulfer, (26) Fulfit, (27) Veelvare, (28) Veldevare, (29)
Veldever, (30) Veldwer, (31) Veltiver, (32) Vildever,
(33) Vildyveer, (34) Villvare, (35) Vulvar.
[i) It. Swainson Birds (1885) 5. Dur.' Midi. Swainson ib.
nw.Der.', Nhp.', War.3, Wor. iR.W.M.) (2) n.Lan.i (3)Nrf. A
pretty little felfar, Spilling Daisy Dimple (1885) 28. (4) Not.
(J.H.B.) (5I n.Yks. Swainson lA. .6ie.Yks.i w.Yks. Swainson
16. ; w.Yks.2 Lan. Swainson /'6. (■]] w.V/or. Beriow's Jni. [Mar.
3,1888). e.Suf. Swainson 16. (8) e.An.' f gl n.Lin.' (lo)Suf.
(C.G.B.) (ii)War.3 (i2)n.Yks.3 ds") takel. Ellwood (1895).
Cum.> (n) w.Yka. LVCAS Sfud. Niddcrda/e (c. 1882") 165. (15)
Sc. {Jam. ) (16 Sc. Swainson ib. (17) Ir., Midi. Swainson ii.
Nhb.i (18) Lnk., Lth.. Rxb. fjAM.) (19) m.Yks.> Wil. Swainson
ib. (•20I War. (j.R.W.I, Hrf.i Som. 'Farewell fieldcfare." This
expression is occasionally heard. It means, as fieldfares disappear
at a particular season, the season isover; the bird is flown. Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.EMg. (1825); W. & J. Gl. (1873). (31) w.Som.>
Vul-divae-uree, vulvae-uree, viil-eevae'ur. (22) Shr. Swainson ib.
(23) Ken. (W.F.S.) (24) Nrf. Emerson Birds (ed. 189S) 5. (251
e.An.i, Nrf. (C.W.B.N.) (26I n Ess. Forby G/. (ed. 1895). (27)
Som. Jennings OAs. Z)/o/. w.Eng. 1 1825). e.Som.W.& J. G/. (1873 .
(28) Wil.i (29) ib. At Clyft"e Pypard . s.v. Velt . e.Som. W. & J.
G/. (1873). (30) Glo.> (31) Brks. Gl. (i852);Brks.i (32; Glo.
Lewis G/. (1839"). (33)010.' (34) w.Som.i Vul-vaeur. (35) Wil.'
At Huish (s.v. Velt).
II. Dial, meanings. 1. The missel-thrush, Turdus visci-
vonts.
Slg., Bwk. The names of the missel thrush and fieldfare are often
interchangeable, Swainson (6. 2. n.Lin.' e.An. The same confusion
prevails in e.An., I'A. ; e.An.' Nrf. CozENS-HARDYi?»-oarfA'// (1893)
44 ; The Missel Thrush, or Fulfar, or Yellow Fulfar, as he is called
on the marshes, Emerson Buds (ed. 1895) 5 ; Swainson ib. e.Suf.
Applied indiscriminately to the fieldfare and missel thrush, e.An.
Dy. Times (1892).
2. The redwing, Turdus Iliacus.
Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 44.
[1. Grive, the great thrush called a fieldfare orfeldifare,
CoTGR. ; The frosty feldefare, Chaucer Part. Foulcs, 364.]
FIELDWARD, adv. ? Obs. Sc. Also in forms fieldert
n.Sc. ; fieldwart Sc. (Jam.) Towards the fields ; abroad ;
also in phr. a ficldivard.
n.Sc. They took their budgets on their backs, And fieldert they
wereboun', Buchan ZiaZ/rtrf* < ed. 1875) II. 157. Abd. Howenter'd
ye a fieldward sae your lane ? Ross lldenore (1768) 31, ed. 1812.
FIELD WAYS, arft'. Oxf.' [frlwez.] Across fields,
by way of fields.
If yoo wuz til goa fee'lwaiz frum En'sum til Am-buuni ut nuuyt.
yood aa noa kaul til oapn dhil gycts-, kauz u goast uod diiot faar
cc [If you wos t' go ficlways from Ensum t' 'Amboro' (Ensham
to Hanboro') at night, you'd 'a no call t" open the gets (gates\
'cause a ghost OOd d60t far ee].
FIELDY, sb. Sc. Nhb. [f lidi.] 1. The hedge-sparrow.
Accentor niodularis. Rxb. Swainson Birds (1885; 28. Nhb.'
2. The fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. Nhb.'
FIEND, see Fient.
FIENDIN, sb. Sc. Also written fyandeen ; and in
form finnin Ags. (Jam.) The Devil ; also used as an int.
Sh. I. (Co//. L.L.B.) S.&Ork.' Ags.The name of the ' Finnin's
den ' is still given to a place between Forfar and Dundee, according
to the account given by Pitscottie and the tradition of the country,
once the residence of cannibals (Jam.).
[O^.fjaiidinii, the devil, 'antiquus ille hostis' (Fritzner,
s.v. FjUndi). For other instances of the retention of the
affixed article see Jakobsen Norsk in Slietl. (1897^ 108.]
FIENT, sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Cum. Also written feent
Sc. ; feint Sc. N.I.' Cum. ; and in forms faint Sc. ; feand
Wxf.'; feen Ant.; feind Sc. N.Cy.'; fiend, fint Sc,
[f int, fin, feint, -d.] 1. Used as an exclamation or oath,
got. with negative sense, the Devil, nothing, not, espl in
phr.y?<?«/ a,funt ane, not a, not one. Cf. fiendin.
Sc. But feint o' his belangings are hingiii' where they yist to hing,
Tweeddale Afoff (i8g6 191 ; The Harper harped to hie and law.
And the fiend douglit they do but listen him to, Scott Minstrelsy
(1802) I. 425, ed. 1848. Cai.' Elg. I ha'easark,but fient anither.
Tester Poems {18651 79. Abd. Finta doit yes' ha'e to pay's. Cock
Strains {1810) 1. Bi. Kcd. Feent a creature hardly plays, Jamie
Muse (1844) 88. Frf. The fint a rock he saw, that I should ban.
He saw. Sands Poems (1833) 99. Per. Fiend a peny in thy purse.
Smith Pofi»s (1714) 12, ed. 1853. e.Fif. To haingle aboot through
the streets o' a big city . . . wi' next to feint foondit i' yer pouch,
Latto Tant Bodkin (1864") xviii. Slg. Katie's mither should haen
meal, 'Yet fient a bag cam' near. Towers Poems (i88^] 173. Rnf.
Since I was wi' ye feint a spree Hae I been at, 'Bf.RRPoems (1861)
153. Ayr. Tho' he was o' high degree. The fient a pride — nae
pride had he, Burns Tiva Dogs (1786) 1. 15. Lnk. Feint o' ither
spake or spinnle In a' the mill will gie a dinnle, Watson Poems
(1853') 14. Edb. The fient aestime ! Ha'rst Rig{iig^) 11, ed. 1801.
Bwk. For fiend a hen, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856: 51. Slk.
The feint a sperk o' sense they ken ava, Hogg Tales (1838) 188,
ed. 1866. Dmf. Fient an icker rowthly sawn Cam' stowlins tae
the sieve, 'Rt.ivi Poems i, 1894I 57. Kcb. Feint ane amang them wad
marry yoursel', Armstrong Ingleside (1890^ 157. Wxf.' n.Cy.
BordeyGl. {Coll. L.L.B ) ; N.Cy.' Cum. Thefcinta yen wad creedit
him, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807I 136.
2. Phr. (i) Fient a haet (or hale), nothing at all, 'devil a
bit' ; (2) — wa care, no matter; (3) {the) fient a hit, (4) —
a flee (or — flee), (5) — a gear, (6) — a hair, not at all, never,
not in the least ; (7) — ane o' )ne (or — 0' me), by no means
1, not ; (8) — haet, see Fient a haet ; (9) — haetae, not one ;
(10) — the haet, see Fient a haet.
(i) Sc. Fear'd ! fient a haet care I, ... be she witch or deevil,
ScoTT Guy M. (18151 liii. N.I.' Ant. What have you got in
3'our pockets ? — Feen a haet, Ballymena Obs. ( 1892). (2) Ayr. Yet
feint ma care, I ken ye're candid, Thom Amusements (1812) 23;
The fient ma care, quo' the feirie auld wife. Burns Deuk's dang
o'er my Daddv, st. i. Edb. He took shanks naig, but fient may
care ! He arslins kiss'd the causey Wi' bir that night, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 169, ed. 1785. (31 Sc. Fient a bit will you speak
out noo, Roy Horseman's IVd. (1895 > vii. Cai.' Per. Fient a bit
o't, IaN Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 144. Fif. Faint a bit
o't, Robert, Robertson ProvosI {1894) 50. Rnf. The vera slaps
that stegh our wames. The fient a bit I ken their names, Picken
Pocmj (1813) I. 124. Edb. Feent a bit ye're in my waj' if }'e binna
in yere ain, N. & Q. {1871) 4th S. viii. 451. Gall. ' Feint-a-bit,'
answered the young woman, Crockett 5«i//>o«;»7(i895)xv. N.Cy.l
Feind a bit. (4} Elg. Feint-a-flea, man, car'd we. man. As lang's we
drew thepenny. Tester Poems{i86^) 127. Abd. Fienta flee care't
Patie, Alexander yo/miy Gibb (1871) xxxii. Edb. Reftofthee.fient
flee we care For a' that life ahint can spare, Fergltsson Poems
('773) '43i ^'^- '785. (5) Abd. When I came first to Aberdeen,
A house was naething to maintain. The fint-a-gear, Beattie
Parings (1801) 40, cd. 1873. (6) Sc. Fient a hair are \'e the better
o' that, Scotch Haggis, 1 10. Abd. The fient ae singil hair care ye,
Guidnmn Iiiglismaill (1873) 30. Per. The fient a hair cares he
For ony mortal bodie, Nicoll Poetns (ed. 1843) 102. Ayr. Feint
a hair will strangers ken or care about the like o' that, Galt
Lairds (1826) xxxviii. Edb. Feint a hair cared he about auld
kirks, or kirkyards. Mom Mansie IVauch (1828) x. (7) Sc. Feind
o' me will mistryst you, for a' my mother sa^'s, Scott Blk. Divarf
(i8i6)iv. e.Fif. Feint aneo' me kent that it was ab'Iow yer chair,
FIER
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Latio Tani Bodkin (1864") iii. Lth. The feint ane o' me could
satisfy them either, Lumsden Shrep-hcad (1892) 241. (8) Sc.
Fient haet yc'll make o't, I see, T. Scon Poems 1,1793) 333. Fnf.
I'm e'en getting clung. The fient haet I've preed since my supper,
Wfbster Rhymes (1835) 82. Ayr. Fient haet o' them's ill-hcarled
fellows, Burns Tzva Dogs (i7B6> I. 180. Lnk. Fient haet ot's
true, C0GHI1.1. Poems (1890) 29. Edb. What's siller for? Fiend
haet avva, Fehciusson Poems 1773^ 217, ed. 1785. (9) Flf. Fient
haet ae button would keep sticket, Tennant Papistry (1827) 133.
(10) Sc. The feint the hate do the ceevil courts do but explain the
bargain, Crack Abool Kirk 1,1843) I. 12. Lth. Fient the haet o'
them wore soun, Smith Meriy Bridal {1866) 12.
TIER, sb. Sc. Also written feer, feir,fiar. [f Ir, fiar.]
1. //. The prices of grain legally fixed in each county for
the current j'ear ; also in comb. Fiars' prices.
Sc. Quite an authority in fiars' prices. Tweeddale Mo^ (i8g6)
34; Sometimes the price in salesof giain is fixed bj' the SherifT- fiars.
These are the rates settled by a sentence of the SheriiTs proceeding
on the reportof a jury, on the different kinds of grain, of the growth
of the county for the preceding crop, and serve as a rule for ascer-
taining the prices, Erskine Iiislit. B. iii. I. 3, s.4 (Jam.\ Per. Taken
for the regulation of rent, where a corn rent is paid. Farmer's Jrii.
(Mar. 17, 1828'). Rnf. Strange 'tis to a stranger's ears To hear
them praying for low fiars, M^Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862 1 40.
Lth. Twa bushels o' barley, an' twa o' yaits, an' ane o' wheat (to
be paid for in siller an' computed according to the second fiars'
prices o' the Coonty o' Heddington for ilka year), Lumsden Sheep-
head I 1892I 262. [Man3' j-ears ago the fiars were struck both at
Candlemas and Lammas, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) IL 503.]
2. A standard of any kind.
Rxb. Yarn is said to be spun by, i.e. past or beyond, the fier
when it is drawn smaller than the proper thickness (Jam.).
3. A very tall person, who has not breadth enough in
proportion to his height, (ib.)
[1. OFr.y;'«/-(/of»',/«(T),'prix,valeur'(LACuRNE); MLat.
font))!, market-price (Duc.vnge) ; Lat./ono;/, a market.]
FIERCE, adj. Yks. Stf Not. Lin. Lei. War. Oxf. Bck.
Bdf Hrt. e.An. Ken. Also in form fairce Ess. [fias.]
1. Brisk, lively, vigorous, in good health, convalescent ;
in good spirits, bright ; brave, valiant, mettlesome.
w. Yks. Of a timid child it will be remarked 'He'll soon get
fierce ' (C.C.R.). Stf. I feel quite fierce this morning, N. <&" Q.
(1853^ 1st S. viii. 230. s. Not. She's a bi t fiercer this morn in' (J. P. K.).
sw.Lin.) The babe's quite fierce again. Oh, they were fierce ; they
were as merry as crickets. Lei.' Ah'm glad to see ye luke so feece
to-dee. War. Applied to babies, Leamington Courier (Mar. 6,
1897) ; War.'' As fierce as a four-j'ear old [horse] ; War.34 s.War.'
Oxf. ' He's as fierce as a maggot,' commonly applied to pseudo-
valiancy (G.O.) ; Oxf.' Spoken usually of babies, MS. add. Bck.,
Bdf. ' Her eyes are fiercer,' was said of a sick child, on its be-
ginning to recover ' J.\V.B.% Hrt. She's quite fierce to-day (H.G.) ;
(J.W.) e.An.' Don't fare fierce [don't feel bright!. Suf. Little
Annie's a fierce un, Macmillans Mag. (Sept. 1889) 357. Cmb.
Indicates the last stage of convalescence, when appetite is keen,
and activity irrepressible (W.M.B.); He's quite fierce again, thank
you, sir, TV. & Q. (1853) ist S. viii. 330. Ess. You look wholly
fairce (H.H.M.).
2. Ardent, eager; full of desire; hungry.
s.Not. They were quite fierce to hae me run again 'im. Fierce
anulTat the first, but soon tired on't. He were alius very fierce,
when he hed 'is dinner wi' huz (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' Thoo's fine an'
fierce oher that bairn o' thine, Mary. If thoo's sea fierce oherthy
wark e' th' mornin', thoo'll be daul'd oot afoore neet. Ess. A man
must be fairce to get on (H.H.M.).
Hence Fiercely, adv. hastily, impetuously.
Ken. Don't go so fiercely (D.W.L.).
3. Of fruit : ripe.
Ess. The cherries are gittin wholly fairce (H.H.M.).
[L He had tofore departed from his father as pert and
fierse...as coulde be,UDALL£'ras>«i<s(i552) fo. cccxxixn.]
FlERCELINGS,(7rfj'. anda<//'. Obs. Sc. Also written
fiercelins. 1. adv. Fiercely, with violence, in haste.
Abd. I came fiercelings in And vvi my trantlims made a clattering
din, Ross Helenore (1768) 39, ed. 1812. Flf. Sae fiercelins had
his wid-dreme stirr'd him, Tennant Papistry (1827) 45.
2. adj. Fierce, violent.
Abd. The fiercelings race her did so hetly cadge, Ross Helenore
(1768) 60. ed. 1812 ; With a fiercelins bang, ib. 107.
[1. Fierce + -lings ; for suff. cp. backlings.]
FIERD, FIER(E, see Fired, Fere, si.', adj
FIERY, adj Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Stf. Shr. Glo. Som.
Also written firy Sc. 1. In coiiip. (i) Fiery-bran-tail,
the redstart, Ruticilla phociiiainis ; (2) -edge, the keen
edge, the first or original edge on a knife, tkc; ji^. the
first eagerness; (3) -heap, a heap into which the'small
or duff coals were formerly teemed and burnt ; (4) -red-
tail, see -bran-tail ; (5) -stick, used in prov. ; see below ;
(6) -tail, see -bran-tail ; (7) -tangs, a name given to the
crab. Cancer pagunts, and to the lobster. Cancer gammarus ;
(8) -water, phosphorescence on the sea ; (9) -wud, mad,
eager, keen.
(I) Shr. Swainson Birds (1885) la ; Shr.' (2) N.I.' I'll just eat
a bit now to take the fiery-edge off my appetite. Of a new servant,
' Oh wait till you see how he does, when the fiery-edge goes off
him.' (3) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. The deposit of rubbish and waste or
unsaleable coal which usually takes fire spontaneously, Greenwell
Coal Tr. Gl. { ed. 1888). (4 ; Oxf. Aplin /JiVi/s ( i 889) 214. (5) Sc.
Fun is fun, but a fiery stick in a chiefs back side is nae fun [fun is
fun, but this is dead earnestl (G.W.). (6) w.Som.' Vuyuree-
taa-yul. (7) Ags.^^nV. 5k»-u. Fi/ 55 (Jam.). (8) Nai. (W.G.) (9)
Fif. I sail . . . raise a chieftain o' renown, Makin' him fiery-wud
and bown To seek the harlot's life, Tennant Papistry (1827) 21.
2. Of a coal-pit: producing inflammable gas.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). n.Stf.(J.T.)
3. Burning.
Glo. That's the fiery bush God 'peared to Mosis in, Fairford
Church Windows.
FIESE-'WHELK, sh. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The striated whelk.
FIESP, V. Sh.L Also in form feesp. To move
briskly, to ' fisk about.' S. & Ork.'
Hence Fiespin, ppl. adj. (i) in a moderate state of
health. ib.\ (2) lively, vivacious, aftectedly lively, mincing.
{Coll. L.L.B.), S. & Ork.'
FIESTI-BAA, sb. Sh.L A fungus-ball filled with dust.
Cf. feist, sb? S. & Ork.'
[Cp. Norw. dial, jjsball, 'Lycoperdon Bovista' (Aasen).]
FIEVALIS, rt^'. Sh.L Powerless. (Jam.), S.&Ork.'
FIEVVLE, see Fivl.
FIFERING, ppl. adj. e.An.' Of pain : quick-darting,
shooting.
FIFERS, sb. pi} e.An. [fai'vsz.] The fibrous roots
of a plant.
e.An.' 2 Suf. It's the fifers what dror all the suction (C.T.).
[The same word as 17th cent. E. jiyer, a fibre. The
threds Of life, his fiuers, wrathful Delius shreds, Sandys
Ovid's Met. (1621) vi ( N.E.D.).]
TITERS, sb. pl.^ Sc. A variety of marbles.
Abd. A despised variety of ' bools ' or marbles, soft and of
a dull brown in colour (W.M.).
FIFFLE, see Feiffle.
FIFFLEFAFFLEMENT, sb. Cum.' Trifling and un-
necessary work.
FIFISH, adj. Obs. Sc. Eccentric, odd, somewhat
deranged in mind.
e.Sc. To guide in that gate a bargain that cost him four dollars I
— very, very Fifish, as the east-country fisher-folk say, 'Scott Pirate
(1822) ix ; ' Just Fifish,' replied Peter, ' wowf— a wee bit by the
East-Nook or sae,' ib. Redg. (1824) vii.
Hence Fifishness, sb. eccentricity, lack of saneness.
Lth. (Jam.)
FIFTEEN, MK;».fl<^'. Sc. Also written feifteen. Inphr.
the Fifteen, the judges of the Court of Session.
Sc. Besides, a man's aye the better thought o' in our country for
having been afore the Feifteen, Scott G((y A/. (18 15) xxxviii. Ayr.
Aye talkin' aboot hornin' and caption and the fifteen o' Embro',
Service A'o/iiHrfi««s (1890) 12; I would bring the cause before the
Fifteen at Edinburgh, Galt Provost (1822) xlv.
FIFTY-SIX, sb. Som. Dev. Also in form vifty-
w.Som.' nw.Dev.' A weight of 561b.; the usual name
for a half-hundredweight stone.
w.Som.' What's the matter with your foot, William? — Well,
sir, a vifty-zix [vee-fteeziks] vall'd down 'pon my gurt toe, and
squat-n all abroad. nw.Dev.'
FIG
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FIGH
FIG, sb} Var. dial, uses in Irel. Eng. and Colon. Also
in forms fag Lan. e.Lan.' ; feg Nlib.' Dun' Wm. Glo.'
Wil. Som. ; vig Brks.' VVil. Soni. [fig, fag, feg.]
1. In com/), (i) Fig-blue, a composition in the shape of
a small round cake, made of indigo, &c. ; (2) -pie, a pie
made of figs, a simnel ; (3) -pie Sunday, Mid-Lent Sunday,
on which day fig-pies are eaten ; (4) -pie wake, the wake
or festival held on Mid-Lent Sunday; (5) -sowan, boiled
figs ; (6) -sue, a dish made of bread, figs, and ale, eaten
upon Good Friday ; (7) — Sunday, Palm Sunday.
(i) Dur.i Used in washing linen. (2 1 Lan. Fag Pie to Bowlegged
Sunday, Clslcg Sketc/:es (,18951398 ; Another viand especially eaten
on Mid-LentSundaywasthatof figor lag-pies, Hauland & Wilkin-
son/YA-iore (1867J 222. e.Lan.i Stf. The fig- pies are made of dry
figs, sugar, treacle, spice, &c. They are rather too luscious lor
those who are not ' to the manner born,' N. & Q. (1856) 2nd S.
i. 227. (3) Lan. (J.L.) ; The orthodox customs of Fig-pie Sunday
are almost obs. there now ; but some time ago they were carefully
observed by members of the Church of England, for with the
Nonconformists the figpie found no favour. A'. & Q. (1869) 4th
S- i'i. 553. e.Lan.' (4) Stf. This is kept in the parish of Draycot-
le-Moors ... on Mid-Lent Sunday. . .On this Sunday, the friends
of the parishioners come to visit them and to eat fig-pies, N. 6^ Q.
(1856J 2nd S. i. 227, (5) Wm. Ah could eat some fcg-sowan
(B. K.). (6) n.Cy. The customary dish of Fig Sue is still prepared by
many families throughout the whole of the North of England. ZJrti/jno;
Tracts{ed. 1895TI.9. Cum. Linton Lafe Cv.f 1864") 303 ; G/.(i85i);
Cum.' Wm. A mess made of ale, boiled with fine wheaten bread
and figs, sweetened with sugar. . . was the dinner of Good Friday,
Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 324 ; Briggs Remains (1825) 205, 235.
ne.Lan.' (7I Nhp. A girl from Syresham... received a present of abox
of figs and abox of sweets from her mother last Palm Sunday, /y^-Z.oi-i'
Jin. (1885) III. 283; Nhp.' It is the universal custom, with both
rich and poor, to eat figs on this day; Nlip.^ Oxf. N. 6' (3.(1856)
and S. i. 227 ; ib. (1869) 4th S. iv. 286. Bck., Bdf. Probably because
the cursing of the barren fig-tree is the first incident of the ensuing
day recorded in the Gospel. Figs are consumed largely on every
anniversary of this day (J.W.B.'I. Hrt. Brand Pop. Attlirj. (ed.
1870) 1. 78 ; So called at Kempton, on which day it is customary
to eat figs. A custom still observed by all ranks, Hole's Year Bk.
(,1832) col. 1593.
2. A raisin ; dried fruit in general. Also used atlrib.
Brks. (W.W.S.) ; Gl. (1852); Brks.' Hmp. (J.R.W.); Hmp.'
Wil. K.M.G.); Vigs, apples nuts, and oranges, Slow y?/y')j;«, 1870)
8. Som. Ai mgan laike vigs you be 20 zweet, Frank Nine Days
(1879 61 ; (W. F.R.); Jennings OAs. Dial.w.Eng. (1825 >. w.Som.'
Dev. Raisins and plums, indifferently, Grose (1790) j1/S. nrfrf. (M.l;
Fig pasties are made of stoned raisins, which they call figs. Shar-
1J.ND Ways Village (1885) 118 ; Dev. '34^ nw.Dev.', s.Dev. iG.E.D.)
Cor. And then two bak'd pies, full o' figs, Forfar Po^MfS (1885)
72 ; Cor.i2
Hence (i) Figged, adj. made with raisins ; spotted like
a pudding with raisins ; (2) Figged-cake, sb. (a) a plum-
cake ; (b) a game; (3) -pudding, sb. a plum-pudding, a
pudding with raisins in it; (4) Figgedy, (5) Figgetty,
adj., see Figged ; (6) Figgettypudding, sb., see Figged-
pudding; (7) Figgy, adj., see Figged; (8) -cake, sb., see
Figged-cake; {9) -dickey or -diggy, sb. a flat unleavened
cake ; (10) -dough or -duff, sb. (a) a hot currant-bun ; (b)
an inferior kind of plum-pudding; (11) -dump, sb., see
Figged-pudding ; (12) -bobbin, sb., see -dough (b) ; (13)
-hoggan, sb. a cake made of flour and raisins; (14)
-pudding, sb., see Figged-pudding ; (15) -whitpot, sb.
a favourite dish made with raisins and treacle.
(i) Wil.' A true-born Moon-raker described his face as being
' vigged aal auver wi' spots an' bumps afore marning.' (2, a) Hmp.
(J.R.W.;; Hrep.' Som. Sweetman IVincanton Gl. {iW^"). Cor.
Such lovely. .. figged keakes. Hardy Z>'/«f/y'fs (1895') 9. (,4) Som.
Sweetman Wmcaiilon Gl. (1885I. (3) Hmp. (J.R.W.); Hmp.'
Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Wil.' s.Wil. Mimlhly Mai;. (1814)
II. 114. Dor. (C.W.) ; Dor.' Som. (W.F.R.) ; Jennings OAs. i>m/.
w.Eitg. {i&z^). (4, 5) Wil.' (61 Wil. Slow C/. (1892). s.Wil.
A girt big figgetty puddin ^G.E.D.'l. Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
(7 I Dev. Christmas puddings are said to be figgy, Hewett Peas. Sp.
{1892,. Cor.O'DoNOGHUES/.A:m^/;/o« '5(1864) Gl. (8;Wil.(K.M.G.)
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Dev. A figgy cake hot from the oven,
O'Neill Idyls (1892") 10; Dev.' Rain, Rain, go to Spain ; Come
again another day: When I brew and when I bake, I'll give you
a figgy cake, (gj w.Cor. Made with floin-, butter, sugar, and small
slices of apples, instead of currants (M.A.C.). (10, a) Dor. Lucas
Stud. Nidderdale (1882) 16. (i) nw.Dev.' Not common. Cor.^
Dough, suet, and raisins, mi.xed and baked in the shape of a pasty ;
Cor.3 (ii) Glo.' (12) Cor.2 s.v. Figgy-duff. (13) Cor.' Often
eaten by miners for dinner (s.v. Hobban). (14) I. W.^, Wil.' Som.
When yo can't yeat feggy pudden, Agrikler Rhymes (1872)
17. vf.Som.' Also a baked batter pudding with raisins in it. Dev.
A woman placed this notice in her shop-window : ' Figgy pudden
wan appenny a slice ; More figgier wan penny a slice,' Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.' 3, nw.Dev.' Cor. I likes figgy pudden, I
do sure nuff (,H.E.) ; A baked or boiled suet pudding with raisins
in it, Flk-Lore Jrn. (i886j IV. no; Cor.'^^ (15 nw.Dev.' It is made
of milk, treacle (which causes the milk to kern, i.e. curdle), and
a little flour, and is either boiled over the fire or baked in an oven.
The addition of ' figs * . . , makes the difference between plain whit-
pot and figgy-whitpot (s.v. Whitpot).
3. Vhr.Jif;s and mils, almonds and raisins. Cor.'
4. pi. The plant Callithatnnion floyidulion.
w.Ir. At the close of summer great quantities of its hemispherical
densely-matted and aggregated cushions, which are called figs by
the country people, are washed on shore and collected as manure,
Phycclogia Brit. (B. & H.)
5. A division of an orange.
Nhb., Dur. These used to be called figs . . . some fifty years ago,
A', iy Q. (1877) 5th S. viii. 79. [w.Indies. Figging an orange, ib.
vii. 134.1
6. The droppings of a donkey. Nhb.'
FIG, sb.^ War.3 [fig.] A fit of anger, pet, ill-temper.
She was in a fine fig about it.
FIG, f.' Yks. Also Som. Dev. Also in form vig
Som. w.Som.' Dev.' nw.Dev.' [fig, vig.] 1. To luove
briskly and restlessly ; to jog to and fro ; to kick with the
feet, as dogs do in scratching themselves, to scratch. Cf.
fidge.
w.Yks. Fig'd wi it' feet. Banks IVkJld. IVds. (1865); At that
minnit t'whissalsaanded an off ah ran, leavin him figgin it winda,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1852 j g. Som. To rub gently
by a quick motion of the finger forward and backward, W. & J.
Gl. (1873). w.Som.' Thee mids viggy nif wit, but I'll hold thee,
mun. Dev. Whot be yu vigging about they tatties vur ? Duee be
quiet, an' not keep vigging there. Yu dawnt du nort but vig, vig,
vig, awl day long ! Hewett Pens. Sp. (1892) ; Yu must wash thease
yer dug, Harry ; tha vleys be ayting aw 'n tii death. *E dii'th nort
but vig 'iszel, ib. 144 ; Dev.' n.Dev. But thof ha ded viggee and
potee, E.vm. Seold. (1746) I. 216. nw.Dev.'
2. Fig. To busy oneself about trifles; to be more anxious
about other people's affairs than about one's own.
w.Yks.* Running figging abart an' me slaaving at it t'week in an*
t'week art an' nivver owt else. Shoo can du nowt bud fig ; that's
her aaling, missis.
3. To fight.
n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae {iTji) 451.
[1. Fretilleur, a busie-body, a restless fop, one that often
stirs or figs up and down, Cotgr.]
FIG, v.^ Yks. Lan. Dev. [fig.] To apply ginger to a
horse to excite it to carry its tail well.
w.Yks.', ne.Lan.' Dev. Monthly Mag. (i8io") I. 435.
FIG, v.^ Nhp.' [fig.] To bribe, flatter.
FIG, v.* Wor. To dress finely.
s.Wor. A wuz pomped hoff an' togged hup hiver sah fine, an'
despret figged hout sure-ly (H.K.).
FIGARY, FIGE, FIGFAG, see Fegary, Fidge, Fic-fac.
FIGGETTY-DUMPLING, sb. Shr.' A pudding made
with figs.
Made by lining a basin with paste and then filling it with figs
cut in pieces, currants, a little candied peel, treacle and water, —
covering it with paste and boiling it for some hours.
FIGGLE, V. (?) Yks. Also Dev. Also in form viggle
Dev. [fi'gl, vigl.] To fidget about, to wriggle; to potter
about seeking a living. Cf. fig, v.^
e.Yks. He keeps figglin' about tl.W.). Dev. Thickee chcel 'II
viggle about till 'er wunt be vit tii be zecd, Hewett Pfo5. Sp. (1892).
FIGGLE-FAGGLE, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) Foolish, trifling
conduct, ridiculous behaviour. Hence Figgle-faggler, sb.
one who destroys good morals.
FIGGLELIGEE, adj. Abd. (Jam.) Finical, foppish ;
excessively polite.
FIGH, see Foul.
FIGHT
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FIGHT
FIGHT, V. and sh. Van dial, uses in Sc. Eng. and
Amen Also in forms facht, faught Sc. [fait, feit, foit,
Sc. fext] I. t'. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense: (i)
Faight, (2) Fate, (3) Fecht, (.\) Feeght, {5) Feight, (6)
Feit, (7) Feyght, (8) Feyt, (9) Feort, (10) Foight, (11)
Fuflfen.
(0 s.Not. (J.P.K.1 (3-) Not. I'll fate .vow fJ.H.B.V (3) Sc. It's
maist p.ist my power to fccht it ony langer. Scotch Haggis, 39 ;
Fa;yclit, Murray Dial. (1873') 204. Sh.I. IIopp an' Faer began
ta fecht, BuRGF.Ss Sktlchcs (2nd ed.) 126. Cai.' Elg. They rout
I bellow], and fecht, and slen, Couper Poetry (i8o+) I. 184. Abd.
Fat's adoo ? ony chiel fechtin' or fou ? Alexander Aiii Flk. (1882)
103. Frf. He winna . . . fecht his ain shadow again. Watt Poet.
Sketches (1880) 96. Fif. To fecht an' fell the Frenches, Douglas
Poems (1806) 25. Rnf. The niair I fccht an' fleer, an' flyte, The
mair I think the Jad' gangs gyte, Picken Poems U813) I. 125.
Ayr. Sair I fecht them at the door, Burns O that I had ne'er been
married, St. 2. Lnk. Stripped like ane gaun tae fecht, Watson
Poems (1853) 10. Gall. He could fecht a hale regiment o' sodgers,
Irving Lays (187a) 232. (4") n. Yks. An stript te feeght, Castillo
Poems {iS'jS' 5T. Chs. And braver than manny a redcoat feeghting,
Banks Proi'. House (1B65I 8, ed. 1883. (5^ Cum. They'd feight
owt o' their weight, Richardson Ta/k (18761 82. Wm. When
they com skelpin feayce to feayce to feight tlie enemy, Wiiite-
heau Leg. (1859") 19. n.Yks.^ Thar was dancing an feightin' for
ever, Rcelh Bartte Fair, 1. 41. Lan. If it's thieves, it willn't do to
feight 'em wi' talk and a tallow candle, Harierton JVenderholnre
(1869) V. Chs.' Almost pronounced like 'fate.' Shr. Them two
cocks feighten (A.J.M.X Lin. Hey ! yon's a town's chap wants
to feight! Brown Lit. Laitr. (1890) 16. nXin.' (6i w.Yks.
Wright Gram. IVndlill. (18921 133. Der.' (7) ne.Yks.' 33.
Lan. Folk seyn as he's bin feyghtin t'sodgers, Kav-Shuttleworth
Siorsdale (1&60') II. 158. ,8) Cum.' Wm. Thael foe oot, fratch
an feyt. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 37. e.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siippi.
(Mar. 15, 1884) 8. w.Yks. Yo' look as if 3'o' could do a bit o'
feyting, Westall Birch Dene (1889) I. 242. e.Lan.i, s.Chs.' 81.
nw.Der.' sw.Lin.' The bairn seems to feyt for her breath. (9)
Dev. Grose (.1790! MS. add. (P.) (lo) n.Cy., Chs. I wunna
foight thee now, I'll foight thee Bunbury Wakes, Egerton Flk.
and Ways 11884) "7- Chs.' (11I w.Yks. Does ta think thcj^'re
baan to fuffen agcan ? Hartley Paris, 10 ; Fuff'nin up hill an'
dahn, Yks. IVkly. Post {War. 14, 1896).
2. Preterite : ( i ) Faft, (2) Fait, (3) Faowt, (4) Fate, (5)
Faucht, (6) Faught, (7) Feat, (8) Feh't, (9) Fet, (10)
Feught, (II) Feuwcht, (12) Fit, (13) Fccht, (14J Fete,
(15) Fout, (16) Fow^t, (17) Fuwt, (18) Vout.
(I) w.Yks. I (2) n.Yks. T'mistress order'd 'em te bed, An' fait
quite shy, Tweddell Clevcl Rhymes (1875) 80, ed. 1892. (3)
m.Yks.' Introd. 34. (4"! w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.^ Pronounced ' iaat.'
' Hes tub ivver fotten that kiddy Bil ? ' ' Aye, ah faat him t'last
week.' (5) Abd. Sair for life an' lan' he faucht, Still Cottars
Sunday ^I845) 74. Rnf. Whase auld forebears in bluidie weirs
Stood firm an" faucht, Clark Rhymes (1842) 13. (6) Frf. The
strolling gang Fell out, an' faught, an' grat, an' sang, Piper of
Peebles 1 1794) 17. Rnf. I faught, an' drew as well's I could, An'
roar'd, Picken Poems (1813) I. 59. (7) w.Yks. Wright Gram.
IVndhll. (1892) 133. (81 ra.Yks.l Introd. 34. (g) s.Chs.l 81.
(10) Bnff. Keen a' feught 'twish despair and houp, Taylor Poems
(1827) 26. w.Sc. How they battled an' feught without musket or
cannon. Carrick Laird 0/ Logan {1835) 262. (11) Sc. Murray
Dial. (1873) 204. (12^ Nhb.' Cum. The Thuirsby lads they
fit the best, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 11 ; Cum.', tin.'. Lei.'
28. Nhp.' They fit for an hour desperately; Nhp.^ Cmb. They
fit (J.D.R.\ (131 Cai.i Abd. Oor forefathers focht an' suffer't,
Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) vii. Lnk. Sins and pains went
bailh thegither And tore and focht wi' ane anither, Dcil's Hallowe'en
(1856) 18. (14) ■War.2 They fOte 'isterday. (151 s.Not. (J.P.K.)
Nhp.' You fout him well, and he got no more than he desaived.
Ken.' Two joskins fout one day in a chalk pet, until the blood ran
all over their gaberdines. Som. Vor hes rights and hes country
he fout, AcRiKLER Rhymes (1872) 49. (16) Nhb.' The Border
frays In which they fowt i' former days, Wilson Opening of N ewe.
Railway {iS^B). Wm. Wha crusade 'mang the reptiles went An
fowt a dragon doon i' Trent, Whitehead Z.eg'. (1859) 41. ne.Yks.'
33. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865). Lan. Went at
it and fowt, Brierley Layrock 11864) x. Chs.' P/k>-. fowten.
s.Stf. The Duke fowt theer agen Bonyparty, Murray Rainbow
Gold (1886; 80. Lin. Eh, but 'e'd fight wi' a will when 'e fowt,
Tennyson Owd Rod (1889^ se.Wor.' Ower dog un Dame
Wright's cat fowt istady. (17) s.Ch».' 81. (18) Brks.'
VOL. II.
3. pp. (i) Faowt-u'n, (2) Fauchten, (3) Faught, (4)
Feawton, (5) Fechen, (6) Fechin, (7) Fet'n, (8) Feuchan,
(9) Feuwchen, (10) Fit, (11) Fitten, (12) Fochen, (13)
Focht, (14) Fochten, (15) Foffen.(i6) Foghen, (17) Fotun,
(18) Fouchen, (19) Foucht, (20) Fouchten, (21) Foughfen,
(22) Foughten, (23) Fout, (24) Foute, (25) Fouten, (26)
Fowchen, {27) Fo'wghten, (28) Fo-wt, (29) Fo-wten, (30)
Fuffen, (31) Fu-vvtn, (32) Vort.
(i) m.Yks.' /;//)orf. 34. (2') Lnk. What's wantit is sauls that hae
fauchten Life's battles withoot ony din, Nicholson Idylls (1870)
79. (3) Lnk. Tho' we had faught tae bring them up, We're noo
paid for oor pains, Thomson Musings (1881) 96. (4) s.Lan. Hast
thou feawton him? (E.F.) (5)Slg. Honest worth has fech'en lang
To keep its feet amang the thrang. Towers Poems (1885) 66. (6)
Sh.I. I cood 'a fechin' wi' a jian as grit as Goleeah-a-gath, Stewart
Fireside Tales (1892I 255. (7) s.Chs.' 81. (8) e.Lth. Mr. Clods
stated that he had feuchan . . . for abune therty twalmonths noo
against the wrack, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 176. (9^ Sc.
Murray Dial. (1873) 204. (10) Lei.' 28. [Amer. We'd fit
an' licked, Lowell iS/j-Zow P(7^«s (1848) 122.] (11) Nhb.' When
we had fairly fitten oursels clear o' them, Oliver Rambles (1835)
156. n.Yks.(F.S.) (12) Sc. Ye'll see thetoosiestfechtthat wasever
fochen, Ford Thistledown (1891) 28. Cai.' Abd. We hae fochen
as we never focht in oor lives afore, M^'Kenzie Cruisie Sketches
[ 1894) xvii. Ayr. We ha'e fochen to get baith ends to meet, White
Jottings (1879) 177, (13) Rnf. Baith late an' air I've focht, an' swat,
an' a' that, Picken Poems (1813) I. 147. (14) Lnk. When ha'irst
is feckly fochten o'er, Watson Poems (1853) 39. (i5)w.Yks.' (16)
e.Lan.' (17) m.Yks.' Introd. 34. w.Yks. Fotn, Wright Gram.
JVndhll. (1892) 133. (18) Sc. War maistly fouchen wi' the gab,
Donald Poems [ 1867) ai. Abd. There were few wad hae fouchen
wi' blin' Tibby Hogg, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 13. (19) Lnk.
Brave hearts that hae foucht through a' weathers, Nicholson Idylls
(1870) 80. (20) Dmf. We've fouchten teuch, an warstled sair,
Cromek Remains (1810) 48. (21) w.Yks. We should be transported
together just for poaching, because we had foughfen, Snowden fVeb
of Weaver {\8g6] xiii. (22) Sc. Fools must be flattered, not foughten
wi', Scott Abbot ( 1820) xxi. Lnk. He's foughten his way, an' won
up i' the warl', Hamilton Poems (1865) 293. Lth. Thou'st foughten
mony a weary battle, Ballantine Poems (1856) 66. Slk. Donald
hes foughten wi' reif and roguery, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 419.
Gall. Our friens they hae foughten and flyten, Nicholson Poet.
Whs, ( 1814) 190, ed. 1897. Cum. I've foughten in thy cause, Relph
^//sf. PoeiHS (ed. 1798) 14. n.Yks.2, e.Yks.', w.Yks.' =3 Lan. Th'
bull baits used be foughten theere opposit th' owd aleheause, Owen
Good Owd Toimes (1870) 8 ; Lan.' Chs.^ Well, ge foughten, and
come whoam. Shr.' They 'adna foughten manny minutes afore
the sergeant coom oop. (23') w.Yks.^ Lan. Aw've fout weel it'
battle o' loife, Harland Lyrics (i866) 137. (24) w.Yks.' He bed
foute a good feight, ii. 337. (25) Nhb.' (26) Sc. Murray Dial.
(1873) 204. (27 : Lan. Han yofowghten ? Gaskell Lectures Dial.
(1854) 26. Lei.' 28. (28'! w.Yks. Thah knaws hah ah've tew'd,
an' struggl'd, an' fowt, Binns Factory Times (Aug. 2, 1889') 8, col.
6. Lan. Hoo'd a fowt hersen i' his place. Burnett ioaine's (1877)
iv. Oxf.' Uuwr Jemz un yoor Jak u fel uuwt un fuuwt, uuy 'doo
deklaa'r! [Our Jemes an' your Jack a fell out an' fowt, I do declaar !]
Nrf. (A.G.F.) 129) ne.Yks.' 33. Lan. He protested he ' shoulcl
ha' fowten if anybody else had done,' Brierley Waverlow (1S63)
50, ed. 1884. 130) w.Yks. Hears theas chaps it tap room, hev been
an haar ana hauf, and hevvant fulTen j'et, Binns Vilt.to Town (1882)
66;w.Yks.3 (3i^s.Chs.' 81. (32) n.Dev. Why esthort you coudent
a vort zo, Exm. Crtshp. (1746) 1. 334.
n. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. (i) to fight dog, fight bone,
to fight like dogs over a bone ; (2) — itself, of an infant :
to bruise, scratch itself; (3) — quite shy, to be distant,
cold, unfriendly ; (4) — up and down, to fight with hands
and feet ; (5) — wt nowt, to take part in a bull-fight, to be
present at a bull-fight.
ti) Dmb. Let Sir Robert Peel and the Kirk o' Scotland fecht doug
fecht bane, Cross Disruption (1844) xxix. (2) n.Lin.' (3) n.Yks.
T'mistress order'd 'em te bed An' fait quite shy, Tweddell Clcvel.
Rhymes (1875) 80, ed. 1892. ia,) w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Dun they
feightupordeawn? Ab-o'-th'-Yate, Oddlad's {1884) 5; The question
is mockingly addressed to some one who does not know the
meaningoftheexpression, hence the senselesso?-alternative(S.W.).
(5) Ayr. Or by Madrid he taks the rout To thrum guitars an' fecht
wi' nowt. Burns Twa Dogs (i-]86) 1. 161.
2. To harass.
Kcb. They'd better fyle their wylie coats, An' fecht me wi' their
prankets, Armstrong Ingleside (1890) 144.
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3. To beat, flog.
w.Yks. I wor 3 bad an, a niva niu sits 3 briut fa feitin iz waif an
banz (J.W.). n.Lin.' I shan't let oor Bob goa to school noa moore ;
th' maaster feights th' bainis. Sur.* Sus.^ A standing complaint
of parents against a school-teacher is, ' 1 wants more learning and
less fighting."
4. sb. Effort, struggle, hard work.
Kcd. Wi' an unco fecht she row't An' trail't him to the settle,
Grant Lays (1884") 19. Ayr. It was a sair fecht on the road hame,
Hunter Sliidies 1 1870) 145 ; Whyles I had a terr'ble facht to chirt
in the lauch, Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 19. Edb. An' up a
lang dark stair alane, Wi' meikle faught, I scrambld, New Year's
Morning 1 1792) 13; 'Wi' meikle faught they a* gat hame, Aiild
Handsel Monday ( 1792 1 23 Slk. At length the muckle tears wan
out wi' a sair faught and ran ower my beard, Hogg Tales (1838
8, ed. 1866. Kcb. He took thocht o' a wife To help wi' the warl'
an' the fecht o't, Armstrong liigleiide 1 1890) 216.
FIGHTABLE, adj. Yks. Chs. Dev. Also written
feightable s.Chs.' Ready to fight.
n.Yks. I plagued him till he was fightable (I.'W.). s.Chs.' Ah
nev ur felt su maad' i au' mi lahyf ; ah wiiz feytijbl [Ah never felt
so mad i' aw my life ; ah was feightable]. Dev. He was quite
fightable when he heard she had htenihere. Reports Proviitc. (1891).
>lGHTEE-COCKS, sh. pi. Nhb.' Chs. Nhp. e.An. Sus.
The ribwort plantain. Plaitta^o tanceolata, so named from
a game played by children with the stems. See Fighting-
cock, sb. 2.
FIGHTING, vbl. sb. Yks. Suf. In coiiip. (i) Fighting-
farand, in the fighting way orfashion; (2) -stones, ancient
flint weapons.
(I) w.Yks. WiLLAN List ]Vds. (i8ii)s.v. Farand-man. (2) Suf.
Flint weapons used commonly to be found by labourers, who called
them ' fighting stones,' and used them in mending the roads. Raven
Hist. Siif. 1 1895) IQ.
FIGHTING COCK, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Chs. Nhp. Shr.
e.An. Wil. Dev. 1. A cock bred and trained for cock-
fighting.
Abd. He was up i' my witters like a fechtin cock, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xxiii. n.Cy.l.l.W.) Shr. In old leases reserves
were made . , . for the keep of fighting-cocks, Marshall Review
(1818) II. 233.
2. pi. The stems and flower-heads of Planlngo lancco-
lata, or 'lainb's tongue,' used by children in a game which
tries the endurance of a cock or 'kemp.' Cf. cock-fighters.
Nhb.' Each combatant is provided with an equal number of stalks
and heads 1' kemps'j. and holds out one to be struck by the oppo-
nent. If it is decapitated by the blow the player gives his return
stroke with a fresh ' kemp' ; but if it survives the blow it is used
in return. The play is thus kept up alternately until one of the
players has lost all his heads. Ihe victor then counts his survivors.
n.Yks. I I.W.) Chs.* Used for plaj'ing a game in the same manner
as chestnuts are used in the game of Conquerors; Clis.^ Nhp.'
I'hc spikes of the different species of plantain. Stir.*, e.An.*
■Wil.* Rtantago media, and other plantains. Dev. n.Dev. Hnd-bk.
(1877I 3+5
FIGMALIRIE. see 'Whigmeleerie.
FIGURANDYING, vbl. sb. Irel. The making a ridi u-
lous figure, plaj'ing antics, making a fuss.
The figurandyin' you have wid that baste . . . bangs all, Barlow
Idylls (1892, 1 13 ; I'he childer would travel a deal safer with some
one to keep an eye on their figurandying. ib. Ketris^an ('1894) lor.
FIGURE, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lin. Glo. Som. Dev.
Also written figger e.Yks.* Glo.; and in form vigure w.Cy.
[figar, fi'gairi.J \. sb. A person of grotesque or untidy
appearance; often applied in a scolding way to children.
e.Yks.* What a figger thoo is wi thy black ee and that cloot
tied aboot thy hcead ! Thoo latle figger, thoo ! let cat aleean and
deeant pull her tail. w.Yks. (J.W.)
2. Phr. (i) a fif^uve of nouglit, a mere cipher, a nobody;
(2) to go (be) out in one's figure, to go out in one's indoor
clotliing.
(1 1 Dev. He was a vigure of nort, Reports Provinc. (1886"! loa. (2)
Ir. (F.R.C.); Everyone was outin their figure (of women walking
in the streets without jackets on), Amcr. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 21.
3. Resemblance, likeness.
w.Som,' Uur-z dhu vuur-ee figur uv ur mau'dhur [She is the
very image of her mother].
4. V. To cipher, reckon, to do arithmetic.
w.Som.' Yiie- plai'z vur rak-n ut aup ; aay kaa'n figuree zu
wuul-z-aum [You please toreckon it up; I cannot cypher as well
as some (people)]. Zo long's anybody can raid ther Bible an' vrite
a leedle, an' figury 'nough vor to reckon up ther money, 'tis a
plenty.
Hence Figuring, sb. arithmetic.
Abd. Na, na, Dominie ; ye may be gude at the figuring, I winna
deny, Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 120, ed. 1889. w.Yks. J.W.)
n.Lin.' He's to noa moore ewse at figurein' then a bee-skep is to
plug a bung-hoale.
5. Phr. to figure with one's fists, to flourish about with
the arms, to throw the arms wildly.
Glo. Er came up yere an' hollered, an' . . . figgered wi* ers fistes
a rum un, Buckman Darke's Sojottrn ( 1890) xvi.
FIKE, s6.' s.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Burnt leather.
FIKE, V. and sb.'^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Also written
feik, feyk Sc. ; fyke Sc. Cai.' Nhb.' ; and in forms feck
Sc. n.Cy. (Hall.); fick n.Cy. n.Yks.' ^ ne.Yks.' e.Yks.*
w.Yks.*^*; fyk Sc. [faik, fek, fik.] 1. v. To move
restlessly, fidget ; to kick, struggle with the feet ; of a
horse : to be restive. Also use(\ fig.
Frf. Intil her gills he fikesand fummels.Cuts out the guts, Sands
Poems { 1833) 82. Fif. The mair he fummelt and he fykit, Fient haet
a button would keep sticket, Tennant Papistry (1827) 133. Ayr.
Ye sud be licket [punished] until ye fyke. Sillar Poems {i']Bg)
10. Lnk. Now let her snirt and fyke her fill, Ramsay Tea Table
Misc. (1724') I. 95. ed. 1871, Edb. Ye've mony a ane made claw
and fike, 'Whare fan' it yeuky. Liddle Poems (1821) 47. n.Cy.
Grose f 17901; N.Cy.* Nhb. The shepherd now may fidge and
fyke, For now she's dead, Donaldson Poems (18091 *73; Nhb.i
To move in an unconstant. undeterminate manner; to go about
idly (Hall.). n.Yks. ( R.H.H.) ; She'd fick'd. an' struggled, an'
se towpled in, Browne Poems (c. 179S) 159; n.Yks.' T'puir
bairn nobbut ficks wi' 's taes a bit. tie's not yabble to meeav
else : n.Yks. ^ Deeant fick th3'sel ower't. Van's bit o' time gets
fick'd ower [one's life gets struggled through]. ne.Yks.' T'bairn
ficked aboot i' bed despertly. e.Yks. Marshall Riir. £'co«.(i788) ;
e.Yks.* Ah'U fick whahl Ah dee afoar Ah let him get it fre ma.
w.Yks. He frothed at mahth . . . an' ficked wi' hes feet, they thought
they'd killed him, Hartley Clock AUn. (1874) 17; w.Yks.'^^
Hence (i) Fiking fain, plir. restless; (2) Fiky, adj.
fidgety, restless ; itchy; of a horse: restive.
(I I Kcb. The clocken hen ... to the midden rins Wi' a' her burds
about her, fyking fain, Davidson Seasons \ 1789) 5. (2) Frf. He
says she was a feikie fushionless besom, Barrie Minister {iQgi)
ix. Slk. Gude sake ! quat this fyky way, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865)
92. N.Cy.i
2. Phr. to fyke and fling, to dance.
Sc. To fyke and lling at piper's wand, Scott Midlothian (1818I
X ; I have often wondered thorow my life how any . . . durst
crook a hough to fyke and fiing at Piper's and Fidler's springs,
Walker Remark. Passages (1727) 60 (Jam).
3. To be fussy or restless; to vex oneself; to busy one-
self about trifles ; to trifle, dally.
Sc. She wad rather lock up a haill ward than be fiking about
thae nifi' naffy gentles, Scorr Gtiy M. (1815) xliv ; Ye feik it awa'
like an auld wile baking, Ramsay Prov. (1737 . Cai.* Abd. She
never fykes wi' flighty flings Of heathen gods. Skinner I'oems
(i8og) I ; Gin we fyke on till her ain fouks come here, Ve'll see
the town intill a bonny steer, Ross Helenore ( 17681 99, ed. 1812.
Ayr. Nor wait to fash and fyke and mend them, Thom Amusements
(1812) 27 ; Some drowsy bummle, Wha can do nought but fyke
an' fumble. Burns On a Sc. Bard, st. 4. Lth. Nae langer grane,
nor fyke, nor daidle, Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 172, ed. 1856.
Slk. My mither '11 be fiking up an' down the house an' putting
a' things to rights, Hogg Tales (1838) 78, ed. 1866. Kcb. And
gayly fykes to feel his neb An' join his melody, Davidson S^n5o;/s
^1789)5. N.I.* Ant. A'm jest fikin at an* daen wee turns, /?rt//>'»if;ia
Obs. 11892). NCy.*, Nhb.'
Hence (i) Fikery, sb. fussiness, worry about trouble ;
(2) Fiket./i/'/.rtrf;'. fidgety, difficult to please; (3) Fikiness,
sb. agitation ; (4) Fiking, (a) sb. trouble, efl'ort ; (6) ppl.
adj. troublesome, bustling; (5) Fiky, adj. (a) troublesome,
fiddling, minutely elaborate ; (b) fastidious, difficult to
please, fldgety.
(i) Sc. I dinna ken how ye do, Jeanie, . . but I couldna be
fashed wi' sic fikery. Petticoat Tales (1823) I. 330 (Jam.). Cai.'
Ayr. I canna understand, said he, what for a' this fykerie's about
a lump o' yird, Galt Entail (1833I xxxv. Dmf. Several times his
FIKE
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fussiness and fikery have brought angry growlings out of me,
Carlyle Lett. ^Aug. la, 18501. (2) Ayr. When a' itlier dugs
wad grow crusty and I'ykct. Aitken Lays (1883) 78. 13) Sc. It
was a country lass who defined it [love] as 'just an unco fykie-
ness i' the mind,' Ford Tliisllnlown (1891) 242 ; I'm sure ye ken
as weel as me that love's just an unco fykiness o' the mind,
Dickson Auld Mitt. (1892) 128; Her feikieness ended in his
surrender, Barrie TIduhis (i88g) xiv. (4. m Edb. I'd . . . after
a' my I'ykin' [ail To mak a sang, Crawford Poems (1798') 48. (,6)
Abd. Fat think ye o' the carlie, The glowrin' fjkin' carlie? Thom
liliyntes ;i844i 152. (5, a) Cai.' Of jobs of minor importance, but
involving time and trouble. Abd. Ve're nae like this wi' a' your
fiky dress, Ross Hetenore (1768) 28 (Jam.! ( fecky dress, <i. 34,
ed. i8ia]. N.Cy.i (/)\ Or.I. (S A.S.) Per. As neat an' fikey a little
mannie as ever a' saw in a black goon, Ian IMaclarfn Brier Bush
( 1895) 209. Ayr. My Lord there is byte and fykic, Galt Gilhnize
(1823) v. e.Lth. She was that fiky, ye micht ha thocht I was
some young quean bein buskit for her vvaddin. Hunter J. Jnwuk
(1895168.
4. To trouble, vex, perplex, to make uneasy.
Sc. This will fike him (Jam.^ Per. It snoozes on through rain
and snaw. Nor fykes its noddle, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 283.
Fif. Skail that mad ill-gainshon'd byke O' Test'ment-men that doth
us fyke, Tennant Pa/>istrv (18271 103. Rnf. They aft times mak
my heart sae sair, Sae fyk'd an' flurried, Picken Poetns (1813)
I. 45. Lth. I'm blithe to halt an' swither Afore I fyke ye,
Ballantine Poems (1856 132. Edb. Ye may be sure this did
me fyke, Crawford Poems (179?) 5.
5. To trifle or dally with a woman ; to flirt.
Abd. Not necessarily including the idea of indelicacy of conduct
(Iam.); No to fike wi' 30n wild liizzie, Tarras Poems (1804)
58 (I'i.).
6. To shrug.
Abd. Some baith their shou'ders up did fyke, Skinner Poeii:s
(1809 1.
7. sb. A restless motion, a fidget ; a struggle, kick, con-
vulsive movement of the leg ; in pi. restlessness, esp. in
phr. to have l/ie/ikes, to have the fidgets.
Sc. No ane gies e'er a fidge or fyke Or yet a moan, Macai;ley
Poems 129 (Jam.). N.Cy.', Nhb.^ n.Yks. Ah meead but a sorry
fick. Broad y'ks. (1885I 15. ne.Yks.^ e.Yks. Nicholson P/k-
S/>. (1889) 92 ; e.Yks. ^ He just ga three ficks and then dee'd [died].
8. Bustle, fuss, fidgeting; a stir, disturbance; esp. in
phr. to be in, or make, a fike, to make a fuss, pay much
attention ; to be in a bad temper.
Sc. Menteith should be received with all honour, with an
abundant fyke and fuss, Keith Indian Uncle (1896! 76. Bnff.
Withoutten feyke or yammer. She [Venus] smiles at Vulcan an'
his hammer, Taylor Poems ^1787") 58. Abd. She then wi' Geordy
held an unco f_\ke, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 98. Kcd. Ye mak sae
great a fjke, Burness Gairon Ha' (c. 1820) I. 30. Fif. To trust
them ought he made a fyke, Gray Poems (1811) 72. Rnf. Let
your Faither, but [without! sic fykes, Gang out and in, just as he
likes, PiCKEN Poems (1813 I I. 126. Ayr. As bees bizz out wi' angry
fyke. Burns Tarn 0 S/iaii/er (I'jgo) 1. 193. Lnk. Dinna ye look
sae disdainfu' Tae gar folk think ye're in a fyke, Thomson Musings
(1881) 43. Edb. The3' . . . Tak' what's to gi'e ; for which they
thank, And mak' nae fike, I/a rsl Rig (1794^1 9, ed. 1801. Slk.
Dinna be in sic a fike, Hogg Taies ( 1838J 186, ed. 1866 Gall.
Saw ye e\cr sic a fyke made aboot a lass ? Crockett Standard
Bearer '^1898, 143.
9. Trouble, care, worry, ve.xation.
Abd. Man, ye're a byous ban' for breedin fyke, Guidman Inglis-
maill 18731 30. Frf. They dootless caused a deal o' fyke,
WiLLOCK Rosetly Ends fi8E6'i 42, cd. 1889; The auld bodies,
I fear, may hae nae little fyke In uniting December to May, Watt
Poet. Sketches (i88oi 114. Rnf. Without muckle strain or fyke
1 1] Can brawly tell what he was like. Young Pictures (1865') 145.
Ayr. Them he shew'd wi' little fyke. Truth's looking glass. White
Jottings 1, 1879) 205. Lnk. For gudesake pit him to a trade, to me
he's sic a fyke, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 121. Rxb. There's fears
for them that's far awa. And fykes for them are fiitting, Riddell
Pof/. rr*s. ed. 1871) II. 74. N.Cy.' Trifling cares. Nhb.'
10. Dalliance, flirtation.
Sc. He held a great fike wi' her (Jam.). Abd. They had a fyk
together: Ye ken fu' well baith ane an' a', Cock S/r<7i«5 f i8ro)
II. 144. Lnk. Provided ay Their license didna breed a fyke An'
gar them stray, Watson Poems (1853, 26. Exb. Where haup
[hop] we thus in cheerie fyke. An' lave our lims whene'erwe like,
A. Scott Poems (ed. 18081 52.
11. A whim, fancy, freak; also a fancy article, a gewgaw.
Sc. The bishop was one of her dislikes. As she put it, • He
had owcr mony fikes,' Tweeddale Moff {i?,g6) 147. Abd. Ilhcr
folks fykes, Macdonald Alec Forbes (ed. 1876) 377. Frf. Their braw
newfangled fyke Wi' stane an' lime, Smart Rhymes (18341 88,
Per. Ave encuch withoot ony fyke (delicate work) o' that kind,
Ian Maclaren A'. Cantegie \ 1896 1 353, s.Sc. He wad hae to buy
fykes to her in ilka market. Wilson T^rt/rs 1 1839) V. 62. e.Lth.
Some fyke was wrang — we boud to gang, Mucklebackit Rhymes
(1885) 13. N.Cy.i Trilling cares.
Hence lo take the fikes, phr. to have the whim, to incline.
Lnk. A Briton . . . As his fancy takes the fykes May preacher print
his notions, Ramsay Poems (1800) I. 362 (Jam.).
[1. The Sarazynes fledde, away gunne fyke, Coer de
Lion (c. 1325) 4749. Cp. Sw. dial.y;,^n, to hasten (Rietz).]
FIKE-FACK, iA and 11. Sc. Lin. Also in forms feck-
fack S. & Ork.' ; feekfyke Cai.' ; feik-fak Sc. ; fickfack
Fif. (Jam.) Lin.' ; fick fyke Bnft.' ; fyke-fack Sc. 1. sb.
A troublesome, finicking job ; needless bustle, stir.
Sc. Carries aw the siller out o' the kunetree to his Georgias,
and his feik-faks yonder, Magofiico (ed. 1836) 34 ; Those esp.
which are occasioned by the troublesomchumour of another (Jam.).
Cai.' The smaller jobs of household work. Bnff,'
2. pi. Nonsense; foolish, trifling sayings; whims, pecu-
liarities of temper.
Sc. Your ex3'ems [axioms] may du amon* your triangles an' sik
like f3'ke-facks an' k3'Owows. but the3''re a' blethers on3' ither wey,
Salmond My Man Sandy (1895) 60. Fif, (Jam.) Ayr. Ycse get
me na ill to be courtit. For fykefacks — I cuist thaim awa. Ballads
and Sngs. (1847) II. 84.
3. ;'. To trifle away time ; to bustle about needlesslj'.
S. & Ork.i, Bnfr.i, Lin.'
Hence (i) Fike-fackan, 5/). bustle. Stir, fuss. Bnff.'; (2)
Fike-fackin', ppl. adj. fussy, bustling, ib.
[2. Cp. 'LG.Jikkfakkerijeii, ' Windbetitelige Handel und
lose Streiche ' (Berghaus).]
FIKE-MA-FACKS, ab. pi. Lth. (Jam.) Nonsense ;
silly, trifling sayings.
Fikes, si. //. Lin.' [falks.] Blisters or sores upon
the feet.
Walking in London in summer-time brings on fikes,
FIK-MA-FYKE, sb. Fif. (Jam.) A troublesome, rest-
less person ; one busied with trifles.
FIL, FILABEG, see Fall, v.. Fillibeg.
FILAERA, iZ). Also written filayra Lan. Chs. e.Cy. ;
fillaira N.I.' (i) The cat's valerian or all-heal, Valeriana
officinalis (N.I.') ; (2) the common hemp agrimony, Eiipa-
toriitm cannabinuni (e.Cy.) ; (3) a variety of potato (Lan.
Chs.).
FILANDS, si. //. Obs. e.An.' Tracts of unenclosed
arable land.
[Champain or field-Iand,WoRLiDGE Svs/. y4,o-r/(r.(i68i)35.]
FILBEARD, sb. Chs. Lei. Nhp. War. Won Shr. Hrf.
Glo. Oxf. I.W. Also written filberd Lei.' Nhp.'^; filbyard
Shr.' ; fill-beard se.Wor.' O.xf.' ; vilburd LW.' [filbiad.]
1. The filbert, Coryliis Avellaiia.
Chs.' s.Chs.' Filbeeurd. Lei.' Nhp.' An archaism ; Nhp.',
War.2, s.Wor. (H K,\ w.Wor.', se.Wor.'. s.Wor.' Shr.' I never
sid the filbyard-trees covered 60th lamb-tails j catkins] as they bin
this ear, Glo. (A B,) ; Glo.' OtlU^ MS. add. I.W.'
2. A nut similar tothe filbert but having longerhusks. Hrf.'^
[1. y/ffte;/?, a filbeard, CoTCR. ; Filberde tree,«o/5f///<'r,
Palsgr. (1530). Fr. (Norm, dial.) noi.x de filebert, ' aveline;
saint Filebert qui avait beaucoup enrichi I'abbaye de
Jumieges, y avait sans doute introduit de meilleures
noisettes,voyez/}(r/aSrt«(7o>7««,aoijt,IV.66-95'(DuMERiL).]
FILBCW, sb} Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A thwack, thump.
FILBO'W, sb.^ Chs.' The part of a gate-hinge which
is driven into the gate.
FILCH, see Filsch, sb}
FILCHAN, sb. Sc. 1. A confused, disorderly, or
dirty mass.
Abd. Fat foul filchan's that ye've got ? That garden's in a
filchan o' weeds (G.W,).
2. pi. Bundles of rags, patched or fastened together;
the attire of a travelling mendicant. Ags. (Jam.)
z z 2
FILDEFARE
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FILLER
FILDEFARE, FILDIFIRE, see Fieldfare.
FILE, si.' Yks. Lan. Der. Nhp. War. Shr. Brks. Mid.
Hnt. Sus. Hmp. Slang, [fail, foil.] A cunning, shrewd
fellow, a cheat, rascal ; an old fellow. In gcii. slang use.
e.Yks.' A deep awd file. w.Yks.^ A young file, — up to awal
soarts o' tricks. A jolly file. Lan. Nadin, like a favvse ovvd file
ut he wur, . . drew his pack off the seeat, Brierley Old Radicals,
14 ; Davies Races (18561 231. nw.Der.' A rum old file. Nhp.'
■War.= ; War.a He is a crafty old file ; War.", s.War.', Shr.^ Erks.i
That awld vile be got maain canstankerous laaytely, an' I can't do
nothun' wi'n. Mid. He is a very deep file, though he knows very
littleofracing.BLACKMOREATiVi I'Sgo) U. -Nxi. Hnt.'T.P.F. i.Sus.'^,
Hmp.i [Slang. Old Blowhard (as the boys called him'i was a dry
old file, with much kindness and humour, Hughes Tom Brown
(i856> iv.]
FILE, s4.= So. Nhb. Yks. Sur. Sus. Hmp. [fail.]
1. A disease among cattle and sheep ; also called File in
the foot.
Nhb.' n.Yks.2 A painful crack in a cow's hoof (s. v. Cow-file).
2. Phr. T/ie belter file, the better class, better number,
those above the common herd.
Sc. Titles are too formal between us of the better file, Scott
Nigel (1822) xi.
3. The run or ' muse ' of a hare. Sur. (T.T.C.), Sus.^ ^,
Hmp.i
FILE, sb? Brks. A fall in wrestling.
Zay ! Try a file wi' thee, shepherd, Hughes Scour. IVliitc Horse
(1859 I vi.
FILE, v} Sc. Nhb. Yks. e.An. Som. Also written fyle
Sc. [fail.] To defile, soil, stain, make dirty; to disorder;
also used fig.
Sc. Ne er drink brandy in the morning, it files the stamach sair,
Scott Midlothian \ 1818 j viii ; The letters may bide. I'll never file
my fingers with them. ib. St. Roiian (18241 ii. Sh.I. Dy black
tongue canna f^-le Tamy's gude name, Sli. News (Jan. 8, 1898).
ne.Sc. A blacksmith would on almost no consideration work on
Christmas — in common language * file his ahpron,' Gregor Flk-Lore
(1881) 156. Cai.' I widna fyle ma fingers wi'd. Abd. See. ye
stupid thing, Fat way ye've fyl'd my curch. Beattie Parntgs
(1801 i 30, ed. 1873. Frf. The low part where they bide not being
for the like of me to file my feet in, Barrie Tointiiy (18961 \ii.
Per. Who did them seek. And made them almost file their breek,
Smith Poems (1714) 3, ed. 1853. e.Fif. My mither strictly en-
joinin' me to ... no fj'le my breeks wi' the bluid, Latto Tant
Bodkin ',1864) iv. Rnf. Set working men to claut the streets.
Lest Jamie files his shoon, Barr Poems (1861) 232. Ayr. Ane
curses feet that fyl'd his shins, Burns f/oly Fair (1785) st.
10 ; The gentry hae come to a low pass when they would file
their fingers wi' ony sic black art, Galt Lairds (1826I i. Lnk.
We're fyle't a' owre wi' mony a stain. Coghill Poems .18901 26.
cLtb. I wadna fyle my fingers wi't, Hunter /. Liwick (1895) 64.
Edb. That gars me fyle my face with tears, Pennecuik IVts.
('715^ 34°) ed. 1875. Bwk. 'Your sherney meags cou'd file the
sea, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 79. Dmf. Ghastly muzzles
filed wi' blue, Quinn Heather (1863) 241. Gall. Get j'our denner,
laddie, and see and no file your claes, Crockett Raiders (1894')
xxii. Kcb. They'd better fyle their wylie coats, Armstrong
Jngleside tiSgo) 11^4. N.Cy.* Nhb. They twist and thraw frae wast
to east, A' filed wi' yird, Strang Earth Fiend (^1892) pt. ii. st. 11 ;
Nhb.' w.Yks. WiLLAN List IVds. 11811). e.An.' w.Som.i Ee
oa-n fuyulee'z-zuul wai gwain dhur, wiil ur? [He will not defile
himself by going there, will he ?]
Hence (i) Filement, sb. obloquy, dirt in a moral sense ;
(2) Filing, vbl. sb. the act of soiling, dirtying; (3) Fily, adj.
dirty.
(i j Sc. You have flung fylement in public, Stevenson Hermislon
(1896, iii. (2) Sc. As for the fylin' o' the sheets — dear me,
LeightonS^. IVds. (1869)8. Edb. There was no end to the rubbing,
and scrubbing, and brushing, and fyling, and cleaning, Moir
Mansie IVaiich (i8a8) xii. Dmf. My lad canna kneel at the Beuk
For fyling the knees o' his breeks, Ckomek Remains {iBio) 26. (3)
Nrf. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 31.
fl fyle or araye with myer, /<? emboue, Palsgr. (1530) ;
Quhat hard myschance filit so thi plesand face? Douglas
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, 11. 85. OE. {ge)fylait, to defile.]
FILE. 7).2 n.Yks.i2 [fail.] 'Witii over: to smooth
over, wheedle, cajole, whether by applying flattery or
disarming suspicion.
FILE, see While.
FILES, sb. pi. Ken. Dor. [failz.] A name given to
fossil spines ; see below.
Ken. In the chalk quarries about Gravesend the echinoderms of
the genus cidaris are known as ' nipple-rings,' and the spines of
the same as ' files,' N. & O. '. 1877) 5th S. vii. 116. Dor. The fin-
spines common in the Lias beds near Lyme Regis were described
by the working men as ' files ' or ' saws,' ib.
FILE ARE, FILIBEG, FILIPEG, see Fieldfare, FUlibeg.
FILK, see "Which.
FILL, A'Z).i Not. Rut. Nhp. "War. Won Hrf. Glo. Oxf.
Brks. Hrt. e.An. Ken. Sur. Also written fil Not. ; phill
Hrt.; and in form vill Hrf.' Glo.' Brks.' Ken.'^ [fil,vU.]
1. sb.pl. The shafts of a cart. w.Wor.', Glo.'°, e.Suf
(F.H.) Cf. thill.
Hence (i) Filler, (a) sb. the shaft-horse; (b) v. to go
hehmd; fig. to draw back ; (2) -'s gears (or gear), phr.
the harness of the filler ; (3) -'s hanies, phr. see below ;
(4) -horse, sb., see Filler (a).
(i,«)Nhp.'2, 'War.3 'Wor. Had reins to the filler, Evesham
Jrn. (July 23, 1898). ■w.'VVor.', se.'Wor.i, s.'Wor. (H.K.), Hrf.i,
Glo.', Oxf.', Brks.' e.An.' In Suf. the horses in a team are dis-
tinguished by the names of fore-horse, fore-lash, hand-horse, and
filler. Suf. (C.T.) ; Rainbird ..^^n'r. (1819) 292, ed. 1849. e.Suf.
(F.H.),Ken.'2 (6)e.An.' (2; Suf. (C.T.), e.Suf. (F.H.) [Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863).] (3) Nhp.' Two pieces of wood which go
over the collars of husbandry horses, and fasten at the top by
leather straps called copses, and to each side of which is attached
a chain for the horse to draw by. (4) Sur. Just as the filler-horse
was congratulating himself that it was all plain sailing, Hoskyns
Talpa I 1852) 3, ed. 1857. [Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).]
2. Conip. (i) Fill-bells, the chain-tugs to the collar of a
cart-horse ; {2) -hanks (or Filanks), thongs or chains
fastened to the collar of the shaft-horse ; {3) -horse, the
shaft-horse ; (4) -tugs, see 1. (3).
(I) e.An.' Suf. Rainbird Agric. (1819") 292, ed. 1849. [That
part of the gears of a shaft- or thill-horse which is put through an
iron ring fastened to the shaft (W.W.S.).] (2) Not. Short chains
from the hames to the shafts (J.H.B.). Nhp.' The leather thongs
fastened into the hames of the collar of the filler. (3) Rut.', 'War.^
Hrt. The chains or traces of the hindmost or phill-horse are put on
an iron hook, Ellis Mod. Hush. (1750) I. 39. e.An.' In a regular
team, the order is, the fore-horse, the lark-horse, the pin-horse,
and the fill-horse. Ken.' (4^ Nhp.'
[1. (1) The filler [fill-horse], equiis carro subjectus. Coles
(1670). 2. (3) Thou hast got more haire on thy chin then
Dobbin my philhorse has on his taile, Shaks. M. Veil. (ed.
1623) II. ii. 100.]
FILL, s6.2 Ken. Also in form fel. [fil.] In phr.
neither fill nor fall, r\o'i a trace, an expression frequently
used in connexion v^'ith any person or anything lost.
(W.G.P.) ; Ken.' My old dog went off last Monday, and I can't
hear neither fill-nor-fall of him.
FILL, V. Sc. Irel. Cum. Oxf. Dev.? [fil.] 1. In camp, (i)
Fill-basket, a large kind of pea. Oxf.' ; (2) -bo-w, a hoop
of whalebone used in filling sausages. Cum.'
2. Phr. (i\ fill and fetcli mair, riotous prodigality, a con-
tinuous bout of drinking ; (2) to fil the tack, to hold a
lease, to occupy a farm as tenant.
(i) Sc. Here, frae the kitchen to the ha', it's fill and fetch mair
frae the tae end of the four and twenty till the t'other, Scott Rob
Roy (1817) vi. Ayr. It was fill and fetch mair a' nicht. Service
Nolanduins (1890)31. (2) Abd. When I first fiU'd the tack of
mains of minnie, Beattie Parings (1801) 12, ed. 1873.
3. With out: to pour out; to fill.
Dub. Fill out the tea (A.S.-P.). Dev. ? Mrs. Jeremiah filled out
the cups, O'N-E.iL.-L Dimpses (1893) 153.
4. In hand-loom weaving: to fill the bobbins with yarn
and thus prepare them for the shuttle.
Frf. Nannj- wenttothe loom inhis place, fillingas well asweaving,
Barrie Thnims (1889) xii.
FILL, see "Which, "While.
FIL1.AV), sb. Cai.i [fi-lad.] A thigh.
FILLER, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Chs. Lin. [fi'lar, fi'l3(r).]
1. A small funnel for filling a bottle with liquid.
Sc. Sinclair Obsenaiions (1782) 117 (Jam.). Cal.' Edb. The
spirits good As e'er ran through a filler, Forbes Poems (i8ia) 18,
FILLET
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FILSKA
2. A man employed in filling the loose coals where
separate holers or kirvers and getters and ' fillers ' are
employed.
Nhb.t Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888V [Men who
with gripes (i e.. large forks with many prongs) fill railway and
other trucks with the coke from the bench, where it has been put
by the 'drawer,' Gl. Lab. (^1894).]
3. A salt-making term : a man employed in filling sacks
with salt, when salt is packed in that manner. Chs.'
4. pi. Comb. Fillers-in, small stones in the inside of a
rubble wall. n.Lin.'
FILLET, sb. Nhb. Chs. Also Dor. [filit.] 1. A
broad band of tin used for raising the sides of a cheese-
vat when the curd is first put to press.
Chs.' As the curd sinks with pressure, the fillet sinks with it into
the vat ; Chs.'
2. A cheese-binder, a cloth put round a cheese in a vat.
s.Chs.S Dor.' 3. />/. The hollow between a horse's ribs
and haunch-bones. Nhb.'
[3. The fillets |in a horse] are the foreparts of the
shoulder next the breast, Kersey (1715)-]
FILLET, V. War. In phr. /o fillet the curry, to ' wash
the potatoes,' when they are being taken up in a field.
[Not known to our other correspondents.]
Strictly perhaps it ought to be confined to the actual placing of
the potatoes in the washer. ' Let's fillet the currie and get done
quick' (,N.R.1.
FILLETING, sb. w.Yks. [fi litin.] Narrow strips of
leather, india-rubber, or cloth, used for covering certain
parts of a scribbling or carding machine.
For covering the cyhnders of a scribbling machine (J.M.); A
piece of leather or cloth in which the pins of a carding-machine are
fastened, and which is then fastened round a roller (S.A.B.).
FILLIBEG, sb. Sc. Cum. Also written filabeg Sc. ;
filibeg Sc. (Iam.) ; fillabeg, pbilibeg Sc. ; and in forms
feil beg Sc. (Jam.) ; filipeg Sc. ; fillibag Cum. ; pheliebeg
Sc. (Jam.) 1. The short kilt worn by Highlanders ; also
used altrib.
Sc. The feil-beg, ie. little plaid, also called kelt.isasort of short
petticoat reaching only to the knees, and is a modern substitute for
the lower part of the plaid, being found less cumbersome. Pennant
Tour (1769) 210 (Jam.) ; The kilt or pheliebeg was not the ancient
Highland garb, but was introduced into the Highlands about 1720
by one Thomas Rawlinson, an Englishman. .. The convenience
of the dress soon caused it to be universally adopted in the Highlands,
CuUoden Pap. (1815) 289, note (ib.) ; Prince Charles.. . put on
man's clothes again, a tartan short coat and waistcoat, with philibeg
and short hose, Bvsweirsjnt. (1785) 222 (16. ) ; Monthly Mag. {iigS)
11. 438. Ayr. With his philibeg an' tartan plaid, Burns Jol/y
Beggars (1785) 1. 143. Edb. Their stumps erst us'd to filipegs
Are dight in spatterdashes, Fergusson Poww (1773) 156, ed. 1785 ;
Fare ye weel, ye cheerful crew, Wi' fillabegs an' bonnets blue,
Forbes Poems (1812) 51.
2. //. Obs. Long drawers, visible below the dress, for-
merly worn by girls and young women ; also used altrib.
Cum. They were often quite plain at the bottom, but freq. trimmed
with lace frills or other adornments. Not heard of late years since
the fashion has gone out (J. A.).
[Gael /e'ilead/i-beag, the kilt in its modern shape, as dis-
tinguished from /eilead/i-fiwr, the kilt in its primitive form
(M. & D.) ; feileadh, a kilt-f Ara§-, little.]
FILLIE, FILLILOO, see Felloe, Fillyloo.
FILLIES, sb. pi. Lin. Land enclosed from the sea.
Lin. In common use in the 'marsh' along the coast (R.E.C.).
n.Lin. (E.S.^
FILLING, sb. Nhb. Yks. [fi'lin.] I. The hay or
corn thrown to the middle of a stack.
e.Yks. Another to lye the filling. Best Rtir. Econ. (1641 ) 59.
2. pi. Infiltrations of water.
Nlib.' A sump I or well to a coal-pit) to hold the drawings (or
filings as we call them here) of water, whether rain or otherwise,
CotnpUat Collier (^1708) 14.
FILLIP, sb. and v. Yks. Nhp. Also written fillop
w.Yks. [fi'lip, -ap.] 1. sb. A quick, stinging blow.
e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp (1889) 26.
Hence Filliper, sb. a heavy blow; fig. an unanswerable
argument, a big lie.
n.Yks.',,W.H.) w.Yks. Whirl'd'emrahndhis heeadwi't'intenshun
o'gettin' 'em rcyt on t'swingfer a reglar filliper, Binns Otig. (1889)
No. i. 7 ; (BK.); Cum, thah'sgien ma a filliper at last, good day to
the, Tom Tkeddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1872) 49.
2. A cruel operation performed on a toad or hedgehog.
Nhp.* 3. V. To strike with a sudden spring or motion.
ib. Hence Filliping, vbl. sb. the shooting of a taw in
games of marbles. w.Yks. (J.W.)
4. To thrash, beat a person.
w.Yks. A filapt im an reit 3 n93l (J.W.).
Hence Filliping, vbl. sb. a sound beating.
w.Yks. I gav or a guid filapin (;i. ^
[3. To fillip one, talitnim impingere, inculere, infringere
alicui, Baret (1580).]
FILLIS, sb. Ken. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] A loose kind of string. (W.F.S.)
FILLNUT, sb. Ess.' The filbert nut, Corylus Avellana.
FILLOCK, sb. Obs. Sc. A young mare or filly.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
FILLY, 5i. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Den Lin. Nhp. [fi'li.]
In comb, (i) Fillyfair, a concourse of young girls, a
gathering of boys and girls ; (2) -fair day. Palm Sunday ;
see below ; (3) -foal, a young female foal ; (4) -nail, a
nail 1} in. long by about j-'j in. thick, having a large square
head about 1 in. across and <^ in. thick ; (5) -tails, fleecy
clouds of the cirrus kind.
(i) Nhb. And when fou wi' cronies dear, Ye'd sally out to Filly
Fair, Oliver Sngs. (1824) 13 ; Nhb.' (2) Cum.' Palm Sunday was
long held as a day of recreation foryoung people at Arlecdon, after
the children of the parish had repeated the catechism in the church,
and is called Filly Fairday. Latterlythecustomhasgoneoutof use.
(3) Nhb.' Filly-fwoal,ayoungmarewhilesucking. Theyounghorse
of the same age is a cout-fwoal. w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703) ;
w.Yks.*, Nhp.' (4) Nhb.i These nails were specially made in former
times for warships, to cover the bottoms before sheathing of other
metal had been introduced. They were made by superannuated
nailors incapable of heavier work. (5 ) Sc. Hen-scarts and filly-tails
Make lofty ships wear low sails, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870)
377. Nhb.' n.Yks.2 Signs of fine weather. w.Yks.' T'element
wor fcaful full of filly-tails an hen scrattins, ii. 286. Der." Indicating
wind. nw.Der.' n.Lin.' Believed to presage wind. [Swainson
Weather Flk-Lore (1873) 203.]
[(3) Neighing in likeness of a filly foal, Shaks. M. N.
Dream, 11. i. 46.]
FILLYFALLY, V. m.Yks.' To idle, ' dilly-dally.'
Aa' sul" fih'lifaa'li ih' nu laang'ur.
FILLY ■FINDILLAN,s6. Ircl. The dropwort, S/;Vara
Filipendnla. (B. & H.)
FILLYLOO, sb. and int. Chs. Dev. Also written
filliloo Chs.' [filiin.] L sb. An uproar.
Dev. Yu niver did zee sich a fillyloo in yer born days! Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892).
2. int. An exclamation. See Fine, adj. 2. (2).
Chs.' Aye, filliloo, ahr Sal's goin be wed.
FILMART, FILMERT, FILMUT, see Foumart.
FILP, sb} Bnff.' [flip.] A person of disagreeable
temper.
FILP, si.2 Dmf. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A fall off one's feet.
FILREY, adj. Sc. Fussy, troublesome about little
things.
Abd.Oy,justafilreymannie,M''KENZiECniisiV5if/cAfS (1894)111.
FILSCH, s6.' Sc. Also written filch Cai.' [filj.] I.
Any kind of weed or grass covering the ground, esp. when
under crop. n.Sc. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Filsched-up, (2) Filschy, adj. of a sheaf of
corn : swollen, bulgy with weeds or grass.
(i) n.Sc. (Jam. >, Cai.' \2) n.Sc. (Jam.)
2. Fig. A long, lean, lank person or child.
Bnff. He is a bairnly filsch o' a chiel, Gregor Notes to Dunbar,
III. 180. Abd. (G.W.)
FILSCH, sb.'^ Abd. (Jam.) A thump, blow.
FILSCH, adj. Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Emptv, faint, hungry.
FILSKA, sb. S'h.I. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A wanton fit ; wild, flighty behaviour. S. & Ork.'
[Norw. dial, villska, wild behaviour (Aasen).]
FILSKIT
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FIND
FILSKIT, adj. Sh.I. Also in form filskott. [fi'lskit.]
Lively, playful, having an exuberance of animal spirits ;
wanton, silly.
Lie doon, doo filskit brute 'at doo is. Gieliim a stang.Mr. M'Leod,
he'll destroy your troosers wi' his dirty feet, Sh. Ncivs (Nov. 5,
1898) ; Very commonly used (K.I.) ; (W.A.G.) ; S. & Ork.i
[Cp. Norw. dial, villskylt, a restless turbulent fellow
(Aasen).]
FILSTAR, sb. Lin.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A [pestle and] mortar.
You cannot pound those coprolitcs in the filstar.
FILT, see Filth, Feel.
FILTAGH, sb. Ant. A cow that has not had a calf for
two years. (S.A.B.^
FILTER, see Felter.
FILTH, 56.' Chs.Cor. [fil]?.] Fill, sufficiency. Cf.fulth.
s.Chs.'Ooateit, an'ad'erfilth,DARLiNGTONi3*./?!<M,ii.i4;s.Chs.'
I have heard Proverbs vii. 18 read, * Come and let us take our filth
of love.' Cor.' He had his filth of meat. A poor dear old sister
that has not got her filth of bread ; Cor.^ I've had my filth.
FILTH, s6.= Cum. Wm. Lan. Lin. War. Won Dor.
Som. Cor. Also in form filt Dor. w.Som.' [fill'.] 1. A
scoundrel, rascal, vagabond.
Cum. There lives a filth in Slattergeate, Rayson Misc. Poems ("ed.
1858) 51. Wm. Na yan can bide wie him, an arrant filth, Wheei er
Dial. (1790) 16. Lan. I cawld awt, tha'rt a red-yeded scamperin'
young filth, Takin ill New Year in (1888) 9.
2. A slut, drab.
Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. Sy Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366.
w.Som.' Yu guurt ful't, yue ! [You great filth, you !] Yu duur-tee
fiil't, yiie ! leok tu yur peen'ee ! | You dirt}' filth, you ! lookatyour
pinafore !] Cor.' She's a dirty filth ; Cor.''
3. Vermin, parasitic insects.
n.Lin.' Roase-treas is cuver'd wi' filth to-year.
4. Weeds.
War.^ Those plants will not grow until the filth has been cleared
away from them. Wor. (E.S.)
[2. A filth or filthy sloven, Ordon, Sherwood (1672).]
FILTHMENT, sb. Cum.' Dirt, anything inferior or
offensive ; a low character.
FILTHY, adj. and sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lin. Glo. Dev. Also
inform vilthy Dev. [fil]5i ] 1. adj. Covered with weeds.
Glo. Lewis Gl. (18391; Glo.'
2. Infested with vermin.
n.Cy. (J.W.), n.Lin.' Glo. Lewis Gl. (1839).
3. Obs. Used as an intensitive : great, excessive.
Dev. He understands distraction and part of the multiplication
table, . . . which you'll zay iz a vilthy deal to learn in zix weeks
time, Gent. Mag. (1733) 532, ed. Gomme (1884"! 331.
4. s6. Filth of any kind. Glo.'^ See Filtry.
5. Weeds in cultivated land. ib.
6. A scoundrel, rascal, a morally filthy fellow.
w.Yks. That filthiest a all human filihies, Robert Owen, Shevvild
Ann. ( 1848) 20.
FILTRY, sb. Glo. Wil. Som. Also in form viltry
w.Cy. [filtri.] 1. Filth, nastiness ; rubbish, litter; also
used attrib.
Glo. Eeh ! how the old master did nag Susannah. Ur had store
of viltry speech had old Jonathan Wayfer, Gissing Vill. Hampden
U890) II. V ; Trumpery filth, Lewis C/. (.1839 ; GI0.2 Wil.'Ther's
a lot o' filtry about this house. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. ui.Eng.
(1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (,1873,1. w.Som.' Used very commonly to
express any mixture or foreign substance ; as in corn or seed, mixed
with other seeds, dirt, or other matter. Vuur-ee plaayn saam pi
u kau-rn; u suyt ufuhtree een ut [Very plain (i.e. badj sample of
wheat : a great deal of rubbish in it].
2. Weeds in cultivated land. Cf. filthy, sb. 5.
Glo. Lewis Gl. (1839) ; G.o.^ 39.
FILTY, adj. Pein. Smart ; also used advb.
s.Pem. rilty fine [over-dressed]. Laws Lillle Eng. (1888') 420.
FIM, sh. Sh.I. A small quantity. (K.I.j, S. & Ork.'
FIMBLE, sb. Hrf.' A wattled chimney.
FIMBLE, I/. Yks. e.An. [fi-m(b)l.l To touch lightly,
pass through without cutting ; to fumble.
w.Yks.5 e.An.' Myscythefimble the grass. Ess. (W.W.S.); G/.
(185O; Ess.'
FIMBLE, see Femble.
FIMIS, sb. and v. Sh. and Or.I. Also in form finimish
S. & Ork.' [fimis, -ij.] 1. sb. A hurry, fuss, state of
excitement and irritation ; a perplexity.
S. & Ork.' To be in a fimmish. Or.I. He gan'd around him in a
stimmis. Till he was fairly 'i 3. ^m\s . Paety Toral l^iSQo j 25, in Ellis
Pronunc. { 18891 V. 792.
2. V. To be in a hurry. S. S: Ork.'
[1. Cp. Norw. dial, fiiu, quick, rapid (Aasen) ; ON.
fiiiiy, nimble, agile.]
FIMMAKING, //■/. «rf/. Nhp. Trifling, petty, insig-
nificant ; dawdling, loitering.
Common. I can't get on at all, I'vesuch a fimmakingjob- Why
don't you do the work properly and not in such a fimmaking manner?
(C.A.M.) ; Nhp.' Spoken of servants who go idly about their work,
not in good earnest.
FIN, 56.' Lan. Chs. Midi. Lei. Nhp. Hmp. [fin.] \.
A finned creature, a fish.
Lei.' Theer 'asn t a fin i' the stank.
2. The bones of a fish. Chs.'^ Cf. files.
3. A piece of split whalebone.
Lau. Wished him to call for it a whip] . ..and put me a new fin to
the top of it, WALKDEN£)iarv(ed. 18661 63. s.Lan. When umbrellas
were made of whalebone stretchers or ribs, these latter were called
fins. The elastic stifl'eners in an old-fashioned ' pair of stays ' for
a woman were of whalebone, and were called fins (S.W.).
4. The broad end of a ploughshare. Hmp. Holloway.
5. The rest-harrow, Ononis arveiisis; also in coiiip. Fin-
weed.
tuid]. Marshall Rnr.Econ.{i-]g6 It. Nlip. Where the blushing
finweed's flower, Clare K///. Minst. ( 1821 1 I. 204 ; Nhp.'^
FIN, sb.^ Sc. [fin.] Humour, mood, temper ; a state
of eagerness, eager desire ; gen. in phr. to be in a (the) fin.
Abd. Gin ance ye pit me in a fin, I may, wi' pains, lear to had in,
Shirrefs Poems (1790; Invoc. to Ramsay, St. 4 ; In the fin' of
singin". He was in a fin' about winning awa (Jam. .
[Cp. the use of Fr. veine. 11 est en veine, he is in the vein
(Littre) ; veine, a vein or conceit in versifying (Cotgr.).]
FIN, V. Cum. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To end. (Hall.)
FIN, FINAGUE, see Find, "When. "Whin, Fainaigue.
FINATJNCE, s6. Obs. Nhb. Ransom.
With thy blode precious our finaunce thou dyd pay, Richardson
Borderers Table-bk. (1846) VII. 324.
\¥t. finance/ a.cnon de finer, de ran^onner'; tnettre d
f nance, ' mettre a ran(;on' (La Curne).]
FINCE, 5*. Cor. [fins.] Offence.
No fince I hope, my dear, Dathel Poems,
FINCH, sb. s.Not. [finj.] The bullfinch, Pyrrhida
eiiropaea. (J.P.K.)
FINCH, o^y. Chs. Midi. Nhp. [finJ.] In com/>. Finch-
back (or -backed 1. Of a cow: having a white back.
Midi. Marshall Riir. Econ. (17961 II. Nhp.'^
Hence Finched, adj. Of the back of a cow : white.
Chs. Their prevailing colours are red, brindled, and pied : with
almost universally finched or white backs, Marshall /fcwVu/ (i 818)
II. 36 ; Chs. cows have ' almost universally finched or white backs,'
RepoiisAgric. (1793-1813) ; Thesecowsarenowrarelyseen (R.H.\.
FIND, V. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer.
Also in forms fin Sc. Nhb.'; finnd n.Yks. ; vin(d w.Cy.
[faind, find, foind.] I. Gram, forms. I. Preterite: (i)
Faan, (2) Faand, (3) Fan. (4) Fand, (3) Faun, (6) Fawwnd,
(7) Fon, (8) Fond, (9) Foon, (10) Foond, (11) Fun, (12)
Fund, (13) Funded, (14) Fuon, (15) Vaewnd, (161 Voun.
(i) m.Yks.' Introd. 34. w.Yks ^ (,2) m.Yks.' Inlrod. 34. (3)
S. & Ork.' Cai.' Bnff.To a' his flock he 33' fan bread, Taylor Pofms
(1787) IT4. Abd. It maitters-na fat wye I fan't oot, Alexander
Johnny Gtbb (1871) xxiii. Cum. Sin' he the yellow pwokie fan*,
Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 337; Gl. (1851); Cum.' Wm. T'watchmen
'at gangaboot t'toon fan' me, Richardson Sng. Sol. (1859I iii. 3.
ne.Yks.' They varry seean fan' it oot. e.Yks. When he fan his legs,
he peg.Iegged away full pelt, Nicholson FH-Sp. [ 1889) 33 ; e.Yks.'
It waan't lang afoor Ah fan meant [meaning] on't. w.Yks. & Ah
fan one mesen t'last week. (4) Elg. Look ye what I fandyestreen.
Tester Poems (1865^ 212. Bdi. I soon fand out auld Thetis trick,
Forbes Ulysses (1785 ^ 17. Frf. I soon fand the way to kittle Lugs,
looves, an* a'. Sands Poems (1833) 24. s.Sc. Ye never . . . fand a
young peaswecp, Watson Bards (iS^g) 197. Lnk. He fand he was
I wrang'd, Watson Pof«ii (1853) 8. Edb. He fand his spung, Forbes
FIND
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FIND
Poems yi&ia) 41. Gall. Till the cotmen fand him, Crockett Stin-
Ao«H^/ (1895) iv. Dmf. Trace o' Ciichton fand they iiane, Reid
Ponus (iSq\^ 79. N.Cy.', Nhb.' Dur. Ah sowRlit 'im, bud ah faiul
'im nut, MooHE Siis;. 5u/, (1859) iii. a; Dur.' Cum. Eftcr aa
past them a laal bit, aa fand him 'at I like, Dickinson Sag. Sol.
(1859^ iii. 4 ; Cum.^ Wm. He fand his disciples fast and saund
asleep, Hutton Bran New IVark (1785) 1. 158. n.Yks. They fand
him i' a manger, TwEDDELLC/ci'f/. RliymesyiQ-i^'-j ;n.Yks.', ne.Yks.',
e.Yks.^ w.Yks. ' ; w.Yks.5 Fand that yonder. Lan. 1 soon fand
that Jack . . . was tellin' his wife a bit of his mind, Eavesdropper
Vtll. Life (1869) 2; Lan.', n.Lan,' (5) Abd. He faun' ayont the
tailor's tap, Thom /J/ivwcs 1 1844) 153. (6i Cum.' s.v. Fan. (7)
w.Yks. We fon this ah t befooar we gat hooam, Shevvild Ann. ( 1848)
6; w.Yks.* I fon it! w.Yks.* yH, Nrf. I sarched arter 'im, but
I fond him nut, Gili.ett 5/;^^. Sol. (i86ol iii. i. (g) m.Yks.'
Jttttod. 3.^. ^lol n.Lin.' (i ij Cum.' s.v. Fan. e.Yks.' Fan is more
gen. employed in the past. w.Yks.^^"*, Lan.', e.Lan.', m.Lan.'
s.Stf. We fun he'd escaped scot-free, Pinnock B/k. Cv Ann. (1895)
23. Not. He fun it (J.H.B."); Not.', s.Not. (J.P.K.\ nw.Der.' Lin.
Then 1 waaked an' I fun it was Roaver, Tennyson Owd Rati { i88q) ;
Lin.' I lost my blouse and fun it in the dykeings. sw.Liii.' We fun
a lot more. Lei.' War.* I fun your thimble in the gutter, ma'am.
Shr. I looked all through the neesen. but I fun him on the ruff
(A.J.M.i. OxO MS. iiiid. (12) Dur.', Cum.', n.Yks.', ne.Yks.'
w.Yks.' Wc have heard ' fund "... but such use is only occasional
and principally confined to children. Lan. An' nowt 'ud fit him
till lie fund. Harland Z.v/if"s(i866 i 76. Chs.'.s Chs.'Si, nw.Der.',
NIip.'. se.Wor.' Shr.' The best part on 'em 1 fund i' the uvver
Icasow. Hrf.' ; Hrf.* I fund it. s Hmp. The coastguard fund me
like a bird in a cage, Verney L. Lisle (iSio) xx. (13) Hrf.' (14)
m.Yks.' Intiod. 34. (15) w.Soni. Elworthy Giam. (1877) 48.
Som. Jennings Z)m/, If. ^H^. (^1869). (16) e.Dev. Jist aader they'd
pass'd ai voun' he ai leuv'th ta my sawl, Pulman Sng. Sol. 1^1860)
iii. 4.
2. pp. (i) Fan, (2» Fand, (3) Fon, (4) Fond, (5) Foond,
(6 1 Foun, ( 7 1 Fun. 1 8 1 Fund, (9) Funden, ( loj Fiine, (i 1} Fuon,
(12) Fuond, (131 Uvaewnd.
(i) Ayr. Rab was fan' deid in the bed, Service Nofandums
(1890) 38. Lnk. Whase like sail ne'er again be fan' In Scotlan'
broad, Coghill Poems uSgo) 11. (a) Per. We hae fand it A
joyfu' truth that Providence is kind, Haliburton Oclnl Idylls
(iSgi") 69. Frf. Tae get back the sheep tae the flock efter he had
fand him, Inglis W»i P/k. 11895^1 32. Ayr. I could hae fand in my
heart to despise her. Hunter Studies (1870) 20. Yks. The Lord
be praised that a' this iniquity's fand out, Howitt Hope On (1840)
xviii. n.Yks.' w.Yks. He's fand out 'at brass. . . can't do ivery-
thing, Jabez OlipliaiU (1870) bk. v. vi. (3) n.Lin.' (4) e.An.'
I have fond it. (5' m.Yks.' Iiitrod. 34. (6) Ess.' (7) Sh.I. As
I hae fun' afore. Whin I gaed ta da far haaf, Stewart Finside
Tales (1892J 92. Cat', N.Cy.' Nhb.' When ye've fun oot, come
and tell us. Cum. An' Greace hes fun' the little cat, Gilpin
S«^s. ( 1 866"! 55. n.Yks.' It's on'y new fun' out ; n.Yks.'', ne. Yks.'
33. e.Yks. T yung squire was fun . , . wiv your gun iv his hand,
Wrav Nestleton (1876) 196. w.Yks.' I nivver sud a fun 'em, ii.
304 ; w.Yks.3 Lan. As fain as if he'd fun a turmit, Staton Loo-
fninary, 24. e.Lan.' Der, There's been a murder . . . they'd a
fun' a body lyin' in the road, Verney Stone Edge (1868) xviii ;
Der.' Han 3'ou fui>'t? Not.'; Not. 2 Have you fun it^ s.Not.
(J.P. K.) n.Lin.' Sum pots wi' ashes in 'em was fun' at Froding-
ham a while back. sw.Lin.' I think they've fun out their mistake.
Lei.', War.'^ (8) Sc. I haena fund Miss Clara, Scott St. Ronan
(^1824) xxxvii. Rnf. I've fund her feckful fang mysel', Picken
Poems (1788) I. 147. Edb. Fouk had na fund the Indies whare it
grew, Fergusson Poems (1773) 108, ed. 1785. Gall. Aft your
secret dens and haunts Are fund by folks wha are nae saunts,
Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 44, ed. 1897. N.Cy.' Used by old
people. Nhb.' He should a fund it oot bi this time. Cum.^ 163.
Wm. If I cud a fund i' mi hart I'd a droont t'poor beggar, Robison
Aald Taales [ 1882) 9. n.Yks. 2, w.Yks.' Lan. Heaw wur it fund
eawt ! Brierlev Layyoik (1864) vii. n.Lan.' Chs. Th' High-
landers . . . were goin't keep him theere till he were fund, Croston
£)iO(r/i Cn(»i/> (,1887) 15. s.Chs.' 8i. n.Lin.' Shr.' Han 'ee fund
any '—Aye, a right tuthree. Hrf. Duncumb Hist. Hrf. (1804) 12.
(91 Nhb.' If he'd been funden oot, thor'd been bonny gam noo.
Lan. Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 25. (10) Sh.L Der owerpeers
ir no ta be fOne ony idder place 'at I ken. Sli. News (July 9, 1898).
(ii,i2)m.Yks.'/K/>-orf.34. ^13) w.Som. ELW0RTHYGra)«.(i877j48.
II. Dial, meanings. 1. Inphr. (i)oKerooM/(/«o//f««/,used
contemptuously ofa worthless person orthing; {■2)tofuid
a person wanting, to miss a person, feel the loss of; (3)
— oneself, {a) to come to oneself, recover one's senses ; (i)
to know oneself; (4) — out on, to find out, discover.
(i) s.Not. These tattrs are rammcl : a wouldn't find 'em (J.P.K.).
w.Som.' Wuy aay wiid-n vuyn un ( Why, I would not find him !],
i.e. if he or it came in my way derelict and to be had for
taking, I would not appropriate. 'Call thick there a knive, why I
widn vin' un ! ' [would not pick it up in the road]. A man,
speaking of another as a lazy good-for-nought, said : ' He idn
a-wo'th his zalt ; why I widn vin' un.* Dev. Why, I wid'n vind
it, Reports Provinc. (1885) 116. (2) Dev. Though he was a new-
comer, we found her wanting directly she was laid by, O'Neill
Idyls (i8g2^ 33. (3. a) s.Not. At fust ah couldn't think what ed
appened me, but when ah };ot to the bottom then ah found mysen
(.J.P.K,'). (b) Cor.' I shouldn't find myself, dressed up like that.
(4) Ir. An' we thought he'd find out on us thin. Barlow Bogland
(1892) 20, ed. 1893.
2. To meet with, experience, have.
Ess.' What soart o' wether hev yow foun' ?
3. With up : to discover by search.
Nrf. I hope he will be found up and brought speedily to light,
Nrf. Dy. Standard f 1894) 2, col. 4 ; You'll find up more such teers,
Taylor Nat/tan the IVise (1830) 71, ed. 1887. e.Suf. In everyday
use (F.H.). s.Hmp. Lettie, you find up that bit o' soap as I set
by but now, Verney L. Lisle 11870) x.
4. To feel, experience a sensation ; g-en. with o/i to feel
the effects of; to perceive a taste, smell, &c.
Sc. Do you fin' ony cauld theday? I canna fin' the tasteo't. I fin
na smell ava (Jam. StippL); I find no pain, Scotidsms (17B7) 36.
Sh.I. I began ta fin' a dwaamish kind o' wy aboot my ain head,
Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 263. Abd. Wi' my stick I gae'r
a rout She fan right snell, Cock Strains (1810) I. 116. nw.Abd.
I'm sere ye'll fin the yowm, Goodwife (1867) st. 3. Frf. There's
game, I'm sure. I find the smell I' the park o' Ethie, Sands Po««s
(1833) 82. w.Sc. There's an' awfu' dearth-wark at my heart, I
never fand ony thing like it before, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835)
88, Rnf. 'Od, I ne'er afore fan' queerer. Neilson Poems (1877)
39. Ayr. Before half-an-hour's by ye'll ne'er fin t, GAVrSirA. IVylie
(1822) v. Lnk. We wadna ken pleasure if we never fan' pain,
Lemon St. Mango (1844'! 32. Edb. Claw and fike Whare fan' it
yeuky, Liddle Poems (1821) 47. N.Cy.' Cum. CI. (1851) ; Cum.^
A pain com agean war nor iver he'd fund. 163. 'War.* I find of
this weak ankle in frosty weather. s.Wor. I didn't find of it
(H.K.) ; s.'Wor.l, Hrf.2 Glo. When et do rain I do vind o' the
warter zoaking in thur a bit, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) iii ;
(A.B.) ; Glo.' You may'nt feel it now, but you 11 find of it by and
bye. Oxf. (J.W.) Hmp. (H.E.) ; Hows the rheumatics, John ? —
Oh, I finds on it in mi shoulder (H C.M.B.). 'WU. He'll find on't,
bless'ee, for j'ears, I'll warn (G.E. D.1.
Hence Finding, vbl. sb. the act of feeling, perceiving.
Nhb. Seein's believin', but finnin's the truth (^R.O.H.).
5. To feel, as in groping with the hands, to search.
Sc. (Jam.) Bnfif. I pried her mou' an' thumt her chin, But
laigher down did never fin', Taylor Poems \ 17871 57. Rnf. Her
ladyship fan' roun' the back o' his heid, Neilson Poems (1877 51.
Nhb.' It's that dark, aa 11 he' to fin' for the sneck. Just fin me
hands, hoo caud th'or.
Hence Finding, vbl. sb. the act of feeling, searching,
groping.
Lnk. Sic findin' o' pouches, sic questions they'll spier, Nichol-
son Idylls (1870) 21.
6. To provide, supply ; to maintain, esp. in phr. la find
oneself, to provide one's own food and clothing.
Sc.(A.W.) Edb. Hain'd multer hads the millatease,Andfindsthe
miller, Fergusson Po««<s(i773) 150, ed. 1785. Dur.' n.Yks.Agowk
in finnding its gorpins [a cuckoo in feeding its fledglings], Atkin-
son Moor. Parish (1891) 138. w.Yks.' Lan.Tha met as weel ha
fund him th' brass, Joe, Clegg David's Loom (i8g4) ii. Chs.' In
hiring a farm servant who was not to live in his master's house,
it would be stipulated that he was to have so much wages ' and
find himself.' nw.Der.', Not.' n.Lin.' A servant ' finds himself '
when he provides his own food and lodging. sw.Lin.' His sister
gives him harbour, but he finds himself Lei.' A cain't foind
stickins o' bif out on't for Soondays. His masster foinds 'im in
butes an' all. Nhp.' His father's dead, and now he finds himself.
Such wages will barely find salt to my porridge. 'War.* Shr.'
I call three shillin' a day big wages, an' find 'em in mate an' drink.
Glo. 'Twoud cost too much to vind the skeandalous owld twoad
wi' licker, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) vii. Lon. George was
to have permanent wages and ' find himself,' M ayhew Lond. Labour
(ed. 1861) II. 51. Hnt. (T.P.F.) w.Som.' They don't 'low me
FINDER
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FliNE
but dree and zixpence a wik, and that id'n much vor to lodge and
find and mend a gurt hard boy hke he. Cor. 2 [Amer. Pay five
dollars a week and find him, Carruth Kan. Univ. Qiiar. (1892) I.]
7. To stand sponsor to a child in baptism.
Hrf. DuNCUMB Hist. Hrf. (1804); Hrf.'
FINDER, sb. Obs. e.An.* A dog trained to find and
bring game that has been shot ; a water-spaniel, retriever.
FINOERNE'S FLOWERS, phr. Der. The name for
a slightly double form oi Narcissus poeticHs, a flower said
to have been brought by Sir GeoflVey Finderne from the
Holy Land.
(A.L.M.) ; Burke Vicissitudes of Families in N. & Q. (1871) 4th
S, vii. 194; Jm. Hoiticiiltuie (July 29, 1869).
FIND-FAULT, sb. Lan. Som. A fault-finder, scold,
grumbler.
Lan. We have a good old Lancashire saying that one mend-fault
is better than nine find-1'aults, Melly Sp. Soiree Liverpool Co-op.
Assoc. (Feb. 17, 1863). s.Lan. (F.E.T.) ; (S.W.) w.Som.iTidn
no good, do hot 'ee will, you can't never plase thick there old
vind-faut. Very common.
FINDHORN-HADDOCK, see Finnanhaddie.
FINDLESS, sb. Sc. War. Wor. Shr. Also written
findliss ; and in forms findle Sc. ; fundless War.^ Shr.'
Anything found by accident ; a treasure-trove.
n.Sc. (Jam.1, War.^, se.Wor.i Shr.' I 'ad sich a fundless this
mornin'. . . I fund our paas'n's pus, an' 'e gid me 'afe-acrownd
fur the findin*.
[pe vttre riwle ... is monnes findles, Anc. Riwle (c.
122516. OE. *findels. cp. T)a..ft)idelse.]
FINDONHADDOCK, see Finnan-haddie.
FIND-OUT, 5*. e.Suf. An invention. (F.H.)
FINDRUM, sb. Obs. Sc. Also in form fintrum-
(Jam.), a smoke-dried haddock. See Finnan haddie.
Edb. The Buchan bodies thro' the beech Their bunch o' Findrums
cry, Fergusson Poems (17731 158, ed. 1785.
Hence Fintrumspelding, sb. a small dried haddock.
Sc. He is like his meat ; as dm as a docken an' as dry as a Fintrum
speldin?, Sa.xon and Gael (1814") \. 107 'Jam.).
FINDSILY, adj. Obs. Sc. Clever in finding.
'A findsily bairn garshis daddy be hang'd.' It is spoken tochildren
when they say that they found a thing which we suspect they
pick'd. Kelly Prov. (1721) 30; 'A fin'-sily bairn,' a child that
brings home things that are stolen and says he found them, Grose
(1790) MS. add. ;,C.)
FINDY, adj. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Hrt. Also in form finnie
Sc. [fi ndi, fini.] Plentiful, full, substantial, solid. (Only
occurs in the prov. below.)
Sc. A wet May and a windy, makes a full barnyerd and a findy,
Kelly Prov. (1721) 51 ; A wet May and a winnie, Makes a fou'
stackyard and a finnie, Swainson IVealher Flk-Lore \i8-j^) 91. Nhb.
Richardson Boz-rfcrer's 7n6.V-W'. (1846) VII. 255. m.Yks.' Hrt.
Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. ii. [Ray Prov. ' 16781 44.]
[Crist iss Strang & stedefasst & findij, Ormiilum (c.
1200) 4149. OE. (ge)fmdig; capax' (i^LLFRic) ; cp. LG.
Jiiidig, 'grob, schwer, plump' (Berghaus).]
FINDYFEE. sA. Nhb.' [findifl.] The fee or reward
paid to the finder of anything lost.
FINDY KEEP Y, />/(?-. Nhb.' ' Findings keepings,' who
finds shall keep ; a formula used by children when
searching for a lost article.
Its utterance giving the finder the right to keep the article. The
form is sometimes extended, as ' Lossy, seeky, findy, keepy.'
FINE, adj., adiK and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms foin Chs.' ; foine Chs.* ; vine w.Cy. [fain,
foin.] 1. adj. In comp. (i) Fine-bent, the grass ^^roste
fiUJormis ; (2) -clout, a particular kind of nail ; (3) -coal,
sea-coal ; (4) -John, ia) the bent-grass, Agrostis vulgaris ;
(b\ the fine-top-grass, Agroslis alba ; (5) -leaf, the violet,
Viola tricolor ; (6) -yarn, a yarn made from tmall care-
fully-grown fibres.
(I) n.Cy. Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXVII. 179. (a)
Shr. To make a pound of fine clout requires three hours, White
W>r/t';« i86o)xxiv. (3iFtf.' (4, a)Chs.'3 (h)Chs. (5)Lin.iWhat
a beautiful nose-gate of fine-leaves you've got. (6) w.Yks. (F. R.)
2. Phr. (i) As fine as a unv-scraped carrot, (2) — as
Phillyloo, (3) — as Dick's hat-band, very fine, smartly
dressed ; (^'ifine and, very.
(i) Chs. 'As foine as a new scrap'd carrot," as folks sen, Clol'gh
B. Bresskitlle (iQ-jg) ^■, Chs.^ (2) Chs.^ (3 , Chs. When I put my
new smock-frock on this mornin' aw felt aw wer' as foin as Dick's
hatband, Croston Enoch Crump (18B7) 11. (4; Bnff. My coat, by
luck, was fine an' braw, Taylor Poems (1787) 54. Ayr. His breeks
were fine and ticht, Service Dr. Duguid {ed. 1887) 172. Wm. Ise
fine an sartin e ony body ets worth thinkin' aboot, Mary Jane, 15.
e.Yks.' Ah's fine an huug-ry. w.Yks. Fain an mad [very angry]
(J.W.). Chs. Gradely, gradely. Aw'm foine and fain to see thee,
Yates Owd Pe/er, iii. Der. I'm fine and pleased for to see you so
content, Verney Stone Edge (i868j xxv. Cor. Look ! there aw [it]
es again — I'm fine and queer. Forfar Poems [1E85) ^o ; Cor.' I'm
getting on fine and well, thank 'ee ; Cor. 2; Cor.^ She's gone fine
and proud since her husband came home.
3. Of liquids: clear, transparent.
w.Som.' This yer cider's so thick's puddle, can't get it fine no
how. Dev. Za zoon's the wander's turnin fine. An' gittin' low, t'il
be a lamious time, Pulman Sketches, 45, in Elworthy IVd-Bk. (1886).
4. Of potatoes: very small. Wil.'
5. Tractable, docile, well-behaved, pleasant.
Lnk. As for fairies . . . They're fine bit bodies. Black Falls of
Clyde (1806) 200. n.Yks.* Of children and young people gen.
6. Great, considerable in quantity.
Cum. It'sa fine deal narder millions, Sargisson yof Scofl/i (1881)
189. w.Yks. (J.W.) nw. Der.' There's a fine lot. Cor. A fine deal
of player [pleasure], O'Donoghue St. Knighton's (1864) 301.
7. adv. In comp. (1) Fine-draw, to flatter, deceive people
by fair speeches ; to exaggerate ; (2) -draw'd, slender,
attenuated ; (3) -drawer, one who repairs flaws in newly-
manufactured cloth ; (4) -drawing, the name of one of the
sorts of long or combing wool, sorted out of the fleece ;
(5) -finger'd, white-handed as a lady, fastidious; (6)
•mouthed, fastidious, particular, nice ; of a horse: tender-
mouthed ; (7) -plucked, brave, courageous ; (8) -tasted,
fine-flavoured.
(I) w.Cy. Grose (1790) Suppl. w.Som.' Dhik dhae-urstoaur-z
tu fai-n u-draa'd [that story is too fine-drawn]. n.Dev. Oil vor
palching about to hire lees to vine-dra voaks, Exm. Scold. (1746)
1. 201 ; Horae Suhsecivae '\X111\ 451. (2) Sus. I didn't think he was
' fine-draw'd ' enough for a curate, Egerton Flks. and Ways (1884)
85. (3^ w.Yks. 3 (4) w.Som.' Fuyn-drau-een. (5) n.Yks.^ (6)
Nhp.' War.3 Let him have his head— he is very fine-mouthed.
(7) Oxf. A rare fine-plucked one as ever I see, Blackmore Cripps
(ed. 1895) xlvi. (8) e.Dur.i
8. Phr. to talk fine, to attempt to talk like an educated
person, to talk affectedly.
w.Yks. Ah sud larn ta tawk fine, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla
Ann. (1858J 5. Lin. It's no use for you an' me for to try to talk
fine, becos we can't come it (J.T. F.). se.Wor.' Brks.' She med
ha bin to zarvice in Lunnon, but us wunt hev her come back
a-tawkin' vine to we.
0. 'Well, very well, perfectly, nicely ; very, very much.
Sc. It would come in fine for the plenishing, Keith Indian Uncle
(1896) 29. Sh.I. I'm getting along fine, Sh. News (Nov. 5, 1898).
Elg. Ye'U thrive fu' fine gin ye wad dine On port, an' pease, an'
pork. Tester Poirwis (1865) 122. Per. A'U manage him fine, Ian
Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) 96. Frf. I wouid have liked fine to
be that Gladstone's mother, Barrie M. Ogilvy (1896) v. Fif. Dear
lassie, ye sing fine, Douglas Poems (1806) 132. Slg. 'We met —
fine I mind — on a warm afternoon. Towers Poems (1885) 149.
Dmb. O fegs, I ken fine what I'll mak o't, Cross Disruption (1844)
v. Rnf. Around a fire that blazes fine, Barr Poems (1861) 139.
Ayr. Women can claver fine among themselves, Johnston Kilmallie
(1891) I. 98. Lnk. He may think he's doing fine, when no faults
are being found, Stewart Twa Elders (1886) 141. e.Lth. Forsma'
allotments, there was nae dou't it wad dae fine. Hunter/. In-.mck
(1895) 160. Edb. I ken that fine, mother, an' I am thankfu',
Stevenson Puddin (1894' 58. Gall. Celie Tennantasked Cleg how
he was getting on ; he said . . . 'Fine,' Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896)
viii. Nhb. ' De ye knaa the priest?' 'Aye, fine.' Aa'U fin'
me way fine (R.O.H.). Cum.' A fine girt an. A fine laal an.
Wm. It's fine sarten he'll be hung (B.K.). Yks. (J.W.) Dev. The
little maid's getting on fine with her book, ON EiLL/rfy/s (1892) 75;
Yil've a-dugged yer tail purty fine, I can tellee, HewettP^hs. Sp.
(18921 75. Cor.' A fine clever boy.
10. In good health, well ; prosperous, in good spirits.
Sc. ' Hoo's yer blackie ? ' ' Fine, man ; he's whustlin' rale weel the
day,' Wright 5f. Li/«(i897l 4. Abd. ' Hoo's a' your folk ? ' 'Oh!
fine, man,' Gtiidman Inglismaill (1873) 36. Inv. (H.E.F.) Frf.
FINE
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FINGERIN
He often wrote that he was ' fine ' when Jess had her doubts,
ISarrik TJiiiiiiis 1,18891 xvi. Ayr. Her ord'nar' licalth is fine, if
it wasna tor that craiclilc o' a hoast, Johnston Kihmillie (1891) I.
79. Lth, Tell your mother that . . .Willie's fine, Strathesk More
Bits led. 1885) 67. Eclb. A' wi' us are hale an' fine, Leakmont
Pmhis (iTOi) 265. Nhb.' 'Hoo areye thi day !' 'O, lad, .aa's fine.'
11. V. With ii/> : to clear up.
Wor. This fall o' snow '11 fijie np the weather (H.K.).
12. To become fine and powdery in consequence of being
slaked. n.Yks.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
FINE, see Fain, <u/j.^
FINED, />/>. Hmp. Confined. iV. S-' £>. (1854) ist S.
X. 400.
FINEEGIN, mij. Oxf.> Sly, deceitful, underhand.
FINEER, V. Sc. (Jam.) w.Yks.' To veneer.
I The fineering of cabinets in wood, Smollett France and
llalv (c. 1760) Letter xxviii (Dav.).]
FINE-LEVER, .s-6. Obs. Sc. A raiser of fines.
Ayr. The dread and fear in which our simple country-folk held
his M.ajestv's ungracious fine-levers, Galt Gilhaize (1823'! xvii.
FINELY,fl(fo. Sc. Irel. Cum. Lin. Nhp. Hnt. e.An. Cor.
1. Perfectly, thoroughly, quite ; very much.
ne.Sc. ' Do you understand his sermons ?' ' Finely that, Mem,'
Grant Keckleton, 186. w.Cor. I've been finely thinking of you.
Common (M.A.Cl.
2. Used predicatively as a quasi-c<^". : very well in health,
convalescent.
Ir. Bedad, I'm glad to see you so finely. Barlow Lisconttfi (j8^s)
21. Shi. ' Hoo is Kirsty ?' . . . Aandrew said she was finely.
Burgess Sfe/c/ws (2nd cd. ) 34. Cum.' Fadder's finely an' o". nLin.'
Nhp.' She's getting very finely. Hnt. iTP.F.') e.An.^ ' How is
your wife, John, after her groaning ? ' ' Finely, Sir, thnnk'ce.' Nrf.
SheisfinL-ly. She dew very finely (E.!!.) ; ' How is Mrs. So and
So?' ' Thank vou, Sir, she is doing finely ' (W.R E.).
FINENEY", i>. Obsol. Dev. Also in form fineyn.Dev.
To mince, simper ; to be ceremonious.
Dev. Zit down to table, good now, draw in your chair, dontye
fineney zo, Moiitliiy Mag. (i8io) I. 435 ; Moore Hist. Dev. (1829I
I. 354. n.Dev. Now doant make-wise an' finey zo, "Rock Jim an'
Nell (1867) St. 48.
FINER, sb. Lan. A name given to the inspector by
the factory hands ; one who fines. Gl. Lab. {1894).
FINERIES, s/a />/. Sh.L Dainties, delicacies.
A hantle mair sae dan we ir noo wi' a' da fineries 'at we hae,
J.H. Da Last Foy U896) 4 ; What i' da name o' Gud ir yc scttin'
doon sic a table o' fineries ta wis, twa neeber lasses? 5/;. News
(.Oct. 30. 1897").
FINERY, sb. Stf. Sus. One of the furnaces in a
forge, see below ; a forge.
Str' Sus. In every forge or hammer there are two fires at
least ; the one they call the finery, the other the chafery. At the
finery, by the working of the hammer, they bring it into blooms
and anconies, Ray (1691'). [(K. 5]
[Then be there two forges . . . the one whereof is called
the blomary, or (as it seemeth) the finary, into the which
. . . are cast the said sowes of raw iron, Cowell Intcrp.
(ed. 1637) s. V. Blomary. Yv.finerie, 'fourneau qui sert a
I'aflinage de la fonte a la houille ' (Littre).]
FINE THE FEARS, fhr. Ant. (S.A.B.j Dwn. (C.H.W.)
An expression implying ' there is no fear of it.'
FINEY, see Fineney.
FINGER, sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Colon.
[fii)g3(r, fi'r)3(r.] 1. In comb, (i) Finger-blight, the
depredations of children upon fruit-trees ; (2) -calves,
sucking calves ; (3) -cold, cold enough to chill the fingers,
sharp,moderately cold; (4) -fed, delicately reared, pampered;
(5) -hat, a finger-stall ; (6) -nebbs, finger-tips ; (7) -pillory,
a pillory, imprisoning the fingers ; (81 -poke, see -hat ; (9)
-root, the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea ; (10) -stall, (a) a
rim of metal worn by women on the finger to hinderthread
from cutting in sewing ; {h] the flower of the foxglove,
Digitalis purpurea; (n) -thrumm'd, of the leaves of a
book : crumpled, soiled, thumbed.
(i) GIo. (S.S.B.) (2) e.Dur.i (3) w.Mid. (W.P.M.") Ken. It's
not more than finger-cold to-day (D.W.L.) ; Ken.' We shall very
soon have the winter 'pon us, 'twas downright finger-cold first
thing this marning. Dev. It is a finger-cold morin'ng to-day,
ma'am. Reports Provinc. (1893). (4) Sc. It's but cold comfort a
VOL. II.
young lady like you, finger-fed and gently reared, would meet
with at Kingshousc. Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 48. s.Sc. (Jam.)
Cum. Unenvying finger-fed feyne fwolks, Stagg Misc. Poems (cd.
1805)117. (5') Nhb.' (6) Edb. Writers, your finger-nebbs unbend
And quat the pen, Fergusson Poems (1773) 150, od. 1785. n.Cy.
Border Gl. ( Coll. L.L.B.) (75 Lei.' In the parish church at Ashby-
de-la-Zouch was a finger-pillory, to punish children or others.
(8) Dur.', n.lfks. (I.W.) (9) Sus. (10, a) n.Lin.' (b) War.^
(11) n.Yks.2
2. Phr. (i) a finger of scorn, a contemptible fellow ; (2)
to be all fingers ami l/iumbs, to be chilled, numbed ; to be
clumsy; (3) lo gel some one on one's finger-ends, to get
some one within one's power; (4) — go with one's finger
in one's mouth, to go without food or money ; (5) — have
the fingers get close lo the thumb, see below ; (6) — lift the
little finger, (7) — look at one s little finger, to get drunk, be
addicted to drinking ; (8) — put finger in eye, to cry ; (9)
— see the ends of one's fingers, (10) — throw (or turn) lip the
little finger, (11) — want to knoiv which side of one's fingers
tlie nails groiv, see — look at one's little finger.
(i)Ayr. I had my satisfaction o' that finger o' scorn, Gilbert,
Galt Lairds ( 1826) iv. (2) Dev. My hand's all vingers-an'-thums,
PuLMAN 5fe/f//cs (1842) 95, ed. 1871. (3) Lnk. [He] Sune wan
her he'rt, an' hoo, gude kens, Gat Mysic on his finger en's, Hamil-
ton Poems (1865) 36. (4) w.Yks. Fowk can't go far wi' thcr
fingers i' ther maath, Prov. in Biighoiise News (Aug. 10, iSSgV
(5) Sus. Used among us to express the not uncommon occurrence
of the head of a family being able to introduce various members
of the family into the same employ. * Yes, sir, the fingers have
got pretty close to the thumb,' Egerton Flk. and ff-Vjis (1884) 83.
\6) Colon. * The best of fellows,' said everybody, 'but liquors
a bit, don't you know ; lifts his little finger,' Peacock Soldier and
Maid {i8go) i. (7) Not.' Lei.' A's unaccountable fond o' lookin'
at his little finger, an' it een't non so oyable, naythur. (8 i Nhp.*
Said to fretful children, 'Come don't put finger in eye about it.'
(9) Not.' Lei.' A wur all'ays to' fond o' seein' the ends o' his
fingers. (loj Ayr. He turned his wee finger owre aften up. ye
ken. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 236. Ir. They had turned up
their little fingers a thrifie too often, Yeats Flk-Talcs 11886) 196.
(ii"! Not.' Lei.' A wants to knoo which soide o' 'is fingers the
ncels groo.
3. A measure of depth used in blasting rock.
Cor. 2 The depth of a hole for blasting ruck is measured by
a miner placing his fingers against the borer in the hole. 'There's
three more fingers to bore.'
4. pi. The ibxglove. Digitalis purpurea. w.Som.'
5. pi. The cuckoo-pint, ^Irnm macutahim. War.*
6. pi. The points of a reaping-machine through which
the knives work, separating the straws.
n.Lin. An' reiiper . . . cums wi' it fingers agen his legs. Peacock
Tales and Rtivnies (1886) 80.
FINGER-AND-TOE, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Yks. Not. Lin.
Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Mid. Cmb. Nrf. Ess. 1. sb. A
disease in turnips ; gen. in pi.
Sc. (A.W.), Ant. (W.H P.) e.Yks. Baines Yks. Past (1870)
T23 ; e.Yks.', Not.^ Lin. The roots, instead of swelling, runninginto
strings of that form, and rot and come to nothing, Marshall
Review (1811) III. 161. n.Lin.' Caused by a small insect piercing
the tap-root and causing it to branch, producing instead of a bulb
something not very much unlike human fingers and toes. sw.Lin.'
They've gone to finger and toes a good deal. Nhp.', War.^
Wor. Professor Winter has been lecturing at Bangor College on
Finger and Toe in turnips, Evesham J rn. (Feb. 27, 1897). Shr.'
w.Mid. Them turmuts are all fingers and toes, they'll never come
to no good (W.P.M. ). Nrf. Arch. (1879) Vlll. 169.
2. The bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. Cmb., Nrf,
n.Ess. (B. lS: H.)
3. V. Of turnips : to grow with the roots branching out
into the shape of fingers and toes instead of forming a iSulb.
sw.Lin.' Some odd ones are finger-and-toeing.
FINGERFULL, sb. Sc. A pinch, small quantity.
Ayr. Just put a fingerfu' o' poother i' the pan, Johnston Glen-
bttckie (1889) 19.
FINGERIN, sb. Sc. Also in form fingrom (Jam.).
1. Fine worsted, spun of combed wool on the small
wheel ; also used attrib.
So. Distinguished from wheelin, which is worsted spun on the
large wheel from woo! not combed, but merely carded (Jam.).
Abd. [They] Wore cassimere knec-brceks and white fingrin' hose,
3 A
FINGERS-AND-THUMBS
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FINNS
Anderson Rhymes (iSe^) 130. Kcd. A fiiigerin' worset gravet
Carried comfort round his throat, Grant Lays (1884) 81.
2. pi. Obs. A coarse woollen cloth.
Abd. In the beginning of tliis ccnlmy. the woollen manufacturies
of Aberdeenshire were cliiefly coarse slight cloths, calle^l plaidens
and fingroms, which were sold from ^d. to Bd. per ell. Statist.
Ace. XIX. 203 (Jam.).
[1. Repr. Ft. Jin grain, lit. 'fine grain,' cp. grograi)i =
Fr. gros grain.]
FINGERS-AND-THUMBS, sb. pi. (i) The bird's-foot
trefoil, Lotus corniciilalits (Rut. Oxf.' Hrt. Hmp.' Dor.
Dev.") ; (2) the Lotus iiligiiiosiis (Dor.) ; (3) the lady's
slipper, Cypripediuin Calaolus (Dev.*) ; (4) the common
furze, Ulex eiiyopaeus (Wil.').
(i) Rut. A^. iy Q. (1882) 6th S. vi. 237. Oxf.' MS. add. Dor.
(G.E.D.) (2) Dor. (G.E.D.) (4) Wil. Slow G/. (1892).
FINGERYSIDE, sb. Obs. Cum. A species of fish
in the parish of Bevvcastle.
Marked with regular and dark-coloured triangles from the back
to the belly, Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I. 96.
FINGFANGS, sb. pi. Der. [fi-q-far)z.] Fleshy pro-
tuberances on the feet. (S.O.A.)
FINGROM, see Fingerin.
FINGTED, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) A finger bandaged or
tied up.
FINIFY, V. e.An. To be over-nice in doing any-
thing, to be fastidious, particular; to adorn, decorate.
e.An.', e.Suf (F.H.)
[Pimper, to sprucifie or finifie it, curiously to prank,
trim or trick up himself, Cotgr.]
FINISHED, ppl. adj. Yks. Chs. Shr. [fi-nijt.]
1. Complete ; striking, strange.
w.Yks. Well, they sed it wor t'finishedist consarn they ivver
clapp'd ther eyes on, Hallam IVadsIcy Jack (1866) v; But
t'finish'dist thing ther wor thear wor a tailor, ib. x.
2. Phr. not quite finished, weak of intellect, silly, half-
crazed. s.Chs.', Shr.'
FINISHING-UP, si. e.Suf. The third hoeing of turnips.
(F.H.)
FINISKID, ppl. adj. Sh.I. Mildewed.
Shii wis turnin* up a finiskid lok o' da stead o' a koll, Sh. News
(Sept. 3, 18981; Usedof hayorcornwhichhasbecomerotten iK.I.).
FINKLE, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lin. Ken. Also written
finkel N.Cy.' w.Yks." Lin. ; fynkle n.Cy. Yks. [fi'rjkl.]
The fennel, Foeuiciilnni viili^are.
n.Cy. Tians. Phil. Soe. (1858) 155; N.Cy.' w.Yks. (C.C.R.);
•w.Yks.'^ai Lin. Skinner (1671) ; Ois.tR.E.C.) Ken. (G.B. ),Ken.'
W'enckel, finckle, Hexham (1658); Feniciilits, fenkele,
Alphita (c. 1450J 83. Cp. MDu. veid;el, venmkel,Jcniciilum'
(Teiithonista).\
FmK.S, sh.pl. Yks. [fiijks.] The fatty portions of the
whale left after the extraction of the oil.
n.Yks.i ; n.Yks.^ ' Blubber-finks.' Mixed with soil, the fields
around Whitby in the days of the Greenland fishery bore testimony
to its efficacy as manure, and the atmosphere to its fragrance.
[Cp. .Sw. dial/inker, small parts from the inwards of a
goose (RiETz).]
FINNAC(K, sb. Sc. Also written finnoc n.Sc. (Jam.) ;
finnock Sc. ; phinnick, phinoc Sc. (Jam) ; and in form
finner n.Sc. (Jam.) [finsk.J A white trout, a variety of
the Satinojario.
Sc. The whitling and the finiier or finnoc, have been supposed
by many to be young salmon. . . Although they are unquestionably
of the same genus yet they are obviously distinct varieties. Finners
or finnocs . . . have fins of a yellow colour, Mackenzie Prize Ess.
Higld. Soe. II. 377, 378 (Jam.). Inv. In those rivers and in some
of the lakes there are salmon, finnacks, white, black, and yellow
trouts. Statist, Ace. VIII. 410 {ib.). Mry. The rivers swarm wi'
salmon, an' o' finnocks thousan' scores, Hay /./j^//^ (185 1 J 53. Elg.
P'iniiacs are a species of fish in colour and shape like a salmon.
They weigh from 2 lbs. to 4 lbs., Statist. Ace. IX. 156 ». (Jam)
[Finnack, Salmo salar, Satchell; Finnock, Phinock, Salmo
trutta, ib.]
[Gac\.Jionnag, a white trout, a young salmon (M. & D.),
der. (i( fiunit, white.]
FINNANHADDIE, si!'. Sc. Slang. Also in forms
findhornhacklock Sc. ; findon- Sc. (Jam.); finnie- Slang;
finnon- Sc. (Jam.) A haddock cured with the smoke of
green wood, turf, or peat-earth. Cf. findrum.
Sc. You're sitting down to a cup of tea and a finnan haddie all
by yourself, Keith Indian Uncle (1896; 80 ; The elder girl . . . was
preparing a pile of Findhorn haddocks, Scott Antiquary (1816)
xxvi ; Findon haddocks are well known and are esteemed a great
delicacy for their delicious taste and flavour. They are cured with
the smoke of turf or peat earth and brought to the market frequently
within twelve hours after they have been taken from the sea. . . .
Findon is a small village in the county of Kincardine, Thom Hist.
Abd. (i8ii')II. 170 (Jam.). Cai.' w.Sc. They catch speldings an'
finnan baddies there, Macdonald Settlement (i86g) gg, ed. 1877.
Slang. Mayhew Land. Labour (1851) I. 77, col. i.
FINNER, sb} Sc. [finar.] A name given to whales of
the genus Dalaenoptera, from the fact of their having a
dorsal fin.
Sh.I, The Finner of Shetland may consist of the Balaenoptera
gibbar, the Jubartes or Rorqual of La Cepede, Hiubert Desc. Sh.L
(1822) 260, ed. 1891 ; Large lean whales are sometimes stranded
in the creeks and sometimes chased ashore by boats. These com-
monly measure from 60 to 90 feet in length and are denominated
finners. Statist. Ace. V. 190 (Jam.). Or.I. As a finner would go
thro' a herring-net, Scorr Piiate (1821) ii. S. Be Ork.' Cai.' A
Rorqual. Balaenoptera tnuseulus, and other species of the same family.
FINNER, sA.2 Der. A finger.
For the childer's finners ... is as mischievous, Verney Stone
Edge (1868) xxii.
FINNER, FINNERY, FINNEY, see Finnac(k, Vinny.
FINNICK, sb., adj. and v. Irel. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. Not.
Nrf Suf Ess. Also written finik Not. ; finnack s.Chs.' ;
finnik N.Cy.' e.Yks.' ; finnock e.Yks.' [finik, -sk.]
1. sb. One who behaves in a finicking manner, one who
is over-nice ; a tawdrily-dressed woman. Cen.in pi. form.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. But — though no finnicks — clean an' neat,
Clark/. Ao(7*fi-(i839) st. 31 ; (W.W.S.); Gl. (1851); Ess.'
Hence Finnickin, sb. a particular person. Not. (J.H.B.)
2. Mincing, affected manners.
s.Chs.' Ah kon^u bae r sey z fin'iik [Ah conna bear sey
's finnack].
3. adj. Faddy, particular, over-nice. e.Suf (F.H.)
Hence Finnicky,«(^'. affected, faddy, particular; trifling,
small, puny.
Ant. Ballyntcna Obs. (1892). N.Cy.', w.Yks. (J.G.), s.Chs."
4. V. To mince, affect airs ; to trifle or dawdle about a
job, to waste time over trifling and unnecessary details.
e.Yks.' s.Chs.' Sey aay 60 fin fiks [.Sey hai hoo finnacks].
Hence Finnicking, vbl. sb. with to go about : to go about
on tiptoe.
Nrf. To go finnickin' about for novv't, Cozzhs-Hardi Broad Nrf.
(1893) 60.
FINNIE, sb. n.Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A salmon not a year old.
FINNIE-), FINNIN, see Findy, Finnan-, Fiendin.
FINNISON, sb. and adj. Sc. Also written finnisin.
1. sb. Anxious expectation, earnest desire. Fif (Jam.)
2. adj. Eager, keen, desirous.
Per. He's finnison to get it done. He's finnison to get dinner.
Common (G.W.).
FINNOC(K, see Finnac(k.
FINNS, s/). //. Obs. Sh.I. The nameof some supposed
supernatural beings ; see below.
' Da Norrawa finns.' The home of the ' finns ' was asserted to
be Norway, and in pursuance of their visits, which were chiefly'
nocturnal, although occasionally they were not afraid of the glare
of the noonday sun, they were said frequently to assume the form
of some amphibious animal, for instance that of a seal ; hence
many old people looked upon that very harmless creature with
mixed feelings of fear and awe, 5A. A'£'w'5(Dec. 4, 1897) ; The Finns
were from early times believed by the Norwegians to possess great
magic power. Hence the name of the dyke or dykestead * dc
Finnigirt dyke,' the old name of which was simply Finnigord, the
Finns' dyke, jAKonsEN Sh. Dial. (1897) 73.
[Cp. N orw. dial. Finngjerd, sorcery, the magic art ( A asen) ;
Sw. dial. Finn-slwtt, a disease suddenly attacking cattle,
supposed to be due to witchcraft (Rietz). For further
information on the connexion between the Finns and
sorcery see Vigfusson (s.v. Finiiar).]
FINNY
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FIRE
FINNY, sb. e.Siif. (F.H.) In plir. >io finny, no fear !
FINNYING. aiij. Siif. Timid, fearful.
e.Su'. Shu's that finnying she won't go out after dark (F.H.).
FINOODLE, V. Nhb.' To fumble.
What's thoofinoodhii there at?
FINTOCK, sb. Per. (Jam.) The cloud-berry or knot-
berry, Rttbtis Chamaemorxts. Also called Averin (q.v.).
FINTOM, sb. e.An. Also written flntum e.An.^
[fi'ntani.] A sudden freak, fancy.
e.An.' Well, lliero! what fintiim now ? Nrf. y}f<-A.(i879) 'VIII. 169.
FINTRUM, see Findrum.
FINTUM, sb. e.An.' [Not kno-vvn to our correspon-
dents.] A piece of wood fastened by a girdle or cord
round the waist of a reaper to carry his reaping-hook.
FINZ ACH. si!!. Sc. The knot-grass, /'o/)g-o«K«mwW</(rrrc.
Bntf. Sucli is the stubbornness of grass, finzach, and sorrel . . .
that they often baffle the harrow though ever so carefully applied.
Sun: Ai;rii: A pp. 39 (Jam.).
FIORIN, sb. Sh.I. The ebb-shore. (K.I.), S. & Ork.'
[ON. //iin'n,the shore at ebb-tide (/^'rt/vn- -m, suffixed
art.), see J.xkobsen Norsk in Shell. (1897) 108.]
FIORINGRASS, sb. Irel. The marsh bent-grass,
Agrostis slolomjcra or alba.
The famous fiorin grass of Dr. Richardson and the Irish agri-
culturists. Patrick Plants (18311 64 (B. & H.).
FIPPENCE, 5*. pi. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Den Not. Nhp.
War. Lon. Nrf Dev. Also written fippense nw.Der.*;
fippunse.Lan' [fipans.] 1. Fivepence.
n.Cy. tJ-W.), w.Yks. iJ.T.), e.Lan.', m.Lan.', nw.Der.', s.Not.
(J.P.K.), Nhp.', War. 2 Lon. Baumann Londmismen (1887). Dev.
Awnly fippence a yard. Clieap, vvadden 'er? Hewett Peas. Sp.
(i892\
2. Phr. as fine as fippence, smart, very fine.
Sc, ' As fine as fippence you'll give a groat raking.' A jest upon
a girl who is finely drest whereas she used to be dirty, Kelly
Piw. (1721") 18. Nhp.' Nrf. She'll be haare d'reckly, as fine as
fippence, A.R.K. IVrighl's Foiiiiuc (1885) 66.
FIPPENNY, adj. Irel. Yks. Lan. Also written fipp'ny
Jr. Lan. ; fippuny Lan. [fi'p(3)ni.] Of the value of five-
pence.
Ir. Take you for a fipp'ny bit and a glass of sparits. Lever Jack
IHiiton (1844) ii. w.'Vks. (J.W.) Lan. A visit on a fipp'ny fare,
DoHERTV A'. Barlow 11884") 36. e.Lan.'
FIPPLE, s6. Sc. Nhb. Also in form faiple Sc. [fipl.]
1. The under-lip of men or animals ; a wry face, pouting lip.
Sc, (Jam.) Lth. Confined to that of a horse (li.). N.Cy.' Nhb,'
What a fipple!
2. Phr. (i) dotvn in the fipple, 'down in the mouth,' dis-
contented, crestfallen ; (2) lo hang the (or one's) fipple, to
be discontented, sulky ; to cry, weep.
(i) e.Fif. She was lanely, wretched, doon i' the faiple, and sae
furthjLATTo Tatn Bodkiii (1864) xxi. (2) Rxb. CDndemnedtohang a
faiple Some dowy get, A. ScoTTPofms( 1805)23 (J AM.). N.Cy,', Nhb.'
3. Anything loose and flaccid hanging from the nose.
Cld. (Jam.)
4. The crest or comb of a turkey when elated, ib.
5. Of corn : the bottom of the sheaves ; see below.
Nhb.' After stocks of corn remain standingfor a time, the bottoms
of the sheaves become naturally longer on the outside than the
inside, which is called their fipple.
[1. Cp. Norw. dial, fiipa, to whimper, to pout with the
lips (Aaseni ; Sw. A\a\..fiepa, to whimper, to make a wry
face as though one was going to weep ( Rietz),]
FIR, sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also •written
fur Cum.' e.Yks. ; and in form vir w.Cy. 1. In conip.
(i) Fir-apple, (2) -ball, a fir-cone, the cones of the Finns
sylveshis and Abtes ; (3) -bauks or -baulks, foreign deals
used for the beams of a house ; (4) bob, see -ball ; (5)
•brushes, the needle-shaped leaves of the fir-tree ; (6)
-dale, (71 -deal-tree, a fir-tree, deal-tree; (8) -jacket, a
coflin ; (9) needles, see brushes ; (10) -yowe, see -ball.
(I) Dur.', Cum.' Wm. Ther's plenty o' fir-apples ta year (B.K.).
n.Yks. (,I.W. 1 e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.', Nhp.', Lei.',
Brks.', e.Suf. (K.H.), Sur. (B. & H.), Hmp. (J.R.W.), Hmp.'
(2) Shr.i (3) Nhp.', e.An. (Hall.) (4) Lan,', e.Lan.', Chs.' 3,
Lei. (B. & H. , Shr.' w.Som.' 'Vuur-baub. (5)Shr.' (6 Rut.'
(7) Nhp.' (81 Sc. I hae nae notion o' puttin' on a fir jacket as
lang as I can help it. Ford Thistledown (i8gi) 308. (9) Hmp.'
( 101 Rnf. (Jam.)
2. The wood of the fir-tree used for lighting purposes ;
a pine-torch ; also called Candle-fir.
Elg. He wan his fir and cuist liis peats, Abd. Wily. Press (June
15, 1898) ; Aften they got a bit fir to the beet Whilk held them in
light a lang winter's week, ili. Abd. Little Pate but a-lioiise dare
hardly look. But had, and snuff the fir, liRATTtz I'arings (tSoi) 26,
ed. 1873.
Hence (i) Fir-candle, sb. a torch, light ; (2) -futtle, sb.
a large knife used for splitting candle-fir; (3) -wood, s6.
bog-wood, used for lighting purposes.
(^I'l ne.Sc. Fir-can'les — that is, thin splinters of bog fir from one
to . . . three feet long fixed in a sort of candlestick, Ghecor Flk-Lorc
(i88i) 54. (2) Abd. (Jam.) (3) Sc. [At a child's birth] a lighted
slip of firwood was whirled three times round the bed, with the
superstitious idea of averting evil influences, Andrews Clt. Life
(1899) 194. Chs.' In [the mosses] is found much of that wood
we C.1II firrwood, which serves the country-people for candles,
fcwel, and sometimes for timber-uses, Trans. Phil. Soc. IV. 1061.
Firwood is still obtained from Macclesfield Moss, and sold in the
town, but not now to any great extent. Formerly the cry, ' Fir-
wood, Firwood,' was fi'cquently heard in Macclesfield.
FIR, see Fur, sb.
FIR-BILL, FIRCOM, FIRDED, see Fur, Furcum,Firr'd.
FIRDIT, adj. Sh.I. Lost, not to be found. S.& Ork.'
FIRE, sb. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel, and Eng.
Also written feigher Lan. ; and in forms foire Yks. ;
foyer Lan. ; vier Don ; vire w.Cy, [fai3(r, foi3(r).]
1. sb. In comb, (i) Fire-about, round about the fire; (2)
-back, the back part of a fire ; a receptacle behind the
fire ; (3) -bauk, the beam in front of an open chimney on
which the wall is built ; (4) -beater, a stoker at a mill or
factory; (5) -bit, phosphorescence on the sea ; (6) -bits, a
pair of small tongs used by a blacksmith ; (7) -bladder,
a pimple or eruption on the face ; (8) -blight, a disease in
hops; (9) -bote, (a) obs., the right of gathering wood for
fuel; (b) decayed wood; (10) -brand-new, quite new; (11)
-burn, see -bit; (12) -case.the chimneypiece; (13) -cheek,
the fireside, the side of the fire; (14) -clay, deposits of
silicious clay often used for fire-bricks; (15I -coal, (a) coal
supplied to workmen at a colliery for domestic purposes ;
(b) a glowing coal; (16) -cods, a pair of bellows; (17)
-dart, lightning; (18) -deal, a good deal; (19) -dog, an
andiron ; (20) -edge, the first impulse, eagerness; enthu-
siasm, spirit; (21) -elding, fuel, firewood; (22) -end, the
fireside, fireplace, hearth, the end of a room where the
fireplace is ; also used atlrib. ; (23) -end-pan, the boiler
at the side of the kitchen fire- range or grate; (24) -engine,
the steam-engine ; (25) -fanged (or -fang, -fangit), (a)
burnt, over-heated, dried, pungent ; of food : scorched,
burnt ; of manure : impaired by too great a degree of
inward heat ; (6) fig. hot-tempered, fierce, violent ; (26)
-fanging, the action of too much heat upon cheese,
manure, &c. ; (27) -fangitness, the state of being over-
heated, burnt; (28) -flaught, (a) a flash of lightning ; a
meteor ; the Northern Lights ; also usedy?^. ; {b) a piece
of red-hot coal, flying out of the fire with a loud noise; (c)
fig. a hot-tempered person ; (29) -fodder, fuel ; (30) -fork,
a fork or prong used for stirring the fuel in an oven or for
raking out the ashes ; (31 ) -gods, see -cods ; (32) -hole,
the space in front of the boiler fires ; a fireplace ; (33)
■house, the kitchen end of a cottage ; the dwelling, dis-
tinguished from the out-dwellings; (34) -hung, hanging
over the fire ; (35) -jawm, a mantelpiece ; (36) -juice,
vitriol [not known to our correspondents] ; (37) -kessen,
see -kink'd ; (38) -kettle, a pot for holding fire in a fishing-
boat ; (39) -kindling, (a) a house-warming, a festival given
upon entering into a new residence ; (b) sticks or chips
fur lighting fires ; (40) -kink'd, shrivelled by heat, forge-
twisted ; (41) -lamp, a portable fire used as a lamp ; (42)
-levin, lightning; (43) -lug-end, see -end; (44) -new, see
-brand-new ; (45) -pan, a fire-shovel ; a dust- or ash-pan ;
(46) -papers, strips of ornamental paper used to fill up
empty grates in summer; (47) -point, (48) -porr (or -pur),
(49) -pote (or -poit). (50) -potter, a poker; (51) -prong,
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see -fork ; (52) -scaup, a red-haired person, one of a hot
temperament ; (53) -sconce, (a) an iron basket used for
holding a fire out of doors; {b) a fire-screen; (54) -scordel,
one who crouches over the fire all day long ; (55) -shool,
afire-shovel; also used ff/Zr/A. ; (56) -slaught, sce-flaught
('^li (57^ -smatch, a burnt flavour in food ; (58) -smatcht,
burnt, having a burnt flavour ; (59) -spannel (or -spaniel),
see -scordel; (60) -sprit, a firebrand, a hasty,hot-tempered
person; (61) -spuddle, one who is constantly stirring the
fire; (26) -stead, (n) a fireplace ; (Z>) the shelf over the fire;
(c) a place where a fire is made out of doors ; (63) -stick
heft (or haft), (a) a piece of wood used for fuel, firewood ;
(b) a long stick, used as a poker; (64) -stone, (a) a silicious
sandstone used for hearthstones or furnace-linings ; {b}
flint; an old-fashioned flint used for striking a light ; (65)
■tongs, house-tongs ; (66) -trying, searcliing for fire-
damp ; (67) -wheel, the firework, St. Catherine's wheel ;
(68) -wood, in phr. fo wis/t one firewood of a boat, &c., see
below.
(i) m.Lan.i (2) w.Yks. Ah thowt same az wot Toabe Fletcher
did when tliayputhimupa t'fireback, Tom Treddlehoyle /?(jiV«5/a
Ann, { 1861 ) 31, n.Lin.^ It's good to noht at all ; you may fling it
upo' th' fire back. (3) n.Lin.' (4) Lan. He wouldn't do it . . .
becose it wur th' feigher-beater's job, Wood Hum. Sketches, 94.
(5) Nai. (W.G.) (6) w.Yks. = (7) Hmp. Wise A'czy Fo;-f5/ (1883)
282;Hmp.' (8)Hrt. ELLisil/orf. //i«6. (1750) IV. i. (9,a)n.Yks.2
n.Lin.* To have, perceive, and take in and upon the aforesaid
premises sufficient houseboot, hedgcboot, fireboot. Lease of Lands
in Brumby (1116). Nhp> Cor. The prior gave ' privilege and free-
dom ' . . .lorgathering, for *fire-booteand house-boote,'such boughs
and branches of oak trees in his woods ... as they could reach to
. . . with a ' hook and a crook,' Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eug. (1865)
434, ed. 1896. [N.if Q. (1871) 4th S. vii. 190.] (b) Nhp.i Now
almost 06s. (io)w.Wor.',se.Wor.' (11) Nai. (W.G.) (i2)w.Yks.
I shall be at a standstill when they [pen and ink] are up on the
firecase, Snowden IVeb 0/ IVeaver {iSg6) x'lx. (i^) Edb. Our stuffed
chintz pattern elbow chair by the fire-cheek. Mom Mansie Waucli
(1828, ix. ;i4i Nhb.i Known as under-clay, scggar-clay, or thill,
Lebour Geol. Nlih. Dur. (1886) 45. Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal
rn G/. (ed. 1888). w.Yks. Geo/. Shto. Kcr^. Serf. Sh. No. 43. (15,0 )
Nhb.i Free of charge, except sixpence per fortnight for leading,
which is done by the colliery carts, within a reasonable distance.
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (i) Glo. (F.H.) e.Suf.
' I'll be burnt to a fire-coal, if that is not true.' Common (<'6.). (16)
n.Yks.' : n.Yks.^ ' Blast it up wi' t'fire-cods,' blow the fire. (171
Kcb. O where will ye gang When the firedairt lurks in the murky
cloud? Armstrong Iiiglcside (1890) 104. (18) Wil.' (19) Wit.
Slow Gl. (1892). w.Som.i The var. andirons are only known as
fire-dogs by polite servants. nw.Dev.' (20 1 Gall. He, contentit,
slippet hame, For, 'las ! his fire edge was gane, Nicholson Poet.
IVks. (1814 i 63, cd. 1897. Cum.i He gallop't his laal nag till t'fire-
cdge was olT. Wm. He seun gat t'fire-edge for mowin' rubbed off
when he hcd it ta deea fer days tagidder (B.K.). n.Yks. T'horses
will be stiddier when t'fire-edgeisolT them (I.W.). w.Yks. ' 'Totake
ofTthe fire-edge,' touse anything forthe firsttime. Ingrindinganew
scythe, the edge given by the friction of the stone is distinguished from
the less acute edge of the forge, viz. the fire-edge. Sur. All that
sanguine and pedantic enthusiasm best known in farming under the
expressive title of Fire-edge,' Hoskvns Talpn (1852) 235, cd. 1857.
(2i)n,Cy.GR05E(i79o). n.Yks.iW.H.j, n.Yks. '=, ne.Yks.' e.Yks.
(W.W.S.) ; Think me on ti get sum fire-eldin in te-neet, Nicholson
FlkSf,. (1889) 95 ; Marshall Rui. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.' n.Lin.
He help'd me up wi' th' bundil o' fire-eldin (M.P. ) ; n.Lin.' (22)
Sc There was din . . . 'Mang oor bairns the nicht roun' the fire-en'.
Ballads and Poems (1885) 157. Bnff. I' the fire-en' sat man and
wife, An' Tib an' I sat i' the neuk, Taylor Poems i 1787) 64. Rnf.
Morn and night at your fire-end Sing psalms and pray, M'Gilvray
Poems (ed. 1862) 70. Ayr. The man who prefers the smoky air
o' a change-house to his ain cosy fire-end, Johnston Glenbuckie
(1889) 82. Lnk. In the cozy fire-en' nook Stan's myauld arm ch.Tir,
M'^Lachlan T/ioug/its {i88^) 26. (23) w.Yks. (J.T.) (24) Nhb.'
The charge of water. . . may be done much cheaper byhelp of a fire-
engine. Brand /list. Newc. II. 685, no/e ; At Walker Colliery there
arc two ventilators worked with a machine by the licl|)of the fire-
engine, Wallis IJisl. N/il/.(f]6q) I. 128. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal
7>. G/. ( 1 888). Cor.' A favourite sign for a piiblio-housc. f25,a)Sc.
Herd Col/, Sags. (1776; Gl. ; Cheese is said to be fire-fangit when
it is swelled and cracked, and has received a peculiar taste in con-
sequence of being exposed to much heat before it has been dried
(Jam.). Nat. Having the quality of a dunghill impaired by too
high a degree of the fermenting heat, Agric. Sitrv. Gl. {ib.) Ayr.
If it [a heap of dung and peat] becomes hotter, a larger quantity
of moss ought to be introduced that it may not be fire-fanged,y^^r/'f.
Suri'.y^g (lb.). n.Cy.Ofoatmeal,&c.thatis over-dried. Grose (1790) ;
N.Cy.i, Nhb. (R.O.H.), Cum.' n.Yks'; n.Yks.^ It's fire-fang'd
stuff [pungent in the mouth]. ne.Yks.' e. Yks. (H.E.W.) ; A cake
is left too long in the hot oven. Is it simply burnt or scorched ?
Oh no! It's getten fire-fanged, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 4;
e.Yks.' Spoilt by a piece of wood being left in the oven which
imparts a scorched or fiery flavour to the food. m.Yks.' w.Yks.'
Oats or malt too hastily dried in the kiln, whereby it obtains as it
were a smatch of the fire. (4) n.Yks.'^, ni.Yks.' (26; Ayr. Hoving
or fire-fanging is so seldom met with in the sweet milk cheese of that
county, Agric. Surv. 456 (Jam.). [The heat generated in dung
* sometimes rises so high as to be mischievous, by consuming the
materials(fire-fanging),' Young Ann, Agric, (i784-i8i5)XLI. 253.]
(27) w.Sc. (Jam.) (28, a) Sc. Saddled your horse, and left the
castle like a fire-flaught, Scott Antiquary (1816) xxxiii ; The fire-
flucht's flashin' like mad, Roy Horseman's IVd. (1895) ii. Cai '
Abd. Up the Castle hill at fire-flaucht speed, Guidman Inglismaill
(1873) 48. Slg. I think I see the fire-flaughts yet, Towers Pofms
(1885) 52. Lnk. The sunbeams glancin'. Like fire-flauchts ower
the loch's lane breast, Hamilton Poems (1865I 51. Lth. The fire-
flaughts dartin' frae his ee The wilds amang, Macneill Poc/. IVks.
{1801) Inlrod. 10, ed. 1856. Edb. P'ire-flaught and hail,Wi' tenfald
fury's fires, Fergusson Pofms (1773) 198, ed. 1785. Slk. The Cre-
flauchtis flew, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865 ) 14. Dmf. Every moment now
they thought That it would like a fire llaught Flee o'er their head,
Shennan 7rt/f5 ( 1 83 1 ) 73. Kcb. Ifind thata fire-flauchtof challenges
will come out at midsummer, Rutherford Lett. U660J No. 106.
n.Cy.GROSE(i79o) ; (K.); N.Cy.', Nhb.' n.Yks. Our coo ... rave
out o' t'deer like a fireflawt, Tweddell Clevel, Rbymes (1875I 36 ;
n.Yks.i; n.Yks.= Heranlike a fire-flaught. (/))n.Yks.'2 (c)n.Yks.';
n.Yks. 2 A regular fire-flaught. (29) n.Yks.'^ (30) Shr.' A long-
handled, two-pronged fork. ' Sally, yo' should'n a brought the
fire-fork an' the slut afore yo' putten 3'ore 'ands i' the flour.' Sus.'
Ken.' A three-pronged fork, as broad as a shovel, and fitted with
a handle made of bamboo or other wood. (3i)m.Yks.' (32)Nhb.,
Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl, ( 1888). Lan. Lookin' yearnstfullyat th'
fire-hole, Waugh Owd Bodle, 256. {33 ■ Cai.' The ' but ' end of a
two-roomed cottage in which the family sat and took their meals.
Cum.' (34) Fif. Richt glad his fire-hung pat to hear Singin' and
dringin', Tennant Prt/>«/(;;v (1827) 112. (35") wYks. In a bit they
coom to t'fire-jawm, Binns Orig, (1889) ^o. i. 6. (36) Ess. You
dashed the firejuice into my eyes, Baring-Gould Mehalah (1885)
383. (37) n.Yks.'' (38)Sh.I. Clap dem i' da firckeltle, an' prepare
dysell for da shot, an' da kavlin' tree, Sh. Aezvs (Sept. 27, 1898).
139, a) ne.Sc. When the house was taken possession of there was
a feast — thehoose heatin or fire-kinlin, Gregor F/k-Lorc (1881) 51.
Abd. (Jam.) (A)n.Lin.' (40) n.Yks.= (4i)Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. A round
iron cage supported on three legs or hung by chains, and in which
coal fires are maintained for the convenience of the banksmen and
screeners, Nicholson Coa/ 7"r. G/.( 1 888). (42) Rxb. (Jam.) (43)
Ayr. Clink ye at the fire-lug en', Wi' ink an' paper, Laing Poetns
(1894) 99. (44) s.Chs.' Ai b Dut*n)z got'n u spon spit'in fahyur-
nydo koout fur dhu wai'ks [Abe Button's gotten a spon spittin'
fire-new cooat for the wakes]. se.Wor.' Glo. He hed a vire-new
book under bees arm, Roger Plowman, 13; Horac Subseciiiae [i-jj-])
153; Glo.', e.An.', e.Suf. (F.H.), I.W.', Wil.' Dor. Last Easter
Jim put on his blue Frock coat, the vust time— vier new, Barnes
Poems (1879) 8. Som. In a fire-new suit of clothes, Ray'MOND
Sam and Sabina (1894) 45. w.Soni.' Our Urch come home vrom
fair way a vire-new hat, darned if I know where the money com'th
vrom. (45) e.An. (E.G.P.) ; (P.H.E.); e.An.' Nrf. Common
(M.C.H.B.). Suf. (C.T,), e.Snf. (F.H.),Wil. (G.E.D.) Cor. Monthly
il/a^. (1810) I. 435 ; Cor.' (46) w.Yks. T'ribbons i't'bonnets hung
dalm like year owd fire papers, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann.
( 1 861) 51. (47) w.Yks. Get t'fire-point an' poke t'fire wi't (jE.B.);
Grose (1790); He gave it a prod behind wi'lh'foir-point, Yksman,
(1876) 131, col. I ; w.YkSj^ Au've stopp'd at Padiham sooa long
that ma legs have swelled as thick as firepoints ; w.Yks.''^ (48)
n.Yks.' 2, m.Yks.' (49^ n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. 2 Give him the fire-pooat
[knock him down]. ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Moses gate a brokkenheead
wi t'fire-poyt, Clayton's Ann. {i8-]8) 29; w.Yks.' Wad he hed a
fire-poit ... in his throttle, ii. 306. Lan. Aw'd tak that pouse at top
o' th' yed wi' tli' fire-pote, Waugh Tattlm' Matty (1867) ii ; Lan.',
e.Lan.',m.Lan.' (501 w.Yks. Thear wor noa foirc-potlcr i't room to
mak'a way wi',HALLAM IVadsley Jack (1866) ix. Lan.A'll swallow
that foyer-potther, Brierley Layrock (1864) vii; Lan.', e.Lan.',
nw.Der.' n.Lin. A skrced on 'cm as long as my sister's kitchen fire
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potter, Peacock /?.5XwV/(iH^/!( 1 870) 11.279; n.Lin.* (sOCor. Dufly
pushes Hucy back into the oven Willi the fire-prong, Hunt Pop.
yCy/».!c.i"Hi,'.(,i865)396. eti. 1896. (s^ln.Yks.^ (ss.rtln.Un.i (i)
Lin. A'. & Q, (,1874) 5th S. ii. £07. n.Lin.i (54) Dev. Our cat is
a regular fire-scordel [a fire cat or ash cat ' that scordels over the
fire 'J, Refiorts Proviiic. (18B6) 96. (55) Dmb. I see you sae tliick
\vi' this servant o' Satan \vi' the fireshool hat. Cross Disniplioii
(1844) X. Ayr. AuUl Tubalcain's fire-shool and fender, Burns
Grose's Perfi^yiuations (17B9) st, 7. Lan. Unless he coom on a fire-
shool, Waugii Tufts nf Heather (,ed. Milner) II. 72, (56) Sc. Like
fire-slaught lliskin' hitlier-thithcr, Drummond Mnckomachy (1846)
44. Fif. As thunder on the fire-slacht's back, Tennant Papistry
^1827) 24. (57) n.Yks.12, m.Yks.i (58) Cum.» (59) ne.Wor.
(J.W.P.) Sus, He vvur hem forerightwud de fire-spannels, JacksoN
Southward Ho V1894) I. 289 ; Sus.* (60) w.Yks. I have seen what
a fire-sprit you can be when you are indignant. Bronte J. Eyre
(1848") 267, ed. 1857. (61) w.Som.* Vuyur-spuudl. (62,a)Nhb.',
n.Yks.i=, ne.Yks.i, n.Lin.> (i) w.Yks. (J.T.) (c) n.Lin.» (,63, a)
w.Yks. T'wood'sfit for nowt but fire-stick hefts (,W.C.S*). s.Cbs.
It'll bey a rare fire-stick haft (T.P.). (6) w.Yks. Usually ashen
iS.K.C). (64, a) Nhb.' Nlib., Dur. The white stone and the fire-
stone form nearly one stratum, Forster Seetion Strata (1821) 100.
Wor. The red-stained (oxidized) hard stone found in lias quarries
(E.S.). [Some beds known as ' Firestones ' have been employed for
making hearths, Woodward Geol. Eug, and IVal, (1876) 65.] (b)
w.Som.' I can mind hon wadn nort vor to strik a light way but th'
oldfarshin teender-box, way a steel and a vire stone. 'Tis 'most
all vire-stones up 'pon Welli'ton Hill. (65) w.Som.i n.Dev. Chell
lay tha over the years wey the vire-tangs, Ex»i. Seold. (1746)
1. 71. (ea') w.Yks. (.P.F.L.) (67) Abd. Skyrockets . . . wi' blue
lows, an' firewheels, an' crackers, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 9.
(68) Abd. In Cove the favourite day for launching a boat was
Saturday. The toast was — ' Here's yer health, and I wis ye fire-
wood o' her,' the meaning of which was, of course, that the well-
wishers hoped she would never be lost at sea, but serve her owner
till she was worn out, or till he was prosperous enough to get a
better, Abd. IVkly. Free Press (Oct. 28, 1898V
2. Comb, in plant-names : (i) Fire-flout, the common
poppy, Papaver Rhoeas; (2) -leaves, (a) the leaves of the
var. species of plantain, esp. Plantago media ; {b) the blue
scabious, Scabiosa siiccisa ; (3) -light, the violet, Viola tri-
color ; (4) -o'-gold, the marsh-marigold, Calllia palustris ;
(5) -weed, see -leaves.
( i) Nhb.i Also called ' stinking poppy ' and ' lightning.' (2, n")
Chs., Glo.' (A) Hrf. We have seen the farmer of Glo. with a
plantain leaf, and he [siV] of Hrf. with a scabious leaf, select
specimens, and violently twist them, to ascertain if any water
could be squeezed out of them. If so, this moisture is said to
induce fermentation in newly-carried hay sufficient to fire the rick,
Gard. Chron. (i860) 738, in (B. & H.). (3) s.Wor.l, se.VlTor.'
(4) n.Bck. (5) Glo.>
3. Comb, in bird-names : (i) Fire-brand, (2) -brand-tail,
(3) -flirt, (4) -flit, (5) -flit-star, (6J -red-tail, (7) -tail, the
redstart, Rutidlla Phoeniatriis.
(i) Glo.' (2) Hrf.2 (3) w.Wor. Berrow's Jm. (Mar. 3, 1888).
[From the continual motion of its tail, Swainson S/rrfs (1885) 13.]
(4) w.Yks. (W.M.E.F.) (5) e.Yks. A'a/H)i- A'ofes, No. 4. (6j Nhp.l
(7) Sc, w.Yks. So called from the bright red rust of its tail,
Swainson ib. Der. 'There's a firetail !' . . interrupting. . . to throw
a stone at a redstart, Verney Stone Edge (1868) i ; Der.^, nw.Der.'
Not. Swainson 16. 13. s.Not. (J.P.K.), Rut.', Lei.', Nhp.i War.
Swainson ib. 13; War.^ w.Wor. Berrow's Jm. (Mar. 3, 1888).
Glo.' Oxf. Aplin Birds (1889) 214. Nrf. That small bright brown
birdie upon that hawthorn spray is a redstart — ' firetail ' the natives
call him, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 36; Cozens-Hardv
Sroarf A')/. ( 1 893) 44. Hmp. Swainson li. 13. Wil. Smith iJ/rrfs
(1887) 146. Som. Swainson ib. Dev. Bray Desc. Tainar and
7"a!;^(i836) I.351. Cor.' 2
4. Phr. (i) a fire and all of (somclliiiig), an intensive:
great, terrible; (2) as drunk as fire, mad with drink ; (3)
fire and brimstone, a punishment inflicted by schoolboys on
one of their fellows; (4) — and salt, the custom of placing
fire and salt on the threshold of the byre over which a cow
has to pass ; (5) — and tow, of a hasty person : irascible ;
(6) — i" the waiter, phosphorescence on the sea ; (7) — of
hell, a keen burning pain in the hands and feet; (8) going-
rty?/-c-//.?/(/(;(', going gathering violets ; see Fire-light; (91
reading out of the fire, foretelling the future by means of
the fire ; (10) to big afire of stones, to make a pile of stones
on the hearth in the shape of a fire ; see below ; (ir) to
buy a thing out of the fire, to give an extravagant price for
a thing ; (12) to eat fire andjlar, an asseveration used by
boys ; (I3) to get fire in one's face, to light one's pipe ; (14)
the falling of fire, see below.
(I) Sus. There was a fire 'n all of a haffock [there was a terrible
confusion] (R.H.C.); (G.A.W.) (2) Cor.' (3) e.Yks. At Hull
a parent complained that his boy, an habitual truant, was subjected
at school to the 'fire and brimstone' punishment. When any
boy played truant ... it was the custom for the other boys
to form up in two lines, and the truant boy had to ' run the
gauntlet' and be belaboured with blows from knotted handker-
chiefs, Yks. Evening Post (Nov. 26, 1896). (4) Bnff.' The first
time a cow leaves the byre after calving, or the first time after
winter for grazing, fire and salt are placed on the threshold, and
she is made to pass over them. (5) Ayr. ' Lord !' quo' Robin, who
was fire and tow, ' byde till I get my breeks,' Service Dr. Diigiiid
(ed. 1887) 15. s.Chs.' Ee^z au' fahyflr un tea' [He's aw fire an'
tow]. (6) Nai. (W.G.) (7) n.Cy. (Hall.) (8j se. Wor.' Going
a cowsluppin' and fire-lightin'. (9) Sh.I. Although ' reading out
of the fire,' as it was called, as well as cup reading, was not new
to the hermit, yet he knew little of these arts, Stewart Fireside
Tales (1892) 75. (10) Ags. Sometimes left in the desolate house
by the removing tenant. [Some] have been known to leave a fire
of this description behind them when they reluctantly left a habita-
tion of possession for the purpose of ensuring ill-luck to the family
that succeeded them (Jam.), (ii) Nhp.' ' I'm not going to buy it
out of the fire,* is often said, when a person refuses to purchase
an article because an exorbitant price is demanded. (12) Oxf.'
Uuyl yet fuuyr un flaa'r un aul dhQ Wuurld ut wun muuwf-fuol if
uuy dwunt [I'll yet fire an' flar an' all th' world at one moufful if
I dwun't]. (13) Sh.I. 'Light your pipes.' . . ' Weel, Tammy,' I says,
whin I wis gotten fire i' mi face, Sh. News (July 10, 1897). (14J
Sh I. ' Da fire is faaen upo mi words,' she said, ' an' weel I wat
braand never fell on truer tale, aald froty sayin' t'o [though] it be.'
The falling of the fire when words are said attests their truth ac-
cording to an old belief, Burgess Lowra Biglan (1896) 21.
5. Fuel ; a light.
Sh.I. I raise ta mak fir ben wi' fire i' me pipe, Sh. News (Jan.
39, 1898). Abd. May auld Nick get him for a baggage ass . . .
And gar him carry a' his winter fire, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 71,
Frf. Barefoot horse, like pedlars' packs. Boot . . . carry fire to rich
an' poor, Baith peats an' trufi's, Piper of Peebles (1794) 5.
6. A spark from a smithy ; anything that lodges in
the eye.
Abd. Pickin' stobs frae laddies' feet, or fires an' mots frae een,
Anderson Rhymes (1867) 26. Gall. A red hot spark from the
anvil is called a fire, if it strikes the eyeball of the smith, and has
to be carefully taken off. A blacksmith told me that he had once
got a ' fire ' in his eye (A.W.).
7. Sheet-lightning ; also called Wild-fire.
Nhb.' Did ye see hoo the fire wis fleein last neet?
8. The phosphorescence of the sea. Nai. (W.G.)
0. Carburetted hydrogen in coal-mines.
Lnk. There is a great quantity of fire among the old stoopings.
... If we could force that fire into Number Two, there would
be an end to Pyotshaw, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 222.
10. V. To bake bread ; to toast.
Sc. The bread's no fir'd yet ^JAM.). Cai.' Peb. The dough is
then rolled thin and cut into small scones, which when fired are
handed round the company, Nicol Poems (1805) 1. 28 n. (Jam.)
Hence Firing-girdle, sb. a baking griddle.
Dmb. It was not probable that there would be either a kneading
rower, ora firing girdle in Edinburgh, Cross Disruption (1844) xv.
11. To blast by means of gunpowder. n.Stf. (J.T.)
Hence in phr. (i) to fire the anvil, to blast the anvil,
a custom carried out on St. Clement's Day ; (2) — the
stithy, a manner of punishing stingy brides.
( I I SU.-. There is in all anvils a deep depression, or hole, which on
S. Clement's day is filled with gunpowder, and a plug of wood is
driven in tightly ; a hole is next bored through tlie plug, a little
powderpouredin,and it is then ignited, Flk-Lorejrn. (1884) II. 326.
(2) Yks. They fired the stithy at her ; that is they placed a charge
of gunpowder in the stith, or anvil of the blacksmith's shop, and
fired it as she passed on her way to church, Henderson Fik-Lore
(1879) \.
12. To discharge any kind of missile.
Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.) Cai.' w.Sc. To fire a stone (Jam. Snfipl.).
Nhb.' They fired stycnsat him, ZJ(mfeo/7|>'«ei^ 1849) 409. Yks. (J.W.)
FIREABLE
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FIRLOT
Lan., Chs. Thoose folk ut liven i' glass heawses shouldno' fire
stones (C.J.B.). w.Som.i He fired at the rooks with his bow
and arrow. ' Fire hard ! ' is a common cry of boys when playing
at marbles. Plai'z-r, dhik bwuuy kips aun fuyureen u skwuur't
aul oa'vur dhu maa'ydnz [Please, sir, that boy keeps on firing a
squirt all over the girls]. [Amer. Fire a rock [throw a stone],
N. & Q. (1890) 7th S. X. 53.]
13. To cauterize.
Ayr. It is only as the chirurgian's pointing at the sore, and
saying, I will lance it, or fire it, and so heal it, Dickson IVHthigs
(1660) I. 48, ed. 1845. [She [a mare] was cropped, and docked,
and fired, Dixon Siigs. Ettg. Peas. (1846) 140, ed. Bell.]
Hence Firing-iron, sb. an implement with which horses
are cauterized. n.Lin.'
14. To inflame, irritate ; to warm.
Ayr. [She] did much by her tinkler tongue to foment the thing
and fire the sair. Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 113. Edb. His
amry had nae liquor laid in To fire his mou', Fergusson Poems
(1773^ 143. ed. 1785.
15. To scorch by hot winds or lightning, applied to grass
or grain. Sc. (Jam.)
16. To light up, illuminate.
Frf. Squibs and bonefires fired the town. An' eke the coast,
Sands Poems (18331 41.
17. Of corn or hay : to ignite from inward heat.
Oxf.' Caused by its having been carried prematurely, MS. add.
Hence Firing, sb. the spontaneous combustion of hay
when stacked in a dartip condition.
Hrt. Ellis Mod. Hush. ( 1750) HI. i.
18. Of a pit : to explode.
Nhb.i A pit is said to have fired when an explosion of gas has
taken place. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Ti: Gl. (1888J.
19. With up : to brighten up.
Ayr. As the mirth was going on in the room, he fired up dif-
ferently to the most of old people, Hunter Studies (1870) 19.
FIREABLE, adj. Yks. [faiarabl.] Capable of being
fired.
w.Yks. They enquired if the gun was fireable, he replied that it
was. Peel Luddites (1870) 125 ; (J.W.)
TlKEDyppt.adj. Irel.Yks. Ken.Sus. Also written fierd
Sus. 1. Of flax : diseased, mildewed, having black
specks upon the stem. N.I.' See Firing, 3.
2. As an intensive : excessive, tremendous ; also used
advb.
Sus. Common (E.E.S.) ; A fired pity (S.P.H.); (G.A.W.);
(F.W.L.) ; So fierd crass At last I cum away. Lower Tom Clad-
pole (1831) St. 122.
Hence Firedly, adv. very much ; very nearly, almost.
Ken. If that rusty-coout ship-dog didn't roosh out at my old
Chum, and firedly massacreed him — surelie ! Lotigntan's Mag.
(Nov. 1891) 83. SUS. (S.P.H.)
FIREPLACE, sb. Sur.' In phr. too big for one's
fireplace, beyond one's means.
I'm much obliged to you for letting me look at the farm ; but
I think that it's too big for my fireplace.
FIRER, 5i. w.Yks. A stoker, fireman, one who attends
to the fires of a steam-boiler. (F.R.) ; (J.M.)
FIRING, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lin. Som. Dev. Also in
form viring w.Cy. 1. Fuel.
Sh.I. Doo's intendin' wis ta hae a puir year's firin', Sh. News
(May 7, 1898). Abd. There was at times during winter a scarcity
of firing, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 213. m.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.),
n.Lin.l w.Som.' Only applied to wood. In local advertisements
of farmers for labourers we constantly see,* good house and garden,
firing for cutting.' e.Dev. Th' viring o't's viery cauls, maust tur-
rable vicry, Pulman S>ig. Sot. (i860) viii. 6.
2. Comp. Firing-hole, the place where coal is put into
the boiler-fires. w.Yks. (J.M.)
3. A disease or mildew to which young flax is subject.
N.I.' Called by bleachers ' sprit,' Dubourdieu Antrim (1812).
FIRK, V. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written ferk Or.I. w.Yks.° Der. ; furk Hnip. ; and in form
virk w.Cy. [firk, fak.] 1. v. To move in a jerking
manner, used (intis., re/l. and in/r. to fidget, hitch ; to
scratch, as a dog for fleas, or as a fowl for food ; to pull.
Also uscdy?i^.
Or.I. He patlled i' the fire. An' fcrky'd i' the embers, Pacty
Torats Travellyc (f88q) 1. 90, in Ellis Piommc. (1889) V. 794, 800.
w.Yks.^ Of a rabbit in a hole: 'I can hear him ferking about'
(i. e. scratching). Chs, 5Affl/(i87g) No. 674, I. 327 ; Chs.' Stf.'
As fowls do for food. Der. The birds were ferking out the buds
(H.R.); Der.^ To rub or scratch as a sow. Not.' Applied to
ferrets. Lei.' A patient said of some medicine,' It firks my stomach,
an' meks me sick.' Nhp.^ War.^ She is firking all over the house.
Brks.' Hmp. (J.R.W.) ; To furk about, to turn up rubbish with a
stick, &c.(H.C.M.B.); Hmp.i I.W.' That dog keeps on firken vor
viees. Wil.'I can't abear that there chap a-com in' firkin' about here.
A policeman getting up a case firks about the place. Dor. (H. J.M.)
2. To clear out ; to clean or scour.
w.Yks/' Come, lass, let's ferk all them nooks out ! Der.* I'll
firk it for you.
Hence Firking, vbl. sb. a turning over, stirring up ; a
clearing out.
w.Yks.2 Give it a good ferking. Lei.', War. 3
3. To worry, tease ; also intr. to be anxious, to be worried.
Not.', Lei.', War.3, l.Vir.' wi). Pray don't firk so (W.H.E.);
Wil.' Don't firk yourself. A cat does not firk a mouse when
'playing'withitjbutthemousefirksgrievously. Dor. (C.W.) Dev.i
You was virkingme to take en,3i. s.Dev., e. Cor. (Miss D.) Cor.'*
4. To whip, beat, to give a smart blow; to cause to tingle.
w.Yks. Willan List Wds. (181 1) ; Grose (1790) MS. add.i^C.)
nw.Der.' To cause a sore to smart or tingle with ointment, &c.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Ken. He firk you off (K.). LW.'
Hence Firking, sb. a sound beating, thrashing.
Lei.' A did gie 'im a firkin an' all ; War.^, I.W.'
5. To itch. Not.', Lei.', War.^
Hence Firking, sb. an itching, irritation.
Lei.' Ah'n got a koind o' firkin all ovver me. War.^
e. To pilfer. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.]
7. sb. A commotion, stir, fidget ; a state of nervous
irritability ; gen. in phr. to be in a firk and to be on the firk.
Rut.' She wur all in a fidget and a firk. Nhp.^ Don't be in such
a firk. Brks. Well, you are in a firk to-day (W.K.E.). I. W. She's
always on the firk (J.D.R.) ; I.W.'
8. One who busies herself in cleaning out corners, &c.
Der.'^ How's a rare firk. nw.Der.'
9. A curve like a tendril. Dor. (H.J.M.)
[1. He ferked ouer f)e flor, Allit. P. (c. 1360) 41. 4. To
{\tV., Jlagellarc, frequenter ferire, Coles (1679).]
FIRKAFAIL, 56. Sh.I. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A partition in a boat to keep the fish in one place.
{Coll. L.L.B.)
FIRKEL, sb. Irel. A ' fellow' ; a term of abuse.
Ant. A dirty firkel (W.H.P.).
[Cp. LG. ferkcl, 'schimpfwort ftir kinder, die sich
besudelt haben ' (Berghaus). The same word as G.
ferkcl, a young pig.]
FIRKIN, 5*. w.Som.' A small cask or keg in which
labourers carry their allowance of beer or cider.
Holding usually three pints. They are made in various larger
sizes, and are then distinguished as two-quart, drce-quart, or vower-
quartvirkin [vuur'keenl, &c., according to capacity. ' Plaiz, mum,
Jan Snell 've zend me in way his virkin, maister zaid how he was
to be a-vil!ed [agee'un] again.'
FIRKIN-ROBIN, sb. Yks. The common earwig.
n.Yks., e.Yks. (G.E.D.)
FIRL, V. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Of corn : to measure.
FIRLOT, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Also written furlot Sc.
N.Cy.'; and in forms fearlot w.Yks.* ; furladCai.' [fi'rlat,
falat.] 1. A measure of capacity for corn, &c., of varying
quantity ;■ a quarter of a ' boll '; a large quantity.
Sc. The matter of a forty shilling besides a quarter of wheat and
four firlots of rye, Scott Monastery (1820 1 xviii ; Of here, nearly
I J Winchester bushel, used for barley, here, malt, and oats; of
wheat, about a per cent, more than a Winchester bushel, used for
beans, pease, rye, white salt, and wheat, Morton Cyclo. Agric,
(1863). Cai.' Abd. Of potatoes, I J cwt. = 3 half bushels. Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863). e.Sc. He's just like auld Bowbutts that kens
to a firlot a' his neighbours' craps, SetoUn R. Urqnlia>i (i8g6] iii.
Dnib. Of the last named article [meal] she had brought a firlot,
selected with great care. Cross Disruption (1844) xv. Ayr. Birlin'
his mouldy pennies in sic firlots, Galt Entail i, i823)lxxxiii. Lth.
The usual wage of outworkers was lod. per day throughout the
year, and a firlot of potatoes planted, Lumsdln Slieejt-liead {^18^2') ^6.
FIRLY
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FIRST
Edb. I. . . owr ilk shouthcr did four firlots fling, Learmont Poems
(■■jgi) 193. Slk. If lor every peck there was a (iriot, CiiR. Nokth
Nuclis (ed. 1856 III. 3. N.Cy.' w Yks. Tlie cightli part of a
busliel, Watson Hhl. lllfx. (,1775^ 537; w.Yks.*
2. The vessel in which a iiilot is measured ; also used
aitrib.
Sc. The old castle where the family lived, ... as a mouse . . . lives
under a firlot, ScoiT Guy M. (1815) ii ; Mony words fill not the
furlot, Ray Pro;/. (1678) 384. Kcd. Firlot measures, corn scythes,
Wi' langor forkit snecis, Grant Z-nys (1884) 3. Edb. Maister Watty
Firkin's new coat hung on him like a dreadnought, .. making him
resemble a mouse below a firlot, MoiR Mansic IVauch (1828) xxi.
[1. ON.^o;/(?A/o/>-,fourthpart,cp.MLat./cr///c/o/n(jAM.).l
FIRLY, si. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Confusion, tumult. (Hall.)
FIRLY-, see Ferly.
FIRM, sb. Lin. Sus. Som. Also written ferm Som.
[fani.] 1. A form, bench.
n.Lin.i Draw th' firm to, lads, an' let's hev wersuppers. Sus.',
w.Som.*
2. The form or seat of a hare or rabbit. Som. (W.F.R.),
w.Som.'
[1. The Dyninge Parlor . . . Item, two firmes, iiijs., Iiiv.
of Sir IVm. Fait/ax of Gilling (Yks.) (1594), in Arcliaeo-
logia (1884) XLVIII. 125.]
'firm, niif, adv. and v. Sc. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Hrf.
Glo. 1. ailj. In phr. (1) firm as Hodge wife, very firm,
secure ; (2) to have from the firm end, to have from an
authoritative source.
^i) n.Lan.' Hodge's wife is said to have been confirmed (by the
Bishop) several times and the phr. is now applied to anything
very firm or secure, (al s.Not. 'Er brother tod me; so a lied it
from the firm end (J.P.K.).
2. adv. In \)\\T.firm asleep, fast asleep. Glo.'
3. V. To make firm, strengthen.
Sh.I. I firm'd my grip apo' da bane, Sh. tVcws (Aug. 6, 1898).
4. To confirm. w.Yks.' 5. To affirm. Hrf.' 6. A
cheese-making term : to grow firm. s.Chs.'
FIRMAMENT, sd. vv.Yks. A standing-place, foot-
hold. (C.C.K.)
FIRMANCE, sb. Obs. Sc. Confinement, imprison-
ment.
Sc. (Jam. Siiffil.) Lnk. They shall be seized upon, and put in
sure firmance, Wodrow C/i. Hiil. (,1720) 402, ed. 1828.
[OVt. fcniiaiice, dcr. oi firmer, to shut (La Curne).]
FIRMARY, sb. Shr. Dev. [fa msri.] An infirmary.
Shr.' If yo'd send 'im to the Firmary 'e'd get the best 'elp as
could be 'ad. Dev. To take our Polly to the 'firm'ry, Longman' s
Mag. (Dec. 1896^ 161.
[Firmariuiii al.fermariiim, afermarie, ' hospitale,' Spel-
MA.N (ed. 1687) 232 ; Fermary in a monastery, eiifermcrie,
Palsgr. (1530).]
FIRMY, V. Gmg. To clean out a stable, &c. See
Farm, v?-
Collins Gower Dial., Trans. Phil. Soc. (1848-50') IV. 222.
FIRMY-TEMPERED, adj. Lei.' Infirm in temper,
discontented.
I wonder that Betty B. was satisfied with the money she got
from the clothing-fund, for she's so firmy-tempered.
FIRMITY, FIRNACKIT, see Frummety, Fornackit.
FIRNIE, sb. Fif (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A quarrel, broil.
FIRPLE, V. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To whimper. Cf fipple.
FIRRABIRD, sb. Sh.I. Part of a fishing-line. See
Fiddabird. S. & Ork.'
FIRRAPS. FIRRUPS, see Ferrups.
FIRRATING, sb. Sc. [firstin.] A kind of tape ; a
binding for mantles ; a shoe-lace.
Abd. A lady asked for some firrating from a Glasgow draper, and
he gave her what she wanted, calling it galloon (G.W.I. Rnf.
Strong leather shoes tied with firrating, Gilmour Paisley Weavers
(1876) 45.
[Der. of ferret, a kind of narrow tape (Annandale). Cp.
Fr.fletirel, ' ruban ' (Hatzfeld).]
FIRR'D. pp. Yks. Also in form firded. Freed, used
of land not depastured by cattle.
w.'ifks. Known only amongst the old farmers, and as far as
Wilsden is concerned is a decidedly ohsol. word. It seems, how-
ever, to be better known in the neighbourhood of Tatclcy Bridge,
for a farmer who used to live there informs me that the term is
applied to pasture land that is allowed to lie idle during the winter
months, not being grazed even by sheep. Land of this kind is
advertized in the local papers as ' winter-furred" (^.B.) ; w.Yks.'
FIRRYSTOICH, si. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A bustle, tumult ; a broil, fight.
FIRSLE, see Fersell.
FIRST, adj., adv. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amer. Also in forms firsses (pi.) Shr.' ; firy
w.Yks. ; fost e.Yks. ; furst Cum.' w.Yks. ; fust Oxf.' ;
vust Brks.' 1. adf In comb, (i) First beginning, the
beginning, the very commencement ; (2) — blush, the
first impression ; (3) — caller, the time when the caller
goes round to call the ' fore-shift ' men ; (4) — end, see
— beginning ; (5) — foot (or footer), (a) the first person
met upon certain special occasions ; the first person to
enter a house upon New Year's day ; (b) to enter a house
first upon New Year's day, to act as 'first foot'; (6)
-footing, the custom of entering a house first or re-
ceiving a ' first foot ' upon New Year's day ; also used
allrib.; (7) — onset, see — beginning; (8) — -piece, (9)
— pole, the ridge-piece of roof-timbers against which the
upper ends of the spars are placed; (lol — whole, (11)
— working, the formation of pillars, which are removed
by a second process called broken or pillar working.
(i) CUs.' n.Lin.' Th' fo'st beginning of the row was sum'ut 'at
happen'd at Gaainsb'r. War.^ I was a poor hand with the scythe
at the first-beginning, but I'd mow an acre agen anybody now.
Shr.' The first-beginnin' on it wuz a little pimple no bigger than a
pin's yed. Oxf.' Brks.' Thess stert vaair at vust beginnin' an'
then us 'ull zure to do 't right. (2) n.Lin.' At th' first blush I thoht
it was a lee, but I scon fun oot it was all trew enif (3) Nhb.'
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (4) e.Yks.', w.Yks.',
Chs. 13 n.Lin.' It's at th' fo'st end o' th' book. s.Not. He left
defendant's employ the 'first end 'of August, A^o/. Gitariiian (Oc\.. 27,
1895)2; (J.P.K.) (5,ajSc.Baptismalcustomsweremoreceremonious
than now. A young unmarried woman invariably carried the child
to church. In her hand she took with her a slice of bread and
cheese, wrapped up, and fastened with a pin taken from the child's
dress, and this she presented to the first male passer she met.
This person constitutedthe child's 'first-foot ' — it had notpreviously
been allowed to cross the door-step ; and if he was a dark-haired
man, there was good luck for the child ; if fair, the reverse would
happen to it, Ford Thistledown (1891) 251. ne.Sc. To meet a cat
as the ' first fit ' was looked upon as indicating the failure of what
was to be undertaken, or foreboding an accident or bad news
within a short time, Gregor 77i-iore (1881) 124; In setting out
on a journey to meet a horse as the ' first fit ' was accounted a good
omen of the success of the journey, ib. 130. Abd. She could . . .
Be first-foot at weddin's, to bliss bridal bun, Anderson Rhymes
(1867) 32. w.Sc. A plane-soled person was an unlucky first-foot ;
a pious sanctimonious person was not good, and a hearty ranting
merry fellow was considered the best sort of first-foot, Napier
Flk-Lore (1879) 160. Rnf. The First- Fit bauldly fronts the storm,
Picken PooHs (1813') I. 78. Lnk. Just tak yer leisure till New-
Year's Day come, I'll sort our first-fitters wi' whisky an' rum,
Watson Poems ( 1853) 47. Lth. Forth we sally'd, ilk to be A
neighbour's first-fit fouthie, Bruce Poems (1813) II. 17. Edb. Wha,
think ye, wad be her first fit? New Year's Morning (i-jgz) g. Dmf.
Twelve o'clock announces the new year, when people are ready at
their neighbours' houses with het-pints, and buttered cakes, eagerly
waiting to be first-foot. . . . Much care is taken that the persons
who enter be what are called sonsie folk, for on the admission of
the first-foot dependstheprosperity or trouble of the year, Cromek
Nithsdale Sng, (1810) 46. N.Cy.' Theone first enteringa house on
New Year's Day. Nhb.' The first who crosses the threshold after
midnight on New Year's Eve. The person so doing must on no
account enter empty handed. The entrant, to be lucky, must be
of the male sex. If he have a squint, he brings bad luck. If he
be of dark complexion, he is not a desirable comer. The luckiest
is a fair-haired first-foot. Dur. The first foot must always be a man,
. . . enter before any one leaves the house, . . bring with him a piece
of coal, a piece of iron, and a bott le of whiskey, /"/i-Z,o>-<'y™.( 1885)
III. 282. Cum. New Year hed followed Cursmas, an'thc 'furst foot'
hed browte Symie mony a glass, Burn Fireside Crack (1886) 16;
Some lucky person, usually a child, is engaged to be the first foot
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of the year, Sullivan Cnw, and IVttt. (1857) 170; Cum.* I. Ma.
I should be the first-foot here, only I'm no use as a qualtagh, Caine
iI/(7».vi;io« (1894) pt. II. ii. Yks. Yks. Life and Chamcler, 22S. (6)
Lth. Sune's they're tasted, turn aboot, They a' set aff first-fittin' On
New Year's morn, Lu.msden Sheep-head {iB()z) 49. Nhb. A hearty
welcome is always given to those who go first-footing on New
Year's morning to carry from circle to circle the greeting * A happy
New Year.' (6) Sc. The practice of 'first-footing' at New Year
time is a remnant of superstition, Ford Thistledown (1891) 250 ;
She seemed to think I was on a first-footing expedition, Wright
Sc. Life (1897) 16. Sh.I. The squads of guizers, . . when the old
year was just about a close, started a first-fittin'. A lot of houses
were open into which they were welcomely received, and this
harmless amusement was kept up till well on in the morning, Sh.
News (Jan. 15, 1898). e.Sc.Whattheydid look forward toforwceks
beforehand... was the first-footing. Setoun5i(>is/</i!c (1895) 4. e.Fif.
Sair against their will they had performed the first fittin at Buttonhole
on that eventfu' New Year's mornin, Latto Tatit Bodkin (1864) ii.
Lnk. Nae douce folk noo first-fittin' lin. To fill oor streets wi'
fearsome din, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 1 14. e.Dur.' Properly, the
first person who enters one's doors on New Year's Day. Men go
around in bands, it being held unlucky for a female to usher in the
new year. The cat is gen. locked up beforehand, as it is also
considered unlucky for animals to appear on these occasions. (7)
w.Yks. (J.W.) S.Lin. My mistaak wor that I didn't do it at the fost
onset(T.H.R.). i8)Chs.i (gjShr.i (10,11) Nhb., Dur. Nicholson
Coat Tr. G/. (18881.
2. Phr. (i) First cuckoo-day, April 14 ; (2) — of May. the
meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata ; (3) — start-off, the
beginning, commencement ; (4) — to last, a term used in
the method of hiring harvest-men ; (5) the first go-off. the
first turn at quoits or other games ; (6) thf first nail of any
one's coffin, any misfortune, loss, or injury which ultimately
is the cause of death.
(i) Sus. /^/*-Z.o)«/?fc.(i879-| 11.52. (2)Chs.«3 (3-) w.Yks. 'Wha
at furst start off shoo sew'd wun ov it arms where it left leg sud
be, Ton Treddlehoyle 77(Oze'te(i845)32. (4"i e.Bdf. Many instances
are met with, where the harvest-men are hired from first to last,
Batchelor .-^^nr. (1813)585. (5) Lan. (S.W.) (.6) Nrf. CW.W.S.)
3. Next, ensuing.
Sc. Monday first, Scoticisme {T.-fii') 6o. Per. Common (G.W.).
Rnf, The first time I gang to the smiddie. As on Saturday teen
[at even] I'll be there, Wedster Rhymes' 1835) 7. Cav. 'Will you
come Monday first or Monday eight days? (M.S.M.) N.Cy.'
e.Dur.' Will be glad to see him to tea Monday first at 5 p.m.
n.Yks,* Sat'rda' first.
4. adv. Before such a thing comes to pass, before this
happens.
Nhb.* Till you have occasion, which I hope will not be long first,
Compleat Collier { 17081 31. n.Yks. (I.W.") w.Yks. A wiant diut,ail
bi erjd fast (J.W.). Glo.' ' Is that job finished ? ' ' It won't belong
first.' I do not hold out the expectation that you will get more
than that; I do notsayyou never will, but it will be some years first.
Hrt, * How long shall you be before you come. Jack ?' *OhI 1 shan't
belong first' (G. P.).
5. Comb, (i) First along, at the beginning, at first, firstly ;
(2) — in, first; (3) — off, (a) at the outset, at the first, at
the beginning ; (6) the beginning, the outset.
(i) Chs.^ w.Som.' At the beginning, and for some time after.
' They do'd very well fust along, but now I count they'd be all so
well home here.' Dev. Reports Provinc. (1877) 131. nw.Dev.*
Cor. A littlecribbage-faced man, wi'... on'y wan eye ; leastways, he
liadn' but wan fust alongwhen I knawed'n, 'Q.' Troy Town (1888)
xi. [Amer. Z>i«/.A'o/«fi896) I. 388.] (2) w.'ifks." I went to Silsden
first in and then to Keighley. I'll gang back, but let me hev my
dinnerfirst in. (3,o^Not.' s.Not. Ah to'd 'im fust off what ah meant
doin' (J.P. K,). n.Lin. She fun' it oot first off. Peacock 7>j/i\s and
R/iynies ( 1886) 97. sw.Lin.' He wanted the pigs killing first off.
Sus. (S.P.H.) [Amer. I was there first off, Dial. Notes (1896) I.
397.] (b) n.Lin.' At th' fo'st off he did middlin' well, bud in a bit
he taaper'd off to noht at all. s,w.Lin.' The first off of the morning.
It was the first off of his occup3'ing the farm.
6. .sb. A term used by children at play: first in order,
before any one else.
w.Yks. Its mai f.iri an Sai seki (J.W.). Shr.'Me firsscs,/H/TO(/.46.
FIRST, see Frist.
FIRSTEN, adf Obs. Sc. First.
The firsten bower that he came till, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1B06)
I. 32 ; Then in there cam her firsten brother, Kinloch Ballads
(1827) 235.
FIRSTER, n^^. Yks. [fa-stafr).] First.
w.Yks. One o' t'firster lot said, Yks. IVkly. Post [ Dec. 14, 1895) ;
Ah wor t'firster, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Mar. 19, 1893) ; Watson
Hist. Hlfx. (177s) 537 ; w.Yks. 11
\First+-cr (compar. suft'.J.]
FIRSTLING, adf Sc. [firstlin.] First, earliest.
Rnf. Bid Spring 'mid yonder lone kirkyard Wi' firstlin' gowans
deck the sward. Young Pictures (1865) 26; Oor firstlin' bairn was
born, Neilson Poems 11877) 64.
Hence Firstlins, adv. first, at first.
Fif. Firstlins ae cork, than the tither, Hetly they chasit ane
anither, Tennant Papistry 1 1827) 23.
[All the firstling males that come of thy herd, Bible
Dent. XV. 19.]
FIRTH, sb. Sc. Yks. [fir)?, ia]'.] A piece of ground
covered with brushwood and a few trees. See Frith.
Ayr. Looking over firth and fauld, Burns A Vision (1794) st. 5.
w.Yks. Lucas Sttid. Nidderdale (c. 1882) xiii ; w.Yks.' 2
[Quhen frostis days ourfret bayth fyrth and fauld,
Douglas Encados (1513), ed. 1874, iii. 79.]
FIRTHLESS, adf Nhb.' LfiTlJlss.] Unmethodical,
shiftless, thriftless.
Aa nivver saa sic a firthless creetur.
FIRTIG, V. Sc. Nhb. Also written furtig Nhb. ; and
in form fortig Sc. S. & Ork.' To fatigue.
Sh.I. A'm no saeas I wis wance, gaein' firtigs auld folkasmuckle
an' mair is [as] moderate wark, Sh. News (May22, 1897); S. & Ork.'
Nhb.'
Hence (i) Firtigesom, adj. fatiguing, wearisome ; (2)
Firtigged, ppl. adj. fatigued ; (3) Firtigging, ppl. adj.
fatiguing, trying, exhausting.
(i) Sh.I. It's ower firtigesom fir auld folk da lack o'me, Sh.Naos
(May 29, 1897). (2) S. Sc Ork.' (3I Abd. It's a feerious fortiggan
road, Alexander yo/iH«v Gibh (1871I xxxviii.
FIRTLE, V. Cum. 'Wm. Lan. Also written fertle
Wm.' ; furtle Cum. [fa'rtl.] To trifle, dawdle, to appear
busy and do little ; to fidget, move about distractedly.
Cum. Furtlen up an doon t'streets an toongeats, Sargisson
Joe Scoap (i88r) 142. Wm. (A.T.) ; Sit tha doon an' bi whiat wi'
tha, thoo can deea neea good ferllen aboot like that'n (B.K.) ; Wm.'
Still in use. Lan.', n.Lan, (W.H.H.), ne.Lan.'
FIS, sb. Nrf. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Decay in fruit.
Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 32.
FISCAL, sb. Sc. The Procurator Fiscal, an officer
acting as public prosecutor in criminal cases.
Sc. * Is it only you ^ ' . . . answered the fiscal, Scott Midlothian
< 1818) xviii. w.Sc. The important personage who filled the office
of fiscal was one nfght enjoying himself with a friend, Carkick
Laird of Logan (1835) 52.
FIS-GIG, see Fizgig.
FISH, sb}, v.^ and tut. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also in form vish w.Cy. 1. sb. In comp.
( I ) Fish-bellied, having the bottom part curved like the belly
of a fish; (2) -belly, the melancholy plume-thistle, Car-
duns heterophyllus ; (3) -cadger, a fishmonger; (4) -carle,
a fisherman ; (5) -chowter (or -chauter), an itinerant fish-
dealer; a woman who hawks fish from street to street;
(6) -creel (or -kreel), a fish-basket; (7) -currie, any deep
hole or secret recess in a river in which fishes hide them-
selves ; (8) -fag, a fish-woman, fish-wife; (9) -garth, an
enclosure made of stakes and wattles for trapping fish in
a river; (10) -gouries, garbage of fish; (11) -hake, a
' sinker,' a weight, anchoring a fishing-net or line; (12)
-hawk, the osprey, Pandion haliaetiis ; (13) -head, an in-
strument used for drawing the clack from a set of pumps ;
(14) -house, a curing-house; (15) -jouder (or -jowder),
(16) -jouster (or -jowster), see -chowter ; (17) -jousting,
hawking fish from street to street ; (18) -leaves, the broad-
leaved Tpond-vjeed, Potnniogeton iiatans, and other species ;
(19) -pots, a name given to tub-shaped isolated clouds;
(20) -rig, the backbone of a fish, used for manure ; (21)
-staff, a large iron hook with a wooden handle for striking
into the fish and lifting them into the boat ; (22) -thief, the
kingfisher, Alcedo ispi'da.
(i) Nhb.' ' A fishbcllicd rail,' which was ' bellied ' or curved be.
twcen each pair of chairs. ' 21 m.-iUcablc iron 12 feet underground
FISH
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Fishbcllied Rails, 13 cwts.,' />tveii/.o/ frallseiiri Colliery (iS'fS). (a)
Cum.' The underside of the leaf is white, and turns up in the wind.
(3) Frf. Rival fish-cadgers . . . screamed libels at each other over
a fruiterer's barrow, Barrie Lic/it (1888) ii ; Hendry had been to
the fish-cadger in the square, ib. T/iniins (1889) xx. {41 n.Sc. Yc
fish-carles never lift an oar In codlin greed, Tarras Poci/is (1804)
143 (Jam.'). (5) Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.l ; Dev.^, Cor.^
(6) Ayr. Since dark in Death's fish-creel we wail Tarn Samson
dead, Burns T. Samson's E/egy {l^a^) st. 6. n.Yks.^ A basket
with one side fiat for fitting to the carrier's back, against which it
is slung by the brow-band. A pad across the loins helps to sup-
port the burthen. (7) Per. (Jam.) (,8) Nhb.i, I.W.», Cor.'s (9)
Nhb.' (10) Rnf. (Jam.") (ii) ne.Sc. Lines, hair for tippens, hooks,
fishhakes . . . had their place in the fisherman's house, Gregor Flk-
Lore {1881) 52. (12) Sc, Sh.I. SwAiNSON/)'m/s(i885) 141. [Amer.
Johns Birrfi (i86a) II.] (13) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Con/
Tr. Gl.(i8SS). (14) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy B»oarf Aff/. (1893) 100.
(15') Dev. I Who shu'd pass by but an old fish jouder with a jackass
and panniers, 61. Cor.* ( 16) Cor. They'd carr a cowl, like a fish-
jouster'smaid, T. ro!fs«- (1873) 26; Cor.'* (17) Cor. A boss what
he do go fish-joustin' weth, Higham Dial. (1866) 10; Cor.'* (18)
War.^ Suf. From a belief that fish always lie under the shelter
of the flat leaves (B. & H.l. (19^, n.Yks. A'. & Q. (1883) 6tli S.
viii. 446. (20) S. & Ork.i (21) Sh.I. Boys hae da fish-staff clair,
an'lilikoot fora licht, Stewart /"iiviirff Tales (1892)31. (aa) War.s
2. Phr. (i) Fish ait' sauce, fresh haddocks cooked in
sauce ; (2) fishes of Si. Patrick, flesh-meat plunged into
water and dressed for eating ; see below.
(i) Mry. (Jam.) (a) Ir. Many of the Irish . . . are wont, on St.
Patrick's Day, which always falls in the time of Lent, to plunge
flesh-meats into water; when plunged in, to takeout, when taken
out to dress, when dressed to eat, and call them ' fishes of St.
Patrick,' Slingsby Papers (1852) 137.
3. Pilchards exclusively.
Cor. For many years there had been a great scarcity of fish. . .
Pilchards are called par excellence ' fish,' Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng.
(1865) 369, ed. 1896. w.Cor. When the corn is in the shock Then
the fisli are on the rock, A good year fleas, a good year for fish
(M.A.C.).
4. Crabs and lobsters exclusively.
Dor. Among the Worbarrow fishermen, in Purbeck (C.W.').
5. An instrument used by miners to recover lost buckets
or to bring up a bore-rod or pump-valve. N.Cy.^, Nhb.'
6. A small silvery insect which feeds upon wood, paper,
or parchment, the Lepisma saccharina.
n.Yks. (LW.) n.Lin.i Me an' my lad hed to shift a lot o' ohd
paapers an' things at . . . an' we fun' th' fishes hed eaten an' spoilt
lots on 'em. Nhp. These are weevils or moth weevils, A'. & Q.
(1880) 6th 8. i. 330 ; Nhp.i Insects that run about damp cupboards
at night.
7. V. With out: to lift out loose wool from the dye-pan
by means of poles, so that the dye-liquor can be used for
subsequent lots of material. w.Yks. (H.H.)
8. To strive, try hard.
Ayr. If thae deevils, our clerks, fin out that I am loom, they'll
fish to famish me, Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822) xiii.
9. int. An exclamation of contempt or disparagement.
VVar.=
FISH, s6.» and u* Sh.I. Nhb. 1. sb. A flat plate of
iron or other substance laid upon another to protect or
strengthen it ; also used attrib.
Nhb.' A ' fish beam ' is a composite beam, where an iron plate
is sandwiched between two wood beams. A ' fish joint ' is a joint
made by bolting or riveting a plate on each side near the ends, as
in a railway plate.
2. V. To splice, to fasten a piece of wood upon a beam,
mast, &c., so as to strengthen it.
Sh.I. Paetie an' I wis fishin' wir rae [sailyard] wi' a aer [oar]
an' a new bOrope [buoy rope], Sh. News (Sept. 24, 1898).
[1. Fish (in sea-affairs) is any piece of timber or plank
made fast to the masts or yards, to succour and strengthen
them when they begin to fail or in danger of breaking,
Phillips (1706). 2. To fish [the mast], parte materiaria
afftxa malum confirmare, Coles (1679).]
FISH, see Fash, v?
FISHER, s6 Dev.' A sweetmeat consisting of apples
baked in a kind of batter.
Invented by Dr. Fisher, Bishop of Exeter.
VOL. II.
FISHERATE, v. Yks. Nhp. e.An. Also in form
fishiate w.Yks.' Nhp.' [fiJarSt, filfi-et.] To officiate,
attend to household matters ; to provide.
w.Yks.', Nhp.' Nrf. Wheershecan fisherate fur herself, Dickens
D. Copperfield (1849) Ii. Suf. He stayed at home to fisherate
(M. E. R.) ; She couldn't come ; she had to stop at home to fisherate
(C.G.B.) ; (C.T.) e.Suf. I've a wife and ten children, and find it
hard to fisherate for them on eleven shillings a week (F.H.).
FISHERY-SALT, sb. Chs.' A salt-making term:
coarse salt made specially for curing fish.
FISH-FASH, sb. Cum. Troublesome business, fuss,
bother. See Fash, sb.^ 7.
Aw this fish-fash held t'em leate an' lylc hours was advancin',
Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 73.
FISHIATE, see Fisherate.
FISHICK, s6. Or.I. [fijik.] The brown whistle-fish,
Gadus niustela.
The whistle fish, or, as it is here named, the red ware fishick, is
a species very often found under the stones among the sea-weed,
seldom exceeding nine or ten inches in length, Barry Hist. Or. I.
(1805) 292 (Jam.) ; S. & Ork.'
FISHIMER, sb. e.An. [fi'Jim3(r).] The ant. A cor-
ruption of pismire.'
e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 62.
FISHING, ppl. adj. Sc. Yks. In comp. (i) Fishing-gad,
a fishing-rod ; (2) -hawk, the osprey, Pandion haliacliis;
{3) -taum, fishing-tackle, a fishing-line; (4) -wand, see -gad.
(i) n.Yks. '!2 (2) Sc, Sh.I. Swainson Birds (1885) 141. [Forster
Swallows (1817) 65.] (3) n.Yks.l2, w.Yks.' (4) Sc. He has done
naething but dance up and down about the toun, without doing a
single turn, unless trimming the laird'sfishing-wand, Scott Jfawr/^ji
(1814) ix. Cai.' Frf. I was in the garden putting some rings in a
fishing-wand, Barrie Thtitms (1889) xi.
FISHLE, see Fistle.
FISK, t;. Shr.' [fisk.] To wander, to roam about idly.
I never sid sich a ouman as ^r fur fiskin' about ; no matter whad's
gwein on 'ers sure to be at it.
Hence Fisky, adj. frisky, playful, kittenish.
[To fisk about, cursito, Coles {1679) ; Trotiere, a raump,
fisgig, fiskinghuswife,rangingdamsel,gaddingorwandring
flirt, CoTGR.]
FISKAFEAL, sb. Sh.I. The boards which separate
the several compartments of a boat from each other in
order to keep the fish apart. S. & Ork.'
FISKALEE, adv. Sh.I. Fisherman-like. S. & Ork.'
FISKALIE, adj. Sh.I. [fi'sksli.] Strong, vigorous ;
lit. physically.
' Du ye stick him or cut his wizzen V Tamy ax'd, as he took a
fiskalie grip o' twa o' his feet i' ivery haand,SA. Neivs {Oct. 9, 1897).
FISKARROE, adf Sh.I. Unbecoming to a fisher-
man, unlike a practical fisher. S. & Ork.'
FISLE, FISS, see Fissle, Fiz(z.
FISSEIS, sb. pi. Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.) Chilblains.
FISSLE, v., sb. and adf Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
War. Glo. Also written fisle Sc. ; fissel Nhb.' ; fissil Sc.
Cum. ; fistle Sc. Uls. N.Cy.' Nhb. Dur. Glo.* ; and in
forms fesil Sc. ; fizzle Dur.' [fisl, fi'zL] 1. v. To
rustle, make a rustling, whistling sound ; to cause to rustle.
Sc. He heard the curtains o' his bed fissil, Scott Antiquary (^1816)
ix. Fif. Ilk man, brain-mad to get away, . . . outran, fisslin', fuffin,
Tennant Papistry {1821) 207. Ayr. Did ye no hear it? — something
like somebody fisslin' ootside the door, Johnston Gleiibuckie {i88g)
259 ; The wind again began to fisle, and the signs of a tempest
were seen, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xxiii. Edb. Mair I delight at
morn ray ewes to milk Than sit at ease a' fesiling wi' talk, Learmont
Poems (1791) 271. Slk. I heard something fistlin amang the
brackens, Hogg Tales (1838) 53, ed. 1866. Uls. The thing began
to fistle among the straw in the cradle, Uls. Jrn. Arch. (1859-1863)
VII. 141 ; To fistle a piece of paper [to crumble it up so that it
rustles] (M.B.-S.). N.Cy.' Nhb.' A moose went fisselin through
amang the stray [straw]. Dur.' Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 303.
Hence (i) Fissle-fisslin', (2) Fissling, (a) sb. a rustle, a
faint rustling sound ; {b) ppl. adj. rustling, whistling.
(i) Ayr. The rain made a fissle fisslin' amang the busses, as it
were whisperin' hairsely to him, Service Dr. Dtiguid (ed. 1887)
260. (2, a) Ayr. The fisslin' having been thus associated with
possible flesh and blood, Peter was delighted to be looked up to as
the champion of an unprotected woman, Johnston Gte(6«<r*(V(i889)
3B
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259. Edb. They both plainly heard a fistling within, Moir Maiisie
IVaiich (1828) XXV. N.I.' ib) Kcb. Should . . . Icicle drop frae the
bended twig, Wi' fissling din, amang the leafless bri'rs, Davidson
Seasons (1789) 151 (Jam.). Nhb.' A fisselin wund [wind].
2. Of coal : to crackle in a pit, in the early stages of
'creep' (q.v.).
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. C/. (1849).
3. To tickle, irritate.
s. Dur. Generally spoken of some kind of dress material irritating
to a tender skin. ' It fissles' (J.E D.).
Hence Fissly, adj. rough, tickling, irritating.
s.Dur. It feels fissly yib.'^.
4. To fidget ; to make an unnecessary stir, to fuss, bustle
about ; also used Jig. Cf fizzle.
Ayr. Twa lines Crae you wad gar me fissle, Burns Ep. to J.
Lapia.k (Apr. i, 1785) St. 22. Edb. Sma' reflection maks them
fisle To wing their flight, Liddle Poems (1821)69. Slk. His wife
fistling about in eager preparation of supper, Chr. North Nodes
(ed. 1856) III. 343. N.Cy.' Nhb.' What do you fissel aboot on
the seat for? War.^ To ' fissle and scawt,' to fidget and kick,
as a restless bedfellow. Glo. Grose (.17901 MS. add. (M.); Glo.'
5. sb. A bustle, stir, commotion, fuss.
Abd. The oddest fike and fisle that e'er was seen, Was by the
mither and twa grandys ta'en, Ross Heletwre (1768) 11, ed. 1812.
Fif. He to the door ran but hisshoon; He was insic a fistle, Douglas
Poems (1S06) 138. Lnk. That sets wee pride in a fistle, Watson
Poems (1853) 45; O sic a fyke and sic a fistle I Ramsay Poeyns
(1721) 193.
§. arlj. Uneasy. Wm. Gibson Leg. (1877) 92.
FISSLE, see Fistle.
FIST, sb. and v. Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. I.Ma. Not.
Mid. I.W. Cor. and Amer. Also in form vist w.Cy.
1. sb. In phr. to make a fist at, of, on, to make an at-
tempt at, to make a (good, poor, &c.) job of
Cum. Efter oa thee braggin eh thee spellin ah dud think thoo
wad ha meadd a better fist on't ner that, Sargisson /of5rao/i (188 1)
29; Cum. 3 I'hoo hes mead a fist on it. 152, ed. 1873. w.Yks.
(J.W.) Lan. To make a bad fist of [to make a failure ofj (F.R.C.).
I.W.i 1 can make no fist on't. [' Tis a poor fist 1 can make at
hearing anything, Hardy Elhelberta (1876) 11. xlvi.] [Amer. ' To
make a bad fist of it,' to make mistakes, to do work incorrectly,
Dial. Notes (1896) I. 330.]
2. Comp. Fist-foundered, knocked down by the fists.
Fif. Menials and apron'd cooks of greasy chin Fist-founder'd
wcntarapping to the ground, Tcnti akt Anster {1&12,) 117, ed. 1871.
3. V. To strike, beat with the fist.
s.Not. A fisted 'im (J.P.K.). Cor.' I fisted her.
4. To grasp, hold with the hand ; to hand, pass.
Sh.I. Fist baud o' yon lamb, at horna's side, Sh. News (Jnly 3:,
1897J ; He fistid da kabe wi' da wan haand an' da gun'l wi' da
tidder, ib. (June 25, 1898 1. I.Ma. Fist us that bottle! Is there any-
thing in it 1 Brown Doelor (1887) 25.
5. Of a cow : to milk by holding the teat in the closed
hand and gently moving the fingers. w.Cor. (M.A.C.)
6. To write.
? Mid. ' Who on earth can have written all these ? ' . . ' Every maid
that could fist a few was ordered in, but the young leddy fisted
them lour at the bottom,' Blackmore Kit 1 1890) I. ix.
FISTE, v.^ Nrf [Not known to our correspondents.]
To find out. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 32.
FISTE, v.'^ Nrf [Not known to our correspondents.]
To |)oison. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 32.
FISTLE, sb. Chs. Der. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Won Shr.
Suf Also written fissle nw.Der.' Nhp.' Shr. ; and in
form fishle Suf [fisl.] A thistle.
Chs.i s.Chs.i 21. nw.Der.i, Rut.> Lei. Thu feeld wer ful o'
fis-lz [The field were full o' fistles] (C.E.) ; Lei.', Nhp.'^, War.",
s.Wor. iH.K.), Shr. (B. & H.), Suf. (C.T.), e.Suf. (F.H.)
FISTY, sb. N.I.' [fisti.] A nickname for a person
who has only one hand.
FIT, 5*.' Yks. Chs. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Pem. Som.
Also in form vit Pem. [fit.] 1. In comp. Fit-meal, by
fits and starts. Hrf^
2. pi. I'hr. Fits and girds (or giirds), fits and starts.
Chs.' The clock strikes by fits and gnrds. War.^ By fits and
girds, as an ague takes a goose, Ray Pmv. se.Wor.' Shr.' Thrcr's
no 'eed to be tu6k o' that chap, 'e's all by fits an' girds. Som.
W. & J. Gl. (1873).
3. Of the weather : a season, a defined portion of time
characterized by some distinct peculiarity.
n.Yks.' A strange dry fit we've had for seear ; n.Yks.^ A varry
stifffit [a hard frost]. A mucky fit [a fall of rain or snow]. m.Yks.'
4. An aim, attempt.
s.Pem. He made a vit at it, Laws Little Eng. (1888) 422.
FIT, adj., V. and sb.'^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Aus. Also in formsfet ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' w.Yks.' ^^ Ugv.'* ;
vit(t w.Cy. [fit, fet.] 1. adj. Able, capable.
Sc. There's many a way in which you're fit To make this groat
a pound, Johnston Faf/o»5> Pofiiis (1869) 136. Sh.I. Da lightest
pairt o' voar an' hairst is no been since frae I wis fit to crall, Sh.
News (Aug. 27, 1898). Per. There he is, as lame as ye like, . . no
fit to stir an inch, Satidy Scott (1897) 14. Edb. The deil's nae
fit to had them in, LearmontPo^his (1791) 60. Dmf. Ye are not
fit to loup a dyke, Or climb a brae, Hawkins Poems (1841) I. 27.
Nhb.' Fit te loup a yett or stile. w.Yks. He's fit at expounding
(^C.C.R.). Lan. Hoo's net fit wi childer at aw (S.K.C.).
2. Ready, prepared.
Dur. Are you fit? Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) n.Yks.' Well,
Ah'saboot fit for madinner, furyan. Fitfurbed; n.Yks. 2 Our tea's
fit. ne.Yks.' Ah's fit for off [1 am ready to go]. e.Yks. Nichol-
son Flk-Sp. (18891 61 ; e.Yks.' Is taties fit? w.Yks. They're jest
aboot fit, Lucas Stud. Niddcrdale (c. 1882: 251. n.Lin.' Is them
caakes fit ? Corn'U be fit in anuther weak if it hohds warm.
se.Wor.' Well, Jack, uf thee bist fit, we'll rowt out a faow m66re
o' thase ere taters. e.An.' Come, stir, make yourself fit. Nrf. I
am fit, if you are ready, Grose (1790).
3. Inclined, disposed, 'ready'; in condition or in
readiness to.
Sh.I. Whin I cam' in sight o' da hooses, I wis fit ta drap doon,
Sli. News fjuly 2, 1898). Per. Oot-ower the fields o' draiglit
stooks, An'fodder fit to soom, Haliburton Oe/iil Idylls (1891) 53.
Nhb. Wi' hunger were fit to lie doon,MiDFORD Coll. Sytgs. {x8i8) 11 ;
Nhb.' Aa just felt fit te drop, aa wis that deun oot. Cum.' They
war fit to feyt about her. n.Yks.' He wur fit to fell 'im, he war;
he wur that fell. Fit to boggle [shewing symptoms of being about
to shy ; of a horse]. ne.Yks.' They were fit ti modifier ma.
w.Yks. Awm fit ta think, 'at . . . t'laff 'ud o' been on t'uther side
o't mahth. Hartley Clock Aim. (1874) 39; It's fit to flay one,
Lucas Sttid. Niddeidale (c. 1882) 251 ; w.Yks.' They're fit to
differ. I.Ma. And some of the men fit enough to cry to think that
a man like that should die, Brown y(Tras(i88i) 65, ed. 1889. Not.'
s.Not. It looks ommust fit to rain (J.P.K.). n.Lin. ' I'm fit tofaaint.
sw.Lin.' When the bairns all turn out bad one is fit to blame it to
the parents. Lei.' Fit to cry. Fit to burst. Nhp.' The child is so
li%'ely it's fit to fly. 1 was sofrit I wasfit toswound. War.^ Oxf.'
Bles ee, mis'is, uuy bee fit tCi drap; "doo "ee let mu set duuwn
[Bless ee, missis, 1 be fit t'drap ; do ee let ma set down]. Hnt.
(T.P.F.) e.Suf. That's fit to make one cry (F.H.). Som. 1 was
fit to come to church when the rain began (^W.F.R.). w.Som.'
Aay wuz fut" tu braik mee nak' dhu laa's tuym wee wuz dhae-ur
[I was very nearly breaking my neck the last time we were there].
Dev. 'Er's fit tii break 'er 'art, vur 'er did analyze [idolize] the poor
dear blid ! Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; A laffin, vit ta zplit, Nathan
Hogg Poet. Lett. (,1847) 2"^ S. 35, ed. 1866. w.Cor. He laughed
fit' to split his gizzard (M.A.C.).
4. Of cattle : in good condition, fatted up.
Yks. It were as fit a beeas as ivver ah seed (^F.P.T.). w.Som.'
Dhai bee'us baeun flit* [those beasts are not sufficiently fatted].
Hence As fit as a flea, phr. in good condition.
e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 19. Not.= 1 feel as fit as a flea.
5. Used as an intensive before words of time and quantity.
Hmp. Fit deal of trouble. Fit time. A'. iSr" Q. ( 1854) ist S. x. 120;
How far is it to Clanfield ?— It's a fit bit it [yet] (H.C.M.B.) ; Hmp.'
6. Phr. (i) better fit, it would be better, more desirable;
(2) whatever be fit for ? what are you about ?
(i) w.Som.' Bad-r fiif yiie-d u-buyd aum' [it would have been
better if you had stayed at home]. (2) Som. Why, what be 'bout?
Whatever be fit for, to get in such a state for nothing at all ?
Raymond Men o' Meiidip (,i8g8) v.
1. V. In phr. (i) to fit like a dinner o' broth, to fit exactly ;
(2) — like lead, to fit into a hole, fill up a crevice exactly ;
(3) — to a hair in the water, see to fit like a dinner o' broth.
(i) w.Yks. It fits ye like a dinner o' broth, Biighoiise News (Sept.
14, 1889). (2) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Stippl. (Mar. 19, 1893). (3) N.I.'
It fits you to a hair in the water.
8. To cook or dress meat ; to arrange, prepare a meal ;
sometimes with up.
FIT
[370
FITCHET(T
Dev.' ; Dev.2 I don't think I shall vitt to-day. I vitled enough
yesterday to last two days. n.Dev. Grose (1790). Cor. An' fit
up something nice for her to ait, Forfar poems (1885) 54 ; I'll
be gone in to see what my owld 'umman es fittin' for denner,
HiGHAM Dial. ^1866)21 ; Cor.' When shall I fit the dennar ? Shall
I fit a cup o" tay for 'ee ? Cor.^ I must be gone now : I've got to
(it John's denner.
9. To set up or adjust a mast.
Sh.I. Fit da mast and swift da sail, da east tide is running, and
we'll sail wast be sooth upon him, Hibbert Desc. Sh. I. (,1822)
224, ed. 1891.
10. To settle or adjust laccounts).
Sc. To fit accounts, Grose (1790) A/5, add. (C.)
11. To suit, satisfy ; to suffice, last out.
Gall. A bundle of clean sarks wad fit them better, Crockktt
Standard Bearer {i8g8) 342. n.Yks. Nay, marr}', that wecant fit,
nohows ye can frame it, Atkinson Lost (1870I .xxv; n.Yks.3 Less
mud fet. ne.Yks.* Them cauls 'U fet ma whahl t'backend. A'e
ya what'll fet ya a twelvemonth ? e.Yks.' That'll just fit Tom.
m.Yks ' Which frock is to fet the child on Sunday? — Its old blue
one will fet for once. w.Yks. You ur sae deusht, an varra lal fets,
Leeds Mcc. Suppl. (Jan. 3, 1891) ; I thought there would be bread
plenty to fit while morning, Bronte SA/>7cv 11849) v; He says they're
Iikr.ly to fit him his bit o' time aght, Hartley Clock Aim. [Veh.
1869) ; w.Yks. ^ Nuwt ad fet him bud he mud goa. He'd ha' felten
muh grandly nobbud he'd 'a' bin a bit bigger. Lan. And nowt'll
fit him bur he mun wed thee this morn, Kay-Shuttleworth
Scarsdale (i860 'I I. 102 ; Havin' done as mitch doctorin' as would
ha fit a whole teawnship, Standing Echoes (1885) 15. Lin.' This
outing fits me exactly. n.Lin.' I wo'd n't leave here at noht, I'm
just fitted wheare I am.
12. To be a match for, to be even with a person ; to
serve a man out, play a joke upon him ; sometimes with
off, out, or up.
m.Yks.' Thou's fetten him off at last however. w.Yks. 'I'll fit
3*ou ' breathes the resentment of an implacable heart, Hamilton
JVugae Lit. (1841'! 341 ; 'E fit 'er oop, w'en 'e towd 'er 'ow te quit
t'rats (F.P.T.) ; w.Yks.' = ni fet him. ne.Lan.' Der.' I'll fit you.
[Aus.He'd lost some gold by us in the escort robbery, . . so it seems
he'd been trying his best to fit us ever since, Boldrewood Robbery
(1888) III. X.]
Hence to/it some one a touch or trick, phr. to play a joke,
or trick upon some one.
w.Yks.2 Lan. Aw'm gooin t'fit this chap a trick, Staton D.
Shuttle. 54.
13. To supply, furnish, or provide with what is fit, suit-
able, convenient, or necessary.
Sc. For the time present I can fit you, Scott St. Ronan (1824)
xvii. Gall. I will. . . fit you with a beast to ride on forbye, Crockett
Standard Bearer (18981 329. n.Yks.^ Hae ye gitten fitten yet?
w.Yks.^A tradesman fitshiscustomerswithbutter, cheese. &c. Lan.
Hilty's turn to be served, or as we called it, 'fitted,' Brierley
Cast upon IVorld [1886) 231 ; Waiting to be fitted with their work,
16. Layrock 11864') i ; Lan.' Thae'rt a lung time a getten fitted.
Not.' Lei.i We allays fitted 'em with butter. War.^
14. To thrive, get on.
n.Dev. Pitha dest thenk enny thcng will e'er vitte or goodee
wcy zich a . . . theng as thee art ? Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 57.
15. sb. A size (a small size).
Dev.* What a little fit your kitten is.
16. Comp. Fit-out, a commotion, disturbance.
I.W.2 There was a fine fit out over it, you.
FIT, see Fet, v., Foot.
FITCH, 56.' In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
ffitj-] 1. The vetch, Vicia saliva, and other species of
Viciae ; gen. in pi.
Ayr. I met wi' twa wee callans carryin' hame an armfu' o' fitches
for their rabbits, Service Notandums (1890) 42. Ant., Dwn.
(B. & H.), Cum.', n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788).
w.Yks. He's as red as fitch, an sits up as stiiT as a choild iver sea
owd, Hallam IVadsley Jack {iS(-6) iii; w.Yks.'23,ne.Lan.',e.Lan.',
s.Lan. (S.W.) Clis. 5/if .</ ( 1 878) No. 69, I. 21; Chs.'» s.Stf.
PiNNOCK B/i. Cy. Ann. (1895). Der.2, nw.Der.', Not. (W.H.S.\
Nhp.', Lei.', War. (J.R.W.;, War.23, s.War.', Shr. (B. & H.),
Hrf.', Suf. (E.G.?.), Sus.' Wil. 'If a body meet a body In a field
o' fitches, Need a body tell a body Where a body itches ? ' Vetches
are thought to harbour insects (G.E.D.).
2. The seed-pod of the vetch and other similar plants,
csp- in phr. (t^/m// (or fat) as a fitch.
Cum. Ah fand ah was gittn as full as a fitch, Sargisson Joe
Scoap (1881) 170. Wm. Yan [duck] on em's es fat es a fitch,
RoBisoN Aald Taales (1882) 12. n.Yks.2 w.Yks. Though their
bags are filled like fitches, Mather Siigs. Sheffield {1862) Sng. 2;
Esp. of the laburnum iJ.T. ); w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.^ It hed smawal-
pox there (and it were as full as a fitch in't, bless it), 10. Lan.
Never seem to know a theausandth part o' what he knows hissel',
an' he'll crom yo' as full as a fitch, Ab o-th'- Yate, Odd/ad's 1 1884) 4 ;
I'm as full as a fitch, Waugh Tufts of Heather (ed. Milner) I. 139.
[1. Doth he not cast abroad the fitches ? Bible Isaiah
xxviii. 25.]
FITCH, s6.2 Nhp. Wor. Shr. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form fitchee Dev.' ; fitchy nw.Dev.' [fitj, fitji.] 1. A
polecat. Cf. fitchet(t.
s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr.' Fitch is sometimes heard instead of fitchct.
Som. W. & J. Gl. ^1873); Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eug. 11825'.
w.Som.' Staenk'S lig u fiich [stinks like a polecat]. Dev. 'E stink'th
like a fitch, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Must run like a fitch or
any other varmin afore these devils, I s'pose, Phillpotts Dartmoor
^1896) 235; Dev.' nw.Dev.' Fitchy, oftener than Fitch. Cor.^
2. The fur of the polecat. Nhp.' (s. v. Fitcher).
[1. Fitch or fitchow, a pole-cat, Phillips (1706) ; Fissau,
a fitch or fulmart, Cotgr. Du.Jisse, visse, vilscliv, ' mustelae
genus valde putidum ' (Kilian) ; for other forms see
ScHUERMANS (s. V. Vtsse). 2. Fitch, the fur of the pole-
cate. Coles (1677).]
FITCH, V. and sb.^ Sc. Nhb. [fitJ.] 1. v. To move
slightly; to fidget, hitch. Cf. fidge, v.
Sc. He hitches and fitches, Avtuun Ballads (ed. 1861) II. 395 ;
A speakin' Pack's owre learnt for me, Or ane that steers an' fitches,
Wilson PofHi5(i79o) 63 (Jam.) ; Guose ( i-]goi MS. add. i.C.) Cai.'
2. To move at the game of draughts. Cld. (Jam.)
3. trans. To shift, remove.
Lnk. To fitch a marchstane, to make a slight change in the
situation of a landmark (Jam.). Nhb.' Fitch that flake [remove
that hurdle].
4. sb. A slight change of place. Cai.' 5. A move at
the game of draughts. Cld. (Jam.)
FITCHAN, sb. Pern. Also in form fidgeon. [fi'tjan,
fidgan.] A stoat, polecat. See Fitch, sb.^
s.Pem. (W.M.M.) ; Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420.
FITCHEL, sb. Nhb.' [fitjl.] A beam or shaft of a
wagon ; also used attrib.
The fitchel bolt is that which goes down through the block and
holds it to the bearings, or vice versa.
FITCHER,sA. Nhp. Wor. Glo. Dev. Cor. Also written
ficher n Dev. [fitj3(i).] 1. A fitchew, a polecat. See
Fitch, sb.'^
Nhp.' ne.Wor. A wild animal in general. [Properly a stoat,
or polecat] (J.W.P.). w.Wor.' s.Wor. The name is often given
to cats of a peculiar colour, supposed to be like that of a polecat
^H.K.). se.Wor.', s.Wor.' Glo. Horae Subsecivae (iTn) 413;
A.B.) ; Glo.' n.Dev. Gkose (1790). Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810;
I. 435 ; Cor.' Stinking like a fitcher ; Cor.^^
2. Comp. Fitcher-coloured, of the colour of a polecat.
w.Wor.', Glo. (A. 13.)
[A fitcher, Viverra foetida. Coles (1679).]
FITCHERED,//. Cor. [fitjad.] Baulked, stopped.
Cor.' Used in mining when some dilBculty occurs in boring
a hole for blasting ; Cor.'^
FITCHET(T, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also written fichet Shr. Hrf ; fitchit Ken. ; and in form
fidget Midi, [fitjit.] 1. A polecat. See Fitch, s6.=
Edb. Mustela Putorius. Pole-cat, or Fitchet, Pennecuik Wks.
(1715) 103, ed. 1815. Cum. Hutchinson Hist. Cum. 11794) L 2.
m.Yks.' Chs. (E.F.); One of our sturdy villagers shouting out, as
loud as his famous lungs would permit him, ' A fitchett, a fitchett,'
Science Gossip (1879) 59 ; Chs,' s.Chs.' Ahy ky'echt Q fich-ut, un
ahy m goo'in aav u pahy mai'd on im [I ketcht a fitchet, an' I'm
gooin' have a pie made on him]. Der. 2, nw.Der.' Midi. Marshall
Rur. Econ. (1796^. Lei,', Nhp.', War. (J.R.W.), w.Wor.', Shr.',
Hrf.= s.Pem. (W.M.M.) ; Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420. Glo.
Baylis ///lis. Z>>a/. (1870); Lewis G/. 11839:. Ken. iG.B.) Som.
As cross as a fitchet, Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J.
Gl. (1873-'. Cor.'2
2. Comp. (1) Fitchet-cat, a black cat marked with brown
patches upon the black ; (21 -coloured, of the colour of a
polecat ; (3) -pie, a pie made of apples, onions, and bacon.
(i) Chs.' (a) Chs. A dark ferret is called 'fitchet coloured,'
3 B2
FITCHOCK
[372]
FITTINMENT
Sheaf {iQ-}9) No. 757, I. 266; Chs."^ (3) n.Cy., Chs. Given to
the reapers at harvest-home, composed of apples, onions, and the
fat of bacon, in equal quantities, Grose (1790); Chs.^23^ War.^,
■w.Wor.^ Shr,^ Sometimes cheese is substituted for the bacon, but
it is a departure from ' old usage.' This pie gets its name from the
strong, unsavoury odour it emits in baking.
3. The weasel.
Lei.i Sometimes incorrectly a weasel. Sbr., Hrf. Bound Profmc.
(18761. Pern. (HO.)
4. A ferret. GIo.'
[1. Fitchat, or fitchet, a polecat, Nares (s. v. Fitchew).']
FITCHOCK, sb. Shr. Hrf. Also written fitchuck
Hrf.'2; fitchuk Shr.* [fitjsk.] 1. A polecat. See
Fitchet(t.
Shr.i ; Shr.^Yostinken wus nor a fitchuk. Hrf. DuNCUMBi/is/.
Hrf. (1804)9; Hrf.i2
2. Comp. Fitchockpie, a pie made of apples, onions, and
bacon. Shr.'* See Fitchet-pie.
3. A hedgehog.
Shr.i In Corve Dale some there begin [1874] to call a hedgehog
a fitchock.
FITCHOLE, sb. Obs. Dev. A polecat. See Fitch, sb.'^
n.Dev. Grose (1790) ; Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435.
[Cp. OFr. fissel (pi. fissiaulx), a polecat (Godefroy) ;
lateryfssrtM (in Cotgr.).]
FITCHY, FITE, see Fitch, sb.''. White.
FIT-FALL, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A grown-up lamb.
FITFEAL, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The skin of a lamb between the time of
castration and that of being weaned.
FITHER, sb. War.* A small 'land' between two
ridges. Cf feather, sb. 10.
Formerly a division between two allotments in the open field.
* You won't cast the fither when you plough it*; it's flat enough
already.'
FITHER, FITHERFEW, see Fitter, i/., Feather,
Featherfew.
FITHIT, phr. Sc. An exclamation confirming what
is said : prop, a corr. of the phr./or a' that.
Cld. Will ye dude ?— Na fithit (Jam.). Ayr. Surv. Agric. Gl. (ib.)
FITLIN, sb. Sh.I. A loose bar to place the feet
against in rowing. (Co/l. L.L.B.)
FITPENCE, sb. pi. Dor. Som. Dev. [fi'tpans.] Five-
pence.
w.Dor. Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis (1834). Som. Wot d'ye want
vor'n t Zixpence-ahpenny! w'y idden wuth more'n fitpence (G.S.).
Dev. Monthly Mas;. (i8io) I. 435; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
FIT(T, i;. Nhb. Dur. Obs. To sell and load coals.
N.Cy.* Nhb.i None shall fitt any keel or keeles of anie other
brother without the consent of the owner thereof, Order of Hosi-
fften^s Cotitp. (Jan. 1600-1).
Hence (1) Fittage, sb. the commission or fee allowed
to a coal-ship; {2) Fitter, sb. the shipping agent of a
colliery ; (3) Fitting, vbl. sb. coal-shipping ; also used attrib.
(1) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. 12s. per chaldron at the pit or first charge,
besides fittage, &c., Complcat Collier (I'joS) 5. (a) N.Cy.' Running-
fitters, their deputies. Nhb. Mary Mordox, a fine fitter's lyedy,
MiDFORD Coll. Sngs. (1818) r8 ; Nhb.' Formerly called hostmen.
A ' running fitter ' is an outdoor messenger. Nhb., Dur. The fitters
or those persons who live at the ports and have keels, Complcat
Collier (1708) 19. (3) Nhb.' The faithcrs o" the fittin-trade The
Quayside a'ways pacin', Wilson Captains aiidt/ie Quayside.
FITTEN.si. Hmp.Wil. Som. Also in form vittenw.Cy.
[fitsn, vitan.] A feint, pretence ; an idle fancy, whim.
Hmp.' Wil. BRiTTONiJ«flM/ics(i825); Wil.' O65. Som.jENNINGS
Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825). e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
[Fourbe, a fib, fitton ; a wile, guile, deceit, Cotgr. ;
Fytten, fneiiso)iffe, Palsgr. (1530) ; Fyton or lesynge,
mciKtaciiim, Prompt.']
FITTEN, adj. Oxf Brks. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Also
written fittun I.W.'; and in form vitten w.Cy. ; vittun
I.W.' [fitan, vi'tan.] Fit, proper.
Oxf.' Fyestiz byenf fitn plaisiz fuur prai'chuurz [Fyestis bycnt
fitten places for prachers]. Brks.' If us be agwaain to vight, turn
the women-vawk out, this yer be-ant no vitten plaaycc vor tha;iy.
Sus.*, Hmp.' I.W.' My mind et don't zim fittun [It's my opinion
it's not right]. Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825).
FITTER, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. War. Wor. e.An.
Also in form fither War.* s.Wor. [fi-t3(r, fi-tSafr).]
1. V. To kick with the feet ; to struggle, wriggle ; also
fig. to be in a passion.
Sc. To make a noise with the feet, such esp. as is occasioned by
quick reiterated motion"(jAM.\ n.Yks. As an animal in the throes
of death (R.H.H.). m.Yks.' Let him fare and fitter, then. w.Yks.
Tommy . . . kicked an' fittered, but all to noa use, Hartley Clocli
Aim. (1876) 31 ; I've summat ta say an ah'l say't, Let ta fitter an
fling as ta will, Preston Poems (1864) 35; To kick smartly with
the feet, as children do when pettish, Thoresby Lett. (1703);
w.Yks.", Chs.'*3 War.* To scratch or fidget with the fingers.
s.Wor. Mothers will say *A done I what be a messin' an* fitherin*
at?' (H.K.) ; s.Wor.' e.An.' To shift from one foot to the other.
Hence Fittering, (i) sb. the noise made by thefrequent
movement of the feet ; (2) ppl. adj. pattering.
(i) Sc. (Jam.) (2) Fif. Owr him wi' a boastfu' shout They ran
wi' fitterin' feet, Tennant Papistry (1827) 181.
2. To move about in a restless, aimless way. Cf footer.
Cld. He gaes fitterin' out an' in a' day (Jam.).
Hence Fitterin', ppl. adj. pottering, slow.
Frf. That's a d d fitterin' brute o' a powney o' yours, Mistress
Queen, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 23.
3. To totter in walking. Sc. (Jam.)
4. To flutter, tremble ; to flicker.
w.Yks. Yks. Willy. Post (Apr. 3, 1897) ; Blaw dahn t'gas pipe an
it al noan fitter long afoar it goas reight aght, Dewsbre Olm.
(1875) 16.
Hence Fittery, adj. excited, fluttered.
w.Yks. He tell'd his wife all his ups an dahns an hairbredth
escapes wal shoo wer fair fittery, Pudsey Olm. (1881) 22.
5. To cut, hack.
Wor. A 'ud do more 'uv a good keen hook fithering at the grass
nor 'uv a scythe (H.K.).
6. To injure anything by frequent treading. Sc. (Jam.)
7. sb. A struggle, convulsion, kick.
w.Yks. Aw stood holdin the pig wol it had fittered its last fitter.
Hartley Grimes' Visit (1892J xii.
FITTERS, 56. //. Yks. Lan.Lin. [fi'taz.] Fragments,
pieces ; tatters. Cf fatters.
w.Yks. To break or tear all to fitters, Thoresby Lett. (1703) ;
w.Yks.'", ne.Lan.' Lin. To beat orcut into fitters, Skinner(i67i).
sw.Lin.' It comes off in fitters.
FITTER-YED, 56. Lan. A blockhead, fool.
A gawsterin, flam-tunged fitteryed [fitterhead], Staton B.
Shuttle. 61.
FITTIE, sb} Sh.I. [fiti.] 1. A short stocking.
S. & Ork.' 2. A person with deformed feet. ib.
FITTIE, s6.* Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The state of the foot when bemired ; used
by schoolboys.
FITTIE, adj. Sc. Also in form futty (Jam.). Neat,
trim ; expeditious.
The filtie fairies liftit her, Edb. Mag. (Oct. 1818) 328 (Jam.) ;
Gl. Sibb. (Jam.)
FITTIE-FIES, sb. pi. Sc. Quirks or quibbles. See
Whittie-whaws.
Abd. Your philosophic fittie fies . . . The ladies will them a'
despise. Skinner Poetns (1809) 106.
FITTIE-LAN', sb. Obs. Sc. The near horse of the
hinder pair in the plough, which ' foots ' the unploughed
' land ' while its neighbour walks in the furrow.
Ayr. Thou was a noble fittie-lan', As e'er in tug or tow was
drawn! HvRtiS Farmer'' s SahttatioHj si. 11.
FITTING, sb. Sc. Lan. [fitin.] 1. Preparation,
training.
Rnf. A' braggin' how weel they could soom. If they'd had but
warning or fitting, Webster Rliymes (1835) 85.
2. The furnishing of a house, furniture.
Lan. So it wur settled stieight olT, nobbut aw wast for t'wait
hafe-a-yer fort' get th' fittin' reddy, Owen GoodOivd Toimes {iSio)-].
FITTINMENT, sb. Sc. Also in form fittin-in-ment.
Concern, interest, ' footing.'
Sc. Grose (1790I MS. add. (C.) Bch. Why a thief like Sisyphus
. . . Sud here tak' fittininment Is mair na I can tell, Forbes Ajax
(1742) 5. Abd. It's sae ill gcttin' ony fittininment: an' ye wudna
like to mak' a souter nor a tutor o' him, Ale.xander Aiii Flk.
(1882) 191.
FITTL
[373]
FIVE
FITTL, V. Sh.I. To take short steps in walking.
S. & Ork.>
FITTLE, sb. Stf. War. Won Shr. Hrf. GIo. Dor. Also
written fittel n.Dor. [fitl.] Food, victuals.
s.Stf. Better bally bost than good fittle be lost, Old pivv. in
PiNNOCK Bit. Cy. Ann. (1895V War.* Wor. A sez a wahits ov
'cm an' gies 'em plenty o' fittle, an' I never 'ears no coniplaliints,
JFor. Jm. Vig. Mon. w.Wor.' What aay'ls thee, lad, that thee
canst na' eat thy fittle ? se.Wor.i s.Wor. Porson Quaint IVrls.
(1875') 13; s.Wor.' Shr.' Shr., Hrf. Bound Ptovtnc. (1876).
Hrf.2, Glo. (A.B.), Glo.i, n.Dor. (S.S.B.)
FITTLE, II. Som. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To tattle, ' blab.' (Hall.)
FITTLE, see Fettle, sb}
FITTOCKS, sb. pi. Bnff.' [fitsks.] The feet of
stockings cut off and worn as shoes.
FITTY, 5*. Lin. [fi'ti.] Marsh-land lying between the
sea-bank and the sea ; often in pi. Cf feit(t, sb., fete, sb.
Lin. Miller & Skertchly Finland 1,1878; iv ; We hear farmers
and graziers talk of the Kitties, . . a term perfectly well understood
by Lin. men, but strange to other ears, Streatfeild Lin. and
£)(i«<;s (1884) 191. n.Lin. Sutton IVds. (,1881); n.Lin.' Gf«.
intersected by numerous reticulating creeks.
[Norw. A'laX. ft {p\./itjar), a level meadow by the water,
esp. the grassy levels near the windings of a river (Aaskn) ;
ON.yf/, meadow land on the banks ol a firth, lake, or river
(VlGFUSSON).]
FITTY, adj} Wor. Pern. Brks. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev.
Cor. Also in forms vetty ne.Dev. ; viddie Dev.^ ; viddy
Som. Dev. ; vitty Wor. Pern. w.Cy. [fi'ti, viti, vi'di.]
1. Fitting, becoming, proper, suitable ; also used advb.
Wor. ^M.A.R.), Dor.i w.Dor. 'Tis all fitly, Roberts Hist.
Lyme Regis (1834). Som. (W.W.S.) ; Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng.
(1825). w.Scm.' Yuur, aa 1 shoa- ee ecns yiie au f tu puut-n, yiie
aa'n u-diied ut u beet viifee [Here, I will show you how you ought
to put it, you have not done it a bit properly]. Dev. I wouldn't do
that, 1 don't think it would be very fitly i^F.A.A.) ; Her dude et za
vitty, an light as a vcather, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 20,
ed. 1865 ; Diiee dQ thengs vittee like ! I niver didden zee nobody
za ciichypawed avor ! Hewett Pra5. 5^. (1892) ; Dev.* Jan hath'n'
din' this viddie now, wcy all his 'nack-hammerin' nonsense. nw.Dev.'
w.Dev. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796). s.Dev. Fox Kingsbridge
11874). Cor. My vooso' what's right and fitly, PARRy^a?rt»i OHt/ffe
(1880) ii ; Cor.' He gov' a fitly answer ; Cor.* ; Cor.^ Don't do it,
I tell 'ee ; 'tedn' fitly. I bought a watch, but the darned thing
don't go filly, at all.
Hence (i) Fittily, (2) Fitty-ways.ffofe. properly, fittingly.
(ij Dev. Be sure you walk fittily, Blackmore C/i/ii/oa'c// (,1881)
xxvi. \2) Cor.' Do behave filly-ways.
2. Neat, tidy, in order. Of a machine : correctly ad-
justed ; also used advb.
Dor. If everything wasn't vitty they were upset. Hardy Jude
(1896) pt. V. iv. w.Som.' As u-guul- au'l dhee leo'lz viit'ee ? [Hast
got all thy tools in order ?] Dev. I keep's thews yer cabbages
straight an' vittee in line, by planting um wan in t'other's ope,
Hewett Peas. Sfi. (1892) 108 ; Us must make the garden a bit
vitty. Reports Provinc. (18891; Dev.' Dear hart! that ever such
a vitty tidy wive shud vail to his loll, 5. n.Dev. You've Smal time
to git things vitty, Rock yi»i am' A'fWti867l St. 2. nw.Dev.' Cor.
To make things ship-shape an' filly for 'ee, 'Q.' 7Vq}'7ott'«(i888)viii.
Hence Fittily, adv. neatly.
Dev., Cor. That coat is fittily made, Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435.
3. Trim, pretty ; handsome, fine. Also used advb.
s.Pem. Usedonly in conjunction with 'fine,* The ' general' in her
Sunday clothes is fitly fine (H.O.). Dor. A^. &■■ Q. (1883) 6th S.
vii. 366 ; An there 'S the viltiest maid in allthefeair, Barnes Pofois
(1863)21. w.Dor. A fitly fellow, KonEHis Hist. Lyme Regis {i&z^).
n.Dev. Thy buzzom chucks were pretty vitty avore tha mad'sl thyzel
therle, £.rm. ScoW. (1746J 1. 73; Grose(i79o:. Dev. , Cor. A very
fitly fellow [a very good-lookingman], Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435.
Cor. She's a putty little 'umman, and got fitly feet like anybody
else, Hicham Dial. (i866j 19; A fitly looking maid, Thomas
Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.' Your dress isn't looking filly.
4. Clever, dexterous, skilful ; also used advb.
s.Pem. John is a vitty fellow at a thing (W.M.M.) ; Laws Little
£11^'. (1888)422. Dev. Moore //is/. Ore. (1829) I. 354. Dev., Cor.
Grose (1790J il/S. add. (C.) Cor. They do say 'The Maisler'
'es worken' the oracle party fitly sence the wreck, Forfar Wizard
(1871) 43; Cor.i w.Cor. He gauv 'et to un pure and fitly, sure
'nough (M.A.C.).
Hence (i) Fittily, adv. cleverly; (2) Fittiness, sb.
dexterity, neat-handedness ; (3) Fittyhanded, adj. dex-
terous, skilful.
(il Dev., Cor. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) (z) w.Som.' Why,
'Arrj', thee'rl all thumbs ! idn a bit o' vittiness about thee. n.Dev.
Tha hast no stroll ner docily, no vittiness in cnny keendest Iheng,
E.vm. Scold. (1746) 1. 209. nw.Dev.' (3) w.Som.' Never zced no
two brithers so much onlike one tother. Bill's all thumbs, and
Jack's altogether so vitty-handed.
5. Closely-fitting ; also used advb. exactly.
Brks. I must ease that window-frame fur it be so vitty (A.C.).
Wil.' Dev. My shoe is very vitty to my vool, White C'yinan's
Conductor (1701) 128. Cor. A fitly boot like our best wanns,
Higham Dial. (i866) 15.
6. In good health, well, 'fit.'
Wil.' How be 'ee ?— Ter'ble fitly. Som. If you doant think me
much wruss ai zhall hav' dun purty viddy vor the vust taime, Frank
Nine Days {I8^g) 3. Dev. I be glad tu yer Ihalyii and your ole man
gits on zo vittee, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Dev.' Wull, but how
go'lh et at home? pritly vitty! or e'en zo zo ? la. n.Dev. How
do you do ? — Pretty vitty, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 451.
FITTY, flrfy.* Sur. Sus. [fi'ti.] Subject to fits.
Sur.l Sus.' R. Hillman should lake Jas. Norman at two shillings
and sixpence per week so long as he continues in the fitly state,
Selmeslon Par. Ace. Bi., Ladyday, 1790.
FITTY FORRA COO, p/ir. N.L* A cow that has
given milk for about fifteen months and is not with calf.
See Farrow, adj.
FIVE, num. adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
1. In comb, (i) Five-bed, a one-foot bed of 'new vein'
stone ; also used altrib. ; (2) -finger (or -fingers), {a) the
common starfish ; (b) in cards : the five of trumps ; (3) -fut,
a hay-prong, five feet long ; (4) -quarter coal, coal having
anaverage thickness of seam of five 'quarters'; see below;
(5) -stones, a children's game ; cf. check, sb.^ ; (6) -tails,
a seaweed [not known to our correspondents] ; (7) Fi-
to leat, the point of junction of five roads ; see Elect.
(i) Dor. In Swanage quarries, so called because it can be cleft in
five pieces. ' Pond five bed,' ' Under five bed,' ' Five bed-shall'
(C.W.). (2, o)e.An.> Ken. (G.B.) ; (H.M.) Sus. (F.E.S.) (6)
Ant. (W.H.P.); (S.A.B.) (3) Glo. (S.S.B.) (4) Nhb. The five-
quarter coal was reached, Richardson Borderer's Table bk. (1846)
V. 129 ; Nhb.' The ' quarter ' here is a quarter of a yard. Five
quarters therefore = 3 feel 9 inches. (5) n.Yks. They are lakin'
at fahv steeans (I.W.). w.Yks.* s.Lan. The name given to the
game of Bobber-and-Kibbs (q.v.) when played with small stones,
instead of ' kibbs," i. e. the knuckle-bones of a sheep (F.E.T.).
Cor.* A boy's game with five small stones, placed on the palm of
the hand, and then tossed up together so as to be caught by a quick
turn on the back of the same hand. [For further information see
GoMME Games (1894) 122.] (6) n.Dev. They were astray . . . upon
wrack or five-tails, Blackmore Maid of Sker (1872) III. 71. (7)
Ess. e.An. (Apr. 1863).
2. Co;;/6. in plant-names: (i) Five-fingers, (a) the oxlip.
Primula elalior,and the caulescent forms of P. vulgaris ; (b)
the cinquefoil, Potcntilla reptans; (c) the tormentil, P. Tor-
mentilla ; {d) the bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus coriiiculatus ; (2)
•finger blossom, (3) -finger grass or -fingered grass, see
•fingers (b) ; (4) -fingered root, the hemlock dropwort,
Ocnanthe crocata ; (5) -leaved grass, (a) see -fingers (b) ;
(Z>) the fritillary, tritillaria Meleagris; (c) the common
heron's bill, Erodium ciaitarium.
(i,n)e.An.' Suf. So«i« Goss;>( 1883) 113. e.Suf. (F.H.) (A)
e.Suf.iF.H.j,Ess. (c)Suf. (a')Cmb.,Nrf., n.Ess. (2)Suf. (3)Glo.',
I.W. (4) Gmg., Pem. From its long fasciculated tubers resembling
fingers (B. & H.\. (5, a) s-Not. (J.P.K,), n.Lin.', War.^ Wor.,
s.Bck. (b) Oxf. Science Gossip (1882) 165. {c\ Hmp. (W.M.E.F.)
3. Phr. (i) five and twenty minutes, a short time, not
necessarily twenty-five minutes ; (2) -days-a-week land,
agricultural land lying at an inconvenient distance from
the farmstead ; (3) to be near fve o'clock with anything, to
be near the end of work ; to be near the end.
(i) e.Suf. I'll go do that job ; it won't lake more than five and
twenty minutes (.F.H,). (2) n.Lin, Said when time equivalent to
one of the six working days is taken up by the journeys of horse
FIVESOME
[3741
FIZ(Z
and man backwards and forwards on the road (M.P.). (3"! GIo.
It's very near five-o'clock \vi un [He is at thepointof deathT(S.S.B.).
[1. (2, a) Five-finger, a fish like a spur-rowel, to be
destroyed by the Admiralty law, because destructive to
oysters. Coles (1677). (2, b) I made sure of the set, and
yet lost it, having the varlet and the five finger to make
two tricks. Chapman May-Dav (1611) v. ii, in Plays (ed.
1874) 304. See N. Gr' O. (1886) 7th S. i. 237.]
FIVESOME, sb. Sc. Also written fyvesum (Jam.).
Five in all, five together.
Ayr. Willie Forgisal ... cam the worstaffofthefivesome. Service
Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887 ) 139.
[They guarded him, fivesome on each side, Kinmont
Willie (c. 1650) in Scott's Minstrelsy (ed. 1806) I. 188;
That fiftsum in the furd he slew, Barbour Bruce (1375)
VI. 149.]
FIVEY, sb. Sc. [fai'vj] A game played with five
small stones. Cf. five-stones, s.v. Five.
Frf. The smaller girls of Monypenny were sitting in passages
playing at fivey, just as Sappho, for instance, used to play it, Barrie
Tommy (1896) xxxvii.
FIVL, sb. Sh.I. Also written fievvle S. & Ork.*
[fi'vl.] A sprinkling or thin layer of snow.
We hed a fivl o' snaw i' da mont o' October, Sh. News (Nov. 20,
1897) ; A' da sam' as an hit been cover'd wi' a fjim o' frost an' a
fivl o' snaw, ib. (Jan. 22, 1898) ; (K.I.) ; S. & Ork.i
FIX, sb. Shr.° A lamb yeaned dead.
FIX, V. Irel. Yks. I.Ma. Stf. Not. Lin. War. Also
Amer. [fiks.] 1. To force into or overtake in a position
from which escape is difficult.
w.Yks. ' Aw'll fix tha ! ' said Weasel, Snowden Tales IVolds
(1893) viii ; w.Yks.s Wur noan sich gurt friends just nah an' ah
thovvt ad fix her a bit, 47. Stf.' War.^ 1 have fixed him.
2. To arrange, get ready ; to put to rights, to mend.
Uls.(M.B.-S.) Ant. The chair's brok', will you fix it ? The lock's
gaun vvrang; wull you try an' fix it' Ballymeiia Obs. (iSgaX
I.Ma. And me turnin to To light the fire . . . And her to fix the
tay. Brown ZJoftor (1887) 186. Lin.i I am just going to fix the
dinner, [Amer. ' How do you mean to fix it ? ' says he, ' for I must
go,' Dickens Amer. Notes (1842) ix ; There are few words which
perform such various duties as this word fix. . . You call upon a
gentleman : . . . his ' help ' informs you that he is fixing himself
(dressing). . . You enquire of a fellow passenger whether breakfast
will be readysoon, and he tells you . . . they were fixing the tables
(laying the cloth 1, <6. x."|
3. In pass. : to be placed or circumstanced ; also with o^
w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Not. A can't let yer hae't till a see how am
fixed (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' If you was fixed off, Mr. Peacock, wi'a wife
such as I've getten, I maake noa doot you'd leather her sumtimes.
sw.Lin.' I doubt she'll be badly fixed if he happens owt. She
has some brothers real well fixed, and they've promised to fix her.
FIX, see Faix.
FIXEN, sb. Obs. n.Cy. A vixen, (K.)
(OE. fyxen, a she-fox, also /lat' (Earle's Charters, C/).]
FIX-FAX, sb} Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. [fi-ks-faks.]
1. The pax-wax, the strong tendon in the neck of animals.
Cf. fic-fac.
Sc. (Ja.m.) n.Cy. Grose (i7go\ N.Cy.' Nhb. The ligament of
the nape which supports the head (R. OH.) ; Nhb.', Dur' s.Dur.
As tough as fix-fax (j.E.D.). Yks. (K.), n.Yks.'^ e.Yks. Marshall
Rur. Econ. (1788 . w.Yks.'^, ne.Lan.'
2. A species of pillory.
Ayr. The fix-fax differs from the common pillory, as in the fix-fax
not only is the neck confined but also the hands (_Jam.).
FIX-FAX, sA.'' Obs. Sc. Hurry, the middle of any
business.
Abd. Whan they are in the fixfax o' their din, Ross Helenore
(17681 89, ed. 1&12.
FIXMENT.s*. Yks. Lin. [fiksment.] 1. The furni-
ture of a house; also applied contemptuously to a poor
construction or contrivance ; in pi. a workman's tools.
n.Lin.' Completely swallowed up the whole of liis little fixment,
Stamford Merc. (Aug. 20, 1875) ; Squire Hciila' hed a thing for
catchin' th' flees 'at eats yung to'nups. Such 'n a fixment as you
niver seed. It was to noa ewse at all.
2. A dilemma. w.Yks. (J.W.), n.Lin.'
FIXTISH, adj. Lin. Somewhat fixed, settled.
n Lin. No we're fixtish there, Peacock R. Skirlaugh (i8-]0) I. no.
FIZ, see Faize.
FIZ-BALL, sb.' Nhb. Cum. Also in form fiz-bo' Cum.>
The pufi'-ball fungus, Lycoperclon Bovista. See Fuzz-ball.
Nhb.' Found in pastures. When dry the pores can be squeezed
out like a cloud of smoke. Also called Puff-baa's, Devil's snuflf-
boxes. and Blind-man's-buff. Cum.' (s.v. Fuz bo').
FIZ.BALL, sb."^ Nhb.» A ball of damp gunpowder
kneaded into the form of a cone. See Fiz-gig, 2.
It is lighted at the apex, and burns with a hissing noise.
FIZ-GIG, sb. and v. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Nhp.
War. Wor. Shr. Hnip. LW. Also written fizz-gig Lan. ;
and in forms fis-gig nw.Der.' Not. s.Lin. Shr.' ; vizgig
LW.' [fi'z-gig.] 1. sb. A disrespectful term for a girl
or woman ; a light, frivolous woman, fond of running or
'gadding' about.
e.Yks.' A female, who although not disreputable or immoral,
has some objectionable peculiarities, such as tale-bearing, gossiping,
accompanied by scandal. 'Ah wadn't beleeav a vvod sike [such]
an awd fiz gig as that says." w.Yks.', nw.Der.' Not. An old
fisgig [a ' frump,' dowdy person] (W.H.S.) ; Not.', Lin.' n.Lin.'
An ugly woman ; a woman dressed in a strange or unbecoming
manner. Nhp.' War.^ ; War.^ Robin was so angry, he flew up
on a twig. Saying, fie upon you, fie upon you, little (\z-%\%. Nursery
rhymes. I.W.'
2. A kind of firework ; a squib.
Lan. They whuzzed round like a fizz-gig, Waugh Winter Fire ,
26. War. A small quantity of damp powder made into a pointed
pyramidical shape, which is set fire to by boys, and which hisses
as it burns, Holloway. se.Wor.' A kind of squib, made of damped
gunpowder, and often used for the purpose of suffocating wasps
when an attempt is made to destroy their nests. [A small rocket,
or quill filled with wild fire, which when lighted dances up and
down, and either makes a noise, before it cracks or goes off', like
wind from the pipe of a strong bellows, or frizzes and sparkles,
like red hot iron from the forge, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)]
3. Fig. A temper, passion. Gen. in pi.
S.Lin. The Missis wor in her fisgigs at breakfust becoss we
wouldn't eat the sad bread she set for us (T.H.R.).
4. A kind of top ; see below.
Hmp. Around piece of iron or brass, serrated at the edge, through
which a piece of whip-cord is passed, and when set in motion,
either in the air, or in water, makes a whizzing, hissing, fizzing
noise, Grose (1790) MS. add. (HI.) ; Hmp.'
5. Sharp, small beer.
Shr.' A drop o' fisgig to cut yore throat,
6. A condition of loose shagginess, as of ' fuzzy ' hair, or
untidy dress.
Chs.' Like a head of hair which bristles in all directions. Shr.l
Whad 66th frills an' furbelows, 'er wuz all of a fisgig.
7. V. To run or gad about.
Yks. He's not one o' yer hairbrained fizgigging lobcocks, Farqu-
HAR Fraiikheart, 197. w.Yks. (J.W.)
8. To do anything in a slow or unskilful manner. e.Yks.'
[I. Trotiere, a raump, fisgig, Asking huswife, Cotgr. ;
Let fisgig be taught to shut doore after taile, Tusser
Hiisb. (1580) 169. 2. Fizgig, a common kindof firework ;
the method of making it is described in White's Artificial
Firezvorks (i']o8) 25 (Nares). 4. Fisgig, a kind of top which
boys play with, Blount (1670). 7. Why should I goe
gadding and fisgigging? Nashe Un/orl. Trav. (1594) 32
(N.E.D,).]
FIZMER, X). e.An.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To fidget restlessly ; to make a great stir about
trifles, to make little progress,
FIZMERIG, v. Suf. To fidget about, move restlessly.
e. Suf. Used by elderly people (F. H.).
FIZOG, see Fizzog.
FIZ(Z, sb. and v. Van dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. and
Eng. Also in forms fiss Cum. ; fize Sc. (Jam.) [fiz.]
1, sb. A hissing noise ; a blaze.
Sh.I. I in, wi whiskers in a fizz, Burgess Rasmic (1892) 73.
Ayr. Wi' a spring like a tiger, an' a fuff, spit, and fizz, he landed
just at the stairhead. Hunter Studies (1870) 280. w.Yks. The
hissing noise caused by gas escaping in aerated waters, Leeds
Merc. Sup/tl. (18S41. nw.Der.'
2. Fig. A stir, bustle, commotion, hurry ; a fuss, state
of nervous anxiety ; a rage.
Sc. The hail place was in a perfect fizz, Scotch Haggis, 149.
FIZZEK
375]
FLABBERGASH
Sh.I. DQ wis in sic a fizz for me ta come, 'at I couldna wait ta
ken, S/i. News (Oct. a, 1897). Abd. Fye, you're grown Jolin
Tamson's man -a' in a fizz, Giiiilman higlismatll yi&Ti) 37. Rnf.
'Twill . . . set your stomach in a fizz, Bakr Poems (1861) 14. eXth.
Ye needna be in sic a fizz. Hunter J. Intvick (1895) 64. Dmf. 11
you knew what a fizz I am kept in with one thing and another!
LeII. r. CailvU (1836) in Allantk Monthly (1898) LXXXII. 296.
Cum. Aw hard o' this torrable fiss. An' aw's cum't to advise
tha' — 'at is ee, Anderson Balhuh ^ed. 1808) 183. Dev.^ Missis
is in a dowst ov a fizz bccuz the chiller bant a corned 'ome 'et.
3. V. To make a hissing or spluttering sound ; to scorch.
Sc. (Jam.) Ayr.O rare! to see thee fizz and freath I' th' lugget
caup. Burns Sc. Drink (1786) st. 10. N.Cy.', Dur.' Cum.' Green
wood fizzes in the fire. w.Yks. An' iVothin' an' fizzin, Hartley
Yks. Biu/get (i8j3] 50 ; w.Ylcs.', Nhp.', Shr.^, Hnt. (T.P.F.),e.An.'
Hmp. HOLLOWAY.
4. Fig: To make a great stir, to bustle about ; to be in a
rage ; sometimes with about.
Sc. (Jam.) Fif. East Anster burghers . . . Were fraithin' at the
mou', and fizzin' at beads and halie water, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 13.
FIZZEK, sh. War. [fiz-ak.] A woman who busies
herself in cleaning out corners. (J.R.W.)
FIZZEN, sb. Sc. Yks. Also Suf. s.Cy. Also in forms
fezzon n.Yks.^; fison Sc; fissen Sc. (Jam.); fizen Slk. ;
fizon s.Cy. Suf. [fi'zan, fe-zan.] Food, nourishment ;
Jii;. pith, torce, essence of anything. See Foison.
Sc. Grose (,1790) MS. arid. \C) s.Sc, Lth. The pump has lost
the fizzen ^Jam.). Rxb. What are ye glowran at me tor, whan I'm
:it my meat? Ye'U tak a' the fizzen out o't (Jam., s.v. Foison 1.
n.Yks.^'It has neea fezzon in't,' no nourisliment or support.
s.Cy. Grose (1790'. Suf, The natural juice or moisture of the
grass or other herbs, Ray (1691) ; vK.)
Hence Fizzenless, adj. (i) without strength or flavour,
dry, insipid, innutritious ; (2)_/?g'. useless, without strength
or energy ; without result, weak, ineffectual.
(i) Sc. Its pease-strae as fizzenless as chuckiestanes. Scott
Rob Roy (1817) xiv; (Jam.) n.Yks^ (2) Sc. I will not wait
upon the thowless, thriftless, fissenless ministry of that carnal
man, Scott Old Mortality (1816) v. e.Fif. We were twa puir
fizzenless, han'less lookin' craiters, Latto Tajit Bodkin (1864)
xxix. Bwk. A silly fizzenless creature (Jam.). Slk. Woe be to
this old and fizenless sword, Hogg Tales (1838) 89, ed. 1866;
Does he think a mother's curse will sink fizzenless to the ground ?
ib. 300. [Alas that any man of talent should have written anything
so washy, ineffectual, and fizenless, IVestmnistcr Rev. (1834) XX. 8. J
FIZZER, sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Not. Wor.
Slang. Also written fizztir Lan. [fiza(r.] 1. A cake
baked on a girdle.
N.Cy.* Nhb. Gt.tssips round a tray O' tea weel lyeced, and spicy
fizzer, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 52 ; Nhb.' • A spice fizzer ' is
a girdle-cake (singing-hinny) with currants (spice).
2. Anything excellent or first-rate ; something un-
common, astonishing; a falsehood.
Ayr. ' John, is tat your lass awa bye t'e windock ? ' ' Ay ! is she
no a fizzer?' Service Dr. Vuguid {ed. iBS-j] 196. Cum.', w.Yks. ^
Lan. ' Isn't he a fizzur?' he said, Brierley Day Out (1859) 51 ; It's
a fizzer to me, Clegg Sketches (1895) 335. e.Lan.' Not. That's a
fizzer [of a lie] ( J.H.B.). w.Wor. Whilst going a fizzer for the
fence, S. Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) I. 194. Slang. If
the mare was such a fizzer why did you sell her ? London Misc.
(1866) 19 I, Farmer).
3. A bombastic person. e.Lan.'
FIZZER, V. n.Cy. Cum. [fizar.] 1. To scorch ; to
make a loud, hissing sound.
n.Cy. (I.L. 1783). Cum.'Adropofwaterontheheatedbarsfizzers.
2. To punish ; give pain to, put in a fix ; to be a match for.
n.Cy. (I.L. 1783). Cum. Efter sec a cum off as that ah was
fizzert, SARGissoNyoc Scoap (1881) 122 ; Cum.'
3. To trim. n.Cy. (LL. 1783).
FIZZERT, s6. Nhb.' [fizart.] A term of reproach.
Ye clarty fizzert.
FIZZING, adj. Yks. Lin. e.An. Slang. Also written
fiz'nc.An.' [fizin.] First-rate, splendid; also used arfyi.
w.Yks. (J. W.) ; w.Yks.* A piece of good news is 'fizzing!'
Mak a fizzing job on't nah ! Lin.' 1 like this, it is fizzing. e.An.'
How does that colt get onl— Oh! fiz'n. Slang. She'll do fizzing,
remarked Mr. Menders, Dy. Teleg. (Aug. i, 1885)2, col. 2 (Farmer).
Hence Fizzingly, adv. splendidly, in first-rate style.
w.Yks.'*
FIZZLE, V. and sb. Cum. Yks. Lin. Hrf. ffi-zl.]
1. V. To fidget, be in a state of bodily restlessness.
n.Yks.'s e.Yks. 'What are you fizzling about!' sometimes
s.iid to a person who rubs his head or arms as if in meditation
(E.M.C.). Hrf.2
2. To work busily but ineffectively ; to do anything
in a slow, fumbling way.
Cum. Gl. (1851) ; Cum.' n.Yks. Clockmakker com' an' com'
ageean, an' fizzled an' fafi"d aboot. Memoir P. Barker, 10 ; He
was fizzlin'on about t'spring gun, and it went off and shot his
leg (I.W.). e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) [To do anything with
tiresome minuteness, Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)]
Hence Fizzle-farting job, phr. tedious and unprofitable
labour. n.Lin.'
3. To nestle, cuddle ; to get close to. [Not known to
our correspondents.]
Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 303.
4. With up : to ' look sharp,' be lively.
n.Lin.' Boys playing at taw, one says to another' Cum, fizzle-up."
5. sb. Restlessness, excitement; the state of being fidgety.
Cum. (J. P.) Hrf.2 The wriggling or twisting about of a child
expected to sit still.
FIZZLE, see Fissle.
FIZZMIGIGS, sb. pi. Lin. Som. Absurd articles
of dress.
Lin. (W.W.S.) Som. He ded wear thay fizzmigigs and wer a
' man o' war,' Agrikler Rhymes (1872^ 29.
FIZZOG, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Lin. Also written
flzog n.Lin.' ffizog.] The face, ' physiognomy.'
w.Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Apr. 3, 1897). Lan. Yo' never seed
sich a fizzog as little Robin made him of a piece o' faded pink
calico, Brierley Day Out U859! 52. m.Lan.' s.Chs.' In the
phrase ' I'll warm yur fizzog ' it seems to be used of the head.
Not.' I know his ugly fizzog. Lin.', n.Lin.'
FIZZY, adj. Nhb.' [fi-zi.] Well or cleverly done ;
'nobby.'
That's fizzy, noo ! That's a fizzy coat he hes on.
FJIM, s6. Sh.L A film, sprinkling ; a small portion.
Dat twa [cows] ill hae ta get a suilka drink wi' a fjim o' aet-
meal upo' him, Sh. News (May 22, 1897) ; A' da sam' as an hit
been cover'd wi' a fjim o' frost an'afivl o' snaw, ib. (Jan 22, 1898).
FLAA, FLAACH, see Flaw, s6.==, Fleech, v.
FLAAD, FLAAEN, see Flay, v.^
FLAAG, si.' Sh.I. A large, clumsy woman. S. &Ork.'
[Norw. dial, jiak, a frivolous impudent person, mostly
used of women (Aasen) ; see Jakobsen Norsk in Shell.
(1897) 66.]
FLAAG, s6.* Sh.I. A flock of birds ; a shoal of fish.
S. & Ork.'
FLAAG, V. Sh.I. To fly loosely in the wind.
Shu cam rinnin at her utmost wi' her face laik da yatten
blude, I can say, an' her hair a' flaagin' till her cot baand, Sh. News
(July 31, 1897).
FLAATCH, see Fleech, v.
FLAB, s6,' Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
? A mushroom. Cf. flap, s6.' 18.
To make Catchup. Gather your large flabs, cut off the root ends,
and take off the rough skins, Receipts in Cookery, 45 (Jam.).
FLAB, sb.^ Sc. A large, handsome, or showy article.
Elg. I coff'd a gowd watch, an' a flab o' a chain, Tester Poems
(T865) 108.
Hence Flabby, adj. ostentatious, showy.
Per. He's flabby (he is foppishly dressed] (G.W.).
FLABBER,!;. Yks. [fla-b3{r.] To hang loosely. w.Yks.'
Hence Flabbering, ppl. adj. hanging so loosely as almost
to fall to pieces.
n.Yks. A great flabbering forkful of hay (I.W.).
FLABBERGASH, v. Yks. Also written flabergash.
[fla'bargaj.] To astound, amaze, dumbfound, take aback.
Cf. flabbergast.
n.Yks. Ah steead quite flabbergash'd, Broad Yks. (1885) 14 ;
Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 26.
Hence Flabbergasher, sb. a ' poser,' settler, perplex-
ing question or answer.
n.Yks. This wer a flabergasher fer t'teacher, Tweddell Clevel.
Rhymes (1875) Sa-
FLABBERGAST
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FLABBERGAST, v. \ngen. dial, and coUoq. use in Sc.
■ Irel. and Eng. Also written flabergast ne.Sc. ; and in
forms flabrigast Per. (Jam.) ; flappergast N.Cy.' Nhp.';
flobbergrast Lan. 1. To astonish, bewilder, amaze ; to
perplex, silence, astound. Gen. m pp. Cf. flambergast.
ne.Sc. She was . . . flabergasted by the terrible facer I had just
dealt her, Grant Keckhton, 69. Abd. I was nothing short of
completely ' flabbergasted,' Alexander Ain Fit. (1882) 207. Per.
(G.W.) Frf.Nowonder Gavinia was flabbergasted, Barrie Tommy
(1896) 302. Lnk. Why, it positively flabbergasted the whole lot,
Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 32. Ir. This presentment of the case
somewhat flabbergasted Terence, Barlow /rf)'//s (1892) 1 70. N.Cy.',
Nhb.i, Cum. (J.D.) w.Yks. T'woman wor fairly flabbergasted
when they fun it aht, Dewsbre Olm. (1872) 9; w.Yks.* Lan.
Lookin bonnily confused un to some extent flabbergasted, Staton
Loominary (c. 1861) 41 ; 'We knoan th' dog cawn't ax fur a tikkit,
but yo con fur him, — cawn't yo ? ' This flobbergrasted Sam, New
Wkly. (Jan. 5, 1895) 7, col. 3. Not.i, Lei.l Nhp.l When they told
me the tale, I was so flabbergasted I couldn't get over it for ever
so long. War.* Common ; War.' Oxf.' Flab'uurgyaa'stid. Brks.',
Suf.' Ess. He was hafe flabbergasted, Clark /. Noakes (1839) st.
99; Gl. (1851). Ken.', Dev.' Colloq. It has quite flabbergasted
that Diet, Barham Ingoldsby (ed. 1840) 135. [Now we are
' flabbergasted ' and ' bored ' from morning to night, Ann. Register
(1772) New IVords.l
Hence Flabbergastation, sb. a state of amazement,
astonishment, or perplexity.
Colloq. The ladies . . . were thrown into an incipient flabergasta-
tion, R. Rattler (1845) v.
2. To boast, brag ; to gasconade.
Per. He's always flabbergasting [blowing his own horn] (G.W.) ;
(Jam.)
3. I n pass. : to be quite worn out with exertion, extremely
fatigued. Per. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspondents.]
FLABBERGASTER, v. and sb. Chs. Lin. War. Nrf.
Wil. 1. V. To perplex, amaze, astonish ; to scare,
frighten. Chs.'.n.Lin.', War. (J.R.W.) See Flabbergast.
2. sb. A state of amazement, surprise, fright.
Nrf. I raarly faar all of a flabbergaster, A.B.K. Wright' s Fortune
(1859) 74.
3. Idle talk. Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; WiU
FLABBING, sb. Yks. [fla-bin.] Flabbiness, lack of
firmness.
w.Yks.* His faace . . . wi its flabbing, wod fur awal the world 'a'
geen yuh the idea of a bowl o' milk wi' t'cream on i' a staate o'
loacomoation, 144.
FLABBOUS, adj. Shr.' [flse-bas.] A term applied to
a loose, ill-fitting garment.
FLACH, see Flig, v.^
FLACHIN, sb. Or.I. [fla'xin.] A stroke given by
something in the hand. (Jam.) ; S. & Ork.*
FLACHT, see Flaught, sA.'*
FLACK, 5A.' Rnf. (Jam.) Also in form flaik. A
square plaid.
FLACK, V. and ,<r6.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms fleck w.Yks.* s.Cy. (Hall.); flock Lei.';
vleck I.W.' [flak, flaek, flak.] 1. v. To hang loosely ; to
flap or shake about. Cf. flacker.
Abd. The soaked curtains were flacking and flying in the great
wind, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xxxiii. Lei.' Nlip.' Clothes ' flack
in the face' when suspended on a line, and driven by the agitation
of the wind against the face. n.Bck. (A.C.) Bdf. Also employed
to describe the operation of shaking out linen, with a view to
getting rid of the creases (J.W.B.). Hnt. (T.P.F.), o.An.' Ess.
An' jackets how they flack'd ! Clark /. Noakes (1839) St. iii ;
' They things flack about so, they'll be torn all to mossels.' Said
cf clothes hanging up to dry (W.W.S.) ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.*
Hence (i) Flacking, (a) vbl. sb. the act of flapping or
hanging loosely ; {b) ppl. adj. flapping, loose, wide ; (2)
Flacky, adj. (a) flapping, hanging loose ; (6) sloppy.
(i,a) Lei.' (b) Nhp.* A flacking big one. (a, o) e.An.l (i)
War. Leamington Courier {Ma.r. 6, 1897); War.**, s.War.'
2. To flutter, flap the wings.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788').
3. To throb as a wound ; to palpitate, pulsate heavily.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788).
m.Yka.' w.Yks. ' How'syourcyc ?' 'It kittlesandllacks' (W.C.S.);
w.Yks.* My leg flacks with pain.
4. To beat with a flail.
Hrt. Ellis Mod. Htisb. (1750) VI. iii.
5. To comb.
Bdf. A girl who arranges her hair is said to 'flack' it (J.W.B.).
I.W.'
Hence (i) Flacking-comb, (2) Fleck-comb, sb. a comb
with very large teeth.
(i)Nlip.'2 Oxf. GansE (1790) ; Oxf.' iT/5. arfrf. Bdf. Batchelor
Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 132; (J.W.B.) s.Cy. (Hall.) I.W.'
(2) w.Yks.*
6. With in : to rake hay in a long row. Rut.*
7. sb. A blow with anything soft or pliant ; a smart
blow with the open hand. Nhp.'*, e.An.', Suf
Hence Flack, adv. with the noise of a sudden fall or blow.
Bdf. He fell flack down, Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 132.
8. A throb, beat, pulsation ; fig. hurry, haste.
m.Yks. ' e.An.' John is always in a flack.
[1. Cp. Norw. d'\B.\.flaka, to flap, to be loose, of garments,
&c. (Aasen) ; so ON.]
FLACK, see Flag, sb.^
FLACKER, V. and sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lin. Also in form flecker N.Cy.' Dur.' [fla'k3(r,
flekar.] 1. ;;. To flutter, vibrate like the wings of
a bird ; to tremble. Cf flack, v., flicker, v.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' Wm. When she'd bed
her fling, she flakker'd her wing. An' left me i' th' lurch, Bowness
Studies (1868) 60. n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* I never flacker my wings
ower t'edge o' my awn nest [go beyond the bounds of my own
circumstances] ; n.Yks.* ne.Yks.' T'cock flackered ower t'wall.
e.Yks.' Ther was a lot o' bods altegither, an didn't they flacker,
mun, when Ah let gun offamang em ? m.Yks.' w.Yks.' T'summer
goose flackered at naya lile rate, ii. 285 ; Flackerin about like
flay-craws, 16. 299 ; w.Yks. 3* ne.Lan.' To use the wings hurriedly
as a bird does when taking hasty flight.
Hence Flackering, sb. a rapid motion of the wings.
w.Yks.'
2. Of the heart : to beat fast, palpitate, throb. To throb
or pulsate with pain. Also used^^.
Cum. But when I saw him scrawlen on the plain. My heart aw
flacker'd for't, I was sae fain, Relph Misc. Forms (1743) 15; As
suen as I hard that I was fairly flacker't like, Wdly IVattle's Mudder
(1870) 7. ne.Yks.' Mah feeat flackers sadly. e.Yks.' MS. add.
(T.H.) m.Yks.' w.Yks.' My heart flackers. Lin. Streatfeild
Lin. and Danes (1884) 327. n.Lin,' Well R , how is your
wife's foot? — Why m'm, it seiim'd a deal better, but last ncet she
said 'at it flacker'd sorely.
Hence Flackering, sb. a throbbing, palpitation.
n.Yks.^ A flackering at heart. w.Yks. That wur a sign o' what
shoo called, A flackerin at hur heart, Preston Poems (1864) 19.
3. To flicker.
n.Yks,'> T'cann'l flackered whahl Ah thowt it 'ud gan oot.
ne.Yks.' What maks yon cann'l flacker seea? e.Yks.' Jl/S. add.
(T.H.) ; w.Yks.'
4. Fig. To hesitate, waver.
Wm. Haw strangely the mind of man flackers, Hutton Bran
New Wark (1785) 1. 75. n.Yks.* Ther's neea dependence on him,
he flackers aboot sae. Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884)
327 ; n.Lin.'
5. sb. A flutter, vibration of the wings; a throb, palpita-
tion or fluttering of the heart. Cum.', e.Yks.^, m.Yks.*
[1. ME. flackeren, to flap, flutter.]
FLACKET, s6.' Sc. Nhb. Yks. Not. Lin. Also in form
fleckit Sc. (Jam.) [fla'kit.] 1. A flask, a wooden or
leathervessel ; a small cask-shaped vessel for holding beer.
Sc. A small flask for carrying spirits (Jam.). n.Cy. Grose (1790) ;
Bailey (1721) ; N.Cy.^ Nhb.' Obs. e.Yks. Foure flacketts (in the
buttery), Best Rur. Econ. (1641) 176 ; e.Yks.' Carried slung over
the shoulder, for use in the harvest field, &c. w.Yks. Thoresby
Lett. (1703); w.Yks.*, Not.'* Lin. Brookes Tracts Gl. n.Lin.',
sw.Lin.' S.Lin. Fill two flackets wi' aale, and tek wi' the next
waggin for the h.-iymekers (T.H.R.).
2. A small tub used for conveying oil.
w.Yks. About the samcsizeasa'flasket.'but one which has the top
narrower than the bottom; and used for conveying oil only (W.T.).
[A flacket, liter formain liabens doUarem, Coles (1679) ;
A flaket, obba, uter, Cath. Angl. (1483).]
FLACKET, sb? Chs.'s [flakit.] A small board
behind a cart.
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FLACKET, V. and sA.* c.An. Ainer. Written flackert
Nrf. [flaekat] 1. v. To hang loosely ; to flap or fly
about. Also used /J?'.
e.An. (Hall.) Nrf. I see her go past flackertins with him last
night, Spilling Daisy Dimple (1885I 72. Suf.' Women's ribbons
or loose geer [iiirj are said to ' (lacket about.' ' She go flacketen
about."
Hence (i) Flacketing, (2) Flacketty, adj. disorderly,
untidj' ; giddy, flighty.
(i) Nrf. What did he come past here with that great flackerting
gal for! Spilling Daisy Dimple (1885) 6g. Ess. 'A careless,
flightv, llackctin girl.' Also used in disparagement of the trimming
on a dress : 'a llacketin frill ' (S.P.H.). (a) Ess. (J.F.)
2. sb. A tall, showy girl, whose clothes hang loosely
about her.
e.An.' Suf.' Applied fig. to a dressy loose woman. [Amer.
Dtal. Moles (1896") 1. 379.]
FLACKEY, si. Cum.'Chs.' Also in form flecky- Cum.'
[flaki.] The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs ; also in coinp.
Flecky-flocker.
FLACKEY, adj. Yks. [fla-ki.] Of meat : not first-
rate, inferior, not m good condition. Cf fleaky.
w.Yks. Applied more with reference to its being flabby instead of
firm. Bacon that is wtt and porky is called ' flackey.' I have
also heard brawn called ' flackey.' Italways carries a contemptuous
meaning (H.L.).
FLACKIE, sb. Sh. & Or.I. Also written flakie, flakkie,
flakky Sh.I. [fla'ki.] 1. A straw saddle-cloth or truss
of straw, used to prevent the 'creel' or 'cassie' from
galling the horse's back.
Sli.I. I widna lat edder lass or wife carry up tatties, wark only
for horses, as lang as I hed ane ta pit a wymegird an' flakkie on,
Sh. News (Nov. 6, 1897) ; A'll redder travel, da flakky is ower hard
for ony body ta sit apon, ib. (Aug. 13, 1898) ; {Coll. L.L.B.) Or.I.
(Jam.)
2. A large mat, used for winnowing corn, made of straw
bound by ropes of bent. Also in comp. Flackie-corn.
Sh.I. A lock o' auld cashies, flakics, an' mcshies, an' ony idder
truss dey cud get, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892! 7. S. & Ork.'
A mat made of straw for wiiatever purpose, ib. AIS. add.
FLADGE, sb. Sc. Dur. Also in forms flatch e.Dur.' ;
flaugel J.\M.). [fladjij.] 1. A large piece, a flake.
Ayr. She gied him a bannock an' a fladge o' cheese (Jam.).
2. pi. Snowflakes. e.Dur.' Cf flag, sb.^
FLADYIN, sb. Irel. [fladjin.] A piece of anything
which is thin in comparison with its size.
Ant. Fladyin of bread and butter, Ballvmma Obs. (1892I.
FLAES, sb. Sh.I. Written flais S. c^ Ork.' A large
flat rock in the sea. (W.A.G.) ; S. .S; Ork.'
[Fles in Shetland place-names denotes a flat skerry ;
see Jakobsen S/ietl. Dial. (1897) 103. Norw. dial. Jles,
a skerry at times covered by the sea (Aasen) ; ON. Jles,
a green spot among bare fells (Vigfusson).]
FLAFF, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also in forms flauf
Sc. ; floff N.I.' ; flowff Ayr. Lnk. [flaf, Ir.also flof.] 1. v.
inlraits. To flutter, fly about; to flap, wave.
Sc. On parson-written pages, That, flafliin', peeped oot frae the
volume's edges, Allan Lilts (1874) 68. Cai,' Frf. The watchfu'
mate flaflTd i' the gale, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 56, ed. 1882;
Bats come flaffin' through the fauld. Smart y?/i)';/)rs (1834) iii.
Flf. The towns-colours, heiz'd on hie, Flaffin' and flamin'gallandlie,
Tennant Papistry (1827I 58; Are your little wings no wearit
Fleein' high an' flafiin fleet? Douglas Po«»5 (1806I 29. Ayr.
Flaffan wi' duds an' grey wi' beas'. Burns Address Beelzebub, 1. 47.
Lnk. Yer Leghorns a' flaffin' wi' ribbons an' veils, Watson Poems
(1853)46. Lth. Despair's black banner flaflfs unfurled, Lumsden
Sheep-head (1892) 161. Edb. Their duds in targets flaff upo' their
back, Fergusson Poems (1773I 196, ed. 1785. Slk. As Strang as
a spider's web that keeps flaffing in the wind beside a broken
lozen, Chr. North Noctcs (ed. 1856) III. 131 ; Forthwith in the
air ye shall flafl", Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 73. Kcb. Ned's sign upo'
the riggin' flafl"d, Davidson ScasoHSU 789) 74. N.I.' n.Cy. Border
Gl. iColt. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' Nhb.' A flag on a staff' is said to flafl'
in the wind. The lowe flafl'ed agyen his fyess an' singed him.
Hence (i) Flaffer, sh. a duckling before its quill-feathers
have grown ; (2) Flaffing, sb. {a) a fluttering of the wings ;
a flapping, waving: (*) a palpitation or fluttering of the
heart ; (3) to go jlaff, p/ir. to flap or flutter.
VOL. 11.
(i) [(They) become soon fledged over the body. . . but their
quill-feathers do not appear for some time after. In this state
wild ducklings, under the name of flafl'ers, make excellent sport,
Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 667.] (2, a\ Sc. Herd Coll.
Siigs. (1776) Gl. N.I.' (6) e.Fif. The ither tak's a flafiin' at the
heart whan she lies doon in be<l, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) vi.
Edb. Shaking of the knees and a flatting at the heart, tiloin. Maiisie
IVaiich (1828 1 xii. (3) Elg. The neuk o' her apron gaed flafif to
her e'e, Tester Poems (1865) 133.
2. Irans. To flap or flutter the wings, &c.
Sc. There war four-an-twontie gray goss-hawks A flaffin their
wings sae wide, Child Ballads (1892) IV. 470. Abd. The destroyer
. . . was permitted to flafl' his wings, and to craw on the midden-
stead of carnal victory, Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 39, ed. 1889 ;
He flaft his wing o'er brae, Thom Rhymes (1844) 64. Mry. The
Chan'ry flaffin' out its wings, an' still sae proudly craws, Hay
Liiitie (1851) 54. Fif. Thou . . . flaff't thy wings, and in a crack,
Flew frae th' unsicker stance, Tennant Papistry (1827) 5. Lnk.
Still flafl's his wings, an' loups, an' sings, 'Wardrop y. Mathison
(1881) lor. Dmf. Will flafl' a clout in a creature's eye, Thom Jock
o' Knowe (1878) 21. Ant. The geese were flaffin' their wings,
Ballymeiia Obs. (1892). Nhb.' ' Had yor skemy oot an' myek him
flaff his wings.' Boys, in luring pigeons, flaff their caps to imitate
a fluttering bird.
3. Of the wind, (S:c. : to blow in gusts, to drive ; to fan,
blow up. Also used jig.
n.Sc. Lat hail or drift on lumsand winnocks flaff, Tarras Pofws
(1804) 6 (Jam.). Cai.' Dmf. And Love in youthfu' breasts was
flaffing A mutual flame, Mayne Siller Gnu (1808) 55 ; The free win'
flaufs the foam frae the billow, Thom Jock o' Knoive (1878) 11.
Hence Flaffin, sb. any very light body ; a flake of
whatever kind.
Fif Whar flaffins sma' wad dreichly float, MS. Poem (Jam.).
4. To shoot forth ; to go off as gunpowder, with a flash
or puft".
Fif The powther flafl'ed oflf, Tennant Card. Beaton (1823) 28
(Jam.).
Hence Flaffing,//'/. adj. puffing,suddenly shooting forth.
Lth. Frae the mooth o' him in a second there shot a flaffin' flame
an ell lang, Lumsden Sheep-head {iQg2) 207.
5. sb. A flutter or flapping of the wings, &c. Also used
Jig. one who ' flafls ' or flutters about, a fop.
Sc. The flaff o' the leaflet, Donald Poems (1867) 5. Frf Wi' the
sudden flaff o' the canvas a' the lichts but ane were blawn oot,
W iLLOCK Poselty Ends n886) 168, ed. 1889. Fif. He saw, and
gave his wings a flaff, Tennant Papistry (1827) 25. Cld. (Jam.)
6. A sudden gust or puft' of wind ; a flash. Also used
/ig. an instant, moment.
Cai.' Bntr.' A flaff o' ween cam in o's face. Per. Five years
hae gane, aye, everj' flalTo't, Spence Pofi«s(i8g8) 165. Slg. Then
I felt a flaf o' wind, It smote me on the face, Towers Poems (1805)
54. s.Sc. Seen wanderin in the mark and aye vanishin like a flaff
o' lichtnin, Wilson Tales (1836) II. 380. Lnk. A flaft" o' win' to
fill the wame, Murdoch Doric Lyre {iS']^) 22 ; A flowfl'o' wander'd
win cam in, ib. 14. Slk. Gin I ever, for a flaff, in the Park, forgot
my ain cosy bield, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 63. Gall.
Hisact isbuta flafo' wind, Crockett Raiders (i8g4] xxxvi ; Taking
the door after her with a flaff that brought a bowl to the stone
floor, ib. Bog Myrtle (1895) 202. N.I.' ' Lichenin' flaff,' a flash of
lightning. Ant. Ballyniena Obs. (1892).
7. A light blow or stroke ; a buffet, fillip. Also usedy?,o-.
Bnff.' He got a flaff o* the cheek wee the aul' brod o' a beuk.
Ayr. Mony a gowl I hae to get frae my grandfather, and mony a
flowff i' the haffet frae auld Auntie Lily, Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed.
1887) 30. Lnk. Nor min' a self-important flaff O' crabbit critics,
Watson Poems (1853) 97.
[1. Scho hir transformyt in lyknes of a fowie . . . Can
fle and flaf, Douglas Eneados (1513) ed. 1874, iv. 159.]
FLAFFER, z;. and s6. Sc. Nhb. [flafar.] 1. t/. To
flutter ; to move with an awkward, rustling motion.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Per. Tell me how ye warstled clear O' bloody
fiends and flaffered here? Spence Poems (1898) 157. n.Cy. A
creature all in white . . . that ' flaffered and flew,' Deiiham Tracts
(ed. 1895) II. 202 ; N.Cy.' Nhb. Reet fra the Spital to the clouds It
flaffered very suen, man, Allan Tyneside Stigs. (ed. 1891 1 298 ; It
flaffer'd out at neets, man, Robson Bards Tyne (1849) 342 ; Nhb.'
Hence Flaffering, ppl. adj. fluttering.
n.Sc. Lav' rocks biythe on flaff'rin' wing, Tarras Poems (1804)
8g (Jam.).
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FLAG
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FLAGGET-BASKET
2. sb. The act of fluttering ; a wing, tliat with which a
bird flutters or flies.
Sc. f Jam.) Abd. The birds had their flaffers, the ships had their
sails, Milne5«^s. (1871) no.
3. Fig: A pound note.
SIg. Just seven flaffers i' the year, Taylor Poems (i86a) 42.
FLAG, si.' Var. dial, uses in Eng. In form vlag-
Brks.' [flag, flasg.] 1. A name given to var. plants :
(i) the yellow flag. Iris Pseiidacoms ; (2) the blue seggin,
Iris foetidissiina ; (3) the leaves of the reed-mace, Typha
latifolia ; (4) a gen. term for iris, sword-grass, reeds, and
other such waterside plants.
(i) Yks. w.Yks. There's such a sight o' flags by f river side
(W.M.EF.). Not.,Lin., s.Bck.,Dev.« (2) Dev." (3) Hmp.', I.W.
(4) nLin.', Shr.i, Oxf. (G.O.)
2. Comp. (i) Flag-basket, a basket made of river-side
flags ; (2) -plant, the yellow flag. Iris Pseiidacorus.
(i) Not. (J.H.B.) Shr.i I've bought satchels an' made bags fur
school till I'm tired, an' now I'll get a flag basket an' see if that
'II las' 'em. Oxf.i In which men carry their dinners to the fields,
MS. add. Brks.'Used for conveying fish, &c. (2) Lin. (B. & H.)
3. A leaf; a blade of wheat.
Midi. Uncle's corn was an utter failure that year — just a mass of
half-rotten straw and ' flag,' Baktram People of Cloplon (1897) 80.
War. 3 The broad blade or leaf at the base of the stalk of any kind
of wliite straw crops. It is most conspicuous in crops which have
been * laid ' early in the season. B^f. The growth of the thin corns
shewed an evident inferiority both in the length of the stalk and
broadness of Ihe flag, Batchelok Agric. (1813) 371. Hrt. The oat
has a strong large stalk and ear, also abroad flag, Y.i.\.\s. Mod. Hush.
(1750") II. i. Wil.i The wheat was then showing a beautiful flag.
. . . The flag is the long narrow greenleaf of the wheat, Jefferils
Gt. Estate (1880) i.
Hence Flaggy, adj. applied to corn that grows so luxu-
riantly that the blade is large and thick. Nhp.' °
FLAG, sh!^ and v} Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms flack Lakel.>= Cum.' Nrf. ; flak Cum.';
fleg w.Yks. [flag, flseg, fleg. Cum. flak.] 1. sb. A
piece cut out of or pared off the swnrd ; a turf, sod.
s.Sc. A large sod, put at the back of the fire, is called a flag (Jam. \
N.Cy.i Formerly used for thatch. Nhb.», Lakel.12 Cum.' Used
to cover the ends of thatched houses, and in covering up potatoe
pits, and as a top covering for common dry walls ; Cum.^ n.Yks.
In spring, grass will unavoidably grow on the edges of the flag or
sod, TuKE Agric. (1800) 145. e.An.' A portion of the surface of
heathy land turned up by the spade, and heaped to dry for fuel.
Nrf, A ' flagg' is the top spit of a marshy meadow ; a ' turf is cut
down after the ' flagg' is skinned off. Rye Hist. Nrf. (1885') xv ;
(A.G.F.) ; The grass is very bad there; just cut out a few fresh
flags and put them down (W.R.E.) ; Grose (1790); Marshall
Rur. Econ. (1787); Kennett Par. Antiq. (1695); Ray (1691);
Coles (1677). Suf. Rainbird Agric. (1819! 292, ed. 1849 \ Cullum
Hist. Haivsted (1813) ; Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) s.Cy. Bailey (1721).
Hmp. Harrowing before burning shakes much earth from the flags,
Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXIII. 357 ; Hmp.'
Hence (i) Flacker, sb. a person who cuts and spreads
turfs or ' flacks.' Lakel.' ^ ; (2) Flagging, vhl. sb. the act of
covering an embankment grass-plot with sods. ne.Lan.'
2. A turned furrow, a slice of earth turned back ; the
portion of clover land turned once by the plough.
Yks. The dibbler . . . makes two holes in each flag, at the distance
of three inches the lengthway of the flag. Hunter Gcorc^ical Ess.
(1803 ) II. 355, in A'. & Q. (1887') 7th .S. iv. 22. e.An.' Tile surface
of a clover lay of the second year, turned up by the plough. The
wheat for the next year's crop is dibbled into the flag. e.Nrf. The
flag — the provincial term for the furrow turned— is always turned
toward the unplowed ground, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787) I. 142.
Suf. The flag, as the furrow slice is called. Reports Agric. (1793-
1813) 25; Rainbird Agric. (i8ig) 292, ed. 1849; Suf.' ' One hole
on a flag,' means one row of holes dabbled or dibbled on each of
such portions for dropping the seed wheat into. ' Two holes on
a fl.ng' are also common. e.Suf. Dibble beans one row on each
flag. Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815") XXI II. 27.
3. A flat slab of stone or hard material ; a flag-stone ;
//. the side-pavements or footways oi a street so paved.
Frf. A bundle o' strae kept his held frae the flags. Watt Poet.
Sketches (1880) 55. Ayr. Their hauns soon cam to an iron ring
that was rivetted in a flag, Service Dr. Diignid (cd. 1887) 259.
Nbb.' A flake of sandstone used as a roofing tile ; sometimes called
a ' Northumberland flag.' 'The flags' is the common name for
the side-walk of a street when paved with flat stones. n.Yks.',
e.Yks.' w.Yks. T'rooads an't flegs, Yks. Coiw/ (1844) 52; That
roag wur nivver t'man To fotch a coil, ur scar a ileg, Preston
Poiins (1864) 6. Lan. P'rambilater behanged ! . . . I never see one
but I could like to punce it off th' flags, Brierley Out oflVork, i.
Not.' It's easier walking on t'flags. Lin.', n.Lin.'
4. Comp. (i) Flag-hopping, street-walking ; (2) -post,
sandstone suitable for splitting into flags for the pavement
or for roof-tiles.
(i) w.Ir. How do I know that, you flaghoppin' jade? Lover /.?§•.
(1848) I. 199. (2) Nhb.i
5. Salt-mining term : a very hard kind of marl found
near the first bed of rock-salt.
Chs. A shaft is sunk until the ' flag* or * bean metal* has been
pierced, and the brine is tapped, Co;-«/!../l/a^. (Sept. 1892) 263; Clis.'
6. V. To pave with ' flags.'
w.Yks. All't rooads abaht here is fleg'd. Banks IVkfld. IVds.
(1865). n.Lin.i
Hence (i) Flagging, si. pavement laid with flag-stones;
(2) Fleggers, sb. pi. workmen who put down slabs of
stone for pavements.
(i) War.^ Walk on the flagging, it is cleaner than in the road
(2) w.Yks.^ T'next thing he did wur to get t'Highway Survej'ors
to send t'fleggers an' paavers i' front o' his residence, 163.
[L Flagge of [le erthe, Terricidiiiin, Prompt. ON. flag,
the spot where a turf has been cut out (Vigfusson).]
FLAG, sb.^ and v.'^ Sc. Nhb. Yks. [flag.] L sb. A
flake, esp. a flake of snow.
Cai.' ne.Sc. When snow is falling in flakes ('flags') the saying,
is that the folks in Orkney are plucking geese, Gregor Eli-Lore
(1881)154. Mry. (Jam.) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.' What big
flags is comin' dooii. n.Yks. 12 ne.Yks.' It snew i' girt flags.
e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). m.Yks.', w.Yks.l
2. I'. To snow in flakes.
Bnff.' It flaggit on a' day, yesterday, an' the day afore.
[1. Cp. Dan. siice-Jlage, flake of snow.]
FLAG, si." Sc. Acontemptuoustermforawoman,a slut.
Abd. Win up. win up my ae foul flag, Child liallads (1894) V. 213.
FLAG, sb.^ Lon. Nrf. [flaeg.] An apron.
Lon. Mayhew Loud. Labour (1851) I. 218. Nrf. i W.W.S.)
FLAG, sb.^ Lon. Cant, [flaeg.] Fourpcncc.
Lon. The oratorpulled out a tremendous black dull, bought f<.»ra
'flag' (fourpence) of a retired rag-merchant, Mayiiew Lond. Labour
(1851) I. 251. Cant. Coles (1677) ; Life B. M. Carezv (1791) Gl.
FLAG, v.^ Sc. Yks. Chs. Lin. War. Shr. Also Som.
Dev. Also in forms fleg vv.Yks.^ ; vlag w.Som.' n.Dev.
[flag, flaeg, w.Yks. fleg, w.Cy. vlaeg.] To grow weary ; to
droop, fade.
Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks.s ' What ! flegging on't benow 1 * — weary
by this time ! 'Reckons o' wawaking all t'twenty mile, — am telling
him he'll fleg, afoar he's gotten t'horfower.' Clis.' n. Lin. Them
plants you rem'led is flagg'd wi' th' sun on 'em (M.P.). War.^
You must water those young plants, they are all flagging. Shr.'
If yo'laven them flowers i' the sun they'n flag.
Hence (i) Flagged, adj. flabby, limp, loose, flaccid;
(2) Flagging, />r/i. flapping, waving ; (3) Flaggy, adj., see
Flagged.
'j) w.Som.' n.Dev. Thy skin oil vlagged, E.rm. Scold. (1746) 1.
74. (2) Dev. (Hall.) (3) w.Som.' Vlag ee. nw.Dev.'
[(3) s' Afflaqiiir, to wax flaggy, limber, feeble, Cotgr.]
FLAGARIE, see Fleegarie.
FLAGE, 5A. w.Yks. [fleg.] A large piece of wool in
the fleece. (E.G.)
FLAGE, see Fleech, v.
FLAGELUTE, sb. e.An.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A very small rent or hole in a garment.
FLAGGED, /)/■/. m^: Lin. Knotted, entangled.
' The band is all flagged : ' derived, it is said, from the tangle of
flags or water-plants in dikes (R.E.C.).
FLAGGER, sb. Lan. Chs. [fla'gar.] A bum-bailiflf.
Lan. It could calculate to a week when the' Alma' newly opened
. . . would have the ' flaggers ' in the house, Brierley Out of Work,
i; Occas. used (S.W.). Chs." Got the flaggers,' having the bailiffs
in the house.
FLAGGET-BASKET, sh. s.Lin. A 'flag' basket
slung over the shoulders of workmen, used for carrying
tools, &c. (T.H.R.)
FLAGGON
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FLAKE
FLAGGON, xb. Ircl. Also written flagon, flaggan ;
and in form flagger. Tlie yellow flag, Ins Paeudaconis.
It. Tuo biincliLS of water flaggons on which llic inexperienced
swimmers trusted themselves in the water, Carleton Traits Pais.
(ed. 1843) 1.277 ; Tlie llapgers and bulrushes waving their swords
and spearTi fast by, Baulow Z-iiroHHt/ (1895) 115 ; p'asliion quaint
ornaments for her dresser of various llaggers and bulrushes, ib.
Idylls (1892' 146. Ant., Ldd. Frm. (B. & H.)
FLAGHT, see Flaught, sb.^
FLAGON, 5i. Nhb. Also Som. 1. A tin water-can.
Nlib.' Still known in places.
2. A small wooden barrel, used to hold a man's daily
allowance of cider, varying in size from one quart upwards.
Som. He had been home to farm ... to draw cider, and was
riding out with the flagons strung together on either side of the
saddle, Raymond Savi atid Sabitta ^1894) 154.
FLAGON-BUN, sb. Sc. A bun baked in a can among
hot water.
Frf. The masterpiece went to Mrs. Dinnic, baker, in return for
a flagon-bun, Barkie Tottnuy (1896) 418 ; (G.W.)
FLAGRUM, sb. Ab'd. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A blow, thump.
FLAGSIDE, sb. Abd. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] In phr. Jlagsicie of a split haddock, the
side without the bone.
FLAH, FLAICH, see Flaw, sh?, Fleck, 56.=, Fleech.
FLAIGHT, FLAIK, see Flaught, sb.\ Flack, sb}
FLAIK-STAND, sb. Abd. (Jam.) The cooling vessel
through which the pipes pass in distilling; a refrigerator.
FLAIL, sb. and v. Sc. Cum. Wm. Also Som. Dev.
Aus. [flel.] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Flail-capping, the
leather attached to the upper end of the ' flail-souple ' ;
(2) -hinging, the leather thong by which a ' flail-souple '
is attached to the hand-staft'; (3) -souple, the movable
arm or ' swingle ' of a flail.
(I) Cum.i (2, Cum.i, Wra. (B.K.) (3) Lakel.2 Cum. A lang
flail-souple full'd his neif, Gilpin Fop. Pocliy (1875") 108.
2. The threshing-stick or 'swingle' of a flail or'drashle.'
Som. The part of the dreshel whicli actually threshes the corn
(W.F.R.). w.Som.i It [vlaayul] is the short, thick club with
which the blow is struck, having a raw-hide loop fastened by a
thong at one end, through which the middle bind passes, and so
connects it with the capel and handstick. nw.Dev.'
3. Fie;. A tall, ungainly person.
Brifif.^ Sometimes used in a good sense, and sometimes in a bad ;
as, * He's nae an ill flail o' a cheel aifter a'.'
4. V. To beat, strike, thump, thrash.
Ayr. Davie ne'er fashed his held, an' juist flailed awa, till he fan
him in wi' a breenge amang the lasses at 'e Gowkha', Service
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887") 233. Cum. Draper hed a fashin eh flailin
his scholars when they desarvt it, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881 ) 3.
[Aus. He was a quiet little old roan. . .We soon got sharp enough
to flail him along with a quince stick, Boldrewood Robbery
(1888, I. i.]
Hence (i) Flailer, sfi.jyfg'. a settler, poser, 'floorer' ; (2)
Flailing, sb. a beating.
(i) Ayr. The auctioneer's reply was a flailer to the factor, JoHN-
STO.N' Kilniallie (180O I. 106. (2) Cum.*
FLAIL-BASKET, sb. e.An. A soft basket made of
woven rushes, &c., used by workmen to carry their tools.
Cf. fraU, sb."-
e.An. (E.G.P.I ; e.An.», Nrf. (M.C.H.E.)
Hence Flail-basket-stick, sb. a short curved stick, used
for carrying a ' flail-basket ' over the shoulder.
e.An. (E.G. P.) Nrf. I slung my flail basket-stick at her, Emerson
Birds {ed. 1895) 179; (M.C.H.B.)
FLAIN, sb. pi. Obs. Sc. Arrows. Cf. flane.
Five hundreth flain into a flight, Scott Miiistrelsy{e6. 1806) I. 162.
[Ileo letten gliden heora flan, Lajamon (c. 1205) 1844.
OE.Jltiit, arrows, />/. of /lei.]
FLAIP, FLAIPER, see Flap, v.\ Flapper.
FLAIR, sb. Sc. The skate. Rain balls.
Fif.7?iiia/irws,theskateorflair,SiRBALD//is/./"i/(l8o3')iI9(jAM.).
[OFr. /lair, ' sorfe de poisson, le flet ' (Godefrov).]
FLAIR, S(-e Flear, Fleer, v.\ Flare, v.^
FLAIRACH, sb. and v. Bnflf.' Also in form fleerach.
[fle r-, flrrsx.] 1. sb. A person of giddy disposition.
who talks a great deal in a shrill voice, and makes much
ndo about little.
The word takes the form of fleerach, with a shght shade of
meaning indicating greater disapprobation.
2. V. To act as a ' flairach.'
FLAIRDY, V. Sc. [fle-rdi.] To coax, cajole, flatter.
Gall. .Slie cuitled Tam I.indsa3', an flairdied him an' spak' him
fair, Crockett MossIIags (1895") x.\xii ; Sugarin' the weans, an'
llairdj'in' the auld wives, i''. Bog-Myrllc (1895) 370.
[Cp. ON. 77«7-(?, falsehood, deceit ; /Idrdar-ortS, false (but
fiiir) language (Vigfusson) ; Sw./ltird, deceit.]
FLAITCH, see Fleech, v.
FLAITE, z'. 'i Obs. Cum. e.Cy. s.Cy. To affright, scare.
Cum, Gl. (1851). e.Cy., s.Cy. (,K.) s.Cy. Bailey (1721) ;
Grose (1790) ; Ray (1691).
[Till the Lord by his terrors flaiteher, 'R.ogeb.s Naaman
(1642) 138.]
FLAITHER, v. Per. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To use wheedling or fawning language.
FLAK, see Flag, si.^
FLAKE, sb.^ and v.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms flaik N.I.' N.Cy.' Nhb." nw.Der.^
Nhp. ; fleak N.Cy.^ Nhb.' n.Yks.^ e.Yks. m.Yks.' Lan.'
ne.Lan.' Chs.^^ s.Chs.' Not.'= n.Lin.' sw Lin.' Rut.' Lei.'
Nhp.'2 Shr.' Hrf.' Glo.' ; fleck N.Cy.' Der. ; fleeak
n.Yks.= ^ w.Yks.'; fleek Nhb.' Cum.' s.Chs.'; fleeok
w.Yks.'; fleigh Lan.'; fleike w.Yks. Lan.; fleke Cum.';
fleyk w.Yks.^*; vlake Glo.i = : vliake Dor.' [flik, fleak,
fliak, flik.] 1. sb. A hurdle, esp. a hurdle made of
wattled-work or sticks interwoven together.
Abd. [He] saw ye, ae night, loup the flake. Cock Strains (1810)
1. 118. e.Lth. I fand An'ra Wabster sittin on the tap o' the flakes
smokin his pipe. Hunter y. /;/2c'rVA (1895') 211. n.Cy. A hurdle or
gate made of riddes or wands or other small wood (K.) ; Kennett
Par. Aittiq. (1695^ Nhb. My father sprang o'er the bucht flake to
be near the lasses, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846, VII.
137. Cum. For greenhue, being liberty of cutting green wood or
brushwood, in the forest, for fences, hurdles, or flakes, Hutchinson
Hist. Cuiti. (1794) I. 149 ; The Cumberland hurdles have four bars
and the hurdles are joined to each other by a most ingenious and
simple contrivance of a bar of wood. They are not called hurdles
but 'flakes,' Buckland Notes and Joltings, 41. n.Yks.' Properly
such as are composed of wattled-work, or sticks interwoven to-
gether; n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Marshall /?ir;-. £'coH. (1788). m.Yks.',
w.Yks.^" Lan. Davies Riices (18561 273. ne.Lan.', Chs.'=*,
Stf. (J.K."1 Der. Monthly Mag. (1815) II. 297 ; The smaller poles
find a vend for making fleaks or hurdles. Marshall Reviezv (1814)
IV. 132 ; (J.K.) ; Der.2, nW.Der.i Not. (J. H.B.I ; The shepherds
moved them there fleaks sin' yesterday (L.C.M.) ; Not.'°, s.Not.
(J.P.K.) Lin. The fleaks in the gapsteads, Streatfeild Lin. and
Danes (^18841 265. n Lin. What'n a addle-head he is; the softy
duzn't knaw th' differ atwixt a fleak an' .t tray (M. P.) ; n.Lin. 'The
difference between a tray and a fleak is that the former is made of
wooden bars mortised into the heads, and the latter of wicker-work.
sw.Lin.' Kut.'The end o' the house were nought but fleaks some
years back. Lei.' Nhp. (P.G..D) ; Nhp.' Fleak and hurdle are
perfectly distinct, though they both serve the purpose of a tem-
porary inclosure. A flake is formed of unpeeled hazel, or other
flexible underwood, closely wattled or interwoven together, be-
tween stakes, like basket-work. A hurdle is composed of bars of
split wood resembling a gate ; Nhp. 2, s.Wor. (H.K.), Shr.', Hrf.i,
Glo.'2 Wi!. He had scarcely fallen ten feet before he was brought
up by a flake, which is a stronger kind of hurdle . . . made much
like a slender gate, Jefferies Bevis (1882) xii ; Wil.' A frame,
barred with ash or willow spars, somewhat resembling a light
gate, used as a hurdle where extra strength is needed. n.Wil.
The word ' hurdle ' is confined to the wattle hurdle of split hazel
sticks (E.H.G.). Dev. Advt. in Dev. and E.xeter Gazette (June 8,
i88g) : Wanted, several dozen wattled hurdles, locally called
'flakes,' Reports Provinc. (1889). [Another form of flake, more
extensively employed, has five rails ; . . . the Scotch flakes answer
both purposes, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 237.]
2. Comp. (i) Flake-head, the strong upright stake at
either end of a ' flake ' or hurdle ; (2) -hurdle, a hurdle
made of closely intertwined brushwood or twigs.
(I) s.Not. (J.P.K.) f2) Nhp.' A hurdle thatched with straw;
principally used for making ' hurks ' for sheep. War.^, se.Wor.',
Glo.', Oxf.', Brks.i Wil.' Flake hurdles are used to divide a field,
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or for cattle, the ordinary sheep hurdle being too weak for tlie
purpose. Som. (F.T.E.)
3. pi. Temporary folds or sheep-pens.
Sc. Thus denominated, because properly made of rods wattled
together, so as to resemble hurdles, though also sometimes made
of spars (Jam.). Elg. For making flakes or paling for folding sheep
in summer. Statist. Ace. IV. 109 (Jam.). Slg. When our shepherds
flit their flockes they flit their flaikis, Bruce 5fi7;ioHs (1631) ix, ed.
1843. [I divide my yard by flakes, and keep the forward and
backward ewes apart. Young .<4««a/s.<4^/c. (1784-18 15) XXXVII I.
484.]
4. A hurdle or wickerwork apparatus used by clothiers,
&c., to beat their wool upon ; a ' swing.'
w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703) ; It [the wool] was then laid on
a hill-side, beaten with sticks, and put into a swing or ' fleyk ' to
tease it and open the fibre, Cudworth Bradford (1876) 466;
■w.Yks.3 An article of wickerwork like a gate, used for opening
the staple, and beating the dust out of wool, which was placed on
it and beaten with two sticks ; w.Yks.* Cmb. In the ancient woad
mills near Wisbech the balls of woad were [1883] put to dry on
twists of hazel twigs, called fleaks (F.D.).
5. A hurdle or arrangement of branches, on which flax
was formerly dried over a fire. N.I.^
6. A temporary gate set up in a gap.
Gall. (A.W.) n.Cy. Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.* Yks.
Leeds Merc. Siippl. (July 11, 1896). s.Clis.' Two upright posts with
crossbars fitted into them ; a frequent substitute for a gate.
7. A platform or shelf of rough supports, made of fir-
poles, covered with branches, used for drying fish on.
[Nfld. Each codfish is split, salted, and laid open on these flakes
... to cure, Vincent Newfoitiidland (1892) ii ; (G.P.)]
8. A space allotted to a stall in a market-place.
N.Cy.i Aw've had a flaik in this market thur si.xty year. Nhb.'
Sc denominated to this day by the fishwomen in Newcastle.
9. A thatched shed ; a wall of timber used to protect
washers of ore from the weather.
Der. Fleaks, Knockings, Coestid, Manlove Lead Miitcs (1653)
1. 273. n.Der. Outside, under a thatched shed, or fleak, as it was
called, some women . . . were hard at work breaking the freshly
gotten ore with heavy hammers, Hall Hathersage [ 1896J iii.
Hence Flaking, sb. bougiis or branches laid crossways
on the rafters of a shed before thatching over. e.An."^
10. A flood-gate.
Nhb.i The use of fleaks appears in the weiring of rivers. 'The
remains of this mill and the fleaks may still be seen in the Wear
at Finchale. The fleaks are large, rudely-shaped oak trees,
fastened down in the water witli iron cramps, hurdle-wise,' Arch.
Aeliana, I. 202. Cum. For the water rail and fleak at Greening
. . . Jolin Hellin of Birkclose shall either hang a fleak to meet at
midwater, Hodgson Paines (,1884) 33; Cum.i w.Yks.^
11. A frame or rack suspended from the ceiling, on
which oat-cake, bacon, &c., is laid to dry. Cf. cratch,
sb} 6, creel, s6.= 2.
N.Cy.i Nhb.' Flakes also were laths adapted to lay barley cakes
upon. Barley cakes were first baked on the 'gairdel,' then they
were toasted before the fire, being placed on the ' bake-sticks ' ;
afterwards they were laid on the flakes to dry. Cum. The bacon
fleek fell onhis back, Anderson /Jn//nrfs fi8o5) 12 ; Cum.^ n.Yks.i;
n.Yks.^ Lig 'em on t'fleeaks ; n.Yks.^ A sort of hurdle hung in a
horizontal position in a kitchen just below the ceiling on which to
deposit bread, bacon, dried herbs, &c. e.Yks. In the kylne . . .
one peare offleakes, Best /?H/-.£to;(. (1641) 171. m.Yks.i w.Yks.
Lewk't up at t'breead fleyk, Yksiimii. Comic Ann. (1880I 43;
(M.F.) ; w.Yks.' He teuk 'em, as they laid at fleeak, for round bits
o' leather. Yan on 'em glents his ce up at breead fleeak, ii. 300;
w.Yks.* Lan. A ' flake' or ' fleigh,' well-thatched with crisp-looking
oat-cakes, Brierley /;Wa/c (1868) 45; Lan.> Ashelf, or a number
of cords stretched between two pieces of wood upon which to
hang oatcake. ' The domestic arrangements included boilers, flour
and meal coffers, apple arks, and oat-cake fleak, oaten cake and
breadforming a considerable portion of their ordinary diet,' Higson
Gorton Hist. Kec. (1852) 12. ne.Lan. Oat-cakes that hung on the
brade fleygh over his head, Mather Idylls (1895) 311 ; ne.Lan.',
Chs.', nw.Der.'
12. A frame, above the chimneypicce, for holding a gun.
Gall. (Jam.) Kcb. Frae the flake, aboon the ingle-en', He whips
the carabine, Davidson Seasons (1789) 26.
13. pi. The extra sides of a cart.
Laa. Thoknber Hist. Blackpool (1837) 107.
14. A bar of wood set horizontally in the ground, with
holes to take the 'soles' of a hurdle, while the maker
wreathes it.
Dor.' Som. Wreath hurdles are called flake hurdles, from the
flake into "which the uprights are stuck for the purpose of holding
them in place for the wreathing (F.T.E.).
15. Hatting term : a small wicker grating used for col-
lecting the ' bowed ' wood. Chs.' See Bow. sb.^
16. V. To make ' flakes' or wattled hurdles. Wil.'
[1. Fleyke or hyrdylle, flecia, crates, Prompt. ; A fleke,
craticula, Calh. Aiigl. (1483); Fines pro occitpatione com-
munis soli super le Tyinberhyll cum flekys, hyrdellez et
hordes, Notl. Rec. (1478) \\. 302. ON. field (also flaki), a
hurdle or wicker-work (Vigfusson) ; Bremen d^xoS. flake,
'alles was aus Zweigen geflochten ist ' {Wtb.).\
FLAKE, sb.-' and v?- Yks. Lin. Suf. Sus. In form
fleeak n.Yks.^ [flek, fliak.] 1. sb. A portion or part
of anything ; a scrap ; a section, slice.
n.Yks.^ 'A fleeak offish,' a slice. Lin.'
2. Coiup. Flake-cake, short-cake. e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. Cleft wood. Sus.'
4. V. To pull off the skin; to strip to the skin; to go too
thinly clad.
n.Yks. (T.S.) ; n.Yks.^ ' Fleeak'd i' bed,' laid naked. ' Fleeaking
in bad weather,' going out too thinly clad. [' Fleakt ofi',' a school
phrase ; to have the skin fetcht off by whipping, Kennett Par.
Antiq. (1695I.]
Hence Flaking, sb. (i) a slight covering or thin
boarding ; (2) an exposure to cold by throwing off bed-
clothes, &c.
(i) n.Yks.'^ (a) n.Yks. Thoo's givin that bairn a fleeakin(T.S.).
FLAKE, sb.^ I. Ma. A patch of sand among rocks
under water.
The mermaids, and the way they were singin ; And the little
bells going ding-a-lingin on the flakes. Brown Doctor {\Wi-i) 178.
[Norw. dial.y?!?^' (also/7«^'), a broad sand-bank (Aasen).]
FLAKE, sb." Sc. A ray, flash.
Per. His bannerwhite Is flung to the breeze like a flake of light,
Harp of Per. (1893) 67.
FLAKE, V? Lan. Chs. Shr. [flik, Chs. flJk.] 1. To
lie horizontally ; to bask in the sun, before a fire, &c.
Lan. Davies Races (1856) 274. Chs.' To flake on the grass is
to lie down on the grass. One who is lazy in the morning and
will not get up is described as 'lying flaking i' bed.' s.Chs.*
Dhiir)2 nuwt ky'aats lahykn bet ur til lahy i yur laap- un flee"k
I'lfoar dhu fahyur [There's nowt cats liken better till lie i' yur lap
an' fleek afore the fire]. Shr.' i seed a ruck o' lads an' dogs flakin*
o' that sunny bonk o'er-anunst the pentice.
2. To romp ; to be on the spree. Chs.'
FLAKE, v.°' Irel. Also Aus. To strike, beat.
Ir. Then he'd flake her, and the childher would be in an uproar,
Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 93, [Aus. She'd ... go at
him, flakinghim rightand left ashe turned, and edge him off towards
the other cattle, Boldrewood Sydney-side Sa.voii (1891) viii.]
FLAKETT, sb. Glo. Wil. A wicker hurdle ; a kind
of spar-hurdle. See Flake, sb.^ 1.
Glo.' Wil. Occasionally used instead of flake (G.E.D.).
FLAKKER, 1/. Cum. [fla'ksr.] To laugh heartily, as
a child does.
Ah couldn't sooa mickle as flakker, an theer ah sat glooran at
t'oald woman, Sargisson foe Scoap ( 1881) 122 ; Cum.'
Hence Flackered, />/>/. ndf. rejoiced. Gl. (1851).
FLAKY-SPAR, sb. Shr.» The calc-spar, Calcic car-
bonate.
The name is very likely due to the manner in which its beautiful
rhomboidal prisms sever or flake.
FLAM, si.' and v.^ In gen. dial, and slang use in Sc.
and Eng. Also in forms flauni n.Yks.^ m.Yks.' ; flawm
n.Yks. ; fleam s.Dur. ; flum Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.^ Nhb.'
ne.Lan.' Nhp.' Cor. Amer. [flam, flam, flam.] 1. sb. A
sham story, a fabrication ; nonsense, humbug ; flattery,
cajolery, ' blarney.' Cf. flim-flam.
Sc. My friend . . . and his letter, may be all a flam, Scott Blk.
Difarf (jSi6) xiii. Frf. Tommy had told her he would say it, but
tliat it was all flam, Bahrie 7o;;(;;/v(i896) 87. Rnf. Her love was
only flam, Och hone a ri ! Barr Po«hs (i86i) 229. N.Cy.' Nhb.
I A tale now I'll tell without any flam, Tyneside Sngslr. (1886) 23 ;
FLAM
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Nhb.i Let's he' nyen o" yor fliim, noo. s.Dur. Now nane o' thy
floam (J.E. D.). Cum.' Wm. He roondt on me An' sed, many lots
o' flam, Sfec. Dial. (1880^ pt. ii. 49. n.Yks. He had a deal o' flawm
about him (I.W.I ; As to Betty Murgalroyd that's a flam, Ah diisna
care a booton t\<t her, Fetherston Siiiiig-giiis Finn. 41 ; n.Yks.'
Sometimes, if not always, with the implied idea of falsehood rather
than simple hollowness ; n.Yks.* e.Yks.', m.Yks.' Lan. Ger
eawt, wi thy flam, Staton B. SInillle, 30. ne.Lan.' s.Lan. Its o'
flam, he munno make me believe that (S.W. ) ; You'll make up for
your sknikin' away, by a bit of flam, as usual, Bamford IViilks
(1844) 179. Chs.' Nah then, none of thy flams; Chs.^ n.Lin.
Was it all a flam ? Peacock J. Markenficid (,1873) I. 144 ; n.Lin.',
Nhp.' Lon. But that is all flam, Mayhew Land. Labour (1851) 1.
367. Ken. (K.), Ken.' w.Som.' Kaum naew ! noa'un u yur llaam',
lat-s noa* dhurai'ts oa ut [Come now! none of your cramming, let
us know the rights of it]. Dev. You can't cram me with your flam,
w.Times (Apr. 30, I886^ 2, col. 2: Cor. What was that she said
of a woman's soul? A fine piece of mechanism not to be breathed
on. That is flam ! K,\ring-Gould Gaverocks (1887) xi ; I wonder
ef aw do main et frail ores et all flum ? Forfar Peiilowan (iSsgli.
Slang. All girls arc full of flam. Hood Poems (ed. 1862-3) ^ cannol
bear a gun.
Hence (i) Flam-tongued, adj. flattering, humbugging,
deceiving ; (2) Flaumy, adj. given to extravagant praise.
(i) Lan. A gawsterin llam-tunged fiitteryed, Staton B. Sliutlle,
6i. (2) n.Yks.*
2. V. To flatter, cajole ; to deceive, humbug.
Sc. You are flammed and flouted and beggared up, Cobban
.^»rf(i>;«iH (1895") XXXV. n.Yks.", m.Yks.' Cha.'He's onyflammin;
Chs.^ Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 706. Ken. To flam one
ofir(K.); Ken.i
Hence (i) Flamm'd, /■/. cheated by plausible represen-
tations ; (2) Flammerers or Flammers, sb.pl. sycophants ;
wheedlers ; (3) Flaumers, sb. pt. exaggerators, puffing
vendors ; flatterers. n.Yks.*
[1. A [[am,/abida, praeU.iius, Coles (1679). 2. To flam
one, deliido, frtistior (ib.).]
FLAM, si.= and j^.* Sc. In form flaam Sh.I. [flam.]
\. sh. A sudden puff" or gust of wind. Cf. flan(n.
Sc. It blows squally, as the flams o' reek flappin' down the lum
may tell ye, Si. Kathleen (1820) III. no (Jam.). Sh.I. Da flaams
o' wind 'at wis comin' aboot da neuk o' da boos, Sh. News (Jan.
7, i899\ Cai.', Ags. (Jam.)
2. V. To blow in gusts or sudden puff's ; to fly out and in.
n.Sc. Used with respect to any cutaneous eruption, when incon-
stant as to its appearance I Jam.). Cai.'
Hence Flamming, ppt. adj., fig. dipping in and out.
Per. Then Charon he sets on his flamming oars, Smith PoeUis
(1714) 59, ed. 1853.
FLAM, sb.^ Nhb. [flam.] A heavy fall; a violent
stroke. Also used advb.
N.Cy.' Nhb. Doon went his puzzen'd mistriss flam, Robson
Evangeline {i8-]o) 35-; ; Nhb.'
FLAM.sA." Ken.Sur. Sus. [flsem.] A small net used
in ferreting rabbits. Also in cotnp. Flam-net. Cf. flan, sA.'
Ken. He had netted us some new flams for ferretting, Longman's
Mag. {^ov. i8gi) 83. Sur.' Sus. The flam got Caught in the stam
[stump of a tree] (R.B.) ; Sus.'
FLAM, sb.^ Nhp. Oxf. Brks. [flaem.] A low marshy
place near a river.
Nhp.' Called also a 'pan.' Oxf, Low, watry, rushy places are
freq. call'd flams by persons (esp. such as deal in meadows and
cattle) in and about Oxford. . . Of such kind of flams there were
abundance on the south side of the city, even beyond Fryer Bacon's
study, the causey being not raised so high as at present, nor that
way so much frequented (the flams hindering), as now a da3'S,
Hearne Gl. P. Laiigto/t (ed. 18101 (s. v. Flom) ; Common at Islip
(Hall). Brks. A bed of rushes or weeds below the bank of the
Thames fC.W.1.
FLAM, sb.^ Cor. [flaem.] A flame.
Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 435 ; Cor.*
Hence Flam-new, adj. brand-new, ' fire-new,' quite new.
Monthly Mag. (1810 > I. 435: Cor.'*
FLAM, sh.^' e.Yks.' [flam.] A broad-brimmed hat.
Cf. flanhat, s. v. Flan, adj.
.Sun's si parlus hot, Ah'U put m! flam on.
FLAM, see Flawn.
FLAMB, V. Obs. Sc. Also Written flam(m and in
form flame (Jam.). L To baste roasted meat. Also usedy^i,'.
Sc. Every man flames the fat sow's arse, Ray Prov. (1678) 366;
She . . . brandished the iron ladle with which she had been flambing
the roast of mutton, Scott Z>TO/fo/Z,n)>i,(i8i9)xii ; To baste roasted
meat, while it is before the fire, by dripping butter on it (Jam.).
2. To besmear oneself with the food which one is
eating. Cld. (Jam.)
[1. Fr.fiaiiiber, to flame, to baste (meat) with flaming
of hot scaulding lard (Cotgr.).]
FLAMBERGAST, i^. Yks. Also in forms flamergast,
flamigaster, flammergast, flammigaster. [flamagast,
•3(r).] To amaze, dumbfounder, astonish, take by sur-
prise. Cen. in pp. See Flabbergast.
w.Yks. Ther's soa monny different notions abaat what is right
wol aw'm flamigaster'd amang it, Hartley Budget (1869) 76 ; Lijah
wor fair flammergasted. He couldn't help but admire her, but he
couldn't tell what to say, ih. Clock Aim. (1894) 28 ; Thear wor
sich a rush te th' spice shops wol old Sarah wor fairly flamergasted,
ih. (1889) 47 ; Aw wor soa flammigasterd wol aw didn't know
what to say, ib. Talcs, ist S. 32 ; w.Yks.' ' Dash my buttons ! ah
wur fair flambergasted when ah clapt me ee's on him — worn't ah
Bill ? ' * Ne'er wUr soa flambergasted, nivver.*
Hence Flambergastration, sb. bewilderment, astonish-
ment, amazement.
w.Yks.5 Cob's faace Went thirty year owd in a minnit to the
flambergastraation o' the owd fellah, 68.
FLAMBOY, sb. Obs. Sc. A torch, ' flambeau.'
Edb. Lcery-light-the-lamps was brushing about with his ladder
in his oxter, and bleezing flamboy sparking out behind him, Moir
Mansie Waiich (1828) x.
[Fr. flambeau, a link of Wax, having neither any rosen
in it, nor wooden handle Unto it (Cotgr.).]
FLAMBUSTERED, pp. Cor. Excited, agitated.
w.Cor. I'm so flambustered 1 can hardly speak, Bottrell
Tiad. 3rd S. 5.
FLAME, s6.> and v. Sc. Nhb. Also 'Wil. Also in form
vlame Wil. [fleni.] 1. sb. In coiiip. Flame-stone, a
stone screen in front of a blacksmith's hearth, to protect
the smith's face from the heat of the fire.
Nhb. Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) V. 390 ; Nlib.*
2. A species of carnation.
Edb. Sic flow'rs o' sorts ane seldom sees, Flecks, flames, bussards
and picketees, Wi' strong carnations, Forbes Poems (1812) 89.
3. V. To blaze, shine out; to appear bright. Also usedy?^.
Fif. The town's colours, heiz'd on hie, Flaffin' and flamin'
gallandlie, Tennant Papistry (1837) 58. Rnf. To flame as an
Author our Snab was sae bent. He ne'er blinn'da sty me till he gat
it in prent, Picken Poems (1813) II. 132.
Hence Flaming, ppl. adj. (i) showy in dress ; (2) used
as an intensitive.
(I) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). (2) Lnk. The flamin' gowk! the big
wean ! Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 99.
FLAME, s6.* Dor. [flem.] Apron, of 'phlegm,' a cold.
Upon the whole they were less inconvenienced by ' wuzzes and
flames ' (hoarses and phlegms) than when they had lived by the
stream. Hardy IVess. Tales (i888) I. 5.
FLAME, see Flamb.
FLAMFOO, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) Any gaudy trapping or
ornament in a woman's dress ; a gaudily-dressed woman,
whose chief pleasure consists in dress.
FLAMIRING, sA. Wbs. Gmg. An eruption of the
nature of erysipelas.
Collins Gower Dial, in Trans. Phil, Soc. (1848-50) IV. 222.
FLAM(M,FLAMMIGASTER,seeFlamb,Flambergast.
FLAMMATION, sb. n.Cy. (J.W.) n.Lin.i Inflammation.
FLAMMOCK, v. Yks. Also Dev. Also written
flaraak-, flammack- Dev. ; flammak Dev.' [fla'm-,
flae'mak.] To go about in a rough, untidy, or slovenly
manner. See Flummock, v. 3.
e.Yks.' Ah deeant knaw hoo thoo hez brass to gan flammockin
aboot seeah.
Hence (i) Flammacking, ppl. adj. untidy, rough, dis-
reputable-looking ; (2) Flammakin, sb. a slattern, a rough
untidy woman.
Dev. (i) A flammacking ill-conditioned kit we were, Madox-
Brown Yeth-hounds {iH-j6) z$i. (2) She ... should have nothing
else till she had finished ' th' learst scran on't, tha daft, heedless
flamakin ! ' ib. Dwale Bliith (1876) bk. i. v ; Dev.'
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FLAMMY,!;. Nhb.' Also in form flammin. [fla'mi.]
To praise, pet, coddle.
FLAMP, adj. Onl. [flamp.] Inactive, in a state of
lassitude. (Jam); S. & Ork.'
FLAMTAG, sb. Wil.' [flasmtsg.] A slatternly woman.
FLAN, sb} Nhp.i [flan, flsen.] A small round net,
placed over a hole, to catch a rabbit when it bolts. Cf
flam, sb*
A larger net of the same kind, set at the mewse of a hare, or at
a gate-way, bears the same name.
FLAN, sb.' Shr. [flan, flaen.] 1. Strata in Light-
moor Winsey Pit.
Marshall Review (1818) II. igg.
2. //. Stony pieces of coal that will not burn.
Shr.i No OSnder theer's no fire, that coal's nuthin' i' the world
but flans.
FLAN, adj., v. and sb.^ Sc. n Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan.
[flan.] 1. adj. Shallow, flat.
Rxb. (Jam.) Cnm. Gl. (1851) ; Cum.' They gave us fry't eggs
and collops in a flan dish. w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781).
ne.Lan.' Shallow, and with sloping sides, as a pan.
2. Broad, wide.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks. He's a fine flan head, and a pure
brown greaun, Mlriton Praise Ale (1684) '• S^o-
Hence Flan-hat, sb. a large hat with a flapping, wide
brim, worn by farmers' wives. m.Yks.' Cf. flam, sA.'
3. V. To spread or expand at the top; to widen upwards,
as the sides of a bowl, &c. Also usedy?^.
n.Yks.12, ne.Yks.' e.Yks.MARSHALL/?»>-. ^foH. (1788). m.Yks.i
How she does flan with that gown of hers ! A flower-vase ' flans
out ' at the top.
Hence Flaitn'd dish, phr. a large flat dish of common
red earthenware.
w.Yks.'Therdogs. .. soss'dupa gay soapo' blue milk and lopper'd
ream, out of our girt flann'd dish, iii 300.
4. sb. A shallow. n.Cy. Grose (1790).
FLANCANTERKIN, sb. Som. [Not known to our
correspondents.] The white rot. (Hall.)
FLANCH, see Flange.
FLANCHING, prp. Oxf> [fla-njin.] Cutting apart
the fingers of Woodstock gloves ready to close.
FLANDERS, sb. Lin. In comb, (i) Flanders chest, a
carved or ornamented chest ; (2) — storm, a heavy fall of
snow coming with the wind from the south.
(i) n.Lin.* Ohs. One iilaunders chist, Invent. Thomas Teanhy of
Barton-on-Huniber (1652). It is probable that 'flanders' does not in
all cases indicate that these chests were of Flemish manufacture,
but only that they were carved, or otherwise ornamented, after
the manner of the Flemings. (2) [Heavy falls of snow occur,
however, with the wind direct from the south, but they are always
accompanied with cold, and such are usually termed ' Flanders
storms,' Stephens Farm Bfc. (ed. 1849) I. 147.]
FLANE, 56. Obs. Sc. Also written flain. An arrow.
Cf. flain, 5/*. pi.
Sc. But mony a gory wing or e'en Shaw'd Kenneth's flane was
sure, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 197 ; Flane and flane alter-
nately In red heart-blood were wet, Vedder Poems (1842) 43.
Abd. Leitch lent the ba' a loundrin lick, She flew fast like a flain.
Skinner Poems (iSog) 5.
[Brutus sette on his flon, LA5AM0N (c. 1275) 311. OE.
Jliiii, an arrow (Beoivii//); ON. /leiiiii.]
FLANG, V. e.An. [flseij.] 1. To kick, strike out ;
to slap.
e.An.' Ess. A horse is said ' to flang and kick about ' (W.W. S. ) ;
Monthly Mag. (1815W. 125.
2. To ' slam ' a door. Suf (Hall.)
FLANGE, sb. and v. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Dcr. Shr. Also in form flanch Nhb. Dur. [flang.]
1. sb. A projection or rim of any kind ; the brim of a hat.
Nhb., Dur. The crease or raised part of the rim of a wagon or
tub wheel. Also broad rims at the end of ' flanged ' pumps, by
means of bolt holes through which the pumps are bolted together,
Greenwell Coa/ TV. G/. (1849). e.Yks.', w.Yks.',nw.Der.i Shr.^
An obtruding part of any machine.
2. V. To project out ; to extend in a sloping direction ;
to spread, diverge or increase in width and breadth.
Cum.', CLs.'23, nw.Der.', Shr.«
Hence (i) Flanging-pan, sb. a large earthenware bowl
used for milk, making bread, &c. Lan. (H.W.); (2)
Flangy, adj. of a vessel : broad and shallow. s.Chs.'
FLANK, sb.'^ Nhb. Dur. Cum. [flaqk.] In comp. (i)
Flank-hole, mining term : a bore-hole made from the
side of a place where there is a danger of holing into old
workings, which may contain accumulations of gas or
water; (2) -smit, a mark made on the flanks or sides of
sheep to show ownership.
(I) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Also a hole put in the flank or side of
a drift to widen it by putting in a shot, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl.
(ed. 1888). (2) Cum. Sheep who, in spite of the raddle, and ear-
bit and flanksmit have wandered aslray, Contli, Mag. (Oct.
1890) 390.
FLANK, sb.'^ Hmp. Wil. Som. Dev. Also in forms
flonk Hmp. ; flunk Wil.' ; vlank w.Som.' Dev. [flaerjk,
vlaeqk.] A spark of fire; a spark from burning wood.
Cf blank, sA.', flinks, sb. pi.
Hmp. (H.C.M.B.): (H.W.E.) Wil.l w.Som.i 'Twas a mercy
sure 'nough tother rick had n a-catcht — the vlanks was blowin all
over the place. Dev. Th' vlanks da come out o' th' chimley,
Pulman Sketches (1842) 154, ed. 1871.
[Felleflaunkesof fyr. Cleanness (c.1360) 954 in Allil.P.6.\ ]
FLANKER, sb. Dor. Som. Nfld. Also in form vlanker.
A spark of fire. See Flank, si.^
Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. if Q. (1883') 6th S. vii. 366 ;
Dor.' Som. W. &.I. G/. (1873) ; Sweetman JI4'Hca«/on G/. (1883).
[Nfld. Sparks coming from a chimney (G.P.).]
FLANIN, sb. and v. Sc. [flan.] 1. sb. A sudden
gust or squall of wind from the land. Also usedyTg'. Cf
flam, sb.'
Sc. Gen. applied to those gusts which come from the land, esp.
from high grounds in the vicinity of the sea, or from a defile
between them (Jam.). Sh.I. When . . . the Laird of Monness was
in a boat with nine or ten persons, a flann, or blast off the land,
came with Such force against the sail as to overturn the vessel,
HiBBERT Desc. Sh.I. (1822) 165, ed. 1891 ; Also tho' the wind be
not so strong, there will come flanns and blasts off the land . . ,
which beating with a great impetus or force upon their sails, over-
turns the boat, Bhand Desc. Sh.I. (1701) 81 (Jam.) ; Wi fleein flans
o age. Burgess Rasmie (1892) 94 ; [Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.'
Hence Flanny, adj. gusty, squally.
Sh.I. It was a gale of wind, flanny from the south-west, Burgess
Sketches {2nd ed.) 45 ; S. & Ork.'
2. A sudden gust or down-draught in a chimney.
Sc. A'. & Q. (1870) 4th S. Vi. 261 ; (A.W.) n.Sc.A flan o' reek
(Jam.). Abd. They a' drive to the ingle cheek. Regardless o' a
flan o" reek, Keith Farmers Ha' (1774) st. 4 ; (W.M.) Fif. There
was a sough, like flann or flaw. As in he whihher'd through the
wa', Tennant Papistry (1827) 25. e.Fif.A gless o' ta guid Ferin-
tosh or Glenlivat wi' a flan o' peat-reek in't, Latto Tarn Bocikin
( 1864) vii. Slg. A flan o' reek. Or boiling water's caldron sraeek,
Muir Poems (1818) la.
3. V. Of the wind : to come in gusts.
Sc. The wind's flannin down the lum (Jam.).
[Icel.y7(7«rt, to rush ; Jlan, a rushing (Vigfusson).]
FLANNEL, sb. Yks. War. e.An. Hmp. I.W. [flanl,
flaenl.] 1. Used aitrib. in comp. (1) Flannel-flower, (2)
-jacket, (3) -plant, the great mullein, Vcrbascum Thapsus.
Also called Adam's, Old Man's, Our Saviour's,Poor Man's
Flannel (q.v.).
(0 Sus. (2) Nrf. (3) Hmp.', I.W.
2. Theleavesofthegreatmullein, Vcrbascum Thapsxis. Suf.
3. A coarse oatcake. Mso'in phr. jlamtel and jonla.
w.Yks. Flannel an jonta an . . . tooa elate, ByWATER Sheffield
Dial. (1839 ~i 14; w.Yk9.2
4. A pikelet. War.^
FLANNEL, i;. Not. [fla'nl.] To beat soundly; to cudgel.
s.Not. Flannel 'im well ; mek 'im shout (J.P.K.).
Hence Flanneling, vbl. sb. a beating, thrashing.
A gie'd 'im summat like a flanneling {ib.).
FLANNEN, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms flainen Ayr. ; flannin Sc. Dun' n.Yks.^
e.Yks.' w.Yks.* Lan.' n.Lan.' Chs.' Stf w.Wor.' se.Wor.'
Glo.' Dev.' Cor."^ ; vlannen, vlannin Som. [fla'nan, -in,
flsensn, -in.] Flannel. Also used aitrib.
Sc. A flannin sark (Jam.). Sh.I. Takin' alf a flannin' shaald,
Sh. A'i:fs(Kcb. 26, 1898). Cai.' Elg. Sax flannin sarks, CouPER
FLANSH
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FLAPPER
Poelrv (1804^ II. 91. Abd. Een like twa holes in a brunt nanncn
clout", Oc-.G Ityiic IValy (1873I 196. Per. Faulds o' rtannen, Sf-ence
Poems{i8gS 5. Ayr. An auld wife's flainen toy. Burns TociLonse,
St. 6. Ltb. Wecl clad wi' llaiinencoat an'covvl, Ballan tink /'o<;j;i
(18561 6. N.I.', N.Cy.', Dur.', Cum. 2. n.Yks.^ e.Yks.', m.Yks.',
w.Yks.i^ Lan.', n.Lan.i, e.Lan.i, CIie.' Stf. If y'on look roun'
bymeby . . . y'on see a feller i' flannin's, Murray Nov. Nolf bk.
(1887)53. nw.Der.>,s.Not.(J.P.K \I,ei.',War.2,w.Wor.>,se,Wor.',
Shr.'2, Hrf.', Glo.' Cmb.' And I'll have some print fur two tidies,
and some llannen. Nrf. I must get some ilannen (D.W.L.). Dor.'
Som. W. & J. G/. (1873I ; Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1B69). w.Som.i
U pees u llaneen vur tu maek u llancen shuurt [A piece of flannel
to make a flannel shirt]. Dev.'^a, s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) Cor.'
A flannin shart ; Cor.^
llcncc Flanninette, s/>. flannelette.
Sli.I. I vvid sec his new flanninette, S/i. News (Jan. 15, 1898).
[She found Dorus, apparelled in flancn, Sydney .,-i>rfl(i'/(?
(c. 1585) II. ii. I. Wei. s^ivlanen, woollen material.]
FLANSH. V. Mry. (Jam.) To flatter, wheedle.
PLANT, PLANTER, see Plaunt, plaunter.
PLANTUM, adj. Lei.' [flantam.] Flabby, flaccid.
The choild's flesh is very flantum.
PLANYER, V. LW.2 To flourish, brandish.
He's out there flanyeren about wi' a sparrod.
PLAP, V.' and si.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms flaip, flap, flipe Sc. (Jam.) ; flype Frf. ; vlap
Brks.' [flap, flaep.] 1. v. To strike with a sudden blow,
esp. with any soft, light article. Cf. flop, v. 5.
Fif. Wi' peck and straik, and dusche and dird, They forc'd and
flappit to the yird That spulyier aad fae : Wi' angry bill, and wing
theretill,They wapp't andswapp't, and flapp't and slapp't,TENNANT
Papistry (1827) 6a. Nhb. But now they just pop in a hole And
flap her doon at yence wi' pouther, Wilson Piliiiaii's Pay 1^1843)
33 ; Nhb.', Brks.l
2. To come upon suddenly ; to take by surprise.
Bnflf.' Fin wee wir gain' i' the feedle [field], we cam upon a
livcrock's nest, an" flappit ir sittin' on't.
3. To fall suddenly ; to flop.
Bnff. ' Fin he saw's father comin', he flappit amo' the girs. Flap
doon, an' nae lat thim see 's. Elg, Sittin' back he gaed a stotter —
Ovver he flappit on the fleer. Tester Poems (1861) 150. Frf. His
legs he twisted in a knot. Till smack ane gae a sma' jerk, Then
o'er he flypit like a sot, Morison Pocitis (1790) 24.
4. To let a thing fall suddenly ; to close or shut with
violence.
e.Yks.' Shut deear or it'll flap teea, there's sike a wind. Gan
an fassen back shuth-crs, they're flappin aboot like onny-thing.
n.Lin.' To throw down any flat thing in such a way as to make
a noise. He flapped th' newspaaper doon upo' th' floor. e.An.
To flap a froize, to turn it in the pan without touching it (Hall.).
5. To fly, use the wings. Used _/?§•.
Elg. I say, old chap, ye'd better flap, Or Sou'ward tak' yer tack
again. Tester Poems (1865) 158.
6. To turn inside out. Abd. (Jam.)
7. Coiup. (i) Plapapple, a turnover: (2) -daniel, a care-
less, untidy person; (3) -gate, a small gate swinging without
fastenings between two posts ; (4) -jack, the lapwing,
Vanclliis vulgaris.
(i) Hrt. Turnover, or flap apple, or meat pasties, Ellis Cy.Hsw/e.
(1750) 19. (2) Cum.' (3) w.Som.' Called also kissing-gate. (4)
Nrf. Cozens Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893^ 51. Suf. (Hall.)
8. sb. A smart blow or stroke given with something flat
and broad ; a slap. Cf flop, sh. 15.
Slk. He has gotten an ill-faur'd flaip, Hogg Tales (1838) 153, cd.
1866; A blow caused by a fall and producing a dull flat sound
(Jam.\ Nhb. Thur nivver war a lad se smart. Aw nivver got a
flap, mun, Bagnall Stigs. (c. 1850) 25 ; Nhb.' He hadn't his lessons
off; so he gat his flaps at skyul. Cum.', w.Yks. (J.W.), n.Lan.'
Brks.' Agin I a vlap on the yead wi' a writin' book. Hmp., Dev.
Alsoa stroke with anythingthat is flabby, G ROSE ( 1 790 jl/Sarf(/(M. )
9. An instrument with which butchers kill flies. n.Lin.'
10. A slight touch or breath of cold.
e.An.' I have got a flap of cold. The cold has touched or struck
me ; e.An.^ We speak also of a 'flap of wind,' a cold caught by
exposure to a current of air.
11. A flash of lightning. Cor.'=
12. A fall, esp. a fall on to a soft substance. Also used fig.
Slk. Ye wad gang to the boddom of the linn wi' a flaip, Hogg
Talis (1838) 22, ed. 1866; Keep us from . . . foul flaips and stray
steps, 16. 405. Rxb. An unbroken fall by which one is not much hurt;
conveying the idea of one falling flat on the ground and also of the
ground being soft or moist (Jam.).
Hence to play Jlap doivii, phr. to fall down suddenly with
a dull noise,
Edb. Then play flap down on his broadside, Moir Maiisie Wattch
(1828) xvi.
13. Applied to var. things hanging loosely and fastened
only by one side.
Nhb.' A manhole door in a pit. A'flap-ower-tyeble' is a table with
a foldingleaf. w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Lan. Adiminutivedoortoasmallcup-
board or opening into an enclosure, more commonly hinged at the
bottom to turn down, but hinged at the top or side it would still be
called a flap iS.W.). Nhp.' The leaf of a table.
14. The fall or front to an old-fashioned pair of trousers.
Wm. (B.K.), w.Yks. (J.W.), s.Lan. (S.'W.) 15. The lap
of a coat. Sc. (Jam.), w.Yks.^ 16. Of hay : the portion
cut at one time. Som. (W.F.R.)
17. A tea-crumpet.
Shr.' I went to see the poor owd Missis las' wik, an' fund 'er
busy makin' flaps, so I buttered 'em off the bak'stwun.
18. A large, broad mushroom, prob. Agarictts arvensis.
Also the Pcziza cochleata.
e.Yks.' The flat mushrooms from which ketchup is m.ade, MS.
add. (T.H.) w.Yks. (B. & H.\ Chs.'^, e.An.', Sus.'
PLAP, f.2 and sb? Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Suf [flap,
flaep.] 1. V. To wander about aimlessly ; to gad about.
Cum.' She's just flappan' up and down an' o' about nought. Suf.
She don't flap about [of a quiet, steady girl] (C.L.F.).
2. sb. A young giddy girl ; a hoyden.
Nhb.' A woman or girl who does not settle down to her domestic
duties, bi)t goes gadding about, and is gc^i. one of slatternly habits.
Dur. (Hall.), Cum.' n.Yks. She's a regular flap (I.W.).
PLAPADOSHA,si. Yks. [flapadoja.] An eccentric,
showy person with superficial manners. Also used altrib.
m.Yks.' Such flapado'sha ways^-1 have no patience with them.
w.Yks. 2
PLAP-DOCK, sb. Som. Dev. Also in forms flapa-
dock Dev.*; flap-dick w.Som.' ; flappa-dock,flapper- Dev.*;
flappy- w.Som.' Dev.* The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
w.Som,' ' Like a dum'Idary in a flappydock,' is a common simile
to describe a busy, bustling, fussy, noisy person. Dev. Most likely
from the manner in which children inflate and burst the flower.
I knew an old countryman once who compared a prosy preacher
to ' a drumble drane 'pon a flappadock' (B. & H.) ; Dev.* w.Dev.
Marshall Rtir.Econ. (1796),
PL APING, prp. Nhp.' Making a noise in drinking
liquids with a spoon. Cf slorp.
PLAP- JACK, sb. Chs. Lin. War. Shr. Glo. e.An. Sus.
Som. Amer. In form flop- Glo. 1. A pancake, fritter,
esp. an apple turnover,
n.Lin.' Glo. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.); Gl. (1851). e.An.»
A broad flat piece of pastry. Su'.' Sugared apples, baked without
pan, in a square thin piece of paste, with two opposite corners
turn'd-over the apple, or flapped so as to form a ' three square'
flap-Jack or turnover (s.v. Apple-jack). Sus.' ; Sus.* Apples
baked without a pan, in a thin piece of paste, with the two op-
posite corners turned over or flapped, so as to make a ' three-
square.' Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; A fried cake made of batter,
apples, &c., Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825). w.Som.' Flaup"-
Jaak. [Amer. Dial. Noles (18961 I. 392.]
2. A crumpet ; a large flat cake made of dough.
Chs.' Macclesfield, but not in very ^ck. use. s Chs.' A flat cake
baked in a pan. War.3 Applied to any large thin cake. Shr.'
3. A flat, thin joint of meat, as the breast of a lean sheep
or calf e.An.'
[1. At last by the skill of the cooke it is transform'd into
the forme of a flap-jack, which in our translation is cald a
pancake, Taylor Jack-a-Leiit (1620) I. 115 (Nares).]
PLAPPER, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Eng. and
Aus. Also in forms flaiper Sc. (Jam.) Bwk. ; vlapper
Brks.' [fla-par, flaepa(r).] 1. 5*. A heavy, resounding
fall ; the noise of a heavy fall ; a blow.
Slk. (Jam.), Nhb.i Cum. Who was gaan teh tak that yap's
impidence an lig doon wih't adoot a flapper ? Sargisson Joe Scoap
(1881) 141.
2. A young bird of any kind only just able to fly, esp. a
young wild duck. Also used fig. Cf flopper, sb. 5.
FLAPPER-BAGS
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FLARE
Slk. ' The ducklings? ' ' Ca' them flappers . . . puir beasts that
couldna yet flee — and therefore are ca'd flappers,' Chr. North
Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 97 ; An auld drake and an auld dyuck, wi'
about a dizzen flappers, 16. II. 370. ne.Lan.' Young birds just able
to try their wings before flying. Rut.', Nhp.', Wor. (J.R.W. )
Brks.' A young partridge just able to fly. Applied in joke to a
girl of the bread-and-butter age. e.An.' Nrf. A couple of flappers
start out from a clump of rushes and take a short flight across the
Broad, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 68; Since both of 'cm
[the owls] was hunting, I knowed there must be flappers, Emer-
son/Jj/rfi (ed. 1895)170; Get the dows [pigeons] out of the locker
when they are flappers (W.R.E.). e.Suf. (F.H.) Sus. Flk-Lori;
Jm. (1883) I. 124; Sus.'2 Sus., Hmp. Holloway ; Hmp.i
e.Hmp. To hunt flappers, or young wild ducks, White Selboriic
(1788) ii4,ed. 1853. [From the rapidity with which young ducks
' scutter ' along the surface of the water, using both feet and
wings, they are called by sportsmen ' flappers,' Johns /3i»(/s (1862)
500. Aus. I was oflf the old pony and into the water like a teal
flapper, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) I. iii.]
3. An under-petticoat. See Flopper, sb. 6.
n.Dev. A few Welsh flannin' vor a flapper, Rock Jim an' Nell
(1867) St- 69.
4. A flat piece of leather on a stick, used by butchers
for killing flies. Nhb.' Cf. flap, sb. 9.
5. pi. Clappers for frightening birds.
w.Som.* The loose parts are got. called the flappers, while the
entire implement including the handle is ' a pair o' clappers.'
6. pi. Pieces of wood which the fishermen strap over
their boots when they walk on the shingle. Sus.'
7. V. To flap, flutter ; to quiver. Also used fig. See
Flopper, V. 1,
Cai.' To flap or flutter with noise. J.th. I fand out where my
heart lay soon eneuch • it flappert about like a fresh-run sea-troot
wi' a hook in its mooth, Strathesk Blinkbonny (ed. 1891) 187.
Bwk. Huzzies gaen spangin and flaiperin about wi' white muslin
frocks on, Henderson Pop. R/iyiitfs (1856) 83. Slk. And flapperit
as he flew, Hogg Poents (ed. 1865) 320 ; Flappcring ower the
purple fells, ib. Queer Dk. ( 1832) 2. Cum.', ne.Lan.'
Hence Flapper't. /i/i/. adj. nervous, frightened. Cum.'
FLAPPER.BAGS, sb.pl. Sc. The burdock, Arctium
Lappa.
Dmf. N.V O. (1870 4th S. viii. 143.
FLAPPER-DOCKS, sb. pi. Lan. The large leave of
the coltsfoot.
Science Gossip ('1882) 164. [Prob. Petasites vulgaris is meant
(B. & H.).]
FLAPPERGAST, see Flabbergast.
FLAPPERY, sb. Yks. [fla-pari] The minor appur-
tenances or equipments of dress.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ His hat, his gloves, his stick, and all the rest
of his flappery. m.Yks.'
FLAPPY, a<tj. Nhb. Yks. [fla'pi.] 1. Of things :
flapping about ; uneven, unsteady. Also used advb.
Nhb.' The carpet's lyin' aall flappy. n.Yks. T'cleeas is varry
flappy (I.W.).
2. Fig. Of persons : wild, unsteady, flighty, harum-
scarum.
N. Cy.' An old flappy body. Nhb. Applied to a person's character,
as 'a flappy lass' (R.O.H.V n.Yks.'* ne. Yks. ' Sha's a flappy body.
Hence (i) Flappy.sket, sb. an immoral woman ; also
used attrib. ; (2) -tongue, sb. one whose word cannot be
relied on. n.Yks.*
FLAPS(E, sb. and v. ? Obs. Bdf. 1. sb. An imperti-
nent fellow. (Hall.)
2. V. To ' cheek ' a person, to speak to him impertinently.
Batchelor Anal. Eiig. Lang. (1809) 133 ; (Hall.)
[1. You are a flapse to terme my son so, hKotAZ New Acad.
(c. 1650) iv. (Nakes).]
FLAPSY, adj. Obs. Bdf 1. Flabby. (Hall.)
2. Lazy, clownish ; ill-bred, ill-natured. Cf. flaps(e.
A great flapsy fellow, Ilorae Siibsecivae (1777) 155; 'A great
flapsy fellow," a great looby, a lobcock, also a churlish ill-natured
clown, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
[2. Cp. KFris.jlaps, ' ein Kfirperlich u. geistig schlafier
u. schwacher Mensch ' (Koolman), G. Jlapps, 'schimpf-
ende Bcz. eines groben ungcschlifl'nen Mcnschcn,
Schlaps' (Sanduks).]
FLARCH, sec Fleech, v.
FLARE, sb} Nhp. Glo. Oxf Bdf Lon. Wil. Som. Cor.
Also written flair(e Cor.'^; and in forms fleeur, fleeurn
Oxf [flea(r), fiioir).] 1. The internal fat of a pig before
it is melted down to make lard, the 'leaf of a pig, the
'flick' or'fleed.'
Nhp.' The fat inside the loins of a pig ; that which encircles the
kidneys. When 'tried' orrendered down, it is called seam or lard.
Glo.' The membrane covered with fat in a pig's stomach. Oxf.',
Bdf.(J.W.B.), WiL' Som. SwEETMANffiHraH/oHGA (1883). Cor.'^
Hence Flare-cake, sb. a cake made of flour and ' flare '
or unmelted lard.
Lon. Some stock their trays with flare-cakes, which are round
cakes, made of flour and ' unrendered * lard, and stuck over freely
with currants, Mayhew Land. Labour (18^1) I. 199.
2. The caul or thin skin of the intestines of animals, used
for covering ' bake-faggots,' lic. Wil.'
FLARE, sfi.° Som. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Saliva. (Hall.)
FLARE, i).' and s6.3 Var.dial.uses in Irel. and Eng. Also
in forms flar Oxf ; fleer n.Yks. Lan. ; vlare I.W.' Som.;
vliare Dor.' ; vlyaare Brks.' [fler, fle3(rj.] 1. v. To
blaze, burn up, flame, used esp. of a candle.
Ir. All the fire that was dead in the sky seemed flared up to a
burnin* agin. Barlow /^o^/rt;;*^! 1892) 115, ed. 1893. n,Cy. (J.W.);
(J.L.) Der.^, nw.Der.', Oxf. (G O.) Brks.' The candle wunl vlyaare
till a done gutterin". S^s. Monl/tly Mag. (181^) I. 125. s.Cy. The
candleflares, Grose (1790). I.W. 'Zee how the candle vlares. Som.
Jennings Obs. Dial. w. Eng. (1825). w.Som,' Of a candle —to burn
wastefully, as in a strong draught. Of a fire — to blaze up. * Jim,
look zee how the can'l do vlary — put vast the winder.' ' Hon th'
old linhay catched, we zeed twadn no good vor to try to do nort ;
and my eyes ! how he did vlary, sure 'nough ! '
2. Fig. To make a giddy display ; to dazzle.
Ir. 'Herself with a great big red poppy cocked on top of her
bonnet,' inserted Mrs. Tom, ' fit to flare the sight out of your eyes,'
Barlow Kerrigan (1894) 23. n.Yks. Ah essent patience te see
her gahin' fleerin aboot, Tweddell Clcvel. Rhymes (1875) 37.
Lan. What man hoo fleer about in a fine cap for? Brierley Fratch.
ingtons (1868) ii. Nhp. And pilewort flares around the hill,
Beside the sleeping lamb, Clare Rttr. Afuse (,1835) 63.
Hence Flarin',/>/i/.fl(//'.showy, gaudy («o/used of colour).
w.Yks.' Ive naa patience wi' ther flarin way o' donnin now a
days, ii. 297.
3. With out : to use intemperate language. Brks.*
4. To stream out like hair in the wind. Dor.'
6. sb. A flame.
Oxf.' Invariably used for flames.
Hence (i) Flaregee, sb. a candlestick ; (2) -lamp, sb.
a hanging lamp, used on street stalls ; (3) -up,s6. a lighted
torch.
(1) e.An.' (2) Lon. She, a flare-lamp in either hand, danced
dances on a discarded lover's winkle-barrow, Kipling Badalia,
Herodsfoot (18901 3. (3) Ant. (W.H.P.)
6. A combustible made to be burnt as a night-signal
at sea.
Nrf. We kept burnin' flares, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895)
118; We never carry no lights, only a ' flare,' Emerson Wild Life
(1890') 100; ' Flares' are burned sometimes to warn mariners on
bad nights, Rye Cromer (1889) 10.
FLARE, v.'^ and sb.* Sc. n.Cy. Also written flair;
and in forms flairy Fif. (Jam.); flyre n.Cy. 1. v. To coax,
cajole, flatter.
Fif., Lth. (Jam.) Rxb. I'm no come here To seich and sab and
flare and vow, Riddell Poet. IVI.'S. (ed. 1871) I. 5.
Hence Flairing, ppl. adj. cajoling, flattering ; boastful.
Edb. Some flairing wife now tells how she Did win a Kemp
most manfully, Ha'rst Rig (1794") 15, cd. 1801. n.Cy. Grose (1790).
2. sb. Flattery, c.ijolery ; boasting.
Ltli. (Jam.) Edb. Soon find out, in spite o' flare, Wharfrae they
come, and what they are, Macneill Bygone Times (1811) 23.
Slk. An' then at ony start or flare Thou wad'st hae worried furi-
ouslye, Hogg Poems {cA. T865) 99.
[1. Bremen dial. Jldteni, Jldrcii, ' plaudern, unnOtz
GewSsche treibcn, und dainit scincn Nachsten durch-
ziehen' (Wtb.); \L¥n%. fldrai, ' schwatzen, verrathen '
(Koolman).]
FLARE, see Flear.
FLARNECKING
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FLASKER
FLARNECKING, //•/. nrt>: Nlip.' e.An.' [Not known
to our correspondents. J Flaunting witli vulgar ostenta-
tion ; giggling.
FLARRANCE, sk Nrf. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A bustle, great hurry. (ll.\i-i..)
FLARTCH, FLASGET, sec Fleech, i'.. Flasket.
FLASH, sb.' Sc. Irel. Nlib. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Shr.
Also in forms flass Nhb.'; flosche w.Yks. ; flesh Sc.
w.Yks. Lan.' n.Lan.* [flaj, floj.] 1. A pool, shallow
sheet of water; a swamp, marshy pond. Cf. flush, .sA.°
Cai.' Gall. A body of standing water grown over with weeds,
rccds, S.C., but which has acquired no solidity (Jam). Kcb. And
powheads sparlle in the oozy tlosh, Davidson Seasons (1789) 12 ;
Some set astride on stools arc pusli'd along Upo' the floored flosh
[icy loch], 16. 173. Wmh. An open stretch of water among
reeds (W.M.V n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Nhb.' w.Yks.
There is a pond on Brierlcy Common near Barnsley called
the Flashes, and the adjoining field is called Flashes Close 1 S.J. C).
Laa.' n.Lan.' The * Flosh Meadows' in several parts of Furness.
s.Lan. A hollow boggy place, grown over with rushes and flags
(S.B.I. Chs. A pool formed by the subsidence of salt-mines,
Chaiiihers' Jrn. (Dec. 1888) ; From settlements of the land caused
bysalt-works ' in some placeslarge lakes, called flashes, are formed,
some of them more than 200 acres in area and gradually extending,'
Dublin Reiinv (Apr. 1889) 431, in Lin. N. & Q. (Oct. 1891') 249;
Chs.' The word often occurs in place names. There is a field in
Mobberley called 'The Flash.' There is also an old public-house
at Butley, near Macclesfield, now known as the ' Orange Tree,'
but which old people speak of as ' The Flash ' ; Chs.^^^ s.Chs.'
Lin. The word flash is common to indicate a small lakelet or piece
of shining water. The waters that lodge in wet seasons on Brumby
West-common are called flashes. A'. & Q. (1866) 3rd S. x. 362;
Lin.' n.Lin.' There is a mere called Ferry Flash, near Hardvvick
Hill. Shr.' ; Shr.^ A title given to a part of the Severn above the
town of Shrewsbury which [forms] a kind of lake.
2. A pit nearly grown up with reeds and grass ; also in
cojiip. Flash-pit.
Lan.' s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854).
[1. Plasche or flasche, where reyne water stondythe,
torrens, lacuna, Prompt. OFr. /lac/ie, ' petite mare d'eau
sans profondeur,' Hatzfeld (s.v. Flaqiie) ; see also La
CURNE.]
FLASH, s6.' Edb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A depository for timber.
FLASH, v.\ sb.^ and adj. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Stf. Nhp. War.
w.Cy. 0.\f. e.An. s.Cy. Ken. Cor. [flaJ, flasj.]
\. V. reflex. To pride or plume oneself, show oneself off.
War.2 Don't yo' flash yerself so with yer noo boots.
2. To lash, strike smartly.
Sc. Get ye gone, you dogs, or else I'll flash you, Pihaini
Assembly (i-]66> 17.
3. To trim a hedge.
Nhp.', e.An.' Suf. To cut off the lower parts of the bushes
which overhang the bank or ditch. Rainbird yjgric. (1819) 292,
ed. 1849; Morton Cyelo. Agric. 11863"). e.Suf. (F.H.)
4. sb.pl. The small globules of molten iron which drop
from the blacksmith's anvil during the process of welding
and become concretionary. Nhb.' 5. pi. The hot
stages of a fever. s.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] See Flush, si.^ 15. 6. In x>^^r. a flash
of rain, a sudden, short shower of rain. Cor. (J.W.)
7. A supply of water from locks and weirs on the Thames
to assist the barges ; also used atlrib.
s.Cy. Grose (1790]; Used on the upper Thames between
Lechlade and Oxford. In going down the river, as it is called
locally', the boats have to shoot a number of weirs, as in places
there are no locks but simply a number of floodgates stretching
across the river in grooves made in the bottom of the river, so that
they hold back the water until it is up to flash-mark. On the
appearance of a boat or boats coming down the person in charge
of the weir lets go the weir-tackle and this swings to one side,
and the boat or boats go through with a rush, and if one of them
has the misfortune to 'run to hill.' the flash is lost, and the boat or
boats have to wait fir another flash, which in summer-time may
mean two or three days ; but if all goes well, and the boat clears
the weir, it travels on with the first flash from weir to weir
as long as the flash will last (S.S.B.) ; Two flashes and no more
may be penned for or drawn in a week, and those only on such
VOL. II.
days and at such hours and in such manner as the Conservators
appoint, Thames Conscnmicy Bye-Laws (1898. Oxf. People
speak of flash day' and ' flash morning' ^G.O.).
Hence (i) Flashing, sb. the process of letting down a
flash of water to enable boats to pass over the shallows of
a river ; (2) lo tnake a flash, phr. to let boats down through
a lock.
(i) Oxf., w.Cy. This operation . . .was employed on the Thames
and the Severn. The stanches on the Severn were removed in
1842, but some stanches are still in existenceon the Thames above
Oxford, where they chiefly serve for keeping up the water-level
in summer, Harcourt Rivers (1896) I. 65. (2j w.Cy. (Hall.)
8. A coloured braid used for decorating the manes and
tails of cart-horses.
Ken. In the trade I believe it is called London, and the navvies
at \,vork on the L. C. & D. R. Maidstone-Ashford line in the early
eighties, I am informed, called it ' flash ' (P.M.\
9. adj. Proud, hasty, impulsive. w.Yks.'', Stf.'
10. Comp. (i) Flash-goods, the goods sold by'flashmen'
or pedlars ; (2) -men, a gang of gypsies or pedlars ; (3)
•talk, the slang dialect used by ' fla'shmen.'
Stf. (i) Manch. Courier (July 18, 1890I in N. & 9.(1896) 7th S.
x. 146. (2) The country around his [John Brindley's] home was
infc;sted with two gangs of pedlars. Those . . from the village . .
Flash were known .as 'flashmen,' ib. ■ In a wild district between
Macclesfield and Buxton, there is a village called Flash, surrounded
by unenclosed land. The squatters on these commons, with their
wild gipsy habits, travelled about the neighbourhood from fair
to fair, using a slang dialect of their own, Taylor Wds. and Places
(1885) xvi. (31 ib.
FLASH, V.' Chs.' [flaJ.] To put small sheets of lead
under the slates of a house, where they join the chimneys
or a wall, to prevent the rain running into the joint.
FLASHER, sb. Cor. [flEe-j3(r).] The red-backed
shrike, Lauitis collurio. See Flusher.
SWAINSON Birds ' 1885 . 48.
FLASHY, ad/.' Sc. Wil. [fla-Ji, fla-Ji.] In cowp. (i)
Flashy-fiery, flashing like fire; (2) -heats, sudden hot
flushes.
(ij Elg. Flashy-fiery wax'd his een. Tester Poems (1865) 150.
(2) Wil.' Hot flushes, that come and go when one is feverish and
weak, as a woman after her confinement.
FLASHY, (7fl>-.2 Hrt.Sus. [flseji.] Over-moist, watery,
hence insipid.
Hrt. A spring, raw, flashy, first grass, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750)
II. ii. Sus. Applied to grass not sound, being full of water from
a continuance of wet weather, Holloway.
[Flashy, mollis, limostis, dilulus, insipidus, fatuus. Coles
(1679).]
FLASK, sb. Yks. GIo. Wil. Som. [flask, flask, w.Som.
flas(k.] 1. A vessel used to hold water for the purpose
of washing. See Flasket, 2.
w.Yks. TuoRESBY Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.*
2. A kind of basket. Cf. flasket, 1.
GIo. (G.E.D.); Glo.' Wil.' A limp straw-basket used to carry
food and tools. Used occasionally. Som. How many flasks do you
want? (S.K.L.) w.Som.' The large oval basket used for linen by
all washerwomen — often called a [kloa'Z flaa's].
FLASK, «r/y. Der.^ nw.Der.' [flask.] Shallow.
FLASKER, V. and sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Lin.
[fla'sk3(r.] 1. V. To struggle, flounder ; to splash about
in water ; to flutter as a bird. Cf. flusker, v. 1.
w.Yks.^" Lan. To plash or dash up the water in play, Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.) ; A lot o' cowts [colts] ut han kicked an'
flaskert thersels eaut o' wynt [wind], Brierley Irkdale (1868) 23 ;
Deawn coom I i'th weter, on flaskert int' eh geete howd on a
sawgh, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1750) 49; Lan.', e.Lan.' Chs.'
Flaskering i'th' wayter. A bird caught in a net is said to be
' flaskering to get eawt.' nw.Der.', n.Lin.'
2. To choke, stifle ; to confuse, bewilder, stun. Cf.
flusker, V. 2.
Chs.' For goodness sake, childer, howd yer din, aw'm fair
flaskert wi' th' nize ; Chs.2 A person lying in the mud and unable
to extricate himself is said to be flaskered ; Chs.^ It is used to
express a stranded fish flopping midst mud and weeds.
Hence Flaskerry, adj. hard, trying, difficult. Chs.^
3. sb. A struggle, flounder ; a quick movement, flutter;
also usedy?§; Cf. flusker, sb. 3.
3D
FLASKET
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FLAT
w,Yks.2 Lan. Whose married life had been a constant ' ilasker '
with poverty, Brierley Mmiocks (1867) 116, ed. 1884 ; Hoo went
same as if hoo' re gooin to sleep, without as mich as a flasl<er,
Ab-O'tli-Yates Xtnas Dinner (1886) 9.
4. A sprinkling, splashing, drenching.
Lan. Artnah deetud . . . wi' that flasker ut Icoom fro that foisty
swirt? ScHOLES Tint Gannvaiile (1857") 39.
[1. Cp. obs. "E.. flask, to splash ; to flutter. To flaske his
wings, GoLDiNG Ovid (1565) vi. 77.]
FLASKET, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lei. Nhp. Hnt.
Ken. Sus. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written flaskett Chs.' ;
and in form flasget Lan. [flas-, flses-, flaskat.l 1. A
kind of basket, ^.o-iv;. used for carrying linen. See Flask, sb.
Lan. Davies Races (1856) 231; Lan.' Chs. A wicker basket,
commonly called betwell. placed in the mash-tub to protect the tap.
Local Gleanings (Jan. 1880) No. VII. 266 ; Chs.i, Lei.' Nhp.' An
open t\vo*handIed, circular, or oval basket, made of peeled osiers ;
often called a ' clothes flasket.' Hnt. (T.P.F.) s.Cy. Ray (1691).
Ken. A long shallow wicker basket (K.). ne.Ken. A largish basket
with a handle at each end so that it can be carried between two
maids. Used chiefly by the laundress. ' I've a flasket full of
stockings' (H.M.\ Sus. OA50/. in Chidham (G.A.W.) ; (S.P.H.);
Sus.' w.Som.' U flaaskut u kloa'uz [A basket of linen]. Dev.
Dijee, plaize, tii heft thease flasket up 'pon my showlder ; 'e's
drefl'ul 'eavy, Hewett Peas. Sp. ^1892) 87. nw.Dev.', s.Dev.
(G.E.D.) Cor. The pilchards are laded out [of the nets] with
flaskets, Household JVds. (1855) X. 131 ; Till they met with Billy
Gu3''s wife a-carring a flasket of clothes. Thomas Ra]tdigal Rhymes
(1895) 8 ; Cor.' A large basket with a handle at each end.
2. A shallow, oval washing-tub ; a tub formerly used
by clothiers ; see below. Cf. flask, sb. X.
Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) w.Yks.A large, shallow tub,
with two legs standing higher than the others, but parallel, and
having holes in to carry it by ; formerly used by clothiers to size
their warps in, Leeds Merc. Snppl. i^Nov. 8, 1884) ; A small wide
tub, formed of half a cask or barrel, about 2 feet diameter, used by
weavers to hold sizeing for their warps, but principally to hold
the water in which weftbobbins were wet (W.T.) ; w.Yks.^^"*, Sus.'
3. A small barrel with a handle, used by labourers to
carry beer to the harvest-field. n.Cy. (K.), w.Yks.''
[Matme, a mound, flasket, open basket, Cotgr. Fr.
(Bearnais)y7(TS(7;(f/, 'flasque' (Lespy).]
FLA SKIN, sb. Obs. Yks. A small bottle or barrel
used by labourers for beer. (K.) Cf. flasket, 3.
FLASS, see Flash, 5^.'
FLAST, V. Sc. To boast, brag, gasconade. Sc. (Jam.)
Hence Flasting, ppl. adj. boasting, bragging.
Fif. Saw you not late yon flastin' fellie . . . Spread flatlins on
the yird ? Tennant Papistry (1827) 165.
FLAT, adj., sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Eng. and
Aus. Also written flatt N.Cy.' Den; flatte Yks. ; and in
forms flet(t Sc. ; vlat Dev. [flat, flaet] 1. adj. In comb.
(i) Flat-back, a common kind of knife; (2) -dick, a coarse,
sour oatcake ; (3) -finch, the brambling, Fringilla iiioitli-
fringilla; (4) -head, a foul, simpleton; (5) -pointing, a
particular method of 'pointing' used by builders; (6) -poll-
cabbage, a variety of cabbage ; (7) -rhan, strata of coal ;
(8) -rods, rods for communicating motion from the engine
horizontally ; (g) -rod-shaft, a shaft with pumps drawn
by horizontal rods worked by a distant engine or water-
wheel ; (10) -rope, salt-mining term: the rope used in
drawing or winding rock-salt; (11) -scaup'd, empty-
headed ; (12) -sheets, sheets of cast-iron upon which the
tubs are run to be emptied or returned to the cage ; (13)
■simmer, a yeast pudding made with ' shortening' ; (14)
-soled, having no spring in the foot ; (15) -stone, a measure
of ironstone ; {16) -work, work upon a horizontal vein.
(i"i w.Yks. A railway to Wadsley for't better conveyance a
blackberries an flatbacks to Shevvild market, Bywater Sheffield
/J/'n/. (1839) 24,ed. 1877; Noa flatback knives aw'd handle. Senior
Jerry Slitsfiriug, 1. 5 ; Knives ground after they are put together,
Sheffield Indep. (1874) ; w.Yks.^ A common knife with its back
filed down after it is put together. (2) w.Yks. Slammak wer
won, an Flat-dick wer anuther, Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839)
II. 14; w.Yks.2 (3) Chs.'3 (4) w.Yks.s Ah'tcll'd him 'at he
hcdn't fsensc 'at he wur born wi' — a big flathead, 50. Brks.
(W.H.E.) (5) Ken. In flat-pointing the mortar is smeared up
against, and on to, the edges of each brick (,D.W.L.). (6) Cor.
Its recurrent crop of potatoes and flatpoll cabbages, ' Q.' Three
Ships{i8g6) iv ; A 'flat-poll cabbage' is a close-headed, large, white
cabbage. It is often eaten in broth and sometimes brought to
table like ordinary cabbage. It is, however, gen. used for cattle,
and is sometimes called ' Cornish white ' (M.A.C.). (7 ) Stf.' (8)
Cor. English Mining Terms (1830), (9) Cor. Thomas Randigal
Rhymes (1895) Gl. (10) Chs.' They are flat and about six inches
wide. (11) n.Yks.2 (12) Nhb.' Smooth iron plates laid over an
even floor at a pit bank. Flat-sheets are also laid at the foot of a
shaft where the tubs are run between the cages and the end of
the tram lines, or in the workings at crossings or junctions of the
lines of rail. Nhb., Dur. Square or oblong sheets of cast iron at
the shaft bottom and on the heap-stead, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl.
(i888). (13) Lin.' (14) Sc. It is reckoned unlucky if the ' first
foot ' one meets in the morning be a flat-soled person (Jam.). (15)
Shr.i* (16) Der. Mawe Mineralogy (1802J Gl. ; A mining term
descriptive of a species of lead mine, so called from its form, which
is broad, spreading horizontally, not without inclination, Tapping
Gl. (1851).
2. Of a golf-club: having the head at a very obtuse angle
to the shaft. Sc. (Jam. Suppt.)
3. Foolish, simple, easily 'taken in.'
Dev. Thinks I, I bant vlat I Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (ed.
1865) 15.
4. sb. A smooth, level place; a broad, flat bed in a field.
e.Yks. A flatte of good chinnell-oates, Best /?«>-. fcoM. (1641)51.
Chs.' We speak of ploughing a field in flats when there is no
indication of reens.' Wheat is generally sown on butts, oats on
flats. A wide space covered by any particular crop is called a flat, as
' a flat o' taters.' s.Chs.', nw.Der.' She' Spaces of ploughed land
from eight to more yards in width (s.v. Feerings). [Aus. Here it
widened out into a large, well-grassed flat, Boldrewood Robbery
(1888) I. i.]
5. A hollow in a field ; a small valley.
ne.Lan.i GIo. A smaller valley than a bottom (S.S.B.) ; Gl.
(1851) ; Glo.'^ Sus.' The water lays so in these flats.
6. One of the divisionsofacommon field, a shot or furlong.
w.Yks. 2 In open field husbandry each of the three arable fields
was subdivided into shots, furlongs, or flats, separated by turf
balks, and these flats into parallel Strips of about an acre. Theo-
retically each flat was a square of 40 poles, containing 10 acres ;
Flats, * shots ' or ' shuts,' and * furlongs,' are common field names
of the district, Gent. Mag. (July 1889) 40. Som. Hervey IVedmore
Chron. (1887) I. 312.
7. //. The smooth, oozy, level shore left by the sea on
the Suffolk coast in winter or at spring-tides. Suf.'
8. An iron, a flat-iron.
e.Yks.' Put us a flat T fire. w.Yks. You'll get all t'baakin' doon
afore t'flats 'as to go down i^F.P.T.). GIo. (J.S.F.S.), Som. (F.A.A.)
9. A saucer.
Sc. The saucer of a flower-pot (A.W.). Cai.', Bnff.' Rnf.
Braw china cups and china flets, Wi' coarser ware o' delf, Barr
Poems (1861 ) 218.
Hence Flettfu', sb. a saucerful.
Ayr. He had aye a wee flettfu o' wheels that he didni ken what
to dae wi'. Service Notanditms (1890) 42.
10. A cake of cow-dung. Rxb. (Jam.)
11. A flat-bottomed boat ; a barge, lighter.
Lan. A term used in the Mersey district for the craft upon canals
and rivers, Gl. Lab. (1894) ; Little lads and lasses . . . would now
and then . . . amuse themselves by sailing mimic flats and boats,
N. &= Q. (1870) 4th S. v. 156. Chs. The Weaver does not furnish
depth of water sufficient for the flats to convey the salt down
during the neap tides. Marshall Review (1818) II. 103.
12. A basket used for packing fresh produce for market.
Nhp.' A straight-sided shallow basket made of peeled osiers,
with a flat lid, used principally for carrying butter to market, and
frequently called a ' butter-flat.' Bck. The butter is . . . packed
into a basket made of oziers, which is called a flat, Marshall
/ffwifZK (1814) IV. 547. Mid. Fresh butter, which is sent to London
in baskets, called flats, Middleton View Agric. (1798) 338. Cmb.
A rough flat basket, holding rather less than a bushel. A'. t/Q. (1893)
8th S. iii. 45. w.Som.' An oblong, flat-shaped, covered basket.
13. pi. The lumps of iron ore found among the mine
refuse. Cf. blue-flats, s.v. Blue, adj. 4 (9).
Shr. White IVrckin f i860) x.xvi.
14. />/. Turfs used for fuel. n.Yks.' Cf. flaught, sA.' 6.
15. pt. Small white fresh-water fish. Suf. (Hall.) [Not
known to our correspondents.]
FLAT
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FLAUGHT
16. pL The fungus Jew's Ears, Pesiza cochkata. Yks.
(B. & H.)
17. Mining term: the station to which the 'putter' takes
the hill tubs, and from which they are conveyed by horses.
N.Cy.> Nhb. He'd just cume Irae the lar-in tlat, Proudlock
Bordci land Muse i^iSgt] 104; The deputy of the east flat had heard
the report, AVnr. Leader (_Feb. 13, 18961 6, col. 6; Nhb.' Also
called a 'station.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
e.Dur.' Here they are hitched together, and taken by thedriver, — ten
or twelve tubs at a time — to the ' landing,' which is a larger flat.
From this flat they are drawn by the engine to the ' shaft.'
Hence (i) Flat-lad, (2) -man, 56. the lad or man em-
ployed at the ' flat' to couple and uncouple the tubs.
(I ) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Cval Tr. Gl. (,i888\ yz^ Nhb.
GeorgeOrd, tlatman, RichardsonSox/ivc/s Table-bk. (,1846) V.289.
18. The part of a screen at a pit where the coals rest and
are cleaned before being put into the wagon.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
19. The lateral extension of a lead-vein.
Nhb.' Lebour Geol. Nhb. and Dur. (ed. 1886) 62. w.Yks. A lead
vein lying in the plane of the bedding, Lucas Stud. Kidderdale
(c. 1882) Gl. Der. Broad-rake, flatt, pipe, and vein, Furness
Mediais (1836) 16; (H.R.)
20. Phr. (I) to be in the flats, to be out of spirits, de-
pressed, dull ; (2) — show the flat, ? to act foolishly, to be
easily deceived [not known to our correspondents].
(i) Nhp.' You're quite in the flats. War.^ (2) Ayr. But Troon
was firm, nor show'd the flat, Laing Poems (1894) 142.
21. V. To flatten.
Abd. My hilted rung . . . may . . . flat your nose, Shirrefs
Poems (1790) 7b the Cnlies. st. 7.
Hence Flatting-mill, sb., see below.
Lon. Until within these few years, it [the river Fleet] gave
motion to flour and flatting mills at the back of Field-lane near
Holborn, Hone Tablc-bk. (1827) I. 80. Sur. The flatting-mills at
Ember Court, Marshall Review (1817) V. 372.
FLAT, see Fleet, v.^
FLATCH, V. Sc. Nhb. Also written flatsh S. & Ork.'
[flatj.] 1. To make flat, flatten ; to lay over, fold down;
to knock down ; sometimes with out.
Sh.I. Tak your mooth o' lempits, sir, an' aye hae a muckle ane
flatch'd oot ready ta set on, Sh. News (June 25, 1898) ; S. & Ork.'
MS. add. Lth. A term used by mechanics (Jam.). Nhb.' To flatten
by expansion.
2. To walk clumsily. S. & Ork.'
FLATCH, FLATCHER, see Fladge, Fleech, v.,
Fletcher, s6.'
FLATCHET, sb. Dev. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The stomach. (Hall.)
FLATE, see Flet, sh.'^
FLATH, sh. Hrf. Cor. 1. Dirt, filth, ordure. Hrf.'
2. Misty rain. Cor.^
FEATHER, sb. and v. Yks. Lin. [fla-¥3(r.] L sb.
Flattery, nonsense, ' palaver.' See Flether.
e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.1 nw.Lin. He's a deal o' his flather, bud
it's like soap-suds, all a-top, Lin. N. >Sr= Q. (July i8go).
2. V. To flatter. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.)
FLATHIN, sb. Gtng. A dish made of curds, eggs, and
milk.
Collins Goiver Dial, in Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1848-50) IV. 222.
FLATLINGS, adv. Sc. Nhb. Also written flatlines
Sc. ; flatlins Sc. Nhb. [flatlinz.J 1. Flat, flatly;/^,
plainly, peremptorily.
Fif, He gave his lunzie sic a loiinder As . . . dang him flatlins
likeaneflounder, TENNANrPn/ii/^v (1827I 14; Saw you notlateyon
ilastin fellie . . . Spread flatlins on the yird ? ib. 163. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
2. With the flat side of anything.
Sc. Her sword in hand, wherewith she had smitten me flatlings
and not with the edge, Lang Monk of Fife (1896) i6r.
[1. His grave body . . . Ruschit flatlingis to the ground
with a rair. Dougi-AS Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, 11. 250.]
FLATTEN, v. nw.Der.' [fla'tan.] To strike, slap.
FLATTER, k.' Sc. Irel. Yks. Also Cor. [fla tar,
flaetafr).] 1. To wheedle, coax, persuade.
N.I.' Away and flatter him for the loan of his wheel-barra.
Hence Flatter-cap, sh. a wheedling, coaxing child.
n.Yks.'^ m.Yks.'
2. To deceive, not necessarily by flattery.
w.Cor. To say one thing at one time and another at another,
A'. &■ Q. (1854) ist S. X. 300.
Hence (I) Flattering, /i/i/.«(^'. deceptive; (2) Flattering-
Friday, sb. a fine Friday during a time of wet.
(I'l Yks. It's a flattering thing is consumption (F.P.T.). w.Cor.
A disease, as a fever, is said to be very flattering when it often
gives sign of amendment and again suffers relapse, N.lf Q. \ 1854)
ist S. X. 301. (2)ne.Sc. A flatterin' Friday is supposed to indicate
a continuance of wet weather, Gregor Flk-Lore ii88i) 149.
FLATTER, v."^ and sb. Sc. Lan. Chs. Also Cor.
[fla-tsr, fla5-t3(r).] 1. v. To float ; to flutter.
Sc. Mony was the feather bed That flattered on the faem, Scott
Minstrelsy (1802) I. 304, ed. 1848. w.Cor. Those persons who are
out of doors in a thunderstorm may often observe the lightning
to fl.itter or flutter behind or beyond a dark thundercloud, A'. &> Q.
(1854) ist S. X. 301.
2. Camp. Flatter-dock, (i) the water-lily, Nymphaca alba
and Nuphar Ititea ; (2) the amphibious knot-weed or
willow-grass. Polygonum aiiiphibnu)i; (3) the broad pond-
weed, Potanwgcton natans.
(1) Chs. Science Gossip (1865) 35. Chs.' A name given to several
large-leaved plants which float on the water, especially the two
kinds of water-lilies. [2") i7>. (3) Chs.'^s
3. sb. The float of a fishing-line.
Lan. Th' yung un kept sittin theere, as still as if he'd been i' th'
stocks, watchin his flatter, Brierley Ab-o'-th'-Yate Yankeeland
(1885) xi.
FLATTY, sb. Nhb. Ken. L A flat-fish. Nhb.'
2. An assistant to a moulder in brickmaking.
Ken. ' The flatties,' who are either women or lads, stay in the
sheds where the bricks are made, and roll the earth into con-
venient lumps for the moulder. Each moulder has one flattie, Good
IVds. (1 895 1 672.
FLATTYBOUCH, sb. Wil. A gypsy term : one who
goes from place to place in a van during the summer
months, but fives in a house during the winter; also
called Flatty.
Wil. ' Flatty,' an abbreviated and discourteous form of ' Flatty
bouch,' a term which implies that he is a half and half kind of
person, going home between engagements to live as a resident in
some parish, Swinstead P«r)'s/i on Wheels (1897) 8; A name of
contempt given by the nomad Romani to the half-and-halfer, who
goes out in a van in summer, but lives in a house during the winter
months (J.Ar.).
FLAUCHIN, FLAUCH(T, FLAUCHTEN, FLAUCH-
TER, see Flaught, s6.', Flaughter, v.^^^
FLAUCHY, adj. n.Yks.^ Showy or fantastic in attire.
FLAUGE, FLAUGHIN, see Fladge, Flaught, s6.'
FLAUGHT, s6.' and i'.' Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. "Wm. Yks.
Lan. Also written flaucht Sc. N.I.' ; and in forms flacht
Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) Cai.'; flaight w.Yks.* Lan.'; flauch,
flauchin, flauchten Sc. (Jam.); flaughin Rxb. ; flaughten
SIk. ; flaut N.Cy.' Nhb.'; flought Nhb.'; flout Dur.
w.Yks. ; flowt n.Cy. Wm. n.Yks. m.Yks.^ [flout, Sc.
flaxt.] \. sb. A flake of snow. Cf. flight, sA.^
Sc. Grose (,1790) MS. add. (C.) Ags. A flaucht of snaw (Jam.).
Rxb. His locks seem'd white as new fa'n snaw That, fleecy pure,
in flaughins fa', A. Scorr Poems (ed. 1811) 43 (Jam.).
2. A lock of hair; a handful of hair, wool, &c.
Sc. He's sent to you what ye lo'ed maist, A flaught o' his yellow
hair, Jamieson Po/>. ZJo/Zarfs (1806) I. 20. Abd. In flaughts roove
out her hair, her hands she wrung, Ross Hclenore (17681 58. ed.
1812. Slk. Man's micht is nae mair than a flaughten o' tow, Hogg
Poems (ed. 1865) 429.
3. A flash, gleam, esp. in phr. a flaught of fire. Also
usedyfg'.
Sc. Ilk horsed on a flaucht o' fire. Dull, dismal, dark, and red,
Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 243 ; The thunder crack'd, and
flauchts did rift Frae the black vizard of the lift, Aytoun Ballads
(ed. 1861) II. 384 ; I got but a flacht o't as it gaed by (Jam. Suppl. .
w.Sc. The thing just gaed through the braid side o' Cassel's malt-
barn in a flaucht o' fire, Carrick Laird 0/ Logan (1835) 164. Ayr.
The bill gaed breengin' through the stane dyke and into the stack-
yaird like a flaucht o' fire, Service Nolandiims (1890) 103. Lnk.
A sweet vision, like a sun-flaucht, For a moment o'er me came,
Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 17. Lth. Bright as a star-fiaucht I
sport up on hie, Lumsden Sheep-head ,1892) 59. Slk. A flaucht o'
3 D2
i
FLAUGHT
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FLAUGHTER
your fire, Currie Poems (188a) 3 ; Fire intil the heart o' the kivey,
. . . and it's no an uncommon case to pick up half a-dizzen, after the
first llaucht o' fire and feathers has ceased to dazzle ma een, Chr.
North Nodes .ed. 1856) IV. 153. Gall. Blaff! liUe a flauglit o'
fire— Yon comes upon ye; and where are ye? Crockett jI/om-
i/(i^s(i895)xhii. N.I.i
4. A hot coal or live ember.
n.Yks.' (s.v. Flet). m.Yks.' Applied to the particle of 'live'
gaseous coal which darts out of a fire. It is always examined
carefully, to see whether, as a ' purse,' it betokens good luck, or,
as a coffin, disaster to the person it flies nearest to.
6. A sudden blast or gust of wind.
Lth. Fear nocht frae yin a flaucht o' wind can shogle, Smith
Merry Bridal (1866) 54.
6. A turf, a paring from the surface of commons or waste
uncultivated lands, dried and used as fuel.
Sc. (A.W.") n.Yks. When yon llowts isdry wemun'ev 'emburrnt.
Sumathemflowts'atslingon'emwe'ltak beam ferfire-eldin(W.H.);
n.Yks.'^ m.Yks.i A sod of heath-turf, used as fuel. A creelful
o' flowts. w.Yks. Used in Halifax in 1775, but nowoAs., Leeds
Merc. Sufpl. (Mar. 26, 1893); Watson Hisl. Hl/x. (1775) 537;
The top spit of the peat is cut with the llaying spade into pieces
sometimes a yard long and eight or ten inches wide. These .strips
are called ' flouts,' Lucas Stud. Niddcrdale (c. 1882) 119 ; w.Vks."
Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C); Lan.i
7. A piece cut off from a larger portion ; a slab, hunch.
Per. A flat of confection, about a foot and a half square, was
exhibited in a shop window. A ploughman entered, threw down
a sixpence, and demanded ' a flaucht o' that red stuff' (G.W.).
8. Phr. flauch(t o' land, a division of land ; a piece of
ground, a croft. Ags., Fif (Jam.)
9. A hide or skin. Fif (ib.)
10. A roll of wool carded ready for spinning.
Cai.', n.Cy. (J.H.), N.Cy.', Nhb.' Wm. A card, a bit of woo,
an meeak it inta flowts, Clarke T'Reysh Beearin (1863). [The
wool being carded into flaughts or flakes, which are rolled between
the boards which form the backs of the cards, and are then called
rowans, Grose (1790") MS. add. (C.)]
11. V. To pare. Fif (Jam.)
Hence (i) Flauchter, 56. a man who casts turfs or peats
with a 'flaughter-spade ' ; (2) Flaughted, pp. pared off
the ground ; (3) Flaughting, />;-/>. paring a thin stratum off
the ground ; (4) Flouter, sb. a paring-spade.
(i I Rxb. Jam.i, Ant. fM.B.-S.'l 21 n.Yks.^ {3) [Grose (1790)
MS. add. iC.j] (4) Dur. Gibson Up-IVeardale Gl. (1870).
12. To strip oft' the slcin. Fif. (Jam.)
Hence Flauchter, sb. a skinner, {ib.)
13. To card wool into thin flakes.
Per., Rxb. (Jam.) n.Cy. Grose (1790).
Hence (i) Flauchter, sb. a person employed in carding
wool ; (2) Flauchts, sb. pi. instruments used in preparing
wool. Per., Rxb. (Jam.)
[1. A flaghte of sna.\v e, floccus, Cath. Angl. (1483). 3.
And his chere like flaght of fire, Cursor M. (c. 1300) 17372.
6. I felle vpon )>at floury flajte. Pearl (c. 1325) 57 in Allit.
P. 2. 9. Norw. d\a.\. /laalt, a hide (Aasen); O'H.Jldttr, the
act of flaying (Fritzner).]
FLAUGHT, sb.'^, v." and adv. Sc. Also written flaucht ;
and in forms flacht, flaght (Jam. SiippL); floucht Sh.I.
[floxt, flaxt.] 1. sb. A spreading or flapping of the
wings; a flutter, hurry, bustle ; a sudden flight.
Sc. The rogues were in full flaght to the border (Jam. Siippi).
Sh.I. Ta hear William's story sets me heart in a floucht, Sh. News
(Apr. 23, 1898). Abd. A bit gey kibble, fersell mannie, gyaun at
an unco flaucht, Alexander yo/m«_v G/Afi (1871) xviii; But yet her
heart was aye upo' the flought, Ross Ilelciwre (1768) 23, ed.
1812. Ayr. What the servants in the first flaught gathered up in
a hurry and ran with, Galt ^;/«. Parish (1821) vii; Getting up
wi' a great flaught of his arms, like a goose wi' its wings jumping
up a stair, ib. Sir A. Wylie (1822) xxxiv.
2. A flight or considerable number of birds on the wing.
Also used /;§■. Cf flight, si.'
Cld. By cam thousan's o' milk white hunds . . . souchan as gin
they had been a flaucht o' dows, Edb. Mag. (Sept. 1818) 155 (Jam.).
e.Sc. Whatsayye,flightor flaught. anexile or an eizel? Wilson Tales
(1839) V. 326. Gall. If Clavers had chanced to come by the road,
he wad hae landed a right bonny flaucht o' them [the WhigsJ,
Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxiii.
3. V. To flutter, tremble, palpitate.
Sh.I. My hert is juist flouchtin' an' fleein' lack a fool [fowl], Sh.
News (Jan. 29, 1898.
Hence Flouchting, sb. a fluttering, palpitation.
Sh.I. A flouchtin' i' da mooth o' my stammok, Sh. News (May
8, 1897 I ; S. & Ork.i
4. adv. With outspread wings ; at full length ; Jig. with
great eagerness ; also in coiiip. Flaught-bred.
Bch. Come then, flock flaught-bred unto me, An' buy my shanks,
Forbes Shop Bill (1785) 14 ; Flaught-bred to the toulzie, tb. Aja.K
(1742) 5. Abd. Catcht a fa', Flaught bred upon his face, Ross
Hcleiwre (1768) 12. ed. 1812. Rnf. Upon yon muck heap's black
location [IJ Fell belly flaucht. Young PirfM^cs { 1865) 128. Ayr.
Then flaught on Philip . . . she flew. Train Poet. Rev. (1806) 80
(Jam.). Lth. Wha hae ye brought us hame now, my brave lord,
Strappit flaught ower his braid saddle-bow 1 Ballantine Poems
(1856) 206. Slk. Ane grit man . . . fell belly flaught on me, Hogg
Tales (1838) no, ed. 1866.
FLAUGHT, v.^ Obs. Sc. To weave; to mingle, mix.
Also used Jig.
Sc, Speedars' wabs they flaught, Waddell Isaiah (1879) xlix.
5 ; But flaughtit themsels wi' the hethen, an' syne took a swatch
frae their warks, ib. Psalms (1871I cvi. 19. Slk. When the gloaming
had flaughted the night and the day, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 374.
FLAUGHTER, sb.^ and v.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Also
written flauchter Sc. (Jam.) ; and in forms flachter Sc.
Ant. ; flaghter N.I.' Ant. [fla'xtar.] 1. sb. The thin
turf turned up when ground is pared. N.Cy.', Nhb.' See
Flaught, si.' 6.
2. Coiiip. (i) Flaughter-fail or -feal, a long tiirf or peat ;
(2) -spade, a long two-handed spade, used for cutting turfs
or paring sods.
(i) So. A sufficient quantity of flauchter-fail was pared from the
eastern side of a hill, with which all the windows, doors. . . were
built up, Edb. Mag. i^Oct. 1818J 331 (Jam.). Abd. A coat of turf,
pared by the breast plough (provincially flauchter-feal), Agrie.
Snrv. 425 (16.). (2) Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agnc. (1863); Sandy
with his foot restingon aflauchter-spade, Ochiltree /f«/A«r«(i895)
xi; Stephens />!>•<» iJi'.(ed. 1849) I. 647. Slg. The turf is produced
by setting fire to the grass and heath . . . and then raising the
surface with what is called a flauchter spade, Statist. Ace. XVI.
120 (Jam.). Dmb. He cut the divots wi' a flaughter-spade, Taylor
Poems (ed. 1827 ) 91. N.I.' A broad, pointed spade, with one edge
turned up, used for paring sods or ' scravvs" off the surface of the
ground. Ant. Ballyiiieiia Obs. (1892'.
3. V. To cut or pare off turf from the ground.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sags. (1776) Gl. Abd. Hhirrefs Poems (1790)
Gl. Ayr. He was flaughterin' a whecn divots for the riggin* o' his
hoose. Service Notandiitns (1890) 106.
Hence (i) Flaughtered, />/>/. adj. of turf: cut or pared ;
(2) Flaughterer, sb. a man who casts turfs or cuts sods
with a ' flaughter-spade.'
(i) Lnk. Fell down like flaughter'd fails, Ramsay Christ's Kirk
(1721 ) I. St. 22. (2) Ant. (M.B.-S.)
FLAUGHTER, v.^, sb.^ and adj Sc. n.Cy. Dur. Yks.
Lin. Also written flauchter Sc. (Jam.) ; and in forms
flaachter Sh.I. ; flachter S. & Ork.' ; flauter Yks. ;
flawter n.Cy. n.Yks.' ^ ; fleighter Sc. ; flochter Sc. (Jam.)
Bnir.' ; flouchter Sc. ; floughter Sc. N.Cy.' w.Yks.^ ;
flouter w.Yks.' n.Lin.' ; flowter N.Cy.'= n.Yks.'* ne.Yks.'
e.Yks. Lin. [flou-t3(r, Sc. flo'Xtar, fla'xtsr.] 1. v. To
flutter as a laird ; to waver, move from place to place
without a fixed purpose ; to flicker.
Sc. The light frae the door o' the cave flaughtering against the
hazels, Scottt Antiquary (1816) xxi. Sh.I. I wisna free o' layin'
oot fiir da corbie, is he flduchtercd up i' da oalatnint air wi' da ting
o' a shiken spriklin' an' pleepin' in his neb, Sh. News (June 19,
1897). S. & Ork.', Bnff.' Kcb. The wild duck . . . Fast flauchters,
quacking to the farther shore, Davidson Seasons (1789) 84.
Hence (i) Flaachtering, ppl. adj. fluttering; (2)
Flaughtering, sb. a light shining fitfully; (3) Fleightering
or Flochtering, sb. a fluttering, quivering ; palpitation.
(i) Sh.I. Da flaachterin laverik is settin da dim Wi' a sang as
sweet as an angel's hymn, Junda Kliiigrahool 1 i8g8) 14. (2) s.Sc.
(Jam.) (3) Sc. Ye may see by the fleightering of theee-lid, Scott
Monastery {iQa6)n\. Sh.I.Therc'sa flochterin' at my heart, friends,
to-night, Sh. News (Oct. i, 1898).
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2. To cause to flutter ; to flurry, alarm, frighten, put in
a state of trepidation. Also used /d.'.-.'--. Gcii.mpp.
Ayr. I VV.1S a little fLiuchtered when the Laird . . cam to me for
'a bit line (or that bottle that had dune the boy so much guid,'
Service /)n Z)"^?""/ 1, ed. 1887) 124. n.Cy. Guose (1790) ; Bailey
(1721); N.Cy. '2^ Yks. (K.) n.Yks. Oh A was flowteicd when A
heerd what 'ad happened (W.H.); n.Yks. '2 ne.Yks,» Ah felt
flowtered all t'bits. e.Yks. Marshall /fun i'fOM. (1788'). w.Yks.
Cocks an' hens all flowtered, Nidderdah Aim. (1874) ; Thoresby
LeII. (1703^; w.Yks.' Hees seea (loutered,— his knees whackers,
ii. 307 ; w.Yks. 2^ ; w.Yks.^ Poor body ! shoo's hcd a mint o' trouble
laateh", an' sin o's easy lloughter'd. His maistcr an' hiin's hed a
faew words, an' he's sadly floughter'd. n.Lin.'
Hence (i) Flochtry, (2) Flouchtrous or Floughtrous,
adj. flurried, confused ; terrified, alarmed ; (3) Floughterty,
adj. flighty, unsteady; (4) Flowteniient, sb. noisy talk;
confusion of all kinds ; (5) Flowtersome, adj. excitable,
frolicsome ; quarrelsome.
(l) n.Sc. (Jam 1 (2) Sc. Her flouchtrous heart near brast wi'
teen, Jamieson Pop. Ba/ltids (1806) I. 241. Abd. But floughtrous
dreams strove what they could to spill The bliss that sleep was
making to her ill, Ross llcUnorc (1768163, ed. 1812. (31 Abd.
Dool upon woman . . . Sae fickle and floughterty, married or free,
Cadenhead Don Accord (iS^^) 215. (4) n.Yks.i Loud and eager
talking, such as would be heard from a person in a state of
excitement ; n.Yks. 2, ra.Yks.' (5) s.Dur. She's rayther flowtersome
(J.E.D.). n.Yks.'^j m.Yks,* w.Yks.' Gcii. applied to a horse.
3. To give free scope to joyful feelings. Per. (G.W.1,
Dmf (Jam.)
Hence Flochtersome, adj. easily elated or flurried
under the impulse of joy.
Per. A flochtersome lassie (G.W.). Dmf. (Jam.)
4. sb. A flutter, a fluttering motion.
Sh.I. Da first 'at I saw, wis da flauchters o' da cock ower da
fluer, S/i. News (Oct. 15, 1898). Kcb. The swallows pop Wi' lazy
flaughter on the gutter dub, Davidson Seasons ^1789) 42.
5. Fi[^. A flutter, state of trepidation or alarm, a flurry;
a fright.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721) ; Grose ('1790) ; N.Cy.'^ Yks. He is put
into a flowter (K. 1. n.Yks. You've selten Ih' hen a flowter,
Merito.n Praise Ale (16841 1. 387; n.Yks ', ne.Yks.', w.Yks.'
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884I 328. n.Lin.' I was in a
flouter when I heard that th' bank hed brok'.
6. adj. Excited, nervous, showing signs of mental dis-
turbance. n.Yks.*
FLAUGHTER f. 3 and 5i.3 Sc. Also written flauchter;
and in form flachter. [fla'xtar, fla'xtsr.] 1. v. To fell,
knock down, prostrate. Also used 7^^.
Rnf. Ye've fairly flachter'd, heels owerhead, The donsatCollege,
Fraser Chimes ,1853) i8r. Lth. We flauchtered dumbie wi' a
rung, M'=Neill Preston (c. 1895) 45; [They] swore they would
flaughter the queer auld man, Ballantine Poems (1856J 55.
2. sb. A heavy fall ; a knock-down blow.
Slk. Graeme will gang ower the brink, Down wi' a flaughter,
HocG Tales 1838) 17, ed. 1866.
FLAUM. s6. and D.' Yks. [fl^m.] I. sb. pi. Flushes.
n.Yks. 2 'Troubled wi' hceat-flaums,' feverish flushes.
2. v. To flame, blaze, flare up ; to shine out.
n.Yks.' ' It flaumed out hau'f-way across t'rooad * ; of a certain
mysterious blaze of light ; n.Yks.* It flaum'd up leyke all that, but
then it war ez dry ez a kex.
Hence (i) Fiauming, ppl. adj. {a) showy, tawdrj',
vulgarly fine in dress ; (b) given to the practice of extra-
vagant praise ; (2) Flaumy, adj., (a, b) see Fiauming ; (c)
flighty, unsettled, wild.
(,!,«) n.Yks.* 1,6, ib. 'A flauming set,' who make much outcry
in small matters. (2, a) n.Yks.'^^ m.Yks.' i^b, n.Yks.^ yc) n.Yks.
(T.S.)
3. Fig. To show great aff'ection in order to obtain some
end or object.
n.Yks.* Sha flaum'd about ma that mich, whahl i' fend Ah 'ed
ti gi'e waay an' let 'em git wed.
[1. ME.y7(T«w«',y7rt/r;«6(?, flame (Chaucer). OFr. jiamme,
Jlambe.']
FLAUM, v.'^ Sus. To skin, flay. Cf flaw, v. 7.
They [rooks] must be flaumed. you know, Mr. William, not
picked, Longman s Mag. (July 1889) 264.
FLAUM, FLAUN, see Flam, sh.\ Flawn,
FLAUNDER, v. e.An. [fl^-ndafr).] To gad about;
to ' philander.'
e.An.2 Spoken of young girls. e.Suf. I won't have you girls go
flaundering about (F.H.).
FLAUNT, V. Sc. Irel. Yks. I.W. Also in forms flant
Ir. Yks. ; flount I.W.' [flpnt, flant] To gad about, esp.
to strut about gaudily dressed. n.Yks. (T.S.), I.W.'
Hence Flanty or Flaunty, adj. capricious, eccentric ;
unsteady, flighty.
Ayr. She was a flaunty woman, and liked well to give a good-
humoured gibe or jeer, Galt Ann. Parish ^1821) xx. Ir. A couple
ol fine flanty girls, Paddiana (ed, 1848') II. 102.
FLAUNTER, v. Sc. Also in form flanter Abd.
1. To waver ; to be slightly delirious ; to quiver, be in a
state of tremulous agitation.
Ags. Used concerning persons under affliction, when the bodily
disease afi*ects the mind (Jam.).
Hence Flauntering, ppl. adj. quivering, trembling.
Abd. She . . . prest her flaunt'ring mou' upon her lips, Ross
Hihnorc ( 1768) 76 (Jam.).
2. To flinch, to falter in evidence or narration; to pre-
varicate or equivocate.
Abd. I downa fraise nor flanter. Still Collar's Sunday (1845)
173. Ags. (Jam.)
FLAUP, 56.' Yks. Also in form flope n.Yks.* [floup.]
Idle, meaningless, or empty talk; flippancy.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* All wind and flaup. ne.Yks.'
Hence (i) Flauping, (2) Flaupish, (3) Flaupy, ^r^'. given
to the practice of extravagant praise ; insincere, fawning.
(i)n.'5fks,' (2)n.Yks.'2 (31 n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.* ' A flaupy body,'
one with a fawning canting address.
FLAUP, V. and s6.* Wm. Yks. [fl9P.] 1. v. To
strike with something flexible.
w.Yks. They've a set day at Darfield flee catchin, an a bit a rare
good fun it is, for there they are wi ther henkichers an dusters
flaupin em dahn, Tom Treddlehoyle Bainisla Ann. (1872) 36;
Monny on 'em [beeasj hed flauped ther tails o' t'table, Yks. Wkly.
Post (_Oct. 17, 1896).
2. rejl. To drop down in a weary, idle fashion.
Wm. She wad flaup hersel doon intul a chair if t'hoose was lost
i' muck (,B,K.).
Hence Flauping, ppl. adj. clumsy, awkward-looking ;
flapping, flopping.
w.Yks. Wun a them great flaupin raandabaght hats at a yung
wumman hed on, Tom Treddlehoyle ZJ(ii>ns/a Ann. (1857) 46;
Wot na figur shoo maks hur sen, wearing that great flauping cap,
Rogers Nan Bunt (1839) 14 ; w.Yks.* A gret flaupin thing.
3. sb. A blow with a soft, flapping article.
w.Yks. Yo can just gie em a good flaup, if yo like, across t'shool-
ders, Tom Theddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1864'! 16.
FLAUR, sb. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A strong smell.
[A pron. of lit. E. flavour. Cf favoured.]
FLAURIE, sb. Cld. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A drizzle.
FLAUT, see Flaught, sb}
FLAUTCH, FLAUTER, see Fleech, v., Flaughter, v}
FLAYER, sA.' Irel. Lin. In form flavers N.I.'
[flev3(r.] Foam, froth, lather ; saliva.
N.I.' Lin. (Hall.); Lin.' This brown soap makes a deal of flaver.
FLAYER, sbP- Obs. Sc. The grey-bearded oat,
Avcna fatua.
Dmf. The grey awned oats, which were mostly in use in the
memory of old people, under the nameof the flaver, or Avena fatua,
Ai^ric. Surv. 198 (Jam.).
Flavour, s6. Obs. Ken.* Heat.
' The sun casts a great flavour'; others say — ' a great favour.'
FLAVOUR-PLANT, sb. War.^ The borage, Borago
ojfifinalis.
FLAVOURSOME, adj. Yks. fflSvarssm.] Having
a decided flavour or fragrance. n.Yks.*, m.Yks.'
FLAW, sb} Sc. Irel. Also Nrf. Dev. Cor. [fl?, fla.]
1. A sudden gust or blast of wind.
Sc. Skirling that gate like an auld skart before a flaw o' weather,
ScoTT Antiquary (1816) viii : The flaw came suddenly off shore,
ib. Pirate (1821 1 xxx. Fif. There was a sough, like flann or flaw.
As in he whihher'd throu' the wa', Tennant Papistry ,1827) 25.
Bwk. [The witches] left him wi' a flaw, Henderson Pop. Rhymes
FLAW
[390]
FLAWN
(1856 58 ; Shieldin' them closely frae winds cauld an' rude, An'
frae ilka flaw in the weather, Chisholm Poems (,1879) 74. Gall.
The wind coming in gusts and swirling flaws from every quarter,
Crockett Standard Bearer (1898) 259. n.Dev. D'ye mind? tha
flaw blawed to tha tallet. Rock /(jm an' Nell C1867) st. 125. Dev.,
Cor. A sudden gust of wind which comes overland, between the
hills unto the sea. The w'ord is in geii. use, but common in the
western counties. It is here a word of more frequent occurrence
than the thing it would e-xpress. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436. Cor.^
Hence Flaw-blown, adj. driven by a sudden gust or
blast of wind.
Ir. She took refuge in the doorway towards which the flaw-
blown puddles outside seemed to make incessant short rushes,
Barlow Idylls (1892) 94.
2. Fig. Rage, passion. Ags. (Jam.)
3. A storm of snow.
Ags. (Jam.) Frf. The falls of snow ... in this neighbourhood
called St. Causnan's flaw, Slatist. Ace. I. 422 (Jam.) ; Snow showers
in March are locally called ' St. Causlan's flaws.' The parish-church
of Dun-Nechtan, now Dunnichen, was dedicated to St. Causlan,
whose festival was held in March, N. & Q. (1850) ist S. i. 88.
4. pi. Intermittent sliowers.
Nrf. At night also there were flaws of rain, Longman's Mag.
(Nov. 1898). Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
[1. Expect rough seas, flaws, and contrary blasts, T.
Browne Christian Morals (c. 1660) in Wks., ed. Wilkins,
III. 88 ; A flawe off wynde out of the northeste, Tindale
(1526) Acts xxvii. 14. Norw. dial, flaga, a gust of wind,
squall, storm (Aasen).]
FLAW, sA.2 Sh.andOr.I. An extent of 'ley ' or land
under grass ; a broad ridge. S. & Ork.S Or.I. (Jam.)
FLAW, sb.^ Cor Also in forms flaa, vla(a Cor.^^
[fl9, fia.] The colic in cattle, produced by their eating too
much green food. Cor.'
Hence Flaad, adj. of cattle : puffed out with flatulency
from eating too much green food. Cor.'^
FLAW, sA.* Sc. In phr. /■><; or fiery flaw, the sting
ray, Raia Pastiuaca. Sibb. Scot. 23 (Jam.).
FLAW, sb.^ and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms flaa S. & Ork.' Nhb.' Lakel.^ ne.Lan.'; flah
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks.' [fl§, fla.] L s6. A thin layer of
turf or peat cut for fuel.
Sh.I. The wood of the roof is first covered with thin turf called
* pones ' or ' flaas,' and afterwards thatched with straw, Edmonston
Sh.I. (1809) II. 28 (Jam.); After the wooden rafters have been
laid, they are roofed with what are provincially called flaas. Flaas
are compact vegetable layers, consisting of the short fibres of
mossy or heathy roots closely interwoven with each other, Hib-
BERT Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 21, ed. 1891 ; S. & Ork.' Rxb. A flaw o'
peats, the quantity cast and spread during the season (Jam.) ;
What flaws o' peats they've casten, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1811)
161 (i4.). n.Cy. (^Hall.); Grose (1790. Nhb.>, LakeL^ Wm.
To grave flaws, to dig peat (E.C.). w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves
(1781); Willan List IVds. {1811); (R.H.H); w.Yks.Ms yawer
Tom Strang enif to grave flahs ! ii. 288. ne.Lan.'
Hence (i) Flaw-moss, sb. moss on which peats are
spread to dry ; (2) -peat, sb. especially soft, light, spongy
peat.
(i) Edb. To amuse himself by showing what he could produce
from such a barren subject : almost entirely' consisting of a deep
flaw moss, Pennecuik JKis. (1715) 171, ed. 1815; He expended
much labour and expence in endeavouring to reclaim the flaw moss,
ib. (2) Sc. Walker Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. II. 9 (Jam.).
2. The place in a moss where peats are spread to dry.
Sh.I. It is also enacted that none contemptuously pasture upon,
rive flaws, cut floss [rushes], or cast peats in their neighbour's
scattald, Hibbert Desc. Sh.I. (1822) 199, ed. 1891. Rxb. The
space of ground on the bank of a moss, on which a person spreads
his peats, that they may be dried during the summer (Jam.),
3. A joiner's cut nail or brad. Nhb.'
4. The point of a horse-nail broken off by the smith,
after it has passed through the hoof. Fif (Jam.)
5. A failure, blunder ; an injury, accident.
e.Lth. Through Leslie's flaw At Prestonpans we made it square,
MucKLEBAcKiT Rhymes (1885) 18. Edb. I cam hame without a
flaw, LiDDLE /'oems (iSei) 229.
e. A falsehood, lie, fib.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. Per. Sae tell me, but [withoutl
a flaw. If you can love, NicoL Poems (1766) 27. Rnf. They tauld
sic flaws An' wantit to mak' black o' white, Picken Poems (1813)
II. 81 ; Sodgers may shoot. . . Or ye wad shrink, or yield a flaw,
Webster Rhymes (.1835) 8. Lnk. That clatteran Madge, my titty,
tells sic flaws, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725) 66, ed. 1783.
7. V. To skin, flay. Also usedy?^.
Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.' Sur.' All the shepherd said when they told
him some more of the lambs were dead — ' then there'll be a lot more
for me to flaw, I reckon.' ' I've got a very bad cold, almost as if
I was flawed, so sore.' Sus. A hedgehog was flawed and the skin
dried, Stapley Diary in Sus. Arch. Coll. XXIII. 71.
8. To cut or pare peat moss.
Sh.I. I cam alang wir GrOnikle banks, daa, an' if doo's flaain'
dem a' lack yon, doo's edder tryin' ta hain da mester's property . . .
or dan doo's intendin' wis ta hae a puir year's firin'. Doo spaeks
as if I'd niver flaan banks afore, Sh. News (May 7, 1898) ; Is doo
been fla-in da bank, boy ? Bltrgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 43.
Hence Flawing spade, s6. a short spade used for cutting
or paring the top turf or peat.
Wm. Trans. Assoc. XIII. pt. ii. 266.
9. To strip or ' flay ' the bark from timber.
Stf.' Ken.' I told him to goo down into de wood flawin', and
he looked as iho' he was downright flabbergasted. Sur.' Sus. To
go tan-flawing is to be employed stripping the bark oflT the trees,
Montiily Pkl. (1874) 180. e.Sus. Holloway. [Some of the men
in spring went off into the woods to ' flawing,' i.e. to barking the
oak which is thrown in May, Jefferies Hdgrw. (1889) 114.]
Hence (i) Flawing, vbl. sb. the act of stripping the bark
off timber ; (2) Flawing season, phr. the time when oaks
are felled so that the barks may be easily stripped off.
(i) Sus. Sumwhiles a dey's turmut hoein, an othersum a dey's
tan flawin, Jackson Southward Ho (1894) I. 251 ; The whole of
the work gees by the name of flawing. Heath Eng. Peas. (1893)
183 ; Sus.' He's got a job of tan-flawing. (2; Ken. The oaks are
all cut in the flawing season, for the bark of all sizes, Reports Agnc.
(1793-1813I 97.
10. To lie, fib; to cheat, defraud.
s.Sc. To flaw away, to magnify in narration (Jam.). Lnk. Dinna
flaw. Tell o'er your news again, and swear tiU't a', Ramsay Gentle
Ship. ',,1725) 41, ed. 1783. Edb. If a chiefs thae stomach flaws. An'
in great want, Liddle Poems (1821) 81.
[1. Norw. dia\.jlaa (also jlo), a layer, covering (Aasen).]
FLAWBERING, adj w.Yks.= Also written flaubering.
Wide, sprawling ; clumsy, awkward. Cf. flabber.
It is said of a dress with a large pattern upon it that it has a great
flawbering pattern.
FLAWK, sb. Not. [fl9k.] A flake.
s.Not. A few flawks o' snow (J.P.K.).
FLAWKIT, ppl. adj Bnff. (Jam.) White in the flanks,
a term applied to cattle.
FLAWM(-, see Flam, sb.^, Fla'wn.
FLAWMONT, sb. Rnf. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] A narrative, story. Cf. flam, s6.'
FLAWN, 56. Sc. n.Cy.Yks.Lin. Also Dev. Alsowritten
flaun N.Cy.^n.Yks.'^m.Yks.' Lin.'; flauneSc; and in forms
flam Dev. ; flawm- w.Yks. ; flome-, flone- w.Yks.^ [^90)
flan ; flom.] 1. A custard, baked in paste.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; Bailey (1721) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.'' As flat as a
!\aun, Prov. n.Yks.'^-t, m.Yks.' -w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Sitppl. (Uar.
I, 1884) 8; Watson Hist. Hl/.i: (1775) 537; w.Yks." A custard
made in a raised paste. [The feast was over, the board was cleared,
The flawns and the custards had all disappeared, Barham Ingotdsby
(ed. 1840) 38.]
2. Coiitp. (i) Flaun-pot, a custard-pot; (2) Flawm-pot,
a bowl ; a milk-bowl ; (3) Flome- or Flone-pot, a small
earthenware pan.
(i) Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) (2) w.Yks. Han' us that
flawm-pot f J. H.G.) ; Hamilton A'K^nfiiV. (1841)351. (3) w.Yks.*
3. A village feast, at which 'flawns' or custards were
procurable.
Lin. Nettleham Flawn (J.T.F.); Brookes Tracts Gl.; Lin.' I
shall go to Thorpe flaun this year.
4. A pancake.
Sc. He that is hanged in May will eat no flaunes in Midsummer,
ScoTT.i466o/ (1820) xxxiii. n.Yks.^ w.Yks. As flat as a flaun, Proy.
in Brighouse I^'ews Qu\y 23, 1887". Dev. florae Subseavae (1777) 155.
[1. Flans, flawns, custards, Cotgr. OFr. flaon, see
HatzI'Eld (s.v. Flan).\
FLAWP
[391]
FLAY
FLAWP, {'. and sb. Lakel. Yks. Lin. Also written
flaup Will. n.Yks.'* s.Lin.; and in forms flope m.Yks.'
w.Yks.^*; flowp m.Yks.' [flpp-] 1. i'- To go about
vulgarlyaiidostcntatioiislj' dressed or in an untidy manner.
Lakel"^ Klavipen aboot fiae moornin' ta neet, nivver wesht ner
nowt. m.Yks.' w.Ylts.^ ' Shoo goas floaping abart, here, there,
an' ivvrywhcar ,' mixing in every sort of company. sw.Lin.' An
awkward slovenly person, who is said to go ' flawping about.'
Hence (il Flauping, or Floping, adj. (a) sliowy, over-
dressed, vulgarly ostentatious in dress; (b) flippant, for-
ward, given to levity ; (2) Flaupish, adj., see Flauping («) ;
(3) Flawpy, adj. idle, foolish.
(1,0) n.Yks.' w.Yks.3; w.Yks.s A girl with bonnet trimmings
of gay, flying ribbons has it ' trimm'd i' a floaping waay.' (6)
w.Yks. I knew hiir in hur yaathful days, A forrud flawpin slut,
Preston Poems (1864) 17; Shoo's a silly flaupin thing. Banks
IVkJld. JVds. (1865) ; w.Yks.^ Moving about to draw attention, or
with clothes not properly arranged. 1^2) n.Yks.'* (3) n.Lin.'
2. sb. An awkward, slovenly person ; an idle, slatternly
woman. Cen. in pi. form.
Lakel. 2 A gurt idle llaup. m.Yks.', w.Yks.^ Lin. Streat-
FEiLD Lin. and Dimes (1884) 328. n.Lin.'.sw.Lin.'.s.Lia iT.H.R.)
FLAX, sb.^ Irel. Lin. Shr. Dor. Som. Also in form
vlex w.Som.' 1. In coiiip. (i) Flax -jobbers, men who
undertake to cultivate, gather, and sell the flax-crop of a
farmer ; (2) -men, men who rent land for a single season
for the purpose of growing flax ; men who work flax ; (3)
-pit, a deep pool in which flax is ' watered,' or steeped ;
(4) -ripple, a comb with large iron teeth through which
flax is drawn to remove the bolls or seeds; (5) -shop,
a building or shed in which flax was formerly ' dressed,'
or hackled.
(i) Dor. The management of flax is not thoroughly understood
by any except professed flax-jobbers, Marshall Review (18 !■;) V.
274. (2) n.Lin.l Let it to flaxmen at ^3 or £^ per acre, Young
Agric. (1799^ 197. (3) w.Som.* In this district, where flax used to
be grown in large quantities, nearly every farm has its vlex-pit
[vlek-s-put]. (4) N.I.i (s) w.Som.l Vlek--shaup.
2. The common whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea.
Slir. Swainson Birds (1885) 23 ; Shr.'
FLAX, 5^.* and v. Som. Dev. Also in forms flex
n.Dev. ; vlax Dev. ; vlex w.Som.' Dev. nw.Dev.' [vlsks,
vleks.] \. sb. The hair or fur of an animal, when de-
tached from the skin ; fo//cc/. hares, rabbits, ground-game.
Cf flick, sb?
w.Som.' Dev. They poachers bin at et again ! Lukee zee tu
Iha vlax in thease yer trap, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Vlex or
veather [ground or wing game], /ff/>o/7s ProwHf. (1889). n.Dev.
Rabbits' 'flex' is always found in a wood owl's nest. Jefferies /?f(/
Deer (1884) x. nw.Dev.' [Their mouths were full of the flex,
Scott XVaverley (1814I Append. II. ed. 1829.]
2. V. Of an animal : to wound, take off the fur, scatter
the fur by shooting.
w.Som.' Yuur uur wai'nt au'n ! uur viekst urzuul' gwai'n driie
dheeuz yuur gee-ut [Here she went on ! she flaxed herself going
through this gate]. 1 zeed thick hare was a-vlext, but I did'n reckon
you'd a-kill'd'n. Dev. Thick rabbit was a-vlex ter'ble ; I count '11
die, Repoiis Proviiic. 1^1884) 35; I know I hat un, for I vlax un,
ib. (1889V
FLAXEN, adj. Obs. Dev. Also in form flexen. In
comp. Flaxen-egg. an abortive egg, an egg of which the
shell is not properly formed.
A flaxen egg, an egg laid before the shell is properly formed,
Horae Subsecivae (1777) 155 ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
FLAXEN, V. Lei. Nhp. [flaeksan.] To beat, thrash,
in allusion to the beating of flax.
Lei.' Ah followed 'im up, an' flaxened him well. Nhp.' Your
master will flaxen you well, if you're so idle.
FLAXTAIL, sb. Ken. The reed-mace, Typha lati-
foUa. (B. & H.)
FLAY, v} and sb> Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Also in forms fla e.Yks.' w.Yks. ; flaah w.Yks. ;
flaay w.Yks.5 ; flae Sc.(Jam. Siippl.) Wni. w.Yks.; flee
Sc. n.Yks.*: fley Sc. n.Cy. Nhb.' e.Dur.' s.Dur. Cum.^
n.Yks.' w.Yks.5 Lan.' ; flie Sc. ; fly Sc. N.I.' ; flye Sc.
[fle, flea, flJ.] L Gram, forms. 1. Prf/mA- : (i) Flaed,
(2) Flaet, (3) Flayed, (4) Field, (5) Fleyed, (,6j Fley't.
(i) Wm. Ther was an auld woman in a bed . . . that flaed us
sadly, Southev Doctor (ed. 1848) 560. (2) Wm. Thae naarly flaet
ma ta deeath. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 33. (3) Wm. 'Twas here
the Danes a standard stuck, . . An flay'd poor Britons nar to death.
Whitehead Lyvtnitel (1859 1 6. w.Yks. He flayed me (S.O.A.).
n.Lan. They flayed me tebbly [terribly] (G.W.). (4) Frf. His
masterful look fleid me, Barrie Toinniy (1896) x. (5) Sc. He
fley'd the schule bairns, Donald Poems (1867) 6a. Abd. Down
came crowdy, cakes, and kail. And fley'd the weean's baith, Cock
Strains (1810) I. 107. Lnk. She fley'd the kimmers ane and a',
Ramsay PofW5(i72i) 121. Dmf. He fleyed to tak a wife, Shennan
Tales (,1831) 61. Lan. An' that's what fleyed me so, Waugh
Hermit Cobbler, iii. [6) Lnk. I fley't her wi' my daffin, Hamilton
Poems (1865) 52.
2. pp.{i) Flaad, (2) Flaayed, (3) Flaayn, (4) Flade, (5)
Flaed, (6) Flaete, (7I Flaid, (8) Flaide, (9) Flain, (10)
Flait, (11) Flate, (12) Flayed, (13) Flayet, (14) Flayt, (15)
Flayte, (16) Flead, (17) Fleat, (18) Fleayed, (ig) Fleed,
(20) Fleet, (21) Fleid, (22) Fleyed, (23) Fleyt, (24)Flied,(25)
Fliet, (26) Flyed. [For further instances see II below.]
(i) n.Yks. Sha was a'most flaa'd to deeath, Munby Ferses {186$)
60. w.Yks.5 Ye' re flaad ah put a bit o' better sort o' leather, 33.
(2) Yks. You tak' me to all sorts of murderin' hoiles, and then I
mustna be flaayed, Fetherston T. Goorkrodger (z8jo) $t. w.Yks.^
He ommast flaayed muh to death ! (3) w.Yks. ^ Flaayn out o' his
wits. (4) Wm. Like a hen 'et's been flade off its nest, Wilson
Lile Bit ev a Siig. 98. ne.Yks. Ah war sadly flade, Nelson Bilsdale
Dial. (1831) 12. (5) Wm. When thae com an leaked what a
fearful wae it wes ower . . . thae wer flaed. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt.
iii. 3. w.Yks. Being eager-like to see what had flaed her, Snowden
IVcb of Weaver (1896) i. (6) Wm. A wes terble flaete, Spec. Dial.
(1885) pL iii. 3. (7) n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.) ; N Cy.* Nhb. She's
flaid te deeth, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 9 ; Nhb.' Dur. She's
sometimes flaid to wade the watter, Denham Tracts (ed. 18921 I. 71.
n.Yks.* e.Yks. Ah's flaid 'at ah sud be deead beeat, Wray Nestleton
(1876) 41. w.'Sfks. Ah'm noan flaid o' thee (J.T.) ; w.Yks.' I'se
flaid it'l turn out to be t'shakken, ii. 286 ; w.Yks.*, e Lan.' (8)
n.Cy. (K.), w.Yks.' (9) w.Yks.' Pronounced flaan. Nobbud wants
sticking up tul — he's soin flaan mun ! (10) Cum. He's flait o' nout,
RiTSON Borrowdate Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867)311. Wm.
Ise flait Ise be ower late (B.K.). (11) Cum. Is flale thoo'll git thy
deith o' cauld, Richardson Talk 1^1871)68, ed. 1876. Wm. We
began to be flate, Southey Z)ofto)-(ed. 1848)561. n.Yks. (R.H.H.)
(12) N.Cy.' Aw's flayed. Nhb. I'se flayed it's over true, Clare
Love of Lass (i8go) I. 29. Dur.' Wm. A man at wur sadly flayd
with a boggart like a coaf, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 39, ed. 1821.
n.Yks. Ah's flay'd he'll get grahmd wi' t'seeame stick, Tweddell
Clevel. Riiymes(i8-!~i) g; n.Yks.^, e.Yks.' w.Yks. What's t'flayed
at' (W.F.); w.Yks.'s Lan. Don't be flayed, Westall Bi)t/« ZJfKC
(1889) I. 305. ne.Lan. I geet too much brimstone i' j-on fire hale
to be flayed at what yo' say is reserved, Mather /dylls{i8g^) i85.
(i3)s.Sc. Wadyenohaebeen flayet yersel'? Cunningham BroowiiV-
burn Sketdies (1894) viii. (14) Cum. 1 was flayt they wad hinder
fwok hear aw the speeching, Bla.mire -Pof/. U'ks. (ed. 1842) 217.
Wm. When I's fairly flayt te feeace the', EowNESs5te(//fs(i868) 41.
(15) Cum. The sheep . . . seem to be flayte and restless, Cornh.
Mag. (Oct. 1890) 383. Lan.' 1 was flayte o' missin' t'train. Barber
Forness Flk. (1870) 16. (16) Edb. If I may judge by your flea'd
look Ye're a notorious sinner, Forbes Poems (1812) 55. (17)
w.Yks.* (18) Cum. 'Most fleayed to deeth (J. Ar.). (19) Sc. I said,
dear damsel, be na fleed, T. Scott Poems (1793) 377. Lnk. Lying
in a man's bed, I'm fleed it mak me eerie yet. Black /"n/Zs of Clyde
(1806) 129. Slk. Be neither flee'd nor eerie, Hogg Poems (ed.
1865) 271. (20) Lnk. Let's ne'er be flee't, Ramsay Poems (1721)
205. (21) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Frf. My Father was
fleid he would curse me, Barrie Minister (i8gi} iv. Lnk. They
skelpt me when woodly fleid, Ramsay Gentle Sliep. (1725) 120, ed.
1783. (22) Sc. He was mair fleyed than hurt, Ramsay Prov.
(1737). Bch. I wis fley'd that she had taen the wytenon- fa, Forbes
Jrn. (1742) 17. Frf. Young man, dinna be fleyed o' nervishness,
Inglis Am Flk. (1895) 211. Ayr. My name is Death, But be na
fley'd, Burns Death and Dr. Hornbook (1785) st. 9. Edb. I'm
fley'd that yon daft coof Maun thole the Bailie's yammer. New
Year's Morning {i-;g2) 13. Gall. The yin that he fleyed, Crockett
Sunbonnct (1895) xxiv. Wgt. They were gey fleyed, Fraser
Wigtown {i8t^) 2gg. w.Yks. Shoo worthat fleyed fJ.T.F.). Lan.
Fleyed o' gettin a brokken creawn, C1.Z0G Sketches (1895) 56;
Mebby ye're fleyed o't bein' deun too soon, Waugh Rambles Lake
Cy. (i85i) 186. (231 Abd. The tithertwa they war fley't till try ava,
Alexander Johnny Gibb \i8-ji) xviii. Rnf. I'm fley't some day I'll
FLAY
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get a tumble. Young Pictures (1865) 170. Dnif. I'm fleyt tae
begin, Reid Poems (1894) 47. (24, 25) N.I.' (26) Kcd. O never
. . . wis I sae flyed, Grant Lays ;i884) 104. Frf. Right fly'd was
I, MoBisoN Poems (1790) 9. w.Sc. He didna looli the least fl^ed
for't, Macdonald Selllcment (1869) 62, ed. 1877.
II. Dial, meanings. 1. v. To put to flight, frighten
aw&y, gen. with away, off, out; also useA fig.
Sc. Lie mouldering banes in sandy graves That fley my peace
awa', Scon Miiiitrelsj (1802) IV. 310, ed. 1848. Abd. She's near-
han' fley't Mull o' Meadaple an' 's wife oot o' the Kirk, Ale.xander
ytiit Flk. fi882) 179. Fif. Fleyin' aff the frost an' snaw, Douglas
Poems (1806) 57. Rnf. We lay the luggie to our lips, And flye our
cares awa, Webster Rhymes (1835) 128. Ayr. Our wunnocks
shall . . . fley awa the cluds o' nicht, Goldie Poems (1822) 120.
Lnk. Flie the frost, Ramsay Fo«»s (1721) 19. Lth. What is this that
...dej'smy peace o'mind awa'? BallantinePo«hs(i856 ,204. Edb.
To fley the frost awa', and to.ast my taes, Fergusson Poems (,1773)
109, ed. 1785 : Flee a rebel's heart into his hose, Pennecuik Wks.
(17151 341, ed. 1815. Gail. Frost an' snaw. . . were fleyed aw.a',
Harper Bards (ed. 1889I 225. Dmf. John . . . fley'd like rooks The
boys awa, May.ne Siller Gun (1808) 99. Nhb. Thou's flay'd away
thy sammun troot, Midford Coll. Sags. (1818) 38. Cum. It wanted
t'flay ma away, Christian Mason's Ghost Story (1880') 9. Wm.
Like a hen 'et's been flade off its nest, Wilson Lite Bit ev a Sng.
98. n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Wind ul flai fleez of od 'oses 'ecd [the wind
will drive away the flies from the horse's head] iMiss A."). w.Yks.^
Flaay that dog awaay. Lan. Flays the cuckoo awaj*, Harland &
Wilkinson Beg. (1873") 232.
2. To frighten, scare, terrify. See Flegr, v} 1.
Sc. A wee thing fleys cowards, Ramsay Prov. (1737'). Bnff.
Head me, or hang me. That winna fley me, Gordon Chron. Keith
(1880' 303. Abd. I've almost tumbled ower my seat. An' fle^-cd
my father, OGG/F(7//'cfF<i/vi 1873) 88. Kcd. Drink this glaisso'bitters
. . . an' binna fleyd, Grant /.rrys ^1884) 42. Frf. Eneugh to fley puir
foukto deid, BEATTiE^'n;/;rt (c. 1820) 12, ed. 1882. Fif. I was fley'd
ye might be scarred [scared], Douglas Pofms (1806) 83. Rnf.
Letnae their flirds an'flylin'flee ye, PiCKEN Poems 1813)1.46. /yr.
Fleyin' the puir deeviis wi' hell, the same as if he had been born in't.
Hunter S/m/iVs^ 1870) 148. Lnk. I feigned to besair fleyed, Mother-
well S//^.( 1827). e.Lth.I'mowerauld-farrantto be fleyed forwirry-
cows, Hunter J. Biwiik (1895I 79. Edb. Ye maun stride O'er
cutty-stool, and sair be fley'd, Liddle Poems (1821) 27. Slk. I'm
amaist fleyed out o' my wits, Hogg Tales (1838) 185, ed. 1866.
Dmf. We fley Daddy Care wi' a royal glee, Reid Poems (1894)
97. Gall. Ye think it clever to fley a wheen silly weemen folk,
Crockett Raiders (1894) v. n.Cy. (K.); You've come to fley,
said she, and I've come to fley, let's baith fley thegither, Denham
Tracts (ed. 1895 II. 251 ; N.Cy.'^ Nhb. Eneugh at sic a time te
flay Poor folks, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 50; He flays the
bairns — glifl's weak-kneed men, Proudlock Borderland Mnse (1896)
204 ; NUb.i Dur. Gibson 6'/>-fFra;(/(i/(; G/. (1870I ; Dur.' e.Dur.i
Lad, dinna fley the galloway. s.Dur. A' can tell tha a' was fl.ayed
(J.E.D.). Cum. Fit to flay folk (M.P.) ; Cum.3 Fleyin' a bird's no
the gate to grip it. 'Wm. He wad flay aiild Nick, he's seea ugly
(B.K.) ; Fit to flaeyan ta decath, Clarke T Reysh Beearin (1865) 3,
ed.1872. s.'Wm.(J.A.B.) n.Yks.(R.H.H.);n.Yks.i;n.Yks.2It'slitto
flay ought wick [to frighten anythingalive]. ne.Yks.' Why isn't your
brother at school? — Pleeas Sir, he's flaain creeaks. e.Yks. He hez
neea business te flay fooaks oot o' the'r wits, V^ray Nestleton (1876)
253; Marshall Riir. Ecoh. (1788); e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.
He had used to flae us when we were lads with reckoning to raise
Beelzebub in an old hay-loft, Snowden IVeb of Weaver (1896) iv ;
Banks Wkjld. IVds. (1865I ; w.Yks.'; w.Yks.^ This house does
flay me ; w.Yks.^^ ; w.Yks. ^ Th'art fleying himagean then. Lan.
Th' pranks 'at it's played abeawt this plaze 'ud flay ony wick soul
to yer tell on, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore 1,1867) 62 ; Lan.',
n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.'
Hence (i) Flayed, (a) ppl. adj. frightened, scared,
timorous, afraid ; Jig. shy, abashed, astonished ; (b) coiij. ;
(cj sb. in \>hT.forJlaiii, for fear that ; (2) Flayed-buzzard, sA.
a coward, a timorous, frightened person ; (3) Flayedly
(or Flately, Fliedlie), adv. timorously, timidly ; (4) Flay-
ing (or Flaaen, Flain, Flayan), sb. la) a fright; Cb)
an apparition, ghost, hobgoblin, a terrifying object ; (5)
Flaying-boggle (or Fleeing-boggle), .si. a kite having a
lighted lantern at the tail ; (6) Flaysome, adj. (a) fearful,
terrifying, frightful ; also used at/vb. ; (/;) frightened,
terrified ; (7) Flaysomelie, adv. frightfully ; (8) Flay-
someness, sb. frightfulness.
(i, a) Sc. Of fli/yit persons, Ray Prov. (1678) 373. Ayr. He is
like a fleyed body, Dickson JVritiiigs {1660) I. 66, ed. 1845. Lnk.
Auld Louie faith seems gayen fleed, MuiR Minstrelsy (1816) 45.
e.Lth. Like fley'd sheep, they ran awa', Mucklebackit Rhymes
(1885) 18. Edb. If I may judge by your flea'd look, Ye're a
notorious sinner, Forbes Poems (1812) 55. Dmf. Puir ghaistie
crap behin' a wa'. The seemin' fleytest o' the twa, Quinn Heather
(1863) 228. Gall. Though neither fley'd, nor cauld, nor wat,
Nicholson Poel. IVks. (1814) 43, ed. 1897. N.I.' n.Cy. A flaid
fule, Grose (1790) ; N.Cy,' ; N.Cy .2 A flaid coxcomb. Nhb.',
Dur.' Cum. Joe set off whyte narvish an' flate, Farrall Betty
U'Uson (1886) 22 ; 'Lush ! aa was flate,' said a youtli on his first
entrance into London (M.P.). n.Yks.3, e.Yks.' w.Yks. (J.C.) ;
(R.H.R.); w.Yks.'2, e.Lan.' (i) w.Yks. Sup it na flead it sad get
koud [drink it now for fear it should become cold] (J.W.). (c)
n.Yks. For flaid she git some waiter before she cleen, Meriton
Praise Ale (1684I 1. 9. (2) Cum. A person afraid to go into any
dark place, or attempt anything hazardous, Hutchinson Hist. Cum.
(1794I I. 450. Yks. He's a regular flaad buzzard, "Yks. Life and
Character, zo^. w.Yks. A yo' flayed buzzard ! darn't touch a spider,
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. i, 1893). (3) Sc. Leslie Hist. Sc. (ed.
1885) pt. i. 125 (Jam. Suppl.). Cum. Mebby rayder flaytly at
t boddam.DicKiNSONyocGfo/. (1866) Suppl. 5; Cum.^ When t'stars
come few an flately efterweering oot day-leeght, 46. (4, a) n.Yks. ^
I gat a sair flaying. e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.) (i) N.Cy.' Cum.^
He could not stay in his house, there was a flayan in it. 'Wni.
(E.C.) ; She sed ther worflayinoathor fells. Wheeler Dial. (1790)
42, ed. 1821. n.Yks. (R.H.H.) w.Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add.
l,C.); Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl. Lan. Was t'flay in as
big as a man ? Eavesdropper lull. Life (1869) 64. ne.Lan.' (5)
n.Yks.2 (6, a) Fif. There never was in Fife but doubt Sic fleysome
warriors seen, Tennant Papistry (1827I 97. e.Fif. I . . . faun'
mysel' in a fleesome plicht, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864 "i xvii. Rnf.
To flit I'm flcesom lazy. Young Pictures (1865) 158; His ghaist,
a fleesome grim ane, Clark Rhymes (1842) 33. Ayr. He writes
books, gi'es some o' them fleysome names, Hunter Studies (1870')
193. Lnk, Sair 1 rue this mark sae blue. It looks sae fleesome waff,
Rodger Poems (1838) 24, ed. 1897. Rxb. Calling him a fleysome
body, J. Carlyle Memorials (1835) I. 51. Dmf. Every now and
then at e'en Some fleysome things were heard orseen,SHENNAN7rt/f5
(1831) 78. Gall. The road was short . . . But there were fleysome
parts amang, Nicholson Tales (1843) 122. N.L', N.Cy.' Nhb.'
The plantin's that dark it's real flaysome. Cum. It was gitten fairly
flaysum, he hed sec a set o' gud teeth, Farrall Betty Wilson {1886)
96; Cum.^ T'lwoan ligs dark atween its banks — a flaysome rwoad
to gang, 63. n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ A flaysome bais. ne.Yks.',m.Yks.'
w.Yks. Shoe cannot last long, shoe's ferly flaysome (F.P.T.);
w.Yks. '3 Lan. It's a flaysome spot i' t'dead time o' t'neet, Waugh
Jannock (1874) vi ; Lan.', e.Lan.' (i) Nhb.' What a leulc ye he',
aa felt flaysome at ye. w.Yks. She was so ill, he got quite flaysome
about her, Yksman. XXXVI. 662. (7, 8) Cld. (Jam.)
3. Comp. (i) Flay-babby, terrifying, fit to frighten a baby ;
(2) -bairn, an ugly visage, a mask; (3) -boggard, an appari-
tion, hobgoblin ; an object of terror ; (4) -boggle, (a) see
•boggard ; (b) a scarecrow ; fig. a badly-dressed person,
a ridiculous object ; (5) -boh, (6) -crake (or -creeake,
-cruke, -krake), (7) -crow, (8) -scarl, see -boggle (6).
( I) Lan. A rough fley-babby sort of a voice, d-L^oc Sketches(\8cj^,.
(2) n.Yks.' (3) w.Yks.' Lan. Mi Uncle Jeffry were a reglar flcy-
boggard to th' witches, Standing feAoes (1885) 24. (4, n) n.Yks.',
ne.Yks.' (6) n.Yks.l2,m.Yks.', w.Yks.s (5)n.Yks.2 (6) n.Yks.',
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall /?«»-. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.', m.Yks.' (7)
\.Cy.' Nhb. They've stuck that flay-craw on the stick, Tyneside
Sngs. {i8-]2) 362; Nhb.', Dur.', s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Cum. It leuk't
likest a flay crow iv owt 'at I could compare'! teu, Richardson
70/4(1871) 31, ed. 1876; Thoo'll be takkin' ta the heels if thoo ivver
sees a fla-cro', Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) gi ;Cum.' 'Wra. Sick
falalthermant es that fer an aald body like me ; meeakan sick flae
craes oyan, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 20. n.Yks. '2, ne.Yks.' w.Yks.
Iftha wants to makaflaycrow on ma say soa. Hartley Clock Aim,
{ 1884) 7; w.Yks.' Flackerin about like flay- craws, ii. 299; w.Yks,^^
Lan. Come in, tha thin-ribbed fleycrow! Clecg Sketches {18^5) 167.
Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' (8) Cum.'
4. To be afraid, frightened, to fear. See Fleg, w.' 2.
Abd. Ane that's drunk will aft commit a crime He'd fley to think
of ony ither time, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 43. Dmf. He fleyed to
tak a wife, Shennan Tales (1831) 61.'
5. Fig. To warm slightly, take the chill off, gen. in phr. /o
fay the cold off.
Sc. To fley a bottle of beer or any other liquor (Jam.). w.Yks.
A flood koud of dv 3 kweat a milk for ini (J.W.) ; w.Yks.' ^
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e. sb. A fright, scnre ; fear, affright, csp. in phr. /o tak
floy, to be panic-stricken. See Fleg, sb.'^ 3.
Sc. Wha rin Irae the shout, \vi' an tmco fley, Allan Lills (1874)
365 ; But baulilly then shook otTtheir ll.iy, Andeuson Poems (1813)
80 (Jam.^i ; Timorous I'owk tak (lay, ib. 121. Dnif, And he wlio
got sac sair a (ley VVIien riding hame the tither way, Shennan T<iles
(1831"! 73. Gall. Managed to give the deil a bit lley, Ckockftt
Cleg Kelly (legb"! l.w. Nhb. The burd sits mopin' on the balk Like
something iv a flay, Allan Tynesiile Stigs. (ed. i8gi1 265; Nhb.'
Cum. And luiked as he had gotten a flaj', Anderson Balla<ls (cd.
iSoB) 104 ; Oor heroes gat a parlish (lay, Richardson Talk (.1871)
87, ed. 1876.
Hence Flayfu', adj. frightful, fearful, dreadful.
Sc. A llcefu' hen' will rise at j'our feet, Edb. Mag. (July i8ig")
537 (Jam.") ; He held his richt han' ower us, crunan out some
fleyfu' words, ib. (Sept. 1818) 155. Rnf. The swarms engag'd wi'
fleefu' din, Picken Poems (1813) II. 94.
[II. 1. Radour ran hame full fleyit and forchaist,
Douglas Ki>ig Hart (c. 1505), ed. 1874, 1. 94. OE. (Angl.)
/legan, WS. flygan (in a/lygait), to put to flight ; ON.
fleygja.]
FLAY, f.' and sb? Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf Shr.
Hrf. Glo. e.An. Sur. Also in forms flae Sc. (Jam.) ; flea
w.Yks. Chs.8; flee Chs.' ; fley s.Chs.' [fli, flea, fli.] 1.
V. In comb. (1) Flay-a-flint, stingy, mean. Nrf. ( A.G.F.) ;
(2) -a-load, a superlatively mean person, one who would
do anything for gain. Fif (Jam.)
2. Phr. to be able to flay the devil and eat his broth, said of
a very hungry person. e.Suf (F.H.)
3. Fig. Of the wind, cold, &c. : to make the skin sore,
to cut.
w.Yks. [Of a cold wind] It's fit to (lay one, Lucas Stud. Nidcicr-
dale (c. 1882") CI. Sur.' [March flings, April fleyes, Swainson
IVeather Flk-Lore {l&^i^ 59.]
4. To pare the turf off grass or moss-land. Cf flaw, v. 8.
S. & Ork.' To pare ofT the surface of moss3' ground before the
subsoil is dug for peats. ne.Lan.', Chs. '3, s.Chs.', Shr,'^, Glo.'
Hence (i) Flay-spade, sb. an instrument used in paring
turf; (2) Flaying, vbl. sb. the act of paring turf; (3)
Flayingshovel, (4) -spade, sb., see Flay-spade.
(I) Cum. Now grund up a (lay-speadd to cut toppin peat,
Dickinson Ch<«6>-. (1875) 223 ; Cum.' (2) Sh. I. When the natives
are assembled to cast their peats, their first object is to pair [pare]
off the vegetating moss ; this is always called flaying the moss,
HiBBERT £'fsc.SA./.(i822) 179, ed. 1891. Chs. ' Fleaing of ground,'
paring oflf the turf to burn and improve the land (K.). (3) s.Chs.'
A sort of plough with a single long handle like a spade driven by
the hand (s.v. Push-pIoo\ (4) w.Yks. Some new . . . shafts for
t'fleaing spades, Lucas Slnd. Niddeydale (c. 1882) v. Shr.' The
flaying-spade is about nine inches broad and three inches deep ;
it is slightly curved and 'dishing' in shape. The handle, which
is about four feet in length, is made of a rude stick naturally formed
for adaptation to the purpose of working the implement, that
is, after the manner of a 'breast plough.'
5. Of milk : to skim, take off the floating part.
w.Yks. (J.T.); Obsol., Leeds Merc. Suftpl. (Jan. 3, i8gi).
6. sb. A skin. Fif. (Jam. s. v. Flae). [Not known to
our correspondents.]
7. A part of a plough ; an instrument used in digging ;
see below.
Stf. An iron earth-board firmly screwed to the coulter, Marshall
/?«/i«f (1814) IV. 37 ; A trench is dug with a flay, in which all weeds
are put as the digger goes along ; a second trench is dug very
deep, this earth filling the first trench and covering the weeds
(T.C.W.I. Shr.' It goes before the coulter, and pares off the
surface of the ground, turning it under the furrow which the plough
makes, and so burying grass or %vecds more efTectually than could
otherwise be done. Com. ' Be sure an' put the flay dip enough
to cover it under.' Hrf.^ Used in skimming the surface of foul land
and turning it over.
FLAYDGE, see Fleech, v.
FLAYGERRY, sb. and adj. Cor. [fli'-, flea'gari.]
1. sb. A frolic, merry-making, ' spree.'
Cor.i w.Cor. A^. ^ Q. '1854) ist S. x. 301.
2. adj. Frolicsome. Cor."
FLAYING-SEASON, sb. Ken. The season when the
bark of trees peels off by reason of the sap. Cf.
flawing season, s.v. Flaw, v. 9.
VOL. II.
The oaks are all cut in the fl.-iying season forthe bark of all sizes,
Marshall Rcvietv (1817) V. 430.
FLAZE, K.'andsA. Lei. Nhp. War. [flez.] 1, v. To
blaze, flare up, burst into flame.
Lei.' This floor can't flaze, for it's made o' poplar. Nhp.' As a
candle docs, when a current of air causes it to burn unsteadilj', and
melt away fast. War.^ To flare, as straw or shavings do when
ignited.
2. sb. A smoky flame.
Nhp. Forcing bright sparks to twinkle from the flaze, Clare
Poems (1820) 191 ; Nhp.2
FLAZE, f.^ e.Lan.' [flez.] To run heedlessly.
T'LAZZ, adj. Ken. [flaez.] Of birds : newly fledged.
Cf flush, adj.'^
The patteridges are flazz, Grose (1790) ; Ken.*
Hence Flazzy, adj. well-fledged. Grose (1790).
FLAZZARD, sb. .' n.Cy. e.An. A stout, broad-faced
woman, dressed in a loose, flaring manner.
n.Cy. HoLLowAV. e.An.'
FLEA, sb.^ and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[fli, flis, fle; w.Cy. vie.] I. sb. Dial, forms. 1. Sins;, (i)
Flae, (2) Flay, (3) Flee, (4) Fleea, (5) Fleygh, (6) Vlaa,
(7) Vlay, (8) Vlea. See Fleck, sA.^
{ i) Edb. A bonny flae, as black's aslae, Forbes Poems (1812'' 38.
(2) Sc. (Jam.), Nhb.' (3) w.Yks. Yks. IVkly. Post (Apr. 3, 1897) ;
w.Yks.2 (4)w.Yks.2 (sle.Lan.' (6) Brks.' (7) w.Som.', nw.Dev.'
^8) Wil. Slow Gl. (18921.
2. P/. (I) Flaes, (2) Fleen, (3) Flees, (4) Flem, (5) Flen,
(6) Fleygh.
(i) Sc. He — sprawls an' spraughles like — a dog rubbin the flaes
afif him, 5(;;»/P<i/»;iA (1819) II. 266 (Jam.). se.Wor.' (2) Wxf.i
(3) w.Yks. When he wor axin' for a bed he said tul th' lodgin'-
haase keeper, ' Aw hooap yo hev noa flees abaat,' YIes. IVkly. Post
(Apr. 3, 1897). (4) Hrf.° (5) s.Stf. When they come back they
swarmed wi' flen, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895'. s.Wor. Porson
Quaint IVds. (1875) 13; s.Wor.', se.Wor.' Shr.' I couldna sleep
for the flen ; I wuz scroutin at 'em all night; Shr.^ A hous'U o'
flen. Hrf.^ There is a place called Flen Cub. Glo.' (6) e.Lan.'
II. Dial, meanings. 1. sb. In coinp. (i) Flea-bit, of
horses, dogs, &c. : having a light-coloured coat sprinkled
with darker spots; flea-bitten; (2) -lugged, unsettled, hare-
brained, restless ; (3) -meat, the flesh of one susceptible
to flea-bites.
(i) Brks.' (2) Rnf. Flae-luggit sharny-fac'd Lawrie, Sempill
Bridal, St. 5. Ayr. To fash simple folk like you and me, as this
mighty madam and her flea-luggit lord, Galt Siy A. JVylie (1822)
Ixi ; Some other flea-lugged fellows have set up a congregation,
ib. Legatees (1820) vi. (3) w.Yks. Ahr Tom's reight flea meyt ;
they nearly worry him, but aw hardly ivver see a bite on ahr Jim,
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 8, 1893).
2. Comb, in plant-names: (i) Flea-bane, the plant,
Erigeron acris ; (2) -bites, the red campion or adder's
flower. Lychnis diiinia ; (3) -weed, the lady's bedstraw,
Galium venim ; (4) -wood, the bog-myrtle, Myrica Gale.
(i) n.Lin.' It is believed to kill or drive away fleas. (2) Cor.
(B. & H.) (3) Suf. (li.) (4) Nhb. Nature Notes, No. 9; Nhb.' A
housewife's cure for fleas.
3. Phr. (i) ajlca in the ear or in the ear-hole, a box on the
ears; (2) — ;;;//;<■ ///^§-, a scolding, rating; a sharp reproof;
(3) to take the fleas their fiitle, to go to bed.
(i) w.Yks. I daren't ax for no more, or else I'st a getten a flee
i' my earhoil, Cudworth Dial. Sttetches (1884) 15 ; w.Yks.^ Nah,
moind what thar dooin, or au'l set the off with a flee in thy ear.
Brks,' I'll zend thee awaay ' wi' a vlaa in thee yen' (2) Ayr. I gied
him a flea in the lug and bade him tell the Nawbub to chew the
cud o' the sin o' covetousness, Galt Z,m>rfs (1826) vi. (3) se.Wor.'
i thinks I sh'II take the flaes their fittle.
4. V. To free from fleas.
Kcd. He'd rather sit and flea his hose, Jamie Muse (1844) 151.
[4. EspHcer, to flea, to rid of fleas (Cotgr.).]
FLEA, sb.'^ Ken. Cor. [fli.] 1. The fat of pork ;
lard. Ken. (F.H.) See Fleed, s6.'
2. Comp. Flea-rib, the spare-rib of a pig.
Cor. The lads ol the grocers . . . are so accustomed to receive a
month's notice for ' a nice bit of flea rib,' that they are loth to
engageany of the porcine fraternity that are not all rib. Hunt Pop.
Rom. w.Eiig. (1865) II. 184.
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FLEACH
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FLECK
FLEACH, sb. Nhp.i e.An.' Suf.' Also written fleech
Suf.'; and in form fletch Nlip.' [flitj, flet/.] One of the
portions into wtiich timber is first cut by tlie saw, a plank ;
geii. in p/. See Flitch, sb.
FLEACH, see Fleck, sb.^
FLEAK, sb.' Wm. Chs. Bdf. e.An. Ken. Also written
fleek Bdl". Ken.^ [fllk, fliak.] L A flake.
Wm. An' my tongue was as dry as a fleak o' tinder, Spec. Dial.
(1877; pt. i. 44. e.An.' Fleaks of snow.
Hence Fleeky, adj. flaky, in flakes. Ken. (G.B.), Ken.'
2. The chaff" of oats. Cf flight, sb.^ 5.
Bdf. Often called ' wut fleeks.' It is so soft that it is often used
for stuffing beds (J.W.B.).
3. A small bundle of hay. Chs.'^
FLEAK, sb.^ Lin.'* [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A coloured snail-shell.
FhEAK. sb.^ w.Yks. [fliak.] The rook, Corw<s/n/^/-
legiis. (j.B.); (J.W.)
"fleak, sb.'* n.Lan.* A flatterer. See Fleech, v.
FLEAK, I'. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To tire, exhaust.
tHALL.) [A hare hard run, or a horse hard rid, is said to be
fleaked away (K.i.]
FLEAK, see Flake, sb.\ Fleck, sb.", Fluke, sb.^
FLEAKAGE, s(!». Cmb. ffliakidg.] The layer of reeds
put on to a roof intended to be thatched. Cf. flake, sb.' 9.
It is tied lo the rafters, and the layer of thatch is then put over
it (W.W.S.).
FLEAKS, sb. pi. Fif (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The fissures between the strata of a rock.
FLEAKY, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Flabby, soft. (Hall.) Cf. flackey, W/.
FLEAM, ii.' In i,v;;. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also
written fleeam n.Yks. ; fleem Sc. n.Wni. ; phleme Midi. ;
and in forms flem War.'^ se.Wor.' 0.\f' Sus. Hmp.' I.W.'
Wil. Cor.'; flemm Lei.'; fleyam I.W.' ; vlem Brks.'
[fliam, flim flem.] 1. An instrument for bleeding horses
or cattle, a lancet ; gen. in pi.
Abd. The valuable stirk . . .whose life he had saved by a prompt
and vigorous use of the 'fleams,' Ale-xander .Ain Flk. (1882) 56.
Slk. This is my very elegant lancet. . . I dinna like your fleem ava,
man, Hogg 7"nto (1838) 18, ed. 1866. Cum. (M.P.) n.Wm. He'd
a pair o" fleems wi him (B.K.). n.Yks. iT.S. ', w.Yks.^ Midi,
Marshall Rin\ Econ. (1796) s.v. Flews. nw.Der,', n,Lin.', Lei.',
War.2, se.Wor.', Slir.' Oxf.' MS. ndd. Brks.' w.Sus., Hmp.
HoLLowAY. Hmp.'.I.'W.' Wil.BRiTTONS(-a!(te5(i835); (G.E.D,);
(E.H.G.) Dev.^ Us be gwaine to kill a caa've to-morrow, gie me
the fleams and I'll go and blid'n to wance. Cor.'
2. Coiiip. Flem-stick, the small stick used for striking
the ' fleam ' or lancet into the vein.
Brks.', Hmp.' Wil. BRrrTON &rt/(/!ra (1825) ; (G.E.D.V (E.H,G,)
FLEAM, 5i.= Nhb. Dur. Yks. Stf. Lei. War. Shr.
Also written flenie Dur. Stf. ; and in form flem w.Yks.^
Shr.'^ [fliam, fllni, flem,] 1. The watercourse or race
of a mill, a mill-stream ; also used attrib. Cf. fleem, v.
Nhb, Still used as at Hexham, where the watercourse on Tyne
Green is called ■ the fleam ' (R,0 H,) ; Nhb.' The mill fleam. Dur.
Raine Charleys, &c., Finchale (1837) 137. w.Yks.^ Lei.' Shay
fell i' the mill flem. War.^ Shr.' The channel of water from the
main stream to the mill, below which the streams reunite. We
wenten smack into another ' trap ' [vehicle] jest on the flem bridge
at the Hook-a-gate ; Shr.'^ Water which comes from the main
stream down to the mill.
2. A large trench or main carriage in water, cut in
meadows to drain them. Stf (K.)
[1. A mylne fleme made with mens hande, Fitzherbert
Survey (15231 xi. (N.E.D.) An older meaningof the word
was 'a stream, river.' The flem iurdan (Jordan), St.
Margairte (c. 1300) st. Iviii, ed. Cockayne (IVIatzner).
OE. *Jlr(iin, a watercourse ; cp. Norw. A\3.\. flaunt, a flood ;
ON. /liiimir, an eddy.]
FLEAMY, adj. Lin. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Clotted with blood. (Hall.) CT. fleam, s/a'
FLEAR, V. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Also written fleer
Chs.'; and in form flair n.Cy. n.Yks.^; flare w.Yks.
[fliafr, fle,^(r. I L To frighten, scare, terrify.
w.Yks. (.S.P.U.) ; Thee needn't be so flcart, N. & Q. (1876) 5th
S. v. 325 ; w.Yks.' Ah flear'd a sheep oot o' thedge, 12. Lan, Iv
he awses to flear thee wi' his gun, hit him o'er th' bond wi' thy
stick, Coni/i. Miig.XLUl, 464, Chs, Or yo'd be fleered to bide here,
Banks Prov. House (1865) 8, ed, 1883,
Hence Fleared, />/>/. adj. afraid, timid, frightened.
n.Cy. (J.L.) Chs. And lookin so fleered loike, Baiiks Prov. House
(1865) 163, ed. 1883; Chs.i
2. Comp. (i) Flare-crow, a scarecrow; cf. flay-crow.
w.Yks. (S.P.U,) ; (2) -cruke, an old coat stuck on a stick
with the arms extended, and a hat on the top, to frighten
the birds from the growing crops. n.Yks.*
FLEARMOUSE,s6. Yks. [flir-miJs.] The bat. Cf.
flittermouse.
n.Yks. Now becoming rare (R.B.);A^. 6" Q. (1869) 4th S. iv. 167.
FLEASOCKS, sb. pi. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The shavings of wood.
FLEASTER, sb. Nhb.' [flia'star.] A fluster, flurry.
What are ye gettin' into sic a fleaster for?
FLEAT, FLEATHE, FLEAYED, see Flite, v., Fleed,
sb.\ Flay, v.
FLEAZ-, FLEB, FLEBBER, see Floose, Flep, Flepper.
FLECH, V. BniT.' [flex.] To beat soundly ; to scold.
Employed in a half-joking, half-contemptuous way, and most
commonly of a woman falling out on a man.
FLECH, FLECHT, see Fleck, sb.^, Flight, sb.'
FLECHAN, sb. Sc. Also written flechin (Jam.) ; and
in forms fleuchan, flewchan Abd. ; flichan Per. ; flichen
(Jam.) ; flighen (Jam.) Per. ; fluchan Abd. [flexan,
flixan, floe'xan.] 1. A small quantity or sprinkling of
anything; aparticle, small quantity of dust, &c. Cf flowan.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. I ga'e my grun' a gweed flewchan o' bone dust
to gar't grow a crap. Some women pit a fleuchan o' dry meal on
the plate-fu' o' parritch. Gie's a fleuchan o' spice to my kail
(G.W.). Per. There's a flichan in my kail, in my ee, &c. The
particles of soot floating in a smoky room are here called flichans
(16,). Ayr. Owre weeldoeshe ken the fiechanso' meal that a lassie
maun use for her coggie, VJ hite Jottings (1879I 263.
2. A flake of snow. Per. (G.W.), Lth., Dmf (Jam.)
FLECK, sb.' and v.^ Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Chs. Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. e.An. Som. Also in form
flick w.Som.' [flek, w.Som. flik.] 1. sb. A spot ; a
crack, an abrasion of the skin ; a defective spot or flaw
in cloth or silk. Also used 7?^,
m,Yks.' w.Yks.' There is neither fleck nor flaw in it ; w.Yks.^,
Lin.' n.Lin,' Commonly a large and irregular one. Them harvist-
bugs hes maade big flecks cum oot all oher my airms. It's a han'sum
chimla'-peace, b[l]ack marble wi' yalla' flecks in it. sw.Liu.' She
had a few flecks of white about her.
Hence Flecklessly, adv. spotlessly.
Der. The red-tiled floorflecklessly clean. Gushing Fof (1888) II. iii.
2. A flake.
Dmf. A' efternune the feathery flecks Cam' flichterin' through
the air, Reid Poems (1894) 62.
3. A special class of carnations.
Edb. Sic flow'rs o' sorts ane seldom sees. Flecks, flames, bussards,
an' picketees, Wi' strong carnations, Forbes J^oeuis (_i8i2) 89.
[Scarlet Flakes are simple white grounds, with distinct stripes or
ribbons of scarlet. Rose and Purple Flakes have these two colours
upon a white ground, Garden il/(T«»rt/ ( 1864) 204.]
4. pi. Small fleecy clouds. n.Yks.*
5. V. To spot, bespatter ; to streak with colour or light ;
to become spotted, speckled.
ne.Sc. Fin the nout begins to fleck and gchr, Ye may lat oot the
byre mehr andmehr, Gregor F/k-Lorc {i88i) 132. Buff.' To have
white spots on the skin ; spoken of cattle. Lnk, The spring had
fleck'd the lea wi' floo'rs, Murdoch Doric Lyre 11873) io6. n.Cy.
(J.W.) n.Lin.' Mind you doant fleck th' paaper upo' th' wall wi'
that whitenin'. A woman describing a damask table cloth said,
' thcr' was noa pattern but it was fleck'd all oher.' sw.Lin.' The
mare was flecked with foam. War.^ Shr.' I could a stopt theer
all day to look at the grass flecked 6uth sunshine through the trees.
w.Sora.i ' He was flicked all over ' would at once be understood
he was bespattered with mud.
Hence (i) Flecked or Fleckit, ppl. adj. spotted, pied,
speckled ; streaked, unevenly spread ; (2) Flecked-fever,
so. a spotted fever; (3) Fleckie, sb. a pet name for a
speckled cow.
(I) Sc. Colliers . . . whose greatest delight was the flecket cocks
FLECK
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FLEECH
or buff Bels;ian hens, Wright 5V. Life (1897 3. Sh.I. I kcnna
what s come owcr da fleckit duke. Shu's no drappid a egg noo for
tree or fewer days, Sli. A'czvs (Apr. 30, 1898). S. & Ork.' Applied
to the bottom of the soa when it has bunches of seaweed growing
upon it. w.Sc. The king o' the otters— a great big fleckit brute,
Cakpick Laiid 0/ Lugaii (1835"! 164. e.Sc His moustache where
it touched the beard already flecked with foam, Setoun li. Urqiilinit
(18961 xvii. Ayr. Plenty o' milk frae our auld fleckct cow, BalUtils
and Sh^s. (1846/ I. 100. Lnk. Lads and lasses frae Glenfniin
Cam' driving fleckct crummies in. Hunter Poems [ 1884I 31. Gall.
A herd of half a dozen black Galloway cows, flecked with the red
and white of the smaller Ayrshires, Crockett Stinbomiel {iSg^) i.
N-Cy.' Flecked in ed. 1823, but misprinted ' fltched ' in cd. 1846.
Cum.', n.Yks.'2 e.Yks. Marshall Rtii: Econ. (1788); e.Yks.'
w.Yks. Leeds Mere. Suppl. (May 9, I885^ 8; w.Yks.' A fleck'd
cow ; w.Yks ^ Clothes are said to be flecketi when in washing they
become spotted \vith ' powder blue * ; w.Yks. ^ s.Chs.' Of mould
spots on a glove, and the like. Der.l s.Not. These tatcrs is flecked ;
ah doubt thej''ll do no good (J.P K.). Lin.' He rode a roan mare,
flecked with white. n.Lin. Our best cow, she was a red flccU't
poll'd un, Pe.\cock 7^. Skiylaiti:^h (1870) H. 108 ; n.Lin.' Was that
Mr. Fox's bull 'at brokintolh' Well yard? — Ey, if it wera red-fleck'd
un. Lei.' Nhp.' When blue settles, in rinsing linen, the clothes
are said to be flecked. e.An.' (2) n.Sc. ( Jam.) i 3) Ayr. Be guid
to auld fleckie. Ballads and Sitgs. (1846; I. too; The gudewife
gap'd, Forgot poor Flecky in the byre, 13oswell /Vrf. IVks. (1803)
116, ed. 1871. Lnk. A braw sonsie fleckie the queen o' a' Kye,
Parker Poems (1859') 50. Dmf. While draining the well-filled
udders of Hawkie, Hornie, and Flecky, the conversation turned,
as usual, upon the comparative merits of their respective lovers,
Courier [?>ep\. 1823) (Jam.).
[1. Cp. Du. vlck, a spot, MHG. vlec (Lexer) ; Norw.
AiaX.Jlekk, a spot (Aasen).]
FLECK, sA.* and !>.= Sc. Yks. Lan. Chs. Dcr. Also in
forms flaich S. & Ork.' ; fleach n.Sc. ; fleak w.Yks. ;
flech Sc. Bnfi'.' ; fleeag- n.Yks.^ ; fleighk Lan. ; flekyh
nw.Der.' [flek.fleik.Sc.flex-l See Flea, sA.' L si. A flea.
Sc. I weird that ilka time she kaims her head, she'll get ... a peck
o' flechs oot o't. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (18701 107. S. & Ork.',
Cai.' Frf. For a penny ye could see the leg o' a flech magnifeed
to the size o' the leg o' a cuddy, Willock Rosclty Ends i 1886) 82,
ed. 1889. Lan. Both sing, and pi. Aw'U send thee whoam wi
a fleighk i' thi ear (S.W.'J ; Lan.' Aw sent him ofl' wi' a fleck in
his ear-hole aw con tell yo. m.Lan.' He said to th' lodgin'heawse
keeper, * Aw hooap yo've no fleck abeawt.' Chs.' ^, Der.^, nw.Der.'
Hence (i) Flaichy, (2) Flecked, (3) Flecky, adj. infested,
covered with fleas.
{i-\ S. & Ork.' (2) n.Yk8.2 (3) Sc. (G.W.) n.Sc. Bring to me
my fleachy clouts. That I was best used wi', Buchan Ballads
(ed. 1875) II. 96. Cai.'
2. Comp. Fleck-month, the month of March.
Chs.' Because flecks are supposed to fly in March, and therefore
it is said bedroom windows should never be opened during that month.
3. Fig. A small, light-headed, frivolous person. Bnff.'
4. V. To free from fleas. See Flea, v. 4.
Sc. The dog's flechin" himsel' (G.W.) ; To flech one's self (Jam."'.
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (June 7, 1884) 8. Chs.' ; Chs.3 She
knew some circumstance had happened at the particular time,
' because her father had got up to fleck the bed.' Der.^ Hast
fleck'd th' beds ? nw.Der.'
[L OE.y7(W;, a flea ; cp. G.floh:]
FLECK, v.^ Yks. [flak.] To skim, take off the
cream. Cf fleet, v.'^
w.Yks. I have heard in a farm house the order given ' fleck the
pancheon ' [the milk-bowl], Hamilton Nut;ae Lit. (1841) 346.
FLECK, see Flack, sA.=, Flick, sb}""^, Flig, i;.'
FLECKEN, V. Yks. Lei. To change colour.
e.Yks. Obs. Oates . . . will beginne to flecken, and bee ripe on
a suddaine, Best Riir. Econ. (1641) 50.
Hence Fleckened, ppl. adj. spotted, streaked, mottled.
Lei.' You nivver see a prittier-fleckened bit o' mapple-wood.
FLECKER, see Flacker, Flicker, v.
FLECKERED, ppl. adj. Sc. Cum. e.An. Also in forms
fleckerit Sc. (Jam.) ; fleckert Sc. (Jam.) Cum. [flekard, -L]
1. Spotted, dappled, speckled; streaked, variegated.
Sc. (Jam.) Cum. Through yon flecker't sky, Gilpin Ballads
(1874) 3rd S. 75. e.An.' Suf. Applied to poultry. Also to a
horse, if there are small patches of white about him, Rainbird
Agric. (1819) 29a, ed. 1849 ; Suf.' Applicable to the feathered race
— esp. to domestic fowls and the mag-pie.
2. Rent, torn.
Rxb. Gen. used concerning the human body when any part of it
has been mangled and the skin hangs down half covered with
blood (Jam.).
[1. The feild flekerit and faw With gold and goulis in
greyne, Golai^ros (c. 1450) 475, in Sc. Allit. Poems {iSg-]) 17.]
FLECKE'TT, FLECKIT, see Flicket, v., Flacket, a6.'
FLED, ppl. adj. Sc. [fled.] Fugitive.
Lth. The spendthrift farmer of bonny Blaebraes became a fled
bankrupt, Lumsden Slieep-luad i^iZga) 248.
FLEDGER, sb. Nhb.' s.Cy. (K.) Suf.' Also written
fledjer Suf.' ; and in form fledgy Nhb.' [fled23(r.] A
fledgeling;^/^^. an immature person, a child. Cf.fligger, sA.'
FLEE, I/. 'Nhb. Yks. Lan. Shr. Brks. [AT.] I. Gram,
forms. 1. Preterite : (i) Fleead, (2) Flid, (3) Vlod.
(i) n.Yks. Hiz sperrit fleead, Castillo Poems (1878) 59. (2)
m.Yks.' Inlrod. 34. (3) Brks. He blew up the place and vlod
away, Hughes Scokc. IfV/z/f /yo;;j<; (1859) Append. 226.
2. />/>. (i) Fleed. ne.Lan.'; (2) Flidun. ni.Yks.'/;i/rorf. 34.
IL Dial, meanings. 1. Of colour: to fade, disappear.
Shr.' I'd a gownd summat like it wunst an' the colour all fled
afore ever it wuz wesht : Shr.^ The cuUur uv her gownd's fled.
2. Of crops : to fail either wholly or in part; to decay,
rot away. Of plants: to wither, fade.
Shr.' f'hey'n be a poor crop o' turmits ; they bin most on em
fled, an' the rest looken despert simple ; Shr.^ The tormits bin
fled. The rick-lisses [auriculas] shewden kindly like, but a bin all
fled since the wets a commen.
3. Of sheep : to drive to the low country' when the high
ground is covered witli snow.
Nhb. Used by the shepherds in Kidland (R.O.H.).
4. Of money : to cause to vanish, to absorb.
w.Yks. A pair o' new booits 'al flee a sovereign (^J.T.).
FLEE, FLEEAG-, see Flea, sA.', Fleck, sb.'^
FLEEANGD. ppl. adj. n.Yks.^ [flisngd.] Flayed,
stripped of the skin. Cf flinch, v.^
FLEE-BE-SKY, see Fly-by-sky.
FLEECE, sb. and v. Sc. Cum. Yks. Chs. Lin. Bdf Suf
Also in form fleesh Yks. [flis.] \. sb. In fo«//i. Fleece-
wool, (i) shorn wool as distinct from pulled or skin wool;
(2) to wind the fleece. Cum.'
2. A crop of vegetation.
Bdf. A field whose surface is entirely covered with a fleece of
weeds in the spring, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 308. Suf. There
was a very fine fleece of marl grass, Young Annals Agric. (^1784-
1815) XIX. 214.
3. A laj'er of hay in a stack.
Chs.' ; Chs.^ Yo mun cut some fleeces i'th bay. s.Chs.' A layer
of hay three or four inches deep.
4. Fig. Bodily condition, fatness, bulk, esp. in phr. to
shake a fleece, to lose flesh through illness.
n.Yks.' He carries a rare fleece [he is very fat]; n.Yks.^ He's
shaken a bonny fleece this last bad bout. ne.Yks.' He's a good
fleece. It'sta'en his fleece frev him. m. Yks.' He's a bonny fleece
of his own [in allusion to a very stout person].
5. V. Of persons reduced through illness : to strip or
deprive of flesh, make tliin, put out of condition.
ne.Yks,' Mah wo'd, bud it's fleeced him !
6. To thrash, chastise, beat.
Yks. Christie may fleesh me to death afore III tell, Howitt
Hope On (1840) ix ; He said he'd fleesh ye within an inch o'your
life! ib. X. e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence Fleecing, sb. a thrashing, beating, 'licking.'
S.Lin. The best thing for that young jackanapes is a good fleecin'
wi' the Strap. In two rounds I gev iiim sich a fleficin' he ax'd me
to shaak ban's and be fr'ends (T.H.R.). Suf. I'll goon liim a nice
fleecin' when I ketch him, e.An. Dy. Times (1892). e.Suf. (F.H.)
FLEECERY, sb. n.Yks.^ [fll'ssri.] Robbery, fraud,
deceit.
They meant fleecery.
FLEECH, V. and sb} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. 'Wm. Yks.
Lan. Nhp. Also written fleetch Sc. ; and in forms flaach
n.Lan.' : flaatch Cum. 'VVm. ne.Lan.' ; flage- n.Cy. (Hall.)
w.Yks.'^; flaich n.Yks.^; flaitch Cum.^; flarch Wm. ;
flartch m.Yks. ; flatch n.Cy. s.Wm. n.Yks."^ e.Yks.' w.Yks.
3 E 2
FLEECH
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FLEEGARIE
Lan. ne.Lan.'; flautch Nhb.' Wm.; flaydge Yks.; fleitch
Sc. [flitj, fletj, flatj.] 1. V. To flatter, fawn ; to wheedle,
coax, cajole ; to beseech, entreat, importune ; sometimes
with at, on, with.
Sc. Syne fleech'd till faithless love grew kind, Donald Poems
(1867') 77. Or. I. Mansie protested, stormed, fleeched, threatened,
and entreated by turns, Vedder Sketches (1832) 15. Abd. Now
baith o' them's aboon my reach For a' that I can fraise or fleitch,
Skinner Poems (1809) 44. Per. Ye gaed fleechin' to Miss Mary
... to get the bairn awa frae me, Cleland hichbracken (1883)
188, ed. 1887. s.Sc. Nance's ain heart warmed till her and she
(leeched on an' made muckle o' her, Wilson TaUs (1836) II. 379.
Dmb. Sair ye fleech'd till I turn'd the leaf, Taylor Poems (ed.
1827I 106. Rnf. Couthie, couthie did she look. And meikle had
she fleech'd. Harp (1819) 210. Ayr. Duncan fleeched and Duncan
prayed, Burns Duncan Gray, St. 2. Lnk. I'm fleechin' wi' the
hizzie For bits o' rhyme, Watson Po«)k( 1853^)54. Ltli. Her sire
fleetched hard, the knight prest sair, McNeill Preston (c. 1895)
54. e.Ltti. They a' pressed me an' fleeched on me, Hunter y. In-
wick (1895") 23. Edb.Gin ony here wi' Canker knocks. . . Ye need na
think to flcetch or cox, Fergusson Poems (1773") 148, ed. 1785.
Feb. Aften I've come here when morning, — Flate and fleetch'd to
gar ye rise, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836) 125. Dmf. Ye've storm'd
in wrath, an' glow'd in scorn, An' fleech'd in love's auld strain,
Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 79. Gall. That the minister might
come to fleech with him to return, Crockett Bog-Myiile {i&gs)
390. Kcb. The callants, . . . like cripples on crutches, wad fleech
for her favours, Armstrong Ing/esic/c {i8go) 149. Ant. A fleeched
at him tae a wus tired, Ballymena Obs. (1892). N.I.' n.Cy.
Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.i, Nhb.', Wm. (R.J.W.), s.Wm. (J.A.B.),
n.Yks.3 m.Yks. What is ta flartching for? (F.P.T.) w.Yks.
HuTTON Tour to Caves (1781). n.Lan.', Nlip.*
Hence (1) Fleeching, (a) sb. flattery, coaxing, cajolery ;
entreaty; [b) ppl. adj. flattering, deceitful, beguiling;
coaxing, beseeching ; also used advb. ; (2) Fleechingly,
adv. flatteringly, plausibly ; (3) Fleechment, sb. flattery,
beguilement ; (4) Fleechy, sb. a flatterer, humbug.
(I, a) Sc. Hout wi' your fleeching, Scott Rec/g. (1824) Lett. xii.
Abd. Ye may judge that wi' fleetchin' he wasna verbose, Ander-
son Rliynics (1867) 55. Frf. A great occasion for a rustic daffin,
and fleechin and flirtation generally, Inglis ^(';i Flk. (1895") 104.
Per. What brings the auld witch here wi' her blathers and fleetch-
in' ? Cleland Inclibracken (1883") 48, ed. 1887. Dmb. Led aff' their
feet by the fleeching of the big folk upbye in Lunnon, Cross Disrup-
tion (1844) XXXV. Rnf. Bits o' gowd, or canny fleetchin'. Wad fleg
him frae the doors wi' preachin', PicKen Poems (1813) I. 119.
Ayr. Which after some fleeching he consented to do, Galt Ann.
Parish fi82i) x.xx. e.Lth. I thocht ... he had sickened ye aince
for a' wi' his fleechin an' Aethers, Hunter J. Inwick ( 1895) 165.
Lnk. Allow me, Sir, to shaw My gratitude, but fieetching, Ramsay
Poems (1721) 182. Edb.At fleechin' he has sic an art. That gains
a neuk i' ilka heart, Learmont Poems (1791) 66. Dmf. And Jock
got lickin' most severely. And Tarn got fleetchin' late and early,
Shennan Tales (1831') 55. N.Cy.' Nhb. Yes, Sir, ye needna
made sic fleechin'. About the manner o' its bleachin', Donaldson
Poems (1809) 75; Nhb.i Aa wadna gan ti church wi' him for a'
his fleechin. Wm. Be off wi' your flam hypocritical flaatchin,
Whitehead Leg. (18591 6, ed. 1896 ; (J.H.') (i) Sc. A fleeching,
feather-headed fule as he is ! Scott St. Ronan (1824) ii. Abd.
Some fleechen lads will tine their seat An' pension tee. Cock
Strains (1810) II. 90. Fif. A' the secrets frank and free O' that
Guise-fleechin' ambassie Cam gushin' frae his mou', Tennant
Papistry (1827'j 128 ; Applied to the weather when a fine morning
begins to overcast : ' That's a fleechin day' (Jam.). s.Sc. Ye hae
fleechin tongues, you men, but you are a' sad deceivers, Wilson
Tales (1839) V. 85. Dmb. Wi' fleechin' words awa did gang,
Taylor Po«Hi-(ed. 1827 23. Ayr. Expect na. Sir, in this narration,
A fleechin, fleth'rin Dedication, Burns Dedication to G. Hamilton,
1. 12. Edb. Now in a fleeching way, and now in harsh angry
tones. MoiR Mansie IVattch (1828) xvi. Gall. ' Noo na — noo na,'
says she, aye fleechin" like, Crockett Raiders U894) xliv. Cum.
An' fleeching chiels around her thrang, Blamire Poet. Wks.
(c. 1794) 192, ed. 1842. w.Yks.' He then . . . gat agait o'fabbin me,
an says in a snod, fiagein way, ii. 293 ; w.Yks.^ (2) Sc. Men
who have murder in their hearts although they be now speaking
fair fleechingly. Shield Notes (1709 ) 45 (Jam.). (3) Cum. All sorts
of flaitchmcnt and lies, Caine //ni,'n»-(i887) I. 128; Cum.^Arovin'
young chap 'at ga's hard efter t'lasses. An' stuffs them wid o' maks
o' flaitchmcnt an' lees, 54 ; Riddy ta dee er droon thersels . . . an
o sick an sick like flaatchment. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii, 14. Lan.
I could hear that Molly was pleased wi' o this flatchment, Eaves-
dropper Vill. Life (1869) 61. (4) Nhb. I
2. Phr. to fleech and fight, one moment to coax or flatter,
and the next to scold.
Slk. My mither has baith to fleitch an' to fight or she can get
him eggit on to dae it, Hogg Tales (1838) 26, ed. 1866; He was
baith fleetching an' fighting wi' him, ib. 55. Rxb. (Jam.)
3. trans. To beguile, cajole, wheedle; to beseech, entreat,
importune ; sometimes with ttp.
Sc. It's no to fleech ony favour out o' ye, for I scorn it, Scott
i?oi /?ov (1817) XXX ; It's better to fleetch fules than to flyte wi'
them. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 71. Ayr. I'll sign no paper
... so ye need na try to fleech me, Galt Entail (1823) xxxix.
Lnk. I'm no gaun tae fleech ye nor flatter. But tell ye my story
straught oot, Thomson Musings (1881)43. Lth. Fleech him cannily,
an' straik him wi' the hair, Tammas, LuMSDENS/i?f/'-/i£'flrf( 1892) 260,
Edb. Heaven's Writ is haly, An' disnae fleech ane's pride or folly,
Learmont /'o«'m;5( 1 791) 43. Dmf. He hid his manly face And fleech'd
thae fallows, Mayne Siller Gun { 1808) 52. Gall. Maisie, his daughter,
fleeched and besought him, Crockett l/oss-//fl^sfi895)xlviii. Don.
You shouldna ha' sent herback when she fleeched you saesore.Flk-
Lore in Cornh. Mag. XXXV. i8r. Cum. Thoo. ..fain wad flaatch
me up agean, Richardson Talk (1871) 135, ed. 1876; Cura.^ It
com into my heid its better to flaitch a feul nor to feight wid him,
14. Wm. A yung chap wants ta cum cftre ya flaatchan ya up wi
his toke. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 12. e.Vks.' Noo thoo's flatchin
ma up a bit ; thoo wants summat, MS. add. (T.H.) ne.Lan.'
Hence Fleeched,/i/>/.a(//'. flattered, importuned by flattery.
Ltti. Fleeched and flattered, roosed and buskit. Wow ! but Will
was wond'rous fain, Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 152, ed. 1856.
Edb. Mayzie, sae fallow'd, prais'd, and fleech'd. Thought na o' harm
while fause anes preach'd, Macneill Bygane Times (1811) 23.
4. sb. Flattery, a piece of flattery.
Sc. ' Fair fall you and that's a fleech,' an ironical commendation
of them whose words and actions we approve not, Kelly Prov.
(1721) 105; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) s.Wm. (J.A.B.) Yks.
Flaydge an 'pride mun be hout o' thi dictionary, Philip Neville, xii.
5. A flatterer, coaxer, one who seeks to gain his ends
by flattery or wheedling. Also in comp. Flatch-cap.
Cum.3 He's a fair flaitch when he wants owte. n Yks.' Gen.
appliedtochildren ; n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. i, 1893'.
[1. The fals flechand Vlixes, DovchAS Eneados (i5i3),ed.
1874, II. 72.]
FLEECH, sb.' Dev. [flItJ.] A large snowflake.
A servant girl said the snow was 'falling in fleeches. ' She
added that the small flakes were not fleeches, Reports Provinc.
(1877) 131.
FLEECHER, v. Obs. Sc. To flutter. See Flicker.
Edb.Youalanesitpeerlessi'my heart, It'sfleechrin'now,an' claims
its better part, Learmont Poems (1791) 268.
FLEECHY-DOUGH, sb. Cor. Dough which runs out
from under the ' kettle,' having been made from the flour
of wheat which has germinated.
w.Cor. Bread in Cornwall is often baked on an iron plate under
a crock or kettle that has been turned upside down overit (M.A.C. ).
FLEECY, adj. Nhb.' [flisi.] Flaky, laminated.
Anything lying in leats, or thin, compact layers, Uke pastry, or
the flakes offish, is said to be fleecy.
FLEED, si.' Ken. Sus. Hmp. Som. Also written Head
Ken.° Hmp.' ; and in form fleathe Sus. [flid.] 1. The
inside fat of a pig, from which lard is made. Cf flea, sb.'^
Ken. Common (H.M.); Ken.'^, Sus. (S.P.H.), Sus.', Hmp.i
Som. Sweetman Jfincan/on Gl. (1885'). w.Som.'Thethin membrane
of fat covering the intestines, more usually called the kircher.
2. Coiiip. Fleed-cakes, cakes made with the fresh 'fleed.'
Ken.' ne.Ken. Commonly eaten hot (H.M.). Sus.'
FLEED, sb.^ Sc. A head-ridge on which the plough
is turned.
Abd. Still in use, though not common. ' En'-rigs' is more usual
(W.M.) ; 0am.)
FLEE(D, FLEEG, see Flay, 1;.'^ Fleg, sb.^
FLEEGARIE, 5/). Sc. Also written flagarie, fleegerie,
flegarie. [flage'ri.] 1. A vagary, fancy, whim, ^f«. in //.
Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. A fancy ball and sicklike masquerading
in my sober and methodistical house 1 No, no — nae sic flagaries
wi' me, Galt Sir A. IVylie i 1822) Ixx. Slk. None of your bantering
and flagaries, Hogg Talcs (1838) 210, ed. 1866. Gall. When Tarn
Lindsay gaed afl^ wi' his fleein' flagarie o' a muckle-tochered Craw-
ford lass, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxxii.
FLEEK
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2. Finerj', frippery ; a toy, gewgaw ; gen. in pi.
Sc. And dinna prel't.r ye'er flcegerics to me, Ramsay Tea-Table
Misc. 11734) I- 34, ed. 1871. Fif. A pretty fairy, Beltit wi' ribbons
glairy-llairy, And nionie a tassel and fleegarie, Tennant Papisliy
(1837') 31 ; As braw a hizzie, wi' her fardingalesand her fleegaries
as ony Principal's dochter i' the three colleges, ib. Card. Beaton
(1823) 26 (Jam.).
Hence Fleegarying, sb. busying oneself about trifles of
dress.
Cld., Dmf. What did I come hame for! Was it to Stan' and look
at your flagarying there' Young 5. Cy. Weaver, 45 (Jam.).
3. A f:istidious, fanciful person; oneoftrifles, gewgaws, &c.
Slk. I'm nane o' your molloping precise flegaries, that want to
be miss'd, an' beckit, an' bowed to, Hogg 7a/« (1838) 74, ed. 1866.
FLEEK, see Flake. s6.', Fleak, sb.^, Flick, si.^"
FLEEKED, ppl. adj. Der.* nw.Der.' Also in form
flecked, [flikt, flekt.J Bent, twisted, turned.
FLEEM,J'. Sh.I. [flim.] To flow, stream. See Fleam, 56."
His right ee closed up, his upper lip spleet, an' dabluid fleemin'
frae his nose, Stewart Fireside Tales (189a) 263.
[Norw. d\a\. fl^yiiia, to stream, pour (Aasen).]
FLEEM, FLEE.MAGEARY, see Fleam, si.', Flig-
magary.
FLEEOCK.si'. Or.I. Also written fleock (Jam. Si////.).
A small fly.
Is it no beleein' [belying] scripture to say that the world is as
round as a cassie, an' gangs whirlin' an' whirlin' round the sun, like
a (leeock round the lamp ? Vedder Sketches (1832)18; Qavi. Suppl.)
FLEEP, sb. Sc. Also written fliep (Jam.), [flip.] A
stupid fellow ; a cowardly, hulking person.
Cai.' A raw, overgrown spiritless lad. Nai. A thriftless, selfish,
slovenly fellow, Agiic. Siirv. Gl. (Jam.) Abd. Some dowfl" and
dozent fleeps I ken. Cock Strains (1810) I. 86 ; Ou.ye wud strike
an aul' man . . . 3'e cooardly fleep ! Alexander Ain Flk. (1882)
174 ; Sing till tuneless flieps sail roose Will Lor'mer dead,TARRAS
Poems (1804) 9 (Jam.).
Hence Fleepish, adj. silly, stupid. Bnff".'
FLEER, V.'' and sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Suf Dev. Also written
flear w.Yks." Not.; fleir Sc. ; fleyr Sc. (Jam.) ; and in
forms flair s.Not. ; fleear Wm. ; flier Cum.; Aire N.Cy.'
Nhb.' n.Yks.' w.Yks.* Lan. nw.Der.' ; flyer Sc. Lakcl."
n.Yks.; flyre Sc. Nhb.' Cum. n.Yks.'= Lan.' ne.Lan.'
[flir, fli3(r, fle3(r).] 1. v. To laugh scornfully, look con-
temptuous, mock, jeer ; often with at.
Sc. They did nacthing but laugh and fleer at me when I tauld
them my mind on their ignorance, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxxiv.
Cai.' Frf. Put on a consequential face, Sj'ne flyre like some out-
landish race At wretched me, Morison Poems (1790) 96. Fif.
Each madding piper scoff'd at all the rest. And fleered, Tennant
Anster (1812) 83, ed. 1871. Rnf. The mair I fecht an' fleer an'
flyte, The mair I think the Jad' gangs gyte, Picken Poems (1813)
I. 125. Feb. At whilk ta fleer Suin hale and clean I'd be, Lintoiin
Green (1685) 166, ed. 1817. N.Cy.' Nhb. I thought mysel a sailor
good, And flir'd while some lay sprawlin, Gilchrist Sh^s. (1824) 9;
Nhb.', Lakel.^ Cum. The neybors flyr'd at them in scworn, Ander-
son Ballads (ed. 1808) 64 ; I know she'll flier and laugh, Ritson
Pastoral Dial. (ed. 1849) 6; Gl. (1851). 'Wm. How they laft and
fleered, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 28 ; Then he fleeard abitan glend-
thcrt etmi frae undre his flype. Spec. Dial. (1865) 11. n.Yks. Ise
mack her flj'er, and semper like flesh-cael, Meriton Praise Ale
(1684) 1. 258 ; n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. 2 To ' flicker and flyre ' is the usual
expression ; n.Yks. ^, e.Yks.',m.Yks.' w.Yks. Bet Bates ma fling
aht what shoo likes An girn, an fleer, an skoff, Preston Poems
(1864) 21 ; Thoresby if//. 1703); w.Yks.''^", Lan.' Der. Dunner
fleer like a clown (H.R.) ; Der. 2, nw.Der.' Not. They fleared at
me fJ.H.B.) ; Not.' s.Not. Ah know very well she'll goo flairin'
an' slairin' about (J.P.K.). n.LIn.' Lei.' A-fleerin'an' a-sneerin'.
Nhp.', War.^, Suf.' Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 157.
Hence (i) Fleering, ppl. adj. scornful, derisive; (2)
Fleeringly, adv. sneeringly, derisively.
(i) Yks. A fleering look (K.). Lan. Then, wi a fleerin laigth,
Ridings Muse (1853) 12; The fly'rin carrion seet up a gurd of
leawghin, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 12; A fleering laugh,
Brierley A'o»Sf«5f, iii. ne.Lan.' 2) Gall. ' Which Kennedy ? '
cried Kelwood fleeringly, Crockett Grey Man (1896) iv ; ' What,
corbie! Are ye there again?" cried he fleeringly, ib. Standard
Bearer (1898) 308.
2. To leer, ogle, flirt.
Sc. An'flyretat me as I wad haehim,jAMiESONPo/>. £fl//a(/s(i8o6)
1.348. Lin. She was winnyingand fleering wi' young men (C. L. F.).
3. To make a wry face, look sad; to whimper, complain.
Also with up.
Sc. 'To flyre the face,' to be in a fierce passion, Brockett Gl.
(1846). Abd, Fu' aften I've flyer't intill her face, Robb Poems
(1852) 26. Ags. (Jam.) Edb. Falset began to fleir and greet,
PennecUik U'ks. (1715) 395, ed. 1815. Slk. Na, na, mother; I's
no gang my foot-length. Ye sanna hae that to flyre about, Hogg
IVint. Even. (1820) II. 235 (Jam.). Rxb. It denotes the querulous
state in which children often are, when they are near crying
because disappointed as to what they anxiously desire (Jam.).
4. To defeat in an argument. e.Yks.'
5. sb. A scornful laugh, mock, jeer.
Sc. She bore with the old lady's pets and humours too, her gibes
and her fleers, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 93. Gall. It was galling
to let a lass like that ...get new provision of powder and shot for her
scoffs and fleers, Crockett 7?rtirf«s (1894) iv. Cum. (H.W.) Yks.
The fleer ov a fause teeastril, Fetherston 7*. Gooj-^>W^«>- (1870)
II. w.Yks. ' Tha'rt keen set. Aw see,' she said with a fleer,
Snowden Web of Weaver (1896) xix. Lan. They put'n't it off with
a sort ov a Aire, Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 37. Der. (H.R.)
s.Not. She's stood at the gate and balled flairs out at me as ah went
past (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' She's niver reight bud when she's flingin'
oot her fleers at sum on us. Nhp.' He gave me such a fleer.
6. A person of loose habits; a flirt. m.Yks.'
[1. All the people of the Hall did fleer and laugh upon
him, Pepys Diary (Mar. 8, 1667). 3. I fleere, I make an
yvell countenaunce with the mouthe by uncoveryng of
the tethe, /e ricaime, Palsgr. (1530). Norw. dial.y//ra, to
laugh scornfully, to smile at the wrong time (Aasen).]
FLEER, t;.'^ Der.^nw.Der.' To mow grass very closely.
FLEER, see Flare, v.', Flear, Floor.
FLEERACH, FLEERISH, see Flairach, Flourice.
FLEERISH, V. Sc. To embroider with floral designs.
nw.Abd. She tuke a dint o' fleerishin, Goodwife (1867) st. 12.
[The same word as lit. Y.. flourishing, in the sense of a
flower-like design. Draperie, a flourishing with leaves,
COTGR.]
FLEET, v} and sb.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written flete w.Yks.' Ken.' ; and in form fleit Sc. (Jam.)
[flit, w.Cy. also vlet.] 1. v. To float ; to be set afloat.
S. & Ork.' MS. add. Nhb.' A fisherman's term. Ken.' Much
used by n. Kent bargemen, and occas. by ' inlanders.' ' The barge
fleeted about four o'clock to-day.' Sus.' A vessel is said to fleet
when the tide flows sufficiently to enable her to move ; Sus. '^ The
tide comes in and the vessels fleet, Hmp.' Dor. Mrs. Downe, it
is feared, has fleeted out to sea, Hardy Wess. Tales (1888) I. 171.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Cor.i w.Cor. When the tide comes
in the boats will fleet (M.A.C).
2. To flow ; with owre : to overflow. Lth., Rxb. (Jam.)
[Not known to our correspondents.]
3. To drain, drip ; to leak.
Dev. Where the corn is a-zaut up, the watter'II natur'Uy vlait
out o't, Rcpo>is Provinc. (1893) ; Dev.^ Theaseyer quilt's so heavy
I can't wring en wi' my hands, I think I'll hang en 'crass tha line
and let en fleet.
4. Of a candle: to gutter.
Glo.' Dev. Horae Subsecivae (iTTj) i$T. Cor.'
Hence Fleeting, ppl. adj. guttering. Cor.'^
5. sb. Fishing term : a number of fishing-lines or nets.
Sh.I. The crew . . . prepare to set their tows, which is the name
they designate the lines by that are fitted with Ung hooks. Forty-
five or fifty fathoms of tows constitute a bught, and each bught is
fitted with from nine to fourteen hooks. It is usual to call twenty
bughts a packie, and the whole of the packies that a boat carries
is a fleet of tows, Hibbert Desc. Sli.I. (1822) 222, ed. 1891 ; Hit'll
no mak' muckle differ what lines ye set first, der nane o' wir fleet
bit what sood be gude, Sh. News (Apr. 23, 1898V Nhb.' A row of
floating herring nets at sea attached to each other and to the fishing
boat. e.An.' Fleet of herring nets, five or six score. Ken.' Every
Folkestone herring-boat carries a fleet of nets, and sixty nets make
a fleet.
6. Comp. Fleet-line, a line used in a particular kind of
sea fishing.
N.I.' The hook floats mid-way between the surface and bottom,
and is carried away clear off' the boat, which remains at anchor by
the current.
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7. A floating bridge or horse-ferry. s.Wor.', Glo. (A.B.)
8. Tlie overflowing of water. Lth. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Fleet-dyke, sb. a dike erected for preventing
inundation; (2) -water, sb. water which overflows ground.
(i) Sc. Where a flood is sure to overflow the banks what are
called fleet-dykes ought to be raised. These dykes may be made
of turf two and a half or three feet high and a few yards back from
the banks of the stream, Essays Highl. Soc. III. 484 (Jam.). (2)
Rxb. (Jam.)
9. A shallow channel, estuary ; a tidal creek, an inlet,
arm of the sea ; a shallow sheet of water.
N.Cy.i Nhb.' Applied to salmon fishings within the tidal flow.
Not. Various fleets on the Trent, as at CoUingham, Besthorpe, &c.,
where an inundation produces a shallow lake, so called, Brookes
Tracts Gl. sw.Lin.i e An.i A channel filled by the tide, but left
very shallow and narrow at low water. Nrf. CozENS-HARDYiSjoflrf
Nif. (1893) 77. Suf. A shallow piece of standing water, Rainbird
Agric. (1819) 292, ed. 1849; Suf.', e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. The fish
that swim in the fleets are mine, Baring-GoUld Mclinlah (1883'
7 ; They have a very good way in Essex of draining of lands that
have land-floods or fleets running through them, which make a
kind of a small creek, Mortimer Husbaiiriiy in N. & Q. (18681
4th S. i. 150; Ess.' A strip of water fringed with reeds. Ken.'
A channel for the passage of boats and vessels, hence the name
of North-fleet. The word is still used about Sitlingbourne, and is
applied tosheetsof salt and brackish water in themarshes adjoining
the Medway and the Swale. Most of them have no communication
with the tidal water, except through water-gates. Hmp.^
10. A drain, sewer, ditch ; a channel for sewerage.
■w.Yks. A smallish watercourse or drainage for a district into
the river Aire. ' He's been fishing it fleet, an' t'barns 'ez been
bathing it fleet' (W.H.). n.Lin.' There is a drain called the Fleet-
dyke at Salt-fleetby. Nrf. This dyke went by the name of the Muck
Fleet, Dale Noah's Ark (1890) viii ; N. & Q. (1868) 4th S. i. 150.
Hence Fleet-hole, sb. a hole or hollow left by a drain
having been diverted, or a bank broken and the soil washed
away.
n.Lin. ' The West channel would then naturally warp up, and
leave what is usually termed in such cases a fleet hole, Stonehoijse
Hist. I. A.xholitu\ 263.
11. A flat bog or swamp out of which the water issues
from the hills.
Rxb. Just where the weet comes frae the flowe and fleets,
RiDDELL Poc/. IVks. (ed. 1871) 1. 206. w.Yks.' ; -w.Yks.^ A piece
of moorland, through which a number of streams flow, to the west
of Broomhead Moors in Bradfield, is called Broad Fleets.
[1. Ne reccheth never wher I sinke or flete, Chaucer
C. T. A. 2397. OK.flcolan. 2. The fletynge streem that
royleth doun dyversly fro heye mountaignes, ib. Boethiits,
bk. I. met. vii. 7. 9. Flete where water cometh, breche,
Palsgr. (1530). OE. y7("o/, estuary.]
FLEET, V? and sb? Sh.I. n.Cy. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Der. Lin. Lei. Nhp. Shr. Hrt. e.An. Ken. Sus. Also
written fleete e.Lan,'; flete w.Yks.' ; and in forms flat
Lakel. ; flit Chs.'" Nrf. Sus.'^ [flit, flit.]
I. Gram, forms. 1. Preterite : Flet. e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. pp. (I I Flat, (2) Fleeted, (3) Flet, (4) Fletted, (5)
Fletten, (6) Flit.
(i; Lin. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 155; Lin.l, Nrf. (W.R.E.),
Ken. (K.) (2) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Ess. The milk after standing
twenty-four hours is fleeted, Marshall Review (1817) V. 164. (3)
w.Yks. I've flet th' cream. Obsol., Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Jan. 3,
1891). Lan.', e.Lan.', Ctis.'^a, e.An.' Suf. Rainisird Agric.
(1819) 292, ed. 1849. e.Suf (F.H.) Ess. (S.P.H.); Monthly Mag.
(1815)1.125. Ken. (K.), e.Ken. (G.G.) (4; Suf. Rainbird ^^gr/f.
(1819) 292, ed. 1849; Suf.' (5) Ken. (K.) (6) Chs. Marshall
Review f 1818) II. 57 ; Chs.' Ess. (J.F.\ Ken.'2, Sus.'
II. Dial, meanings. 1. v. To skim, take off the surface,
csp. to take off the cream from milk.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lakel.' w.Yks. Hl/.v. Courier (May 8,
1897) ; Willan List IVds. (1811) ; HurroN Tour to Caves (1781) ;
w.Yks.'23 Lan. Davies Races {1856) 271 ; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.', e.An', e.Suf (F.H.), Nrf. (W.F.S ) Ess. (II.H.M.) ;
Tlic milk after standing twenty-four hours is fleeted, Marshall
Review (:8i7) V. 164. Ken. (K.), Ken.', Sus.2
Hence (i) Fleeter or Fleetir, sb. a utensil used to skim
broth, &c., in cooking ; (2) Fleeting-dish, (3) -disk, sb. a
flat dish used in skimming cream from milk ; (4) -time.
sb. the regular time fixed for the process of skimming ;
(5) Fleetings, sb. pi. curds from which cheese is made,
the thick cream which lises to the surface of boiling
whey ; (6) Flet, (a) ppl. adj. skimmed ; ib) sb. cheese
made f'rom skimmed milk ; (7) Flet-cheese, sb., see Flet {b) ;
(8) -milk, sb. (a) skimmed milk ; (b) see Fleetings ; (9)
•milk-cheese, sb., see Flet {b}.
, I) Sh.L ' Sorrow bit o' da fleetir can I fin' athin da door,' Sibbie
answer'd, as shU liftid da wan spiine o' skoom efter da tidder, Sh.
News (May 28, 1898; ; {Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.' A flat piece of
wood used for skimming oil particles, &c,, from the surface of water
when cooking. (2) Cum.', w.Yks. "^3, ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Hrt. Ellis
Mod. Husb. (1750; III. i. e.An ' Suf. (M.E.R. ; ; Rainbird Agric.
(1819) 292, ed. 1849. e.Suf (F.H. ), Ken. ( K.). Ken.' (3) w.Yks.
ScATCHERD Hist. Morlev (1830!. (4) e.Suf (F.H.) ($) w.Yks.
(D.L.) ; w.Yks.' After the curd for making new-milk cheese is
separated from the whey, it is set over the fire, and when it almost
boils, a quantity of sour butter-milk is poured into the pan, and the
mixture is gently stirred. In a few minutes the curd rises to the
surface, and is carefully skimmed ofi" with a Acting dish into a
sieve to drain. Lan. Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 19; Lan.',
ne.Lan ' Chs. As soon as the whey is exhausted of its cream
about two quarts of butter-milk are poured into it, which again
breaks int3 what are called fleetings, Marshall Review (1818) II.
57 ; Clis.i In the old fashioned method of cheese-making it was
always customary to boil the whey. The first fleetings rose just
before the whey came to the boil. These were the richest, and
were skimmed off and kept by themselves. They were called
' cream-fleetings,' and were churned into butter. As the whey
began to boil harder, a somewhat coarser and less creamy kind of
fleetings rose to the surface. These also were skimmed off, and
were used for the farm men's supper, A small quantity of butter-
milk was then added to the boiling whey, which caused a very
coarse curdy kind of fleetings to rise, and these were kept for
feeding calves. .. Fleetings are very seldom made now; Chs.^^^
s.Chs.l, nWDer.', Shr.' (6, a) Lan.', e.Lan.' Ess. (J.F.) ; Monthly
Mag. (1815) I. 125. (A) Suf. Young Ann. Agric. (1784-18151 III.
193. (7) e.An.' Suf. Rainbird Agric, (1819) 292, ed. 1849;
Suf, e.Suf. (F.H.) (8, a) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lan.The'ad bettur
may o roice puddin', fur win o deyle o fl,--t milk laft, Scholes Tim
Gamwattle (1857) 19 ; Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Chs. Young Ann.
Agric. (1784-1815) XXVIII. 16; Chs.'23 Lin. Trans. Phil. Soc.
(1858) 155; Lin.', e.An.' Nrf. We allays sell the flat-milk at a
penny a pint (W.R.E.) ; (S.P.H.) Suf. ;C.LF.l; Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863); Suf.', e.Suf (F.H.) Ess. (H.H.M.) ; (S.P.H.) ;
I gan the pigs some flet-milk, Trans. Esse.x Arch. Soc. (1863I II.
178. Ken. (K.), Ken.i2, e.Ken. (G.G. ), Su.' (6) Chs. Marshall
Revieiv {1818) II. 57 ; Chs.' (9) Ken. yK.)
2. Coiiip. (i) Fleet-cheese, cheese made from skimmed
milk ; (2) -milk, {a) skimmed milk ; {b) the curds which
rise to the surface of boiling whey ; see Fleetings.
(i) Nhp.' (2, n) n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' w.Yks. Willan
List IVds. (1811) ; w.Yks.5, ne Lan.', Lei.' Nhp.' Now nearly ofc.
Hrt. Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i. Suf He gets a pint o' fleet
milk, MacmiUan's Mag. (Sept. 1889) 358. e.Suf. (F.H.), Ess.',
Ken. (G.B.), Ken.', ne.Ken. (H.M.) (A) Chs.'^s
3. sb. A milk-skimmer. Sus.'
[1. Vloten, to fleete, or to scumme off the creame of
milke, Hexham ; Let us go flete this mylke agaynst she
come to make her butter, Palsgr. (1530). Cp. Bremen
d'\a\. pluleii, ' die Sahne von der IMilch abnchmen ' (IVtb.).]
FLEET, adj.^ and sb.' Gmg. Som. [flit, Som. also
vllt.] 1. adj. Bleak, exposed, unsheltered.
Gmg. Collins Gower Dial., Trans. Phil. Soc, (Mar. 8, 1850) IV. 222.
w.Som.l Tiiz u vleet plae'us pun taap u dhik naap [It is an exposed
place on the top of that hill].
2. sb. The exposed part, unsheltered situation.
Som. The windward side of a hedge, W. & J. G/. (1873). w.Som.l
Waut-s laf dhee au-s rait-n dliu vleet vaur'u ? [Why hast left thy
horse right in the unsheltered spot?]
FLEET, s^.* Dev. [Not known to our correspondents.]
An incline.
n.Dev. Hand-bk. (ed. 1877) 258.
FLEET, adj? n.Cy. Lan. Hrt. e.An. Sur. Sus. Amer.
Also in form flit Sus.'* [flit, flit] Having little depth,
shallow ; at no great depth, near the surface ; also used
advb,
N.Cy." A fleet pan,' 'fleet water.' ne.Lan.' Hrt. To plough fleet,
Cussans///5/. //;V. (1879-1881) III. 320. e.An.' A dish or a basin;
FLEET
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FLEIR
a ditch or a pond ; or anything else of little depth, is said to be
fleet : e.An.2 You mav wade over the river here, it is so fleet. Cmb.
(W.W.S.) ; Davies^'/. i; roads (l88^^ 5. 249. Nrf.Thcy [the eggs
of the dob-chicken] were all laid in turf-decks in fleet water,
Emerson iVj</5 , ed. 1895)320; What are yow [you] blubbering
about now for? Yar tares [your tears] run wunnerful fleet (W.R.E.).
Suf. (C.T.) : A fleet pond vC.G.B.); (C.L.F.): Suf.i, e.Suf. (F.H.)
Ess. It's a fleet pond, just up to the horse's knees (A.S.-P.) ; You
don't cut the turf fleet enow ^H.H.M.'' ; It is a favourite maxim
here, 'Fallow deep, but sow fleet,' Young j4iih. Agric. (118^-
1815) XI. 323. Sur.i The soil is fleet when there is no depth in
it. Sus.'2 [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 388.]
[OV..*Jlnit\ cp. EFris.y7()/, 'nicht tief, dunn'(KooLMAN);
MDu. I'luot, shallow (Ti'ii/Zionis/a).]
FLEET, sec Flay, v.\ Flet, .s^-.', Flight, sb.^
FLEETER, si).' Dur. Cum. [flitsr.] 1. A young
fledgeling just ready to leave the nest. Cum. (J.D.)
2. A smut, a small particle of soot.
s.Dur. T'smoke fell an all my clean claes wes daubed wi fleeters
(J.E.D.).
FLEETER, si.* e.An.' A fishing-boat or fisherman
engaged in ' llecting.' See Fleeting, s6.'
FLEETER, v. Nhb.' Also written fleter. [fli'tsr.]
With on : of snow : to fall lightly. See Flichter, v.
It's fleterin on o' snaa.
FLEETING, si.' e.An. [fli'tin.] A particular kind
of trawling.
e.An.^A system which has grown up in the placeof theoldmethod
of smack fishing. ' Four or five or more smacks have gone out
together and stayed during several weeks upon the deep sea
fishing ground, tended by a steam vessel which has travelled back-
wards and forwards, taking fish home and bringing stores out,'
Sii/. and Ess. Press (Mar. 14, 1886).
FLEETING, sb.^ Lin.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [fli'tin.] A perquisite.
The clothes are the maid's fleeting.
FLEETS, sb. pi. Dun' [flits.] Particles in smoke.
Cf fleeter, sb.' 2.
FLEET-TIME, sb. Lan. Break of day, twilight.
Davies Races (1856) 271 ; Lan.i
FLEETY, FLEEZE, see Flighty, Floose.
FLEFF, sb. Yks. Chs. Also in form fleth Chs.' [flef.]
A flea. Also used a/Ziib. Cf fleck, sA.^, flough, sb.
w.Yks. An owd man, got a lot o' rultcn wood, mushed a' to
nowt, an' 'e screwed it oop i' papper for penn'orths, an' sowld it
for flefr.]io\vtliers (F.P.T.). Chs.i3
FLEG, sb.' Sc. [fleg.] 1. A stroke, random blow ;
a kick.
Sc. Grose (i^gol MS. add (C.) Frf. Meg, wha was trig, gied
his rubbish a fleg. Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 14. Rnf. Ae wasp
or bee, wi' luckless fleg. Had lost perchance a stang by't, Picken
/'ofH;s(i8i3) II. 96. Ayr. She's gien me monieajirt an' fleg. Burns
Ep.to J. La firatk {Apr. 21, 1785) st.g; Wi' uncouth, kintra fleg, O'er
Pegasus I'll fling my leg, il>. ziid Ep. to R. Graham, St. i. Lnk.
Brocht up wi' mony a cuff an' fleg, Turned adrift on the worl'
tae beg, Thomson Leddy May (18831 103.
2. A fit of ill-humour ; also in //.
Ayr. (Jam.) Gall. Ye follow in your surly flegs, Nicholson
Poet. Wks. (1814) 96, ed. 1897.
3. A rash statement, exaggeration ; a falsehood. Ayr.
(Jam.)
Hence Fleggar, sb. one who exaggerates ; a liar. Ayr.,
Lth. {ib.)
FLEG, !».' and sb!^ Sc. n.Cy. Also written flegg ; and
in form fleeg Sc. [fleg.] 1. v. To frighten, scare, terrify ;
to frighten away, drive off; sometimes with away. See
Flay, v}
Sc. When man first fand the want o' claes. The wind and cauld
to fleg, Ford Thistledotvii 1 1891) 178. S. & Ork.' MS. add. Elg.
He was fleggit to death. Tester Poems (1865) 132. Bnff. We. . .
frae our shouthers fleg the bugs, Taylor Poems (1787) 178. Bch.
He flegged starker fouk na' you, Forbes ^y«.v (1742; 9. Abd. The
day aiftcr ye hed fleggit themawa', Alexander yo/;»;;v G;Zii (1871)
x.wii. Kcd. That fleg'd them sae the bypast night, Burness
Garrou Ha' (c. 1820) 1. 384. Frf. ' That was strong language,'
said Hendry, 'but he would be wantin' to fleg her?' Barrie
Thrums (1889) xv. Per. Leezbeth was fleegit at the sicht o' ye,
Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Syne { 1895) 139. Fif. Quid cheer will
fleg the frost awa. Gray Poems (1811)39. Enf. The Parish Priest
. . . Wad fleg him frae the doors wi' preachin', Picken Poems
(1813) I. iiq. Ayr. He flegs awa dull care. White yo«/«^«( 1879)
217. Lnk. We'll fleg him sae, he'll mint nae mair to gang A con-
juring to do a lassie wrang, Rabisay Gentle Shep. { 1725) 88, ed.
1783. LtU. Pale Envy wi' her heart o' gall Is fleg'd hence wi' their
laughing, Bruce Pof«is( 181 3) II. 16. Edb.Toflegawa'yoursimmer
roses, Fergusson Poems (1773I 124, ed. 1785. Rxb. An' scripture
anathemas gather To fleg the faithless, Ruickbie Ways-ide Cottager
(1807) 94. Gall. He flegs through a' the nooks o' Wappin", Some
tailor loon, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 91, ed. 1897. n.Cy. Border
Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.)
Hence Fleggit, /)/>/. adj. frightened, scared.
Per. Wi' muckle words an' wisdom nods The fleggit fearfu'
bairns he rules, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 96.
2. To take fright, to be frightened.
Sc. Now tell the truth and dinna fleg, Pennecuik CoU. (1756)
26, ed. 1787. n.Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. What gars thee sae fleg an'
fling? Nicholson Idylls 11870) 84.
Hence Flegging, ppl. adj. timid, fearful.
Kcb. To see ilk flegging witless coof Get o'er his thum a heezy,
Davidson Seasons (1789) 16 (Ja.m.).
3. sb. A fright, scare, esp. in phr. to get or give a fleg.
Also used in pi.
Sc. I got a fleg and was ready to jump out o' my skin, Scott
Rob Roy (1817) xviii ; It's been like that at Muirtown, what wi'
fretts, and fleggs, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) xxx. Sh.I. I nevvir
gat sek an a flegg i ma lyfe, Gent. Mag. (1884) 29. ed. Gomme.
Or.I. Dat gee her sik a fleg [that gave her such a fright], Paety Toral
(1880) 1. 152, in Ellis Ptoj/hhc. (1889) V. 795. Cai.i To give a
fleg. Bob. For they had gi'en him sik a fleg He look'd as he'd been
doited, Forbes Aja.x (1742) 8. Abd. Ye gae him a fleg aboot the
meetin', Alexander Johnny Gibb (i8gi) xxiii ; Sing ye young
sorrow to beguile Or to gie auld fear the flegs ? Macdonald Sir-
Gibbie, xxx. Frf. He ended in gien us a fleg, Barrie Thrums
(1889) vi. Per. ' Never hand on ! ' says I, for I had gotten a fleg,
Sandy Scott (1897) 67. e.Fif. I'se gie the fallow a fleg for his
impudence, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864I xxiii. SIg. Och ! she gaed
them a' their flegs. Towers Poems (1885) 173. Rnf. I got a fleg,
Wi' their claymores and philabegs, Harp (1819) 279. Ayr. Mony
a fleg, and lounder kittle. It's gi'en us a', White Joltings (i8-]g)
210. Lnk. Has some bogle-bo . . . gi'en ye a fleg ? Ramsay Poems
(1721) 173. Edb. But one dark night we got a fleg in sober earnest,
MoiR Mansie IVaiich (1828) xii. Sik. We'll gie them a fleg,
Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 71. Rxb. Gude faith your cares will get
a fleg, Ruickbie IVayside Cottager (1807) 185.
4. Phr. (i) to play a fleg or flegs, to frighten, play a trick
on ; (2) — take fleg, to take fright.
(i) Lth. My certy ! quo' she, but I'll play him a fleg, Ballantine
Poems{-i&^6) 114. Bwk. They 'play'd on rich and poor theirflegs,"
Henderson Fo/>.^/y<)ifs (1856) 5g, (2) Abd. (W.M.) Ags. I . . .
winna tak fleg although ye sid dort a hale 00k, St. Kathleen 1. 1820)
III. 191 (Jam.). Kcd. His horse took fleg, Burness Garron Ha'
(c. 1820) I. 552.
FLEG, V? Sc. [fleg.] To fly from place to place, to
flutter. Also usedy/g-. Cf. flig, v.'
Sc. The Solan understood about knives ... he gied ae squawk
. . . and flegged off, Stevenson Catriona (1893) xv. Dmf. (Jam.)
Kcb. But Nelly . . . afl" wi' Gib the mason Flegg'd fast that day,
Davidson Seasons (1789') 76 ; They round a tummock wheel an*
fleggin toss The mouldy-hillan to the air, ib. 25.
Hence Fleggin, sb. a lazy, lying fellow, who goes from
door to door. Dmf (Jam.)
FLEG, see Flag, v.^, Flig(g.
FLEGG, sb. Ubsol. Nhb. Dur. A fly. Cf. fleg, i/.=
Ntib. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 155. Dur. (K.)
[OE. (Nhh.)flege, a fly (Matt, xxiii. 24) ; WS.fleoge.]
FLEG(GE, see Flig, t;.'
FLEGHINGS, sb. pi. Cai. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The dust which comes from flax in
dressing it.
FLEGMAGARY, see Fligmagary.
FLEGMALEERIES, sb. pi Sc. Needless finery,
frippery. Cf. fligmagary.
Lnk. There's nae flegmaleeries like yours about me; Yer Leg-
horns a' flaffin' wi' ribbons an' veils, Watson Poems (1853) 46.
FLEHT, FLEID, see Elite, v.. Flay, f.'
FLEIGH, FLEIGHK, see Flake, sb.\ Fleck, sb.'
FLEIP, FLEIR, see Flipe, v., Fleer, :;.'
FLEIT
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FLEIT, FLEITCH, see Fleet, v.\ Fleech, v.
FLEITER, f. and s6. Der. Nhp. 1. i^. Ois. To prop
the bank of a brook damaged by a flood.
Der. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) ; Uer.^^, nw.Der.i
2. sb. A prop or pile to support the bank of a brook or
a bridge damaged by a flood. Nhp.'
FLEM, V. Oxf. [flam.] With up : of pastry : to rise
slowly.
The pastry flems up after cooking (A.L.M.).
FLEM, adj. w.Yks.= [flem.] Soft, flaccid.
Gen. used in butter-making. Butter is said to be flem when it
is not sufficiently hard or firm.
FLEM, FLEM(E, see Flea, sb.\ Fleam, si.'*
FLEMED, pp. Obs. Sc. Also in form fleemyt Per.
Frightened, scared. Also usedyfg-.
Sc. He help'd Miss Rose when she was flemit with the Laird of
Killancureit's new English bull, Scott IVaverky {1814) ix ; Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.) Per. Justice is fleemyt frae the land, Ford
//(I//) (1893) 417.
[Flemed, terrefctctus, Coles (1679). OE. (Angh) /Iiman,
to put to flight ; WS.yiieinait.]
FLEMING, s6. Pern. 1. Ashe\\-{\sh,Lt</rariael/!ptica.
s.Pem. Laws Lilih Eitg. (1888) 420.
2. The soft clam, Mya arenaria.
Pem. Still in use (H.O.) ; Owen Pembrokeshire, I. 126, note 7.
FLEMMER, sb. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] [fle'm3(r).] A mining term: an instrument used
in gettmg out the stone.
Come yourself, and take a turn at the flemmer, Blackmore
Perlycross (1894) xx.
FLEMPTER, sb. Sh.I. A hurry. S. & Ork.'
FLENCH, V. Sh.I. [flenj.] To yield, flinch.
' Doo'll be learned dat bi da time at doo gets da job,' Willa said,
'ithoot flenchin' her grund, Sh. News (July 31, 1B97).
FLENCH, FLENDER, see Flinch, k.=, Flinder, 56.'
FLENIS, s6. />/. Obs. Sc. Fragments.
Slk. And shredis and flenis of brokyn stenis, Hogg Poems (ed.
1865I 173.
FLEP, sb. and v. Wm. Yks. Also in forms fleb, flip
m.Yks.' [flap, flip.] 1. sb. The under-lip ; mouth ; esp.
in phr. to hang one's flcp, pull ajlep, to pout, look cross.
Wm. He hangs his fiep like an' auld mcear i' barley-seed time
(Old saying) (B.K.). m.Yks.' w.Yks. An sum hed links a sossij
hung aht a ther fleps fur segars [cigars]. Bag o' Shoddy Olm. (1866)
14; Don't pull such a flep (S.O.A.) ; w.Yks.* He hings his flep this
mornin'.
2. V. To pout, fret ; to sob, cry.
m.Yks.' What's thou standing flipping and flepping there at ?
Pretha have a good roar and have done with it. w.Yks. (T.T. )
[2. Norw. dial.y7;)!>n, to pout, to hang the lip, to whimper
(Aasen).]
FLEP, see Flap, i/.'
FLEPPER, V. and sb. Yks. Also in form flabber
m.Yks.' [fle'pafr).] 1. v. To pout or hang the lip ; to
cry, sob. See Flep.
m.Yks.' What's that bairn fleppering at? He laid his head down
on t'table and flebbered. w.Yks. At that she began ta flepper an
cry, Nidderdill Olm. (1870) ; w.Yks.'
2. sb. The under-lip.
w.Yks.' Look what a flepper shoe hings.
FLERK, V. and sb. Brks. Lon. Hmp. Wil. Also written
flirk Brks, Hmp. Wil.' [flak.] 1. v. To jerk about,
flourish ; to flip or flap anything about.
Lon. Don't keep flerking that in my face (W.H.E.). Wil.' As
a duster in flicking a speck of dust off a table.
2. With over : to do anything hastily or not thoroughly.
Brks.. Hmp. If you've got a lot to do just flerk it over ( W.H.E.).
3. sb. With over: a hasty, insufficient method of doing work.
Hmp. Just gie it a flerk over ! W.H.E.).
FLERRY, s6. Dev. [flari.] Fright.
Dev.2; Dev.3 Dawntee be in suehee flerry, nort idden gwaine to
hart e.
FLERRY, V. Chs. [fla'ri.] To giggle, laugh in a foolish
manner.
Wh.-it are you flerryin' there for? (E.M.G.)
FLESH, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
AlsoinformsfleyshLan.; vleashWxf';vleshWxf.'I.W.'
[flej.] 1. sb. In fo;«i.(i)Flesh-and-blood,(n)the blood-root,
or tormentil, /'o/(;;////n Tormentilla; (i) a species of apple;
(2) -and-fell, the whole carcase and skin ; (3) -andkail,
a name given to the sect of Sandemanians or Glassites ;
(4) -axe, a butcher's or horse-slaughterer's cleaver ; (5)
■ball, a beef pudding or dumpling ; (6) -boat, a meat-
tub ; (7) -crow, the carrion crow, Corviis coroiie ; (8) -day,
Christmas Eve, see below; (9) -fallen, emaciated; (10)
-fly, the common bluebottle fly; (11) -fork, a long two-
pronged fork for getting meat out of a pot or cauldron ;
(12) -funeral, a funeral which is accompanied by feasting
and a profusion of meat, &c. ; (13) -hook, an iron hook
with a long wooden ' stail,' used to pull hides out of tan-
pits ; (14) -meat, animal food ; butcher's meat as distin-
guished from pork or bacon ; (15) -rent, (a) the separation
of flesh and bone, the tearing of the flesh ; (b) the lacera-
tion of muscular fibres from a strain ; also used attrib.
strained ; (16) -warks, external pains.
(i, a) Hdg. The name is ' obviously derived from the disease it
is administered to cure, viz. dysentery,' A'ominale MS. in (B. & H.).
Nhb.i (i) Dev." (2) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.j (3J Nhbl'
The meeting-house of the persuasion in Newcastle was formerly
on the town-wall, near the New Road, and was known as 'The
Flesh-and-kail Meeting-house,' from the custom observed by the
members of the church of dining together on Sunday morning
after service. (4^ Nhp.' [Kennett Par. ./4h%. (legs).] (5) Lan.
Nearly always made round in the shape of a ball. In everyday
use now (1899) (S.W.) ; Aw towd hur iv aw could get it hur, iv
it wur evenly a greyt fleysh bo every day, Abrum o' Fhip's Quoriin'
(1886) 9. (6) Bwk. A big flesh-boat wi' feathers fu', Stood by the
side o' Ringan's mow, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 58. (7)
WlI. In reference to the various kinds of food on which it feasts,
Smith Birds (1887) 232. [Swainson Birds (1885) 82.] (8) Lan,
From the circumstances of the country people flocking to Poulton
to purchase beef, &c., sufficient to answer the demands of the
coming year, Thornber Hist. Blachpool (1837) 92; Harland &
Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 256. (9) n.Yks.^ (10) Sc. Fiddler's
dogs and flesh-flies come to feasts unca'd, Ramsay Prov. (1737).
n.Yks.'2, ne.Yks.i w.Yks. Ther's a flesh-flee on t'meyt '.£.8.).
n.Lin.', I.W.' Dor. A'. CT Q. (1877) 5th S. viii. 45 ; (H.J.M.) (11)
Shr.' Dick s'ore 'e could ate more poncake than we could'n stick
the flesh-fork throu'. (12) n.Yks.^ (13) Lei.' (14) Lnk. What
right hae ye To sit down to your flesh-meat dinners — Your toast
and tea? Rodger Pocxis (1838) 165, ed. 1897. n.Yks.' Nobbut
bacon an' taties; nae flesh-meat ; n.Yks. 2, ne. Yks.' w.Yks. We
seldom seed fleshmayte i'th' pleck, Warty Rhymes {iSg^) 27. Chs.'
We anna had a bit o' flesh-meat aw wik. s.Chs.', n.Lin.' Shr.'
Puddin' an' pancake's all very well wunst an' a way, but theer's
nuthin' like a good dinner o' flesh-mate fur satisfyin' the stomach.
w.Som.' Dhik dhae'ur duug auf t-av u beet u vlaar'sh-mai't, uuls
yiie oan nuvur git-n aup een kundee'shun [That dog ought to have
some animal food, otherwise you will never get him into condition].
Cor.' They don't ait flesh-mait once a month. (15, a) n.Yks. A
flesh-rent is worse than a broken bone (I.W.). (6) n.Yks. *,
n.Lin.l (16) n.Yks.2
2. Phr. to touch flesh, to shake hands.
n.Yks. Stop, mun, let's touch thee flesh, Browne Yk. Minster
Screen (1834) 1. 3.
3. Meat ; butcher's meat. See also Flesh-meat.
Sc. Better have a mouse in the pot as no flesh, Ray Prov.
(1678) 364. Sh.I. Is doo no for a drap [of whisky] efter da flesh ?
Sh. News (Jan. 14, 1899). Abd. Reg. (Jam.) Frf. She had flesh
every day for her dinner, Barrie M. Ogilvy (1896) viii. Wxf.'
Biletha vleash [boiled meat]. n.Yks.' Butcher's meat, in opposi-
tion to bacon or pork. ' Ah deean't think at Ah've tasted flesh going
iv tolf weeks.' Lan. Butcher's meat in gen., but most freq. beef in
particular (S.W. ). n.Lin.'
4. Pork in contradistinction to beef. Cor.'
5. V. A tanning term : to shave off the flesh which re-
mains on the inside of a hide.
Sc. The skin is stretched on a curved beam, and thoroughly
scraped, first on the grain or upper side to rid it of its hair or tufts
of wool, then on the flesh or under side to strip off the particles of
fat or flesh adhering to it (Jam. Stippl). Chs.' The operation is
performed upon a rounded block of wood, stone, or iron.
Hence (i) Flesh-beam, sb. a wooden instrument on
which is suspended the hide to be 'fleslied ' ; (2) -knife,
sb. the knife used by tanners to pare oft' the flesh from
the hide ; (3) Flashing-beam, sb., see Flesh-beam. Lei.'
FLESHEN
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FLEYK
6. To touch a lialfpenny in tossing it with the fleshy part
of the thumb so as to turn it whichever way one pleases.
Ir. By the holy you fleshed 'em, Edgeworth Bulls (1802) 129-
133, ed. 1803.
FLESHEN,!'. n.Lin. With ?//>: to put on flesh, grow
fat. (M.P.)
FLESHER, sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Lan. Lin. [fle J3(r.]
A butcher.
Sc. Fleshers lo'c nae collops, Ramsay Prov. (1737) ; I was
'prentice, my lord, to old Mungo Moniplies, the flesher, Scott
Nigel {1822) xxvii. Frf. 'If ye could eat something,' said Hendry,
'I would gae to the flesher's for't,' Barrie Thrums (1889) iv.
Per. Our butchers prefer being called fleshers (G.W. ). s.Sc. Life's
faught he began as a flesher's bit callant, Allan Poems {iZB-j) 65.
Rnf. There'll neither be masons nor tailors. Nor fleshers nor
souters to boot, Bakr Poems (1861) 183. Ayr. I'll gang to Jock
Harrigals, the flesher, Galt S; toV ( 1 833") x.xxix. Edb. Out flew
the flesher in his killing clothes. MoiR Ma)isie IVauch (1828) v.
Slk. A lleshir of the name of Wilson, Hogg Tnles (1838^1 319, ed.
1866. Dwn. (G.L.A.) N Cy.' 'Flesher Raw' in Newcastle
formerly where the butchers lived. Lan. Used in country places
(S.W.\ n.Lin.1 Obs.
[He pullit ane swerde fra ane flescheour, Bellenden
Livy (1533), ed. 1822, 274 ; A fleschour, tuacellarius, Calh.
A„gl. (1483K]
FLESHING, sb. Sc. The business of a butcher.
Sc. (Jam. Siippl.. ed. 1825). Per. ' What trade has your son
followed after?' 'The fleshin', a guid payin' trade in the meantime'
(.G.W.). Ltli. (J.F.)
FLESHY, adj. se.Wor.' [fle'Ji.] Of young birds :
fledged. Cf. flush, adj.'^
FLET,s6.' Obs. Sc.Yks. Also written flett Sc. (Jam.) ;
and in form fleet Yks. 1. The inner part of the house.
Sc. A fair fire makesa room flet, Ray P;of. (1678) 359; Ferguson
Prov. (1641), i.e. it makes those who are in it sit far from the
fireside (Jam. s.v. Rowm). Abd. We hae e'en seen shargars gather
strength. That seven years hae sitten in the flet, Ross Heleiiore
(17681 98, ed. 1812.
2. Phr. Fire andjlct, fire and house-room.
Ags. One has neither fire nor flett [used to denote poverty]
(Jam.). Yks.Thebelief was amongst the vulgar, says Mr. Aubrey's
MS., and perhaps is, in part, still, that after a person's death, the
soul went over Whinny Moor; and till about 1624, at the funeral,
a woman came and sung the following song : ' This ean night, this
ean night. Every night and awle, Fire and fleet and candle-light,
And Christ receive thy sawle,' Brakd Pop. ^tttiq. (ed. 1813) H. 180.
[1. Bot his inaried wife induring her lifetime, sa lang as
she remanes widow sail possessethe inwarde parte of the
house called the flett. Burrow Lazves (c. 1400) xxv (Jam.).
2. Wyth fyir & flet, woif & barnis, Aberd. Reg. (1543) (A);
My wife to have . . . fyre & fleete in my haule & kechin,
mil (1539) (N.E.D.). OE. /left, the floor of a house, a
dwelling ; cp. ON. /lei, a house, house-room (in law
phrases) (Vigfusson).]
FLET, sb.' Sc. Also in forms flate Cai.» ; fleat (Jam.).
[flet, Cai. fleit.] A straw mat used under a horse's saddle
to prevent the back from being chafed.
Cai. They carry their victual in straw creels called cassies, and
fixed over straw flets, on the horses' backs, with a clubber and
straw ropes, Statist. Ace. X. 23 (Jam.) ; Cai.' The larger sizes were
hung up to prevent draughts in houses. The smaller were used
under saddles. Stli. The horse being equipped with a fleat and
clubbar on his back, the former a web made of straw weaved with
small ropes made of rushes, three feet by two and a half and three-
quarters of an inch long, Agric. Surv. 60 (Jam.).
[Cp. Norw. dia\. /leda, a plaiting (Aasen).]
FLET, sb.^ Yks. [flat.] A flash of fire ; hot coal or
live embers ; lightning.
n.Yks.* ; n.Yks.* ' I see nowther fire nor flet,' neither warmth
nor flame. * As fleet as flet.'
FLETCHER, sb.^ War. Wor. Also in form flatcher
se.Wor.' [fle'tJ3(r).] A weir, a dam over which water
flows ; a cascade, waterfall.
War. The cascade or waterfall from the overflow from the back-
water of a mill or pond, A^. & Q. (1882) 6th S. v. 449; War.^
Wor. They [some boards] had been washed away from the fletcher
by the flood, Evesham Jm, (Sept. 5, 1896). se.Wor.', s.Wor.
(H.K.), s.Wor.i
VOL. 11.
FLETCHER, sb? War. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [fle'tj3(r).] A stone used in grinding corn.
It makes a great noise when at work. ' To roar like a fletcher '
(C.I.M.).
FLETCHER, v. e.Suf. [fletj3(r).] Of a peaspod :
to fill out. (F.H.) ^
FLETCHERDS, sb. pi. e.An. Also in forms fletcheds
e.Suf.; fletshard, fletsher, fletshud Suf.' [fletj3d(s.]
The young, half-grown pods of peas or beans. Cf. fletches.
e.An.' ; e.An.^ They cease to be fletcherds when they cease to
be flat. Suf.i e.Suf. Not used in the sing. (F.H.)
FLETCHES, s6. ^/. Nhp. e.An. [fle'tjiz.] The green
pods of peas or beans ; half-grown peaspods.
Nhp.' e.An.' From some resemblance they are supposed to bear
to an arrow. e.Suf. (F.H.)
FLETHER, v. and sb. Sc. Also in form flaither
(Jam.), [fle'^ar.] 1. v. To flatter, wheedle, fawn ; to
beguile with fair words. Cf. flather.
Sc. Aye, flaither awa ! Since I'll no do wi' foul play, try me wi'
fair play, Donald and Flora, 13 (Jam.).
Hence Fletherin', pf>l. adj. flattering, beguiling.
Ayr. Expect na. Sir, in this narration, A fleechin, fleth'rin'
Dedication, Burns Dedication to G. Hamilton, I. 1, 2.
2. sb. pi. Flattery, fair words.
s.Sc. Do you think to beguile me wi' your fleeching and your
Aethers to do the devil's work? Duncan Young Weaver, 98 (Jam.).
e.Lth. I thocht ... he had sickened ye aince for a' wi' his fleechin
an' flethers, Hunter/. Iiiwick (1895) 165.
FLEUCHAN, FLEUCKER, see Flechan, Flucker.
FLEUD, sb. Sh.I. A cuff", blow with the palm of the
hand. S. & Ork.'
FLEUKNERS, 56.//. Sh.I. Poultry. S. & Ork.'
FLEUSS, 5Z). Cum.' A loose heap of straw or hay, &c.
FLEUTERMENT, sb. Cum.' Ridiculous talk.
FLEUZ'T, ppl. adj. Cum. Bruised, fringed, broken
into filaments. Cf. floose.
Cum.' An unhooped walking stick is said to be fleiiz't when the
end is fringed by usage ; Cum.^
FLEW, see Flue, sb.^, adj> '
FLE"WERS, sb. pi. Obs. Suf. Fishermen who con-
fine themselves chiefly to rivers.
Sometimes using nets with unlawful meshes to destroy fish under
size, or out of season, Gardner Hist. Diinwich (1754).
FLE"WET, sb. Sc. Lakel. Cum. Lan. Also written
flewat Sc. Lakel.'^ ; flewit Sc. ; fluet Sc. Cum.' Lan.' n. Lan.'
[flu'-it, fliu'-it.] A smart blow, stroke; a blow with the back
of the hand.
Sc. I'll gie you a fluet on the cheek blade will gar the fire flee
frae your ee-holes, Henderson Prov. (18321 159. Ayr. I'd rather
suffer . . . Ahearty flewit, hvRJi's Ansiver to Poet. Ep. St. 10; (J.M.)
Lnk. For an' they winna had their blether They's get a flewet,
Ramsay Poi-jj/s (1721) 197. Rxb. Wannel Jock . .. did to Hab an'
Tibbie neist A manly flewit lend, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 102.
Lakel.^ It catcht mi seek a flewat ower t'heed. Cum. Fetch'd him
a fluet under th' lug, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 13 ; When he
was fo-an ah teaak em anudder fluet wi' t'left ower t'side iv his
scoap, Sargisson yo(? Scon/>(i88i) 20 ; Cum.' Hit him a fluet ower
t'lug. Lan.', n.Lan.'
[With his hand he . . . gaue Syr Thomas ... a good
flewet upon the vpper part of the neck, Foxe Martyrs
(1583) 11. 1474 (N.E.D.).]
FLE'WING, vbl. sb. Ken. Dor. [flu'-in.] The process
of fishing with a net behind a chain, both being dragged
slowly along. (H.E.)
FLE"WS, sb. Sc. Also Wil. A sluice. Cf. flesh, sb. 5.
Rxb. A sluice for turning water off an irrigated meadow (Jam.).
Slk. Their crukit tongues were dry for blude. An' the red lowe
firled at their flews, Hogg Hunt ofEildon, 322 (Jam.). Wil.' Occas.
so called,
FLEX, FLEY(ED, see Flax, sb?, Flay, v}"^
FLEYK, sb. Yks. Weaving term : a defective spot
or flaw in cloth, &c. Also \i%tAfig.
w.Yks. Thay'll finnd web o' life varry twitty an' moity, an' 'ull
no daht mak lots of fleyks, Pudsey Olm. (1883) March Notes;
Caused by a portion of the warp being held so as not to participate
in the movement for properly weaving or crossing the threads, the
result being that the threads of warp and weft were simply laid
over one another, and a hole resulted from their being torn off in
3F
FLEYOAG
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FLICK
the subsequent processes of scouring, fulling, &c. The appearance
was somewhat similar to frames with crossed strings called by the
same name, and used for spreading oat-cake upon (W.T.) ; (S A.B.)
FLEYOAG, s6. Sh.I. A smooth piece of wood nailed
and riveted over a split in any of the boards of a ship.
S. & OrI<.»
FLEYSH,FLEYT,FLEZ-,see Flesh, Elite, t'., Floose.
FLIBBERS.si. />/. Cor.^ Small thread-like fragments
caused by fraying.
FLICH, FLICHAN, FLICHEN, see Flig, v.\ Flechan.
FLICKER, see Flicker, v.
FLICHTER, V. and sb. So. Nhb. Also written flichtir
Sc. ; and in form flighter So. Nhb.^ [fli-xtar.] 1. v. Of
a bird : to flutter, beat the wings. Of things : to move
quiveringly in the air; also usedy?^.
Sc. Hout, it's just a branch of ivy flightering awa frae the wa',
Scott Antiquary (1816) xxv ; The bird maun flichter that has but
ae wing, Henderson Piov. (1832) 88, ed. 1881. Bnff.' He's
flichterin' on through the queentry [country]. Fif. Himsel' he
pitch't and poisit soon. And flichter'd baith his wings, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 25. Rnf. Bare as ilk scuddie. That i' their nests
flichterin yonder green shaw, Yovkg Pictures (1865) 126. Ayr.
His spirits mounted and as she said ... * were flichtering in the
very air,' Galt Entail (1823) xxviii. Lth. She flichter'd east, an*
she flichter'd west, Smith Meny Bridal {1866 i 49. Edb. Her heart
comes dancin' to her mou', An' sairly it does flichtir, M'^Dowall
Poems (18391 219. Slk. And, flichtering throu the ayr, Hogg
Poems (ed. 1865) 15. Dmf. Aft will my spirit flichter back tae
scenes that 1 adore, Reid Poems (1894) 7 ; To run with outspread
arms, like a tame goose half-flying ; applied to children when
running to tho^e to whom they are much attached (Jam.). Nhb.
Applied to falling snow. ' It's flighterin on ; aa doot w'or gan ti
hev an oncome ' (R.O.H.).
Hence (i) Flichteriff, (a) adj. unsteady, fickle, change-
able ; (i) sb. changeableness, fickleness ; (2) Flichtering,
(a) ppl. adj. fluttering, quivering, throbbing ; fig. unsteady,
transient, changing ; also used advb. ; (b) vbl. sb. the act of
fluttering; a flickering; (3) Flichtering-fain, «(//'. fluttering,
throbbing with happiness ; (4) Flichter-lichtie, si. alight-
headed person that cannot settle down to any employ-
ment ; (5) Flichtersome, adj. unsteady, whimsical ; (6)
Flichtery, adj. of persons: fickle, unsteady, changeable.
(I, n) Abd. He's but a glowrin flichterilT gnat Can bang nor win'
nor wather, Tarras Poems (1804) 47. (A) New fangleness hath
no been sparely Her flight'riffs given, ib. 144. (2, «) Sc. It is not
a flightering blink of prosperity, Scott iJnV/co/ /.«;;/. (1819) xxvii ;
Wi' felter'd tongue and flichterin heart, Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 234. Elg. It's auld acquaintance through the room, That
bears thy flicht'ring wing,CouPERPof//;)<(i8o4'i I. 242. Bnff.iThe
prep, 'aboot' is sometimes added. ' He's a flichterin'-aboot bodie.*
Abd. Sleep began to steal. And for a wee her fiightring breast to
heal, Ross Helenore (1768) 67, ed. 1812. Per. Awa' wi' flichterin'
flurry flew A lintie, Haliburton Horace (1886) 35. s.Sc. My
friend the Prince was that flichterin' polite like, that he gied Johnnie
his fistie, Snaith Fierceheart (1897) 149. Ayr. Th' expectant wee-
things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin
noise an' glee, Burns Cotter's Saturday Night (1785) St. 3. Lth.
When chitterin' birds, on flichterin' wing. About the barn-doors
mingle, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 274. Bwk. Swith fled
the wee bat on flichterin' wing, Cjiisholm Poems (1879) 20. Dmf.
The flichtering gorcock tae his cover flown, Reid Poems (1894)
29. Nhb.' Applied to fallingsnow. (A 1 s.Sc. A fearsome flichtering
an shriekin amang the birds, Wilson Tales (1836) IV. 46. Ayr.
A bird in a cage, afraid of some ravenous beast, which by flichtering
from side to side falls into the beast's claws, Dickson IVritings
(1660) I. 55, ed. 1845. Edb. The flichtering of the flames, MoiR
Mansie IVauch (1828^ xix. (3) Sc. My heart in rapture flichtring
fain, Cunningham Sngs. (1813; 10. Lnk. My heart was flightering
fain, Ramsay Gentle Sliep. (1725) 54, ed. 1783. (4,5^ Enff.' ^6) Cai.'
2. In pass. : to be startled, alarmed, frightened.
Sc. (Jam.) n.Sc. And so ... is thy Church afleared and flichtercd
with the scriekings and worryings of an evil parliament, Miller
Scenes and Leg. (ed. 1853) x. Frf. She was as easily flichtered
as a field of crows, Barrie Tommy (1896) xi ; The men on the
farm . . . were juist as flichtered themsels, ;/;. Thrums (1889) xi.
3. sh. A flutter ; a flickering movement.
Sc. My head gets doited, and my thochts get into a flichter.
Crack Ahool Kirk {18^3) II. 8. Abd. Like birds i' the flichtir, rade
roun' an' roun', wi' mucklc mirth an' lauchter, a fairy band, Guidinan
higlismaill (1873) 47- S"*^- '" ^ flichter o' rainbow licht, Chr.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) I. 240.
4. A great number of small objects flying in the air.
Cai.i Lnk. A flichter of birds. A flichter of motes (Jam.).
5. Phr.y7/f/;/fr o/i-«r7zt', a flake of snow. Slk. (Jam.) Cf.
flight, si.^ 6. pi. That part of the 'fanners' (winnowing
machine) which raises the wind. Cld. (Jam.)
[1. The foul affrayit flichtiris on hir wingis, Douglas
Eiieados (1513), ed. 1874, 11. 254.]
FLICHTMAFLEATHERS, sb. pi. Sc. Articles of
adornment, trifles, gewgaws, finery.
Per. (G.W.) GalL I'm nane sac unbonny yet, for a'yer helicat
flichtmafleathers, sprigget goons, an' laylac bonnets, Crockett
Sunbonnet (1895) iv.
FLICK, s6.' Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Stf.
Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Hrf. e.An. LW. Som.
Also written flik Der.' Lin.; and in forms fleck Nhb.';
fleek Cum.' ; vlick LW.' [flik.] 1. A flitch or side of
bacon, salted and cured.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dnr.', Lakel.' Cum. The
bacon flick fell on his back, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 13 ;
T'hams 'ill be weel boilt, an' t'flicks weel fry't, Richardson Talk
(1876) 2nd S. 128; Cum.' Wm. We've a flick a bacan hingan i't
chimla. Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. i. i ; She cut some collops off a flick
o' bacon, Lonsdale Mag. (1821) II. 90. n.Yks.', ne.Yks.' e.Yks.
Nicholson /"//t-S/". (1889) 3; e.Yks.' w.Yks. Knawin' 'at t'firer
up bed a flick o" hoam f^ed cut on, he begged a resher, Hartley
Clock Aim. (1894) 15; Banks Wkjld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.i^ss
n.Lan. She cut some collops off a flick o' bacon, Lonsdale Mag.
(Jan. 1867) 270 ; n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Stf. Thee lookst as
white as a flick o' new bacon, Geo. Eliot A. Bede (1859) '• ^5-
Der.i, Not. (J.H.B.), s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Shesud ha' bacon fliks,
en flour i' th' bin, en ivverything, Lin. N. if Q. II. 21 ; Lio.> Those
flicks are the prittiest picturs for a poor man's walls. n.Lin. I nivver
stoal a flick o' bacon, pEACocKTales and Rhymes (1886) 103; n.Lin.'
A child on being asked whether she could not have looked at the
clock, replied, ' Pleas' m'm, muther hes hing'd a flick o' baacon
afoore it.' sw.Lin.' s.Lin. The pictur's ah like to see in a farm
kitchen's a lot o' baacon flicks hingin o' th' walls (T.H.R.). LeL',
Nhp.', War. (J.R.W.), Hrf.', e.An.' Cmb. Miller & Skertchly
Feidand {i8-j8) iii. Suf.^ Dew 3'e powder all yar flick tayear?
I.W.i Vlick a beyacon. Som. W. & J. CI. (1873).
2. A sawn plank. e.An.' Cf. flitch, sb.
3. Fig. Fhr. old jlick.' a familiar mode of address, 'old chap!'
Lan. Old flick (F.R.C.). Lei.i Well, o'd flick, an' how hev ye?
War.3 ' Old flick' was as common in War. 30 years ago as * old
chappie ' has become. w.Som.^ Come on, old flick.
[1. Flykke of bacon, periia, Prompt. OE. flicce, a flitch
of bacon; O'H.Jlikki.]
FLICK, sb.'^ Glo. e.An. Hmp. LW. Wil. Dor. Som.
Also in forms fleck Hmp.'Wil.' ; fleek e.Suf.; vlick LW.'
Wil. [flik, flek.] 1. The inside fat of a pig, which is
melted down for lard.
Glo. (J.S.F.S.) ; Glo.' The membrane covered with fat in a pig's
stomach; GI0.2 Suf.' The fat off" the ribs — or loins and crops.
e.Suf. (F.H.), Hmp.', I.W.' Wil. Britton Beauties (1825) ; Slow
Gl. (1892) ; Wil.i Dor. (W.C); (A.C.) ; Dor.' Enough to git me
hafe an' ounce o' flick, 308. Som. A term used chiefly by the
butchers, Jennings Obs. Dial. iv.Eng. (1825") ; Fat from the ribs of
a pig, Sweetman IVineanton Gl. (1885); My landlady tells me
butchers are freq. in the habit of 'reasing' (or' ridding') 'the
innards,' and thus deteriorating the quality of the flick (W.F.R.).
w.Som.' The fat of a pig which surrounds the kidneys and which
is always melted down for lard. The word is not used for the
similar fat of other animals. [Morton Cyclo. Agn'c. (1863).]
2. Coinp. Flick-pork, the fat of pork next the skin.
e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. The outer fat of the hog which is cured for bacon.
e.An.' In Sufl'olk this is called 'the flick,' and the rest of the
carcass 'the bones.' Suf. Rainbird Agric, (1819) 292, ed. 1849.
4. A thin membrane. Hmp.'
[Prob. the same word as Flick, s6.']
FLICK, sb.^ and v.' Wm. Chs. Lin. Brks. e.An. Ken.
Sur. Sus. Hmp. Also in forms fleck Chs.'^ n.Lin.' Brks.
e.An.' Suf Ess.' Ken.' Sus.' Hmp.' ; flix Ken.; fluck Wm.
Ess. ; vleck Brks.' [flik, flek.] 1. sb. The fur of a hare,
rabbit, or cat ; also (rarely) colled, hares, rabbits, ground-
game. Cf. flax, sh.'^
FLICK
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FLIG
Wm. It had the perfect (luck of a rabbit, Life of Peter Wilkins
(175O I- 88. Cbs.'s, Brks. (M.J.B.), Brks.i e.An.' The down
of hares or rabbits torn olTby the dogs ; e.An.', Suf.' Ess. Moiiihiv
Mag. (1814) I. .,98; (W.W.S.); Gl. (,1851) ; Ess." Ken. A hare's
flix, Gkose 1 1 700) ; Ken.i They killed over two hundred pheasants,
but not but terrble little fleck. w.Ken.A'. & Q. (1869) 4th S.iii. 56.
Sur.' Sus. The two finer kinds of material used in our hats were
hare's (lick or rabbit flick, Egerton Flks. and IVays (1884) 132 ;
Sus.' All the robbut as we could find was fower ounces of duck
shot and some liddle bits of fleck for flavouring! Sus.* Hmp. Of
a cat changing his coat : ' He got off a great fleck this morning.'
Of the fur left on bushes through which rabbits' runs went : ' Look
at the fleck' .W.H.E.) ; Hmp.i [(K.)]
2. Flufi", ciust collected together into a light down.
Brks. There is generally some fleck on the oilcloth under the
bench (W.H.E.).
3. V. To shoot so as to scatter the fur or feathers ; to
shoot hard, blow into fragments.
n.Lin.' That bird's fleck'd all to peaces. Brks.' I viecked a rab-
but zo's I thinks the dogs 'ull ketch un. Sur.' You flicked him pretty
much [3'ou shot him very hard].
4. Fig. To fleece, deprive of, strip.
Suf.'' I fleck't him of all his marbles.
[1. His warm breath blows her flix up as she lies,
Dryden Ann. Mirab. (1666) st. cxxxii.]
FLICK, si.* and ».« Sc. Not. Lin. War. Glo. Brks.
e.An. Ken. Sus. Hmp. LW. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Also
in forms fleck n.Lin.' Ess.' Wil.' ; fleek e.Suf ; vlick Suf.'
Sus.'w.Cy. [flik, flak.] \, sb. A light touch or blow, csp.
one given with a whip or something flexible ; a smart
stingingstroke; asuddenjcrkormovement. Alsousedy?^.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) War.^ Just give him [the
horse] a flick with the whip. Glo.' ; Glo.* The hasty snap of agrey-
hound when he fails to secure the hare. e.An.' A smart stinging
slap. Nrf. (W.P.E.), Suf.' I.W.' I'll hey a flick at that consarn
[I'll have a hand in that affair]. w.Cy. A blow with a stick. ' I ge'd
un a vlick, 'Grose ( 1790). w.Som.' The blow is given with a jerk
and withdrawn with a jerk. Dev. A gentle stroke of the hand,
such as is made to drive away flics, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
2. Phr. Like fleck, very quickly, hastily.
Ess. Loike fleck he'd walk'd, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st. 78 ;
(W.W.S.) ; Ess.'
3. V. To strike lightly with something flexible, to lash
slightly with a whip ; to jerk, sometimes with off. In
gen. colloq. use.
Lnk. Then flicking us over the fingers with the tawse, Fraser
ll'/iaiips (1895) iii. Gall. With wavy tails flicking the flies,
Crockett Stoibomtet {iSq^) i. Not.' Lin.' Flick the lad hanging
on the back of the cart. n.Lin.' Flick that theare cleg fra off
Ranger head. It's that hot I'm oher idled to flick flees awaayfra my
meat. War.^ Flicks him a soft clap on the cheek. Meredith Lord
Oiiiioiil C1895) 265. Glo.* To tear off the skin or felt by the
smack of a whip. Brks.' To strike with the end giving a sort of
return movement at the same time. Schoolboys ' vlick ' with
a towel. Nrf. Boys will flick each other sometimes when they are
rubbing themselves down after a bath (W.P.E.). e.Suf. (F.H.),
Ken. (G.B.), Sus.', Hmp.', Dor.' Som. "To pull out suddenly with
some pointed instrument, Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (18251.
4. To smooth the hair, comb the hair out. Sus.', Hmp.'
Cf flack, V. 5.
Hence (i) Flickingcomb, (2) •tooth-comb, s6. a large-
toothed comb.
(i) Hmp.', I.W.'* (2I Ken.' A comb for a horse's mane. Som.
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).
5. To move with quick vibrations ; to flutter, palpitate,
throb; with along: to move rapidly, to go quickly.
n.Lin.' My thumb, I knew it was getherin' it fleck'd soa. Ess.
He flicks along like steam (.W.W.S.). s.Cy. To lap up water
(Hall). Hmp. The jar-bird flicked out from the ivy-drum, Black-
more Cradock Nowell (1873) xxxi ; Hmp.'
6. To flare.
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; Wil.' [To flash now and then with
light, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)]
FLICK, see Fleck, sb.\ Flig, v.\ Flitch, adj.
FLICKER, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Nhp.
Suf Mid. Dev. Cor. Also written flyker Sc. ; and in
forms flecker ne Lan.' ; flicher Sc. Bnfl'.' Suf; vlicker
Cor.* [flikar, flik3(r), Sc. also fli-xar.] 1. v. To flutter,
whirl ; of a bird : to hover, flap the wings. Cf flacker, v.
Fif.Stoupsandjinglin' glasses thrang... Gaed flykcrin'and flittin,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 23. Lth. In Autumn time the leaf fa's
Flicherin', frae the trees abune, Lumsden S/;«/>-/(fnrf (1892) 317.
Nhb.', w.Yks. (C.C.R.), ne.Lan.', Chs.^ Nhp.' Birds flicker, when
flutteringover their nests. Suf.' To flitter rapidly, as a batorbutterfly.
Hence Flickering, //i/. acij. fluttering, whirling.
Lth. Weary fa's the flickcrin snaw, Mi^Neill Preston (c. 1895)
52. Gall. Sprightly flickering dance is seen, And lightly flows the
tartan sheen, Nicholson Poet. IVts. (1814) 44, ed. 1897.
2. To flirt ; to giggle, titter ; to grin, laugh at, deride ;
to coax.
Sc. And flickcr'd at Willie again, Jamieson Po/i. Ballads (1806)
I. 296 ; (Jam.) BnfT.' n.Yks.' He flicker'd and flyred lahk a
girning cat ; n.Yks.* Flicker and flyre. Flicker and gam.
3. With up : to blush, colour up.
Cor. ' Don't ee vlicker up so,' said Dick, T. Towser {iS']^) 18;
Cor.* She vlickered up all over.
4. sb. A flutter, rustic, slight movement.
Ayr. At ilka bit flicher 1 hear something whisper. That mak's
me e'en doubtfu' If my heart's a' my ain, VJ HiTEf ottings (1879) 272.
5. A giggle, foolish laugh ; a gigglcr. Bnfl'.'
6. A blush.
Dev. Lor how my heart went pit-pat ; my flickers got so red Vor
then I naw'd how true 'twas wot Varmer Jan had zed, Tozer
Poems (1873"! 42. Cor.*
[1. Above hir heed hirdowves flikeringe, Chaucer C.T.
A. 1962. OE. /licorian, to flutter, hover. 2. Leave your
flyckeryng, I set no store by it, laissez vostre bayser, &c.
Palsgr. (1530).]
FLICKERMEAT, sb. Som. Dev. Thickened milk,
a mixture of flour and milk ; spoon-meat.
w.Som.' Such as gruel, whitepot, junket. 'Doctor, can't ee 'low
me a little bit o' somethin ? I be proper a-tired o' this here
flickermeat' [flik'urmai't]. Dev. ^ lb. of flour, i quart new milk,
2 oz. treacle. Mix together, and bake in a well-buttered dish for
half an hour, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Cottage children are very
fond of flicker-meat ; it is a sort of porridge made of milk and
flour. Reports Provine. (1891) ; Dev.^
FLICKERMOUSE, sb. s.Cy. Sus. A bat. Cf. flitter-
mouse.
s.Cy. Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1858) 156. Sus. In use still, but not so
common as ' flitter-' or ' flutter-mouse ' (E.E.S.).
[Ratcpcnadc, a bat, rearmouse or flickermouse, Cotgr.]
FLICKET, V. and s6.' War. Dev. Cor. Also written
flikket Cor.' ; and in forms fleckett Cor. ; vlicket Dev.
Con* [fli'kat.] 1. v. To flutter, flicker, waver. War.*
2. sb. A temper, tantrum.
Dev. Now doan't 'ee git into a vlicket wi' me 'cos I'm laffni' !
Stooke Not E.ractly, v. nw.Dev.' Her waz in a proper flicket.
Z. pi. Sudden, rapid changes of colour, flushes ; blushes.
Dev. Whot's the metier now, missie ? I zim yer flickets rawzed
a bit when young squire Hiked thease way, Hewett Peas. Sp.
( 1892). n.Dev. Zee ! Poor Nelly 'th got the flickets, Rock fim an'
Nell (1867) St. 92. Dev., Cor. Her flickets are up. Monthly Mag.
(1810) I. 436. Cor. Thomas Randigal Rliymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.'*
w.Cor. Usually applied to sudden and rapid changes of colour in
the face from the alternations of fever, A'. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 301.
FLICKET, si.* War. Glo. Wil. Also written flickut
Glo.' [flikit, -at.] A tatter, rag.
War.* Her dress was a flicket of rags. Glo.' All to flickuts.
Wil. (G.E.D.)
FLICKTAILS, sb. pi. Dev. Fine clouds.
Something like those known as ' mares' tails.' ' We call they
clouds flicktails,' Reports Provine. (1889).
FLIDGETER, sb. Hrf.* [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] In phr. going aflidgeter, taking a flying leap.
FLIFTY-FLAFF, adj. Obs. Cum. Fluttering.
And aw their colours flifty-flaff— Some reed, some blue, some
green, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 187.
FLIG, sb} Cor. [flig.] Gaudy attire. Cf fligary.
And her fine fligs so gay, Thomas Randigal Rliymes (1895) 25 ;
A rather worn fine dress or foolish finery that has seen better
days (F.R.C.V
Hence Fliggy, adj. fond of dress, showy. Cor.^
FLIG, sA.* Ken. [flig.] The ribbon of the corn or
grass stalk ; inferior grass, not worth cutting.
There's nothing but flig this year in my field (H.M.) ; Ken.'
3 F2
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FLIG, v} Sc. Yks. Chs. [flig, fleg ; fiik, flek ; Sc. also
flixO 1. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense: (1) Fleck, (2)
Fleg, (3) Flegge, (4) Flich, (5) Flick.
(I) Chs." (2) Chs.2 (3) Chs.23 (4) CaH (5) Chs.23
2. Preterite : (1) Flach, (2) Fligg'd.
(1) Cai.l (2) n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.i
3. pp. (i) Flown, (2) Fluchen.
(1) w.Yks. Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841) 355. (2) Cai.l
II. Dial, meaning. To fly. See Fleg, v.^
Cai.', n.Yks.i2 ne.Yks.' T'cock fligg'd ower t'vvall an' flaaj'ed
t'lahtle lass. w.Yks. Hamilton A^jf^ac iiV. (1841) 355. Chs.^^
Hence (i) Fliggard, sb. a kite of a diamond form ; (2)
Fligger, sb. a kite without a bow.
(i) Yks. Much used about forty years since by Yorkshire school-
boys (Hall.). w.Yks. Occas. used about Skipton (W.C.S.). (2)
■w.Yks.ScATCHERD//is;.AfoWy (1830)6/. ; Used4oyearsago(M.F.).
[OK.fleogan, to fly.]
FLIG, v.'^ Lin. [flig.] To throw.
Lin.i Flig me the nail passer. n.Lin. vR.E.C.)
FLIG, v.^ Yks. [flig.] To flay.
w.Yks. Common round Cononley (M.F.) ; w.Yks.^
FLIG, adj. Nhb. Yks. Chs. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Also
written fligge Chs. [flig.] 1. Full-fledged, able to fly ;
also used siibst. a young bird sufficiently feathered to be
on the point of flying. Also nstdfg.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.i Yon borrids is flig. n.Yks.' ;
n.Yks.2 Are they fligs or gorps ? [Are they feathered nestlings or
only naked from the shell ?] m.Yks.i e.Yks. Marshall Riir.
Ecoii. {i-jS&\. Chs.123 Lei.i The yoong uns are full flig. War.^
She was in full flig to-day [she was finely dressed].
Hence Fliggy,(r^'.(i) of birds: becoming fledged, having
the down changed into feathers; (2) of birds: imperfectly
plucked. Shr.'
2. Comp. Fllgg-dust, the dust left in the nest after the
birds are fledged and flown away.
Nhp.' Arising from the sheafs of the feathers.
[1. Why do the eagles drive away their yoong ones
before they be feathered or fligge .' Delectable Deniaundes
(1596) 48 (Nares) ; Flygge as bryddys, iiiattirus, volatilis,
Prompt. OE. Jlycge, fledged (cp. unfligge, ' implumes,'
Aviamis Glosses) ; G.Jliig£;e.'\
FLIGARISHON, sb. Nhb.' A lively meeting.
Such as a wedding party. Probably used jocosely.
FLIGARY, ffr^'. Nhb. Lan. Finely dressed ; also used
stibst. a gaudily-dressed girl. See Flig, s6.'
Nhb.' Ma word, she went doon the street quite fligary. ne.Lan.'
FLIGGANT, ad;. War. [Not known to our other
correspondents.] Ready, prompt.
Not very fligcant (J.W.B.).
FLIGG(E)D,#^fln>'. Nhb. Dur. Wm. Yks. Der. Not.
Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Oxf Hnt. e.An. Also in form
flegg(e)d e.Yks. w.Yks.^ Lei.' e.An.' Cmb. e.Suf. [fligd,
flegd.] 1. Of birds : fledged ; freq. in phr. fligged and
Jloivn, fledged and gone from the nest,^§-. of one who has
departed suddenly, absconded. See Flig, adj.
N.Cy.' Nhb. A nest of young birds is spoken of as not fligged
yet (J. H.); Nhb.' Dur.' Fligg'd and flown. Wm. (B.K.1, n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' Are they fligg'd yit? e.Yks. Thompson Hist. Wellon
(1869) 171 ; 'When the young birds have left the nest, they are
said to be 'fligged an flown,' Nicholson Ftk-Sp. (1889) 64;
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Fligged and flown And gone to Colne,
Local Rhyme (W.H. D.); They wur fligg'd an' flown, Yksrnan.
(1875)23; w.Yks.' He's fligged and flown [absconded] ; w.Yks. ^3
Shoo's fligged and gone ; w.Yks.^ When ah cam by thear this
fornoin, thuh wur awal fligg'd an' flown. Der.' Not. Rooks
is fligged and you mun ha' a poy (L.C.M.). s.Not. The bud een't
full fligged yit (J.P.K.). Lin.', n.Lin.' sw. Lin.' They're only
bubblings yet ; let them be while they're fligged. s.Lin. You
mun ma' haaste if yh mean to ha'e them bods. The'r ommost
fligged (T.H.R.). Lei.' Nhp.' The birds are fligged and flown;
Nhp.2 War. Bham With. Post (June 10, 1893); War.'^^, Oxf.',
Hnt (T.P.F.), e.An.', Cmb. (J.D.R.), e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. Pleased.
Not.'^ Yer seem fine an' fligged becos yer goin'.
3. Knotted, entangled. Lin.' [Not known to our corre-
spondents.]
FLIGGER, sl,y n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Chs. Not. Nhp. s.Cy.
Also written fliggar Not. ; fliggur Yks. w.Yks.' s.Cy.
[fli-g3(r.] A full-fledged bird ; a young bird beginning to
fly ; gen. in pi. See Flig, adj.
n.Cy. (K.), N.Cy.', Dur.' Yks. Ray (1691). ne.Yks.' w.Yks.'
A term often applied to perchers or young rooks. Chs.'^^,
Not. (L.C.M.), Nhp.'2 s.Cy. ? Obs., Grose (1790).
FLIGGER, V. and sb? Nhp. e.An. [fli'gaCr).] 1. v.
To quiver with convulsive motion ; to flutter.
Nhp.' A young child is said to fligger, when it flutters with
delight as it is danced in the nurse's arms. e.An.' The shaking of
the flesh of an animal after its death, while the butcher dresses it.
2. sb. A coarse grass of a rushy nature growing on
fenny lands. Nrf (W.W.S.) Cf. flig, sb?-
3. pi. The common flag or iris, his Pseudacorus.
e.An.' So called from the motion of its leaves by the slightest
impulse of the air. Snf. Science Gossip (1883) 113.
FLIGGIN, sb. Pern, [fli'gin.] A child's night-dress.
(W.H.Y.)
FLIGGY, adj Chs. Shr. [fli'gi.] 1. Soft, as from
saturation ; also used of hay or corn when tangled in the
bottom through rain and wind.
s.Chs.' Of corn, mildewed. Shr.' As from saturation. Trapsin'
about i' the wet's made my boots as fliggy as con be.
2. Of grain : light in the crop and small in the ear.
Shr.' 'W'y it 66nna stond to the scythe, it's so nation fliggy.
FLIGHEN, see Flechan.
FLIGHT, sA.' and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin.
Nhp. Shr. Hnt. e.An. Sur. Sus. Hmp. Also written flite
e.An.'°; and in forms flecht Sc. (Jam.) ; fleet Cum.' Lan.
Chs.' s.Chs.'; flit e.An.'^ ; flicht Sc. [flait, flit, Sc.
flixt.] 1. sb. A flock of birds ; the assemblage of birds
in the evening for feeding or roosting purposes.
Chs.' Large numbers of wild duck and other waterfowl assemble
on Frodsham Marsh in the evening. Sportsmen go down to shoot
them, and speak of it as ' waiting for the fleet.* s.Chs.' A fleet o'
crows. e.An.' A marshman will tell you that they come over the
river night after night, within a yard or two of the same place ;
naturally that is the spot to wait for them. Boys also say they
have the flight of pigeons, when they come home after having
been let out the first time. e.Suf. Of sparrows, starlings, pigeons,
&c. (.F.H.)
2. A swarm of bees ; gen. other than the first ; a\so Jig.
a family of children.
Shr.' 'E married agen an' now theer's a second flight. e.An.'
Nrf. Grose (1790); Not being the first from the hive, Cozens-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 84. e.Nrf. Marshall /fiij-. Econ. (1787).
Suf.' The second or third migration from a bee-hive. The first
only is called a swarm. e.Suf. Not the first (F.H.).
3. A collection of beings or things ; a quantity ; a
crop.
Cum.' Thou's cap't t'heall fleet o' them. Shr.' Theer'll be another
flight o' mushrooms after a bit.
4. Chaff, particularly oat-chaff. Gen. in pi.
Lin. Morton Cyclo. Agiic. (1863). Nhp.' Particularly of oats,
which is lighter than that of any other. Hnt. (T P.F. ) e.An.' ;
e.An.2 Oatflits are used for filling beds. e.Suf. Used only in oat-
flight vF.H.).
Hence Flight-cats, sb. pi. oats grown on the poorest
sand and in fen districts. e.An.'
5. That part of a spinning-wheel which twists the thread
and guides it to the pirn.
Sh.L Shu shifted da treed apo' da teeth o' da flicht, Sh. Neu's
(Feb. 19, 1898). Ags. (Jam.) Rnf. The flechts of a spinning wheel
are the pronged or forked pieces of wood in which the teeth are
set (Jam.).
6. pi. That part of the fanners of a winnowing-machine
that raises the wind. Abd. (G.W.) See Flichter, sb. 6.
7. V. Of wild fowl : to fly in 'flights.'
Sur. The birds are flighting over the moor, Cornh. Mag. (Nov.
1888) 526.
Hence Flighting-time, sb. the time when the wild fowl
collect together for feeding or roosting purposes.
Nrf. You see them [bitterns] mostly of a night and morning at
flighting times, Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 205.
8. To watch for ducks at night in the flooded meadows ;
to shoot wild duck at twilight, esp. in phr. to go to flight.
Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool (iQ'iT) 107. Sus.' Three of our
chaps went out t'othcrday evening purty nigh upas far as Laughton
to flight. Sus., Hmp. Sea-fowl shooting. These birds always fly to
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their food at a certain hour in the evening, and over certain places ;
those who wish to shoot them attend at the proper time and place,
and this is called 'going to flight,' Holloway.
9. To set a-flying, to start in flight ; to scare, frighten.
Nhb.' Aa'U flight ye pigeons for a sliillin*. w.Yks. And at the
end of it to be flighted to death, BRONTii IVuthefiiig His. (1848) iv ;
Still used, but geii. in the sense of frightening by making a noise
(W.C.S.).
10. To fluctuate, flutter ; fg. to make a great show.
Fif. As in a sunny simmer day, Th' horizon's air aft seems to
play, And flicht in waves and flash away, Tennant Papistiy (182^)
33. Rnf. When we wauk on fit In passin' poor fouk, how we'll
flight an' skit, Tannahili. Poems (1807^ 20 (Jam., s.v. Flueht).
Hence Flichtfu', adj. fluttering, flickering.
Lnk. Trying tae quench her burnin' love, But only fannin' the
flichtfu' breeze, Thomson Lcdtly May (1883) 12.
FLIGHT, sA.'' Sc. Lan. O'xf. Suf. Also in form flicht Sc.
[flait, Sc. flixt.] 1. A flake of snow. Cf. flaught, sA.' 1.
Lnk. Bitter frosty win's did blavv, Mi.\'d here an' there wi'
flichts o' snaw, Thomson Musings (1881) 28.
2. A light fall, a sprinkling of snow.
Oxf. Well known. ' A flight of snow' is a very usual expression
(M.A.R.); (Hall.) e.Suf. (,F.H.)
3. A mote or small speck of dirt amongst food. Rxb.
(Jam.) 4. //. Turf or peat cut into square pieces for
fuel. Lan. (Hall.) Cf. flaught, si.' 6.
FLIGHT, see Flite.
FLIGHTER, v. Obs. Sc. To pinion, bind.
Sc. They were flightered and bound in twos and threes with
cords, WoDROW Ch. Hist. (1721) IV. 329, ed. 1828 ; He flighter'd
every arm and leg. Pennecuik Coll. (1756) 14, ed. 1787. Abd.
His legs they loosed, but flighter'd kept his hands, Ross HcUnote
(1768) 50, ed. 1B12.
FLIGHTER, see Flichter.
FLIGHTERS, sb. pi. n.Cy. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Sparks, embers. (Hall.) See Flight, sA.^
FLIGHTY, adj. Sc. Yks. Also in form fleety e.Yks.>
[fliti, Sc. fli-xti.] 1. Slightly deranged in intellect;
light-headed ; also in comp. Flighty-brained.
n.Yks.2 Flighty-brain'd. As flighty as gunpowder. e.Yks.l
Oh Bob ! he's a bit fleety ; you mooant tak onny nooatice o' what
he saj's.
Hence Flightiness, sb. frenzy. n.Yks."
2. Hasty, quick.
w.Sc. Dinna be sae flighty — it's a puzzling case. . . You micht gie
him a wee time, Carrick Laird 0/ Logan (1835) 33.
FLIGMAGARY, sb. Sc. Cum. Lan. Also written
fligmageary Sc. ; and in forms flee-ma-geary, flegma-
gary Cum. [fli'g-, fle-gmageri.] 1. A gaudy, useless
article of dress, frippery. See Fligary.
Cum. In aw her flegmagaries donn'd, Anderson Ballads (ed.
1808) 3. n.Lan.'
2. A tawdrily-dressed woman.
Cum. Her deaths aw trailt amang her heels, a parfe't flig-me-
gary, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 273 ; Peer hawf-wits, an larn'd fleg-
magaries, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1840) 60.
3. A whim, fancy.
w.Sc. A wild fligmagearie (Jam.). Rnf. It's strange to tell their
fligmagaries. Their patent netts, and catgut queries, Webster
Rhymes (1835) 150.
FLIG-ME-JIG, sb. Wil.* A girl of doubtful character.
Her's a reg'Iar flig-me-jig.
FLIK, FLIKKET, see Flick, s6.', Flicket, v.
FLIM, sb. Obs. Sc. A whim ; an illusion.
Ayr. 'Twas not wild Fancy's flims, Teazing a lover's brains.
Train Poet. Reveries 1806) loi (Jam.").
FLIM, adj. s.Won' [Aim.] Pliable, limp.
FLIM-FLAE, sb. Obs. Sc. Flattering speech, a com-
pliment.
Abd. Me to win, wi sic flimflaes. He needna fash, Cock Strains
(1810") I. 118.
FLIMFLAM, sb. Sc. Also Som. Dev. Idle talk,
nonsense ; also used attrib.
Sc. A false, unlikely flim-flam story, Meston Poet. Wks. (1767!
143. w.Som.* Don't thee tell up no such flim-flam [fliim-flaam]
stuff, else nobody ont never harky to thee, nif ever thees a-got
wit vor to tell sense. n.Dev. Ay thes es Jo Hosegood's flimflam,
E.xm. Crtshp. (1746) 1. 505.
FLIMP, adj. and v. Not. Lei. War. Glo. Suf. [flimp.]
1. adj. Limp, flabby.
Not.' Lei.' 'It feels a little flimp' : said of linen. War.^Aflimp
collar.
2. Lame, limping. Suf (C.T.) 3. v. To limp. Glo.*
FLIMSLIMP, adj s.Wor. [flimzlimp.] Soft. (H.K.)
FLIMSY, adj. Sus. Delicate, not strong.
She was but flimsy in health, but there she was at the head of
everything, Cornh. Mag. (July 1893) 44.
FLIN, sb. Irel. A mischievous girl.
Ant. Bally mena Obs. (1892).
FLINCH, 56. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Glo. Also written
flinsh Cum.' ; and in form vlinch Glo.' [flinj.] A finch.
N.I. 'Gold-flinch. Nhb.' As buUflinch for bullfinch. Cum.', w.Yks.
(J.W.), Glo.'
FLINCH, v.^ Yks. [flinJ.] To shrink, shrivel.
n.Yks.2 He's flinch'd iv his flesh. w.Yks. (C.C.R.)
FLINCH, v.'^ Sc. Yks. Also in forms flench Sc. (Jam.) ;
flense Sh. I. n.Yks. [flinj.flens.] 1. To slice the blubber
from the body of a whale. Cf fleeang'd.
Sh.I. As you would flinch a whale, Scott Pirate (1821) ii.
S. & Ork.'
Hence Flinching, vbl. sb. the process of stripping the
whale, or of cutting the blubber from whales.
Shi. The work of flensing was proceeded with on Monday and
Tuesday, by which time the blubber had been cut away from the
carcases, Sh. News (July 30, 1898). n.Yks. Linskill Haven Hill
(1886) vi.
2. Comp. Flench-gut, (i) the blubber of a whale laid out
in long slices before being put into casks ; (2) the place
in the hold into which the blubber is thrown before it is
barrelled up.
(1,2) Sc. Always pronounced Flinch-gut (Jam.).
[Norw. dia.\. Jkii^ja, to slash (Aasen) ; Dan. /I(Tiiffe.]
FLINCH, v.^ Abd. To coax, flatter. (G.W.)
FLINCHES, sb. pi. Dur. Yks. Also in form flinchings
n.Yks. [fli-njaz.] A boys' game ; see below.
e.Dur.' A number of boys placing their caps in a row against
the wall. The players in turn take a ball, and standing at a distance
try to roll the ball into a cap. The owner of the cap which contains
the ball picks it out and throws it at oneof the players. If he fails
to hit a boy, a small stone is put into his cap, and he is said to be
' one egg.' As soon as he is ' three eggs,' he takes up his cap,
and this goes on until there is just one player left. The rest of
the players must now place their hands against the wall in turn,
and the winner is rewarded by having three shots with the ball at
each player's hand. If a boy flinches or takes his hand away, he
sufTers three shots more for each flinch. When a player takes the
ball out of his cap, to throw at a boy, he may call on him not to
' stir flesh ' ; but if the other boy is quicker, and calls out ' flinches,'
he is allowed to dodge. The game is sometimes played in another
way, as follows : The players take the names of the days of the
week. ' Sunday ' will then throw the ball against the wall, and
call out another name, e.g. 'Friday.' If 'Friday' succeeds in
catching the ball or ' keeping ' it before it touches the ground, he
throws it against the wall and calls out (say) ' Wednesday ! ' If
' Wednesday ' fails to ' kep ' it, he picks up the ball and throws it
at a player, shouting out 'nee [no] flinches,' whereupon the player
stands fast. If 'Wednesday' hits the player, the player tries to hit
some one else, and so on until there is a miss. The one who misses
throws the ball out and ceases playing, and thus the game goes on
till only one player remains : then follow the rewards and punish-
ments. n.Yks. U-W.)
FLINDER, sb} and v} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks.
Lan. Lin. Shr. Ken. Dor. Wil. Som. Amer. Also in
forms flender Sc. N.Cy.'; fliner Sc. ; flinner Sc. Ant.;
flinterSom.; vlinter Wil.Som. [flind3(r,flin3r, flendar.]
1. A splinter, fragment, piece, gen. in pi. in phr. to break,
fly, &c., in(to flinders.
Sc. The spears in flinders flew, Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861) I.
18. Cai.' To knock a thing in flinders. Bch. The swingle-trees
flew in flinders as gin they had been as freugh as kail-castacks,
Forbes /)-«. (17421 15. Abd. [He] gart cansan'mugsinflin'ersflee.
Cock Strains (1810) II. 136. Kcd. Garrin' doors in flinders flee.
Grant Lays (1884) 108. Per. Their gnariy crummocks ... In
flinders flee, Spence Poems (1898) 191. Fif. In flinders flew the
carv't fleegaries, Tennant Papistry (1827) 93. Rnf. It tumbl'd
down an' brak' to flinders, Picken Poems (1813") I. 121. Ayr.
'Twill mak her poor, auld heart, I fear. In flinders flee. Burns 5c.
FLINDER
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FLING
Bard, st. 5 ; Willie Forgisal had ane of his legs dung a' to flinners,
Service Z)*". Z^»^»/'V(ed. 1887) 139. Lth.Tillwearytimeinflenders
a' the warld lays, Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 12, ed. 1856. Edb.
The burstingcans playingflee in a hundred flinders from the chimney-
heads, MoiR Mansie iVaiich (1828) xix. Slk. And Thirlestane's
all to flinders gone, Hogg Poems (ed. 1B65) 87. Rxb. The sorrow
ding them a' to flinders, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 43. Dmf. She
bounc'd out owr a tree In mony a flinner, MAyHE Siller Gun (1808)
51. Gall. Another ball . . . knocked the blade of my left oar into
flinders, Crockett /?«iV/cj-s (1894) i. Ant. Any earth or glass object
smashed into small pieces is said to be broken into flinners,
Ballyi'iena Obs. (^iSgs). N.Cy.' Nhb. They garr'd it all to flinders
flee, RicHARDSONBo)v/«r)-'s 7"aA/f-A/!-. 11846) VI.40. Dur. ■ Flinders,'
slices, Gibson Up-Weardale Gl. (1870). Cum. It . . . was smash't
o' to flinders afoor it gat doon, Dickinson Lamplugh (1856) 8 ;
They . . . brak shop windows aw to flinders, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1840) 47 ; Cum.' If thou doesn't be whyat I'll knock tha o' to
flinders. w.YTcs. Ah late it fall and it smashed to flinders (J-T.) ;
WiLLAN List IVds. (1811). Lan. Davies Races (1856) 267 ; Lan.'
Lin. It's all smashed to flinders, Thompson Hist, Boston (1856)
706 ; Lin.' She upset the china vase, and it was broke into flinders.
Shr.2 Fled all to flinders. Ken. Knocked in flinders (G.B.). Wil.
Slow Gl. (1892). Dor. Ef zo be that I'd a' worn gloves vor my
thatchen . . . what a sight o' they I'd a het all to flinders, Hare
Vill. Street (1895) 26; Flying particles, as of a thing smashed,
Barnes G/. (1863). Som.SwEETHAN ffV^caH/oH G/. ( 1885). [Amer.
Ifyou don't take him out, he'll be so wild that he'll bu'st themachine
to flinders, sir, Adeler Hiirly Burly (1878^ ix.]
2. A spark.
Dor. The flinders from the chimney must have caught the thatch
(C.V.G.).
3. V. To break in pieces.
So. Flinder ye the arm o' the ill-doers, Waddell Psa/ws (1871)
X. 15 ; He flinders the bow, ib. xlvi. 9; (G.G.)
[1. The bow in flenders flew, Clirysts-Kirk (c. 1550) ix,
in Ramsay's Evergreen (1761) I. 7. Norw. dial. Jlindra,
a splinter (Aasen) ; Du./Ien/ers, slices.]
FLINDER, sA.2 Ken." [flindaCr).] A butterfly.
[And zuo long ulij}" )>e ulindre aboute \ie candle ))et hi
bern]>, Aycitbi/e (1340) 206. Du. vlinder, a butterfly; cp.
E Fris. Jliitderke, Jlinncrk ( Koolm an ).]
FLINDER, V? Sc. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To run about in a fluttering manner, to scamper.
Ags. Applied tocattle,whentheybreakthroughenclo3ures(jA.'a.^.
FLINDERKIN, sb. Sh.I. A weak person or thing ;
a thin garment.
A common word, applied gen. to a thin garment, which cannot
keep out the cold (K.I.) ; S. & Ork.'
FLINDERMOUSE, FLINER, see Flintermouse,
Flinder, sb}
FLING, v., sb. and adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[flirj, w.Cy. vlir).] I. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense :
(i) Viang, (2) 'Vling.
(i)Glo.iE.D.) (2) Brks.' w.Som. Elworthy Giarn. (1877) 46.
2. Preterite : (i) Flang, (2) Fleng, (3) Vlingd.
(i) Sc. Murray Z>iV(/. (1873) 204 ; King Georgie flang his periwig
in the fire, Scott MuUothian (i8r8) xxiv. Per. She flang a leglen
at his lug, Haliburton Horace (1886) 18. Fif. Seein' the Papist's
side gae wrang Out at the Chanc'Uor's door he flang, Tennant
Papistry {jSz-j) 203. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Here's just by Nature what
we were. When frae her hand she flang us, Wilson Oilin' o' Dicky's
Wig. Dur.' Cura.^ Tull yance a nebberteiik her in when t'tinklers
flang her oot, 70. Wm. Ah flang him on tul his back (B.K.).
n.Yks. Ah flang me hccad up, Tweddell Clevel. Riiymes (i8t$)
48; n.Yks.2 ne.Yks.'33. e.Yks.' m.Yks.' Flaang, /«^rorf. 34.
w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 251; w.Yks.'^ Lan.
He shot th' bowt wi' his left, an' flang th' dur wide oppen,
Waugh Sncck-BiDit (1868) ii ; Lan.', n.Lan.', e.Lan.' (2) w.Yks.
Wright Gram. IVmilitl. (1892) 132. (3; w.Soni. Elworthy Gram.
(1877)46.
3. pp. (i) Flungd, (2) Flungen, (3) Vlengd, (4) Vlingd.
(i) Edb. Ifye'd flung'd by yerbcuk. ..You'd then perlorm'd a chris-
tian act, L1UDI.E Poems {1821) 56. (21 e.Yks.', s.Chs.' 81, nw.Der.'
(3) Som. Jennings /)/a/. ai.fM^. (1869). (4) w.Sora. U-vling\d,
Elworthv Gram. (1877) 46.
II. Dial, meanings. 1. v. Of a horse: to kick, throw
up the heels, sometimes with at, aloft, oiit\ also wstA fig.
Sc. Touch a gaw'd horse on the back and he will fling, Ferguson
Prov. (1641) No. 822 ; Ye have flung at God, so to speak, Thomson
Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 65, ed. 1871. Elg. Like a filly he's
flingin', Tester Poems (1865) 143. Abd. She'll neither stick nor
fling : , . . she could but bellow, and paw with her fore-feet,
Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xxxvi. Kcd. He neither bites, nor flings,
nor snores, But swings awa, Jamie Muse (1844) 157. Frf. Tho'
Hawkie fling, ne'er cast the cog awa, Morison Poems (1790) 177.
Per. Now beat the stibble-laund wi' glee, And fling aloft with
fetlock free, Haliburton Octtil Idylls (1891) 37. Dmb. What gars
thee kick and fling? Taylor Poems (ed. 1827) 83. Rnf. It flees,
it boxes, an' it flings. Till sair wi' fricht we're sweatin", Neilson
Poems (1877) 83, Ayr. Wha set ye up, ye mawkish thing. At ithcr
folks to kick and fling, White Jottings (1879) 140. Lnk. If they're
no gaud they needna fling. When something wrong's deteckit,
Thomson Musings (1881) 34. Lth. How their horses fling and
straddle. Heaving divots far on high, Ballantine foemi (1856)
301. Edb. Brak his branks. Lap, flang, and ran away, Carlop
Green (1793) 126, ed. 181 7. Gall. He [a colt] jumps, and flings,
and snores, and kicks, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 46, ed. 1897.
Nhb.' Cum. He puft and stampt and flang and yelled, Relph
Misc. Poems (1747! 60. w.Yks. Sooin, varry sooin, shoo coom
abaht. An flang an tare an rave, Preston Poems {iQ6^) 8. n.Lin.*
Fling out. Dev. (Hall.)
Hence Flinging, (i) ppl. adj. kicking; (2) vbl. sb. the act
of kicking.
(i) Lth. You're no' ane o' the breengein', flingin' kind o' horses,
Strathesk Blinkbonny (ed. 1891) 185. Edb. A great flingan' cowt,
Carlop Green (1793) 118, ed. 1817. (2) Slk. It's hard to gar a
wicked cout leave off' flinging, Hogg Tales (1838) 293, ed. 1866.
2. Phr. (i) Fling at the gaud, a term applied to one who
' kicks at the pricks,' or proves restive ; (2) to fling tip one's
foot at some one, to flare up, become angry.
(i) Per. Fling-at-the-gaud was ne'er a wise ox, Haliburton
Puir Auld Scot. (1887) 196. (2) Ayr. She flang up her fit at me
when I speert if she was perfect sure she didna jalouse who its
faither was, Johnston Glenbucbie (1889) 104.
3. To throw, esp. in wrestling; of a horse: to throw its
rider; fig. to throw over, to jilt; to disappoint; to deceive,
cheat ; in pass, to be behindhand with one's work.
Sc. It will hae been a braw windfa' for somebody, and Pll be
finely flung, Scott Blk. Dwarf {j8i6) x. Abd, Ye've dung me,
ye've flung me — Yer sang's a sang I trow. Still Cottar's Sunday
(1845) 149; Few can fling her at youling, Ruddiman Sc. Parish
(1828)96, ed. 1889. Frf. Wise heads have lang been kend to curb
the tongue : Had I that maxim kept I'd ne'er been flung, Morison
Poems (1790) 152. Fif. Lawrie he's flung Gillie For rosy-cheekit
Jean, Douglas Poems 1 1806) 120. s.Sc. She had neirly flung the
sportsmen a'. An' howffed i' the howdie's biggin', Watson Bards
(1859) no. Edb. In whase loud praise the Muse has dung A' kind
o* print; But wow! the limmer's fairly flung; There's naething in't,
Fergusson Poems (1773) 118, ed. 1785. N.Cy.' He was sadly
flung, poor man. Nhb.' Yor myekin sic a noise 'at ye'U fling
me oot o' me coont. He gat flung oot o' his reckonin'. Dur.'
Cum. When the filly flang me off, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808)
87 ; Cum.' He was fairly flung. Wm. Ah flang him on tul his
back (^B.K.). n.Yks. If you deean't work faster you'll be flung
(I.W.). w.Yks. Thoresby ic/^ (1703) ; w.Yks.' I wor sadly flung
by that rascal. I've let him fling me oot of my money ; w.Yks.^,
ne.Lan.' Chs.' The following extraordinary threat was used by a
mother to her refractory offspring, ' If tha does iialeave of skriking,
I'll fling my yed at the.' s.Cbs.' Wey mun mai- u skybo'bCir tu
gy'et diin, men ; ur ah daayt wi)sn bi fliingn [Wey mun may a
skewber to get done, men ; or ah dait we s'li be flungn]. nw.Der.'
Lin. To defeat in argument. ' Now you fling me.' ' I'm quite flung,'
Thompson //I's/. i3o5/o»( 1856) 706; Lin.' n.Lin.' Whatsoiversoort
on a boss ohd Potter got, it was sewer to fling him upo' a Tuesda'
cummin' fra Gaainsbr' Markit. Lei.' So floong with the weshin'.
Nbp.' I was so flung in what I had to do, that I could not go.
War.* Shr.2 He thought to ha' fun me but I flung him. Brks.'
Vling a stwun at the dog an' maayke un run awaay.
4. To dance, caper.
Sc. They lap an' flang, on the daisied lee. Till their faces glowed
like the harvest moon, Vedder Poems (1842) 141. Elg. O how
they fling and flee, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 184. Bch. Herminny
crooks her mou' and dad. They fart and fling, Forbes Dominie
(1785) 31. Abd. When I lift my hough, and fling. There's few can
dance completer, Shirrefs Poems (1790I 280. Fif. 'Twcen roof
and floor they fling, they flirt, they fly, Tennant ^Hs/tr(i8i2) 40,
ed. 1871. Rnf. There it feasted, lap, and flang, Webster Rhymes
(1835) 162. Ayr. With kilted petticoats Leezie ravishingly ' lap
and flang' in a w.Tshing-tub, Galt Lairds (1826) xxviii. Lnk.
FLING
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FLINKET
They hooched an' lieyed, an' loiipt an' flang, Orr Laigh Flichts
(1882^ 48. Lth. They junipit. an' they flang, Smith Merry Bridal
( 1866) 20. Edb. They are but hallanshakers Wha wadna \vi' them
tling Up an' doiin, roun' an' roun', M'Dowall Poems (1839") 217.
Slk. They caiperit and they Hang, Hogg Poems (cd, 1865) 368.
N.Cy.' Todanceinapecuhar way,asthe 'Highland Fling.' neXan.'
Hence Flinger, sb. a dancer.
Sh.I. I suld hae minded you was a flinger and a fiddler yourself,
Scott Phale (1822') ix.
5. To beat, to thresh grain. Sc. (Jam.)
Hence Flingingtree, sb. (i) a flail, properly the lower
part of the flail, which strikes the grain ; (2) a piece of
timber hung by way of partition between two horses in a
stable ; (3) the pole of a carriage, a bar of wood used in
any agricultural implement.
(i) Fif. E'en to the threshin' o' a prelate's banes wi'our flingin-
trees. — Nae man shall wrestle this flingin-tree out o' my hands,
Tennant Card. Beaton (1823) 119 (Jam.). Ayr. The thresher's
weary flingin-tree The lee-lang day had tired me, Burns Vision,
St. 2. Lnk. To thrash i' the barn, An' set your flingin-tree a jiggin',
Watson Poems (1853) I4- e.Lan ' The loose end of a threshing
flail. (2)Ayr.BuRNsPof»«5(i8oo)G/.(jAM.) n.Cy.(HALL.) (3)Sc.
Mackay.
6. To vomit ; sometimes with up.
Nhb.^ n.Yks.2 I flang up sair. w.Yks. (J.W), n.Lin.»
7. With up : of a field : to produce speedily and plentifully.
s.Chs.' Dhaaf)s u feyld iiz I flingg- iip u jel u stiif wen it)s i reyt
faer fill foas [That's a feild as 'ull fling up a jell o' stuff when it's
i' reight fair full force].
8. To move with haste or violence towards an object.
Cld. Fling at it, man, when the aims hot (Jam.).
9. With oil/ ; to withdraw hastily from a business.
w.Yks. (J. R.)
10. With out : to take away. Ess.^
11. With up: to ' rake up' and utter as a reproach.
Nhb.i w.Yks. I flei) it i 3 feas at Sa wa nat wot Sa out ta bi
(J.W.). n.Lin.' It's not fair to fling up at th' ohd man what he
said oher fifty j'ear sin'.
12. sb. An act of flinging or throwing; a sudden move-
ment ; a fling-to, a shutting suddenly or forcibly.
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. Gie the door a fling-to, ahentye, Barrie Licht
(1888) viii. Fif. The sutor-folk at length, Wi' flings fortravail'd
and forfairn, Found to the wastin' o' their strength He would na
stick and be a stern! Tennant Papistry (1827) 130. Per. She
gied a screech an a fling, an' pu'ed him in ower aside her, Cleland
Iiiclibracken (1883) 239, ed. 1887.
13. A dance, esp. the Highland Fling, a dance peculiar
to the Highlands.
Sc. The graces with which he performed the Highland fling,
Scott IVavertey (1814) xxviii. Sh. & Or.I. We saw the Highlanders
dancing the fling to the music of the bagpipe, Neill Tour (i8o6)
I, 2 (Jam.). Elg. He saw Mars dance the highland fling, Couper
Poetry (1804) II. 62. Kcd. Babie, canty as ye like, Did dance the
Highland Fling, JamieVI/ks^ (1844) 74. Frf.Yarkit up the Highland
fling, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 50, ed. 1882. Fif. Danced twa-three
steps o' the Hieland' Fling, Robertson Provost (^1894) 23. Cld.
Let's hae a fling before we part (Jam.). Rnf. On the green and
roun' the ring, Donald skips the Highland fling, Webster Rhymes
(1835) 61. Edb. Quiver in a Highland fling, Wi' bagpipes bummin',
Forbes Poems (1812) 51. Bwk. Round the corn bing. We'll hae
a canty fling, Henderson Po^. Rhymes (1856) 114. GaU. They
feared again his beard wad grow, And learn the Cossacks a new
fling, Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 61, ed. 1897.
14. A game similar to hop-scotch.
Ken. A hop, two steps, and a jump. A workman told me that
he had seen it played on the sands here [Ramsgate] (D.W.L.).
15. A rebufi", rejection ; a stroke, blow.
Cai.i 'To give one the fling,' to jilt one. Fif. Dark cluds o' sorrow
heavy hing Owre ilka ee ; An' a' because ye've got the fling,
Douglas Poems (1806) 43. Ayr. ' Rebuff number one,' thought
Mrs. Pyat. . . . ' He's had the first fling, but we'll see who will have
the last,' Johnston Clenbuckie (1889) 29; To sustain us when
poverty gi'es us a fling, Ballads and Sngs. (1846) I. 118. Dmf.
Through life it bure the fling O' Want's severest storm, Quinn
Heather : 1863' 149.
16. A fit of ill-humour, esp. in phr. to take the flingls, to
turn sullen, restive.
Sh.I. Shu bang'd oodly wi' a fling: apon hir 'at wis dismal, Sh.
News (June 12, 1897). Lnk. For gin we ettle anes to taunt her
. . . She II tak the flings, verse may grow scantcr, Ramsay Poems
(1721) 205. e.Lth. He had a maist unceevil tongue, an' aince he
had taen the flings, he was as thrawn as the hint leg 0' a cuddy,
Huntf K J. Imvick (1895) 68.
Hence Fling-strings, .sA. pi. in phr. to take the fling-
strings, to lose one's temper, become sullen, restive.
Sc. I'll tak the fling-strings If he winna buy to me Tvval bonnie
gowd rings, Chambers Sngs. (1829) I. no.
17. The right use of a tool, the right way of working.
Cld. Ye've the fling o't now (Jam.).
18. Phr. (i) a fling o' snaw, a fall of snow, covering of
snow ; (2) above one's fling, above one's own style, way of
life, or price; (3) on the fling, in the mood for something;
(4) one's oivn fling, one's own way ; (5) to carry on flings,
to play pranks ; (6) to come into one's fling, to take one's
fling, give oneself up to pleasure.
(I) n.Yks.2 e.Yks.i MS. add. (T.H.) (2) Lan. They're aboon
ma fling. Essay on Dreams, 5. (3) Edb. Since we are just on the
fling, Tak' up again your fiddle, Forbes Poems (1812) 76. (4)
n.Yks.2 (5) Dev. An zom tha stock kar'd aun thare vlings Be
dooin moast unnate-ril things, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (,1847)
60, ed. 1865. (6) w.Yks. We wer vastly taain up na depend, we
all et cum inta es fling, A Sir Days' Aghl, 11.
19. adj. Also used as adv. Perpendicular, parallel.
e.Yks.i Why this yat-post isn't fling wi t'other.
20. Phr. to sit fling, to retain one's seat when thrown ;
see below.
e.Yks.i < Can tha sit fling?' asked of a young horseman when
learning to ride.
FLINK, z/.» and sb. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form vlink Dev. 1. v. To fling, toss, jerk; to sprinkle,
shake ; sometimes with off", out.
Dev. 'E'th a flinked tha waiter awl awver tha room. 'E flinked
the dist in my eye. Flink out yer apporn till 'e's dry, Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. 'A might 'a flinked 'e vrom en. Rock
Jim an' Nell (im-j) st. 90. nw.Dev.i Doan ee flink yur pen like
that, you'll hail the desk all auver [you will cover the desk with
ink]. Jis' flink the znaw off yur jacket avore you kom een. Cor.
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.i She flinkt out of the
room. She flinkt off her hat.
Hence Flinker, sb. a proud woman.
Dor. Haynes Voc. (c. 1730) in N. if Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366.
2. To comb the hair. Dev. N. &^ Q. (1866) 3rd S. ix. 320.
Hence (i) Flinking-comb, (2) Flinktail-comb, sb. a
dressing comb, a large comb for the hair.
(i) Dev. She was making a pudden wi' pindy flour in a cloam
dish, . . while a flinking comb wur lying right into the flour, ib.
(2) Dev. Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892).
3. sb. A fling, jerk ; a blow with the tips of the finger.
Cor.i She went out with a flink ; Cor.^ A flink under the ear.
In freq. use.
4. Phr. (i)to care a flink, to care a whit ; (2) to give something
a brave flink, to make a good attempt or endeavour.
(i) Som.Butasforthe pink Icarednotaflink,CHiLDZ5«//<irfs(i894)
V. 259. (a) Cor. Can you say the Lord's Prayer, my son ? — Don't
knaw ef I can 'zactly, sir ; but I can gibb'n a brave flink, Thomas
Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.^ Aw dedn't do it fitly, but aw
gave un a brave flink. In freq. use.
5. A bad temper, tantrum ; also in pi.
Cor. Missus has been in a bra' flink all day, because I brok' a cup
(M.A.C.) ; Cor.2 She's in one of her flinks again.
6. Figure, appearance.
Dev. If you uny cude bit zee Tha vlink thits cut be Bets an me,
Nathan Hogg Lett. (1847) 47, ed. 1858.
FLINK, adj. Sh.I. [fligk.] Nimble, agile, active.
S. & Ork.'
[Dan. flink, quick, brisk, active; so EFris. (Koolman),
LG. (Berghaus).]
FLINKER, V. and sb. Der. [fli r)k3(r).] 1. v. To
snow slightly, to sleet.
Der.2 It osses at flinkering t'neet, measter.
Hence Flinkering.si.a small quantity of snow. nw.Der."
2. sb. In phr. a flinker of snow, a sleet. Der.^
FLINKET.sA.' Nhp.' [fli-gkit.] A long, narrow strip
of land, whether arable or pasture.
FLINKET, s6.2 Dev. [fii-gkit] A small bundle of wood.
n Dev. Wan flinket cast a-top thaycath, Rock Jim an' Nell {^iQ6-])
St. 130.
FLINKS
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FLIPE
FLINKS, sb. pi. Dev. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] [flinks.] Sparks from a fire or from a blacksmith's
anvil ; the floating smuts from a chimney. Cf. flank, sb.'^
Zee how the flinks be flying about, w. Times (Apr. 30, 1886) 2,
col. 2.
[Cp. l^G. flinkern, 'glanzen, schimmern' (Berghaus) ;
see also Bremen Wth. (s.v. Flink).]
FLINKS, V. and sb. Sh.I. 1. v. With about: to move
about lightly or quickly ; to be agile, nimble, active.
Bit tings o lasses flinks aboot, Burgess Rasniie (1892) 57 ; To
move about quickly in an ill-tempered or excited fashion ( K.I.).
2. sA. A quick movement ; a sweep, fling. (K.I.)
FLINNER, FLINSH, see Flinder, sb.''. Flinch, sb.
FLINT, sb. Sc. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Lin. Shr. Also Aus.
[flint] 1. In comp. (i) Flint-coal, a particular strata of
coal ; (2) -knapper, a maker of gun-flints ; (3) -specks,
spectacles made of flint-glass.
(i) Shr. Strata in Lightmoor Wimsey Pit, Marshall Review
(i8[8) 11. 199; Shr.* There are two scams of flint-coal, which are
distinguished as Big and Little ; the former is a * good burning coal,*
the latter a ' good smelting coal.' ' " The Big Flint " has no charac-
teristic fossil, but the " Little Flint " has imbedded in it the stems
oi Stigmaria, composed of sandstone. The rock overlying it also
contains similar specimens,'PARTON Notes on Sltr. Coai-Jield (186S) ;
Shr.2 A coal measure so called, partly from its hardness, and partly
from reposing upon a siliceous rock, (2) Lin. The present flint-
knappers, MiLLEti & Skertchly Fcnland (1878) xv. (3) Lnk.
What auld Mrs. Tak'-note-o'-ither-folks'-affairs saw through her
best flint specks, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 33.
2. Phr. tojix the flint of any one, to serve any one out; to
fix any one's fate.
m.Yks.^ The figure has an obvious connection with the old form
of firelock. [Aus. He always averred, in his customary irreverent
speech, that * his flint was fixed ' on the occasion, Boldrewood
Colon. Reformer {iZ^) III. xxx.]
3. 'Whinstone. n.Yks. (C.V.C.)
4. The core or inner substance of an animal's horn.
N.Cy.* Nhb. March yeans the lummie And buds the thorn ; And
blows through the flint Of an ox's horn, Swainson Weallier Flk-Lore
(1873) 57; Nhb.^ Called also the 'gowk.' The term is likewise
applied to the hard excrescence formed on a cow's head where
a horn has been knocked off. Wm. (J.H.) [The horn consists
of two parts : an outward horny case, and an inward conical-shaped
substance, somewhat intermediate between indurated hair and bone,
called the flint of the horn, Stephens Farm Bti. (ed. 1849) II. 702.]
FLINTER, sb. Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A term of reproach, used of a drunken woman.
It were summat i' form of a woman. . . Sez ha, ' It's a flinter is
this,* Aitvenfers e Lunniin (1862) 18.
FLINTER, see Flinder, sb.^
FLINTERMOUSE, sb. s.Cy. Ken. Sus. Also in form
flinder- s.Cy. Ken.' Sus.' [flinta-, flindameus.] The bat.
s.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 156. Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.' The //.
form is' flinter-mees.' e.Ken. A', dr' g. (1869) 4th S. iii. 576. Sus.'
[The flyndermows and the wezel, Caxton Reynard
(1481) 112. See Flinder, sb?\
FLINTY,n(/y. Irel.Yks. [fli-ntL] L Of persons: hardy.
Ant. A fine flinty wee fellow or wee cutty, /3(i//)'ra£'«o Ois.(i892).
2. Of things: hard-baked. n.Yks. (I. W.)
FLIP, sb} and v. Sc. Yks. Lan. Der. Oxf. Suf. Dor.
Som. Dev. Cor. [flip.] 1. sb. A sudden blow ; a stroke
with a whip, or with the finger and thumb ; a fillip.
Sc. (A.W.j e.Yks.' Gen. given with the hand brought down
perpendicularly, MS. add. (T.H.) Lan. (F.R.C.), Der.2, nw.Der.'
w.Som.i A blow from the finger suddenly let slip from the thumb.
A stroke with anything pliant, that can give a sharp, stinging hit.
U flup uv u gigwuop-1 kee-ul u snaeuk [A stroke of a gig-whip
will kill a snake]. Cor.^
2. Phr. not to care a flip, not to care a rap or a snap of
the fingers. w.Som.'
3. Iinpertinence.
e.Yks.' Giveusneean o'thT flip, orthoo'll beall waas [worse] fo't.
4. V. To strike lightly with a whip, or with the finger
and thumb, to fillip ; to discharge anything with the
thumb and finger.
nw.Der.', 0x1.' Dor. Barnes Gl. (i863>. w.Som.' A 'toss' is
usually made by flipping up the coin. To flip a boy's cars. To
flip water, i.e. to dip a finger in water and then sprinkle it.
5. Phr. to flip on to, to strike slightly.
e.Suf. I only flipped on to the child (,F.H.).
6. To throw. Som. (Hall.)
7. With about, along: to move quickly, hasten.
w.Som.* Come, look sharp and flip along. Dev. Come now, flip
about.Susie, orusshan'tgetdQedavoredark,HEWETTPffls.S/>.f 1892).
FLIP,si!i.'' Obs. Nhp.' Any weak, tasteless.insipidiiquor.
[Flip, a sort of drink, made of ale, brandy and sugar,
Kersey (1715).]
FLIP, adj. Brks. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form vlip Brks. [flip.] 1. Pliant, flexible.
w.Som.' Of a fishing-rod : Dhik-s tu stiif— ee ud-n fliip- unuuP
[That one is too stiff, he is not pliant enough].
Hence (i) Flippy, adj. undependable; (2) Flip-stick, s6.
a thin flexible wand.
(i) Cor.3 Thai aare flippy, maistar. (2) w.Som.i U fliip' stik.
Dev. I want a nice little flip-stick to tickle tha hide ov thease yer
dug, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892).
2. Glib, smooth-spoken ; also in comp. Flip-tongued.
Brks. He be vlip enough to arra one wi' a good coat on's back
(A.C.). Wil.' Dor.' How flip 'e wur. Som. He's very flip when
1 meet him anywhere on the road (.W.F.R.). Dev. (Hall.)
3. Nimble.
Dev. (Hall.) ; Dev.^ Iler's purty flip this morning, idden her?
I rakkon her'th abin ayting sparrer-pie. I niwer didden zee her
so spry, did you?
FLIP, see Flep.
FLIP-BY, sb. Lan. A cow's tail. See Flip, sb}
' Four stiff slanders, Four diddle danders, Two hookers, two
snookers. And a flip-by.' Answer — A cow, N. & Q.{iS6$) 3rd S.
viii. 493.
FLIPE, V. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lin. Also written fleip Sc. (Jam.) ; flyp(e Sc. Nhb.'
Dur.' Wm. [flaip.] 1. v. To strip, tear, pull ofl"; to re-
move quickly ; to peel, skin -jfig. to fleece, rob ; sometimes
with off.
Cai.' To tear off skin. Fif. Great faulds o' capper affwere flypit,
Pennant Papistry (1827") 210. Slg. The skin o' their nebs we wad
flype, Taylor Poems (1862) 147. Lnk. An' ten sharp nails . . .
Can flyp the skin o' ye'r cheeks out o'er your chin, Ramsay Gentle
SAc/l. (i725)iv. i. Nhb.' Aa flyped him. Dur. Gibson t/Z-ff'rarrfa/^
Gl. (1870). Cum.' He flyp't ofl' his pint and he flyp't o' t'rest off
t'teabble, and then he fl^'p't his sel off. n.Yks.', w.Yks.'
2. To turn up or down, to fold back ; to turn inside out,
esp. of a stocking ; sometimes with «//. Also used _/?§•.
Sc. He played his pavie by flyping up the lid of his eyes and
casting up the white, MCrie Life of Kno.x (1814) II. 292 (Jam.).
n.Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' To pull oft' stockings in such a way as to turn
them inside out. Nai. To ruftie back the skin, Agric. Sitrv. Gl.
(Jam.) e.Flf. I . . . flypit up the remainin' tail underneath, fastenin'
it to the neck linin' wi' a preen, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) vi ; Ony
lang-nebbit word or phrase that he cud na get his tongue to flype
roon', ib. iii. Slk. Purple plush jacket wi'... haun-cu(Ts fliped to gie
thewristsroom to play, Chr. North A'oc/«s(ed. 1856) IV. 138. Nhb.'
A stocking is fliped in order the more easily to put it on the foot.
Hence Fliped, ppl. adf. turned inside out.
Ayr. 1 asked him ae day for a definition of a shut sac, such as
the peritoneum or the pericardium, and he said it was juist like a
flypit stocking, or rather a Kilmarnock night-cap. Service Dr.
Diigmd (ed. 1887) 164 ; A ' flypit' stocking is one that has the leg
doubled over the foot to facilitate its being put on (A.W.). e.Lth.
Neither Pringle nor ony ither la'yer wad ha' turned me oot like a
flyped stockin ! Hunter J. Imvick (1895) 209.
3. Comp. Flipe-wool, skin-wool. Rxb. (G.W.)
4. sb. 'The brim or edge of a hat or cap.
Sh.I. Da flype o' me night-kjaep, Sh. News (Feb. 4, 1899).
Nhb.', Dur.', e.Dur.' s.Dur. He had a hat wi ne flype on
(J.E.D.). Cum. T'broad flipe on't was liggin on t'back of his cwot
collar, GwoRDiEGREENUP,<4HHrf(/frBn/c/!(i873) 15; Cum.'^ ; Cum.*
T'flipe on't was cock't up, 86. Wm. He glend thert et mi frae
under his flype. Spec. Dial. (1877) P'- '■ 'o- Yks. His hat was
low-crowned and had a large flipe, Philip Neville, iv. n.Yks.';
n.Yks.2' Touch your flipe,' make a bow; n.Yks.^, ne.Yks.' e.Yks
Marshall /?«)■. £■(■<)«. (1796) II. 319 ; e.Yks.' m.Yks.' She's torn
her bonnet so that the flipe only holds by the crown. w.Yks.'*
Lan. He hed a terble grand white hat on top of his heead, wi' girt
breadd flypes tul it like a collegian ameastt, Barber Forness Flfi.
(1870)57; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and
Danes (1884) 328. n.Lin.'
FLIPE
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FLIRT
Hence Flipy, adj. of a hat : having a broad brim.
Cum.3 A retired sea-captain at Whitehaven used to be called
* Flipy Fisher' on account of his broad brim.
5. A fold, flap ; the tail of a coat.
Sc. His (lypc hindermost Fighting wi' his kail, Hogg yncoi. Rcl.
(ed. 1874) I. 24. Fif. His stockins, o' hct haste the types, Cam'
llappin' owr hisshoon in (lypes, Te^nakt: Ptipisiiy (i827;56. nXin.'
6. A flake of snow. w.Yks.'
7. A thin piece, a piece of skin torn off.
Cai.i Nhb.' To take off in Hypes, is to take off in thin pieces.
8. Fiff. A fellow, gen. used in a contemptuous sense ;
used also of women.
Abd. A guid-natiir'd tlipeo' a husband like me, RonB S«^5. (1852)
175. Ir. The other flipe, that would go to the world's end for a bit
of dress, Carleton 7"raiVs Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 124 ; Who made you
my misthress, you blaggard flipe? ib. Fardorougha (1848) xviii.
S.Don. A romping girl, Simmons Gl. (1890).
[1. (Jason) Wynnes to the wethir, wroght hym to dethe,
fflypit of the fflese, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 954. 2. Flyppe
up your sieves firste, I wolde advyse you, Palsgr. (1530)
5«. 4. Vj cappes vv"> flypes, luv. (1571) in Wills Or' Inv.
N.Coiitilies (Surtees) 1. 361. Norw. dial.y7;/l>f,aflap(AASEN).
8. For this personal sense cp. the meanings of OFr.
garncntent, (i) garniture d'habit, (2) mauvais sujet (La
Curne).]
FLIPE, see Flap, v.'^
FLIP.JACK, s6. Cor.' 2 A rude fireplace.
FLIP.ME-JIG, sb. Dev.3 A flighty person.
Mary Piper is a proper flip-me-jig ; yu mustn't a' nort tu zay
tu she.
FLIPPANT, adj. Dor. Som. Dev. [fli'psnt.]
1. Quick, nimble, lively.
Dor. H.WNEs Fbf. (c. 1730) in N. & Q. (1883) 6th S. vii, 366.
Dev. She weer flippant on 'er feet thatnight.PHiLLrorrsiJiDVoJoor
(1895I 207, ed. 1896; I alius was a spry maid and flippant to my
feet, O'Neill /rf)/s (1892") 11.
2. Pliant, used of sticks. See Flip, adj.
Som. The stick wasn't very flippant (W. F.R.).
FLIPPER, i;.' Yks. [flipafr).] To cry, whimper.
w.Yks. Children 'flipper and winge,' Lucas Stud. Niddeidale
(c. 1882I 252.
Hence Flippering, vbl. sb. crying, causing the lower lip
to tremble. w.Yks.'
[Cp. Sw. flipa, to weep with trembling lower lip, see
RiETz (s.v. Flepa).]
FLIPPER, J/.^" Sh.I. Chs. [flip3(r.] To wag, swing;
to flutter in the air.
S. & Ork.' To move the hands in walking. s.Chs. He leed howt
o' the hand-staff, an' the thing went flipperin' through the air
(T.D.I.
FLIPPER.DEFLAPPER, sb. Sus.» Hmp.' Noise,
confusion.
[I nere saw such a flipper de flapper before. King and
poore Northerne Man (161^0) 36, in Ha::litt's E. P. P. IV. 307.]
FLIPPERTY-FLOP, sb. w.Yks.^ War. (Hall.) An
awkward person in fine clothes ; also used atlrib.
FLIPPERTY-GIBBET, sb. War. Brks. Som. Also in
form vlibberty-gibbert- Brks.' A ragged fellow, tatter-
demalion.
War. (J.R.W.) Som. Sweetman Wincanion Gl. (1885).
Hence Vlibberty-gibberty, no'/ flighty, unreliable. Brks.'
[The same word as oXAcrJlebcrgebil, a tattling housewife,
see CoTGR. (s.v. Coquette). In Shaks. K. Lear, iii. iv. 120,
' Flibbertigibbet ' occurs as the name of a fiend.]
FLIRD, sb.'' Sc. Nhb. Also written flerd Nhb.' [flird.]
Anything that is thin and insufficient, as a thin piece of
cake, board, &c. ; worn-out clothes, vain finery. Also
usedy?^.
Rnf. Thae flirds o' gauze brought o'er the seas, I wiss they a'
war in a bleeze, Picken Pomis (1813) I. 123. Ayr., Rxb. A thin
flird (Jam.). Rxb. Let manly worth doff the flyrds of folly, Riddell
Poll. IVks. led. 1871) I. 74. Dmf. A thin piece of cake, board, &e.,
but not applied to what is woven (Jam.). Nhb.' Showy or gaudy
articles of women's dress.
[Prob. conn. w. LG. jlirre, 'cin kleines dunnes Stuck '
(Berghaus).]
VOL. n.
FLIRD, si.2 Sc. A sneer, gibe. See Flirr, v.
Rnf. Let nae their flirds an' flytin' flee ye, Picken Poems (1813)
I. 46.
FLIRD, V. and sh.^ Sc. Also written flyrd (Jam.).
[flird.] I. V. To flaunt, flutter; with about: to move
about from place to place in an unsettled, trifling way.
Cai.' Bnff Her braws, whilk . . . she maun flird aboot wi',
Leg. Sliatliisla (1851) 62; Bnff.' That flichter-Iichtie o' a craitur
wiz fliidin' aboot in a' directions. Rnf. Picken Poems (1813) Gl.
Hence Flirdin'-aboot, ppl. adj. unsettled, restless.
Bnflf.' He's a flirdin'-aboot bodie ; he'll niver come to gueede.
2. sb. A foolish,trifling person ofan unsteady disposition.
Bnff.'
Hence (i) Flirdie, adj. giddy, unsettled ; (2) Flirdome,
sb. aflectation, pretence, ostentation.
(i) Lth. Often applied to a skittish horse (Jam.). (2) Lnk. (16.)
[1- OE.jleardian, ' nugari, errare' {Liber Scinf.).]
FLIRDOCH, sb. and v. Sc. Also in form fiirdack
Bnff.' 1. sb. A flirt; a foohsh, trifling person. Bnff.',
Abd. (Jam.) 2. z/. To flirt. Abd. (Jam.)
FLIRK, FLIRLIGIG, see Flerk, FHrtigig.
FLIRN, V. Abd. (Jam.) In phr. to jltrn the mou\ or
face, to twist the mouth or face.
FLIRPER, sb. Not.^ [Not known to our correspon-
dents. [fl9-p3(r).] A catapult.
FLIRR, V. Obs. Sc. To gnash.
Abd. For blythness some did flirr Their teeth that day, Skinner
Poems (1809) '•
[Norw. dial. /lira, to grin, laugh imbecomingly (Aasen).]
FLIRRY, sb. Obs. Sc. A blossom. See Flourish.
It's when the cherry is in the flirry Fm sure it has nae stane,
Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861) I. 289.
[Cp. Fr.jiciiri, flourishing, blossomed (Cotgr.).]
FLIRT, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Der. Lei. Nhp.
War. Won Glo. Suf Wil. Dev. Also written flert Lan. ;
flurt n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks.* ne.Lan.' Der.^ Wil. ; and in
form vlirt Wil. [flirt, flat.] 1. v. To propel or throw
with a jerk or sudden movement ; to propel by a blow
from the finger-nail released from the thumb ; to strike
with a smart blow.
Lan. Thou's no 'casion to whistle an' flirt thy fingers at that,
BRiERLEv/"ra/f/!/»^/o;;s(i868) iv; Whistlingand flirtinghis fingers,
which were placed behind him, in imitation of castanets, ib. A
Day Out (1859) 24 ; The act of aiming at the marbles is called
'fluting,' 'shooting,' or 'firing,' as fancy dictates, Maiteh. City
Neivs (Oct. 10, 1896). ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Nhp. The winds . . .
Flirting the sear leaves on the bleaching lea, Clare Poems (1820)
86, ed. 1827. s.'Wor. He flirted the paper across the table (HK.).
Suf. The small dust-coloured beetle climbs with pain. . . And flirts
his fiIniywings,BLOOMFiELDFn)'/;(f/-'siJoy(i8o5)3i,ed.i8o8. Wil.
Flurted him in y« lippes w'" his fiste, Ardt. Mag. XXII. 37 ; Wil.'
As a duster in flicking a speck of dust off a table (s.v. Flirk).
2. To flirt with.
Lan. He's flertin' you i' th' loane, Ramsbottom Phases 0/ Distress
(1864^55-
3. To snap the fingers derisively. ne.Lan.', Der.'^jnw.Der.'
4. To move with a jerk or spring ; to take short, quick
flights ; to flutter.
Gall. The laverock which I watched flirting and pulsing upwards
out of the dim bents of the fell, Crockett Stimdaid Bearer (i8g8)
8. Lan. T'oss . . . flirted an' flirted hirself rcet oop again yon wall,
A'. & Q. (1891) 7th S. -xi. 143. nw.Der.i Nhp. Round the pond
the martins flirt, Clare Poems (1820) 131. Glo.' I'm afraid the
paper must have flirted into the fire.
Hence (i) Flirt-wort, sb. the common feverfew, Py-
rHhrinn Parlhcnium ; (2) Flirty, adj. moving with a jerk
or spring, sidling.
(i) Dev.'' (2) Wor, 'You ongain varmint, you flirty magget.'
Said by a farmer to his mare (H.K.).
5. sb. A slight blow or fillip with the thumb and finger.
w.Yks.2
6. Phr. not to care a flirt about anything, not to care a rap,
or snap of the fingers, for anything.
Lan. Aw caren't a flirt abeawt it, Waugh Owd Bodle, 262.
7. A fit of passion, a pet.
Lei.' I didn' call her a beast as I know to, but I might ha' called
her an old beast in a flirt. War.^
8. A slight shower. nw.Dev.'
3G
FLIRTIGIG
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FLISTERT
9. //. A light housewife ; a hussy.
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703) ; w-Yks.^"*
fl. Nasardcr, to fillip, to rap or flirt on the nose; Nasarde,
a flirt, CoTGR.]
FLIRTIGIG, sb. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Der. Nhp. Som.
Also in forms flirligig ne.Lan.' ; flirtigigs n.Cy. n.Yks.'^
m.Yks.i Der.= nw.Den' [fli-rti-, fl§ tigig.] 1. A giddy,
flighty girl ; a flirt.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Do not thee fash thyself aboot sich a
flirtigig. Thee's well quit o' the Mamselle's bairn, Longman's Mag.
(Apr. 1889) 618; N.Cy.i A wanton giggling lass— an unsteady
girl. Nhb.i, Yks. (K.), n.Yks.l", m.Yks.i, w.Yks.i, ne.Lan.', Der. 2,
nw.Der.', Nhp.' w.Som.i I never didn yur nort by her, but her
always was a bit of a flirtigig [fluur-tccgig-] like.
2. A nondescript thing. ne.Lan.*
FLISH, sb. and v. Yks. [flij.] 1. sb. A blister.
n.Yks. Mai biut's urtan mai fiut til dhars 3 gert flish ont (_W,H.) ;
n.Yks.s
2. V. To blister.
n.Yks. Mai ban's suin flish. DhCr nut iuzt ta griavin [digging]
9r forkin edlior (W. H.).
Hence Flished, ppl. adj. blistered. n.Yks.^
FLISH, see Flush, adj.
FLISK, V. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in form vlisk Brks. [flisk.] 1. v. To whisk,
move quickly from place to place ; to frisk, leap, bounce ;
of a horse : to be restive ; sometimes with about, off.
Sc. While that lang lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in
and out o' the room, Scorr Guy M. (1815) xlv; Like tire-slaught
fliskin' hither-thither, Drummond Miukoniachy (1846) 44. Fif.
He never blindit in his daffin', Fliskin' like fire about, and gaffin',
Tennant Papistry (iSz-ii) 65. Ayr. Thou never braindg't, an' fetch't,
an' fliskit. Burns To his Atild Mare, St. 12. Edb. She flisked past
me down the dale, Leakmont Pofws (1791) 40. Rxb. She flisk't
about, gait a' things reel, A. Scott Poetns (ed. 1808) 195. Gall.
Elves and fairies flisk a jig. Nicholson Poet. iVks. (1814) 117, ed.
1897. N.Cy.i Nhb.' He flisked off like a lop. Wm. & Cum." Nan
frumps and frowns, and flisks and kicks, 113. n.Yks. 2 Fiisk'd,
spouted out, as a fluid. w.Yks.' Freq. applied to a skittish horse.
Hence Flisky, adj. skittish, frolicsome, lively; of
horses : restive, frisky.
Ayr. (J.M.) Edb. Wha ay gang donarin' nidy noy To houses
flisky, Learmont Poems (1791) 173. Bwk. You're like Adam
Black's poney, Flisky, and pranky, and no very canny, Henderson
Pop. Rhymes (1856) 48. Slk. Never ane will be sae daft As tent
auld Johnnie's flisky dame, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 275. N.I.'
Specially applied to a mare which kicks when touched on the
flank. N.Cy.' She's a rare flisky jade. Cum. (M.P.)
2. To make restless, uneasy ; to displease.
Fif. Tak' my advice, An" at it binna fliskit, Douglas Poems
(i8o6'i 71.
3. To switch, whisk, flick in the face.
Dnif. She sat on the brae like a gowd-croont queen, And fliskit
her sceptre o' birk wi' pride, Reid Poems(iZgi() 128. Nhb.' Dinna
flisk yor hankersher about that way. Flisk them flies off. n-Yks."*
Sha nobbut flisk'd him wi' her larl finger. m.Yks.', Lin. (Hall.)
Glc' Don't get flisking that corn about. A horse or cow is said to
flisk its tail. Brks.' To vlisk flies off horses in hot weather.
4. To sprinkle with fine spray ; to rain finely, drizzle.
n.Yks.2 Brks., Hnip. It doesn't rain much, kind o' fliskes a bit
(W.H.E."). w. Som.' As by shaking a wet cloth. Neither 'splash'
nor ' sprinkle ' convey the idea, which implies some force in the
propelling. A person standing within reach of the spray of a water-
fall might be said to be flisked all over. Dev. Reports Proviitc.{i&ac)).
Hence (i) Flisking, ppl. adj., (2) Flisky, adj. small,
minute, esp. of rain : fine, drizzling, driving.
(ij Dev. 'The wind got up east, and sent us a flisking rain.' Not
a regular downpour. Reports Provinc. (i88g). (2) Brks., Hmp.
(W.H.E.) Hmp. Of misty rain, Wise A'«ai/b>-f5/( 1883) 282; Hmp.'
Dor. Flying, as mist, Barnes Gl. (1863).
5. To comb. CT. flick, f.' 4.
Cor. And flisk thy hair and wash thy chacks, Thomas Randigal
Rhymes (1895) 22.
6. sb. A slight blow or tap, a fillip with the finger.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. 2 A flisk on the face. m.Yks.'
7. A quick movement, in phr. in a Jlisk, in the Jlisk of
something, in a moment.
Sc. We'll be awa in the flisk o' a shuttle, Cobdan Andaman
(1895) xxxi. n.YkB.2 In a flisk, 'in a jiffy' (ed. 1855).
8. A dance or romp. n.Yks."
9. A whim, caprice.
Sc. For a mere flisk of her own, Scott Biide o/'/fl»7.(i8i9)xxviii.
10. A whisk, brush. Cf. flick, sb.*
Glo. A brush to remove cobwebs, GI. (1851) ; A bundle of white
rods to brush cobwebs anddustoff furniture, &c., UoraeSnbsecrjae
(1777) 157. Brks.' Made by carters from hair taken out of a horse's
tail, bound on a short handle. A vlisk is found in all stables, being
used to 'vlisk' flies off horses in hot weather.
11. A comb, gen. a large-toothed comb. [Not known to
our other Cum. correspondents.]
Cum, (E.W.P.) Cor. Montldy Mag. (1810) I. 436; Thomas
Randigal Rliymes (1895) Gl.\ Cor.'^; Cor.^ A small-toothed comb.
12. A slight shower.
Glo.' n.Wil. 'A flisk of rain'; less commonly, 'a flisk of snow'
(G.E.D.).
13. A sj'ringe or squirt. n.Yks.'^
FLISKEY,s6. Shr.' [fliski.] A slovenly, ill-dressed
woman.
'Er's an owd fliskey as ever vvuz seed.
FLISK-MA-HOY, sb. Sc. Also in form .haigo. A
giddy, ostentatious person ; a flirt, a foolish, giddy girl ;
also used attrib.
Sc. That silly fliskmahoy, Jenny Rintherout, has taen the exies,
Scott Antiquary (1816) xx.\v ; A very decent man, Thamas, and
a douce creditable house. Nane of your flisk-ina-hoys, ib. St.Ronnn
(1824) xxviii ; Buskit up wi' sae mony lang rairds o' dan dillic
tehein' an' fliskmahaigo chit-chat, as wad gar a' thae scurrivaiging
willfire gangrals rak their chafts lauchin' at 'em, Edb. Mag. (Apr.
1821) 351 (Jam.). Frf. There's one man in Thrums that has mair
faith in you than in a fliskmahoy, Barrie Minister {iSgi) vi.
FhISS, sb. and V. Sh.I. [flis.] L s6. A flake ; a
film. 2. V. To peel in flakes. S. & Ork.'
[1. Norw. dial. //is, a slice, splinter (Aasen) ; ON. /Us.]
FLIST, 56.' and v.^ Sc. Also in form fliss Sh.I. [flist,
flis.] 1. sb. A flash, brief explosion ; also used /ig. an
explosion of temper, a fit of anger. Cf. flust, 1.
Sc. Cool i' their ilist, Donald Poems (1867) 107. Sh I. It's but
a fliss, yet still a bliss, Sh. A'ews (July 30, 1898).' Abd. Ilk canty
body Wad mak as happy flists o' wit As owre their toddy, Caden head
Bon Aceord {18^:}) 160. Ags. (Jam.)
2. A fillip, a smart stroke. Cai.^
3. A keen blast or shower accompanied with a squall ;
a flying shower of snow.
Sh.1. A slight passing shower {Coll. L.L.B.^. Ags. (Jam.)
4. V. To make a slight explosion. Cf. flust, 2.
n.Sc. A bottle is said to flist when the confined air forces out
the cork and ejects the liquor (Jam.).
5. To be in a rage, ' flare up' ; esp. in phr. to /list and fling.
Sc. She sat and she grat, she flisted, she flang, Oral recitation of
the old song The Rocli (Jam.). Abd. Flists to think she sud aspire
To vent a spark poetic fire, Cadenhead Bon Accoid (18^3) 170.
Hence (i) Flistin, ppl. adj., (2) Flisty, adj. passionate,
irascible.
(i) Abd. Ben comes a flistin cankert wife Just fra a neib'rin
garret, Tarras Poems (1804) 106 (Jam.). (2) Ags. (Jam.)
6. To snap the fingers. Cai.' 7. To rain and blow at
the same time. n.Sc. (Jam.) Hence (i) Flistin, sb. a
slight shower. Ayr. (ib.); (2) Flisty, afl^. stormy, squally.
Ags. (ib.)
FLIST, sb.' and v.' Cai.' Bnflf.' [flist.] 1. sb. A
boast ; a fib. 2. One who boasts or fibs. 3. z>. To
boast; to tell fibs.
FLIST, sb.^ Som. A passing shower; a few drops of
rain. Cf. flisk, sb. 12.
I think 'tis but a flist (W.F.R.).
FLIST, adj. n.Yks. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] [flist.] Contemptible,ugly in shape. (R.H.H.)
FLISTER, V. Won [flista(r).] To throw, fling.
s.Wor. The doctor seemed as if he'd been put about afore he
come, for he flistered the paper across the table (H.K.).
FLISTERIN, ppl. adj. Sc. Flustering, flighty.
Lnk. A real flislerin' butterflce o' a body, wonderfully taen up
about a' kind o' finery, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 6.
FLISTERT, /■//. m/y. Sc. Flustered, flushed.
Fif. A g.-ibble O' tongues and raps upo' the tabill Frae that wine-
flister't ribble-rabbil, Tennant Papistry (1827) 105.
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FLIT
FLISTRICK, sh. Sh.I. A ledge of flat rocks rising
to the siirlacc of the water and causing a ripple of the sea.
(Co//. L.L.B.); S. & Ork.'
FLIT, V. and s/i} In f^cn. dial, use in Sc. Ircl. and n.
and inidl. counties to iklf Unt. Also e.An. I-Ccn. Also
written flitt Sc. I^in. (Hall.); flytt Sc. ; and in form
fleet S. & Ork." ^fS. add. Cum.' Lin. War. Nrf [flit, flit.]
\. V. GranL forms. 1. Pnlcri/c : (i) Flait, (2) Flit, (31
Flitted, {4) Flittud, (5) Flote, (6) Flyttit. [For further
examples see II below.]
(i) Abd. Sin Maggie flait the haukit qucy, Tarras Pof mis ( 1 804)
70 (Jam.). (2) Sli.I. What the folk there were to do . . . when
Andrew flit was more than tliey could tell, Burgess Sic/f/;« (2nd
ed.) n. (3) Ayr. There's many yet to ha'c their cast, Tho' many
flhted, Thom Amiistmeiits (i8ia"l 24. Cav. The rent of the house
was too high so we llitted here l^M.S.M.). ne.Yks.' 33. m.Yks.'
Flifid, Inliod. 34. w.Yks. Hur an' hur husband flitted intuv a
hahse o'ther awn, Y/.sman. (1875) 94, col. 2. s, Lin. The waggoner
flitted last l.iady d.ny (.T.H.R.). sw Lin.' (4") Lan. Thou'd be too
yunk when yo' flittud, Brierley ffiiwe/oic (1863) 65, ed. 1884.
(5^ ni.Yks.i Fluot', Iiiliod. 34. s.Lan. Picton Dial. (1865). (6)
Sc. Murray Dial. l.iSls'i 204.
2. pp. (i) Fleeted, (2) Flit, (3) Flitted, (4) Flitten, (5)
Flittit, (6) Floten, (7) Flyttit.
(il Slg. He has fleeted his dwelling, Bruce Sermons (1631) iii.
(a) w.Yks. Ah wish the'y wark laid neather heame Er we wer flit
away, Blackah /'t>(?i«s (1867') 15. Lan. Hoo's flit, Wood Hum.
Sketches, 95. (3~; Abd. They had got 'flitted' away to the out-farm,
Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 14. Frf. But she had flitted to some
unkent place, Barrie Tommy (1896) x. Ayr. Having flitted from
Irvine to the Torrenyaird, Service A'o/(j)irf;(;)/s 1^18901 10. Yks
Thou knows Haytersbank folk ha' flitted, Gaskell Sylvia (1863)
Ill.vii. n.Yks.2 Lan. Matthew Cooper and his family had removed
— or 'flitted,' as they called it, Banks Manrli. Man (1876") iv.
(4"! Sc. I wcel micht hae flitten, but flytin' I carednato try, Ballads
(1885) 108. n.Yk3.2, ne.Yks.i 33. m.Yks.l Flit u'n, littiod. 34.
w. Yks. They've flitten to anutherhaase. Tom TiiEDDLEHOYLEZJa/>/K/(j
/})!«. (1849^ 50. Lin. Them cottagers hev flitten (J.C.W.). (5)
Elg. I'm flittit noo, Tester Poems (18651 126. Ayr. Ye ken we've
flittit aft. White Jo/lings (1879) i^^. (6) m.Yks.' Fluofu'n, biliod.
34. (7) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204.
II. Dial, meanings. 1. v. To remove, transport ; to
shift, change ; to move things from one house to another ;
to assist any one in moving. Also usedy?."-.
BnlT. Recently it was flitted a second time, and is built into, and
is above one of the doors of a back -house, Gordon Cliron. Keith
(1880) 34. Elg. Like mony mair, I'm flittit noo, an' up the stair,
Tester Poems (1865) 126. Abd. I'm sear the sight will flit my
heart, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 149. Kcd. They're to tak down my
Gothic wa's. And flit my site awa, Jamie Muse (1844) 29. Fif.
Altho' he flittet was by Death Ayont the moon. Gray /'o«<!s (1811)
48. Slg. Look how the tents of shepherds are flitted, transported,
and removed, Bruce Sermons (1631) ix. Dmb. The trouble o'
flittin* a cartfu' o' roosty duncklcd clamjamphrey every time ye
move betwixt this and Embro, Cross Disruption (1844) xxxvii.
Ayr. It would be expedient that she should flit her howfl' from our
town, Galt Proi'os/ (1822) xxxvi ; He. . . is desirous that they
should be flitted in an amiable manner to a certain street in Irvine,
ib. Gilhaize (1823) ix. n.Yks.' Aye, Thomas flitted his stock and
graithing, an' his family an' a', a week syne. ' Whose goods are
those?' ' Wheea, they's Miles Dale's. We's flitting him fra'
t'Deeal Heead t'Stangho'.' m.Yks.' w.Yks. For flitting Mary
Crabtree from .Shipley to Heatown with carte and horses ol.2s.6d.,
CvDWORTHManningham 1896 1 189; Let us flit these first vCC.R.).
Lan. Some dozen Gallithumpians were engaged in flitting the
families and chattels of the four successful candidates, Brierley
Marlocts (1867) ii. sw.Lin.' They say it's ill-luck to flit a cat.
2. To shift a tethered animal (or tether) from one spot to
another ; also, to shift the position of a sheepfold. Also
used^§-.
Sc. He wad gang a mile to flit a sow, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 15.
Sh.I. I'm gaan oot ta flit da baes, Midder's peerie doo, Sh. News
(Aug. 20, 1898). Cai.l Frf. Our gudewife, wi' eydenthand. Had
just been out to flit the cow, Smart Rhymes (1834) 205. Ayr. Wi'
tentie care I'll flit thy tether To some hain'd rig, Burns To his
j4uld Mare, St 18; Awfu' kin' o' tallowny-faced an' coorse-traited.
Ouay ! man, I never thocht onybody wad flit her tether in a hurry.
Service Dr. Dnguid (ed. 1887; 223. Gall. Here in Kyle that can
flit them, Crockett Grey Man (1896) ix. Lin. Leave her on a leg
and let the devil flitt her, Prov, (Hall.) Rut.* Lei.' The gout
[goat] were flitted to the middle cloo'es poost. Nhp.' A horse is
flitted, when he is fastened or confined with a rope or chain by
the leg to a certain portion of pasturage. A bird also is flitted,
wlien it is secured by the leg to prevent its flight ; bottles are
flitted, when the corks are tied to the bottles by a string. * Have
you flitted the bottles?' is a common inquiry with a thrifty
housewife, previous to sending them a-field in liay and harvest
time ; Nlip.* To flit a hen is to tie it to a stake, so that it cannot
desert its chickens. Bdf. Gen. applied to removing pens of hurdles
which confine sheep on turnips, Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang.
(1809) 13a.
Hence (i) Flit-fold, sb. a movable sheepfold ; (2)
Flitting-chains, sb. pi. chains used in tethering animals.
(i) Sc. If he don't incline to house his sheep in summer, flaik,
flit-folds, or hurdles may be provided for laying them on the summer
fallow, Maxwell Sc/. 7"raH5. (1743' 154 (Jam.). n.Yks.' Capable
of use wherever it may be wanted. (2) Nhp.*
3. To pass away, depart ; to be gone ; to die.
Sc. She canna flit in peace until she sees you, Scott Antiqiiaiy
(1816) xxviii ; The red flits fast frao his cheek, Kinloch Ballads
(1827) 183. Sh.I. Heckle noo! Flitt! Burgess Rasmie ^1892)
14. Per. The carrier? na, he doesna flit Unless D. P. — the
dcil permit, Haliburton Oehil Idylls (1891) 20. Fif. Dauvit flitted
past them during the night and went owre-bye, Robertson
Provost (18941 30. Rnf. When tipsy, from the tavern roar He
cannot think to flit, M^Gilvray Poems (ed. 18621 89. Ayr. Before
ye flit Your genuine wit May mak' 3-ou sit Just han' for ncive wi'
Sandy Pope, Smith Pof/. Misc. (1832) 116. Lnk. An' it please
the Lord, this nicht, I'd flit, an' e'en gang hame, Murdoch Doric
Lyre (1873) 14. Edb. It's i' the Psalms o' David writ, That this
wide warld ne'er shou'd flit, FergussoN Poems (1773) 191, ed.
1785. Feb. Time that we were flitting. Case we get anither clear,
Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 123. Dmf. Drap snug intae yon
taxman's chair, Fiae whilk he's flitted, Quinn Heather (188^'] 137.
n.Yks. The gloaming flits away, Robinson ll'hitby Sng. Sol.
{i860) iv. 6; n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 61;
e.Yks.i Lan. ' Where is your mother?' . . . 'Aw dunnot know that
noather, hoo's flit,' Wood Hum. Sketches, 95. Lei.' To run away
from the country, 'bolt.'
Hence Flitting, s6. Of plants: the decay or failure of
seeds which do not come to maturity.
Sc. In a short time they [the plants] decaj' and go away which
in this country is called flitting. MaxwellSc/. 7VaHS.t 1743) 94 (J am.).
4. To change one's habitation or quarters, to move from
one house to another.
Sc. There was a summons from the grund-ofRcer to come wi'
the rent on a day preceese, or else Steenie behoved to flitt, Scott
Redg. (1824) Lett. xi. Sh.I. What the folk there were to do for
the correct Greenwich [time] when Aandrew flit, was more than
they could tell. Burgess Skelclies (and ed.) 11. S. & Ork.' MS.
add. Cai.' Bch. For this mad, tho' merry fit, I was sore vex'd
and forc'd to flit, Forbes Dominie (1785) 27. Abd. Gien the
watter be rinnin' ower the top o' yer hoose, man, it was time to
flit, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xxxiii. Frf. To flit from the Tanage
brae to Haggart's roady, BarR}^ Minister {i8gi) iv. Per. I thought
you would be the last to flit, Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Syne
(18951 87. Dmb. Though we should flit the morn he may be here
on us before we get awa', Cross Disruption (1844) vi. Ayr. She
would rather bide in it as it is than flit to a better, Galt Sir A.
IVvlie (1822) Ixxvii. Lnk. She had flitted to a house near the
market town, Fraser IVhaups (1895) xvi. Edb. Ye maun yer
morals better. Or flit this night, Liddle Poems (1821) 222. Bwk.
Ye'll noflit— aslangasastoupyecan fill, Henderson Po/>. Rhymes
(1856) 46. Gall. I got my notice this morning that the bond is to
be called up in November, ... so I'll be obliged to flit, Crockett
Stickit Min. (1893) 9. Kcb. Once in into our Lord and Saviour's
house, and then they will not get leave to flit, Rutherford Lett.
(1660) No. 22. Wgt. We're no to flit this terra, so we may gang
on wi' oor wark, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 184. N.I.' Do you flit
this week or next? Uls. (M.B.-S.) Cav. The rent of that house
was too high, so we flitted here (M.S.M.). n.Cy. Grose (1790) ;
N.Cy.' They're flitting because they couldn't pay the rent. Nlib.
To flit specially refers to the movement of the person ; to shift
refers particularly to the movement of the goods and chattels
(R.O.H.); And when we flit, the landlord stops Ma sticks, till a'
the rent be paid, Wilson P<yi"n«'s Fay (1826) 11, ed. 1843; Nhb.'
e.Dur.' To ' shift' or remove from a house by night, unknown to
anybody. 'A Friday's flit Will never sit.' Lakel.'^, Cum.' n.Yks.'
Weel, ye're flitting then ? . . . Ay, we's flulting. ne.Yks.' When
are ya boun ti flit? We've nobbul just flitted ti wer new hoos.
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FLITCH
e.Yks. As tenants at quarter-day, Marshall Riiy. Ecou. (1788);
e.Yks.', m.Yks.i w.Yks. If tha wants to flit, tha mun flit, Hartley
Clock Aim. (1884) 47; w.Yks.i2345 Lan. Widow and children
had to 'flit' to a smaller house, Ackworth Clog Shop Citron.
(1896) 188; You aren't a tenant, and there's no notice wanted ; so
you munflitout o'this to-morn,HAMERTON I^f>;rff?'//o/»i^'^i869)lxix;
Lan.i, n.Lan.»,ne.Lan.i Chs.5//ra/(i879) No. 448, 1. 140 ; Chs.'^a
s.Stf. We intend to flit next Monday, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.
(18951. Der.i2, nw.Der.' Not. (J.H.B.) ; Not.'; Not.^ He's no
money so he mun flit. s.Not. We shall have to flit next quarter-
day ^J.P. K.). Lin. Skinner (1671) ; It is a common thing here
for agricultural labourers to flit at Mayday, sometimes almost
yearly, forthesakeofchange. 'Themcottagershev flitten'{J.C.W.);
And will Tallington hev to flit then ? Fenn Dick o' the Fens (1888)
ix. n.Lin.i s.Lin. The waggoner flitted last Laady day (T.H.R.).
sw.Lin.i We shan't flit while May Day. He has a brother as
flitted from agen Kirton Lindsey. Rut.', Lei.l, Nhp.' War.
HoLLOWAY. w.Wor.' Shr.2 Thire gwuz somebody a flitting wie
their goodies and furnitude. Hrf.' Bdf. They've flitted out of the
yard (J.W.B.). Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.' Nrf. (E.M.) ; Are there
many folks flitting in your parish this Michaelmas? (W.R.E.)
Ken. Removing the furniture of a house secretly at night. ' Oh,
they're flitting ' (D.W.L.).
Hence (i) Flitting, [a] sb. the act of moving from one
house to another ; a removal, change of quarters, esp. in
phr. a moonlight flitting, a secret departure by night to
avoid payment of debts ; (b) sb. furniture, household
goods when in transit from one house to another ; (c) ppl.
rtrf/'. roving, migratory, moving; (2) Flitting-day, sb. the
day on which a removal takes place ; (3) -time, sb. the
time when ' flittings ' or removals usually take place.
(r, a) Sc. Fools are fain of flitting, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 11 ;
It's lang that I hae been thinking o' flitting, Scott i?o6 Roy (1817)
xviii. Sh.I. Wir baith first raite, bit kind o' fashed e'en noo,
makkin ready fur da flittin', Burgess Sketches (and ed.) 5. Cai.'
Bnff. The ' Chacky Mill ' or Death-watch . . . was conjectured to
be a forego of a death or a flitting, Gordon Chron. Keilh (1880)
63. Abd. Chairs, tables, and cradles were ilka where sittin', An'
baith young an' auld were engaged i' the flittin', Anderson
Rliymcs (1867) 8. Frf. Wi' the result that a flittin' was made to
that leddy's domicile, an' there he ta'en up his abode, Willock
Rosctly Ends (1886) 35, ed. 1889. Per. A' wish the flittin' were
ower an' you an' me were settled whar we'll end oor days, Ian
VlAci-A-REtt Auld Lang Syne {iSg^] &t. Rnf. At length he on his
eyrie sitting Espies the rogues begin their flittin', Young Pictures
(1865) 155. Ayr. Other furniture wherewith they had burdened
themselves like bearers at a flitting, Galt Gilliatze (1823) xxiii.
Lnk. They never thought of flittin' For monie a day, MuiR
Minstrelsy (1816) 55. Lth. Why should be a' this flittin'? Lumsden
Slieep-head (1892) 72. Edb. The whole covey of them took leg-
bail and made that very night a moonlight flitting, VloiR Mansie
IVauch (1828) xvii. Ir. Jerry had been absent from Clonmena at
the time of their flitting, Barlow Li'scohhc/ (1895) 17. Ant. Bally-
titcna Obs. ^I892). Myo. Begor! there never was seen such a
flittin' since the wurrld begun, Stoker Sitakc^s Pass (1891) xvi.
n.Cy. Two flittings are as bad as one fire, Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.'
Nhb. Gradually we became accustomed to his ' flittings,' Ncwc.
Dy. Leader (Jan. i, 1897) 5, col. 2 ; Nhb.l We'll be hevin a flittin
seun. Lakel.>2 A ' moonlight flitting.' n.Yks.i Faather says
t'flitting's to be Saturday first, an' he wad like to ha'e your draught.
ne.Yks.' Wer things isn't fairly rected yit, we've nobbut just gitten
wer flittin' owered. e.Yks. Riddy for t'flittin', Wray Nestlelon
(1876) 70. w.Yks. Tlicaz hardly ovvt sa vexaishas az flittin', Tom
Treddlehoyle Bairnsia Ann. (1893) 26; w.Yks.* Lan. The
vicar's anxiety was greatly relieved when he heard this flitting
had been accomplished, Kay-Shuttleworth ScnJ-irffl/e (i860) II.
99; Lan.i, ne.Lan.', Chs.'23 s.Stf. He went to help Sal with her
flittin', Pinnock /jV*. Cy. yj)i)i. (1895). nw.Der.' Not. I haven't
seen them since the flitting (L.C.M.j. sw.Lin.i Two flittings are
as bad as one fire. Nhp.'^ Hrf.^ A ' moonlight flitting.' (A) Sc.
A... carter was proceeding to Collace with a bride's flittin' when the
horse suddenly fell down dead, 70^5(1889) 1st S. 27. Cai.' Lnk.
There'll no be a collier in a' the land bul'll be able to carry his
flittin' on the croon o' his head, Gordon Pyotsliaiv (1885) 216.
Kcb. Let us. . . go with our flitting to our best home, Rutherford
Lett. fi66oi No. 84. N.I.i A load of flitting. Ant. That's So-and-
so's flittin' that's passing, Ballymena Obs. (1892). (r) Lin. In the
course of my moving, or as they call it in Lincolnshire my flitting
life, BESTPff5. and Lit. Mem. (1829) 352. (2) Dmb. 1 he busy
flitting day is in view, Cross 0;i>7(/>//o)i (1844) xxxviii. Ayr. The
flittin' day we'll min', John, White /o/Zm^s (1879) 166. Lnk. O
leeze me on the flittin' day — The briskest o' the year, The rumble-
tumble flittin' day. It's aye a day o' steer, Murdoch Doric Lyre
(1873") 33 ; The 28th of May is the annual removal term day in
Scot. (A. W.) n.Cy.(J.W.) (3) Abd. The first term was promptly
fixed as ' flittin' ' time for Mary's sweetheart, Alexander .<4i'h Ftk.
(1882) 2. Lnk. He bein' very obleegin' about the flittin' time, I
couldna refuse him, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 5. n.Cy. (J.W.)
S.Lin. Lady-day is the flitting time for the married ' waggoners'
and farm ' foreman' or 'bailiflf,' often in charge of the servant
' chaps.' ' You'll hae to pack up, Misses, the flitting time'll be here
in a few wicks' (T.H.R.).
5. To leave, quit.
Sc. He that will na thole, maun flit mony a hole, Ramsay Prov.
(1737). n.Lin.i Upo' th' east side o' th' Trent sarvants flits the'r
plaaces at Maay-da'-time, but e' th' Isle it's at Martlemas. Shr.*
Flitted his job. Flitted the pit.
6. Phr. (i) tojlit one's doitp, to rise up and go, take one's
departure ; (2) to midnight flit, to run away.
(i) Edb. Ere they flit their doup They ablins a' their siller coup
For liquor clear frae cutty stoup, Fergusson Poems (1773) 125,
ed. 1785. (2) e.An.l
7. sb. A removal from one house to another, a change
of residence, esp. in phr. a moonlight flit, a removal by
night to escape payment of debts.
Sc. Better rew sit nor rew flit, Ferguson Prov. (1641') 8. Sh.I.
Hit's better ta roo-sit den roo-flit, SIi. Neivs (Apr. 9, 1898). Cum.'
They meadd a moonleet fliton't. n.Yks.' Didst hear stunt Willy 'd
maad a moonlight flit iv it ? He's sloped for seear ; n.Yks.^ w.Yks,
One siezes a chair, another a table, an ther's a mooinleet flit, T.
Toddles' s Comic Aim. (1873); w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.' Maad a moinleet
fliton't. Lan. The Flit, DohertyA^. iJnj/oa/ (1884) 22. ne.Lan.'
Clis. Three flits is as good as a fire, S/»'rt/(i879) No. 757, I. 266;
Clis.* sw. Lin.' They made a moon-light flit on it. Nhp.' 'Saturday's
flit will never sit ' is a proverb of prediction with superstitious
servants who reluctantly enter upon a new service on that day.
[1. Cm.flytja, to cause to move, refl. to migrate.]
FLIT, 56.2 Sh.I. [flit.] In camp, (i) Flit-boat,
a kind of boat for landing goods, &c., from a vessel ; (2)
-man, a man employed in lading and unlading boats.
(I) The only thing that could be seen upon the glossy water was
the big black flitboat. Burgess 7"n»i^(i898) 22; Swittlin alang da
side o' da aald flitboat as shii lay alang da tress an' plank, ib. Sketches
(2nd ed.) 85 ; The mental apparition for a moment of the Lerwick
flit-boat is irresistible, though the flit-boat has acquired a more
specific meaning in Shetland than its congener has in Norway, 5/;.
News (Mar. 19, 1898). (2) Just look at the flitmen 50 or 60 or 70
years ago. Look also at the boaters. What has the pier done for
them? Sh. Netvs (Jan. 15, 1898); A notable old flitman of the
period came burdened with a sack of flour, ib. (Feb. 19, 1898) ;
A remark which he made to one of the flitmen . . . was afterwards
called to mind and used against him, Clark Gleams (1898) 68.
[Cp. 'E.Fris. flitje, 'kleines, leichtes, schnelles Boot'
(Koolman) ; \^G.flitje,fliitje, ' ein kleines schnell segelndes
Boot' (Berghaus).]
FLIT, s5.8 Sus.' [flit.] A bat. See Flitterraouse.
FLIT, sA." Sus. The swift, Cypsclus apiis.
m.Sus. ' Flit ' is well known and often used (G.A.W.).
FLIT, see Fleet, v.^, adj.", Flight, sb.^
FLITCH, sb. Yks. Hrt. Hmp. [flit/.] 1. A plank
cut from the middle of a tree. Cf. flick, sb.^ 2.
Hmp.' We'll get a good flitch out of that 'ere tree.
2. Camp, (i) Flitchmond, .' a spindle [not known to
our other correspondents] ; (2) -ware, that which is turned
out of the entire round part of the beech-tree.
(i) w.Yks. (T.R.E.) (2) Hrt. Ellis tUod. Husb. (1750) VII. ii.
FLITCH, V. ? Obs. e.An. To move from place to
place. See Flit, v. 4.
e.An.' Nrf.GROSE (1790'); Nrf.' e Nrf. Marsh all /Jhi-.&oh. (1787).
FLITCH, adj. Oxf Hmp. I.W. Wil. Also in form
flick Wil.' [flitj.] 1. Pert, lively ; quick, ready ; good-
humoured.
Oxf. She is very flitch with her tongue (M.A.R.). Hmp. You
are very flitch [good-natured] to-day, VfiSE New Forest i^iSS^) 282;
Hmp.', Wil.'
2. Intimate, familiar, over-friendly ; wheedling, plausible.
Hmp.' Don't be too flitch wi' un. I.W.* He was terbul flitch
wimme over it. Wil.' Obs. To be flick or flitch with any one.
FLITCHEN
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FLITE
FLITCHEN, sb. Shr. Hrf. GIo. Also in form vlitchen
Glo.' [flitjan.] 1. A flitch of bacon.
Shr.l 1 shall tak a llitchen an' a couple o' 'ams to the nex' far;
Shr .2 Hrf. Duncumb H:st. 11'/. (1804) ; Hrf.', GIo.'
2. Fiff. A fat cliild, an over-fed person.
Shr.'^Innn-d-e gotten a great flitchen ?
[Thei don hem to Donmovve . . . To folcwcn aftiir the
fluechen, P. Phwiiian (a.) x. 189.]
FLITE, V. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Dcr.
Lin. [flait.] I. Gram, forms. 1. Pirseiil Tense: (i)
Flaat, (2) Flet, (3) Fleyt, (4) Flight, (5) Flighten, (6)
Floite, (7) Florte, (8) Flyt, (9) Flyte. [For further
examples see II below.]
(i) m.Yks.' Introd. 34. (2)Sh.I. Falling into contest and flettlng
with him about linchingane boat, Hibbert Dcsc.Sh. I. (1822) 283,
cd. 1891. (3^ Sc. MuKRAY Z)i(i/. (1873) 204. Wm. She thowt she
heerd soombody fleytin' and callin'. Ward R. Elsmere (i888) bk.
I. X. (4) Sc. What \vi' flighting on him . . . there was nae minding
ony other body, Scott SI. Ronan (1824) ii. Wm. Those who are
always flighting no one notices (B.K.). n.Yks. (T.S.) w.Yks.
HuTTON Tour to Caves (1781); w.Yks.' Lan. The wife's olus
flighting me for it, and I'm olus repenting, Westall Birch Dene
(1889) in. 10. (5) n.Cy. HoLLOWAY. (6) Lan. Aw feel o my
desire to floite thee smothert in a flood o love, Staton S. Shuttle
Manch. 6. (^) w.Yks. Hl/x. Courier [May 8, 1897). (8) Abd. Fu'
loudly can he bawl and flyt, Cock Strains (1810) 1. 138. (9) Sc.
I have heard wives flyte in England and Scotland, Scott Rob Roy
(1817) XXX. Bch. Tak tent, my frien's, gin it be fair To flyte upo'
us a', Forbes Ulysses 1,1785) 3a. Frf. He banged for a wee, but
we e'en loot him flj'te. Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 81. Ayr. Till
bells an'bell-rapes come awa' An' deacons fljte, Laing Poems (1894)
78. Edb. Lawyers might flyte, an' strangely fence the plea,
Learmont Poems (1791) 278. Nhb. Thus to flyte with her began,
Richardson Borderers Table bk. (1846) VI. 52. Dur.', Cum.^ 169.
s.Wra. f J. A.B.) Yks. He knew t'owd wife wad flyte, Twisleton
Owd Johnny (1867) 6. n.Yks.'^, Lan.', e.Lan.', Chs.' = 3
2. Preterite : (i) Flaat, (2) Flait, (3) Flait(t)e, (4) Flaowt,
(51 Flate, (6) Fleat, (7) Fleeted, (8) Fleht, (9) Flet(t, (10)
Fleyt, (II) Fliat, (12) Flighted, (13) Flited, (14) Float,
(15) Flote, (16) Flyted.
(1) w.Yks.' (2) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. Edb. The candle-
makers came and flait, Fennecuik lyts. (1715) 392, ed. 1815. Slk.
She grat an' prayed, an' they fleeched an' flait, Hogg Tales (1838)
71, ed. 1866. (3)Lnk. Themairsheflaite, I grew mair fain, Coghill
Poems (1890) 69. Slk.Theyj'ermitand flaitteasunlmer'sday, Hogg
Poems{ed. 1865) 367. (4)m.Yks. '/«/>orf. 34. (5)Sc. Aqueeshevery
douk she flate, Scotch Haggis, 78. Abd. Ye dinna ken How sair my
mither flate yestreen, Thom Rhymes, iS^c. (1844) 102. Slg.Jock flate
while she sat a boo-booin' o't, Towers Poems (1885) 164. Dmb.
She lo'ed him as dear as life, Ne'er flate indeed, Taylor Poems
(ed. 1827) 65. Rnf. I flate, an' desir'd he wad let me alane, Picken
Poems (1813) I. 75. Ayr. The leddy she fleeched, and the leddy
she flate. Service Dr. Diigiiid (ed. 1887) 72. Lnk. Note this —
she never flate, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873") 34. Lth. Sair she
flate an' bann'd, Ballantine PofH(s (1856)185. Edb. Every one
. . . flate, an' said, he might think shame, Forbes Poems (1812) 39.
Dmf. My winsome wife cam' oot tae the door and flate, Reid
Poems (1894) 194. Nhb. Sa kindly she flate when I kissed her,
Richardson Borderet's Table-bk. (1846) VI. 318. (6) Lnk. My
mother fleat like a tinkler at the idea o' me going into such a place,
Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 22. n.Yks.3 Fleeat. (7) Yks. Sha
ommost fleeted an scauded ma oot o' mi wits. Spec. Dial. 6. (8)
m.Yks.' Introd. 34. (9) Sc. They roared and flet, Drummond
Miickomachy (1846) 55. Abd. I fidg'd, an' flet, an' sobb'd, Cock
Strains (1810) I. 99. Fif. Yet Johnny never flet on Jean, Douglas
Poems (1806) 90. Rnf. The lassie couldna bide his drinking,
Raged and flett wi' might and main, Webster Rhymes (1835) iii.
Lth. Her mither flet sair for her byding away, Macneill Poet.
Wis. (1801) 200, ed. 1856. (10) Sc. And I fleyt at them, Scorr
Waverley (1814) Ixiv. Frf. They . . . Fleyt and yammert, Beattie
Arnha (c. 1820) 38, ed. 1882. (11) n.Yks. (T.K.) (12) n.Yks.
She ommost flighted and scauded me out o' mah wits, Reed
Register Office (1758) in TwedDell Bards Clevel. 186. (13) n.Yks.2
w.Yks. For she flited as if she had known me guilty, Snowden
Web 0/ Weaver (1896) i6o. (14) w.Yks. He float me, Thoresby
Lett. (1703'); w.Yks.* (15) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Lan.', e.Lan.'
(16) Sc. He was like ane o" oor ain to me that nursed, an' flyted
at, an' fleeched them a', Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 10. Abd. She
flyted at mornin', at noon, an' at nicht, Anderson Rhymes (1867)
14. s.Wm. iJ.A.B.)
3. pp. (i) Flaat, (2) Flaowt, (3) Flaowtun, (4) Flitten,
(5) Flitun, (6) Flyted, (7) Flyten, (8) Flytten.
(i) n.Cy. Hollowav. w.Yks.' Efter I'd flaat him soundly, ii. 293.
(2,3) m.Yks.' Introd. 34. (4) n.Yks. (T.K.) ; n.Yks.^, e.Lan.'
(S) m.Yks.' /jj/;orf. 34. (6) Sc. Bairns who but yesterday were
flyted at for dirtying their daidlies, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 12.
Der. I wunna hae him flyted at, Verney Stone Edge (1868) xxiii.
(7) Gall. Our friensthey hae foughten and flyten, Nicholson Poc/.
Wks. (i8i.() 191, ed. 1897. (8) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204.
II. Dial, meanings. 1. To scold, chide, find fault ; to
flout, jeer ; sometimes with at, on, upon.
Sc. And I fleyt at them, and threepit it was my son, Scott
Waverley (1814) Ixiv ; Frae she delight to fecht and flyte, Avtoun
Ballads (ed. 1861) II. 195. Elg. Up an' doon, nor flyte nor frown.
Tester Poems (1865) 105. Abd. Now stampin', ragin', and
bannin', he'd flyte, Cadenhead Bon Accord (1853) 255. Kcd.
Ne'er a word douce Davie spak' For a' that she could flyte. Grant
/.«y5 (1884") II. Frf. When ony cur wad at him flyte. An' snap
an' snarl. Smart Rhymes (1834) 119. Per, When I flyte she sabs
an' greets, Edwards Strathearn Lyrics (i88g) 126. w.Sc. It's a'
verra weel for the leddies tae flyte on the men for takin' a dram,
Macdonald Settlement (1869) 50, ed. 1877. Fif. They scorn to
flyte, Douglas Poems (1806) 33. s.Sc. The schoolmaster was
flyting amongst the children to-day (A.C.). SIg. My mither flytes,
my faither frovvns. Towers Poems (1885) 196. Rnf. Weel, tak'
your will, but dinna flyte, Picken Poems (1813) I. 151. Ayr. But
gudesake dinna preach and flyte, ThoiH Amusements (1812) 28 ;
Let her flyte her fill, ViVjiksO steer her up,sl. t. Lnk. My mither
storms and flytes on me. Penman Echoes (18781 82. Lth. Jean . . .
Schooled by whisky, learns new tricks soon, Flytes, storms, and
rugs Will's hair, Macneill Poet. IVks. (1801) 138, ed. 1856. Edb.
Sair they lout. And sair they flyte, Har'st Rig {i-jg^) 21, ed. 1801.
Slk. And flytin on ane anither like sae mony randies, Chr. North
Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 110. Feb. Aften I've come here when
mornin' — Flate and fleetch'd to gar ye rise, Affleck Poet. Wks.
(1836) 125. Dmf. At the puir servant-lass will flyte If they see
her, Hawkins Poems (1841) V. 25. Gall. For to be flyted upon
by a lass, Crockett Grey Man (1896) 125. n.Cy. Lads love,
lasses delight, Ifflads doesn't come The lasses '11 flite, Denham
Tracts (ed. 1895") II. 71; Grose (1790); N.Cy.'^, Nhb.', Dur.'
s.Dur. My mother'll flyte if I dinnot git my wark dune (J.E.D.).
Cum. Flyte, flytin'! fcight, feightin' ! AudersoU Ballads {ed. 1881)
138; Cum.3 Cursty's wife was kind and canny, Nowder gi'en to
flyte nor fret, 169. Wm. T'mistress dud flyte, an sed a mud hae
mi poddish, an be off" ta Kendal, Spec. Dial, (1885! pt. iii. 5. s.Wm.
(J.A.B.) n.Yks.Sheommostflightedandscaudedmeout o'mahwits,
Ke-eVi Register Office {ii^R) in Tweddell BardsClevel. 186 ; n.Yks.' ;
n.Yks.'^They flited and flewat te'an t'other like a couple o' dragons;
n.Yks.* ne.Yks.' Sha started ti flite. e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.
She flited as if she had known me guilty, Snowden Web of Weaver
(1896) xiii; Willan List Wds, (1811); w.Yks.'s* Lan. Tha's
disgraced me low enough beaut flytin' so, Clegg David's Loom
(1894) xxiii ; Lan,', nXan.', e.Lan.', ne.Lan.' Chs. If aw got
th' village up an' he heerd on it, he'd flyte worse than a wych-
waller, Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 11 ; Chs.' 2* Der. I wunna
hae him flyted at, Verney Stone Edge (1868) xxiii. nw.Der.'
Hence (i) Filter, sb. a scold ; (2) Fliting, (a) sb. the act
of scolding ; a scolding, flouting ; (b) ppl. adj. scolding,
fault-finding, abusive ; controversial ; (3) Fliting-bout, sb.
a scolding-match ; (4) -bridle, sb. a bridle put upon a
scold as a punishment ; (5) -free, adj. free in administering
a scolding ; free from rebuke ; (6) -hot, adj. hot with
scolding ; (7) -match, sb., see -bout.
(i) Sc What ! did they punish flytersin the olden times? Scotch
Haggis, 76. Edb. We neither want our fighters nor our flyters,
Fennecuik Wks. (1715) 343, ed. 1815. n.Cy. (K.), n.Yks.'^ (2, a)
Sc. We mauna mind a bit flyting, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) xiii ;
Ye take the first word of flyting, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Sh.I. It
luiks as if da storm . . . bed blawn every breathe' flytin' oot o' Peggy's
body, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 2I2. Abd. When tired o' his
flytin'— when sick o' his rage, Cadenhead Soh .,4fco)W(i853) 256.
Per. Gied us a flytin' for playing truant, Ian Maclares A tdd Lang
Syne [iSgs) 144. Fif. The wives... wi' their flytings fir'd the battle,
Tennant Papistry (1827) igo. Rnf. Letnae their flirds an' flytin'
flee ye, Picken Poems (1813) I. 46. Ayr. It was useless scolding
a manindrink; itwas guid flyting thrown awa, Johnston /fi/ma/te
( 1891) I. 27. Lnk. ' The snrra tak' the key,' she cried. An' to the
flytin' yoked, Murdoch Done Lyre (1873) 40. Lth. Whenever
she saw him grin she took the first word of flyting,' .Strathesk
More Bits (ed. 1885) 43. Edb. Crack on, my lads!- for flyting's
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free, Fergusson Poems (1773) 149, ed. 1785. Slk. There will be
sour or dour looks — some flytin — and even wilfu' meesery, Chr.
North A'oc/fs (ed. 1856) II. 106. Dmf. To stop their flyting, Mayne
Si'l/cr Gun (1808) 68. Gall. Her voice, raised in flyting and con-
tumelious discourse, could be distinctly heard, Crockett Standatd
Bearer (1898) 269. Kcb. [He] would not contend for the last word
of flyting, Rutherford /.f// (i 660) No. 73. NiCy.', Nhb.' Wm.
I got a good flighting for stealing apples (B.K.I. Yks. She's noan
so strong as she can bear flyting and scolding, Gaskell 5r/w3
(18631111.11. n.Yks.* w.Yks. There's no fair words i' flighting,
Prov. in Brighousc News (July 23, 1887) ; w.Yks.' An he'd been
gayly used to flightin, ii. 294; w.YTfs." Lan. A deeol o' feaw
flytin, Waugh Heather, I. 10 (ed. Milner). (i) Sc. Hech, guidwife !
ye're a flyting body, Chambers Siigs. (1829) I. ir; An' did far
mair than years o' flytin' strife, Allan Lilts (1874) 103. Elg. I
Wat she's nae a flytin' wife, Oor wife Bell, Tester Poems (1865)
105. Rnf. Thy funny cracks 'Bout flyting wives an' speaking
packs,CLARK7?/y»(M(i842)35. Ayr. Offlyting beuks, in a foreign
tongue I never hae heard before. Ballads and Sngs, (1847) II.
108. Lnk. The husband fou — the flytin' wife — The fearfu' bairnie's
scream, Coghill Poems (l8go) 19. Edb. Or they were taught at
sic a school, By flyting priest. They'd rather stand in a deep pool
Uptothe breast, Crawford Pof>»s(i798) 53. (3 n.Yks.',ne.Yks.'
(4) Sc. The branks . . . wer things that cam' up to the chafts, wi'
a piece o' iron as sharp's a chisel, which was putten in the mouth
o' ane that was to stand, and this was ca'd a flyting bridle, 5ro/cA
Haggis, 77. (5) Sc. I'm flyting free with him, Ramsay Prov,
(1737) ; I am flyting free with you [I am so far out of the reach of
your tongue that though we should scold you have nothing to say
to me], Kelly Prov. (1721) aig. (6)Sc. That was the spot Where
fly tinghot Stood... the dame-commanders, DRUMMOND71/Hrio»;nf/y
(1846) 44. (7^1 Lnk. I doubt very much if there was a wife even
in the Randy Raw that was fit to hold a candle to her in a flytin'
match, Fraser fF/;n»/'j {1895) 47.
2. To quarrel, brawl, wrangle ; gen. with 7vilh.
Sc. Ae day he was flyting wi' anither sodger-lad, Stevenson
Catriona (1893I xv. Bnff. Bide still far ye are ; ye vvid flyte wi' a
truff, Gordon C/iroii. Keith (1880) 52. Lnk. Sair, sairshe flet wi'
me 'tween ilka smack, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725^ 24, ed. 1783.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.'^ NUb. Thus to flyte with him began,
Richardson Borderers Table-bk. (1846) VI. 52; Nhb.i, Dur,',
n.Yks.' w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdah (c. 1882) Gl; w.Yks.^
Hence Fliter, sb. a brawler. n.Yks.^
3. trans. To scold, reprimand, chide ; to jeer at.
Sc. The minister yokit to flyte him about the drink, Scotch
Haggis, 49. Sh.I. I never cud hae da hert athin me ta idder rin
eftir dcm or fl3'te dem, Stewart Fireside Talcs (1892) 81. Cum.
Though the laird fiytes my mither, Blamire Foi?/. IVks. (c. 1794)
245, ed. 1842. Wm. Ah'U flyte yon lad o' oors a bit if he cant git
in afoor this (B.K.) ; An' they duddent flight us, Southey Doctor
(ed. 1848) 561. m.Yks.i He'll flite you if you do. w.Yks. Shoe's
alius flightin' her barns (JE.B.) ; w.Yks.^ Au've yeer'd 'cm flaut
thee; tha's been doin' some'at wrang. Lan. Our felly used t'flyte
me forsayin so, Brierley IVaverlow {1S63) 193, ed. 1884. n.Lia.'
I niver pass her but she flites me wi' sum slither or anuther.
[1. [Goliath] ))us bigan on him [David] to flite, Cursor
M. (c. 1300) 7556. OYi.fl'itan, to strive, to chide.]
FLITE, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Also written flight n.Cy.
Yks. ; flyte Sc. [flait.] 1. A scolding ; a flout, gibe, jeer.
Sc. Before you end your flyte, And wind your pirn, Ford
Thistledown (1891) 206. Rnf. Mony a flyte and skelpit doup I've
gotten frae her, M'Gilvray Poems (ed. 1862) 193. Ayr. A meek
and gentle creature like her wasna fit to bide the flyte and flights
o' the Glasgow ladies, Galt £K/aiV (1823) xvii. Lnk. My ain, my
guid auld cutty pipe. For thee I've gotten mony a flyte, Parker
Poems (1859) 16. Lth. A's souther'd up wi' a flyte and a dram,
Ballantine Poems '1856) 99. Edb. Ne'er mind her flytes, but set
your heart at ease, Fergusson Po«Hs(i773)io7,ed. 1785. na.Yks."
They're awlus on wi ther flites.
2. A scolding-match, wrangle; a brawl.
Sc. A neighbour, having missed some article, accused Luckie as
the thief. A flyte took place , yo/tes (1889) and S. 108; 1 think
maybe a flyte wi' the auld housekeeper . . . would do me some
glide, Scott /Inliqiiaiy (1816) xxxix. Fif. The Cross-Kirk rang
wi' scolds and flytes ; The Main-Kirk rang wi' slaps and smites,
TENNANT/'fl/.is/;y (1827) 205. Edb. This wicked flyte being laid
at last, //n';-s/ /?,;^(i794)22,ed. 1801. n.Cy. Grose (1790). Yks.
(K.) n.Yks. What din is yon ? . . . yonders some flight, I lay my
life, Mekiton Praise Ale (i6Bn) I. 681 ; n.Yks.« m.Yks.' There's
such a flite going on between them.
3. A scold, a scolding abusive person. n.Yks.'
FLITE, see Flight, sb}
FLITHER, sb. Yks. I. Ma. Also in forms flidder
n.Yks. ; flitter I. Ma. [fli-?Sa(r.] 1. The common limpet.
n.Yks. Science Gossip (1882) 161 ; n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ He sticks
like a flither. ne. Yks.' Them's t'lassesgetherin flithers. m.Yks.'
2. Conip. (i) Flither-girl, (2) -picker, a girl or woman
who collects limpets for bait ; (3) -scar, a low, flat expanse
of rock from which limpets are gathered.
(i) n.Yks.' Usually the daughters and other female connections
of the fishermen, who collect the flithers to serve as bait ; often
walking considerable distances for the purpose, and bringing back
their spoils in baskets poised on their heads. (2) n.Yks. Them
lasses is flidder'pickers (I.W.). e.Yks. You're feared he's goin' to
disgrace hisself, an' you, wi' marryin' a flither-picker, Linskill
E.vchaitge Soul (1888) ii. (3) n.Yks.2
3. Phr. /o spend money like Jlitters, to throw money away,
or waste it.
I.Ma. Whips of money at him, Liza. He's spending it like flitters,
Caine Man.xman (1895; pt. v. xii.
FLITHER, FLITHERS, see Flitter, Flitters.
FLITINGS, sb. pi. w.Yks.' Also in form floatings.
[flai'tinz.] The superfluous ivory pared off the sawn
knife-handles when they are ' finished ' by polishing.
See Float, v.
FLIT-ME-GIG, sb. Wil. A ' wild ' girl. (G.E.D.) See
Flig-me-jig.
FLITMOUSE, see Flittermouse.
FLITS, sb. Sh.L A piece of land at a distance flom
the town cultivated by difierent occupants in alternate
strips. S. & Ork.'
FLITTEN, V. } Obs. Oxf. To stake or tether a horse
in fresh pasture. See Flit, v. II. 2.
'Tis time to goe flitten my horse (K.) ; (Hall.)
FLITTER, V. and sb. Sc. Also Lin. Dor. Som.
Dev. Cor. Also in form flither Sc. [flita(r, Sc. also
fli'tSar.] 1. V. To flutter ; to flicker.
Edb. Twa'd gar our trumblin' heart a' flitter Wi' chearin' thrill,
Forbes Poems (1812) 7. w.Som.' Vliifur. nw.Dev.' I zeed the
candle flittering away in the chimber, zo I went een an' made'n
out. Cor. Yer let the Devil loose out of your own breast, and
sent 'un flittering up the chimlcy, the wiper ! Baring-Gould
Vicar (1876) vii.
Hence (i) Flittering, (a) ppl. adj. fluttering; [b) sb.
a shaking; (2) Flitters, sb. pi. tremblings, shakings as
with the palsy.
(i,a) Ayr. And mounts and sings on flittering wings. Burns
Maun I still on Menie doat, St. 6. Slk. They turn'd the hare within
her arms, A flittering reide hct gaud o' ern, Hogg Hunt of Eildon,
326 (Jam.). Dor. She brushed on by the garden hatch like a
flittering leaf. Hardy Greenwd. Tree (1872) II. 21. n.Dev. A flit-
tering, coltree, giglot thing. Rock Jim an' Nell {i86-]) St. 90. (A)
nw.Dev.' Th' oal' dug catch'd the rat by the back, an' gid'ii a gude
flitterin'. (2) Dev .3 Poor old blid, he's mortal weak to-day, he got
the flitters cruel bad and can't keep hiszel still one minute together.
2. To hang down, droop. Lin. (Hall.)
3. sb. A flutter, stir, bustle ; a fluster.
Sc. In a mighty flither, Drummond Muckomachy (1846) 56. Fif.
Sic the flitter and the flutter O' multitude o' mous that smoutter,
TennaNt Prt/iis^)')' (1827) 115; Ane bangit out in sic a flither, <A.
44. Dev. 3 Now dawntee git intu a flitter, there's plenty o' time
tu git to Station and tu spare.
Hence Flitterment, sb. a state of nervous excitement,
a fluster; gen. in phr. all lo a flitterment, excited, agitated.
Som. Why, if she idden all to a flitterment, an' so red as a piney ,
then ! Raymond Men 0' Mcndip 1 i8g8) v. w.Som.' Why, mother,
hot ailth ee ? you be all to a flitterment. Keep thyzul quiet, why
thee art all to a flitterment ! — thee art'n the fust that ever was a
married , 's'now I
4. Phr. all to a flitter, all in a fluster, disturbed, agitated.
n.Dev. Being all to a flitter with thinking on what was coming,
Chanter Witch (1896) xiv.
[1. To flitter, voleter (SheUwood).]
FLITTERCHACK, sb. Or L The ring-ouzel, Turdus
torqiiatiis.
So called from a belief that if the bird is seen near the house it
betokens the speedy death of one of the occujiants or else that the
family will soon' flit'tosome otherlocality,SwAiNsoNSi'»'rfs(i885)9.
FLITTERING
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FLITTERING, ppl. adj. Dor. Showery ; sleety. CI.
(1851).
FLITTERINGS.^A.//. Hinp. [flitarinz.j The tops
of oak-trees when lopped. Cf. flittern.
Wise New Foiest (1883) 183 ; Hmp.'
FLITTERJIG, sb. Irel. Also in form flittherjig.
1. A contemptuous term for anj'thing.
And what d'you call that for an ould flitterjig? Barlow Lisconuel
(1895^58.
2. pi. Pieces, fragments, atoms, gen. in phr. to flilterjigs,
into pieces.
You can see be the look of her that she's just frettin' herself to
flitterjigs, ib. Idylls 1,1892) aig ; Lave it all battered and bet into
flittherjigs like yon, 16. 96; Ploughin' for turnips young Molly
was, and . . . smashed a back-band all to (litterjips, ib. it=,.
FLITTERMOUSE, sl>. Sc. Yks. Lin. War. Shr. Glo.
Brks. Bdf. Ess. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hnip. Wil. Som. Dev.
Also in forms flitmouse Wil.' ; flitty Bdf. ; vlitter- Brks.'
[fli-t3(rmus, -meus.] A bat. Cf. flintermouse ; see
Flitter, v.
Edb. Now the wee (litter mouse leaves the auld wa', Glass
Paniasstis {iii3) 11. n.Yks.', ne.YkE.* e.Yks. The bat, from its
changeful motion, is called a flittcr-niouse, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(1889) 61 ; Thompson Hist. IVillou (1869'! 170. w.Yks.= Lin.
Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 328; Miller & Skertchly
/>;;/«<:(/ (1878) xii. n.Lin.', War.3 Shr.* Pleidius contniiinis, the
long-eared bat. Glo.«, Brks.>, Bdf. (J.W.B.) Ess. Monthly Pit.
(Oct. 1862) 435. Ken. (F.E.l; A bat— ' flittermice' the people
call them here, Long)nan's Mag. (Nov. 1891) 82; Ken.'^^ Sur.'
Sus. The bats are still out ; the country folk call these ' flittermice,'
Longman's Mag. (July 1889) 265 ; Sus.', Hmp.' Wil. ( K.M.G.) ;
(G.E.D.); Wil.' Som. W. & J. G/. (1873). w.Som.' Vliit urmuws.
Dev. Birds givedawversingin', Flittermice was wingin', Phi llpotts
Courting in Blk. and White (Mar. 14, 18961 330.
[Giddy flitter-mice with leather wings ! Jonson Sad
Shepherd (1637) 11. ii, ed. Cunningham, 11. 506.]
FLITTERN, sb. Hmp. [flitsn.] An oak sapling;
pi. the thinnings of an oak plantation.
Small enough to be cut down by the axe only (J.Ar.) ; Hmp.'
Oak trees and clean oak flitterns with their tops, lops, and bark,
Billof Sale at Hiinley (June 1876). Flitterns would be so called
until thev were as thick as, or thicker than, a man's leg.
FLITTERS, sb. pi. Sc. Irel. Yks. Nhp. Pern. Glo. Brks.
Suf. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms
flithers w.Yks. ; flittherslr. ; vlitters w.Cy. [flitarz,
flitaz.] 1. Fragments, pieces ; rags, tatters ; also used
contemptuously of finery.
Rxb. (Jam.) Ir. 'Twill be all gone to holes and flitters and
thranecns. Barlow Lisconuel (1895) 31 ; Peg was . . . astonished at
finding his two ' ould flitthers of books' stuffed into the niche in
the wall, ib. Idylls (1892) 65. Ant. Any garment or cloth torn
accidentally into ribbon-like pieces is said to be torn tae flitters,
Ballyniena Obs. (18921. w.Yks. He fired at it plum bob and blew
it all ta flithers, Biadfoid Citieen Wkly. (Xmas No. 1895) 3. Glo.
To cut one to flitters, Horae Subsedvae (1777) 157. Brks.' My
kvvut got tore all to vlitters. e.Suf. She broke the plate all to
flitters (F,H.\ I.W. ^^ My smock frock is tore all to vlitters. Wil.'
A cup falls, and is broken ' aal to vlitters.' Dor. The trolly had
a tipped over down t'cutting an' het he to vlitters. Hare VUl.
Street (1895I 124 ; (C.W.) Som. She've a broke off both shaftsan'
het herself all to vlitters, Raymond Gent. Upcott (,1893) 85. w.Som.'
Broa'kt mee oal jaa kut aul tu vliifurz [Tore my old jacket all in
tatters]. There her was, sure, way her veathers and her vlitters;
better fit her'd a-bin home to the warshin tub to work. Dev. Her
gownd's tared all ta vlitters, Pulman Sketches (184a') 154, ed. 1871.
n-Dev. I . . . brock mun all ta flitters, Rock Jim an A'»-W (1867) st.
81. nw.Dev.' Cor.' She tore it to flitters. Her dress is hanging
in flitters.
Hence Flittericks, sb. pi. pieces, ' smithereens.'
s.Pem. Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420.
2. The residue of the 'leaf' of a pig in the process
of making lard. Nhp.'
3. Small pancakes, fritters.
I.W.»2 Dev. We still have flitters and eggs on Shrove Tuesday,
w.Times< hfr. 30, 1886I 2, col a.
FLITTERYED, sb. Lan. A fool, stupid fellow, a
' flitter-head.' See Flitter, v.
Aw used to be a gradely owd flitteryed, Staton Loominary
(c. 1861)41.
FLITTYMOUSE, see Flittermouse.
FLIUG, si. and t;. Sh.I. 1. si!-. The chaff from corn.
2. V. To clean corn from chaff, to winnow. S. & Ork.'
[1. Norw. d\a.\. fljiig, a flying in the air (Aasen).]
FLIX, sb. Dor. Also in form vlix. The flax, Liniim
itsitatissiiniim. (B. & H.)
FLIX, see Flick, sh.^
FLIZGIG, si!.. w.Yks.3 [flizgig.] A flighty woman ;
one showily dressed. See Fiz-gig.
FLIZZE, i;.' and sb.^ n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Der. Hrf. Also
written fliz Lan.' nw. Der.' ; flizz w.Yks.' Hrf.* [fliz.]
1. V. To fly oft", break in pieces ; to make a noise.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.*, w.Yks.', Hrf.*
Hence (i) Flizzen, ppl. adj. ot beer: apt to fly off;
heady, ' up ' ; (2) Flizzing, sb. a splinter.
(I) w.Yks.' Grout, a bit heeody an flizzen, ii. 300. (2) n.Cy.
Grose (1790); (K.); N.Cy.*, Lan.'
2. sb. A splinter. Lan.', nw.Der.'
[1. Cp. Norw. dial, jlysja, to tear off, to peel (Aasen).
2. Norw. A'ia\. Jlysja, a very thin slice (ib.).]
FLIZZE, si.* and z^.* Chs. Also written fliz s.Clis.'
[fliz.] 1. sb. A small piece of skin scratched up ; the
skin which chips at the insertion of the nail.
Chs.'; Chs.3 Also called 'Step-mother's blessing.' s.Chs.'
2. V. To scratch up the skin slightly.
s.Clis.'Ahy mid u uurt mi aa-rm baad'li, bflr aaz' it woz ahy did
bu fliz dhu sky'in iip ij bit [I mid ha' hurt my arm badly, bur as it
was I did bu' fliz the skin up a bit].
FLIZZEN, V. Yks. [flizan.] 1. To laugh heartily.
m.Yks.' 2. To laugh sarcastically. w.Yks.'
[1. Cp. Norw. dial. Jlisa, to laugh (Aasen) ; Sw. Jli'ssa,
to laugh immoderately (Widegren).]
FLIZZIE, sb. Glo. [fli-zi.J A blaze.
Glo.' I thought as how the pleace med be aal of a flizzie, Roger
Plowman's znd Visit to London, 32.
FLIZZOMS, sb. pi. e.An, [fli'zamz.] Small flakes,
flying particles.
e.An.' Very small flakes in bottled liquors. The bee's wings,
by which some persons of fine taste prove the age of their port,
are nothing but flizzoms. Nrf., Suf. A crop of oats with more
chaflr than corn, is said to be ' nothing but flizzoms,' Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863).
[Cp. Norw. dial.^s {Jliis), a small particle, as of chaff
(Aasen).]
FLIZZy, adj. m.Yks.' [flizi.] Inclined to laugh,
giggling. Cf. flizzen.
FLOAG, sb. Sh.L A flat piece of wood nailed on
a rent in a boat's board.
He examined da floag wi' his left e'e clos'd, Sh. News (Dec. 4,
1898); (Coll. L.L.B.)
FLOAM, see Flam, si.'
FLOAMIE, sb. Sh.I. Also in forms fljoame, fljomie,
flomie. A large or broad piece of anything.
Da wye 'at dat sheep wis haandl'd, an' da fljomies o' skin at
wis flaed aff o' dem wi yon gogers o' shears, Sh. News (Aug. 7,
1897) ; Da girse is rOtid noo, an' a' 'at doo can du is ta tramp da
fljoames o'green doon,!'i. (Aug. 20, 1898); (Jam.); {Coll. L.L.B.);
S. & Ork.'
FLOAN, i/.and si. Sc. [flon.] 1. 1;. With o« : to show
attachment or court regard in an indiscreet way, a term
gen. if not always applied to women.
n.Sc. (jAM.),Bn£f.' Abd. Yon giglet hussies i'the glen That night
and day are floaningo' the men, Ross Helenore (ii68) 16, ed. 1812.
2. To go about in a lazy, idle fashion ; to hang over the
fire ; gen. with about.
Bnff.' Faht's he floanin' aboot at at haim ! Cudna he gang awa,
an' dee something?
3. sb. A lazy, untidy person.
Bnff.' Mostly applied to a woman. The word and all its deriva-
tives indicates disgust and contempt.
FLOAT, si.' and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms flot Sc. n.Cy. nw.Dev.' ; flote N.Cy.' Nhb.'
w.Cy. Sur. e.An.'* Ess.' Cor.*; flottGmg. ; vlot nw.Dev.'
[flot, float, flot.] 1. sb. In phr. at Ihejloat, floating.
Abd. Flaught-hed into the pool myself I keest. .. But ere I wist,
I clean was at the float, Ross Helenore (1768) 44, ed. 1812.
2. A dam in a stream. e.An.'*
FLOAT
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3. Water or liquid manure for irrigation purposes.
nw.Dev.' I shall turn the vlot down auver tother medda nex'
year.
Hence (i) Flot-gutter, sb. a gutter or channel for
directing the ' flot ' over a field ; (2) -meadow, sb. the
meadow which receives the farm-yard drainage, ib.
4. The scum of a pot of broth when boiling. Sc. (Jam.)
Hence Float-o'-feet, sb. the fat boiled from the legs of
oxen. Bnff.'
5. Obs. Dew.
Sur. ' A great flote,' ' a mighty flote' (K.).
6. A fleet.
Rnf. Fetch ye hame, in teemin' floats, The fowth o'ither nations,
Ilk ither day, Picken Poems (1813) II. 11.
7. Obs. A boat made of rough planks with light ribs
of wood.
w.Cy. Used about Rossal on the Severn. Introduced from the
Rhine, where they bear the same name (K.).
8. A raft formed of timber lashed together, for its con-
veyance down a river. Abd. (A.W.)
9. After-grass.
Gmg. Collins Gower Dial., Tians. Phil. Soc. (1850) IV. saa.
10. A deep cart with large wheels, used for the convey-
ance of live stock, &c.
w.Yks.^ Used for carrying pigs to market. s.Not. (J.P.K.)
w.Som.i A cart having the axle ' cranked down,' so that though
the wheels are high the body is very near the ground.
11. A wooden frame attached to a cart or wagon to
enable it to carry a larger load ; sometimes in pt.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Ken.' A wooden frame, sloping outward, attached
to the sides, head, or back, of a cart. [(K.)]
12. Weaving term : the passing of the weft-threads over
a portion of the warp without being interwoven with it;
the group or mass of threads so passed ; a flaw in apiece
of woven cloth. See below.
w.Yks. Caused by the warp-threads being held fast with the
slack end of a broken thread, or threads ; this makes the threads
so entangled that they float over the weft instead of being inter-
woven with it, thus making a faultin the work (D. L.); The lengths
of yarn passing over the threads that go in a contrary direction
between the crossings of the shed (J.M,). Lan. He stons noane
gawpin at a float or thrap, Clegg Sketches (1895) 232. ne.Lan.
One day hoo'd a float in her piece, and aw couldn't find it i' mi heart
to bate her, Mather Iilylls (1895) 314. e.Lan.' Caused by the
shuttle passing over the threads of warp instead of between them.
13. V. To flood, irrigate land.
Chs. In those situations where the land might be floated,
Marshall Review (1818) II. 34. Midi. ib. Rur. Econ. (1796).
Slir. There are some meadows floated by preserving levels from
streams of water, ib. Review (1818) II. 180; Shr.' To irrigate
meadow-land by means of sluices and flood-gates. 'I've sid 'er
66th a noud red cloth on floatin' the Barn meadow w'en it wunna
fit fur no 66man to be out ' ; Shr.2 To cut gutters by which water
may be conveyed over meadow land.
Hence (i) Floated, />/>/. adj. flooded, for purposes of
irrigation ; (2) Floater, sb. one who superintends the irri-
gation of land ; (3) Floating-meadow, sb. a meadow laid
up in ridges with water-carriages on each ridge and drains
between ; a low-land meadow watered from a river ; (4)
-shovel, sb. a long, narrow shovel, used for draining
purposes.
(ij w.Yks.^When you come to Twyford the floted meadows
there are all white with little flowers. (2) Bdf. A floater who
understands the business perfectly is constantly employed when
there is water, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 484. (3) Wit. Davis
Agric. (1813); Wit.' (4) Shr.' It is about three inches longer
and two and a half inches narrower in the blade than an ordinary
spade is.
14. Phr. to/Ion/ a meadow upward, to pen up the water
in times of flood by incans of a dam and floodgate across
the bottom of the meadows to be watered.
Midi. Marshall Rnr. Econ. (1796) II. 53.
15. To pilot or pole a raft of timber down the river.
Elg, Never drown him When he's floatin' doon the Spey, Tester
Poems (1865) 148. Abd. See how yon black clouds sac grimly
are scowlin* Adown on the floater that floats on the Dee, Ogg IVillic
U'aty (1873) '91-
Hence Floater, sb. one who floats or pilots a raft of
timber.
Elg. Willie, Rob, an' Floater Allan, Sic a roarin', rattlin' three,
Tester Poc(;is (1865) 146 ; Fifty years I've been a floater, Wadin'
Spey maist a' my life, ib. 149, Abd. See how yon black clouds sae
grimly are scowlin', Adown on the floater that floats on the Dee,
Ogg Willie IValy (1873) 191.
16. To skim milk, take off the cream. Nhb.' Cf fleet, v.'^
Hence (i) Flotten-milk, sb. skimmed milk ; (2) Flottins,
sb.pl. the curds which rise to the surface of boiling whey.
Cf fleetings, sb. pL, s. v. Fleet, u= U. 1. (5).
(i) n.Cy. (K.), Ess.i (2) Abd. (Jam.)
17. In plastering: to level, flatten, make smooth.
n.Cy. (J.H.), N.Cy.>, Nhb.i [Render, float and set, or render,
float and twice whiten, Stephens Faint Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 547.]
18. To pare turf or stubble from land. Cf floit, v. 2.
n.Cy.Preparinggrassground for burning, Grose (1790). w.Yks.*
Midi. Marshall 7?Kr. fcox. {1796). Der.*, nw.Der.' Rut.' That
was a bad sprain he got of-a Tuesday, when he was floating grass.
Lei. Morton Cycle. Agric. (1863).
Hence (i) Floating-plough, sb. a breast-plough used for
cutting turf; (2) -shovel, sb. a shovel used for cutting turf ;
(3) -spade, sb., see -plough.
(i) Rut.i (2) Shr.2 (3) nw.Der.i
19. Comp. (i) Float-board, one of the boards of an
undershot water-wheel or paddle-wheel ; (2) -grass,
rank, tall grass, growing in swampy places or in rivers
and lakes ; (3) -ore, (a) water-worn lead ore found in
surface deposits ; (b) seaweed ; (4) -whey, the curdled
scum of whey when boiled.
(i) Lin. Ordinary undershot wheels with float-boards. Miller
& Skertchlv />«/««(/ (1878) vi. [When a wheel with float-boards
merely dips its lower part into the stream of water, Stephens Farm
Bk. (ed. 1849') I. 28.] (2) Dev. Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 159;
Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 156. (3, a) Nhb.i (A) Cor.= (4) Cld.
(Jam.) Ayr. The float whey which in a large china punch-bowl
graced the centre of the table, Galt Entail (,1823) vii. Lnk. My
cheeks, that were aince like the cherry. Are noo white as ony
float-whey, Lemon St. Mtiiigo (1844) 23. Nhb. The making of
the cheese — curds and cream — float-whey and yearned milk, Dixon
IVhittingham Vale (1895) 78 ; The whey left after separation of
the curds is boiled, when the heavy particles of curd yet remaining
begin to float on the surface ; these when skimmed are known as
float-whey (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.l [Float-whey is another preparation
equally good as hatted kit, Stephens fiicH! Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 299.]
[6. The kingis flote, Barbour i?>'«a' (1375) iii. 601. OE.
flota, ship, fleet. 16. Such cheeses, good Cisley, ye floted
too nie, Tusser Hiisb. (1580) 108. (Floting is taking off
the cream. Note by T. /?.)]
FLOAT, sb.^ Cai.' Also in form flot. The strip of a
ploughed field between two open furrows, three poles or
so in breadth.
FLOAT, see Flite, v.
FLOATER, sb. w.Som.* A deep cart with large
wheels, used for the conveyance of live stock, &c. Cf.
float, s6.i 10.
FLOATHING, sb. Obs. Sc. A thin layer or stratum.
I first lay upon the bars small wood or whins, then a floathing
of small coals, then stones . . . but in every floathing ... I make
thestonesbiggerand bigger, MaxwellS^/. /"/aHs. (,1743) 185 (Jam.).
FLOATING-DOCKS, sb. pi. Chs. The water-lilies,
Nyinpliaca alba and Niiphar Itttca. Cf flatter-docks.
Science Gossip (1865) 35.
FLOATINGS, see Flitings.
FLOATSOME, sb. Hrf Glo. [flB'tsam.] Timber
accidentally carried off" by a flood.
Hrf. Duncumu Hist. Hrf. (1804). Glo.'
[The same word as lit. E. flotsam or flotson, floating
wreckage. AFr. /loleson; cp. Fr./lollaisoii (Hatzfelu).]
FLOATY, adj. Dev. Of corn : waving in the wind ;
of grass : rank, tall. Horae Siibsecivae (!■]']■]) i^g ; (Hall.)
FLOB, v.^ and sb. Sc. Yks. Oxf Also in form flub
n.Yks.* fflob, flub.] 1. v. To puff", cause to swell, dis-
tend ; to become swollen.
n.Yks.2 ' It flubb'd and blobber'd,' as the yeast, when put into
the flour lor the dough, causes the latter to swell up and bubble.
ni.Yks.' Flob away, then ; thou's always flobbing it.
FLOB
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FLOISTERING
Hence (i) Flohhed-up, f>p/. acf/. distended, swollen; (2)
Flobby, at/J. pulVcd up, turgid, having no substance ; also
usedyV^.
(i~l n^Yks.' ; n.Yks.= Not fat but flobb'd up [dropsical] ; n.Yks.«
ne.Yka.' His airm wer all flobbed up. {a) Bnff.' Swollen up and
hanging loose. Applied to clouds, large and heavy, indicating the
near approach of rain. n.Yks.*; n.Yks.'' Not fat, but (lobby. Oxf.'
MS. add.
2. sb. A puffing, swelling ; /ig. inflation of speech.
n.Yks.2 It's all flob. m.Yks.' I can make a bigger (lob on my
cheek than thou can on thine.
FLOB, V.' Yks. To flop, bang against.
w.Yks. You mustn't go in, or you'll go dobbin' again t'paint
(F.P.T.X
FLOBBER, sb. and at(/. Nhp. Wor. Glo. Also in form
vlobberGlo.' [flo'b3(r).J l.s/^. Anything loose and flabby,
esp. in phr. all of a flobbcr, loosely, flabbily; fig. stupid talk.
Nhp.^The flesh hangs under the cow's neck, all of a ilobber. Glo.*
Hence Flobbering, «(//'. hanging loosely and disorderly.
Nhp.' The word is not confined to luxuriant vegetable growth,
but is equally applicable to slovenly and tawdrily dressed females.
2. Snow which melts in falling before touching the
ground. Wor. (R.L.) Z. adj. Loose, flabby. Nhp.'^
FLOBBERCHOPS, 5*. and int. Wil. Dor. 1. sb. A
term of abuse.
Dor.' Ya snub-nos'd flobberchops, 128.
2. (';//. An expletive. Wil. Slow CI. (1892).
FLOBBERGRAST, see Flabbergast.
FLOBBY-DOCK, sb. Dcv." The foxglove, Digitalis
piirftiirea.
FLOCCOON, sb. Irel. A large, portly, loosely-made
person. (A.S.-P.)
[A fig. use of lit. E. flocoon, a tuft of wool ; Fr. flocon
{dc taiiic), a flock of wool (Miege).]
FLOCHT, FLOCHTER, see Flucht, Flaughter, i>.*
FLOCHTY, adj. Abd. (Jam.) Unsteady, whimsical,
volatile.
FLOCK, s6.' Sc. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War.
Hnt. Suf Sus. Dor. Also in forms flox Sus.' ; vlock Dor.'
[flok.] L The ' flyings' of cloth in the var. processes of
manufacture, fluff; the wool stuffing of mattresses and
pillows ; gen. in pi.
Sc. (A.W.), w.Yks. (J.M.) ne.Lan.l Inferior wool. Chs.' Locks
of wool or cotton used for stuffing beds and pillows. They are
spoken of as woollcn-ilocks or cotton-flocks. Lei.' Nhp.' The light
particles that fly about a chamber when the beds are making.
■War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.l, Suf.' Sus.' (s.v. Fleck). Dor.'
2. CoiHp. Flock-bed, sb. a bed stuffed with flocks.
Sc. (A.W.), Yks. (J.W.) Chs.' Held in great contempt by many
old housekeepers. ' Would ye believe it, they dressen up i' silks
and satins, and there's nowt bu' flock beds i' th' wull haise.'
n.Lin.' A bed stuffed with tailors' clippings. Nhp.'
FLOCK, si.2 Oxf ' A white necktie. MS. add.
FLOCK, sb? Dev.* The phlox. Phlox paniculata.
FLOCK, 5(!>.* Dev. A hurdle. (Hall.)
FLOCK, see Flack, v.
FhOCKEN, pp. Nhb. Crowded, thronged.
And the streets wi' folks were sae flocken, Tynesidi Sngsir.
(1889) 46.
FLOCKETS, sb. pi. Cor.^ [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] [flo'kits.] In phr. to have flockets, to have
a peculiar sensation, as of some fluid passing over the
surface of the body.
FLOCKLET, sb. e.An.' The flock mark put on sheep.
FLOCKMELE, adv. Obs. Rxb. (Jam.) In flocks.
[Flokmele on a day they to him wcnte, Chaucer C.T.
E. 86.]
FLOCK-MEN, sb. pi. n.Yks.^ Wool-dealers.
FLOCK-PO-WDER, sb. Obs. Yks. A powder used
to thicken cloth.
w.Yks. Flock-powder has long gone out of fashion, Leeds Merc.
Siippl. Sept. 5, 1896).
FLOCK-RAKE, sA. Obs. Sc. A range of pasture for
a flock of sheep.
Bwk. In the hill district boundary fences between separate farms
and subdivisions into very large pastures — provincially termed
flock-rakes — are chiefly wanted, Agric. Sum. 179 (Jam.).
VOL. II.
FLOCKY, adj. Der. Nrf Suf. [flo'ki.] Soft, spongy,
woolly ; also usedy?^. not thoroughly trustworthy.
nw.Der.' Suf.' An over-ripe, or badly ripened, apple or turnip,
or orange— when not crisp and juicy under the tooth. e.Suf.
Said of parsnips, turnips, radishes, celery, &c. ; also of soil. Also
applied to a large, fat woman l,F. H.).
Hence Flockeyness, s6. Of turnips, &c. : decay, a state
of softness.
Nrf. He has known 36 large loads an acre; and 241b. a turnip,
and quite brittle, no flockeyness, Marshall /fsw'^u/ (i8ii) III 300
FLODDEN, pp. Sc. Flooded.
Kcd. When she gaes away from this With tears my cheeks are
floddcn, Jamie Muse (1844) 134.
PLODDER, sb. Cum. Lan. [flo'dar.] Foam, froth ;
half-dissolved snow. Cum.', ne.Lan.' Hence Flodder-
ment, sb. froth ; half-dissolved snow. Cum.'
FLODDER, V. w.Yks.' Also in form fludder. With
up : to stop up a watercourse.
FLODDERED, adj. Lin.' Covered with decorations,
enveloped.
FLODDY, adj Hmp.' [flo'di.] Plump, stout.
They pigs be floddier than yourn.
FLODGE, sA.' and v. Sc. [flcd^.] 1. sb. A big, fat,
awkward person ; gen. applied to a woman. Bnff'.'
2.1'. To walk in an awkward, hobbling manner. Bnff.',
Per. (G.W.)
Hence Flodgin', ppl. adj. walking in an awkward, hob-
bling manner.
Bntr.' There's that flodgin' wife o' his comin' up the street.
FLODGE, sA.2 Lin. [flodg.] A puddle, small, shallow
sheet of water. Cf flosh, si!i. 5.
Lin. He himself saw ... in the flodges great quantities of little
young jacks, A. de la Pryme Diary (1696) 81. n.Lin.' Here and
there miniature lakes, which we, Lincolnshire men, call flodges,
stretchedacrossthe whole path, PEACOCK7?.Siii')7ai(^/i(i87o) 1. 195.
FLOE, 56. Ken. Water by the side of the road. (W.F.S.)
FLOE, FLOFF, see Flow, sb.\ Flaff, Fluff, 56.1
FLOG, v.^ and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. [flog.] 1. v. To
work with a hammer and chisel. Nhb.'
Hence Flogging, vbl. sb. the work of chipping and
surfacing iron ; also used attrib.
Nhb.' When I was a lad it was all heavy flogging work.
2. To beat, surpass ; to 'cap.'
w.Yks. For ov all t'noises an' scares I iver heeard, it flogg'dall,
Hallam IVndsley Jack (1866) iv ; It flogs all t'gret bildins ha'v
seen, A Six Days' Aght. 10.
Hence Flogger, sb. anything superlatively excellent, a
' stunner.'
w.Yks.^ Beatum of awal at I've iwer seen — shoos a flogger, 7.
3. Phr. to flog doll, or flog fdoll, to beat everything, used
as an exclamation of surprise.
w.Yks.* ' Well, this flogs t'doll, hahivver,' says a man, in
amazement, upon meeting with a friend whom he had not seen for
a long time, in a postman's red coat.
4. sb. A flogging, beating.
Abd. She . . . hopit Jock's back wad get mony a flog, Anderson
R/iyines (^18671 14. Lnk. Gin I come near the dog, Deil tak' me
gin I dinna gie't a flog. Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 171.
FLOG, v." Yks. Not. Oxf Suf. Sus. [flog.] To flag ;
pass, to be wearied out ; of plants : to droop, flag.
Yks. Of a horse tired in riding (K.). s.Not. If the sun comes
out them plants ull flog (J. P. K.). Oxf. (Hall.) Suf. I was bully
flogged with the pain, e.An. Dy. Times (^1892). Sus.' I was fairly
flogged by the time I got home.
FLOGGISH, adj w.Yks.^ Slow, bulky.
FLOICHAN, sb. Per. (G.W.) Ayr. (Jam.) A large
flake of snow or soot. Cf flechan.
FLOISTERING, sb. Sc. Hurry, bustle, confusion.
Per. Come, come noo ; nane o' that floisterin' j tak' time an' mak'
a richt job o't (G.W. ).
FLOISTERING, ppl. adj. Obs. Dev. Also in form
flostering. Gay, skittish ; hoydenish ; gen. in phr. flois-
tering t/o;«^s, junketings, merry-making. See Fluster, v.
Dev.' I'm zure her hath no junketings or floistering doings, nor
nare bugg'th o'er the dreckstool to zee any gape's nest, 5. n.Dev.
Flostering doings ; that is, junketings, Monthly Mag.{i8io) I. 436.
3H
FLOIT
[418]
FLOP
FLOIT, sb. and v. w.Yks.'' Also written flote. [floit.]
1. sb. A coarse file with straigiit teeth. 2. v. To pare,
scrape. Cf. float, v. 18.
FLOITE, see Elite, v.
FLOITS, sb. pi. Yks. [floits.] In phr. tip at Jloits,
upset, in disorder.
w.Yks. A woman sat smokin it chimley corner, an t'hahce
all up at floits, Tom TREDDLEHOYLEB!7i>Hs/a ^««. (1870) 30; Thay
keep ther hause awlus up a t'floits, th. (1857) 24.
FLOITY, sb. w.Yks.* A flag thick at one end and
small at the other.
FLOME, FLOMMAX, see Flawn, Flummox.
FLOMMUCK, FLOMY, see Flummock, Floamie.
FLONE-, FLONK, see Flawn, Flank, si."
FLONKIN, vbl. sb. Wm. [flo-r)kin.] A thrashing.
My word, lad, thoo'll catch a Ilonkin fer that (B.K.).
FLOOD, sb. Sc. Dur. Lin. Wor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
in form flude Dur.' 1. In comb, (i) Flood-gap, a fence
across a stream ; (2) -gate, a gate hung upon a pole
across a stream, so that in flood-time it rises and falls
by floating on the water ; (3) -hatch, a floodgate ; (4)
-'s-head, a tidal wave similar to the ' bore ' on the Severn ;
(5) -rail, a rail across a stream, swung on a cross-beam by
two short chains ; (6) -'s-way, in phr. out of flood' s-way,
out of reach of the flood, above the high-water mark.
(1) nw.Dev.' Viude-gep. (2) w.Som.'Vluud -gee-ut. Its purpose
is not to obstruct the water, but to prevent cattle passing when
the water is low. nw.Dev.l (3 Cor.' (4I w.Wor.' (5) Dur.'
(6) Wor. On a ridge of ground, just out of flood's-way. Allies
Aiiliq. Flk'Lore (1840) 3, ed. 1852; On a ridge or precipice of
ground out of ilood's-way, ib. 55.
2. The tide.
Lin.^ It will be flood at noon. n.Lin.'
Hence (1) Flood O, (2) Flood a-hoy, phr. an exclamation
used on the occasion of the appearance of the tide in the
Trent. n.Lin.*
3. The sea.
Fif. St. Monan's fishermen . . . Flang their auld dead stock-saint o'
wood Aff their puir pier intil the flood, Tennant Papistry (1827)
12 ; He saw the day keek owr the flood, ib. 47.
4. A heavy rain.
Dev., Cor. It rains a flood, Monthly Mag. (iSio) I. 436. Cor.i
It's raining a flood.
FLOODY, adj. Sc. Flooding.
Slk. I'm gaun doun a floody water, doun, doun, Hogg Tales
(1838; 43, ed. 1866.
FLOOK, V. Chs.'^ [fluk.] To mow in steps or ridges
like a bad mower.
FLOOK, see Fluke, sb.^
FLOOKAN, sb. Cor. Also written flooken ; and in
forms fleukan Cor.' ; flukan Cor.* [fliikan, flceksn.]
L A cross-cut that cuts off a lode or vein of metal.
The flooken now, aint throw'd as far away, Hunt Pop. Rom.
tu.Eiig. (cd. i8g6) 462 ; Could talk of slides, heaves, ilookans,
without end, Tregellas Talis (1865) 155 ; Cor.' He's cut out by
the fleukan ; Cor.^ A parcel of ground which cutteth off one part
of a lode from another, Borlase.
2. The soft clayey part of lode or cross-course which is
most impervious to water, and is gen. the part nearest the
wall of the lode. Cor.*
FLOONGE, V. Bnff.i To fawn as a dog ; to flatter.
FLOOR, sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. Lei.
War. Cor. Also in forms flair, fleer, fluir Sc. ; flur
s.War. ; flure Sc. S. & Ork.' Ir. L In camp, (i) Floor-
bands, the bands which secure the bottom boards of a boat
to the keel ; (2) -clout, ia) a carpet, covering for the floor ;
(b) a cloth used for washing floors ; (3) -cover, see -clout
[a] ; (4) -head, the floor, surface of the floor; (5) -pot, an
allowance of beer served to masons on completion of
the first floor of a building ; (6) -stane, a stone floor ; a
hearthstone.
(i)S. &Ork.> (2, a") n.Cy. (J. W.) (A) w.Yks.8 (3) w.Yks.*
(4)Per. Did John dance any last night ? — Dance any? why he never
was aff the fluir-head (G.W.). e.Fif. Doon gacd Bessie an' the
wheel aboon a', while I made aff to the door, leavin' her to gether
herscl' oot o' the fluir-head as best she cud, Latto TVjmi Bodkin
(1864) iii. Rnf. They skipt The flairheid owre, Young Pictures
(1865)14. (5) w.Yks. (S.K.C.) (6) Fif. [She] owr the bed-stock
coupit . . . lichtin' on thecauld flure-stane, Tennant /'a/>i5/ry( 1827)
49 ; If the floor, however, were of wood or earth, the 'flure-stane'
would probably be the hearthstone, the one stone of the floor
(A.W.).
2. Phr. a learning on the floor, a lesson in dancing.
Ir. Answer Mrs. Fogarty, statin' fedher you'll take a month's
larnin' on the flure, Carleton Fardorougha (1848) iv.
3. A portable threshing-floor.
Kcd. Barn-fans, an' flails, an' fleers, An' canassesan' seeks, Grant
Lays (1884) 3; About 50 years ago, a portable fleer of planks,
fastened closely together raft-wise, used to be carried to the hay-
field, and the hay-seed threshed out by the flail on it (A.W.).
4. Mining term : paved ground or planks laid for the
purpose of dressing ore ; gen. in pi.
Cor. Allowed to work on 'the floors,* Camborne Aim. (1894)
95 ; And every stem-man lev un come, And they upon the floors,
Tregellas Tales (1865) 17 ; Cor.' ; Cor. ^ Ground (ge)i. pavfd, and
sometimes with wood planks, but not always) to deposit minerals
or ore for dressing or preparing for sale.
5. The ground.
w.Yks. Sheffield Itidep. (1874); w.Yks.« Chs.l Distinguished
from any elevation, and not a boarded or regularly made floor in
particular. If anything were spilt upon the ground, it would be
spoken of as ' sheeded uppo* th' floor.* Not.' n.Lin.' Anything
level and flat— as the ground, a road, the bottom of a cart. ' If ta'
duzn't mind thoo'll hev that theare furk up o' th' floor ' ; that is,
will drop it from a stack upon the ground. Lei,' A got 'im daown
o' the flure i' the 'os-rood. War.*' Never mind the floor.' A shout
from a spectator at a cricket-match to a batsman who had come
down heavily with his bat to play a yorker. s.War. 'Ursin 'im . . .
a-la-in out all alon' on the flur, Why John {Coll. L.L.B.).
6. A grass-meadow. Cor.'
7. The rock next the coal-seam. w.Yks. (T.T.)
8. Phr. floor of tin, a stratum of tin ore as it lies in
alluvial deposit. Cor.*
9. A measure of capacity used in earthwork : 400 cubic
feet. n.Lin.*
10. pi. Flat lands lying at the foot of slopes.
Nhb.' Floors and flats are of frequent occurrence in field-names.
FLOORING, 56. Nhp.' \r\^\\T. a flooring of corn, z.%
much corn as is taken from the mow to the ' binstead ' at
one time.
FLOORING, see Fluring.
FLOOSE, sb. Yks. Lan. Also in forms fleaz- Lan.' ;
fleeze Lan. ; flez- e.Yks. ; flooze Lan. ; floss Lan.' ; fius
e.Lan.' ; fluss Lan. Small particles of wool or cotton,
fluff, loose threads or fibres ; a loose texture. Cf flue, sb}
Lan. Davies Races (1856; 271 ; I wouldno' give a marble for a
softer bed than that flocse I slept on yesterneet, Brierley Cast
upon World (1886) 167 ; We are no* choked wi' soot, an' fluss,
an' reech, an' bad smells, 16. Ab-d-tK-Yate {1885) xiii ; Sitch
a floose o hay foUot me ot it driv me shiar deawn, Tim Bobbin
View Dial. (1740) 45; Lan.', e.Lan.'
Hence Flezy, Floosy, adj. dusty, fibrous, fluffy ; soft,
woolly. Also used fig.
e.Yks. There is holland . . . whereof one sort is called flezy
holland, Best Rnr. Econ. (1641) 107. Lan. Fur iz yed's us floosy
us o eawt-grown turmit, Scholes Tim Gamwattte {l8$^) 45 ; Lan.'
FLOOSIE, see Flosh.
FLOOSTER, V. and sb. Irel. Also written flouster
Ant. [fliistsr.] 1. v. To flatter, coax, wheedle ; to
fondle, make much of.
N.I.' Ant. Patterson Dial. 23. s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890).
Hence Floosterer, sb. a flatterer. N.I.'
2. sb. A flatterer, one given to praising.
N.I.i Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892).
FLOOSTER, FLOOZE, see Fluster, Floose.
FLOP, v., aA. and adv. Van dial, and colloq. uses in Sc.
and Eng. Also in forms flup w.Yks.* s.Chs.' ; vlop w.Cy.
[flop.] 1. V. To flap, to move clumsily or heavily ; to
fall with a sudden bump or thud ; to sit or drop suddenly
down ; to jerk ; gen. with down. Cf. flap, u'
Sc. (A.W.), w.Yks. (J.'W.) Lan. Well, aw flop'd deawn in a cheer,
Heywood Abrum 0' Flip (1886) 7 ; Lan.' Whoile they wuro'sittin'
round th'foire as quiet as mice, a greyt lump o' soot flopped deawn th'
chimney. ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' s.Chs.' Of a teapot, to pour unsteadily,
so that the tea comes out with jerks. Not.' s.Not. Look 'ow the
FLOP
[4J9]
FLORA
clo'es flops i' the wind (J.P.K.~). Lei.' A flopped roight daown o'
the causey an' nivver spook another woo'd. Nlip. Flopping in the
labourer's face, Clare Poi-ms (1820') 131 ; Nhp.' She flop'd down
into tlie chair. The water flopped over, the tub was carried so
heedlessly along. War.^, Brks.' Nrf. .She flopped down behind
a currant bush, Gibdon Beyond Compaie (1888) II. iv. Suf.' She
floppt down into ar seat. To drop as a hawk on a bird. Sus. The
sail flops against the mast, Holloway. I.W.' w.Som.' I ycard-n
flop his wings. Cor.' She flopt down on her sait [seat]. He let
un flop on the planchen [floor] ; Cor.^ ; Cor.^ To move as a live fish
does on the boat floor. w.Cor. She flopt down on the stool (M.A.C.).
2. To palpitate, throb.
Not.' Lei.' How's your leg to-day, John ! — It's a mort better, but
it flops as mooch as ivver.
3. To throw suddenly; to put down anything suddenly,
carelessly, or heavily ; to let fall ; to upset by jerking,
pour in hastily.
Lan.' In such a manner as to make a noise. Not.' Lei.' Shay
flops the babby o' the cheer loike a bag o' male. Nhp. His scythe
the mower.. .Then sweeps again 'mong corn and crackling beans.
And swath by swath flops lengthening o'er the ground, Clare
Poems (1820) 99; Nhp.' How you flop it in. Brks.' ' To vlop' a
thing on the ground is to throw it down without care as to how it
may fall. Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad N if. ^l893^ 55. e.Suf. It is
time to flop the pancake over. Don't flop the beer over. He
flopped it down. Flop it out of the door. Flop the rat away ^F.H.).
Hence Fluppy, adj. careless, heedless. w.Yks.^
4. Phr. to flop one's affections on any our, to fall in love
with any one. Suf.'
5. To strike, knock, thrash ; to slap ; with up : to ' bung
up.' Cf. flap, t'.' 1.
w.Yks.' If thah gets drunk, an flops a watchman's een up ; w.Yks.^
Not. 2 I'll flop you. Cor. She would come . . . and ' flop' his face. . .
If she do flop 'e, she'll flop me, — so it must be off" atween us, Hunt
Pop. Rom. w.Etig. (ed. 1896) 233. w.Cor. Coom into breakfast
Ma-ary, or I'll flop the fa-ace o' thee (M.A.C).
6. Cow;/i. (i) Flop-hat, a broad-brimmed hat; (2) -Jack, a
kind of single-beam engine worked by water for pumping
shallow workings ; (3) -mouthed, large-mouthed ; (4)
■tailcoat or -tailed-coat, a swallow-tailed coat.
(i) w.Som.' Whether of straw or other material. (2) Cot.^
Drew Hist. Cor. (1824) I. 615 ; Cor.^ On inquiry I find the term
is still known to miners though no longer used (1896). (3^1 Ess.
Trans. Ess. Arch. Soc. (1863I II. 184; (W.W.S.) (4) Som. From
the pocket of his flop-tail coat, Raymond Sam and Sabina (1894)
37. w.Som.' It is still to be seen in many a village church with
its high stiff collar and brass buttons. This name is also given to
an ordinary dress-coat. Yuung mae-ustur-z u-goo u-koo urtccn,
aay spoouz, u staart ud oaf" een liz flaup-taa'yul koa'ut [Young
master is gone courting, I suppose, he started off in his swallow-
tailed coat].
7. Comb, in plant-names : (i) Flop-a-dock, (a) the tox-
glove. Digitalis purpurea ; (b)fig. like a foxglove ; (2) -dock,
(3) -docken, see -a-dock (a) ; (4) -oats, Tartarean oats,
Avena oricntalis; (5) -poppy, (6) -top, see -adock {a).
VI, a) Wit.' Dev. The flop-a-docks be growing amazin' plentiful.
Reports Provinc. (1889) ; ' I shouldn't wonder,' he said, ' if there
was a hundred flowers on that there tallest flopadock,' Baring-
Gould Spider (1887) xv ; Dev.'* \b) To express oats hanging on
one side of the straw only ; those hanging all round it were called
' sparrible,' Reports Provinc. (1893'. [z) Dev.' (3) n.Yks. (B. & H.)
(4') nw.Dev.' ( 5. 6) Dev."
8. sb. A sudden, heavy fall ; a jerk ; the noise caused
by the sudden fall of a heavy body. Cf. flap, s6.' 12.
Nhb.' As in tumbling headlong into mud ; or the blow caused by
a soft fall. Cum. She com' doon wid a flop like a weet seek (J.D,).
w.Yks. (J.W.), Lan.' s.Chs.' Th' tee" kiimz aayt u dhis pot widh
u fliip [Th' tea comes ait o' this pot with a flup]. nw.Der.' Went
in with a great flop. n.Lin.' The sound that a flat body makes
when falling into water. ' Th' tenter hook brok', an' th' ham fell
doon wi' a great flop upo' th' floor an' crack'd th' plaaister.' Suf.'
I'll gi' yeow a flop [a fall].
0. Agitation, trembling, in phr. all of a flop.
s.Chs.' Mahy insahyd ,z au- uv u flup | My inside's aw of a flup].
10. Something broad and flexible that hangs loose ;
a window-flap. Cf flap, v.^ 13.
s.Not. The hat hcd a kind o' flop to 't (J.P.K.). Som. I be
making me a new flop [apron] (L.K.L.) ; The scrotum (Hall.).
w.Som.' Plaise, sir, wants a new flop to the vowl-'ouse winder.
11. The foxglove, Dii^itatis purpurea. nw.Dev.'
12. Thick liquid ; a mass of thin mud. Wil. (G.E.D.), Dor.'
Hence Floppy, adj. nuuldy, sloppy, soft.
e.Suf. (F.H.) w.Som.' Yiie ul vuyu dliu roa ud muyn flaup'ec,
aay vrak-n [You will find the road very sloppy, I reckon].
13. Food for pigs, ' pig-wash.'
Oxf.' Made of meal or bran, stirred up with ' wash' or water.
14. Dew ; fog, mist.
Glo. (W.H.C.'i ; Glo.' A dealy flop [a heavy dew].
15. A stroke, blow ; a slap. Cf flap, si.' 8.
w.Yks.^ Au'll gi'c thee a flup. Lan. A flop on the mouth
(W.H.T.). Cor. There was no mistaking her flop. Hunt Pop.
Rom. 2u.Eng. (ed. i8g6) 233 ; Cor.^
16. A flash. Cf flap, s6.' 11.
Cor. Like a gate flop o' lightning gone mazed an' brok loos,
Daniel Brule of Scio (1842) 229.
17. adv. With a flop, plump, flat, suddenly.
n.Cy. (J.W.), Not.' Lei.' To go flop, to fall flop, to drop flop.
Nhp.' He fell down full flop. War.^ w.Wor. [He] drapped it
flopo' the flure,S. Beauchamp Granilcy Grange {iS^j^) II. 48. Shr.*
Brks.' A veil vlop on the groun', an' I thate a was de-ad. e.An.'
His foot slipped, and down he came flop. Nrf. Lor, he went down
flop into the mud, he did (W.R.E."). e.Suf. He threw the basket
down flop (F.H.). Hmp.' To fall flop down. I.W.' He fill down
vlop. w.Som.' Vaa I daewn flaup [fell down plump].
FLOP- JACK, FLOPE, see Flap-jack, Flaup, sb.'-
FLOPPER, V. and sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lei. Also Dev.
Cor. Also in form flupper w.Yks. ^ s Chs.' [flopalr.j
1. V. To flutter, flap ; to shake, tremble, palpitate.
s.Chs,' A hen fluppers her ^vings ; a man fluppers a newsp.aper
when he turns it over. Lei.' I flopper all as if I had no iiisoide, loike.
Hence (i) Flopperin', ppl. adj. noisy ; (2) Flopperment,
sb. a palpitation, throbbing.
(i) e.Lan.' (2) Lei.' Ah fale a sooch a flopperment i'my insoide.
2. Coiiip. (i) Flopper-lipped, having large ugly lips ; (2)
-mouth, a talkative, noisy person ; (3) -mouthed, see
•lipped.
( I ) w.YIcs.^ (2) e.Lan.' (3) Lan. Theaw grete flopper-meawtht
gobslotch. Walker Plebeian Pol. (1801) 9 ; For theawr't glentin
ot tat flopper-meawth't gob-slotch, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed.
1746) 67.
3. To fliaster, hurry, bother.
s.Chs.' Oo)z buwnd tii aav ur jobz dun i tahym iv aan'ibdi wii'^nu
fliip-ur ur [Hoo's bound to have her jobs done i' time if annyb'dy
wunna flupper her^.
4. sb. A flapping of wings ; fig. a fluster, hurry, ferment.
s.Chs.' Ahy)v aad* li fahyn flup'ur tu gy'et dhii din'tir dun i
tah3'in [Ah've had a fine flupper to get the dinner done i' time].
Lei.' A wur all of a flopper. loike.
5. A young duck just able to fly. Nhp.' Cf flapper, sb. 2.
6. An under-petticoat ; also in coynp. Floppervan. See
Flapper, sb. 3.
Dev. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436 ; When I strak'd dru tha county
prisen Tha chaps had floppers on like his'n, Hare Bnther Jan
(1863! 8. ed. 1887. CoT.THOMAsRandigalRiiyn:cs{ iSg^jGl.; Cor.'^
FLOPPER-DASH, sb. Lan. [flopa-daj.j A term
of abuse.
Theaw looks weel wawkin that owd flopperdash eawt, Staton
Loominary, 62.
FLOPPERTY, adj Hrf. Wil. Also written floppetty
Wil.' [flo-psti.] L Limp. Hrf.^ 2. Untidy, slat-
ternly. Wil. Slow CI. (1892) ; Wil'
FLOPS, V. Dev. With about : of a liquid : to roll,
shake about in a closed vessel. Cf. flox, v.
A partly full cask would be flopsin about, Reports Provinc. (1897)
s.v. Flox.
FLOPSIDOL, sb. Not. An untidily-dressed woman,
a slattern.
s.Not. Well, you area flopsidol I I'd be ashamed to come outside
(J.P.K.).
FLORA, sb. Cor. 1. In comp. Flora-day, an incor-
rect term, due to popular etymology, for Furry-day ; see
Furry. Cf faddy, flurry-day.
The 8th of May is at Helstone given up to pleasure, and is known
as Flora-day, Ftk-Lore Jrn. (1886) IV. 230; Helston Furry or
Flora Day, Hone Evcry-day Bk. (,1827) II. 650: Cor.'2
2. The peculiar tune used to accompany the dance on
Furry-day. Cor.' (s.v. Faddy).
3 H2
FLORAN
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3. In phr. to look like Flora in distress, having the hair
dishevelled. Cor.^
FLORAN, sb. Cor.' Very fine tin-stuff.
FLORCH, V. e.An.' [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To spread the mouth from afiectation ; to display
dress or finery. Cf. flouch.
FLORE, V. Sc. [flor.] To strut about as if vain of
one's dress. Cai.' See Flourish, v.
Hence (i) Flory, (a) adj. vain, showy, conceited ; (b)
sb. an empty-headed, vain fellow ; {2) Flory-heckles, sb.,
see Flory (b).
(i, a) Sc. The words, ' flory conceited chap' — ' hafflins gentle,'
and at length the still more alarming epithet of ' spy,' begun to be
buzzed about, Scott Recig. (1824) Lett, xii ; A florie fool (Jam.).
(6) Sc. S — 1 ... is never in his element but when he gives that the
lie, being a pedantic foolish flory, Player's Scourge (1757) 4 (Jam.).
(2) Lth. (Jam.)
FLORENCE, v. Nhp.' To go about untidily, slovenly
dressed. Cf. Amy Florence.
How she goes florencing about. Now nearly obs. (s.v. Amy
Florence).
FLORENTINE, sb. Sc. Bdf. A kind of pasty or pie.
Sc. A florentine (an excellent old Scottish dish composed of
veal), Ramsay Remiii. (1870) 126 ; Properly meat baked in a plate
with a cover of paste (Jam.) ; When any kind of butcher meat,
fowls, apples, &c. are baleen in a dish it is called a Florentine, and
when in a raised crust, a pie. Receipts in Cookery {ib.). Fif. Floren-
tines, and pies, and tarts, Rang'd here and there in sindry parts,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 99. Ayr. I hae been at the cost and
outlay o' a gigot o' mutton . . . and a Florentine pie, Galt En/ail
(1823) Ixxvii. Bdf. At Potton and the places adjacent it was
customary some sixty years ago (1831) to place on the table at
Christmas entertainments the ' Apple Florentine,' a palatable con-
fection of which the whole of the guests invariably partook. . . .
This Florentine consisted of an immensely large dish of pewter,
or such-like metal, filled with 'good baking apples,' sugar and
lemon to the brim; with a roll of rich paste as a covering — pie
fashion. When baked, before serving up, the upper crust or lid
was taken off and divided into sizeable triangular portions, which
were again arranged round the dish in order, by way of garnish,
and to complete the mess, a full quart of well-spiced ale was
poured in, hissing hot. Hone Year Bk. (ed. 1841) col. 1596. [A
huge grouse pie and a fine Florentine, Barham Iiigoldsby (ed.
1864) Witches' Frolic]
[A receipt for making a Florentine may be found in A
True Gentleman's Delight (1676) 98 (Nares).]
FLORESH, FLORRISH, see Flosh, Flourish, v.
FLORRY, 56. Chs. A spree, frolic.
s.Chs. Yoa'}d bey dhu saurt u mon tu kiim too, iv aan'ibdi
waantid goa- of on u bit uv u flor'i [Yo'd bey the sort o' mon to
come too, if anyb'dy wanted go off on a bit of a florry] (T.D.).
FLORTE, see Elite, v.
FLOS, sb. Yks. [flos.] A giddy, impudent female.
w.Yks.5 Nah then flos ! where's tuh swinging tul ?
Hence Flossy, (i) adj. giddy, impudent ; (2) sb. a slattern.
(i) w.Yks.5 What a flossy dolly shoo is. (2) w.Yks.l
FLOSCHE, see Flash, sb., Flosh.
FLOSH, V. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also written flosche w.Yks. ; and in forms floos Lan.'
n.Lan.'; flooseNot.^; floresh Hmp. ; flouchSus.; House
w.Yks.2 Shr. Hmp.> Don; floush Brks. Sus.^' Hmp.';
flowse Shn Wil.' Don ; vlosh Dev.' [floj, flus, fleus.]
L V. To splash, dabble, plunge about in bathing.
w.Yks.2 Shr.A'.6r-(3.(i885)6thS.xii. 249. Hmp.Saidof children,
or ducks, splashing in the water (J.R.W.) ; ' Mind it doesn't floush
over.' To have a bath, esp. with the idea of vigorous action,
splashing, &c. (W.H.E.) ; (H.E.); Hmp.i Wil.» Water is said to
be ' flowsing down' when rushing very strongly through a mill
ha^h. A horse likes to ' flowse about ' in a pond. Dor. N. & Q.
(1885) 6th S. xii. 249. s.Dev. Fox Kiitgsbridge (1874).
Hence (1) Floshing, sb. a splashing, a spill of water; (2)
Fleshy, adj. partially liquid, sloppy.
(I'i Cor.Towash hishandsandsave the floshing, Tregellas Tales
(1865)45. (a) Cor.s Roads when the mud is very thin and splashes
easily are ' floshy.' A jelly that has not set is ' floshy.'
2. To dip anything up and down in water, to rinse,
douche ; to agitate or splash water.
Not.3 To douche with cold water. Shr. To splash a bathing
companion with water, N. & Q. (1885) 6th S. xii. 249. Brks. Of
washing something, 'Just floush itupand down' (W.H.E.). Hmp.
Of water on the floor of a bedroom, ' I expect he floushcd it over
out of his bath' (.ib.). Wil.' You 'flowse' the water over you in a
bath. Dor. N. £r Q. (1885) 6th S. xii. 249. Dev.' A witherly up
with his voot and yand over the tea-kittle and flosh'd out all the
watter, 4 ; And vlosh'd the water over Dame, ib. 7. Cor.' Don't
floshthe water on the floor ; Cor.^; Cor.^To shake waterinavessel.
3. With out : to dash out, put out violently.
w.Dor. Floshedout the candle, Roberts //li/. Lyme Regis {183^).
n.Dev. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436.
4. sb. The act of splashing ; a douche, bath, a violent
plunging in water.
Hmp. The sea is a proper place to have a floush in. I expect
you enjo3'ed your floush (W.H.E.). Cor. Don't go and make
a flosh, Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) 2a.
5. A flush, stream of water. Cf. flush, sb.^ 8.
Wil.' The rush of water through a hatch. Cor. A 'flosh' of
water from some unknown source. Burrow 'Moiigst Mines, 9.
6. Comp. Floush-hole, a hole which receives the waste
water from a mill, into which it flows with great violence.
Sus.' », Hmp.' Cf. flush, sb?- 12.
7. A sluice.
Lan.', ii.Lan.* Wil.' Occ. applied to the narrow-walled channel
between the hatch-gate and the pool below.
8.//. The meeting of the tides. Sus. (S.P.H.)
9. A peculiar creeping sensation as of some fluid passing
over the surface of the body ; gen. in phr. to have flosties.
Cor.3 The creeping sensation" with alternate heat and cold
frequently resulting from a cold, w Cor. iM.A.C.)
Hence Floshy, adj. having the sensation of floshes.'
Cor.^ I'm feeling all floshy-like.
FLOSH, see Flash, sb}
FLOSHAN, sb. Gall. (Jam.) Also written floshin. A
puddle of water. See Flash, sb}
FLOSK, sb. Sc. The cuttle-fish, sea-sleeve, or anker-
fish. Sepia loligo.
Bch. Arbuthnot Peterhead, 28 (Jam.).
FLOSS, s6. Sc. Yks. Also in form flous- n.Yks.^
[flos.] 1. The comn\on Twih, Juncus communis.
Sh.I. When hay or any light bulky substance is to be carried,
' maiseys ' are used, which are made of ropes prepared from floss or
rushes, Hibbert Desc. Sh.I. (1822) 180, ed. 1891 ; (Cotl. L.L.B.)
S. & Ork.', Or. I. (Jam.) Cai.' Rushes prepared for making ' sma'
Simmons.' The rushes are beaten when freshly cut, and the pith is
shaken out.
Hence Flossie-cape, sb. a cap made of rushes.
Sh.I. Heich an' dwimishin' awa to a sma trointie at da tap like
a flossiecape, Stewart Fireside Talcs (1892) 89.
2. The leaves of the red canary-grass, Philaris canariensis.
Or.I. Of ■which bands are made for threading cassies (Jam.).
3. Comp. (i) Floss-docken, the foxglove. Digitalis pur-
purea. n.Yks." ; (2) -seave, the cotton-grass, Eriophorum
polystachion and other species, ib.
FLOSS, see Flooze.
FLOT, f. n.Lin.' [flot] Of a horse : to fidget.
She'd be a good little mare if she didn't flot soa at startin'.
[The same word as lit. E. float (older flote), used of
unsteady motion.]
FLOT, see Float, si.'*
FLOTCH, sb. and v} Sc. L sb. A big, fat, dirty
person ; applied chiefly to women, implying also tawdri-
ness and ungracefulness. Rxb. (Jam.)
2. V. To move in an awkward, ungainly manner; to
hobble along from side to side.
Per. (G. W.) Rxb. .See till her gaun flotchin' away there (Jam>).
FLOTCH, v.^ Abd. (Jam.) To weep, sob.
FLOTE, see Elite, v., Float, sb}, Floit.
FLOTHER, sb} and v. Nhb. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Lei. Nhp. War. Hrf Sus. Hmp. Som. Dev. Also in form
vlother ne.Lan.' Sus.' w.Cy. [flo'53(r).] 1. sb. In-
coherent talk, nonsense ; ' brag.'
ne.Lan.', Lei.' Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Som. Tom Gool
war shower to be a takin vlother vast awa, Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Etig. (1825) 164. e.Som. W. A J. Gl. (1873). Dev. Mooue
Hist. Dev. (1829) 1. 355. n.Dev. Why did 'a . . . bother Me wi'
'es tutties an' es vlother. Rock Jim an' Af// (1867) st. 82.
FLOTHER
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Hence (i) Flotherin, ppl. adj. of speech : flowery,
grandiloquent; (21 Flothery, (a) adj. nonsensical, idle;
(6) sb. nonsense, foolish talk.
(i") Chs. Tliuse ibine flothrin diskripshiins ith Stopport pappcrs,
Stockport Monthly Mag. 1^1^1,0) in Chs.N. & Q. No. 597, I. 173.
(a, a) War.2 Flothery talk. (A) i*. A lot of flothery.
2. Tawdry finery. Lei.'
Hence Flothery, adj. tawdry, showy.
Nhb.> He's fat ail' ilotliery. Lakel.^, w.Yks.= Lei.' Shay wur
that flothery sliay wur foo'ced to flit. Nhp.'
3. Foam, froth, lather, asp. in phr. all in aflother; also
nstd Jig.
Hnip. A man said of an animal that was foaming at the mouth
that it was ' all in a flother." Only once heard (W.H.E.) ; ' All in
a flother,' flustered, agitated, Holloway.
4. V. To fluster, agitate, bother.
Sus. De fellers wur so vlothered dey thaut as de hull hed hatched
de egg, Jackson Soulhimrd Ho (1894) 1. 433; Sus.l I was so
vlothered I did'nt knaw what to be at.
5. With about : to hang loosely and disorderly.
Nhp.' Flowers that lie straggling on the ground, or trees that
require pruning and nailing, are said to hang flothering about ;
the word is equally applicable to slovenly and tawdrily dressed
females.
FLOTHER, sb.' Nhb. Cum. Stf. [flotJar.] 1. A
boggy place, swamp.
Nhb. Boggy places, liable to overflow in wet seasons. Very
common in field-names and found in some place-names, as
Robinson Flothers, near Henshaw (R.O.H.). Cum.'
2. Ohs. A heavy dew lying almost in pools upon the grass.
stf. Ray I 1691^ MS. add. ( J.C.) 26.
FLOTT, see Float, s6.'
FLOTTER, V. Obs. So. 1. To float.
Mony was the feather bed That flotter'd on the faem, Jamieson
Pop. Ballads (1806, I. 160.
2. To wet, splash.
Fif. The flotter't table maist was steepit Wi' claret dubs that
drapt and dreepit. Tennant Papistry 1 1827) 23.
[2. With flottyrit herd of teris all beweip, Douglas
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 11.]
FLOU, FLOUAN, see Flow, sb."-, v., adj}, Flowan.
FLOUCH, sb. w.Yks.* [Not known to our correspon-
dentsj [flat/.] An awkward mouth, esp. in phr. to set
one's Jloucli, to make grimaces. Cf. florch.
Art ta settin' thy flouch agean ?
FLOUCH, FLOUCHT, FLOUCHTER, see Flosh,
Flaught, sA.'2, Flaughter, v.'^
FLOUD, adj Dur. Tempestuous. Cf. flowed.
Dur.i A floud day. s.Dur. (J.E.D.)
FLOUGE, V. Cor.2 To deluge with water. Cf. flosh, v.
FLOUGH, sb. and v. Chs. Shr. Also written fluff
Chs.'Shr.' [fiuf.] L 5*. A flea. Cf fleck, 56.^ flefif.
Clis.>23 Shr.' Gen. heard in pi. form fiufls.
2. V. To free from fleas, as dogs and cats do. Cf. flea, v.
Shr.' The dog's fluffin' 'imself
FLOUGH, FLOUGHT, see Flow, adj.\ Flaught, sb.^
FLOUNCE, 56. Dor. A flying stroke. Barnes G/. (1863).
FLOUNCE, V. Yks. Lin. [flans, Lin. fluns.] To
thrash, beat, flog.
w.Yks. Ail flans Sai d.5akit, ja jug raskl (J.W.).
Hence Flouncing, sb. a flogging, thrashing.
S.Lin. Do you want me to gi'e you a good flouncing! You'd
mind or I s'l warm y'r jacket for you (T.H.R.).
FLOUNDAB, sb. Suf. The flounder, Pleuroncdesflesus.
Suf. ^Hall.) e.Suf. In common use on the coast (F.H.).
[Satchell (1879).]
FLOUNDERED, />/>. 1 0bs. Nhp.' Aff'righted.
FLOUNDERS, 56. />/. Sus.'^ Hmp.' [fleundaz.] Small
insectsfoundmtheliversof rotten sheep. See Fluke s6.'2
FLOUNGE, sb. Obs. Sc. The act of plunging,
floundering in mire or waters
Rnf. Alangst the dam the bodie stoitet Wi' staucherin' flounge,
A. Wilson Poems (1790) 93 Jam.).
[Now stoans and fyrebrands flundge owt, Stanyhurst
Aeneis (1583), ed. Arber, 22.]
FLOUNT, FLOUNTER see Flaunt, Flunter.
FLOUR, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin. Glo. Som.
Dev. Cor. Also m torms flaar w.Yks. ; fleaur, fleawr
Lan.; flooer Sc. [flur, w.Yks. flaair), Lan. fle3(r), s Cy.
fleu3(r).] 1. In comp. (i) Flour-balls, a kind of potato ;
(2) -bread, wheaten bread; (3) -cake, a cake made of
dough ; (4) -head, a term of abuse, a stupid, ' pudding-
headed' person ; (5) -meat, food made with flour; bread,
pastry ; (6) -milk, porridge made of wheaten flour, milk,
and sugar ; (7) -poke, a flour-sack ; (8) -tin, very fine tin-
stuff; see Floran ; (9) -vittals, pastry.
(i) n.Lin.' (2) Sh.I Ta sit ower a irn foo o' flooer braed, 'at's
encugh ta scooder ane, Sb. News (July 16, i8g8). Abd. It was
happy for the poor that flour that year was cheap, for the poorer
sort did at that time (1782) use flour-bread, Statist. Ace. IV. 322
(Jam.). Fif. Women . . . must have Their flour bread and their
tea, Taylor Minstrelsy (1811) 18, ed. 1870. (3) Lan. Noine as
graceless lads as ever yowd at a fleawr cake, Staton Loominary
(c. 1861)41. Chs.' It is made from a small piece of ordinary bread
dough rolled to the size of a plate, and about an inch thick, and then
baked on both sides. (4) w.Yks. Duz ta see, ye owd flaar-heead?
Prov. in Brig/ioiise News (Aug. 10, 1889) ; What are ta makkin thi
din at, flaarheead ? Bickerdike Beacon Ann. (1872) 21. (5)
n.Yks.2 (6) Dev.3 (q) Lan. Ten shillin' wain't go far toard fdlin'
fleaur-pokes, Clegg David's Loom (1894) iii ; Dustud o'er wi' a
fleaur poke, Brierley Layrock (1864) vii. (8) Cor.2 (q) Glo.
(J.S.F.S.), Som. (F.A.A.) ^^'
2. The meal of wheat as distinguished from the meal of
oats, peas, &c. Sc. (Jam.)
3. Obs. Phr. Flour of the Wake, ashes from the bonfires
lighted on the 29th of June ; see below.
Nhb. About half a century ago on this night (29th June) they
carried some kind of firebrands about the fields of their respective
villages. They made encroachments on these occasions upon the
Bonefires of the neighbouring towns, of which they took forcibly
some of the ashes ; this they called ' carrying off" the Flower
(probably the Flour) of the Wake,' Brand Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1813)
I. 269.
FLOURICE, sb. Obs. Sc. Also in forms fleerish
Abd.; flourish Frf. A piece of steel used with a flint-
stone to kindle a match; a steel for striking fire from
flint.
Abd. They cared not to carry fleerish and flint, Alexander
Johnny Gibh 1 1871) xi ; (Jam.) Frf. A flourish and a pipe, Jamie
Emigrant's Family (1853) 105.
FLOURISH, V. and sb. Sc. n.Cy Yks. Lan. Also in
form florrish ne.Lan.' 1. v. To make a fine show, ' cut
a dash.' Cf fiore. v.
Lnk. Ask Mrs. Bailie Munro for the len' o' her new silver tea
set to flourish on the occasion, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 65.
2. sb. A blossom. Also usedy?§-.
Sc. In the early spring gowans and buttercups, and in thesummer
hawthorn-flourish, and other wilding favourites, Wright Sc. Life
(1897) 29. Ayr. Raised into public life for a better purpose than
to prey upon the leaves and flourishes of the commonwealth, Galt
Provost (1822) xxiii. Lnk. The flourish on the tree that hings,
Thomson Musings (1881) 121. Edb.The early flourishes of virtue
and good nature, which every one observes so fairly budding iji
j'our greener years, Pennecuik IVks. (,1715) 36, ed. 1815. n.Cy.
Grose (1790). n.Yks.' w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781).
ne.Lan.'
Hence Flourish'd, adj. covered with blossom.
Sc. Her face was fair as dewdrops hing Upo' the flourish'd
thorn, Shephetcfs Wedding (1789) 22.
[1. He looked forth at the window, shewing himself
[marg. flourishing] through the lattice, Bible Sag. Sol.
ii. 9 ; Florschyn, Floreo, Prompt. 2. The borial blastis of
the thre borouing dais of marche hed chaissit the fragrant
flureise of euyrie frute tree far athourt the feildis, Conipl.
Scotl. (1549) 38.]
FLOURISH, adj. n.Cy. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Light in carriage. Holloway. Cf. flowish.
FLOURY, adj. Lin. Cor. Also written flouery Cor.'
[fluTi, Cor. fleuTi.] 1. In comp. Floury-milk, hasty
pudding. Cor.'°
2. Of land, &c. : light and powdery.
sw.Lin.' The fallows are so floury.
FLOUS, see Floss.
FLOUSE
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FLOUSE, V. Gall. (Jam.) Also written fluze. [Not
known to our correspondents.] To turn back the edge
of a tool or the point of a nail. Cf. fluz(z.
Hence Flazed, ppl. adj. blunted by having the edge or
point turned back.
FLOUSE, FLOUSH, see Flesh.
FLOUSH, adj. Dor. [fleu/.] Flying, flouncing. Barnes
C/. (1863).
FLOUT, sb} Som. A boy's whistle. (Hall.)
[And many floute and lilting-horne, Chaucer Hous F.
(c. 1384 1 1223.]
FLOUT, sb? Obs. Lin. A drain, a watercourse.
One sewer in Scotterings at the ould flout shall be sufficiently
diked, Seitiers Inquisition (1583) 8, Nares (s.v.). n.Lin.'
FLOUT, sb? Obs. Brks. The polecat. Cf. foumart.
Genl. Mag. (1784) 332, ed. Gomme.
FLOUT, sb.* War. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A truss or bundle. (Hall.)
[Besyde my bed thou must goo And take up a floute
of strowe, Kyng &= Hermyt (c. 1550) 331 (N.E.D.).]
FLOUT^j'. Cum. Yks. Der. Brks. Also in form fioot
Cum. [fliit, flat, fleut.] To scold ; to buffet, express
anger by action.
Cum. Howiver 1 floot, Gilpin Ballads {i8-]4) 3rd S. 78. n.Yks.'
w.Yks.^Whcn married folks are floutin. Brks. Gl. (1852) ; Brks.'
Hence Flouting, vbl. sb. the act of scolding, a scolding.
Der. Wi' soft answers as turns away wrath, instead o' flouting
better and rilin' o' him, Verney Stone Edge (1868) viii.
FLOUT, FLOUTER, see Flaught, sb.\ Flaughter, v.'^
FLOW, sb} Sc. Irel. Nhb. Lakel. Cum. Also written
floe Sc. S. & Ork.'; flou Ant. Nhb.; flowe Sc. Nhb.
Lakel. Cum.'^ 1. A bog, morass, watery swamp ; a
quicksand ; also in comp. Flow-bog, Flow-moss.
Sc. He shall stable his steed in the Kelpie's flow, Scott Bride
of Lam. (1819) xviii; Upon wet brae-sides, peat-haggs and flow-
mosses, ib. Midlolhian (1818) xii. Sh.I. If dey wirna a day apo'
da flow dan he [it] wis nae man's bishaness, Sh. News (July 23,
i8g8). S. & Ork.i, Cai.l Ayr. Ye'll stick in some flow. Or, ye'll
melt in a thow, Boswell Poet. Wks. (ed. 1871) 213. Lnk. There
are other extensive mosses in this district commonly called flowcs
which it is not probable ever will or ever can be converted into
arable lands, Statist. Ace. 328, 329 (Jam.). Lth. In this muir there
is a small piece of water called the Flow, which also gives its name
to a good part of the marshy grounds Ij'ing to the south and west
of it, ib. X. 601. Lth., Twd. The term flow is applied to a low-
lying piece of watery land, rough and benty, which has not been
broken up. It is distinguished from a moss. Sportsmen generally
expect to find grouse in such a place (Jam.). Bwk. The Lan'sea
links are lang an' steep, The mermaids' floe baith braid an' deep,
Chisholm Poems (1879) 76. Slk. A push that soon gart him plew
the flow with his nose, Hogg Talcs (1838) 7, ed. 1866. Rxb. Just
where the weet comes frae the flowe, Riddell Poet. IVks. (ed.
1871) I. 202. GalL Had been roughly laid with bog-wood dug
from the flowes, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xlii. N.I.i Flow-
bog, Flow-moss, a bog through which water has flowed, or in
which it lodges. Nhb. Dandering o'er ferney knowes, . . . Springing
o'er bogs an' flowes, Vrovdi-OCk Boydetland Muse {i8g6\ 8 ; Nhb.'
A peat moss, a peat bog, generally large and straggling. ' Flow'
in place-names occurs, as in Manside Flow. ' Between the hills
are broad and fiat morasses, called flow mosses,' Hodgson Nhb.
pt. ii. I. 84. 'The bog overflows along the outlet or outlets, and
that part of it which thus dips away from the bog proper is aptly
called the flow of the bog,' Lebour Geol. Nhb. and Diir. (ed. 1886)
II. LakeL' Wedholme Flowe, Solway Flowe. Cum. Peat moss
or what is termed flow, Young Annals Agiic. (1784-1815) XXI.
446; Cum.' An extensive and unshelteredpeatbog; Cum.^ ne.Cum.
Tlie only other use of the name now seems to be in the wild and
lonely tracts of the mining fells in Alston Moor.
Hence (i) Flow-peat, (2) -turf, sb. the upper stratum
of the peat-moss, the upper light and spongy peat or turf;
(3) Flowy, adj. of peat : light, spongy.
(i) Ant. From being less soaked in moisture, and not sustaining
the same pressure as the lower strata, is very light and spongy,
so as to burn very rapidly and be of little value as fuel, Grose
(1790) MS. add. (C.) (2) n.Ir. ib. ; (W.H.P.) (31 Slk. He gang
down the gullots like a flowy peat, Hogg 7«/fs (1838) 252, ed. i865,
2. The sea ; a basin, sound, or arm of the sea.
Sli.I.lCw//. L.L.B.) S.&Ork.'A cant term. Or.I.Scalpa Flow isa
sea basin amongst the Orkneys,JoHNSTON Gazetteer (Jam. Siippl.).
[L Norw. A'\a\.floe, a pool of water in swampy ground ;
also, a swamp, ' moss ' (Aasen).]
FLOW, s6.2 Sc. [flu.] A jot, a particle; a small por-
tion of anything in a state of dust, as meal, flour, &c. Cf.
flechan, flowan.
n.Sc. (Jam.), BnfT.' Frf. Flow's but a handful, Barrie Tommy
(1896) 438. e.Per. The quantity of salt, meal, &c., which can be
lifted between the tips of the thumb and first two fingers (W. A.C.).
Fif. Coats meal-melvied, powther'd gay Wi' flows o' flour, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 69. e.Fif. It set fire to the flows o' lint that were
stickin' a' ower the wheel, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) iii. Rnf. I
thought that the sound o' the happer Said tak hame a wee flow to
your wife To help to be brose for the supper, Webster Rhymes
(1835) 75.
FLOW, sb.^ Sc. A wooden instrument open at one
side and turning round with the wind, placed on a
chimney-top to prevent smoke. Lth. (Jam.)
FLOW, V. and sb." Sc. Yks. Lin. Sus. [flou.]
1. V. In coiiip. Flow-dike, a dike along tlie banks of a
stream or river ; a small dike for carrying water.
Bnff. To change the course of water-runs, to construct flow-dikes
and to make such leading drains as shall be judged proper, Sitrv.
Agric. App, 31 (Jam.) ; Bnff.' To prevent it [the river] from over-
flowing its banks and flooding the fields that lie in its course.
2. Churning term, see below.
Lin. Cream is said to flow, when it swells in the churn, so as to
prevent its being worked, Streatfeild/.;';;. and Danes (1884') 328.
S.Lin. Said of cream in the churn that does not readily come to
butter (T.H.R.).
3. With on : to follow in rapid succession.
e.Yks. At a wedding in Holderness, as soon as the bride and
bridegroom had left the house, and had the usual number of old
shoes thrown after them, the young folks rushed forward, each
bearing a tea-kettle of boiling water, which they poured down the
front door-steps, that other marriages might soon follow, or, as
one said, ' flow on,' N. £7" Q. (1867) 3rd S. xii. 479.
4. Pass. With in or on : to be overtaken by the tide.
n.Yks.'^ They got flow'd on [they were surrounded on the rocks
by the rising tide]. Sus.^ You're too oudacious daring on they
sands ; if you doant mind you'll be flown in, one of these days.
5. To exaggerate in relating anything. Cld. (Jam.)
6. sb. An exaggerated story. Cld. (Jam.)
FLOW, «rf/'.' Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Lan. Alsowritten
flou Nhb.' ; flough n.Cy. Cum.'^ ; flowe Cum.' Of the
weather : windy, boisterous, stormy ; bleak, cold. Of
persons : angry ; also used advh.
n.Cy. A flow day (J.H.). Nhb. T'missus kens weel eneugh t'
flow weather doesna seem her, Clare Love of Lass (1890) I. 56 ;
Nhb.' What a flow neet ! Dur. Gibson Up-Weardale Gl. (1870).
Cum. It's flough weather, Brockett Gl. (1846); Cum.'!2 Wm.
T'wind blows flow of o' t'fells. He looks varraflow, summats gian
wrang again (B,K.). ne.Lan.'
FLOW, adp n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also written
flough Cum.^ ; flowe Cum.' Skittish, as a young horse ;
untractable. Cf. flowed.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Cum.' Our filly's varra flowe yet; Cum.^
Applied also in the case of a person, to wild and reckless
expenditure. w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves {i^jBi). ne.Lan.'
[Cogn. w. Swiss dial, fliick, ' scheu, von Pferden, die
leicht sich losreissen wollen ' {Idiotikon) ; cp. MHG. ««
Jliick gatd, a restive horse (Lexer).]
FLOWAN, sb. Sc. Irel. 1. A small portion of any-
thing in a state of dust, as meal, flour, flax. See Flow,
sb? Cf. flechan.
Sc. (G.W.) Bnff.' The gueede wife ga' him a drink o' hame-
brown ale wee a flowan o' mehl [meal] on't. ' Will ye need muckle
meal to mack oot the pothitch ' ' ' Jist a flowan." N.I.' The light
clinging dust in a flax-scutching mill ; small fragments of the flax
stem. Ant. Light material-like threads or hair with dust attached,
blowing about especially through a house that is not regularly
dusted, Ballymcna Obs. (1892^.
2. The bog-cotton, Eriophorum. Ant., Dwn. (B. & H.)
FLOWED, adj. Obs. n.Yks.^ Unsettled, crazy. See
Flow, adj.'^
FLOWER, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms flooe- Ayr. ; flooer Sc. ; floor e. An. (Hall.)
1. sb. In (onip. (i) Flower-bank, a bank of earth ; see
below ; (2) -basket, an arrangement for growing flowers
FLOWER'D
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FLUB
in; see below; (3) -knot or -knat, a flower-bed, flower-
plot ; (4) -plant, a flowering garden-plant or house-plant ;
(5) -plot, a nosegay; (6) -tree, see -plant.
(i) Hrt. Some earth tiiat lies next the hedge, thrown over the
roots with a spade, as soon as tlie hedge is riddercd or prepared
for it, so that with the original or first raised flower-bank, the
whole rise of earth is not above a foot or eighteen inches from the
common level of the ground. N^.vtheseflower-banksare generally
made to inground hedges or fences or to those hedges that lie next
to narrow lanes, which are not wide enough to allow a ditch, Ellis
Mod. Hiisb. (1750) I. i. e.An. A bank with a ditch and the same
on both sides (.Hall.). [The ditches will be filled up, so as to form
what are called floor banks, Young Ammls Agric. (1784-1815)
XLIII. 586.] (a) Edb. Flower baskets, brakes, some aught or
nine, Wi' beds an' allies, Forbes Po««5(i8i2') 90; Flowerorrose
baskets, is a circle cut out of a green platt of any size, and the
edge put round with inverted willows along with a honey suckle,
when all grow together, and forms a handsome basket work ; the
centre is planted with roses closely pegged down, and in the
season when they blow, you have a beautiful basket full of roses, ib.
note. (3)Sc. (A.W.) s.Chs.' Dhu deyur tin gofn aayt un paadh-urd
au-1 oa-r mi flaawOr-nofs [The deer han gotten ait an' pathered all
o'er my flower-knots]. War.^ ne.Wor. I likes to see a flower-
knot in the middle o' the lawn (J.W.P.). Be.Wor.', s.Wor.', Glo.
(A.B.), Glo.' Dor.' A tutty miade o' lots O' blossoms vrom her
flower-nots, 133. Som. The thunderstorm have abeat about the
flower-knot shameful, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 23;
The visitors loitered a moment on the garden path to look at the
(lower-knot, ib. Trypbcna (1895) 32. n.Dev. But they've a-strubb'd
vlower-knats an' heaths, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 64. (4)
n.Lin.' I ax'd him if he could sea flooer-plants i' winda', an' he
said, ' Noa,' soa I expect he hesn't reight ewse o' his ees yit. (5)
Glo.i (61 n.Lin.i
2. Comb, in plant-names : Flower.of-the-Axe, the acrid
lobelia, Lobelia urens.
Dev. The name given by the country-people about Axminster
to this rare plant, which grows on Kilmington Common (B. & H.).
3. Phr. (i) to get the flower of, to get the better of; (2) in
floiver (used of a crab), see below ; (3) to do anything like
a flower, to do anything easily and well or without difficulty.
(I i e.Snf. You've wholly got the flower of me. Very common
(F.PI.). (a) n.Yks. A crab is said to be in flower and unfit to eat,
when it has cast its shell and is soft (I.W.). (3) s.Wor. I could
jump a fi-bar gaate like a flower (H.K.).
4. A bunch of flowers, nosegay.
Sc. Scotic. 1 1787) 37. N.I.i, w.Yks. (S.K.C.)
5. pi. The paste ornaments on the crust of a raised pie.
n.Lin.' 6. The piece of iron which fastens a vice to a
table or bench. w.Yks.* 7. Obs. An edge-tool used
in cleaning laths. Rxb. (Jam.)
8. V. To embroider flowers and other patterns on muslin.
Ayr. Ye tell me ye can flooer, Johnston Glmbuckie (1889) 131 ;
She sat near him, flowering her web, ib. 134. Lnk. Though she
wasflowerin',she flangby herfaderils. Lemon 5/. yl/ioi^o (1844) 88.
Hence (i) Flowerer, sb. one who 'flowers'; (2) Flower-
ing, vbl. sb. the act of working flowers on muslin.
(I J Rnf. There was darners and clippers, and flowerers, Wi'
bleachers fu' trig frae the braes, Webster Rhymes (1835) 5. Ayr.
The flooeers cuist their wabs in the fire, the weavers brak their
lumes, and the haill toon gaed daft thegither. Service Notandiims
(1890) 67. (2) Ayr. Her only means of support was ' flowering,'
that is. sewing patterns on muslin, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) II.
87 ; She made her leeving by seamstress-wark and floowring lawn,
Galt Lairds (1826) vii.
9. Of oak-wood: to become marked, grained.
s.Not. Look 'ow nyst this oak table's flowered (J.P.K.).
Hence Flowering, sb. the markings of oak wood, (ib.)
10. Obs. Of beer : to froth.
Hrt. If a little wheat bran is boiled in our ordinary beer it will
cause it to mantle or flower in the cup, when it is poured out,
Ellis Cy. Hswf. ^1750) 32.
11. To turn curves on a sheet-iron table. w.Yks. (J. P.)
[10. To flower, as ale dothe in a cuppe. This yerbe
floureth fresshly, but this ale floureth better in a good
drinkers eye, Palsgr. (1530).]
FLOWER'D, ppl. adj. Rxb. (Jam.) Also written
flour'd. Of sheep : scabby, having lost their wool.
[Cp. OFr.yZe«>-5, 'scorbut, eresipele' (La Curne).]
FLOWER-DE-LUCE, sb. Yks. Also in form flowery-.
The fleur-de-lys, Ins Psciidacorus.
w.Yks. (S.K.C), w.Yks. 2
[The lilly, lady of the flowring field, The flowre-deluce,
her lovely paramoure, Spenser F. Q. (1590) bk. 11. vi. 16.]
FLOWERER, .sA. Stf.' A painter of coarse pots.
FLOWERIE, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) Also in form fleurie.
[Not known to our correspondents.] A name given to the
ace of spades, from the ornaments which formerly ap-
peared on this card.
FLOWERING, s6. and ///.flri'/. Chs.Lin.Wal.Glo. \.sb.
The paste ornaments on the crust of a raised pie. n.Lin.'
2. ppl. adj. Inconip. (i) Flowering-box, the red whortle-
berry, Vacciniinn F/('/s-/(i'(7frt; (2) -Sunday, Mid-Lent orPalm
Sunday, on which day the graves are decked with flowers.
(i) Chs.i (2) s.Wal. The graves are cleaned and decked on
that day with the choicest flowers that can be procured ; where
flowers are not numei-ous, the deficiency is supplied by evergreens,
and the laurel leaves are often ornamented with gilt leaf, N. & Q.
(1855) ist S. xi. 353. Glo. (S.S.B.)
FLOWERY, adj. n.Cy. Nhb. Also written flowry
n.Cy. 1. In comp. Flowery-docken, the plant perennial
goosefoot, Che)iopodiuni Boniis-Henriais. Nhb.'
2. Obs. Florid, handsome, fair, of good complexion.
n.Cy. (K.) ; Grose '.1790) ; Bailey (1721),
FLOWFF, see Flafif.
FLOWING, ppl. adj. Wil. In comp. Flowing-meadow,
a lowland meadow watered from a river ; a meadow laid
up in ridges with water-carriers on each ridge and drains
between. Cf floating-meadow, s.v. Float, v. 13. (3).
YovttG Ann. Agric. (1784-1815) s.v. Watered; The first kind
is called in Wiltshire * catchwork-meadows,' and the latter flowing-
meadows, Marshall Review (1817) V. 195 ; Wil.'
FLOWISH, adj. Obs. n.Cy. Light in carriage ; im-
modest. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.2 [A flowish woman (K.).]
FLOWK, V. Obs. Nhp.' To flap, droop ; to fall over
the face, like the brim of an old hat.
FLOWN, see Flig, v.^
FLOWNIE, sb. and adj. Sc. (Jam.) [flffni.] 1. sb.
A small portion of any volatile substance,as of meat thrown
on a draught of water. Ags.
2. adj Light, downy ; /ig. of the mind : trifling, without
substance.
Lnk. Applied to soft objects which are easily compressed, such
as wool, feathers, &c.
FLOWP, see Flaup, sb.^
FLOWS, sb. pi. Nhb.' Also written flous. Floats,
applied to the cluster of corks which support the 'bosom'
of a salmon-net.
Ij rete vocatiim wade el j flowe, Accts. Abingdon Abbey
(1388), ed. Camden, 57.]
FLOWSE, adj. Yks. Lan. Glo. Also in form flowsing
Glo.'^ Flowing, flaunting. Glo.'^
Hence Flowsy, sb. a slattern. w.Yks.', ne.Lan.'
FLOWSE, FLOWT, see Flosh, Flaught, sA.'
FLOWTER, FLOWTHER,see Flaughter,i/.=, Flutter.
FLOX, sb. Dev." The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
FLOX, V. Dev. Cor. [floks.] 1. To agitate or shake
a liquid in a closed vessel. Cor.'* Cf flops, v.
2. Of a liquid : to roll, shake about in a closed vessel ;
sometimes with aboid.
Dev. My servant was rolling in a barrel of petroleum, which
was not as full as it ought to have been. I asked how he knew
it was not full. ' I can tell by the w[e]ight of 'un, sir, and the way
the oil do keep floxin[g] about,' Reports Provinc, (1897). Cor,
Better be full than flox, T. Towser (1873) 103.
FLOX, see Flock, sb.'-
FLOZEN, V. Bntt' 1. To cause to swell ; to become
swoUen ; gen. with tip.
His face is a' flozent [or flozent up] wee the rain an' the ween
beatin' intil't. The drink's beginn' 't'gar 'im flozen [or flozen-up].
Hence Flozent or Flozent-up, ppl. adj. fat and flabby.
She's a muckle flozent-up [or flozent] dehm.
2. Phr. to be flozent up in, to become excessively fond of
The bairn's unco sair flozent-up in's father.
FLUB, see Flob, v.^
FLUBBER-HOLE
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FLUFF
FLUBBER-HOLE, sb. Bdf. The window of a dove-
cote. (J.W.B.)
FLUBSY-FACED, adj. n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks.i Plump
or full in the face.
FLUCHAN, FLUCHEN, see Flechan, Flig, v}
FLUCHRA, 51!'. Sh.I. Also in forms flucker ; flughra
(Jam.) ; flukkra. Snow in broad flakes. Also atirib. in
conip. Flukkra-snow.
A air o' licht smoor, or saft flucker, Stewart Fireside Tales
(1892) 71; As white as da flukkra snow, JuNDA/r/i'«^»a/joo/ (1898)
5 ; S. & Ork.i
Hence (i) Fluckera, sb. a white speckled hen ; (2)
Fluckerid or Fluckrit,o(/;'. speckled as if with snowflakes.
(i) Seedoomy cup an' plaeter. Dat's fluckera's wark! Sk. News
(Apr. 30, 1898 i ; (K.I.) (2) Da cock fled i' da butt window, an' da
muckle fluckerid hen apo' da table, S/i. News (Apr. 30, 1898) ; (K.I.)
FLUCHT, V. and sb. Sc. Also written flught (Jam.) ;
and in forms flocht Bnff.'; flughter Cld. (Jam.) [fluxt,
floxt.] 1. V. To throw into a state of agitation; to
flutter, frighten ; to make a great show.
Bnflf.i He cam in wee a fause-face on, an' fluchtit the bairn. Fnf,
(Jam.)
2. To flirt. Rnf. (Jam.) 3. sb. A bustling, bouncing,
or gaudy person ; a flirt. Cld. (Jam.)
FLUCING, prp. Obs. Nhp.^ Warming the feet and
legs, by means of an earthen pot filled with hot embers
and placed under the petticoats. Cf. dick-pot.
FLUCK, sb. Ess. [Not known to our other correspon-
dents.] [flBk.] A gruel made of flour and water, some-
times with the addition of a little butter. Also called
Fluck-mess. (W.W.S.)
FLUCK, see Flick, sb.^, Fluke, si.'
FLUCKADRIFT, 56. Sh.I. A haste, hurry. S.&Ork.»
FLUCKER. 56. n.Cy.Nhb. Alsoin forms fleuckerNhb.';
fluiker. [flukar, fliu-kar.] A flat-fish, esp. the flounder,
Plcuronedcs flesus. Cf fluke, sb}
N.Cy.i Nhb. 'It's a fluiker!' ki Dick ; 'No,'kiMat, ' it's owre big,'
A'. Minstrel (1806) pt. ii. 63; 'Twas neither flucker, whale, nor
king, Oliver 5m^s. (1824) 7; Nlib.'
FLUCKER, FLUCKS, see Fluchra, Flux.
FLUDDER, FLUDE, see Flodder, v.. Flutter, Flood.
FLUDERS, sb. pi. Hmp. [fl^-daz.] Worms which
sometimes infest the livers of sheep, when 'coathed' (q.v.).
Wise New Forest (1883) 282 ; Hmp.' Called also flooks and
flounders.
FLUE, sb} Der. Lin. Lei. War. Glo. Oxf. e.An. I.W. Cor.
Written flew e.An.' [fltJ, fliu.] 1. Soft feathery dust
or down ; fluff", esp. the soft dust or sweepings accumu-
lated in a bedroom. Cf. floose.
nw.Der.i, Lin. (W.W.S.), Lei.i, War.3 Glo. Baylis IIliis. Dial.
(1870); (S.S.B.) Oxf. (CO.), e.An.'2 Cmb.i And when you sweep,
you leave the flue in all the corners of the room. e.Suf. (F.H.),
I.W.=
2. A coat of manure spread over land.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
[1. The flue of a rabbet, Citniculi vellus, Coles (1679).]
FLUE, si.'^ e.An. [flu.] The coping of a gable or end
wall of a house.
e.An.i Nrf. Grose (1790) ; Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787). Suf.',
e.Suf. (F.H.)
FLUE, sA.3 Midi. Shr. Also written flew Midi. [flS.]
A farrier's lancet or ' fleam' for bleeding cattle. Gen. in pi.
Midi. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) II. Shr.' Always used in
pi. form. The 'flues' consist of several lancets, varying in size,
which close into a 'haft' like the blades of a pocket-knife ; Shr.*
FLUE, adj."^ n.Cy. Also Hrf. Brks. Ken. Sur. Sus.
Hmp. Wil. Also written fleu n.Cy. ; flew n.Cy. Brks.
Ken. Sur. Hmp.' Wil.' ; view Brks.' [flii, fliu.] Delicate,
weak, sickly; thin, in poor condition.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Brks. G/. (1852) ; Brks.' Ken. She looks
quite flew. Very common, c. 1830 (C.B.); (H.W.) ; Ken.' In e.Ken.
it is more commonly applied to persons than to animals ; Ken.*
Sus. Dis here man aldo he wur pore an flue he wur ingenurious,
Jacksou Soiil/iward IJo (1894) I. 339 ; (M.B.-S.); A delicate girl
is said to be very flue. Monthly Pkt. (1874) 180; Sus.' A flue horse
is one which always looks thin, and will not carry flesh ; Sus.*
Hmp. f J. H.W.) ; Hmp.'
Hence (i) Flewy or Fluey, adj. (a) of a horse : troubled
with looseness; (b) weak, sickly, delicate, tender; (2)
Fluish, adj. {a) see Fluey (b) ; (b) weak of mind ; applied
to a woman ; (c) light in morals.
(I, a) WU.' He's what we calls a flewy 'oss, can't kipnothingin
'im. r.Wil. (W.C.P.) (i) Sur. My old master was so flewey !
Trans. Phil. Soc. (1854) 83 ; Sur.' Never heard applied except to
animals. Hmp. (J.R.W.); Hmp.i (2, o) n.Cy. Grose (1790);
Bailey (1731) ; N.Cy.* (i) Hrf.* (c) n.Cy. (Hall.)
[OFr. jfloH, delicat, en parlant des choses ; doux, en
parlant des personnes (La Curne) ; cp. Wallon Jldui,
faible, qui manque de force, de vigueur (Remacle);
Bremen dia\.jlaH, ' kraftlos, ohnmSchtig' (IVtb.).]
FLUE, fl(^.* Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Bdf. e.An. Dor.
Som. Written flew Lei.' Nhp.' War.'*^ se.Wor.' Dor.
[flii, fliu.] Shallow ; open, wide, expansive. Also used
advb.
LeL' Your bonnet is too flew. ' A flew dish,' one with wide,
spreading sides. Nhp.i T^ie dish is so flew, if you don't mind,
you'll flop it over. ' Your bonnet sits very flew,' i.e. the poke is
very open and wide-spreading. War. B'hani Wkly. Post (June
10, 1893); War.'*; War.^ You have made this waistcoat too flew
[too open at the front]. Bdf. Gen. applied to a very open bonnet
or to a shallow vessel becoming wide at top. ' This earthen pan is
too flue for your use.' The quality of widening excessively, and
so becoming extremely extended, seems therefore to be designated
by this word (J.W.B.) ; Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 133.
e.An.', Dor. (H.E.), Som. (Hall.)
Hence Flawed, adj. of a hoop : made larger on one side
than on the other, so that it may fit the taper shape of a
cask. se.Wor.'
[Flew or scholde,as vessell or ojier lyke, bassiis, Proinpt.'\
FLUE-FULL, adj Obs. Yks. Brimful, overflowing.
Yks. (Hall.) w.Yks. Thoresby ie//. (1703) ; w.Yks.">
FLUELLEN, sb. Wal. The common speedwell,
Veronica officinalis. (B. & H.)
[In Welch it (Speedwell) is called Fluellen, Gerarde
Herb, (ed.1633) 629. Wei. llysiau Llywelyn, speedwell, lit.
Llewellyn's herbs.]
FLUENCE, sb. Lon. Affluence.
And oftentimes we're in fluence, Mayhew Land. Labour (ed.
1861) III. 50.
FLUENT, a^; s.Chs.' [flu ant.] Liberal.
Often with some defining words, as fli5o-unt i gy'ivin [fluent
i' givin'].
Hence Fluently, adv. liberally.
Wiaan')il aad' biich-urz mee't fiirufauTtnit ; btidhen it)skau-zd
mi tu ydoz mi egz eviir su fl6o'untIi [We hanna had butchers'
meat for a fortnit ; bu' then it's caused me to use my eggs ever so
fluently].
FLUE-SALT, sb. Chs.' Salt-making term: the waste
salt found on the flues where the lumps are dried.
FLUFF, si.' and i^.' In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms flofif Cum.' ; vluflf Brks.' [fluf, flBf, Cum.
flof.] 1. sb. Down, small pieces of fur, feather, &c. ;
light feathery particles or downy substance.
Sc. (AW.) Nhb.' The down from the wool of cloth. e.Yks.i
m. Yks.' There's a lot of fluff in one of the cupboard corners — pray
thee clean it out. w.Yks. (J.T.) ; w.Yks.*^ Chs.' The particles of
cotton which come ofl' new cloth. Aw never seed sitch towels i*
my loife. Aw've wiped these glasses twenty toimes, and aw'll
be hanged if they anna aw covered wi' fluff. s.Chs.', Lei.', Nhp.',
War.3, Brks.', Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.', e.Suf. (F.H.), Hmp.', Cor.3
Hence Fluffy, adj. downy, covered with soft feathers or
light particles. Also used7?§-.
Nhb.' Cum. Girt white flofly waves coh fleean ower us, Sar-
GissoNyoc5raa/> (1881) 50. n.Yks.'*, s.Chs.' Brks.' Yer kwut
be all vlufly, let I gi'n a brush. Cor.^
2. Comp. Fluff-weed, the velvet dock, Verbascum Thapsus.
Nrf. (B. & H.)
3. A feather.
n.Yks.* m.Yks.' When used of a feather it, in a strict sense,
has to do with the membraneous part.
4. The down of a peach, &c.
Nrf., Ken., Sus., Hmp. Holloway. Ken. Grose (1790).
5. The lightest of chaft". Cum.'
Hence (i) Fluffment,s/).,y?g-. light, loose talk or material;
(2) Fluffy, adj. {a) chaffy, of very light substance, applied
FLUFF
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FLUKE
esp. to any powdery substance ; (6) light, spongy ; (c)_fig.
superfici.Tl, shallow.
^i . Cum.' ^2, (I) Lnk. Applied to any powdery substance that
can be easily put in motion or blown away; as to ashes, hair-
powder, meal. &c. (Jam.) Nhb.' Used to describe the character
of any very light material, such as (lour, that rises in the air at a
light blow, i/'l w.Yks. What's two pund o' cake when its Icet an'
fluffy ? Yksnian, Cotiitc Attn. (1879) 33. (c) War.^ ' He's a flufly
person,' i.e. he is pretentious but shallow— very inaccurate in
what he says.
6. Fiif. A light temper of mind ; anger, cholcr, temper.
m.Yks.' Ken. Now, jigger me tight! dat rais'd my llulT,
Masters DiH- atnl Sal (c. 1821) st. 74 ; Ken.>
7. V. To cause light particles of down, &c. to rise.
m.Yks.' Thou'll Hull" it up. it" thou doesn't mind.
Hence (i) Fluffed, ppl. adj., (2) Fluffed up, plir.. fis;.
flighty, conceited ; high-flown; plumed, elated. n.Yks.^°
FLUFF, s/;.= and v.'^ Sc. Nhb. Lan. [fluf, fl^f.] 1. sh.
A shake or flap of the wings; a puff, slight breath or gust.
Cf. aaff.
Sc. Ye could never a' keepit ae fluff o' breath in the body o' ye
in aneath the loch, Saint Palikk (iSig) III. 31 (Jam,). Cai.'
Lnk. A fluff of wind (Jam.). Slk. Gies a fluff and a flap wi' his
huge wings, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 146.
Hence Fluff, adv. with a puflf.
Sc. Then fluff, the candle was out (Jam.).
2. A slight explosion ; a sudden ignition.
Sc. Gin a fluff o' gunpowder had come out 0' the grund, it
couldna hae gart the fairy loup heicher, Chambers Pop. Rhytttes
(1870) 75 ; (Jam.) Cai.' Nhb.i A fluff of poother.
3. CoiHp. Fluff-gib, an explosion of gunpowder.
Sc. This unlawfu' wark wi' fighting and flashes and fluff-gibs,
Scott Rob Roy (181 7) xxxi.
4. V. To puff; blow out ; to flap, blow about.
Per. Fluff out the candle (G.W.). Ayr. The labies o' his sark
were wnmtlin' in the win', fluflin' and fanklin' wi' the puir auld
body's bany legs. Service Noiaitdiiiits (1890) 20.
Hence Fluffing, ppl. adj. exploding, making a noise like
a slight explosion.
Lan. I ycrd a fluffin noise ; an' at th' same time ther a flash like
leetenin, Brierlev ^6-o'//!-y«/t' Yaiikceland {iBQ^) iv.
FLUFF, sb.^ Bnff.' A sea anemone.
FLUFF, v.^ Obs. Sc. To disappoint.
Abd. But, yet, nae ferly gin I'm fluffd. By fortune I ha'e lang
been buff'd, Shirrefs Pocttis (1790) ai,
FLUFF, see Flough.
FLUFFER, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. L v. To disconcert;
to agitate, cause to flutter ; to fluster. Bnff.', Nhb.'
2. To flutter, palpitate ; to move or shake excitedly. Cf.
flaffer.
Bnff.' Ayr. He stottit and fluffer't as he had been wud, Service
Notaitcitittis (1890) 67.
3. sb. Aquick vibratory motion, palpitation; hurry, agita-
tion of the mind ; the noise made by fluttering or by a
body in quick vibratory motion.
Sh.I. A peerie wliile eftcr we got him in he gies a awful fluffer
till da boat shuck anunder him again, Stewart Fireside Tales
(1892) 104. Bnff.'
4i.pl. Loose, rustling ends or fragments. Cf flaffer, 56. 3.
Sc. Our minister sin' he cum amang's has banged the puir Bible
till it's a' flufl'ers an'lowse leaves, Dickson Kirk Beadle {iBgoi) 103.
FLUFTER, V. Nhb. Yks. [fluft3(r,] 1. To dis-
concert ; to fluster. Cf fluffer, v. 1.
Nhb.' He wis aall fluftered.
2. Of stone or marble; to 'pluck,' not to work smoothly
across the grain.
w.Yks. There was owd John Hardacre, 'e'd a doorston' 'at was
all ovver little holes, an' 'e said 'at it fluftered (F.P.T.).
FLUGFISTED, adj. N.L' Left-handed.
FLUGGANCE, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Also in forms fluggan
n.Cy. Yks. ; fluggons w.Yks.^ [flugsns.] A slattern ;
a coarse, slovenly woman. Cf. fruggan, 3.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Yks. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) w.Yks.=3
FLUGHRA, see Fluchra.
FLUGHT, FLUGHTER, see Flucht.
FLUIK, FLUIKER, see Fluke, sb.'^, Flucker.
FLVIN, prp. Chs.' Also written fluen. Thawing, melting.
Th' rain's fiuin' th' frost.
VOL. II.
PLUK, V. Irel. Cum. [fluk.] To beat, strike, hit.
Cum. (J.W.O.)
Hence Fluking, vbl. sb. a beating, chastisement.
Ant. A parent will say ; ' A'll gie you a flukin' when A get you,'
Ballytiietta Obs. (1892).
FLUKAN, see Flookan.
FLUKE, sb.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in forms fleak Wm. ne.Lan.' ; fleuk Sc. n.Cy. Cum.'
w.Yks.' ; fleukk Cum.' ; flock Sc. (Jam.) Cum. w.Yks.'
e.Lan.' Hmp.' Wil. w.Som.' ; flowk Sc. Dur. ; fluck
N.Cy.' ; fluik Cum. ; vlook Brks.' [fluk, fliuk, flffik.]
1. Any flat-fish, esp. the flounder, Pleitroncctes flcsus.
Sc. It was two flukics he was hookin' by their tails. Steel
Roivatts (1895) 153 ; And roasts to roast on a brander, Of flowks
that were taken alive, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 87, ed. 1871.
Or. I. Lay as flat as a fleuk, Paely Toral in Ellis Proiitntc. (1889)
V. 800. Cai.' Abd. We catched in the tide whiles the haddock
and fluke, Anderson Rhytttes (1867) 79. Frf. Skate, turbot, an'
flukes, Watt Poel. Sketches (1880) 52. Per. Ye catch a Sperling,
and I catch a fluke, Spence Poeitts (1898) 52. Rnf. Wi' girning,
her mou's like the gab o' the fleuk, Tannahill Poettts (1807) 172,
ed. 1817. Lth. Hotch-potch, an' flukes forbye. Smith Merry
Bridal {1866) 13. Edb. Herrin', fleuk, and mackarel, Fergusson
Poettts (1773) 123, ed. 1785. Dmf. (Jam.) "Wgt. Salmon, fleuks,
sole-fleuks, Fraser Jl'igtoivn (1877) 87. "Wxf. The catching of
flukes in the stream, Ke.\nedy Baitks Bow (1867) 9. n.Cy. Grose
(1790; ; (K.) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.' Dur. Up started the flowk and said
' Here am I,' And ever since that his mouth stands awry, Hender-
son Flk-Lore (1879) ix. Cum. * Burn t'fellow wi' his flooks, he
toaks sa fine yan doesn't kna' what he means.' ' What would you
call them?' I asked. ' Wliy fleeiiks !' said she, Dickinson Ch;;i6;-.
( 1876) 69 ; Her feet flat and braid, as big fluiks, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 1840) 31. "Wm. Fleaks et fry for dinner, Wheeler Dial.
(1790) 113, ed. 1821. s.Wm. Ye ta'en some pawer o' fleaks,
Hutton Dial. Stotlh atid Arii^idc (1760) 1. 31. n.Lan.', ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.', Chs.' = 3_ shr.= Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
Hence (i) Fleuk -footed, adj. flat-footed ; (2) Flook-
mow'd, (3) Fluke-mouthed, adj. having a crooked mouth
like that of a flounder or ' fluke.'
(i) Cum.' (2) n.Sc. (Jam.) (3) ne.Lan.'
2. A large maggot or worm, esp. the worm found in
diseased sheep's livers.
Or.I., Rs., Inv., Lth. In form it resembles the leaf of the sloe-
thorn (Jam.). Cum. (J.Ar.) ; Cum.' n.Yks.' Applied also to the
large maggots, or gentles, found in dead animals, the larvae of the
Flesh-flies ; n.Yks. ^ ne.Yks.' They're as full o' fleeaks as ivvir
they can ho'd. m.Yks.', w.Yks.'^, Der.^, nw.Der.', n.Lin.' Rut.'
The ship [sheep] gets the fluke seemingly off the grass in the low-
lying pastures. Lei.' Ah nivver see so many flewks in a ship's
liver afoor. Glo. (J.S. F.S.), Brks.' Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Etig.
Lang. (1809) 133. e.Suf, (F.H.) Sus.' ^s.v. Flounders). Hmp.'
"Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; Britton Beauties (1825). n.Wil. (E.H.G.)
Dor. Barnes G/. (1863). Sora. W. & J. G/. (1873"); JenningsOA^.
Dial. w.Eitg. {1825). w.Som.' It is quite flat, shaped like a flounder,
and from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in length. Dev. Horae
Siibsecivae (ilTl) 96. [The liver of rotten sheep always contains
the well-known animal the fluke, so named from its striking
resemblance to a flounder, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) "■ S^T-]
Hence (i) Fluked, (2) Fluky, nrf/". worm-eaten or fur-
rowed with ' flukes.' n.Yks.' ^, m.Yks.'
3. Coiiip. Flowk-wort, sheep's-bane, Hydrocotyle vulgaris.
Nrf. From a supposition that it causes the ' flukes' which ac-
company liver-rot in sheep (B. & H.).
4. A variety of kidney potato.
Lakel.2, e Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.), Chs.', n.Lin.'
FLUKE, s6.2 and v. Yks. Lan. In form fleak n.Lan.'
[fliuk, n.Lan. flisk.] 1. sb. A flatterer.
w.Yks. 2 Very common in Bradfield parish ; it is also used in
Sheffield. ' He's an old fluke.' n.Lan.'
2. V. To wheedle, cajole ; to persuade.
w.Yks.2 He fluked me out on it. m.Lan.' Wimmen con fluke
chaps into dooin' owt as they want.
FLUKE, sb.^ Yks. Nrf. [fliuk, fliik.] 1. A guess.
n.Yks.= Aguess; as for instance, at the weight of a pig. 'What's
the fluke? '
2. A ' miss ' in fishing, the hook having given way and
the fish escaped.
Nrf. There's nothing like a solace of bread and cheese when a
'fluke' has happened, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 31.
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FLUKE
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FLUMMOX
FLUKE, sb." Sc. Cum. In form fleukk Cum." 1. A
duck's bill.
Sc. The Puddy he swam down the brook, The Drake he catchcd
him in his fluke, Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 56.
2. The web of the plough-sock. Cum.'
FLUKE, sb.^ Yks. Lan. Shr. [fliuk.] L Obs. pi.
Locks of hair. Shr. Ray (1691). Ct. fuke, sb.
2. Waste cotton. Lan. (Hall.)
3. A downy particle on the dress filliped off with one's
finger. Also useAJig.
ii.Yks.2 It isn't worth a fluke.
FLUKE, sb.° Shr.2 A farrier's lancet or ' fleam' for
bleeding cattle. Cf flue, sb.^
FLUKERS, sb. pi. e.An. The external extremities
of angles of mouths of pikes ; the points or ' flukes' of an
anchor.
e.An. (E.G. P.); e.AnA Nrf. Still in use, and applied to the
lateral process at the angle of a pike's mouth. They are often the
cause of a pike being * caught' in a net and unable to withdraw
(M.C.H.B.).
FLUKKRA, FLUM, see Fluchra, Flam, sb.^
FLUMAS, FLUMBRY, see Frumas, Flummery.
FLUMES, sb. pi. Som. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Hectic flushes.
w.Som. AlJienaemn (Feb. 26, i8g8).
FLUMETY, see Frumniety, si.*
FLUMMAKINS, sb. Lan. In phr. by the Jlwnmakuis
aw, an exclamation or mild expletive.
Nay, by th' flummakins aw, cried th' chap, thee caw o' thy snig
back, Staton B. Shuttle, 54.
FLUMMATY-GUMPTION, sb. e.Yks.' An agitated
state of mind ; a violent perspiration.
FLUMMER, sb. Yks. Chs. [flu-msfr).] A state of
agitation, excitement, confusion, &c.
w.'Vks. Wrastlin made Tom Jones all ov a flummer, T. Toddles' s
Aim. (1873) 12. s.Chs.i Ahy wuz in sich' u fliimiir un flus'tilr
[I was in sich a flummer an' fluster].
FLUMMERY, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
In form Aumbry Shr.' [flu m-, flu'm(3 ri.] 1. Oatmeal
boiled in water till it becomes thick and gelatinous ; a
kind of blanc-mange.
Sc. Cold and hot meat, and oatmeal flummery, wine and spirits.
Scott Biide of Lam. (1819) xxvi. N.I.' (s.v. Sowans\ Dwn.
A food something like porridge. The 'seeds' or ' shillin' seeds '
(husks or shell, or bran of the oats) were sifted out of the oatmeal.
... A quantity of this mixture was put into a ' crock,' and cold
water put on it. After a few days a starchy matter settled down,
Tliis was boiled in a porridge pot, being carefully stirred the while.
It w'as then emptied into wooden or earthenware dishes or basins,
and eaten with milk. It was light brown in colour, a stiff" jelly in
consistence, and tasted slightly sour. . . It was vulgarly called
'sowans,' but politely ' flummery,' A^. V Q. (1876) 5th S. v. 273.
w.Yks. He's had his throit scalded we heitin flummera, Bywater
Sheffield Dial. (1839) 257; w.Yks. = ''5, ne.Lan,' Chs.12 ; Chs.3 In
common use. Shr.' Made from oats — thus : the oats, having been
kiin-dried, are ground, husks and all ; they are then soaked in
water for three or four days till they become sour, after which the
water is strained from them and boiled to a jelly. This is eaten
with milk or beer, and even with wine ' amongst the betterly
people'; Shr.°, Brks.' Bdf. Batchelor .<4)<a/. £»^. iaw^. (iSog)
132. [Recourse was had to water-gruel, and flummery made of
oatmeal, Smollett H. Clinker (1771) 304.]
Hence Flummery-hulls, sb.pl. the skin of oats prepared
for making ' flummery.' Shr.*
2. Fiff. Flattery, cajolery ; nonsense, tomfoolery.
Sc. He scorned forms and flummery, Scorr St. Roiian (1824)
xxxvi. Cai.i Slk. On getting her for my wife all that flummery
would be over, Hogg Tales (1838) 244, ed. 1866. N.I.', N.Cy.',
Cum.i,n.Yks.(T.S.) w.Yks. Banks K-'/y7</.JF</s.(i865). Lan. It's .-jw
flummery un flothcr, un no mooar truth in it than there is in a three-
legged stoo, Staion Looiiiiiiary (c. 1861) 58. ne.Lan.', e.Lan.'
s.Clis.' Ah wish dhu,d drop dhi fliim'uri, un tauk tiisens [Ah wish
tha'd drop thy flummery, an' talk to sense]. s.Lin. It's nowt but
a lot o' flummery (T.H.R. '. Nhp.',Brks.' Wil. Kekhard Dioi;eiies
(1893I xi. w.Som.' Ee dud-n main noaurt, 'twuz uunec uz fluunr-
uree [He did not mean anything, it wasonly his flattery|, Colloq.
Didn't His M.ijesty call it all flummery ?BAunAM/»jg-oWi6>'(ed. 1864)
L.ord of Thonlouse,
3. Needless show or ostentation; personal or household
adornment of a useless character ; a knick-knack.
Ayr. There was a wheen flummeries, o' ae kind and anither,
Service Nofaiidiims (1890) 30. Lth. I could not have believed
. . . how little of pride, flummery, or ceremony there is among the
real gentry, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 209. w.Yks. I nivversaw
so mitch finery an flummery an blaze an glitter e all mi lile put
together, P/(rfsf)/ 0/»H. (1881) 22; For fear t'sun sud fade yor carpets
anyor bits o' flummery, Dewsbre Olm. (1879) 5.
4. Light, loose, or open wool, as opposed to wool that is
matted. w.Yks. (E.G.) ; (S.K.C.)
5. Phr. blood and flummery .' an exclamation.
Ir. Blood and flummery ! what a night, Carleton Fardorougha
(1848) xvii.
[1. Wei. llyniry, flummery, sour oatmeal boiled and
jellied (Richards).]
FLUMMOCK, sb. and v. Yks. Chs. Nhp. War. Wor.
Shr. Hrf Glo. e.An. Also in forms flommak War.*;
flommock War. ; flommuck Chs.' Shr.' ; flummack
War.*; flummick e.An. [Hum-, fleni-, fiomak.] 1. sb.
A slovenly, untidy person. Cf flummox, 5.
War. (JR. W.) ; War.* Hrf. Bou.nd ProjvHc. (1876). Glo.'
2. Hurry, confusion ; bewilderment.
w.Yks.* s.Chs.' Evrithin mim bi dun i sich" u fliim uk [Every-
thin' mun be done i' sich a flummock].
3. i\ To go about in an untidy, slovenly way ; to trail
the dress in a slovenly manner. Cf flammock.
s.CUs.' Aay 60 diiz goa- flum-ukin uliingg [Hai hoo does go
flummockin' alungl. War.'' She goes flommaking about.
Hence (i) Flommaking or Flummicking, ///. adj.
untidy, slovenly; loose, flapping; (2) Flonimucky or
Flumraocky, adj. slovenly, slatternly, ill-dressed; untidy.
fi) s.Chs.' I have heard trousers very wide at the bottom
described as flummockin' or flommockin'. Nhp.' Nearly allied
to flothering; of more common occurrence, and I believe restricted
to female attire. War. Holloway ; War.* A flommaking hussy.
e.An. Our old nurse in discussing the merits of narrow and broad
bordered ladies nightcaps, has just said ' the broard borders are
so flummicking,' e.An. N. ty Q. (1859) I. 36. (2) Chs.' Not in
very common use ; War.^ s.Wor. Pigs cuts up sah flommocky
if a's cut up afore a's cowld (,H.K.). Shr.' A flommucky sort o'
66man. e.Suf. (F.H.)
4. To hurry and confuse ; to move about restlessly.
s.Chs.' Ahy)ni dhaat' flum iikt, ah aa'rdii noa wich thing doo
fost [I'm that flummocked, ah hardly know which thing do first].
e.Suf. Do pray sit still, and not flummock about so (F.H.).
FLUMMOX, v., sb. and adj. In gen. dial, and colloq.
use in ? Sc. and Eng. Also written flummax w.Yks.* Lan. ;
flummix Nhb.' w.Som.'; flummocks Hrf e.An.' Dor.';
flummux Lan. Chs.' War.* Ken. ; and in forms flomax
War."; flommax Nhp.' War.*; vlummox Brks.' [flu'm-,
flE-m-, flo'msks.] 1. v. To bewilder, perplex, puzzle,
astound; to overcome in argument, to non-plus, confound.
s.Sc. He looks fair flummoxed, Cu.nningham Sketches (^1894") iii.
Nhb. An' then, aw's flummaxd, wheesht, the tinklors soondin',
RoBsoN Evangeline {18'jO) 368; Nhb.' In argument the person who
has the best of it says, 'Aa flummix'd him.' Cum. It fair flummaxed
her, Dalby Magivvd { 1888) III. 95 ; Cum.', Wm. (B.K.) e.Yks.'
He bothcr'd ma a lang while wiv his crack-j.iw wods, bud at last
Ahflummox'dhim wi plain straight- forrad Yorkshire. w.Yks. Ah, bud
I wore fair flummaxed wi' itall (^W.M.E.F.); Hannah Leetfooitsed
they wor fairly flummuxed, Hartley C/ocit ..4 /«;. (1893)43; w.Yks.**
He were fair flummoxed. Lan. There was a something in her
face and manner that told the others she was regularly flummuxed,
Brierley Traddlepin, viii. m.Lan.', Der.^, nw.Der.', Not. (J.H.B.),
Not.' s.Not. A got reg'lar flummoxed ower that bit o' hedgin
(J.P.K.). n.Lin.', Lei.', Nhp. (F.R.C.) War.23; War.* Us met
two constables, and that flomaxed us at once. Hrf. (W.W.S.),
Hrf.2, Brks.', e.An.', Suf. (W.W.S.), Ken. (G.B.), Dor.', w.Som.'
[If your governor don't prove a allej'bi, he'll be . . . reg'larly flum-
moxed, Dickens Pickwick (1837) xxxi.]
2. To cheat, deceive ; to overcome by strategy, to baffle.
w.Yks. He worn'ttobe flummaxed, 7". Toddles's Aim. (1862^. Lan.
He's flummaxed th' Squire a bit, Bkierley Colters, xxiii. e.Lan.'
s.Lan. I was flummox'd (W.H.T.). Shr.* Flummoxed him ye sin.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Cor.2 Regularly flummoxed!
3. To maul, mangle; to ill-treat, ill-use. Der.*, nw.Der.',
Hrf
FLUMMUT
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FLURR
4. sb. A hurry, flutter, flurry; confusion, agitation, dis-
turbance.
s.Laii. He's inagradely flummox (S.W.\ Chs.' s.Not. When she
knowcd it was waiitc-d so soon, she were all of a flummox (J.P.K. 1.
Dor. Doan'tce be in a flummocks, N. if O. (1083'! 6th S. viii. 157 ;
Barnes GI. (i863\ w.Som.' A person caught in any improper
action would be described as airl tiie u lluumiks [all in
confusion]. [There is . . . a flummox just under the surface, and
the line sails away full speed, Fishing Gasittc {Oct. 18, 1890) 195.]
5. A slattern ; a slovenly-dressed or over-dressed woman.
Cf. flummock.
m.Lin. Of all the good for nowt flummocks, owd Bess's darter's
the wo'st o' tir lot (T.H.R.). Nhp.' War.*, e.Suf. (F H.)
6. adj. Untidy. '
War. (Hall.) ; War." She's a flomax lassie.
FLUMMUT.ii. Lon. Slang. A mark made by patterers
on doors to signify what sort of a reception they are likely
to get. f J J
He mostly chalks a signal on or near the door.. . ©' Flummut,'
sure of a month in quod, Mayhew Loud. Labour (1851) I. 218.
FLUMP, sb., V. and adv. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Hrf. Glo.
Brks. Suf Ken. I.W. Wil. Dor. Soni. Dev. Also in form
vlump Brks.i I.W.' Wil. [flBnip.] 1. sb. A heavy
fall ; a fall accompanied with noise.
Nhp.i War.2 He went down such a flump. s.Wor. A come
down all o' a flump (H.K.). Glo. Baylis///((s. Dial. (1870) ; GI0.2
Brks.i This word has much the same meaning as'vlop,' except that
^ vlump' usually indicates also that there was dull sounding noise
in the fall. Suf.l A come down sitch a flump. Ken.' She came
down with a flump on the floor. Wil. Her slrick up on thuck
there slide, an' come down wi' a vlump ! (G.E.D.)
2. V. To fall down heavily.
Lei.' Suf.l A hawk flumps or flops on a bird. An ungraceful
person flumps into a chair. I.W.i Wil. Slow G/. (1892I ; Britton
Beaiitirs (1825) ; Wil.i Her vlumped down in thic chair n Wil
(E.H.G.)
3. adv. With a heavy fall, headlong, fiat, plump.
Nhp. I He fell down full flump ; Nhp.^ War.^, Hrf.2 Glo. He
came down flump; I'm sure he must have hurt himself iA.B.) ;
Glo.l s.Cy. He came flump down, Grose (1790). Wil. Down a'
comes vlump like a twoad from roost, Ewing yaii Il'iiidinil/,i8q6)
vi ; The vowerth time I drowd myzelf flump atop of un, Akerman
Tales (1853) 167 ; Wil.i, Dor.l n.Dev. 'A vailed flump on a shord
Rock Jiiit an Nell (1867) st. 102. '
Hence (i) Flumpity-flump, (2) Flumpus, adv. with a
heavy fall or splash ; flop.
(1I Som. Tha butter com'd flumpity-flump at last, Agrikler
Rhymes (1872) 9. (a) Dev. 'Er zed 'er thought 'erzhould a-drapped
down flumpus 'pon th' zecond-'and brissles carpet, Stooke Not
Exactlv, v.
FLUMPY, adj. n.Yks.'^ m.Yks.'
and fat in person, squat.
FLUNGD, FLUNGEN, see Fling.
FLUNGE, V. Lnk. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To skip, caper, ' flounce.'
FLUNGS, V. and sb. Sh.I. 1. v. To turn or sweep
quickly round. 2. sb. A hurried motion in turnin'j
round. S. & Ork.' °
FLUNK, see Flank, sb.'^
FLUNKEY, sb. Sc. Also written flitnkie, flunky ; and
in form flonkie Dmf (Jam.) [flBrjki.] A man-servant,
footman ; a servant in livery.
Sc. Now used rather contemptuously (Jam.) ; His flunkies were
gleaming in purple and gold, Vedder Poems (1842) 87. Frf. The
sound 0' the gowd . . . Gar't the flunkies a' boo to muckle Rab
Rinkin, Watt Poet Sketches (1880) 28. Fif. The lairds, wi' flunkie
and wi' hound, Tennant P«/.,i/,:)- (1827) 59. Ayr. His flunkies
answer at the bell. Burns Tua Dogs 1 17861 I. 54 ; A number of
grooms and flunkies of the courtiers, Galt Gilhaize {^823) iv. Lnk.
Coaches, flunkies, an' jewels, Gordon Pyotshaw { 1885; 71 Edb.
Saw the auld flunkie safely over the strand with a candle, Moir
Mansie fl ai<eh (1828) xi. Slk. An' flunkies to watch ilka glance
o his e e, Hogg Po«Hs (ed, 1865) 405. Dmf. (Jam.) Gall. • That's
nae flunkies answer. What brocht ye into that coat'' 'Juist
the same as brings ye ridin' on anither man's beast,' said the sturdy
serving-man, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxxi. [Not one of the
honest pnvate Plushes could stand up before the Royal Flunkies
Thackeray Af;i«//aMi« (1855) 171.]
[flumpi.] Short
Hence (i) Flunkey-chap, sb. a waiter, servant; (2)
■craft, sb. the craft or trade of a 'flunkey' or man-servant-
(3) -lord, sb. a lord in waiting. '
(1) Elg. Ye starv'd, half-fuddled flunkey chaps, Aye fa'in' in
blunders an' mishaps. Tester Poems (1865) 95. (2) Elg. He's
pass'd throu5h all the various grades for flunkey-craft . From
lad/s page to footman's plush, ib. 73. (3) Per. Ye office-wands
an flunkey lords, Haliburton Ochil Idvlls (1891) 61
FLUNTER, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. In form flounter
n.\ ks. [fiunt3(r).] 1. A fragment ; an untidy end or
piece ; rubbish.
w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suffl. (Apr. 22, 1893") ; A drucken young
hussy o' twenty, barearm'd, bare-breasted, wi' her hair all i'
flunters, Yksmaii. (1881)69. Lan. (A.W.F.)
2. Coiiip. Fhinterdrawer, a rubbish-drawer, a drawer
for odds and ends.
Lan. Put thy strushin's [odds and ends] into the flunter-drawer
(A.W.F.).
3. A state of confusion, flurry, bustle ; a temper, an^rry
state of mind. Freq. in //.
w.Yks. CuDwoRTH Llorton (1886) Gl. ; (C.C.) ; When I hecrd
him say that, it threw me into fflunters (S.P.U.). Lan. He wur
eh sitch a flunter i' gettin deawn agen, Tim Bobbin Vicio Dial.
(1740) 14 ; O poleese koome too us wi seein hur e sich o flunter'
Ormerod Felley fro Rachde (1864) ii. Chs. When he saw th'
moonleet shinin' on my white smock-frock, he ghcet aw of a
flunter, CT^oi^o^ Euoch T/ ».„/•( 18O7; 15 ; They came in and found
the house all of a flunter ,E.M G.).
Hence Fhintered, adj. mixed, confused, flustered.
w.Yks. Leeds Utrc. Snpf'l. (Apr. 22, 1893).
4. Phr. out of flunter or flunters, out of order, out of gear,
gone wrong; out of health.
n. Yks. Sum foak air alius oot ov flounters, Fetherston Snuipains
Fam. 21. w.Yks. (J.S.J.) ; His loom is badly eawt o' flunter
(D.L.). Lan. Theer wor a handle to it, but people got to turning
It, an' thrut it aat o' flunthers (F.P.T.); Aw cowno see ut yon
any occagion to knock yorsel eawt o' flunter, Brierley Irkdale
(1868) 195; It [an organ] wur a thing that wur yezzy thrut eawt
o flunters, Waugh Barrel Organ (1867) 283; Lan.' e.Lan.i
Spoken gen. of machinery. s.Lan. Yigh aw'll lend yo my dog-
cart, but it's eawt o' flunter. Aw'm noan so wcel, aw feel o' out
o' flunter (S.W.).
FLUNY, s6. w.Yks. [flu-ni.] Dyeing term: the froth
or scum on the surface of an indigo vat. (H.H.)
FLUP, sb> Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A person who is both awkward and foolish. See
Fleep.
Ags. A laidly flup [an awkward booby]. It seems also to imply
the idea of inactivity. Cld.
FLUP, sb?- Per. (Jam.) [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Sleet.
FLUP, FLUPPER, see Flop, Flopper.
FLURCH, sb. ? Obs. n.Cy. Lakel. Chs. A quantity,
great many ; used gen. of strawberries.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Bailey (1721); (K.l; N.Cy.= A flurch of
strawberries. Lakel.^, Chs.'s
FLURIBALK, sb. w.Yks.= Also written fluriboke.
[flaTib9k.] A flourish.
He signed his name with a fleriboke. • Frills and flurribalks,'
the finery of feminine dress.
FLURING, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also written
flooring Lan. A brood or flight of chickens or other fowls.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781).
ne.Lan.i
FLURISFEVER, sb. n.Sc. ( Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The scarlet-fever, so called from the
ruddiness of the skin.
FLURN, V. Lin. [flan.] To show contempt by looks ;
to scorn. (Hall.), Lin.'
[And for those abortive births slipp'd from my brain
. . . give me leave to flurn at them, Fletcher Pref. to
Poems (1656) (Nares).]
FLURR,!;. Obs. Sc. Yks. L To scatter, to be scattered.
SIk. The stately ship . . . flurred on high the slender spray,
Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 8 ; On the spray, that flurr'd and gleam'd',
A thousand little rainbows beam'd, ib. 243.
3 12
FLURRIGIGS
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FLUSH
2. To ruffle, disarrange.
n.Yks. How comes thy clathes seay flurr'd, barne, this lownd
day? Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 346.
FLURRIGIGS.sA.//. Niip.i [flsTigigz.] Useless finery.
FLURRIKIN, ppl. adj. Lnk. (Jam.) Speaking in a
flurry or state of agitation. Also used subs/.
FLURRY DAY, si!'. Cor. May 8tli, on which day an
annual festival is held at Helston. Also called Furry-
day, Flora-day (q. v.).
To go to Helston Flurry-day, Tregellas Talcs, 132 ; The 8th of
May is at Helstone given up to pleasure, and is known as Flora-day,
Flurry-dav, Furrv-day. and Faddy, Flk-Lore Jrti. (18861 IV, 230.
FLURRY-GO-NIMBLE, sb. Cor.^ Diarrhoea.
FLURT, s6. Som. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A fool. (Hall.)
FLURT, V. Yks. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To chide or scold. (Hall.)
FLUSERKER, 56. Wm. [flu'sarkar.] A rebuff, a blow,
as a slap on the face ; fig. a surfeit, superabundance.
I dud git a fluserker o' beer t'last Settherda (J.M.).
FLUSH, sb} Lakel. Yks. [fluj.] 1. A children's
game, played with pins, on New Year's Day ; see below.
w.Yks. Every New Year's Day morning, troops of children are
seen running to and fro in the streets from shop to shop, where
their salutation is ' Please, pray nah New Year's gift? ' At the
drapers* shops they are each served with a row of pins, with which
they afterwards play at several pin games. . . Another game is
called ■ flush ' or ' save all.' In order to play this game a small
octagonal wooden roller, four or five inches long, is required. Its
eight sides are marked, two sides each, with I (ones), II (twos),
X (crosses) called 'flush,' and V called 'save all.' Any number
can play at this game. Each player having deposited say two
pins, then commences to throw the roller in his turn, and if it
stands at I the player takes up one pin ; if at II, two pins must be
deposited to the stock by the unlucky player ; if at V, all are saved,
there being neither losses nor gains ; but if it stands at X, ' flush,'
then the thrower wins the lot. A', iy O. (1877) 5''' S- viii. 504.
2. A game played for nuts. Lakel.'^
[Prob. the same word as OY v. flits, ' jeu de cartes ' (La
Curne).]
FLUSH, v}, adj} and sb? Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel,
and Eng. Also in form flusfs Lan. [fluj, fluj.] 1. v. Of
water : to run fast and full ; to clear a drain by holding
up the water and then letting it go with a rush. Also
usedy?g',
Rnf. With wieldy verse and jinglin'. He sings o' muirs and
mosses ; With sublimities ay minglin', He flashes and he flushes,
Webster Rhymes (1835) 11. n.Cy. (J.W.), n.Lin.i
2. To cause to grow.
n.Lin.i This sup o' raain hes flush'd th' gress nistly.
3. adj. Full, overflowing ; in a state of flood.
Shr.2 The Sivirn's pretty flush.
4. Of grass, &c.: luxuriant. Wil.' See 14.
5. Abundant, well off, having abundance of; used esp.
of money. In ^<;«. colloq. use.
Sc. By house-carpenters, a plank is said to be ' held flush," when
it is full in its dimensions, rather exceeding than too small (Ja.m.) ;
To show how flush Ye're at sic sport, Skinner Poems (1809) 183
(Jam.). e.Sc. He's flush enough o' siller, Setoun Sunshine (1895)
102. Frf. Tent well a lass of beauty flush, Morison Poems (1790)
148. Ayr. They gied him a lairge soom o' money, and he cam
hame to see his freens, and was quite flush. Service Notandnms
(1890, 36. Nhb. He was flush o' wark. If y'or flush thi day len'
us a shillin [said of money] (R.O.H,); And when wark's flush,
Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 51 ; Nhb.>, n.Yks, (T,S.) e,Yks.'
Ah decant knaw wheear his money cums fra, bud he seems varry
flush. ■w,Yks, (J,W,) s.Not. If yer ain't flush of yeses, chuck uz
a few noes. Prior Renic (1895) 247, n.Lin.' He's gotten a big
property, bud he isn't very flush of money. Nhp.i Oxf.' MS.
add. Mid. He owes me five ponies ; . . , I am pretty flush now,
and I don't care to squeeze him, Blackmore Kit (1890) II, xxi,
■Wil, Slow Gl. (1892), Som. .Sweetman IVincanlon Gl. (1885).
CoIIoq. I'm not very flush of money, but I must give you something
for him, HucMiES T. Brown 0.\f. (1861) xxx,
6. Liberal, lavish ; full-handed, prodigal, wasteful.
w,Yks. Yau'r mains flush, Tiioresby Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks,*,
Chs.' Shr.' 'E's more flush 6dth 'is money than sense.
7. Even with, on a level. Also in phr. flush by.
Nhb.i The plates are not flush. Cum.' n.Yks. His leather land,
thoo knaws, wer floosh wi' oors, Munby Verses (1865) 66. Chs.^
The brick coping is flush with the wall, n.Lin,' Watter was flush
by th' bank top ; if ony moore raain hed cum'd it wo'd ha' been
oher, Nhp.' A wall or building is said to stand flush with another,
when it is in the same line, or ranges with it ; or it does not stand
flush, when it is irregular, or one part projects before another.
Shr.2 Now us bin flush. e.An.*, Ken.=, Sus.= Sus.,Hmp. Hollo-
wav. Hnip.', w.Som.i
8. sb. A sudden rise in a stream ; the overflowing of a
river. Cf flash, sb.'^, flesh, sb. 5.
Sc. (Jam,) Shr.' Such as would be caused by a thunder-storm
a few miles up : it rapidly subsides, and thus differs from a flood.
' Theer's a fine flush i' the Sivern ; they'n ketcht it among the Welsh
'ills someweer' ; Shr.^ An increase of water in the river Severn,
not so large a quantity as a flood. ' Now the flush is come we'en
be off i' th' ownden'
Hence Flushy, «(//'. of ground after a continuance of wet
weather : swampy. Sus.'
9. A pool of water fed by a mountain stream ; a pool
extending almost across a road.
If. But the best sport of all was . . . just at Jack Gallagher's
flush, where the water came out a good way across the road,
Carleton Traits Peas, (ed, 1843) 1, 67, N.I.'
10. Apiece of moist ground; a morass; a reclaimed bog.
sw.Sc. In many farm-towns are places called ' The Flush,' which
is descriptive of watering places, or, at least, of such as are soft,
or overspread with water, N. & Q. (1874) 5th S, ii. 253, Rxb, In
this parish there is a marshy place in the hills, known as the
Flush-moss, in which peats were formerly cast, but it has been
surface-drained, ib. 115 ; (Jam,)
11. Snow in a state of thaw, esp. as mixed with rain-water.
Sc. When a mixture of snow and water remains on the ground
after a thaw has commenced it is still said ' There is a flush on
the ground ' (Jam.). Ayr. There had been pies and porter at the
flushes, as usual. Service Notandums (1890) 24.
12. The stream from a mill-head. Cf flesh, sb. 6.
Nhp.', e.An.' Nrf. Let's look over the bridge and see the flushes.
It was considered a great treat to go to the ' New Mill,' at Nor-
wich, on a summer evening, and see the young men and big boys
dive from the bridge into the flushes (W.R.E ).
13. Abundance, plenty ; a superabundance, surfeit ; fig.
congestion of the markets.
Sc, Gen. applied to something liquid (Jam,). n.Cy. (J,W.)
s,Chs.' Jiist i)dhu fliish Ci)dhu maarkit [Just i' the flush o' the
market]. Lin.^ Lei,' A plenty 's better nur a floosh. War.^
14. A rich growth of grass, &c. ; rich foliage ; a show, as
of grass.
Sc. The bonny bit thorn . . . had a' the flush o' blossoms on it,
Scott Midlothian 1,1818) xx. Bnff.i A rich growth of short dura-
tion. Theneepsare nae agueedecrap : the're jist a flush o' hehds.
The corn cam up wee a great flush ; bit it a' dwinnilt awa shortly.
The aipple tree is ae flush o' laives. Shr.' I call it a lat spring,
now close upon May-Day, an' no grass — on'y a bit of a flush.
Wil,' nw. & se,'Wil. A flush of after-grass so early and so rank,
Davis Gen. View Agric. (i8n) 139; The advantage of the first
flush of grass a month before the upland meadows will produce it,
is already pointed out, ib. 199,
Hence Flushy, adj. of grass : young and tender, growing
suddenly after rain, Sur,'
15. The hot stage of a fever. Cf flosh, sb. 9.
ne.Lan,' 1' t'flush on it. s.Cy. (Hall.)
Hence (i) Flushy, (2) Flushy-faced, adj. red-coloured,
rubicund; inflamed, red-faced. n.Yks."^, m.Yks.'
FLUSH,v,2 Yks, [fluJ,] Ofamine: toceaseorstopwork.
w,Yks. (J. P.); T'pit's flushed (S.J.C).
FLUSH, v.^ Sc, Irel, Yks, Chs. Der. Not. Lin. [fluJ.]
1. To fly up quickly and suddenly, to fly off the nest
from a fright or scare. Also uscAfig.
w.Yks, Also used in the sense of any one being suddenly caught
in an action of which they are ashamed (^B.K.) ; Leeds Merc. Stippl.
(Apr. 22, 1893).
2. To startle or ' put up ' a bird in shooting ; to disturb
or frighten game, vermin, lic.
Sc. (A,W.) N.I.' To startle a shoal of herrings at night, so that
the fish indicate their presence by disturbing the surface of the
water. w.Yks, (J.W.) Chs. A friend tells me that within the last
six months, on the top of Bidston, his setter flushed a pheasant,
Bidslon Hill (1894) 24 ; Chs.^ nw.Der.' Flushed a woodcock.
Not.' Ah flushed a brace of buds in yon close. n.Lin.' Joseph
FLUSH
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FLUSTER
Jackson flush'd caghty-three rats oot on one stack, [MaYer
Sfilsiiiirs Direct. 1.1845) 144.]
[1. Made the fawcon to ffloter and fflush ffor anger,
Rich. Redcless (1399) 11. 166. 2. I make them to flush
Each owl out of his bush, Jonson Mosque 0/ Owls (1626),
ed. Cunningham, III. 189.]
FLUSH, odj.^ In geit. dial, use in Ircl. and midl.
and s. counties of Eng. Also in forms flish Dev.' ; vlish
vv.Som.' [flBj, w.Cy. vlij.] Of birds: full-feathered,
fledged. Cf. flazz, fleshy.
N.I.' s.Chs.' A lliisli IkihyCir [flush flyer] is a young bird just
beginning to lly. Der.^, nw.Der.* Lei.' Whoy, them 'avn't bol-
chins, they've lloosh. Nhp.' War. (J.R.W.) ; B'/iam Wkly. Post
(June 10, 1893) ; War.'^^^ s.Wor. (^H.K.) Shr.l Turn knows to a
thrustle's nist u6th five young uns. but tiiey binna flusli yet ; Shr.'^
Tak em when a bin flush. Glo.=, Brks.', Hnt. (T.P.F.), Hmp.
(J.R.W.), Hmp.i Wil. Britton Beauties (1825); Wil.i Dor.
I'hc young birds be nearly flush, Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. I
hired tha young rooks while gittin flush an ginnin jist ta ca,
Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eitg. (1825") 157. w.Som.' Dhai drish-ez-l
bee vlish giin Ziin'dee [those thrushes will be fledged by Sunday].
Dev.' Like a bard that isn't flisli, 15. n.Dev. A copperfinch an'
hoop's nest . . . Tha leetle wans all flush, Rock Ji}n an' Nell (1867)
St. 123. nw.Dev.', Cor.^
Hence (i) Flush, sb. a full-fledged bird; (2) Flush-
balshed, (3) Flushed, pp. fledged, ready to fly.
(O War. (J.R.W.) Som. Sweethan Wiiicanton Gl. (1885').
(2; m.Wor. A young bird just out of the nest, or with fresh
and few feathers, is said to be ' fresh balsh'd ' ; when full-feathered
it is said be 'flush balshed' (T.C.). (3) Chs.i Hrf.^ Urn be all
flushed and fled. Dev. Their feathers also grew so fast, that they
were completely flushed on Sunday, Bray Desc. Tamar and Taiy
(1836) I. 349. Cor.' The birds have flushed and flied.
[Parcni, full-grown, flush, come to perfection (Cotgr.).]
FLUSH-CAKE, 56. n.Yks.^ The piece of dough, put
into the oven, to test its heat, before commencing to bake.
FLUSHCOCK(S, sb. Cum. Wm. The plant, Jtincus
iiigrilellus or laiiiprocarpns.
Cum.' Wm. Peats, or flushcocks, or prickinSj Hutton Bran New
Work (1785) 1. 398; Flushcocks are 'sieves' growing in damp
places on the fells, shorter and flatter than the ordinary * sieve ' :
they are cut, dried, stacked, and often used as bedding for horses,
ib. Gl. E.D.S.
FLUSHER,56. Yks. Cor. [flBj3(r).] The red-backed
shrike, Lanius collurio. See Flasher.
Yks. Obs. The lesser Butcher-bird, Ray (1674) 83. Cor.
SwAiNSON Birds (1885) 48 ; Rood Biids (1880) 314. [It is called
in Germany Der Wurger, the ' Strangler ' or ' Garotter,' and Der
Fleischer, the' Butcher,' whencenodoubtcomestheprovincial name
in some parts of England the ' Flusher,' Smith Birds (1887) 123.]
FLUSHERMAN, sb. Lon. A man who flushes a sewer.
I received a similar account to this from one of the London
flushermen, Mayhew Land. Labour (ed. 1861) IL 151.
FLUSHET, sb} w.Som.* A freshet or flood in a
brook ; a sudden rush of water in a stream. See Flush, v}
There was a proper flishet [flish-ut, vlish'ut] in our water a
Vriday. vor all we ad'n a got no rain here.
FLUSHET, sb? Cor.'" A dam in a stream ; a weir.
FLUSHINGS, sA. w.Yks. [flujinz.] A heavy, coarse
cloth, with a deep nap. (M.F.)
[Flushing, so called from the place where it was first
manufactured.]
FLUSH. VLEA, sb. Dor. [Not known to our other
correspondents.] The common house-fly. (C.W.B.)
FLUSK, v., sb. and adv. Yks. Lan. [flusk.] 1. v. To
make a whirring, fluttering sound ; to fly at, ruffle up the
feathers. Also pig. to quarrel.
w.Yks. Hens fluskin in t'hassmiddens, Tom Treddlehoyle
Exhebishan (1857) 27 ; Cudworth Horton (i886) Gl. ; w.Yks.'
Lan. There wur some'at coom fluskin' down fro' th' window,
Waugh Chim. Corner (1874") 173, ed. 1879 '1 Th' owd tuttle fluskt
hursel up on th cheer, seame us o broody hen, Scholes Tim
Gamwattle (1857) 29 ; To fly at one, as fighting cocks do, Grose
(17901 MS. add. (P.)
2. To startle or ' put up ' a bird ; to confuse, startle.
Cf. flush, v.^
m.Yks.' A person treading the grass flusks a partridge, and is
also flusked himself by the sudden noise made. w.Yks.*
3. sb. A whirring sound; a flutter; a quarrel, conten-
tion, skirmish, fight.
m.Yks.' When she got her letter, and saw who it was from, she
was all in a flusk and flutter, w.Yks. Admiral Dundas seemed as
if he'd hcv a bit ov a flusk it dereckshan a Odessa an Sebastapool,
Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1855) 6 ; w.Yks.' There wor
a bit of a flusk between 'em. Lan. Summot coorae with a greyt
flusk thro th' riddle, Tim Bobdin View Dial. (1740) 16; Lan.'
4. adv. With a whirring sound.
Lan. A mugful o' starch coom flusk into my face, Waugh Winter
Fire^ 27.
[L Cp. Norw. d\s\.flugsa, to flutter (Aasen).]
FLUSKER, V. and sb. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. Nhp. Shr.
[flusk3(r), flB-sk3(r).] 1. v. Of a bird : to flutter ; to
fly with sudden and disordered motion. Cf. flasker.
w.Yks. T'gooise seein it began taflusker it wings an tried ta get
off ma back, Tom Treddlehoyle iJai'nis/a -4h«. (1881)47 J w.Yks.*
A bird has flusker'd out here. Chs.' ; Chs.* To fly irregularly, as
nestlings taking their first purposeless flight. Not. (A.P.IJ.) ; Not.'
Take her up quietly ; don't let her flusker. sw.Lin.' Of a hen,
' What with fluskering in going on, she broke one on 'em ' ; of
pigeons, ' At the least noise they all flusker out.' s.Lin. A' heerd
the bods fluskerin' in the cage, and then a' see the cat (F.H.W.).
Nhp. Not a sound was there heard, save a blackbird, or thrush.
That, started from sleep, flusker'd out of the bush, Clare Poems
(1820) 213; The crowing pheasant . . . clumsy fluskers up, and
falls, ib. Fill. Minst. (1821) I. 94; Nhp.'
Hence Fluskering, ppl. adj. fluttering, flying with
a sudden and disordered motion.
Nhp. The fluskering pheasant took to wing, Clare Vill. Minst.
(1821) 1. 72.
2. To startle a bird ; to hurry, confuse, agitate ; to
fluster, put out ; to be confused, agitated, flurried. Cf.
fluster, V. 5.
w.Yks.*, Chs.'* s.Chs.' Ahy)m naat' gbo'in fliiskCir misel" [I'm
nat gooin' flusker mysel]. Not.' s.Not. A were fluskered like,
wi' him comin' on me so sudden (J.P. K.). n.Lin.' You moan't
flusker them hens doon noo that thaay're goan to bed, if ta' duz
thaay'll lose ther sens. Nhp.' I was so fluskered, I could not tell
what to do. Shr.' I fluskered to get all done an' be ready for
church ; Shr.^ Meetily flusker'd.
3. sb. A flutter, the noise made by a bird in rising for
flight ; a hurry, bustle ; a state of confusion, agitation, or
flurry. Cf. flasker, sb. 3.
s.Clis.' Ah eeurd sich- u fliis-kur [Ah heerd sich a flusker].
Not. It just gave a flusker (J.H.B.); Not.' s.Not. Tek it easy;
don't get yersen into a flusker (J.P.K.). n.Lin.' She was in a
biggish flusker when she fun' that the'r landlord was cumin' to
see 'em. s.Lin. Whativer arr yh a doin' ? Yh've put me in sich a
flusker (T.H.R.). Shr.' I warrant if we bin in a flusker somebody's
sure to come.
FLUS(S, sb. and v. Nhb. Lan. In form flush Nhb.
[flus, flusj.] 1. sb. A flash or sudden explosion. Cf.
flust, sb.
Nhb. A little lad . . . settin' off flushes wi' lowse poother, Chater
Tyneside Ann. (1869) 35. Lan. I'll give 'em leeave t'mak a tit of
a besom-stail . . . an' send me flyin . . . wi' a squib at back on me
like a fluss o' H — wynt, Brierley IVaverlow {iS,B^) 174 ; He went
off like a flus o' peawder, ib. Marlocks (1867) 30.
2. V. To fill (the air) with fumes and flashes.
Lan. Where meadows luxuriated and orchards bloomed, factories
fluss the air with oily gossamers, ib. Cast upon World (1886) 29.
FLUS(S, see Floose.
FLUSSLE, sb. Not. A bustle, fuss, fluster. See
Fustle, sb.
s.Not. As soon as ah knowed, ah Were all of a flussle (J.P.K.).
FLUST, sb. and v. Lan. [flust.] L sb. A charge of
gunpowder. Cf. flist, sA.'
The lads stuck a peece o' papper in his meawth, wi' a flust o'
gunpeawder in it, Ferguson Moudywarp, 7.
2. V. To blast or shatter with gunpowder. Cf. flist, v.^
We cood heer a deol o' clatterin' an' Austin o' steom, ib. 10.
FLUSTER, sb. and v. Var. dial, and coUoq. uses in
Sc. Ircl. and Eng. Also in forms flooster N.I.' ; floster
Dev.*; flouster Per. ; flowstern.Yks.^w.Som.' ; flusther
e.Yks.' ; vluster Brks.' [flus-, Ab's-, flii-s-, fleust3(r).]
1. sb. A state of confusion, excitement, or flurry; hurry,
impetuosity, flutter. In gen. colloq. use.
FLUSTERGATED
[43°;
FLUTTERY
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. Chirsty would be in an uncommon fluster,
Barrie Tluums (,1889) ii. n.Yks. Then she wad put hersel into
sike flusters, Broad Yks. 17 ; n.Yks. 1= e.Yks.' Decant put thysen
1 sike a flusther. m.Yks.' The visible condition of an excited
speaker would be fluster, as would also the rhodomontade he .was
indulging in. The word has also the meaning of hurry. 'He's in
a fluster to be off.' w. Yks. Aw saw a woman standin on th' cawsey
actin in a queer way, an seeminly all in a fluster, Hartley Clock
^/;);. (1894') 5 ; w.Yks.i Not. I'm all of a fluster (.W.H.S.). Brks.i,
Oxf.' w.Som.i Zeo-n-2 uur zeed-n, uur wuz aul oavur een u
fluwstiir [iAsi soon as she saw him, she was all over in a fluster].
Dev.3 They'll be in a main floster up to sheepshearingsupper to-
night.
2. A flush of heat upon the skin ; a slight eruption.
Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks.' 2, m.Yks.i
Hence (i) Flustered, pp. {a) reddened or irritated ;
having a slight eruption on the skin ; (b) swelled or
bloated ; (2) Flusterment, sb. a flush of heat upon the
skin ; a slight eruption.
(i, a) Wm. His feeace is o flustered ower wi gurt scabs (B.K.).
n.Yks.2' Beeath fluster'dandscauder'd,'bothinflamed andblister'd;
said of the feet. (6) w.Yks. HurroN Tour lo Caves (1781). (2)
n.Yks.2
3. A puffing, high-flown advertisement. n.Yks.'^
4. A twist or twirl. w.Yks.'^
5. V. To confuse, flurry, agitate ; to hurry ; to worry,
bother, excite. Ccn. in pp. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. Weel Sam'l, I d'na want to fluster ye, Barrie
Licht (1888) viii. N.I.i, Wm. (B.K.) e.Yks.' Deeant flusther
thysen seeah. w.Yks. When he went to get wed he wor so flus-
tered woll he stood i'th wrang place. Hartley Budget (1872) 36 ;
T'witness wor gettin rayther puzzled an flustered, Tom Trf.ddle-
no'^LE Bainisla Ann. (1896 j 8. Lan.Afther he'd bin flusterinabeawt
thee o' neet, Brierley Layrock (1864) v. s.Lan. Th' owd paison
coom down on me so suddenly aw wur fair flustered (S.W. ). Not.
(W.H.S.) ; Not.^ s.Wor. When 1 flusters a bit at my work I gets
'ot, and then I ketches cold (H.K.). w.Som.' I was that there
u-fluw'sturd [a-flowster'dj, I could'n spake, nif twas tosave my live.
Hence (1) Floustering, sb., (2) FJowstemient, sb. con-
fusion, flurry, or agitation; (3) Flustring, />//. adj. hurried,
flurried, confused, agitated.
(i) Per. The General wad hae ordered me out himsel'. He'll
stand nae flousterin' frae the attendance I'setellye, Clelakd Iiick-
brackeii (1883) 65, ed. 1887. (2) w.Som.' You never didn zee
nobody in no jis flowsterment's he was, hon maister axed o' un
hot he'd a-got in his bag. (3I Edb. A flustring streak now she
does gi'e. And cuts her thumb, Ila'rsI Hig (1794) 15, ed. 1801.
6. To stumble or trip in the dark. nw.Der.' 7. To
flourish or flutter in showy colours ; to be very gay.
n.Yks. ^ Dev. (Hall.) Hence Flowster-docken, sb. the
purple foxglove. Digitalis purpurea. n.Yks.^
FLUSTERGATED, /-A l.W. Blustering. (Hall)
FLUSTRATE, v. Nhb. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Lan. Nhp.
Wor. Brks. Mid. l.W. Wil. Dev. _Also in forms flusterate,
flusthrate Lan. [flus-, flBstret.] To fluster, confuse,
agitate, take aback, put out. Gen. in pp.
Nhb.' Aw gat quite flustrated, Rodson Jenny Lind (1848).
LakeL^ Lan. Hommerin' him abeat th' yead whol he were fair
flusthrated, Clegg £>aw'rf's Z,oo);!( 1894) xv; Do I look flustcrated?
BniERLEYCo/tos.vii. w. Wor. [It]quite flustrated him, S.Beauchamp
Granllty Grange (1874) H. 186; Bein' flustrated she right well
dratted 'em, ib. I. 203. Mid. She looks right enough, and she was
genuine flustrated, Blackmore Kit ' 1890) H. vii. WIL' A didn't
zay anything. . . but a looked a leetle flustrated like, JFi/. Tales, 1 19.
Hence (i) Flustrated,/.//. adj. tipsy; (2) Flustration,
sb. confusion, agitation ; a state of fright, nervous excite-
ment or agitation.
(l) Wil.' (2) Cum.', e.Yks.' Lan. I was in such a flustration,
Wauch Heather, 1. 242 (ed. Milner). Nhp.', Brks.' l.W.'; l.W.'
It putt me into a regular flustration about it. Dev.'
[We were coming down Essex Street one night a little
flustrated, Steele in Sped. (1712) No. 493.]
FLUTCH, s/).' Lth. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] An inactive person. Hence Flutchy, adj.
inactive, lazy.
FLU'TCH.si.' Chs. Fluff, dust.
Thear's flutch upo' thoi coat, Wareurton Sngs. (i860) 91.
FLUTER, V. e.Lin. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] To trim a hedge. (G.G.W.)
FLUTHER, see Flutter.
FLUTHERS, sb. pi. Fif. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The loose flakes or lamina of a stone.
Also called Blaffen.
FLUTTER, V. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin.
Glo. Sus. Wil. Also in forms flowther Dmf. ; fludder
Sc. (Jam.) w.Yks.' ; fluther Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' Nhb.' Yks.
s.Chs.' n.Lin.' ; vlutter Wil. [flut9(r, Ab t3(r, fluSa(r,
flB-'£'3(r.] 1. V. To fly out in a disorderly manner ; to
frighten, cause to flutter; to confuse, agitate; to be in
a great bustle or state of agitation.
Sc. (Jam.) Fif. 'Vouseemfluthered.' ' I daursay, I thocht by the
wayhepintedthatye had gaen owre the rocks,' Meldrum Margredel
(1894) 160. Yks. It fluthered about, did the bits of fire (F.P.T.).
Chs.' s.Chs.' Goa* un fludh'ur dhu enz on tu^th roost [Go an'
fluther the hens on to th' roost]. Diin yii sey au" dhem fidh'urz
usahyd)n dhu mae-r ; dhaat~;s weeur dhu weyld diiks kumn un
fliidh'urn [Dun j'6 sey aw them fithers aside'n the mere; that's
wheer the weild ducks com'n an' fluthern]. n.Lin.'
Hence (i) Fluthering, ///. adj. bustling; confused,
agitated ; (2) Flutter-grub, sb. a man who takes a pleasure
in working in the dirt and getting into every possible mess;
(3) -muck, sb. a term of contempt, a ' stick-in-the-mud.'
(i) Sc. A flutherin creature (Jam.). (2) Sns.' (3) w.Yks. What's
that to thee, thou fluttermuck ? Tom Lee (1875) 20.
2. To brandish, wave ; to gesticulate ; to wave to and fro.
s.Chs.' Look ut dhaat' felu fludh urin iz stik- [Look at that fellow
flutherin' his stick]. Wey kud)nu eyur im speek, bu wi kiid sey
im fliidhurin tin dooin [Wey cudna hear him speak, bu' wfi cud
sey him flutherin' an' doin'].
3. To flood, overflow ; to effervesce.
Cai.' Lin. The stuff all sissed and fluthered out, Brown Lit.
Latir. (1890) 46.
4. sb. A hurry, bustle, stir; a state of agitation or con-
fusion. In gen. colloq. use.
Sc. (Jam.); He redd me frae a' my fluther, Waddell Psalms
(1871) xxxiv. 4. Fif. Chasin fast the tane the tither They cam a'
round him in a fluther, Tennant Papistry (1827) 38 ; Tod Lawrie
she Cam' wi' an unco fluther, He 'mang the sheep like fire did flee,
Douglas PofHi5 (1806) 97. Nhb,' It put us aal iv a fluther. w.Yks.'
Clis,' Aw'm aw of a flutter. s.Chs.' Dhai mai'd u ter'ubl fliidh'ur
ubuwt it [They made a terrible fluther abowt itl. Wil. Slow CI.
(1892).
Hence (i) Flutterafion, sb., jig. frivolity, restlessness,
unsettlement ; (2) Flutterment, sb. fluttering excitement;
(3) Fluttery, adj. slovenly ; in a state of bustle or con-
fusion.
(i) Edb. Train'd i' the path o' dissipation, An' deckit wi' French
flutteration, Learmont Poems (1791) 143. (2) Lan. Let's have a
doance ! These toes o'mine are ram jam full o' flutterment, Waugh
Yeth-Bobs (1869) i ; Lan.' (3) Nhb.'
5. An abundance so great as to cause confusion.
Exb. Most commonly applied to bog or meadow-hay, that grows
very rank (Jam.).
6. A litter.
Glo. Gl. (1851) ; Glo.' Glo. Jrn. (May 29 and June 12, 18S0).
7. A rising or slight swelling in a river; a mass of
moving water, snow, &c.
n.Sc. When a river swells in some degree, so as to become
discoloured, it is said ' There is a fluther in the watter.' This
denotes a slighter change than what takes place in a spate (Jam.).
Dmf. 'Twas mair like a flowther o' drivin' snaw, Reid Poems
(1894) 161.
Hence Fluthery, adj. (i) flabby, soft, not firm. Or.I.
(Jam. Stippl.) ; (2) boggy, marshy. s.Sc. (ib.)
FLUTTERICK, sb. N.I.' The spotted gunnel, Blen-
niiis ((uiiiiellus. Also called Clavin.
FLUTTERMOUSE, s/;. Ilrf Sus. limp. [flBta meus.]
The bat, Vespertilio pipislrelliis. See Flitterniouse.
Hrf.2 Sus. (F.A.A.); ^S.P.H.) ; Sus." Hmp. Holloway;
Nature Notes, No. 2.
FLUTTERY, adj Wil. Dev. [flB-t(3)ri.] 1. Of
weather : uncertain, showery, ' catchy.'
Wil.' 'Tull be a main fluttery hay-making to-year, I warnd.
2. Dressy, dressing according to the fashion. Cf fluster,
V. 7. Dav. I am no fluttery body, Reports Provinc. (1884) 18
FLUTTOCK
[431]
FLY
FLUTTOCK, sb. Lan. [flu'tak.] A Hat-fish, a plaice.
See Fluke, sl>.^
A greyt fat llultock (A.W.F.V
FLUX, J'.' Sus. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Also written flucks
Unip.' Wil.' : and inform vluxIAV.'* [fl^ks.] Topeckin
anger like a lien ; to fly at and strike with the wings; to
snatch at anything.
Sus.' Hmp.' Til' old hen flucksed un. I.W.' As a hen with
chicken flying at and striking an animal with her wings ; I.W.-
'riie wold hin's zcttcn and she'll vlux ye if ye don't look out.
Hence (i) Flucksey, ac//. of a hen : making a great fuss
over her chickens; (2) Fluxing, sl>. a noisy squabbling
among children, poultry, .Sic. ; a beating, thrashing.
(i) 'Wil.' A flucksey old hen. (2) Hmp. Tom gave Harry a
flu.'iing iJ.Ar.').
FLUX. i'.2 Sus.' To blush.
FLUXING, vb/. sb. Bck. The act of being sodden or
run together by heavy rains.
Preventing the surface from fluxing — from being run together
bv heavy rains, Marshall Review (,1814^ IV. 531.
' FLUZiZ, V. and sb. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also
in form fluize Cum. [fluz ] L v. To blunt, turn up or
jag at the edge. Gen. in pp.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Cum. (H.W.') ; Cnm.l As the end of a
walking stick sometimes is without a ferule. n.'Wm. Ye cant drive
a wedge when t'end's fluzzcd {B.K.\ s.'Wm. (J.A B.) w.Vks.
Lucas Stud. Nuliitn/ti.'e (c. 1882) G/.; Hutton Tour to Ours
(1781); w.Yks.', Lar..i. n Lan.i, neXan.'
Hence Fluzzed, ppl. adj. blunt and jagged at the edges.
Lan.', ne.Lan.'
2. To bruise, disfigure.
Cum.' n.Yks.^ I'll fluz thy mun ri'll disfigure thy mouth].
m."Srks.' w.'Vks. Lucas Stud. Niddeidale (c. 18821 Gl.
Hence (i) Fhiz-mun. sb. a full mouth with protruding
lips, as though bruised ; (2) Fluzzed, ///. adj. bruised ; (3)
Fluzzer, sb. a bruise.
(,1) w.-yks. (L.M.S.) (a') w.Yks.', Lan.', ne.Lan.i (3) m.Yks.'
Used in a familiar way. "That's a fluzzer [a bruise, and no mistake].
3. To crumple, ruffle ; to brush up.
w.Yks. 2 The carpet is fluzzed up. In pheasant-shooting a
gamekeeper would say 'Fluz 'em up, sir,' meaning 'ruffle their
feathers' ; w.Yks. ^ Heard applied to a servant cleaning firegrates,
and may have reference to the noise produced by the brushes.
4. sb. A blow ; a bruise.
Lakel.2 y\i, o^t seek a fluzz at t'side o' t'heed wi' his nief. ra.Yks.'
FLUZZINGS, i-6. />/. Yks. Lan. Written fluzzins Lan.
[flu'zinz.] Weaving term : the short loose fibres which
fall or fly from the threads while being spun or woven.
Also useAJig. Cf. iloose.
w.Yks. Prob. so called from their light fluzzy appearance (W.T.^.
Lan. To my thinkin 'at he's o' fluzzins an' beggar-berm, Waugh
Cliiin. Conifr (1874) 163, ed. 1879.
FLY, s6.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in forms
flea Per. Chs.^; flee Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Cai.' Nhb.' Cum.'
Wm. n.Yks.'^ w.Yks.^ Lan. Chs.'= n.Lin.' Dor. (Hall.) ;
vlee I.W.'; vly Dev.' [flai, fli.] 1. In comb, (i) Fly-
blown, (a) the eggs of flies or maggots newly deposited ;
(b) damaged in character; (c) half-drunk; (2) -boy,
a seller of fly-papers ; (3) -catcher, a spider's web; (4I
•dod, the ragwort, Seiiecio Jacobaea; (5) -droven, fly-
blown, applied to meat on which the eggs of the blow-
fly have been deposited ; (6) -flap, (7) -flapper, an instru-
ment used to drive away or kill flies; (8) -flowers, (a)
butterflies ; (6) all species of orchis, except O. masciila ;
(c) the all-heal, Pninclla vulgaris ; (9) -flowns, see -blown
(a) ; do) -gest, a piece of cut paper, hung up for attract-
ing flies; (ii) -girt, a small quantity of anything ; (12)
•gelding, the ladybird, Cocciiiella septem-pimclata ; (13)
■haunted, haunted by flies; (14) -mooats, the fly-spots on
window-panes; (15) -nurt, see -dod; (i6) -picked, low-
lived, marked with fly-spots; (17) •smitches,(i8) -smits,see
■mooats; (19) -smitten, (20J -strucken, see -droven ; (21)
•time, the season or time of year in which flies are
troublesome, summer ; (22) -'s-wing,y5^. a particle, atom.
( I, rt Cum.'. w.Yks. fJ.W.) (6) n.Lin.' He was a fool to marry
a flee-blawn bitch like that, fc) w.Yks.^ (2) Lon. I'm the only
reg'lar fly-boy, Mayiiew Loi:d. Labour {cd.iS6i) III. 28. (3) NIip.'
(4') Chs.'2; Chs.3 It is commonly covered with a dusky fly.
which accounts for the first part of the name. The name ' flea,'
or ' fly,' has been probably given it, for it is supposed by its rank
smell to drive away fleas, flics, and midges. (51 Nlib.' (6, Chs.'
Used by butchers to kill blue bottle flies, which gm. infest their
shops in hot weather. It is made of an oval piece of strong leather,
si.x to eight inches long, bound to the end of a stick. (7) w.Yks.
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 22, 1893^ I.W.' (8, m n.Yks.^ yb, c)
Glc' (9) Dor. (Hall.) (10) Bwk. (Jam.) (id s.Sc. ' A fleegirt
o' butter,' supposed to signify, as much as would gird or surround
a fly (Jabi.). (13) Ken. (W.F.S.), Sur.', Sus.'= U3) e.Fif. Like
a swallow athort the bosom o' a flce-haunted stank on a calm
simmer's gloamin', Latto Tain Bodkin (1864) xvii. (14') n. Yks, 2
(15) Lan. (B. & H.) (16) Dev.' Their vly-picked, vlimsy, skittering
gowns, reeping in the mux or vv.Tgging in the weend, 9. (17, 18,
19, 20) n.Yks.2 (21) e.An.', Suf. (Hall.) (22) Fif. He didna gic
a flec's-vvingfor vegetables, Robektson Provost (1894) 35,
2. Phr. lo let a flee slick in or to the wall, to let a matter rest.
Sc. 'Fusht, fusht,' said Francie, 'let that flee stick i' the wa' —
when the dirt's dry it will rub out, Scott Antiquary {1816) xxvii ;
(Jam.) Per. As regards the Church, we had better ' let that flea
stick to the wa',' Cleland Inclibraclicn (1883) 22. ed. 1887. Ayr.
Hoosever, we'll let that flee stick to the wa', and I would merely
make the observe here in passing. Service Dr. Diiguid (.ed. 1887)
13. Nhb.'
3. A fly used in fishing.
Sh.I. I'll tak' me flee an' get him fix'd, in case we tink aboot ony
ella, Sit. News (July 6, 1898;. Lnk. Trouts are loupin' at the flees
In loch an' burn, Thomson Musings (1881) 93. Nhb. Wi' the flee
o' the woodcock, the green drake or teal, Armstrong IVanny
Blossoms (1876) 3. Cum. Wi stiddy aim, an' watchful eye, Your
salmon flees to throw, Richardson Tal/i (1876) 2nd S. 106.
Hence Fleeing, vbl. sb. the act of fly-fishing.
Sh.I. Sma redd wid fleein mak, Burgess Reisinie (1892) loi.
4. The turnip-fly, Hallica ncinoruni.
Sc. (A.W. ) Cum. Theer flees to demolish ye'r turnips, Richard-
son Talli (1876) 2nd S. 150. Wm. T'tornips wer sadly stopt wit'
flee i't for end, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 39. n.Yk's.' n.Lin.' A
small beetle which does much damage to the young turnips as
soon as they come up. Ken. Alfred will have to go rolling turnips
to-morrow, they've got the fly so bad (D. VV.L.).
5. The smallest thing, a whit, jot, atom. Gai. with neg.
n.Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' Abd. A creatur' 't's never seen ocht nor
flee ootwith a stob-thackit hoose, Ale.\ander Ain Flk. (1883) 161 ;
The feint a flee hed he leern't, ib. Johnny Gibb (1871) xii. Frf.
I carena a flee howe'er scant be his gear, Watt Poet. Sketches
(1880) 115. Lnk. I carena a flee tho' yer auld marri'tmcn Sit still
wi' their fam'lies about the fire-en', Watson Poems (1853) 48.
Gall. His hamely fare's no' worth a flee, Nicholson Poet. Wks.
(1814) 116, ed. 1897.
FLY, V. and sb.^ Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. [flai, fli, w.Cy. vlai.]
I, V. Gram, forms. 1. Present: (i) Flaa, (2) Flahy,
(3) Flee, (4) Fley, (5) Vlee, (6) Vluy.
(i) m.Yks.' Flaa-, /h/jW. 35. (2) s.Chs.' 8i. (3) Sc. No other
term is used even when the flight of a bird is expressed (Jam.).
Sh.I. Fleein' aboot, Junda Klingrahool \\i,tj%) 9. Elg. When Death
loot flee his dart, 'Tester Poohs (1865) 97. Abd. His broken nose
had been caused bysomcthing fleein up an' strikin"s face, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xx. Kcd. He struck the souple o'er a sheave,
And fairly made it flee in tvva, Jamie Muse (1844) 92. Frf. The
birds had dichtit their nebs to flee up, WiLLOCK7fo5r//)'£'Hrf5(i886)
183, ed. 1889. Per. A doited auld gomeral, 'at can nae mair baud
his tongue than he can flee, Cleland Inchbractcn (1883) 50, ed.
1887. Fif. They garr'd them crack and flee in blads, Tennant
Papistry (1827) 189. Rnf. They tell me they are fleein' by steam,
Barr Poems (i86i) 117. Ayr. The sparks fleein' hauf owre the
road, Service Notaudums (i8go) 40. Lnk. My heart used to flee
to my mooth when 1 saw the creatur's, Fraser JVhaups (1895)
xiii. Slk. When the de'il gets in the fire must flee out, Hogg Tales
(1838) 68, ed. 1866. N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. T'news flees,
Gwordie Greenup Yance a Year (1873) 17. Wm. T'leetning
flash'd like bombshell blastsWhenbrusten as they flee, Whitehead
Leg. (1859) 26. n.Yks. What for didn't they flee? Tweddell
a<rw/. if/j^HKS (1875) 52 ; n.Yks.2 e. Yks.', w.Yks. (J. W.) (4)
Sc. Murray /)/n/. (1873)204. Chs.^ (5)Wxr.' Wit. Time viees
along. Slow 7?/ywfs (1889)24. n.Wil.lsidunvleeawverthuc hedge
(E H.G.). Dor.' An' naisy builden rooks da vlee, 53. w.Som.'
He can vlee like a bird. Dev. Red colours vleein, Peter Pindar
Royal Visit (1795) 156, ed. 1824. n.Dev. Chel vlee to tlia kep o'
FLY
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tha, Exiti. Scold. (1746) 1. 299. (6) w.Som. Elwortuy Gram.
(1877) 46.
2. Pre/cri/f : (i) Flach, (2) Flagh, (3) Flaw, (4) Fled, (5)
Fleed, (6) Fleuw, (7) Flewed, (8j Flewn, (9) Fleyed, (10)
Flied, (II) Fliw, (12) Flod, (13) Flown, (14) Vleed,
(15) View, (16) Vlied, (17) Vlid, (18) Vlo.
(1,2) Sc. (Jam. Siippi) (s) Sc. (ib.) Frf. Frae my bed I flaw
like shot, Sands Potois (1833) 130. (4'! Shi. Fled aboot da hoos,
Sli. News (Apr. 30, 1898). Lei.' 28. Shr.'The'en fled across the
path ; Shr.2 Hrf.i The rooks fled away. GIo.> (5) Dor. 'A fleed
into a monstrous rage. Hardy Blue Eyes (1895) 298. Cor. The
dust and strawze so fleed about, I could not, Bessy, spy the hoppers
out, IV. Eclogue in Gent. Mag. (1762) 287. (6) Sc. Murray Dial.
(1873') 204. (7) Dor. She flewed at him like a cat. Hardy Afarfi/iii^
Crowd (1874I viii. w.Som. Vluyd, Elworthy Grant. (1877) 46.
(8) w.Ir. All the ground the goose flewn over. Lover Leg. (1848)
I. 13. (91 Nhb.i Aw catch'd a burred, but it gat oot o' ma hand
an' fleyed away. (10) Dev. It flied all over un. Reports Provinc.
(1882)13. (II) m.Yks.i Fliw, /i/^roa'. 35. (i2)Wil.i (13) Lei.i
28. (14) Som. An ould craw . . . vleed at un, Agrikler Rhytnes
(1872) 29. (15) Wxf.i (16) Dev. Hur. . . vlied auver tha brook,
BuRH-ETT Stable Boy (1888; viii. (17) Brks.i Two patridges vlid
by muh jus' as I was a-Ioadin' my gun. (18) I.W.'
3. pp. (I) Flaown, (2) Fled, (3) Fleuwn, (4) Flied, (5)
Flihn, (6) Flouen, (7) Floun, (8) Flowen, (9) U-vluyed.
(i) m.Yks.i Flaown-, /»^iorf. 35. (2")Lei.l28. Shr.l The cork's
fled out o' the bottle. (3) Sc. Murray £>/«/. (1873) 204. (4) Cor.
Thomas Raiidigal Rhymes (1895) G/. ; The birds han feathered
and flied (M.A.C.) ; Cor.' (5) m.Yks.' Flih'-n, Iiitrod. 35. (6)
Nhb.' s.Chs.i Floo-n, 81. (7) w.Yks. Wright Gram. IVndlitl.
(1892)131. (8)Sc.MuRRAY/)ia/. (1873) 204. Nhb.' (9) w.Som.
U-vluyd, Elworthy Gram. (1877) 46.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. (i) to fly out of the head, to
become excited or insane ; (2) — up, to be bankrupt ; (3)
— wick, to swarm or be alive with (vermin).
(i) n.Yks.2 (2) s.Chs.l The full phr. ' to fly up with Jackson's
hens' is more freq. hoard. (3) n.Yks.^ Fleeing wick wi' lops.
2. Comb, (i) Fly-away, a flirting, absurdly-dressed girl ;
( 2) -board, a narrow board on which theshuttle runsto and fro
across the loom ; (3) -boat, a swing-boat seen at fairs, &c. ;
(4) -cap, a cap or head-dress, formerly worn by elderly
ladies; (5) -door, a swing-door, or door so constructed as
always to fall close when left alone ; (6) -gang, a band of
labourers who engage to do harvesting or other work for
the farmers, and take it by the piece ; (7) -jack, an instru-
ment for twisting hemp into rope ; used fig. ; (8) -lake,
a call to geese to go home ; (9) -mouse, the bat ; (10) -poll,
a very lively or excitable person ; (ii) -spindle, weaving
term : an iron rod made very smooth on which the 'picker'
works to and fro ; (12) -words, slang words, by- words.
(i) Nhp.i, War.3 (2) w.Yks. (D.L.); (S.P.U.) (3) w.Yks.5
(4) Sc. Formed like two crescents conjoined, and by means of wire
made to stand quite out from the cushion on which the hair was
dressed (Jam.-i. (5) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Constructed to open either
towards or from the current of air according to the direction of
the force exerted against it, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). (6)
Shr.' The fly gang is headed by a gaffer. (7) w.Cor. Flipped out
of bed like a fly-jack, Thomas Autit Keziah in Corijislimttn{iQc)^).
(8) Nhb.i (9) m.Yks.i (10) Dev.^ Isn't that girl a vlee-pol'? she's
gone running down the road with no bonnet on now. (ii) w.Yks.
(D.L.) (i2)w.Yks.=
3. To be quick at taking offence ; to put into a passion.
Also with out and up.
Sc. Hoots! ye necdna fly oot at a word, Keith Indian Uncle
(1896; 181. Lnk. You ncedna dicht your bonny neb and flee up
like that, Gordon Pyolslta-w (i885'i 18. Edb. Many of them that
had not helped themselves well to the wine. . .were now vexed on
that score, imagining that nothing remained for them but to dight
their nebs and flee up. MoiR Mansie IVauch (1828) ii. n.Yks. She
wad hav flown up desperately (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.) sChs.'
Ah tuwd ur (5o)d bin slaangk'urin oa'r ur wuurk, un dhaat' floo
ur [Ah tovvd her hoo'd been slankerin' o'er her work, and that
flew her]. nw.Der.' Nhp.' You can't speak a word to her, but
she flies in a minute.
Ilcnce (i) Flee, sb. a passion, temper; (2) Fleeing
passion, phr. a raging or towering passion or temper.
(i) Knf. Jen, his wife, had got up in a deil o' a flee, Aitken
Lays{iW^) 58. (2) Sh.I. I saw 'at dey wisbaith in a fleein' pashcn,
Sli. News (May 7, 1898).
4. Of eels : to swim or move very quickly.
Nrf. They are said, too, to possess larger eyes than any other eels,
and to ' fly ' three times as quickly, Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 366.
5. Of colours : to fade, cause to fade or lose colour.
I. Ma. No blcachin'll fly it, nor nothin else, Brown Wilcli (1889)
141. [One of those we call fast colours— merely I suppose Because
such colours never go or fly. Hood Poems (1862-3) True Story.^
HenceFlying-colours, 56. //.colours which will quickly
fade or wash out by exposure to the sun, &c. Nhp.', War.^
e. Of the skin : to become chapped or roughened with
the cold wind. Also in phr. to fly abroad.
w.Som.' Dhiish yuur ween du maek un-eebaudeez an-z vluy
tuur'ubl [This wind makes one's hands chap very much]. Blaeumd !
eefmuy an'z bac'un u-vluyd aud tu pees ez [(I'll be) blamed! if
my hands are not chapped all to pieces].
7. sb. A diligence or coach.
So. The Queensferry Diligence or Hawes Fly, departed precisely
at twelve o'clock, Scott Antiquary (1816) i.
8. Waste produce from a scribbling-machine. w.Yks.
O-M.)
FLY, adj. In gnt. dial, and slang use. Also in forms
flee Sc. ; vly Som. [flai, fli.] 1. Sly, cunning, wide-
awake, knowing, smart, sharp.
Sc. The malt-man is right cunning But 1 can be as flee, Ramsay
Tea- Table Misc. (,1724) I. 100, ed. 1871. Cai.' As fly as a jailer.
Inv. (H.E.F.) Abd. He's what they call a ' social stock,' Although
as ' fly ' 's a jailor,' Ogg IVillie IValy ( 1873) 152. Lnk. The brave,
wily Turks were too fly for your bait, Parker Poems (1859) 28;
' No, no,' quo' Jock, as fly as ever, Wardrop J. Mathison (i88i)
go. n.Cy. (J.W.) Nhb.' He's a fly chap. Aa see the gam — but
yor not fly. Lin.' He's fly to every movement. Mid. He was
much too fly for any game of that sort, Blackmore Kit (1890) III.
vi. Lon. Convinced that I was ' fly,' Mayhew Land. Labour
(1851) I. 217 ; A public-house whose landlord is 'fly' to itsmcaning,
ib. (ed. 1861) II. 52. Som. Oi'll warn't a thought a vly yung bird,
A-wur, Frank Nine Days ( 1879) 5. Slang. ' I am fly,' says Jo, . . .
' but stow hooking it ! ' Dickens Blk. House (18531 xvi. [Aus. He
was pretty ' fly,' and never threw away a chance as long as he
was sober, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) I. xi. Amer. A fly young
man, Carruth Kansas Univ. Quar. (1892) I.]
2. Showy, fast ; light in character. w.Yks.'^, w.Som.^
FLYABOSTIC, adj. Som. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Outrageously showy, as in dress. (Hall.)
FLY AVE, sb. and v. BnflF.' 1. sb. A flake ; a very
thin stratum of rock, &c.
Gee the bairn a flyave or two o' fish oot o' the bane-half.
2. V. With off: to take or come oft" in flakes.
FLY-BY-NIGHT, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Suf Cor. Also written
flybaniteCor.';and informflee-byneetw.Yks.^ [flr-bi-nit,
flai'-bi-nait.] 1. A person who furtively runs off in
debt and without paying his rent. N.Cy.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. A witch ; a bird which flies overhead in the night,
and is considered to be a forewarner of death. Cf.
Gabriel-ratchet.
n.Yks. (H.M. ) w.Yks.^ Called by some 'night-whistlers.'
There is an opinion that these birds are at least of two distinct
kinds. The ' night-whistlers ' are birds, high in the air, passing
by, but of doubtful race ; . . . the gabbleratches . . . are said to
frequent damp places (S-V. Gabbleratches),
3. A silly .thoughtless girl ; a 'gad-about ' ; a volatile person.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Cor.' 2 ; Cor.^Agirl not only giddy but of unchaste
habits. w.Cor. A gad-about as well as 'a giddy girl' is sometimes
called a flybanite (M.A.C).
FLY-BY-SKY, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Der. Not.
Lin. Also in forms flee-be-sky n.Yks.* m.Yks.' w.Yks.^ ;
flee-by-sky Dur. Cum. n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' w.Yks.; flee-by-
the-sky Nhb.'; fly-be-sky n.Lin.'; flybesky, flybisky
w.Yks. ; flybythsky w.Yks.' [fli-bi ski, -skai.] 1. A
giddy, thoughtless, flighty person ; a romantic or highly
imaginative person. Gen. applied to a woman. Also
used of things and attrib.
N.Cy.', Nhb' s.Dur. G«(. used when speaking of some eccentric
flighty person or some impossibleschemc. ' She's a fair flee by-sky*
(J.E.D.). Cum. Linton Lalie Cy. (1864) 303. n.Yks. Tack na
nootish o' that fleebysky ; thar's nea depending o' what sha sez
(W.H.) ; She had a flce-be-skye cap on, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec.
20, 1890); n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^'A flowtersome flee-be-sky' is the
usual expression. ne.Yks.' Sha's a reglar fleebisky. e.Yks.'
FLYED BLADE
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m.Yks.l Usually applied to a fussy, forgetful person, young or old.
w.Yks. Hlfx. Cnuiiei- (May 8, 1897I ; Tli' world owes moor to a
honest hard worker nor it does to a rich lly-bi-skj', Harti ey Dilt.
(c. 1873)34; w.Yks.' There com a fine mack of a prossin, tlyby.sky
fellow, ii. 29a ; w.Yks. ' One who fusses upon errands with but a
trivial motive. A child who is running off upon a message before
the mother has finished imparting the instructions, is checked by her
calling out, ' Nah flee-besky I whear's tub barn tul ? ' nw.Der.'
s.Not. Yo are a set o' ll^'byskies to-ni^ht ; come, come, be good
lads an' settle down a bit. The bonnet she hed on vvor a flybysky
thing (J-P-K.l.
2. A gaudily-dressed woman.
N.Cy.' See you now, luik at yon flee-by-sky (T.K.). n.Yks.
What a fleebysky yon lass macks herscl, dressing iv yon scromy
soort ofway (,W!H.). e.Yks.',m.Yks.' w.Yks.2; w.Yks.^ Applied
to a woman dressed in an out of-the-way manner ; w.Yks.^ n.Lin.*
She was ribbins an' fioonces fra head to fut when she run'd awaay
wi' anuther woman husband. I says it's abargans what end cums
fo'st to a fly-be-sky like that.
3. A fly-wheel used in certain machinery. w.Yks.'
FLYED BLADE, plir. Yks. A spring-knife blade.
w.Yks. Firstused by Spurr (the largestspring-knife manufacturer
in Sheffield in 1807) ; they turned out a failure. Senior Rhviiies
(i882~l 58.
FLYER, sb. Yks. Lin. Oxf. Lon. Slang. 1. The fan-
wheel of a windmill that turns the sails to the wind. n.Lin.'
2. Part of a spinning-wheel or spindle ; see below.
w.Yks, A mechanical contrivance fitted to the top of the spindle
in roving and spinning to facilitate the winding on of the thread
or end (F.R.). n.Lin.' The part of a spinning-wheel armed with
hooks, used for guiding the thread to the twill or spool.
3. A shoe soled without having been welted.
Lon. slang. There is another article called a ' fiyer,' that is, a
shoe soled without having been welted, Mayhew Lond. Labour
(ed. i860 II. 34.
4. pi. Oat-chaff. Oxf.^
FLYFE, sb. Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A turn, fit.
Lnk. The auld preachin' bodie had tuk a daft flyfe, An' kiss'd in
the by-gaun the cobbler's wife, Murdoch Dork Lyre (1873I loi.
FLYING, />/>/. adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms fleeing Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.' Nhb.' n.Yks.' ^
ne.Yks.' ; fleyingk Chs. [fiai'-, fli-in.] In comb, (i)
Flying adder, (2) — ask or ask, the dragon-fly; see
Adder-fly ; (3) — bent, the purple moor-grass, Molinia
camilea; (4) — boats, boat-like structures attached to the
periphery of a vertically revolving wheel ; (5) — cradle,
a framing of about 4 feet by \\ feet, upon which one or
more men may sit astride to do temporary work in the
shaft ; (6) — dragon, (a) see — ask ; (6) a paper kite ; (c)
an old-fashioned wig; (7) — eagle, (a) see — dragon (b) \
(b) a gaudily-dressed woman ; (8) — eather or ether, see
— ask ; (9) -horse sovereigns, sovereigns with Saint
George and the Dragon on the reverse; (10) — mare, a
peculiar and dangerous hitch or grip in wrestling; (11)
— merchant, a pedlar, travelling merchant; { 12) — nedder,
(13) — snake, see — ask; (14) — stationer, a running
patterer; (15) —tailor, a travelling tailor; (16) — washer-
woman, a travelling or itinerant washerwoman ; (17)
— words, words spoken in the heat or irritation of the
moment.
(1I Rxb. (Jam.), Nhb.i (2) n.Yks. (E.W.S.), n.Yks.12 ne.Yks.'
(3) Nhb.' {4) w.Yks. S/iwz'/'W^HM. (1854) 9. Chs. Theer were
shows, an fleyingk boats, Clouch B. Bresskilth (1879") 9. (5)
Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Con/ Tn G/. 11888). (6, a) Kcd. The
Dracoolvans, or flying dragon, is very plentiful, Agric. Sum. 397
(Jam.), {b) Sc. Flying-dragons — very common in Edinburgh in
harvest. They are gen. guided by very young boys, with a chain
no stronger than a piece of slight packing twine, Blackw. Mag.
(Aug. 1821) 35 (Jam.), (f) n.Yks. This wig [with a tail and winged
curls at the ears] was called, by the schoolboys of my day, the
flying dragon, Sedgwick Me»i. Cowgill Chapel (1868) 63. (7, a)
n.Yks.iz (iin.Yks.z (8) N.Cy.', Nhb.', n.Yks.' (9) n.Lin.i (10)
Cor. You might ha' pitched en flat-handed. An' yet you must
needs give en the'flyin' mare,' 'Q.' Wamleriug Heath { 1895) 107 ;
Cor.'* w.Cor. At last, making a desperate plunge, he freed himself
from the Devil's grasp ; took him with the flying-mare, and threw
him on his back, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 7. (i i) Abd. (Jam.) (12)
vol.. II.
n.Yks.' (13) Hmp. (J.R.W.) ; Hmp.' (14) Lon. That order or
species of the pattering genus known as ' running patterers,' or
' flying-stationers,' from the fact of their being continually on the
move, Mayhew Lond. Labour (1851) I. 214. (15, 16) Lth. My
father was a flying tailor, and my mother was a flying washer-
woman, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 243. (17) Nrf. We had no
quarrel, only a few flying words ^W.W.S.). e.Suf. (F.H.)
FLYNDRIG, sb. and v. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] L sb. An impudent woman, a
deceiver. 2. v. To beguile, deceive.
FLYOG, s6. and z;. Sh.I. Also written fljog. L si. A
shaggy, loose mass.
Da '00', Sibbie, is in wan flyog apon her ! [a sheep], Sh. News
(July 2, 1898).
2. V. To hang in a shaggy, loose mass.
Dis is da mont o' Joolie, da air 0' '00' at's apo' yon twa year'ld
is fljogin loose, ib. (July 31, 1897).
FLYP(E, see Flap, w.', Flipe.
FLYPESHARD, v. Bnff.' To castrate.
FLYPING, pip. Sc. Looking abaslied or shamefaced.
Cf flep.
Bch. Sae may ye shook your brow an' skool. And flypin hing
yir head av, Tarkas Poems (1804) 71 ' Jam.).
FLYRD, FLYRE, see FHrd, i'.. Flare, v.', Fleer, t-.'
FLYRE-UP, V. and sb. Bnff.' 1. v. To burst out
into a passion ; to flare up.
2. sb. A great display, a flare-up. See Fleer, v.^
A flyre-up o' a marriage. A flyre-up o' a faist.
FLYTEPOKE, sb. Sc. A double chin.
n.Sc (Jam.) Fif. His flyte-poke aneath his chin,Priev'd he was
in an angry pin, Tennant Papistry ^1827' 198.
FLYUKNIRS, sA. />/. Sh.I. Birds. (Co//. L.L.B.)
FOACER, sb. Cor.2 Plain, satisfying food, likely to
take the edge off the appetite.
Such as a lump of pudding or a basin of broth given at the
beginning of dinner in order to take the edge oiT the appetite and
save the joint. ' WoU'ce baa a foacer, cheeld? '
FOACH, FOAD, FOADGE, see Fooch, Fold, s/-.'
FOAL, s6.' and v. In ffen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms foil w.Yks. ^ ; fole Glo.' Wil. ; focal Win.
n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' ; fwoal Cum.' ; vole Wil. [fol, foal, foil.]
1. sb. In comb, (i) Foal's-fit, the mucus hanging from a
child's nose ; (2) -foot or •'s-foot, the coltsfoot, Tiissilago
Farfara; also used aitrib.; (3) -footing, going to gatlier
coltsfoot ; (4) -hole, a shed for sheltering foals ; (5) -kell,
the caul or fine membrane by which the foetus is covered ;
the cell of the foal; (6) -ment, horse-play, rough play.
(i) Rxb. (Jam.) (2) n.Cy. Grose (1790!. Nhb.', Dur.'. e.Dur.l
Cum. Sa'eiiee Gossip {i86g 29; Cum.' (s. v. Cleets). n.Yks. Science
Gossip (1882) 66 ; n.Yks.'* e.Yks. Marshall Ritr. Econ. (1788) ;
e.Yks.*, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Hev a glass o' foal's-foot wine (H.L.);
w.Yks.' 2^ Der. The wife of one of our gardeners, who comes
from a ratlier primitive part of Der., calls coltsfoot, foal's foot,
N. & Q. (1890) 7th S. ix. 347. Not. Foal's-foot beer (J.H.B.) ;
Not.2, s.Not. (J.P.K.), n.Lin.i sw.Lin.' The yellow flowers of
which are gathered by country-people in spring, and either made
fresh into wine, or dried and made into te<i, — esteemed for their
medicinal qualities. Lei.', Nhp.', Suf. (B. cSc H.), Ken.' (3)sw.Lin.'
The childer are as bad foal footing as brambling. (4) w.Yks.^
(5) w.Yks.' (6) Wm. I won't gang ta see sec aloto' fooalment et
nout, I rather see a quiet spot, Taylor Sketches (1882) 8.
2. Phr. a foal of thy coat, a coat like yours ; see below.
w.Yks. ^ A friend not caring to be dressed in the height of the
fashion, a cart-driver said, ' Mester, au sud lauk a foil o' thycoit.'
3. A young horse of either sex. See Colt, sb} 2.
Sc. (A.W.) Nhb.l A cowt-fwoal is a young male horse whilst
sucking. A filly-fwoal is a female of the same age.
Hence Foaley-mare, sb. a mare with young, ib.
4. Fig. A name given to pit-boys between the age of
ten and twelve. Also used attrib. and in form Foaley.
n.Cy. When they [boys] reach the age often or twelve years, a
more laborious station is allotted to them. Tliey then become what
are termed lads or foals, supplying the inferior place at a machine
called a tram, Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) in A'. & Q. (1887)
7th S. iv. 22 ; N.Cy.' Nhb. When we war foley boys, And trod
the dorty barrowway, Tai e Pit Life in iSi)j ; Nhb.' Where a youth
is too weak to put the tram by himself, he engages a junior assistant,
who is called the foal, and in this case the strongest pulls the tram
3K
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FODDER
by a short rope called a soam, while the foal pushes behind,
Oliver Rambles in Nhb. (1835) 41. The position of heedsman and
foaleys appears to have been sometimes reversed. Nhb., Dur. A
little boy, who performs his part by pulling the tub by a couple of
traces attached thereto, called soams. . . The foal being paid i/-
to 1/2 per day (1849), Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1849), s. v.
Headsman.
5. V. Of ground: to slip or cave in. See also Calve, i/.*,
Colt, V?
Glo.i n.Wil. The sidesof a grave sometimes will ' vole in' during
digging (G.E.D.).
FOAL, sb? Sc. Also written fole Or.I. ; phoal Per.
A bannock or cake ; any soft and thick bread.
Or.I. Always a small ('^f». thick) bannock, such astheremainder of
the dough formed at a day's baking. The soft gingerbread biscuits
covered with small sugar coated carraway seeds, bought at fairtime,
were known as ' sweetie foals ' fJ.G.); (.S.A.S.) ; (Jam.); S. & Ork.i
Per. They can get cheese to eat With butter and good phoal, Smith
Poems (17141 81, ed. 1853.
FOAM, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Also e.An. Wil. Also
written fome e.An. ; and in forms fame Sc. (Jam.) ; feam
Or.I. Cai.' Bnff.' Abd. Frf. ; feim, feme Sc. (Jam.) ; voam
Wil. [fom, fim.] 1. sb. In coinp. Foam-swirls, the
eddies in water caused by the boiling up of foam.
Ir. An' wid that he throd knee-deep in foam-swirls. Barlow
Bog/and (1892) 32, ed. 1893.
2. Smoke, scum. e.An. (Hall.) ; (E.G.P.)
3. A state of great heat and perspiration ; Jig. a great
heat of temper.
n.Sc. In a mighty feim, in a great rage (Jam.). Cai.^ Bnfif.' Sic
a feam o' heat's they keep the room in, Ags. (Jam.)
4. V. To stream out, overflow, bubble over.
Or.I. \\ hile salt tears feam Sae sair f'ae baith his een, Pacly
Toral, 1. 58, in Ellis Prominc. ( 1889) V. 793. Frf. A gousty cawdron
boil'd and feam'd, Beattie ^iii/in (c. 1820) 35, ed. 1882. s.Wil.
When sick people are hot from inflammation, and the bed clothes
are lifted to let the steaming air out, the old women say, ' How it
do voam out!' (G E.D.)
Hence Foaming drunk, /i/ir. raging with drink, exces-
sively drunk.
Lnk. Foamin' drunk he lies an' grumbles, Cursin' her for a' her
pains, MuiR Miuhtrdsy (1816) 33.
5. To be in a state of great heat;7?§-. tobeinaviolent rage
or passion.
Cai.' Bnff.l He cam in fac the flail jist feamin' agchn. Abd.
A naked man, Feaming like ony bear that ever ran, Ross Heleiioie
(1768) 64, ed. 1812.
FOAP, t'. Dev. Also in form vrope Dev.^ Whh bad;:
to comb or smooth back. Cf frape, t'.'
Dev. !V. Times (Apr. 30, 1886) 2, col. 2; i,Hall.) ; Dev.* Cryal me !
how times be alter'd ! their mothers ware their own hair, foap'd
back way a vorrid cloth, 9.
FOASE, FOATHY, see False, Force, Forethy.
FOB, sb. and v.^ Glo. Sus. Hmp. Som. Dev. [fob.]
1. sb. Froth, foam.
Sus.i e.Sus. Holloway. Som.W.&J.G/.(i873). w.Som.'Kau-m
naew, miis'us, dhiish yimr oam due-, t-ez aa*f oa ut faub' [Come
now, mistress, this won't do, it is half of it (the beer) froth]. A
man describing the effects of a storm, said : Aay zeed guurt muumps
u faub' zu baegz u buuk-ut, u kaar'd moo-ur-n tiie'muyuld [I saw
great mumps of iseai foam as large as a bucket, carried more than
two miles]. Dev.' Why, the ale was worse ; a had as leve drink
the addle gutter, when, to be zure, the fob was abu the cup, 13.
n.Dev. Mayhap zum foreward, fusthng youth Chuse vor tha fob,
Rock Jiin an' Nell (1867) st. 134.
2. A little bunch or tuft, as of wool, (S:c. Glo.'
3. V. To foam, froth, mantle.
Sus.*2 e.Sus. Holloway. Hmp.' How tlie beer fobs. w.Som.'
Aay ziim t-cz gcod, haun du faub ec wuul [1 fancy it is good, when
(it, i. e. the beer) froths well]. Dev.'
FOB, v.'^ Sc. [fob.] To breathe hard, to pant ; to
catch the breath.
Sc. The hails is won, they warslc hame, The best they can for
fobbin, Tarras Poems (1804) 66 (Jam.). Nai. To fob, to gasp
from violent running, to have the sides heaving, the heart beating
violently, G/. Siirv. (ih.) n.Sc, Ags. Of^^cM. use. It often denotes
the sound of the short interrupted anhclation of a child when
crying (Jam.).
FOB, v.^ Irel. Lan. Not. [fob] 1. To put into
one's ' fob,' to pocket.
w.Ir. All he intended was — to fob the goold, Lover Leg. (1848)
II. 433. Lan. TBishop a Durham nivver fobs a fardin, Kendal C.
News (Mar. 23, 1889).
2. To tip, give a small gratuity ; to pay out money, 'put
one's hand in one's pocket.'
s.Not. If I do it, I shall e.xpect 'im to fob me. The concert didn't
pay, so we all hed to fob out (J.P. K.).
FOB, v.* n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Shr. Som. Slang, [fob.]
1. To cheat, deceive, trick ; to put off with a pretence.
n.Cy. Tiaiis. Phil. Soe. (1858) 156. Lan. Told us how he used
to fob off his scholars by talking to them, and saying, ' You under-
stand me,' BvROM Remin. (1729) in Chet. Soc. XXXIV. 382. Shr,'
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1B73). Slang. It's a scandalous thing to exact
such a sum . . . And then fob us ofT with a Fal-de-ral-tit, Barham
Ingoldsby (ed. 1864) Row in an Omnibus Box.
2. With up : to raise false hopes.
w.Yks. He'd fobb'd t'woman up at he'd hev [marry] hur. Back
at Mooin Olm. 1 1872) ; Dunnot fob yorsens up wi a noashun at its
been written to noa purpose, ib. (1878) 7.
[1. You must not think to fob off our disgrace with a
tale, Shaks. Cor. i. i. 97. Cp. LG. foppeii, ' Einen zum
Narren haben ' (Berghaus).]
FOBBY, adj. e.An. In form foppy Nrf [Not known
to our correspondents.] [fo'bi, fopi.] Soft, having no
substance, light, airy. Of land: uncultivated, like a moor.
e.An.', Nrf. (W.W.S.)
[Glotony . . . maketh the skin tawny, the body fat and
fobby, MoREZJe Oiialiior )!Ovissiiitis (1^22) in J^F,f5. (1557)99.]
FOBEY, sb. ~Pem. Also written forbey. [fo'bi.] An
eccentric, person.
s.Pem. Ay, ay, a's a fobey in all 'is wa3's. A's a real forbey, that
Jack is (W.M.M.).
FOCE, FOCH, see Force, sb.", Fetch, v.
FOCHEL,FOCHEN,FOCHT(EN,seeFoichel,Fight, I'.
FOCHTIN-MILK, sb. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Buttermilk.
FOD, s6.' Yks. [fod.] A bundle of newly-threshed
straw, tied up for foddering purposes. Cf fawd.
n Yks. And they [the stock] would make a greater improvement
by being regularly served every day, having their fod clean, Tuke
Agnc. (1800) 149 note. n.Yks.', ne.Yks.'
FODjsA.^ e.An.' [Not known to our correspondents.]
A pet animal.
FODDER, s6.' and v.' Sc.Nhb.Cum.Wm.Yks.Lan.Chs.
Lin.War.Suf Also Wil. Also in forms foddherne. Lan.';
fodthre Wm. ; fother Nhb.' n.Yks.= e.Yks.' w.Yks. Chs.'
sw.Lin.' [fod3(r, foS3(r.] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Fodder-
bam, a straw-barn ; (2) -bay, (3) -bing, a passage along
the heads of the stalls in a cow-house from which fodder
is supplied to the cattle ; (4) -cheese, cheese made before
the cows are turned out to grass ; (5) -door, the barn-door
or door of the place in which fodder is kept ; (6) -gang,
(a) see -bing ; (b) a hole for hay in the floor of the hay-
loft ; (7) -stack, a stack of fodder ; (8) -way, see -bing.
(i)Nhb.' (2I Chs. Ellis Jl/orf. //h5A. (1750)5 ; Chs.' (3) Chs.'
(4) Chs.' That is, when they are being foddered on hay ; the same
as Boose-cheese ; Chs.^ (5) Sh.I. In a peerie meenint da fodder-
door flies open, Clark Gleams (1898) 57. (6, a) Lakel.' 'Wm.
Yan gat fast it fodthre-gang. Spec. Dial. (1885^ pt. iii. 4. n.Wra.
T' fodder-gang's a rare pleeace ta larn ta ride a bycycle in (B.K.).
s.Wm. (J.A.B.) Yks. Ah were walkin' doon t'fothergang, taakin'
'aay to t'beeas (F.P.T.). Lan. A long passage between two great
shippons built to face each other, and the heads of each were
supplied on opposite sides of the fodder-gang, N. & Q. (1877) 5th
S.vii.479. ne.Lan.' (ii Cum. (J.W.O.) (7) sw.Lin.* There was
only a small fother-stack offen twenty acres. (8) Yks. (F.P.T.)
2. V. To feed animals ; esp. to feed horses and cattle, to
give them their fodder ; with itp : to ' do up ' horses or
cows for tlie night ; also used/ig. to feed, encourage.
Sc, (A.W.) Nhb. George Atkinson, yeoman, of Alnham, was
'fotherin' when he saw the beacon fire on RylcHiIl,DixoN Wliiifing-
/ifloi Kfl/c ( 1 895) 34 ; Nhb.' Heye fotheredthe beassyit? n.Yks. Ah
was alius fotherin all kinds a rows, Broad Yis. (1885) 39 ; n.Yks.^
Fodder'd up [fed and bedded]. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Banks m/ld.
IVds. (1865) ; Shoo'd three on 'em [rabbits] an' fothered 'em aw,
but this un died (A.C.). Lan. Son John being gone to the coal-
FODDER
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FOG
pit I minded my goods and foddered and watered them, Walkden
Diiiiy (ed. 1866 95. sw.Lin.' Wc get our teas when Will comes
in from fothering them. s.Lin. Be shevver an' fotlier tlie cows
cearly this arternoOn (T.U.R.)- War." liun and see whether
your I'eyther has foddered them beasteses in the lower meader.
3. To litter.
e.Suf. Go and fodder the barn-yard with straw (F.H.).
4. Phr. to fodder one's boots, to stulT hay into one's boots
in order to fill them up when too large.
Wil ' A labourer ' fodders ' his boots.
FODDER, si." and v."" Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Der. Lin.
Also in forms fother N.Cy.' Nhb.' Dur. ii.Yks. vv.Yks.'= ;
fudder N.Cy.' Der.'; father Fil". N.Cy.' Nhb. [fodafr,
fo'tSalr.] 1. sb. A load, cartload ; a large quantity.
Also used Jig.
Fif, He summon'd soon thegither His regiment (a jolly futher !\
The wabsters o' the town o' Crail, Tennant Pufiistiy iiSzj) gi,
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb. Of dung and lime, a two horse cart
load, Morton Cydo. Agric. {1863) ; Whe iver lent Grainger 't
. . . mun hev at least had a fother, Allan Tyneside Siigs.
led. 1891) 243 ; Nhb.' A fother of muck, or of lime, &c. The
fother diiTers from the load, the latter being as much as can be
carried on the back of a pack-hoise. Dur. A one-horse load of
any material. A fodder of hay. A fodder of stones, A'. £/ Q (1877)
5th S. viii. 138. n.Yks. Sedgwick Mem. Coivgill C/iapcl i^i868) 108
2. A weight of lead of varying quantity.
n.Cy. (P. K.}: 8 pigs or 16 cwt., Grosei 1790) ; N.Cy.' A fother
of lead is 21 cwt. Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Pig lead is sold by the
fother, a quantity containing 21 cwt., Bailey & Culley Agric.
(1805) 19. w.Yks. Thoresby Lclt. 1,1703) ; w.Yks.' The Craven
fother consists of 19 pigs or pieces of lead, each pig weighing
123 lbs.; w.Yks." Der. 1726 to Francis Staley for a fodder of
. . . Lead, £15 o. o. Cox Churdies (1877) II. 340; Der.' The
weight is 22] cwt. n.Lin.'
3. A measure of coal.
n.Cy. As many coals as a two-horse cart will contain (J.H.) ;
N.Cy.' Nhb. A cart of coals, containing bushels, Gent. Mag. ( 1884)
14, ed. Gomme ; Nhb.' About as many coals as a one-horse cart
will contain 'Si.K bushels," Miller Geol. Otterbiim and Elsdoii.
Nhb., Dur. One-third of a chaldron, or 17I cwts.,GREENWELL Coal
Tr. Gl. (18491.
4. V. To load a cart.
n.Yks. Esp. with hay, Sedgwick Mem. Coivgill Cliapcl (1868) 108.
Hence Fothering, sb. a quantity or load of anything.
w.Yks."
[1. With him ther was a Plowman . . . That hadde y-lad
of dong ful many a fother, Chaucer C. T. a. 530. OE.
j:)(lifr, a cart-load (C/;;-o«., an. 852). Cp. G. /iidcr, a load.
2. A fudder of lead, a load, or spiggs of sixteen hundred
weight, WoRLiDGE Did. Rust. (1681).]
FODDER, v.^ Som. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] To mutter. (Hali„)
FODDERING, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. .Stf Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. Glo. Also in forms foddherinne. Lan.';
fotherin(g Sc. Nhb.' Yks. Chs.' sw.Lin.' Nhp.'
1. 'Fodder'; food, provisions.
Ayr. Keepit frae bawing with a gude fothering of kail-blades and
a cloute soaken in milk, Galt Gilliaize (1823) xvii. w.Yks. So
shoo packed up a regular fotherin ta tak wi us, Pudicy Olm.
(1888) 19. Chs.' It's fotherin for cattle.
2. Coiitp. (i) Foddering-bay, (2) -bing, a passage along
the heads of the stalls in a cow-house from which fodder
is supplied to the cattle ; cf. fodder-bing ; (3) -cords, a
hair and hemp cord used for binding up hay to take out
to beasts ; (4) -gang, see -bing ; {5) ground, a small, dry,
grass enclosure near the homestead.
(i, 2) Der. A'. & Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 37. C3) Glo. In sale
catalogue, ' Two foddering cords,' ib. (1882) 6th S. vi. 186 ; Glo.'
(4) ne.Lan.' (5) Nhp.' A dry lair for cattle. Glo. Marshall Riir.
Econ. (1789"! I. 230; Glo.'
3. The last feeding at night for horses and cattle. Nhb.'
Hence (i) Fothering-horn, 56. a horn sounded to call
the farm-servants to the ' fothering ' ; (2) -time, sb. the
time for the last feeding of horses and cattle, evening.
(i) Nhb. By the time he [a ploughman] has had his evening
meal and a smoke, the foddering horn sounds, and the baiting of
his steed . . . carries him on to bed-time, Longman's Mag. (Feb.
1897) 328; Forty years ago [1846J, in a calm winter night,
the ' Fotherin-horn,'/^cK. a cow's horn, could be heard for miles
round, calling the hinds to the fotherin (H.D.). (2) n.Stf. How
is it we have got sight of you so long before foddering-tinic ?
Geo. Eliot A. Bede (1859) xli.\. Not.' sw.Lin.' It was between
caaking and fothering time. s.Lin. At fothering time gi'e the
feedin' bciist a bit o' oil-caakc (T.H.R.). Lei.'
FODDERLY, see Furtherly.
FODDERUM, sb. Yks. Lan. Der. Lin. Also in forms
fotheram w.Yks.' ne.Lan.'; fother'em w.Yks.; fotherum
w.Yks." n.Lin.' [fodaram, fo'tSsram.] The ' room ' or
place in which fodder is kept; a passage in front of the
cows in a cow-house from which they are fed.
ne.Yks.' w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Siipfl. (Nov. 8, 1884) ; (J.J B.) ;
w.Yks.'", ne.Lan.' Der. N. O' Q. (1877'! 5th S. vii. 37. nXin.
Th' to'nup-scuttic ligs i' th' fotherum (M.P.) ; n Lin.'
FODE, see Fold, s6.'
FODGE, sb. Sc. [fodg.] A fat, ' squat ' person ; a
chubby-checked person. Cai.', Rxb. (Jam.) Cf fadge,
sb.'^, fudge, s6.'
Hence Fodgie, «(//'. fat and squat. Cai.' Cf. foggy, r/ci'/."
FODGE, V. Not. Lei. War. [fodg.] To ' cram ' or
'stuff' a person. See Fage, j;.'
Not.' Lei.' They lodged him up as his missis wur a coomiu'
War.3
FODGE, see Fadge, si.»
FODGEL, adj., sb. and v} Sc. Also written fogel,
and in form fodyell (jam.), [fo'dgil, fodgl.] 1. adj. Fat,
squat, plump. Cf. fudgel.
Sc. Fodgel implies good nature, urbanity, and cheerfulness as
well as plumpness, Mackay ; And I am a fine fodgel lass, Ramsay
Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 23, ed. 1871. Bnff. His wife, ca'd sleepy
Meg, and his dochter, Fodgel Jess, Taylor Poems (1787) 24.
Fif. Ae wee short canon, fat and fodgel, Gat on his bare pow wi'
a cudgel, Tenn.\nt Papistry (1821) 154. e.Fif. A fat fogel wicht
wi' a weel-faured rosy-lookin' face, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) xix.
Ayr. If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel
wight, Burns Grose's Peregnnatious ( 1 789I St. 2. Lnk. The howdie
had the luck to say ' Here is a fodgel healthy son,' Watson Poems
(1853) 91-
2. sb. A fat, good-humoured person ; a fat, thriving
person or animal. Cf. fodge, sb.
Abd. Well known (G.W.). Per. Occas. used (ib.). Slk. (Jam.)
Hence Fodyellin', adj. used to express the motion of a
fat, clumsy person, waddling. Slk. (Jam.)
3. V. To prosper, thrive. Also used rc/le.x.
Abd. (Jam.) Abd., Per. ' He has fodgellcd liimsel' geyan weel.'
Very uncommon (G.W.).
FODGEL, t;." Stf. Brks. [fo'dgl.] 1. To scrape to-
gether, hoard.
s.Stf. Ode Sal's allays fodgcllin' for her kids (T.P.).
2. With up : to cobble. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.]
Brks. I can't zee to fodgel up a hole in my stocking (W.W.S.).
FODMELL, sA. Sc.(}AM.Siippl.) Also in form fadmell.
A weight used for lead, 70 lb.
Probably the bar of lead was so called because it measured a
foot in length.
[Dan. /oditiaal, a measure of a foot's length. Cp. MLat.
fotmellum, 'genus ponderis apud Anglos' (Ducange) ;
Fotmel, a weight of lead of ten stone, or seventy pounds,
Phillips (1706).]
FOEN, FOFFEN, see Fall, Fallen, Fight, v.
FOG, sb} and v} Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also written fogg(e N.Cy." ; and in form fug Sc.
[fog.] 1. sb. The aftermath, second crop of hay, clover,
&c. ; the long grass left standing in the fields during winter;
coarse, rank grass. Cf. feg, sb.
Cai. N. &^ Q. (i87i)4th S. vii. 216. s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890).
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' " Nhb. When cattle are turned into
afresh clover fog, Marshall Review (1818) I. 89; Nhb.' ' Fogs
to let' is the common heading of advertisements where the eatage
of autumn pasture is to be let. Dur.' Cum. T'gurse theer was hofe
a feutt deep ameast, an as thick as clover fog, Sargisson Joe Scoap
(1881) 73; Nowkyegrow uneasy for want o'some fog, Dickinson
Cumbr. (1876) 252. Wm. Aur ncbbour's stot or stirk break into'th
fog. HuTTON i?)«H Neiv IVark (1785) 1. 476; (E.C.H.) s.Wm.
(J.A.B.) n.Yks. He . . . preaz'd to git ore'th hedge into our fogg,
Meriton Praise Ale (1684') I. 147 ; n.Yks.' 23 ne.Yks.' It'll mak
3 K 2
FOG
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FOG
a good fog will yon. e.Yks. We've had lotso' meeat this back end
[autumn], fog was ommast as iangas midda [meadow], Nicholson
F/i-Sp. Ii88g' 61 ; e.Yks. •, m.Yks.' w.Yks.i ; w.Yks.= The grass
that grows after the hay has been ' made,' if not used for eddish.
It becomes a dark-green, heavy-looking grass, and from November
to January is called fog; w.Yks.^'* Lan. Long, withered grass,
Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 231 ; Lan.' n.Lan.', ne.Lan.' s.Lan.
N. &^ Q. (1871) 4th S. vii. 216. Chs.' In West Cheshire the
farmers frequently set fire to this old, dead grass after the March
winds have dried it ; Chs.° ; Chs.^ The uneaten sour grass of a
pasture field avoided by cattle ; after frost (which is said to sweeten
it\ they eat it. Der.' 2, nw.Der.' Not. There's such a deal of fog in
them fields. He'd better take and mow that fog down (L.C.M.) ;
Not.'2,Lin.' n.Lin.'The rough coarse grasswhichisfoundinpastures
inthespring, which cattle will not eat unlesssuffering from scarcity
of food. sw.Lin.* There wasn't haef so much old fog grown where
that stuffwas putten on. Lei. That grass which has still to be eaten
off about Michaelmas, which is very rank and coarse, N. (y O.
(1871) 4th S. vii. 217 ; Lei.^ Nhp.l Coarse grass, which cattle will
not eat; Nhp.^ War. Old, withered, or spoilt grass (J.R.W.);
War.^^, s.War.i Glo.l A kind of grass which grows in boggy
ground. The old grass stalks left in a pasture. Brks. (W.H.Y.)
Hrt. They leave a great deal of fog to rot, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750)
IV. i. Mid. N. & Q. (1853) ist S. viii. 102. e.An.l Long grass,
not fed down, but allowed to stand through the winter, and yield-
ing early spring feed. By its length and thickness the outer part
forms a cover or sort of thatch for the lower, which is kept fresh
and juicy, at least through a mild winter. Snf. Rainbird Agnc.
(1819) 293, ed. 1849; Suf.i, Ken.i, Sus.i Som. W. & J. Gt.
(1873). w.Som.l This is fog while green, and bent, or as we call
it bau'nut, when dry. [Amer. Last year's grass standing in the
fields in the spring. Dial. Notes { 1896) I. 379.]
Hence (i) Foggy, adj. of grass: coarse, rank, long;
belonging to the second crop ; (2) Foggy-grass, sb. a kind
of soft hay.
(ij Der.' Two of my fields at Osmaston are called foggy crofts.
Hrt. He leaves such foggy grass behind, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750)
IV. i. (2 Chs.^ A sort of soft grass, made into hay.
2. Co)up. (i) Fog-cheese, cheese made from the milk of
cows fed upon 'fog'; (2) -crocus, the common meadow-
saffron, Cokhicmn autnmnale ; (3) -flowers, small delicate
flowers springing up amid the long grass in autumn ; (4)
-grass, long grass left standing at the end of the season ;
coarse, rank grass ; (5) -moss, tall grass used for fodder ;
(6j -sick, disordered from eating the fresh fog-grass.
(i) N.I.' Yks. A'. & Q. (1881) 6th S. iii. 90. Der.= (2) n.Yks.
Because it flowers in the autumn amongst the 'fog' (B. & H.).
(3 Yks. I'll never see fog flowers agin, Fetherston T. Goorkrodger
(1870) 7. (4I w.Yks. It becomes a dark green, heavy-looking
grass, Slieffield Iitdep. ' 1874). s.Wor. Porson Quaint Wds. (1875)
13 ; (H.K.) [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 379.] w.Som.i Coarse
sedgy grass such as grows in wet places. (5) Sc. Mackay.
(6, n.Yks. Sumtaims beos iz fogsik [fogsick] wi yatin [eating]
ratch I rich] fog I.W.H.) ; n.Yks.2
3. Moss ; lichen.
Sc. A rowing stane gathers nae fog, Ramsay Prov. (1737) ; The
divothappit tiggin' overgrown with velvet fug, Wright/. Hamillon
(1889). Cai.', Inv. (H.E.) Abd. Gear gathered roun' her like fog
roun' a steen, Anderson Rhymes (18671 15. Per. Where the
flowers bloom, and the fog grows rank, Spence Poems (1898) 24.
Dmb. To big thy beil wi' fog and strae, Taylor Poems (ed. 1827)
68. Rnf. We'll cuddle baith amang the fug, Picken Poems (1813)
I. 176. Lnk. Its fiig was sae saft, an' its shelter sae lown,
Nicholson Idylls (1870) 37. Dmf. I wander'd o'er a bog, Amang
the heather an' the fog, Hawkins Pof«!s (1841) V. 41. Gall. Some
bits o' grass, some fog, some heather, Lauderdale Poems (1796)
47. Kcb. Their houses are the most miserable hovels, . . . stopped
with fog or straw, to keep the wind from blowing in upon them,
Statist. Ace. IX. 325 (Jam.). N.I.', Dwn. ( C.H.W.), Don.(B. & H.)
n.Cy. A^. i^ Q. ['1871 ; 4th S. vii. 380 ; N.Cy.i Nhb.> When mosses
are in excess the pasture is said to be full of fog.
Hence (i) Foggy, tidj. mossy, covered with moss or
lichen ; (2) Foggy-peat, sb. a peat full of fibres being cut
near the surface; (3) -rose or Fogie-rose, the moss-rose,
Rosa ccniifolia, var. umscosa.
yi) Sc. Sclaters twall, frae foggy dyke. Ford Thistledown (1891)
261. Elg. The foggy bed, the mid-day dream, Couper Poetry
(18041 I. 66. Abd. A green foggy brae, Anderson /J/j^hics (1867')
35. Per. Our green foggy knowcs, Spence Poems (1898) 36. Fif.
"Ve yellow broom, ye foggy knows, Douglas Poems (1806) 16.
s.Sc. The bonny green braes by the foggy dell, Watson Bards
(1859) 5. Rnf. She placed hersel' Down by me on a foggy scat,
Clark Rhymes (1842) 7. Ayr. It lowps owre a bit scaur with a
great breenge and brattle on to the green foggy stanes below.
Service Dr. Dugiiid (ed. 1887) 73. Lnk. A' at rest, Jist like birds
in a wee fuggie nest, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 17. e.Lth. It's soor
land an' gey foggy. Hunter/. Inivick (1895) 231. Cum. Swinging
owr the foggy swaird, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 18071 143. (2;
Cai.' Peats cut at such a depth that the fibres have disappeared
are called black peats, i^) Sc. N. (y O. (1853) ist S. x. 64.
4. Cotnp. (i) Fog-clad, covered with moss; (2) -harrow,
a harrow used to clear away moss; (3) -house, a summer-
house ; (4) -theekit, see -clad.
(i) Rnf. O'er thy fog-clad braes, sweet Arthur's-seat, Fraser
Poet. Chimes (1853) loi. (2) N.I.i (3) Sc. A'. & Q. (1881) 6th S.
iii. 90. (4) Sc. Ae night on yon fog-theekit brae I streek't my
weary spauls o' clay, Tarras Pof;;is (1804) 3 (Jam.).
5. V. To remove cattle from pastures in autumn ; to give
fodder to cattle.
w.Yks.i When farmers take the cattle out of their pastures in
autumn, they say ' they are boun to fog them.' Wil.'
Hence Fogging, i<bl. sb. the giving of fodder to cattle.
Wil.' Common in Mid-Wilts, Leisure Hour {Aug. 1893).
6. To become covered with moss; of pastures: to become
spoilt by the growth of moss.
Cai.i Abd. There's ploughmen here can labour leys [leas]
Though they were fogged years, Milne Sngs. (1871) 121. Peb.
About this town [Peebles] both fruit and forest trees . . . are
seldom seen to fog or be bark-bound, Pennecuik ZJfsc. 7"»rf. (1715)
31 (Jam.).
Hence Fogget, ppl. adj. covered with moss.
Sc. The grass of it is become very sour, full of spcets, and in
many places fogged. Maxwell Sel. Trans. (1743) too (Jam.).
7. Fig. To acquire wealth.
Sc Usually by one's own industry, as 'the aul" carl's beginnin'
t'fog noo,' N. & Q. (1881) 6th S. iii. 90.
Hence Fogget, ppl. adj. furnished, supplied.
Sc. To plenish his weel-foggit byke, Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 293. Abd. Better ye were mir'd or bogget, In case auld
lucky be well fogget, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 332.
[1. Fogg in some places signifies long grass remaining
in pasture till winter, Worlidge Did. Rust. (1681) ; To
fang the fog be firthe and fald, Dunbar Poems (c. 1510)
ed. Small, U. 216 ; He fares forth on alle faure, fogge
watz his mete, Cleanness (c. 1360) 1683, in Allit. P. 85.]
FOG, sb."" and v.= Yks. Chs. Bdf. e.An. Hinp. Wil.
[fog.] 1. sb. In phr. to die in a fog, to give up a task in
despair. s.Chs.'
2. Coinp. Fog-blown, confused ; bewildered, lost ; com-
pletely exhausted by one's efforts.
w.Yks. (B.K.) ; Leeds Merc. Siippl. (Apr. 22, 1893).
3. A damp mist rising from low-lying meadows in the
evening.
Hmp. We was out until the fog was rising quite thick (W.H.E.).
Hence Foggy, adj. dewy.
Bdf. A morning is called foggy when the grass and hedges
present the appearance of cobwebs on which the dew hangs
thickly. This only happens in summer (J.W.B.).
4. V. With ojf: of plants : to damp off.
e.An.* Wil.' As cuttings often do in a greenhouse.
FOG, v.^ Sc. Irel. [fog.] To eat heartily. n.Sc.
(Jam.) Cf. foggy, adj.'^
Hence (i) Fog-fill, 5A. an over-sufficiency, too great a
quantity of food; (2) -full, adj. over- fed, replete; (3) -meal,
a heavy meal.
(i) N.I.i A person who has eaten too much is said to have got a
* fog-fill,' (2)16. (3) Ir.Thebride herself ... made nothing less than
a right fog-meal of it, Carleton Trails Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 42. N.I.*
s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890). Wxf. Somehow or other we did not
sleep easy after this fog-meal, Kennedy Banks Boro (1867) 108.
FOG, adj. Yks. Chs. Not. Also in form fug s.Not.
[fog.] A term used by boys in playing: first in order,
precedent.
s.Chs. I'm fog, an' yo bin scg (T.D.). Not.' Heard in the game
of marbles or cricket. s.Not. Let me go in fog (J.P.K.).
Hence (i) Foggy, (2) Foggy-fost, inl. an exclamation
used by boys claiming precedence in a game.
(i) n.Yks. At Great Ayton, the boys claim precedence or order
FOG
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FOICHAL
(C.V.C.) ; (R.H.H.) e.Yks.i (2I e.Yks.l
FOG, FOGAN, see Fogo, sb.\ Fuggan
FOG-EARTH v/;. Som. Peat, bos-earth. See Fog,5i.' 3.
Som. W. & J. G/. (1873). w.Sora.i Vaug--aeth.
FOGEL, see Fodgel, ndj.
FOGEY, (?rfy. Hnip. [fSgi.] Passionate.
Wise Nc!i> Fores/ ( 1883) 190 ; Hnip.i
fProb. of Fr. origin; cp. Fr. /oiiffoiix, soon heated, easily
angered, Cotgr.] -^
FOGGAGE, s6. So. Yics. [fo-gid^.] The aftermath,
second crop of grass ; long grass left in the fields after
summer. See Fog, sb.'
Sc. (.Jam.), Cai.' Fif. A portion of land or outfield glebe called
Aj^l-°n T« 'T 'l^L"^ ""^ minister's cows were turned to pasture,
N. £r e. (187,) 4th S. vn. 3,6. Ayr. Naething, now, tobiga new
ane, O foggage green! Burns To a Mouse U78s) st 4 Lnk
Pown.es now might ra.K their vvame On stibble foggage", Watson
Poems', SsZ\^6, SIk. How could we turn our hands wi' our
pickle hoggs . wmtcr if their bit foggage were a' riven up ? Hogg
Tales (1838) 23, ed. 1866. n.Yks.^ Pasturage in the fosr-field
win b"-'^"'^™ ''"'• '"■^■'-- .('"^^ 538. [ThL ,s no gr^fs thai
r" :'"V° ^u'Y " \™P °^ ''^y • • • ='"'' likewise an excellent
loggage after the hay, \ouNG Ann. Agric. (1784-1815) IV 1-
{.Uh^U/ogagunn, 'gramen quod aestate non depascitur
& quod spohatis jam pratis hyemali tempore succrescit '
OPELMAN (1087).]
FOGGE, see Fog, si.'
FOGGER,5A.' Stf. Won e.An. [fo-gafr) 1 1 A
huckster, pedlar. <■ >= \ 1 i . ly
e.An.i A petty chapman carrying small wares from village to
village. Nrf. bmellin' o' myrrh and frankincense, and all the
powders_ o the fogger, Gillett Sng. Sol. ( ,860) iii. 6; Man at a
chandlers shop, Larwood Z)i ?/. (c. 1800) Gl
.^r^'A^u^ mirfdle-man between the working nail-maker
and the wholesale nail-merchant.
Stf. Murray AW Nole-bk. (1887) 30-31; The dimly-seen
figure, standing listening to this history of the fogger's tyranny
Saunders D.an.onds umH) 48. e.Wor. The destitution which
arose through the unfortunate operatives being subject tn the
oppression of ' foggers ' or middlemen, Standard {J^n. a, 1889)
\l. Cp. LG. fokker, ' em Kaufmann, ein Wucherer '
(Bergh.aus).]
FOGGER, sb.^ 0.xf. Brks. Hmp. Wil. Also in form
vogger Brks.1 1. A farmer's head-man, one who attends
n f ,M 1^,1.'^°'"^''^' "^"/^ P'g^' 3 g''°°™' man-servant.-
Oxf^M.A.R.) Brks. I found Joe with his fogger, as he called
fWHY'Tr/fT^";'"^ t""'-'' ('^59) iv;^A cattle dealer
(W.H.Y.) ; Gl. (1852) ; Brks.' Hmp. (W.H.E.) ; Morton Cvch
^^n. (1863V Wi.. (W.H.E.) ; Wi... X groom^ or man?sen-^nt;
the duties of groom and fogger being usually discharged by the
same man on farms about Marlborough, [the foggers as the
labourers are called who fodder cattle and carry out the hay in
the morning and evening, Jefferies Hdgrow. (1889) 302 1
Wil.Tw H°iFf ^""^' ^*- "'^ """^ ^f '^^"'e- Brks.; Hmp.,
2. Cumb. Fog:ger's joint, the perquisite of the fogger who
assists m pig-kilhng. dS'=' w.iu
Brks.1 It is the tail of the animal with a small portion of meat
adjoining. '^ *'<(.aL
3. A help ; an old man who helps a bricklayer or other
workman. Hmp. (H.C.M.B.)
f».^°f ^F' "^^n ^"n ^'!° '" ''°™^ f°eie, fuggie. [fogi,
fE-gi.] A small yellow bee, a kind of humble-bee; alio
in co))ip. Foggie-bee and Foggy-bummer
Sc. It may be so named from its rough appearance as if covered
with moss (Jam.) ; Rather unluckily there was in the tent a nest
of humble bees of that brown irritable sort called toggles, £/«<■,{•«/
Mag. (Sept. 18,9) 677 -.N.&Q. (,853) ist S. x. 64 Frf. I
Pot; /( 8T.r/:r'"'sr 'rr^ ?"V°' ^-'"^^^ ^ee-s byke,SANi>s
t^ocHis (1833) 142. Slg. There s hmnie in the fuggies' byke
Towers Poems (1885) 193. s.Sc. They hae torn up fhe knowes
o the foggy-bee Watson Bards (1859) 6. Dmb. We're nanTo
^r,;Z ( ,"8«T.Y '""""^^^ -' '''-' 'y'^^ - "'^ S™"''. c/o °s
FOGGIE, see Fogy.
r fJ^^^T^' "i; ?''^' M°^ ^r"?"^" '° o"'" correspondents.]
[fo'gl.] To shake. MS. add. Cf. goggle.
haff^^y""'""^-' ^hb.Shr.Suf. [fo-gi.] Stupid, muddled;
....^''M"?'" '■''"'f ^°^^y ^*'°°' "' ^^ "'i"k. Shr.2 A horse is
said to be foggy when (or a time having been fed upon erass he
FOGGY «^- Tc- ^t' ^rr""^' bemu'se'd" in\"e . '"^
cofp^fent ' "''' "•^^- ^^'- ^'^° Son:, [fogi.] Fat,
t,/'''^V e.Yks. Marshall /i-iir. £'««. (1788) -w Yk, i «;„„
W. & J. G/. (1873). ^ ' ■' w-i'Ks.i Som.
{Un enbonpomt de nourrice, a plump, fat, or foec^v con-
fle^sLrpl.S'rs?o)T- = '°^^^' " t'°°^ ^"' °^ --
Foro' ^^r^Tf'^r ^^f "S^' ^''•' Fight' "•
T W ? ' ■ A ''''•- ^"^^^ ^°f' Lei- Nhp. War. Ken. Sus
LW Amer Also m forms fog Not.' Lei.'; fugo Amer
[fo go, fog.] An unpleasant odour, a strong smell
n.Ir. Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 21s e Yks ^' Tn k.Vk „„
n^^\if:V''T '" °''''="^'- odour.'-No .T'^Ll Nh". war
(J.R.W.),Ken.',Sus.2 I.'W.^ What a fogo! brave that d'ofout'
o' doors. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896I I. 21 21 =; 1
F0G0,s6.= (.^) Som Cor. Also inform fogou. A cave
m a chfif, a cavern, hollow. "<-ave
Som. A Shipham wcll-sinker said that 'in the lowest stratum
there were large stones with great fogos between.' Some year"
ago a colony of Cormsh miners settled at Shipham to work the
W fT^ c"'- h"h"? ' '^"".^'""'^ ■ '°^° ' '° '^ '- imported lord
1- •?;?•- . ■°'"- "^ doknawtheowld adits and fogous p'raos
(X89xfbk7v TxTor" .'3 7p^°"f."''7^' ''^^''" ^^"->^-"™'^
^l<^r^.Z' ' '^°'^- [F^oi" Other forms, see Cor.= s. v. Vugg 1
S&O,^''"'- ^^■'^- The mackerel, S.o;«i.....X.
v^^S^t^iel'no^o^ns, f^o'^' ^ '""' ^'"^^^ '''"'''
i.-;||;rS7)V;v^^ t":Yk:f An"ol^"S:-™-' ^—
Pifxf f;r.J clt AcH.^YvT]'''^ °"°^™" '''' '■°°'^'
foSfInt'Nhn^'%n',''- ^I^P'-S"?- Hmp. Also written
logey Ant Whp.' Sus." ; and m form foggie Sc IfSei
fo|:i.] 1. An mvalid or garrison soldier ^ ^ '
1865; 374"'' ^"'" ^"^ ^°"''^" ''°^S'" ^^^' i°^' "°^= P°'"'S (ed.
2^ A pensioner of the Royal Hospital in Ireland.
-J 1 n " "'q^ ■'" 'i'', ^ '^"'-d°wn fogy, Lover Leg. (1848) II
518. S.Don. Simmons G/. (1890). v.'"4"; n-
3. A teriTi of disrespect for' an old man ; a man failing
o"d mTn® ' ^ ' P™'^ '"^""^ ' ^" ^"^"'"<^ °' ''•asdbli
an^nl^V"""' '^l''^*'"'''' ^^'=" ""= forgather with some chum, turned
an old foggie, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 65. Abd. Your ne'er
do-weels your drunken rapscalians,Vour useless foggies, RuDp'
MAN Sc. Pans, (z828) 66, ed. 1889. Ayr. Broth and beef would
that Mr. Andrew describes, Galt Legatees ( 1820) .xxvi SIk The
sex regard all the bachelors as so mtny old foggies-^as so many
uncles, Chr. North iVorto (ed. 1856) III. ,,r. %^{, Fog°ieTthe
zig-zag followers led, Mavne S.llerGun (1808) 23. Ant. Appl ed
to old people of peculiar appearance, Balljmena ol. (1892) Nhp1
An old man, offensive from neglect of personal cleanliness. Sus'"
An eccentric or irascible old man. Hmp. Cooper Gl. (i8s,)
4. Ftg. An empty wine-bottle
Ir See there, a bottle of port came to my assistance ; there's
his fogy, Harrington Sketebes (1830) III. xxvii.
nJffi^^i^^'f'^"^^' Sc. Also written foichelf Jam.)
Bnff.'; and m form fochel Bnff.' [foivn 1 cA a r n n
term for a girl from sixteen to twenty years of age '
Sc. How the bonny Fernig foichals Gie Ql-n thieves Ind slaves
their dichals, Fo.,„. (1794) ,03 (Jam.), Dmb., Lnk. (Jam )
nn'.M 'h'^^^-st' •''"'''• ^'^- <*^ 3. A small, weak person.
unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it Bnft'i
4. t;. lo do anything (to work or walk) with difficulty
through weakness. ^
Bnff.' The peer aul' wiffie cam foichelin', an' foslin' up the brae
He loichels sair at that, bit he hiz nae raid wee 'im
Hence (i) Foichlan, vbl. sb. working in 'an unskilful
way through bodily weakness; (2) Foichlin', /*/. a^/
weak, mfirm, incapable of work. ^ ■'
(i) Bnff.i (2) ib. He's a foichlin' bit bodie. He'll niverhae deen.
FOIGIL
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FOIST
FOIGIL, sA. Sc. A bundle, lump of yarn, straw, &c. ;
a tangle, confused mass.
Abd. My worsted's gaen into a foigil. Han' me a foigil o' straw
to wipe my shoes. Ycr sark'sa' in a foigil on yerback. Sic a foigil
o' claes as ye wear iG.W.).
Hence Foigilled, adj. tangled, in a lump or tangle.
Sic a foigilled half cut o' varn I never saw (16.).
FOIL, sA.' and I'. Lakel.Cum. Yks.Lan. [foil.] 1. si. In
^\\x.io run or go the old foil. Ofaharc: torunoverthesame
course a second time ; fig. to renew acquaintance with a
former sweetheart.
Cum.l He's rinnin' t'oald foil. w. Yks.' Shoes g.ian t'oud foil.
2. V. To trample down, tread under foot.
w.Ykp.i Meadow grass is said to be foiled when trampled by
hares. \_N. V O. (1894) 8th S. v. 150 ]
Hence Foiled-girse, sb. grass much trodden down.
ne.Lan.'
3. To defile. Cum.', Lakel.'^
[1. Foiling [among sportsmen] the footing and treading
of a deer, that is on the grass and scarce visible, Sportnian s
Did. (1785) ; Foiilce, the slot of a stag, the fuse of a buck
(the view or footing of either) upon hard ground, grass,
leaves, or dust; we call it (most properly) his foyling,
CoTGR. OFr. foiiillis, ' action de fouillcr' (La Curne).]
FOIL, s6.^ Lei.* [foil.] Care, anxiety. ' She has no foil.'
FOIL, FOIN(E, FOIRE, see Foal, sl>.', Fine, Fire.
FOISE, si. Nrf. [foiz.] A pancake. (A.G.F.)
FOISON, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also e.An.
Sus. Also written foizon n.Yks.^ Suf. Ess.* Sus. ;
and in forms fousion, fousun Sc. ; fushen Sc. Nhb.';
fiishin Sh.L ; fushion Sc. Uls. Ant.; fushon Sc. ; fusin
N.Cy.' ; fusion Sc. ; fuzen N.Cy.^ ; fuzhon Sc. ; fuzion
N.I.^ fuzzen N.Cy.'= Nhb.' Cum.' s.Cy. ; fuzzion Sc. ;
fuzzon n.Cy. [foizan, fii'Jan, fu'Jsn, fu zsn.]
1. Plenty, abundance, esp. with reference to harvest.
N.Cy.' w.'Vks. Leeds Merc. Siiffl. I July ii, i8g6). s.Cy. Ray
(1691). Suf. Man intends, God foizon sends, Gailaiiei (1818) 268.
Ess.' Ess., Sus. Grose (1790).
2. Nourishing power, hence nourishment. Cf fizzen.
Sc. Strength of nourishment, Grose (1790 MS. ae/d. (C.) SI1.I.
She did thereby take awa the fruit and fusion of ane dyssen of
pynts or thereby that remained in the vessel, Hibbert Dcsc. S/i.
I. (1822") 267, ed. 1891. Kcd. Mairnor that, ye've droon't the drink ;
The fushion o't is oot, Grant Lerys (1880) 20. Per. A dinna think
inuckle o' beer . . . there's nae fusion in't, Ian Maclaren yhilii
J.ang Syne (1895) 283 ; I'm thinkin' there's a hantie mair fushion
in that, than a' yer dribblin' teapats, C'leland Inchbracken U883)
28, ed. 1887. n.Cy. (,P.R.) ; Provision for a family, Grose (1790, ;
N.Cy.i=, n.Yks.2
Hence Foisonless, adj. dry, wanting in nourishment ;
of wine or spirits : insipid, without ' body.'
Sc. The wine, thin fusionless skink it was, Scott St. Roimn
(i824)xxxii; Morton Cvf/o. ^^nc. {1863). Abd. Your smachries
are only a fusionless dose, Compared wi' a supper o' bannocks an'
brose, Anderson Rliymcs (1867) 84. Frf. What was made at the
sweetie works was fushionless, Inglis .-}i« /"//('. (1895) 166. Fif.
To seek the fushionless milk that cometh frae a yeld bosom, sic
as the Kirk o' prelacy hath, Grakt Si.r Hiiiitiieei, ix. Lnk. I'm for
whisky still. Nane o' yer fusionless, cauld wish-wash for me,
CoGuiLLPofWs (1890'i 129. e.Lth. Noo poetry withoot love is as
fushionless as an egg wanting saut, Fraser IVimiifis {iSg^) viii.
Bwk. Gac mc nae brash o' water wi' A wee tate sugar sweetened,
A mixture fushionless an' wairsh, Calder Pochjs (1897') 211. N.I.'
Insipid, or innutritions, as applied to fodder, &c., of inferior quality.
Uls. (M.B.-S.) Ant. Applied to meal or flour which has been
damaged in a particular way, Bnllyniena Obs. (.1892). N Cy.', Nlib.',
Cum.'
3. The sap of a tree; succulcncj', moisture in herbage, the
nutritive juices of grass, i^tc.
Sc. (Jam.) s.Cy. Grose (1790V e.An.< Suf. Ray (1691) ;
There is no foison in this hay, Rainbird Agric. (1819) 293, ed.
1849; Morton Cyelo. Agiir. fiSesV
Hence Foisonless, adj. without sap, dried, withered ;
of grass, &c. : devoid of succulency.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Rxb. (Jam.) Suf. Rainbird
Agric. (1819) 293, ed. 1849.
4. Fig. Inherent vigour or vitality ; power, strength ;
pith, substance. Cf. fizzen.
Sc. A' my sap and fushon's gane, T. Scott Poejus (1793') 360;
They would soon hae nae fousion, Cobban Amiaiuan (1895. xvi.
Abd. What fusion's in it I sail freely ware, Ross Hclenore (1768)
47, ed. 1812. Per. If they have any useful fushion, Or if they're
only fit for pushion, Spence Pof;»5 (1898) 147. Edb. I turn sae
toom an' shallow. And void of fusion, Fergusson Poems (1773)
223. ed. 1785. Lth. He has nae foison in him (Jam.). Gall. There's
stuff and fushion in ye, and ye micht even tak' the e'e o' woman,
Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) xxxiii. Cum.' Pungenc}', briskness.
Hence (1) Foisonless, adj. wanting in strength, sub-
stance, without ' back-bone ' ; weak, infirm ; useless ; (2)
Foisonlessness, sb. weakness, infirmity.
(i) Sc. Carnal morality as dow'd and fusionless as rue leaves at
Yule, ScoTT Rob Roy (1817I xx. Sh.I. If dey [peats] lie muckle
laanger dey'll be dat fiishinlis 'at dey'll no be wirt pittin' til a fire,
Sh. News (May 7. 1898). ne.Sc. Ye've been sittin' under that
fushionless bodie Macdrumlie, Grant Keckletou, 186. Abd. Gin
Shanks had na been a fousunless slram, he would no letten Bruce
scrim 'im that day, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 775. Frf. He says
your mither was a feikie fushionless besom, Barkie Minister {iSgi)
ix. Per. Clean fushionless an' forfuchan wi' cauld an*weet,CLELAND
Iiichbrackot (1883) 104. ed. 1887. w Sc. A poor fusionless shawp
o' a creature you war, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835') 254. Fif.
Life seems sic a fuzhonless thing lookit at in that way, Robertson
Provost (1894) 164. Ayr. It became as Ibisonless as the ' London
Gazette' on ordinary occasions, Galt Provost U822) xxxix.
Lnk. Twa three fusionless, auld creaters, Dcd's Hallowe'en (1856)
32. Lth. It is e'enow a sorry an' a fushionless rauchle, Lumsden
Siieep-Jiead (1892) 259. Edb. Wind up this somewhat fusty and
fushionless chapter, Moir Mansic IVancli (1828) ii. Slk. Hoy,
Heaster! thou fusionless hussy, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865') 372. Dnif.
They paid as they gaed their dues to the dead, A fusionless tribute
— a babble o' talk, Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 11. Gall. Great
fushionless hoshen that he is ! Crockett Raiders (1894) xlvi. Uls.
(M.B.-S.) n.Cy. FoRBvG/.(i83o). Nhb.'He'sapoor,fushenlessbody.
Cum.' ' Dud ta nut give her a kiss ? ' ' Nea, kisses is nobbet fuzzen-
less things.' (2; Sc. The general fushionlessness of nature which
had brought her to this pass, Keith Lisbetli (1894) xxiv.
5. Bodily sensation, power of feeling. Abd. (Jam.)
[1. Thai fand sic foysoun (v.r. fusioune) thar-in. Of com
and flour and wax and vyne, Barbour Bruce (1375) xv.
93. Fr. /o/so;/, store, plenty, abundance iCoTGR.). 2., 3.
Foison, Fuzzen or Fusen, nourishment, natural juyce,
■WoRLiDGE Did. Rust. (1681). 4. Agaynis him [David]
his fas had na foisoun, Cursor M. (c. 1300I 8516. Cp.
OFr. contre lor cop n'ait iiule arme foison, Gerard 2813
(La Curne).]
FOIST, sb., adj. and v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. 'Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lin. e.An. Also written foyst Nhb.; and in forms
fuist Sc. Cai.' ; fyest- e.An.'^ w.Nrf ; fyst- Nrf [foist,
fjust, e.An. faist.] 1. sb. Fust, a damp, fusty smell.
See Fust, sb}
Sc. (Jam.) n.Yks.^ The mildew'd scent of a cellar. m.Yks.'
Lan. It brout an arrant foist wi it, Scholes T. Gamzvattle {jS^"]) 37.
Hence Feisty, «(^'. musty, stale, having a damp, mouldy
smell.
Dur.' s.Dur. That meal smells foisty (J.ED. "i. Cum.' n.Wm.
Said of flour or meal that is not properly prepared and is going
bad. 'This floor's foisty' (B.K.). n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ As foisly as an
old York church. ne.Yks.' e. Yks. Marshall /?«<•. fcoH. ( 1788) ;
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' vi.Yks. Leeds Merc. Snpfil. (i88.i). Lan.' We'n
had enough o this foisty matter, Tim Bobbin JVks. (1750) Introd.
xxxvi. n Lan.' Mouldy bread is called foisty. ne.Lan.', e.An.'^
Nrf. Cozens-Hardv Broad Nrf. (1893) 27. w.Nrf. Folks say as
how he fed on nothin' 'cept fyesty goods an' hedge pigs, Orton
Beeston Ghost {188^) g.
2. adj. Fusty, musty, stale ; damp, mouldy.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721); Grose (1790); (K.) ; N.Cy.^, n.Yks.',
e.Yks. (W.W.S.), e.Yks.', w.Yks.* n.Lin.' A foist day. Them
cloas is foist yit, hing 'cm to th' fire agean. Applied to uncooked
animal food.
3. Bitter, brackish.
w.Vks. Did. Bailey Dial, (i860) 8; Scatcherd Hist. Morley
(1830) Gl. ; w.Yks.s
4. V. To grow fusty; to emit a musty odour; to smoulder.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.' e.Lth. Tweedledum, who had sat and fuisted
like a wet logon a fire, Mucklebackit /v'/n'H;f5( 1885) 189. N.Cy.'
e.Yks. Corn . . . will foyst with lyinge long in the garner. Best
Riir. Ecoit. {1641) 103. ne.Lan.'
FOIST
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FOLD
Hence Foisted, ppl. adj. mouldy, flavourless ; fig.
' knocked up,' useless. Cf". fust, sb} 3.
Sc. (Jam.\ Cai.' Abd. Tak' a liearty snuff: Tliat's nac ycr
fuisted kind o' stuff, Hi;.\TriE /'a>i'//5-5 (.1801) 18, ed. 1873. Nlib.
Lfukin yevvsed up, fairly foystid, Chater Tyneside Aim. (1869) 7.
n.Yks.2
|1. Foistie, mouldie or nuistie, wj(c/(/«s, Baret (1580'.]
FOIST, see Feist, ii.'^
FOISTERING, s6. Sc. Also in forms foishteringSc.
(Jam.) ; foistring Ayr. Disorder, hurry ; work done in a
slovenly manner.
Ayr. When nic and your honest grandfatlier came thegither, we
had no foistring and parleyvooing like your novella tui tie-doves,
Galt Entail (1823") l.\iv.
FOISTEST. adj. Obs. Sc. Next of age.
That remnant o' a man, Her foistest brilher Jock, A. Wilson
Poems 1 1790) 202 (Jam.).
FOITER, V. and sb. Sc. 1, v. To puzzle, perplex.
Per. Not common i^G.V/.\
Hence (i) Foitcred, ppl. adj. puzzled, perplexed ; in a
difficulty; (2) Foiterlng, />/>/. adj. puzzling, perplexing;
queer, unaccountable.
(i"i Frf. (Jam.) 121 Sc. Wi' a' his foiterin weys, there's a win-
derfu' speerit o' independence abcot Sandy, Salmond My Man
Sni/rfv .1894) 55.
2. sb. A puzzle, difficulty ; a muddle, confusion, mess.
Per. I have made a complete foiter o' that i^G.W.).
FOITTACK, sb. Sh.I. [foi'tak.] A mouse. S. & Ork.>
[Lit. ' little feet, light feet.' Cp. ON./rt7r, feet. For the
sutV. -ack, see Jakobsen Norsk in Slicll. (1897) 90.]
FOIZON. see Foison.
FOKY, (7(//'. e.An. [foki.] 1. Soft, woolly; bloated;
spongy. See Foggy, adj!^
e.An.' Suf. A foky turnip, Rainbird Agric. (iSrg^ 293, cd.
1849 ; The wood is a little rotten, or foky, as they say in Suffolk,
Gcnl. Mag. iMar. 1836 222. e.Suf. (F.H.)
Hence Foky, sb. a large, fat woman. e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. Of land : partaking of the nature of a moor. Nrf.
(W.W.S.)
FOLD, sb} Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in f rms faad Nhb.'; faal, faald Cum.'; fad N.Cy.' Nhb.';
fald Sc. \Vm. n.Lan.' ; falda Dun; faud N.Cy.' Wm.
n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' ; faul Sc. Cum.; fauld Sc. Cum.' Wm.
Hrf.2; foad e.Yks. ; foald Cum.' 3; fcde Stf ' ; fohd
n.Lin.'; fole Cum.' ; foud w.Yks.' Lan. Der.' ^ nw.Der.'
Shr.'; fould w.Yks.2 Hrf.2 ; fout nw.Der.'; fowd n.Yks.
Lan.' Chs.' s.Chs.' ; fowld w.Yks. ; fowt Lan.' Chs.' ;
vawle Brks.'; vol Wil. ; void, vowl Glo.' [foud, fod,
fad.] 1. In fo«?/i.(i) Foldboo*-, the right of taking wood
for the construction of cattle-folds ; (2) -dyke, a turf-wall
enclosing a sheepfold ; (3) -pitch, (4) -pitcher. (5) -prich
or -pritch, (6) -rift, a heavy, pointed iron instrument,
used to make holes in the ground for putting up hurdles,
&c. ; (7) -sail iFossel or Vawsil), (8) -shore, (9) -stake, a
stake driven into the ground for the purpose of supporting
the hurdles of a sheepfold ; (10) -tail, (11) -tare, the im-
provement of land caused by sheep having been folded on it.
(i) n.Lin.' Also competent and sufficient hedgeboteand foldbote,
Lease 0/ Lands in Brumby 1, 1758). (2) Sc. Would any gentleman
... go and drive a road right through the corner of a fauld-dyke ?
Scott Guy M. (,1815) v ; He sat down at a fald-dyke to ease his
back, Pennecuik Tinklarian (ed. 18101 8. s.Sc. A bit o' a fauld
dyke to build, Wilson 7"«/c,'! (1839) V. 238. Lnk. He stepped back
a little to a fold-dike, Wodrow CIi. Hist. (1721) II. 32, ed. 1828.
(3) e.An.' (4") Mid. He allowed himself to be secured by a chain
and a fold-pitcher, Blackmore Kit (1890) 1. ix. Ken.' Otherwise
called a peeler, for making holes in the ground, wherein to put
wattles or hop poles. [With the fold-pitcher, which is an iron
dibber 4 feet long, having a well-pointed flattened bit, in shape
similar to the feet of the hurdles, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849)
I- 237.] (5) Nhp.», e.An.l, Suf. (C.G.B.) e.Suf. In common use
(F.H.). (6) Suf. (C.T.) (7) WU. Davis Agric. (1813) ; Wil.' The
stakes to which the hurdles are shored up, and fastened with a
loose twig wreath at the top, Arch. Mag. XVII. 304. Som. Sweet-
man IVincanton Gl. (1885). (8) n.Hmp. The stake which supports
the corner hurdle of the sheepfold (J. R.W.). Hmp.' Wil. Davis
^^»7Vr.(i8i3); Slow G/. (1892); Wil.' (9I Brks.' (10, 11 ) Sus.'
2. Phr. the waiikin' of the fauld, t\\e night-watch which is
kept at the fold to prevent the weaned lambs from getting
back to their dams.
Sc. Yet well I hkc to meet her, At the waulking of the fauld.
Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) I. 297; (Jam. Siip/tl.)
3. A division of a farm, so denominated because it is
manured by folding sheep or other cattle upon it.
Abd. That part of the farm called outfield is divided into two
unequal proportions. The smallest, usually about one-third, is
called fold, provincially fauld. . . The fold usually consists of ten
divisions, one of which each year is brought into tillage from
grass. . . It is surrounded with a wall of sod, the last year it is to
remain in grass, which forms a temporary inclosure that is employed
as a pen for confining cattle, Agric. Suiv. 233 (Jam.). Abd. Fat
docs he mean girdin' the beasts into the barest neuk o' thefaul'ies
that wye? Alexander Ain Flk. 1,1882) 93.
4. A farm-yard ; an area or enclosed space standing
about a house.
N.Cy.', Nhb.' Dur. Raine Charters, (fc. (1837) cclxiv. Cum.
Auld Marget in the fauld she sits, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808)
43 ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.' ; Cum.^ Laughin loud we louter't oot o'
t'foald, 67. Wm. A dog et com throuth faud raav a duck heaad
of, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 49, ed. 1821. n.Yks. Shoo an her
dowter e law come fra t'back fowd. Why John {Coll. L.L.B)
w.Yks. Ye all knaw Jim Smith, t'wheelreet i t'owd miln fowld,
Yksman. Comic Ann. (1876) 25; w.Yks.' There com a fine mack
ofa ... fellow down our foud, ii. 292; w.Yks.2 Lan. A vacant space
of ground distinct from a street, not necessarily enclosed, sometimes
belonging to one house— either back or front — sometimes common
to several houses in the form of a square or oblong, e. g. Baguly
Fold (S.Vf.) ; I was comin' through auld Willie's foud. Eaves-
dropper ym. Life (1869") 13 ; It was a bright joyous scene was the
' fowt' of the Bell and Carkscrew, Brierley Tales (1854) II. 98.
n.Lan.', Stf.' s.Stf. Keep off the fold now I've swilled it. Pin-
nock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Chs. (E.F.) ; Chs.' s.Chs.' Sopump-
fowd [piimp-fuwd], pump-yard, &c. Der.', nw.Der.' Shr. Mor-
ton Cyclo, Agric. (1863^) ; That's how the place came to be called
Mitchell's Fold, Burne Flk-Lore (18831 v; Slir.' The cows bin
milked an' out o' the foud every mornin afore six. Hrf. Duncuwb
Hist. Hrf. (1804) ; Hrf.=, Rdn.' Glo.' At Newnham, 50 years ago,
the paved court that is often seen round the door of a farm house
was called a ' vowl.'
Hence Folder, sA. a small farm-yard in front ofa house.
Glo.'
5. Coiiip. (i) Fold-garth, a farm-yard ; also used altrib. ;
(2) -gate (-yate, -yeat, or -yett), the gate of a farm-yard ;
(3) -yard, see -garth.
(i) n.Cy. Grose (i7go\ n.Yks.'; n.Yks. 2 Faud-garth fellows
[rustics]. ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Congregation 'II hae te toun oot inte
d' foadgarth, Wray Ncstlclon (1876) 42; Marshall Rnr. Econ.
(1788) ; e.Yks.' An enclosed slr.TW-yard where cattle are folded in
winter. m.Yks.' Usually bounded by the folds of the live stock.
n.Lin.' A bedded farm-yard in which stock is kept. (2) Cum.
Fauld yett, e.Ciint. Aeios (1887) ; He steeks the faul yeat softly
tui, Anderson Ballads (ed, 1808) 22. Wm. Naa hard fac'd
bumbalif comes within my fald-yeat, Hutton Bran New IVark
(1785; 1. 31 ; Shut the fauld gate (B.K.). Lan. In vain did the
damsel linger at the Fowt Yate, Brierley Cotters, x. Der.^,
nw.Der.' (,3) n.Yks.', ne.Yks.', n.Lin.', Nhp.', War.^
6. A cluster of houses, standing about an open space of
ground.
Yks. The houses in the 'folds ' were deserted, Baring-Gould
Pennycomeqtticks (1890) 58. w.Yks. There wor an old woman 'at
lived i'awr fowld. Hartley Tales, istS. 19; w.Yks.*; w.Yks.^A
collection of cottages standing in a yard more or less enclosed, as
Thorpe Fold, Heck Fold. Lan. There's a bit ov a fowt at th' top
o' Woodheause Lone, Clegg Sketches (1895) 306 ; Lan.' Wardle
Fold, near Wardle Hall, was fifty years since only a small se-
questered cluster of rough stone houses, Waugh Hkclchcs (1855)
124. Chs.'
7. A short, narrow street, a blind alley ; the path leading
from the garden gate to the door of a cottage.
w.Yks. vC.F.) Lan. Creeping down the ' fowt ' with a cautious
tread, Brierley Marlocks (1866) v; He led his friend up the
garden fowt, Brierley Irkdale {1B6Q) 177; I thowt I could yer
voices ut sounded like bein' i' our fowt, ib. Ab-o'th-Yate (1885) xiii.
TO'LD,sb.'^Sindv. Sc.n.Cy.Cum.Wm.Yks.Lan.Chs. Also
in forms faal Cai.' ; faud, faul, fauld Sc. ; foald Cum.' ;
fowd, fowt Chs.' 1. sb. In phr. to put in the fold, to fold up.
FOLDAGE
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FOLK
Ayr, We'll put oil the damask cover ; just put that ane in the
fold again — it'll do another time, Johnston KilmaUie (1891) I. 42.
2. A covering. Chs.^ 3. A suit of outer garments. Cai.'
4. A truss or bundle of straw. See Fawd, Fed, sb}
n.Cy. Grose {1790). e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1796) 1. 362.
5. V. To bend, bend double.
Frf. Hunger's angry rage forbade On sic a trip our houghs to
faud. Sands Po«;!5(i833I 118. Edb. My twae limbs are like to
fauld, Crawford Poems (1798) 54.
6. Phr. to fold one's feet, to sit down.
Abd. Ye hinna faul't yer fit i' my hoose this towmon, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xxx.
7. To mark a sheep by cutting a piece from the fold of
the ear, as a sign of ownership.
Cum. Sometimes we snip a bit out of the upper or under fold of
the ear, and we say it is under-folded or upper-folded, Cornh.
Mag. (Oct. 1890) Hdvellyn.
Hence (i) Fold-bitted, adj. having a piece cut from the
ear ; (2) Folding-bit, sb. a triangular piece cut from a
sheep's ear.
(i) Cum., Wm., Lan. Trans. Antiq. and Anh. Soc. (1866-1895)
XV. pt. i, T/ie Mountain Sheep. (21 Cum.i
FOLDAGE, sb. Nhp.> e.Suf. (F.H.) The liberty of
folding sheep by night in open fields.
F0L-DE-ROL(L, FOLDHERDOL, FOLDIDOL, see
Falderal.
FOLDING, sb. Sc. Yl<s. War. Siis. Also in forms
fauding n.Yks.^; faulding Sc. 1. A fold, pen, enclosure
for sheep or cattle.
Dmf. From the cot to the faulding I've followed my lassie,
Cromek Nitlisdnle Sng. (1810I 94.
2. Coiiip. (i) Folding-bar, an iron bar used to make holes
in the ground, in which are fixed hurdles for folding
sheep ; (2) -slap, the gate of a fold ; {3) -time, the time
when the cattle are housed or folded.
(i) War.3, Sus.i (2) Ayr. The sheep-herd steeks his faulding
slap, Burns Maun I still on Menie doal, st. 5. (3) n.Yks.^
FOLDING DRY, phr. Not. Of clothes, &c. : dry
enough to be folded.
s.Not, You might bring the clo'es in ; they seem about folding-
dry (J.P.K.-).
FOLDINGS, sb. pi. Sc. Wrappers.
A term applied to that part of dress which involves the pos-
teriors (Jam.).
Hence to have foul foldings, phr. to lose the power of
retention.
They followed the chace ; the Lord Fraser was said to have foul
foldings but wan away, Spalding ///s/. Sc. (1792) I. 151, i^2[ib.).
FOLE, see Fall, v., Foal, sb.^ ", Fold, sb.^
FOLGER, see Follower.
FOLIO, sb. w.Yks.^ In phr. iit full folio, in full dress,
in grand style.
[I had rather walke In folio again, loose, like a woman,
Fletcher Love's Cure (c. 1620) 11. ii (N.E.D.).]
FOLK, sb. Van dial, and colloq. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also written foke Chs.'^^ nw.Der.' ; and in
forms foak m.Yks.' n.Lin.'; foalk n.Yks. Lan.; fock Sc;
fok Sc. e.Lan.'; fooak Wm. n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' m.Lan.' ;
fouk Sc. w.Yks.^ fowk Sc. Cum. Wm. w.Yks. Chs.^;
fowlk Chs.* ; fwoak Nhb. Wm. ; fwok Cum.'^; vawk
Brks.' e.Dev. ; voak n.Dev. ; vok Cor.' ; voke I.W.' Wil.
n.Dev.; volkw.Cy.; vorkDev. [fok, foak, fouk, w.Cy. vok.]
1. In coiiip. (i) Folk-right, public right. n.Yks.'^; (2)
•stead, an appointed place where the people assemble, ib.
2. Men, people ; often in pi.
Sc.l've no great hankeringafter fremyt folkmyself, Keith Bonnie
Lady (1897) 67. Abd. We hamcly folkies never tire O' Walter
Scott, Ogg IViUie Waly (1873) 107. ne.Sc. Folks warna slack to
say that I took him for the sake o'a couthie doonsit, Grant ATccit/rfoH,
10. Kcd. The fouks in toons fa be, Sail leave their hames an'
wor'dly gear, Grant Lays (1884) 15. Per. The Drumtoclity fouk
themselves canna understand the cratur, Ian Maclaren Z^. Carneiite
(i8g6) 20. Fif. The Kirk-yard's coffins yald and broke Ancath the
press o' livin' fock, Tennant Papistry (1827) 168. Rnf. 'Twas
'gainst a' frem fouk charm't, Neilson Poems (1877) 117. Ayr.
How's a' the folk about Glenconncr? Burns Lett, to J, Tennant,
I. 2. Lnk. I prefer to mind ma ain afl'airs an' no ither folkses,
Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 109. e.Lth. Likwysc by fock thit man-
yoors trock Wee'r herryit sair, Mucklebackit Rliymes (1885) 48.
Bwk. There's as many dougs as folk, Henderson Pop. Rliymcs
(1856) 39. Nhb. Sum mare sic leyke fwoak, Bewick Tyneside
Tales (1850) II ; Nhb.' Folk wad think aa wis oot o' me heed.
Thor's nowt se queer as folk. e.Dur.' Cum. Fowk wer' left i'
the dark as to what his ailment was, Burn Fireside Cracli fi886)
16; Cum.i; Cum.^ An' pays what he owes fwok wid phraisin' or
fratchin', 55. Wm. Fowk wez there fray far en near, Blezard
Sngs. (1868) 41. s.Wm. Ee' them days fwoak dud'nt gang e' carts,
SouTHEY Doctor (ed. 1848) 558. n.Yks, Foalks seem puzzled-like,
LiNSKiLL Belui.IIeal/ierandN. Sea (i8S^) i; n.Yks.iFolksisfittosay
so and so. Adeal o' folk hasn't getten their hay yet ; n.Yks. ^ 'An
odd kin o' fooak,' a queer set. ne.Yks.' Folks'U say owt. m.Yks.'
He'd rather mind other foakes business than his own. w.Yks.
He sumhah kests a leet on things At fowk noan wants ta see,
Preston Poems i 1864) 4 ; w.Yks.' Lan. Tho' he's bother'd wi'
o' sorts o' foalk, Lavcock Sngs. (i866j 8. e.Lan.', m.Lan.' Chs.l
There were a ruck o' fowk theer last neet ; Chs.^ You hinder folk ;
Chs.3 Folks dunna loike him. nw.Der.^ Ther's bin leet crops o'
'ay, foke en be badly off fer fodder this winter. Lin.' There were
a few folks present. n.Lin.' Foak is occasionally heard, but foaks
is the usual form. Foaks says 'at goodness brings it awn reward,
bud I saay bad unshesbest time on it here onywaays. Glo. (E.D.);
Members o' Parlyment a-caddling auver other folkses bus'ncss,
Buckman Darie's Sojourn (1890) xv. Brks. Gl. (1852) ; Brks.'
Sur.' There was a wonderful sight of folks there. Sus. There'd
be a good many folks wanting tickets at Etchingham, Egerton Ptk.
andlVays{iSS4)$i). I.W.' W11.SlowG/.(i892). s.WU.Vaut vine
volks [What fine folks], Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 114. Som. And
hear tell how all the folk be a-getten on like, Raymond Tiyphena
(1895) 35. w.Som.' Thick there sort o' pigs idn no good to poor
volks. Dev. Who the vork be, Blackmore Christotvell (1881) xv ;
Avore me an' thee be wold vo'ks, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1896)
155. n.Dev. Oil vor palching about to hire lees to vine-dra voaks,
Exin. Scold. (1746) 1. 202. nw.Dev.' e.Dev. Aul yeue vawk that
da baide in th' gird'ns.yer mates always hark tayervaice, Pulman
Sng. Sol. (i860) viii. 13. Cor.'
Hence folk of peace, phr. the fairies.
Sc. 1 am nameless like the Folk of Peace, Stevenson Catriona
(1893) i.
3. Men-servants; workpeople, farm-labourers; gen. in//.
Edb. The master looks To see gin a' his fowk ha'e hooks, Ha'rst
Rig (1794) 9, ed. 1801. e.Yks. AUowinge to every waine two
folkes, viz. : a forker and a loader. Best Rtir. Econ. (1641) 51.
Brks.' Taayke the beer up to the vawk at dree o'clock. Ken.*
Our folks are all out in de fill ; Ken. 2, I.W.' w.Som.' They d'
employ a sight o' women vokes, but there idn very much vor men
vokes to do. nw.Dev.'
Hence Folk-chamber, sb. a room for the men-servants
employed upon a farm. Hrt. (H.G.)
4. Kindred, relations ; all the members of a family ;
sometimes in pi.
Sc. Do you know nothing of her folk 1 Keith Bonnie Lady (1897)
67. Sh.I. Maikie couldna tell his folk dat shil wis a sea-woman
[mermaid], Stewart /iVcsiV/e Tales (1892) 35. Cai.' How's your
folk? Abd, Whaur come yefrae? — Wha'syer fowk ? Macdonald
Sir Gibbie, xiv. Kcd. His folk had been lang in Luna Braes, Jamie
Muse {iH^4) a. Fif. And his ain folk were sair wearied o' her afore
she gaed, Robertson Provost (1894) 28. Ayr. Gi'e your fo'k my
compliments, Hunter Studies (1870) 135. Lnk. The aucht-day
clock the auld guidwife Had gotten fraeherfolks in Fife, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (1873) 9. Edb. Bear in mind your folks were poor,
LiDvLE Poems (1821) 163. Gall. My fouks a' died when I was
wee, Nicholson Poet. Wlis. (1814) 69, ed. 1897. Ant. Oor folk,
Ballymena Obs. (1892'). Nhb. We'll hae to gan back wi the' te the
awn folks, Robson Bk. Ruth (i860) i. 10; Nhb.' Wor folk [our
relatives]. Wm. T'fadder fooak's sair again him (B.K.). e.Yks.'
Its oor fooaks' weshin day, at yam [home]. w.Yks. Aw dar'nt
let aar fowk catch me wi Chairley,BiCKERDiKE BcacoH Aim. (1875) >
w.Yks.', Lan. (F.R.C.), ne.Lan.' nw.Der.' 'Hows au yorefokel'
' Well, ther au arty ber Sam, 'ee's get a cowd.' Dev. We've folks
too out to Nymet, Baring-Gould /. Hern'ng {188S) 98. [Amer.
Immediate family. In Connecticut I have heard men say ' my
folks,' meaning strictly my wife. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 330.]
5. pi. Friends, intimate companions.
n.Yks.2 They'll be quite fooaks. Not.' Lei.* They used to be
such folks, I don't know whativver made 'em two. Nhp.' We're
not folks now. War.^ They're verj' great folks ; War.^ s.Wor.
Us shattered out ower summat or another, and niver wuzn't folks
after, Outis yig. Mon., Berrow's Jm. (1896J 16.
FOLKESTONE
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FOLLOWING
FOLKESTONE, sb. Ken. In comb, (i) Folkestone-
beef, cli-ied dog-fish; (2) —girls, (3) —lasses, (4) —
washerwomen, heavy rain-clouds.
1 11 Ken.' 'MostoCtliefislicinicn'sliousesinFolkestone [foaksun]
harbour arc adorned willi Icstoons of fish hung out to dry. There
was no head, taih or fins to them. . .The rough skhi on their reverse
side told me at once that tliey were a species of dog-fish. I asked
what they were? "Folkestone beef," was the reply.' (3) (G.B.) ;
De Folkston gals looked houghed black, Masters Dick and Sa/ [^c.
iSai) St. 23; Ken.i 13, 41 Ken.'
FOLK'S-GLOVE.sZi. Nhb.Wil. The fo.xglove, Z)/;§y/rt//s
p)irpurea.
Nhb.' Wil. Sariiiii Dioc. Gas. (.Ian. 1B90) 6, col. i.
[Due to popular etymology.]
FOLLER, see Follow, v., Follower.
FOLLIESHAT, sb. Bnff.' [fo-lijat] The jelly-fish.
FOLLIFIL, (!()>'. Sh.I. Also in form foUyfoo. [folifil,
•fu.] Foolish.
Doo wid a gotten a tirl apo* da fiiier bi some o'da foUyfoo boys.
Sit. News l,Ja"- 29, 1898; ; Oh, for your follifil wyes lasses, tb.
(Aug. 6, 18981.
[The quhilkfoiifulaffectionisvil be theravenconfusione,
Coutpl. Scot/. (1549) 126.1
FOL-LOL, see Fallal(l.
FOLLOW, sb.' Sc. Also written folia, [folo, -3.]
1. A fellow. See Fellow, sb. 2.
Abd. A stoot j'oung folia, .'\le.\.\nder Johnny Gihh ' 1871) i.
2. Phr. (i) a bad follow, a niggardly person ; (2) a good
foUoiv, a generous person, Cai.'
FOLLOW, sZ-.'^ Shr.'2 [fo-lo.] A fallow. See Fallow, sA.
FOLLOW, V. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written follah w.Yks. ; foliar Ess. ; foller Brks. ; folio
Sc. [fo'lo, -a.] 1. In phr. (i) Follow me doady, a non-
intoxicating drink ; (2) — my gable, a children's game ;
(3) to folloiu the but.! on some one, to go to law with some
one ; (4) to folloiu the looks, to come forward ; (5) to play
folloiL'-Dick to some oiic, to act as a servile follower.
(I) w.Yks.2 Used at children's parties. (2i Yks. A ring is formed
with one child in the middle as the 'Gary man. Whatever he or
she does all in the ring must mimic, going round and singing at
the same time, ' Follow my gable 'oary man, Follow my gable 'oary
man, I'll do all that ever I can To follow my gable 'oary man.
We'll borrow a horse and steal a gig, And round the world we'll
have a jig, And I'll do all, &c.' Anyone found late in changing the
action or idle in obej-ing the caperings of the central child becomes
the 'Gary man, Gomme Games 1 1894;- 1. 129. Bdf. * I sell my bat.
I sell my ball, I sell my spinning-wheel and all. And I'll do all
that ever I can To follow the eyes of the drummer-man.' The
children sit in a semicircle, the Drummer faces them. He plays
the drum, . . . the other children play any instrument they like, ib.
Sur. ' Holy Gabriel, hol^'man, Rantum roarum reeden man, I'll do
all as ever I can To follow my Gabriel, holy man.' Holy Gabriel
kneels in the middle of the circle. He acts as leader, and always
had a fiddle as his instrument, though now he usually pla3S the
pianoforte. . . The other children choose any instrument they like.
Holy Gabriel pretends to play the fiddle, and all the children play
their own instruments until Holy Gabriel changes his to one of
theirs, when that one must immediately begin to play the fiddle
and continue until Holy Gabriel takes another instrument or returns
to the fiddle, ib. (3) s.Lin. If iver he does it agen I'll foller the
law on 'im, or mi naam isn't .laaques (T.H.R.'). Nrf. I won't put
up with such treatment, I'll follow the law on him (W.R.E.). (4)
Sh.I. Folio' your luiks, boys, an' come ta da fire. Sh. News (Nov.
20, 1897'!. (51 Gall, Gin ye want to play follow-dick to the Max-
\ve]\ lads, ye can do it, Crockett Raiders (1894) xvi.
2. To practise, engage in, esp. of a trade or profession.
Sc. (A.W. ! w.Yks. Nowt i' this world 'at'sas hard to follow as
idleness, Hartley CloekAhn. (1882 9. n.Lin.' He did keapa public,
but noo he folia's mohdin'. ' I follow fowling and fishing,' Pryme
Recolleclions, 1^6. Nhp.' He lollows the shoemaking trade. War.^
Brks. My grandfather . . . foller'd blacksmitliing. Hughes Scour.
White Horse {iSsg) V. Hnt. i,T.P.F.) e.An.' • He follow jobbing,
shoe-making, tailoring.' In general, indeed, it seems implied that
he is not very likely to overtake what he follows ; e.An.^ Respect-
ing a sailor, ' he follow the sea,' or, ' he follow the water.' Nrf.
Oh ! he follow butchering (W.R.E.). Ess. I have hard he there
lived under one Who follar'd husbandry, Clark /. Noakes (1839)
St. 15.
VOL. II.
Hence fi) Follow-theplough, sb. a ploughman ; {2)
-the-sea, sb. a fisherman. e.An.'
3. To look after, attend to, mind ; to serve, wait on.
Yks. Dceame will follow hersel and mak her own beds, Fether-
STON T. Goortimlger {i8-]o) 11. w.Yks. Too big a house for me to
follow (C.F.) ; Thee follah this machine wol I com back, Leeds Merc.
Stif'pl. (Apr. 29, 1893^ ; T'hahse es noan reight followed, or it ud
noan be soa mucky, ib. ; Da mon fob iJem pigz tD-nit (J.W,).
4. To court, woo, pay one's addresses to.
Sc. fA.W.\ Dur.' s.Dur. He followed his wife ten year afore
they wore wed (J E.D.). w.Yks, Leeds Merc. Stifipl. (Apr. 29, 1893^;
w.Yks.' He's followed her lang. e.Lap.' ne.Lan.' He ha' wedd'd
her at last ; he'd followed her lang enouflf. n.Lin.' Thaay saay as
Jim folia's Mary Anne; but, braade o' me, noht'll cum on it.
5. Tocontinue,persist; tohaverecourse to. Alsowithow.
Wil.' If you do want a good crop, you must follow on a hoeing
o' the ground; but you can't do no hoeing so long as it do follow
raining, IVil. Arch. Mag. XXll. iii.
6. With on : to resemble, match.
Glo.' That'll follow on very well [it will match what has gone
before].
7. With on : to press, oppress.
n.Yks.2 We're desperately follow'd on wi' wark.
8. With up : to persevere in a course of treatment, to
continue to treat a person.
w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.' Noabody was better folla'd up wi' doctor'
stufi" then him, thoa I saay it mysen. sw.Lin.' I've been following
her up well wi' some sauve. There's nowt better for inflammation
than Featherfew, if you do but follow it up,
FOLLOWER, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms folger Cor.' ; foller w.Yks.'; folyer Cor.'";
voller Sus. nw.Dev.'; vollier Dor.* w.Som.' Cor."; volyer
Cor.'" [folo-s(r, fo'l3-a(r, -J3(r).] 1. Any young do-
mestic animal, while dependent on or accompanying its
mother; also used of a little child.
Sc. From Patrick M'Arthour — i bull, 2 mares and followers,
I slaig. Depredations on Clan Campbell, 61 iJah.); A hen and its
followers. A cow and its Ibllower (Jam. Sn/>pl.). SIk. She has a
follower too, poor woman, a dear little girl, Hogg Tales (1838)
202, ed. 1866. Cum.' A breeding mare pony has sometimes two
or more of her offspring with her on the mountains, and these are
called her followers. n.Lin.' A foal, calf, or lamb, while it follows
its mother. 'Yows an' their followers was uncommon low last Ketton
market.' Cmb. For sale, 100 ewes and their followers (W.W.P.).
2. Lean store cattle or sheep, which ' follow ' the fatting
cattle to pick up their leavings.
Cum.' e.Nif. Marshall Rnr. Eeon. (1787V
3. The foremost horse of a team of four. Dor.*
4. The second boat in pilchard-fishing which carries the
'tuck-net.'
Cor. See, theere between our folyer and the seine booat, Tregel-
LAS Tales (1865) 126 ; A second boat, the volyer, has another sean-
net of a hundred or more fathoms in length and eighteen in depth,
Quiller-Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) 106; In pilchard fishing
' there is a second or assisting boat, called the volyer, which
carries another net, caUed the tuck-seine,' Household IVds. (1855)
X. 130 ; Cor.'"
5. "That part of a cider or cheese press to which pressure
is applied ; also used in pi.
w.Yks.' A flat circular piece of wood used in pressing a cheese
when the curd is not suflicient to fill the vat. Shr.' It is used for
pressing the curd in the cheese-vat. ' Cheese- vats, followers, and
suMoTS,' A uclioneers Catal. (1870). Sus. The round piece of wood
that is laid on the top of the curd in the cheese-vat (S.P.H.).
Dor. The cover of a cheese vat which was wrung down upon the
cheese by a large box of stones, Barnes Gl. (1863) s.v. Stfian.
Son], Pieces of wood put in between the summer and the pum-
macc (W.F.R.). w.Som.' That part of a cider or cheese press
which rises and falls by turning the screws. nw.Dev.'
6. A horizontal slab of stone laid upon the perpendicular
walls of brickwork above the coffin in a built grave.
nw.Dev.' Aw, bless ee, zir, there bain't no oal' grave-stones 3'ur
about; they've a-used min all up vor vollers.
FOLLOWING, sb. and adj. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Not. Lin.
Ess. Also in forms follarin' Ess.; follerin' s.Not. 1. sb.
A body of followers ; the retainers of a chief; a doctor's
patients.
Sc. Apprehending that the sufferer was one of his following,
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Scott JVaverhy (1814) xlv. Ayr. Willie has also a brave follow-
ing, and ... is ta'en oot amang the gentry to an extent I never
dreamed of, Service ZJr. Dtigiii.i (ed. 1887) 186.
2. Coiiip. Following-in, the action of one man working
after another in the same working place.
Nlib.i Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Ti: Gl. (1888).
3. adj. In coiup. (i) Following-crop, a crop, the produce
of which, exclusive of straw, belongs to a farmer after
he has left his farm ; also called Away-going-crop ;
(2) -stone, loose stone lying on coal, which comes down
as the seam is worked ; (3) -time, a season in which tine
weather and showers follow each other in quick suc-
cession, a season favourable to vegetation.
(i) n.Lin.' (2) N.Cy.» Nhb.i Called also ' ramble.' ('s'ls.Not.
After I'd set my taters there corned a follcrin time, an' I did very
virell with 'em (J.P.K.X e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. A follarin' time, the
farmers' crups, Itollis suits um best, Clahk/. Noakes{i%Z9) st- 44;
Ess.^
FOLLO"W-TAR, sb. Nhb. Dur. Also in form folly-tar
e.Dur.' A game of marbles ; see below.
Nhb.i Played by two boys, who shoot alternately, one following
after the other. e.Dur.i Played while walking along. One boy
shoots his marble, and the other tries to hit it. If it comes within
the span (hand's-brcadth), it is called ' SpangyOneses'O wonnzes') ;
but if it hits, it is called ' Knocky Twoses ' (,' towsers '). Formerly
so, but now plaj-ed differently. They just hit, and count that one,
and so follow on.
FOLLY, sb} Sc. Nhb, Dur. Yks. Not. Lin. Nhp. War.
[fo'li.] L A useless or ridiculous building; one which
has not answered its original purpose.
Sc. (Jam. , N.Cy.' Nhb'' At Byker an imitation of a ruined
castle occupied the site of the new church, and it was alwaj's
known as Byker Folly, w.Yks.i A building erected for ornament,
not for use; w.Yks,= Granville Street was formerly called ' The
Folly,' from a Ibolish attempt by one to work a mine there.
s.No"t. fJ.P.K ), n,Lin,i Nhp.' Generally designated by the name
of the original proprietor, as ' Smith's Folly ' : sometimes by the
name of the village where it is situate, as ' Denshanger Folly.'
War.^ There is a Smith's ' Folly ' in Edgbaston, a house which is
said to have been built to enable a jealous husbandto watch his wife.
2. A name given to a building standing on an eminence
in order to command an extensive view.
Dur.' Brussleton Folly, &c.
3. A public tea-garden in country places.
s.Not. Swings are set up and other amusements may be indulged
in by visitors (J.P.K.V
[1. Yr. folic, ' Se dit de certaines maisons de plaisance
aux quelles on adjoint le nom de celui qui ies a fait con-
struire ; . . . on y attache d'ordinaire I'idee qu'elles sont
construites d'une manicre bizarre, ou qu'elles ont coiite
beaucoup d'argent' (Littre). 3. OVr. folic, ' Nom donne
a une petite maison de plaisance ou Ton se reunissait pour
se divertir' (Hatzfeld).]
FOLLY, sb.' Brks. Nrf. Wil. Also in form volly
Brks. [foil, voli.] A cluinp of trees standing on the
crest of a hill or in a stretch of open ground.
Brks.' A circular group of fir trees on the crest of a hill. There
are three such ' vollj's ' at Hampstead Norreys on the ' Volly Hill.'
Nrf. J.B.P.) Wil.' A circular plantation of trees on a hill, as
' The Long Folly ' on Compton Down. ' " Every hill seems to have
a F0II3'," she said, looking round. *' I mean a clump of trees on the
top," ' Jeffeuies Gnenc Feme Farm (1880) vi.
FOLLY, V. Irel. Glo. Brks. I.W. Wil. Som. Dev.
Amer. Also in forms volley I.W.' Dev.; vollie Wil.;
volly w,Cy. [fo'li, w.Cy. vo'Ii.] 1. To follow. See also
Follower.
s.Ir. All you have to do is to folly the ship. Lover Leg. (1848)
"• 33°. Wxf. Well, well, folly your own way, Kennedy Banks
Boro (,1867; 238. Glo. You kip to this here rawd, and volly on
till you do come to themthere housen. A'. & Q. (1865^ 3rd S.
viii. 452. Brks.' I.W.' Goo on, I'll volley thee. Wil. Slow Gl.
(1892). Som. Still we must volly our wives ef we ud wish to be
wise, Agrikler Rhymes 1 18721 5 ; You volly in my tracks, Ray-
mond Love and Quiet Life (1894I 129. w.Som.' I've a-bronght
back your dog, mum ; he vollied me home last night. nw.Dev.'
e.Dev. Goo volly th' vlock-pirnts, Pulman Siig. Sul. (i860) i. 8.
Dev. I wants a 'oss tu carry me, not tu volley me, Burnett Stable
Boy (,1888) viii. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896; I. 50.]
2. Phr. lo volly your hands, to continue what you are doing;
at games : to ' follow on,' w,Som.'
FOLLYFOO, FOLLY-TAR, see Follifil, Follow-tar.
FOLM, V. Sc. To turn upside down, to overturn
{Iraiis. and i>iti:). See 'Whummil.
Bnff.' The boat folmt an' a' the men wiz droont. Abd. (Jam.)
FOLP, 5i. and ?^ Sc. [folp.] 1. sb. A whelp ; also
used _/?§•. as a term of contempt.
Cai.' Bnflf.' A person of disagreeable temper. Bch. They ken
Ye're but an useless folp, Fokbes Ulysses (1785) 24.
2. V. To whelp. Bnff.'
FOL-THE-ROLS, FOLYER, see Falderal, Follower.
FOME, FOMMEL, see Foam, Fummel.
FON, prep. e.Dur.' For.
We should always say ' I'll work for thee,' but some would say
* fon it,' * fon us,' * fon 'im,' ' fon 'er,' ' fon 'em.'
FO(N, FON, see Fall, sb., v.. Find, Fun, sb.^
FOND, adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Not. Lin. e.An. Also Som. Also in form font Nhb.'
Cum. [fond, font.] 1. Foolish, silly ; half-witted, im-
becile, daft ; also used rtrfz/^. ; rarely of things : useless.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb.', Dur.', e.Dur.' Cum. Jwosepsedawas
a font cuddy, Mary Drayson (1872) 12 ; T'ou's owther fuil or font,
Anderson Ballads (ed. 1881) 25 ; A fond [useless] thing ( J.Ar.).
Wm. Fond silly girls, Hutton Bran Nciv IVark (1785) 1. 441.
Yks. Thy fond tricks will leead thee tit galloos at last, Fether-
ston T. Goorkmdgcr (1870) 145. n.Yks. Thoo fond lad, when thoo
seed us coomin, thoo sud a stopped, Frank Fishing (1894) 33 ;
n.Yks.'; n.Yks. 2 'Fonder and fonder,' more absurd than ever.
* Fondest,' the greatest fool of the lot. ne.Yks.' Ah nivver heeard
tell o' sikan a fond tthrick. e.Ykp. Older and fonder (Miss A.) ;
Marshall Ritr. Ecuii. (,1788) ; e.Yks. ' m.Yks.* I'd a dizziness in
my head that turned me fair fund. w.Yks. It's a fond ti-ick to blame
a man for his nature, Snowden Web 0/ IVtavcr {iSgb) 48 ; w.Yks.' ^ ;
w.Yks. ^ Doan't tawak so fond, pretha ! T'fondest fellah ah ivver
clapt me ees on — ah think fursure it's fonder an' fonder at lie gels
ivvry daay ! ne.Lan.' s.Not. You are fond to stop dancing there
till three o'clock in the morning (J.P.K,). Lin. Brookes Tracts
Gl. ; Lin.' n.Lin.' I've heiird . . . niver noht hairf soJi fond as this
row is aboot th' Ows'on graave-stoiin, w.Som.' Applied to old
people become childish. Dhu poo"ur oai mae*nn-z u-kau'm
praup'ur fau'n luyk [The poor old man is become quite silly like].
[Tills is a fond and ungrounded old saying, Ray Prov. { 1678) 37.]
Hence (i) Fondish, adj. weak of intellect; (2) Fondling
or Fonlin, sb. a fool, an idiot; (3) Fondly, adv. foolishly ;
(4) Fondness, sb. foolishness, nonsense ; (5) Fondy, sb.
a fool ; a simpleton, an imbecile.
(i)n.Yks.2 1^21 n.Cy. Grose (1790; ; N.Cy.l w.Yks. Yis. IVkly.
Post (Apr. 3, 1897) ; Hutton Tour lo Cai'es (1781) ; w.Yks.'
Isteod o' gangin to' th' left o' t'lile mear, t'girt fonlin raad to' th'
left o't taad pond, ii. 295; w.Yks. ^ (3) n.Cy. Grose (1790). Yks.
(CC.R.), n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' il/S. «rfrf. {T,H.J ne Lan.' (4) Yks.
It's mah ain fondness Ah sud curse, Macquoid D. Banigh (1877)
xiii, n.Yks. '2 ne.Yks.' He's good ti nowt bud talkin' fondness.
e.Yks.', m.Yks.' w.Yks. Thou's fondness itsen (CC.R,). (5)
N.Cy.' Nhb. Ashamed of having been led by a recognised 'fondle '
into something very like a panic, Clare Love 0/ Lass f 1890) II. 91 ;
Nhb.' Sit doon, ye greet fondy. e.Dur.' Thou's a fondle. Yks.
Sheea's a fondy, an' ah tcU'd Rose she'd best keep aloof, Vli^c-
QVOwD.Barugh (1877) ^^'^'. n.Yks. He's nobbut a fondy (_I.W.);
n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ A pack o' fondles. ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' Noo then,
fondy, keep thi rat tie- th rap cart o'reet side o'rooad. m.Yks.' w.Yks.^
Shoo mun staand gaaping loike a fondy it winders, 9. n.Lin.'
2. Comb. (1) Fond-brassant, brazen-faced, impudent,
accompanied by shallowness of brain; (2) — cruke or
crook, a crotchet, foolish whim ; (3I — fool, a great fool,
an idiot; (4) -head, a blockhead, simpleton ; (5) -headed,
foolish, absurd ; (6) — hoit, see — fool ; (7) — talk, non-
sense, foolish, ridiculous speech.
(i) e.Yks.' He's reeal fond-brassant; he's shamed o' nowt, and
he's a fceal inti bahgan. (2) n.Yks.', m.Yks.' (3) m.Yks.' (4")
Yks. Gil Geilby, thou'st nobbut a fondhead, Blackmore Mary
Anerlcy {liiigj-nVn. ne.Yks.' Thoo fondheead, thoo. e.Yks.' y)/5.
nrfrf. (t.H.) w.Yks. (J. W.) (5) n.Yks.^ (6, 7) n.Yks.' = . m.Yks.'
3. Phr. (i) as fond as a besom, as a gate. Sec, see below :
very foolish, stupid ; (2) like fond, as though imbecile,
halt-wittcd.
(i) N.Cy.' Fond-as-a-buzzom. Nlib.' As font as a buzzom. As
font as a yett, Note by Mr.f. Tiveddcll. s.Dur. He's as fond as a
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besom. He's as fond as a brush (J.K.D.\ Cum. ' As fond as the
folks of Token.' The people of lirampton assert that the first
coach that passed through Token was followed by a crowd of its
inhabit:ints in order to see the big wheels catch the little ones,
Denlmiii Tracts (ed. 1892) I. 166. Yks. As fond As ony farden
can'le, Incledew Ballads (i860) 218. n.Yks. Sz fond az a j'at.
3z fond ez Fadge (W.H.) ; n.Yks.^ As fond as a horn [easily
duped |. As fond as a bezoni. e.Yks. As fond as a billy gooat.
As fond as Dick's hat-band, at went roond his hat nahn tahins [9
times] an then wadn't tee [wouldn't tie], Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889)
19; e.Yks.' As fond as a besom. As fond as a yat. ni.Yks.'
As fond as a door-nail. w.Yks. She is as fond as a cart about
him ^L.M.S,) ; w.Yks.^ Thah's as fond as a bezom, 78. n.Lin.' As
fond as th' men of Belton 'at liing'd a sheap for stealin' a man.
(2) Wm. & Cum.' Sae here Ihar govisons leyke font, 146.
4. Foolishly afl'ectionatc, sentimental, 'spoony'; also
usedyfg'. of things.
Ant. ■ llie docir is a little fond,' said when it sticks in opening
(W.H.P.I. Cum.^ An' what reel bed I to believe thoo wad deal
Ajder fairer or fonter wi' me? 180. w.Yks. Our John be right
fond about Thompson" gal (.W.M.E.F.); Awm nooan jaylus! aw
ammot that fond! Hartley Clock Aim. (,1884) 8; Diet. Batley
Dial. {iZ6o)&.
Hence (i) Fond-like, {a) adj. infatuated, doating ; (b)
adv. affectionately, sentimentally ; (2) Fondsome, adj.
loving, affectionate.
ii,ni Frf. Do you tell me lies fondlike o't ? Barrie Minister
(1891) xvii. {b) Frf. You're aye lookin' at me sae fondlike 'at I
dinna ken what wy to turn, ib. Thniins (18^9) xviii. (2) n.Yks. ^
A fondsome bairn.
5. Glad, happy ; desirous, eager.
Sc. Miss Grant was very fond to carry me there, Stevenson
Calfioua (1893) XX. Frf. Young guid-men, fond, stark an' bale,
Thrang in to join the jokin', Morison Poems {1790) i6. Fif. I was
fond, ye need na doubt. To gang yont b3'e an' see him, Douglas
Poerns (1806: 87. Riif. As he'd been fond to ascertain If the poor
brute wad live again, Picken Poems (1813) I. 7. Ayr. I'm unco
fond to ken about London, Galt Legatees ;i82o) viii. Lnk. Slie's
fond to get a haurl O' warldly wealth, and pomp, and glory,
Rodger Poems (18381 140, ed. 1897. Gall. I sawna where I ran,
Like ithers, fond to get a man. Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814) 70,
ed. 1897. Cum. The lingeripig leaf, though fond to stay. Was
swept by the rude blast away, Blamire Poet. IVks. (c. 1794) 96,
ed. 1842. e.Suf. I am very fond to see h"m (F. H.).
6. or things : luscious, fulsome, disagreeably sweet in
taste or smell.
e.An.i Nrf.. Snf. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Suf. Cullum
Hist. Hatfsted {1613).
[1. Foolish, fond, s/o//a';(5, Baret (1580); Fonde,f75/;-os//s,
Cal/i. Aiigl. (1483). 4. How many fond fools serve mad
jealousy! Shaks. Co)u. Err. 11. i. 116. 5. Why would you
be so fond to overcome The bonny priser,/6.^s You, ii.iii.7.]
FOND-PLOUGH, sb. Obsol. n.Cy. Yks. Also in forms
•pleeaf e.Yks.' ; -plufe n.Yks.^ ne. Yks.' e.Yks. A custom
formerly observed of dragging a plough from village to
village upon certain occasions; see below. Cf. fool-plough.
n.Cy. Brand Pop. Antiq. \ed. 1813) I. 396. n.Yks.' Part of the
procession which used to accompany tlie Sword- Dance performers;
n.Yks.2 The plough mummings at Christmas. ne.Yks.' Practice
of dragging a plough from place to place on or about the Epiphany,
some of those present being disguised, and money being solicited
for merrj'-making. e.Yks. It was formerly a custom, which is not,
I believe, yet laid aside, for the youth of each parish or township
to drag a plow from village to village, on Twelfth-day ; collecting
money to make merry with in the evening. Each party is headed
by ' Mab and his wife,' in disguise, with their faces blacked,
and a kind of harlequin dress, Marshall Pur. Econ. (1788);
e.Yks.' On Plough-Monday farming lads, fantastically dressed,
go round the towns and villages, dragging along a plough, from
which the plough-share has been removed, stopping occasionally to
perform a rude morrice dance round their implement of labour, the
clown exhibiting rude antics and uttering rustic jokes, when the
inhabitants say, ' Here's fond-pleeaf cum.' [Grose (1790).]
TONE, sb.pl. Obs. Sc. Foes.
Fif. We look round about and see How Tullidaff is comin' on
Wi' th' Fisher-knicht and other fone,TENNANTF(?/>/i/»j (1827) 176.
FONE, see Fall, sb., v.
FONNED, adj. Ags. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Prepared. Ill fonned, &c. (Jam.)
FONTLE, V. Yks. Lin. [fo'ntl.] To fondle. vv.Yks.i
Hence Fontling, ppl. adj. fondling, affectionate ; fond
of being petted.
Lin. A child or kitten is often said to be 'a fontlin' little thing'
(W.M.E.F.).
FOO, inf. e.Yks.' An exclamation of contempt, dis-
gust, c^c. MS. add. (T.H.)
FOO(-, see Fool, Foul, Full, adj.. How.
FOOAZ, sec Force, v.'^
FGOCH, V. and sb. Dev. Cor. Also in forms foach
Cor. ; foadge e.Cor. ; footch, fouch(e Cor. ; voach Dev.
Cor.' ; voitch vv.Cor. ; vooch Cor.^ [futj- fotj- fodg.]
1. V. To tread on heavily; to trample under foot.
Dev. The labouring classes in some parts of Dev. . . . voach on
j'our corns instead of treading on them, N. & Q. (1857) and S. iv.
150. Cor.' w.Cor. A'. & O. (1854) ist S. x. 441.
Hence Foochy or Voochy, adj. clumsy, awkward,
maladroit, stupid.
Cor. Tom . . . es as foochey a man in thaise matters as ever I
seed in my days, Peakce Est/ier Pentreat/i ^1891) bk. i. vi ; Cor.*
2. To push, thrust forward ; to poke, shove, hustle.
Cor. Right through the disles foach your gun, Tregellas Tales
(1865) 39; The owld 'umman fooched it ovver the table, Hicham
Dial. ^i866) 16 ; Tha sharp end of a stick fouched into my rump,
T. Towscr (l8^3) 150; Then he footched some grat big doat figs
in my lap, J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (18461 24 ; She fooched her
finger down his throat as tur as it would go, Thomas Raudigal
Rliymes (1895)3; Cor.' Where be 'ee fooching? Cor.^ e.Cor.
Ti.ey foadged . . . me oal about, Daniel Poems.
3. To make a thing serve or do as a makeshift or at a
push ; to get on tolerably well, do indifi'erently. Gen.
with along.
Cor. To fouche-along, to ' make both ends meet,' or ' keep the
head above water,' O'Donoghue St. Knighton (1864J CI. ; I thort
he might ha' fooch'd away a year or two more. I thought he
might have got over (that is, have lived) a year or two more.
Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436; Cor.' Can 'ee fooch along wi' that?
' How be 'ee, Jan ?' ' Fooching along, thank 'ee ' ; Cor."
4. sb. A push, sliove, thrust ; also fig. a makeshift, that
which serves at a push.
Cor. We'll coin a song too, 'pon a fooch, Tregellas Tales (1865)
63 ; Cor.' A fooch of a dennar ; Cor.'^ I gov'n a fooch. It will do
upon a fooch. It's a poor fooch.
5. Disorder, confusion ; also used of an incompetent,
helpless person.
Cor. Everything Ee's in an awful fooch, Thomas Randigal
Rhymes ( 1895') 22 ; Two poor fooches (J.W.).
[1. OFr. foiigcr, ' fouiller la terre avec le groin' (La
Curne) ; see also Cotgr. Romanic *fodicare, der. of Lat.
fodcre^^
FOOCHTER, sb. and v. Bnfl'.' [fu'xtsr.] 1. sb.
Confusion, turmoil; a bustling, confused method of work;
also used of a person who works in an unmethodical,
confused manner. See Fooch, sb. 5.
The gueede-wife geed intil a foochter fin the laird geed t'see 'ir.
2. V. To work in a hasty, awkward, confused manner.
Hence Foochtering, ppl. adj. awkward, fussy, confused ;
weak.
FOODGE, see Fudge, v.
FOODIE-SKIRT, sb. Sh.I. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A short coat or vest. S. & Ork.'
FOODIN, sb. Sh.I. A cat. S. & Ork.'
FOODJIE, see Fugle.
FOODLE, V. Lan. [fu'dl.] To fondle, caress.
They'd coodle thee an' foodie thee, when thou're coortin 'em,
Brierlev Tiaddlejin (ed. 1884) v; Hoo coodle't, an' foodle't,
an' simper't, Waugh Owd Cronies (1875) v.
FOODY, «(// n.Cy. Yks. Also (?) Brks. [fu'di, fui'di.]
Rich, fertile, full of grass; of good quality.
n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. In not infreq. use as to many articles,
meaning rich, of good quality. It is commonly used in regard to
cloth by manufacturers and others, meaning good, thick, handsome,
having a good ' feel' ^S.P.U.); w.Yks.', Brks. (A.C.)
[Who brought them to the sable fleet from Ida's foody
leas, Chapman Iliad (c. 1611) xi. 104.]
FOOF, sb. Cai.' [fiif.] A stench. Cf. faff, sh.'^, fuf(f.
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FOOF, V. Irel. [fuf.] Of a dog: to howl or whine in
a melancholy manner.
Ant. There's a dog foofing; it's before something, Baltymeiia
Obs. (iSgaV
Hence Foofing, 7;W.s6. the melancholy howhng of a dog.
N.I.' Ant. Ballyiiieiia 065.(1892); (S.A.B.)
TOOF,ii!f. Sc. An exclamation of impatience. Cf. fuf(f.
Elg. Foof ! surely to goodness, ye ken Willie La, Tester Poems
(1865'. Pref. 5; Foof! fat about that— gin she's plenty o' siller,
ib. 109.
FOOFLE, FOOGAN, see Fuffie, Fuggan.
FOOGAUD, sb. Lan. Chs. Also in forms foo-gawd
Chs.'^; -goad Lan.; fougourd Chs.' [fu-g9d.] A foolish
plaything, a bauble ; a trumpery, worthless thing. Also
used ailrib.
Lan. Aw munnah let yo may a foo-goad o yoarsel, Scholes
Tim Ga))iualtle {iB^i) 38; Hoos no foo-goad, Tim Bobbin View
Dial. (1740) 32; Lan.' Chs.' A father, seeing his daughter doing
some crochet work [then something new), said, ' Put that fougourd
thing away'; Chs.^ Lave that foo-gawd alone, an'getto thoy work.
FOOISOME, FOOIT, see Fulsome, Fouet.
FOOL, sb. and adj. Var. dial, uses in Se. Ire!, and Eng.
Also in forms faal n.Yks.° ; feeal n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' ; feel
Sc. Cai.i Bnff.'; feul Nhb.' Cum.; foo Lan.' s.Chs.' ;
fule Sc. (Jam.) Sh.L [fill, full, fll, fial, frel, ful.]
1. sb. In comb. {1) Fool-body, an idiot; (2) -'s-cap, the
columbine, Aqitilcgia vidgaiis ; (3) -'s-coat, the goldfinch,
Carduelis elegans; (4) -'s fair, an annual fair held at
Lincoln ; see below ; (5) -farley, foolish ; (6) -gowk, an
April fool ; (7) -gowk day, the ist of April ; (8) -hard,
foolhardy ; fg) -'s holiday, see -gowk day; (10) -like, see
-farley; (11) -ment. foolishness, nonsense; (12) -'s parsley,
the lesser hemlock, Acthiisa Cynapiiim ; (13) -scutter,
silly, boasting talk ; (14) -side, a weak side, the part most
open to be fooled or gulled; (15) -talk, nonsense; (16)
-toad, an epithet of abuse, implying stupidity ; (17) -toy,
an insignificant fop.
(i) Sc. Fat is the auld feel-body deeing that he canra gang
away? Scott Anliquary (1816) xxvii. Cor. 'Twas a reg'lar fool-
body, this hen, ' Q.' tioy Toivu (1888) xiii. (2) w.Yks. Lees
Flora (1888) 125. (3) Nrf. Swainson Birds (1885) 58. (4) Lin.
There is an annual fair held in the Broad-gate at Lincoln on the
14th of September, called Fool's Fair, for the sale of cattle, so
called, as follows : ' King William and his Queen having visited
Lincoln, . . . made the citizens an offer to serve them in any
manner they liked best. They asked for a fair, though it was
harvest, when few people can attend it, and though the town had
no trade nor any manufactui-e. The King smiled, and granted
their request, observing that it was a humble one indeed,' Brand
Pop, Antiq. fed. 1813) II. 324. (5) e.Yks.' Used in reference to
both persons and things, MS. add. (T.H.) (6) Nhb. At Woolmer,
those who thus resisted being made * feul-gowks,' Flk-Lore Ree.
(1879; II. 85; Nhb.' (7) Nhb. Being made 'feul-gowks' on
'feul-gowk day,' Flk-Lore Pec. (1879) 11. 85. (8) Lan. He ails
nought 'at aw know on, nobbut he t.ilks to mich off at th' side,
neaw an' then ; an' he's foo-hard, Waucii Sncck-Baiil (1868) ii ;
Lan.' (9) n.Yks.2 (10) n.Yks.^ AcHng faal-like. (11) Cum. He's
awlas scrattlin an' writin' some fciilmcnt, Gwordie Greenup
Yance a Year (1873) 3. (12; Chs.' Rut.' He's eaten a green head
of fool's parsley or some other poisonabic thing, you're sure !
w.Cy. Towards the end of the month [May] the grand fool's
parsley is decorating the damper hedges, Longman's Mag. (Apr.
1898; 540. (13) Lan. Thae desarvcs jollopin' for talkin' sich-like
foo scutter as that, Wauuu Ben an Bantam (1866) v; Lan,' (14')
Lan.' There isn't a wick soul i' th' world at hasn't a loo-side. (15)
n.Yks.2 fi6) w.Som.^ I have heartl men, boys, horses, oxen, and
dogs called by this name. (17) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Snppl. (May
6, 1893 .
2. I'hr. (i) a fool aboVe the shoulders, an arrant fool ; (2)
a fool to it, used in comparison : very much inferior to ;
(3) not all fool, not fools; (4) to make a fool, to cause to
look foolish ; fig. to be infinitely superior to.
(0 War. 2 If you expect me to do a day's work fora shilling,
you must tliink I'm a fool above the shoulders. (2) nw.Dev.'
Ex'tcr's a fool to 't [London], Peter Pindar Middlesex Election.
(3) Nrf. The old monks were not ' all fool,' as they say in Norfolk,
Emeuson Birds (cd. tSg$') 388; They arn't all fool, 16. 159. (4.)
Lth. Gac bring me the pinks o' your famed infant schules, . . . Gif
wee Wally dinna mak a' o' them fools, I'll e'en gie ye leave to lay
me in the mools, Ballantine Poems (1856) iiB.
3. A wag, a witty person, one who diverts or amuses the
company.
Hmp.' ' He do make me laugh so, he be such a fool ! ' It has no
reference to want of intellect.
4. A petted animal.
Nrf. It was droll, under a burningsun, to hear a Norfolk servant
call out, ' What am I to do with your fool, Mr. C. ? it won't keep
quiet ! ' — the fool being a land tortoise which had been picked up
by the way (A-C).
5. adj. Foolish, silly.
Sc. A long North quintra feci yoting nobleman, Pitcairn
Assentbly (1766) 54 ; Be cannie, fule bodies, an' touchna the tree,
Vedder Poems (1842) in. Sh.L III trift be ta his fiiil face dat
pat dee aff o't, Stewart Fireside Talcs (1892) 86; Oh for da fiile
notions o' j'ou men, Sh. Neivs (Aug. 21, i897\ Cat.' Not used of
actual insanity. Bnff. Ou ! it's that feel chid that's aye gau n aboot
\vi' his gun and his wallets! Smiles Natur. (1879) x. Abd. Nae
mair ye want But get fool chiels again to chant. Shirrefs Poems
(1790) 15; 'The cratur's feel,' concluded Donal to himself
pityingly, Macdonald Sir Gibbie, xiv. Frf. Fool gowk, nae better
I'll ye ca'. But witless chield, Morison Poems (1790) 37. Per. I
was surpriz'd with fool phantastick fears. Smith Poems (1714)
86, ed. 1853. Rnf. When fool priests do a carnal action, FiNLAYsoN
Rhymes [ 1815) 43. Ayr. Hold thy fool tongue, Galt Entail { 1823)
Ivi. Lth. But nocht but a pownie wantin' the skin Could thae fule
bodies see, Lu.msden Slucp head (1892I 180. N.I.' A fool man.
n.Yks. But numbers strangely hev backslidden ... Be ackshins
fool, Castillo Poems (1878) 31. Lan. He is a foo rascatt as any
is in aw the tawn, OrwAY Cheats of Seapin (1677) in IVks, I.
238, ed. 1813. s.Chs.' Aar laad z tuwd mi bringg' um ii pai'pur
kau'd ; bur ev ah,d noa'n wot u foo thingg- it ud bin, ahy
wiid'niir u gon in'tiith shop fuur it [Ahr lads towd me bring 'em
a paper cawd ; bur ev ah'd known what a foo thing it ud bin,
I wudnur ha gon into th' shop fur it]. Som. Wi' thik 'nation fool
thing ov a helmet, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 138.
Hence (1) Fool-folk, sb. fools, foolish people ; (2) -like,
adj. foolish ; (3) -thing, sb. a silly, foolish girl or woman ;
(4) -tongued, adj. foolish-speaking.
(i) Edb. He will share his staff amang them; and no spare Sic
daft fool-folk, Ha'rst Rig (1794) 22, ed. 1801. (2': BnfT.' Compared
feeler-like, feelest-Iike. ' It's the feelest like thing a ivver saw
deen.' Lnk. It's fule-like an' fashous, Hamilton Poems (ed. 1885)
73- (3) Sc. Often used of silly, giddy, or coquettish females. It is
applied to one who has refused good offers of marriage (Jam.).
Cai.' (4) Lnk. I'll no slaund by an' hear my minister abased by
sic a fool-tongit Free Kirker as you, Gordon Pyotshaw (iBB^) 145.
[5. Qui did {lou bus, bou fole womman ? Cursor M. (c.
1300) 886. OFr./o/, foolish (La Curne).]
FOOL, see Foul, Fowl.
FOOLAGE, adj. Sc. Foolish.
Ayr. He rebuked himsel' sairly for his foolage conduct in makin'
Nanny his fae. Service Notandnms ^1890) 104.
[ic half preuit fulage, Rolland Crt. Venus (1560) 11. 70
(N.E.D.).]
FOOLATUM, a(^. Obs. Der.' Foolhardy.
FOOLEN, sb. Suf.' Also in form fooling. The space
between the usual high water-mark in a river and the
foot of the wall thrown up along its banks, to keep the river
from occasionally overflowing the neighbouring lands.
FOOLHARDY, adj and v. Glo. Wil. [fSladi.]
1. adj. Foolish, given to playing the fool, stupid (used
without any suggestion of rashness).
GIc' Wil.' A wur alius a terrible voolhardy zart of a chap, an'
I nivor coudden away wi' a lot o' that 'oonderinentin', 214. n.Wil.
'A foolhardy chap,' one who is given to rough joking, horse-play,
violent language, &c. (G.E.D.^
Hence Foolhardiness, sb. nonsense, stupidity. Glo.'
2. V. To play the fool, lark or fool about.
n.Wil. (G.E.D.) ; Inspector Clark . . . asked him if he had any-
thing in his shed which did not belong to him. Prisoner . . . said,
'Only a pump which I was foolharding with last night,' n.Wil.
Herald (Feb. 9, 1894) 5. col. 6.
FOOLIE, sb. Sc. Yks. War. In form feeallie e.Yks.
1. Little fool, used in addressing an imbecile person in
a kind or patronizing way.
e.Yks.' What hcz tha fun noo, feeallie, at thoo's pickin up?
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2. Comp. Fooleyaddlum, a fool, a silly, foolish person.
War. 2 That Will Hodge is a regular fooley-addlum.
3. Phr. foolie,foolie, a children's game ; see below.
Inv. Plaj-ed at Duthil, Strathspey. The players are placed in
a row, either standing or sitting. Two are chosen, the one as
Namcr and the other as Foolie. Foolie withdraws . . . out of range
ofhearing. The Namer then gives a name to each player. When
this is done, he calls on Foolie, ' Foolie, foolie, come to your
schoolie. Your bannocks are burnin' an' ready for turnin'.' . . The
Namer says, ' Come chise me oot, come chise me in, tae ' so and so,
naming one by the assumed fancy name. . . If the choice falls right,
the one so chosen . . . stands behind Foolie. . . Those left unchosen
take their stand behind the Namcr. There is then a tug-of-war, with
the Namer and Foolie as the leaders, Gomme Games (1894) 132.
FOOLIFY, V. w.Yks.3 [fuilifai.] To make a fool of.
FOOLING, see Foolen.
FOOLISH, adj. Cor. In phr. foolish money, money
spent on frivolities or in useless ways.
The young men are expected to treat their sweethearts liberally,
and a great deal of ' foolish money ' that can be ill afforded is often
spent, Flk-Lore Jnt. (1886) IV. iia.
FOOLISHNESS, sb. Yks. In forma faalishness
n.Yks.^ ; feealishness e.Yks.' Fun, frolic.
n.Yks.' e.Yks.* Ah like a bit o' feealishness weel aneeaf, bud
fooaks sud behave thersens, MS add. (T.H.)
FOOL-PLOUGH, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Also written full-
Nhb.' A pageant to celebrate the termination of the
labours of the plough ; see below. Cf. fond-plough.
n.Cy. In the North of England there is a custom used at or about
this time [Christmas]. . . The Fool Plough goes about, a pageant
that consists of a number of sword dancers dragging a plough, with
music, and one, sometimes two, in very strange attire; the Bessy,
in the grotesque habit of an old woman, and the fool, almost covered
with skins, a hairy cap on. and the tail of some animal hangingfrom
his back, BrandPo/). Aiiliq. (ed. 1813^ 1. 396-7 ; N.Cy.i This custom
is of very ancient origin, derii-ed from the Feast of Fools. Nhb.'
Anciently the hinds and agricultural labourers of Northumberland
used to celebrate the termination of the labours of the plough by
a pageant, which is variously called the white-plough, stot-plough,
full-plough, and fool-plough or fond-plough. The men who joined
were dressed in white shirts (without coat or waistcoat), on which
were stitched a profusion of coloured ribbons and rosettes. They
yoked themselves to a plough, and went round the country-side
preceded by a flag bearer and accompanied by a man with a gun.
At each house a fee was demanded, and when a gift was obtained
the gun was fired. A refusal of the customary largess was followed
by the plough being drawn in many furrows through the ground
or pavement in front of the house.
FOOLYIE, s6. Obs. Sc. In form foilzie Ayr. Gold-
leaf, foil.
Sc. (Jam.) Fif. Ten bonnie boaties . . . Garnisht wi' gowden
foolyie bricht, Tennant Papistry (1827) 37. Ayr. This is no wax
at a', but fiddler's rosett,wi'gold foilzie in it,GALTZ.«iWi(i826)xxix
[A.FT. faille (Fr./eiiille), a leaf]
FOOMART, FOOMERT, see Foumart.
FOON, adj. and sb. Sh.I. 1. adj. Few, small in
number ; too few.
Dey wir foon men fir da lent o' da rod at we bed ta carry hir —
only twa shanges,dey sood a been fower, S/i.Netcs (Dec. 31, 18981 ;
'Tinks doo ir dey foon ?' ' I tink dat in heth, if da boys is ta get
der supper. . . Yon ! Doo'U need as mony agen, wumman,' ib. (Oct.
8, 1898) ; S. & Ork.» MS. add.
2. sb. A few, a small quantity.
I bold a foon o' dem [sheep] up at da Neep, Junda Klingrahool
(1898) 45 ; If der ony twa sma' pilticks at da shore, noo is da time
ta try an' get a foon ta lay by fur da hairst, SA. A'ca's (June 19, 1897).
[1. Fone men may now fourty yhere pas, And foner
fifty, Hampole Pr. C. (c. 1340) 764.]
FOON, FOOND, see Find, Found, 5*.
FOOND,5A. Nhb. A wide, old fence or mound. (M.H.D.)
FOONDER, FOONHAD, see Founder, v.'', Fundit.
FOONGE, V. Bnflf.' Also in form foonyie. [fund?,
funji.] To fawn as a dog ; /ig. with on and upon : to flatter.
Used of lovers; as, ' She's eye foongingon him.' There is some-
what of contempt and disgust in the last meaning.
Hence (i) Foongan or Foonyiean, vbl. sb. the fawning
of a dog ; fig. flattery ; (2) Foongin' or Foonyiein',///(7«'y.
given to fawning, as a dog ; fig. given to flattery.
,2) That dog o' yours is a foongin' brute.
FOOR, sb.^ In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also written
foore w.Yks.' ; for Yks. m.Yks.' Ken. ; fore Ken.' Som.
w.Som.' Dev. nw.Dev.' ; and in forms voar n.Dev. ; voor
s.Pem. Sus.' Dev.^ n.Dev. Cor.^ ; voore Sus.'^ ; vore Hmp.'
w.Som.' Dev.i nw.Dcv.' Cor.'*^ [fgr^ fo3(r, w.Cy. vo3(r).]
1. A furrow. See Fur(r, sb.
n.Cy. Trans. Pliil. Soc. (1858) 156. Nhb. Which had broken
many a ploughshare, and thrown the plough out of the ' foor,'
VixoN irhilfiiig/iani Vale (i8g$)T ; Nhb.', Cum.', m.Yks.' w.Yks.
Thoresby Af«. (1703) ; w.Yks."", Lan.', n.Lan.i, ne.Lan.' s.Pem.
These voors are too deep and wide a deal (W.M.M.) ; Laws Li/t/e
Eng. (188S) <i22. Su3. Ray(i69i); (K.); Sus.'=, Hmp.i w.Som.'
Wuys-n muyn dhee zoo'ul, eens u miid maek- u klai-n voour?
[Why dost thou not attend to your plough, so that he may make
aclean furrow?] Signifies both the roll of earth as well asthetrench
made by the plough. Dev. He wor a-vollerin the zull along the
voor, Reports Proviiic. (1889) ; Dev.'3 n.Dev. 'E dithn't skip a vore,
Rock Jim an' Nell U867) St. 96 ; Grose (1790I ; Golding a vore,
Horae Subsccivae (1777) 452. nw.Dev.' Cor. And just stagged
[stuck] in the voor, Thonas Randigal Rliymes (1895) 26; Cor.'2
Hence Fooring, sb. an unploughed strip of ground
running round or through a piece of ploughed land. Cor.^
2. Comp. (i) Fore-head, the heading or headland of
a ploughed field, where the horses turn at each end of the
ploughing; the soil of the margins of fields; (2) -horse,
the right-side horse of a pair in ploughing.
(I Som.Forcheads or headlands,YouNG.<4»i;o/sy4^n<:.(i 784-18 15)
XXX. 354. w.Som.' Tu draa aewt dhu vaur'eed— i.e. to cart the
soil of the headings over the field— a very usual operation. ' He've
a plough'd out thick field o' groun', in to (i.e. all but) a piece o'
one o' the voreheads.' Dev. About six feet space wide of earth
lound the hedges of a field, which Is ploughed up, mixed with lime,
and carted, or wheeled upon the field for manure, il/o);M/y Mag.
(1810) I. 436 ; About four yards of soil near the hedge is left un-
pIoug;hed till the centre is done ; this is termed the forehead, Reports
Proviiic. (1889). n.Dev. The outward part of a plough'd field ;
the ridge which is ploughed or digg'd up close and parallel to each
hedge, and set apart to be manured, afterwards to be spread over
the whole field, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 45a. nw.Dev.', Cor.*
(2) Nhb.l
3. Phr. out of fore, fig. delirious, not in one's right mind.
Cor.3 I recently heard a miner say that by a blow on his head
he'd 'been kuacked out o' voor for days,' and on inquiry found
he meant delirious.
FOOR, sb."^ n.Cy. Yks. Lin. Also written fore n.Cy.
(Hall.) w.Yks.' [fo3(r).] 1. A ford or crossing over
a river.
n.Cy.(HALL.) w.Yks. Watson //«/. ////r. (1775) 538; w.Yks.'*
Hence Forestead, sb. a ford. w.Yks. (Hall.)
2. The track of a hunted animal discerned by scent ;
smell, savour.
Lin. (Hall.) ; Lin.' To discover the foor of the fomard get on
the wind side of one (s. v. Fomard). [(K.)]
[1. The same word as M.E.fore, a way, track (Chaucer) ;
OE./or, a journey, way of life. 2. And so for-lost fe hund
his fore, Owl Ssr^ N. (c. 1225) 815.]
FOOR, V. Obs. Sc. Also written fure. Preterite of
to fare. See Fare, v.'^, Fure, v.
Sc. And blythe he fure, and merrilie, Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806)1. 198. Frf. To Killiemuir! Faare never ane weel fure. But
for his ain penny- fee. Chambers Rhymes (1B10) 29a. Ayr. As o'er
the moor they lightly foor, Burns There ivas a Lass, st. 2.
[So fure it of thir kyngis two, Barbour Bruce (1375)
xiii. 653. OE. ySr, pret. oifaran, to go.]
FOORAN, sb. N.I.i The puffin, Fraterada arctica.
FOORICH, sb. and v. Sc. Also in forms feerach Cai.' ;
feerich, feeroch (Jam.); feerrich Bnff.' ; feiroch, foorigh,
fooroch, fuiich (Jam.); furroch Per. [furix, -sx; f''rix>
-ax-] 1. sb. A bustle; aconfused, agitated state; a rage,
passion.
Cai.' Ags. Caused by haste or proceeding from tremor (Jam.).
Hence (i) Feerochrie, sb. a state of great anger or
passion ; (2) Fooriochie or Fourioghie, adj. hasty,
passionate ; (3) Foorochie, adj. bustling.
(i) Per. (Jam.) (2) Ayr. (iA.) (3) BnfT.'
2. A person of bustling manners ; ability, activity, agility.
Bnff.' The word has the idea of weakness; as, 'He's a mere
foorich o' a bodie.' Cld. (Jam.)
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3. V. To hurry, bustle ; to work in a bustling, confused,
or agitated manner. Gen. with at.
Sc. But hur iiane sell, wi' mony a knock, Cry'd, Fufich whiggs,
awa', man, Ritson Siigs. (1794) II. 461 Jam. V Bnff.' 'He fooriclis
at the biggan' o' that dyke, jist gehn he wir t'dee a' the warl' at
it.' The word and all its derivatives convey the notion of want
of strength and skill, and are employed in a somewhat contemp-
tuous way. Feerich is used, and indicates impatience and a greater
degree of contempt. Per, Why do ye furroch ? The hairst's in the
south, whaur a fee can be won. Ford Hayp (1893I 158.
Hence (i) Fooricban, v!l. sb. a bustling, confused state ;
(2) Fooriching, />//. adj. bustling, confused, agitated.
( I) Cat.', Bnff.' 2 n.Sc. Applied lo one who does ever3'thing
with a mighty pother (Jam.'. Bnfif.' The servan' it they've gotten
is a foorichin' aboot bit lassie.
FOOSE, sb. Sc. Nhb. Also written fews Sc. (Jam.) ;
fooz Nhb.' ; fooze sw.Sc. ; fouse Gall. ; fows Sc. (Jam.) ;
fuze sw.Sc. [fiiz.] The common house-leek, Seiupcr-
vivuHi tectonim. See Fouet.
Sc. A cataplasm of the leaves is reckoned very efficacious in
burns and hot ulcers ' Jam.^. sw.Sc. Garden IVk. 1 1896) No. cxiv.
112. Gall. The honeysuckles speel the roof, And fouse adorn the
gavel, Nicholson Pof/. Jl'is. 118141 123, ed. 1897. Nlib.'
FOOSEN, sb. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Also written fouzan
Wm. ; fcuzen Grose. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Substantial goodness, generosity.
n.Cy. Grose (1790 ; (flALL.) Cum. Linton Zofe C)'. (1864)303.
Hence (i) Foosenable, adj. generous ; (2) Fouzanably,
adti. liberally, willingly, actively.
(r) Cum. hit<TOS Lake' Cy. (1864 303. (2) Wm. Leeve fouzanably
and kindheartedl}', Hutton Bran Neiv JVork (1785) 253.
FOOSHT, see Fust, si.'
FOOST, sb. Sc. Also in form foostin (Jam.), [fust.]
A sickness, nausea. See Fust, s6.'
Sc. 1 Jam.) Slk. I couldna swally my spittle for the hale day, an' I
fand a kind o' foost, foost, foostin about my bri^kit that I couldna
win aneath ava, Hogg Talcs (1838) 50, ed. 1866.
FOOST, see Fust, v.
FOOSTER, V. and sb. Irel. Also Cor. Also in forms
fcostherlr.; fcuster Cor.°; foustre In 1. v. To bustle
about, work hard ; to fuss or fumble about in a futile,
purposeless way.
Ir. Foostherin' about and corsaitin' to be doin' a fair day's work,
Barlow Liscoinicl (\8g^ 204 ; Larry .. .brought home the hen that
had foosthered off with herself down the bog. ib. Idylls ( 1892I 56 ;
I wish j-ou wouldn't keep foostering about the room like that
(A.S.-P.). Cor.2
2, sb. Bustle, activity, energy.
Ir. Full of (un and foustre, like Mooney's goose, Flk-saw, BoiiN
Prov. (1857) 270.
FOOT, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms feeat n.Yks.^ e.Yks.' ; feet Cai.' ; feiitt
Cum.' ; fit Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Bnfi.' Ant. Nhb.' Cuin.' : fiut
Wm. ; focatWm. ; focit w.Yks. ; fut N.I.' Nhb.> w.Yks.'
Shr.== e.An.' ; fute Sc. (Jam.) ; voot Som. [fut, fuit, fit,
fiat, fit, w.Cy. vost.] I. sb. Gram, forms: pi. (ij
Feeten, (2) Fit, (3) Foots, (4) Vet, (5) Vit.
(i) Nrf. I should like to tell you I have seen the feeten of an
old line, Coeens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893') 85. Suf. Used [1894]
freq. (C.G.B.). e.Suf. Oiso/. Clean your feeten before you come
in (.F.H.V (2) Sc. (Jam.) w.Yks. A feaful fierce owd witch. At
. . . seld pig fit and sich, Preston Poems (1864) j6; w.Yks.'
Fidging like mad wi' her fit, ii. 287. nw.Der.'. se.Wor.l, s.Wor.
(H.K. 1, Hrf,2, Glo.', Oxf.', Ess.' (3) e.Suf. Still in use (F.H.I.
(4) Hmp.' Wil. Britton Beauties (18251. (5) Glo.', Brks.', Cor.=
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Foot-ale, an enter-
tainment, or its equivalent in money, given by a workman,
&c,, to his companions on entering upon a new place or
employment ; see Footing, e ; (2) -band, (a) a halter for
the feet ; ib) infantry, foot-soldiers ; (3) -bet, tired out
with walking ; (4) -board, (a) a foot-rest or footstool ; (h)
a board at a loom or other machine, to prevent standing
on a stone floor ; (5) -boat, a boat used solely to transport
foot-passengers ; (6) -breeth, a foot-breadth ; (7) -brig, a
bridge for foot-passengers only ; (8) -broad or -braid, the
breadth of a foot; also used attrib.; (9) -bred, see -board
(«) ; (10) -coal, a stratum in the coal-fields; (11) -cock, the
small cock into which hay is first put ; (12) -dint, a foot-
print; (i3)-eitch, a foot-adze; see Each, sb.; (14) -end,
the lowest end ; (15) -falling, the period of confinement
or child-birth ; the act of parturition ; (16) -fast, stuck in
the mud, imprisoned; (17) -folk(s, pedestrians; (i8j
-gang, (a) as much ground as one can move on ; (b)
a long, narrow chest, used as a step for getting into bed ;
also in form Fedgan ; {19) -gangers, see •folk(s ; (20)
-gate, a footpath ; (21) -go, (a) a sloping plank, with stout
laths nailed on, to assist the feet, used by masons ; (b)
a passage or space at tlie foot of a turf-bink, to allow the
water to run off from it ; (22) -halt, a disease in sheep,
affecting their feet ; (23) -harp, a spinning-wheel ; (24)
-hedge, a slight hedge of thorns, placed by the side of
a newly-planted hedge, to protect the quick ; see Beard,
sb.^ ; (25) -hippie, see -cock ; (26) -hold, room or stand
for one's feet ; also used yTg'. ; (27) -horse, in ploughing:
the horse nearest the plough ; (28) -hot or -wot, in great
haste, with great energy ; (29) -iron, an iron guard worn on
the sole of the boot to protect the leather in digging ; (30)
-lace, to repair a wall just above the foundation ; (31J
-less, unsteady on the feet, apt to stumble; alsousedy?^. ;
(32) -less cock, a ball or pudding made of oatmeal and
suet, (Sic; see below; (33)-ley, the lowest ' land ' in a grass-
field; (34) -lock, (rt) the ankle, up tothe ankle; (/*)/>/. the corn
or grass collected upon the feet of mowers ; (35) -man, '«;a
pedestrian ; {b} a metal stand for holding a kettle or dish
before the fire ; (36) -mark, to mark a swan in the foot for
purposes of identification ; (37) -nowt, the hindermost
pair of a team of oxen ; cf -horse ; (38) -pad, see -gate;
(39) -peat, see below ; (40) -plough, a swing-plough ; (41)
-pokes, socks or legless stockings ; (42) -prod, a light
plate of iron, having three points fixed upon it, fastened
to the sole of a boot, to prevent falling in frosty weather;
(43) -ridds, see -rills; (44) -rig, the ridge of land at that
end of a field which is considered the lower, on which the
horses and plough turn ; (45) -right, or Futrit, a horizontal
shaft or way ; a road along which men draw coal from the
workings; (46) -rills, the low openings or tunnels by which
coal or other minerals are reached, without the necessity
of digging a shaft; see Futterill ; (47) -road, a road
across enclosed land, gen. for foot-passengers only ; (48)
■rot, a disease in the feet of sheep ; (49) -set, (a) see
-hedge ; (b) two rows of quick, planted about a foot
asunder on a slope ; (c) said of a hedge when the foot of
the thorn is set in trenches in the ground ; (50) -side, (a)
on an equal footing, step for step ; [b) pi. ropes, used
instead of chains, fixed to the ' hames ' before, and to the
swingle-tree behind, in ploughing; (51) -soles, the feet;
(52) -some, ((7)neat's-foot oil; (i) nimble-footed ; (53) -sted,
see -dint ; (54) -stitch, a footstep; (55) -stool, 7?§-. the face
of the earth, God's footstool ; (56) -tree, the treadle of a
spinning-wheel ; (57) -trenches, superficial drains, about
a foot wide, used in irrigating land ; (58) -trod, see -gate ;
(59) — or feet- washing, (a) a ceremony performed the
night before a wedding; see below ; ib) the evening or
night on which the ceremony was performed ; (60) -way
shaft, the shaft by which miners go down to their work
in a mine; (61) -yoke, see -nowt.
(i) Cai.' Drink given by the seller to the buyer at a cattle fair.
Edb. Drank so briskly at the whisky and foot-j'ill, MoiR Mansie
Waiich (1828) viii. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.' Nhb.' When a
young horse gets his first shoes, it is customary for the smith and
theownertodrink the foot yell. ni.Yks.' w.Yks. (C.V.C.) ; Chaps,
here's a gentleman comed to pay his fooit-ale, Snowden Talcs
Wolds (1894) 163; (S.O.A,); w.Yks.«, Cbs.' Not.' The name
given to a certain form of levy that is made on young men who
go courting out of their own village or district, the amount
demandedbeing^fc. the priceof a pint or quartof ale. Lei.' War.
See he pays his foot-ale (J.B. ) ; War.' Shr. A shillin is stopped
from he for 'fut-alc,' White Wrekiit (i860) xxv; Shr.' Jack, yo'
munna be away o' Monday, theer's two fut- ales to be paid ; Shr.^
Also a gratuity which a labourer demands from his superior when
he handles his tools. ' Now Sir, 3-0 mun poy your fut yale.' (2, a)
Sh.I. Seesdoo, mam, foo he [a ram] poos apon his fit-baand ta win
ta my haand, Sli. News (Oct. 9, 1897). {b) Sc. They require the
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abolition of the fut band or guard of infantry. Pinkerton Hisl. Sc.
(1797) 11.260 Jam.); Jnnies Doigr.wholcd tbcfutebandorinfantiy.
'*■ 377- {3) sw.Lin.' Weston seemed quiet foot-bet as he passed
along the rampire. (4,nl Sc. [They] ceased to wriggle and drum
their brass-bound toes on the foot-board, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897")
188. ^ilw.Yks. :J.M.) (s'iShr.a 1,6 Cai.> (71 Yks. (J.W.) Not. A
plankor trunk of a tree laid over a stream (L.C.M.); Not.', n.L-.n ',
Lei.' Nhp. Down lane, and close, o'er foot-brig, gate, and stile,
Ci-AHE S/ir/i. Cdl. (1827) 32 ; Nhp.i2, Hnt. O'-P-F-) '8^ Abd. Tib
braks, \vi' haste, her foot-broad latch, Keith I'ayincr's Ila (1774)
St. 9; Charge them to stop, nor move a foot-braid more, Ross
lleicitoie (1768' 132, ed. 1812. w.Yks.l (9) Sc. (.Jam.) (10) Shr.i
91. (11) Nhb.' Of less size than a kyle. used in showery weather.
It is a small heap of hay gathered off the ground and cocked
lightly up with the foot and rake to assist drying. Cum. Hay is
cut by the scythe in swathes ; haymakers tlien scale it with rakes,
then turn it, I'orming it into rows ; from these rows in the evening
a stretch of three or four yards is raked together and put into
fil-cocks by the foot and rake. The next day these fit-cocks are
opened and scaled by hand (E.W.P.) ; Cum.^ n.Yks. In the
evening of the same day the rows are made into small cocks (foot-
cocksi, TuKE Agric. (1800) 175; (W.H.) Chs.'^ Wil. Davis
Agiic. {1813''; Wil.' (12) Sc. Gang awa' oot by the fit-dints o'
the Hock, RoBSON Sng. Sol. (i860} i. 8. (13) Sh.I. He wis gaein'
hamc frae his wark wi' his fit eitch apon his shoudcr, Stewart
Fireside Tales 11892 251. (14) Cum. T'sheep war liggin at
t'feiitt-end o' t'girsin'. T'lonnin feiitt-end vE.W.P.). (15) Cai.'
' At 'e feet-fa'in,' near the time of childbirth. n.Yks.' ; n.Yks. ^
Just at footfalling. m.Yks.' (16) n.Yks.^ (17^ n.Yks.'^, e.Yks.l
n.Lin.' As well as gentlemen that rid an' druv ther was a sight o'
foot foaks caame an' all. (18. d\ Sc. I'll warran' she'll keep her
ain side of the house ; an' a fitgang on her half-marrow's, Saxon
a«rfG<jr/(i822) I. ioSJam.V (6) Bwk. (Jam.) (19) n.Yks.^ (20)
w.Yks. I have made a fooit-g.ate across t'cloises, ToM Treddlehoyle
Bniiiis/a Ann. (1850) 33; Leeds Merc. Stippl. (May 6, 1893);
w.Yks.2 (2i,fl N.I.', Ant. (S.A.B."! (i) Ant. It holds the drainage
of the bink and the parings of the following bink, Ballyniena Obs.
(1892) ; ^S.-^.B.) (22) Rut. Sheep are subject to a disease called
the foolhalt, Marshall Rcvieiv (1814) IV. 255 ; Young Annals
^^n'r. (1784-1815) XXII. 364. (23) Uls. iM.B.-S.) (24) Nhp.',
Oxf. (K.) Hrt. A foot-hedge is one that has no ditch belonging
to it, Ellis Vl/orf.///i5A. (1750) I. i. (25) n.Yks. (I. W.) (26) Cum.
T'pleaacc was sooa full theer wasn't fcut-hoald fer anudder,
SARGissosyo^ 5fO(7/) (1881 ) 128. n.Yks.^ 'There isn't a vast o'
feeat-hod,' there is no great amount of firmness or security in the
matter. (27) Lei.' (28) w.Yks.' nw.Der.' When any one was
looking after some matter in great haste and very earnestly, he
was said to be * lookin' after it fOot-wut,' 129) s.Not. (J.P.K.),
s.'Wor. ^H.K.) (30) e.An.' Nrf. Arch. (1879) VIII. 169. (31)
Sc. Blear'd, fusionless, fitless, and fey within, Jamieson Pop,
iJnffdrfs (1806 1.349; A horse of this description is said to be a fitless
beast (Jam.). Cai.' Abd. .Saw e'er ye sic a fitless thing? Ogg
Willie IValy (1873'! 122. Kcd. Francie lived but just a year, A
fitless dottled man, Grant Lays (1884) 31. (32) Cai.' A ball
made of oatmeal and suet, and boiled in broth. Cl:l. A ball of
blood and meat boiled. The round form corresponds better with
the idea of a cock (Jam.). Rxb. A cake baked of lard and oatmeal,
and boiled among broth ; also denominated a ' sodden banno.'
Usually made about Fastern's Een or Shrovetide Ci'6. \ (33)
LeL' (34, a") Snr. I have seen the Kensington Road covered
footlock or midlcg with puddle, Marshall Revieiv (1817) V. 358.
{b) e.An.' (35, rt) n.Yks. Usuallie accustomed for footmen to
travell overfrom Bruughton to their parish church att Kirkby, Quart.
Sess. Rec. Helmesley, Jan. 10, 162J, in A'. R. Rec. Soc. 111. 253.
w.'Wor.i A good walker is termed ' a good footman.' [Aus. A
* footman ' (as a person not in possession of a horse is termed in
Australian provincial circles), BoLDREVvooDSi7;(n/to'sZ);«iH/i 1890)
xxiii.] (6,1 Lnk. (Jam.1, War.^ (36) e.Yks. Hcniphobne Manor
Crt-bk. {i-]o8). 137') Abd. I Jam.) 138 Gall. In tlie middle o' the
fit-pad, Crockett Bog-Myrlle (1895 1 171. Not.', Lin. (J C.W.),
Lei.*, 'War.3 [39) Peb. As the digger stands upon the surface and
presses in the peat-spade with his foot, such peat is designed
foot-peat, Agric. Siirv. 208 (Jam.). (40) Ess. Morton Cyclo. Agric.
(1863). (41) n.Yks.2 (42) Nrf. (W.W.S.) 1 43I Stf. The open
works of coal, wherein the workmen can dig and carry it out in
wheelbarrows : K. :; Stf.' (44) Bnff.' (45) Shr.^ (46) Stf. (K.),
Stf.', n.Stf. J.T.),w.Yks.2 ^47) e.Lth. The fitroad up the hill!
MucKLEBACKiT yf/y'i»« (1885) 55. H.Yks. (W. H.^l (48 I Sc. ' Jam.)
n.Yks.TuKE.r4^«'c. (1800; 272. n.Lin.' One o' my bairns hes nearly
kill'd his sen ; he got to a pot o' loot-rot stuff as I keep e' th'
dairy an' thoht it was sumniut sweat like an' begun of eatin' it.
(49, rt) Nhp.' s.Wor.' Applied to a temporary fence, or stop-gap,
of dead thorns set upright in a trench, and trodden in with the foot,
(i' Nhp.' In the locality where foot-hedge is adopted, a foot-set is
desci ibed as two rows of quick, planted .about a foot asunder on a
slope, (c) s.Wor. (U.K.) (50,(1) Sc. To keep foot-side, to keep
pace with (Jam.'I; Often used in the sense of quits, avenged,
and sometimes like up-sides. * I'll be fit-side wi' you for that yet'
(I'i. Supfil.). (b) Bwk. (Jam.) (51) Sc. Up with your foot soles,
Davie! Stevenson Catriona (1893) xii; I took up my foot-soles
out of that, i'6. xix. (52,(1) Shr.'2 (b , n.Yks.2 (53) Sc. Herd
Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. ; That my fitsteds gang-na agley, Waddell
Psalms (1871) xvii. 5. Nhb.' (54) War.^ I wun't walk another
footstitch. (55) Sh.I. If ony o' you ir iver wir wye ye'll shurcly
come along ta see if we're still apo' da fitstoll, Sli. Nezvs (July 30,
1898). ("561 Sh.I. Hit's dee 'at's layin' da wheel in skroil. Derc,
doo's shiirely knappit da fit-tree, S/i. Nezvs (Nov. 13. 1897^ (57)
Midi. Marshall Rur. Scon. (1796) II. Nhp.' (58) n.Yks. Gan
doon yon feeat-trod while ye cooms anenst second steean,
Atkinson Losl iiS'jo) xxii : Gan thah gait forrard by the feeat-trods
o' thah drove, Robinson IF/n'lby Sng. Sol. (i860) i. 8. n.Lin.'
(59.(1) ne.Sc. On the evening before the marriage there was the
feet washing. A few of the bridegroom's most intimate friends
assembled at his house when a large tub was brought forward and
nearly filled with water. The bridegroom was stripped of shoes
and stockings, and his feet and legs were plunged in the water.
One seized a besom and began to rub them lustily, while another
was busy besmearing them with soot or shoe blacking, and a third
was practising some other vagary, Gregor Flk Lore (1881) 89, 90.
e.Fif. After the Beukin' cam' the feetwashin', whan the bridegroom
had not only to drink himsel' blin', but had to gi'e half a score o'
his maist intimate acquaintances as muckle licker as they cud put
i' their hides, Latto Tani Bodkin (18641 xxiii. Ayr. At last every
preparatory rite but the feetwashing was performed, Galt En/ail
(1823) xxviii. Nlib.' On the evening preceding the wedding day
the feet of the bridegroom were washed in a company of two or
three of his own particular friends. A similar office was also
performed to the bride, but in a more private way. {bj Sc. The
eve of the wedding-day is termed the feet-washing, — when a party
of the neighbours of the bride and bridegroom assemble at their
respective houses; a tub of water is brought, in which the feet of
the party are placed, and a small piece of silver or copper money
dropped into the water; . . . one of the company ^c;i. tosses in a
handful of soot, by which the water is completely blackened ; a.. .
scramble takes place among the lads and lassies, striving who shall
get the piece of money, . . . i'or the lucky finder is to be first married
of the company, Edb. Mag. (Nov. 1818) 412 (Jam.). (60) Cor.=
(6r) ne.Sc. Counting from the pair next the plough, the name of
each pairwas — Fityoke, Hinfrock, Forefrock, &c., GREGORplk-Lorc
(1881) 179.
2. Phr. (a) sing: (\) foot and alialf,(2) — (7;?rf(?i'fr, aboys'
game ; see below ; (3) — for foot, step for step, fig. with
the greatest exactness; (4) — out of the feets, a name
apphed to a person who has a great love of contradiction
or argument ; (5) a body's foot, a person, individual; (6)
the Highland foot, the Highland fling or dance; ('])atoivss
foot, at liberty, free from restraint ; (8) every foot anon or
— fiitinoii, every now and then ; (9) on foot or //// the foot,
active, nimble ; able to go about, recovered from bad
health ; (10) to get up the foot or to give one up his foot, to
receive or give a scolding ; (11) to have a bad, ill, good, or
liickyfoot,said of one whom it is considered lucky or unlucky
to meet on New Year's Day or in starting out to work ;
(12) to have a good foot, to walk at a round pace ; (13) to
keep a thing for a sore foot, to keep anything for a ' rainy
day' or time of need; (14) to make speed of foot, to be
active, nimble ; {1^) to pull foot, to hurry, hasten; (16) to
put in afoot, see to have a good foot; (17) to sell upon the
foot, of grain : to sell it along with the straw, before it is
threshed out ; (18) to set your foot in the job, to give oflence ;
(19) to take one's foot in one's hand, to go ofi'at a great rate ;
(20) to tyne one's foot, io sVip ; (21) bad luck to the foot, ye'd go
near it,'a. phr. meaning that the person would not go at all.
(i) Lth. Many of their games needed little but swift limbs and
good lungs : such as ... ' Foot an' a half,' ' Cuddy loup,' and
'Tally ho the hounds,' Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 33. N.I.'
Nhb.' A game like leap-irog. The last leaper must call out ' foot-
an'-a hall.' If he tails he must become the ' back.' After each
round the 'back' steps on to the spot where the last leaper
touched, and the 'frogs' who follow must in the second round
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leap from the original mark and clear the back. The move forward
is repeated after every round till the players fail in turn. w.Yks.
Hurrah for ring taw, and ' owd Caarley,' and ' fooit an' t'hauf,'
CuDWORTH Dial. Sketdies ' 1884) 109. (2 1 Yks. One boy out of a
number stoops . . . for ' Leap-frog ' at an agreed fixed line. From
the players he chooses a Leader and a Foot. The Leader first
leaps over the stooping boy at a foot from the line ; the other
players then leap in turn each at a foot further from the line, the
stoopingboy moving forward from the line for each plaj'er ; finally
the Foot leaps as far as ' the distance leapt by the last boy. . . If
the Foot covers any longer distance than the Leader, the Leader
stoops down, GoMME Games (1894) 133. (3) Sc. I followed him
fit for fit fjAM.). Cai.i Slk. I'll gang foot for foot wi' you, Hogg
Talcs (1838,1 351, ed. 1866. (4) Tev. Fit is prob. for foot, in allu-
sion toahorseorox, who throws his leg over thetracesin drawing
(Jam.). (5) Sc. Her carriage was engaged for her guest and the
minister, and 'deilanither body's fit should gang intillt,' Scott S/.
Roiiatt (1824) XX. (6; Abd. Well ilk swankie there could sha'
The Highland fit, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 213. (7) Sc. Her fit
was lowss [loose], she was at liberty, her own mistress (Jam.>.
(8; e.An. A clergyman whom a poor sick woman had been telling
of her getting a little sleep every futinon, N. & Q. (1861I 2nd S.
xi. 63; e.An.' Suf. Cullum Hist. Haivsled (iSis'i ; Suf.' Every
futnon. (9) Abd. Is Heckler Geordie ay on fit? Cock Strains
(1810') L 140. Bnff.' Is yir sin better? — Oo, i, he's tiU's fit again.
Dev. Reports Proline. (1883) 85. (10) Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. If she was
filandering her time away with the smith's apprentice laddie . . .
she would get her fit up for it, Johnston Kilmallie [iSgV\ L 43. (ii")
Sh.I. Fir weel I ken dy fit hes luck. As I hae fun' afore. Whin I
gaed ta da far haaf, Stewart Fiiesiiie Tales (1892) 92; Shetland
fishermen .. . believe that in going to the fishing if they meet certain
persons they will have luck, and if they meet others, the very
reverse will happen ; hence all their acquaintance come to be
divided into lucky and unlucky people, ib. note. Cai.^ Bnff.^ A
dinna care aboot mcetin' her : she hiz an ill fit. Ye'll come speed.
Ye met Jamie, and he hiz a guecde fit. Abd. If anybody reputed
to be an ' unlucky fit, 'or anj'one with flat feet, red hair, or asquint,
is met by them on the way to their boats the superstitious fisher-
men will turn back ; and if an ' unlucky fit ' enters a fisherman's
house when the lines are being baited, the operation is suspended,
and in some instances the lines are dragged through the fire or
twistedround the crook to break the evil spell. Individuals who are
' lucky fits,' on the contrary, are welcomed by the fisher folks,
who consider they will bring good shots of fish if they visit their
boats or houses, Abd. IVkly. Free Press (Oct. 28, 1898). (12) Sc.
(Jam.) Abd. To hae a gueed fit on the floor, to dance well (/6. V
(13) Sc. Lay by this hundred pounds, in case the 3'oung lady
should want it afterhand, just for a sair foot, Scott St. Rotian
(1824^ xviii. (14) Abd. Resolv'd to make speed o' fit, To meet wi'
Meg, Cock Strains (1810) 1. 116. (15) s.Ir. He's pullin' fut at
a great rate. Lover Leg. (1848) II. 370. (16) Dmf. 'She pits in
a fit now,' she walks more quickly iJam.). (17) SIg. The tenant
shall not sell his victual upon the foot, as it is called, or with the
straw, Agric. Siirv. 104 (Jam.). (18) Nhp.* You've set j'our foot
in the job without knowing it. (19"; Frf. Ye vagues, ye've ta'en
your foot i' 3'our hand, Or I wad clear'd ye at ae whup, .Sands
Poems (1833 86. (20 Sc. (A.W.) Abd. Unluckily he tint the fit
And tann'd his ain bum-lether. Skinner Pof»;s (18091 42. (21)
Uls. Very common (M.B.-S.) ; Used of going to church, Uls.
Jrn. Arch. (1853 62) VI. 42.
(b) pi. (i) to change the feet, to change one's shoes and
stockings ; (2) to die on one's feet, to die suddenly or of an
illness that does not confine one to bed; (3) to get in ivith
one's feet, to go at a thing in earnest, to use both hands and
feet ; (4) to give feet, curHng term : to sweep before a stone,
so as to clear its way that it may go faster; (5) to have
feet, to be able to walk or run ; 16) to have little feet, io make
little speed or progress; (7) to lead off the feet, fig. to cause
one to cliange one's opinion or desert one's principles;
(8) to let one's feet run faster than one's shoes, to be in too
great a hurry ; (9) to Ift the feet, to show great activity ;
(10) to )nal;e one's feet one's friends, to escape by fliglit;
(11) to pawse the feet into, to kick, make a hole in with
the feet ; (12) to put upon one's feet, to put on one's shoes
or boots ; (13) to set beneath the feet, to look down upon,
have a great contempt for; (14) to take off of the feet, to sit
down, rest oneself.
(i) Abd. (Jam.) nw.Abd. I'm sere ye'll need to change yerfcct,
Yc've widden throu' the mire, Guudiuife (1867) St. 18. Per. The
head of the house was then exhorted by his women folk to ' change
his feet,' Ian Maclauen Brier Bush (1895; 230. (2) Gall. A lassie
that is, by your own tale, dying on her feet. Crockett Standard
Bearer (i8g8) ig8. (3) w.Yks. Soa as th' woman sed aw'll get in
wi' me fit, BicKERDiKE Beacon Aim. (1873'). (4) Sc. (A.W.) (5)
Fif. The fient a body that had feet. That didna skirr into the street,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 49, (6) Edb. His action shall have little
feet. For we can make it soon unclair, Pennecuik IVts. (1715)
400, ed. 1815. (7) Dmb. A pity it wad be, indeed, if the upricht
ministers o' the Kirk o' Scotland were to be led aff their feet by
the fleeching of the big folk upbye in Lunnon, Cross Disruption
(1844) XXXV. (8) Drab. I ha'e nae trick o' letting my feet rin faster
than my shoon, ib. xxxiii. (9) Sh.I. If hit no been for what feet
shii's lifted late an acr, foo mony [sheep] wid we a bed ta ro> by
dis time, Sh. News { May 14, 1898). (10) Frf. The cat, instead . . .
o' makin' its feet its friends . . . began to birl roond sidyways,
WiLLOCK Rosetty Ends (1886) 21, ed. 1889. (11) w.Yks. Cathy's
riven th' back off ' Th' Helmet o' Salvation,' un Heathcliff s pawsed
his fit into t'first part o' 'T'Broad Way to Destruction' ! Bronte
IVuthering Hts. ([8471 iii. (12) Sh.I. Daa, doo'il hae ta pit apo
dy feet an' come i' da byre wi' me, Sh. News (Dec. 4, 1897). (13)
w.Yks. These 3'oung parsons is so high and so scornful, they set
everybody beneath their fit, Bronte Shirley (1849) i. (14) Sh.I.
Tak yon chair, an' tak' aff o' dy feet, Sh. Nezvs (May 14, 1898).
3. The footprint or mark of a fox. ne.Lan.' See
Footing, 2.
4. Speed, pace, rate of going. See 2. (12, 14-16).
Sc. Make mair fit, . . , we maun be first on the field if we can,
Scott B/k. Dwarf (1816) x. Cum.' He went a parlish feiitt ewer
t'moor. n.Yks. Thoo's gine a rare feeat (T.S.).
5. Part of a plough ; the body of a plough.
Shr.' Bdf. Such as have not a wheel to their fallow-plough
make use of an iron foot, which having a flat bottom slides over the
ground, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 165.
Hence Foot-chain, sA. the chain connecting the 'sull'
with the ' bodkin ' or draught-bar of a plough, by means
of the ' copse ' or clevis.
w.Som.'The foot-chain has to bear the entire force of the draught.
6. A closed tart or pie.
s.Stf. Apple or rhubarb foot, with the hidden fruit irregularly
bulging into a fancied resemblance to a human foot, Pinnock Blk.
Cy. Ann. (181)3).
7. An ale-warmer, an extinguisher-shaped metal utensil
for thrusting deep into the fire.
War. 2 Sometimes called a 'slipper.'
8. The lower part of a street, &c., in distinction to ' head '
as the upper part.
Sc. Let me catch ye in Earford's Park or at the fit of the Vennel,
Scott Nigel (1822) ii. e.Lth. It wad be mair cheerier nor bidin a'
by j^oursel, up at the hill fits, Hunter J. Inzvick (1895) 229.
Bwk. ' Billy-burn fit.' A bridge over the Whitadder — near the
foot of Billy burn, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 21. \hb.l
'Head of the Side' and 'Foot of the Side' are still constantly
used in Newcastle. 'Aa saa two men come oot o' the foot of
a chare.' At Holy Island the lane ends are called ' Chare ends,*
or ' Chare fits.' Wm. & Cu:n.' Walker' fwoke o' th' lonnin fitt, 197.
VVm. Fray t'Hill Bell ta Sleddal fooat, Blezard Sngs. (,1848) 41.
9. ft. The mark from which a game of marbles is started.
Lan. ' Foots ' is the place — about three yards distant from the
ring — where the game is started from, Manch. City News (Oct. 10,
1896); (J.M.)
10. //. Dregs, sediment.
w.Som.' This here cyder 'ont suit me, there's to much voots
[vcots] in it. Colloq. The publican puts 'foots' in his beer,
Besant & Rice Mortiboy (1872) xix.
Hence Footy, adj. full of dregs or sediment ; thick,
muddy, viscous.
w.Som.' Said of oil or any other fluid which has become thick
or viscous. 'You 'ont git nothin to bide in thick joint zo well's a
drap o' vooty linseed oil.'
11. A measure used in selling meat.
Lan. I bespoke a foot of his cow in meat. In the afternoon went
to John Wilson and bought half a foot of his beef, at los.. Walk-
den Diary (ed. 1866) 25.
12. A measure of two gallons of tin ore.
Cor. Carew Snrv. (1602) ; Anciently 2 gallons of black tin,
now [1790] a nominal measure, but in weight, 60 lbs., Tryce
Mines (1790'! ; Cor.'' ; Cor.^ I cannot find that this phrase is now
[1896J used.
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FOOTER
13. V. To walk, go on foot ; to keep up with in walking ;
t^tvi. in phr. to foot it.
Cld. (Ja.m.1 N.I.' 'Ye futted it weel,' you walked quickly.
Wni. Tak tlii lime a bit, Ah cant fiut thi at this rattle ^B.K.).
n.Yks.' We had to feeat it. e.Yks.i Ah went tl Hcdon last Sunda,
an feeated-itall the waythere an back. n.Lin, When I wasfuolin' it
fra Scunthrup to Ketton, Peacock Tales (1890") and S. 119; n.Lin.'
Well, as th' carrier's goan I reckon I mun fut it. e.An.' Som.
Thay vooted along in the dirt, .\griklek Rhymes (1872) 53.
Hence (i) Feeting, vbl. sb. running; (2) Fitted, pp.
having the use of one's feet, active, nimble ; in good
health, recovered from illness ; (3) Fit-the-gutter, sb. a
low, loose slipper ; (4) Footer, sb. a pedestrian.
(^i) Edb. Fin' out some safter grun For bassies feetin', Liddle
Poems (1821)42. (2") Sh.I. He wis dat weel fittid'at I cood hardly
updraw him, Sh. News (Apr. 30, 1898). Kcd. Luckless Tammie
Tod . . . for twenty days a beddal Lay, . . . Then, whenever he
got fitted, Warselt through to Elgin toon, Grant Lays (1884) 45.
13' Rjtb. (Jam.) (4) Dev. I was told I should find a path that
was ' used by the footers when they come up over from Lowery,'
Repoils Provinc. (1893).
14. To dance.
Sc. The lads were as brisk at footin it as ever, Cobban Andaman
(18951 XXXV. Sh.I. ' Be no fule, Yacob,' cries Peggy, as she foots
away by herself, opposite Yacob's empty place, Stewart Fireside
Tales (1892) 219. Abd. To fit the fioor ^Jam.). Kcd. Weel oor
lads an' lasses kent The gait to fit tiie fieer. Grant Z.rt>'5 (^1884) 53.
Bwk. Oh the reels an' jigs they footit, Calder Poems (1897) 82.
Dmf. Sae trimlie he fits the reel, Cromek Pemains (1810) 27.
w.Yks.' Shr.= Wun 'e fut it wi' me a bit ?
Hence Feater, sb. a dancer.
Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 302. Wm. Ise reckond a fearful
top denser at heaam ; . . . awe awr kin is rackend girt featers,
Wheeler Dial. (1790) 43, ed. 1821.
15. To kick, strike with the foot.
Ags. Used with respect to horses iJam.). Rxb. (lA.) Ir. By my
soul, I footed him out of that pretty quick, Paddiana (ed. 1848) L
177. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 26; Leeds Merc. Siippl.
(Mar. 15, 188458.
Hence Footer, sb. a kick at a football.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). w.Yks. Hutton Tony to Caves (1781).
16. To measure distances by placing one foot before the
other, used esp. by boys as a mode of drawing lots ; see
below. Gen. in phr. /oo/ //.
w.Yks. Leaders on opposite sides stand facing each other three
to five yards apart. Tom places the heel of one foot immediately
against the toe of the other in a perfectly straight line ; Jack
responds by placing his feet similarly, and so on heel to toe until
they meet ; the one unable to insert his foot lengthwise or side-
wise into the final gap is the loser. ' A'll foot thi. Jack Jones,
for who goes in first ' (H.L.) ; (J.T.) ; w.Yks.^
HenceFoot-it,s6. aboys'game ; see below. Cf 2. (i, 2).
Glo. A game similar to leap frog. Any number of boys play,
and one is ' creeved ' by ' Ire Eire ' to go down, i. e. to be leaped
over. The leapers start from a line. The last boy to go over calls
' Foot-it' as he goes over ; if he fails to do so he goes down. If
he calls, the boy who is down places (i the left foot parallel to
the line, \2) places the heel of the right foot against the waist of
the left, (3) then carries the left foot at right angles to the right,
and then (4) left foot parallel to that. The object of the best
leaper is to leap over the back from as great a distance as possible.
The boy who fails to jump has to ' go down' (S.S.B.). Lon. After
all the bo3's had jumped over the first boy's back, a cry of ' Foot-
it ' was raised, and the boy who had given the back placed one of
his feet at a right angle to the other, and in this way measured a
' foot's length ' from the starting place. All the boys then ' overed'
his back from the original line, the last one crying ' foot it.' . . .
The game continued in the same manner until one of the boys failed
to 'over'theback,whenhe became 'Back,'GoMMEGa»!C5(i894) 134.
17. To trace by the footprints.
Wm. We fiuted an auld hair i' t'snow (B.K.). sw.Lin.^ There
was snow on the ground, and they footed him to the pond.
18. To knit a new foot on to an old stocking.
Sh.I. Mi taes staandin' laek spools in a cuddy, ool troo da socks
'at doo filtit afore doofell ill, 5/;. A'cjmi May 15, 1897) ; See doo da
socks 'at I fitted afore, 16. (Oct. 15, 1898). S. &Ork.i Abd. A pair
ortwao'moggans'll be worth fittin, Ai.e\ander Jo/:niiyGibb(i8-]i)
xxxviii. Lnk. He coud foot at a stockin', or cobble at shoon,
Watson Poems (1853) 31. n.Cy. fJ.W.)
VOL. U.
Hence Footing, vbl. sb. putting new feet to old stockings.
Ayr. The [stockingj-lcg is sore worn and darned past redemption
for fooling, Hunter Studies (1870) 29.
19. Phr. to foot up, (i) to add up an account ; (2) to under-
pin ; (3) to stand face to face; to put in an appearance,
to attend, keep an appointment.
(i) Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856'! 706. n.Lin.', Lei.', War.3
(2J w.Som.' Dhik wau"l-d shear tiie u km daewn neef wee ad-n
u vcol -n aup wuul [That wall would (have been) sure to come
down, if we had not well underpinned it]. (3) Lan. O th' singers
an' band chaps footed up i' good time, Clegg Sketches (1895) 428 ;
Th' greight mon had to foot up an' beg pardon, ib. 95.
20. To place peats on end, to dry in the open air.
Edb. When the peats have become so hardened by the drought
that they will stand on end, they are placed on end three or four
together, and leaning against each other ; this is called footing the
peats, Pennecuik U'I;s. (1715) 72, ed. 1815. Feb. (Jam.), Gall.
(A.W.) Wm. Thaed cum an feyh t'moss, er greeave, er fooat er
winnraa, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 29.
Hence Fittings or Footings, sb. pi. small heaps of
cut peat.
Tev. (Jam.) N.I.' When turfs or peats are ' put out,' ... as soon
as they can be handled they are put into ' footins ' or ' futtins,'
i. e. about four peats are placed on end, the upper ends leaning
against each other. In the course of a week or two . . . these are
put into ' turn footins,' several footins being put together (s.v.
ClampV Cum.'
21. To levy a money fine, gen. spent in drink, on a new-
comer to a trade, &c. See Footing, 6.
w.Yks. Wi ban ta fuit im tgmoan t'nit (J.W.) ; When he wor
lowse on his prentis-ship his shopmates fooited him, Tom Treddle-
HOYLE Bairnsla Aim. (1875) 58.
FOOTAGE-MONEY, sb. Nhb.^ The ' foy ' or fee re-
ceived by a pilot.
FOOTCH, int. Cai.i Hush, be silent ! Whisht !
FOOTCH, see Fooch.
FOOTEN, V. n.Lin.' To trace by the footmarks. See
Foot, II. 17.
It'll be bad to futten 'em 'th land's soa dry.
FOOTER, s6.' and v.'^ Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Also written
footre Cai.' ; fouterSc. (Jam.) N.Cy.' Nhb.' ; and in forms
futer Abd. ; futor Per. ; futter Sh.I. [fij-tsr.] 1. sb. A
term of the deepest contempt.
Sh.I. No da shaep o* a lad ta spaek til frae Sunday ta Satterday
aless a lock o' auld futters, Sh, Neivs (July 30, 1898). S. & Ork.',
Abd. i^G.W.) Per. It seem'd thou was a scurvie futor. Smith
Poems (1714) 19, ed. 1853. Lth. The breath o' the auld drucken
fouler . . took hand an' bleezed like a tar'd torch, Lumsden Sheep-
head (1892) 207. e.Lth. An' yet a gloamin' shadow tells The
coward fouters are themsel's, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885I go.
Dmf. Swearing he was better stuff Than sick a fouler, Mayne
Siller Gun (1808) 67. N.Cy.' Nhb. Come in here, or aa'U skelp
yor doup, ye little fouler (R.O.H.); Nhb.' A term of contempt,
'Ye stinkin fouter.'
2. V. To ridicule ; to disapprove ; to hinder.
S. & Ork.' Cai.' To footre one oot of an opinion or argument.
[1. Conn. vv. Fr. /o///rc, to leacher(CoTGR.) ; hat. fiittiere.
2. Fr. (Argot) Scfoiitrer dii ;«o«fl'e, ' se moquer du monde'
(ce mot est grossier) (Delesalle).]
FOOTER, v.'^ and sb."" Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Shr.
Also I.W. Dor. Som. Also written footre Ant. Don. ;
footter n.Ir. ; fouter Sc. (Jam.) ; and in forms foother
Ant. Chs.'; footther N.I.'; futher Shr.'; futhir Bnfl".' ;
futter Sc. (Jam.) Bnff.' w.Yks. Lan.; futtur Lan. 1. v.
To bungle, work in an awkward, clumsy manner, without
accomplishing anything; to idle, potter about, fuss or
fidget about.
Bnff.' To work in a hasty, confused, unskilful manner, with the
idea of weakness in the person working, and contempt in the
person speaking ; as, ' Fahl are ye futterin' at, ye machlless bodie?
A'lldeelhewarkmaser.' Abd. (Jam.) n.Ir. (M.B.-S.); N.I.' Don't
Stan' footlhering there. s.Don. Simmons Gl. 1 1890). w.Yks. Soa
Peg made his pobs an' then fullered abaht, Preston Poems (ed.
1881) 37. Lan. Meh breeches . . . kept'n slulterink dewn ont'me
shoon, so ut I futurt un cud get nawt eennwey, Paul Bobbin
Seqtiel(i8ig) 18. s.Chs.' Fbo dhur. Shr.' LW. (J.D.R.) ; LW.'
He's footering about ; I.W.^ He ben footeren about there dooen
nothen all the mornen.
3M
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FOOTY
Hence (i) Footeran, vbl. sb. the act of working in an
awkward, hasty manner ; (2) Footering, ppL adj. (a)
clumsy, awkward, unskilful ; ib) tiresome, troublesome,
bothering, ' finicking ' ; (3) Footert, ppl. adj. confused,
fluttered ; shiftless.
(i) Bnff.i Commonly used in regard to any kind of work, and
conveying the idea of want of taste and skill ; as, ' He bauds a sair
futhiran at 's wark, an' is eye ahin aifter a'.' (2, a) Bnff.' Making
great haste at work in an awkward manner, often conveying the
notion of weakness ; as, ' He's a feckless, futherin' bodie.' N.I.'
w.Yks. Aw'm weary o' watchin thi futterin wark. Bi off whoam
theaw futterin foo (D.L. )■ e.Lan.* [Fussy, footering, German
barons, Stevenson Vailinta Letters (1895) 273.] (b) I.W. Little
footerin jobs (J.D.R.). (3) s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854).
2. sb. A bungle ; unskilful haste at work ; confusion.
Enff.i He's eye in an unco futhir ; an' little diz he dee wee't a'.
She pat hirsel intil an unco futter fin the minister geed in. Ant.
Patterson Dial. 23.
3. A bungler, an awkward, clumsy person ; a worthless,
shabby fellow.
Sc. A bungler, a silly useless person (Jam.). n.Ir. (M.B.-S.) ;
We have also the word . . . 'fouther,' one who always ' puts his
foot in it,' A', fy Q. (,1873) 4th S. xii. 479 ; N.I.i Ant. You're a
footre, an' the ducks will get you, Ballymeiia Obs. Ldd. N. if Q.
(1874I 5th S. i. 91. Dor. Here's a wicked footer! He says he
hates his mother ! Longman's Mag. (Mar. 1889) 519. Som. Jen-
nings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
[Perh. the same word as Footer, sb.^]
FOOTER-FOOTER, v. Sc. To walk in an affected,
mincing manner.
Fif. I like to see a man plant his feet firmly on the ground and
no gang footer-footerin' like a peacock wi' its tail spread, Robert-
son Provost (1894) 133.
FOOTERY, adj Brks. Also in form vootery Brks.*
Slippery. Also Jig. false, deceitful, sly.
(Co//. L.L.B.) ; Gl. (1852) ; Brks.' The ro-ads be main vootery
ater the thaa. A be a vootery zart o' chap an' I wunt trus' un
vurdor'n I can see un.
FOOTH, FOOTHER, see Fouth, Footer, v.^
FOOTING, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms featin,feeatin n.Yks.'^; feeten Ken.'; feeting
n.Lin.i Nrf ; fetting Bdf. ; fitting w.Yks.' ; foohtin
e.Lan.' ; fooitin w.Yks.^ ; futting Lei.' Nrf. ; fuutin
Lan.' Dev.^ 1. Obs. In comb. Footingtime, the time
of recovery from a lying-in or confinement.
e.An.' Nrf. Ray (1691); (K.") ; Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790).
2. The mark or impress left by the foot ; a footprint
or mark. Gen. in pi.
n.Yks. Ah sawhisfeeatinson t'soil (I.W.) ; Follow them featins,
LiNSKiLL Haven under Hill (1886) xlvii. w.Yks.' n.Lin. Can't
miss 'em if we nobut follow the footins, Peacock R. Skirlaiigh
(1870) H. 181 ; n.Lin.', Lei.' Bdf. Esp. of vermin, as rats, mice,
&c. ' Don't see no fettings, 'wever,' is often the remark after a
close inspection of a rat's hole (.J.W.B.). Hrt. (J.W.) Nrf. Go
yer ways furth by the futtin' o' the flock, Gillett Sng. Sol. (i860 i
i. 8 ; In these rush-marshes . . . you will find the moist and cool
forms marked with their ' feelings,' Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 326.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Ken.' The rain do lodge so in the horses' feetens
[fifnz].
3. pi. Stocking-feet. w.Yks. (J.W.), n.Lin.'
4. The coarser locks of wool, set aside during the pro-
cess of ' welding,' for the feet of stockings. Used fg. of
persons.
Yks. That Peggy o' your's. I's welded her o'er and o'er, and
I canna find a lock o' leggin in her ; she's a' futing! Howitt Hope
On (1840; X.
5. The first layer of rough stones laid in the foundation
of a wall, &c. Gill, in pi.
n.Yks.',ne.Yks.' vif.Yks. Theas is put dahn i' t'inuck for fooitin's,
Yi'siiian. (1877) 361. n.Lin.'
6. The entrance upon a new position or occupation; the
fine levied upon a new workman, &c.,gen. spent in drink.
Usually in phr. lo pay one's footing. In gen. colloq. use.
See Foot, II. sb. 1. (i), v. 21.
Sc. (A.W.) Ir.' Where's my footin',masther?' . . 'Come in, you're
a wantin' to kiss your son,' Carleton Fardorougha (1848) i ; To
pay one's footing means in Ireland, to give a present to a servant for
any agreeable . . . event tliat happens for the first time; or upon
entering any particular place of an humble character in order to
testify 3'our approval of what you may see, ib. note. N.Cy.'
Nhb.i In former days, where a shop consisted of a few workmen,
a ' futtin ' had to be paid by every apprentice who entered. The
' footing' might be compounded by the novitiate standing * drinks
round.' Dur. The men want him to pay his footing first, Long-
man's Mag. (Oct. 1896) 575; Dur.' s. Dur, Till very recently any
young man who came courting from a distance was always made to
pay his footing (J.E.D.). n.Yks.'^ e.Yks.' MS. add. (T.H.)
m.Yks.' w.Yks. If work was to be had he must accept it or forfeit
his membership, if he accepted it he must forthwith ' pay his
footing,' by treating the lodge to a quart or two of ale, Phases
Yks. Life, 53 ; (J.T.J ; w.Yks.* A visitor taken down a coal mine
would be asked to pay his footin' ; w.Yks.^* Lan. (S.W.) ; Th'
owd chap hed bin ut a footin' one Frida' neet, Ferguson Dick
yI/o/(rfv!««;/), 6; Lan.' 'Has he paid his footin' ?' 'Nawe.' 'Then he
starts no work here, aw con tell yo'.' e.Lan.', ra.Lan.' Chs.' A
stranger going to look over any manufactory, for the first time, is
expected to ' pay his footing.' it is also very common, when any
new piece of building is begun, for the workpeople to try and
induce the owner to 'set a brick.' Of course, if he does, he is
expected to pay his footing; Chs.^ s.Stf. I paid five shillin' for
footin when I started, Pinnock Blk.Cv. Ann. (1895). Not. (J.H.B.),
Not.', n.Lin.', Lei.', Nlip.' War. B'liam IVkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ;
(J.B.) ; War.'23 Shr., Hrf. BoundPtoi'iVic. (18761. Shr.2 Oxf.'
MS. add. GIo. (S.S.B.), e.An.' s.Cy. Holloway. w.Som.' If
a gentleman takes up a tool and begins to do a little of the work,
whether farming or handicraft, it is quite usual for one of the men
to go and wipe his shoes with his sleeve or cap ; this is the
form of asking for the footing [veot*een]. Dev.^ An employee
will rush up to the new comer and wipe the dust from his boots
and immediately demand money to buy a drink, saying ' Plaize tii
pay yer fuutin, zir! '
Hence (i) Footing-ale, sb. an entertainment given by
parents when a child begins to walk; (2) -do, sb. an
entertainment given by an apprentice when ' out of his
time ' to his fellow workmen.
(i) Abd. (Jam.) (2) w.Yks. I'd been up to t'Pig an Whissal to
a fooitin do, Saiinterers Satchel ( 1877) 24.
7. A condition, understanding ; a subject, basis of con-
versation.
Lan. We'n say no moor upo' that fuutin', Waugh Owd Bodle,
254 ; Aye, marry : thou may sattle wi' the dule his-sel" upo' that
fuutin', Manch. Critic {Visx. 3, 1876J ; Lan.'
FOOTITH, see Futith.
FOOTLE, y. Not. Lei. War. [futl.] To fool about,
do anything in a feeble, ineffectual manner. Not.'^
Hence Footling, ppl. adj. small, diminutive, insignifi-
cant, undersized.
Lei.' I remember you a little footlin' thing. War.^
FOOTY, adj. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in forms fewty, foutry e.An.' ; fouty Sc.
(Jam.) N.Cy.' n.Yks.'^^ fowty Sc; futie Sc. (Jam.) Bch.;
futy Nrf. Sus.^ Hmp. Dev.^; vooty Dor. [fu'ti.] 1. Mean,
base, despicable ; obscene, indecorous. See Footer, sb}
Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' Rare. Bcli. To blame me Is futiean' mislear'd,
Forbes Ulysses 11785) 31. Rnf. I . . . Ne'er cou'd trace a single
beauty In any sang, profane or footie, Finlayson Rhymes (1815)
42, Lnk., Rxb. Indecent, indecorous as applied to language
(Jam.). Bwk. The leein' folk, the clashin' folk. The footy folk o'
Foulden, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 36. Slk. Bring the
little footy boy wi' you, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 277. N.Cy.'
Hence (i) Foutilie, adv. meanly, basely ; obscenely ;
(2) Foutiness, sb. meanness, baseness ; obsceneness.
Sc, Cld. (Jam.)
2. Paltry, insignificant, of little value or account, mean,
worthless ; small, diminutive in stature, undersized.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) N.I.' Ant. He kcp' a penny
all me; A thocht it very footy o' him, Ballymena Obs. (1892) ;
Patterson Dial. 23. Ldd. It's a footey thing tae fa' oot aboot,
A'. £?• Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 91. Nlib. (C.T.) ; Nhb.' ' He's a bit footy
body.' When applied to a girl it means a small, neat person.
n.Yks.'^ Midi. Three footy little fields, Bartram People of
Clapton (1897) 30. Lin. (,W.W.S.) ; Applied to a mean or trifling
person, Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 706. Lei.' How footy you
are ! Nhp.' What a footy little bonnet you've got on ! What a
footy sum he gave ! Nlip.2 s. Lin. OAs. (T.H. R.) Oxf. (C.W.D.),
e.An.', Nrf. (W.W.S.) Sus. A footy little thing is something
either useless or silly. Monthly Pkt. (1874) 180; Won dey, Mus
FOOTY
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Ladds see a footy lither lass . . . cinn a diippin along to un, Jack-
son Son l/uia id Ho 1894') I. 200 ; Sus.' ; Siis -What a fiity dozzle.
Sus., Hmp. IIoi.loway; Hmp.' Wil. Bkitton In-aiilics (1825);
Of thinf^s oiil_v. This door has got a foot^- soi t of lock ^W.H.E.) ;
Wil.' n.Wil. I calls this 'ere a footy sart of a thing (E H.G.\
Dor. I'll fetch my voot, an' kick The vcoty thing athirt tlic road,
Baunes JWnts (1869-70) 3rd S. 138; Dor.' Smoke woon't goo
'Ithin the footy little flue. 220. Som. A footy little reticule,
Raymond Men o' Meiidip {i8g8) ix ; W. & J. G/. (1873'). Dev. Take
good iron to it, and not footy paving-stones, Kingsley IVestivard
7/0(1855) ix. Cor. (J.W.) I Anier. /)/«/. A'o/fs (1896) I. 330.]
3. Foolish, silly; mincing, afi'ected or ridiculous in manner.
Sus. '2 Hmp. Hoi.LOWAY ; Wise AVec /•o«s/ (1883) 190 ; Hmp.'
Dev. You've a told me that there be a new mistress coming, and I
be not that footy to go against it, BAKiNG-GouLoy. Hciriiig{i&Si&)
285 ; Dev.^ 'Er's za fiity there's no abiding 'er. 'Er's finnicking and
fiity zince 'er had a forlin layved 'er. Cor.^ Such footy ways.
4. Of wearing apparel : misfitting, ill-made.
n.Yks.' As applied specifically to an article of dress : misfitting,
ill-made, awkward to wear or look at ; n.Yks.-
FOOTY, see Foughty.
FOOZ(., FOOZE, see Foose, Force, i<.=, Fuz(z.
FOPPY, see Fobby.
FOR, pirp., conj. and sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.and
Eng. Also in forms fer w.Yks. ; ver Dev. ; vor Brks.'
vv.Som.' Dev. 1. pirp. and coiij. In plir. {i)ybr n, what
a, used gni. in a bad sense, and almost with the force of
an exclamation ; (2) — a he, see — all (a) ; (3) — allor/'inll,
/roll, (a) although, notwithstanding, in spite of, neverthe-
less; (b) just as, as if: (c) however; (d) instead of; [e)
indeed, truly ; (4) — all or aiiysake{s, a common exclama-
tion ; (5) — all that or fr'a'at, see — all (a) ; (6) — as,
though, never so; (7) — as meikle as, forasmuch as,
insomuch as; (8) — because, (9) — cause, because; (10)
— ceriaiii, used to give additional empliasis ; (11) — cer-
tainly, (12) — certain sure, for certain, without doubt ; (13)
— coiniitoit, usually; (14) — ever, a great number; (15)
— ever amen, (16) — everlasting, always, constantly, con-
tinually; (17) —fair(s, in earnest, in reality ; (18) — failh,
by my faith ; (19) — good, ui) for ever, entirely, once for
ail, permanently; (b) in earnest; (20) — good and all,
(a, b) see — good (a, b] ; (21) — //, if it be not so ; (22)
— }ne, for all 1 care, so far as concerns me; (23) — nothing
that ye do, on no account, for no reason ; (24) — ordinary,
commonly, usually; (25I — ought I knoiv, for anything I
know to the contrary; 126) — sure, (a) certainly, of course,
without doubt ; (b) really, to be sure, used as an exclama-
tion ; (27) — than, because ; (28) — t/ic nonce, designedly,
on purpose ; (29) — what, see — why ta) ; (30) — why, (a)
why, wherefore ; (6) because, on account of; (31) — you,
for example; {^2) — it'hat for {a,what kind of; (^3} what for
because, what for ; (34) what for no, why not; (35) -why
for, why; 136) Iiand for hand, hand in hand; (37) house
for house, house upon house, one after another; (38) iVs
a' 't's for me, it is I, I am he; (39) to be named for, to be
called after.
(i) Sh.I. Oh ! man, man, for sic a messanter I SU. Ncivs (July 2,
1898". Per. See til her noo ! for a braw sonsey lass, Cleland
htclibrackett i'i883 • 64, ed. 1887 ; You shut up I for a clumsy blun-
derbuss ! ib. 105. Rnf. He order'd his muse to awake for a jade !
Webster Rhymes (1835) 141. Ayr. Syne bade her go in, for a
bitch and a [whore], Ballads ayid Siigs. (,1846) I. 88 ; Peter misca'd
her for a dooble cutty. Service Notnttditms (1890) 11. (2) Fif.
(Jam.) i3,a)Sc. Murray Z)m/. (1873) 229 ; "To this order . . .for
all her laughing and dafRng ways, my bonnie lady belongs, Keith
Bonytje Lady (1897) 54. Abd, Eor a' the ill name they bear, Caden-
HEAD Boil Accord I 1853) 1 18. Bch. Ajax sleeps in a hale hjde For
a' his mucklecrawin, Forbes t'/v,sifo(,i785 i 27. Frf.[She] Mistook
a fit for a' her care. Morison Poems (1790) 25. Per. He'd make
a better man for her than that whiskered gomeral down-stairs— for
all his siller, Cleland liiclibrackcii ( 1883) 123, ed. 1887, Lnk, I
ne'er hae seen his marrow yet for a' sae auld's I am, Nicholson
Idylls (1870: 121. e.Lth, I'm no' withoot some wits, for a' Em a
wumman Hunter /. /himV*! 1895) 205. Edb, For a' the censurin'
an' hangin' Crimes ilka day are faster thrangin', Learmont Poems
t'TQt"' ,53- Dmf. For a' the gowd and gear she has, She's but a
guff. Hawkins PofD/s (184IJ V. 26. Cum.' n.Yks. Ah wadn't
leeak round, fer all Ah was seer wheeah 't was, Tweddell Cievel.
Rhymes (i875> 59. w.Yks. This put new heart into me for all I dared
not show it, Snowden Web 0/ ll'cavcr (i8c6) ix ; w.Yks.' ; w.Yks. 2
For all he was such a good lawyer he couldn't get the man through.
Lan.' Well, yo know, he would goo for-all it wur so rough and
dark, I.Ma. The will was as good as the deed, for all, Brown
Doctor (1887) 5, ed. 1891. s.Not. He won't have 'er, for all she's
so rich (J.P.K.). n.Lin,' Ell do it for all you saay, War.^ 1 shall
go across the field if I like, for all you, Oxf.' ■ For all thee,' in
spite of you. Sur. For all so many hedges are grubbed up, Hoskyns
Talpa (1857) 90 ; Sur.> Eor all it's kind land he could never make
a do there. Dor. An' her gay nods, vor all she smil'd, Did sheake
a tear-drop vrom each ej'e, Barnes Poems (1869 3rd S. 4. Som.
You be a churchman vor all you mid walk over to Upton of a Zunday
night, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 46. Dev. She's as
handy as a woman, for all hcr's so small of her age, O'Neill Idyls
(1892) 53 ; Dev.^ Her wid go tu church for-all twuz rainin' cats
and dugs. Cor. He's a brave wann for his book, f'roal he edn't
much good to the work, Werner Rozzy Verran (1892) 98; E'rall
they tried for to find out who done it, Thomas Ramtigat Rhymes
(1895) 9 ; They waant catch me froll, Jimmy Trebilcock (1863) 6,
(i) Sc. You should have seen how chief the}' were when they met
in my house on Saturday, for all as if they had made a tryst, Keith
Lisbclh (1894) xvii. (c) I.Ma. Never a sparrow drops, for all. But
He's handy close to see it fall. Brown Yams (1881 ) 84, cd. 1889.
{dj Nhp.' You have more need to help us, for all our helping you.
(f) Cor. I wonder cf aw do main et frail or es et all flum, Forfar
Peii/owan 1,1859) i. (4) Fif. Eor ony sake, dinna rin awa! M'Laren
Tibbie (1894) 14. Nhb.' For-a'-sykes drop it. I.Ma. For all the
sakes to go away! Brown /Jof/o)- (1887) 106. (51 Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I.
Dei" in wan hivik o' sprootens fir a* 'at I cicen'd dem only aught days
frae syne, Sh. News (July 2, 1898). Abd. An' like your Honour,
fr'a'at, it's very true, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 171 ; And yet intill't
there's something couthie fraat [f'ra't ed. 1816], Ross Helenore
(1768^ 48 (Jam.). n.Yks. Bud fer all that, he still wad nut be sed,
■Tweddell Clcvel. Rhymes (1875) 13. Brks.' A zes I be to be turned
out if I dwoant vo-at as a tells muh, but I wunt vor-all-that. (6)
Sc. It's a heathenish fashion of him, for as good a man as he is,
Scott St. Roiiaii (1824) xvi. Lnk. The legs o' our great kings
and emperors would be very spirly affairs, for as handsome as they
look in their great robes, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 56. (7) s.Sc.
(Jam.) SIg. Forasmikle the General Assembly has found Mr.
Robert Bruce an apt and meet minister, Bruce Sermons (1631)
12, ed. 1843. (8) w.Yks. ^ ; w.Yks.'* And forbecause she willing
was to be still. (9) n.Yks. (I.W.l w.Som.' I shan't be able vor
to come "vore week arter next, vorcause I've a-promish'd Mr.
Corner next week. (10) s.Not. I did put some manure on for
sartin [I put much manure on] (J.P.K.). (11) s.Not. She was fat
— for sartainly \ib.), (121 Dor. Tes Dick a-plaguen little Polly vor
zartain zure. Hare Vill. Street (1895) 198. (131 Gall. Where he
wore his sword for common, Crockett Grey Alan (1896) 72. (14)
Cum.' Theer was for-ivver o'fwok at t'fair. Yks. He never thought
it would ha been his luck to ha wed her, for she had foriver o'
sweethearts! Wovutt Hope On (1840) iii. (15) Lnk. Kirsly may
put them ['thebreeches'] on and wear them for ever amen, for oor
Johnnie, Wardrop _/. Mathison ( 1881) 26. (16) w.Yks. Yo'n yer
hand e yer pocket for \vver\asimg, Shevvild Ann. ( 1852) 17. (17)
Nhb. Aw myest could wish, for his dear sake, that aw'd been
drown'd for fair, Gilchrist Siigs. (1824) 16; Then it rains for
fairs, KeelmiiisAitn. (1869) 27 ; Nhb.' Whene'er we saw his sonsy
face, wor steam got upfor-fair, TLmery Bohby Nnnn (c. 1853'. (18)
Dev. If they be pleyzed — why that's all right, Ver fa'th an' zo be
I, PuLMAN Ske/ches (184^) 6, ed. 1853. (19, a^ Sc. A.W.), w.Yks.
(J.W.), Chs.l, Not.' S.Lin. When 1 do it, I'll do it for good, and
mek a good job on it t T. H.R.). Lei.' A's gone for good this toime.
■War.3 Oxf.^ MS. add. Ken. (G.B.i, w.Som.' (i) Chs.' Used prin-
cipally when any game is played for stakes. 'Are we playing for
good?' 'No; let's play for fun.' (20, n) Sc. (A.W.), w.Yks. (J. W.)
n.Lin.'IfCod damns you it'll Stan' foradoin'. He's of 'ens along time
aboot it — consitherin' like — but when he duz damn, he damns for
good an' all. Lei.', War.^ w.Som.' Uur-z u-goo' tu laa'svurgeo"d-n
au'I [She is gone at last, for ever]. (6) w.Yks.^ I'll begin now for
good and all. (21) Lnk. Search the hale globe, an' my lug for't,
ye'll fin' That priests never suffer, of course never sin, Rodger
Poems (1838, 178, ed. 1897. (22) Sc. There it lies, and shall lie
for me, Scott A'igel (1822) xxiv. Abd. Macksna, ye'll keep her
for me. I'll hae naething adee wi' her, Alexander Aiii Flk. (1882)
102. Per. The deil may liee awa' wi' forme ! Clelakd Inchbracieii
(1883) 50, ed. 1887. s.Sc. The world may gang as it likes for me,
Watson Bards (1859) 7. Rnf. She e'en may tak' her mou' o't Eor
me, this day, Picken Poems (1813) I. 147. Lnk. It should stand
for me behind the d3'ke, Black Palls of Clyde (1806) no. Edb.
3 H 2
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The warl' may a' gang gyte for me, Learmont Poems (1791'^ 266.
Draf. They may rot where they gether or fa' for me, Reid Poems
(1894) 129. n.Cy. (J.W.) Dev. While's you'm in chnit, the gal
shall starve for me, Phillpotts Bill Vogwell in Black and While
(June 27, 1896)824. (23) Sc. But look that ye tell na Gib your
man For naething that 3'e dee, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (18061 I. 95.
(24 Sc. He dines at home for ordinary, Mo>:llily Mag. (1800) I. 323.
(25) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. Ah worpush't tut bottom ova staircase we
menny a hunderd steps in it for owt ah naw, Toji Treddlehoyle
Thou'ls (1845) 7. (26, a) w.yks. For sewer I'll goo wi' the', lass
(W.M.E.F.) ; For sewer, he cud write his name, Cudworth Dial.
5*c/!-AcsCi884)33; (W.F.S.) Lan. 'Dost findit cowd?' 'Rayther,
for sure,' Clegg Skelches (1895) 350; They'rn fearfu' fau'n off i'
moi toime, Mistress Parkinson, fur sure, Kay-Shuttleworth
Sra>-srt'(?/«(i86o") II. 223; Lan.i 'Wilta cornel' ' Aw will, for-sure.'
e.Lan.', m.Lan.i I.Ma. It was fit to frecken you out of your senses
it was, forsure, BROWNZ>o(:fe>-(i887) II. Hrf.2 Dev.^ ' Sally, be
you a-coming long o' me ? ' ' Iss, for-sure.' (6) Wm. ' Your Jack's
drunk! '' Nay fer sewer, thoo nivversays, is he? ' (B. K.) w.Yks.
(J.W.) I.Ma. Well, for sure, they got married, though. Brown
Doclor (1887) 121, ed. 1891. (27) n.Yks.2 (28) Suf. Still used
(F.H.). (29) Tip. For what is he rolling that stone from the wall ?
K.iCKHAii Ktiocknagoiv , 61Q. (30, n) Nhb.' He comes here ; forwhy
aa's sure aa canna tell. Cum., Wm. Nicolson (1677) Trans. R.
Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. w.Yks. I'll tell you for why (S.K.C.) ; w.Yks.2
Lan.i For-why? Becausehe wur afoo',an knewno better. Not.'
s.Not. Ah did it, an' ah'll tell yer for why (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.^ I
don't know for why she should get worse. She blaemt it to me,
and I'm sure I don't know for why. Lei.' War.^ I don't see for
why he should do it. Glo.' I don't see for why he should do it.
(b I Stf.i Lei.' Fur-whoy did Oi hit 'im ? Whoy, fur-whoy a 'ot
may foost. "War.^, Glo.'* w.Som.' Often preceded by 'cause.
Kae'uz vur wuy* ['Cause for why]. I baint gwain to part way em
— vor why, nif I do, I shan't ha none a-left vor myzel, Tidn not
a bit o' good to go there, vor why, t'ave bin all a-tried a'ready.
A parish clerk gave out, ' There 'on't be no Zindy yer next Zindy ;
caze vor whj', maister's gwain Davvlish vor praich.' Dev.^ 'I be
gwaine tu Tiverton tommor.' ' For-why ? ' 'To swop 'osses wi'
varmer Blake.' n.Dev. The young Zaunder Vursdon wud ha had
a do wi' tha, nif ha had a had tha. Vor why? Tha hast no stroil
ner docity, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 208. nw.Dev.' (31) s.Stf. That
was my husband for you, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). (32") Sc.
What for a man is he ? (Jam.) Ken. What-for person (W.F.S.);
Ken.' Used in adjectival sense. What for horse is he ? What for
day is it? Ken.^ What for a horse is he ? (33) Nhb.' What for-
becaas? (34^ Sc. When the cork's drawn the bottle maun be
drank out, and what for no? Scott St. Ronan (1824) ii. (35)
n.Dev. And why vore dest thee? E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 286. (36)
Slk. Walked up stairs wi' her hand for hand, Hogg Talcs (1838)
282, ed. 1866. (37) Cum. Yan may gang fifty miles a day and nout
but hoos for hoos, Borrowdale Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867)
310. (38)Abd. 'An'j-e'reSaun'ersMalcoImson?' ' It'sa"t's for me,'
Ale.xander ^»2 Flk. {1W2) 36. (39) Sc. Am I named for Aunt
Phemie? Keith Lisbeth (1894) i. Lnk. My second son was to be
named for his departed brother, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 98.
2. Dial, contractions : (i) Farree, for you ; (2) Fatha, for
thee; (3)Fert, seeFort (6) ; (4) Fomma, for me ; (5)For'd,
see Fort [a) ; (6) Forry you, for you ; {7) Fort, (a) for it ;
{b) for the ; (c) for to ; (8) Fot, see Fort (a) ; (9) Foyya, for
you; (10) Frawl, for all; (11) F'r'out or Frowt, for
ought ; (12) Vorn, Vorrun, or Vurn, for him or it.
(i) Nhp.' Shall I car' it farree? I've non farree. (2) ib. I'm
sorry fatha. (3) Wm. A knaant hoo lang it wos, fert neets ant
daes wer amackily o a like, Spec. Dial, f 1885) pt. iii. i. (4) n.Yks.
Sheea thowt it wad be quite a treeat fomma, Tweddell Clevel.
Rhymes (1875) 49. (5) Nhb.'Areye ony better for'd ? (6j se.Wor.'
Not now very common. (7, a) Nhb. Thair's ne occasion fort,
Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) ir. w.Yks. Noa use for't, Binns
Orig. (1889) No. i. 6. Ess.' (A) w.Yks. An warm't bed fort
mester, Bywater Gossips, 10 ; An away went Jack fort watter,
ib. (c) Lan. What they conna buoy they're shure fort stale,
Ridings jl/!(Sf (1853) 16 ; Theau doesno'seem fort' be gettin' mich
at it, Abo'th'-Yate's Xmas Dinner (i&m) 12. (8) n.Yks. Ah gev
him newt fot, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 52. (9) n.Yks.
Here's sum foyya (I.W.). (10) Glo. (S.S.B.) (11) w.Yks. Banks
IVkJld. IVds. (1865) ; w.Yks.* F'rou't I knaw. Of constant occur-
rence. Ask a person a question, and instead of saying 'yes,' he
or she will, in nine cases out of ten, say, ' F'rou't I knawah.' (12)
Brks.', I.W.' Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.'
Vaurn. Dev. The king wud never more vor'n send, Peter Pindar
Royal Fi'mV (1795) pt. i. 156, ed. 1824 ; I'm as ready ta drap in vur'n
as yer be, Burnett Stable Boy (1880) vi. nw.Dev.'
3. Used with the vb. /o be, in the sense of to desire,
incline to, intend, purpose.
Inv. At table one person asks another, 'Areyou forsuch andsuch
an article of food?' iH.E.F.') ; I'm nae for the lass that has naething
ava, Alexander .<4mf/^. (1882)237. Per.The ministermicht befor
a drink, Cleland Inchbrackoi (1883I 74, ed. 1887 ; An' ye'll be for
no letting on ye ken ocht about it ! tb. 49. Slg. I'm no for you,
but gin ye like, Gae yont the fire and tak' my auntie, TowF.RS
Poems (1885) 178. Rnf. Thou'U be for seeing the fair, Webster
Rhymes (1835) 4. Gall. When I'm for sleeping, she's for waukin',
Nicholson Poet. Wks. (i&n) 155, ed. 1897. N.I.' I'm for doing it.
Are you for going ? s.Ir. I suppose your honor will be for startin'
in the mornin'? Lover Leg. (18481 II. 406. w.Yks. I wornt fa
diuin it, bad a mead im (J.W.). s.Not. He worn't for goin' till 'e
seed the stick (J.P K.). n.Lin. I'm not much for writin' so I went
to th' poust office an' she telcgraphted to him (E.P.).
4. Used to express motion towards, where the vb. to go,
&.C., is omitted. Gen. used with vb. to be.
Arg. I am for the road to-morrow, Munro Lost Pibroch (1896)
270. Abd. Wha's for the Hortus Show the morn ? Cadenhead
Bon Accord (i8$3) 290. nw.Abd. Wow ! mem, are ye jist for awa?
Goodii'ife (1867) st. 49, Fif. Are ye for the kirk the day ? Robert-
son Provost (1894') 19. Gall. A cart was yokit for the town,
Nicholson Poc/. fFfc. ^1814) 75. ed. 1897. Cum. ' Whoar is tafor
to day?' 'I'sfor Whitten.' ne.Yks.' Wheer are ya foor? Also used
in derision: 'What a numb ba'an thoo is! wheer's ta foor?'
w.Yks. We're lakin' to-morn, so Ah'm for off (S.K.C.) ; Ah's fer
off, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882 1 Gl. Lan. John Bleasdale was
for the market to-morrow, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 28. n.Lin.'
5. As to, concerning, regarding, used in comb, with
verbs, esp. verbs of asking, fearing, dreading, &c.
Sc. She's so feared for my bringing home a wife, Whitehead
Daft Davie (1876) 129, ed. 1804 ; Raps that came to the door from
folk speiring for the laird, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 70. Per.
Here's a lad speerin' for Mrs. Sangster, Cleland Inchbracken
(1883) 105, ed. 1887 ; Ye're mair feared for the lauch o' man
than for the anger of the Lord, Sandy Scott (1897) 77. Lth. Oh!
dool an' wae, sic harvest day gies cause to fear for coming dearth,
Ballantine Poems (1856) 27. Edb. Then askit Will for's billy
Pate, Tit'a Cuckolds (1796) 11. Slk. The creature was terrified
for him, Hogg Tales (1838) 298, ed. 1866; Frightened for the
gutters, ib. 367. Gall. He'd spier for her and a' the rest, Nicholson
Poet. Wks. ^1814) 58, ed. 1897.
6. Used before an infinitive, without the governing /ir?/.,
gen. to express purpose.
s.Chs.' The whilright's here for mend th' cart. Bin y6 ready
for go ? 93. w.Som. Ee daed-n goo* vur due ut. Dliai aa"n gau't
noa urt vur ai-t, Elworthy Grant. (18771 52 ; 'For' occurs both in
conj. with ' to ' and alone, when governing the infinitive. On
the whole, in the hill country, towards Exmoor, ' for ' is oftener
used without the governing prep, than with it, while in the
Vale it is just the opposite. Uur waud-n ae-ubl vur due't [She
was not able for to do it] (Hill). Wuy s-n goo vur tu zee" vur tu
truy vur tu saa'r sau'mfjen ? (Vale), ib. 80 ; w.Som.' Esp. after
such words as able, ready, &c. I baint gwain vor let j'ou hab-m
in no such money. Her idn able vor car-n, I tell ee. Maister
zend me down vor tell ee, how he 'ont be able vor come to-night.
n.Dev. We'me cruel glad vor zee. Rock Jim an^ Nell (1867) St. 8 ;
Tell 'un ott vor crowd [Tell him what to fiddle], tb. st. 26.
7. Used redundantly before an infinitive with the govern-
ing prep. to.
Sc. Is it a young gentleman That wants for to be in ? Kinloch
Ballads (1827) 82. Bch. I will not strive My doughty deeds for to
descrive, Forbes Dominie (1785) 26. Per. She out wi' the auld
hugger 'at she keeps the bawt)ees in . . . for to buy a creepie o' her
ain, Cleland htcltbiacken (1883) ir, ed. 1887. Rnf. Ae core was
handing a laudry. What neist they wad hae for to drink, Webster
Rhyiites (1835) 7. Lth. He means for to marry, Macneill Poet.
IVks. (1801) 195. Dmf. But at hame for to daute 'mang our wee
bits o' weans, Cromek Remains (1810) 50. Gall. Able in a het
contention For to out-wit a hale convention, Lauderdale Poems
(1796) 24. Nhb. Garrin' the lips o' them thit's asleep for te talk,
RoBSON Ncwc. Sng. Sol. (1859) vii. 9; Whin aw chanct for te
catch the' ootbye, aw wad kiss the', ib. Sng. Sol. (iSsg^i viii. i ;
Nhb.' Aa've a good mind for to gie ye a caation. Dur. The poor
auld wives o' the north side disn't knaw what for to dee, Bishop-
rick Garl. {183^) 51. n.Yks. He went for to see (I. W.). ne.Yks.'
Commonly used. Ah's here lor ti deea t'job, 37. w.Yks.^ Lan,
FOR
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Fort' cut 'em ofT, Brierley Layrock (1864) x; Wun o' the owd
ministers used for t'say, Ackworth Clog Shop Cliioii, (i8g6) 136;
Lan.' Der. Hae hast fut gu [He has to go] (J.B.^. s.Not. Ah'm
waiting for to buy yourn hale-price, Prior Rciiie ( 1895) 12. Lin.
Why, j'ou says. If Queen was for ta cum to Win-tcr-ton j'ou shoiid
ax for ta bring 'er for ta see oor bed rooms (J.T.F.) ; I means fur
to maalie 'is owd aage as 'appy as iver I can, Tennyson Ozvrl Rod
(18891. Lei.i What's best fur to dew? 35. War., Wor. I meant lor
to go last week (E.S.). s.Oxf. Why, wot could ha' made master go
for to do that? Rosemary C/ii7fen<5 (1895) 30. Dor. No beer or
brandy. Sir, I want my courage for to rise, Flk-Lore Rec. (1880) III.
95. w.Som.Uur wau ntud vur tubuyd aumlCi-maaru, an yiieplai'z
[She would wish to stay at home to-morrow, an you please]. Dhai
aa'n u-gau-iit noa kloa I'u vur tu goo- wai [They have not got any
clothes (fori to go with], Elworthy Grant. (1877)52. Cor. They
tried for to find out who done it, Thomas Ranciigal R/iyttics {i8g^)
9 ; Cor. 3 I'm going to town for to buy my marketings.
8. Used after certain verbs redundantly.
Brks. * The bwoy be stronger nor I thate vor. Wil.* Often
affixed to the verbs 'say ' and 'think.' 'Tcan't the same as you said
for. I bean't as old as you thinks for. Dor. Not tiiat 1 know for
(H.J. M.I. w.Som.' Naut or neet-s aay noa' vaur [Not as I know
for]. 2u vaar voo*uth-s aay kn tuul vaur', tiid'n noajis dhing* [As
far as I can s.iy, it is no such thing].
9. Towards, in the direction of; also used^^.
Per. They're drit'tin' fair in for the Effick Mouth ! Cleland lur/i-
bracken (1883) 14, ed, 1887; [She] down wi' her head, an' up wi'
her neepkin, like's a' the minister was sayin' was for her, ib. 63.
s.Chs.' "There's some bad chocky off for the hills (s.v. Chocky).
10. To.
Yks.(J.W.) I.Ma. They tukforthehedge, Brown »'<7c/i(i889)20.
11. For want of, in lack of.
Abd. The horse are gaen daft for water, Beattie Parings (1801)
36, ed. 1873.
12. Bj', by the time that ; at the period of, during.
I. Ma. He's a big lump now, sixteen for spring, Caine Mauxtiian
(1895) pt. 1. iv; He was two-and-twenty for harvest, ib. v. Dor.
For years ago they did it for certain (C.V.G.). Cor.' Once for
the day.
13. Because of, on account of, owing to, in consequence of
Sc. He must have died for cold, ... if a shepherd . . . had not
taken him in, Scoticisms (1787) 120 ; Your \oung son. that is in mj'
arms. For cald will soon be dead, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I.
40. Per. Chowin' awa at the beech-nuts and the acorns for fair
starvation, Snurfy Scott (1897) 10; I canna lie quiet i' my lane
bed, for the thocht o' ye! Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 136, ed.
1887 ; An' aiblins she'll be a' the warmer e'y moulds for that, ib.
II. Lnk. They'll rather greet for ye, ye feckless thing, Nichol-
son Idylls (1870) go. Slk. It was weak and silly for ony true
Christian to be eiry for the Brownie, Hogg Tales (1838) 45, ed.
i865. n.Cy. (J.W.) Dev.' A boddy coud'n tern a dish for en, 6.
14. As to, so far as regards or concerns.
Ayr. I'll loose my coat whaur I like, for you, Hunter Studies
(1870) 96 ; For her she hated sic delay in, Sillar Poems (^i']8g) 48.
Lnk. Kirsty may put them [the breeks] on an' wear them for ever
amen, for oor Johnnie, Wardrop J. Matluson fi88i) 26. Edb.
For them this wonder might hae rotten. And, like night robb'ry
been forgotten, FERGUssoN/'oe»«(i773) 174, ed. 1785. n.Cy. (J.W.)
15. By.
Sh.I. A'm no muckle affeckid for da folks tongues ony time,
Sh. News (July 9, 1898). Rnf. E'en the parson's horse was
frichtit For that fig're streetchtoot there, Neilson Poems (1877) 42.
16. Of.
Slk. I am positive it's for no manner of use, Hogg Tales (1838)
64, ed. 1866. Lim. Mike's mother-in-law and wife suspected Pat
for it, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1883) I. 185. Ess.i
17. cotij. Because.
Per. It's for 3'e ken it would work a change intil ye that ye're
sweer to try, Sandy Scott ( 1897) 22. Slk. For as far outbye as I
live, I can tell you some things, Hogg Tales (1838) 294, ed. 1866.
Nhb. Aw ken when he was bwoarn, fir aw meynd, aw was up at
the Mistrisses, Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) 9. w.Yks.i
18. For fear of, lest.
Edb. They downa lat o'er meikle in. For that they were ca'd
nice, Handsel Monday (1792) 21. Dmf. My lad canna kneel at the
Beuk. For fyling the knees o' his breeks, Cromek Remains (1810
26; He'll ride nae mair on strae sonks For gawing his German
hurdies, ib. 146; Cover him up for catching cold, Brockett Gl.
(1846). w.'XTts."
19. Until.
Sh.I. She cud du nae mair noo fir daylicht cam, Stewart
Fireside Tales (1892) 108; Keep da door open, an' watch fir dey
saw a bairn comin' in, ib. 89. Nhb.i Wait for aa come.
20. sb. A reason, the wherefore.
I. Ma. Ah! toll you the truth, Phil, that's the for I came, Caine
Miin.vnian (1895) pt. vi. xviii ; And the for! the for she vvouldn' ?
Brown Doctor (1887) 81.
21. Phr. the fits and fors, the ins and outs, the why and
the wherefore.
Frf. Though I kent the fits and fors o't, as I dinna, Earrie
Minister (1891) ix.
FOR, see Fore, adj.
FORAGE, V. and' sb. Sc. Yks. I. Ma. Not. Lin, Lei.
Nhp. War. Oxf. Hnt. Ken. Dev. Cor. Also written
forrage e.Yks.' ; and in forms furrage w.Yks. LMa. ;
ftirridge Not.' Lei.' Nhp.'^ War.^^ O.xf.' Dev. [forid/,
fa'ridg.] 1. v. To hunt or search about diligently ; to
rummage, ransack ; to investigate thoroughly.
n.Yks. (I.W.) e.Yks.' Ah'll forrage it out an get tl boddom on't.
w.Yks. (R. H.R.I I. Ma. Waitin till dark, and goin a furragin
about the house, Brown Witch (1889) 78. Not.' s.Lin. Yah've
lost it, an'y'h'll ha'e to forage abeaut till y'h find it agean (T.H.R.).
Lei.' Nhp.' A person who is seeking for anything that is lost
would say, ' I'll furridge every hole and corner befoie I give it up.'
A suspicious mistress is always furridging after her servants;
Nhp.2, VVar.23 cxf.' MS. add. Hnt. (T.P.F.) Ken.' To hunt
about and rummage, and put everything into disorder whilst
looking for something. Dev. 'Er's gone uppen chimmer, an' I'll
warndee 'er'll furridge out ivory *ole an' cornder avore 'er com'th
down again, Hewett Peas. Sp, (1892). Co-.^
2. To procure, get hold of; to purloin, steal.
Lnk. Check his courage Before he'll men an' horses forage,
MuiR Minstrelsy (1816) 45. Dev. Barber Bennett cut my 'air
yisterday, an' I ciide swear he furridged half ov what he thinned
out, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892).
3. sb. A thorough search or hunt ; a rummage.
War.2 I'll have a furridge for that old brooch.
FORAN, nr/y. Nhb.' Beforehand. See Aforran, s. v.
Afore, 5.
FORANENT, see Forenent.
FORBEAR, V. Sc. [farbe'r.] 1. To bear with, have
patience with.
I can scarce forbear the fellow, Scorr St. Ronan (1824) viii.
2. To do without, to spare; to avoid, shun, keep away
from.
Sc. I know all his haunts and he cannot forbear them long,
Scott Nigel (1822) xxv ; Elliot had much forborne my company,
Lang Monk of Fife (1896) 64. Per. Who snuff-mills steals, would
not an ox forbear, S.mith Poems 1 1714) 94, ed. 1853.
[1. OK. forbcran, 'pati' (Tl/rt//. xvii. 17). 2. Forbear your
conference with the noble duke, Shaks. Ric/i. Ill, i. i.
lO-t']
FORBES' HOUR, fhr. Sc. Eleven o'clock p.m., at
which hour the sale of excisable liquors must cease in all
public-houses, hotels, &c., underthe Forbes Mackenzie Act.
Lnk. At ' Forbes ' hour, eleven o'clock. We'll a' steer hame like
dacent folk, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 114.
FORBIDDEN, ppl. adj. War.^ Wor. (E.S.) [fabi'dan.]
In comb. Forbidden fruit, the fruit of the Pyrusjapoiiica.
FORBODEN, v. n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' pp. of to forbid. See
Bid, V.
[Shoulde the reading therof be forboden. More Dial,
concent. Heresyes (1528J in IVks. 243. OK. forboden, pp. of
forb(:odan.']
FORBUCK, sb. w.Yks.= [fabu'k.] A table-knife
hafted with an imitation of buck's-horn.
FORBURY, sb. Hrf Brks. The open space near the
town wall. (The word occurs now only in place-names.)
Hrf., Brks. Leominster removed the edifice to its public pleasure
ground — the Forbury. The only other place I know of in England
which has a Forbury, is Reading ; and the Berks monks established
a cell here (Leominster), which may perhaps account for the
identification of a Forbury with each of the towns, White Wrekin
(i860) xi.
[OKT.forsbourg (forbourg), 'bourg en dehors de la ville'
(Hatzfeld) ; hence mod. ¥v.faiiboitrg?\
FORBY(E
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FORCE
FORBY(E, prep., adv. and adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur.
Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Stf. Lin. Also Sus. .' Cor. Also
written foreby Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.' Stf.'; and in form forbyse
Abd. [far-, fsbai'.] 1. prep. Besides, in addition to.
Sc. There was a whin bonnie lassies there, forbye mysell, Scott
Guy M. (1815) iii. Sh.I. Ye're laek mony mair forby you, Sh.
News (July 17, 1897); Providence helps dem 'at helps demsels,
an' no mony forbye dem, J. H. Da Last Foy (1896) 5. Bch. There
was three i' the coach forby me, Forbes Jrn. (1742) 13. Abd.
Forbyse to dee gweed, he cudna deen muckle waur, Alexander
Ain Flk. (1882) 16. Frf. Coont hoc mony guid folks are there
forby yersel', WiLLOCK Rosetty Ends (1886) 33, ed. 1889. Per.
Three shillin's the week, forby the feedin', Cleland Iiichbrackcn
f 1883) 188, ed. 1887. Fif. He's gotten hail three bunder mark . . .
Forby her cow an' hawkit stirk, Douglas Poems (1806) 95. e.Fif.
Forbye a' that, she was sair lee'd on gin she didna like a dram,
Latto 7a';! Bodkin (1864") ii. Dmb. Forbye ither reasons for
being in a hurry. Cross Disruplion (1844) v. Rnf. There's twa,
at least, hae siller, Forby a thriving stock, Barr Poems ( 1861) 37.
Ayr. He has left a power of money over and forbye his great
estates, Galt Lairds fi826) ix ; Forbye some new, uncommon
weapons, Burns Dr. Hornbook (1785) st. 22. Lnk. A' the sheep
o' the muir, forbye the wee thack hoose, WARDROpy. Mathison
(1881) 12. e.Lth. And forby the laird, there was twa-three mair
o' the gentry, Hunter/. Inwick(ii<j^) 14. Edb. Forby a weel-far'd
pithy pray'r, Crawford Poems (1798) in. SIk. Yeareeneuch to
fright folk forbye aucht else, Hogg Tales (1838) 46, ed. 1866.
Gall. He had many a sin on his soul, forbye murder in all its
diiferent degrees, Crockett Raiders (1894) iii. N.I.' Uls. Vis.
Jrn. Arch. {1853-1862) VI. 42. Ant. They wur severals forby me,
Ballymena Obs. (1892). Dwn. (C.H.W.), N.Cy.' Nhb. I wesn't
Strang enow for't, iv a reg'Ior way, an' forbye that I didn't want
the laddies ti ken aboot it, Pease A'eit'C. Dy. Leader (Jan. i, 1897)
5, col. 3; Nhb,' e. Dur.' There was other six forby me. Cum. There
was nobbut yean ther forby hissen (J.Ar.) ; (H.W.); Cuni.^
Scrap o' meat . . . forby udder things, 132. Wm, & Cum.' Forby
my twee letters frae mudder and Nan, 226. n.Yks.' Forbi a' that,
Ah've anither thing agen 'im ; n.Yks.2
2. With the exception of, not taking into account.
Sc. So I have taken post on my ain shanks, forby a cast in a cart,
or the like, Scott Redg. (1824) vii ; Deil an unce of siller plate is
about the house . . . forby the lady's auld posset dish, ib. Leg.
Mont. (1818) iv. Per. There's naebody wears a kilt forbye
gamekeepers and tourist bodies, Ian Maclarek Brier Bttsh (1895)
216. Ir. Sorra a hand's turn ailin' them, forby Katty's a thrifle
conthrary now and agin, Barlow Lisconnel (,1895) 307.
3. Past, close by.
Ir. It's beyant an' forby me his eyes kep' on gazin' an' shinin',
Barlow Bogland {1892) 38, ed. 1893.
4. adv. Besides, in addition, over and above.
Sc. I'll fill your pockets to ye forbye, Stevenson Catnona (1893')
ii. Sh.I. Shii's no ta sit furt an' get hir fit row'd up, an' forby,
shu'll hae tae claed dem, S/t. A'eivs (Aug. 6, 18981. Cat.' Elg, I
had lost a' my siller. An' ruin'd, forby, puir auld Dauvit, Tester
Poems (1865) 109, Abd, She keepit a shop and a mangle forby,
Anderson /f/yx'fs (18671 15. nw.Abd. An'ts twal o'clock forby,
Goodivi/e (1867) St. 14. Kcd. Forbye, j'e seem to be as able To
sleep into the barn or stable, Jamie Muse (1844) 86. Frf. She
panged his wame an' filled his pock, An' warmed him at the fire
forbye, 'Watt Poet. Sketihes (i88o) 56; Ay, an' forby, it was rale
threadbare aneath the table, Barrie 77i)!<»« ( i88g) xiv, Fif. Sic
a reasonable rent, and the use o' the back green forbye, M'^Laren
Tibbie (1894) 20, s.Sc. Ye hae darned them, an' mended the
knees o' my breeks, an' the elbows o' my coat forbye, Wilson
Tales (1839) V. 51. Dmb. Forbye, I think it far mair freendly like
just to ca' me Ringan, Cross Disruption (1844) x. Rnf. I hae,
forby, a dool o' cheese, Pjcken Poems (i8i3"i I. 64. Ayr. I was
fairly bamboozled, and not a little nettled forbye, SERVicEA'o/aHrf!(»'s
(1890) 17. Lnk. Nor only I, But scores o' mole-blind fools forby,
Rodger Poems (1838) 143, ed. 1897. Lth. A new hen house, an'
a derry forbye, Lumsden Sheep-head (1892) 259. Edb. There's
mair than you thought that forby, Liddle Poems (1821) 49. Bwk.
The Laird himsel's a canty chiel", an' trusty frien' forbye, Calder
Poems (1897) 122. Slk. An' siller out at trust forby, Hogg Poems
(cd. 1865) 275 ; He had come out on a shootin and a fishin ploy,
and, forby, to taka plan o'a' the hills, Chr. North A'orte(ed. 1856)
IV. 26. Dmf. Forbye ye ken o' the tryst I made wi' the neebors,
Reid Poems (1894) 195. Gall. Gied him the huik and some half-
dizzcn fine flees forbye, Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 171. Kcb.
He blaw'd o'his sheep, his horses an' kye, ... an' his siller forbye.
Armstrong Inglcside (1890) 156. Ir. His father was the ouldest
of all the Polyniatherses . . . and the head of the whole of them
forby, Barlow Liseonnel ('1895) 131. n.Ir. She has a fine fortune
forby (A.S.-P.). Nhb. We'se maybe raise a grilse forebye,
Charnley Fiihcr's Garl. (1842) 7. e.Dur.' Cum. Many good
things, — Lamplugh puddin', forbye, Dickinson Cumbr. (1875) 216.
Wm, If ye wora gentleman, ye wad kna what a war efter, forb^-,
Lonsdale Mag. (1821) II. 413 ; I there met ladies young an' auld,
An' gentlemen forbye, "Whitehead Leg. (1859) 43, ed. 1896.
n.Yks.' Lan. He's mair names than one, — Tommy Dickson, . . .
an' yan or two forby, Waugh Heather (ed. Milner) I. 139. n.Lin.
He can tell what's matter wi' folks by the stars, forby knowin
whether they'll dee or not, Peacock R. Skirtaugh (1870) II. 48.
Cor. My orders be positive, forby one of the ladies . . , cannot
utter a word, O'Donoghue St. Knighton (1864) 31.
Hence Forbye, sb. an addition, appendix.
Ayr. They would come better in as a kind of addendum or for-
bye at the hinder end of my book, Service £').Z)«^Ki'rf(ed. 1887) 103.
5. On one side, out of the way ; near by.
Sc. 'When he cam to his ladye's hour door He stude a little
forbye, Scott Minstrelsy (1802) III. 160, ed. 1848, n,Sc, Then out
it speaks that lady gaj', A little forbye stood she, Buchan Ballads
(1828) II. 40, ed. 1875 ; The blacksmith stood a little forebye Wi'
his hammer in his hand, ib. 24. Bnff. A bit forby, he did espy, A
swain fu' blythely plowin', Taylor Poems (1787) 40; My dwallin'
is a bit forby, ib. 53. Stf.'
6. Of time : past, gone by, over.
Sus. Wen to-morror mornen cums aroun belike de wust an't
wol be forbye, Jackson Southward LIo (1894) I. 251.
7. adj. Uncommon, out of the ordinary ; superior; also
used advb.
Sc. He's a forbye man [there are few to match him] (A.W.).
Clc. Applied to one who excels, or who does something quite beyond
expectation, as ' Foreby good,' ' He was forby kind.' At times used
as synon. with ' fey,' being applied to those who do anything
viewed as a presage of death ( Jam.V s.Sc, Rnf. ' A forby man,'
one who is singular or of a peculiar cast (J.\M.). Ayr. He was
juist a real nice, extraordinar' forbye chiel ! Service Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 211. N. I.' That's a forbye good horse. Uls. A forby
journey he had that blissed Holly-eve night, Uls. Jrn. Arch. (1853-
62) VIII. 140; A forby journey, ajourneyin addition to his ordinary
walk home, because the fairies were misleading him (M-B.-S.).
Ant. He was a forby sort of fellow, Ballymena Obs. (1892) ; He's
a forby wee boy for goodness (M. B.-S.).
FORBYSE, see Forby(e.
FORCASTEN, pp. Sc. Cast oft'. Grose (1790) MS.
add. (C.) Cf cast, v. 3.
[Christ will make newvorkout of oldforcasten Scotland,
Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 176.]
FORCE, sZ-.' Nhb. Dur. Cum. "Wm. Yks. Lan. Also
written forse N.Cy.' ; foss n.Cy. n.Yks."^^ e. Yks. m.Yks.'
w.Yks.'^ [fors, fcs.] A waterfall or cascade.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.' Nlib. (W.G.), Dur.', Lakel.' Cum.
Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) I. 282 ; When the south wind was
heard indicating rain and a change of weather old persons used
to say they ' heard the high force sounding,' Rowley Old Names
(1882I pt. iii. 278; Cum.2 Cum., Wm, (E,W.P.) ; Not quite o6i.
though now seldom heard but in names (M.P.). Wm. Our water-
fall in the river is called sometimes the force, sometimes the scout,
HunoN Bran New Work (1785) 192, note; I went ... to see the
falls or force of the river Kent, Guide to Lakes (1780) 215. Yks.
(W.W.S.') n.Yks. Just behind the house is a fine waterfall called
Cataract force. Heath Eng. Peas. (18931 99 ; There is a noted one
in Wensleydale at Aysgarth, locally called Aysga Foss (W.H.) ;
n.Yks. '23 e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788) ; Phillips Rivers
(1853). m.Yks.' w. Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdalc (c. 1882) Gl.;
w.Yks.i3, Lan.', n.Lan. (W.S.)
[ON. for.':, a waterfall, Sw. fors ; Norw. dial, foss
(AasenI ; Dan,/os,]
FORCE, sb.'^ and t/.' Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms foace Cor.^ ; foce w.Som.' Dev.^ ; foorce
n.Yks.2; foze Dcv. ; voace Cor.^ ; vooace Cor. [fors,
fos, fo3S.] 1. sb. In conip. (i) Force-put, (2) -work,
a matter of compulsion or necessity.
(i I Nhb.' We'll not dee'd except as a force-put. A force-put's
ne plisure. e.Yks.' ' Hoc is it 'at he cum to wed a lass like hor?'
'Why itseeams it was a fooace-put.' n.Lin.' I shouldn't hev fall'd
oot wi' him if it hedn't cum to a real force put, e,Lin. ' I don't see
why Mr. X, should have given up that house.' ' I doubt it was a
FORCE
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FORE
force- put, sir" (C.G.W.). sw.Un.' I shouldn't 'a sold it for that, if
it hadn't been a force-put. w.Soni.' Haut kn uneebaudee diie-,
neef dhai bee foous-puuf? [What can one do, if there is no alter-
native ?] Dev. A tradesman of this place [Torquay] told me he
had left his house very early tliat day, ' but not from choice, 'twas
a force-put.' A^ & Q. (1876) 5th S. v. 266; In speaking of selling
skim-milk, the cook said she would not part with any milk, ' unless
it was a force-putt,' to a cottager, who was ill, Reports Provinc.
(1897); Dev. 3. nw.Dev. (^R. P.C. ^ Cor. T' will be a vooace-put ef they
jine, T. Toivser (I873^ 147 ; Cor.^ T'was a voace-put aafter oal.
e.Cor. Freq. heard.A". (&• O. (i876~l 5th S. v. 266. (2) s.Chs.' Dhi n
oani doo it fur foa-s-wuurk [They'n on'y do it for force-work].
2. A great number; the greater part or number.
Bnff.^ We'll pit on the force o' the cop-stanes the nicht. The
force o' the neeps'll be doon this week, n.if ks.^ There was a foorce
o' folks. w.Yks. Equally applied to persons and things (C.C. R.\
3. V. To constrain oneself to do a thing, to feel obliged,
compelled.
w.Yks. ' I mun force to go,' I must force, or oblige myself to go.
' We mun force to ha' 't ' (C.C.R.). e.An.' I forced to go. Dev. I
told her I should foze to summon her, Reports Provinc. (1882) 14.
4. To push, strive. Gen. in prp.
Cor.2 Doant'ee be so foacin.
[4. He that ibrseth manye thingus to do, shall fallen in
to dom, VVyclif (1382) Eccliis. xxix. 26.]
FORCE, z).= Sh I. n.Cy. Yks. Also written forse
(J.\M.) S. & Ork.^ ; and in forms fooaz n.Cy. n.Yks.'^
e.Yks. ; fooze n.Yks '^ ; foze n.Yks.* [fors, foaz.] To
clip or shear the long projecting hairs of a fleece.
n.Cy. Grose 1790). n Yks. Thah teeth are like a flock o' sheep
that's weel fooaz'd, Robinson Siig. Sol. (18601 iv. 2; n.Yks.'^
e Yks. Marshall Rttr. Econ. (17887 ; To cutt off all the shaggie
hairy woll which standeth stricklinge up; . . . this the shepheardes
call forcinge of them. Best Ritr. Econ. (1641) 9. [(K.)]
Hence (i) Forsen, sb. the quantity of wool obtained
when sheep are shorn ; amount of profit. n.Yks.^ ; (2)
Forsens, sb. pi the refuse of wool. S. & Ork.'
[To force w-ooll is to clip oft the upper and more heary
part of it, CowELL Interp. (ed. 1637) s.v. Clack ; Foorcyn or
clyppyn, ioiideo, Prompt. OFr./orcer, ' couper avec des
forces, ciseaux ' (La Curnej ; a der. o{ forces, clipping-
shears (ib.). Lat. /or/ices.]
FOKCKD, ppl. adj. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also Cor. Written
fo'ced Cor.' In comb, (i) Forced earth, soil that has been
disturbed by digging, ' made-earth' (q.v.) ; (2) — fire, fire
obtained by rubbing two pieces of dry wood, &c., together ;
also called Need-fire; (3) — push, (4I — put, a case of
necessity or compulsion ; see also Force-put, s.v. Force,
sb.' 1.
( I ) n.Yks. The cart road was made upon forced earth and settled
(I.W.). (2) Sc. When the cattle of any district were seized with
this fatal distemper [black spaul] the method of cure or prevention
was to extinguish all the domestic fires, and rekindle them by 'forced
fire' caught from sparks emitted from the axle of the great wool-
wheel, Clan-Albiit (1815'] II. 239 iJam. s.v. Black Spaul). Nhb.>
(3) n.Yks. Yo' see it was a fooastpush he cud'nt git off (W.H.) ;
Fooace't pOosh (I.W.). (4') Cor.^ A Ib'ced put is no choice.
FORCHES, sb. pi. Dev. A place where two ways
branch off in the form of a fork.
The place where two ways or streets cross each other at acute
angles is called * Double Torches,' Horae Siibsecivae (1777) 160;
Grose (1790') MS. add. (M.) ; A place at a four-cross-way on the
Blackdown Hills, parish of Clayhidon, is called Torches [vaur-chuz]
corner. It is at a cross-road, Elworthy IVd. Bk. (1888'.
[Fr./oitrc/ie, a fork (Cotgr.) ; ' Un endroit ou le chemin
fait la fourche (oil il se bifurque) ' (Hatzfeld).]
FORCING, ppl. adj. Sc. e.An. 1. Of the weather :
good, suitable, likely to bring crops to maturity. Bnff.'
See Forcy.
2. Fattening.
Nrf. Marshall Rtir. iTcoH. (1787) ; Grose (1790) Suppl. e.Suf.
(F.H.I
FORCY, adj. Buff.' Of the weather : good, likely to
bring crops to maturity. See Forcing, 1.
Applied particularly to harvest weather; having the power to
bring crops to maluritj', and to fit what has been cut for housing
or leading.
FORD, sb. Wm. [ford.] A passage for ships ; an
arm of the sea.
Kirhy Sleplirn Monthly Messenger (Apr. 1891).
FORDEDDUS, sb. Ags! (Jam.) Violence, apphed to
a blow.
FORDEL, sb.. adj. and v. Sc. Written fordal Cai.'
Bntr.' ; and in form fardel Abd. [fo'rdl, fa-rdl.] 1. sb.
Progress, advancement.
n.Sc. He makes little fordel (Jam.).
2. adj. In advance, in readiness for future use.
Ab3. I think ye'll hae laid by 'gain Yeel A fouth o' fordel strae,
Beattie Parings (iSoil 35; Sic as hae nae fordel stock, ib. 36;
We hae scarce ae starn O' fardel strae laid by 'gain Vecl, ib. 32,
cd. 1873. Ags. Implying that it is not meant to be used imme-
diately. ' Fordel work ' is work done before it is absolutely
necessary (Jam.). Rnf. When there are two stacks, one of these
is called a ' fordel stack,' which is to be kept until the other has
been used iib.).
Hence Fordal rent, phr. rent paid in advance on entry.
Cai.'
3. V. To store, hoard up forthefuture. Geii.wiihiip. Bnff.'
Hence Fordling, sb. a stock or provision for tlie future.
Eg. Nae fordlings in the cup board crowd, Couper /'oe^fy ^1804)
I. 279.
[1. The same word as ME. yorrfc/^, advantage. It shall
cause yow gret thank, and a gret fordell in your mater,
Pastoii Letters (1472) III. 73. Du. voordect, advantage,
furtherance (Hexham) ; cp. G. Vorlcil.]
FORDER, FORDERSOME, see Further, Furthersome.
FORDONE, pp. Sc. Written foredone (Jam.). Ex-
hausted, tired out, worn out.
s.Sc. Likeane wi' sorrow sair fordone, Allan Poems (1887) 126.
Dmf. (Jam.)
FORDRAUGHT, sb. War. Wor. Sus. Also written
fordraft Wor. ; foredraft War.* ; foredraught Wor. ; and
in forms fordrough War.* Sus.' ; foredrough War.
[fo'draft, -drBf,] A lane or path for tlie purposes of
draught between two farms ; a grass ride.
War. He took the footpath across the field . . . which lead into
a foredrough, Dent Birniingimm (i88o^ 374 ; I found a bit of a
lane, a ' fordrough,' afterwards, B'ham Wlily. Post (July 13, 1889) ;
War. 2 A private way through the homelands of a dwelling-house ;
but which, byopeningbroadlyon to a publicroad.hastheappearance
of a lane or b3'-way. Wor. Very common (F.S.D.) ; The usual
word ' J.B. P.'). s.Wor. Used in conjunction with 'lane' or 'gate,' and
said to mean ' leading forth from a farm or house to a high road or
to fields.' A gate leading to such a road or lane is called in the
Upton-Snorsbury district, 'afore draught gate,' Zitfrozf/'syn!. (Dec.
10, 1885); ^H.K.) Sus.'
FOR-DRUNKEN, />/>/. m^'. 1 Obs. Sc. Overcome with
drink, worn out or exhausted with drinking.
Sc. Lay wallowin' like a man for-drunken, Drummond Mueko-
niachy [iB^6) 43. Fif. To yesk his saul awa' in glore Upo' the
death-bed o'the floor, For-wak it and for-drunken, T ehkahi Papistry
(1827) 163.
[The Miller, that for-dronken was al pale, Chaucer C.T.
A. 3120.]
FORD"WEBLIT,M ?06s. Sc. Enfeebled. See Dwable.
Her limbs fordweblit grew, Jamieson Po/t. Ballads 11806)
I. 241 ; I am fordweblit an' sair brokin', Riddle Psalms (1857)
xxxviii. 8.
FORE, adj., adv., prep., coitj. and sb.^ Van dial, uses in
Sc. Irel.and Eng. Also written for n.Yks.* w.Yks.'* Nhp.'
e.An.' Som. ; and in forms fair- .Sc. ; fer- n.Yks.* Der.*
nw.Der.' Ess.; fere n.Yks.*; feur- Cum.'; foo- Wm. ;
foor- N.Cy.* Nhb.' Lakel.* Cum.' Lan.' n.Lan.' ; foore-
n.Yks.*; fuir- Rxb. (Jam.); fur- s.Not. ; fure- Sc. (Jam.) ;
fwore- Cum.'; vaur- Dev.; vor- Brks.' Wil.'; vore-
I.W.' Wil. w.Som." nw.Dev.' Cor.* 1. adj. and adv. In
comb, (i) Fore-armTd, fore-timed, bespoken; (2) -bait,
bait scattered loose near the hooks to attract the fish ; (3)
-bargain, to bargain or arrange beforehand ; (4) -bay, {a)
the breast or front wall of a lock ; [b) pi. salt-making term :
the brickwork immediately under the front of a pan ; (5)
•berin, a forewarning ; (6) -bit, a slight refreshment taken
early in the morning before the regular breakfast ; (7)
FORE
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FORE
•board, see -buck; (8) -body, the belly; (9) -bond, the
strong piece of wood forming the front end of the ' bed '
of a cart ; (10) -bows, (fl) the breast of an animal ; (b) the
arched bar fixed across the front of a cart, forming a seat
for the driver ; (11) -breast, {a) the front or fore-part of
anything ; {b} the front seat in a church gallery facing the
pulpit; (c) right in front; (12) -breathing, tlie premoni-
tory symptoms ; (13 1 -bree or -broo, tlie forehead, temple ;
(14) -broads, the milk which is first drawn from a cow;
(15) -buck (or Ferbuck), the top rail or ledge at the front
of a cart or wagon ; (16) -cappy, the heavy stone used to
sink the fishing-nets at the bow of a boat; see Caapie ;
(17) -crag or -craig, the fore-part of the throat; (18) -crop,
the ribs of beef; (19) -dale, the pudding of a cow towards
the throat ; (20) -day, {a) before daylight ; daybreak ; (b)
that part of the day between breakfast and noon; (21)
-days, (a) towards noon, when the day is far advanced ;
(ii late in the day, towards evening; (22) -days dinner-
time, a late hour for dinner ; (23) -door, the front door,
the door in front of a house ; (24) -drove, obs., a mortuary
offering of a live animal to the church ; (25) -'e-fire, the
kitchen and living room ; (26) -elder, the fore or front
udder of a cow; (27) -entry, an entry to a house from the
front; (28) -eyed, foreseeing, apt to look ahead; (29)
-faced, confronted, in the presence of; (30) -family, the
ancestors of a family ; (31 1 -feed, to turn cattle out in spring
into a pasture which is afterwards to be laid up for hay ;
(32) -feeling, a presentiment ; (33) -feng, the first seizure or
taking of anything ; (34) -field, the end of a vein in a mine ;
{351 -flank, a projection of fat upon the ribs, immediately
behind the shoulder, of a sheep ; (36) -foot, (a) the instep
or front of the foot ; (6) the hand; (37) -frame, the brow
of a hill; (38) friends, ancestors; (39) -front, (a) the face
of a building; (b) the human countenance ; (40) -gait (or
Foragate), a start or distance given by one competitor to
another in a race ; (41) -gang or -geng. (a) a light or appari-
tion supposed to forebode death or disaster ; (b) to sur-
pass, precede ; (42) -gangers, leaders, chief men ; (43)
•go, a foreboding or omen ; (44) -graith, to prepare before-
hand ; (45) -grated, forestalled, as by occurrence of some
intervening obstacle ; (46) -hammer, a sledge-hammer ;
also in phr. io throw tlie forehamnicr; a sport used as
a trial of strength ; (47) -hammering, wielding the sledge-
hammer; (481 -hand, (a) beforehand; also in phr. o' th'
forehand, ready for the future, in hand ; (b) the fore-
quarters of a horse, cow, sheep, &c. ; (c) the leading work-
man of two workers in puddling, iS:c. ; (ci) curling term:
the first plaj'er in a rink ; (49) -handed, (a) rash, precipi-
tate ; [b) far-seeing, prudent ; (c) beforehand, in readiness ;
(50) -hand pay, (51) -hand payment, payment in advance ;
(52) -hand rent, rent paid on entry, prior to occupancy ;
(53) -hands, see -hand (a) ; (54) -hand stone, curling
term: the stone first played; (55) -head, the bow or
fore-part of a boat ; (56) -headed, wilful, headstrong ;
obstinate; (57) -headways, mining term : see below; (58)
-heap, wrestling term : a fore-hip, a grip or hitch ; (59)
-hinder, to prevent or hinder ; (60) -horn, .' a knob or pro-
jection at the bow of a boat ; (61) -horse, the foremost
horse of a team ; (62) -ladder, the movable framework
or rails at the front of a cart or wagon, for extending the
length or width ; (63) -laid, planned beforehand ; (64)
-Ian, the boxes in the fish-curing yards, into which herrings
and other fish are put, preparatory to their being cured ;
(65) -land, a house fronting the street ; (66) -lang, ere
long ; (67) -lash, the second horse in a wagon team ; (68)
-latch, the leather attached to a horse's halter; (69) -lay,
to waylay ; to get ahead or in front of anything ; (70)
-leader, a ringleader, chief; (71) -leet, to outstrip, out-
run ; to surpass ; (72) -lock, a washer or circular disk of
iron for the nut of a bolt to press against when screwed
up; (73) -look, to foresee, look before you leap; (74)
•low, slanting, very low; (75) -mak, preparation; (76)
-man, ia) a curate; {b) the ninth person in the deep-sea
fishing-boats; (77) -math, obs., the first crop of hay
gathered ; (78) -milk, (a) the first portion of milk drawn
from a cow; (b) to milk the first half of a cow's milk by
itself for the purpose of sending it to market; (791 -mind,
to predetermme ; gen.mpp.; (80J -most, («) first, in front,
in advance ; Jig. best, ' first-class ' ; (i) in phr. to carry feet
foremost, to carry to the grave; (81) -most horse, the
leading horse in a plough or team ; (82) -mother, an
ancestress ; (83) -nail, to spend money before it is gained ;
(84) -name, the Christian name; (85) -nickit, prevented
by a trick ; (86) -night, (a) the evening, the time between
twilight and bedtime ; (b) the early part of the night ; (87)
•noon (or Foraneen), the morning ; the time between
breakfast and twelve o'clock ; (88) -noon bread, (89) -noon
drinking, (90) -noonings, (91) -noons, a light meal or
luncheon takenby labourers between breakfast and dinner ;
(92) -overman, the person who, beneath the viewer, has the
charge of the workings of a colliery where there is no
under-viewer ; (93) -part, the front; the beginning, first
part ; also in phr. the fore part of the head, the face ; (94)
-parts, the front of a person; (95) -past, the past; (96)
-picture, a frontispiece ; (97) -piece, a toe-piece or piece
of leather fastened to the tip of a shoe ; (98) -pocket,
a front pocket ; (99J -rent, see -hand rent ; (100) -rider,
a leader, forerunner ; one that rides in front ; (loi) -run,
to outrun, outstrip ; (102) -runner, a beginner ; (io3)-say,
to foretell ; (104) -seat, a front seat; (105) -sett, to antici-
pate ; to waylay ; (io5) -shift, the first shift of hewers in
a mine, who commence work two or three hours before
the boys ; also used attrib. ; (107) -shore, (a) that part of
a tidal river which is submerged at high tide, but dry
when the water is low ; (b) the narrow shore along the
screened side of a decoy pipe ; (108) -shot, (a) the whisky
that first runs over in distillation, which is always the
strongest ; the first liquid anything is boiled in ; (b) see
-milk (a) ; (c) the projection of the front of a house over
part of the street in which it is built ; (109) -sichtie or
-sichted, provident, foreseeing ; (no) -side, the front; (in)
-sight, to foresee, anticipate ; (112) -skip, {a) the progress
made in a journey, in relation to one left behind ; (6) the
advantage given to one in a contest, trial of strength, &c. ;
(113) -sole, the front sole of a shoe ; (114) -spaul, the fore-
leg of cattle ; (115) -spur, a fore-leg of pork ; (116) -staa,
the manger or fore-stall ; (117) •stairs, front-door steps;
(118) -stam, the forehead ; (119) -stammerin', ?the place
in a boat immediately in front of the steersman's seat ;
(120) -start, {a) a start or advantage in running, &c. ; (b)
to start in advance of others; (121) -stem, the prow of
a boat; (122) -step, (a) precedence; (b) to go before;
(123) -stools, the fore-part of a cart or tumbrel which pro-
jects over the shafts ; (124) -stoops, the fore-legs ofa chair ;
(125) -stroll, to walk on ahead ; (126) -summer(s, the top
rail in front of a wagon ; a kind of platform projecting
over the shafts of a cart; (127) -supper, (128) -supper
time, the evening befoi-e supper time; (129) -teeth, the
front teeth; (130) -telled, foretold; (131) -token, (a)
a warning, omen; (b) to betoken, foreshadow; to give
warning; (132) -top, a hackle of coloured horse-hair used
as a head ornament for a horse ; the toupee of a man ;
(133) -tram, the fore-shaft ofa cart ; (134) -tree, the lighter
upright bar ofa gate to which the staple for fastening is
attached ; (135) -turns, the angular pieces in the ' soles ' of
a wagon, used to provide a place for the fore-wheel to go
into when the wagon turns ; (136) -urged, advocated
beforehand; (137) -wakken'd, aroused or forewarned;
(138) -warden, destroyed, undone ; see Forwcden ; (139)
-way, {a) front ; (b) immediately, straightwaj', directly
after ; (c) in phr. toget-or have theforeivay, to get the start of,
to anticipate, forestall ; (d) a high road; (140) -went, /re/,
and />/>. of 'to forego,' go before; (141) •wit, knowledge
beforehand ; (142) •won, mining term : a wall driven over
before the board was holed ; (143) •work, work done in
the spring or early part of the year; (144) -yaud, a cry
of direction from a shepherd to his dog ; cf. far-yaud,
s.v. Far, 5. (4) ; (145) •year, the early part of the year.
(i) Wm. What s'ali we deea for oor sist'r i' t'day when she cus
to be foo-arm'l'd? Richardson Sng. Sot. (1859) viii. 8. (2) Cai.'
FORE
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FORE
(3) Sc. Still in use, geii. in sense of to bargain or arrange before-
hand, sometimes in the sense of to bespeak, and sometimes of to
arle (Jam. Snp/J.). (4, a) w.Yks.* The weirs, forbayes, &c., be-
longing to a corn mill. (A Chs.' {5^ Cum.' (6) Dev. Fore-bit and
breakfast. Rear bit and dinner, O'Neill Idyls (1892") no. (7)
w.Som.i Of a cart— the front board on which usually the name of
the owner is painted. (8,1 n.Yks.^ {9) s.Chs.' (10, a) w.Yks. A
man at Crookes told me of padfoot which ran against his ' owd
mare's forbows • (S.O.A.); w.Yks.i (6) w.Yks. (J.J. B.) (11, a)
Cai.' Bnff.' Fore-breest o' the cart. Abd. Saunders Malcolmson
took his place on the forebreist of the cart, Allxander Ani Flk.
(1883) 38; Johnny Gibb . . . got the whole ' hypothec' into the
cart ; and then mounting the 'forebreist ' again, started, ib. Johnny
Gibb (1871") i. (6) Sc. The fore-breast o' the laft, the front-seat of
the gallery in a church (Jam.). Cai.' Abd. The heritors' seat i'
the forebreist, Ai.£.XAtiDER Jo/inity Gibb (1871) xviii. Kcd. Fae the
forebriest o' the laft Faur noo the seats were doon, Grant Lays
(i884">63. e.Lth. At the kirk, sittin in his muckle airm-chair in
the forc-breist o' the sooth laft. Hunter /. Iiiwick (1895) 34. (c)
Lan.', n.Lao.' (la) Lnk. The forcbrcathings of which inconstancy
are beginning to puff already, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) I. 126,
ed. 1828. (13) Sc. Thy forebroos are like ae piece o' pomgranate
within thy lokes, Siig. Sol. ( r86o) iv. 3 ; Thy forebrees are like
tila piece o' a pomegranate within thy locks, Henderson /A. (r862\
(141 Ayr. The young calves are fed on the milk, first drawn, locally
termed fore-broads, Agiic. Stiiv. 443 (Jam). [The youngest
calves get the first drawn milk, or fore-broads, as it is termed,
Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 53.] (15) Der.'^, nw.Der.' Lei.'
A frame is sometimes fixed upon it so as to allow of a larger load
being carried. This is called a ' false fore buck.' Nhp.' (i6)Sh.I.
Whin da fore cappy is comin' ta da buird, up gengs da sail 'ithoot
an aer [oar"] i' da watter, SJi. News July 3, 1897). (17) Sc. They
. . . found the enemies mark to be in her fore-crag, or fore part of
her throate, A^ra/s/zoH) Sf. (1591) (Jam.X (18) Wm. (A.T.) (19)
Shr. (Hall.) ; Shr.^ My informant declared, that ' If a bin [the
'bwes'J bwon i' th' farthing bag its present death to 'em,' and
upon my requesting more specific and intelligible information he
replies, 'bwon i' th' fordale.' (20, a) Cum. (J.A.) ; Cum.' w.Som.'
Dhce urt jis lig u oa'l ai-n u-voar-dai [thou art just like an old hen
before daylight] : one of the commonest of sayings. I do burn
more can'l vore day-n I do burn arter dark. nw.Dev.' (A) Rxb.
(Jam.) (21, a) Sc. Herd Col/. Sags. (1776) Gl. Rxb. Expl. by
some the morning is advanced, by others it is far in the day (Jam.).
Cnm., Wm. Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX.
Oxf. (K.) ; (Hall.) n.Dev. Grose (1790). (A) n.Sc. (Jam.),
N.Cy.* Nhb. When the day declines, or toward evening (K.) ;
Nhb.' (22) Sc. iJam.) (23) Sh.I.Der feet at ta guttie o' da fore-
door, Sh. News (May 15, 1897). Abd. Tho' by the fore-door locket
in. The back had neither bar nor pin. Cock Strains (1810) I. 124.
Ayr. The principal door — was named the fore-door, Agric. Surv.
115 (Jam.) ; I . . . loid her ... to gang through to the fore-door.
Hunter Studies (1870) 158. N.Cy ', Nhb.' Cum. Northumber-
land is called the Fore Door into .Scotland, Dcnhnni Tracts (cd.
1892) I. 158 ; Cum.i, m.Yks.i, Ess. (H.H.M.) Ken." He come to
the fore-door. Sus.' w.Som.' Hark ! I yeard zomebody to vore-
door, urn out and zee who 'tis. Dev. I wiz car'd down tha strayt
an rite horn ta vaur dore, Nathan Hogg Pod. Lett. (1847) 2nd S.
24, ed. 1866. Cor. Each rented in the town, tho' poor, A hi;use
which boasted a 'fore door,' Tregellas 7"ote (1868) 103. (24)
Ess. Obs. So called from being driven before the funeral procession
to the church. Trans. Arch. Soc. (1878; I. 167. (25) Cai.' In the
old-fashioned country houses, the ' but ' end had the fire on the
middle of the floor, which divided the room into two — ' fore 'e
fire,' the kitchen and living. (26) w.Yks.' (27) Sc. (Jam.) (28)
Wil. Slow Gl. (1892) ; Wil.' (291 Lan. Hcaw could a mon ut
wur forfaced ? Staton B. Shuttle, 12. (30) e.An. (Hall.), e.Snf.
(F.H.) (31) Wil.' n.Wil. The farmer vor-feeds his field when
cattle are turned out to feed it early in spring before it is laid up
for hay (E. H.G.). (32) m.Yks.' (33 1 w.Cy. To get the fore-feng
of a stray beast (K.). (34) Der. Manlove lead Mines (1653);
FuRNEss >/?(//'««( 1836) 49. (35) n.Cy. (Hall.) Midi. Marshall
/i'«r.&oH.(i796)I. 355. (36, a) n.Yks.2 (A) w.Yks. (J.T.) (37)
n.Yks.= (38) Dor. (N.B.) ; (C.W.) (39) n.Yks.^ (40) n.Cy.
(Hall.) w.Yks.' He did not start fair for he gat forgaits omme.
e.Lan.' (41, a) Sh.L [At Halloween] da foregeng o' every
lass's lad wis expected ta come an' turn his sweetheart's sark dat
wis upo' da back o' da share 1 chair], Stewart Fireside Tales (1892)
141. S. &Ork.' Cai.' Usually in the likeness of the person about
to die. Bnff.' A light supposed to be seen moving along the
road over which a burial procession is to pass. 'A thocht the aul'
man widna grow better, for ae nicht nae lang syne, as a wiz con-
VOL. II.
vayin' Mary haim, a saw a licht cum doon the rod, an' kent it wiz
the fore-gang o's beerial.' (6) n.Yks.'' ' He'll fooregan thee,' he
will eclipse you. (42) lA. Also old documents, as precedents for
recent decisions. (43'! Bnff. The ' Chacky Mill ' or Death-watch . . .
was conjectured to be a forego of a death or a flitting, Gordon
Chron. Keith (1880) 63. (44) n.Yks.^ Fooregraithing, appliances
provided in anticipation. (45) I'A. (46) Sc. To throw the lore-
hammer, to throw the sledge ; a species of sport still used in the
country as a trial of strength (Jam ) ; Pinches or forehammers
will never pick upon *t, Scott Blk. Dwarf (1816) ix. Elg. Fore-
hammer in han', an' stripp'd to the sark, Tester Poems (1865)
184. Frf. Some thumpin' like a smith's fore-hammer Upon the
board. Smart Rhymes (1834) 133. Ayr. The brawnie, banie,
ploughman chiel. Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel. The
strong forehammer. Burns Sc Drink (1786) st. 11. Lnk. Having
forced open the door with fore-hammers, Wodrow Ch. Hist.
(1721) IV. 473, ed. 1828. Edb. Like the dunt of a forehammer,
Moir Mansie IVauch (1828) x. Gall. The sound of a forehammer
thundering on a gate, Crockett Raiders (1894) xxxvii. Kcb. [He]
got many a knock with his Father's fore-liammer, and endured
them all, Rutherfqrd Lett. (1660) No. 46. Nhb., Dur. A hammer
used by the striker in a smith's shop, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl.
(1888). [The large hammer which strikes before the smaller one,
Traits. Phil. Soc. (1858) 156.] (47) Elg. Fore-hammering in a
smiddie. Tester Poems (1865) 76. (48, a) Sc. I am to the fore-
hand wi' you [I have got the start of you] ; applied both to time,
and to advantage obtained over another (Jam.). Lnk. The callant
now got his stipends forehand, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 99.
Cum.' w.Yks. Him 'at hasn't a paand o' th' forhand is forced to
keep up a grand show. Hartley Clock Aim. (1869) 17 ; Ha' little
we vally it [time] when we think we've a lot o' th' forhand, ib.
(i8-]o) Pre/. Lin.' I always have an answer for the beaks fore. hand.
n.Lin.' (A) Edb. Their [sheep] shape ... is compact, short coupled,
short legged, round bodied, with a rising forehand, Pennecuik
IVks. (1715) 52, ed. 1815. w.Yks.' The fore-hand of a horse (s.v.
For-end). Not. (J.H.B.) (<r) s.Stf. Ned had bin advanced to a fore-
hond's plaice an' was proud o' the job he'd got, Pinnock Blk. Cy.
Ann. { 1895 I 21. ((/) Per. The person that plays first on his side
is their fore-han' at curling ; he is the lead or leader (G.W.).
Ayr. The forehands were at work. The second and third players
were ' sooping up,' or * giving heels ' to laggard stones, Johnston
Kilmallie (i8gi) II. no. Lnk. Our forehaun now ready for action
Is metin' the lead wi' his ee, Watson Poems (1853 ^3' (49> '')
n.Sc. (Jam.) (A) Gall. He's a carefu' man, an' in some things
baith eident and forehanded, Crockett Stickit Min. (1893) 129.
[Amer. She said it was a lucky thing she was so forehanded about
those churns, because she might have a cow knocked down to her,
and then she would be all ready for buttermaking, Adeler Elbow
Room (1876) xii.] (c) s.Wor. Master have got fifteen acres of grass
cut forehanded (H.K.). (50) w.Som.' A very old prov. runs:
VoaT an paayun nuvurpaay Uiiz dhuwiis'tuvaulpaay [Fore-hand
pay and never pay Are the worst of all pay]. (51) Sc. Forehand
payment makes bad work (A.W.). Bnff.' Commonly used when
speaking of school fees. (52) Cai.' Bwk. When a year's
rent of a farm is payable 6 months after entry. Entering at
Whitsunday, the first year's rent becomes payable at the first
Martinmas, only 6 months after. The above mode of payment is
termed fore-rent or forehand rent, Agnc. Surv. 141 (Jam.). Midi.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796) I. 20. (53) w.Som.' Ee dhau-rt tiie
u ae uddhik laut, budaawur Jan wuz voar-anz wai un [He thought
to have had that lot, but our John was fore-hands with him]. (54)
Cld. (Jam.) (55) Sh.I. ' Geng ye yonder ta da forehead an' shut,'
William said, pointin' ta da forehorn, Sh. News (June 25, 1898);
I lays me doon i' da fore head i' da light o' da sail, Stewart Fire-
side Tales (1892) 243. (56) w.Som.' Dhu voa-r-ai'duds guurt
aj'boo'ur uvur aay zeed [The fore-headedest great hedge-boar I
ever saw]. There idn a more voreheadeder fuller vor cussin',
dammin', and 'busin', not in all the parish. (57) Nhb., Dur. The
direction of the cleat, also a place or holing driven in this direction.
When a pair of headways are driven for exploring or winning the
coal, they are called exploringor winning headways, the principal of
which iscalledthefore-headways, and theotherthe back-headways,
GREENWELLCoa/7'>-.G/.(ed.i888)s.v. Headways. 158 Cor.I'Utrya
foreheapwethee, jacket forjacket, Tregellas 7a/('i( 1868) 85; Cor.^
(59) n.Yks.2 There was nought to forhinder 'em. e.An.' Ess. You
ferhindcr me, I shall never get my work done i H.H.M. \ w.Som.'
Dhur waud-n noaurt tu voa r-een'dur um [There was nothing to
prevent them]. The implication is of some obstacle antecedent.
l6o) Sh.L ' Geng ye yonder ta da forehead an' shut,' William said,
pointin' ta da fore horn, Sh. News (June 25, 1898). (61) s.Not.
(J.P.K.), n.Lin.' Nhp.' Pronounced ' forruss.' War.^, Brks ',
3 N
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Hnt. (T. P. F.^, Ken.i Sas.> ' He has got the fore-horse by the head '
is a Sus. expression for 'he has got matters well in hand.' I.W.*,
Dor.l, Som. (^W.F. R.) w.Som.' Any horse in the team except the
sharp-horse. Called in other counties the thill-horse. ' Plase, sir, I
be a-stented, and I want vor t'ax o' 'ee vor to plase to be so kind's to
lend me a vore-*oss to help me up the hill.* nw.Dev.^ (62) Nhp.*,
se.Wor.i, Brks. (J.W.B.) (63) n.Yks.^ (64) BnfT.' His boat wiz
dist rinnin' our like a forelan. (65) Sc. As distinguished from one
in a close or alley (Jam.). Lnk. Her house was upon the east side
of the Saltmarket ... in a timber fore-land, with windows called
shots, or shutters of timber, Wodrow Ch. Hist, (,1721) HI. 440, ed.
1828. (66) Cai.' (671 Suf. Rainbird .r4g(-ii:. (iSig) 292, ed. 1849.
(68) Ess. Morton Cydo. Agric. (1863"!. (69) Ken.' I slipped across
the field and fore-laid him. w.Ken. N. & Q. (iSegl 4th S. iii. 56.
[Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 213.] (70) n.Yks.2 Oxf.i Bill 'Arj is
wuz the fore-ledder, yl/S. add. (71) s.Sc.'Like a lyonlap,' as if he
would have foreleeted Lightfute himself, Wilson Tate (1836) IV.
35. (72^ Nhb.i (73)n.Yks.2 (74) Su'. (Hall.) ; Suf.i A horse
standing in an unfavourable position, with his ' wallis ' lower than
his rump, would be said to be * standing forelow.' (75) Or.I. Geii.
used in the sense of display, show or bustle made in preparing for
an event (Jam. S/(/>/»/.). (76, fl)Ess.^ (6) Bnff.i The ninth person,
whose office is to clean the boat, fetch water, and to do any other
such-like work as may be necessary. He has no allotted seat in the
boat. (77) War. The foremath of the meadow. Old Deeds (1669-
1780). (78, nl N.I. 'It is very poor and watery. Lan.(M.B.) Chs.' ;
Chs.^Less rich than the after portion, and very much poorer than
the ' drippings.' s.Chs.', Lei.' {b) Chs.' To milk the first half of
a cow's milk by itself for the purpose of sending it to market ; the
second half, which is richer, being retained for making butter ;
Chs.s s.Chs.i Goa- un foa'r-milk dhem ky'ey, iifoa"r dhu puts)th
kau'vz too [Go an' fore milk them key, afore tha puts th' cauves
to]. (79) n.Yks.2, m.Yks.i w.Som.' Twadn no good vor nobody
to zay nort ; could zee well 'nough the jistices was all o'm vore-
minded about it. (80, a) Sc. Let faction gang fairmaist and right
gang aglee, The People (June 16, 1889) 13. Abd. The best of stuff
was nicely dress't,And serv'dus in the foremost taste, CocKS/rajHs
(iSio") II. 107. Kcd. Davie i' the foremost seat Was gript by airmso'
Jeannie sweet, Grant Lays (1884) 103. (i) Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks.^
' They're carrying him feet fooremost,' that is, to the grave. (81)
s.Wor. (H.K.) ; s.Wor.' (82) Sc. My forefathers and foremithers,
too, were a' sober folk. Ford Thistledown (1891) 301. (83) Sc.
(Jam.), Bnff.i n.Yks.^ ' That brass isall foorenail'd,' said of a sum
set apart to pay off a debt. (84) Sc. (Jam.) (85) Fif. (Jam.)
(86, a) ne.Sc. One or more neighbours spending the evening with
them . . . geein thim a forenicht, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 57.
BnfT. When the forenichts came, what glee and glorious raids there
were with the kail-castocks on door after door, Gordon Chyon.
Ketth {1880 . 69. Frf. In the long winter forenichts, Inglis Wi"« /V)^.
( 1895) 34. Per. He wud come in on a forenicht an' sit an' smoke,
Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie ! i8g6) 272. Dmf. A' the forenicht by the
ingle side We fiey Daddy Care wi' a royal glee, Reid PofjMs (1894)
97 ; At the farmer's ingle cheek, during the lang fore-nights o'
winter, Dm/. Conner (Sept. 1823) (Jam.). Gall. The long winter
forenights when all was snug inside, Crockett Raiders (1894) ii.
Kcb. Coupin' owcr a dizzen bumpers o' strong Holland gin ... in
the wee while o' a forenicht, Elder Borgtie (1897) 31. (A) Ags.
No other word is used in Ags. to denote the early part of the
night ; where this term is never applied to the twilight, which is
distinctively denominated the ' glomin ' (Jam.). (87) Sc. Ane
forenoon . . . she gooned hersel a' in her braws, Holdsworth
How Dave won back in Chapman's Mag. (Oct. 1895). Abd. It cam'
to Donal', aw b'lieve, i' the foraneen, Alexander /4m Flk. (1882)
31 ; We tint him there i' the foraneen, ib. Johnny Gibb (1871) xlvi.
Cum. Last Sunday forenuin, efter sarvice, Gilpin Ballads (1874),
n.Yks. Ah happen'd to leeak out o' t'back chaimerwinderyesterda'
fooarneean, Tweddell Clcvel. Rhymes (1875) 47 ; n.Yks.2 w.Yks.
Dooant waste yer forenooins, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann.
(189318; w.Yks.3, Chs.' sw.Lin.' Always distinguished from the
morning or earliest part of the d.iy. 'There's breakfast in the
morning, and then something in the forenoon.' Sur.' (88) Rxb.
(Jam.) (89) w.Yks. Tawk a Eelshazzar's feast, it wor nobbat
a bit ov a fornooin drinkin' compared ta yors, Tom Treddlehoyle
Bairnsla Ann. (1854 1 54; When it coom'd ta near th' fornooin
drinkin time, Hartley C/of/t/4/H(.(i883) 41 ; Luncheon was known
as forenoon drinking (J.T.) ; w.Yks.^^ (go') vr.Yks. Servants
are allowed so much a day 'an drinkins,' i.e. ' forenooinins '
and ' afternooinins,' Banks IVkfld. IVds. (1865^. (91 ; w.Som.'
Usually taken about ten. In harvest or hay time, when the men
go to work at daylight, they require to feed between the early
breakfast and the dinner. This meal is sometimes called ' eleven
o'clocks.' ' Mary, idn the vorenooiis ready vor the vokes ? Look
sharp ! d'ye zee hot o'clock 'tis ? ' Dev. Us be jist agwaine t(j 'ave
our vornoons, an' yii mid jist za well stap an' 'ave zome to, Hewett
Peas. Sp. (1892) 145; Aw, my dear cheel, duee gie me zome
vorenoons. I be that leary,I dawnt knaw whot til dU wi'myzel ! ib.
96 ; Carrying a piece of bread with him for his 'forenoons,' Shar-
land IVays and Means (1885) 36. (92) Nhb., Dur. Greenwell
Coal Tr. Gl. (ed. 1889). (93) n.Yks.2 w.Som.' A man in speaking
of the soil sticking to the back of his shovel said : ' There's most
so much 'pon the back o' un as is 'pon the vore-part o' un.' Dhai-d
noa dhee* un*ee plae'us, dhee urt su puur'tee een dhu voa'r pae'urt
u dhee ai'd [They would know thee anywhere, thou hast such
a pretty face]. Very common. nw.Dev.' Cor. They . . . spent
the fore-part of the evening over the eggy-hot, ' Q.' Wandering
Heath (18951 80. (94) Per. The reek [steam] frae yer forepairts
as ye staund foment the lowe, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 106,
ed. 1887. (95) n.Yks. 2 ' Thoo's talking o' things o' t'aud foore-
past,' of past periods long gone by. (96) w.Yks. (C.C.R.) (97)
Glo. Grose (17901 .^5. add. (M.) (■98") Lnk. Others came and
took his papers in his fore-pockets, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) III.
46, ed. 1828. (99) Bwk. Agric. Surv. 141 (Jam.). (lool Fif.
Learned Barns, . . . That, on his brankin' steed, seem'd the fore-
rider O' that weir, Tenn ant Prt/>/5/;j)'( 1827) 7 7. Nhb..Dur. Foreriders
announced with shouts the arrival of the bi'idegroom. Brand Pop.
Antii]. (ed. 1777) 335. (loi) Sc. I fore-ran A wee wee wife and
a wee wee man. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (ed. 1890) 86. Elg.
Outoure the leys wi' mony a spang, Till he foreran the win',
CoijPER Poetry (1804) II. 86. (102) I.W.' He was the vorerunner
on't aal. (103) Dev. Us can't forezay, min. I zed the zame back
along, Mortimer Tales (1895) 105. (104) Sc. Are ye sleeping in
the fore-seat to give bad example to others ? Sc. Presby. Eloq. (ed.
1847I i6r. Ayr. It's no every ane can thole the inside o' a coach,
especially the fore-seat that draws backward, Galt 5i')- yj. IVylie
(1822) xxxiv. (105) Cum.' (106) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. The foreshift
men begantodescendthe pit at four o'clock, A't'Zfr. Leader {Yeh. 13,
1896) 6, col. 6 ; It was whilst the fore shift were taking their places
below that the lamentable occurrence took place, lA. [Reports Mines.]
(107, a) n.Lin.' (6) Lin. Miller & Skertchly Fenland 1,1878)
xii. (108, a) Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Wi' the foreshot o' the pot rheu-
matics she removed, Anderson i?/i)'i«« (1867) 26. (i) Lnk. (Jam.)
(c) Sc. Building small additions to their houses of about 6 or 7 feet
in breadth made of wood, and supported by pillars . . . which are
called ' Fore-shots,' Petition of J. Finlayson (1752) (Jam.). (109)
Cai.', Fif. (Jam.) (no) Sh.I. Da dog cam ta da foreside o'da bed
and began ta whinge, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 112; Girzzie
was staandin' at da foreside o' da bed wi' a cup o' tae, Sh. News
(July 24, 1897). Bnff. From the forside wall of the church to the
middle of the church, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 98. n.Lin.'
Ther's a many pretty flooers up o' th* fooreside o' his hoose.
w.Som.' The vore-zide is the front in distinction from the back-zide.
(ml n.Yks.2, w.Yks. (C.C.R. 1 (112, a) n.Sc. (Jam.) (6) Dmf. (16.)
(113) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) (ii4)Per. (G.W.) (ii5)Glo.' Wil. Slow
Gl. (1892) ; Wil.' Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873^1 ; Sweetman IVincanton
Gl. (1883). (116) nw.Abd. Pit girse in the forestaa, Goodwife
(1867) St. 15. (117) Sc. And houses of stane and lime and fore-
stairs, Scott Rob Roy (1816) xiv. (118) Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs.
{17761 Gl. Abd. Raught hima rap on theforestam. Skinner Poems
(1809) 10 ; (Jam.) (119) Sh.I. He sprang i' da forestammerin' an'
grippid da bowlin, 5/;. News (Sept. 24, 1898). (120, a) Rxb.
(Jam.) Kcb. Their spirits, having the advantage of yours, have had
now the fore-start of the shorebefore you, Rutherford Lett. (1660)
No. 321. Lakel.2 Ah'll run thi fer sov'ren, an' gie thi ten yerds foor-
start. Cum. I'll run him at t'Creed for an3'thing he likes, and I'll
give him to Pontius Pilate fore start, Dickinson Ciimbr. (1876) 171.
n.Yks.2 They gat t'foorestart on us. (6) Cum.' (121) Fif. In ilk
boatie's fore-stem cockit A lang bra' bishop in his rocket, Tennant
Papist>y{i82i) ^T. (r22")n.Yks.2 (123) e.An. Wright; e.An.'s.v.
Fore-summers. e.Suf. Of a tumbrel only (F.H.). (124) Sc. (Jam. ),
S. & Ork,' (125) Cor.' I have never walked with her. I may
have seen her fore-stroll, and gone to overtake her. (126) Nhp.'
e.An.' This kind of cart was some years ago much used in Nrf.,
but is now wearing'out. A sort of platform projecting over the
shafts was called ' the fore-summers, or fore-stool.' Now almost
driven out by the introduction of the tumbrel. Sus.' The cor-
responding rail at the back is called the hawk. Lon., Hmp.
Common also formerly in Hmp. and still freq. seen in Lon.,
Hollow AY. (127 Sc. Nae mair we by the biel hud-nook. Sit hale
fore-sippers owr a book, T. Scott Poc»/s( 1793) 316. Lnk. I often
step ower in the foresupper, Fraser /FAn/i/s 1^1895) xiii. Ant.
The evening from about 7 to 10 o'clock. '"The young yins will
foregather in some house in a foresupper an' tell stories and
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riddles,' Ballymena Obs. (189a); (M.B.-S.) (128) s.Sc. (Jam.)
(129) Sh.I. He wis luikin' til hit, an' tryin' bits o't ateen his fore
teeth, S//. AVhs (July 23, 1898). (130I n.Lin. Berries and beans
get fit at the right time just as it's fori-lelled, Peacock R. Skirlaugh
(1870) II. 77. (131, <i) Chs.' Shr.' Obsol. Jack . . . said 'e'd sid
summat i' the Boggy-Ieasow glimmerin' like a pot o' brimston',
an' it wuz sure to be a for'-token. Dev. I'm zartin zomething is
agwaine tQ 'appen, vur I ycrd tha death-watch atapping in my
tester last night. 'Tez a voretoken ov death, I'm veard, Hewett
Peas. S/^, {18^2) ; Dev.* Heft her and went home : andthickaneart I'd
a voretoken o' her death, 56. (i) w.Som.' Suvur dhingz du voa'ur-
toak'nee eens wee bee gwai'n t-ae'-u aar'd wee-ntur [Several
things do foreshadow how that we be going to have a hard winter],
(132) se.Wor.i, Suf.' e.Suf. A lock of hair hanging over the
middle of the forehead, in a horse (and, sometimes, man or woman)
(F. H.). (i33)Edb. \Vc had not got well out of the toun when Tammie
Dobbie louped up on the fore-tram, Moiu Ma>isic IVauch (1828)
xiii. (134') s.Dur. (J.E.D.), ne.Lan.' (135") n.Lin.' (136, 137)
n.Yks.2 (1381 n.Cy. (Hall.) ; 139, a) Nhp.l I can't put my head
out, either back-way or for-way,but they insult me. (A) w.Som.'
Not quite so instantaneous as ' way the same.' The meaning is
rather continuous — right on end. 'Jim Boucher com'd over and
told me they was there, and tho voreway I urned up ; but I wadn
quick enough, they was a go.' Dev. Hur voreway zend ta Pass'n
Giles, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) and S. 47, ed. 1866.
n.Dev. Who shud be hard by . . . bet tha Square's Bealy, — and
vorewcy ha' cry'd out, E.xiii. Scold. (1746) 1. 170. (r) Ir. I
couldn't be angry, even if they had got the foreway of me in it,
bekase it's an ould custom, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) I.
65. n.Ir, Ye'll maybe have the foreway of Ailsie with the news,
Mulholland Wi/s;>'5 5/io<>, 230 ; N.I.' (rf) n.Cy. (Hall.) (140)
n.Yks.^ ' They foorewent us,' they set out on the journey before
us. w.Som,' Very common in the dialect. ' I widn a vore-went
thick trait 'pon no 'count.' (141) n.Yks.* Lan. If a man's after-
wits were as good as his forewits, one should never do amiss,
Bykom Remitt. (1716) in Cliet. Soc. V. 32. (142') Nhb.i Nhb.,
Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (143) Sh.I. No anidder life
bit hirsel' for a' 'afs ta be diine aboot a hoos forby voar wark, Sli.
tlews (,Mar. 26, 1898). (144) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C)
(145) Lth. (Jam.)
2. adj. Forthcoming. n.Yks.'^
3. adv. Forward, forth, on.
n.Cy. Border Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.) w.Som.' Used very freq. after
verbs of motion. Often used redundantly, as, 'Govore to Mr. Clay
and zay I'll come vore to-marra.' In driving plough horses = Go
on ! * Captain, vore ! ' used to horses when standing in a cart or
other\vise harnessed. When loading hay or corn in the field, a
trained horse needs no leader, but a word from the ' pitcher,'
vore ! or way ! or back ! as may be required. To a horse would
be said, Kap-teen, voa-r-u ! [Captain, go on !] To a sheep-dog,
VoaTum ! [Go before them]. Keep voaT, voaT yiie kaum tu dhu
vaawur kraus wai [Keep on, until you come to the four-cross-
way]. Dev. Es drade voar ta tha green, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett.
(1847) ist S. 34, ed. 1858 ; An wen ha wiz daypairted vore, ha
went, Baird St. Matt. (1863 ~i xii. 9; Ef thickee there gray 'os 'ad
abin dree or \owr yards varder vore, he'd a-winned ! Hewett
Peas. Sp. (iSgz) 19. n.Dev. Nance wasstill leaning fore with her
eyes upon the Squire, Chanter IVitch (1806) xiv. nw.Dev.*
They'll be zummoned vore to Bideford avaur the Magistrates.
He couldn go vore ner back. Cor. And runned vore towards me,
Tregellas Tales (i860) 82.
4. Phr. {\) fore and after, a cocked hat, a hat turning up
in front and behind; (2) — and back, {a) in front and
behind ; {b) back to front, reversed ; upside down ; (3)
— and back siill, a plough made to turn a furrow at will
either to the right or to the left ; (4) back and fore, back-
wards and forwards ; also used fg. ; (5) to drow vore, to
throw outyfig. to twit a person with a fault ; (6) io hat vore,
to strike out."
(i) s.Sc. An old rusty hat — placed transversely on his head, so
as to look like a ' fore and after' as he called it, or, as we would
say, a cocked hat, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 26. (2, a) Fif. He was
enguardit, fore and back. By Papist-priests, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 138. (A) n.Dev. Why tha dest thengs vore-and-back,
E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. iig. (3) w.Som.' Voour-n baak- zoonil.
(4) Sh.I. We a' cuist a joke back an' fore as we wir takin wir tae,
5/1. News (July 3, 1897); We wir spaekin' awa', back an' fore,
till at lent da conversation cam' roond ta trows an' hill-folk,
Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 64. Elg. He spary'd back and fore the
room, CouPER Poetry (1804"! II. 60. Lnk. Three cronies met some
drink to get, Tauld mony stories back an' fore, Wait Poems (1827)
55. Edb. I neither could get back or fore, Liddle Poems (1821)
44. n.Dev. He took herhand,... softly strokingitbackand fore with
his own. Chanter JVitcIt (1896) xiii. (s) w.Som.' n.Dev. And
why vore dest thee drow vore zitch spalls to me? E.xin. Scold.
(1746) 1. 286 ; Grose (1790). (6; w.Som.'
5. adv., prep, and conj. Before.
Abd. Birns baith a-hint and 'fore, Kznn Fa>ttier's Ha' (1774)
St. 34. Lth. Keekin' back, keekin' fore, BallantinePo«)is(i856)
219. Edb. Sae majestic 'fore my sicht She skipt the ground,
Learmont Poems (1791) 33 ; Your belly pang and spues Fore ye
gie o'er, Liddle Poems (1821) 46. Nhb. Cut the pig doon 'fore it's
dark, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 15; Nhb.' w.Yks. T'birds
sing . . . their carols for clooasing the day, Blackah Poems (I86^)
25 ; w.Yks.' Dor. I tried to cheer her vore we parted. Eclogue
(1862) 5. Som. I doant go to church — shall mebby * for ' long,
Agrikler Rhymes (1872) 21. w.Som.' Like an old hen vore
da3'slight. I zeed-n vore he went home. Dev. Efyii'll go vore, I'll
vollcr, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 144. nw.Dev.' Cor. Ef you do
car that there gun like that there you'll shut somebody 'fore long,
Forfar Pentowan (1859) i.
6. conj. Until.
w.Som.' You 'on't be able t'ab-m vore arter Kirsmas. Us'on't
start vore you'm ready vor go. Dev. ' Stop 'fore Maude comes
home,' was the phr. heard used in the country road between
Horrabridge and Tavistock, Reports Provinc. (1891). n.Dev. And
chem agast tha wut zo vore thy een, Exm. Scold. (1746) I. 229.
nw.Dev.'
7. sb. In phr. (i) al the fore, (a) in readiness, prepared or
provided beforehand; beforehand; (b) having the start of or
advantage over ; (2) to the fore, (a) present, on the spot, in
evidence; (b) surviving, still alive ; in existence, remaining;
(c) see at the fore (a); (d) see at the fore (b); {e) in con-
sideration of or in comparison with ; (3) far to tlie fore of,
much to be preferred to ; (4) flat in the fore, flat or empty
of stomach, hungry ; (5) to come till a fore, to come to an
end or close.
(i, a) m.Yks.' Go and get at the fore. (A) I'A. He's at the fore
of him [beforehand with him]. (2, fl) Sc. But eh, as I wuss auld
Sherra Pleydell was to the fore here ! he was the man for sorting
them, Scott Guy M. (1815) xlv. n.Sc. There is a great question
this morning to the fore, Gordon Carglen (1891) 161. Frf. Geordie
Tapster was to the fore wi' his besom, Willock Rosetty Ends
(1886) 77, ed. 1889. Rnf. Gin preachers warna to the fore, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 151. Lnk. When ma tongue's dune ma nieve's
to the fore, Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 59; His brains didna come
to the fore With his talents, Stewart Tivct Elders (1886) 87. Kcb.
Where mischief is he's to the fore, Armstrong Ingleside (1890)
140. s.Dur. He's niver to the fore when he's wanted (J.E.D.).
Lan. Will's not to the fore. But he'll maybe turn up yet, Gaskell
M. Barton ( 1848) xxx. (6) Sc. Any thing is said to be ' to the fore '
when not lost, worn out, or spent, as money, &c. Also used
concerning a person, when it is meant that he is still alive (Jam.).
Sh.I. Da maist o' his folk wer gane hame afore him, an' dem at
wer ta da fore wir far awa, J. H. Da Last Foy (1896) 4 ; If I'd no
come apo' dem whin I did, dey'd no been langtada fore, Sh. News
(Apr. 30, 18981. Cat' Abd.IsJamiePortcrto the fore? Cadenhead
Bon Accord (1853) 182. Kcd. Ye wadna hae 'im lang [to] the fore
Gin it were no for me, Grant Lays (1884) 57. Frf. Some dainteth
that still had been left to the fore. Watt Poet. Si-etches (1880) 52.
Per. Them 'at's t'ey fore yet's ower dottle to travel that far !
Cleland Inclibracken (1883) 238, ed. 1887. Rnf. Ithers that are to
the fore. Can scarce baud famine frae their door, Young Pictures
(1865) 150. Lth. I . . . had not a single relative to the fore,
LuMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 245. Ayr. I maun . . . see gin there's
ony o' my ferlies to the fore. Service Notandums (1890) 48. Edb.
Send me word . . . If ye're t'the fore, Liddle Poems (1821) 171.
Bwk. There's no' a scene . . . I'll e'er forget while I'm to the fore,
Calder Poems (1897) 60. N.I.' s.Ir. If 'tis yourself is to the
fore speaking to me, Croker Leg. (1862) 287. N.Cy.' Nhb.'
Aa've still a pund or twe to the fore. Dur.' Is he still tit fore?
n.Yks.2 Is she te t'foore yet? (c) Sc. He has something to the
fore [he has a little money saved] (Jam.). Kcb. My wages are
going to the fore up in heaven, Rutherford Lett. {1660) No. 70.
n.Yks.' Are they all to t'foore? are all the things forthcoming?
n.Yks.2 They hae nought to t'foore. m.Yks.' I must get up an
hour sooner to-morrow, and be to the fore with my work a bit.
Is all to the fore, then? (d) Sc. I am now two to the fore with
you, albeit I wrote none the last post, Baillie Lett. (1775) II. 221
'^Jam.). (<■; Exb. (Jam.) (3) Frf. Though sheniay bejustathochtie
3 N 2
FORE
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ower crouse, She is far to the fore o' your mim-mou'd-Hke gentry,
Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 66. (4) Ayr. I'm juist as flat i' the fore
as a farrow cat, Service Dr. Diiguid (ed. 1887) 226. (5) Sh.I.
Weel, weel, I can rise an' geng. My fishin' is come till a fore da
night ! Sh. News (Oct. a, 1897).
8. Help, assistance ; advantage. Gen. in pi.
n.Sc. A great fore (Jam.). s.Sc. It's no mony fores I get (i'6.).
Slk. Perquisites given to a servant besides his wages (I'A.). Dmf.
A maid-servant speaking of another having got a place that she
thinks well of, says, ' Aye, has she gotten in there ! That's a gude
place ; it has mony fores' (i'6.).
9. Anything cast ashore or thrown up by the sea.
Gall. Sometimes Sea-fore (Jam.). Wgt. The guidman very often
took a morning walk along the sea-side, looking out for a ' fore,'
the name given to anything the sea might have cast up for the
benefit of those who, by careful watching and searching, might
add to their possessions, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 362.
FORE, sb.'^ Lakel.'^ A term in the game of marbles ;
see below.
When lads is laiken at marvels they laik fer 'fore' or fer
'nought'; if on fer 'fore' they keep what they win, if on fer
' nowt ' they durt.
FORE, int. Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) A cry of golfers to a
person standing or moving in the way of the ball.
FORE, see Foor, s6.'
FORE-ACRE, sb. Ken. Also written forraker.
[foT3ka(r).] The headland of a ploughed field ; the
land at the ends of the field where the furrows cross.
Cf. forical.
They cut round the forraker first (D.W.L.); Trans. Phil. Soc.
(1858) 156; Morton Cyclo. Agric. (i863\ Ken.^ Foru'-kur.
[Fore-, in front oi+acre, a strip of land. See Acre, s6.']
FOREANENST, FOREANENT, see Forenent.
FOREBEAR, 5i. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Also
written forbear Sc. ; forbeir Fif Dmf. ; forebare Sh.I. ;
-beer n.Sc. Frf. Edb. N.I.' ; and in form foorbear Yks.
[fSrber, -bir, -biar ; forber, -blr, -biar.] An ancestor, a
progenitor, forefather. Gen. m pi.
Sc. Roland Cheyne . . . was my forbear, Scott Aiitiqiiaiy {1816)
xl. Sh.I. I ken nae mair aboot him or his forebares den ony o' you
at's here, Sh. News 1 Mar. 5, 1898). neSc. Two farmers . . . one
of whom bore the character of being uncanny as all his forebeers
had been, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 185. Cai.i Abd. His grand
forbears, Wha, mony years, Themsell's ha'e been at rest, Shirrefs
Poems (1790) 148. Kcd. His forbears had a tackie [small farm],
Grant Lays (1884) 31. Frf. The large estate that his forbeers
Possess'd, Piper of Peebles (1794) 8. Per. A' dinna ken Donald's
forbears masel, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 75. Fif. Whilk
spread abi-ede my forbeir's fame, Tennant Papistry (1827) 68.
e.Fif. A son or grandson . . . had crossed over to ' Caledonia, stern
an' wild,' as forbears had dune to Ireland, Latto Taiii Bodkin
(1864) i. Dmb. Ye'U gang the way o' your forebears, Taylor
Poems (ed. 1827) 77. Rnf. They tauld it o' its auld forbears.
Young /'jWkccs (1865) 10. Ayr. Ye hae gotten your father's bee
in the bonnet anent ancestors and forebears, Galt Entail (1823)
Ixxii ; So may they, like their great forbears. For monie a year
come thro' the shears. Burns Poor Mailie, 11. 39, 40. Lnk. While
British bairns brag of their bauld forbears, Ramsay Poems (1721)
176. e.Ltb. The maist feck juist sat canny, whaur their forbears
had sat afore them, Hunter J. Imvick (1895) 14. Edb. Yer
forbears has millions gart employ Their horns to scart their backs
in hurry, Liddle Poems (1821) 48 ; By the bluid of our forebears
we swear. Glass Caledonian Parnassus (i8ia) 32. Bwk. At
Polwart on the green Our forbears aft were seen, Henderson
Pop. Rhymes [1856) 114. Slk. I'll sing of an auld forbear o' my ain,
Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 438. Dmf. I trust where my forbeirs a'
pat their trust, Reid Poems (1894! 97. Gall. To lay him decently
in the kirk among his forebears, Crockett S/iViiV il/m. (1893)3.
Kcb. Sic as his forebears sin' the flood Clapt o'er their lugs,
Davidson Seasons (1789, 64. N.I.', Nhb. (R.O.H.), e.Dur.>, Cum.'
Yks. What boorn donnots oor foorbears wur, Fetherston T.
Goorkrodger {t8^o) 84. n.Yks. (R.H.H.), m.Yks.»
[Sic ane land, Quhilk our forbears ans thocht ours, Sot.
Poems (1572), ed. Cranstoun, I. 218 ; His forbearis ... Of
hale lynage, Wallace (1488) i. 21.]
FOREBEARER, sb. Sc. Irel. Written forbarer Ir.
An ancestor, progenitor, forefather. Cf forebear.
Lnk. Long may such in our hearts abide For the gifted sons of
our forebcarers, EwiNG Poems (1892) 25. Ir. Some of them that
had a respect for the family and his forbarers, Carleton Traits
Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 10.
[In this seiknes I was borne, And my forebeerars me
beforne, Poems Sixteenth Cent. 159 (Jam.).]
FOREBY, see Forby(e.
FORECAST, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. Nhp. War. Shr.
Oxf e.An. Ken. Sus. Also written forcast Chs.' Nhp.' ;
and in forms fooakest e.Yks.'; foorcast Oxf; foorekest
n.Yks.* [forkast, foakast, -kast, -kest.] 1. v. To
make provision or provide beforehand ; to think or contrive
beforehand.
e.Yks.', Chs.', Nhp.' War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ;
War.S", s.War.' Shr.' 'E hanna for'casted well, or 'e 60dna a
comen to a faut athisns; Shr.* e.An.' It is an excellent quality
in a servant to 'forecast his work.'
Hence Foorekessen, pp. previously arranged. n.Yks.*
2. sb. Forethought, foresight ; premeditation.
Sc. An inch of good fortune is worth a fathom of forecast,
Ramsay Prov. (1737). n.Yks.*, Chs.' Nhp.' 'Forcast is half
work,' is a frequent admonition to a servant who is deficient in
method and order. War.* Common. s.War.' Shr.' For'cast's
the best afe o' the work ; if yo' dunna know whad yo" bin gwein
about, 'ow shan 'ee know 'ow lung it'll tak' ; Shr.^ Oxf.' Ee aant
got noa foo'rkyaa'st, un uuy dunt rik'n much u ee [He an't got no
foorcast, an' I dun't rickon much o' ee]. e.An.', Ken.', Sus.'
3. An omen or forewarning ; a premonition of death or
disaster.
Ayr. 'Ikent fine something was gaun to happen.' ' There noo,
there would be some forecast, or something ? ' ' Aye, ... I heard
the cock crawing twice i' the middle o' the nicht. I couldna sleep
a wink, for I kent it was ill news,' Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 258.
FOREDRAUGHT, FOREDROUGH, see Fordraught.
FORE-ELDER, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Also written forelder w.Yks.' n.Lan.' n.Lin.' ; and
in forms fooar- Wm. ; foor- Cum." e.Yks.' w.Yks. ; foore-
n.Yks.* ; forhelder Wm. ; fwore- Cum.' An ancestor, a
forefather, progenitor. Gen. in pi. See Forebear.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.', Nhb.', Dur.' e.Dur.' Our fore-elders
have all lived here. s.Dur. It belanged to my fore-elders (J. E.D.).
Lakel.'2 Cum. Their fore-elders an' ours, Powley Old Cum.
(^1875) 146; Seah thought our fworelders, Dickinson Cumbr.
(1876) 245. Wm. O mi fooar-eldres hev leevt in't, Spec. Dial.
(1880) pt. ii. 2 ; I didn't intend a reflection to cast On yer forhelders,
Bowness Studies (1868) 23. Yks. They was fond o' beer, was
soom of 'is fore-elders (F.P.T.V n.Yks." Ah dean't want to be
wiser an mah foore-elders. What did for they, 'II dee for me ;
n.Yks.* ' They cam o' quality foore-elders,' they are descended
from people of position ; n.Yks.^, ne.Yks.* e.Yks. Marshall
Pur. Econ. (1796) II. 320; e.Yks,' w.Yks. There was neean o'
this amaze, I' neean o' oor foor-elders' days, Spec. Dial. ( iSoo) 54 ;
w.Yks.' Lan. Like his ' forelders,' — a very expressive Lancashire
word, Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 18; The chapel-yard, where
their fore-elders lay at rest, Waugh Chim. Comer (1875) 12, ed.
1879; His fadder afore him was a farmer, an' all his ibre-elders
were farmers, ib. Jannoch (1874) v; Lan.', n.Lan.' Lin. Brookes
Tracts CI.; Lin.', nXin.' sw.Lin.' They buried her at H. with
her fore-elders.
[Heit me truli \zt ))ou }>e seluen Sal me wit mine for-
eldres deluen. Cursor M. (c. 1300) 5430.]
FORE-END, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and n.
counties to Lin. Nhp. Shr. Also written forend Nhb.
n.Yks. w.Yks.' n.Lan.' e.Lan.' nw.Der.'; and in forms
foor- e.Yks.'; foore- n.Yks.* n.Lin.'; furrend n.Yks.
[foT-, foTend.] 1. The front or fore-part of anything.
Frf. They saw a great Something, like the fore-end o' a coo,
Willock /?05f«j'&<f/5 (1886) 10, ed. 1889. Dur.» Wm. The fore-
end of a cart is that next to the horse (B.K.). n.Yks.*, e.Yks.',
w.Yks.', n Lan.', nw.Der.' n.Lin.' Foore end 0' th' cart. Shr.'
The for'-end o' the waggin.
Hence (i) Fore-ends, sb. pi. (a) the best corn; see
below ; (b) the first milk of a cow ; (2) a /ore-end bracket,
phr. a bracket strengthening the legs of a barrow.
(I, a) n.Lin.' The grains which fall at the fore-end when corn
is winnowed. (6) Lan. Onybody knaws that t'forends o' t'milk
casts varry lile creeam. Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869) No. 16.
(a) w.Yks. (J.J.B.)
2. A beginning or commencement ; the first or early
part of anything. Also usedy?^.
FOREHEED
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Sc. I will be back about the fore-end o' har'st, Scott Antiquary
(18161 xxvii. Sh.I. He's aye hokkin among yon auld prophecies,
an' tilings i' da fore-end o' da Scripter, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.)
10. Ayr. I send you, out of the fore-end of my earnings, something
to buy a new gown, Galt 5i>--f. If'rlie (1822) xxv ; I was gaun
to pay for a cow ; that's twa pounds afl' the fore end o't ; the man
will be able to want that till the morn, Hunter Stuiiies (1870) 166.
e Lth. It was in the fore-end o' hairst that the Bill wan through,
Hunter J. Iiiwick (1895) 244. Slk. Ye were out in the fore-end
o' the Rebellion, HoGG Tales (1838) 302, ed. 1866. N.I.' He may
go out in the fore-end of the day. Nhb. They cam te Bethlum
aboot the fore-end o" barley har\'est, Robson Bk. Ruth (i860) i.
22 ; The forend o' the efterneun. White Nhb. (1859) 62. n.Yks.
Sum of them chaps at went thruf the whole thing fra the forend,
IVhy John (Coll. L.L.B. i ; Wlien we gan, furrend o' t'daa, Munby
yeises (1865) 71 ; n.Yks,' He framed weel, a' t'foor-end o' t'tahm,
ncYks.i Wa started t'foorend o' t'last week. m.Yks,' Start at
the fore-end. w.Yks. At t'for end of his comin to Halifax he wor
a painter, Leeds Merc. Siifi/>l. (Kay 6, 1893); They live i' t'hinnder-
end atsteead o' t'forend, Yks. IVklv. Post {Feb. 22, 1896) ; w.Yks.'
The for-end o' my time ; w.Yks,^ The fore-end o' next week. Lan,
One could manage it better at th' for-end o' their days, Waugh
Oivii Boiile, as3 ; Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' n.Lln.' Bottes-
worth feast is e' th' foore end o' harvist. sw.Lin.' It was the fore-
end of his being took ill. It was somewhere at the fore-end of
October. Nhp.', Shr.'
3. The early part of the year, spring-time.
So. (A,W,), N.Cy.' Wm. T'tornips wer sadly stopt wit flee i't
for end, Sf<ec. Dial. ( 1885 pt. iii. 39. n.Yks.^ The foore-end of the
year. e.Yks.', w.Yks.', Lan.', ne.Lan.' n.Lin.' It was sumtime e'
th' foore end afoore Maa'da'as I seed her last. sw.Lin.' He came
last fore-end. It'll be a year come next fore-end. s.Lin. It'll be
three 'ear an' a hagf come next for'end (T. H. R.).
[1. He dyde cut of the hed, & henged hit atte forende
of his sadel, Caxton Blandiardyit (c. 1489) 29. 2. Where
I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven than in all
The fore-end of my time, Shaks. Cymb. in. iii. 73.]
FOREHEED, v. n.Cy. Ylcs. Also in forms foreheet
N.Cy.' ; foreheit w.Yks. To predetermine, consider
beforehand. N.Cy.', n.Ylcs.^ w.Yks.*
Hence Foreheet or Foreheit, sb. forethought.
N.Cy.' w.Yks. Willan List IVds. i 181 1).
FOREHEET, v. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. To forbid.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; Bailey (1721); N.Cy.* I'll foreheet naught,
but building kirks, and louping o'er 'um. w.Yks. Prot/. in Brighotise
News (July 23, 1887). [That which one most forehets, soonest
comes to pass, Kai Prov. (1678) 71; Prov. He fore-heet naught
but building kirks and louping over them (K.).]
[Thou dedest by thine wyves Stevene Thet waS for-
hote, Shoreham (c. 1315) 162 (Matzner). 0'E..forhalan,
to renounce (iELFRic).]
FOREIGN, adj., adv. and sb. In geu. dial, use in Sc
Irel. Eng. and Amer. Also written forrin Sh.I. Ess. ;
and in forms furren Dor. ; furrin n.Yks. e.An.' Ess.'
[foTin, faTin.] 1. adj. Not local, not belonging to the
immediate neighbourhood ; strange.
Sc. (A.W.) w.Yk'i. Agood deal of the 'foreign 'element exists in
theWoolborough tride, Burnley Sfe.'iAf5{ 1875) 47. Lin. A woman
at Grantham showed me some new potatoes which she said were
'foreign ones.' On further inquiry she told me they came from
Cornwall (W.W.S.). n.Lin.' w.Som' Railway servants speak
of the trucks or carriages of other companies as foreign-trucks.
Dev. The young maiden and the genelman be furrin', Haktier
Evening with Hodge in Eng. Illus. Mag. (June 1896) 259. e.Dev.
A group of ' foreign ' workmen — as the artisans from Exeter were
called, Blackmore Perlycross ^1894) ix.
Hence (i) Foreigner, sb. (a) a stranger ; one who
belongs to a different locality or parish from the speaker;
(b) a craftsman not belonging to the ' freelage ' of the
town ; (c) a person whose cattle stray in a manor in
which he does not live, and in which he has no common-
right ; (2) Foreignerer, sb., see Foreigner {a).
(i, n) w.Ir. A ' Black. stranger,' a ' Foreigner," a girl 'from the
Continent,' not related to anyone or belonging to the place ! Law-
less Grama (189a) I. pt. i. iv. s.Dur. Almost ufo. (J.E.D.) w.Yks.
( J.T.), Chs.' s.Chs.' I once heard a woman, who had been paying
a visit in Shr., say, ' We won foreigners theer,yO known,' meaning
simply strangers. Midi. Marshall /far. fraM. (1796) 1. 20. n.Lin.
She's Yerksheer-bred, ye see, an' them (oreigners is alus offil i'
ther tempers. Peacock /. Markenfield (1872) I. 135, ed. 1874;
n.Lln.' I think he cum'd fra Raasen, bud it might be Caaistor,
onywaays he was a foreigner. s.Lin. (T.H.R.) Shr.' "E's a
furriner i' these parts ; 'e's from 'ereford way they tellen me. Bdf.
(J.W.B,), e.An.' Nrf. Grose (1790) ; The cottagers . . . peeping
shyly from their diamond-paned windows at the ' foreigners,'
Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 92. Suf. e.An. Dy. Times (1892). Ess.'
The peasants of Bocking apply the term ' furriner ' to any one born
in the Colnes. Ken.' Sus. They need not have grudged the
' foreigners' their share in the picking, O'Reilly Stories (1880)
II. 248; Sns.' I have often heard it said of a woman who comes
from Lin. that * she has got such a good notion of work that you'd
never find out but what she was an Englishwoman, without you
was to hear her talk.* Dor. She was looked on askance by the
village as being a stranger, ' a furrener, one o' they Chillerton vo'k,'
Hare Vill. Street {i8g5) 24. Som. A little ginger-headed foreigner
from down t'other zide o' I'aunton Dean, Raymond Men o' Mendip
(1898) V. w.Som.' He don't belong to our parish, he's aforeigner.
Dev. I sim he's a foreigner. Never zeed un avore, Reports Provinc.
(1886) 96; In the first place he was a foreigner — that is, a Cornish-
man, Baring-Gould Red Spider (1889) i. nw.Dev.' Cor. The
reader, who perchance has never been in Cornwall . . . would be
called a 'foreigner,' O'Donoghue St. Knighton (1864) 67. w.Cor.
Excisemen were all foreigners then, for no West Country man would
belong to such a crew, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 67. [Amer. Dial.
Notes (1896) I. 371.] (4) Nhb.' Formerly the free Ijurgesses of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne were resolute in harassing and oppressing
everyforeigner,astheyemphatical]y call all non-freemen. Aforeigner
was not allowed to keep a shop but by the sufferance of the cor-
poration, (f) n.Lin.' (2) Cor. I have often heard in the mining
villages .. .a man coming from a distant parish called 'a foreignerer,'
Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 347, ed. 1896.
2. adv. Abroad, in a strange land or part, esp. in phr. io
go foreign. Also used subst.
Sh.I. He's weel, an' shippid agen intil a fowermaster ship an'
gaein awa' forrin, Sh. Neios (Oct. 32, 1898). e.Sc. His regiment's
ordered foreign, Setoun R. Urqiihart (1896) xxiii n Yks. And
anent gannan furrin', Atkinson Lost (1870) xxvi ; n.Yks.' e.Yks.
A vessel is said to have come from ' foreign,' N. & Q. (1866) 3rd
S. ix. 165. I. Ma. The Manx boys are going away foreign, Caine
Man.viuan (1895) pt. i. vi. e.An.' Ess. He bin out forrin nigh on
twenty j'ear, Downes fss. Ballads (1895) 27. Dev. Went away
foreign, which means up the country to service, somewhere in the
midlands, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 29. Cor. Her mother had chosen
to desert the house of her childhood and ' go foreign,' Baring-
Gould R. Cable (1889) 287.
3. sb. That part of a town which lies outside the borough
or the parish proper.
Stf., Wor. The Foreign of Kidderminster, Walsall, Tenbury,&c.,
N. & Q. (1865) 3rd S. viii. 309. Sus.' e.Sus. The ' Foreign of
Rye,' Holloway.
FORENENT, prep. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
n. counties to Lan. Chs. Also ? Cor. Also written foment
Sc. (Jam.) Cai.' Ant. N.Cy.' Nhb.' Cum.'; and in forms
foore-anenst, foore-anent n.Yks.*; foranent Sc. N.Cy.';
foreanenst Nhb.' n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' m.Yks.' w.Yks.^; fore-
anent SIg. n.Yks.' w.Yks.*^; forenenst N.Cy.' Nhb.'
e.Dur.' Chs.'^; foreninst Myo. ; forenint Ir. ; forenst
w.Yks. ; fornence Dur. ; fornens'd Nhb. ; fornenst Sc.
Sh.I. N.I.' Ant. Cum.' n.Lan.' ; fornest Nhb. ; fominst,
fornist Ir. [foTnent, -nenst, -snent, -anenst ; farnent,
•nenst.] 1. Opposite, directly in front of, before,
facing; over against, alongside.
Sc. Foranent the corner o' the biggin', Roy Horseman's Wd.
(1895) ii. Sh.I.Tackdem weel fornenst da blast [thatch], Burgess
Rasmie {i&g2) 66. Cai.' Hid cam foment me [It occurred to me].
Bnfr. Upon the rock foment my heed, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880)
loi. Abd. Forenentauld Sandy Bannock'sdoor,ANDERsoN/?Ajv'«fs
(1867) 189. Per. Doun fornenst my door he clanks, Haliburton
Ochil Idylls (1891) 55. SIg. I had pressed to set you in a chair
foreanent him, Bruce Sermons (1631) 56, ed. 1843. Ayr. He
dwelt near the palace-yett. . . foment the grand fountain-well, Galt
Gilhaize {1Q23) i. Lnk. Jist richt fornenst a Publichoose, Murdoch
Doric Lyre (1873) 67. eXth. Siltin in a chair foment the pu'pit.
Hunter /, Inwick (1895) 70. Edb. When the door was put ajee
and the furm set forenent the fire, MoiR Mansie IVauch (1828) x ;
Cauld, forenenst the door, Learmont Poems (1791) 368. Dmf. The
carriage-pony's just complaint, Whilk breest for breest maun keep
foment Itsaffside neighbour, Quinn Heather (1863) 26. Rxb. To
bob foment a sonsy wench [To dance with a sonsy partner], A.
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Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 84. Gall. Sie a braw knowe there forenent
us, Nicholson Peel. IVks. (1814) 194, ed. 1897. Ir. The crathur
was ating his dinner quietly foment me, Carleton Traits Peas.
(ed. 1843) '■ 52 » ^^ ^^^ ^'s mistress sitting, as he expressed it,
* forenint the Lord,' Lever H. Loneijiter {iS^g) iii. n.Ir. Uls. Ji>t.
Arch. (1853-1862) VL 43; N.I.' Ant. There it is just fornenstyou,
Ballymena Obs. (1692). Dwn. (C.H.W.) s.Don. Simmons GI.
(1890). w.Ir. That's the very mill forninst you. Lover Z.f.f-. (1848)
L 150; Right fornist you, ib. 10. Lns. Right forenent him and
at . . . old Paddy Byrne, Croker Leg. (1862) 244. s.Ir. There
he is stan'in' forninst you. Lover Leg. (1848) IL 418; Look fore-
nint you there, i6. 415. N.Cy.' Nhb. Fornest wor yetts is a' sorts
o' fine froots, Robson Sng. Sol. (1859) vii. 13; Fornens'd the
Tower, Gilchrist 5«jfs. (1824) 10; Nhb.' Dur. Gibson i//>-/fVrt^-
dale Gl. (1870). e.Dur.i Cum. I had it frae yen that was even
forncnst him, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 195 ; It's theer reet
eb'n fornenst tha, Dickinson Cumbr. (1875') 193 ; Cum.' n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' Used in part of the Wold district. m.Yks.' w.Yks.
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl. ; w.Yks.^ ; w.Yks.* Soldiers
march * anent ' or abreast of each other, but the officer in command
'fore-anent' them, or opposite in front. n.Lan.' Chs.' He sat
forenenst me aw th' toime, burr he never spoke a word ; Chs.^
Cor. Round Cape Cornwall way, and forenent the Brisons,
O'DoNOGHUE St. Knighton (1864) xiii.
Hence Forenenting, prp. facing, looking towards.
s.Ir. Cross marrow-bones forenenting me on the fine old tomb-
stone, Croker Leg, (1862) 232.
2. In opposition to, against ; as a set-off or balance, in
exchange for.
Rnf. Mair's the blessin' gin she hae, But triflin' ills forenent
them, PicKEN Poems (1813) L 94 ; A deal of work must stand
forenent The sugar and the tea, Barr Poems (i86i) 69. Lnk.
' I cannot advance you so much' [money]. 'But there is plenty
wark fornenst it,' Gordon Pyo/5/iaJK (1885) 25. N.I.' Myo. There's
nothin' in the wurrld foreninst it, Stoker Snake's Pass (1891) iv.
3. Towards, in the direction of, near to ; in connexion
with. Also usedy?§-. and advb.
Sli.I. Takkin' youraer— a saxern aer, i'your haand, an' kjaempin'
fornenst a ranksman, frae da shore ta da deep waiter, Sh. Nezvs
(June 25, 1S98 . Fif. Tibbie . . . was nicherin' awa' when he drew
her suddenly foment the magic glesses, M'Laren Tibbie (iSg^)
35. Ayr. Nothing to what we saw when We got forenent the
place, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) vii. Nhb. An' kings meyd laws
foment wor coal trade, Robson Evangeline (1870) 337 ; It's aboot
them three bairns thit aw's gan tc tawk fornenst, Keelmin's Ann.
(1869) 116. Dur. Thee nowse's ast tooer uv Lebanun, whilklewks
fornenst Damascus, Moore Sng, Sol. (1859) vii. 4. e.Dur.' They're
not doing right forenenst me. He gov us sixpence forenenst it
[i. e. towards it].
4. Used in relation to marriage ; see below.
Rxb. ' Such a one is to be married.' 'Ay! Wha foment?' i. e,
to whom (Jam.).
FORENWESS, adv. Lakel.= For ever, without end ;
also used stibsl. a great deal, an endless amount.
We've bed forenwess o' bodder aboot that will.
FORERIGHT, adv., pn-p., adj. and sb. Glo. Brks. Ken.
Sur. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
written fo'right Cor.'; and in forms (?)borereights.Hmp.;
voreight Som. ; voreraret Dev.' ; vorereert n.Dev. ;
voreright l.W.'^ Dor.' w.Som.' Dev. Cor.''; vorights
Brks. ; vorright Brks.' Wil.' [fo'-, vorait]
1. adv. Straight forward.
Dev.' Odds ! thinks I, I'll be to meets with ye : zo I went vore-
raret to the old man, 14. Cor. In I went to the Exhibition foreright,
Tregellas Talcs (i860) 28 ; Mother es like somethen' that's very
good to eat when 'tes boiled sometimes ; . . . she don't always go
foreright when she's wanted to, Forfar fFliojrf (1871) 69.
2. prep. Directly opposite, right in front.
Glo.'2 Brks. Up, vorights the Castle mound, HucHEs SfOK/-.
While Horse (1859) vi ; Brks.' Ken.' ; Ken.* Foreright you [right
or strait before you]. Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); Wil.' The geat's
vorright thuck shard. As zoon as iver he got vorright the Red
Lion he 'oudden go no furder, ib. 213. Dor. (C.V.G.)
3. adj. Straight forward, direct.
Ken.'; Ken.* It (i.e. the river Rother) had heretofore a direct
and foreright continued current and passage as to Applcdore,
Somner Ports, 50.
4. Fig. Honest, straightforward; blunt, outspoken, candid;
rude or rough in manner or speech. Also used advb.
Brks.' Sur. 'A fore-right man,' a simple foolish fellow (K.);
Sur.' Sus. He wur hem foreright wud de fire-spannels, Jackson
Southward Ho (1894) I. 289. Hmp. (H.E.), Wil.' w.Dor. ' Hegh
did it fore-right,' he did it intentionally, Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis
(1834). Som. jEtiniNCS Obs. Dial. tv.Eng. [162$). e.Som. W. cSc J.
Gl. (1873). Dev. He 'ont let one of his men swear nor use no
rough language now ; but he used to be a ter'ble vore-right man
hiszul. Reports Provinc. (1884) 35 ; Efyii want 'th vokes tii respect
yu, yu must layve off awl they ugly voreright ways ov yours,
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. Grose (1790). Dev., Cor.
Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436. Cor. Be foreright in all you do, and
speak the truth, Parr Adam and Eve (1880) II. 213 ; Cor.'
Hence Forerightness, sb. bluntness, outspokenness ;
independence.
Sus. Strangers have oft^n been greatly struck by the forerightness
and impatience of anything approaching to high-handed treatment
exhibitedbyourworkingmen, Egerton/^A. «H(/JFn)'i(i884)9; This
spirit of independence and fore-rightnesshasat any rate one good
effect — it tends to take hypocrisy out of the number of our besetting
sins, ib. 12.
5. Obstinate, headstrong, self-willed ; rash, reckless,
heedless of consequences.
Sur.' Sus. Holloway ; Sus.' I dfiant know whatever I shall
do with that boy, he's so foreright ; Sus.* Hmp. A foreright person
is an idiot, or a simple person, viz. one that without consideration
runs headlong and does things hand over head, Pegge Gl. Kent.
(1736) ; There was never anybody forerighter than your mother,
without t'was your poor father. Gray Heart oj Storm (1891) II.
184. s.Hmp. He's a boreright [sic'] fellow, as'Il get hisself and
you into trouble, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xiv. I.W.' What a gurt
zote voreright fool thee bee'st ; I.W.* Of a smuggler, ' One on 'em
a terbul voreright feller.' Wil.' He's that vorright there's no
telling he anything. Dor.' A girt voreright feller, 403. w.Dor.
He's terrible voreright (C.V.G.). Som. You know yourself that
you are always a little what my poor dear great -uncle MuIIett used
to call fore-right. Not but what in these days it is better to be
fore-right than slow, Raymond Misterton's Mistake (1888) 279;
W. & J. Gl. (1873); Sweetman Wincanton Gl. (1883). w.Som,'
Our Jim's a vore-right sort of a chap ; he 'on't put up way no
nonsense. n.Dev. Tha woulst host any keendest theng, tha art zo
vore-reet, E.xm. Scold. (1746) 1. 50 ; Wi' bowerly maids, an' vore-
right men, RocK Jim an' Nell {186-; ) st. 57 ; Forth-right, headlong,
without thought or consideration, Horae Sitbsecivae (1777) 452.
6. sb. Bread made from coarse-ground or unsifted flour.
Geji. in comb. Foreright bread. Cf. forth, adv. 1. (11).
Dev., Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436 ; Grose (1790) MS. add.
(C.) Cor.' 2 3
7. A straightforward, blunt, or brusque manner of
speaking. Cor.*
[1. Goe yourwaies to the litel towne that ye see yonder
foreright against you, Udall Erasmus Par. (1548) Luke
xix. 30. 3. You did but point me out a fore-right way To
lead to certain happiness, Massinger Pari. Love (1624)
III. iii, ed. Cunningham, 179.]
FOREST, 56. Brks. In co;«/>. Forest-sheep, an inferior
breed of sheep.
Forest sheep, or heath croppers, a small breed, ill shaped and
of little value . . . abound, Marshall Review (1817) V. 95.
FORESTER, sb. Cum. Chs. Also Hmp. Wil. Dor.
Dev. [forist3(r.] 1. In comb. Forester oats, obs.,
a duty paid to a forester.
Cum. The tenants make boon-day service in shearing and leading
coals, and pay forester oats. These manors are within the forest
of Inglewood, and these oats were a duty paid to the forester,
Hutchinson Hist. Cum. (1794) 1. 166.
2. A New Forest pony.
Hmp. Vivian took his horse, an old forester, Disraeli K Grey
(1826) VI. ii ; N. & Q. (1896) 8th S. x. 301.
3. A stag; red deer.
Dev. The red deer, called in Devonshire the forester, or forest
doer, Bray Desc. Tamar and Taiy (1836) I. 340. n.Dev. A stag
used to be called a ' Forester' in the days when stag hunting had
fallen to a low estate, Jefferies Red Deer (1884) v.
4. An inferior breed of sheep. See Forest, sb.
Chs. In the lower lands not a sheep is seen excepting a few
forrcsters, Marshall Review (1818) II. 7.
5. A horse-fly common in the New Forest.
Wil. Doost knaa wat tha matter wur ? I thinks a got a vorcster.
Slow Moonrakers ; Wil.' Dor. w.GacctIc 1 Feb. 15. 1889) 7, col. i.
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6. Any very tall thistle growing among underwood.
Wil.> n.Wil. Our clerk at Huish said, when I told him about
some enormous thistles 1 had seen at Road, that there were some
like them in the Westwoods. 'They be main big, 8 or 9 foot
sometimes, and we calls 'em voresters' (G.E.D.).
FORETHINK, t;. Sc. Yks. Also written foore-n.Yks.''
To consider beforcliand, to foresee.
n.Yks.2 'There was nought foorethowten about,' no preparation
was made for the afl'air.
Hence (i) Forethinking, />//. adj. prudent, foreseeing;
(2) Forethouchtie, adj. provident, cautious.
(i) Ayr. A decent, sedate, forethinking man, G\i-T Entail {i&a'i)
Ixxviii. [a) Fif., Rxb. (Jam.)
[Our lorde raunsonde him, On squylk a wise as him for
J>o5t, Cursor M. (c. 1300) 845. 0£. fore-pencan, to pre-
meditate.]
FORFAIRN, pp. Sc. Also in form forforn Per.
[farfern.] 1. Worn out, exhausted.
Sc. I hae puttin' the gudeman to his bed, for he was e'en sair
forfairn, Scott Aufiquaiy (1816) xxvi ; My heart . . . sair forfairn
Thy bodin' dark to hear, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 237.
Abd. But we're forfairn and sair alter'd now, Ross Helenore (i']68)
130, ed. 1812. Per. Puir Tamey look'd forforn An' sick at heart,
Duff Poems, 85 (Jam.). Fif. Forfairn wi' toil and drink, and
sangs, Tennant P«/^i5/f_y (1827') 124. Rnf. And Nellie M^Nairn,
Tho' sair forfairn, Tannahill Pocxis (1807) 257, ed. 1817. Ayr.
Wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn. Burns Brigs of Ayr i^-fii) st. 7.
Lnk. Wowye'll be weary an' unco forfairn, Hamilton Po«h«s (1865)
27. Rxb. To where the youth forfairn was laid, Riddell Poet.
Wks. (ed. 1871) I. 196. Dmf. Trouth, whiles I'm unco sair forfairn,
QuiNN Heather (1863) 76. Kcb. But some wi' mair than powder
smel'd, Forfairn by the tweelie I' th' bracks that day, Davidson
Seasons (1789') 20.
2. Forlorn, destitute.
Sc. Syne I can ne'er be sair forfairn When I hae a plaid o'
haslock woo', Galloway Poems (1788) 205 (Jam.). Frf. She looked
sae forfairn, and sobbed sic a mane, Watt Poet. Sketc/ies {1S80) 80.
Lnk. A widow woman, sairforfairn, Was Mysie's mither, Hamilton
Poems (1865) 35. Kcb. She faded awa' like a flo'er i' the autumn.
And left me sae weary an' sadly forfairn, Armstrong Ingkside
(1890") 70.
3. Bespattered, abused.
Grose ^1790) MS. add. (C.) Lnk. How sadly I ha'e been for-
fairn, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 105.
[1. Forfairn with the fleis of Spenjie, Dunbar Poems
(c. 1510), ed. Small, II. 134. The same as yiK. forfaren,
destroyed, done for, pp. of jor/aren, OK. for/aran, to destroy
(C/iroii. ann. 1025). 2. Wee have found in the field this
findlins; forfairne, Montgomerie Flyiins; (ed. 1629) 408.]
FORFAUGHLIT, ppl. adj. Sc. Also written fair-
Per. Worn out, jaded with fatigue.
Per. I was fair-faughlit wadin' amo' the sna' (G.W.). Rxb. (Jam.)
FORFAULTED,/>/>. Wbs. Sc. Also written fore-, fore-
falted. Attainted ; forfeited.
Sc. If thou be not traitour to the King. Forfaulted sail thou nevir
be, Scott Minstrelsy (1802) I. 389, ed. 1848; Sir James Ramsay
o" Bamff of that time was said to be ane o' the conspirators and
his lands were forfaulted. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 77. Frf.
Afore forefaulted by the law, Frae court the streen I came awa.
Piper of Peebles (1794) 10. Ayr. Thoo maun leave a pledge o' siller,
and gif the accusation turns out untrue the consignation will be
forefalted, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 165. Lnk. When the
fanatic should be fined and forfaulted they would glut themselves
with the spoil, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) I. 64, ed. 1828. Gall.
There were others forfaulted as well as I, Crockett Grey Man
(1896) 36.
Hence Forfaulture, sb. forfeiture.
Sc. The present rebellion, which divers traitors and seditious
persons had levied against the King, to the manifest forfaulture
. . . of their allegiance, Scott Leg. Mont. (1818) viii.
[The Thane of Calder for tressoun and cryme Forfaltit
wes, Stewart Cron. Scot. (1535) II. 637.]
FORFEIT, sb. and v. Obs. Sc. e.An. 1. sb. An
offence, fault.
Sc. I thought of the Ruthvens that were dirked in their ain house,
for it may be as small a forfeit, Scott Nigel (1822) iii.
2. pi. Penalties for committing trifling offences.
e.An.' They exist to this day in some, perhaps in many village
shops. They are penalties for handling the razors, &c. We have
also forfeits in every inn yard, payable in beer, by those who dabble
in the water cistern, carry candles into the stables, &c. ; e.An.*
A forfeit is incurred by using the word ' water' in a brew-house,
where you must say ' liquor ' ; or by using the word ' grease ' in a
chandler's, where it is ' stufl" or ' metal.'
3. V. To subject to forfeiture.
Sc. Many gentlemen, ministers, and others were forfeited, Sc.
Presby. Eloq. Ans. ^ed. 18471 19. Kcb. What am I, to be forfeited
and sold in soul and body? Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 178,
[1. Thus were thai wrangit that did no forfet, Kingis
Quair (1423) xcii. OFr./or/ait, ' crime, faute ' (La Curne).
2. Laws for all faults. But laws so countenanced, that the
strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop,
As much in mock as mark, Shaks. M. for Meas. v. i. 323.
See Nares (s. v. Forfeits).]
FORFEND, t;. Sc. Cum. Lan. Also written fore- Lan.
[farfend.] 1. To prevent, forbid, hinder ; to forestall.
Abd. If I allow the water to be spilt, which may a' thing that's
good forfend ! I'm undone, Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 95, ed.
1889. Lth. The Lord forfend I'd wheenge an' greet. Smith Merty
Bridal (1866) 42. Cum. John Mayroyd will call here some day to
ask you a question about me. . . I mean to forfend him, Dalby
j1/(n7-o>'(/(i88o) II. 145, ed. 1888. Lan. Who is to wed Mistress
Alice ... if nought forefend, RoBY Trad. (1872) II. 7.
2. To defend, protect.
Lth. I hope it forebodes us no evil. God forfend the right,
LuMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 185.
FORFIGHT, V. Sc. Also in form forfecht. To over-
fatigue, overtask (oneself). See Forfoughten.
Sc. These noble gentlemen, who were formerly delighted with
the laborious recreations of hawking, hunting . . . may . . . forefight
themselves in our excellent fields, Merc. Caled. (1661) 21 (Jam.).
Abd. Fat needs fowk forfecht themsel's fan they hae plenty ? Alex-
ander yo/;»>y Gibb (1871) XXX.
FORFLEE'T,//-. Obs. Sc. Terrified, stupefied with
terror. See Flay, w.'
Forflee't wi' guilt ... In a swarf on the grun' she fa's, Edb. Mag.
(Oct. 1818) 328 (Jam.).
FORFLITTEN, pp. Sc. Also in form fair-. Severely
scolded. Gl. Sibb. (Jam.) See Elite, v. II. 1.
Hence Fair-flittin', sb. a severe scolding.
Per. Ye've got a fair-flittin' (G.W.).
[Forflittin, countbittin . . . foule edder, I defy the,
Dunbar Fly ling (1505) 239.]
FORFLUTTER, v. and sb. Sc. Also in forms fair-
Per. ; forfluther Lnk. (Jam.) ; furfluther Ayr. {ib.)
1. V. To disorder, discompose. Lnk. (Jam.)
Hence Fair, or Fur-fluttered, ppl. adj. disordered,
agitated, completely discomposed.
Per. I was fair-fluttered (G.W.). Ayr. Agric. Surv. 692 (Jam.).
2. sb. A state of confusion or agitation.
Per. He gaedintoafair-flutterwhenl tauldhim the news (G.W.).
FORFORN, see Forfairn.
FORFOUGHTEN, pp. Sc. n.Cy. Lakel. Yks. Lan.
Also in forms foore-foughten n.Yks.^ ; fore- Dmf. Lan. ;
forfocht Lth. ; -fought Gall. ; -faughten, -foughten,
■feuchen, -feuchten.-fochen, -fochten, -foochen, -fouchen,
-fouchten,-foughen, -fowden, -fuchan, -fuffen ; see below.
[fsrfo'xtan, -fo'xan, -fo'tan.] 1. Exhausted, worn out,
fatigued ; out of breath.
Sc. I am so forfouchten that I had better lie quiet, Scott Leg.
Mont. {1818) xiv; Forfoch'en am I wi' my sighan, Waddell Pia/>«s
(1871) vi. 6. Sh.I. {Coll. L.L.B.) Elg. I'm sadly forfouchten.
Tester Poems (1865) 135. Bch. I hae been quite forfoughen wi'
them, Forbes y/-H. (1742) 13. Abd. Abundantly forfough'en for a
woman of her years in keeping her house, Alexander Ain Flk.
(1882) 229; My breath begins to fail, I'm a' forfowden, Beattie
Yule Feast (i8oi) 19. Kcd. George a student cam' fae toon For-
fochen wi' his bulks, Grant Lays (1884) 56. Frf. James, sair
forfoughten, out o' breath, Sands Poems (1833") 83. Per. Ye're
baith o' ye sair forfoochen, Ian Maclaren Auld LangSyne (1895)
135; Hech Sirse ! but my hirdies are sair forfuchan, Cleland
Inchbracken (1883) 13, ed. 1887. e.Fif. She was greatly forfouchten
wi' preparations, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xiii. Rnf. Ye're sair
forfouchen lookin', Fraser Chimes {iS^^i) 21. Ayr. Forfochen wi'
the wark, to which he was na used, Servicz Notandums (1890)
64. Lnk. They warsled back through the snaw sair forfochten,
Fbaser iVhaups (1895) xiv. Lth. Their sair forfoughen spunks
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[spirits] to rouse, Ballantine Poewi (iSse) 69; We drew nigh
the Railway brig forfocht an' dry, Lumsden Sheep-head (iSgz) 142.
Edb. Sair forfaughten, and a' out of breath, Moir Mansie Wmuh
(1828) XV. Slk. A forfoughten lovesiclc man, Hogg Poems (ed.
1865) 96 : Whar she was fun', days after, sair forfeuchten, Chr.
North Nodes (ed. 1856) HI. 99. Rxb.Ane o'the sair forfoughten
core, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 41. Dmf. Sair forfeuchen, my
winsome May . . . dwined away, Reid Pocwis (1894) 128 ; My puir,
forefoughten,bIindedbrother, Thom/ocAo' /ir«o»^(i878) 10. Gall.
I'm sair forfoughten wi' the wun', Cu-Ockztt Siickit M in. (i^gz) '^o^
Sair for-fought wi' grief and pinin', Nicholson Poet. IVks. (1814)
96, ed. 1897. a.Cy. Border Gl. {Colt. WL.'H.) Lakel.2 They war
sair forfuffen ta git a trailenon. n.Yks.' Lan. Ye left me ... as
fast as yere legs could lilt ye off, when I was forefoughten, Roby
Trad. (1872) II. 333.
2. Opposed.
n.Yks.* ' I was sair foorefoughten in 't,' I was very much opposed
in it.
[ME./orfojten, exhausted with fighting. Sire Alexander
& his ost . . . Was waik, ... & wery for-fojten, Wars
Alex. (c. 1450) 3917.]
FORGAINST. pn-p. Sc. Also written fore-. In form
forgain Gall, [farge-nst.] Against ; opposite to. Also
usedyfg'.
Sc. Dance sae finely to his fiddle, With nose forgaii^st the lass's
middle, Pennecuik Coll. (1756) 59, ed. 1787 ; Gi'e me a wee snug
house aneath a brae, Forgainst the sun, T. Scott Poems(i']g^) 367 ;
Herd Coll. Siigs, (1776) Gl. e.Fif. His knees smote forgainst ilk
ither, Latto Taut Bodkin (1864) xxiv; It was in a sma' pantry
. . . juist forgainst the ooter door, ib. iv. l-nk. On skelfs foregainst
the door, Ramsay Gentle Shep. (1725') 43, ed. 1808. Gall. I'll
be bun to lay a plack, forgain a pun [pound], He's on you thrown
a wily e'e, Nicholson Poel. IVks. (1814) 61, ed, 1897.
FORGARVY, sb. Cor. A trick.
e.Cor. ' What's your forgarvy now ? ' I said, Daniel Poems.
FORGATHER, v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Yks. Also written
foregather ; and in forms forgadder Fif. ; -gader Sc.
(Jam.) ; -gaither ne.Sc. Per. ; -gedder Abd. ; -gether Cai.'
Ayr. Lnk. Peb. [farga'tSar, -getSar, -ga'dar, -ge'dar.]
1. To assemble, meet together for a special purpose or
object.
Abd. Dog dirders an' ostlers forgedderin to get a boose, Alex-
ander Johyiny Gibb (1871) xix. Kcd. Herds, an' bairns, ye needna
doot, Forgather'd by the score. Grant Z,a>'s (1884) 29. Per. We'll
a' forgaither up aboon inside oor Father's ha', Ford Harp (1893)
378. Fif. Whan they were a' forgadder'd there, Tennant Papistry
(1827) 50. s.Sc. Still so used (Jam.). Ayr. When Rab and his
freens were forgethered together, Aitken Lays (1883) 79. Lnk.
When weans dae forgether tae play a' thegither, Thomson Musings
(r88i) 3. e.Lth. There was a wheen o' us foregaithered ae nicht
at Jenny Brockie's, Hunter /. Inwick (1895) 19. Edb. Baith blind
an' cripple Forgather aft . . . To drink an' tipple, Fergusson Poems
(1773) 119! ed. 1785. Bwk. Maybe half a score . . . foregathered
At the auld Smiddy door, Calder Poems (1897) 78. Dmf. The
Seven Trades there Forgather'd for their Siller Gun To shoot ance
mair, Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 9. Kcb. Gib now forgathering wi'
the thrang Met wi' his cousin Roger, Davidson Seasons (1789) 19.
n.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858J 157. Nhb. They forgather ivvery
neet, wet or dry, at the coins (R.O.H.).
Hence Forgathering, sb. a meeting, an assembly ;
a social gathering.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Edb. Couple above couple
dating the day of their happiness from that famous forgathering,
MoiR Mansie IVaiich (1828} ii.
2. To encounter, meet with, esp. to meet accidentally or
by chance. Gen. with ivilh.
Sc. Grandfather was said to hae ance forgathert wi' the beast,
Roy Horseman's JVd. (1895) i. Or.I. Mansie forgathered with an
itinerant preacher, Vedder Sketches (1832) 19. Cai.' ne.Sc. We
werena lang on the san's till we forgaithcred wi' the Captain,
Grant A'cfWf/o«, 137. Elg. O mindye the ewe-bughts my Marion,
It was there I forgather'd wi' thee? Couper Poetry (1804) II. 269.
Bntr. How delightful when we forgather with some chum, Gordon
Chron. Keith (1880) 65. Kcd. Twa men forgather'd by the way,
Burness Thrtimmy Cap (c. 1796} 1. 4. Frf. Joseph and I did at
the door forgather, Morison Poems (1790) 161 ; One day I for-
gaithcred wi' this worthy, Inglis Ain Flk. (1895) 165. w.Sc.
My vera een waler whan I think o' what I forgathered wi' on the
road, Cakrick Latrd of Logan (1835) 164. Fif. Wi' a herd I did
foregather, Singin' leanin' owre his crook, Douglas Pofms (1806)
99. e.Fif. Whanever oor e'en forgaithered, she wad blush, Latto
Tain Bodkin (1864) vi. SIg. Whene'er wi' chaps he did forgather
that dealt in blood, Muir Poems (1818) 43. Rnf. Twa cronies
forgather'd ae day, Neilson Poems (1877) 61. Ayr. Richard and
theyoung laird of Swinton, with others of their comradesforgathered,
and came to high words, Galt Provost (1822) xxxvii ; I then wi'
Something did forgather. That pat me in an eerie swither, Burns
Dr. Hornbook (1785) st. 6. Lnk. Then we mayyet forgether 'boon
the Lift, Ramsay Pofms (172 1 ) 178; He was laith To forgether wi'
death, Orr Laigh Flichts (1882) 54. Edb. If it ever was my fortune
to foregather with a Frenchman, Mom Mansie fVauch (1828) xxv.
Peb. Twa three cronies did forgether, Affleck Poet. IVks. (1836)
121. Slk. Ma freenance telt me o' either himsel or an acquaintance
forgatherin, on the tap o' a cotch, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856)
III. J87. Rxb. Sae Janet 'mang the blankets yet Forgather'd wi'
Johnny, A. Scott Poems (ed. 1808) 196. Gall. His father and him
forgathered at the fishin', Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 171. Dmf.
Sud we by chance some nicht forgether, Quinn Heather (1863)
43. Kcb. When oor Grizzle an' me first forgather'd, Armstrong
Ingleside (1890) 69. Ant. Bally mena Obs. (1892). n.Cy. Border
Gl. {Coll. L.L.B.J Nhb. (R.O.H.); Ah foregathered wi' t'priest,
gannin' tiv t'market this forenean, S. Tynedale Stud. (1896) Robbie
Arms/rong. w.Yks. We foregathered on the moor, Bronte
IVuthering Hts. (1847) xxx.
Hence Forgathering, sb. gn accidental meeting or en-
counter.
Ayr. Then came my forgathering in the wood with the gipsies,
Galt Sir A. IVylie (1822) Ixiii.
3. To associate or consort with ; to keep company with.
Sc. He'll be black, too, I'm thinking, and him and Veitch's Sam
can foregather, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 23 ; I downa forgather
wi' thae things twice, Scott Rob Roy ( 181 7) xviii ; We are no aye
to judge the warst when lads and lasses forgather, ib. Midlothian
(1818) xxiv. Per. Will my leddy ever rue t.ie way the castle and
the manse have forgathered, Cleland Inchbracken (1883J 92, ed.
1887. Fif. What a difference is in this chiel frae yon auld stupid
body Andro Eishin ye forgather wi', Mi^Laren Tibbie (1894) 82.
Slk. Low-bred folk are unco upsetting when they chance to forgather
wi' nobility, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 74.
4. Phr. to forgather up, to become attached to.
Ayr. O, may thou ne'er forgather up Wi' ony blastit, moorland
toop. Burns Poor Mailie, 1. 53.
5. To come together in marriage.
Abd. Fouk ay had best begin wi' dealing fair Although they sud
forgather ne'er sae bare, Ross Helenore (1768) 116, ed. 1812;
When she and I forgather'd, I mysel Ken'd nought o' a' this, ib. 140.
[1. Ane ost of futmen . . . Thik forgadderis the large
feyldis about, Douglas Eiteados (1513), ed. 1874, 111. 139.J
FORGE, f.' Cai.' 1. Among children : to copy
another's work and represent it as one's own. Hence
Forger, sb. one who has a habit of copying.
2. Phr. to forge a story on one, to falsely represent one as
the author of a slander.
FORGE, v.'^ Wor. Also in form farge. Of a horse :
to strike the fore-foot with the hind-foot.
s.Wor. A's mos' ready to farge a bit (H.K.).
FORGEDDER, see Forgather.
FORGET, V. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [fa-, farge't] 1. v. In comb. Forget-me-not, (i)
applied gen. to all van of the Myosotis, esp. (a) M. palus-
Iris, (b) M. arvensis ; (2) the germander speedwell,
Veronica Chamaedrys.
{i,a) sw.Cum., Yks., w.Chs., w.Som.'.Dev.* (6) Yks., w.Som.',
Dev.*, s.Dev. (2) Sc. Garden Wk. ^1896) No. cxiii. 100. n.Sc,
Yks., Suf., Dev."
2. Refl. To mistake in recalling to mind.
Bdf. If uy diiunt furgit miself, Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang.
(1809) 151.
3. To overtake a person.
Dev. They forgot me at the Church gate, Reports Provinc.
(1885) 94.
4. sb. An omission ; neglect.
Sc. The puir demented body . . . has been kcnd to sit for ten
hours thegither, black fasting, . . . though he does it just out o'
forget, Scott St. Ronan (1824) xvi. N.I.' That was a great forget.
n.Yks. Thou'll mak a forget on't (I.W.).
FORGETTIL, adj. Sc. In form foryettil Abd. For-
getful.
FORGIE
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n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Fat mak's ye sae foryettil, laddie' try an'
min' yer erran's. Jock's a foryettil breet ; I'm sure I taul' him a'
aboot It (G.W.).
Hence Forgettilness, sb. forgetfulness. CId. (Jam.)
[He is forgetil, Hampole (c. 1330) Ps. cxviii. 10 ; I kast
it noght bihynd me in (brgetilnes, ib. Ps. 1. 4. 0'E..forgiclul,
forgetful ; forgielolnes, oblivion.]
FORGIE,;/. Dev. To forget, overlook, omit ; to forgive.
Tlialt forgie thy rovind-shavin, as tha didst learst Zinday,
Mado.x-BrowiN D-uale Bliilh (1876) bk. i. ii ; Eef you'll on'y forgie
ma theezc wance, I wan't nivver do't no more (R.P.C),
FORGIMMETY, int. Nhb.' [fargimiti.] An excla-
mation of surprise. Also in coinb. Forgimmety-me-sins.
' Forgimmetyme-sins ! ye dinna say se ! ' is a very common
expression.
FORGITTY, rtf/y. Cum.' [fargiti.] Forgetful.
FORGIVE, V. Lei. Nhp. War. e.An. [fagiv.] 1. Of
frost: to thaw, melt slightly. See Give, v.
Lei.^ Nhp.^ The frost is going, it forgives. e.An.* Nrf. I think
the frost forgives (,W.W.S.); Grose 1,1790). e.Nrf. Maushall
Km. Econ. \i-i&i\.
2. Of stones, &c. : to exude moisture, to sweat, become
damp. Cf eve, v. 1.
War. Indicating change in weather, or rain. The stones [or
bricks] in that yard arc forgivin fJ.B.).
FORGOT-TEN, #/. (7f/y. Shr.' [fago'tan.] Neglected,
out of the way, ' forsaken.'
A very secluded little hamlet in ' the Dale ' was described as a
'forgrtten kind of place.'
FORHELDER, see Fore-elder.
FORHOO, -HOOIE, HOOY, HUI, see Forhow.
FORHOW, ^. Sc. Also in forms forhoo Abd. Gall.;
forhcoie Bnft7 ; forhooy Slk. ; forhui Abd. ; furhow
Bch. [farhvi'.] To forsake, abandon, desert.
Sc. Its honours cowit, its now forhowit, And left the houlat's
prey, Scott Minstrelsy (ed. 1806) III. 385. ne.Sc. It was believed
that handling any bird's eggs in the nest made the bird forhooie
them, Gregor /7i-/.0)f (1881) 142. Bnff.' Mostly used of birds
forsaking their eggs or young. Bch. It was nae fau't That he did
him furhow, Forbes Aja.x (ed. 1785) 7. Abd. The laird wud hae
to forhoo 's bit bonny nest, Alexander Jolnitty Gibb (1871) ii ;
Mind what this lass has undergane for you, Since ye did her so
treach'rously forhow, Ross Hclenore (1768) 114, ed. 1812 ; How
can j"e think, I ever wad agree To tak' a man that may forhui me ?
Shirrefs Poems (1790) 42. Slk. The merl and the mavis
forhooyed their young, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 35. Dmf. The
birds hae a' forhood their nests, Cromek Remains (1810) roi.
Gall. Now she pursues and he forhoos, Nicholson Poet. IVks.
(1814^ 138, ed. 1897.
Hence Forhooiet, ppl. adj. forsaken, abandoned.
Bnff.* That's a forhooiet nest. e.Fif. I'm jiltid, I'm lichtied,
forhoo'd an' forsaken. Latto Tntti Bodkin (1864) xxi.
[Thair housis thai forhow and levis waist, Douglas
Eiieados {1513), ed. 1874, HI. 109. OE. Jorhogian, to
despise (Luke vii. 30).]
FORICAL, sb. Ken.i2 [forikl.] The headland, or
land at the head of the field, used for turning the plough
round during the ploughing of the other 'lands'; also
called Fore-acre (q.v.).
FORJESKIT, pp. Sc. Also in form forjaskit.
ffardge'skit.] Exhausted, worn out, overcome with
fatigue. See Disjaskit.
Abd. My intellectuals were so forjasket wi' that terrible visitation,
RuDDiMAN Sc. Parisli (1828) 94, ed. 1889. Frf. The fiend,
forjesket, tried to 'scape, Beattie Arnha (c. 1820) 33, ed. 1882.
Ayr. Forjesket sair, with weary legs. Burns Ep. to J. Lapratk
(Apr. 21, 1785) St. 3. Lth. I hae spoken an* speechified a'ready
— sae muckle in trouth, that I am e'en forjeskit, Lujisden Slieep-
/lead {iBg2) 287. e.Lth. What wi' trailin ower thae weary stane
streets ... I was fair forjeskit, Hunter J. Inuiick (1895) 149.
Dmf. Ane by ane they a' returned Forjeskit frae the muir, Reid
Poems (1894) 64.
FORJIDGED, i>p. Obs. Sc. Also written forjidget.
Jaded with fatigue, exhausted. See Forjeskit.
n.Sc. Jam.) Abd. Shirrefs Po«ws (1790) Gl.
FORJITTING, sb. se.Wor.» A mixture of cow-dung
and mortar used for plastering or ' pargetting ' the inside of
chimneys.
VOL, II.
FORK, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
in form vork w.Cy. 1. sb. In coinp. (i) Fork-dust, the
dust made in grinding forks ; (2) -stale, the handle of
a fork; (3) -tail, (a) the swallow, Hinmdo riislica; (b)
the common salmon, Salino salar.
(n w.Yks. (Hall.) (2) Hrt. [Mice] have pealed an ash from
the thickness of a thumb to a forkstale, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750)
VII. i. (3,n) Hmp. Nature Notes, No. 2; (W.M.E.F.) (6) Sus.
Their forktails our cocks, Ray Corres. (1677) 127. [All migratory
fish of the genus salmon, whether known by the names hereinafter
mentioned, that is to say, salmon, . . . bluecock, bluepole, forktail,
. . . or by any other local name, Stat. 24 and 25 Vic. (1861) cix;
Satchell (1879).]
2. pi. Plir. forks and knives, the common club-moss,
Lycopodiitiii clavatunt.
e.An. The spikes are called Forks and Knives, according as they
are single, double, or triple (B. & H.).
3. A digging- fork with three tines. Hmp.*
4. The bifurcation of a tree or of the human body; the
lower half of the body. Also in form Forked.
e.An.' A long-legged person is said to be ' long in the fork.*
w.Som.' The water was up to my vork. So deep's my vorked.
n.Dev. The place of the body, where the buttocks part, and the
thighs begin to separate. VVhere the two great branches of a
maiden tree part, called otherwise the twissle or twist, Horae
Snbsccivae {ii-}-;) 453; And oil horry zo vurs tha art a vorked,
E.\iu. Siold. (1746) 1. 48.
Hence Forked-end, sb. the lower part of the body.
w.Cy. To draw any one out by the forked end, is to pull them
out by the heels, Grose (1790) Suppl.
5. A prong.
Dev. As vur tha pick both vorks wis rid, Nathan Hogg Poet.
Lett. (1847) 1st S. 76, ed. 1858.
Hence Forked, />/>/. adj. pronged.
Dev. A sharp two-vorkid pick, ib. 74.
6. The apparatus used by thatchers for carrying the
straw or ' elms ' up to the roof. Wil.'
7. An iron implement fixed on the top end or side of
a tub into which the ' endless ' chain or rope falls, and by
which the tubs are driven along with the chain or rope.
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
8. pt. The centres or supporting principals in the
timber-work of the roof of a house or other buildings, esp.
in phr. a pair of forks.
n.Yks. What is here called ' a pair of forks ' ; in other words,
one of the principal pairs of rafters of the old roof, Atkinson
Moorl. Parish (1891) 23; (I.W.) ; n.Yks.i, ne.Yks.i
9. A piece of wood used in a mine to support the roof;
see below.
Der. Mawe Mineralogy (1802) ; A staff or prop of wood, having
the upper end forked, and its lower end, which is sharpened,
resting upon the solid stone, while its forked end is made to rest
upon the rounded side of a piece of wood, placed in contact with
the roof, in order to prevent loose stones or other rubbish, falling
therefrom into the driving gate, Mander Miners Gl. (1824);
Runnings, polings, stemples, forks, and slyder, Manlove Lead
J)/:»fS (1653) 1. 257.
10. A method of land cultivation ; see below.
Chs. Summer fallowing of turf, or what is termed a fork, Reports
Agric. (1793-1813) 16; Marshall /ffwVej; (1818) II. 29.
11. Diligent search ; care of one's own interest, with the
idea of search. Gen. foil, hy for.
Bnff.i He hid an unco fork for't, afore he got it.
12. V. To push or poke without ceremony ; to ' pitch-
fork ' into.
Elg. Fozzlin' ben ran Meggie Baxter, Forkit Benjie into bed.
Tester Poems (1865) 151.
13. With/or: to search for; to lookafterone'sown interests.
Bnff.l He'll fork for himsel' ; he can live wintin's grannie, yon
lad. Abd. Forkin' for siller. Forkin' for a job (Jam.). Edb. It's no
easy, let me tell you, E'now to fork for back and belly, Crawford
Poems f 1 798) 88.
14. Mining term : to pump up water ; to pump dry.
Cor. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl ; Cor.2 Pumping up
the water is 'forking' it ; Cor.^ Fork tha main.
Hence in fork, phr. pumped dry, drained of water.
Der. When water has so tar been removed from a mine so as to
admit of the workings being carried on in the lowest level, it is
said to be ' in fork,' Manlove Lead Mines (1653) Gl. Cor. The
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shaft is in fork, Thomas Randigal Rhymes {iSg^) Gl. ; Cor.^ When
the deepest parts of a mine are freed by a pumping engine from
the accumulated water, miners say, * The bottoms are in fork,' or
' She is in fork ' (s. v. Bottoms in fork) ; Cor.^
FORKIN(G, sb. Sc. [forkin.] 1. The branch of a
river or stream at the parting from the main body.
Rxb. Where a river divides into more branches than one, these
are called the Forkings of the water. Often used to denote the
small streams that spread out from a large one near its source
(Jam.). Dmf. Leese me on ilk wimplin' bum Thatdoon its forkin'
slides, Reid Poems (1894) 86.
2. The parting between the thighs.
Rxb. (Jam.) ; Now we may p — ss for evermore, An' never dry
our forkin, Ruickbie Wayside Cottager (1807) 187.
FORKIN-ROBIN, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin. Nhp.
Also in form fork-robin n.Cy. (K.) [foTkin-, fgkin. robin.]
1. The common earwig, Forficula auricularia.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721) ; Grose (1790); (K.); N.Cy.12 n.Yks.
Seience Gossip (1882) 161 ; n.Yks. ^2 ne.Yks.' Very freq. in the E.
Riding, but not in the 5. of the N. Riding, where ' twitchbell ' is
used. * There was a vast o' clocks an' worrms an' forkin'-robins.'
e.Yks. Said to be derived from their forked tails and robin-like
colour (H.W.) ; Should the earwig get into your ear, it will eat its
way to the brain and kill you. It is called a * forkin-robin,' or
'battle-twig,' Nicholson /"/A-Loi-i" (iSgo) 136; e.Yks.', m.Yks.',
Chs. 23, n.Lin.' Nhp.' Confined to the northern part of the county.
2. A weed which grows in wheat.
Not.2 A kind of weed, about i foot high, seed prickly, shape of
a seed-louse, grows in wheat. Also called Ragged- robin.
FORKITTAIL, see Forkytail.
FOR-KNOKIT, pp. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Worn out, completely knocked up.
FORKS, s6.//. Lan. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Parcels of wood. (Hall.)
FORKY-TAIL, sA. Sc. Nhb. Also in form forkit- (Jam.).
[foTki-tel.] The common earwig, Forficula auricularia.
See Forkin-robin.
S. & Ork.i MS. add. Cai.', Abd. (Jam.), Gall. (A.W.) Nhb.i
Called also Codgybell, Twitchbell, and Scotchybell.
FORLAGEN, //I. Sh.I. Exhausted, worn out.
Afore we cam ta da kirk yaard we wirdat forlagen 'at we hed ta
set da kist apo' da griind an' rest wis, Sh. News (Dec. 31, 1898).
FORLAITHIE, v. and sb. Sc. Also in forms fair-
Per. ; forleith (Jam.) ; forlethie Bch. [farletSi.] 1. v.
To loathe, be disgusted at ; to disgust.
Bnfr.' That forlaithiet 'im at 'ir. He forlaithiet at it, an' wid hae
naething mair t'dee wee't. Per. I was fairlaithied eating that
stuff (G.W.).
2. sb. Loathing, disgust ; a surfeit.
n.Sc. (Jam.) Enff.' He took a forlaithie at it. Bch. Ye ken well
enough that I was never very brouden'd upo' swine's llesh sin my
mither gae me a forlethie o't, Forbes //•». (1742) 18.
FORLAT, V. Bnfi'.' [farla't.] To deal a blow. pret.
Forleet or Forlut ; pp. Forlatten or Forlut.
FORLE, !■. and sb. Sc. Also in form forlie. [fsTl.]
1. V. To whirl, turn ; to twist. Celt, with aboul and rouiiii.
Bnfif.' Forle roon that muckle stane. A took a baud o' the loon
by the back of the neck, an' he forlet aboot i' ma han'. Abd. (Jam.)
Hence Forle-bane, sb. the hip-bone or joint. Bnff.'
2. sb. A turning or twist. Bnflf.', Abd. (Jam.)
3. A small wheel ; the ends of a fly of a spinning-wheel.
Sc. An auld whittle, a muckle stane, an' a forlie, Jokes, 2nd S.
(1889) 71. Cai.' The weight on the spindle in spinning from the
distaff. The forls are stone rings about ij inches in external
diameter and -), inch internal. They were about i inch thick, and
sometimes carved. BnfT.' Abd. (Jam.); Forlieswere perforated
round stones put upon the spindle to make it revolve (G.W.).
[The same word as whirl, q.v.]
FORLEET, V. Sc. Also written foreleit, forleit, for-
lete (Jam.) ; and in form forlet. [farlit.] 1. To leave,
forsake, abandon.
Sc. We hae forleet a' an' followet thee, Henderson St. Matt.
(1862) xix. 27 ; E'en cruel Lindsay shed a tear, Forletting malice
deep, Scorr Mimtnhy (ed. 1806) III. 363; Grose (1790) MS.
add. (C.) Fif. Ilk button that his finger seeks. As if forleitet by
its steeks. Upon the flure down-droppit, Tennant Papistry (1827)
133. e.Fif. The wratch wha pledges his heart an' han' to a young
kimmcr an' syne forlcits her, Latto Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxviii.
2. To forget.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. Rnf. I'll ne'er forleet, how
frae my crown The vera bluid came rappin' down, Picken Poems
(1813) I. 60. Ayr. (Jam.)
[1. Forniast his lijf he suld for-lete, Cursor M. (c. 1300)
4006. OE. forldian (Gen. ii. 24).]
FORLEITH, see Forlaithie.
FORLORN, adj. Obs. Sc. Also e.An. 1. Worthless,
reprobate, abandoned.
e.An.' ' A forlorn fellow,' is one with whom nobody would have
any concern. ' A forlorn tyke,' is a sad dog.
2. Miserable, wretched.
Edb. O that year was a year forlorn I Lang was the har'st and little
corn ! Ha'rst Rig (1794) 43, ed. 1801.
FORM, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also in forms farm Won Glo.'; fourm w.Yks.' Nhp.'
[form,f9m,fani.] \. sb. State, condition; way, manner,
fashion. Used both in a good and bad sense.
n.Yks. Ah wadn't deea't in that form (I.W.). Chs.^ n.Lin. If
ye youl out i' that form ye'll be scarein' th' pigeons, Peacock R.
Skirlaugh (1870) I. 189 ; n.Lin.' If yfi want to get on wi' yer wark
y€ mun do it e' this form. Lei.' A shabby action condemned by
an old farmer, ' Ah doon't call that proper furm.' War.^ I have
heard old men say of a new. comer, ' I don't think he can come of
the gentry, he hasn't got the form.' Oxf.' Usually bad. ' What a
form you 'a done that in.' It can, however, by an inflection in the
voice, be made to mean a good style.
2. Phr. (i) in a form, in a favourable state or condition ;
in a first-rate manner ; (2) in no form, not in a favourable
state or condition ; ill-fitted or prepared.
(i) s.Not. He drew his plans for him, and put him in a form
(J.P.K.). y/ar. Leamington Courier QAzr. 6, 1897); War.* s.War.'
If you will let her play theaccompaniment, we shall singit inaform.
GIo.' He did put it in such a farm as it couldn't go wrong. (2) Rnt.i
You've got the tackle all in no form, my lad ! s.Wor. I 'a bin y-iay
down, but I couldn't sleep in no farm (H.K.). Glo.' It yent done
in no sort of farm. Sur.' The grass don't grow in no form. He's
still very lame, he can't get about in no form. Sus. You bring her
in some night a lot of the crookedest bats you can get, them as
won't be in no form, Egerton Flks. and Ways (1884) 76.
3. A rage, passion, bad temper.
Glo.' Him were in a farm.
4. A hare's seat or couch.
Sc. (A.W.), w.Yks.', Not.2, n.Lin.i, Nhp.> Shr., Hrf. Bound
Prow'xc. (1876). Oxf.' [Mayer S/>/s;)m's Z)<')-ff/. f 1845) 145.]
5. V. In phr. to form oneself, to put oneself in an attitude.
w.Wor.'
6. To point, direct.
Ayr. Auld Clootie show'd his horrid horns. And baith their points
at Schang he forms, Ballads and Sngs. (1846) I. 99.
7. To describe ; to imagine, conceive.
Dev. 'Well, I can't form what she looked like,' he said, when I
asked him how Miss looked in hunting costume. Reports
Provinc. (1889).
[4. As in a forme sit a wery hare, Chaucer C.T. b.
1294. Yv. forme, a hare's form (Cotgr.).]
FORMABLE, adj. Cum.' [foTmabl.] Properly
arranged ; in due form.
[Formabylle, ordinate, ordinatiis, Calh. Angl. (1483).]
FORMAL, ff(//'. Cor. [f^ml.] Of children : precocious,
forward.
w. Cor. Used often with approbation,'FormalIittle things' (C.F.R.).
FORMEL, V. Obsol. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written formal N.Cy.* Cum. Wm. ; formil w.Yks.'
To order, bespeak anything. Cf former.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Bailey (1721) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.* Cum.' He
formelt aparo'shun wi'steel cokersandgirt heedit nailsat t'boddam.
Cum., Wm. Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. Lakel.*
Ah coe'd an' foormal'd a pigoot o' that lot. n.Yks.^ w.Yks. Yks.
N. & Q. (1888) II. 10; w.Yks.' Did'to see onny croanberries ? —
ower Squire hez formill'd three quarts omme, ii. 304. ne.Lan.'
[O^.forind'la, to appoint (Fritzner).]
FORMER, V. Lan. [foTnia(r), f9-ma(r).] To order,
bespeak anything. Cf. formel.
Lan. An turnt' up her e'en as if I'd formert an earthquake, Ab-
o 'tic -Yate^ s Xnias Dinner (1886) 7 ; As fur mi shoon, awd gettin*
o spon-new payre to put on, ut ud bin formert o thri wik gon,
SciioLES Tint Gamivatlle (1857) 13; ' Aw'm come a-formerin a
FORiNACKIT
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FORSEE
weddin'.' ' Formering a wedding ! Oh, I see,' replied the clerk:
'you mean putting up the banns,' Brierley Tales (1859) 219;
Lan.i. e.Lan.^
FORNACKIT, sb. Sc. Also in form firnackit (Jam.).
A sharp blow ; a fillip. See Nacket, sb.
BnSr. IAM.^. Bnff.'. Abd. Ham.^
FORNENCE, FORNEST, FORNIAW, see Forenent,
Fornyauw.
FORNICATE, w. Chs.War.Shr. AlsoSus. [f9-niket.]
1. To fabricate, invent falsehoods ; to tell lies.
Chs.' Shr.' It wuz a downright lie, an' 'e can fornicate 'em as
fast as a 'orse c.in trot.
Hence (i) Fornicating, pp/. adj. false, treacherous, de-
ceitful ; (2) Fornicator, sb. one who invents or tells lies.
(i) War.'^ Don't yO' 'a' nuthin' to do \vi' Charley Styles, 'c's a
fornicatin" 'ound [hound]. (2i Chs.'
2. To dawdle; to waste time. Sus.'
FORNIGH, adv. n.Cy. Nhb. Very near; of time :
very nearly, almost.
n.Cy. (K.); (Hall.) Nhb. In common use. ' It'll be fornigh ten
'ear sin then ' (, R.O.H.V
FORNINST, see Forenent.
FORNPECKLES, sb. pi. Lan. Freckles. (Hall);
(S.W.) See Fern-freckles.
FORNYAUW, V. Sc. Also written forniaw. To
fatigue, tire.
e.Fif. Tibbie thocht it was a piece o' doonricht folly to mak' a toil
o" a pleasure. . . ' I wad see them a' far eneugh afore I wad fornyauw
mysel' at that rate,' Latto Tani Bodkin (1864'. xxi.x. Ayr. 1 Jam.)
Hence Fomyaw'd , />/. having the appearance of being
exhausted with fatigue.
Ayr. As forjesket and forniaw'd as a forfoughten cock, Burns
Leilt't to W. Kicol (June i, 1787) ; (Jam.)
FOR-OLBED.ppl.adj. s.Cy. Hmp. Worn out with age.
s.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 157. Hmp. Holloway.
[Ac it ne bar no|-.er lef ne rynde as it uorolded were,
/e Holy Rode (c. 1300) 74.]
FORPIT, sA. Sc. Nhb. Also written forpet. [foTpit]
The ' fourth part ' of a peck ; see below.
Sc. Mattie Simpson that wants a forpit or twa o' peers, Scott
Rob Roy (1817') xiv ; Gotten raisins frae Lunnon by forpits at ance,
ib. Midlothian (1818) iii ; I hae brew'd a forpit o' maut. Chambers
Sngs. (1829) I. 134. Edb. Wha'll buy my lucky forpit o' saut,
Smith Jenny Blair ;ed. 187 1 1 52. Sc, Nhb. (Alnwick), the fourth
part of a peck, about 3 quarts. (Hexham), 4 quarts, | peck of
wheat, I of barley and oats. (Wooler), 4 quarts,-^ peck, J bushel.
(Sc.\ the fourth part of a peck, otherwise called a lippie, Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863^. N.Cy.' Nhb. At Hexham, for wheat, rye,
and pease 4 quarts = i forpit, 4 forpits = i peck, 4 pecks = i bushel.
For oats and barley 4 quarts ^ i forpit, 5 forpits = i peck, 4 pecks
= I bushel. At Alnwick, 4 lorpits =-- i peck, 3 pecks = i bushel.
At Wooler, 4 quarts = i forpit, 8 forpits = i bushel, Bailey &
Culley Agric. Ahh. (1813) 125 ; Fergus Story, of Beanley . . . was
lamous for his wit and his playing on the pipes, but still more for
the vastness of his appetite. This originated a local saw which is
probably extinct: ' Nargy Story's crowdy, A forpit of meal in a
bowdv,' Athenaeum (May 25. 1895); Nhb.'
FOKKA, adv. and sb. Bnft'.' [foTa.] 1. nfl'v. Fishing
term : forward.
When the lines are being hauled, two men ply the oars. When
one man happens to be slack in rowing, the man who is hauling
the lines calls out ' forra.'
Hence Forragate, sb. the rowing during the time the
lines are being hauled.
' Ye ga' me fine forragate the day.' Often spoken ironically.
2. sb. See below.
In casting nets or lines when two or more boats lie in the same
stretch, east and west, they are said to be in the same forra.
FORRAGE, sb. Obs. Sc. In comb. Forreige clout,
wadding for a gun or pistol.
Frf. [He] drew the shot, to their surpris'.. .' There,' he cries, ' Is
documents ye needna donbt, Baith find an' see the forrage clout,'
Piper of Peebles {\']<^\, 19.
[Fr. /ourrage, 'Terme d'artillerie ; Foin, herbe dont on
se sert pour bourrer le canon' (Littre).]
FORRAGE, see Forage.
FORREL, 5*. and v. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
written forel Wil.' ; and in forms farl Som.; farrol, ferrol
Dev. ; ferrule Dor. [foTl, fa-rl.] 1. sb. The cover or
binding of a book. Also used nlln'b.
WiL' Dor. ' Do j-ou mean that one with the yellow ferrule ?'
'Please, Sir. he've a-lost both hisferrulcs' (C.K.P."; Dor.' w.Dor.
Roberts //is/. Lynie Regis {183^). Som. A red farl book (W.W.S.);
Jennings Obs. Dial. iv.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873I. w.Som.'
Maudhur-v u-guuf u guurt buybl wai tiimurn fauryulz tiie un
[Mother has a great bible with wooden covers to it\ Dev. A boy
remarked of a pamplilct which had lost its wrapper, that it had
' lost its ferrol,' Reports Provinc. (1877 1 130 ; 'Er'th atored off tha
forrels ov grammer's Bible, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892); Dev.',
nw.Dev.', s.Dev. (F.W.C.) Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436;
Cor.' 2
2. Bookbinding trade term : a white parchment or
sheepskin cover.
w.Cy. Common, A^.dr' Q. (i88i)6th S. iv.272-3. Som. Sweetman
Wincanton Gl. (1883); (W.F.R.)
3. The stripe or selvage woven across the ends of a
piece of cloth, &c., to show that it is a whole piece.
Som. W. Si J. Gl. (1873). -w.Soni.' The end which is rolled or
folded to come outside has usually a rather broader and more
elaborate forrel than the inner end, and the former is distinguished
as the [voa-r ain fauryul], and the latter as the [laat ur ai-n
faur-yulj. The stripes woven at each end of a blanket are also
called the forrels.
Hence Forrel-yarn, sb. yarn, differing in colour from
that of the rest of the piece, which is woven into the cloth
to mark the two ends of the cut or piece. w.Som.'
4. V. To cover or bind a book.
Dev. He broke out the leaves of the book and fresh farrol'd 'en,
Reports Protn'nc. (1897).
[1. Forelle, to kepe yn a boke, /orii/iis, Prompt. OFr.
foiirrel [ford), a sheath (La Curne).]
FORREP-LAND, sh. Sus. [foTap-lsend.] In the
manor of Bosham land held by one of three copyhold
tenures ; assart-land, i. e. forest land that has been con-
verted into arable land.
The copyhold rents . . . are of three sorts . . . Forrep-land,
Board'land & Cot-land. Forrep-land oweth suit to the court-baron
. . . payeth no heriot, beareth no office in the manor, Accl. of
Bosham Manor, by John Smythe (May 13, 1637) in Dallaway's
Htsl. w.Div. of Sussex (1815) I. 88 (Rape of Chichester) ; Still in
use in Bosham. All the land there is either 'forrep-land' or not
' forrep-land,' and the land which is 'forrep' pays 'a stinted fine'
to the lord of the manor, that is, less than the rest (R.H.C.);
Sns.'2
FORREST, sb. Nhp. Oxf Mid. Written forest Mid.;
forrust Oxf [fo'rist, -ast.] Theforemost horse inateam.
Nhp. 2 Oxf.' The first horse is seldom called by his name ; if
the driver sees him looking carelessly about him, he calls out
' Forrust ! ' when he instantly pricks up his ears, and attends to his
work. w. Mid. Old Smiler's a pretty good forest — she mmds
what you ses to her (W.P.M.).
[Fore + -est {superl. suff.).]
FORRIDDEN,//. Obs. Sc. Wornout with hard riding.
Cld. Bare forridden, my merry menyie Left my livan' lane, Rdb.
Mag. (June 1820) (Jam.).
FORROW, sb. Cai.' [foTo.] Of things carted or
carried : as much as is brought at one time.
FORROW, adj._ Sc. Irel. Also in form forra Fif.
(Jam.) N.I. ' [foTo,foT3.] Of a cow: not in calf, having
missed calving for a season. Gen. in comb. Forrow-cow.
See Farrow, adj.
Sc. (Jam.) ; Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863I. Sh.I. Feed you wi'
the forrow cow's milk, Stewart Fireside Tales (1892) 51 ; Kye,
baith milk an' forrow, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 128. Flf. (Jam.),
N.I.i Ant. Ballvmcna Obs. (1892) ; (S.A.B.)
FORSAKEN, ppl. adj. Shr.' Applied to a very evil
person, or a very remote place. Cf forgotten.
FORSCOMFIST, pp. Sc. (Jam.) ; Per. (G.W.) Also
in form fair-. 1. Overcome with heat. 2. Nearly
suffocated by a bad smell.
FORSE, see Force, sA.', v.'^
FORSEE, V. Sc. 1. To overlook ; to neglect. Also
used repl.
Ags. I maun tak care, and no forsee mysell about this (Jam.).
2. To oversee, superintend, direct.
Sc. To forsee the men and the warkun'i! it be endit(J/.M.5»/>/)/.).
302
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FORSEL, sb. and v. Or.I. [foTsl.] 1. sb. An im-
plement made of 'gloy,' or ropes made of 'bent' or straw,
used for protecting ttie back of a horse, when loaded with
corn, hay, &c. ([am.); S. & Ork.' 2. ». To harness.
(S.A.S.l; S. & Ork.^
FORSET, v} Cum. Wm. Lan. Lin. Also in forms
fooar- Cum.; foor- Cum.^; fwoor- Cum. [foarset, fsset.]
1. To get in front of; to intercept, waylay ; ^g. to upset,
hinder.
Cum. Hishelth mud give way, or mischief fooarset him, Farrall
Betly Wilson (1886) 15 ; He wad mebby fvvoorset yan an' bring't
back, Richardson Talk (1886) ist S. 74; Ilk way he turn't it still
foorset him, Dickinson Cumbr. (1876) 256; Cum.^ There's Dick
Walker and Jonathan Peel Foorsettin' me ola's i' t'lonnins aboot,
41. Lan.i, n.Lan.i sw.Lin.' He seems to want to do all he can
to forset and bother us.
2. Phr. backset and forset, to impede, surround with
difficulties.
Cum. I was backset and fworeset (M.P.); Cum.' Wm. Ise
fairly backset and forset we wark, Billy Tyson s Honeymoon, 7.
[1. Thay hade at jone foreste forsette vs the wayes, Moiie
Aith. (c. 1420) 1896. OF../orsettaii, to obstruct (Bede).]
FORSET, V.' and sb. Sc. [farset.] 1. v. To over-
power or overburden with work; to surfeit. (Jam.) Cf.
backset, v.
2. sb. The act of overpowering or overloading; a surfeit.
A forset of wark. A forset of meat (Jam.) ; Lest they should give
them too much and bring on a forset, Ochiltree Redbiitn (1895 vii.
FORSHAME, v. Yks. Lan. Not. Lei. In form for-
shawm Lan. [fajem, -Jes-m.] To dare, presume, have
the face to. Gen. used with a iieg.
w.Yks. Poor craytur, he connot forshame To lift his een off o'
th' graand. Hartley Dill. (1868) 62; A kan ts fa-Sesm ta diu it ?
(J.W.) Lan. Couldno' forshawm to face her neighbours, Brierley
Blactfiool {18B1) 43. Not.i Lei.i'Ah'nbiled that theer lobster-thing
as yew'n brought, an' it's gon as red as housen,' shay says, ' an'
ah couldn' forsheam to dish it cop.'
[The vbl. use is due to the phr. ' for shame.']
FORSLITTING, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Castigation, chastisement ; a satirical
reprimand.
FORSIWAN, sd. Sc. Nhb. Also in form forzmin Sc.
A foreman.
Sc. Doeg was forsman o' the herds [herdsmen], Waddell Psahus
(187 1 1 lii, note. e.Lth. Aw wuz yoor forzmin the furst eer,
Muckleeackit Rhymes (1885) 191. Nhb.' She smacked the
forsman on the face, RoBSON Hamlick, pt. ii.
FORSMO, sb. and v. Sh. & Or.L [farsmo-.] 1. sb. An
affront, insult. S. & Ork.' 2. v. To affront, insult.
(W.A.G.) ; (Jam.); S. & Ork.' Hence Forsmo, /■/>. taken
aback, disappointed. (Jam.) ; S. & Ork.'
[2. Norw. dial, forsmaa, to disdain (Aasen) ; Dan.
forsntaae, ON. /y'rirstiid.]
FORSFARE,!^. Suf. [faspe3-(r).] To spare, do without.
I can't forspare the money for it,Vl/ac)j»//a«'syi'/a^. (Sept. 1889) 358.
FORSPEAK, v. Sc. Yks. Lan. Also written fore-;
and in form forespyke ne.Sc. [far-, fasprk.] 1. To
bewitch, charm ; to cause ill luck by immoderate praise.
Sc. ' Do you think she's near the end 1 ' . . . ' Dinna say that,
dinna forespeak the bairn,' Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) vi ; Do not
forespeak us, brother, that is not lucky, Scorr Leg. Mont. (1818)
vi ; She threatens . . . and forespeaks me, ib. Bride of Lam. (1819)
xxxiv; If one highly praises a child for sweetness of temper, and
the child soon after betrays ill humour, the person who bestowed
the praise, is said to have forspoken the bairn (Jam."). S. & Ork.'
Cai.' It was believed evil consequences would be averted if
the forspeaker were made to spit on the person praised. I have
seen this done to infants, in all seriousness, by people who had
praised them and did not wish to be thought guilty of forspeaking.
ne. Sc. It was not deemed proper to bestow a very great deal of
praise on a child ; and one doing so would have been interrupted
by some such words as, ' Gueede sake, hand yir tung, or ye'U
forespyke the bairn,' Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 7.
Hence (i) Forspeaker, sb. (a) one who speaks for or in
favour of another ; (b) one who ' forspeaks' or bewitches
another; (2) Forspeaking, vbl. sb. the act ol bestowing
excessive praise on any person; (3) Forspoken, pp. be-
witched, overlooked by evil spirits, (Jtc.
(i,«) Abd. He mith be a merchan' or onything, gin fowk hed
for-speakers to get 'im ta'en in, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 191.
Kcd. Ye will may be think it queer That a man in my position
Comes without forespeakers here. Grant Lays '1884") 86. (i) n.Sc.
Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1895) 39. (2) ne.Sc. Praise beyond
measure — praise accompanied with a kind of amazement or envy
— was followed by disease or accident, Gregor Flli-Lore (1881)
35. Bnff. The tongue — must be guarded, even when it commends.
. , . Thus to prevent what is called forespeaking, they say of a
person, ' God save them ' ; of a beast, ' Luck sair it,' Statist. Ace.
XIV. 541 (Jam.). (3) Sc. The tiny creature was not to be referred to
in terms of admiration, lest it should be 'forespoken,' which implied
consequences prejudicial to its future welfare, Andre wsZJv^OHffC/i.
Life (1899) 195. Sh.I. The religious charmer of Shetland would
mutter some words over water, in imitation of the practice of the
Catholic priest, and the element was named forespoken water ;
boats were then sprinkled with it; and limbs were washed with
it, for the purpose of telling out pains, Hibbert Desc.Sh.I. (1822)
272, ed. 1891. Or.I. When the beasts, as oxen, sheep, horses,
&c. are sick, they sprinkle them with a water made up by them,
which they call fore-spoken water ; wherewith likewise they
sprinkle their boats, when they succeed and prosper not in their
fishing. Brand Desc. OrL (1701) 62 (Jam.); Said of a healthy
child suddenly becoming ill without any one being able to account
for the change. N. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 220. S. & Ork.' n.Sc.
Another old man remembers having his side hurt as a boy and
going to a ' wise woman ' to be cured. She told him he had been
' forespoken,' i.e. bewitched by a woman then dead, and made him
drink water mixed with earth from the ' forespeaker's ' grave,
Longman's Mag. ;Nov. 1895) 39. Abd. A person is said to be
forspoken when any sudden mischance happens on the back of a
series of good fortune ; or when a child, formerly promising,
suddenly decays, the child is said to be forspoken, Shirrefs
Poems (1790 Gl.; She relieved fowkforspoken,ANDERSONi?/;_vw(fS
(1867)32. w.Yks. THORESBvLrf/. (1703) ; w.Yks.* Lan. A charm
to help drink that is forespoken orbewitched, Harland& Wilkinson
Flk-Lore (1867) 79.
2. To cause the appearance of evil spirits by mention of
their names.
s.Sc. Used to denote the fatal effects of speaking of evil spirits
in any way, whether good or evil, as being supposed to have the
effect of making them appear (Jam.). Slk. We hae forespoke the
Brownie. They say, if ye speak o' the deil, he'll appear, Hogg
Tales {183S1 46, ed. 1866.
[1. Fasciner, to charm, bewitch, forspeak ; fascine', for-
spoken (Cotgr.); For-spekyn or charniyn,/rtsir/«o, Prow;//.]
F0RST,ffn>'. Bnff. [forst] Embanked. (Jam.); Bnff.'
FORSTA, V. Obs. Sc. To understand.
Or.I. Ellis Pronnnc. (1889') V. 803. Abd. A cripple I'm not. ye
forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be, Ross Helenore (1768)
Sng. (Jam.)
[Dan. /orstoffc, to understand ; Sw. /ors/a.]
F0RSTAL(L, sb. Nrf. Ken. Sus. Also written forestal
Ken.' ; and in forms fostal Nrf. Ken.' Sus.= ; fostel Sus.
[foa-stl, fo'stl.] 1. A small opening in a street or lane
too little to be called a common ; a piece of waste land ;
a green before a ' place ' or house ; a paddock near a
farm-house ; a farm-yard. Cf. fold, sb> 4.
Ken. Henry Gorham and John Allen . . . going into y» River at
Jermans fforstall to wash themselves . . . were both drowned,
Aylesford Par. Reg. (1661) in N. & Q. (1894) 8th S. v. 244;
(D.W.L.) ; Lewis /. Tenet (1736); Ken.' The house and home-
building of a farm ; a small opening in a street or lane, not large
enough to be called a common. As a local name. Broken Forestall,
near Buckley ; Clare's Forestall, near Throwley, and several
others ; Ken.' It is gen. a green place before an house ; but
otherwise I have known that part of a farmer's yard lying just
before the door call'd the forstal. e.Ken. To be sold at West
Marsh Forstall, a cottages (G.G.) ; A forstal was a piece of waste
land about and on which cottages have been built. In some cases a
hamlet in a parish ; this applies to many parishes near Faversham
(H.M.). Sus.' The house and home buildings of a farm with waste
land attached ; Sus.2 A paddock near a farm-house or a way
leading thereto. e.Su». Holloway.
2. A way leading from the high road to a great house.
Nrf. Grose (17901. Sus. Ray (1691) ; (P.R.) ; (K.)
FORSTAND, v. Sc. [farsta-nd,] 1. To stand
against, withstand.
Sc. Can they forstand the tartan trews? Chambers Sngs. (1829)
II 280.
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2. To understand, comprehend.
Or.I. Elms Pioimiic. (,18891 V. 803. Elg. I canna forstan', man,
Iioo he, sic a gran' man, Sud tak' cutliii' in han', Tester Poems
(1865) 142.
[1. Ar¥urwende his spares ord, And forstod heom )'ene
uord (MS. Otho 'ford'), LA5AM0N (c. 1205) 20159. 2. OE.
forslaiulan. to understand ; cp. G. vcrste/icii.]
FORSTID, see Fausted.
FORTAIVERT, /■/>. Fif. (Jam.) Greatly fatigued.
See Taivert.
FORTAKE, V. Dor. To mistake, make a mistake.
If you keep straight on, you can't fortake your way. A', dr" Q.
(1878^ 5th S. ix. 247.
FORTAKiE, V. Sc. Also written fortack Bnff.'
[fartak.l To aim or deal a blow.
Bnff. 1 tholt him for a gey file bit fin he geed oot o' thait I fortook
him a swack across the back (W.G.") ; Bnff.' He lorteok im a rattle
o' the chafts an turnt tip's couples till 'im. Bnff., Cld. He fortook
him a lick on the lug iJam.\
[Norw. dial./or/iika (prct. -/ok'', to assail, attack (Aasen).]
FORTER, see Falter, v.""
FORTH, si.' N.I.' An earthen fort or ' rath.'
FORTH, adv., pirp. and .s-A.= Van dial, uses in Sc. and
Eng. Also in forms foath Cor.^; footh Cor. ; furtSli.I.;
furth Sc. (Jam.) Cum.' Wni. ; voiith e.Dev. ; vooath
Soni. ; vuoth Dor.' 1. adv. In comb, (i) Forth-and-
back, ia) backwards and forwards ; (b) hind part before,
back to front ; ^g. contrary ; {c)fig. inconstant, vacillating
and shuffling m manner ; (2) -coming, a legal term for
accounting for money, production of accounts, &c. ; (3)
•geng, the entertainment given at the departure of a bride
from her own or father's house; (4) -hugged, brought out;
conveyed away ; (5) -less, worthless, useless ; (6) -man,
the man in charge of a pasture, who directs when the
cattle, &c., are to be driven forth ; (7) -night, an annual
merrymaking ; (8) — on, in continuation, for an indefinite
period; (9) -put, energy, promptitude, ' gumption' ; (10)
-right, ia) forthwith; straightforward; also used atirib.;
(b) headlong, impulsive; see Foreright; (ii)-right bread,
bread made fromentireorcoarse-ground flour; (i2)-setter,
a publisher ; an author ; ( 13) -shaw, to exhibit, show forth.
(I, a\ Cor.^ Foath an back to town, (i) Cor.' He's a regular
liar. You must take all he says foath an back. w.Cor. Common
(M.A.C.). (c) Cor.'2; Cor.' Can't rely on him — he's so often
foath an back. (2) Abd. He swore he would bring an action of
forthcoming against the whole crew, Shirrefs Poems ,1790) 305.
(3) Ags. (Jam.) (4) n.Yks.2 (5) e.Dur.' (6) Cum.' (7-1 Cum.
Fwok up leatt at neet . . . To git till o' t'furthneets, Dickinson
CiiHibr. (,1876) 239. ifi) Suf.' Come a month on liking, and if we
agree you may stay forth on. (9^1 w.Yks. He'll ne'er mak' nought
out— he's no forthput in him, A'. & Q. (1861) 2nd S. xi. 117;
w.Yks.2 There's no forth-put in them. (10, «) Sc. The policy of
life, which deals now in making feints, now in thrusting with
forthright passes, Scott St. Roiimi ■ 1824) xxxvi ; I should have
done as I was here bidden and gone forthright to the house,
Stevenson Ca/rioHn (1893) xx. (6) w.Soni.' s.v. Voreright. (11)
Cor.2 s.v. Vore-right ; Cor.' Now ^^«. called brown bread. (12)
Ayr. The beucks whilk hae Scotch charictcrs are sae muckle tane
tent o', when them that hae nane fa' unsocht for, . . . tho' they be
written by the same furthsetter. Eiib. Mag. (Apr. 1821 ) 353 (Jam.I.
(i3'i Fif. His brither laird owr-loup the wa'. And, Alexander-like,
furthshaw Example in that strife, Tennant Papistry (1827) 177.
2. Forward, forwards.
n.Dev. The great wind which drove it back and forth, Chanter
Witch (18961 98. Cor. And when I put et footh to har, Forfar
Poems (i885':i 3.
Hence Forthert, adv. forward.
Abd. 'Tweish twa hillocks the poor lambie lies. And av fell
forthert. as it shoope to rise, Ross Heleiiore {1768) 12, ed. 1812.
3. Out of doors, outside ; away from home, abroad. Also
usedy?g'., and esp. in phr. to go forth, to go from home.
Sh.I. For sic a wy ta come furt among Kirsin folk, Burgess
Lowra Biglan (.1896) 17; Furt da rain wis tumin. ib. Rasmie
(1892) 83. ne.Sc. A comely clever lass, an' sae muckle thocht
o' baith at hame an' forth, Grant Keckleton, 129. Abd. Anes
she lay an ouk and langer Furth aneath a wreath o' snaw,
Skinner Poems (18091 64. Kcd. Baith hame an' forth, on water
an' land, . . . Tarn suffered abridgment aifter that. Grant Lays
(1884') 122. Gall. That is a little forth of my province, Crockett
Grey Man (1896) 209. Cum.i When fiax-spinning by the line (or
lint) wheel was in use, the young women would assemble in half
dozens at their neighbours' houses with their wheels, and spend
the evening in spinning and singing till bed time, when frequently
their sweethearts would be in attendance to conduct them home.
This custom was called ' gangan forth.' Wm. The practice of going
furth has been done away with ... by the introduction of village
libraries, Gibson Leg. (1877) 8; We'd been furth that neet at mi
aunt's (B.K.). Der.' 'She has never been forth.' abroad in the
world to get education. Obs. Som. To go vooath, is to go out,
Jennings Obs. Dial. ui.Eng. (1825'). e.Dev. Ai shall up an' geu
voath ta th' town, Pulman Sng. Sol. (1860I iii. 2.
4. Of a clock, watch, &c. : fast, in advance, before time.
w.Cor. The clock is footh (M. A.C.I.
5. prep. ' Forth ' from, outside of.
Sc. Furth the country (A.W.). Lth. Furth the cottar's fowre
wa's, LuMSDEN Sliecp-liead (1892) 34.
6. sb. An exit, way out. Dor.' Water 'ul! have its vuoth, Gl.
7. Out of doors, the open air.
Abd. The muckle furth, the open air, Shirrefs Poems (1790)
Gl. ; Aw was jist . . . lockin' my bits o' doorics, an' seein' that
neen o' the creaturs wasna restin the furth, Alexander yo/;««_y
Gibb \ 1871) xl ; It wud be mair held wark nor cesin' 's han'ies at
roch lawbour the furth, ib. Am Flk. (1882) 191.
FORTH, adj. .? Obs. Dev. Out of temper.
Dev. Moore Hist. Dev. ( 1829I I. 354 ; Montlily Mag. ( 1810) I. 436.
n.Dev Wan day, tachy, hackled, forth, RocKy/<»n«'AW/( 1867) St. 81.
FORTHEN,FORTHERLY,seeForthy,co;/y.,Furtherly.
FORTHlNK,z». Sc.n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. [far-.fajji'rjk.]
To repent, regret ; to reconsider.
Sc. That he forthoucht, that he had brocht A dumb wife hame
for gear, Aytoun Ba/lads (ed. 1861) II. 191. n.Cy. Grose (1790)
MS. add. (P.) w.Yks. Thou art the first that does forthink,
Dol/y's Gaon (1855) 25. Lan. It made me rayther for-think ever
settin' eawt, Waugh Yeth-Bobs (i869"'< ii ; Theaw'll happen then
forthink for this. When aw get laid i' th' clay. Standing Eclioes
(1885) 21 ; Lan.' Chs.' A woman addressing her very hard
landlord said to him, ' Well, mester, I ony hope as j'o may live to
forthink them words as 3'0'n said to me to-day' ; Chs. 2'
Hence Forthought, sb. repentance, regret. Chs."''
[I forthynke, I repent me,Je iiic repens, Pal?gr. (1530);
To forthynke, /><■;«'/«•(■, Cath. Angl. (1483). OY-./orpencaii,
to despise.]
FORTHY, adj. Sc. Nhb. Also Dor. Som. Cor. Also
in forms foathy Cor.^ ; foothy Cor.' ; forethy Cor.° ;
furthy Sc. (Jam.) ; voathy, vorethy Cor.^ ; vorthy Dor.
Som. [fsTfJi, fa-Jji.] 1. Forward, early in production.
Sc. A 'furthy gardin ' is one that is 'forward' in its crops (A. W.).
Lth. A stackyard of straw hives stretched along the back of her
furth\' garden, Strathesk Blmkbovny (ed. 18&5) 230.
2. Forward, pert, intrusive, officious.
Dor., Som. Gent. Mag. (1793) 1084. Cor. Then a yungster corned
out very forthy, J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 55 ; Cor.' A fine
forthy maid. He's bra' and foothy ; Cor.^ She's very foathy ; Cor.'
Hence Forthiness, sb. boldness, forwardness.
Cor. The forthiness went out o'n for all the world like wind
out 'n a pricked bladder, ' Q.' Troy Town (i888; xi.
3. Frank, cheerful, afl'able.
Sc. She was aye of a free and furthy nature. Whitehead Daft
Davie (18761 206, ed. 1894. Per. Leal o' heart is she, an' fu' o'
furthy glee, Ford Harp (1893) 318. Fif. In he cam' fu' blythe an'
furthy, Douglas Poems (1806) 102. s.Sc. Margaret was yet a
comely dame, what we in Scotland call, furthy. She was a lively,
rattling, kindhearted, outspoken person, Wilson Tales (1839) V.
361. Rnf. M'"DonaId James the publican. So affable and furthy,
Mt'GiLVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 24. Ayr. Rankine had a furthy
appearance in his ain house, Hunter Studies (187O' 39; And was
withal ... a furthy woman, Galt Ann. Pans/t (1821) xx. Lnk.
To gie your furthy heart a hccht, Murdoch Done Lyre (1873) 56.
Rxb. He was sae furthy, blythe, an' gabbj', Kuickbie IVayside
Cottager (1807) no. Dmf. Less furthy dames, Th' example tak',
Mayne Siller Gun (1808) 53. Nhb.' Industrious, well doing, free,
kindly spoken. ' A forthy body.'
Hence (i) Forthily, adv. frankly, freely, without
reserve ; (2) Furthiness, sb. frankness, affability.
(i) Sc. The lads tauked philosophy then just as forthily as the
Hiland lads tank Greek now, Thom Donaldsontad (Jam.). (2) Sc.
(Jam.)
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FORTHY, conj. Obs. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Also in form
forthen. Therefore.
n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; (K.) ; Bailey(i72i) : N.Cy.2 Cum., Wm.
NicOLSON (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. ( 1868) IX.
[ME. for-pi, therefore {P. Ploimian) ; OE. for^y {John
vii. 22).]
FORTIFEE, V. Bnff.' [fortifi.j To pet, indulge.
They fortifee that bairn o' theirs.
FORTIG, see Firtig.
FORTNIGHTH, sb. Dun Wm. Yks. Also written
fortnurth Wm. [fort-, fo'tni)>.] A fortnight.
e.Dur.i Wm. One bease hes been dry ... a fortnurth or mair,
Gibson Leg. (1877) 67. w.Yks. Del bi bak in a fotni)) (J.W.).
FORTRAVAIL, v. Obs. Sc. To exhaust with
' travail,' to fatigue greatly.
Fit Wi' flings fortravail'd and forfairn, [They] Found to the
wastin' o' their strength He would na stick and be a stern,
TENNAtiT Papistry (1827) 129.
[As for-travalit scho was, Douglas King Hart (c. i505\
ed. 1874, I. 98.]
FORTUNE, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Lin. Lei. Also in
forms fortin Nhb.' Lei.; fotun n.Lin.' [fortan, in;
f^tan.] L sb. In comb, (i) Fortune-maker, one suc-
cessful in business ; (2) -teller, the dandelion, Leontodon
Taraxacum.
(i) Ayr. They couldna be ca'd fortune-makers in their wee clean
kept dairy up by, Aitken Lays {1883^ 45. (2) [Alluding to the
children's custom of blowing off the down for purposes of divina-
tion (B. & H.).]
2. Inheritance, dowry ; possessions, means of obtaining
a livelihood.
Nhb.' Maw keel's a' afire — maw fortin's a' spoiled, Corvan Keel
Afire (c. 1865). Lei. 'Let her leave it to them as have got no
fortin.' A poor woman here advised me on my 21st birthday to
' take up my fortin ! ' (C.E.)
3. V. To chance, happen.
n.Lin.' If it fotuns I'm at next Ketton 't Andra' fair, I'll go sea
Mary Jaane.
[3. It fortuned we had entred the place or he come.
Fasten Letters (1461) II. 55.]
FORTY, nimi. adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Not. Lin. War. Shr.
1. In comb, (i) Forty-foals, a blue and white potato of
good increase ; (2) -foot, obs., a right which the tenants of
certain manors had over the soil of an adjoining manor ;
(3) -legs, the common millepede, Julus terrestris.
(I) Sc. (A.'W.) Nhb.l Most likely originally called ' forty-folds.'
(a) n.Lin.i This right seems to have existed on the commons only,
not in the open fields. It may have originated in the necessity of
digging sods for making banks or division walls. (3) Ir. If the baste
owned as many feet as a forty-legs, Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 136.
s.Not. (J.P.K.), Lin.i, War.2, Shr.'
2. Phr. /or/y sa' one like Obitch's or Rode n or Rowson cowt,
see below.
Shr.' A common expression applied to persons of a certain age
who affect youthful manners.
FOR-'WAKIT,//-. Obs. Sc. Worn out with watching.
Sc. (Jam.1 Fif. To yesk his sauI awa' in glore Upo' the death-
bed o' the floor, For-wakit and for-drunken, Tennant Papistiy
(1827) 163.
FOR-WARDEN, v. Yks. [f9d3n, foTadan.] To
accelerate, hasten.
■w.Yks. If we tak' a tram it weant for'd'n us aboon five minutes
(S.K.C.) ; If tal wes tpots up, itl forodan az a bit (J.W.).
FOR'WARDiS, adv., adj. and v. Var.dial. forms and uses
in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amcr. [foT3d(s, forat, w.Cy. voTsd.]
I. Dial, forms: (i) Farrard, (2) Firret, (3) Forads, (4)
Forat, (51 Fordward, (6) Fordwarts, (7) Foret, (8) Fore-
ward, (9) Forrad, ( 10) Forrard, ( 1 1 ) Forrards, (12) Forrart,
(13) Forrat, (14) Forrered, (15) Forret, (16) Forrid, (17)
Forritfs, (18) Forrord, (19) Forrud, (201 Forrut, (21)
Furrit, (22) Varrud, (23) Vaurrard, (24) Vorad, (25) Vor-
rad, (26) 'Vorred, (27) Vorrud, (28) Vorurd, (29) 'Vurhed.
[F"or further examples see n below.]
(i;Ess.' (21 Sc. (3) w.Yks. Ah naw shooze a varry forads
chuck, ToM Treddlehoyle Bainisla Ann. (1852) 35. (4) Sc.
(Jam.) Ayr. He sends ane back and anither forat, Johnston
Glenbiickie (18&9') 80. (5) Lnk. (6) Fif. Fordwarts they rush't
and ran, Tennant Papistry (1827) 58. (7) Ayr. The mistress was
carrying foret the crack, Johnston Kiltnallie (iSgrj I. 128. Edb.
Mov'd slawly foret. Tint Qiiey (1796) 22. (8; Dev. (9) Cai.',
Nhb.\Lakel.2 Yks. Fooalksniwer looks back noo, its allays forrad,
forrad, forrad, Macquoid D. Barugli (1877) Prol. i,. n. Yks. Ah
didn't like te be ower forrad wiv him, Tweddell Clcvel. Rhymes
(1875'! 59. w.Yks.' Thou brings forrad a vara Strang caas, ii.327.
Lan. Aw get no forrader, not a yard, Clegg David's Loom (1894)
ii. Nhp.', War.=, se.Wor.' Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). (10) N.I.'
w.Yks. A little child looks forrard to th' time when he's to have
a new toy, Hartley Budget (1867) i. Chs.' s.Not. You've
pulled your 'at too forrard, Prior Renie (18951 49- s.Hmp.
Anxious for to get forrard i' the world, Verney L. Lisle (1870)
xxi. (ri) w.Yks. Ye're so keen o' making brass, and getting
forrards, Bronte S/tirley (1849 v. I.Ma.Backards and forrards
the best of the night. Brown Il'itc/i (1889) 8; (S,M.) Snr. One
man told me to go . . . straight-forrards, Jennings field Patlis
(1884)219; Sur.' (i2)Shr., Mtg. (M.H C.) (13) Sc. (Jam.) Bnff.'
He winna dee muckle t'forrat the wark. Abd. He hed come
forrat o' the non-intrusion, Alexander Jolmny Gibb ( 1871) xviii.
nw.Abd. R3'aak forrat noo yer fire^' guiles, Goodjui/e { 1861) st. 39.
Nhb.' Cum. I set forrat o' Midsummer day, Bmrowdale Lett, in
Lonsdale Mag. (Feb. 1867) 309; Gl. (1851J. n.Yks.^, n.Lan.',
nw.Der.', w.Wor.', Shr.', Hrf.^ (141 [Amer. There didn't seem
no ways to stop their bringin' on me forrered, Lowell Biglow
Papers (1848) 135.] (15) Kcd. Davit, pechin', rose. An' stoitet
forret, Grant Lays (1884) 21. Ayr. They brocht forret the nasty
creature. Hunter Studies (1870) 23. Lnk. The gran' procession
. . . cam' forret. Watt Poems (1827) 91. Cum.^ I'll tell y^ what
dud ga forret a'tween me, 8. Wm. A gat a bit forret. Spec. Dial.
(1885) pt.iii.2. Lan. (16) Ir. He steps forrid, Carleton T'^'flZ/s/'^rts.
(1843) 43. I.Ma. I fell right forrid. Brown Yarns (1881) 27, ed.
1889. (17) Sc. Put his best foot forrit, Stevenson Catriona (1893)
xii. n.Sc. Pitched head forrit into the yelpin' waves. Gordon
Carglen (1891) 114. Abd. Forrit it flees, Guidman Inglisntaill
(1873) 47. Frf. I canna keep sober if I hinna a drink to look forrit
to, Barrie Minister (,1891) iv. Rnf. I'll gang forrit, Fraser Cliimes
(1853) 21. Ayr. Ambition . . . pointed forrit to better things,
Service Dr. Duguid (ei. 1887)43. Lnk. Forrit flocked the motley
thrang, DeiTs Halloitwen (1856) 22. Lth. Forrit . . . creeps a wee
lamb, LuMSDEN Sheep-liead (1892) 63. Slk. You can wile him
forrits by fits and starts, Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856, HI. 284.
Dmf. Frae that time forrit, Reid Poems (1894) 79. N.I.' Nhb,
Aw'll gan forrit te the pam-tiee, Robson Sng. Sol. (1859) ^''' ^J
Nhb.' Wm. Yer varra lile forriter noo than tha war, Wilson Old
Man, 98. (18) War.3 Forrord away and o\'er the hill, Evesham
Jrn. (Dec. 11, 1897). (19I Yks. So aw'l e'en travel forrud thru
life, Ingledew Ballads (i860) 316. w.Yks. 2, Lan.', e.Lan.',
m.Lan.', Glo., Oxf.', Dev.^, nw.Dev.' (20) Lan. Whol aw get
forrut wi' me teyl, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 27. (21) Ayr.
Bring them turret to the press, Smith Poet. Misc. (1832) 116;
Slippin' cannily furrit. Service Notandunis {i&go) 19. (22) Brks.'
(23} Dev. 'E taks off es ole 'at and goes vaurrard and meets um,
Burnett Stable Boy (1888) viii. (24) Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng.
(1869). (25) e.Dev. Th' straightvorrad leuv th l,hee, Pulman 5»^.
Sol. 1.1860) i. 4. nw.Dev.' ' You hain't very vorrad way 3'ur work,
I zim.' ' I couldn git no vorrader, try ivver zo.' (26) I.W.' (27)
Glo. Thaay was vorruder nur urn, Buckman Dar/!e's Sojourn
(1890; xiii. Brks.' Us works hard, but dwoant zim to get no
vorrudder wi' this yer job. (28) Glo. (S.SB.) (29) Dev. Val
Rite vurhed vruin the koppur bal, Daniel iJnrfco/Soo (1842) 193.
II. Dial. uses. 1. adv. In phr. (i) fonvard and ayond,
ahead ; (2) — and back, (3) back and fonvard, backwards
and forwards ; (4) to get fonvard in tlie knees, to become
weak and bent with age, &c.; (5) to go fonvard, to partake
of the Sacrament; (6) to step forward, to step up, walk
quickly.
(i) Slk. This world and the neist, and that's a lang, lang forrit
and ayond, Hogg Tales (1838) 300, ed. 1866. {a) nw.Dev.*
Always used instead of 'Backwards and forwards,' either in this
form or as 'Forrud an' back' or * Voar an' back.' (3) Sc. Johnnie . . ,
was aye gaun back an' firret, Scotch Naggis, 78. e.Se. They began
to talk frequently of their long hours, and of their ' sair walk back
and forrit,' Setoun Sunshine (1895) 141. Fif. He gangs back an'
forrit ilka day, Robehtson Provost (1894) 120. Ayr. I back and
forrit gaed wi' glee, White Jottings (1879) 220. Lth. I've cam'
back an' forrit this sax year an' mair, S.mith Merry Bridal (1866)
108. Lan. Then back and forret o' owr t'land, Harland &
Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 60. (4) Nhb.' Getten sair forrit i' the
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knees. (5") Per. A' see it wudna be fit for the like o' me tae gae
I'urrit, but a' had set mahert on't, Ian Maclareh Brier Biisii (1895)
169. (61 s.Wor. (F.W.M.W.)
2. adv. and ndj. Early, in good time; advanced in season.
w.Yks. I J. W.J n.Lan.' Fonat taties. Chs. ' 'A forrard spring'
is an early spring. 'Forrard taters' are early potatoes. Nhp.
Late or forward spring, Ci.are I 'ill. Minsi. (1831) I. 18. Slir.' John
Griffi's 'as got a capital crop o' forrat 'tatoes. Hrf.^ Your taters
be too forrat. Oxf.' I'll come forrud. Forrud taters. Brks.'
' Varrud taayters'are potatoes arrived at maturity early in the
season. Bdf. I must be forrard [1 must rise earlyj. The doctor
was very forrard to-day. I went to bed forrard.! felt so ill (J.W.B.).
[Amer. I've got sonic ibrrard peaches, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 371.]
Hence (i) Foratish, adv. forward, advanced in season ;
(2) Forrat-part, s6. tlie beginning of a week, month, or year.
(i) Shr.2 The inins and garrats lookcn foratish. (2) Shr.^
3. Fast, in advance of tlie correct time.
Abd. The watch . . . kcnt little o' time, As she either was for-
ward or backward an hour, Anderson lihvtites (1867) 44. N.I.'
She's twenty-minutes forrard. n.Cy. (J.VV.)
4. Eager, ready, zealous; energetic.
Abd. This hour ye mayna see his face, Tho' ye sud tramp it forward
to the place, Shikkefs Poems (1790) 72. Frf. She had attendants
very 'forward' to help her, Baurie M. Ogilvy (i8g6) 40. Fif.
The King . . . protested . . . that he should be forward for the Kirk
and the liberty of the Gospell, Scot Apolog. (1642) 119, ed. 1846.
Lnk. He will be as fordward and more cordiall for arte vnion with
poperie, WoDRow C/i.^i's^ (1721) I. 31, ed. 1828. w.Yks. (C.C.R.)
Hence Forwardiiess, sb. eagerness, energy, zeal.
Gall. This forwardness should be minded to htm for good,
Crockett Grey Man (18961 30. w.Yks. He'd no for'ardness
about him ; he were a lack-watter dyke (C.C.R. ).
5. Wilful, headstrong.
n.Cy. (J.W. ■) l^e\. Monthly Mag.{iQio)\. ^■>,6. n.Dev. Mayhap
2um foreward, fustling youth Chuse vor tha fob, Rock Jim an Nell
(1867^1 St. 134.
6. Present, on the spot, arrived.
Per. ' Is the baker for'a'd wi' the rolls yet ? ' ' No ; he's no
for'a'd yet' (G.W.). Ayr. The' maybe ye didna expect I wad be
Forritwi'ithersat this your suree,LAiNG Po«;!5( 1894) 11 ; Judging
by the number o' veehicles at the inn, there'll be a hantle o' them
foret, Johnston Kilmaliie (1891' I. 95. Bwk. They watch the
Manse folk comin' along, An' wait till they're nearly forrit, Caldek
Poems (1897) 126.
7. Indoors, esp. in phr. to come or walk forward.
w.Yks. Cum forrad, lad, an sit tha dahn, Preston Poems (1864)
5; It is a Hallamshire peculiarity to invite a visitor into a house
by the phr. ' come forward,' Sheffield Iiidip. (1874^. n.Lin.' A
visitor is requested to ' walk for'ard ' when coming in-doors is
meant. s.Wor. (F.W.M.W.)
8. Intoxicated, overcome with drink, gen. in phr. to get
forward.
Dmf, He's gettin' forrat (Jam.). n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add.
(P.) Lan. Oi couldna bur think he vvur a bit forrud. Kay-Shuttle-
worth Scarsdale (i860) II. 88. ns.Lan.', m.Lan.^ Glo. It's good
tack — summat as a man can git nicely forurd on (S.S.B.) ; 'Twer
querish tack, sommat like beer an reubub weind an' bacca-juice
a-mixed, but I knowed we could git forrud on't, Buckman Darke's
Sojourn (1890) viii. Sur. Copious draughts of weak cider,. . . a
beverage on which he had found it impossible to get ' forrader,' as
he expi-essed it. Bickley5»j-. f/:lls {i8go) III. vii. Sus. (J.W.B.)
Hence Forradish, adj. advanced towards intoxication,
'fresh.'
Nhp.' He's getting a little forradish. War.^
9. V. To bring forward ; to promote.
n.Cy. (J.VV.) w.Wor.' This 'ere drap o' raay'n 'ull forrat the
haay. se.Wor.' Shr.^ Sich weather as this ul forat the quern.
Hrf.2 This rayn will forrat the hai a good bit.
FORWARDSOME, adj. Sc. Nhb. [For forms see
Forwardls.] Of a forward disposition, pert, forward,
pushing ; impudent.
Sc. There's over much traiking in and out of my kitchen since
a forretsome old woman and a glaiket young one took possession
of it, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 115 ; He never could pit up wi'
her forretsome ways, ib. Indian Uncle {t8g6) 306. Ayr. That was
aye called my pin — naebody that kent itwad haebeen sae forritsome
and impudent as to have made use ol that piece o' wood tor their
hats, Galt Lairds (1826) xxxviii. Lnk. If auld Scott hears ye're
sae forritsome, I wadna wonder if he doesna keep back some o'
your wages, Fkaser iVhaups (1895) vii. Lth. If ye hae a chance
o' speakin' to him without bein' ill bred or forritsome, ask him,
Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 74. Rxb. 'A forretsome lass,'
one who does not wait on the formality of courtship, but advances
half-way (Jam.\ Gall. Not uncomely, though, like all these shore
lassies, a little forritsome, Crockett A/o5s-//flos 1^1895) xxxvi; I'm
not a bright man nor a fonitsome man, but I'm no exactly a f(?ol,
ib. Raiders (1894) xxii. Nhb.'
FORWARE, V. Som. Written foreware (Hall.) ;
and in form verware. To indemnify. W. & J. G/. {1873);
(Hall.)
FOR-WEARY'T, j*/>. Obs. Fif. Thoroughly weary.
Hawky now, wcel sair'd wi' food. Within the byre forwearyt
stood, Tennant Pajislry (1827) 112.
FORWEEND, ppl. adj. Dor. Som. Dev. Also written
forewean'd Dor. ; forweened Dev. ; and in form vore-
wained n.Dev. [fawrnd, -wend. J Spoilt in nursing,
pampered, difficult to manage, wanton, wayward.
Dor. Haynes Voc. ic. 17301 in A', i^ Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 366.
Som.W.& J. C/. (1873) ; Well known at WorleiW.F.R.); Trans.
Phil. Soc. (1858) 157; Applied to children. Jennings Obs. Dial.
w.Eng. (1825). Dev. Moore Hist. Dev. (1829) 1. 354; w. Times
I Apr. 30, 1886I 2, col. 2. n.Dev. I niver zeed 'e zo vore-wained,
Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 6.
[(That) walwed in herwillis,frorweyned in here youthc,
Rk/i. Redeles (1399) 1. 27; De unwise man & forwened
child habbe^ bo¥ie on lage, Hoin. Trin. MS. (c. 1250), ed.
Morris, 41. Cp. G. venvo/nien, to spoil, to pamper.J
FORWODEN,//!. n.Cy. Yks. Also in form forewarden
n.Cy. ; foreworden N.Cy.'^ [farwodsn.] In a state of
dirt, desolation, and waste,^?«. caused by vermin, 'over- run.'
See Fore, 1. (138).
n.Cy. Forewarden with lice, or dirt, Grose^ 1790^ ; Bailey (1721);
N Cy.2 n.Yks. ' I'se fair forwodden wi' mice,' formerly used at
Goathland by old people i F.K.I ; n.Yks.'; n.Yks.^ ' They're lost
an forwoden i' muck,' they are dirty and disorderly in the extreme.
ne.Yks.' Oor apple cham'er is fair forwoden wi' rattens and meyce.
[He is fore-worden with lice (K.).]
[The same word as OE. forwordcn, undone, perished,
pp. oi fonveorpaii, to perish (Mark iv. 38); cp. MHG.
veriiierden (pp. verwordoi), to perish (Le.xer).]
FORYAWD, ppl. adj. Obsol. Lth. (Ja.m.) Worn out
with fatigue.
FORYOUDENT, adf Ags. (Jam.) Tired, out of breath.
FOSEY, FOSPEL, FOSS, see Fozy, Fossple, Force, s6.'
FOSSA, .s6. Sc. [fo'sa.] Grass on stubble fields.
Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. ( i863\ Ags. (Iam.)
FOSSACK, sb. Stf. Nhp. War. Also written fossick
War. ; fossuck Nhp.' [fo'sak.J A troublesome, good-
for-nothing person. Cf fussock, sb.^ 3.
s.Stf. He's a reg'lar idle ode fossack, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.
(1895). Nhp.'
Hence Fossicking, adj. troublesome. War. Hollow.w.
FOSS(E, 56. Nrfllrt. Som. Also in form voss. [fos.]
1. A trench, a bank with a ditch.
Nrf. CozENS-HAKDYZJionrf A'l/ ( 1893)33. Hrt. Cover the turneps
and foss with earth, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) VI. ii.
2. A side furrow. e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). Cf. foth.
FOSSEN, adj. Som. In comb. Fossen eels, see below.
Eels having passed the first two or three years of their lives in
rivers or streams make their way to the sea with the first flood tide
in October. They are then called fossen eels, Liisketfs Sayings
and Doings (c. 1820) 18, ed. 1888.
FOSSET, sb. Abd. (Jam.) Also in form fossetin.
[fo'sat.] A mat of rushes laid on a horse to prevent its
skin from being chafed by the currack.
FOSS-FOOT, sb. Nhp.' The impression of a horse's
foot.
FOSSICK, V. Cor.= [fosik.] To obtain by asking,
' ferret out.'
I'll fossick the truth out of him with questions.
FOSSIT, see Faucet.
FOSSLE, V. GI0.2 [fo'sl.] To entangle; to confuse
business ; to fuss.
FOSSPLE, sb. n.Cy. Cum. Also written fospel Cum.'
[fo'spl.] The impression of a foot (esp. of a horse's hoof)
upon soft ground ; also in comp. Fospel-whol (-hole).
n.Cy. (I.L.) (1783). Cum. Grose (179O; ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.'
FOSSY
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FOUGHTY
FOSSY, adv. Yks. [fo'si, fasi.] A term used by
boys in games : first, first in order. Cf. first, sb.
n.Yks. Ah'll gan fossy (I.W.).
FOST, FOSTAL, see First, Forstal(l.
FOSTER, sb. and v. Sc. Lan. [fo'star.] 1. sb. An
adopted child.
Cai.' A child brought up by one not nearly related, or not
responsible by law for its upbringing.
2. Progeny. Sc. Sibb. Gl. (1802) (Jam.).
3. Comp. Foster-feathers, ' borrowed plumes.'
Lan. I thowt teawd bin jaunting it like hey-go-mad weh thoose
Foster Feathers o' thine. Reader^ 6.
4. V. To suckle.
Sh.I. Hit's only a ting o' a gimmer, and shii'll no foster twa
lambs 'ithoot suntin' aft'o' da haand, Sh. News (May 7, 1898).
FOSTER, see Feaster.
FOSTER-CORN, sb. Obs. Cum. A due paid on
account of the forester.
Gowbarrow Park was formerly part of a forest, . . The chief
testimony that remains is the payment of foster corn, or forester's
oats, each tenement paying 40 quarts, Hutchinson Hist. Ciitii.
(1794^ I. 435.
FOSTERER, s6. Irel. A foster-brother; a foster-child.
Ir. He has an eye on the farm this long time for a fosterer of
his own, Croker Leg. (182B) II. 238. s.Ir. The foster-father or
mother is properly the 'fosterer,' but in popular language I have
heard the word applied to a foster-child : that is he was a fosterer
of one or both of his foster-parents (P.W.J.).
FOSTERN, see Fasten's.
F0SY,s6. Wbs. Dev.' Also written fozy. A tit-bit,
a choice delicacy.
I'll eat fire if j'ou arn't had one fosy or other, and now you be
aquat you have no stomach make-wise, 13.
FOSY, FOT, see Fozy, Fet, v.
FOTCH, V. and sb. Sc. (Jam.) Also in forms fatch-
Abd. ; foutch n.Sc. 1. v. To shift or change horses in
a plough.
Fif., Llh. It is said that farmers begin to fotch when the day is
so far lengthened that the plough is twice yoked in one day.
2. Comp. Fotch-plough,(i) a plough that is employed in
two yokings a day. Lth. ; (2) a plough used for killing
weeds. Lth. ; (3) a plough in which horses and oxen are
yoked together. Abd.
3. To exchange.
n.Sc. I'll foutch with you.
4. s6. An exchange of one thing for another. n.Sc.
FOTCHiED, FOTER, see Fetch, v.. Falter, v?-
FOTH, sb. Som. Also written fauth ; and in forms
vawth e.Som. ; voth. [vo3)>, vua)).] 1. A number of
furrows ploughed up round a field with which lime or
other manure is mixed to be spread over the land.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; Jennings Obs. Dial, w.Eng. (1825).
w.Som.i Take in a voth zix or eight vores wide.
2. The end of the furrow where the plough runs out,
and the ' sull' is turned along the heading.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.* Wuy-s-n pluw dhu vee-ul
tuudh'ur wai ? dhee-s u-guut' noa'urt bud voauths-n vaur'eedz
dhik faa-rsheen [Why dost not plough the field the other way?
thou hast nothing but voths and vorcheads that fashion].
3. A fragment. (Hall.)
[1. For 'furrowth, a der. ofy"«;TOw.]
FOTHER, see Fodder, s6.'=, v}'^,
FOTHERAM, FOTHERUM, see Fodderum.
FOTHERLY, see Furtherly.
FOTHERSOME, FOTR, see Furthersome, Falter, v.^
FOTS, sh. pi Sc. Lakel. Cum. [fots.] Stockings
without feet ; woollen substitutes for shoes.
SIk. (Jam.) LakeL^ Woollen substitutes for children's shoes ;
LakeL^ Cum.' Upper stockings devoid of feet made long enough
to cover half the thigh. Much worn by elderly men when on
horseback about and before 1800 (s.v. Beiitt stockinsl.
FOTTIE, sb. Sc. (Jam.) 1. One whose stockings,
trousers, boots, &c., are too wide. Rxb. 2. A plump,
short-legged person or animal. Slk. 3. A feinale
wool-gatherer, one who went from place to place wool-
gathering, ib.
FOTTIT- THIEF, sb. Dmf (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A thief of the lowest description.
FOU, see Foul, Few, Full, adj., How.
FOUAT, sb. Rxb, (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A cake baked with butter and currants.
[Cp. Fr. fouacc, a thick cake hastily baked on a hot
hearth by hot embers laid on it, and burning coals over
them, a round bun (Cotgr.),]
FOUBRICE, sb. Rut. The wood of the dogwood,
Contiis sangiii>!ea.
In common use. Much employed as ' binders ' in hedging and
in packing G.C),
F0UCH(E, FOUCHEN, •T(EN, see Fooch, Fight, v.
FOUD, sb.^ Sh. & Or. I. Also written foude, fowd.
Formerly the President of the Supreme Court ; a magis-
trate or bailiff of a district.
Sh.I. The foude of a district had only the power of deciding in
small matters, his office being intended for the preservation of
good neighbourhood. . . Cases of importance were, at stated
periods, tried by the Grand Foude. . . The colonists of Shetland
never acknowledged any legal civil authority but that with which
the Grand Foude or Luwman was arrayed, who was the King of
Norway's representative, Wibukrt Desc. Sh.I. (1822)39, ed. 1891 ;
The principal proprietoras well asthe Fowd. Scott Pira/e (182 i)viii,
S. & Ork.' Or,I, The President or principal person in the Lawting
was named the Great Foud or Lagman, and subordinate to him
were several little fouds, or under sheriffs or bailiffs, Barry Hist.
Or.I. (1805)217 (Jam.),
Hence Foudrie, sb. (i) the office of Chief Governor of
the Orkney and Shetland Isles ; (2) the different sub-
divisions grouped and presided over by the 'Grand Foud.'
(i) S. & Ork.' (2) Sh.I. Shetland being by nature constituted .1
province distinct from the other divisions of territory belonging
to the Earldom of Orkney, had a separate governor appointed by
the King of Denmark, as judge of all civilatfairs, the county at the
same time acquiring the name of a Fowdrie, The Fowdrie of
Shetland was divided into five, and subsequently into a still
greater number, of districts, to each of which was allotted an
inferior foude or magistrate, Hibbert Desc. Sh.I. (1822) 39, ed.
1891. S, & Ork.'
[Icel. fbgeti, a bailiff; the Bailiff of Reykjavik is so
called (Vigfusson) ; Dan. foged; cp. G. ^^ogt, MLat.
vocalus ; see Kluge's Etym. Diet.]
FOUD, si.2 Bnff.' 1. The thatch and ' divots' of a
house after being removed from the roof. 2. Foggage,
long coarse grass not eaten down in summer.
FOUD, see Fold, sA.'
FOUDAL,m/y. Or.I. Procrastinating. (S.A.S.);S.&Ork.>
FOUDERSOME, see Fuddersome.
FOUET, sb. Sc. Nhb. Also written fooit, fouat Sc. ;
fuet Nhb.' ; fu-it Rxb. [fti'st.] The house-leek, Setnper-
viviDii tectormn. Gen. in pi. See Foose.
Sc. A dainty crop of fouats in the Grass-market, Scott Nigel
(1822) ii; Grtrcfew TKi. (i8g5) No, cxvi. 136, Bnff. Leaves, bruised,
applied to burns, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880) 291. Lnk. Thick
an' Strang the fouet grew A' roun' the divot-happit riggin', H ami lton
Poems (1865) 8g. Rxb. Science Gossip (1876) 39. Nhb.'
FOUGE, FOUGHFEN, see Fudge, v., Fight, v.
FOUGHTEN, ppl. adj. Sc. Win. Also in forms focht
Sc, ; fowtan Wm. [foutan, Sc. fo'xt(an.] 1. Troubled,
harassed ; tired, wearied, exhausted. See Fight, v.
Sc, Whan Herod had hear't thae things, he was foughten. an'
a' Jerusalem wi' him, Henderson S'. Mn/t. (1862) ii, 3, Kcd. 0,wis
ever honest o'man Foughten sae wi' man. Grant Lays (1884) 34.
Ayr. Are we sae foughten an' harass'd For gear to gang that gate
at last? Burns Twa Dogs (1786) 1. 173. Kcb. Though wrocht an'
focht a' day Wi' mendin duds an' washin, Armstrong Ingleside
(1890) 143. Wra. The wayfaring stranger sea foughten an weary,
Whitehead Leg. (1859) 7 ; Ahs fowtan ta deeth wi them barns
(B.K.).
2. With oiil, up : brought up, reared.
Wm. They've gittan o' ther barns fowtan up (B.K,) ; Es seean
es ivver t'barns wes gittan fowtan oot a bit, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt.
' FOUGHTY, adj. Wm. Yks. Der. Lin. Also in forms
fochty, foohty Wm. ; footy n.Yks.' Lin. ; fouty w.Yks.
nvv.Der.' n.Lin,' sw.Lin.' ; futy n.Yks.' [fou'ti, ftiti.]
FOUGOURD
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FOUL
Damp, musty, mouldy; having a bad smell; of meat, &c.:
tainted.
Wm. (E.C.H.^, n.Yks.i w.Yks. Meat or broth which have lost
their IVoshness, without beiiigr alisoliitcly tainted ; or a pviilding
made of old suit is fouty, Sheffield bidep. (1874) ; w.Yks. = Often
applied to grain which has undergone a process of fermentation,
or in which the spores of a fungus, such as PemciUhmi, have been
developed. nw.Der.' Lin. Brookes Tracts Gl. n.Lin. It duz
taaste foughly ^M.P.) ; n.Lin.' sw.Lin.i Applied to meat, bread,
flour, &c. ' It smelt rather fouty for want of air.' s.Lin. Seldom
heard now. ' Ihe meat's gon' fouty ' i^T. H.R.).
[OE. */»/;//;,'■, der. fr. /«/;/, damp; cp. "Da., ftigtig, Sw.
fiiktii;.]
FOUGOURD, see Foogaud.
FOUK, V. Cum. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To unearth by digging. (E.W.P.)
FOUL, adj., OiiiK, sh. and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also written foule Stf.; fowl Sc. Chs.'^ s.Chs.';
and in forms faa Lan. ; faal Yks. w.Yks.^ e.Lan.'; fahl
w.Yks. : fai s.Chs.' ; faoo Lan. ; farl w.Yks.^ ; fawl
Yks.; feau e.Lan.' ; feaw Lan.' ; feawl Lan.; figh Chs.';
foo- Sc. ; fool n.Lin.' ; fou Sc. Chs.^ Stf.' nw.Der.' Not.'
Lei.'s.Hmp.; fowSc. Lan. Chs.'°^ s.Chs.' Dcr.'° nw.Der.'
Not. ; fewer Not. ; fu Sc. ; ful- Sc. n.Cy. w.Yks." Lin.' ;
full Dev. (Hall.) ; voul l.W." ; vowerDor.' [Sc. n.Cy.
ful, w.Yks. fal, Lan. fe(l, Chs. fai ; fau(l, fou(l, s.Cy.
feul, w.Cy. veul.] 1. adj. Of the weather: dark, cloudy,
inclement ; rainy.
Abd. She was not sae skeegh . . . but says, I'm wae, ye've got
so foul a day, Ross Helenore (1768^ 39, ed. 1812. Peb.Glowerin'
round the lift to see Gif fair or fowl the morn wad be, NicolPo«»s
(1805) II. 84 (Jam.). Lan. Theau'rt like feaw weather — comes
when theau'rt noane wanted, Brierley Colters, iv. Dev. (Hall.)
2. Dirty.
\ot.' Lei.i The roods are fou'. 'War.^ Oxf. The foul clothes
basket [the basket containing the dirty linen for the weekly wash]
(A.L.M.).
Hence (i) Foosum or Fulsome, adj. dirty; (3) Foosum-
ness, sb. dirtiness.
(i) Cat.' Lin.' The dicky birds crept over the fulsome fellow.
(2) Cai.>
3. Of land : choked up, covered with weeds ; of grass :
weedy, rank.
sw.Lin.' I reckon that land's very foul. Nrf. I dug up the foul grass
round the gooseberry bushes, EMEKSON5o»q/'/V;/s ( 1892)288. Hrf.
A greater distance must be left for the free circulation of the air, the
want of which would be apt to render the crops foul, MARSHALL/?fc'?>z£;
(1818) II. 286. Mid, The arable land rcnderedfoul and exhausted by
a too constant repetition of corn crops, Middleton View Agric.
(1798) 8r.
HenceFoulness.si.weediness, a large quantity of weeds.
Hrf. Some of the most intelligent men of this county admit and
lament the foulness of their corn lands, Marshall Review (1818)
II. 278.
4. Of coal: inferior, impure.
Nhb.' As coal that is mi.xed with slaty materials, or is soft and
sooty and not fit for use. Nhb., Dur. Borings (i88i) II. 4.
Hence Foul-coal, 56. inferior coal, soft coal unfit for sale.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888').
5. Of a mine : explosive, in an inflammable state from
the presence of large quantities of fire-damp.
Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
Hence Foulness, sb. explosive mine gas. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
6. Of persons and things : ugly.
Yks. It isn't grand, man. It's right faal ! Taylor Miss Miles
(1890) xiii. w.Yks. If she ben't cne o' th' handsomest, she's noan
faal and verj' good-natured, Brontic Jeiiie Eyie (1847) xxxviii ;
He's as faal as the Dule, Prov. in Briglioiise News (Sept. 14, 1889) ;
Banks ll'tjld. IVds. (1865); w.Yks.^ Eh! what bonnie lasses!
Au wonder wheer all t'faal wives come thro' ; w.Yks.^ Maad a
bonny farl lump a' one side o' me head, Itttrod. ig. Lan. Another
crack like that theer, and thou'll be as faa [ugly] as thy own wife
willn't know thee, 'Westall ZJ(>c/j Dene {iWg) II. 30; Had thah
bin th' fewest o' Lankisheer, aw'd a-thowt thi mammy 'd ha' speered
fur thi afore this. Banks Mamh. Man (1876: ii ; Lan.', e.Lan.'
CIis.' He's makin fow faces at me; Chs.°; Chs.3 Fawn peckles
once made a vow They ne'er would come, on face that was fou.
s.Chs. What a fow horse! (E.F.); s.Chs.' Ood bey a giid-lookin
VOL. II.
tit iv <5o aad-)nu sich u fuw yed [Hoo'd bey a good-lookin' lit if
hoo hadna sich a fow yed]. Der. As fow as a toad iH.R.) ; Der.'
Faaw' ; old probably faay' ; Der.2, nw.Der.' Not. It looks very
fow (J.H.B.); (L.C.M.1; (J.P.K.) ; Not.', Lhi.', n.Lin.' Lei.'
Surs, shay's a fou' wench. War.^ w.Wor.' 'How do you think
Mrs. Jones looks in her new bonnet, Patty!' 'Ugh! 'Er's
mighty foul sure-lie, 'er wants summat ta smarten 'er up a bit, 'er
do.' Shr.' An old man . . . was met by a bevy of nice-looking
girls: ... he said as if to himself, ' Well, w'ich way bin all the foul
ones gwun this evcnin', I wonder.'
7. Angry, ill-tempered ; abusive, unfriendly ; esp. in
phr. to look foul, to scowl, look ' black.'
w.Yks. Tst ha lewked fahl at cowd mutton twice together a
month before, Cudwouth Dial. Sketches (1884) 6; Then shoo lukt
at me as faal as could be, Hartley Clock Aim. (1896) 44 ; Foul
words break no bones, Prov. in Bnghouse Neivs (July 23, 1887).
Lan, Aw think uz tha didn't meon to co mi feaw names afther o',
Ferguson Moiidywar/i, 16. Chs. Thah'rt as fow as a vixen wi a
sore yed, Clough B. Bresskillle (1879) 8; Chs.' Fow names.
Fow i' her temper; Clis.^ She used foul or fow names. s.Chs.^
Du)n-u look su faay; dhu' t faay iiniif baayt mai-kin dhisel" aan'i
faayur [Dunna look sG fai; tha't fai enough bait makin thysel
anny fa'i'er]. s.Not. Behave yourself, and don't, for goodness, pull
them there fower faces, Prior /?«;<'<• (1895) 10. Lin.' n.Lin. At
fo'st off he was real foul aboot it, Peacock Tales and Rhymes
(1886) 69; n.Lin.' He's a straange foul chap when onybody duz
n't suit him. He was that foul aboot gravil leadin 'at I went my
waays an' left him.
8. Disagreeable, unpleasant, offensive ; unfortunate.
w.Yks. Another lot shaated ' Hoo I ' an' made all sooarts o' faal
dins, Hartley Clock Aim. (1877) 25 ; They were ill enough for
ony fahl manners, BRONTii U'u/heniig Heights (1847) ix. Lan.
Whoy, yo had e'en faoo luck on't, Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) I.
97, ed. 1814 ; Dick thowt it mud be another o' th' feawl things 'at
he'd sprawled ower th' top on, Standing Echoes (1885) 16; An'
hoo's ne3'ed as teyn set him some feaw job, Kay-Shuttleworth
Scarsdalc (i860) II. 155. Chs. Not pleasant to the taste (F.R.C.).
Stf.' Calton, Caldon, Waterfall, and Grin, Are the four fou'est
places I ever was in, 25. s.Not. What fow things beetles is !
Ah've hed a fow visitor to-day (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.' It were a very
foul crash of thunder came at last. It's a foul job, this flitting job.
Mtg. I've had a right foul weight to carry (M A. R.).
Hence Foulsome or Fooisome, «(^'. nauseous, loathsome,
disgusting, ofl'ensive.
Sh. I. Cocoa! a lock o' greasy fooisome trash. Sh. Nezfs (Oct.
23, 1897). Abd. Your rough-spun ware Sounds but right doust
and fowsome to my ear, Ross He/oiore (1768) 8, ed. 1812 ; You're
kirk is aj^e the chimlee lug, Wi' fulsome jest an' laughter, Cock
S/raiiis (1810) II. 64. Kcd. Frae his shouthers in a rape His
fu'some mantle hang, Grant i«ys (1884) 274. Fif. Have at the
fousome Kirk, and batter Her lustfu' banes untill they clatter,
Tennant Papistry (1827) 29. Rnf. Bout K. . . . norQ I wadna
sing, 'Twad be but foulsome clatter, Clark Orig. Poet. (1836I 21.
Ayr. Wi' mony a fulsome, sinfu' lie, Burns Ded. to G. Hamilton,
1. 8. Lnk. Cease your boasting, Else gie ower your fulsome din,
Rodger Poems (1838) 59, ed. 1897. Rxb. Luxury by them sets
never health adrift, Nor fall their victims to a fulsome rift, A. Scorr
Poems (1805) 40 [Jan.). n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks. Thoresby Lett.
(1703); w.Yks.*
9. Difficult, dangerous.
Lan. A great bruck, wi a feaw narrow, saplin' brig o'er it, Tim
Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 21. Not. It'sa very fow place, I wouldn't
try to cross it ^L.C.M.). s.Not. The house is such a fow un to get
to. It's a fow path to find an' fow to foUer. A fow gate to open
(J.P.K.). sw.Lin.' It's a foul place to cross in the dark.
10. Awkward, clumsy. Used of persons and things.
w.Yks. Till he's as fawl an' clumsy as a hippipotamus, Hallam
Wadsley Jack (i866) xvii. s.Not. Yer've put a fow shaft to this
scythe (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.' They mend boots so foul. I hate to see
them so foul. w.Cor. A great foul fellow, is a large and awkward
man, N. & O. (1854') ist S. x. 301.
11. Camp, (i) Foul-beard, a blacksmith's mop for his
trough ; (2) -fish, fish in the spawning state ; fish which
have not for the current year made their way to the sea ;
(3) -ground, the bottom of the sea, where it is covered
with rocks, stones, and sea-weed ; (4) -life, a difficult,
tedious job or task ; (5) -rush, the dogwood or spindle-
tree, Eiiouyiitiis europacits ; (6) -water, an ingredient in
one of the rites performed on Hallowe'en.
(i) Dmf. (Jam.) (2) Sc. ib. (3) N.I.' (4) Lan. It's a feaw life
3P
FOUL
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FOUMART
for t'mak a silk purse cawt ov a foo's eear, Walker Plebeian Pol.
(i^ge, 52, ed. 1801. Chs.' ; Chs.^ To have a fow life to do any-
thing, is to have a great difficulty in doing it ; Chs.^ ' I've a fow life
to walk at all,' said a rheumatic man. Der.^ I've a fow life to make
ends meet. nw.Der."- (5) Bck. (B. & H.) (6) Ayr. Take three
dishts ; put clean water in one, foul water in another, leave the
third empty ; blindfold a person, and lead him to the hearth where
the dishes are ranged; he (or she) dips the left hand ; if by chance
in the clean water, the future husband or wife will come to the bar
of matrimony, a maid : if in the foul, a widow : if in the empty
dish, it foretells, with equal certainty, no marriage at all. It is
repeated three times ; and every time the arrangement of the
dishes is altered, Burns Halloivcen •.^^&s) ^q.nole. Lnk. The last
Hallowe'en at my uncle's The foul- water thrice I did tak', Nichol-
son Idylls 11870, 76.
12. Phr. (i) the foul ane, (2) the foul thief , the devil.
(i) Edb. Our Deacon vvadna ca' a chair The foul ane durst him
na-say, Fergusson Poems (1773) 169, ed. 1785. (2) Sc. People
of God ! said the foul tliief, they are my people, Sc. Prcsby. Eloq.
(ed. 1847) 117. Sh.I. What wye is cairds — made o' paper an' ink
— luikid apon as belangin' ta da foul tief? Sh. News (Mar. ig,
i898\ Cai.' Abd. We should not take the foul thief's name in
our mouth, Ruddiman Sc. Parish (1828) 133, ed. 1889. Ayr. Seek
the foul thief onie place. Burns Halloivcen (1785) st. 14. Lnk.
The auld 'foul thief wad seek relief In his maist darksome den
frae Betty, Rodger Poems (1838) 43, ed. 1897.
13. adv. In contp. (i) Foul convenient, inconvenient;
(2) -faced, ugly, plain ; (3) -farren, having a bad appear-
ance ; (4) -fed, improperly dieted, in bad condition ; (5)
•fingered, thievish ; (6) -looking, see -faced ; (7) -spoken,
scurrilous ; (8) -tempered, ill-tempered.
(i) s.Not. It's very fow-convenient livin' so fur frum a station
(J.P.K.). (2) s.Not. A common form of insult among women and
children. ' Ah won't ev noat to do vvi' yer, yer fow-faced thing ! '
(J.P.K.) (3I Sc. 'You have not been longsome and foul farren
both.' Spoken to them that have done a thing in great haste,
Kelly Prov. (1721) 393. (4) n.Yks.* (5) n.Yks.12, m.Yks.^
n.Lin.* (,6) w.Yks.5 Is shoo nice ur farl looking ? 20. Lan. B3' th'
mon, it'snoan sich a feaw-loo',in' cote fora chap like Ben, Waugh
Oivd Blanket (1867") 16. s.Not. That's not a fow-Iooking clock
(J.P.K.). n.Lin.i It's as foul-Iookin' a plaace as iver I seed. (7)
Stf.', Shr.2 (8) s.Chs.i
14. sb. Bad weather, a storm. Gen. in phr. come foul,
come fair, foul and fair, foul or fair, whatever happens, in
good- or ill-fortune.
Sh.I. My day is dune, what need I care ^ I'm haed him foul, I'm
haed him fair, NicoLSON Z)rtZ,rts/ A^oos/(i896' St. i. Per, This night,
come fair, come foul. Your clamp shall clatter on the bowl, Spence
Poems (1898) 188. Fif. Come back again, be't foul or fair. Gainst
gloamin', Douglas Poems (1806) 144. Ayr. Thro' fair, thro' foul
they urge the race. Burns To J. Smith (1785) st. 18. Lnk. We
maun get thro', come foul, come fair, Watson Poems (1853) 22.
Lth. Thro' foul and fair, mid-day or mirk, Lumsden Sheep-head
(1892) 98.
15. Phr. (i)/o;//rt ane, bit, drap, &c., devil a one, bit, drop,
&c. ; (2) — befa\ (3) — fa', the devil take ; (4) — may care,
the devil may care ; (5) — skelpyc, (6) — tal^e ye, the devil
take you.
(r) Sc. Foul a bit, not a whit. Foul a styme, not a gleam (Jam.).
Rnf. O' a' the Nine the foul a ane Inspires like thee, Picken
Poems (1813) II. 24 ; Foul a plack I'll e'er be worth If it can help
it, FiNLAYSON Rliymes (1815) 114. Lnk. Foul a bit Carnie's great
don . . . Maun knuckle yet, Watson Poems (1853) 10. e.Lth.
They're aye fangin the well — giein votes here, an' votes there —
but foul a drap o'watter e'er comes ooto't. Hunter/. /»wji-i( 1895)
80. (2) Lth. O foulbefa' the siliie clown Wha may got her, an' disna
dauther,BKUCEPora;i(i8i3) 11.83. (3~) Sc. How she was sarked,
foul fa' them that speers, Shep/ieid's Wedding (1789) 12. Cai.'
Bnff. But foul fa* me, an' what is mair. May I ne'er thrive, Taylor
Poems (1787) 168. Abd. Foul fa' the Tyke, but up he gat. Cock
Strains : 1810) I. 106. Per. Foul fa' the carle. Ford Harp {iSg^)
164. Enf. A piece o' toastit ham, foul fa't ! Just right afore my
e'en I saw't, Picken Poems (18 13) I. 59. Lnk. Foul fa' the wretch
that wadna wish him weel, Thomson Musings (1881) 237. Lth.
Foul fa' the Scot wha wad whomle thee doim, Ballantine Poems
(1856) 24. Edb. Foul fa' their snouts ! Learmont Poems (1791)
169. Peb. Foul fa' your impudence and pride, Affleck /^oc/. IVis.
(1836; 29. Slk.Foulfa' the tongue that said it! Hogg 7a/«(i838)
49, ed. 1866. Dmf. Then foul fa the hands that wad loose sic bands,
Cromek Remains (1810) 20. Gall. Fou' fa' me, if I was na fretin'
Till sometimes I was haflens greetin', Lauderdale Poems (1796)
39. (4) Per. Feuch, foul may care ! she['ll] prig nae mair, Spence
Poems (1898) 34. (5) Per. Ye're surely no a water-kelpie? My
certie, an ye be,foulskelpye I ib. 142. 1,6) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.'
16. A disease in the feet of cattle ; sometimes m pi.
n.Yks.2 w.Yks. A gentleman farmer, having some cattle aflTected
by the foul or fellon, . . and having heard that an old man. . .was
famous for curing the disease, went to consult him, Henderson
Flk-Lore (1879) v; w.Yks.' An ulcerous sore in a cow's foot;
w.Yks.2 If it penetrates the bone it is called a bone foul ; if not it
is called a stinking foul. ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' Chs.' An inflammation
between the claws of a cow's foot ; Chs.^ The following receipt is
given as effective : ' Cut a sod on which the diseased foot has stood,
the shape of the foot, and stick it on a bush.' s. Chs.' Stf. Pro-
ducingimposthumes in their legs and feet (K.). Der.' Wor. Black
Fill-Medicine (1883) iii. w.Wor.' Shr.' A sort of gathering in the
cleft of the foot to which horned cattle are subject.
17. The placenta of a cow. Dor.\ Cor.^
18. V. To soil, dirty; to contaminate in any way; also
fig. to 'soil ' legally, to find a true bill (of guilt).
Sc. (A.W.) Nhb. A bill or indictment was fouled, Richardson
Borderer's Table-bk. (1846I VI. 243. n.Yks.^ It's an ill cruke that
fouls its awn nest. m.Yks.' w.Yks.^; w.Yks.^ Keep thee hands olf
o' that paant an' doan't goa foul it. War. 1 723. Paid toward cleaning
the church being fowled by workemen. 55., Aston Cli. Ace. in Trans.
Arch.Soc. (1872); War.^ s.Hmp. 'Tis an ugly bird that fou's its
own nest, Verney L. Lisle (1870) xxiv. LW.'
Hence (i) Fouled, ppL adj. condemned, found guilty;
(2) Fouling, vbl. sb. a ' dirtying,' a week's wear before
being washed.
(i j Sc. Being now a fouled man, he got the blame of everything,
Scotch Haggis, 57. (2) m.Yks.' It'll fet a fouling. s.Not. If a
mend this curtain up a bit, it'll do for another fouling (J.P.K.).
19. To defame, slander. n.Yks.^, m.Yks.'
FOULD, FOULMART, see Fold, sb.\ Foumart.
FOULTY, adj. e.An.' Paltrj', trumpery, despicable.
FOULZIE, see Fulyie, v.
FOUMART, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Win. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Nhp. Nrf Ken. Also ? Wil. Also
written foumert Cum.; and in forms fewmot Chs.°^;
filmart Chs.'; filmert nw.Dev.'; filmut Chs.'; fiumart
Sc. ; fomard w.Yks.' Der.' nw.Der.' Lin.' ; fomart
w.Yks.' ; fomud w.Yks. ; fooamad e.Yks.' ; fooamet
w.Yks. ; foomart Nhb.' Dur.' Cum. Wm. w.Yks." Lan.'
ne.Lan.' Chs.' Der.^ nw.Der.'; foomerd e.Lan.'; foomert
Lan.' n.Lan.' e.Lan.' Clis. ; foomet Win.; foomot Chs.^^;
foomurtLan.; foomut Chs.'; foulmart Sc. Cum. n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' e.Yks. m.Yks.' n.Lan. nw.Der.'; fouraard
w.Yks.^ sw.Lin.' ; fourmart Lin.' ; foutnart n.Cy. ; fow-
mart Sc. N.Cy.^; fulimart N.Cy.'; fulmar Nhp.'; fulmait
N.Cy.' ; fumard Not. ; fumart Sc. ; fumat n.Lin.; fumert
Sc. ; fummad w.Yks.; fummard w.Yks.* Lin.' n.Lin.
sw.Lin.'; fummart w.Yks.*; fummat e.Yks. w.Yks.;
fummed n.Lin.'; fumniit e.Yks.; fummut m.Yks.'
1. The polecat, Pittorittsfoclidits ; also used attrib.
Sc. The Earl., .cares nae mair forwarld'sgear,thana noblehound
for the quest of a foulmart, Scott Nigel (1822) xxxii. Bnff. One
of the most severe encounters that Edward ever had with a nocturnal
roamer was with a Polecat or Fumart, Smiles Natur. (1876) vii, ed.
1879. Abd. Lest some mishanter shou'd come o'er her, Or the
fovvmart might devour her. Skinner Poems (1809) 64. Per. A
foumart micht as weel speak o' persecution when he's hunted aff
the hillside, Ian Maclaren Aidd Lang Syne (iSgs) 327. Fif. [The
walls] were ornamented by ghastly rows of half-decayed hawks,
wild cats, fiumarts, and weasels. Grant Si.v Hundred, vii. Lnk.
'Twas the hame o' the foumart, the haunt o' the mole, Nicholson
Idylls (1870) 38. Lth. Hares, foumarts, fo.xes, otters, badgers . . .
a' were quarry To sportin' Wat, Lumsden Stieephead (1892) 106.
Edb. As much as fill the fumert-skin. And more perhaps I could
afford, Ckawford Poems (1798) 36. Slk. He'saj'egettin abroostle
at a hare, or a tod, or a foumart, Hogg Tales (1838) 23, ed. 1865.
Gall. They could have marked me down like a foumart as I ran,
Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 293. Kcb. The stars yestreen shot
westlin down the lift And fell like fumert's spuing on the bog,
Davidson 5m5o;/s (1789) 96. n.Cy. Grose (1790); (K.); N.Cy.'*
Nhb.', Dur.' Cum. At Irackin' a foumert or hare, Anderson Ballads
(ed. 180B) 47 ; He cudden't ha' been pleaster if we'd catch't a fox,
orafoomart, Richardson /"rt/i (187 i)35,ed. 1876; Hutchinson //«(■.
FOUND
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FOUNDER
Ciiiii. (1704'! I. a. Wm. Brocks and foumarts, otters and vvcezels,
IIuTTON Jiiati Xrii' n'(i;/- (1785) I.7 ; Wild cats, foiMnarts, magpies,
Sfiir. Z)/(i/. (1885" iii. 8 ; Slinks worse than a loomet ; B.K.';. n.Yks.
(R.H.H.I, n.Yks.' = 3^ ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Marshall Rm: Econ.
(1788); It stinks like a I'ummat, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889") 22.
e.Yks.*, m.Yks.' w.Yks. Saam as thou an I'd ca' fiimmats ^F.P.T.);
They curled up their ncoas th' same as if thcj-'d passed a foonmet,
Hartley Kutigct (iSe;) 15 ; w.Yks.' ^^4 L^n. I stank too like o'
foomurt, Paul BonniN Sequel (1819") 17 ; He skcu'd wor nor a
foomert, Lahee Oicd Yem, 27 ; Lan.' Some of the local gentry keep
harriers ; and now and then a foomart-hunt takes place, with the
long-cared dogs, Waugh Sketches (.1855) 182. n.Lan. A large foul-
mart rushed past him, Loiiselale Mag. (Oct. 1866) 149. ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.' Chs.Otthersanfoomcrts slyly creepin,5/of;('/'or/i1/H//;/v..;t/«^.
(1840 No. I, in On. N. & Q. No. 597, 1. 174; CIis.'=3,Der.2,nw.Der.l
Not To stink like a fumard (WH.S,). Lin.' To discover the foor
of the fomard get on the wind side of one. n.Lin. I finds him
naailin'a fu'ma't on harn-cnd. Peacock Taales (1890) 116 ; (E S.) ;
n.Lin.', sw.Lin ', s.Lin. (T.H.R.>, Nhp.' Ken. Pegce Deibicisms
(cd. i894\ >Vil. A foumart's hole be zweetcr tlian thee. Banks
Glorv (i83i) 149 [This word is quite imknown to me, although I
live in the exact neighbourhood from which the authoress drew
her knowledge of the dialect. I am sure from inquiries made in
this village that it has not been known here within living memory
(W.C P.); (,G.F,.D.)]
Hence (i) Foumartish, cdj. like a foumart, having
a strong sincll ; (2) Foumarty, adj. foetid ; disreputable.
(i' Slk. 1 begin to believe that I do scent something — foumartish,
CiiR. North Noites (cd. 1856) III. 216. (2) n.Yks.2
2. Coiiip. (i) Foumart-cat, a tabby cat ; (2) -dog, a dog
used in hunting the polecat ; Jig. a hybrid.
(i) Chs.' (2) Lan. I wur as hungry as a foomart-dog, Waugh
Heather fed. Milner) II. 291; Sometimes I think it'll turn out a
foomart-dog, ib. IViitter Fire, 25.
3. The weasel, Piitoriiis vulgaris.
e Yk5. Aatiire Aoles, No. 4 w.Yks. It be a fummad as troubles
me, Miss, as got into me stoummack when I wereagal(W.M.E.F."l ;
(J.T.1 Chs.2
4. The stoat, Piitoriiis cniiiuea.
Nhb.* Foumart, at Hexham, means the stoat or marten, not the
polecat, which is a much larger animal of the same species, extinct
in Northumberland, Note by Mr. J. P. Gibson. w.Yks. Obsol.,
Leeds Mere. Siippl (Jan. 3, 1891). Der.' In the Peak, fil murt ;
fiim-ud. Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 99.
5. The marten, Mtistcla marks, and M.foina.
w.Yks. Lucas Stud Niddcrdalc (c. 1882) 252. Lan.', n.Lan.'
6. Fig. A contemptuous term for an offensive person or
thing ; a sharp, quick-witted person ; a simpleton.
Sc. ' He's a nasty foumart ' ; in a good sense, keen, quick, sharp
as a foumart ; in a bad sense, 'the greedy foumart' (G.W. ^. Lan.
He wur noan sich a foomert as t'go to law, Mellor Uncle
Otvdeni (1865) 7, ed. 1867; Shaff ; ye under-size't foo-mart,
Wavgh Jannock (1874) ix ; Shoo! ger eawt foomert, Staton
Loonunary fc. 1861) 92.
[1. Pi//o/s, afulmarde, Biblesworth (c. 1325) in Wright's
Voc. (1857) 166. OE. *JTilmcardyfttl, foul -t- nicarS, a marten.]
FOUND, sb. Sc. Also written foond ; and in forms
foon, fund. [fitn(d.] 1. The foundation of a house or
building.
Sc. A corp biggit in the found o' the house j'onder, Roy Ilors:-
man's Wd. (1895') v. Cai.' Fif. [They] begoud ... At the great
steeple's found to batter, Tennant Papistry (1827) 5. Ayr. A
roosty pin . . . that had been howkit . . . from the foond of an
auld hoose. Service Dr. Duguid ^ed. 1887^ 61. Lnk. The change-
house rang Frae foond to gable-tap, Coghill Poems (1890) 83.
Gall. (A.W.')
Hence (i) Founding, sb. the laj-ing of the foundation-
stone ; (2) Founding-pint, sb. a feast given to the work-
men at the laying of the foundation of a house ; (3) Found-
stone, sb. a foundation-stone, yfij". origin, beginning.
(i ) Sc. The * foondin ' . . . demanded that the greybeard should
be filled and emptied within a brief space of time. Ford Thistle-
down (1891) 124. (2) ne.Sc. Unless the workmen were regaled
with whisky or ale, with bread and cheese, . . . happiness and
health would not rest on the house. It is told of a manse th.-it
tlie minister refused to give the usual foonin pint and that out of
revenge the masons built into the wall a piece ot a gravestone.
The consequence was the house proved very unhcallhy and the
ministers very shortlived, Gregop. P'lk-Lon 1881) 50 51. Lnk.
Doon to the ' Curlers' ' weel-kent inn The ' foondin' pint ' to wair,
Coghill Poems ,1890) 82. (3I Frf. The foundstane, anollier Eve
did lay it E'er scarce created, Mokison Poems (1790) 79.
2. The area on which tlie foundation is laid.
Sc. I'm clearing out the found of my house (Jam.). Sh.I.Wisna
dis da foond 'at ye hcd hokid oot ? Sh. News (Sept. 18, 1897).
Cai.' Rare.
3. Fig. Foundation, substance, truth.
Ags. That story never had ony found (Jam.). Frf. I fear this
rattle-scull has laid a fund For her inspection if my love be sound,
Morison Poems (1700) 163. Edb. He'd shawn .. . For Glaudnnd
Symon's houses each. The found o' a sheep-ree, Carlop Giccn
(1793) 174, cd. 1817.
FOUND,?'. Obsol. Nhb.Cum.'Wm. Also written foond
Cum.' [fiind.] To set about todo a thing,to purpose,intend.
N Cy.2,Nhb. (K.) Cum.' Nearlyois. Ifoondtobuildahuuse. Cum.,
Wm. Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1868) IX. Wm. (K.)
[Ay we foundcn to flc flechliche lustus, Ak.v. &■' Ditid.
(c- 1375) 334. OK./im</iaii, to set out, to hasten.]
FOUNDAY, 5^. Obs. Sus. In iron-founding : a period
of six days ; see below.
Every six days they [the iron workers] called a founday, in
which space they make ciglit tun of iron, if you divide the whole
summ of iron made by the foundays ; for at first they make less
in a founday ; at last more, Ray (i6qiV fi K.)]
FOUNDER, V.' and sb.^ Sc. Irel. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Wor.
Also written foonder Nhb.' Wm. ; and in forms foondhcr
e.Yks.'; fooner, founer Sc. ; funder Sc. (Jaim.) [ftindjar.]
1. V. To break down, collapse, sink; of a horse: to stumble
violently, to become lame.
Ayr. Ihoo wad been laired and foonert langsyne in the deepest
moss-hag o' Auchinmade, Service Notandums (iSgol 104. Nhb.'
A horse is said to have foondcred wlicn it has become lame or
useless.
Hence Foundered, ppl. adj. lained, prostrate with ex-
haustion.
Sc. A horse nearly foundered, its legs thrust wide, its nostrils
all foam and blood, Lang Monk 0/ Fife (1896I 30. Kcd. Here . . .
Tammie fairh' fionert Lies wi' a broken niz an' neck, Graut Lays
( 1884') 44. N.L' The horse was foundered in one of his forelegs.
Wm. That nag nambles an' gahs as if it was foonder'd (B.K.).
s.Wor, Th' 'arse be foundered in 'is fit (H.IC). [That horse is
troubled with corns, i. e. foundered, Ray Prov. (1678) 74.]
2. To cause to stumble, collapse, sink down ; to fell ;
fig. to disma}', strike with fear or astonishment.
Sc. The fiend founder thee ! Scott Blk. Dicar/ (1S16) x ; I can
see ye're just foundered, Cobban Andaman (^iSis"! xvii. Frf.
He'd a load on his back micht hae foundered a horse. Watt Port.
Sketches (1880) 18. Ayr. Juist wi' that, Shusy foonert him wi' the
beetle, Service Notandums (1890) 119. Dml. Their meagre looks
yer sauls will foun'er, Ouinn Heather (1863 59. Nhb.'
3. To perish with cold, freeze ; fig. to blow away.
n.Yks. There's a wind fit to founder you (T.S.). e.Yks.'
Hence Foundered, ppl. adj. perished or benumbed with
cold.
Sc. Fundred, cold, chilly, susceptible to cold (Jam. s.v. Fundy).
Lnk. Clean foundert wi' your picrcin' win' Like lancet keen, Orr
Laigh Flichts (1882) 84. UIs. (M.B.-S.), Dwn. (C.H.W.) n.Yks.
T'sailors was ommust foundered (I.W.).
4. sb. A catarrh, cold ; an illness.
N.L' The boy has got a founder. UIs. N. if Q. (1874) 5th S.
ii. 426.
[1. His hors . . . foundred as he leep, Chaucer C.T. a.
2687. OVv.foiidrc, 'tomber' (La Curne).]
FOUNDER, t>.2 and sb.'^ Yks. Chs. Der. Not. Shr.
Also written fownder s.Chs.' 1. v. To set about,
attempt, seek. See Found, v.
s.Chs.' Ah mun goa- tin fuwndiir sum stiks aayt tu mai k u
fahy ur [Ah mun go an' fownder some sticks ait to make a fire].
2. To provide, to shift, to make shift for a living ; also
with out.
w.Yks.2 Lambs begin to founder for themselves as soon as they
are born. s.Chs.' Yoa- mun fuwndiir aayt ftir yursel- [Yo mun
fownder ait for yursel]. nw.Der.' Spoken of cattle : to eat grass,
&c. in the fields. Not.' ' A've gen 'im a good eddication an" 'e
must founder lor hissen now,' a father might say of his son ; Not.^
Shr.^ Founder for a lamily.
3 P2
FOUNDER
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FOUR
Hence Foundering, ppl. adj. industrious, hard-working.
■w.Yks.2 'Ehl shoo's a foundering tooad tliat,' meaning tliat she
is a woman who takes painstoprovideforher family. Der.^.nw.Der.^
3. sb. A,n attempt.
s.Chs.i Oa nevur mai'd nbo fuwndiir tu gy'et iip [Hoc never
made noo fownder to get up].
FOUNDER, sb? Obs. Der. 1. Mining term : the
finder of a vein or 'rake.'
A difference may be talven clear Between a founder, and a taker
meer, Manlove Lead Mines (1653) 1. 45.
2. Comp. Founder-nieer, a measure of land containing
lead-ore, in length 58 yds. ; the first 32 yds. of ground
worked.
ib. 1. 269 ; The first 32 yards of ground worked, Mawe Miner-
alogy (1802).
FOUNDEROUS, adj. Lan. Won Sur. Also written
foundrous Sun' [Wor. Sur. feundrss.] Causing or
likely to cause to ' founder ' ; miry, swampy, rotten.
Lan. [Roads to be] free from all boggle, sinking, soft, deep and
founderouse places, Norn's Papers (c. 1680-1707) in C/iet. Soc.
Pub. (1846) No. ix. 175. Wor. i^H.K.) Sur.' The brickmakers
say the Common is too foundrous for carting this wet weather.
FOUNDET, sb. Sc. Irel. Also written foundit Sc.
(Jam.) In; foondit Sc. ; and in form founded Cai.' N.I.'
[fu'ndit, -id.] 1. With negative : nothing at all, not the
smallest possible quantity.
Sc. Ye'd neer need to want for a foondit, Ochiltree Redbuni
(1895) ix. Cat.' 'Er isna founded in 'e hoos. Ags. I hae nae
foundit. There's nae foundit i' the house (Jam.). Ayr. From
owre mony of them [patients] I never to this day have gotten
a foondit. Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 122. N.I.' There was
not a foundet in the house. UIs. Why a woman's kep throttin'
behine ye. Till she can't do a turn, nor a foundet, UIs. Jrn. Arch.
(1853-1862) VI. 43. Ant. A haeuy a foundit. A didney hear
a foundit, Bnllyiheua Obs. (1892). Dwn. Would that field grow
anything? — Not a founded [i. e. not a confounded thing] (R.A.S.).
2. In phr. fouiuiit hale, used for forcibly expressing
want in any particular respect. Bwk. (Jam.)
FOUNDLE, sb. Den Sus. Also in form fundle Den
[feundl, Der. fu'ndl.] A find, treasure-trove.
Der. I'm i' luck this morning ; I'v had a fundle (H.R.\ Sus.'
I picked up a foundle yesterday, as I was coming home ofTthe hill.
FOUNDLE, V. w.Yks.'^ To work hard^ to provide for
one's family. Cf. founder, v.^
Hence Foundling,///, adj. industrious, hard-working.
A rare foundlin' chap.
FOUNER, see Founder, v.'^
FOUNTAIN, sb. Glo. Dev. [feu'ntan.] The boiler
adjoining the stove in a kitchen-range.
Gio. A boiler in a range beside the fire which has to be filled by
the attendant (S.S.B.). Dev.^, nw.Dev.'
FOUR, tnim. adj. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms fowef Sc. N.I.' Nhb.' n.Yks. n.Lin.' Glo. ;
fowre Sc; vourie Wxf; vower w.Cy. \ncoiub. (i) Four-
ale, the cheapest kind of ale; (2) .banwin, four shearers on
one rig; (3) -barrow-moor, a desolate place; (4) -corners,
a game of skittles; (5) -course, ploughing term: see
below; (6) -crosses, four cross-roads; (7) -eyed, (n) of dogs:
having a distinct mark of a different colour over each eye ;
(b) spectacled, wearing spectacles ; (8) -eyes, one who
wears spectacles ; (9) -grain, a garden or stable-fork,
having four prongs or 'grains'; (lo) -grass, see below ;
(11) -half, a mixture of cheap ale with some of better
quality; (12) -hours, a light afternoon meal or refresh-
ment taken about four o'clock ; (13) -hours-at-een, four
o'clock in the afternoon; (14) •lane-end{s, or •lone-end(s,
four cross-roads ; (15) -legged cripple, (a) an eft or newt ;
(b) a lizard; (16) -lonnin-ends, four cross-roads; (17)
-lozened, having four diamond-shaped panes of glass in
leaden frames; (18) -luggit, having four handles; (19)
•nooked or -neuk'd, square, four-cornered ; (2o)-o'clock(s,
(a) a light meal or refreshment taken by labourers in the
afternoon; (b) the evening primrose, Oenothera biennis;
(21J -pence, in phr. foitrpcnce f th' shillin, fisr. foolish,
simple, half-witted ; (22) -road -ends, four cross-roads ; (23)
— sisters, the common milkwort, Polvgala vulgaris; {24)
•square, (a) square, rectangular ; full-face, facing ; also
used Jig. upright, honest ; (b) a square ; (25) -teeth, of
sheep : two year's old ; (26) -thorough or -thoroughed,
having foUr furrows run up close together with the plough
instead of being clean ploughed ; (27) -thoroughing,
running up four furrows close together with the plough
instead of clean furrowing ; (28) -throws, four cross-roads ;
(29) -tooth, a two-year-old sheep ; (30) -toothed, of sheep :
? four years old ; {31) -want-way or -vent-way, -went-
way, -wont-way, (32) -ways, (33) -wants, (34) -wing-leet,
four cross-roads.
(i) Lon. That sum [a penny].represents the ' price of 'arf a pint
of four ale,' a recognised 'standard of value,' Cornh. Mag. (June
1886) 589. Ken. (D.W.L.) (2) Nhb.' (31 Cor. Wan would think
thee wert reared on a four-barrow-moor, Pearce Inconsequent
Lives, 53. (4) Ken. A game of skittles with four pins, one at each
angleof a diamond (H.M.). I.W.' 64. (5) Brks. Td sooner have
had a chap that knows . . . something about four-course, Hughes
Scour. White Horse (1859) viii. Brks., Hmp. A man drives furrow
No. I across a field, then takes five strides and sends a boy with
bits of straw to stick in at intervals down the field parallel to
furrow No. i. This is for furrow No. 4, which is his return
journey. Then he returns for furrow No. 2 and 3, which completes
his 'course,' now a complete 'four course.' The field when
ploughed is a succession of these 'four-courses' (M.J.B.). (6)
Shr.' (7, a) e.An.' For the most part tan upon black ; very common
iu the smooth terrier, and the spaniel of King Charles's breed.
{b) ib. (8) Wil. Ould "Vower-eyes (G.E.D.). (9) Glo. Nice little
fowergrine, yent er ? (S.S.B.) (10) Ken. Toare, grass and rubbish
on corn-land, after the corn is reaped ; or the long four-grass in
pasture fields, Lewis /. Tenet (iTi6) s.v. Toare. (11) Ken.
(D.W.L.) (12) Sc. It was pitafTthathe micht drink his four hours
wi' you, Keith Indian Uncle U896) 180 ; A goo and a gitty, my
bonny wee tyke, Ye'se noo hae 3^our four-oories. Chambers Pop.
Rliynies (1870) 75 ; A cauld pigeon-pie an' a taker o' tippenny to
your foweroors, Ferrier Marriage (1818) I. xxxv. s.Sc. When
we were indulging ourselves after the four-hours was ewer,
Wilson Tn/fs fiorrfo-s (1836) II.321. Ayr. Though the four-hours
ha'e come roun', Ye're barely sober yet, Ballads and Sngs. (1847)
II. 58. Edb. The wife gave him his four-hours and told him he
might go to his bed as soon as he liked, Moir Mansie IVaitch
(1828) xi.x. Slk. When a body has had an early denner, What a
glorious meal's the fowre-oors ! Chr. North Nodes (ed. 1856)
III. 95. Gall. The Archangel Gawbriel (nae less) is waitin' to
tak' his fower-'oors wi' him, Crockett Raiders ('1894^ xliv. Kcb.
All is but a little earnest, a four hours', a small tasting, which we
have, Rutherford if//. (1660) No. g6. (13) Sc. At four-hours-
at-e'en, Girzie was ta'en doUn, an' an altered woman was she,
Scotch Haggis, 79. (14) w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Dragging a child
across the earth at ' four lane ends,' Harland & Wilkinson Flk-
Lorc {i86']) 60; Waugh Biiihplace Tint Bobbin (1858J iv. Not.^
n.Lin.' They fun some men's boans at th' fower-laane-ends up o'
Yalthrup Hill. Shr. A man was buried at a four-Iane-end, Burne
Flk-Lore {1883) x\. {i 5, a) Cot.^ MS. add. (A) Cor.3 (16) n.Cy.
When he came to the four lonin ends, the Brag joggled him so
sore, that he could hardly keep his seat, Henderson Flk-Lore
1 1879) vii. n,Yks. (I.W.) (17) e.Sc. It was dusk now and he
had to hold his pirns close to the little four lozened window,
Setoun R. Urqtihart (1896) ii. (18) Kcd. A big four-luggit timmer
bicker, BuRNESS ThritniniyCapic 1796") 205. (19 Sc. A substantial,
four-nooked sclated house of three storeys, Scott St. Ronan (1824)
xiv. n.yks,= (20,n) N.Cy.i, Nhb. (R.O.H.) Nhp.' The afternoon
luncheon of agriculturaland mechanical labourers. War, 2, w. Wor.'
Shr.' ' What do you have between dinner and supper? ' said the
teacher. ' Foor-o'-clock ' was the very decided answer; Shr.^
When 'e getten in the harrast they han inwostly a four o'clock.
Oxf.', Hnt. (T.P.F.) I.W. The mug she held in her hand . . .
contained his * four o'clock,' a modest potation of small beer, Gray
Anjiesley (1889) I. 108. w.Som.' Vaawur u klauks. Usual in
haymaking or harvest. (6) n.Dev. From its time of opening
(B. & H. ). (2t) s.Chs.' Taak- noo eyd u wot dhaat' mon sez, ey)z
oa'ni ubuwt foa'rptins iHh shil'in [Tak noo heid o' what that chap
says, hey's on'y abowt fourpence i' th' shillin']. Less frequently
it is 'sixpence i' th' shillin'.' (22) Wm. We'll hev a walk as far as
t'fower-rooad-ends(B.K."',. Yks.(J.W.) (23)Wtf. In allusion to the
four colours — white, pink, blue, and purple — of the flowers upon
different plants (B, & H.). (24, a) Sc. A foursquare table, Scoticisnis
(1787 I 36. N.I.', e.Lan.', Chs.' Shr.' ' What box are you going
to take with you. Price?' said a lady to her maid-servant. . . 'A
four square un,' said Price. Suf.' e.Suf. He is a four-square man.
I He is foursquare in all his dealings. The fellow is a regular
FOUR'AREEN
[477]
FOUT
foursquare fool (F.H.). w.Sora.' Thick frame idn vowcr square,
I'll back — try un else. Dev. Tesa plaace four-square to the winds,
stained and time-bitten, Phillpotts Diii-hiioor 11896) 192. (b)
Yks. The word is still employed by builders, Yis. Wkly. Pos^( 1883).
(25) Wil. Sheep are called four-teeth wethers or ewes when two
years old, Davis Jgric. (1813). Dor. Four-teeth ewes, those
during their second year in flock (C.V.G.). (26) Hrt. Four
thoroughed lands. Four thorough stitches or ridge, Ellis Mod.
Huih. (^1750'! II, ii. (27) Hrt. Four-thoroughing ... is best done
off wheat-stubble stitches in the winter, to sweeten for peas or
other grain, ib. Pracl. Fniiiicr, CI. (28) Sus.' (29) Dor. Riporls
■^S''''- ('793^'S'3^' [Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).] (30) Dor.
They are called two-toothed, four-toothed, and si.x-toothed ewes,
Marshall Review (1817') V. 280. (31) ? n.Yks, Atkinson Moorl.
Pansh (1891)215. Hrt,(,H.G.) Ess. There in the four-want-way,
atween them carls, Downe Ballads (1895"! 30; (W.W.S.) Ess.,
Ken. A'. & Q. (1851"! ist S. iii, 434, 508. Ken. Occasionally four-
vcnt-vays ; frequently four-vent-ways (H.M.); They live in that
black cottage at the I'our-went-ways i,D.W. L. ). (32) Per. Peasants
flock in from the four-waj'S, Haliburton Ocliil Idylls (1891) 72.
(33> Ken. When j'ou get to the four-wents turn to the right
(D.W.L.) ; A'. (J- Q. (1851) ist S. iii. 508. Sus.i (34) Wxf.i
FOUR'AREEN, sb. Sh.I. Also written fowerereen,
fowerern. A four-oared skiff.
Set his knees inunder da side o* da fowerereen, Sh. News
fjune 25, 1898J ; Wi' a mooth 'at could maistly had a fowerern.
Burgess Sketches (and ed.") 79 ; Da boat wis little gritter dan a
fower-er-een, Clark Gleams (1898) 37. S. & Ork.'
FOUREY-LEET, sb. e.An. Also in forms four-eleet,
■elite Ess. ; -releete.An.'; -to-leat Ess. Four cross-ways.
See Releet.
e An.' (_s.v. Releet). Suf.' Ess. Constantly employed by the
peasantry to denote the point at which four roads meet, and the
word is pronounced Four-to-leat, that is to say, a traveller who
arrives at such a place will find roads to lead to four different
localities, f..,4«. TV. & Q. (18631 I. 324; E^ Anglian (Apr. 1863).
[Foiirey-leet (four deet) repr. the OE. ^\\r. fcowra {wega)
{ge)lcrln, meetings of four ways ; cp. tweg[r]a wega gelcete,
' bivium,' C/eop. Gl. (c. 1050) in Wriglit's Voc. (1884) 424.]
FOURGEON, sb. Yks. Lin. Also written furgeon
w. YlvS.^* ; furgin Lin.' 1. A wooden fork.
Lin.' There are not many furgins about now.
2. A prop. w.Yks.2*
[1. Fr. foiirc/ieon, a forket, the tooth of a fork (Cotgr.).
2. The prop prob. has this name from its forked part.]
FOURINGS, s6. /)/. iObs. Nrf An afternoon meal
taken by labourers in harvest. Cf. fours.
Nrf. Gkose (1790). e.Nrf. Marshall Run Ecoii. (1787).
FOURMART, FOURNER, see Foumart, Furner.
FOURPENNY, arij. War.^ Nail-trade term : nails of
which 4lb. go to the thousand.
In Hackwood's ///5^ of IVednesbioy Indusfn'es it is stated that
in Staffordshire penny is a corruption of poundy; that 1000 nails
were a tale (the standard numberl, and that 1000 four-penny
nails weighed 4 lb., 1000 ten-penny nails 10 lb., and so on,
FOURS, 56. //. Sc. n.Cy. Lan. War. Hrt. e.An. Also
in forms foorzes Suf ' ; fourses e.An.'^ Nrf Suf ; fourzes
Nrf Suf; fowers Ess.'; fowerses, fowses e.Suf
[fou'srz, fouaz, fou'szaz.] 1. A light meal taken by
labourers during harvest in the afternoon, gen. about four
o'clock. See Four (12, 13, 20).
n.Cy. A', i^ Q. ( 1870I 4th S. vi. 516. Hrt. An extra meal, called
fours, is taken in tlie fields at 5 p. m., Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750)
Gl. (s.v. Beaver). e.An. '^ Generally made a double plural 'fourses.'
Nrf. (G.E.D.); Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893)8. Suf. (C.T.) ;
Rainbird ^^ji'iT. (1819*) 296, ed. 1849; How goo the time? I kind
of think Our fourses should be here, Garland {1866) 408 ; Suf.'
e.Suf. A labourer's snack at 4 p.m. (F.H.) Ess.'
2. The hands and feet. Frf. Like puss ye loup upo' yer fours,
Watt Poet. Sketches (1880) 63.
3. Ale costing fourpence a quart.
Lan. While in the 'tap' the drudge of spade and cart Could
drink his ' fours,' Doherty N. Barlozv (1884) 48. War.^
FOURSOME, f?rfy. and 5*. Sc.Nhb.Cum. Also written
fowersorae Nhb.' [f^r-, fou-arsam.] \. adj. Performed
bj' four together.
Sc. A Scotch foursome reel, Scott Waverley {iSh) xxviii. Or. I.
The spirit-stirring 'foursome reels' of the peasantry, Vedder
Sketches (1832) 107. n.Sc. To tell of the songs, the stories, the
grimaces, the 'foursome reels,' Gordon Carglen (1891) 146. Abd.
We'll have a foursome reel, for ' auld langsyne,' Ogg Willie IValy
(1873) 28. Per. [We] danced, while loud the bagpipes rang, The
Highland foursome reel, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 81. Ayr.
There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels. Burns The Deil's
awa' H'<" the E.ra'sentati, St. a. Lnk. Swing, swingin' like a foursome
reel, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 74. Edb. Partners at foursome
reels and Hieland jigs, Moir Maiisie IVaiich (1828) ii.
2. sb. A set of four, company of foUr.
e.Sc. Ye've gotten a foursome that arc faurfrae bein' considered
bonny, Setoun R. Urqnhart (i8g6) xviii. Dmb. I may say a' the
foursome o' us are bridegrooms, Cross Disruption (1844) xxxiii.
Nhb.' Cum. A' the foursome gat as merry as if they'd drunken
sack or sherry, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 93.
[2. The fouresum baid, and huvit on the grene,
Douglas King Hari (c. 1505), ed. 1874, L 92.]
FOURTH, (7(^'. w.Yks. Also in form fowert. [fou-aj),
■at.] 1. In conip. Fourth-part, a measure of malt : 3^ lb.
or J of a stone. (J.T.)
2. V\\r. fourth fra V crown, of high rank.
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl.
FOUSE, V. and sb. Gmg. Pem. Dev. Cor. Also written
fouce Dev.^ ; fouss Dev. , fousse Cor.' ; fowse Dev. ;
and in form foust Gmg. Pem. Dev. n.Dev. [faus(t, feus(t.]
1. V. To soil, dirty ; to tumble, disarrange, rumple ; of
flowers : to fade.
Gmg. Collins Gower Dial., Trans. Phil. Soc. (1850) IV. 222.
Pem. Jagg Gl. (1882) 102. Dev. He 'th a-fousted his clothes
terrible. Reports Provinc. (1893); MS. Prov.; Dev.' The passon
zcth Is may read an, if Is don't fouss en, nor make dog's-ears o'
an, I ; Dev.^ Zee how yii've afouced yer frock wi zitting 'pon en,
when 'e was wet. n Dev. Why, Nell, thee handkecher's a-foust.
Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 40. Cor. O'Donoghue St. Knighton
(1864) Gl.\ Cor.' You've foussed your cap. Don't fousse the
clain clothes ; Cor.'' w.Cor. Female guests . . . with their dresses
pinned up, that they mightn't be foust, Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. 51.
Hence (i) Foused or Foust, //i/. adj. (a) dirty, soiled ;
tumbled, disarranged ; (6) of flowers : faded, beginning to
wither ; (2) Fousy, adj., see Foused (a).
(I, rt) n.Dev. Thy head-clathing oil a-fouSt, E.xm, Scold. (1746)
I. 155. Dev., Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I. 436. w.Cor. (J.W.)
(A) w.Cor. (J. W.) (2) n.Dev. Grose (1790). Cor. (F.R.C.)
2. sb. Dirt. n.Dev. Grose (1790).
FOUSE, adj. Yks. Cunning ; also as sb. a fox. See
False, adj. 1.
w.Yks.' ; w.Yks.^ Onny owd fouse can bide its own stink.
FOUSE, FOUSION, FOUSOME, see Foose, Foison,
Fulsome.
FOUST, sb. Lin.' [fiist.] The tin or earthen bottle
in which the harvest-men's tea or beer is conveyed.
[OFr./;/i7, a cask (La Curne).]
FOUST, see Fouse, v., Fust, sb.'^", Fusty.
FOUSTER, V. Cor. To work hard.
Cor.' I can louster and fouster but I can't tiddly (s.v. Tiddly).
w.Cor. ' Louster' is more common (M.A.C.).
FOUSTER, see Fooster.
FOUSTHEN, adj Wxf Also in form fousteen.
Confused, trembling. See Fouse, v.
FOUT, 56.' and t). Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also
written foute w.Yks.' ; fowt N.Cy.' Cum.' Wm. n.Yks.'
ne.Yks.' [fout, fut.] 1. sb. A spoilt child, pet, darling ;
a fondling.
Rxb. A mother's fout (Jam.). n.Cy. Grose(i79o); N.Cy.' Nhb.'
It is really applied as a pet term to a romping, giddy, lively girl.
Cum. And Etty is the hinnyfowt Of aw the country roun', Anderson
Ballads (1805) 74; Cum.' Wm. (K.), n.Yks.' ne.Yks.' Sha's
nobbut a lahtle fowt. m.Yks.' w.Yks.' How ill Robert's barns
turn out, wi' mackin sike foutes on 'em, ii. 340. ne.Lan.'
2. A foundling. Cum.'
3. V. Obs. To indulge, humour. Wm. (K.)
[1. The same word as USc.fule, a child. Mony frely fute
About the costis thar lukand, Barbour Bruce (1375) iii. 578
(see Skeat's note).]
FOUT, sA.= Sc. n.Cy. Yks. Also written fowt Sc. n.Cy.
Yks. ; and in form fute Sc. [fout.] A fool, simpleton.
Sc. An expression of contempt, Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.', n.Yks.' ^ ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Ah'se an
FOUT
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FOX
aud fowl, neea doot (C.F.) ; He's sike a greeat fowl At he thinks
aboot nowt Bud makkiii all mischief at ivver he can, Nicholson
f/i-Sfi. (1889I 45. e.Yks.i, m.Yks.i
[ON. /lutti, ' fatuus homo' (Haldorsen).]
FOUT, sb.^ Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A sudden movement.
Frf. Fan they drew't [a theatre-curtain] up wi' a fout, You'd
thought the house's end was out, Sands Poems ^1833) 120.
FOUT, sb.* Brks. The male polecat.
The word polecat usually denotes the female (M.J.B. ).
FOUT, FOUTCH, FOUT£D,see Fold, sb.\ Fetch, Fout-
edged.
FOUTEDGED, adj. n.Yks.^ Also in form fouted.
Frayed, notched ; faulty.
As when the carpet-border is trampled and frayed in its texture ;
notched or zigzagged as the hem of a frill.
FOUTER, see Footer, sb.\ t/.>
FOUTH, sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also written
feuth N.Cy.'; footh Sc. Nhb.' Cum.'" w.Yks. ; fowth
Sc. [tap.] 1. Abundance, plenty, fill. See Fulth.
Sc. Think that naebody should be puir, An' that like them a'
should procure A fouth o' gear, Allan Lilts (1874) 14 ; When the
wind is in the south, rain will be fouth, Kelly Prov. (1721) 353.
Sh.I. Whin dy neebor man hes a fouth o' a' thing, Stewart Fire-
side Tales (iSga) 17 ; {Coll. L.L.B) Mry. There's sic a footh o'
eatin' gear, that ilka body thrives, Hay Liitlie (1851) 53. Bnff.
To had our New-Year's-Day, Wi' Whawkie an' a fowth o' ale,
Taylor Poems (1787^/ 44. Bch. The gentles wis drinkin' wine a
fouth, Forbes /;■«. (1742) 18. Abd. There was a fouth that weel
micht please A hungry heart, Anderson Rliymes (1867) 72. Kcd.
'Twis a cheery even temper, 'Twis a life of ease an' fouth. Grant
Lays (1884) 83. Frf. Blankets and sheets a fouth I hae o' baith,
MoRisoN Poems (1790) 158. Per. It found a fouth o' spotted trout
Whilk we had tackled weel, Nicoll Ponj/s (ed. 1843) 254. SIg.
C what pertains to sacred truth, He had collected ample fouth,
MuiR Poems (1818) 43. Rnf. Fetch ye hame, in tecmin' floats.
The fowth o' ither nations, Picken Poems (1813') H. 11. Ayr. He
has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets, Burns Captain Givse (1789^ st.
6. Lnk. I . . . took a fouth O' sweetest kisses, Ramsay Gentle
Shep. (1725) I. i. Edb. A fouth o' clitter-clatter, Mista'en by
them for literature, Learmont Poems (1791) 141. Rxb. Here's
fouth ... of nowt To suit demands, A. .Scott Poems (ed. 1808)
81. Dmf. Pang't wi' fowth o' fearsome lair, Reid Poems (1894)
56. n.Cy. Border CI. {Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.' Let them have their
feuth. Nhb. Come weal or woe, come fouth or scant, Wilson
Pitman s Pay (1843') 5^ '< Efter she's geltcn her footh o' joy, Kcel-
min'sAnn. (18691 26 ; Nhb.' Cum. Had fouth o' meal to bake and
hens to kill, Fergusson IVks. (1807) 226; Cum.^s
Hence (i) Fouthily, fl^/ii. prosperously, plentifully; (2)
Fouthless, adj. empty, useless ; (3) Fouthlie, adv.
copiously, plentifully ; (4) Fouthy, adj. in good circum-
stances, well provided ; hospitable, liberal ; (5) Fouthy-
like, adj. having an appearance of abundance.
(i) Lth. A wecl-spent youth mak's garr'lous age Aft pass awa
fu'fouthily, Bruce PocM;s(i8i3)n. 173. (2)Nhb.'He'snobbutapeer
fouthless body. (3') Sc. Drink fouthlie, O my weel-lo'ed ane,
RoBSON Sng. Sol. (i860) V. (4) Lth. Forth we sally'd, ilk to be
A neighbour's first-fit fouthie, Bruce Pof»/5 ( 1813) II. 17. Cum.
T'foothiest laal wife, teuh, eh t'country side, Sargisson Joe Scoap
(1881) 158; Cum.'2; Cum.^ It's a foothy hoose isBetty Turnbull's.
(S') Lth. (Jam.)
2. Size, bulk.
Lan. Thorneer Hist. Blackpool (1837) 107.
Hence Fouthy, adj. having an appearance of fullness in
size, ample, bulky.
Lnk. A term applied to cattle that are gross in shape (Jam.").
Cum.' nw. Yks. His wife was a foothy, bustling body, Hist.
IVilliam and Joseph (1821) 16.
[1. Thow sail hauc fouth of sentence and not scant,
Douglas Pal. lion. (1501 ), ed. 1874, I. 54.]
FOUTRACK, int. n.Sc. (Jam.) An exclamation of
surprise.
One who hears any unexpected news exclaims ' Foutrack ! '
FOUTRE, sb. Fif (Jam.) Also written footer. Suc-
cessful activity, exertion.
FOUTRY, see Footy.
FOUTSOME, adj. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspiindcnts.] Forward, officious, meddling.
FOUTY, see Foughty.
FOU- WELTED, f7rt>. c.Yks. [fTi'-weltsd.] Of a sheep:
turned over on its back. Cf farweltered.
Leeds Merc, Stippl. (Dec. 30, 1890).
FOUZEN, see Foosen.
FOW, V. and sb. Sc. Also written fou (Jam.), [fau.]
1. V. To kick, toss.
Bnff.' The loon tummit our on's back, an' began to fow wee's legs.
2. To throw sheaves with a pitchfork. Abd., Rnf (Jam.)
3. sb. A kicking, tossing.
Bnff.' The littlin wiz sae ill, that for mair nor a strucken oor it
kcepit a fow wee'ts ban's an' feet.
4. A corn-fork, a pitchfork.
Mry. (Jam.) Nai. Fow, an iron fork of two appropriate prongs,
in a long, slender, smooth elastic handle or pole for throwing up
the sheaves in building the sheaves in a corn-stack, and for tliro wing
down the stack, Agric. Siirv. Gl. {ib.) Abd. He stack himscl' wi' the
fow shaft (G.W.). Bch., Abd., Rxb., Dmf. (Jam.)
5. A mow or heap of corn in the sheaves, or of bottles of
straw after being threshed. Ayr, (Jam.)
[4. And now befoir quhair they had ane bow, Ful fain
he is on bak to get ane fow. Priests Peblis (c. 1490) in Pinker-
ton's Coll. (1792) L 13 (Iam.).I
FOW, see Fay, t;.^, Foul, Full, adj., v.
FOWCHEN, FOWD, see Fight, Fold, s*.'^, Foud, sb}
FOWER, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] A fainting-fit. (Hall.)
FOWER, see Foul, Four, Fur(r, sb.
FOWEREREEN, FOWGHTEN, see Four'areen, Fight.
FOWING,s6. nCy. Nhb. Fodder; the attention to and
foddering of cattle, (S:c.
n.Cy. (Hall.) Nhb. Still in use (R.O.H ).
FOWL, sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Lan. Nrf Ess. Also in
forms fool Sh.L ; fule n.Cy. 1. In comp. Fowl-skill,
a fowl- roost, that part of a barn or stable where the hens
perch.
Lan. Walked to the Fowlskills to my mare, got her and came
to Radham Laund, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 33.
2. A cock-bird as distinguished from the hens.
Ess. 3 fowls and 14 chickens(C. D. ).
3. Any large bird.
Nrf. Trans. Phil. Soe. (1855) 32.
4. A bird of any kind ; gen. in pi.
Sh.I. An' da peerie fools up apo' da trees. Dey're dat reeve at
yc can ken 'at dey're starvin' wi' cauld, Sh. News (Jan 22, 1898'.
Ayr. But far-olT fowls hae feathers fair, And ay until ye try them,
BvRNS Here's to thv health, St. 4. Wxf.' Fowles. n.Cy. (K.)
FOWLARGESS, sb. Obs. Hrt. A bounty, largess.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.)
FOWLIE, s6. Sc. In fo;«j*.Fowlie-bree, chicken-broth.
n.Sc. I gae him skink and fowlie bree. And ither cordials twa or
three, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. 264, ed. 1875.
FOWLK, FOWMART, see Folk, Foumart.
FOWN, FOWNDER, see Fall, v.\ Founder, v.'
FOWS, FOWSE, FOWSOME, see Foose, Fouse, v.,
Fulsome.
FOWST, 5*. limp, [feust.] Asthma, an asthinatic
cough.
Hmp.i [Grose i;i79o) MS. add. (M.)]
Hence Fowsty, adj. afflicted with a fit of asthma. Hmp.'
FOWSTER, V. Pem. To putrify.
s.Pem. A's in the graave fowsterin' by this time (W.M.M.).
FOWSTY, see Fusty.
FOWT, see Fault, Fold, sA.'=, Fout, sA."
FO WT(EN,FO WTH, FO WTY, see Fight, Fouth, Footy.
FOX, sA. and v. Van dial, uses inSc.Irel.Eng.andAmer.
[foks.] 1. sb. In comb, (i) Fox-bench, a hard, sandy soil;
(2) -day, a single fine day followed by rain ; (3) -fire,
touchwood, phosphorescent wood which shines in the
dark ; the ' ignis fatuus ' ; (4) -mould, a reddish-coloured
clay ; (5) -'s sleep, a feigned sleep ; (6) -whelp, a par-
ticular kind of apple ; (7) -wholl, a fox's earth ; (8)
Foxes brewings, a mist which rolls among the trees on
the escarpment of the Downs in unsettled weather.
(i) Chs. Still more injurious in its effect on vegetation is the
substance called foxbench, Marshall Reviciv (i8i8j II. 70; Chs.'
It is almost of the nature of stone, of a dark brown colour, found
FOX
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FOX
as a substratum in many parts of Cheshire, especially in peaty
districts. Wherever it occurs the land is very sterile, and burns
up quickly in dry weather. Many years ago it used to be utilised
in the neighbourhood of Lindow Common for making a kind of
niahopany-coloured paint ; Chs.^ A certain hard red and almost
metallic earth, impervious to moisture. A sham shallow rock sand
hardened, and when exposed to the air it soon falls to pieces. The
name is probably taken from its tawny red colour. s.Chs.' (2")
l.Ma. Observing upon the uncommon fineness and pleasantness
of the d.ay for the month of January, he [a farmer] replied, ' Yes,"
but he feared it would be onl}' another fox-day. . . A fox-day is a
very common expression in the island, I'owNLF-y y^;;. I. Ma. (1791^
in N. & Q. (1878) 5th S. ix. 426. (3) w.Yks.2 Heard by several
people in the district. n.Der. Addy Sliejfiehi Gl. (1888 90).
[Amer. We have an expression *that is all fox-firc,' meaning, of
no consequence, /);'«/. Nolcs (1896) I. 64.] (4) Dor. The soil of
this district is a very rich loam, some of which is of a brown colour
and is called fox-mould, Marshall Revietv (1817) V. 258. Dev.
ib. 565 ; The moor-soil thus drained would readily assimilate
frequent and light dressings of its understratum, fox-mould, Moore
Hist. Dev. (1829 '1 1. 337. (5) Ess. A few days ago I heard a working
man say, ' I was in a fox's sleep,' when his meaning evidently was
that he kept his eyes shut and pretended to be asleep, N. & Q.
(1875^ 5th S. iv. 286. (6j w.Cy. Nice promise of apples. . .. Now,
if I could have my wish, I should like a splendid crop of foxwhelps
and gennet-mo3-les, Fenn Crown and Sie^tre, xix. Hrf. Nature
has endued some apple trees, such as the redstreak, foxwhelp . . .
with the power of maturing their fruits earlier in the season than
others, Marshall /?("c-«wvi8i8i II. 289. (7) Cum. iJ.H.) (8) Sus.
When Foxes brewings go to Cocking, Foxes brewings come back
dropping, Fit-saw, Lower ///s/. S»6'. 1. 119, in Sawyer A'at. Hist. 16.
2. Comb, in plant-names : (i) Fox and hounds, the toad-
flax, Liiian'a vulgaris [not known to our other corre-
spondents] ; (2) — and leaves, the foxglove, Digitolis
purpurea; (3) -'s brush, (n) the stone-orpine, Scduiti
n/lixuiii ; (b) the red valerian, Centranthus ruber; (4)
■"s claws, the club-moss, Lycnpodium clavatum ; (5)
-docken, see — and leaves ; (6) -feet, (a) the fir club-
moss, Lycopodium Selago ; [b) the small Alpine club-moss,
L. selaginoides ; (7) -fingers, see — and haves ; (8) -foot,
the grass, Dactylis glomerala ; (9) -geranium, the Herb
Robert, Gcraiuum Robertiauum : (10) -glove, («) the
Canterbury bell, Campanula latifolia ; (i) the gladiolus,
Gladiolus communis ; (11) -grass, the sword-grass, PImlaris
aruiidinacea; (12) -poison, the spuige-laurel, Daphne
Laureola; (13) -rose, the white burnet-rose, Rosa spino-
sissima; (14) -tail, (a) the grass, Alopecurus pratensis;
(b) the horse-tail, Equiselum ma.xiinum ; (15) -'s tail, (16)
-tails, see -'s claws; (17) -tail-grass, see -tail (a); (18)
-tailed asparagus, see -tail (b) ; (19) -tongue, the hart's-
tongue fern, Scolopendrium vulgare; (20) Foxes' gloves,
see — and leaves.
(i)Lin.i;I.W.) '2 Don. B. & H.) (3,<j)n.Lin.' sw. Lin.' From the
bushy shape of its leaf-spikes, (i) Ant. .V. iSr" Q. (,1870) 4th S. vi.
58, 161, 262, (4") Nhb.' It is also known as Stag-horn moss and
Tod's tail. The spikes of it are called 'forks' and 'knives,' according
as they are single, double, or triple, Johnston Botany E. Borders.
(5") n.Yks.'2 1 6, a) Cum.' (6) Cum. The prickly club moss,
HuTCHiNso.s' Hist. Cum. (1794) I. 43. 7) n.Yks.^ e.Yks. Mar-
shall Rtir. Econ. (1796) II. 300. ^8) Nhb.l 19) e.An. From the
disagreeable scent of its leaves (B. & H.\ (10, a) w.Yks. You
may ca' them Canterbury Bells or what yer like, but we ca's 'em
Foxgloves ; they're the saam leaf, an the saam flower, on'y a bit
different coolour (F. P. T.). (/;;Dev.* (11) w.Yks.'^ A rough coarse
grass which cuts the finger. It is rough and sticky. (12 Lin.
(13) War. ^ Prob. from the colour of the late leaves. U4,« Stf. The
grasses are of the common sort, but the foxtail, the vernal grass,
the poa's, the dogstail, and the meadow-bromus predominate,
Marshall Revietv ( 1814) IV. 45. Sus. The vernal, foxtail, rough
stalked meadow, quake grass, . . flourish mostinmoistsoils,i'i. V. (b)
GIo.' (i5)Nhb.i Cum.That plant which in our dale We call Stag's-
horn or Fox's tail, Wordsworth Idle SInpherd Boys (i8oo\ (16)
Cum. Hltchinson Hist. Cum. 1,1794) I. App. 43. (17^ Nhb.', e.Yks.,
e.An. {18) GIo. The fertile spikes somewhat resemble asparagus
(B. &H.). (i9')Frm. (20) Oxf. ' These foxes' gloves ain't weeds,
mother," said Joe, boldly, Rosemary Cliillerns (1895) 56.
3. Phr. (11 Fox and chickens, a children's game; {2.)
— and doii'dy (or -a'-dowdy), a boys' game similar to ' King
Caesar'; (3) — and geese, {4} — and hounds, a children's
game; (5) the foxes or the j¥ fingers han got it, a saying
used of anything which is suppo'scd to have been stolen ;
(6) to hunt the fox doivn the red lane, to make drunk.
(i) Ess. A singing g.inic beginning: {Tlie Den) Who's going
round my dunny wall tonight! (/•"o.v) Only little Jacky-Lingo,
Flk-Lore Rcc. (1880) III. pt. ii. 170. (2) War.^ Across a lane, or
other space with well-defined side boundaries, two lines are
drawn about 10 or 15 yards apart. In the middle of the space
one boy is placed. The others stand on one of the boundary lines
so drawn. They have to run together across the space and
endeavour to gain the other boundary line. The boy in the space,
if he catches and holds one of the runners while repeating the
words ' Fox a' dowdy — catch a candle,' retains his captive in the
space, who then assists in capturing others as they run at intervals
from boundary to boundary until all arc caught. (3) Dur. A
gathering of children would select a fox and a goose. . . The
leader of the geese would step forward, and address the fox. . .
The geese then would ' fiy ' to reach the goal before the fox ; the
first goose caught joined the fox, changing sides, until all the
geese were captured, FlkLore Jrn. U884) II. 158. Der. A den is
chalked out or marked out for the fox. A larger den, opposite
to this, is marked out fi.:r the geese. A boy or girl represents
the fox and a number of others the geese. Then the fox shouts,
* Geese, geese, gannio,* and the geese answer ' Fox, fox, fannio.'
Then the fox saj'S, ' How many geese have you to-day ? ' The
geese reply, ' More than 3'ou can catch and carry away.' Then
the geese run out of the den and the fox tries to catch them. He
puts as many as he catches into his den, Gomme Games (,1894) I.
141. (4'! Nhp. Noise of blind-man's-buff and fox-and-hounds,
Clare Vill. Minst. (1821) II. 37. (5) Shr.i {6) Suf. I am sorry,
kind sir, that your glass is no fuller, ... So merrily hunt the fox
down the red lane, Dixon Sngs. Eng. Peas. (1846) 171.
4. An artificial sore made by boys upon the hands or
fingers ; also in camp. Fox-bite.
w.Yks. (J.T.); W.Yks. 2 A discoloration of the skin caused by
violent rubbing. Lan. Applied by schoolboys to sores, self-
inflicted, between the joints of their fingers, produced by the
friction of their thumbs until the skin was rubbed off and raw
places left. , . The boy who could exhibit most was counted
worthiest, N. & Q. (1872) 4th S. x. 226 ; They were not produced
by a boy upon his own hand, but by the friction of another boy's
rubbing the skin ofT. and always on the first joint from the knuckles,
ib. z-]-]. Oxf. P.H.K.) Lcn. Daring youths, who winced not at
pain, were constantly in the habit of making ' foxes ' (artificial
sores\ Mayhew Prisons 0/ London (i86a) 305.
5. Brewing term ; see below.
Hit. That poisonous damage, called . . . the fox, which gives the
drink a sickish nasty taste, Ellis Cy. Hswf. (1750) 377.
Hence Foxing, vbl. sb. the occurrence of fox.
Hrt. Laying [the wort] thin enough to be out of danger of
foxing, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) II. i.
6. //. A variety of ironstone.
Sus. Reports Agric. (1793-1813).
7. V. To dissemble, ' sham,' pretend ; to act cunningly,
coax, wheedle.
Sc. The Florentines and the other petty princes are foxing
already for fear, Baillie Lett. (1775) II. 176. Ir. To pretend to
be asleep while listening all the while to what is going on around
one (A.S.-P.). w.Yks. (J.T.) Lan. Hoo sed hoo thowt awd bin
foxin bein' badly afoor, Ferguson Moudywarp, 16; (F.R.C.) ; He
said he had th'head ache, but he wur only foxing (C.J.B.). Clis.'
He's ony foxin ; Chs.^ He's none asleep, not he, he's ony foxin'.
nw.Der.^ Dev.^ What be yii foxing for then ? I an't agot nort tii
gie thee. Cor. Tiiobias Randigal Rhymis{i&<)$'i Gl. ; Cor.^E'esony
foxing. w.Cor. You are notsleeping, you are only foxing '^M.A.C).
Hence (i) Foxing, ppl. adj. scheming; (2) Foxlng-day,
sb. a deceptive day, a lull in a storm; (3) Fox-sleep, v. to
pretend to be asleep.
(i) N.I.' (2) Cor. It's only a foxing day, Thomas Randigal
Rhymes (1895) Gl. (3) Chs.' And there, luk yo, he heered every
word as we'd said, for he were nowt bu' fox-sleepin,
8. To surpass in cleverness or calculation.
n.Yks.2 They fairly fo.x'd the lawyer.
9. To Stupefy fish.
Dur.' To catch fish by throwing into the water Cocculus indiais.
10. To cut short the ears of a dog, to dock.
S.Don. Simmons Gl. (i8go).
11. To carry one drain under another by means of
a tunnel of wood or masonry. n.Lin.'
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FOY
FOXED , ppl. adj. Irel. Yks. Nhp. War. [fokst.]
1. Drunk.
w.Yks. WiLLAN Liil ]Vds. (1811) ; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
2. Of timber : discoloured in consequence of incipient
decay.
Nhp.^ A term applied to an oak tree, when the centre becomes
red and indicates decay. We restrict it to oak. War. (Hall.) ;
War." Doan't e go and put that foxed board in that box yer a
making of.
3. Of cloth boots : having a binding of leather on the
cloth all round next to the sole. N.I.'
[1. Enyvre. made drunk, foxed, Cotgr.; They will bib
hard, they will be fine sunburnt, Sufficient fox'd or
columber'd now and then, Barry Ra»i Alley (161 1) iv
(Farmer).]
FOXTER-LEAVES, sb. pi. Obs. Sc. The foxglove,
Digilalis purpurea.
Slk. They [the fairies] 'II hae to . . . gang away an' sleep in
their dew-cups an' foxter-leaves till the gloaming come again,
Hogg Talcs (ed. 1865) 77.
[Issobel confessit that scho send furth hir sone to gether
fochsterrie leaueis, Trial (1623) in Pitcairn's Crhn. Trials
Sfo//. II.538(N.E.D.).]
FOXY, adj. and sb. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Chs. Not. Lin.
Nhp.War.Wor.Glo.Oxf Suf Sus.Wil. Som.Cor. [fo-ksi.]
1. adj. Cunning, sly; of the weather, deceptive, uncertain.
n.Cy. (J.W.\ Not.i, Lin.', Oxf. iG.O.) Sus. A fisherman . . .
remarking upon the weather, pronouncing the appearance of the
sky to be very foxy, N. & Q. {1876) 4th S. v. 382. Wil. Slow Gl.
(1892). w.Cor. We shall pay for this — its foxy weather (M.A.C.).
2. Having sandy-coloured hair ; also as sb. a red-haired
person.
N.I.' Chs.l ' Well, he were a tidy-sized chap, and he were foxy.'
This referred entirely to the colour of the man's hair, and not to
any cunning propensities. Oxf. (G.O.)
3. Speckled,spotted with mould or mildew; having some
defect in colour, uneven in shade.
Lin.^ s.Wor. Said of damsons which are not ' kind,' being
brownish instead of blue from blight or weather, &c. (H.K.) Glo.
The coat has dried foxy [the colour has run in the washing] (S. S.B.).
Oxf.' Coloured garments sometimes turn a sandy colour in drying;
they are then said to dry foxy, MS. add. w.Som.' Dhik dhae'ur
koa'ut aa'n u-wae'urd wuul — dhu ziin-v u tuur'n un praupur
fauk'see [That coat has not worn well — the sun has turned it quite
of a reddish colour]. Huurd-z u fauks [red as a fox]. 'They've
a-spwoiled thick piece — he's so foxy's the very devil.' Said of
some bad dyeing. Cor.^ When china clay contains much oxide
of iron, a reddish tint which spoils the pure white colour is pro-
duced in burning. This is termed ' foxy' clay.
4. Brewing term : fermenting without forming a head.
See Fox, 5.
Lin.' Nhp.' If the yeast is added to the wort when it is of too
high a temperature, instead of a frothy and flocculent appearance,
a thick brown skum forms on the surface of the liquor, of the
colour of a fox ; whence the name may have originated. War.^
e.Suf. Obsol. (F.H.)
5. Decayed, tainted, rank, rancid, having an offensive
smell like a fox.
e.Yks.', Lin.' n.Lin.' Turnips when they turn leathery are said
to be foxy. ' The substance will be what is termed foxy,' Dickson
Pract. Agric. (1807) XI. 260. Nhp.' A term applied to an oak
tree, when the centre becomes red and indicates decay. It is
a common inquiry when purchasing oak timber, ' How is it in the
middle ; is it foxy ? '
6. Wet, marshy, swampy.
w.Yks.2 Chs.' ; Chs.3 A common case with land that has un-
broken or unpicrced Fox Bench sublyingit; as the wet cannot
escape.
7. sb. A boys' game ; see below.
NUb. Similar to Hunt the Hare, having a rhyme beginning
' Foxey! Foxeyl Foomilerie,' Dixoti im/tiii^/iam I'alc (iBg^) 270 ;
'i'he ' fox ' stands with clasped hands and the other lads stand
round with knotted handkerchiefs ready to 'baste' him as soon
as he leaves his 'den.' They call ; ' Foxey, foxey, come oot o'yor
den ; Six an' fower just myeks the ten : Five an' five is aal the
sycm, Yor the fyul an aa's nycn.' The ' fox,' basted as he runs,
must touch one without unclasping his hands. One so caught
and touched becomes ' fox' (R.C). H.).
FOXY-LEAVES, sb. pi. Irel. The foxglove. Cf.
foxter-leaves.
Don. Get fo.xy leaves an' boil them, and bathe him three times
in the water, Coiii/i. Mag., Flk-Lore, XXXV. 178.
FOY, sb} and v> Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. e.An. Ken. Also
written foi Ken. [foi.] 1. sb. A farewell entertainment
given to or by one who is about to set out on a journey ;
a feast, festival held in honour of some special occasion,
such as the end of the fishing season, of an apprentice-
ship, S:c.
Sc. He summoned me to partake of the foy with which his land-
lord proposed to regale him ere his departure for Edinburgh, Scott
Bride of Lam. (1819) i. SU I. The 'foy' or feast at the conclusion
of the fishing season, Burgess Lmvra Biglan (1896) 53; An
ordinary foy wis nae mair dan a faest, a drinkin' o' drams, a
tellin' o' yarns, an' crackin' rough jokes, bit dis wis nae common
foy. It was da last foy o' da boat, an' da sam' o' da half o' her
crew, J.H. Da Last Foy (1896 1 3. S. & Ork.' Abd. Gard the
coppers flee ding dang At feasts and foys, Yi^Kni-e. Parings (j8oi)
39. Frf. Afore the foy was owre twa or three o' them had mair
sap in their inside than was guid for them, Willock Rosctly Ends
(1886) 55, ed. 1889. Ayr. At every kind of kintra foy The lassie
were his chiefest joy, Laing Poems (1894) 82. Lth. The most
feck of them is awl gone to a foy in the next house, Lumsden
Shecp-liead (1892 ) 285. Edb. Careless tho' death shou'd mak the
(east her foy, Fergusson Poems (iTTS) 163, ed. 1785. N.Cy.'
Nhb. When a young man completes his apprenticeship, the merry-
making with which he celebrates it, is termed a foy. Story Poei.
Wis. 46. n.Yks.^ Feast-money, with which an apprentice treats
his companions when he begins his employment. e.An. Genf. Mag.
(1832) 148, ed. Gomme ; e.An.' A supper given by the owners of
a fishing vessel at Yarmouth to the crew, in the beginning of the
season. It is otherwise called a Bending foy, from the bending
of the sails or nets, as a ratification of the bargain. Ken. Lewis
/. Tenet (1736) 52; Grose (1790) ; Ken.'^
2. Phr. (i) lo drink a foy to any one or to dri)ik any one's
foy, (2) to set any one's foy, to drink any one's health at
parting ; fig. to bid farewell to.
(i) Sc. I hope we now may drink a foy To frogs wha did our
trade destroy, Galloway Poems ('1788) 105 (Jam.V Fif. Gie owre
the Hebrew — drink her foy This very night, Douglas Poems
(1806) 39. Lnk. Th'ave dru'ken what is term'd its foy, MuiR
Minstrelsy (1816). (2) e.An. Cent. Mag. (1832J 148, ed. Gomme.
3. A fee, reward.
Nhb.' Specially used formerly as a fee lo a fitter's clerk ; also-
used for the money received for pilotage. The ' footage ' monies
received by pilots are called by them ' foys.' Nhb., Dur. Billy
Wilson's too lazy to work for his foy, Bishoprick Garl. (1784) 68, ed.
1834; Specially applied to a fee to a fitter's or coal salesman's clerk,
Bailey & Culley Agric. (1805") 8. ji.Yks.2 A reward given to
an intelligencer, one. for instance, who brings you the first news
of your ship's arrival.
4. V. To be present at a farewell entertainment.
Sh.I. I feel certain 'at afore you foy agen, I'll faest wi' da King
o' Kings in a better country, J.H. Da Last Foy (1896I 4.
[L To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain
Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some
other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day
towards the Streights, Pepvs Diary (Nov. 25, 1661). Du.
foy, ' feast-meale or banquet, given by one at his parting
from his frends' (Hexham); cp. Schuermans (s. v. /"oo/>«).]
FOY, vi^ and sb? Nhb. Dur. Yks. e.An. Ken. [foi.]
1. V. To render assistance to a ship ; to act as pilot,
bring a ship out of or into port.
Nhb., Dur. As in certain winds it was not possible to sail out
of the harbour (the Tyne), ships were ' foyed ' out into the offing,
Haswell Maistcr (1895) 39.
Hence (i) Foy-boat, sb. a boat employed in giving
assistance to other boats or ships, such as bringing them
into or out of harbour ; (2) -boatman, sb. a boatman em-
ployed in mooring incoming vessels on their arrival into
harbour ; (31 Foyer, sb. one who acts as an agent for
vessels, supplj'ing them with provisions, helping them in
distress, &c. ; (4) Foying, vbl. sb. (a) the act of victualling
ships, acting as an agent for a sliip ; (b) the process of con-
veying ships into or out of the harbour; (c) the practice of
taking out pleasure-parties in a boat ; (5) Foynian, sb. one
employed in foying vessels out of the harbour.
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(i)Nhb.Tlie race was with foy boats, Rich ARDSONBoJv/o-cr's Table-
bk. (1846) V. 403 ; George took to the business of foyingand soon
was in the possession of a few foy-boats, Haswell Maistcr (1895)
87 ; Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. The ship is all laden, and ready for sea. The
foy-boat is coming, aw.iy let us be, Bisl:opyichGarl,{i'}&^) 68, ed. 1834.
e.An. A way boat, accompanying, piloting, and assisting vessels on
the w.aj' or voyage, Gent. Mag. (1833) 149, ed. Gomme. (2) Nhb.'
(3"i Ken. (W.F.S.) (4, (?) Ken.' They who live by the seaside are
generally fishermen, or those who go voyages to foreign parts,
or such as depend upon what they call foying. {b) Nhb., Dur.
Foying, though always an arduous occupation, was at times a
lucrative one. . . In foying a ship the foymen rowed ahead in
a small boat, and at a warp's length dropped a small kedge, which
being hove upon by the ship's windlass, brought her up in a position
nearly over it. The kedge was then weighed, carried ahead
again, dropped and hauled upon, the process being repeated until
sufficient sea-way had been attained bj* the vessel, Haswell
Maislcr (1895') 39. (c) n.Yks.' ' Mah man's gi'en oop t'fishing, noo,
miss. He nobbut gans a-foying wi' 's cijble ; ' of a fisherman at
Saltburn who spent his time during * the season ' in taking out
pleasure-parties in his boat. (5) Nhb., Dur. The foymen of the
Tyne constituted a very important class, Haswell Maister (1895)
39. n.Yks.2
2. sb. The act of rendering assistance, in taking charge
of a vessel in distress. e.Yks.'
3. A cargo ; a fare. n.Yks. (J.B.)
FOY, v.^ w.Yks.'' [foi.] To work energetically.
FOY, adj. So. (Jam. Siippl.) [Not known toourcorre-
spondents.] Foolish, silly.
FOYARD, sb. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A fugitive.
[Yr.fiiyard, a run-away (Cotgr.).]
FOYER, FOYST, see Fire, Foist.
FOZE, v.^ and sb. Sc. 1. v. To wheeze ; to labour
with difficLiItj' of breathing. Bnff.' Cf. fozle, f.
2. To emit saliva.
Fif. He freathes [froths] and fozes ower muckle at the mou for
me. Tennant Card. Beaton (1823) 16.
Hence Fozy, adj. wet, moist with saliva, dribbling.
The head's aye dry where the mou's fozy, ib.
3. sb. Difficulty of breathing. Bnflf.'
FOZE.
Per. (Jam.) To lose flavour, become
mouldy. Cf fozy, adj.
FOZE, see Force, sb.'^, v?-
FOZLE, sb} Bnff.' A weasel.
FOZLE, V. and sb?- Sc. Also written fozzle. [fo'zl.]
1. V. To wheeze, to be affected with difficulty of
breathing. See Foze, v}
Elg. Fozzlin' ben ran Meggie Baxter, Forkit Benjie into bed.
Tester Po«»5( 1 865 151. Bnff.'
Hence (i) Fozlan, vbl. sb. {a) continued difficulty in
breathing ; (b) great exertion combined with want of
strength; (21 Fozlin, fpl. adj. affected with difficulty of
breathing, weak, powerless.
Bnff.' [I, a, b) He hands a sair fozlan at that wark o' his. (2)
The idea of weakness is conveyed by the word. ' He's nae worth's
meht [food] ; he's a peer fozlin' abblich.'
2. sb. A wheeze, ib. He's sair cawd wee a fozle on's braith.
FOZY, adj Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. e.An. Also
written fosey N.I.' e.An.' Nrf ; fosie, fosy Sc. ; fozey
Sc. In ; fozzy Sc. Cum.' [fo-zi.] 1. Light, spongy, soft ;
of vegetables: overgrown, unsound, over-ripe. Cf foze, i).^
Sc. A head nae better than a fozy frosted turnip, Scott Rob Roy
(1817) xiv ; A fozy peat, a peat that is not solid ; . . . a fozy stick,
a piece of wood that is soft and porous (Jam.). Cai.' Abd.
Shirrefs Poems (1790) Gl. Rnf. Grain was raw and light, So
fozy it would scarcely dight, M'Gilvrav Poems (ed. 1862) 66.
e.Lth. If j'e had a held on your shouthers an' no' a fozy peat,
Hu.NTERy. Inukk (1895") 227. N.I.' Like an overgrown turnip,
or decayed wood. Ant. Turnips which have grown large are often
spongy in the centre, when they will be described as fozey,
Ballymena Obs. (1892). s.Don. Spongy, as a ' fozey turnip,'
Simmons Gl. (1890). N.Cy.' Nhb.' A ' fozy turnip ' is not a frosted
turnip, but one overgrown, deficient in sap, and of a dry, spongy
nature inside. These when handled are very light and have a
hollow sound. The youngsters on a farm sometimes use them for
footballs, Note by Mr. J. Avery. e.Dur.' A ' fozy ' turnip is a woolly
one. Cum. T'bark was a kind eh fozzy, an nut at oa unlike cork,
VOL. II.
Sargisson Joe Seoap (1881) 231 ; Cum.', e.An.' Nrf. Cozens-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 3. e.Suf. (F. H.)
Hence Foziness, sb. sponginess. Sc. (Jam.)
2. Obese, fat, bloated.
Sc. Will ye go to the wood? quo' Fozie Mozie, Chambers Pop.
Rhymes (ed. 1870) 37. Cai.' Abd. Gin I hed been a dizzen o'
j-ear younger, I wud a' tann't the muckle fozy hide o' ye the richt
gate, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 174. Per. 'Ve ken it would mak'
ye as fosie's a fule, An' birdies when fat canna whissle sae weel,
Edwards Stralhearn Lyrics (1889) 116. Ayr. He lookit at the fosy
monks stechin' wi' howtowdies and rumbledethumps. Service Dr.
Diiguid (ed. 1887) 258. Edb. I aye like the little blackfaced, in
preference to the white, fat, fozy Cheviot breed, MoiR Mansie
IVaiich (1828I xxiii. Slk. NoiHi. . . The exercise is most salutary
to personsof ourage. whoareapt to get fat and indolent. Shepherd.
Fozy, Chr. North Nocfes (ed. 1856) III. 287.
3. Stupid, obtuse, dull-witted, empty.
Sc. That beardless capons are na men We by their fozie springs
might ken! Pennecuik Coll. (1756) 59, ed. 1787. n.Sc. A fozy
chield, an emptj' fellow (Jam.). Per. Tak the minister o' Pitscourie
noo; he's fair fozzy wi' trokin' in his gairden, Ian Maclaren
Brier Bush (1895) 206. Ayr. Popular fantasy had quite as muckle
to do in the matter as Mr. Plan's fozey rhetoric, Galt Provost
(1822) xl; Mr. Barebrod was delivering to us his fosy utterances,
Service Dr. Dtigiiid (ed. 1887) 46. Lnk. It's mair like a wheen
turnip shaws when your fozy heid's in't, Fraser IVhaups (1895)
XV. Lth. Whatever put it into your fozy skull to gang and get the
cairs head singed? StratheskA/o^Bi/s (ed. 1885) 87. Cum. Hod
thi tung, thoo fozzy feiil, Waugh Rambles Lake Cy. (1861) 187.
Hence Foziness, sb. obtuseness of mind, stupidity.
Sc. The weak and young Whigs have become middle-aged and
their foziness can no longer be concealed, Blackw. Mag. (1821)
753 (Jam.).
4. Hazy, foggy, obscured.
Lth. The heigh hoary houses, maist meetin' aboon. Keep out
ilka blink o' the red fozzy moon, Ballantine Poems (1856) 121.
[1. Cp. Du. voos, I'ooscli, spungie, een voose rape, an
unsavourie rape or that hath noe tast (Hexham) ; Norw.
dial./o5, porous, spongy (Aasen).]
FOZY, see Fosy.
FRA, FRAAGH, see Fro, Fratch.
FRAAL, FRAAZ(E, see Frail, sb.^, Freeze.
FRAB, V. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. [frab.]
1. To struggle, fight ; to argue, contend.
Lakel. ^ Ah's sto'ed o' frabbcn ower nowt. Lan. ' They're better
wheere they are, Mally,' said her spouse ; ' better nor frabbin
through this wo'ld,' Brierley Waverloiv (1884) 63; What. ..
frabbin ther needs Through this wo'ld to get dacently poo'd, ib.
Irkdale (18681 18 ; I frabb'd un pawted like o' pig e stickink, Paul
Bobbin Sfi/Kf/ (18 19) 10.
2. To worry, fret, fidget ; to irritate, excite.
Lan. I grieve for having frabbed him as I did, Gaskell M. Barton
(1848) xxxiii. Chs.'- You can frab a horse by pulling too hard at
the reins. A horse ' frabs hissel ' when he fidgets about ; Chs.^
Growlin and frabbin from mornin to neet. s.Chs.' Dheeijr dhi
won shuwtin un gau'pin ut dhjos'iz ; un dhii poour thing'z wun
dhaat' fraab-d dhi did')nu noa' wot doo widh umsel'z [Theer they
won showtin' an' gawpin' at th'hosses ; an' the poor things won
that frabbed they didna know what do with 'emsels], nw.Der.'
Hence (i) Frab, adj., (2) Frabbit,/i/i/. «(//., (3) Frabbly,
(4) Frabby, adj. cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish.
(i) w.Yks. Gen. used of a baby teething. ' I never gat a wink
aw neet, barkin o' dogs, baain o' ship, mooin' o' ky — and chilt
wer so frab as never' (A.C.). (2) Lan. He kissed me for all I was
very frabbit with him, Gaskell M. Barton (1848) iv. (3) Chs.^
(4) Chs.' Whatever ma}'S ye so frabby this morning, yo'n getten
aht o' bed o' th' wrong soide.
FRAC, see Freck, adj.
FRACHT,s6. Cai.' [frayt.] As much of a commodity
as is brought at one time or turn. Cf fraught.
FRACK, sA.' Sh. & Or.I. Also written fraick. [frak.]
A weak, delicate person.
Sh.L Still in common use. 'A poor fraick of a body'(K.I.).
S. & Ork.', Or.I. (Jam.)
Hence Fraickset, adj. delicate, weak, in poor health.
Sh.I. (K.I.)
FRACK, sb.'^ Suf A hole in a garment. (Hall.)
FRACK, ad/'. n.Wil. [frsek.] Fractious, peevish.
(G.E.D.)
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FRACK, V. Nhp. e.An. [frak, frsk.] To abound,
swarm, throng ; to fill to excess, crowd together. Cf.
frag, v}
Nhp.i The currant trees were as full as they could frack. e.An.'
The church was Tracking full. My apple-trees are as full as they
can frack. Nrf. Miller & Skertchly Feiiiaiid (1878) iv. e.Suf.
That field is fracked with thistles (F.H.\
Hence FrackfuU, adj. quite full, full to overflowing.
Nlip.' The house was frack fuH. e.Suf. The tub is fracklull of
suds. Fill the grate frackfull of coals F.H.).
FRACK, FRACKEN, see Freck, adj., Frecken, sb.
FRACKmG,ppl.adj. Glo. [frsekin.] Fussing about.
Glo.i G/o. Jrn. (June 19 and July 17, 1880).
FRACTION, 56. Nhb. Suf [frak-, frae-kjan.] \. pi.
Fragments, pieces, asp. in phr. to make fractions of.
Suf. The fox come to mine [my premises] and made fractions of
my turkies, wholly (C.G. B.).
2. A fracas, disturbance, row.
Ntib. The article concern ingmakingfractions and disturbance in the
Company was read, Kcehnan's Hospital Bks. (Oct. 17, 1771) ; Nhb.'
[2. After distasteful looks and these hard fractions,
SnAKS. Tiiiion, II. ii. 220 ; By which means ... a fraction
betwixt them must of necessity ensue, Cotton Espenion
(1670) II. vi. 262(N.E.D.).]
FRACULTIES, sb. pi. Won Faculties.
s.Wor. 1 think that poor girl never had her fraculties not justly
bestowed on her, Porson Ottaint IVds. (1875) 22.
FRADGE, V. Lakel. Yks. Written fraj Lakel.=
[fradg.] To fray, unravel ; to wear by contact or use.
Lakel. 2 Ah've frajd o' t'skin off mi heel. w.Yks. This tablecloth'll
fradge aht if Ah don't hem it fS.K.C); (J.B.)
FRADGE, adj. Cor. [frasdg.] Dirty ; evil-smelling.
Thomas Raudigal Khynies (1895) Gl.
Hence Fradgan or Fradgeon, sb. an evil-smelling or
dirty place ; a receptacle for dirt and rubbish.
Sometimes applied to a dirty lane or the lower part of a town.
She lives down at the fradgeon (M.A.C.); Thomas Raudigal
Rhymes (1895) Gl.
FRADGE, FRAE, see Fratch, Fro.
FRAEKSIT, adj. Sh.I. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Fractious, peevish.
Lack a fracksit bairn, Burgess Rasniie (1892") iir,
FRAG, sA.i Som. [frag.] A kind of rye. (B. & H.)
TKAG, sb.'^ }Obs. Mid. Low, vulgar people. (Hall.J;
Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
FRAG, z'.' Yks. [frag.] To cram, fill to overflowing;
to stow or furnish closely. Cf. frack, v.
n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.'^ ' Ah's getten ma' kite weel fragged'; have
enjoyed a full meal (ed. 1855"). e.Yks. As the pockets, or as a
cow's udder is sometimes filled, Marshall Rur. Ecoii. (1796) II.
Hence (i) Fragged, ppl. adj. crammed, filled to over-
flowing ; (2) Fragging, sb. furniture.
fi^ n.Yks.= A full fragg'd house. (3) ib.
FRAG, J'.' Suf With out: to fray, unravel at the
edge. (C.G.B.) Cf. fradge, v.
FRAGALENT, adj Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. Advantageous, profitable. Ayr.
2. Undermining. Rnf
FRAGEND, sb. Lakel.^ [fra'g-end.] A remnant,
fag-end ; ' tag-rag and bobtail.'
Ther's t'frag-end ov a ham shank on t'shelf. A lot o' t'frag-end
hed a row amang therscls.
FRAGHAN, sb. Irel. Also in forms fraughan Wxf ;
fraun, frochan, frockan Ant.; frughan N.I.' The
whortleberrj', Vacciiiiiim Myrtitlus.
Ir. Wee fraiins, each wan stuck twixt two leaves on a grand
little stem of its own, Barlow Boglaiid (1892) 109, ed. 1893.
N I.', Ant. (M.B.S.) Dub. They grow in wet boggy ground . . .
the poor women gather them in Autumn and cry them about the
streets of Dublin by the name of Fraghan, Threlkeld Syn. Slirp.
Hib. (1726. Vaccinia nigra vtilgaria (B. & II.). s.Ir. {ib.) Wxf.
Fraughans in the woods, Kennedy Evenings Diiffrey (1869) 208.
[Ir. fraochan, black whortle-berries, bilberries, Vac-
dniiiiii Myiiittus, cogn. w.fraocli, heather (O'Reilly).]
FRAHDLE.Z'. Cum. To talk foolishly. G/. (1851) ; Cum.^
FRAID, sb. Irel. Yks. [frSd, fread.] In phr. for paid,
for fear, lest. See Afraid.
Ir. You're frettin' for fraid of a family, Carleton Fardorouglia
(1848) ii ; For fraid there should be any grumbling, li. Trails PiOJ.
(ed. 1843') 82; She'd stopped up the pane wid her ould saucepan-
lid for 'fraid she might see somethin'. Barlow Idylls (1892) 232,
w.Yks. Run uom, lad, fa freod to sad get wet )iriu (J.W.).
FRAIGH, see Fratch.
FRAIK, V. and sb. Sc. Also written fraick Per. ;
frajie e.Sc. ; and in forms freak (Jam.) Edb. ; freck- Abd.
[frek.] 1. V. To flatter, wheedle, cajole, coax, make much
ado about a person in order to gain some object.
Cai.^ e.Sc. You . . , dinna hesetate to walk wi' her arm in arm
... to frake and palaver, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) xvii. Fif.
Some will fraik, an' say, * My dear, O how I do adore you,' Douglas
Poems (1806) 79. Edb. A thing that the laddie freaked and pined
for night and day, Moir Mansie Watich [ 1828) xxi.
Hence (i) Fraiking, id) vbl. sb. the act of flattering or
coaxing ; (b) ppl. adj. flattering, coaxing, wheedling ; (2)
Frecky, adj., see Fraiking (b).
( I, rt)Sc. Sometimes, fond discourse, resembling flattery, although
sincere, and proceeding from that elevation of the animal spirits
which is produced by conviviality (Jam.). Per. Nae man can thole
that kind o' fraikin', Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895) 280. Fif.
Ither's hands they're shakin', Wi' friendship, love, an' joy; Ye
never heard sic fraikin', As does their tongues employ, Douglas
Poems (1806) 135. (6) Per. Wha's fraickin' tongue but yours has
pla3-ed a' the mischief? Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 49, ed. 1887.
(2) Abd. When a' ither bairnies are hushed to their hame, By
aunty, or cousin, or frecky grand-dame, Thom /?//>';?;« (1844) 140.
2. sb. Flattery, cajolery, coaxing; a coax, a flattering,
wheedling person.
Cai.' Abd. Why, then, sic fraiks o' title marks A forge on men,
Milne Sngs. (1871) 58. Ags. He maks a great fraik [he pretends
great regard] (Jam.). e.Sc. She's a rale frake when she's wanting
onything, Setoun R. Vrqiiharl (18961 ii. Frf. In its anxiety to
mak' a fraik wi' folk, it had a way o' pittin' its forepaws on their
chests to licktheirfaces, WiLLocK./?ose//)'£'Hrfi(i886) 134, ed. 1889.
FRAIL, sb} War. Won Shn Hrf Glo. Mid. e.An.
Ken. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Cor. Also written fraail
I.W.'; frale Hrf.^; frayel Ess. Sus.'; and in form
vrail I.W.' [frel, fresl.] A soft flexible basket, made of
rushes or grass, used by workmen for carrying their tools.
Also in cotnp. Frail-basket. Cf flag-basket.
War. (E.A.P.) ; War.'^; War.^ The frail is made of a coarser
matting, and one side of it is continued so as to form a cover for
the top, the handle of the other side passing through a hole in this
cover, and so securing it when the frail is carried. It is bound at
the edges and has two broad bands of binding passing under the
bottom and up the sides towards the centre. Wor.tE.S.), se.Wor.'
s.-Wor. (H.K."); (F.W.M.W.) Shr.l, Hrf.2 Glo. The defendant
brought him the peas in a frail, Glo. Citizen (Aug. 6, 1898) 4 ; Glo.*-
The parson at North Nibley used to give the following toast at the
Court Leet dinners about 40 years ago : ' The plough and the frail,
The fleece and the flail, Not forgetting the milking pail.' Mid.
The men . . . were all gone home with their frails upon their backs,
Blackmore Kit (1890) III. xix. e.An.' Nrf. I'll lend ye a frail-
basket to carry them there things awaj' with (W.R.E.); Cozens-
Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 77. Sufi, e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. Many
years ago, raisins were sent to England in mat-baskets, and these
too were called frail baskets ( W.W.S.) ; A new frail-basket, Clark
J. Noakes (1839) st. 160 ; Trans. Arc/t. Soc. (1863) II. 184; Ess.'
A shapeless flexible mat basket, without bottom or handle, save
two eyelets in the mat. Ken. (G.B. ), Ken.^ Sus.' Commonly
usedforpackinggame. Hmp.'.I.W.' w. Som.' Used by fishmongers
and poulterers. Cor. (F.R.C.) ; The frail is made of canvas and
is ornamented with three transverse bands of a darker colour
woven in with the material (E.S.) ; Cor.^ [Frayle (of figs) a basket
in which figs are brought from Spain and other parts, Kennett
Par. Ant:j. (1695).]
[Cabas, a frail for raisins or figs, Cotgr. ; Oe fraiel
hadde good figus, Wyclif(i382) Jer. xxiv. 2. OFr.frayel,
'cabasafigues' (LaCurne); cp.MLat. /;■<«■//«;« (Ducange).]
FRAIL, s6.= Sc. Dun Yks. Chs. Not. Lei. Nhp. Oxf.
Brks. e.An. Ken. Sus. LW. Wil. Amen Also in forms
fraal m.Yks.' ; vraail Brks.' ; vrail LW.' Wil.' [frel,
freak] A flail ; the whip part of the old-fashioned flail.
Sc. The sheep, the pleugh, the frail, declare The employments
whilk they courtit, NicolPo(?H!5 (1805) II. 5 (Jam.). Dur.', e.Yks.',
m.Yks.', w.Yks. 2 s.Chs.' More commonly called a Threshet.
Not. (J.H.B.),Lei.',Nllp.',Oxf.',Brks.',Su^^C.T.),Ess.(W.W.S.\
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Ken.' Sus. (F.A.A.^ ; Dcy pulled off dere jackets and begun to
thresh wud two liddle frails as dey had brung wud em, LoWKR
S011//1 Downs (1854) 161 ; Sus,' Dame Durden kept five serving
men To use the spade and frail. I.W.', Wil.' [Amer. Dial. Notes
(1896) I. 375]
FRAIL, 7^. e.An. Also in form frawl Suf.' [frel] To
fret or wear out cloth ; to unravel, untwist. Cf frazle.
e.An.i Suf.' A term used by spinsters, in the same sense as
*ravvle' and ' frazzle'; it is otherwise pronounced 'frawl,' denoting
that from unskilful hemming, the threads pull out lengthways.
Hence Frail-ends, sb. pi. the ravelled ends of cloth.
e.Suf. (F.H.)
FRAIL, adj. Lin. Ken. [frel.] 1. Weak-minded,
timid, frightened.
Lin.', n.Lin.' sw.Lln.' She was born frail, poor lass.
2. Peevish, hasty. Ken.'^
FRAIM(E, seeFrenid.
FRAIN, V. Wor. [fren.] To refuse, refrain, esp. in
plir. lofraiii fitlU\ to refuse food.
s.Wor. I feel \'er3' comical and Trained my fittleall day yesterday,
PoRsoN Quaint IVds. (1875") 37 ; (H.K.)
TRAINED, ppl. adj. Cum. Also written frain't Cum.';
and in form freaned. [frend, frisnd.] Marked with very
small spots.
Tick'd, with a modification of the same ground colour which is
not white. ' Blue-freaned Dawston collie' iJ.Ar.) ; Cum.'
[My fravned gray troting gelding, IVill of R. Maddox
(1550) (N.E.D.).]
FRAIRY, sh. e.An. [fre'ri.] 1. A fairy. Nrf
(A.G.F.), e.Suf (F.H.)
2. Coiiip. 1 1) Frairy-loaf, a kind of fossil echinus or sea-
urchin ; (2) -rings, green circles seen in pastures.
(i) Nrf. There is a saying : * If you keep a frairy-loaf you will
never want bread ' (A.G.F.V e.Suf. Obsol. (F.H.) (2) e.An.' Ako
called Pharisee rings. e.Suf. Obsol. \F.H.)
FRAISE, s6.' and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written
fraize Rnf ; frase Nhb.' Cum. ; and in form frasy Nhb.'
[frez.] 1. sb. A disturbance, fuss ; excitement, hubbub ;
much ado about nothing ; a fight, fray.
Sc, We say, 'one makes a frais,' wlien they boast, wonder, or talk
more of a matter than it is worthy or will bear, Herd Coll. Stigs
(i776)G/. ; Its naething to mak a fraisc aboot, G rose (r 790) il/S.fl^c/.
(C.) Per. She makes an unco fraise; And carps and grumbles two
three days, Nicol Poems (1760) 38. Dmb. I wad do sae without
a fraise, Taylor Poems (ed. 1827) 73. Lnk. My wife an' weans
made hantle fraise, Watt Pof>;(s (1827) 14: He may. . , Make meiklc
o' 3'e wi' an unco fraise, Ramsay Gt'title Shep. ^1725') 32, ed. 1783;
Or ever lov'd to mak o'er great a fraise, ib. 122. Nhb. Still hoping
the frasymight turn out a hoax, Armstrong Wa;m_)'Z3/osso)«s( 1876)
74 ; Nhb.' What are ye myekin the frase aboot ; thor's neebody
kill'd. Cum. Atween the twee there's sec a frase, Anderson
Ballads (1805) 2.
Hence Frazy, adj. disturbing, talkative.
Nhb.' Hoot ! he's no worth mindin' ; a poor frazy body.
2. Flattery, cajolery ; vain talk or discourse.
Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Mrs. Birse begood wi' a fraisc aboot hoo aw
hed been keepin', Alexander yo/»^;y G/ii (1871 ; xx.wiii ; Why
then sick bustle, fraise, an' fyke? Robb Poems (1852) 25 ; Rob Roy
heard the fricksome fraise. Skinner Poems (1809 23. Edb. An',
whan o' fraise she was na mist. He set her down upo' the kist,
Twa Cuckolds (1796) 10.
Hence (i) Fraisie, adj. addicted to flattery or empty,
vain talk ; (2) Fraisilie, adv. in a cajoling, flattering way ;
(3) Fraisiness, sb. wheedling, flattery. Cld. (Jam.)
3. V. To flatter, praise, cajole, esp. in order to gain
some end.
Abd. I downa fraise nor flanter, Still Cottar's Su/tday (1845)
173 ; Now baith o' them's aboon my reach, For a' that I can fraise
or fleitch, Skinner Poems (1809) 44. Rnf. He . . . fraiz'd my fine
shape, frae the tap to the tae, Picken Poems (1813) I. 74. Ayr.
Nier flyte nor fraise, Sillar Poems (1789) 55. Lnk. Ye flatter
and fraise me, an' leuk unco fain, Rodger Poems (1838) 78, ed.
1897. Edb. A' body did them fraise. That saw them in their
Sunday's claise, Tzva Cuckolds (1796) 4.
Hence (i) Fraiser, sb. a flatterer, wheedler ; fa) Frais-
ing. (a) sb. flattery, cajolery ; (b) ppl. adj. flattering,
cajoling.
(i) Cld. (Jam.) (3, a) Fnf. The fav'rites o' the Nine Are ay
right guid at fraizin', Pickf.n Poems (1813) II. 62. Ayr. There
was a fulsome fraising about them when they were kirkit, as the
comeliest couple in the parish, Galt Lriirrfs .i826)vii; Whisky
poison Frae men o' sense has got sic fraisin, Sillar Poems (1789)
38. Lnk. Oh ! it troubles ane to see Cauldrif chields, wi' wilefu'
fraizings, Get the smiles for which we sie. Black Falls of Clyde
(1806) 117. [b) Sc. Wi' fraisin gabs an' wi' twasome hearts they
clash an' claiver, Waddell Psalms (1871) xii. 2 ; A fraising body
(A.W.I.
FRAISE, sb? Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The pluck of a calf, a 'chawdon.'
\Yr. fraise, a calves chaldron (Cotgr.); 0¥t. fraise de
veel, ' mesentere du veau ' (Hatzfeld).]
FRAISE, see Froise.
FRAISLE,!;. Sc. Tonatter,pay court to. Cf fraise, t^. 3.
Per. Do you take 3'ourself for another ' Leddy Jean ' in the
ballad, that all the lords and great men in the country are to come
bowin' and fraislin' for a glint o' your e'e ? Cleland Inchbracken
U883) 182, ed. 1887.
FRAIT, sb. Sc. [fret.] A trouble, ' fret.'
Lth. The wauther. That endless theme to ferm fowk o' deevilish
frait and bather, Lumsdf.n Sheep-head (.1892) 67. e.Lth. To sit
thus, feckless, sigh an' blaw. Like snools, mere fraits an' vain
despair, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885^1 92.
[The same word as earlier Sc. freit (to fret). Gif 50
freit, find fall or be oflendit, Sklanderoiis Titngis (c. 1540)
in Sal. Poems, ed. Cranstoun, I. 254.]
FRAIT, see Freight.
FRAITH, adj. Gmg. Free-spoken, talkative.
Collins Go'.ver Dial, in Trans. Phil. Sac. (1848 30) IV. 222.
IW el. ffrael/i, fluent, effluent utterance.]
FRAIZED, ppl. adj. Sc. Also written frais't. Greatly
surprised, having a wild, staring look.
Rxb. One, overpowered by astonishment, is said to ' look like a
fraiz'd weasel ' (Jam.).
FRAKE,56. Nhb.' A disturbance, fight. Cf fraction, 2.
'A bonny frake they gat up amang them.' Heard at Harbottle.
FRAKE, FRALE, see Fraik, Freak, sb.^, Frail, sb.'-
FRAM, t/. Oxf Bck. Bdf. [frasm.] To be fractious or
peevish ; to be in a temper or passion. Cf franize.
It is occas. said of a child that ' it will fram at you ' (J.W. B.).
FRAM, adj.^ Yks. Lan. [fram.] Brittle, fragile, easily
broken ; tender. Gen. used of wood. Cf frim, adj., 3.
w. Yks. That stehl mun a bin varry fram (W.C.S.) ; This board's
fram and not worth putting in ( J.B.) ; (S.P.U.) ; w.Yks,' Stee wer
rosseled, fram, gor an masker'd, ii. 287; w.Yks.^, Lan.', ne.Lan.'
FRAM, adj.' Cmb. Fresh, clean. ("W.M.B.)
FRAM, adv. Sh.I. [fram.] Seaward, out to sea.
Wi' idder boats doo took dy staand, . . . Else baetin fram or la
da laand, Sh. News (June 4, 1898) ; I doot afore a' is diine, doo'U
fin'atdoo'sframeneugh,<'6. fApr.23, 1898); ( Coll.L.L.B.); S. &Ork.'
Hence (i) Franibord, sb. the fishing-boat Ij'ing furthest
out to sea ; (2) Frammer, ndj. lying more to seaward ; (3)
/o lay fram, plir. to lay fishing-lines to seaward.
(I) (Jam.); S. & Ork.' (2) Huve der ancher, an' ride at da
frammer bow, Sh. News (July 3, 1897") ; Whin we ran da frammer
stead, dan I said ta Paetie . . . ' Boys, ye'll need ta mak' reddy da
vaarlin,' ib. (Sept. 10, 18981. (3) We set aff, and we row'd oot
upon him [it] till we sank a' da laigh land, and dan we began and
laid fram, Hibbert Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 224, ed. 1891.
[ON. //-(?;«, applied to any motion outwards or towards
the open ; fram a sjo, towards the high sea (Vigfusson).]
FRAMATION, sb. Lakel. Yks. [freamijsn.]
I. Skill in action or management ; readiness and aptitude
in work ; attempt, effort, contrivance, management. See
Frame, v.
n.Yks.' ' Wheea, he's nae fraraation wiv 'im ; ' of a clergyman
who certainly had not the knack of conciliating his parishioners.
' There wur nae framation 'bout t'job ; ' of a manifest lack of
arrangement for duly entertaining the customary large gathering
of friends and neighbours at a burial ; n. Yks.^ ' I gat it by framation,'
with aiming at it by degrees. ne.Yks.' There's neea framation
aboot him. e.Yks.' w.Yks. Little Elsie 'as more gumption 'an
framation than 'er F.P.T.) ; If Government al mak no sort o' fra-
mation, Yksman. {i&Qi 219; w.Yks.' You've no framation in you ;
w. Yks.^ Nah come, fraamation thear !
3 Q 2
FRAMBLE
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FRAME
2. A beginning, commencement, in phr. to ;;;(7XY'a//-rtw;«-
lion.
•w.Yks. T'missus made a framation, an' set t'table aht, Hartley
Clock Aim. (1874)27 ; (R.H.R.) ; w.Yks.' He's making a framation.
3. A commotion, disturbance.
Lakel,2 Sec a framation Ah niver dud see.
FRAMBLE, sb. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Also in forms framal
Lan. ; frammelt Nhb.' [fra-m(b)l.] 1. A wooden band,
whicli fastens cattle into their stalls. Cf. frampot. See
Baikie, 2.
Nhb.i The bent portion of an obs. form of cattle band, made of
wood, to embrace and slide on the stake. The upright portion is
called a ' byeakie.' Lan. (K.)
2. A link of iron which fastens cattle into their stalls.
w.Yks. ^ Link of iron which connects a cow-seal or cow-sole to
the boose-stake.
FRAMBOISE, sb. Obs. Dor. The raspberry, Ritbus
Idaeiis.
My Lord of Salisbury (1638) told me that in Cranborne Chase
there grew raspes commonly . . . the country people called them
' framboises,' which is the French word, Ayscough MS. in N. & Q.
(1868) 4th S. i. 533.
[Frambois, Ritbus Idaeits, Coles (1679). ¥t. framboise,
a raspis, hindberry, framboiseberry (Cotgr.).]
FRAME, sb. and v. Van dial, uses \n Sc. and Eng.
Also in form fraam(e w.Yks.'° Cor. [frem, fresm.]
1. sb. A skeleton.
Sh.I. Der farrow cow wis juist a frame, SA.A'iszfs (Feb. 12, 1898).
Chs.' Speaking of magpies taking j'oung chickens, a man said they
would ' limb em alive,' and that they had ' left their frames on th'
adiant yonder, nine on em.' s.Wor.' Er bain't no more nor a frame.
Rdn. N. if Q. (1878) 5th S. X. 105. Oxf.* Er's nuthun but a frame
o' buns, MS. add. Nrf. (A.G.F.) Wil.i Her's nothing in the
world but a frame.
2. A spinning-frame; the framework of a machine.
w.Yks. Thers mewsic i' th' shuttle, i' th' loom, an' i' th' frame.
Hartley Dili. (1868) 22 ; He expects two waggon loads of frames
and shears, Bronte Shirley (1849) i ; (J.M.)
Hence (1) Frame-work, sb. work that is produced by
the aid of a machine, as distinct from that produced by
hand ; (2) -work-knitter, sb. a worker with a machine.
w.Yks. (I) (S.K.C.) (2) His father a frame-work knitter, told
him one day to 'square his needles,' Peel Luddites (1870) 11.
3. A stocking-loom.
Der., Not., Lei. The smith who makes the stocking loom or
frame, as it is called, Howitt Clockmakcr, vii. s.Not. (J.P.K.)
Hence (i) Frame-smith, sb. the smith who makes the
stocking-loom or ' frame ' ; (2) -work-knitter, sb. a worker
in the old-fashioned foot-driven stocking-frame.
(i) Der., Not., Lei. Howitt Clockmakcr, vii. (2) s.Not. Still
common in many villages about Nottingham. Popularly called a
stockinger (J.P.K.).
4. Mining term: the head-gear carrj'ing the pulleys of a
pit. Nhb.i
5. Contp. (i) Frame-dam, a strong separation of wood
and clay, to keep the water back in a mine ; (2) -door,
a pit door set in a frame of peculiar construction.
(i) Nhb.* Nhb., Dur. A frame dam is formed of balks of fir-wood,
placed endwise against the pressure, and tapered, but with the top
and bottom surfaces parallel, and accurately dressed and numbered.
When the balks of wood are all in their places the joints are firmly
wedged until the whole is perfectly tight, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl.
(1849). (2) Nhb.' Nhb., Dur. It only opens in one direction, viz.,
against the pressure of the current of air, and should always be
hung so as to fall should any one passing through it neglect to
draw it close, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
6. A sloping wooden table, used in the dressing of tin
ore ; see below.
Cor.3 Water containing finely divided tin ore passes over it and
leaves behind the heavier part of its burden, which contains the
chief portion of the tin. After a time a handle is lifted, whereby
a gutter hitherto concealed is opened at the bottom of the frame,
while a flood of fresh water washes the tin into the gutter, by
which it is conveyed to the cover. When the tin has gone over
the ' rag-frames' and settled in the covers it is dug out, mixed with
water, and sent overthe 'cleaner frames' — similar but more delicate
machines.
7. Energy, capability ; notion or sense of action.
w.Yks. He's no frame in him (C.C.R.) ; w.Yks.^ He's noa fraame
in him at awal.
8. V. To succeed ; to get on, progress, ' fare.'
Lnk, The defender did express his dislike with their enterprise,
as a business which could not frame, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) L
142, ed. 1828. w.Yks. Nahthen ! hah'rt a framin' by nah, like?
Snowden Tales Wolds (1894) 133. Cor. Ax er 'ow er was
fraamen, Thomas Aunt Kcziah, i.
9. To shape one's course, betake oneself; to go, set out.
w.Yks. Frame up-stairs, and make little din, Bronte Wuthering
Hts. (1847) V ; 'To frame for hSam,' to make for home, Lucas
Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) xix ; A man ' frames' home at night,
w.Yks. Mag. (1871) I. 30 ; I wor just framin to go back ageean,
Ykstnan. (1881) 182. Lan. Art no beawn to frame whom? Eaivr
Nan an' Me, st, i.
10. To attempt, purpose, intend ; to contrive, manage,
bring about.
Nhb.i, Wm. iW.S.) Yks. ' Now she's half a lady.' ' How did
she frame ? ' ' She learnt, for sure,' Taylor Miss Miles (1890) xiii.
n.Yks. Ah sal think them stark mad if they frame for to gang
efther t'warning o' this neet's wark, Simpson Jcanie 0' Biggersdale
(1893) 135. w.Yks. One contrives, an' t'other frames, Hartley
Clock Alui. (Apr. 1869) ; We know not how we could frame
without it, Hamilton Nugae Lit. {i&^i) 331 ; w.Yks.' He's nobbud
fraamin his life efter his awn plezir, ii. 325. n.Lin. While thaay
can fraame to arn the'rmeat wi' tentin' craws. Peacock TalesiiBga)
2nd S. 47. Lei.' A cain't freem to dew noothink as a'd ought.
11. To set about doing anything ; to prepare, make
ready, set to work, begin.
Dur. Gibson Up-lVeardale Gl. (1870I ; Dur.' n.Yks.'^ She
frames at eating a bit. ne.Yks.' Cum, fraame. w.Yks. Bud ah'l
up an ah'l frame o sum wark, Preston Poems (1864) 24 ; 'Is my
watch cleaned ? ' * Nay, nut yut ; ah wor just framin' on't as ye
com in ' (^E.B.') ; Used in the woollen trade of the setting out and
bringing together of the wool or other materials, for making
a 'blend' or 'lot ' (W.T.); w. Yks.^Come, my lad, frame ! w.Yks.^;
w.Yks.® Tha'll fraame to du nowt, th'art boan idle, Fraame an'
get t'dinner ready ! Lan. Noather on 'em hes spit o'er th' tother's
finger yet ; but they're framin for it, Brierley Jingo and the Beer
(1878 I 9. nw.Der.' Not. To strike an attitude for fighting (J. H.B.).
12. Reflex.: to set about doing anything; to prepare.
w.Yks. Come fraame thy sen. Banks IVkfld. Wds. (1865) ;
T'woman wor longer i' framin' hersen ageean, Yks. VVkly. Post
(Feb. I, 1896) ; All three framed thersen to drive her back,
Yksman. {iS-j-}) 4 ; w.Yks.* He framed himself to it.
13. To show promise or ability ; to adapt oneself, set
about doing a thing in a workmanhke manner.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' He frames well. How does he frame? s.Dur.
She frames well to her wark (J.E.D.). n.Yks.' ' Well, how's that
colt o' yours likely to turn out? ' ' Wheea ! 't frames weel.' The
apprentice to a trade 'frames well,' or ' ill,' as the case may be ;
n.Yks. 2 He frames badly at wark. ne.Yks.' T'lad nobbut com'd
yisttherda, bud ah think he fraames middlin'. e.Yks.' ' Dis tha
think he'll manish it ?' 'Ahdeeant knaw, mebby he will ; he frames
weel eneeaf ' w.Yks. Aw niver saw ony body frame war i' mi life.
Hartley Clock Aim. (1869) 45 ; w.Yks.^^ ; w.Yks.® He fraames
like a taaler at it, 35. Lan. Aw dunnot think tha'll manage it, for
tha frames like an owdUnker, 'Wood Hum. Sketches, 14; For never
since he was his owne governour did he frame so well as now,
Li/e A. Martindale (1685) 215, ed. 1845. Chs.' He frames badly ;
Chs.^Thee frames loike my aunt Peg, and she framed loike a fou'.
Not.' ; Not. 2 How clumsy ! he don't frame to do it. n.Lin.' ' Noo
then, fraame,' is an injunction given to anyone who is doing his
work awkwardly. 'Thoo fraames like a cat e' pattens,' said of
one who frames ill. sw.Lin.' It seems to frame right. He don't
seem to frame amiss. s Lin. (T.H.R.) Lei.' Used esp. of young
animals, calves, colts, puppies, children, &c. War.^
14. To have the appearance of, to seem ; used esp. of
the weather.
n.Yks. Sin Ah gat word fra you yesterday at e'en. Ah framed
as if Ah could settle tonovvght, Atkinson Moorl. Parish (1891) 137 ;
n.Yks.2 It's.framing for wet. w.Yks. Ah fancy it's [the weather]
flaming ta mend, Blackah Sngs. (1867) 21. Lan. We framed
like gettin on very weel together, Clegg Sketches (1895) 86.
15. Phr. (i) to frame off, to prepare to go off; (2) — on,
to prepare, make ready, begin ; (3) — out, see — off.
(i) w.Yks.' Let's frame off to bed. (2) w.Yks. Frame on and
mak' my tea, Yksman. (1878) 183; Frame on, I s.iy, just shool
it in, ib. (1890) io.\. (3) w.Yks. ' Frame aht,' said John, and
FRAMED
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Sarah framed aht, leaving behind her a delighted and applauding
audience, Yksinin. Coiiiiv .-Inu. {iB'j'j^ 13.
16. To attempt, try ; to form, fashion the speech.
Nhp. ' When any one expresses himself hesitatingly, or pro-
nounces any word with difficulty, it is commonly said, ' You
can't frame your mouth to it.' Som. If I wur axed I couldn't
frame to spake it so, 'W. & J. Gl. (1873I ; CW.F.R.)
17. To speak or behave afTcctcdly ; to mince one's
words, speak in a genteel or ceremonious manner.
Shr.*, e.An.' Nrf. (W.W.SA ; If a person apes a superior form
of speech he frames, Cozens-Hakdy Bivad Kif. (1893'! 32; What
fooks in our part call framin' or fribblin', A.B. K. JVnght's Fortune
(1885) 6a; How that there mawther du frame. I've no patience
with the hussy i.W.R.E.).
Hence Frame-person, sb. a visitor whom it is thought
necessary' to receive ceremoniously. e.An.'
[8. It framed not according to expectation, Worlidge
Syst. Agric. (1681) 184. OY.. fmmiait, to avail. 9. The
beauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither
frame, Shaks. Per. Prol. 32. 12. We were as merry as
I could frame myself to be, Pepvs Diary (Jan. 26, 1660).
16. He could not frame to pronounce it right, Bible
Judges xii. 6.]
FRAMED, see Fremd.
FRAMLINGTON CLOVER, plir. Nhb. The all-heal,
PriDtella wilgaris.
Prevalent in stiff cla\'ey soils above the coal, near Long
Framlington, Nhb., Deufiain Tracts (ed. 1892) I. 36 ; The term
Framlington Clover is owing to its prevalence in the wretched
soil thereabouts ; a source of local reproach (J.H.).
FRAMMARD, FRAMMELT, see Fromward, Framble.
FRAMMIT, see Fremd.
FRAMP, ticij. Som. Dev. Also in form vramp-. In
comp. (i) Framp-shaken, (2) -shapen, distorted, awry.
(i) Dev. They maun be a-zitting up atop o* th' gurt vramp
shaken skart i' th' yeavil yondei-, Madox-Brown Dunle Bltilli
(1876) bk. IV. iii ; Dev.' n.Dev. Why tha dest thengs vore-and-
back . . . and vramp-shaken [ed. 1771 has *shapen '] like a totle,
Exiii. Scold. (1746J 1. 120. {2) w.Cy. Grose (1790). Som., Dev.
Horac Sitbsccivae (1777).
[Cp. Dan. vrampet, warped ; prob. cogn. w. frampald.]
FRAMPALD, adj. Obs. Irel. e.An. s.Cy. Sus. Dev.
Also in forms frarapard s.Cy. Sus. ; frampart s.Cy. ;
frampled Wxi.' e.An.' ; frampold s.Cy. ; vrampol- Dev.
Fretful, cross, peevish, fractious, froward.
Wxf.', e.An.i s.Cy. Ray (1691 1 ; Bailey 1 1721) ; Grose(i79o).
se.Eng. Horac Subsecivae (1777) 161. Sus. (,IC.)
Hence Vrampolness, sb. crossness, peevishness.
Dev. Horae Siibscctvae (1777'! 453.
[She leads a very frampold life with him, Shaks.
Jilcrry IV. 11. ii. 94.]
FRAMPARD, FRAMPART, FRAMP ATH, see Fram-
pald, Frampot.
FRAMPES, sb. pi. Wxf Fits of ill-humour. Cf
frampald.
FRAMPISH, adj. Yks. Also in form framptious.
[frampij.] Fractious, quarrelsome.
Yks. They are framptious enough, Blackmore Mary Anerlsy
(1880I bk. II. xi. n.Yks.2
FRAMPISH, V. Nhb.' To bend tightly.
FRAMPLE, z'.' and sb. Sc. Also in form frammle.
[frampl.] 1. v. To put in disorder. Ayr. (Jam.)
Hence (i) Frammled, pp. confused, 'fankled'; (2)
Frampler, sb. a disorderly person.
(i) Ayr. ( Jam.1 (2'i Sc. A rude low-born frampler and wrangler,
Scott Monastety (1820) xxvii,
2. sb. A confused mass or ' fankle ' ; disordered yarn or
clothes.
Ayr. J.M. ; Gl. Surv. 691 (Jam).
FRAMPLE, t/.^ n.Yks.2 [fra-mpl.] To paw on the
ground, as a horse when kept standing in one place.
FRAMPOLEFENCE, sb. Obs. Ess. A privilege
formerly belonging to the inhabitants of the manor of
Writtle ; see below.
Such fences as a tennant in the mannor of Writtle, com. Ess-,
has against the Lord's demesnes, whereby he has the wood
growing on the fence, and as many trees or poles as he can reach
from the top of the ditch with the helve of his axe, toward the
repair of his fences (K.V [The custom of franc-pole or free-pole
in some manors, by which the tenants had a right to the wood of
their fence and all that they could reach with their hatchets,
Capel in Nares (s.v. FrampoldV]
FRAMPOT, sb. Lan.' Chs."^ Also in forms fram-
path Chs.'^ ; frampit, framput Lan.' An iron ring which
slides on the ' boose-stake ' to fasten cows in their stalls.
FRAMSY, FRAM'WARDS, see Franzy, Fromward.
FRAMZE, sb. Oxf Bck. Bdf A fitof crying or temper.
(J.W.B.) See Franz(e, v.
FRAN, V. c.Lan.' [fran, fran.] To frown and com-
plain, said of children.
FRANAGRE, v. Dev.^ [frsnegri.] To steal.
I'll franagre wan vor ee vrom Varmer Vellacott's keart.
FRANCH, see French.
FRAND, V. Oxf [Not known to our correspondents.]
To be restless. (Hall.)
FRANDIE, see Fraundy.
FRANDISH, adj. ? Obs. n.Cy. 'Wm. [frandij.]
Passionate, frenzied, mad; obstinate.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). 'Wm. Drunkenness commonly ends in
a frandish riot, Hutton Bran New Work (1785) 1. 303.
FRANE, see Frayn.
FRAN-FRECKLE, sb. Yks. Der. Not. Lin. Also in
forms fran-freck-; frawn- s.Not.; frown- Not.; fren-fekle
Der.' [fra'n-freki.] A freckle. See Fern-freckles.
Der.' Fraan'-fraek'l, fraen'-faek'lz. Lin. (W.W.S.) s.Lin. Ar
Sue's faace is thick ower wi' fran-freckles (T.H.R.).
Hence Fran-f recked or -freckled, adj. freckled.
w.Yks.^, Not. (J.H.B.) s.Not. A red-'aired man wee a fran-
frecked face (J.P.K.).
FRANCE, sb. Som. [fraeng.] A fringe.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Soni.' Nile franj-n tau'slz tu dhu
aewzeen, smaa-rt, shoa'ur nuuf- ! [New fringe and tassels to the
housing, smart, sure enough !]
{¥r. /range, fringe (Cotgr.).]
FRANCE, V.' Lan. [frang.] To be petulant and
quarrelsome. See Franz(e.
s.Lan. Occas. used (S.W.^ ; Bamford Dial. (1854").
FRANCE, i;.2 Cor.'^ [fraen?.] To spread out like a fan.
FRANCY, adj. Yks. Lan. Fit. Lin. 'Wor. Shr. Hrf.
Rdn. Cor. [fra'ngi, fraengi.] 1. Of horses : spirited,
unmanageable, restive. See Franzy.
w.Yks.3 Lin. (J.C.W.) ; Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884)
329. n.Lin. Yer more frangy than a blood-foal fost time it's a
belter putten on it head. Peacock R. Skirlaiigh (1870) I. 194:
nXin.i, s.Wor.' Shr.' The mar' seems frangy this moruin'. Hrf.
' She's a bit frangy' — said of a mare that jibs and will not work
straight (C.J.R.) ; Hrf.^ Some ponies is so frangy. Rdn.'
2. Fig. Of persons : quarrelsome, peevish, snappish ;
bad-tempered.
w.Yks.3 Lan. Aw'm soorry for Nelly, I' th' want of a felly
Hoo's like to be frangy, Ramsbottom Cy. IVds. (1867') No. xiii. 208.
s.Lan. Bamford /)((7/. 1,1854). Fit. (T.K.J.) n.Lin. Sutton ffWs.
( 1881) ; n.Lin.i. Shr.', Cor. (F.R.C.)
FRANlON.rtrfz/. Wbs. Nhp.' Luxuriantly, in profusion.
The wheat grows deadly fi anion.
[Prob. a special use of Tudor "E./ranioii, a wanton, one
of luxurious life.]
FRANK, s6.' Sc. Also e.An. [frarjk, fraerjk.]
1. The heron, Ardeacinerea. Also called Frank Linfoot.
Slg. [So called] from its harsh cry, Swainson Birds {188^) 145.
e.An.' Nrf. Frank, however, as the fenmen call him, was not alone.
. . . Just before harvest you may hear the heron all night calling
hoarsely ' Frank, Frank,' Emerson Buds (ed. 1895) 199 ; Frank
Linfoot was looking arter eels in the decks, ib. ; I see old Frank
this morning, Nrf. Arch. (1879) VIII. 169. Suf. Swainson ib.
e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. The wild goose, Anser cinereus.
Nrf. Heard from an old gamekeeper, but not known to others of
younger age (R.H.H.).
FRANK, sb.'^ and v. Shr. Also in form frang Shr.'
[frserjk, fraer).] 1. sb. A broad iron fork, used by farm
labourers for getting coal, loading potatoes, &c.
BovND Provinc. {18-16) ; Shr." Not common ; Shr.^
2. V. To throw or scatter about, as of manure, hay, &c.
Shr.' 'E's frankin' it all about.
FRANK
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FRAPE
FRANK, sh.^ Stf.^ [fratjk.] A person who comes
late in a ' pot bank.'
FRANK, adj.^ Obs. Sc. Of a horse : willing, in phr.
frank to the road.
' I'll trouble you for your spurs, mj' friend.' ' You will scarce
need them, sir, . . he's very frank to the road,' Scott Anliqiiary
(1816 xl.
FRANK, a^^'.'' Shr. Strange, not akin.
' Frank [fraangk-] folks ' are distinguished from kinsfolk,
Darlington Flk-Sp. (1887).
FRANKLY, adj. Stf.' [fra-rjkli.] Comfortable.
FRANK-POSTS, sb. pi. Lin. [Not known to our
correspondents.] The piles of a bridge, hut, or other
building. (Hall.)
FRANKUM. s6. Sun [frEe-gkam.] In-phr. St.Frankuni's
dance, St. Vitus' dance.
He's had St. Frankum's dance, and all along 0' the school, A'.
& Q :i89o) 7th S. X. 285.
FRANNEL, 5*. n.Lin.i [fra'nl.] Flannel.
FRANT, sb., V.'- and adj. Shr. Hrf [fraent.] 1. sb.
A fit of violent passion; a state of extreme irritability.
Shr.' ' What's the matter with baby ? ' ' 'E's on'y in a frant,
Ma'am, 'cause the cat 60nna be mauled.'
2. V. To kick and scream with passion.
Shr.' 'Ow the child frants.
3. adj. Fretful, fractious. Hrf.'^
FRANT, 11.^ Som. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To be careful. (Hall.)
FRANTICAL, adv. Dor. Eagerly, keenly, madly,
frantically.
The clerk loved going to cover as frantical as the parson, Hardy
IFcss. Flk. in Haifier's Mas;- (Apr. i8gil 702.
FRANTICLE, 5*. n^Yks.^ [frantikl.] A freckle. Cf
fern-tickles.
FRANTY, adj Cor. [frae'nti ] Froward.
He's as fair as he's franty, Parr AHam and Eve (1880) \. 83 ;
(M.A.Cl
FRANZ(E, V. Lei. War. Wor. [franz, frsenz.] To
fly into a passion ; to fret, complain. See Franzy. Cf.
frange, v.''-
Lei.^, War.3 Wor. She's a dcsper't one to franz ^CW.').
FRANZY. sb. and adj. Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf Not. Lei.
Nhp. "War. Wor. Hrf Oxf Bck. Bdf. Sus. Also in forms
framsy War. Oxf Bck. Bdf ; frany Hrf [fra'nzi,
frae'nzi, frae'mzi.] 1. sb. A passion, temper, state of
anger, ' frenzy.' See Frangy, Franz(e.
Nhp. Grose 11790'! MS. add. (C.) 'War.2 In a fine franzy.
s.Wor. (H.K.) Oxf. Don't get up in a fransy (M.A.R.) ; 'What a
franzy er's in (A. P. ).
Hence Franzied, adj. bad-tempered. s.Wor. (H.K.)
2. adj. Of horses : wild, fresh, unmanageable, frisky,
restive.
■w.Yks.'' As a young horse is when he lias had no work. ' He's
as franzy as owt ; he jumps about like a cat on a hot backstone.'
Oxf. Your horse is fransy (M.A.R.) ; Oxf.' MS. add.
3. Passionate, hot-tempered, impetuous; irritable, peevish.
Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool (1837I 107. Chs. S/ieaf {l8^g)
I. 228 ; Chs.', Stf.' n.Stf. I daresay ye warna franzy, for ye look
as if ye'd ne'er been angered i' 3-our life, Geo. Eliot A. Bede
(1859J I. 165. s.Stf. Her's cuttin' a tooth an' franzy accordin',
PiNNocK Blk. Cy. Aim. (1895). s.Not. 'E's very franzy, very 'ot-
'eaded (J.P.K.). Lei.' ' A's very franzy,' said a woman of her
husband, 'but not a bad temper.' Nhp.' Used to children only.
■War. (E.A.P.) ; War.^a" s.War.' The master's sich a terrible
franzy man. Wor. He is so franzy at times (C.W.'). se.Wor.',
s.Wor.', Hrf.', Oxf. {J."W.B.), Oxf.' Bck., Bdf. Applied gat. to
the temper of children. A crying baby is emphatically called
' framzy ' (J.'W.B.'). aw. Sus. Such a franzy child (G.A.W.).
HenceFranzical,<?^.hasty, impetuous; passionate. Lei.'
FRAP, z^.' and .si.' Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Hrt.
Suf Sus. [frap, frssp.] 1. v. To strike, rap ; to beat.
Nhb.' Aa'Il frap yorheed when aa get a had on ye. w,Yks.(J.'W.)
ne.Lan.' Hrt. \i [the calf's tail] do not bleed to your desire frap
about it with the handle of a knife, Ellis Mod. Hiisb. (1750) IV. iii.
Suf.' Not very commonly heard and getting more and more into
disuse. Sus. The Hastings fishermen still 'frap' their children,
Tendall Guide to Hastings, 38. e.Sus. Holloway.
2. To snap the finger and thumb. Cum.', w.Yks. (R.H.H.)
3. To make a sudden sharp noise like a slight explosion ;
to fizzle or frizzle.
Lakel.2 He was blertin' an' frapen' aboot wi' an auldgun. Lan.
T'first match when he struck it frap'd, sputtered, and flar'd up.
Eavesdropper P'ill. Life 1^18691 No. 18.
Hence Trapping, sb. the noise made in cooking or
frying food.
Lan. Sum goo in fur ... a frizzlin'and frappin'o' bacon, Ferguson
Moiidyivarfs Visit, 3.
4. Fig. To brag, boast, make a great fuss about. w.Yks.',
ne.Lan.'
5. sb. A blow. Lan.', ne.Lan.'
6. The noise of a sudden crack or explosion.
Lakel.2, Cum.' s.Wm. A short sharp sound like that of a pop-
gun, or the bursting of an inflated paper bag (J.A. B.). ne.Lan.'
7. A primitive kind of firework.
w.Yks. It was in the days of puny squibs and fraps, Sad Times
(1870) 118 ; w.Yks.^ Made by a pinch of powder in paper folded in
a triangular form, sometimes used to clean oven-flues.
8. Fig. A boasting, bragging ; a bragger, boaster.
w.'Yks.' T'French freedom they mak sike frap about, ii. 306.
[L Frap hym to dethe, Dest. Troy (c. 1400J 10515. Fr.
f rapper, to strike.]
FRAP, v."^ and sZ-.^ Yks. Lan. Glo. Oxf. Nrf Som.
Dev. Also in form vrap Glo. Dev. [frap, fraep.] 1. v.
To quarrel, dispute.
Lan. An" what's Peggy an' he bin frappin' o'er? Wood Hum.
Sketches, 26. s.Lan. (S.W.)
Hence Frapping,s6.quarrelling,disputing;adisturbance,
worry, anxiety.
Lan. Wot o world o frappin un unyezziness would ha bin saved,
Staton Lootiiiiiayy (c. 1861) 88.
2. sb. A quarrel, dispute ; a row, disturbance, tumult.
w.Yks.' Aw his fraps an brabblements o'l stand him i' naa steead,
ii. 305. Lan. He had a frap wi' his owd woman, an' hoo left him.
Wood Hum. Sketches, 25 ; A regilur frap took place, Staton
Loominary (c. 1861) 96 ; Look what a ferment un frap Nanny
Skater created aw throo th' nayburhood, ib. 94. Nrf. He went to
see my old chap— to know what all the frap was about, Emerson
Son of Fens (1892) 48.
3. A fit of ill-temper or passion ; a pet, ill-humour.
n.Yks. Loike a little lass in a frap, Why John iColl. L.L.B.').
w.Yks. Well, well, me good v^'oman, doan't be in a frap abaht it,
Tom Treddlehovle Baimsla Ami. (1873') 15 ; w.Yks.^^ Lan.
Dunno fly op in a frap, Tim Bobbin Viciv Dial. (1740) 6 ; Dunnot
tee fly up i' sich a frap, mon, Waugh Oisid Blanket (1867) 10;
Lan.', e.Lan.'
Hence (i) Frappish, (2) Frappy, (3) Frapsy, adj. short-
tempered, quarrelsome, angry ; peevish, fractious, froward.
(i) n.Yks. 2, Oxf. tK.) Glo., Dev. Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.^ ;
Horae Subsecivae (1777) 161. Som. Sweetman IVincanton Gl.
{1885). (2) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (May 9, 1885) 8 ; w.Yks.s
Naay barn, doan't be frappy abart it. (3') n.Yks.^
FRAP, v.^ Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To blight, destroy.
FRAPE, sb} Yks. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] Rubbish.
He do bring in a lot of frape 'at 'e calls flowers (F.P.T.).
FRAPE, v} Som. Dev. Cor. Also in form vrap Dev.'
[frep, freap.] 1. To bind, bandage ; to draw back or
lace tightly.
Dev.' Their mothers wared their hair vrapped back, 17 ; Dev.^
Thease bwoy 'th a brawked his arm, I've fraped en up. n.Dev. Bit
now hur frap'th up tight, "RoQViJim an Nell (1867) St. 21 ; Cryle!
how times be altered I Their mothers weared their hair fraped
back-way, a forehead-cloth under their dowdes, Monthly Mag.
(1810) 1.436. nw. Dev.' Maids now-a-days frape their zells up zo's
they kin hardly braithe. Frape up the girts [girths]. s.Dev. Fox
Kingsbiidge (1874). Cor.' ; Cor.2 Lor ! how she es fraped in about
the waist.
2. To tuck up.
w.Som.' Peasant women have a way of tucking the tail of their
gowns through the open slit below where they are fastened at the
waist— this is constantly seen when sci ubbing or at any dirty work,
and is called 'dhugaewn u-frae'upt aup' [the gown a fraped up].
3. To scrape, scratch. Dev.* 'Hot at frapin about thar ?
Hence Frape, adv. with a scratch or scrape.
Dev.'^ It came down frape across his hand.
FRAPE
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FRAUGHT
[1. Girding them with ropes, which our seamen call
fraping. they have the name of frape-boats, Dampier Fqy.
(1703) III. 2o(N.E.D.).]
FRAPE, t'.= and sb.^ Ken. [frep.] 1. v. To worry,
fret, fidget, fuss ; to scold, chide, reprove.
Grose 1,1790) I Holloway; Ken.' Don't fiape about it. ne.Ken.
That wonian is always Irapeing (H.M.).
2. sb. A woman of an anxious, worrying temperament.
Ken.' Oh ! she's a regular frape.
FRAPE, v.^ Lan. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To crack ; to scold. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)
FRAPE, v.* Cor. [frSp.] To blow.
Fraping through trumpets (^M.A.C).
FRAPS, sb.pl. e.An. [freeps.! Entanglements.
e.An.' Nrf. Strike straight and theyll conic up dead as nits, an'
you won't hcvnofraps (of 'darting' fish), EMEKSONJfi/(/Z.i/ev 1890) 1 3.
FRASE, V. n.Cy. Also e.An. [frez.] To break.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). e.Aa.' Nrf. Ray (1691) ; Bailey (1721) ;
(K.l; (P.R.I
[Norvv.dial./ras(7,tocrackle(AASEN);soSw.dial.(RiETz).]
FRASH, see Fresh.
FRASLING, si. Chs.'^ [fra-zlin.] The perch, Pcrca
Jliiimtilis. [Satciiell (1879).]
FRASY, see Fraise, si.'
FRAT, V. Stf ' To prepare paste in the pot-works.
FRATCH, t'., sb. and adj. In f;cn. dial, use in n. counties
to Stf. Der. Lin. Also Shr. Bdf. Also in forms fraagh,
fraigh n.Yks. ; fradge w.Yks.^ [fratj.] 1. v. To quarrel,
dispute, wrangle ; to scold, find fault with. Cf. fretchet.
N.Cy.' Nhb. She was sorry she had * fratched ' him — he could
see that, S. Tymdale Stud. (i8g6) Robbie Aymslrottg ; Fetchin'
in her name to fratch ower! Clare Love 0/ Lass {iQgo) I. 103;
Nhb.' Dur. Gibson Up-Weardale Gl, (1870). Cum. Sumtimos
they difler't, an' fratch't, an' at odd times fowt, Farrall Belty
Wilson (1886) 75; My fadder fratches sair eneugh, Anderson
Ballads (ed. 1808) a. Wm. He gat impident o ev a sudden, en
wanted ta fratch, RoBisON.<4(7/rf Taa/cs (18821 17. n.Yks. Fraaghin
\vi' Mary forbein' soagaumless i' teein her chignon on, Fetherston
Smuggins Fant. 50 ; Deeame grumblin' and fraighin with Mary,
I'A. T. Goorkrodger (1870) 17; n.Yks. '^3 ne.Yks.' Let him be;
thoo's awlus fratchin ! m.Yks.' w. Yks. Them at will interfere
between man an wife at's fratchin, Tom Treddlehoyle Bnimsla
Ann. ^1873) II ; w.Yks.' When shoc'd clum to t'top stavv, they
begins a fratchin an rockin' th' stee, ii. 287 ; w.Yks.^* Lan. Mi
relations 11 fratch o'er when aw'm i' mi grave. Wood Recitations
^18791 14 ; They'n bin teed together . . . beaut oather fratchin or
pooin at t'knot, Clegg Sketches ^1895"' 56. Lan.', n.Lan.', ne.Lan.'
s.Lan. PiCTON Dial. (1865). Chs. For they geet fratchin' an'
quarellin', Yates Oad Peter, iv. Stf.' Der. Theer's naw use
fratchin, like a hen, Ward David Gneve (1892) I. viii.
Hence (i) Fratched, ppl. adj. (a) on unfriendly or
quarrelsome terms ; (b) of a horse : restive, having
vicious tricks in harness ; (2) Fratcher, sb. a scold, a
quarrelsome person ; a fault-finder ; (3) Fratchety, adj.
peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross ; (4) Fratching, (a)
sb. quarrelling, scolding, fault-finding; {b} ppl. adj. quarrel-
some, wrangling ; troublesome ; (5) Fratchous, (6) Fratchy,
see Fratchety.
(i, a) Lin.' The families have been fratched for a long time. (6)
w.Yks.', ne Lan.' (2) N.Cy.', Nhb.' Cum. His wife's a famous
fratcher, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1881) 75. w.Yks. Shoo is a
fratcher (jE.B.). Lan. Grumblers an' fratchers an' mealy mouthed
folk, DoTTiE Rambles (1898) loi. (3) Chs.', Shr.' (4, a) Cum.
I's git a deuce of a fratchin', Anderson Ballads (ed. 1881) 41;
'Fratching' was a thing almost unknown among them, Linton
Lizzie Lorton (1867) v. w.Yks. Thear wor a fratchin going on it
naborhood, Tom Treddlehoyle 2Ja/r;is/n ^HH. (1868) 41. Lan.
Alter a bit o' fratchin wi' him, we were loike for t'give up, Mellor
Uncle Owdeni (1867) 9 ; This fratchin' bed been gain' on, Eaves-
dropper yill. Li/edee^) No. 81. (6) Cum. He's just a fratchin'
feightin full, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1840] 7 ; Sic fratching wark —
let's away heame (J.Ar.). Wm. Servants be sick sacy fratchan
things, Clarke TReysh Beeai-in (1863. Lan. Theyd'n some o" th'
warst, fratchingst company at e'er oh saigh, Waugh Sketches {18^5}
126. (s'l Cum. He's sae fratchious when he's fresh (M.P.). Wm.
& Cum.' Wi' canterin Ned . . . An fratcheous Gweordy Barns, 137.
w.Yks. Az for a fratchous word, ah nivver heard owt like wun,
Tom Treddlehoyle Fr. E.xhibition (c. 1856) 54. (6) e.Dur.'
Imported from Tyneside. n.Yks. T'woman'svarry fratchy (I.W. ;)
n.Yks.2 A fratchy body. w.Yks.2 Usually applied to children.
ne.Lan. Whenever awm a bit . . . fratchy wi' th' missus ... aw
goes to th' owd flute, Mather Idylls (lags') 56. sw.Lin.' We call
them fratchy when folks are nasty-tempered, and one don't like
to speak to them. s.Lin. The misses 's that fratchy to-day ther's
nowt enybody can do as pleases her (T.H.R.).
2. To worry about trifles ; to fret, grumble.
Nhb.' What are ye fratching on at ? Lan. .Sometimes we fret
and fratch o'er nowt, Dottie Rambles (1898) 40; Hoo keeps
fratchin' and threepin', Fothergill Healey (.1884) xxviii. Chs.'
3. To lie ; to shuffle or cheat in joke ; to boast unduly.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.^ Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool
(1837)107. ne.Lan.', e.Lan.' m.Lan.' To'rt Blackpool rooad id
meeans lyin'.
4. To sport, frolic. w.Yks.'
5. To praise.
m.Lan.' To fratch o' onybody i' these parts meeans to praise 'em.
6. sb. A quarrel, dispute, wrangle.
Nhb. To this simple country fellow, who had had many a fratch
. . . the idea was appalling, Clare Love of Lass (i8go) I. 147 ;
Nhb.^ He's niwor easy till he can raise a fratch wi' somebody'.
s.Dur. He's tryen' to pick a fratch 'J.E.D.). Lake!.' Cum. 'A fine
morning. Sir.' ' Ey, who said it wasn't ? D'ye want a fratch ? '
Dickinson Cumbr. (1875) 102 ; Aye cracked his thoums for a bit
of a fratch, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1881) 69. Wm. Ma fratch
wi t'track woman, Robison Lord Robison in Kendal C. News
(..Sept. 22, 1888). n.Yks.2 w.Yks. They went on throo little
to moor till they'd a regular fratch, Hartley Ditt. (c. 1873) 100 ;
w.Yks.' What a girt sin it is to breed fratches, ii. 322 ; w.Yks.^;
w.Yks.5 My mother bed a fratch wi' him, 4. Lan. When eawr
Dick yers there'll be a fratch. Wood S/z^s. 12. Lin. Brookes
Tracts Gl. Bdf. (J.W.B.)
7. A rude,quarrelsome person; a playful child. n.Cy.fK.),
w.Yks.' 8. Alie; apettydeceptionortheft. n.Yks.^,n.Lin.'
9. adj. Quarrelsome, easily offended, touchy.
Lan.' Chs. C/;s. Af, er Q. (1882) I. 224.
[1. I am intirelj' of your mind, that it is not the D. of
Marl.'sbusinesse to fratch, Madresfidd Lett. (1714), ed. 1875,
9o(N.E.D.).]
FRATE. see Fret, v., Freit.
FRATED, adj. Nhb.' Frayed, fretted ; having rough,
ragged edges, as torn or worn cloth.
FRATERN, v. Hrf.^ Also written fraturn. To re-
semble in face or features.
One brother fraterns another very much.
[Lit. to resemble as brothers ; cp. OFr. fraleriie, Lat.
frdtcrnus, fraternal.]
FRATH, adv. Bwk. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Distant in manner, reserved.
FRATISHED, FRATISHMENT, see Frettished,
Frettishment.
FRAVTHA^G, vbl. sb. Obs. Sc. The act of defrauding
or committing fraud.
Edb. Auld Cloot at last may spairge you tightly. . . For fraudling
o' your fellow creature, Liddle Poems (1821) 127.
FRAUGHAN, see Fraghan.
FRAUGHT, sb. and v. Sc. Also written fraucht
(Jam.) e.Fif. ; and in form freight Lnk. [fraxt.] 1. sb.
A freight, load, esp. two bucketl'uls of water.
Bnff.' Two cart loads of anything. ' The man's awa t'the hill
[moss] for a fraught o' pehts ' [peets]. * A sent the new servan t'the
wahl for a fraught o' wattir.' It was the old custom to do so as
the first work of a new servant. Abd. Many a 'fraught' have I
carried with two buckets and a hoop, Anderson Rhymes (1867)
193. Frf. To carry a fraught of water to the manse without
spilling, Barrie Minister (i8gi) iii. e.Fif. Bawsie, however,
made but sma' progress under her double fraucht, Latto Tarn
Bodkin (1864 I ii.
Hence Fraughtless, adj., fig. ? insipid, without weight
or importance.
Sc. They're maughtless, they're fraughtless. Compared to our
blue bonnets, Tarras Poems (1804) 139 (Jam.).
2. Passage-money, fare, boat-hire.
Sc. An your head were as white as Willie Milne's beard, I'll
hae my fraught, that I will, Pitcairn Assembly (1766) 16 ; Tarry
breeks pays no fraught . . . People of a trade assist one another
mutually, Kelly Prov. '1721) 318. Lnk. John Dick having paid
FRAUN
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FREAK
his freight to thirty shillings, Wodrow Cli. Hist. (1721) IV. 11,
ed. 1828.
3. V. To freight, load. Also used 7?^.
e.Fif.The honest man insisted on bein' at the expense o' frauchlin'
the bowl afresh, Latio Tain Bodkin (1864) xxiii. Ayr. Fraughted
with hopes of favour and shelter, Dickson Wriliiigs (1660) I. 199,
ed. 1845. Kcb. My heart was fraughted with challenges, Ruther-
ford Lett. (1660) No. 158.
[1. Ffylde all his fyne shippes & his fraght made, Dest.
Troy (c. 1400) 9388. 2. Gyf \o\i has macht to pay [lame
{>i schip fraucht. Leg. Saints (c. 1400), ed. Metcalfe, 310.
Cp. MDu. vrachl, ' vectura ' {Teuthoiiista). 3. We ...
Fraughtit our ship, and syne our anker weyde, Mont-
GOMERIE Navigatioun (1579) 90, in Poems, ed. Cranstoun,
207.]
FRAUN, see Fraghan.
FRAUNDY, sb. He. Also in form frandie (Jam.). A
small rick.
Fif. What's a frandy ? What the Fife farmers call their hay-
cocks (G.W.") ; A small rick of sheaves, such as a man standing
on the ground can build (Jam.) ; Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
FRAUNGE, sb. and v. Yks. Lin. Also written fraundge
n.Yks.'^ ; and in forms frooange e.Yks.' ; frounge e.Yks.
[fr^ndg.] 1. sb. A frolic, freak, ' spree'; an irregular
excursion ; a stroll, ramble.
n.Yks.i ; n.Yks.^'Ararefraundge,' a capital ' turn-out.' ne.Yks,'
He's had a fraunge. e.Yks.^, m.Yks.^, w.Yks.'
2. Obsol. A village feast. n.Lin.^
3. V. To indulge in a frolic or ' spree ' ; to stroll, ramble,
rove.
n.Yks.i* ne.Yks.iHetaksofif.fraungingaboot. e.Yks. (W.W.S.),
e.Yks.i, m.Yks.i
Hence Fraundging, /r/. prowling. n.Yks.*
4. To fling, ' wince.' w.Yks.^
FRAV, see Fro.
FRAWFUL, adj. Sc. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] 1. Bold, impertinent. Ayr. 2.
Sulky, scornful. Rnf
FRAWL, FRAWN, see Frail, v., Freeze.
FRAWSY, sb. Hmp. Dev. Cor. Also written frauzy
Dev. ; and in forms frosy Hmp. ; frozzy Dev. Cor. ;
vrozzy Dev.^ [fr9"zi, frozi.] A treat, feast ; a dainty,
nice thing; a relish.
Hmp. I shall have a frosy to my tea (T.L.O.D.). Dev. ' Now awl
tha vokes be ago tii races, us'll 'ave a frawsy awl tu ourzels.
Whot chell us 'ave ? * ' Aw, let's 'ave a fowl an' a figgy pudden,'
Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892; ; Wearegoingto have a frawzy to-night,
Repotis Pmvinc. (1889); They had a regular frauzy, (i. {1891) ;
Dev.i I'll eat vire if 3'ou haven't a' vit some vrozzy or other, 23 ;
Dev.^ Come to my ouze to tay tommorer ; us'll 'a' a frawzie — ' eggs
and bakken ' or a ' tattie-cake.' Dev., Cor. They have frozzies
[they have feasts], Montlily Mag. (1810) I. 436.
Hence Frawziner, sb. a person fond of making tasty
dishes. Dev.^
FRAWTH, sb. and v. Suf [fr§tS.] 1. sb. A quarrel,
wrangle, disturbance. (C.G.B.) ; e.Suf (F.H.)
2. V. To quarrel, make a disturbance.
Suf. (C.G.B.') e.Suf. Don't you come a frawthing here (F.H.').
Hence (i) Frawthy, (2) Frawthy-mouthed, adj. quarrel-
some.
e.Suf. (i) She has a frawthy tongue. (2) All the family are
frawthy-mouthed (F.H.).
FRAWZING, sb. and adj. Lan. Also in form freawzin
w.Lan. [frp-zin, frezin.] 1. sb. A gossiping person.
Lan.i, s.Lan. (W.H.T.)
2. adj. Gossiping. w.Lan. Davies Paces (1856) 267.
FRAY, sb. and v.^ Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also Hmp. [fre,
fres.] 1. sb. Terror, fright, panic.
Sc. Great were the frays of this people, and their tears to God
plentiful, Baillie Lett. (1775) H. 69 (Jam.). Fif. At once upflutter
in a sudden fray, Tennant..4))s<c>-(i8i2) 72, cd. 1871 ; The Roman
people in a fray Ran to the forum flockin', ib. Papistry (1827) 50.
2. A disturbance, upset.
Nhb. While thus they mourn'd, byeth wives an' bairns, . . .
Whce there should come but Archy's sel' to see about the fray,
Gilchrist Sngs. (1824) 7 ; Nhb.' A house cleaning or a washing
day leads to the exclamation, ' What a fray thor's on thi day.'
3. V. To frighten, daunt ; to quarrel demonstratively.
Sc. Never did I think to be frayed with a bogle, Lang Monk
of Fife (1896) 94. w.Yks. Yks. Wkly. Post (July 21, 1883);
(C.C.R.1 ; w.Yks.i, Hrap.^
[1. Whenne iacob was moost in fray God him coum-
fortide. Cursor M. (c. 1340) 4775. See Afraid. 2. Where
window is open, cat make th a fray, Tusser//;(sA. (1580)168.]
FRAY, f.'^ Som. Dev. Hunting term: of a stag: to
rub the horns against trees, so as to rub the velvet off the
new head.
w.Som.' Fraa'y. n.Dev, They are then fraying, rubbing the
velvet off their horns against the trees. He observes where the
signs of fraying first appear, indicating that a full-grown stag is
in the neighbourhood, as the best stags usually fray earliest,
Jefferies Red Deer (1884) vi.
Hence Fraying-post, sb. anything against which a stag
' frays ' its horns.
A yew is completely barked on one side. . . You will see scores
in the wood as if made with a great nail ; . . it is a fraying-post
where the stags rubbed the velvet from their horns last summer,
Jefferies //rfg'TOW. (1889) 103-4.
[Fray . . . Harts or stags are said to fray their heads,
when they rub them, to make the pilles of their new horns
come off, BuLLOKAR (1616) ; When the hartes that are in
covert do perceive that their heades do begin to dry
(which is about the xxii of luly), then they discover
themselves, going to the trees to fray their heades and
rub of the velvet, Turberville Venerie (1576) (w.Som.^).
Fr. frayer, to burnish (as a deer his head) by rubbing
(COTGR.).]
FRAY, V? Chs. Also written frey s.Chs.' To stock
a pond with young fish.
Chs.'^ s.Chs.i Ahy dhuwt dhu)d bin jed, dn dhu)t ^eiir
yet ; iv dhu dus)nu dee, ahy)I freyHh ktit wi^dhi [I thowt tha'd
bin jed, an' tha't here yet ; if tha dustna dee, I'll frey th' cut wi'thee].
[Cp. Yv.fray, the spawn offish (Cotgr.); OFr./roz, see
Hatzfeld (s. v. Frai).]
FRAY, FRAYEL, see Fro, Frail, sb.^
FRAYN, z>. Sc. Yks. Lan. Also written frain, frane
Fif (Jam.) ; and in form frein n.Yks.^ [fren.] 1. To
ask, inquire, interrogate ; to inquire after.
Sc. Wha fast at him did frayne, Aytoun Ballads (ed. 1861) II.
192. n.Yks.'^ 'Wheea did thoo frein tae ?' of whom did you ask
the question ? *She nivver frein'd for t'spot.' Lan. Thoresby Lf7/.
(1703) ; (K.) ; Hunter Hallaiiisliire Gl. (1829) ill.
2. To insist, urge warmly. Fif (Jam.)
[1. Ich . . . frainede ful ofte of folke that ich mette Yf
eny wiht wist wher Dowel was at jmne, P. Plowman (c.)
XI. 3. OE./;Y^«fjn, to inquire ; O'N./regna.]
FRAYTHE, see Freathe.
FRAZE, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Also in form frize. Half a
quarter of a sheet of paper.
Called in the south a vessel of paper, Grose (1790) MS. add.
(P.) ; FoRBY Gl. (ed. 1830).
FRAZE, see Freeze.
FRAZLE, V. e.An. Amer. Also written frazzle.
[frezl, frse'zl.] To unravel or fray cloth ; to entangle a
skein of thread, &c., in unravelling it.
e.An.' Suf.' In hemming, cloth is said to 'frazle' when the
threads for want of selvage pull out length ways. e.Suf. (F.H.)
[Amer. This cloth frazzles out. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 64.]
Hence (i) Frazled, />/>/. adj. in confusion, entangled; (2)
Frazlings, sb. pi. threads of cloth, torn or unravelled.
(i) e.An.' (2) e.An.', e.Suf. (F.H.)
FRAZY,nfl>'. Lin. [frezi.] Mean, niggardly, miserly,
ungenerous.
(Hall.) ; Lin.' The frazy man wants more than ' the cat and
her skin.'
FRE(A, see Fro.
FREA, V. Obs. Wil.' Also in form fry. To make a
brushwood drain.
FREAK, Si!-.' Sc. Nhb. Stf. Also written freak Stf.';
freik Sc. ; freke, freyk Nhb.' [frlk.] 1. Obs. A strong
man, a fighting man.
Sc. And quhair is ane freik on ground Darris cry Bo! to me?
Jamieson Po/i. i3n//«rfs (1806) I. 343. Nhb.' [Ther was no freke
that tlicr wolde flye. Child Ballads (18891 pt. vi. 298.]
FREAK
[489;
FREE
2. A fellow ; a fool ; an impertinent fellow.
Sc. Herd Coll. Sags. (1776J G/. Abd. Shikrefs Poems (1790)
Gl. Stf.i lie is a freelt.
[1. OE. /irca, a warrior (Beowulf). 2. Now fynde I
wcle, quod |)e freke, j'at false er |)i wordes, Wars Alex.
(c. 1450) 2186.]
FREAK, sb.'^ Sc. Also in form frake Ayr. In phr.
(i) a/il 0/ llie freaks, a. sudden vvliini, afit of foolisli fancy ;
(2) to take the freak, to have a sudden fancy, to take it into
one's head to do something.
(r) Sc. Dominie Dhu, in a fit o' the freaks, Spak o' stars an'
conjunctions to Rory M'AlIan, Vedder Poems (1842) 199, (2)
Ayr. Twa three now the frake hae ta'en In rhyme to clatter, Smith
Poel. Misc. (,1832) 124.
FREAK, FREAKED, see Fraik, Frained.
FREASTY, m/y. Lei.' [fristi.] Unclean, unwashed,
dirty. See Frowsty.
Ali'm so freasty ah'll go wesh me.
FREAT, s6.i Lin. Nrf A recipe.
Lin. MiLi.ER &- Skeimciily Feitlaiid {18^8) iv. Nrf. (W.W.S.)
FREAT, sb.' w.Yks.' [friat.] Damage, decay.
There's nayther hole nor freeat in't.
[OFr. frete{fraite), a breach ; see La Curne ('s,.v.Fraicte)i\
FREAT, see Fret, sA.*
FREATH, V. and sb. Sc. Also written freethe, freith
(Jam.). [frIJ), friS.] L v. To foam, froth.
Ayr. O rare ! to see thee fizz and freath, Burns Sc. Drink
(1786') St. 10.
2. To work up into a froth, make suds for washing ; to
lather.
Lnk. We're not yet begun To freath the graith, Ramsay Gentle
Shep. (1725) 39, ed. 1783.
3. Of clothes: to wash slightly after being 'rough-dried,'
in order that they may be properly got up.
Cld. Applied to clothes which have lain some time after being
washed and dried, without having been smoothed with the iron
or otherwise properly dressed ; a ' graith ' is made in which tlie
clothes receive a slight washing that they may be put into a fit
state for being washed (Jam.).
4. sb. Froth, lather, soap-suds. Sc. (Jam.)
5. A slight, hasty washing given to clothes which have
been soiled in the bleaching or drying, (ib.)
\0^. freopan (in d-freopan), to froth (Sweet).]
FREATHE, v. Cor. Also in form fraythe Cor.^
[frits.] With oh/: to disentangle a fabric, unpick ; of stuff",
&c. : to fray out, unravel.
Cor.i This stuft' freathes out very quickly ; Cor.^ Common.
w.Cor. Bottrell Trad. 3rd S. Gl.
FREATH(E, FREAWZIN, see Frith, Frawzing.
FREAZOCK, V. Ayr. (Jam.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] To coax, wlieedle, cajole.
FREBBY, FRECHT, see Fro, Fright.
FRECK, s6.' Nhp.2 [frek.] A painful sore at the
end of one of the fingers.
FRECK, 56.= LMa. [frek.] A fright. See Frecken, t;.
A groan that made me heart jump in me mouse wis the freck
it give me, Rydings Tales 11895) 47-
FRECK,?;. Obs.t Nhp. To mark with spots, dapple.
In whose margin flags are freckt, Clare Vill. Minst. (1821) I.
208 ; The eve put on her sweetest shroud, Freck'd with white
and purple cloud, ib. II. 3.
FRECK, adj. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Also in form frac Nhb.';
fracli Sc. n.Yks.' [frek, frak.] 1. Ready, eager; bold,
forward, audacious.
Sc. Unlikely men to stay one of the frackest youths in Scotland,
Scott Abbot (1820) xxxiv. Fif. Hae ye your man by acht o'clock
A' frack and furnish't for the shock, Tennant Papistry (1827) 119.
Rnf. The freckest, whiles, hae own'd her dought, Picken Poems
(1813) I. 147. Nhb.', n.Yks.i
2. Stout, firm, hale.
n.Sc. A freck carl, a freck auld man . . . one, who although
advanced in life retains a considerable degree of vigour and
activity (Jam.'. Rnf. Nae surfeit rises frae our meal, We're ay
fu' freck an' stark an' hale, Picken Poems (1813) I. 68. Ayr. He's
a freck aul' body at his age, Service Dr. Dngiiid (ed. 1887) 210.
Dmf. A freck chield, often including the idea of recovery from
a state of debility (Jam.).
VOL. 11.
[1. He was sa frak and fycrie edgit, Montgomerie
Cherrie (1597) 947 ; All the grekes . . . were frekir to be
fight [len at the first tyme, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 9862. OE.
free (frwc), greedy, bold.]
FRECK, see Fraik.
FRECKEN, sb. Lin. e.An. Also in form fracken-
Lin.' n.Lin. [fre'k-, fra-kan.] A freckle. e.An.'
Hence Freckened, adj. freckled.
Lin.' n.Lin. Sutton Wds. (i88i); n.Lin.'
[Wrinkles, pimples, red streaks, frechons, Burton
Aitat. Met. (1621), ed. 1896, HL 245; A fewe fraknes in
his face y-spreynd, Chaucer C. T. a. 2169. Norw. dial.
frekita, a freckle (Aasen).]
FRECKEN, V. Irel. LMa. Chs. Lin. Also written
freken w.Ir. ; and in form friken w.Ir. s.Chs.' [frek-,
fri'kan.] To frighten.
w.Ir. To be sure the owld man was frekened, Lover Leg. (1848)
I. 148 ; No ways frikened at all by the dark look the bishop gave
him, ib. 98. I. Ma. Don't be freckened ; you've a right to be bould
in a good cause, Caine Man.xman (1895) pt. v. iii ; I was too
freckened to speak (S.M.) ; Noways apt to be freckened night or
day. Brown JVitch (1889) 2. s.Clis.' Dhfi mon wuz frik-nt (The
mon was frickent], 102. Lin. Ay, they do frecken folk, Fenn
Dick o' the Feus (1888) viii.
Hence Frikening, sb. a ghost, spectre. See Frittenin.
s.Clis. There's a frikening down that lane (E. F.).
FRECKLE, afl>; Obs. Slk. Active, hot-spirited. See
Freck, adj. 1.
My freckle brethren ne'er will staye till they're avengit, Hogg
Poems (ed. 1865) 69.
FRECKLED, ppl adj. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Der. Nhp.
[frekld.] Dappled, spotted. Cf freck, v.
Nlib.' He set his twa sons on coal-black steeds, Himsel upon
a freckled grey, Ballad 0/ Jamie Tclfcr. Cum.' A freckled sky.
Yks. (J.W.) Der.i (s.v. Fleck'd). Nhp. Again freckled cowslips
are gilding the plain, Clare Vill. Minst. (1821) I. 140.
FREE, adj.^, sb.^ and v. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in form vree LW.' [fri.] 1. adj. In comp.
(i) Free-bauks, the free gallery of a church or chapel; cf
balk, sA.' II. 12 ; (2) -bench, obs., a widow's share of her
husband's copyhold or customary lands; (3) -board or
-bord (Frebord), (a) a strip of land, varying in width,
lying beyond the boundaries of an estate but over which
the owner of the estate possesses certain rights ; (b) the
pasture edges of an arable field ; (c) right of way ; (4)
•bore, free, free-born ; (5) -coal, coal well jointed and
working freely ; (6) -corn, corn which is so ripe that it
can be easily shaken ; (7) -coup, a place outside Scottish
towns where rubbish may be emptied ; also used fg. ;
(8) -fish, fish as distinguished from shell-fish ; (9) -gracious,
free gratis, for nothing ; (10) -holder, a landowner in con-
tradistinction to a tenant, one who farms his own land ;
(II) -holly, the smooth-leaved holly, /A'.r Aqnifolium ; (12)
-land, freehold land as distinguished from copyhold ; (13)
-level, discharging at the surface without engine power ;
(14) -martin or -marten, a female twin-calf, when the other
is a bull; a heifer naturally incapable of having a calf;
(15) -settler, a parish constable; (16) -stone, a soft sand-
stone ; (17) -toom, see -coup ; (18) -trade, smuggling ; (19)
-trader, a smuggler ; a smuggling vessel ; (20) -ward,
freedom ; (21) -willers, Arminians, believers in free-will.
(i) n.Yks.2 They sit up i' t'free banks (s.v. Banks). (2) w.Cy.
Variable according to the customs in particular places. In some
manors it is one third, sometimes half, sometimes the whole, during
her widowhood, of all the copyhold or customary land which her
husband died possessed cf, Burn Lajt' Dirt. (1792) I. 394; The
custom of the Manors of East and West Embourn, Chadleworth in
the county of Berks, Tor in Devonshire, and other places of the West,
that if a customary tenant die, the widow shall have her Free-
Bench in all his copyhold land, Diim sola & casta fiierit ; but
if she commit incontinency, she forfeits her estate; yet if she
will come into the court, riding backwards on a black ram, with
his tail in her hand, and say the words following, the steward
is bound by the custom to re-admit her to her Free-Bench: 'Here
I am, Riding upon a black ram. Like a whore as 1 am ; And for
my Crincum Crancum, Have lost my Bincum Bancum ; And
for my tail's game. Have done this worldly shame ; Therefore,
.■? R
FREE
[490]
FREEDOM
I pray you, Mr. Steward, let me have my land again,' Bailey
(1721). (3, o) nXin.i In all cases where any of the lands ... in-
tended to be . . . inclosed shall adjoin on any freeboard, screed,
or parcel of land left on the outside of the fences, Epworlh En-
closure Act (1795) 25. Lei. In some, if not in all of the manors
in this vicinity in which this right exists the quantity of ground
claimed as frebord is thirty feet in \vidth from the set of the
hedge, N. if Q. (1852) ist S. v. 595 ; It is here understood
to represent a deer's leap, and is said to have been given with
the original grant of the manor in order to secure to the lord
a right to take the deer he happened to shoot when in the act
of leaping from his domain into his neighbour's manor, ili. 621 ;
Lei.i In a case mentioned in Dugdale's Monasiicon, the free-board
was two and a half feet wide, while round a large estate at
Glenfield it is about twenty feet. s.Wor. (H.K.) Sus. A space
left on the outside of the boundary to enable the proprietor
to repair his fences without trespassing on his neighbour's land,
N. & Q. (1852) ist S. vi. 42. (4) Hrf. (W.W.S.) (0 s.Wor.
(H.K.) (4) Som. W. & J. CI. (18731. (5) Nhb.i Miller Gcol.
Otlerbnrn and Ehdon (1887). (6) n.Sc. (Jam.) (7) Gall. Rothes
and Lauderdale were as ' free coups ' for the wealth of the fined
and persecuted gentry, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895') xxiii ; Gen.
there is one large quarry or depression which will take the whole
sweepings of a town for years (S.R.C. ). (8) Cor." (9) Glo.i
(10) n.Yks.' Shr.' Who 'ad'n'ee at the free-ouders' mectin'
'isterd'y? (11) Shr.^ The smooth upper foliage of the common
holly. Hrt. Ellis yi/orf. //i(si. (1750) VII. ii. Dev. (12) n.Lin.'
(13) Nhb.i Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (14) Sc.
A quey calf of twins of bull and quey calves is a free martin, and
never produces young, but exhibits no marks of a hybrid, N. if O.
(1856) 2nd S. i. 416. Lth. (Jam.) Ant. (S.A.B.), Nhb. (M.H.Dr),
ne.Lan.* Chs.^ Popularly supposed (and with some reason) to be
incapable of breeding; Chs.^, nXin.* sw Lin.' Called also a
Martin-calf. Nhp.^, w.Wor.i, Hrf.2, e.An.i Nrf. Arch. (1879)
VIII. 169. Suf. Rainbird jigric. (1819) 293, ed. 1849; Suf.'
Dot.N. & 2.(1877) 5th S. viii. 45; Dor.i (15) n.Yks. In the boyish
game of trades guessed from initials, as F. S. (free settler) (I.W.).
(16) Sc. (A.W.) Nhb. Freestones of various kinds abound in almost
every part of the county, Marshall Reviezv (1808) I. 18; Nhb.^
Miler Geol. Olterbtirn and Elsdon (1887). Wm. & Cum.' But
Stands (sc. the Exchange) o' tod ov lang freestan legs, 128.
n.Yks. Gritstone, as called by the masons here, is generally this
same vitrifiable stone composed of coarser particles, and freestone
the same kind of stone composed of finer particles, Tuke Agric.
(1800)9. (17) Gall. (S.R.C.) (18) Sc. If you will do nothing for
the free trade, I must patronise it myself, Scott Rcdg. (1824) xiii ;
We soon may fall in with a custom-house shark. But here's to
the Free Trade for ever I Vedder Poems (1842) 99. e.Sus. The
wholesale system of free trade — otherwise smuggling ... at that
time honeycombed every seafaring community, Longnian''s Mag.
(July 1898) 250. (19) Sc. Taking us to be free-traders fled on our
approach, Stevenson Ca/riona (1893) xiii ; These free-traders,
whom the law calls smugglers, having no religion, make it all up
in superstition, Scott Gyiy M. (1815) v. Cor.* (20) Kcb. The
Word of God is not in bonds ; my spirit also is in free-ward,
Rutherford Lc/t. (1660) No. 68. (21) Gail. On Arian dogs lay
fearfou knocks, Send a' freewillers to the pit, Lauderdale Poems
(1796)49.
2. Frank, open, outspoken; affable, genial, familiar;
generous, liberal ; also used advb.
Sc. He's tall and comely, frank and free, Vedder Poems (1842)
283 ; If we hadn't hained and saved till we could spend with a free
hand, Keith Lisbelh (1894) iii. Bch. Ajax himscl' sud be niair
free Than to deny the gear to me, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 26. Abd.
Wha never fail'd their doubts to clear. He was sae free and gabbie.
Cock Strains (1810) II. 142 ; Nae huxter in need, wi' his purse he
was free, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 139. Kcd. Piper Tam was
blythe and free And told them many a ranting spree, Jamie Muse
(1844) 95. Frf. Leal auld friends were seated snug, Down by the
couthy chimla lug, Sac free an' happy. Smart Rhymes (1834)
94. Dmb. Jamie wha was blythe and free, Taylor Poems (cd.
1827) 16. Rnf. Wi' the couthy and canty he's blythe and he's
free, Weuster Rhymes (1835) 113. Ayr. A free, outspoken lad,
Galt Cilhaize (1823) xiv. Lnk. To ilka ithcr chiel' she's kind and
free. Black Falls of Clyde (i8o6) 147 ; That speaks sae kin'ly an'
sae free, Coghill Pochis ( i 890) 12. Dmf. Fiimon his fit, and free
in his air, Reid Pocmis (1894) 77. Ant. (W.H.P.), n.Cy. (J.W.)
Chs.i ' How do you like your new landlord?' 'Well ! I think we
shall like him very well ; he seems a very free gentleman,' Lin.
He's a strange free gentleman, he's a wo'd for everybody (J.T.F.).
n.Lin. Your missis is a strange, nist, free young woman. Peacock
John Markenfield (1872) III. 265; n.Lin.' You maay knaw a real
lady or gentleman, thaay're alus so free. sw.Lin.' She seems
very pleasant and very free. Shr.' A more freeer, 'onourabler,
comfortabler young fellow than Edward Breeze wuz never in
company. Bdf. A free lady (J.W.B.). Dev. (ib.)
Hence Free-spoken, adj. frank, unreserved, genial and
pleasant in speech.
w.Yks. (J. W.), Ctis.i Nhp.i He's a very free-spoken gentleman.
War.® Shr.' ; Shr.^ Her's a meety free-spoken lady.
3. Ready, willing to do anything.
Frf. His maister's free to gie his aith He didna dee a fair strae
death, Smart Rhymes (1834) 120. Per. Was na he bonny about
the Shulamite ? Tho' I'm free to say I kenna verra weel wha she
was, Cleland Inchbrackcn (1883) 63, ed. 1887. Lnk. I could na
come awa' mysel'. As Tammas here is free to tell, Stewart Tioa
Elders (1886) 9. Lth. My heart hath been free To dry up the
tear-draps frae sorrow's dull ee, Ballantine Poems (1856) 3.
Edb. I've had nae fine night . . . But ane right sair, I'm free to
swear t'ye, Liddle Poems (1821) 167. Gall. I'm free to say't,
whaever kent ye. They had but little wit that sent ye, Lauderdale
Poems (1796) 95. Nlip. To mark his gentle and his generous
mind ; How free he is to push about his beer, Clare Vill. Minst.
(1821) I. 40. I.W.i That are's a vree hoss to work.
4. Under no promise, at liberty.
Cum.i I's free to sell my horse to anybody. n.Yks. Free to sell
anything (I.W. ).
5. sb.pl. Members of the Free Church of Scotland.
Sh.I. It'll no be den, 'Auld Kirkers. come ye dis wy'; nor,
' Frees, geng yc up yonder,' Stewart Fireside Talcs (1892) 259.
n.Sc. The invariable method of showing vengeful resentment
against the parson or elders high in office was to shake the dust
off one's feet and 'gae down to the Frees.' . . The same practice
obtained among the 'Frees' themselves, Gordon Carglen (1891)49.
6. A soft sandstone, free-stone. Gall. (A.W.)
7. V. To clear pastures of cattle, so as to give the grass
an opportunity to grow.
Cum. (I.W.) ; Cum.' Fred [freed; cleared out]. n.Yk3. Some-
times sounded as Frad. ' Yon paster o' yours is gitin varra bahr '
[bare], 'Aye, it iz, A mun hev it freed' (W.H.); n.Yks.i
8. In lead-mining : to register a new mine or vein by
paying the customary fee to the bar-master (q.v.).
Der. First the finder his two meers must free With oar there
found, for the Barghmaster's fee, Manlove Lead Mines {16^3) 1. 51.
[If any miner shall work any mine or vein without having duly
freed the same, Act 14 & 15 Vic. (1851) c. 94, i. § 12.]
Hence (i) Freeing, sb. (a) the fee paid to the bar-
master ; {/>) the entering of a mine or vein in the bar-
master's book ; (2) Freeing-dish, sb., see Freeing (a).
(r,a) Der. Manlove Ecad Mines (1653) ]. 262. (A) Mawe
Mineralogy (1802) Gl. (2) Tapping Gl. to Manlove (1851).
FREE, sb.^ Irel. A parasitic worm in the hand or
finger. s.Don. Simmons Gl. (1890).
FREE,nn>'.2 Sc. Also written frie n.Sc. [fri.] Friable,
easily crumbled ; of cakes: 'short.'
n.Sc. The long frost made the grounde very frie and the whole
husbandmen . . . affirmed they never saw the ground easier to
labour, Eamont's Diary, 224 (Jam.). Cai.' nw.Abd. Scrumpit
bannocks free, Goodzvife (1867) st. 41. [Soil is light or free when
it is easy to work, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 92.]
FREEAM, V. n.Yks.2 [friam.] To scream.
[Hee (Laocoon) frcams, and skrawling to the skye braj's
terribil hoyscth, Stanvhurst Aeit. (1583) 11. 234 (Dav.).
The same word asobs. Y..frcain, a term apply'd by hunters
toaboarthat makes a noise in rutting-time, Phillips (1706).]
FREEDOM, 5*. and int. Sc. Cum. Suf. [frldam.]
1. sb. The right or liberty of pasturage on a common.
Ayr. Each share or freedom consists of from 14 to 16 acres,
Ballads and Sngs. (1847) II. 37.
2. Permission.
Edb. I your freedom beg to send you a bit sang, Liddle Poems
(1821) 196.
3. A term in a game of tops ; see below.
Suf.' At tops, a top being pegged out of the ring, its owner
gives one spin as a chance to his adversaries — ' Come, give us
your freedom ' — or a return from your deliverance from the
thraldom of the ring.
4. int. A cry for truce in a game. Cum.'
FREELAGE
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FREIT
FREELAGE, sb. and ac/J. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also
written freeledge n.C)'. e.Yks. ; freelege n.Cj'. Nhb.'
w.Yks. ; freelidge Ciiiii.* ; frelidge Nhb.' [frilidg.]
1. si). Privilege, immunity ; franchise, the freedom or
privilege of a burgess in a corporation.
n.Cy. iP.R.) ; Grose (1790) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.' Nhb.i He took up
his freelege from his father. He served his freclegc as a joiner.
Obs. Cum.' The freehold privileges belonging to the burgage
tenures. e.Yks. The freledge of the gardens, Best Riik Ecoii.
(1641)173. w.Yks. Ray (1691) ; Bailey (1721).
2. An heritable property as distinguished from a farm.
Rxb. (J.^M.)
3. mlj. Heritable.
Rxb. Altho' he [Adam] had a freelage grant [of Eden], A. Scott
Poiiiis (ed. i8q8) 63.
[1. God hcs to hym grantit sik frelage, Douglas
Eueados (1513), ed. 1874, III. 217. The same word as
freolac, in Aiic. Rno/e (c. 1225) 286.]
FREELI-FRAILIES, s6. />/. e.An.' Anything useless
or unsubstantial, linery, trumpery; also used^^.
Light, unsubstantial delicacies for the table ; frothy compliments ;
empty prate.
FREELY, adv. Sc. [frlli.] Quite, thoroughly, com-
pletely ; very.
Sc. By the siller ye sent me, I dootna bit ye've been freely
lucky. Si. Katlileen (1820) HI. 103 (Jaji.). Abd. Ye wadna luik
freely sae bonny as ye divnoowhan ye luikjist yerscl', Macdonald
Sir Gibbie, xlvi ; They v^-ud seen see gin oor seat war freely teem,
Ale.x.'VNDER Juhimy Gibb (1871) x.xxv. nw.Abd. The kyaaks is
freely dry, Goodwife (1867) St. 40. Per. A girdle scone an' cheese
— Ye're freely welcome to them, Haliburton OchillJyHs {iBgi)'^2.
FREEM, FREESK, see Frim, Freisk.
FREET, see Freit, Fret, v., sb.'^, Fright.
FREETH, FREETHE, see Frith, Freath, v.
FREETm'. pp/.adj. e.Dur.' [frrtin.] Fretful. (s.v.Fret.)
FREETNIN, see Frittenin.
FREEZE,!'. In ^c'"- dial, use in Sc. Eng. and Amer.
[friz, fri9z, w.Cy. vriz, e.An. fraiz.] L Gram, forms.
1. Present Tense: (i) Freize, (2) Frihz, (3) Frize, (4)
Frooze, (5) Froze, (6) Vreez.
(i) Sc. Murray Dial. (.1873) 205. (2) m.y^%y Ititrod. 35. (3)
e.An.' Suf.' Ta frize [it freezes]. Ess. Lore ! how that ded frize,
Clark y. A'oaies (1839) st. 177. (4) Cor. Monthly Mag. (1810) I.
436- (5) w.Wor. So atoimes they frozes, S. BeauchanpJV. Hamilton
(1875") H. 291. (6) w.Sora. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47.
2. Preterite : (i) Fraaz, (2) Fraaze, (3) Fraze, (4) Frez,
(5) Friz, (6) Frore, (7) Fruize, (8) Fruz, (9) Vreezed, (10)
Vriz, (11) Vrore.
(I) m.Yks.' Iiilrod. 35. (2) Wm. 'Tvvas lownd and fraaze hard,
HuTTON Bran New JVark (1785) 1. 329. Yks. He sah a sect 'at
fraaze his blood, Twisleton Owd Johnny (1867) 97. (3) n.Yks.'^
ne.Yks.' 33. e.Yks. ^ m.Yks.* Fre'h'z, ////^o^/. 35. w.Yks. Fresz,
Wright Gram. IVndldL ( 1892) 131 ; w.Yks.^ ne.Lan.' Freyaz,
pronunc. of fraze.' (4J Nhp.' It frez sharp last night. (5) Lei.' It
friz toight lasst noight. War.=, Bdf. (J.W.B.), e.An.l Nrf. Then
it turned round and friz, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 59.
(6) Suf. Raven Hisl. Suf. (1895) 261. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896)
I- 37?-] (7) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 205. (8) Lan. Meh blud
fruz i' meh veins, Ainsworth Lan. Witches (ed. 1849) Introd. iii.
Lei.' (9) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47; w.Som.' Vree'zd
aun'kaum'un dai maur'neen luyk [(It) froze uncommonly to-day
morning]. (10) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). (11) Wil. (K.M.G.)
3. pp. (i) Frawn, (2) Freezen, (3) Frez, (4) Friz, (5)
Frizzent, (6) Froan, (7) Froar, (8) Froaz, (9) Froozed,
(10) Fror, (11) Frore, (12) Froren, (13) From, (14) Frown,
(15) Froze, (16) Frozed, (17) Frozzan, (18) Frozzen, (19)
Fruozen, (20) Fruz, (21) Fruzzen, (22) Vraur, (23)
Vreezed, (24) Vriz, (25) Vroar, (26) Vror, (27) Vrore.
(i) Cmb. (W.W.S.) Nrf., Suf. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.);
Suf. (E.G.P.) ; The parson is half frawn with waiting for you,
Strickland OWFncHrfs, (S-c. (1864) 269. e.Suf.(F.H.) (2)m.Yks.i
Frih'-zu'n, Introd. 35. Wil. The ground be all freezen up this
morning ^W.C.P.V (3) War." It be sharp weather, I be amost
frez. Oxf.i Uuy bee frez u koald, un staard tu deth [I be frez a
cold, and starr'd (starved) t'death]. (4) Lei.', War. = Bdf. This
water's friz I J.W.B.X e.An.' Nrf. It's friz hard enuf tu bear a
dicky, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 11. (5) Chs.' (6) e.An.'
(7) Hmp.i Wil. Britton i?CT;(//cs 1825) ; Slow G/. (1892) ; Wil.'
(8) Wil. Slow Rhymes (1889) Gl. (g) Cor. Than he cried out,
' Dear marcy ! I'm froozed,' Forear E.xhibilion (1859) St. 13. (10)
GI0.2 Bdf. It's fror (J.W.B.). (lO Glo.'2 Hrt. Cussans Hist.
//<V. (1879-1881) III. 320. e.Suf. (F.H.), Ken.'=, Sus.' s.Dev.
Now rouse up the fire there, 'e must be frore a'most, Blackmore
P(7/_)'ooss(i894) xxvi. (12) Wil.i (13) Hrt. Cussans ///i/. //)/.
(1879-1881)111.320. e.An.' Suf. Raven ///s/. 5»/ (1895)261.
e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. ( H.H.M.) ; I shall git from to death (W.W.S.).
(14) e.An.i (15) Nhb. It could not more have froze his blood,
\ViLSOfi Pi/n/an's Pay (1843) 8. n.Lin. If it hadn't been for you
I should ha' been froze to dead, Peacock R. Skirlaiigh (1870) I.
38. Hrt. (H.G.) (16) n.Dev. They was just frozed with fear,
Chanter Witch (1896) 7. (17) Wm. [Thael] brae yan anudthre's
hecads while thacr like frozzan plowms, Spec. Dial. (i885)pt. iii. 31,
(18) Wm. I'se nobbut like frozzen watter, en if thoo tuches ma,
I'll melt, Rodison Aald Taales (1882) 14. ne.Yks.' 33. e.Yks.'
w.Yks. When Dicky hed gaped whal he wor ommost frozzen,
Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 37. Lan. Getten frozzen fast,
Brierley Layrock : 1864) iii. ne.Lan.', Chs.', Not. (J.H.B.), s.Not.
(J.P.K.) (19! Sc. Murray Z>i«/. (1873) 205. m.Yks.' Fruoz-u'n,
Introd. 35. (20) Lei.', Ken.', Sur.' (21) s.Not. (J.P.K.) (22)
Som. An in dree minits a war a vraur as stiff as a poker, Jennings
Obs. Dial. w.Eng, (1825) 179. (23) w.Som.' Dhu dhingz pun dhu
lai-n wuz u-vree zd zu stiif-s u strad [The things on the line were
frozen as stiff as a strad]. (24) Brks.', Hmp.* Wil. Britton
Beauties (1825) ; A'd be vriz to death if a was to be left where I
vound un, Akerman Tales (1853) 3. (25) I.W.' The pond's vroar
aalauver; I.W.^ Wil. How tis aal vroar up this marnin [How it's
all frozen up this morning] (G.E.D.). (26) Wil.' (27)Wil.(K.M.G.)
II. Dial. use. With out: to dry up the moisture of the
ground by frost.
Cum.iln a long continued frost the surface of the ground becomes
dry and the road dusty, and the moisture is then said to be frozen out.
FREEZERS, sb. pi. Cor.^ [frrzaz.] In phr. to play
freezers, to steal marbles.
FREEZY, nrfy. Yks. [frl'zi.] Frosty.
w.Yks. T'air iz inclined tabefrcezy,ToM TREDDLEHOYLESfl;V»s/(i
Ann. (1846) 27.
FREFF, adj. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] 1. Shy. 2. Intimate, ' chief.'
FREGGLE, FREH, see Friggle, Fro.
FREGLAM, sb. Obs. Wil.' Odds and ends of cold
vegetables, fried with a little bacon.
FREIGHT, sb. e.An. Also written frait. 1. A
number, quantity of things or persons.
Nrf. There was a rare freight of them, howsomever (W.W.S. ).
2. Obsot. A bundle of straw or hay. e.An. Wright ;
Nrf. (W.W.S.) ; Nrf., e.Suf. (F.H.)
FREIK, FREIN, see Freak, si.', Frayne, Frine.
FREINDSTEAD, see Friendstead.
FREISK, V. and sb. Sc. Also written freesk Sc.
(Jam.) ; friesk Bnff.' [frisk.] 1. v. To rub roughly,
with energy; to scratch, curry. Bnff.', Ags. (Jam.)
2. To work or walk briskly or hurriedly.
Bnfr.' The wife cam freiskin' up the road.
3. With j//i : to beat soundly. I'i.Afreiskit'im up fordeein't.
4. sb. A hasty rub ; fig. any piece of work done hastily.
Ags. (Jam.)
FREIT, sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Also in forms
frate Ir. ; freat Sc. Ir. ; freet Sc. S. & Ork.' Ir. N.I.'
N.Cy.' ; fret Cai.' ; frett Sc. ; frut Sh.I. ; frGtt S. & Ork.'
[frit, fret.] 1. A superstitious notion, fancy, saying ; an
omen, prediction ; a charm, superstitious observance
or rite.
Sc. It's an auld frett that a biggin aye stands best where a man
has tint his life, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) v; He that looks to
freets, freets follow him, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Sh.I. Dat's as
troo as death, bit da why I canna tell dee. Hit wis laekly juist a
auld frut, Sh. News (July 10, 1897) ; If those two ... do not
. . . mischief there is no faith in fruits, Scott Pirate (1822) xvii.
S. & Ork.', Cai.' Abd. Nelly Malcolm has mair freits aboot her,
M«Kenzie Cruisie Sketches (1874) v. Frf. Nor did he believe in the
auld freit that cats had nine lives, Willock Rosetly Ends (1886)
20, ed. 1889. Per. A' the freits that were begun To shore us ill
.Shall, in the crackin' o' a gun. Flee owre the hill, Haliburton
Ochil Idylls (1891) 66. w.Sc. Ye'll may be ken the auld freat,
' The nearer the Kirk, the farther frae grace,' Macdonald Settle-
ment (1869) 120, ed. 1877. Ayr. The minister dislikes what he calls
3 R 2
FREIT
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FREMD
my Highland freats, Galt En/ail {1823,) Ixi. Lnk. Gaeawa wi'yoiir
freets an' your nonsense, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 78. e.Llh.
Oreeginal sin, an' the covenant o' works, an' circumceesion, an' a
heap mair o' their Free Kirk freets, Hunter y. Inwick (1895) 40.
Slk. The things but a freat a' thegithcr, Hogg Tales (1838) 154,
ed. 1866. Dmf. Afreit.Iike a chirt o' the norlan' blast. Lies cauld,
lies cauld at the heart o' me, Reid Poems (1894) 159. Gall. ' Did
ye never hear o' the Brovimie?' 'Aye,' said I, 'but I believe
nothing in freets,' Crockett Raiders (1894) xlv. Kcb. The freits
in which they believed were endless, Elder Borgue (1897) 24. Ir.
Grose (1790) MS. add. (C) N.I.i Uls. If you don't look to freits,
freits won't follow you iM.B.-S.) ; N. tf Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 245.
Ant. He believes greatly in freets, Ballyiueiia Obs. ^I892) ; A charm
or cure for some ailment (C.H.W.). s.Don. A superstitious act,
performed at Hallowe'en, Sim.moxs Gl. (1890). N.Cy.'
Hence Freity, adj. superstitious, having great faith in
omens and charms.
Sc. A man whose mind was deeply imbued with the superstitions
and freitty observances of his native land, Edb. Mag. (Sept. 1818)
154 (Jam.) ; I . . . saw a blade fast sticking to my hose, An', being
freety, stack it up my nose, Macaulav Poems, 122 (ib.). Cai.' N.I.'
We're no that freety about here. Ant. He's a very freety body,
Ballymena Obs. (1892).
2. Phr. to stand on freits, to be particular about small
superstitions ; to stick at trifles.
Sc. Folks maunna on freits aye be standin' That's wooed and
married and a', Chambers Sags. (1829) II. 361. Cai.'
3. A fancy, whim, trick.
Gall. The bachelor manners of the house . . . did not admit of
such a freit as bedmaking, Crockett Raiders (1894) v ; Ashie
being by nature gay and frisky, ever full of kittenish freits, ib.
Standard Bearer (1898) 7,
4. A spectre.
N.Cy.i w.Yks. WiLLAN List IVds. (1811); Grose (1790) ./I/S.
add. (C.) ne.Lan.i
[1. I . . . folud wiche-crafte and frete, and charmyng.
Cursor M. (c. 1300) 28310.]
FREIT, see Fret, v.
FREITH, sb. Obs. Sc. Liberal ways.
Himsel ay in freith he sal Stan', Waddell Isaiah (1879) xxxii. 8.
[Cp. MSc. freith, to liberate. The Protectour denyes
onyway to freith the Erie afor the weiris be endct,
DALRYMPI.E Leslie's Hist. Scotl. {i^g6) II. 319. ON. /r/()rt,
to restore to peace and personal security; OE. fridian
(freoSian), to protect.]
FRELIDGE, FREM, see Freelage, Fremd, Frim.
FREMB, FREMBLE, see Fremd, Frimble.
FREMD, adf and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Chs. Lin. Nhp. Also written fremm'd Sc. Wm. ; and
in forms fraim(e, framed, framet, frammit Sc. ; freni
Sc. N.Cy.' Nhb.i n.Yks.'2 e.Yks. m.Yks.' Chs.' Nhp.i;
fremb Chs.^ ; freme Sc. ; fremit Sc. Nhb.' ; frenimed .Sc.
Lakel.' Dur. Cum. n.Yks.' ; frenimet Sc. ; fremmit Sc.
n.Yks.^; fremtSc. N.Cy.' Cum. s.Chs.'; fremyt Sc. ; frim
Lin.' [frem(d, frem(d.J 1. adj. Strange, foreign, un-
familiar ; unrelated, not of kin ; esp. in coinp. Fremd-folk,
strangers as distinguished from kinsfolk.
Sc. Without any fremd servants, Scott Bn'rffq/"irtm.(i8i9)xxvi;
The Whigs, that are no niuckle belter. . . if they meet a fraim body
their lane in the muirs, ib. Old Mortality (1816) x. Sh.I. Mak' no
adereesheno'dysel afore da fremm'd lasses, S/i. A'«t's(Mar.5, 1898) ;
Pits it i'dafremd-man's hert, Burgess Rasmie (\%t)i') 43. S. &Ork.'
Or.I. Fremd folk (S.A.S.). ne.Sc. Caul Carnousic stans on a hill.
And mony a fremit ane gangs theretil, Gregor Flit-Lore (1881) 105.
Inv. (H.E.F.) Bnff. Tho' I'm fremit blude to thee, I wish you
weel, Taylor Poems (1787) 170. Bch. I thought they were a'
fremt to me an' sae they might eat ither, Forbes Jrn. (1742) 17.
Per. To live singly purposely to spare For framet blood, sure is
the warst o' care, NicoL Poems (1766) 179. w.Sc. Amang kent
friends and no frem faces, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 278.
s.Sc. It will be to warm the fremmet blude o' the spoiler o' the
auld family, Wn.soN Tales (1839J V. 323. Rnf. There maun nae
fremt body carry my wee queen tae the desk, Gilmour Pen Flit.
('873) 37. Ayr. He cares na for yer fremmit loons, A mongrel
gang, frae unco toons, W hue fotliiigs (1879; 188. Lnk. O' fremit
blood, Ramsay Poems (1721) 24. e.Lth. The way he rappit aff a'
thae lang-nebbit names o' faur-away places an' frem folli wadna
ha' shamed the dominie himsel, Hunter f. Imniik (1895) 77. Edb.
Till the mind can make itself up to stay among fremit folk, MoiR
Mansie IVaiieh (1828) xix. Peb. She is away among the fremt
folk to-night (A.C.). Slk. When I leave my mother's house for a
fremit place, Hogg Tales (1838) 280, ed. 1866. Dmf. Nought but
fremit fouk ava To do your wark baith out and in, Shennan Tales
(1831 1 61. Kcb. With thee corruption is a fremmit name, David-
son 5c«5o«s (1789) 9. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.'^ Frem'd-folk.
Nhb.' Aa've hed mair kindness shown us fre fremd folk nor fre me
aan kin. Lakel.' e.Dur.' He was mair like a frem'd body na a
friend. A fremd body wad dae that. Cum. A fremd pasture, in
which the beasts are uneasy (J.Ar."i ; Now nin nar us but frcmmed
feaces, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) no; Cum.' e.Cum. Fremt-
folk are carefully distinguished from relatives at funerals (M.P.).
Wm. A'd neea thovvts a gaain ower-seea, es it mappm mud leead
ma inta sum fremm'd cuntry, Spee. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 14 ; Fremd
fooak er net like yan's own (B.K. ). n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ The one
was a near neighbour, the other only a frem body. A fremd spot ;
n.Yks.3 e.Yks. Marshall /^/(f. £(o«. (1788). m.Yks.' w.Yks.'
Naabody'sdoor...oppens gladdernerwerawn to fremd foak, ii.299.
Lan. Davies Races 1,1856) 277 ; Lan.' A person living with a family
to whom he is not related is termed ' a fremd body.' Chs.' Frem-
folk ; Chs.23 s.Chs.' Ahy thingk* bet'ur on im til aan-ibdi uz iz u
fremt puursn [I think better on him till annyb'dy as is a fremt
person]. Lin. Skinner (1671); Frimfolks (W.W.S.); (P.R.) ;
Lin.' Puffing-billy brings many frim-folks to see our Great Tom.
Nhp.' ' Who is that going down the village ? ' 'I don't know, he's
quite a frem person.'
2. Cold, reserved, distant ; estranged, unfriendly, at
enmity ; poor, mean ; also used advb.
Sc. Better my friend think me fremit than fashous, Ramsay
Prov. (1737); Better a fremit friend than a friend fremit, Henderson
Prov. (1832) 24, ed. 1881. Sh.I. Da kindly light in his auld grey
een at da mention o' da sacred name tauld 'at he wisna fremd ta
his Maker, J. H. Da Last Foy (1896) 6. Elg. Wasna Jean there—
tocher'd lass. And neither proud nor fraime. Couper Poetry (1804)
I. 224. s.Sc. Framed manners, Forby Gl. (1830). Ayr. Monie
a friend that kiss'd his caup Is now a frammit wight. Burns Five
Carlines (ijSg) St. 20. Kcb. He looked fremmed and unco-like upon
me, Rutherford /.f/^ (1660) No. 69. n.Cy. Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.'
Dur. Gibson Up-lVeardale Gl. (1870). e.Cum. Unfriendly or inhos-
pitable conduct among neighbours is 'frcm't,' or 'frem'd' tM.P.).
e.Yks. Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788). w.Yks. Better kinde frembd
than frembd kyen, A'. & Q. (1887) 7th S. iv. 92. Chs.^
Hence (i) Fremsome, adj. unsocial, unfamiliar; (2)
Fremtly, adv. unkindly, coldly, strangely.
(I) n.Yks.2 (2) Cum. What, if the hand of fate unkeynde Has
us'd us fremtly, need we peyne ? Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 49.
3. Strange, uncommon, abnormal; of the weather: un-
seasonable, cold.
N.Cy.^ It's rather frem'd to be ploughing with snowontheground.
A frem'd day. Nhb.' A fremd day. Aa feel fremd deein't. Dur.
Gibson Up-lVeardale Gl. (1870); Dur.' A fremd day [a stormy
day]. s.Dur. It'sa fremd day (J.E.D.). Cum. (J.Ar.) ; Cum.' Dry,
cold, and ungenial. e.Cum. Varra fremt wedder for May (M.P.).
4. Distant, far off.
Abd. That day she was as fremmit till it a' As the wild Scot that
wins in Gallowa', Ross Hetenorc (1768) 59, ed. 1812.
5. sb. A stranger ; one who is not a blood-relation ; esp.
in phr. the fremd, strangers, people not related to one.
Sc. For my mother died and left me among the freme. Miller
Scenes and Leg. (1853) xviii; Ye'U no' tak' kindly workin' to the
frem at your years. Swan Gates of Eden (1895) ii. Sh.I. Nae
winder'atdoo'sill-laekit bia"ativcr kent dee, sib an' fremmed alaek,
5/1. A'rais (July 31, 1897). S.&Ork.', Or.L (S.A.S.), Inv. (HE. F.)
Bch. Gloves likewise, to hap the hand Of fremt an' sib, Forbes
Sliop Bill (1785) 13. Abd. The hardship of going to the frem't,
Ale.xander yo/»i»j' G/iA ( 1871) xxxvii. nw.Abd. Fan they come
first to sair the frem, They hae nae please ava. Goodwife (1867)
St. 7. Kcd. A man esteem't by frem'd an' sib. Grant Lays (1884)
25. Frf. Young to the frammit had to gang, Jamie Emigrant's
Family (1853) 105. e.Fif. Hoo he wad widdle through the warld
amang the fremyt, Latto Tarn Bodldn 1,1864) ''''•■ Lnk. To lea'
them to the fremit's han' Richt wae my he'rt wad feel, Coghill
Poems (1890) 36. e.Lth. To rive auld hamcs, 'mang frem to mell,
MucKLEBACKiT Rliymes (1885) 13. Edb. Ye need care for neither
friend nor fremit, Liddle Po^^is (1821) 25. Rxb. The frem'd maun
close my dyin' een When death shall close my day, A. ScorrPoeww
(ed. 1808) 249. s.Dur. Folks is badly oft' when they hev to be
behauden to ffremd (J.E.D.). Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks.= Lan. When
an individual has been adopted into a family, they say ' he is a
fremd,' Gaskell Lectures Dial. (1854) 20, 21 ; Lan.'
FREN
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FRENCH
Hence Freni-sted, adj. dependent upon strangers,
deserted or left bj' one's friends. Rxb. (Jam.)
6. Plir. to f^o to thefiem, to go to service. Ayr. (J.F.)
[1. Afiliation, adoption, or the conferring on frenime
children all advantages belonging to natural ones, Cotgr.;
A faucon percgryn than senied she Of fremde land,
Chaucer C. T. f. 429. OE. fremde, foreign. 5. Ho so
for-saketh Hus fader other hus frendes, fremde othere
sibbe, /'. Ploivmaii (c.) xiii. 155.]
FREN, adj. Cai.' [fren.] 1. Strange, foreign ; not
of kin; also used sitbst. in phr. the fren, strangers as dis-
tinguished from kinsfolk ; see Fremd. 2. Acting like
a stranger, cold, unfriendly.
[1. So now his frend is chaunged for a frenne, Spenser
Sh. Kal. (1579) April, 28 ; From all sothnesse they ben
frend, Ploivman's Tale (c. 1395) 626, ed. Skeat, 167.]
FREN, see Fro.
FRENCH, adj. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in lorms franch Cor. ; vreiich Dev.^ [frenj,
vv.Cy. also vraenj.] 1. adj. In comb, (i) French blind-
man's-buff, a children's game ; (2) — cream, whisky; (3)
— flies, a boys' game ; see below ; (4) — Jackie, the
game of 'gap'; (5) — leap-frog, an elaborated form of
the game 01 leap-frog ; (6) — tag, see — Jackie ; (7)
— tobacco, a weed smoked by boj's ; (8) — wheat-
cakes, cakes of meal, made from buck-wheat.
(i"! Lan. The children kneel in a circle, one standing blindfold
in the middle. The kneeling children shout ' Come, point to me
with your pointer,' Gomme Games (1894) 145. (2) Wxf. Might
he have the pleasure of helping her to a little more of th.nt delicious
French cream, Kekhedy Baiiis Bom (1867) 133. (3) N.I.l Ant.
One boj' stoops with his hands on his knees, and a cap is placed
on his back. A succession of other boys take a striding jump
over him and endeavour not to displace the cap. Whoever does
so, has to stand in the stooping position till some one else knocks
the cap off his back. It is a variation of a game called ' Jump the
Bullock' in which no cap was used (W.J.K.). (4) Bnfif. One
is chosen to stand alone ; the other players join hands and form
a circle. The one outside the circle goes round it and touches on
the back one of the circle. He then runs ofT round the circle and
the one touched runs off in the opposite direction round the
circle. The aim of each player is to reach the vacant place in the
circle first. The one left out has to repeat the same action,
Gomme (6. 144. (5) s.Not. (J.P.K.) (6) Glo. Gomme rS. (7-, Nrf.
We made fires, and got French 'bacca and smoked it, Emerson
Soil 0/ Fens (1892) 23. (8) Shr.* Obs. French Wheat-Cakes
were — certainly, as made in Ellesmere — excellent tea-cakes, after
the manner of crumpets, but less spongy ; they were brown and
very thin, and considerable skill was required in toasting them
aright. The art of making French Wheat-Cakes ceased in Elles-
mere with the death of an ' expert,' one Betty Morgan — somewhere
about 1846.
2. Comb, in plant-names: (i) French ash, (2) — broom,
the common laburnum, Cylisus Laburnum ; (3) — furze,
the larger furze or gorse, Ule.x europaeus ; (4) — grass,
(a) the common saintfoin, Ouobryclds sattva; (b) the young
shoots of the French asparagus or Pyrenean Star of
Bethlehem, Oriiitliogalum pyrcnaicum ; {5) — hales, the
Swedish beam-tree or service-tree, Pyrus scandica ; (6)
— heath, the Connemara heath, Erica hibernica ; (7)
— mallow, a large species of mallow, Malva sylvestris ;
(8) — may. the lilac, Syringa vulgaris; (9) — moss, the
biting stonecrop, SfcZ/wz acre; (10) — nettle, the red dead-
nettle, Lamium purpureum; (11) — nut, (a) the fruit of
the walnut-tree. //r^/rt«s regia; (b) the fruit of the Spanish
chestnut, Castanea vesca ; (12) — pink, (a) the sea-pink or
ladj''s-pincushion, Anueria maritima ; (b) the Indian pink,
Diaiithus chiueiisis; (13) — pops, the plant Gladiolus
communis ; (14) — puppy, the eastern poppy, Papavcr
orioitale; (15) — saugh, the Persian willow-herb, £/)/fote«»
aiigustifolium ; (16) — wall-flo'er, the purple-coloured
waWiiower, Clieiraittlnis Clieiri; (17) — wheat, the buck-
wheat. Polygonum Fagopyrum; (18) —willow, (rt) see
— saugh ; {b) the plant Halix triandra.
(1I Der. (2) Shr.i Cs'i Dev. Reports Provinc. (1893). Cor.
(J.W.); Cor.a (4, a) Hmp., Wil.i [Lisle //HsAa»(/)y (1757^1
508] (A) Som. ' Grass ' is an abbreviation of ' Sparrow Grass,'
the shoots being sold as asparagus (B. & H.). (5) Dev.* (6)
w.Ir. (7) Cor. (J.W.) (8) Ken.i fg) Bck. (10) Slir.i (u,,,)
Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eiig. (1825). w.Som.i Porlock-s dhu
plne-us vur vran-sh niits. Dev. I think 'tis time to pick the French-
nits, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892); All shrivelled up in 's 'ead like
a Vrench-nut in 's shell, Phillpotts Dartmoor (1895) 208, cd.
1896; Dev.^He 'th abin an' badded purtynear a bushel ov vrench-
nits 's marning; Dev.* w.Dev. Maksiiall I\ur. Eion. (1796).
Cor. As opposed to the hazel-nut (J.W.); Mvnilily Mag. (1810)
I. 436; Cor.i (6) Dev." (■[2,a)ib. (i) w.Som.i (13) >Z.. The
llowers are in shape much like Pops = Foxglove. They are very
com. in cottage flower-knots. (14) sw.Sc. Gareicn IVi. (1896)
No. cxiv. III. (15) Lnk. From the similitude of the leaves of this
species to those of the willow, it has received the name Willow-
herb, or French Willow or Saugh, Patrick Plants (1831) 175.
(16) svi.Sc. Garden m. (1896) No. cxiv. iii. (17) Stf. Reports
Agric. Surv. (1793-1813) 83. Shr.i Hrt. Ellis Mod. Hitsb.
(1750) III. il. Cor.3 (18, a) Lnk. Patrick Plants (1831) 175.
Cum., n.Lin.^, War. (6) e.Cy., Sus.
3. Co/wi. in names of birds, fishes, &c.: (i) French butter-
flee, a coloured butterfly; the 'red admiral,' Vanessa
atalanta ; {2) — cockle, the cockle, Cardium ecliinaluni ;
(3) — fulfer, the fieldfare. Tardus pilaris ; (4) — galley-
bird, the lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopus minor;
15) — lenart or linnet, (a) the lesser redpole, Linota
rufescens; (b) the twite, Linota jlavirostris ; (c) the
brambling, Fringilla monlifringilla ; (6) — magpie, {a)
the long-tailed titmouse, Acredula rosea ; {b) the red-
backed shrike, Lanius collurio ; (c) the great spotted
woodpecker, Z)c«(i'/-0(:6i/'/r5 ;H(7/br ; (7) — mavish, the red-
wing, Turdus iliacus ; (8) — mussel, the shell-fish. Pinna
ingens; (9) — pie, see — magpie (c) ; (10) — sole, the
lemon sole, Solea auranliaca; (11) — sparrow, (a) the
tree-sparrow. Accentor niodularis ; (b) the snow bunting,
Plectrophanes nivalis; (12) — woodpecker, see — magpie
(f); (13) — yellowammer, the cirl hunhng, Embcriza cirlus.
[i) w.Yks.2 Chs.' I have never heard it but once at Runcorn.
A man had captured a Queen Ann a few days previously. On
my asking what he meant by a Queen Ann, he said, ' One of
those dark-coloured butterllees wi' red on their wings ; some call
*em French Butterdees.' (2) s.Pem. Laws Lilllc Eng. (1888)
420. (3) Nrf. Cozens-Hardv Broad Nrf. (1893) 51. (4) Sus.
French = rare, uncommon. Galley bird = merry or laughing bird,
Swainson Birds (1885) 99. (5, a) Nhb.i [Swainson ib. 65;
Johns Birds (18621.] (b) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf.
(1893) 44. {c^ Yks. yfo. Willy. Post (Dec. 31, 1898). (6, n) Nhp.'
Oxf. Aplin Birds (1889) 214. [Swainson ib. 32. 1 (6) Sus.
Swainson ib. 47. [Johns Birds (1862").] (c) Lei.^ (7) Nrf.
Lastly, the smallest of the family (of speckled thrushes) is the little
Redwing, or' French Mavish,' as the men here call him, Emerson
Birds (ed. 1895) 7 ; Cozens-HaRDy Bmad Nrf. (1893) 48. (8)
s.Dev. That fan-like shell, the Pinna ingens, is found in Salcombe
Bay, where it has been known to fishermen as the French mussel.
Fox Kingsbridge (1874) 169. (9) Lei. Swainson ib. 98. [In some
counties it is called the French-pie, and in others the wood-pie,
Yarrell Biids (ed. 1845) II. 149.] (10) Sus. Yarrell Fishes,
II- 35'- [Satchell (1879).] (11, rt) Emerson Birds (ed. 1895)
104. (b) Yks. Yks. Willy. Post (Dec. 31, 1898). (12) Sus. Smith
Bi'/rfs (1887) 253. (13) Dev. Swainson li. 71. [Yarrell iJiVrfs
(ed. 1845) I. 497.]
4. Phr. to make d French bed, to make an ' apple-pie '
bed, to fold back the bottom sheet of a bed, half way down.
e.An.2
5. Used as a term of contempt ; very bad, in great trouble.
[Not known to our correspondents.]
e.An. (Hall.); e.An.' It seems to mean, quite generally and in-
definitely, as bad as bad can be. Any extreme provocation, severe
disappointment, or keen distress, is enough to make one French !
6. New, foreign, not English ; strange, unusual, rare; of
uncommon quality or beauty.
w.Yks.2 Applied to any new invention. A new pattern in forks
or spoons, though imported from America, would be called French.
s.Not O-P-K.)
7. Of butterflies or snails : white, of a pale colour.
n.Lin.' A schoolboy's term. During the great war with France
boys used to wage relentless war upon all white butterflies and
light-coloured snails.
8. V. In phr. tofrench a bed, to make an ' apple-pie bed.'
e.An.=
FRENCHED
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FRESH
FRENCHED, ppl. adj.} Nrf. [Not known to our
correspondents.] Frenzied ?
Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (18931 23.
FRENCHMAN, sb. Irel. e.An. 1. A foreigner of
any country who cannot speak English.
Ir. And to this day you afe pointed out the Frenchman's grave
— for a foreigner here is always a Frenchman, Barlow Idylls
(1892) i. e.An.l
2. A particular kind of partridge.
Nrf. The ' Frenchman ' is a born fighter, Emerson Birds (ed.
1895) 247.
FRENCHY, sb. Sc. Nhb. Not. Sus. 1. A foreigner of
any country who cannot speak English. See Frenchman.
Sns.l An old fisherman, giving an account of a Swedish vessel
which was wrecked on the coast, finished by saying that he
thought the French Frenchys, take 'em all in all, were better than
the Swedish Frenchys, for he could make out what they were
driving at, but he was all at sea with the others.
2. The lesser redpole, Linota rufescens. Nhb. (R.O.H.)
3. The ' red admiral' butterfly, Vanessa atalanta. s.Not.
(J.P.K.) See French, 3. (I).
4. A boy's marble.
Lth. The bools played with were called 'taas,' and consisted of
'marbles, stanies, frenchies, &c.,' Strathesk 7l/ore iJiVs (ed.1885)
33 ; The Frenchie was of greenish yellow colour, but with strata
of lighter colour through it (A.W.).
FRENFEKLES, see Fern-freckles.
FRENN, V. Obs. Sc. To be in a rage, in a ' frenzy.'
Sc. The heathen frennet,RiDDELL Pa (1857) xlvi.6. Ags. (Jam.)
FRENNE-ZIE, sb. Sh.I. A trifling thing. S. & Ork.'
FRENNISHIN, sb. Sc. Also in form frenishen.
1. Rage, violent passion, ' frenzy.'
Sc. He castet apon thame the frennishin of his angir, Riddell
Ps. (1857^ Ixxviii. 49. Ags. (Jam.)
2. Phr. in a frmislmi, dazed, half asleep, not having one's
thoughts collected.
Rxb. When a person awakes suddenly out of a sleep and is not
altogether collected, or aWare of what is passing, he is said to be
in a frenishen. This applies more particularly to children (Jam.).
FRENZY, V. and adj. Sc. Also Lei. 1. v. Obs. With
lip: to madden, inflame.
Fif. Wives fir'd and frenzy'd up the men ; The men inflam'd the
wives agen, Tennant Papistry (1827) 109.
2. adj. Frolicsome. Lei. (Hall.)
FREQUENT, adj and v. Sc. Also Ess. 1. adj. Of
crops, &c. : plentiful.
Ess. Plums are frequent t'year (H.H.M.).
2. V. With Willi: to associate with, consort with.
Sc. He disna frequent wi' other folk, Scott St. Poiiaii 1,1824) xxx.
3. To acquaint, give information. Ags. (Jam.)
[1. Cp. Lat. freqiiens, numerous : Ibi frequens hie piscis,
Pliny //. N. ix. 59.]
FRESE, V. Sc. (Jam. Siippl.) Also in form fresle. To
unbend, slack ; to untwine, untwist ; of a sail : to furl.
To frese a bow ; to frese a sail ; to fresle out a cord.
[Make glad chere, sayd Lytell Johan, And frese our
bowes of ewe, Robyn Hood (c. 1500) Fytte iv. 42, ed.
Ritson (1832) L 39. ' Frese ' seems to be corrupt. The
interp. in Jam. Siippl.'to unbend, slack' would be entirely
inappropriate here since three men are to make a des-
perate attack on 250, Ci. to Child's Ballads (s.v. Frese).]
FRESH, adj., sb.' and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Amer. Also in forms frash w.Som.' ; freysh Wm.
Cum.' ; frush m.Yks.' [frej, w.Cy. also frsj, fraj.] 1.
adj. In comb, (i) Fresh-bash'd, of a bird: newly-fledged,
just out of the nest ; (2) — cheese, curds and whey ; (3)
— liquor, unsalted pig's lard ; (4) — meat, butcher's meat
as distinguished from bacon ; (5) -nointed or -noited, of
a cow : newly-calved, in milk ; (6) — water, spring-
water as distinguished from rain-water; (7) -water muscle,
the pearl mussel, Mylelliis Margaritifcra ; (8) -water
widgeon, (a) the pochard, Fuligula fcrina\ (b) the golden-
eye, Clangula glaiiciun; (9) -wood or -wold, the threshold.
(i) m.Wor. (J.C.) (2) Ken. (G.B.) ; Ken.i (3) War.^ ; War.3
Liquid lard, in the condition in which it is ' rendered' from the
'leaf 'of the pig— before it is salted and becomes solidified. w.Wor.',
se.Wor.' s.Wor.' Hrf.= Continually used. Glo. Fat ofl" a pig's
intestines (A.B.) ; Lewis CI. (1839) ; Glo.i, Oxf.>, Hmp.i Wil.
Britton Beauties (1825); Wil.' (4) Oxf^ I likes a bit a fresh
mate instid a bacon on Sundays, MS. add. (5) w.Yks.^ (s.v.
Nointed). (6) e.Yks.i (7 n.Sc. f Jam.) Abd. Areuthnot Hs/ies,
32 (li.). (8, a) n.Ir. Swainson Birds (1885) 160. (i) Dwn. ib. j6i.
(9i Nhb.i Foot-beam of the front door of a dwelling-house,
Hodgson MS. Wm. The entrance from the front door was called
the freshwood, Briggs Remains (1825) 2O1. n.Yks. He rave
t'freshwood up (LW.) ; n.Yks.' Of wood or flat stone ; the flat
stone that covers the ground in the door-stead of a cowhouse,
stable, or other like building ; n.Yks.^, ne.Yks.' e.Yks. Noo,
mahnd an deeant threead uppa freshwood, Nicholson Flk-Sp.
(1889") 62 ; Never again set thy foot over my freshwood, Simmons
Lay-folks Bk. 399 ; e.Yks.' A piece of wood across the bottom of a
doorway, MS. add. (T.H.)
2. Of land : unpastured, free from stock.
Rxb. Keep your pasture fresh, that is to say, without any stock
upon it, Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XIX. 406.
3. Unripe. Som. (Hall.)
4. Unsalted, without salt.
Sh.I. Der da scaur o' fresh butter, bit what is hit ? Sh. News
(Apr. 30, 1898). Kcd. The bride declared the broth ' owre fresh,'
An' so . . . Raxed oot her finger an' her thoom To lielp hersel' to
saut. Grant Lavs (1884) 97. [Amer. A fresh cook, one who uses
little salt. Dial. 'Notes (1896) L 19.]
5. Sober, not intoxicated.
Sc. Ye needna speak to him when he's fow ; Wait till he be
fresh (Jam.). Sh.I. There is our great Udaller is weel eneugh
when he is fresh, but he makes ovver mony voyages in his ship
and his yawl to be langsae, Scott F/Va<e( 1822) xxiv. Cai.',I.W.'
6. In good health and spirits ; brisk, vigorous, hale ;
blooming, bright-looking.
Sc. (A.W.) Dur.' He's very fresh. Cum. T'aud man's lookin'
terrible fresh, however (J.Ar.). n.Yks. T'awd man's %'arry fresh
(L W. ) ; n.Yks.' He's a desper't fresh man ov 'is age. T'au'd meear's
's fresh as ivver : she's good for a vast o' wark yet. ne.Lan.' Chs.^
Not showing age, well preserved. * He's very fresh for his age* is
said of a hearty old man. Oxf. Gay in dress (^Hall.). Nrf. Why,
yaw look as fresh as paint this morning. She's a nice fresh-
looking gal, that she is (W.R.E.).
7. Excited with drink,partly intoxicated, 'half seas over';
also in phr. fresh f drink, fresh o' drink.
Sc. (A.W.) n.Cy.GROSE(i79o)j1/S.«rfrf. (P.) Dur.' Cum. Fresh
i' drink (J.Ar.) ; Went tiva weddin' yesterday .. . got rayder fresh,
Farrall Betty Wilson (1889) 57; We sartenly dud git middlin
fresh, Richardson Talk (1871) 2nd S. 4, ed. 1876; Cum.' Wm.
Thae wer beeath on em sa varra freysh et thae cuddent find cooas
dewer. Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 24 ; Say that I ha' niver been fresh
o' drink i' my life, Jackson Moor and Mead, 60. n.Yks. He was
rather fresh, and saucy (I.W.). ne.Yks.' e.Yks.' He waant reglar
dhrunk, bud just fresh. w.Yks. If he does get a trifle fresh, aw
mun luk ovver it, Hartley Clock Aim. (1878) 47; Oud Billy's
freash agaain I'm thinkin' (W.F.) ; w.Yks.' ^^ Lan. Aw'm 'fresh '
to-neet, theau sees, an' connot threep, Doherty N. Barlow (1884)
29. Chs.' Stf. Monthly Mag. (1816) I. 494. s.Stf. He wa' to say
drunk — on'y fresh a bit, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.{i8g^). Der.'^,
nw.Der.' Not. I tell you, he warn't drunk, he war fresh (L.C.M.) ;
Not.' s.Not. Deceased was very fresh, Daily Guardian (Aug. 21,
1895) 6. Lin.' He was fresh and fell over the long-settle. n.Lin.
Jack To'ner as was saaved fra bcin' mo'der'd wi' gettin' fresh.
Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 88; n.Lin.l, s.Lin. (T.H.R.),
Lei.1, War.ss", s.War.i, se.Wor.' s.Wor. Porson Quaint Wds.
(1875) 19; s.Wor.' Shr.^ ' 'Ow did the maister come wham las'
night!' • Oh, on'y jest fresh '; Shr.= Hrf.'; Hrf.2 Only a bit fresh.
Glo. (A.B.); Baylis lllus. Dial. (1870); Glo.i Oxf. (G.O.); Oxf.'
I wuz unly a bit fresh, MS. add. Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng.
Lang. (1809) 132. e.An.' Nrf. I don't say but what I might not
ha' been a leetle fresh — I worn't drunk (W. R.E. ). Ess. If fresh,
or in his tantarums, Clark y. Noakes (1839) st. 173. Sus.' Som.
Truth demands it should be recorded— Constable Moggridge got a
little fresh, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) xiii. w.Som.' Well,
he wadn drunk, your Honour — on'y a little fresh like. Dev. The
parsons failed because one of the number was ' a bit fresh ' when
he came, Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) x.
8. Of animals: in good condition, thriving, becoming fat.
n.Yks. Your cows is varry fresh (I.W.) ; n.Yks.' Thae beeas's
aboot fresh ; they dune weel sen they wur shifted intiv Langlands
Garths. ne.Lan.', Chs.', nw.Der.', n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' Mr. M. sold
a lot of very fresh bullocks. He reckoned the pigs weren't fresh
enough for porkets. Nhp.' The cow is pretty fresh, it's fit to kill ;
FRESH
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FRET
Nhp.2 Shr.i 'Wiin Ihcm bullocks fat?' 'Wcll,nodvery, considerin'
they vvun pcrty fresh w'en they wun put'n up.' Hrf.' Improving
in condition. Not so advanced as ' meaty.' Oxf.' My pigs be
fresh, but um bent fat it, 71/5. add. Glo.' Bdf. Batchelor Anal.
Eng. Lang. (1809) 132. e.An.* w.Som.^ Three, tvvo^ and one-
year-old heifers, two prime fat heifers, one fresh barrenerin milk,
fVellmgloit IVkly. Kms (Oct. i, 1885).
0. Of the weather : cold, open, not frosty ; wet, rainy,
thawing. Also in coinp. Fresh-weather.
Sc. Scolicisms (17871 34 ; Moiillily Mag. (1798) II. 437. Cai.'
Slg. Our winters have been open and fresh, as it is termed, S/nlis/.
.^rc. XV. 319 H0/< (Jam.). n.Cy. ' How'st weatherto-day?' 'Why,
fresh,' i.e. it rains, Grose (1790) ; N.Cy. • Applied to weather in
which floods are frequent, i. e. when frost has been lately or may
be soon expected. Nhb. Here's wishing fresh weather, Midford
Coll. Sitgs. (1818^ 5. Dur. It's fresh weather this morning (A.B. ) ;
Dur.i A fine fresh day. Cum.i, Yks. (J.W.) w.Som.' Ter'ble
frash s'mornin, I zim, I can't catch yeat nohow.
10. Of a river: flooded, full.
Wm. T'beck's fresh efter yon shooer an' ther owt ta be a bit o'
good fishin' (B.K.). Chs.>
11. sb. The fresh air ; a cold brisk air.
w.Yks.i Sus.* Itfeelsvery close to you coming in out of the fresh.
12. New-mown grass.
e.Yks. It is a folly to give [sheepe] haunt of the fresh, Best Riir.
Ecoii. ( 1641) 84.
13. Home-brewed table-beer.
e.An.' Drawn from the tap. Hmp.* Sus.' ; Sus.^ Requiring to
be drunk new or fresh.
Hence (i) Fresh-beer, (2) -drink, sZi. table-beer, mild ale.
(i) Oxf.' MS. add. (2) Shr.' I never put above a strike an' 'afe
o' maut to them two barrels an' it mak's nice peart fresh-drink ;
Shr.2, w.Som.i
14. A flood, the overflowing of a river or stream ; a
swollen stream ; the additional volume of water in a
stream due to rain, snow, &c. Also used in pi.
Sc. A smaller flood in a river (Jam.). n.Cy. This hea\'y rain
will bring down the freshes, Grose (1790) ; N.Cy.i Nbb.i What
a fresh thor's comin' doon. Cum.' The flood of a river as it flows
to the sea. Wm. Ther's a fresh on an' t'becks e' grand trim — let's
gang a fishin' (B.K.). n.Yks.' ; n.Yks.^ 'A run of fresh,' the
rapidity of the stream from the additional rainfall. e.Yks. We're
heving a fresh doon t'river's bankfull (W.H.) ; Nicholson Ftk-Sp.
(1889) 62; e.Yks.l MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.i A run of fresh.
w.Yks. Banks IVk/ld. IVds. (1865) ; w.Yks.' A gentle swelling of
the river ; w.Yks.* ne.Lan.^ In distinction from the tidal flood.
Lin. The first 'fresh' that came down the river. Miller &Skertchly
Fenland (1878) vii. n.Lin.^ The fresh water of the Trent after
rain or snow as distinguished from the tidal water. 'The frequent
and heavy pressure of both ebbs and freshes,' Chapman Remarks
Rctalive lo the William and XVelland (1800) 35. Shr.* There's a
fresh in the river yan accession of water from the upper country].
e.An.' Sus. Holloway.
15. A salt-making term : the rain that falls upon the top
of the brine in a brine-cistern, which floats on the top.
Chs.' After heavy rain the men talk of 'running the fresh off.'
16. A thaw ; wet, open weather.
n.Sc, Abd. (Jam.) n.Cy. A 'fresh' is a complete and thorough
thaw, which clears away the whole ice and snow. A partial thaw
is locally declared not to be a ' fresh ' (J.T.) ; N.Cy.' NUb. The
butter, the cheese, and the bannocks Dissolvedlike snow in afresh,
RiTsoN Garl. (1810) 57; Nhb.' It's a fresh this mornin'. e.Dur.'
There's a heavy [or thick] fresh on.
17. A small stream or river near the sea. Ken. (K.)
18. T'. With lip : to freshen up, renew, decorate.
Sus.' I freshed up my bonnet with those ribbons you gave me.
19. To take refreshment. I.W.'
20. To thaw.
Lnk. Hunders, when it fresh'd, were gat Stark dead upon the
trees. Lemon St. Mungo (1844) 51.
FRESH, s6.2 Yks. [frej.] A term in salmon-fishing :
an obstruction. n.\ks. (T.H.)
FRESHEN,!;. w.Yks.i nw.Der.' [fre'Jan.] Of a cow:
to enlarge in the udder, &ic., previous to calving.
FRESHER, s6. e.An. [fre-j3(r).] A young frog. See
Frosh, sb.
e.An.i* Suf. What a lot of little freshers there are about
(ME.R.); e.An. Dy. Times {i8gz) ; Sut.' e.Suf. Not necessarily
a small one (F.H.).
FRESHET, sb. e.Suf. (F.II.) A How of water, esp.
that to feed a mill.
FRESK, see Frosk.
FRET, V. and sb.^ Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
in forms freeat Yks. ; freet Cum.' ; freit, friet Sc. [fret,
friat, frit] I. Gram, forms. 1. Preterite: (i) Fra'te.
m.Yks.' ; (2) Fretted. sw.Lin.'
2. pp. (i) Fretted, (2) Fretten, (3) Frettened, (4) Freitten,
(5) Fritten.
(i) Wm. (B.K.), War.3, Glo.> (2) Sc. (Jam. Snppl.), N.Cy.i
Nhb.', n.Yks.2, Chs.' 23, Suf.l, w.Som.' (3) e.An.' (4) Sc. (Jam.
Snppl.) (5) Nhb.i
II. Dial, meanings. 1. v. To eat, devour ; to graze
as animals.
Sc. Moor Su/. IVds. (1823). w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. W. & J.
^'•(1873); (W.F.R.)
2. To eat into, wear away, tear ; to rust, act as a corrosive ;
to grind. Also uscAfig.
Lth. Even man himsel', should feel restored, And something of
the general heat In his thaw'd breast begin to friet, Lumsden
Sheep-bead (1892) 149; (G.W.) Cum.' GIo. You may know it
[sandstone] will fret a bit, else they could not sharpen their tools
(S.S.B.); Glc' My apern is fretted all into lioles. The bricks
has fretted all the skin off my hands. w.Som.' Kaa'pikul stoa'un,
ee frats wuul [Capital stone, it frets well].
Hence Fretted or Fretten, ppl. adj. honeycombed, worn
or eaten away into holes; marked, pitted, seamed; spotted,
freckled ; gen. in T^hr. pock-fretten, pock-marked.
Sc. Pock-freitten (Jam. Suppl.). N.Cy.' Pock fretten. Nhb.'
Wm. T'banks o' fretted through an' through wi rabbits (B.K.).
n.Yks.2, Chs.'23, e.An.', Suf.', w.Som.'
3. To thaw.
Nhp. The small birds think their wants are o'er To see the
snow-hills fret again, Clare Shep. Calendar (1827) 24; Nhp.' I
think the frost is going, it begins to fret. It frets a bit.
4. To ferment.
s.Wor. As of cider (H.K.). Hrf.' w.Som.' Neef dhaat dhae'ur
mait du buyd-n frat muuch lau'ng-gur t-1 bee u-spwuuyul [If
that meat (pig's wash) remains fermenting much longer it will be
spoiled]. Cor.'
5. To distress, irritate.
Yks. Ah's a rough chap when ah's freeated, an'ah's yamost cot
'at yed aat t'news ah's gotten, Macquoid Doris Baiiigh (1877) xv.
War.3 Don't swing your whip, you are fretting the horse [making
him nervous]. How you've fretted this horse [of a horse brought
home hot from over-driving].
6. To cry, weep.
n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' She seemed a woman as couldn't fret — not
tears. She did not fret while we fretted, i. e. she did not cry till
we did.
Hence Fretful, adj. overwhelmed with grief. e.An.'
7. sb. Care, worry, esp. in phr. to have the fret, to be ex-
cited, fume, fret.
w.Yks. Being hungry is a matter that leaves no fret on a lad's
mind, Snovvden Web of Weaver (1896) 6. Hmp. To have the fret
(H.E.).
8. Quarrel, revolt, contention.
Ayr. Though thir honest men be concerned in a fret against
theKing'sGovernment, they' reno just iniquitous malefactors, Galt
Gilhaize (1823) xxiii.
9. The colic in animals.
Glo.', Hmp. (H.E.) [Peas and vetches if given before Candle-
mas ' often give the horses the fret,' Lisle Husbandry (1757) 413.]
Hence to have the fret on, phr. of animals : to look out of
sorts, out of condition.
s.Chs.' A fowl losing her feathers would be said to have a fret
on her.
10. A gaseous fermentation of cider or beer. Glo.'
FRET, si.= Nhb.' e.Dur.' ne.Yks.' Also in form freet
Nhb.' [fret, frit.] A sea-fog, shower of misty rain coming
from the sea. Also called Sea-fret.
FRET, sb.^ and ad;. Sc. Nrf. Also in form freet.
[fret, frit.] 1. sb. The product of milk ; butter, cheese,
&c. Cai.'
2. Camp. Fret-taker, an old woman supposed to have
the power of deteriorating the milk of her neighbour and
of increasing that of her own accordingly.
Cai.' Between 1840 and 1850 I often have heard old people
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speak of the processes of the ' Fret-takers,' and of how tlicy
might be detected.
3. adj. Used of milk from which the cream has been
taken. Nrf. (R.H.H.)
FRET, si." w.Yks.' s.Chs.' Also in form freat vv.Yks.'
[fret, friat] An iron hoop about the navel of a cart-wheel.
[Fr. frde, a verril, the iron band, or hoop that keeps a
wooden tool from rising (Cotgr.); OFr.frek, see Hatzfeld
(s.v. Fnife).]
FRET, s6.5 Yks. Not. [fret] In phr. jtW/'s a //Wor
tliefrct.
w.Yks. Ai an wels Ifret, im at diz i luv wisnt bi eqd fa det
(J .W.). Not. When after a short pause in conversation anyone utters
the interjection, ' Well ! ' it is a common practice to say : ' Well's
a fret, He that dies for love will not be hang'd for debt,' N. & Q.
(1853) ist S. viii. 197.
[Frets, the points at which a string is to be stopped, in
such an instrument as the lute or guitar (Nares) ; I did
but tell her she mistook her frets, And bow'd her hand to
teach her fingering, Shaks. T. Shrew, 11. i. 150.]
FRETCH, sb. Rxb. (Jam.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A flaw.
FRETCHET, adj. Chs. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Rdn.
w.Cy. Som. Also in form fretched Hrf. [fre'tjit, -at.]
1. Fretful, peevish, irritable ; of a horse : hot, fidgety.
See Fratch, v.
s.Chs.' yoa-)m des'piirt frech-iit ; dhur)z nuwt reyt fu yu [Yo'm
despert fretchet ; there's nowt reight for yO]. War.^ w.Wor.'
This child's that fretchet this 'ot weather, till I dunno w'at to
do with 'un. Shr.' I wish as the weather OOd clier up to lug that
corn,, fur it's makin' the maister despert fretchit. Hrf. Why John
{Coll. L.L.B.) ; Grose (,1790) MS. add. (P.) ; Hrf.12, Rdn.i
Hence Fretchety, adj. (i) fidgety, uneasy, excitable ;
(2) old, brittle [not known to our correspondents].
(ij Hrf. Very common (J.B.). w.Som.i Tidn a bad sort of
a mare, on'y her's always so fretchety [fraach'utee]. Fretchety old
fellow, he'vea-gotmore items thanadancing-bear. ^2)w.Cy. ^Hall. )
2. Of things: unnatural, unkind.
s.Chs. • Esp. of a woman's hair, which breaks off short, looks
frowsy, and will not lie flat.
FRETCHY, adj. Hrf. [fretji.] Fretful, peevish,
fidgety. (C.J.R.); Hrf.^
FRETTINGFROCK, sb. War.^ In phr. to get one's
fietting-frock on, to be troubled, fretful, peevish.
She's got her fietting-frock on.
FRETTISHED, ppl. adj. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also written
fretished Nhb.' w.Yks.^; and in form fratished N.Cy.'
Nhb.' [fre'tijt.] Perished, benumbed, starved with cold;
half-frozen. Cf. frittish.
N.Cy.' Nhb.' Common. The poor thing's fairly fretished.
w.Yks. Come to the fire, doy, tha seems nearly frcttished (M.N.) :
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 13, 1889) ; w.Yks.5 What 'n a rawali
cowd east wind ther is ; am ommast fretished.
[I could get neither bread, drink, nor fire . . . till I was
freiisshcd, State Papers Henry VIII (i^^S) IX.147 (N.E.D.).
AFr. *freitiss- prp. stem of *freitir; a der. of /re it (mod.
froid), cold.]
FRETTISHIN, sb. and adj. Nhb. Yks. [fre'tijin.]
1. sb. A cold, catarrh.
Nhb.' Aa've getten a tarrible frettishin ; aa've neezed [sneezed]
a' night.
2. adj. Cold, numbing, perishing.
w.Yks. It's fair frettishin bein' ahti'a cowd wind like this, Leeds
Merc. Suppl. (May 27, 1893).
FRETTISHMENT,si!i. Nhb. Also written fretishment
Nhb.'; and in form fratishment N.Cy.' Nhb.' [fretij.
nient.] 1. Starvation, perishing from cold. N.Cy.', Nhb.'
2. A cold, catarrh.
Nhb.' He gat a real fretishment.
FRETTY. adj. Sc. Yks. Sus. Amcr. Also in form
freeaty n.Yks. [fre'ti, fria'ti.] Fretful, peevish, fidgety.
Abd. The tail of the speaning process when the geet got fretty,
Alexander Aiii Flk. (1882) 227. n.Yks. She was varry freealy
(I.W.). w.Sus. Poor thing, it is very fretty, but 1 think it will be
all right again after it is christened, Flk-Lore Record (1878J I. 44.
[Amcr. Dml Nn/rs (1896I I. 19, 216.]
FREUCH, FREUGH, FREV, sec Frough, Fro.
FREY, FREYK, FREYSH, see Fray, v.% Freak, sb.',
Fresh, adj.
FREZ, sb. Nhp. Furze or gorse,Ukxeiiropaens. (B.&H.)
FRIAR, sb. Sc. Irel. Glo. Suf. Som. Dev. Also written
fryer Glo. 1. In comb, (i) Friar's chicken(s, chicken-
broth with eggs dropped into it ; (2) -'s crown-thistle, the
woolly-headed thistle, Cardans erinpliorus ; (3) -skate, the
sharp-nosed ray. Rata oxyrliinchus ; (4) Friars-caps,
the monkshood or common aconite, Aconitmn Napellus ;
(5) -fly, the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs ; (6) -loaves,
fossil echini.
(i) Sc. I expected him sae faithfully that I gae a look to making
the Friar's chicken mysell, Scott Guy M. (1815) xxxii ; My
lady-in-waiting . . . shall make some friar's chicken or something
very light, ib. Old Mortality (1816) xxiv ; Sinclair Obs. (1782)
150 (Jam.). (2) Glo. Ellacombe Garden (ed. 1896) xxi. (3)
se.Sc. This is now and then got, when the nets are shot near
the mouth of the Frith (of Forth), Neill Fishes (1810) 28 (Jam.).
(4jDev.4 (5>Som.(HALL.) ; (H.G.) (6)Suf. (Hall.), e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. The angler fish, Lophins piscatoriiis. Ant. (W.H.P.)
FRIBBLE, V. and sb. Sc. Yks. Chs. War. e.An.
[fri'bl.] 1. V. To trifle, idle, ' loaf ; to fuss about ; gen.
with about.
War.3 He fribbles his time away. Nrf. It's fribbling about
for now't, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 60. e.Suf, He goes
fribbling about the whole day (F. H.).
Hence Fribbling, ppl. adj. trifling ; small, unsubstantial.
s.Chs.' Ahy waan't u big* en'viloa-p ; wey aan* non bii sum lit*]
fribiin thingz [I want a big envelope ; wey han none bu' some
little fribblin' things]. War.^ Some fribbling business.
2. To curl, frizzle ; to deck out.
Ayr. The minister had a block head whereon he was wont to
dress and fribble his wig, Galt Steam-boat (1822) 297 (Jam.).
"War.^ Fribbled out like bandbox chaps, Blackw. Mag. (Feb.
1840) 308.
3. To speak fine English, mince one's words.
Nrf. ' Grammar is the art of speaking and writing correctly.'
' Ow, miss, kinder what fooks in our part call framin' or fribblin',
I s'pose,' A. B. K. Wright's Fortune (1885 ) 62.
4. sb. A trifler, idler, good-for-nothing fellow.
Per. The guard, beside whom the guards of the mainline. . .were
asnothing — fribbles and weakhngs, Ian MACLAREN/r.Cfl)-Hf^'«(i896)
32. Gall. The fribble down upon his knee : Nae langer parley
did he claim, Nicholson Poet. JVks. (1814) 50, ed. 1897.
5. A fuss about nothing.
Yks. All this fribble about rooks and hooks, and holding of
candles, and curling of hair, Blackmore Mary Anerley (1879) v'"-
6. A frill, furbelow, ornament. War.^
[1. Though cheats yet more intelligible Than those
that with the stars do fribble, Butler Hudibras (1664) 11.
iii. 36.]
FRICK, V. Ken. Dev. [frik] To move briskly ; to
fidget, trans, and intr. Cf frig, v.
Ken. They are not going to frick him about (D.W.L.).
Hence Fricking, ppl. adj. fidgety.
nw.Dev.' The frickin' little toad [spoken of a pony].
[OE.frician, to move briskly, to dance (Matt. xi. 17).]
FRICKET, V. and sb. Dev. Cor. [fri-kat] 1. v. To
throw out sparks.
Dev. How that lamp frickets. Reports Provinc. (1884) 18 ; A
blacksmith said, when a piece of red-hot iron was being hammered,
that he did not want to be fricketted [struck by the sparks], ib.
(1885) 95. Cor.3
2. sb.pl. Blushes, sudden flushes of the face. Cor.''^
3. A fidget. See Frick.
nw.Dev. Her's always in a fricket (R.P.C.).
FRICKLE, V. Wil. [fri-kl.] 1. To fidget, worry.
Wil.' See Frick.
2. To potter about, do little odd jobs. Cf. friggle.
(W.C.P.) ; Wil.' I bain't up to a day's work now ; I can't do
nothing but frickle about in my game.
Hence Frickling, ///. adj. tiresome, fiddling.
A little trickling job (.W.C.P.) ; Wil.'
FRICKSOME, adj. Obs. Sc. Vain, vaunting.
Abd. Rob Roy heard the fricksome fraise, Skinner Poems
(1809) 8.
FRID, see Frith.
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FRIDAY, sl>. Sc. Nhb. Suf. Cor. Also in form
Friddey Sh.I. 1. In comb, (i) Friday's bawbee, a
weelcly halfpenny given to children for pocket-money ;
(2) -'s breakfast, a fasting breakfast, scanty breakfast;
(3) -'s evening, the customary evening on which courting
is done ; see below ; (4) -in-lide, a miner's holiday held
on the first Friday in March ; (5) — or -'s penny, a
weekly penny given to cliildren for pocket-money ; (6)
•street, [a) a wood-boundary ; (/;) a small collection of
houses standing apart from a village ; ^ff. in phr. /o gei
anything iii/o Friday-slrcel, to get behindliand with anything.
^i) Abd. Pint pigs for haudin your Friday's bawbee, Caden-
HEAD Bon Accord 1,1853) 249. (,a) Nhb. The greedy Scot Hath
a Friday's breakfast got, Richardson Borderer's Table-bh. (1846)
VI. 200. (3) Sc. Friday evening is the favourite courting night,
because there is only one day's suffering from sleepiness (lost
time in bed can be made up on Sunday) and because Saturday
night would be unsuitable (the cliap o' twal putting an end tn the
delectable occupation). This custom of courting on Friday niglit is
probably older than the rigorous authorit3' of the fourth command-
ment (G.W.). Slk. They run on a Friday's evening to woo her,
Hogg Talcs (1838) 359, ed. 1866. (4) Cor. Flk- Lore Rec. (1879)
VII. 201 ; Cor.' Marked by a serio-comic custom of sending a 3'oung
man on the highest bound, or hillock of the work, and allowing
him to sleep there as long as he can ; the length of this siesta
being the measure of the afternoon nap for the tinners throughout
the ensuing twehemonths. 151 Abd. Duly aye when Friday cam',
and brought the Friday Penny, How we wad aff to buy our
bools or taps, Cadenhead Bon Accord (\B^'i) 191 ; My Friday's
pennies, ilka ane. Were in a pint-pig safely stored, Anderson
Rhymes (1867) 61. (6, a) e.Suf. (F.H.) (b) I've got my work
into Friday-street this week [ib.).
2. Phr. a ivcek with two Fridays, the Greek kalends, never.
Sh.I. I kent owcr weel 'at dey wid be twa Friddey 's i' da ook
afore wir wimmen wis dune aboot hit, Sli. Neivs (June 19, 1897%
FRIDDICK, sb. n.Yks.' [fridik.] A cake made by
pouring a spoonful of oatmeal batter into a pan and
frying it on both sides in lard or dripping.
FRIDDLE, V. Yks. Nhp. [fridl.] To trifle, waste
time, potter, sometimes with on. Cf. fribble.
n.Yks. He was friddlin on at his wark (I.W.). Nhp.^*
FRIDGE, V. and sb. n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. [fri'^S-] 1- ^- To rub, chafe,
irritate ; to wear away by rubbing, fray ; sometimes
with out.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Dur.* s. Dur. That stuff fridges my neck.
It's sad stuff for fridgen out (J.E.D.). Lakel.*, n.Yks.i^ ne.Yks.'
Mah feet's sair, an' t'beeats fridges 'em. e. Yks. Mali neck is sare,
'cos collar's fridged it all day lang, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 92 ;
Marshall Riir. Econ. (1788I; e.Yks.', m.Yks.i, w.Yks. (J.B.),
w.Yks.' 2, n.Lan.i, ne.Lan.i s.Lan. BAMroRDZJia/. (18541. Chs.'^s,
Der.2 nw.Der.^ These stockins er to ruff for wutt wether ; the
fridg'n me feet. Tha'll soon fridge the trowsers 'nees int' 'oles.
Not. (L.C.M.) ; Not.' s.Not. This collar's getting worn out ;
it does fridge me (J.P.K.). n.Lin. Th^r's noht fridges warse then
a collar when it's gotten rough-edg'd M.P. '1 ; Sutton IVds. (1881) ;
n.Lin.' sw.Lin.' The plaster has fridged his leg a bit. Lei.' The
velvet got a little fridged by travelling. Nhp. '2 War.* This
braid is beginning to fridge out ; War.^
Hence (i) Fridg'd, ppl. adj. chafed, rubbed; (2)
Fridgy, adj., Jig. uneasy, irritated.
(i) n.Yks.2 (2) n.Yks. T'cows varry fridgy (I.W.).
2. sb. A rub, fraying out. m.Yks.'
[I. You might have rumpled and crumpled, and
doubled and creased and fretted and fridged the outside
of them all to pieces, Sterne TV. Shandy (1761) IIL iv.]
FRIDGEL, V. Lei.' [fridgL] To rub, chafe ; to trifle,
potter about, fiddle.
FRIDLEYS, sb. pi. Obs. w.Yks.^* The name of
certain small rents which were formerly paid to the Lord
of the Manor of Sheffield by the inhabitants of the Frith
of Hawksworth for liberty of common.
FRIED, ppl. adj. Sc. Lon. Dor. In comb, (i) Fried
candlesticks, the early purple orchis, Orchis ntascula ;
(2) — carpet, fried fish and potatoes ; (3) — chickens,
chicken-broth with eggs dropped into it. Cf friar's
chicken(s, s. v. Friar, 1. (i).
(i) Dor. (G.E.D.) ^2^ Lon. An improved Cockneyism for ' fish
VOL. II.
and 'tatcrs': the deIicacysodesignated,wilh 'no stintingo'winegar,
gentlemen ' — an important consideration with many— is handed
out at three-halfpence a plate, Til-bils (Aug. 8, 1891) 277, col. 2.
(3) Sc. Fried chickens, properly Friar's chickens. A dish invented
by that luxurious body of men, Sinclair Obs. (1782) 150 (Jam.).
FRIEND, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Chs. Wor. Also
in forms freen Sc. N.I.'; freend Sc. Nhb.'; frien Sc. ;
frin(d Nhb.' |fren(d, frln(d.] 1. sb. In phr. to lie no
friends ivith or to a person, to be hostile to, at enmity with,
not to be friends with.
Sc. I'm no friends with you (Jam.) ; ' I am no friends wi' [or to]
you' is common (A.W.). Lnk. Our Lord was not exemed to be
slandered as no friends to Caesar, Wodrow Ch. Hisl. (1721) II.
124, ed. 1828.
2. A relation by blood or marriage.
Sc. ' Friends agree best at a distance.' By friends here is meant
relations, Kelly Prov. (1721) 103 ; ' Make friends of framet folk.'
Spoken to dissuade people from marrying their near kinswomen,
ib. 247. Cai.' Abd. Ou na, man , . . he's nae freen' ; a neebour
lad 't we've kent sin' he was a bairn, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882)
82. Frf. A handsome, dashy-lookin' lass cam' frae Glasgow to
bide wi' some far-awa friend in the district, Willock /?05c//>'£'«rfs
(1886) 60, ed. 1889. Per. We saw them like a far-aff frien',
Haliburton Ochil Idylls (iHgi) 14. Dmb. I got the feck o' fifty
pound left me by a far-awa'freen', Cross Z);'s?7//>//oh (1844) v. Rnf.
'Wed a man three times my age. . . Na, na, guidman, awa ye gang.
We never can be frien's, Barr Poems ( i86r 1 57. Ayr. There was
the usual byke of expectant cousins and freens bizzin' aboot him,
Service Nolandums (i8go) 9. Lnk. Before John and me were
married, it was ane o' the stipulations that he was to bring nane
o' his freen's to bide wi' us, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 21. Lth.
A' the freends '11 be askit, inaist like, an' I'm sib to the Stuart,
LuMSDEN S/;f^^-/icarf( 1892) 293. Edb. Ye need care For neither
friend nor fremit, Liddle Poems {1821) 24. Gall. He was not a
drop's blood to me, though him and my wife were far-out friends,
Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895^1 232. N.I.' They're far out friends of
mine, but I niver seen them. Cav. We are near friends, but we
don't speak (M.S. M.). Nhb.' Aa's gan ti see ma freends. s.Wor.
Porson Quaint IVds. (1875) 21.
3. A white spot on the thumb-nail. s.Chs.'
4. Comp. Friend-back, a hang-nail. n.Cy. (Hall.) See
Backfriend.
5. V. To befriend.
Fif. I now believe . . . that yon dampnit Papish chiel Is friendit
by man's fae the de'il, Tennant Papistiy ( 1827) 166.
[2. To thame quhais kinn or freinds war loste in the
weiris he gaue large rewardes, Dalrymple Leslie's Hist.
Scoll. (1596) I. 146 ; paerafl'terr comm ))att hire frend
Hemm tokenn raj) bitwenenn, To gifenn hire summ god
mann, Ormuliim (c. 1200) 2367. Norw. dial, frende. a
kinsman, relative (Aasen) ; so Dan. frcende, ON. fra'ndi.]
FRIENDSOME, flrfy. n.Yks.* Friendly.
[As gud nychtbur And as freyndsome compositur,
Barbour Bruce (1375) i. 88.]
FRIENDSTEAD, nr^. Obs. Sc. Also written freind-.
Befriended, supplied with friends.
Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Kcb. I pray God that I may not
be so ill friendstead, as that Christ my Lord should have me to be
my own tutor, Rutherford Lett. (i65o) No. 279.
FRIEZY, adj. Nhb. Also Cor. Also written freezy
Cor. [frizi.] Made of frieze, pilot-cloth ; gen. in comp.
Friezy-coat.
Nhb.' A friezy coal is made of a kind of rough home-spun yarn,
and has a woolly or hairy appearance. Cor. Covering him over
with Tom's freezy coat, Pearce Esther Pentreath (1891) 29.
FRIG, si.' Dev. Cor. Also in form vrig Dev.^ [frig-]
A dowdy, an old-fashioned woman, an uncomfortable
person to have in one's house, an ill-tempered woman.
Dev.3 Howivver canee abide zich a ol' vrig ? I cudden live wi'
she. Cor.3
[OCoT.freg, a woman, a married woman ; 'Wehgwraig,
a woman, wife (Williams).]
FRIG, sb.^ War. Also written frigge War.* [frig]
The rump or tail of beef or mutton.
(K.) ; War.* Th' ould cow will have some good frigges in her
when her's fat, that's sartain.
FRIG, V. Yks. Lan. Ken. [frig.] To wriggle,
struggle, kick with' the feet ; also used trans. Cf frick.
3S
FRIGABOB
[498]
FRIGHT
w.Yks. That black kitten was a strong one, it kicked an' frigged
about so (F.P.T.) ; Leeds Merc. Suppl. (May 27, 1893). ne.Lan.',
e.Lan.i, m.Lan.' Ken. They are not going to frig me about
(D.W.L.). ne.Ken. I can do nothing wliile you keep frigging about
(H.M.i.
[Fretiller, to move, wag, stir often, to wriggle, frig,
tickle, itch, lust to be at it, Cotgr.]
FRIGABOB. V. and sb. Lei. War. Also in form
frigumbob War.2 [fiigabob.] 1. v. To dance or jerk up
and down.
Lei.' A Nailstone farmer speaking of stocking-machines [said],
'Ah 'eet to 'ear them damned crinkum-crankums a frigabobbin'.'
2. sb. Anything which dances or jerks up and down or
from side to side.
Lei.' A maid-servant watching the interior mechanism of a piano
while it wasbeingplaj'cdon, said, 'Lor, look at frigabobs ! ' War.2
FRIGARY, sb. e.Yks.' [frigari.] A whim, caprice,
fit of ill-temper. Cf. fleegarie.
Mind what you're aboot, lads ; mayslher's iv yan o' his frigaries
te-dav.
FRIG-FROG-FRA, sb. w.Yks.^ [Not known to our
correspondents.] A children's game.
FRIGGLE, V. and 5^. Sc. Yks. Stf. Lei. Nhp. War.
Glo. Oxf Brks. Ken. Wil. Also in forms freggle Wil.' ;
vrigle Brks.' [fri'gl.] 1. v. To fidget, worry ; to do
anything in a niggling, slow, or awkward way ; to be
tediously nice over trifles.
e.Yks.' Lei.' The cheese wouldn' ha' bin so good if the missus
'ad bin at hum. Shay friggles so loong at it. Nhp.' Why do you
friggle so long over your work? War.^ Don't waste any more
time friggling at that knot ; War.^ Glo. I've no time to iron them
things; my mother's ahvajs friggling at 'em ^S.S.B.) ; Glo.' Brks.'
I wants to zee 'e do zummut as 'ooU bring in zummut and not be
vriglin' about lookin' ater viewers. Ken. ^G.B.) Wil. (W.C.P. ) ;
Wil.' (s.v. Frickle '.
Hence Friggling, pf>l. adj. tiresome, ' fiddling,' minute ;
small, insignificant, trifling.
e.Yks. A watchmaliker's a varry friggling thrade, Leeds Merc.
Siippl. (May 27, 1893"). n.Stf. Those little friggling things take a
deal o' time, Geo. Y.i.\ot A . Bcde {iS$g) I. 365. Lei.' Yis, it een't
no frigglin' cold. Nhp.' A very small pin, for instance, would be
called a little friggling thing. War.^^ Oxf.' Put that frigglin'
crochet away, an' darn thy stock'ns. Brks.' Wil. This here's
a terrible friggling job fE.H.G.); (W.C.P.) ; Wil.' He freggled
[ fidgetted] hisself auver thuck paason as come a bit ago, Jefferies
Greene Feme Farm (1880) vii.
2. To wriggle.
Glo. See how the lambs friggle their tails (A.B.\
3. sb. A tedious, worrying little piece of work.
Wil.' I be so caddlcd wi' aal these yer friggles, I caan't hardly
vind time vor a bit o' vittles.
4. Coinp. Friggle-fraggles, trifles, gewgaws, useless
ornaments of dress.
Ayr. There's routh of friggle-fraggles on that kimmer's cocker-
nonie (Jam.).
[2. 'Though the head of this Hydra was cut off, yet it
had still a frigling taile, Yates Ibis (1626) 1.6 (N.E.D.j.
EFris./n'i^ge/n, to wriggle, Koolman (s. v. ivrigge/tt).]
FRIGHI", v. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms frecht Sc. ; freet w.Yks. Lan.
ne.Lan.'; fricht Sc. Nhb. ; front Wil.' [frait, frit, Sc.
frixt.] I. Gram, forms. L Prclerile: (i) Frit, (2)
Frouted, (3) Vrighted. [For examples see II below.]
(i) Not. (L.C.M.;, Lin.', n. Lin.', Rut.', Lei.', War.2 (2) Wil.'
(3) Som.
2. pp. (i) Freichtet, (2) Frichted, (3) Frichtet or
Frichtit, (4) Frighted, (31 Frightit, (6) Frit, (7) Frouden,
(8) Frought, (9) Froughten, (10) Frout, (11) Frouten,
(12J Vrit. [For further examples see II below.]
{1) Lnk. Mony a ane was freichtet sair, Watson Poems (1853)
II. (2) Sc. You're surely no frichted for Jenny — you that were
so ready to laugh at others, Whitehead Daft Davie 1 18761 283,
ed. 1894. Per. Katie Downic Was frichted wi'a gruesome bi'ownie,
Spence Poems (1898) 139. Rnf. Oh, dinna be frichted, bonny
leddy, Fraser Chimes (1853I 40. (3) Per. Belike ye war that
frichtet ye hae forgottcn't, Cleland Inclihraciieu (18831 65, ed. 1887.
Rnf. E'en the parson's horse was frichtit, Neilson Poems (1877)
42. Ayr. If the thief's a wee ane, he turns frichtet, and oot he goes.
Service Notaiidiims (1890) 34. Lnk. The lanely maukin frichtit
flees, Thomson Leddy May (1883) 11. (4) Sc. Whinging fools
That's frighted for repenting stools, Pennecuik Coll. (1756) 50, ed.
1787; The heroofa hundred fightWas frighted at the Hielandmen,
Fergusson Vill. Poet. (1897) 30. Edb. Friglited for a langlaw suit,
Macneill Bygam Times (181 1) 31. (5) Rnf. Be na frightit,
PiCKEN Poems (1813) I. 43. Ayr. But will she no thump me? . . .
I'm frightit, Galt Eniail (1823 1 xxv. (6) Not. He war always frit
in the "dark (L.C.M.) ; Harrod Hi^t. Mansfield (1801) 53. s.Not.
A were a bit frit at the noise (J P.K ). Lin. (J.C.W.) ; Lin.l
n.Lin. He was to be frit wi' nowt. Peacock Taales (1890") 2nd S.
121. S.Lin. (T.H.R.), Lei.' Nhp. Frit at the bow'd ear tott'ring
o'er her head, Clare Poems (1821) II. 196; Nhp.' I was frit to
death; Nhp.^ He was soon frit, warnt he? War.^*, s.War.'
Hrf.2 Is her frit? Oxf. Frit to death (G.P.) 
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